Our next meeting will be Friday (1/24) at Newcastle Place 12600 N Port Washington Rd, Mequon, WI 53092.
Our program will feature Erich Roush, PSYD. Erich is a Psychologist at Aurora Psychiatric Hospital and will speak on their Veteran Track Program. (Scroll down for bio)
The greeter will provide either the thought, a Rotary minute, share a family moment or a cultural tradition ... anything they would like to start off the day positive.
Upcoming "It's your Rotary moment" assignees:
Chuck Zamora (1/24)
Kurt Zellmann (1/31)
Rachel Newson (2/7)
Errol Barnett (2/14)
Note: If you are unable to act as "It's your Rotary moment" assignee when scheduled please arrange for your replacement.
Editor's Note: This is the fifth annual appearance of What It’s Like, a proven favorite with readers inside and outside Rotary. - The Rotarian
Ted Morris - Rotary Club of Clearwater, Florida
We awoke that Sunday — 12 June 2016 — to news that there had been a shooting at a local nightclub. As we headed for church, we saw helicopters hovering over downtown Orlando. By the time we arrived, we learned there were 50 dead, including the shooter.
My wife, Pamala, and I were stationed in Orlando with the Salvation Army. We had an emergency canteen — a food truck — that could serve 1,000 meals a day. We offered to help the first responders, and city and county officials accepted almost immediately.
The canteen was stocked and a crew assembled by noon. After a short prayer, we rolled out to the site of the shooting, where police had cordoned off several square blocks. We were waved through, and we parked about a block from the Pulse nightclub. We set up tables and began serving food.
As the temperature soared, I delivered bottles of ice-cold water to the police in their squad cars. As I passed the front of the club, I saw tiny, numbered plastic tents, which I understood marked the locations of bullet casings. I had realized cognitively what had happened, but seeing those little tents helped me see the enormity of the situation. These were people having a good time, and suddenly all hell broke loose. I saw the result of blatant evil and realized, in a gut-wrenching way, the fragility and preciousness of life.
Earthbound Development LLC plans to develop the 40,688-square-foot building on a 5.9-acre vacant parcel at 4205 N. Port Washington Road, just east of I-43. That's just north of the Home Depot store.
Earthbound plans to begin site preparation work this spring, with building construction to start as soon as the development firm secures a lead tenant, said Brian Monroe, who operates the company.
The Glendale Common Council this week approved certified survey maps to create three separate parcels on land owned by Earthbound. The other two parcels are 16.9 acres west of I-43, at 4400 N. Green Bay Ave., and a billboard at 4444 N. Green Bay Ave.
The site is a former rail yard that has been vacant for several years.
A $435,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. is helping finance the site's redevelopment, including a new city street that connects with North Port Washington Road.
Demand for new industrial space is expected to remain strong throughout southeastern Wisconsin in 2020, said Chad Vande Zande, an industrial real estate broker and principal at Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke.
Vande Zande made his comments during a Thursday presentation at the annual real estate forecast sponsored by Institute of Real Estate Management's Milwaukee chapter.
He said light industrial developers are increasingly turning to parcels in the northern portion of the Milwaukee metro area because of the shrinking number of lots available near I-94 in the southern metro area. Earthbound's other projects include the 2007 conversion of Glendale's former Becker Foods buildings into the Beerline Crossing office and light industrial complex. That includes space, at 4160 N. Port Washington Road, that is leased to the state Department of Corrections.
Welcome newest M-T Sunrise Rotary member Rachel Newson. Pictured from left: Brian Monroe, President Dave Schlageter, Rachel Newson and Alice Sedgwick who is standing in for Rachel's Sponsor Connie Pukaite.
Ozaukee Washington Land Trust's Partnership with MT Sunrise Rotary
Ryan graduated from UW-Stevens Point with a degree in Wildlife Ecology and Management. Later, he earned a graduate degree with honors in Environmental Policy and Management, with a fish and wildlife management emphasis.
Fresh out of college, Ryan gained employment with the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society as a Chronic Wasting Disease Biologist. Ryan trained tribal members and took CWD samples throughout the eastern US. As a native to southeastern Wisconsin, Ryan returned home after spending several years in the state of Washington. There, he worked for the Washington State DNR as a Fish and Wildlife Biologist. He oversaw timber harvest activities on public lands and was able to gain skills with scientific research design, endangered species processes, habitat conservation and land management plans, habitat inventory and analysis, geographic information systems, forest health, and landscape level management regimes.
Ryan joined the OWLT team in early 2016. He manages 32 preserves, over 2000 acres, up to 8 staff, and one Mequon Park Woodlot! Ryan’s skills that get put to work each day include ecosystem assessment and restoration, mechanics, carpentry, felling timber, and facility and grounds maintenance.
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