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Our next regular meeting will be Friday (6/9) at Newcastle Place - 12600 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon, WI  53092.

Our meeting this Friday will feature a review of our club's Strategic plan facilitated by Lynn Streeter.

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:

  • Pablo Gutierrez (6/9)
  • Tim Hamilton (6/16)
  • Doug Hansen (6/23)
  • Mark Hauschel (6/30)

Note: If you are unable to to act as "It's your Rotary moment" assignee when scheduled please arrange for your replacement.

Visit our website at mtsunriserotary.org.

Member Spotlight - Pablo Gutierrez

Hey everyone . I'm excited to share to share with everyone a little about myself .

  • I was born and raised in southern California and spent time in many different states ranging from Nevada and Oregon and most recently Minnesota and Wisconsin .
  • I'm the branch manager for the Mequon Wells Fargo
  • Im one of 7 children that are spread out all over the the place (primarily the west coast )
  • When I'm not working I try to travel as much as possible and enjoy going to music events . I love going for runs and biking , anything that involves being outdoors when the weather permits .
  • Most important lesson that I've learned in business was that everything starts with service
  • Most memorable Rotary moment or event would be a tie between grabbing lunch with my mentor Bob and doing a fireside chat with Brian Mike and Bob . Both were extremely insightful around the history and goals of the rotary .
A Rotary LOL Moment

Brace Yourself For 'The Mummy'

Universal's Tom Cruise-fronted The Mummy re-re-reboot looks to be quite the movie.
Steve McCurry brings the world into focus

This nomadic photographer has spent a career capturing the range of human experience

By Julie Bain from The Rotarian

Steve McCurry doesn’t run from danger. He steels his courage, calculates his risks, and plunges into it. He has seen things we couldn’t have imagined if we didn’t have the proof of his stunning photos: images captured with his camera inches from the weapons of mujahedeen insurgents fighting the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan, or his camera held on top of his head while waist-deep in monsoon waters in India. He braved toxic black smoke while chronicling the burning oil fields in Kuwait, and after shooting the collapse of the twin towers from the roof of his Greenwich Village apartment building on 9/11, he raced as fast as he could toward who-knows-what at ground zero.

Despite the horrors he has seen, though, “Nothing has dented my faith in the human spirit or in unexpected human kindness,” he wrote in the foreword to his 2013 book Untold: The Stories behind the Photographs. That spirit is evident in the compelling images of daily life he has captured around the world, from Bangladesh to Yemen. He is especially famous for his revealing portraits. Those include the one that appeared on the cover of National Geographic in 1985 and became one of the most famous photographs of all time: the Afghan refugee girl with the haunting green eyes.

His work in Afghanistan opened his eyes to the needs of children there, especially girls. That led him and his sister to create a nonprofit called ImagineAsia to help more of them. We asked McCurry to judge our 2017 photo contest, while sharing insights into his own fiercely independent journey as a photographer who sheds light on cultures around the world. Frequent contributor Julie Bain met with McCurry at his studio in New York City.

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Classic cars, carnival rides highlight Lions Fest

THIENSVILLE -  The Thiensville-Mequon Lions Club's 53rd annual Lionfest will bring concerts, cars, chicken and carnival rides to Thiensville Village Park this weekend.

Lionfest will host "Family and Teen Night" featuring only carnival rides from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, June 8. 

The full Lionfest festival kicks off at 5 p.m. Friday, June 9. Jerry & Nora with The Revue will play from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., followed by The Toys, who will play from 8:30 p.m. to midnight. Chicken dinners will be for sale from 6 to 8 p.m.

Lionfest opens at noon Saturday. Texas '55 will play from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., followed by Dirty Boogie from 5  to 8:30 p.m. and Bella Cain from 8:30 p.m. to midnight. Carnival rides will be open from noon to 4 p.m. Chicken dinners will be sold from 2 to 8 p.m.

Lionfest opens at noon Sunday with a car show. Floor It will play until 2 p.m., followed by Texas '55 from 2 to 5 p.m. Carnival rides will be open from noon to 4 p.m.

MT’s Newest Paul Harris Fellow

During an awards presentation on Friday 2 June at the D6270 Conference held at Potawatomi Chuck Zamora was recognized by DG Julie Craig with a PHF award as a show of gratitude for his presentation of “The Tools of Life” to 60 high school students.

These 60 students now are part of the 93,000+ alumni that Chuck has presented this program to over the years. I talked to some of the RYE students that attended the all day session on Friday and they thought that it was great and that they really learned some valuable information that they can immediately put use.

When Chuck got back to his seat he was beaming and said, “pretty cool”. I wholeheartedly agreed. Congratulations Chuck!

Brian Monroe

Thought of the Week

I find that ducks’ opinion of me is greatly influenced by whether or not I have bread. ~ Mitch Hedberg

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