Warm weather is coming! Warm weather is coming! It almost seems too good to be true that “back to normal” will feel so good. Kind of boring that I begin my newsletter segment with weather news, but its just too exciting to pass by.
As you see, we are meeting at Logeman Center this week and Demon Means will be our speaker. Theres one way to get Demon to a meeting, book him as a speaker! I’m sure he will have some insightful details on the state of the school district.
Remember the BBBS Bowling for kids is approaching fast, please make plans to bowl on a team or stop by to cheer us on. It’s really a fun event.
Also the American Lung Association Fight For Air Climb on March 21. Mark H is climbing, I believe as an individual and I will be climbing as part of the Mequon Fire Department Team. Please consider supporting this excellent cause. (See article below - editor)
Last week we met in our Avenues of Service. It was great to see everyone engaging, setting goals and i really enjoyed observing our newest members being engaged as well. I will publish the goals and successes on our website and they will be there for review and update at any time.
As always, the schedule for Greeter, Thought of the Day and Rotary Minute are accessible (click here). please be prepared when it is your turn and find a replacement if you are unable to attend when you are scheduled.
Thank you, have a great day!
P.S. Chucks Place is providing our breakfast and Ted assured me he would have coffee available by 6:50!!!
As you may have heard, I am participating in the Fight for Air Climb on March 21 at the US Bank building downtown Milwaukee.
This is an awesome fund raiser. Would you like to help me reach my goal of $300 in pledges? It can be as easy as pledging 1 cent per step. To climb the tower there are slightly over 1000 steps so you commitment would be just over $10. I want to make this easy so I will bring a pledge sheet to our meeting Friday.
If you want you can also go to the website www.lung.org or Google Fight for Air Climb Milwaukee and search for my name and donate there.
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin plans new Mequon clinic​
By Jeff Rumage
​Mequon - Children's Hospital of Wisconsin plans to build a two-story, 40,000-square-foot medical office building on the east side of Mequon.
The Mequon Plan Commission on Monday, Feb. 9, recommended the 6-acre site at the southwest corner of Mequon Road and Market Street be rezoned from residential to professional office use, which would pave the way for the hospital's multi-specialty clinic . The common council will take final action on the rezoning request in March.
Ryan Companies, a real estate development firm, has made an offer to purchase the property, which was planned to be developed as the second phase of the Winding Hollow subdivision. The building would have access to Market Street through a private driveway that serves the Sarah Chudnow Community Center and the JCC Water Park. The office building would have 180 parking stalls.
According to a plan commission memo, Children's Hospital decided on this location after completing a lengthy search throughout the surrounding area. The decision was based on several factors, including its existing client base, future growth expectations, site costs and other factors.
Ryan Companies still needs to have its site plans approved by the plan commission and common council. If approved, Ryan plans to construct the building this year, with Children's Hospital opening for business in 2016.
The public library is the only civic institution in my community that is uncompromisingly successful. Not everyone in my small town is crazy about the police force, and not everyone is all that pleased with the public schools. No one ever seems terribly happy with the planning board, the architectural review board, the board of trustees. Some people think the volunteer firemen get too much money for new equipment, though no one ever dares say it out loud.
The public library is different. The public library is the community’s kindly grandmother: helpful, patient, understanding. Nobody in my town ever stands up and says he dislikes the public library. Nobody in your town does, either. Grumpy old librarians who keep shushing you, sure. But not the library itself.
The public library is an indispensable institution that somehow manages to get taken completely for granted. Like the clouds above us, like the birds that fill those skies, it is a glorious creation that is hiding in plain sight. Society pays little attention to it, even though society cannot survive without it. Not any real society. Small towns can do without movie houses and fancy restaurants and stores that sell 50 kinds of balsamic vinegar. They can even do without bookstores. But small towns cannot do without a public library. Cannot, cannot, cannot. You can look it up. Read More ...
By Teodora Lucero, Rotary Club of Sta. Rosa Centro, Laguna, Philippines. This is the second in a series of blog posts about women making a difference in Rotary leading up to International Women’s Day 8 March.
When I was serving as president of the Rotary Club of Sta Rosa Centro, a big storm damaged and ravaged my community, sending a couple of thousand people to five school buildings which were turned into evacuation centers.The next day, members of several Rotary clubs including my own began distributing relief supplies. Suddenly, I heard a shout. “Help! My wife is about to give birth!”
I saw the pregnant woman already lying down and fully dilated. My midwife instinct instantly kicked in. There was no time to send her to my birthing clinic or the hospital; the baby’s head was already visible. I knelt down and successfully delivered the baby with the cotton and alcohol available on hand.
Fortunately, my birthing clinic was quite near, so I sent for my surgical tools and cut the newborn’s umbilical cord with the proper tools, giving the new mother some form of dignity, I felt. I also gave the baby one of the spare pieces of clothes and blankets I always keep handy at the clinic. Women go there to give birth without even a piece of layette.
What an amazing day! It started out with a busy morning and afternoon of distributing relief supplies, and ended with an unexpected opportunity to use my vocation to help others. If I were not in Rotary, would this amazing experience have happened?
It is time to register for Tri-Con, the multi-district Rotary conference for the State of Wisconsin! We are planning two full days (Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16) of Rotary fun and fellowship, with a closing breakfast on Sunday, May 17. More Information …
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By Teodora Lucero, Rotary Club of Sta. Rosa Centro, Laguna, Philippines. This is the second in a series of blog posts about women making a difference in Rotary leading up to International Women’s Day 8 March.
