Haunted Hayride 2014 is now in the record books, what appears to have been another successful event for our communities youth and parents alike. Thank you to Bobby and Errol for leading the effort as HH chairmen and co-chair and of course to all the members who coordinated, participated and managed the event, a list too lengthy to recite here. We received allot of good feedback at the event from parents and children alike.
Upcoming Events:
Thursday Nov 13 5-7 PM - After 5 Social - Partnership Bank Mequon Offices ,11740 N. Port Washington Road - Please RSVP with Tom M via the email invitation you received.
The schedule for Greeter, Thought of the Day and Rotary minute is on the website. Go to My Club Runner and click on the "View Club Documents" , If you are scheduled for one of these duties and are unable to attend, please arrange for someone to complete it in your stead. You will also find new folders on thew web site with notes from Roundtable discussions and Avenues of Service goals.
This week’s at MTSR:
Oct 24 - This week we will be meeting in the Friends of Concordia Room.
Concordia students are on “Fall Break” and not in session this Friday, normally that means no food service, however the Sedexo staff has agreed to come in and prepare a continental-style breakfast for us.
Greeter: Andy H. | Thought of the Day: Lance | Rotary Minute: Bill
Speaker: Dr. Wilma Bonaparte - VP MATC Mequon Campus
K-9 Officer Iron joins Mequon PD By Maureen Mertens
A new member of the Mequon Police Department was introduced on Monday Oct. 6 at by Chief Steve Graff.
That would be K-9 officer Iron, who was sworn in by the Chief "to enforce the laws of the city of Mequon, Ozaukee County and the United States."
His partner, officer Jake Schiller, was handed the badge and attached it to Iron's collar. Yes, Iron wagged his tail, looked up at his partner and then at the dozens of people applauding.
He traveled a long way to get to Mequon — he was born and raised for the first 18-plus months of his life in Germany and came to America, specifically to the Steinig Tal Police K-9 Training Academy in Campbellsport, just eight weeks ago.
It was there that Schiller met Iron and three other dogs in training. During the training, the dog best suited to work with the officer is decided and it was decided that Iron and Schiller would make a great team.
Iron, trained in German with all commands given in German, is a multi-purpose K-9 trained for drug searches, crowd control, suspect apprehension, room clearing, tracking by scent and handler protection. And he's fast. According to Schiller, he can run 30 to 35 miles per hour.
Iron is taking over the duties of Vero, who retired last month and was the first K-9 officer in the department. Dave Delahunt, a Mequon resident, was instrumental in the department having a K-9 officer. After participating in the Mequon Police Academy, he founded Project K-9 Inc., the original fund raiser to create a K-9 unit. It has now disbanded and fundraising had been turned over to the Mequon Community Foundation, which accepts donations to help subsidize the program.
Iron was purchased for $13,000 with money donated by Stan Kass, a Brown Deer resident, who has purchased 21 police dogs for Milwaukee area departments, including Brown Deer and Greenfield, and the Ozaukee County Sherriff Dept.
Schiller said this is an exciting time for not only the department but for his family.
"This is a true family commitment," he said. "And we start our work today. Second shift."
Homecoming week is a week of dress-up days, decorations and spirited students. The school week ends with an annual pep rally filled with activities involving students and teachers. This year, Interact came up with a fundraiser called Pennies for Pies.
Interact is a completely student-led organization headed by current president Allison Rowe, junior. Rowe said, “The idea for our Pennies for Pies project came from a series of brainstorming sessions we had as a group at the beginning of the school year. We wanted to come up with a fun and relatively easy way to raise money.”
Pennies For Pies involved 12 teachers who signed up to possibly receive a pie in their face at the pep rally on Friday, Oct. 10. Two teachers in each department competed against each other. During the week of Homecoming, teachers tried to raise money for their competitor to get a pie in their face. “We combined the general idea of a penny war (but without all the rules) with a head-to-head competition between teachers,” Rowe continued, “That way we hoped to make the teachers and students more competitive and raise more money.”
As the pep rally approached, Mr. James Mehls had raised the most money, $46.03, that would go into Mr. Scott Heibler getting a pie in his face. However, the day of the assembly Mr. Heibler was not able to attend. There was also another twist because Mr. Steve Manor was supposed to “pie” Mrs. Jennifer Zortman but they decided to switch roles. Mrs. Zortman said, “Mr. Manor was a really good sport about his willingness to take the pie in his face so I didn’t have to.”
The loud crowd and excited freshmen for their first homecoming made the pep rally quite eventful. The pie smashing showcase came quickly and six teachers got a pie to the face. Those teachers included Mr. Manor, Ms. Amelia Figg-Franzoi, Señora Allison Lauber de Garza, Mr. Tony Engle, Mr. Jared Daigle and Mr. Mehls.
There was also another surprise… Mr. Bowers joined in the action because the student body surpassed its $500 goal, raising $523.67. The money raised was donated to Family Promise of Ozaukee, an organization that helps support homeless and struggling families in Ozaukee County.
The whole pep rally was “a lot of work,” Rowe said, “but thanks to the help of all our members who made posters, decorated collection bins, bought the supplies, counted the money, helped set up for the pep rally, and more, this event was a huge success.”
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2014 Place: The Chandelier Ballroom
Cost: $37.50/person
Who: All Rotarians in District 6270 and Their Guests
For complete information, please visit our district website at www.rotary6270.org
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