Mike Kim's son is a member of Boy Scout Troop 815 and they are collecting items to assemble Chemo Comfort Packs for distribution to the Aurora facilities in both Grafton and West Allis.

Troop 815's project is in conjunction with Ovarian Cancer Awareness month (September) and Breast Cancer Awareness month (October).

Here is where we need your help. Please drop off your donated items (see the list below) at our club meeting on Friday (10/4).

Suggested Items:

• Personal sized hand sanitizers
• Personal sized hand lotions
• Lip Balm
• Hard candies or gum (preferably with Xylitol)
• Small tissue packs
• Fuzzy socks
• Adult coloring books
• Colored pencils
• Crossword puzzles
• Notebooks
• Pens
• Eye drops
• Inspirational or humorous books

Thanks you in advance for your support!!!

Lynn Streeter and Steve Lettau

By Steve Stirling, a member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

They are typical job interview questions: What is your greatest strength? What is your greatest weakness? 

But in my case, the interviewer often hesitates. After all, how do you ask a guy who is wearing leg braces and using crutches about his greatest weakness? It seems both obvious and insensitive.

We all have weaknesses. Mine are just a bit more obvious. So I’ve learned to turn the uncomfortable moment around and confront the situation head on.

“My greatest strength is that I am what some people call ‘crippled,’” I say, purposely using the politically incorrect word. “Some prefer to call me ‘handicapped’ or ‘disabled.’ I’ve heard all the terms and I’m not upset by any of them. I’m not easily offended.

Richard A. Larson

1930 - 2019

Richard A. Larson, 89, of Mequon, passed away on Monday, September 23, 2019 at Lawlis Family Hospice in Mequon.

Dick was born on June 18, 1930 in Stevens Point to the late Albert and Isabel (nee Cooper) Larson.  He moved to West Bend graduating from West Bend High School in 1948 as valedictorian of his class. 

Dick attended UW Madison graduating with a BBA in 1952.  He was a member of the varsity debate team which won the Big Ten Debate Championship two of his four years.  He was also a cadet colonel in the Air Force ROTC and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Force as a Distinguished Military Graduate beginning active duty on June 26, 1952.