CLUB MEETING (8/7) - SOMMER PAVILION
RIVER BARN PARK

9808 N Cedarburg Road, Mequon, WI  53092 (map)
​Visit our club website mtsunriserotary.org.

Our meeting for 8/7 will be at River Barn Park - Sommer Pavilion for a club assembly. If you have not signed up for an avenue of service now is your chance. Each avenue will brain storm for a service project to do this Rotary year. 

NEW: We will be starting out "It's your Rotary moment". The greeter will provide either the thought, rotary minute or anything they would like to share to start off the day positive. Doug Hansen you are up to bat. 

Upcoming "It's your Rotary moment" assignees:

• Bobby Fisher - 8/14
• Lucia Francis - 8/21

See you all Friday morning.

Dave Kliber (right) receives his multiple Paul Harris award from Terry Schacht (left) during our Friday morning meeting 7-31-15.

“The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

Rotary brings together a global network of volunteer leaders who dedicate their time and talent to tackle the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges.

Rotary connects 1.2 million members from more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Their work impacts lives at both the local and international levels, from helping families in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world.

Rotary also offers expanded service opportunities including:

• Interact: a service organization organized and sponsored by Rotary clubs for young adults aged 12-18. There are more than 12,300 Interact clubs in 133 countries.
• Rotaract: groups organized by Rotary clubs to promote leadership, professional development, and service among young adults aged 18-30. There are more than 8,000 Rotaract clubs in 167 countries.
• Rotary Community Corps (RCCs): groups of non-Rotary members who work to improve their communities. There are more than 7,500 RCCs in 80 countries, all organized and sponsored by Rotary clubs.

Membership Snapshot

Who: Rotary brings together the kind of people who step forward to take on important issues for local communities worldwide. Rotary members hail from a range of professional backgrounds; doctors, artists, small business owners and stay-at-home parents all call themselves Rotarians. Rotary connects these unique perspectives, and helps leverage its members’ expertise to improve lives everywhere.

Where: From Haiti and Greenland to Nigeria and Singapore, Rotary unites a truly diverse set of leaders from across the world. Currently, the largest number of clubs comes from the United States, India, Japan and Brazil. The fastest growing Rotary regions include Southeast Asia and Africa.

What: Rotarians contribute their time, energy and passion to sustainable, long-term projects in local communities across the globe. Projects focus on important issues like peace and conflict resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy and economic and community development.

Polio Eradication: Rotary is close to eliminating the second human disease in history after smallpox, with a 99 percent reduction in polio cases worldwide since 1985, when Rotary launched its PolioPlus program. In 1988, Rotary spearheaded the creation of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative with its partners the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Polio eradication remains Rotary’s top priority. To date, Rotary has contributed more than US$1.2 billion and countless volunteer hours to help immunize more than two billion children against polio in 122 countries. Currently, Rotary is working to raise $35 million per year through 2018 for polio eradication, which will be matched 2 to 1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Developer scraps plans for Thiensville apartment project
​By Jeff Rumage​

Thiensville - The developer who proposed to build a 44-unit apartment complex at the site of the former M&I Bank told village officials last week he was scrapping those plans.

The developer, David Hoff, had proposed a two-story, U-shaped building consisting of a dozen three-bedroom townhomes facing the two roadways. On the inner side of the U-shaped building was a mix of one- and two-bedroom units looking out onto a grass courtyard space.

Rent prices ranged from $1,100 for a one-bedroom apartment to $2,000 for a three-bedroom townhome. The development included 77 underground parking spots.

Hoff went before the Thiensville Plan Commission as recently as July 21, when 13 residents spoke about their opposition to the density of the project and their preference for condominiums over apartments. At the request of Village President Van Mobley, Hoff agreed to analyze the feasibility of creating a smaller condominium project.

After the meeting, Hoff researched the feasibility of 12 rowhouse-style condominiums on that site, which he said was not profitable without a significant contribution from the village. After testing five different proposals, Hoff said a minimum of 44 apartment units would have to be built on the 1.5 acre site in order to turn a profit. 

But Hoff said village officials were not in favor of a rental project.