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Club Meeting Information
Posted by Steve Lettau on Aug 08, 2019

Our next meeting will be Friday (8/9) at Newcastle Place 12600 N Port Washington Rd, Mequon, WI 53092.

No word on what the program will be this week but it will no doubt be interesting!

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:

  • Dan O'Connor (8/9)
  • Lance Parve (8/16)
  • Steve Peterman (8/23)
  • Connie Pukaite 8/30)

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

Visit our website at mtsunriserotary.org.
Madrid Hotel Dinner
Posted by Steve Lettau on Aug 08, 2019

The MT Sunrise Rotary International and Club Service Committees are starting a series of ethnic dinner outings to Milwaukee area restaurants.  The first event will be held at the Madrid Hotel's patio on South 6th Street in Milwaukee.  The event will also be a farewell for our member John Cabaniss and his family who will be leaving in late August for nine months in Madrid.

The Cabaniss Farewell Dinner will be held on Thursday, August 22. Cocktail hour starts at 6 PM and dinner will be served at 7. The Madrid Hotel will provide All-You-Can-Eat Paella (chicken, chorizo or vegetarian), tapas and a glass of wine for a cost of $32pp including tax and tip.

Please RSVP for this family-friendly event to Bob Blazich at rblazich@gmail.com by Thursday, August 15th.

 

Bob Blazich
Thought of the Week
Posted by Steve Lettau on Aug 08, 2019

People who confuse the words "burro" and "burrow" don't know their ass from a hole in the ground. - Unknown
A Rotary LOL Moment
Posted by Steve Lettau on Aug 08, 2019

Dilbert by Scott Adams
Throwing Down the Gauntlet - 8/8/2019 Update
Posted by Steve Lettau on Aug 08, 2019

So far the Noon Club is making an early push in the Noon Club-Sunrise Club Foundation Giving Competition and the coveted Sam Azinger Trophy. As of August 1, the Noon Club has contributed $560.00 to the Rotary Foundation in 2019-2020, with the Sunrise Club trailing by a modest $560.00. With 11 short months to go, there is certainly to be a lot of action to come.

 

Sam Azinger
T-M Rotary Noon Club
Don't play it again, Dad
Posted by Steve Lettau on Aug 08, 2019

A father changes his tune after a game of musical shares

By Jeff Ruby in the Rotarian

When my daughter was an infant, her sleepy-time playlist did not involve Mozart or Raffi. No Baby Einstein for Baby Hannah. She listened to Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits’ notoriously creepy 1983 LP. On repeat. All night.

If you aren’t familiar with Swordfishtrombones, it’s basically 40 minutes of cockeyed tales from an underground world populated with freaks and misfits, herky-jerky howling and whispering accompanied by angry trombones and rusty marimbas being played in a bathtub. It sounds like steam oozing from a sewer grate outside a pawn shop at 2 a.m. Unless you want your offspring to grow up to be a boxcar-hopping grifter, Swordfishtrombones may be the absolute worst album to play in a baby’s nursery. 

“What the hell is she listening to in there?” my wife asked while slipping back into bed after a 3 a.m. feeding.

“The 11th-best album of the 1980s, according to Pitchfork,” I mumbled. Then I rolled over.
Lobsterfest 2019
Posted by Steve Lettau on Jul 25, 2019
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Posted by Steve Lettau on Apr 18, 2019
Online Version
Posted by Steve Lettau on Apr 18, 2019
Upcoming Speakers
Aug 30, 2019
Steen Sanderhoff - DG Rotary District 6270
District Update
District Update

Steen Sanderhoff became a member of The Rotary Club of Racine in 1988 and joined the Club Board soon thereafter. He served as Club President from 1995-96 and the following two years served as President of the Club Foundation. 

Steen Served as one of the first seven Assistant District Governors for District 6270 from 1997-2000 and continued as the District Foundation Chair and an Executive board member. He has been a member of the Matching Grant, Global Grant and International Service Committee since 1997.  

Steen grew up in Copenhagen, Denmark, hence the accent. He likes to travel, canoe in the wilderness and enjoys the performing/visual arts. He is married to “patient” Janice and has two children. Steen is currently a retired CEO for an International Freight Forwarding Company. 
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