I hope you are having a wonderful week, I look forward to seeing all of you tomorrow. Make it a point to sit with one of our newest members tomorrow and learn something new about them.
Upcoming Events:
Monday March 30 - Oconomowoc Rotary’s “Rotary Pheasant Hunt Lunch” (we will post details on the website)
Sat May 2 - Satellite Club Charter Celebration - The Nines
This week’s at MTSR:
This week we are meeting at the Mequon Fire Dept, Station 1, 11300 Buntrock Ave. Please enter through from the rear parking lot, the door will be Adar and take the elevator to the 2nd floor. Our guest speakers Chief Bialk, MFD and a representative from Aurora Hospital speaking about the Oz Co EMS system. After the meeting, I will give a tour of the Fire station for anyone interested in staying.
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.
Enjoying calm winds and peaceful Pacific waters, Seung Jin Kim dove off his 43-foot sailboat, the Arapani, to swim with some dolphins nearby. The serenity that day near the equator was a stark contrast to the 60 mph winds and 23-foot waves he had to fight around Cape Horn, the southern tip of South America. But Kim, a veteran sailor and member of the Rotary Club of Seokmun, in Chungcheongnam, Korea, expected such challenges when he set out in mid-October on a 25,600-mile journey around the world. In addition to fulfilling a lifelong dream, Kim is using the trip to raise awareness and funds -- his goal is $200,000 or more -- for Rotary's End Polio Now campaign.
He's now more than halfway through the voyage, which is expected to take eight months. As of 23 March, he'd passed South Atlantic and is now in the middle of the Indian Ocean en route to Western Australia.
"I want to give people the belief and aspiration to create a better and more prosperous future," says Kim, who chose Sailing With Hope as the theme of his voyage. "Rotary is doing that with polio eradication, so I'm sailing around the world in support of the effort to wipe this disease from the face of the earth. I want people to know how close we are."
To spread the word, the Arapani carries a 68-foot mast whose sail is emblazoned with the End Polio Now logo. He hopes people who see the logo will be curious enough to look into his cause.
Candidates for Mequon City Council focus on commercial, residential development By Ty Schmidt
The candidates vying for the district 8 position on the Mequon City Council share similar opinions about what is best for the future of Mequon.
Thomas Myers said the biggest reason he is challenging incumbent Pam Adams for a position she has held since 1994 isn't that he necessarily disagrees with anything she's stood behind, but rather to mix things up on the council.
Incumbents in districts six and seven, John Hawkins and Andrew Nerbun, are running unopposed for the spot, which is a three-year term that pays $4,800 annually.
What do you think the big issues are in Mequon and how do you plan to address them?
PA: One of the biggest issues facing Mequon is nurturing our natural and community resources to carefully develop the Mequon of the future: a Mequon that continues to balance budgets with frequent surpluses, keep our streets maintained and our homes safe and our schools strong. Mequon is a more inviting place to develop projects than ever before thanks to clarity in city expectations. I am committed to keeping Mequon #1 according to MOVOTO http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/best-places-in-wisconsin/ and other informed sources.
TM: Major issues in my view include our need to grow tax revenue to allow for retention of high-quality city services and maintenance of city infrastructure. This will require further development. We can accomplish a tax base increase through continued development in our industrial parks and commercial development in areas zoned for it without changing our rural character. I would work with city administration to attract desirable businesses.
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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