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Club meets Monday's at noon in the Tuscany Room at Rastrelli's Restaurant.
 
 
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Invocation
 
February 26 - Paula Schneckloth
March 5 - Mark Schroeder
March 12 - Mary Seely
March 19 - Peggy Sellnau
March 26 - David Sivright
 
Student Host
 
February 26 - Doug Bertrand
March 5 - Juliann Bray
March 12 - Jody Brooke
March 19 - Matt Brooke
March 26 - Jim Bruhn*
 
If you are listed to do invocation or as the student host and are unable to attend that day, please find a replacement. Thank you.
 
Student host responsibilities: If you are listed to be student host, please plan to arrive by 11:40 a.m. to greet the students as they come in. Assign one student to a Rotarian so they are spread out at different tables. Try to have different Rotarians each week host students, so the students can meet several people.
 
Greeter
 
February - Jody Brooke
March - Peggy Sellnau
 
​Greeting is a great way for new members to meet other members.
 
Fellowship
 
February -  Paul Holmer*
       and Ryan Veenstra
March - Dennis Lauver
 
  Fellowship Fines - Scholarship Fundraiser
 
February 12 - $393.00
February 19 - $158.00
YTD:           $7,537.75
 
Attendance for Feb. 19 - 43%
 
Present - 35
Exempt - 12
Absent -  46
 
Membership - February
 
Total membership: 93
New members: 0
Members that resigned: 0
Membership goal: 101


Please note: new members will have to pay an application fee of $25 to cover administrative costs (pin and badge), effective November 1, 2017.

RI President Ian Riseley supports to give clubs more flexibility in membership and meetings. "If you want to meet every week, and it suits your club, that's great. But there are people who can't do that, for whatever reason. To me, the flexibility is really important." (excerpt from the article in July 2017 Rotarian)

Member information - please submit any changes to your mailing and/or home addresses and emails to Ida (edal@mchsi.com). Thank you!

Congratulations!
 
No Rotary Birthdays for
February 26 - March 4, 2018
 
Rotary Anniversaries for
February 26 - March 4, 2018
 
Phoebe Soenksen - 1 yr (2/27)
Kim Clausen* - 27 yrs (3/1)
Brigham Tubbs - 20 yrs (3/1)

 
Sunshine

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The FOUR-WAY TEST: 
Of the things we think, say or do
 
1. Is it the TRUTH
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned
3. Will it bring GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIP
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
 
Volume 72 Number 31, February 26, 2018

Be a Paul Harris Foundation Minute Sponsor for the month of March.
For just $26.50 you can be a sponsor. Contact Ida if interested.

Announcements 
  • Mark your calendar: Rotary auction date is Friday, April 27, 2018, at the Eagle Point Lodge. This year's theme:"Lumberjack Shindig"
  • Upcoming Club Programs are being posted once a month in the Clinton Herald.

PETS -  March 8 - 10, 2018 in Rochester MN
A TOAST to D 6000
April 12, 2018 at the Best Western Steeplegate, Davenport
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
April 13, 2018 at the Radisson Conference Center, Coralville
11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
April 13, 2018 at Bridge View Center, Ottumwa
5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
April 14, 2018 at the Santa Maria Winery, Carroll
11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
April 14, 2018 at the Marriott, West Des Moines
5:30 PM - 9:00 pm
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Program for February 26, 2018
Speaker: Shane Peitscher, Firefighter, Para- Medic, Dive Master and Ice Rescue Instructor from the Bettendorf Fire Department.
Topic: requirements and training for open water and ice rescue and what it takes to be a fire fighter.
 
Program for March 5, 2018 - TBA

February Program Chair: Margo Hansen
March Program Chair: Lynn Todtz

Meeting of February 19, 2018
Guests: Doug Harridge, Joaquin and Diego Donaire guest of Carrie Donaire and Omar Pavaro guest of Doug Bertrand.
Student guests: Olivia Calvin, Kristen Flathers and Hannah Dash of Clinton HS and Carly Hasken and Jacey House of Northeast HS..

The program was presented by Feral Anderson.

Service Projects for 2018 
  • World Bicycle Relief.  The “double your gift” offer ended December 31.  However you can still donate. Remember to use this link for donations: http://rotary.worldbicyclerelief.org/rotary-district-6000  
  • RI Governor Ian Riseley has challenged every Rotary Club to plant a tree for each of its members by Earth Day, 22 April. Watch for more about trees in the Rotarian April issue, and find inspiration for projects from the Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group at esrag.org/tree-planting-challenge.

     Foundation Minute
According to Bill Gates, “ We are achingly close to getting rid of polio – more than 99% of the way there.  Finishing the job is a big challenge, but it is very doable if we keep up the effort.”  Your generous contribution will enable us to immunize 400 million children against polio every year.  It will improve the ability of surveillance and monitoring systems to diagnose new cases and detect the wild poliovirus.  It will help hire more than 150,000 health workers to go door to door to find every child that needs to be vaccinated and will also be used to track the virus in water,  and sewage and provide National Immunization Day materials. 
Polio is Rotary’s #1 priority!  If polio is not eradicated, hundreds of thousands of children could be paralyzed.  Global health costs will rise dramatically, and many children’s quality of life will be drastically diminished.
Your donation will save lives and give a child a chance at a prosperous future.  
Thank you for your continued support!  We are almost there and once there we shall celebrate! 

Club Committee
for information when a committee meets, contact the respective committee chair.
COMMUNITY SERVICE – Idell Klein
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE – David Pillers
MEMBERSHIP – Sue Watkins
PUBLIC RELATIONS – Holly Youngquist, Jody Brooke, Carrie Donaire and Jennifer Graf
FOUNDATION – Brian Wright
INTERACT - Peggy Sellnau
SCHOLARSHIPS – Rob Cassidy
STUDENT SERVICE / WEEKLY STUDENT GUESTS – Shannon Sander-Weizien
AUCTION COMMITTEE -Kathy Klahn and Jennifer Graf, co-chair
STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE - Dale Dalton, chair
SUNSHINE – Mary Swanson/Jennifer Graf/Ida Lorenz
CLUB SECRETARY – Ida Lorenz
CLUB TREASURER – Dale Dalton
 
Club Board Meeting:  February Board meeting is scheduled for March 16, at 7:00 a.m. at the US Bank 2300 N3rd Street. All members are welcome.
Auction Committee meetings will be held at the Clinton National Bank Trust bldg. Dates and times will be announced.
 
ROTARY FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS for 2017/18:
 John Frey (President),Gary Foster (VP), Lynn McGraw (Treasurer),Norlan Hinke and Ida Lorenz (Asst. Treasurers)
Directors: Jim Bruhn, Kathy Forrest, Edith Pfeffer, Mark Rutenbeck, Dee Willoughby and Brian Wright.
Foundation Board Meeting - TBA
*Denotes Past President of Clinton Rotary