The meeting in the Winnetka Community House was opened at 12:40 by President Bill Leske. An interesting Thought for the Day came from Wes Baumann before the pledge of allegiance was led by Rik Borjesson.
Visitors included Andy Knott with Liz Taylor, Lee Jorik with David Birkenstein, Carla and Brian Rosenthal with Rich Lalley and Brian Keeler. Birthdays noted were Bob Thomas and Jeanne Beckman. Anniversary’s noted were Chuck Norton with 21 years, Eric Birkenstin with 10 years and Carl Yudell with 4 years.
There were no visitors or birthdays. There were 24 members present and lunch was served at 12:40 and the meeting then started at 1:00.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: President Bill’s announcements included:
- the meeting on March 28 will be a visit at New Trier H.S.
- there will be a Foundation meeting next Monday at Brooke Peppey’s office
- March 10 Winnetka celebrates its 150th Anniversary in Mertz Hall from 2-4PM
- Heidi Sibert reminded us again the Kids Against Hunger food making will be
March 15 and still needs volunteers
- Joe Nash informed us that a benefit for KAH will be Feb. 21 at Little Rickey’s
-Mary Komlofske told the 50th Anniversary of the WYO will be celebrated with a
dinner/dance benefit on April 13 at the Sheridan Shore Yacht Club
- Rich Lallie updated us on Operation Warm, which has been a life-saver for kids
in the recent bitter cold weather.
HAPPY BUCKS: Ned Meisner kicked in $10 as he celebrated that he is almost ready to move to Ecuador. David Grant threw in the same in honor of his daughter being accepted to the PhD program at Mayo.
DIG & GRIN : Carl Yudall spun out a series of anecdotal, medically related puns . This was all received with warm applause.
SPEAKER – As an introduction to today’s topic of medical marijuana, Marie Kuipers related her personal experience that led to successful use of prescription cannabis.
The speaker was Joseph Friedman who has established the first medical cannabis dispensary to have medical students do a clinical rotation. He has a Pharmacy degree from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Lake Forest. His talk covered a wide variety of topics in the arena of medical cannabis including:
- treatment approaches and dealing with patients
- a discourse on THC vs. CBD marijuana types
There was a lively 10 minutes of Q&A and the meeting closed at 1:35 PM with a recitation of the Rotary 4-way pledge.