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Guest Bartending & Live Music for Operation Warm
Little Ricky's
Oct 12, 2017
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
 
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Sep 28, 2017
Unintended Impact: One athlete's journey from concussions in amateur football to CTE dementia
Oct 05, 2017
Annual meeting with Rotary District Governor
Oct 12, 2017
Trees that Feed
Oct 19, 2017
Library Update: New services and refreshed spaces
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Winnetka-Northfield
Service Above Self
We meet Thursdays at 12:15 PM
Winnetka Community House
620 Lincoln Avenue
Tyrrell Room (winter) 111A (summer)
Winnetka, IL  60093
United States
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Speaker Bio on 9/28: Jim Proebstle

All three of Proebstle's books have received outstanding industry and reader recognition.  He will speak to us about his book: 'Unintended Impact: One athlete's journey from concussions in amateur football to CTE dementia.'  He earned his BA and MBA from Michigan State University.  He was fortunate enough to play on a National Championship football team in 1965 and earn academic honors.  Jim received the Eli Broad College of Business Outstanding Alumni Award in 2001.  

 

Meeting Recap September 21
On September 21 we had one guest who was Eduardo Espinoza, a senior at Northeastern Illinois University and guest of Dirk Tussing.
 
Robert Mardirossian gave the “thought of the day” and wished everyone a Happy Rosh Hashanah. Robert also was celebrating his birthday, his 23 years as a very active Rotarian, and his retirement from the Counseling Center of the North Shore. He, along with Liz Taylor, who also is celebrating a birthday, requested that we all sing the Beatles song “When I’m Sixty-Four,” with special emphasis on the lyrics “when I get older losing my hair, will you still need me, will you still feed me when I’m sixty-four”.  Robert and Liz were thanked for all their contributions to Rotary and a special cake was provided in their honor.
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Our District Governor Don Brewer will be attending our Club’s Board and membership meetings on October 5th.
 
HAPPY BUCKS: Liz, Dr. John Stone, Rich Lalley and Heather Higgins all donated HB. Rich explained that his Operation Warm distribution of coats and children’s books through an inner- city library will take place in late October-early November and is being supported with a $1000 grant from the Chicago Community Trust. He was also excited about a friend of his in the Chicago Stagehand’s Union who arranged for another generous contribution to permit this same type of coat/children book distribution at a Lawndale library on November 4th.  The kids have to pick up their coats and books at these libraries and he encouraged our members to attend these important events.
 
SPEAKER: Chief Bill Lustig, head of the Northfield Police Department, has spent 36 years with the Northfield Police Department. He started out developing the Officer Friendly program to improve relations between the police and the community youth. As he progressed through the ranks to his current position of Chief, he continued to build positive relationships with all of Northfield’s residents, businesses, and visitors. Dirk and our guest Eduardo were especially pleased to hear that Chief was a graduate of Northeastern Illinois University. Chief Lustig explained the problem that North Shore suburbs had this last summer with car burglaries and theft. There were about 55 cars burglarized and 5 stolen, primarily by about 80 teenagers from Chicago gangs (ages 12-18). Contributing to this spree was that many people on the North Shore still have an unrealistic notion of security—they tend to leave their cars and homes unlocked. This notion has to be changed in order to minimize this type of crime. The street gangs know that juveniles have special protection under Cook County laws—they don’t have to give their names or other information to police when questioned; and usually police do not give chase to them unless they are caught in the act of committing a crime. Even if they are arrested and prosecuted they are usually given light penalties like community service. That’s why the gangs have these youngsters doing this type of activity. Chief Lustig also explained the local police departments’ duty under the new Illinois Trust Act which prevents them from retaining any undocumented person unless they have committed a crime in this State. Chief also explained how 911 now has been combined into one facility in Glenview. The local dispatchers once assigned to our villages have been released and the calls are all received in Glenview. Regarding speeding motorists on Edens and Willow within Northfield’s City limits, Chief explained why it is so difficult to control the speeding motorcyclists who apparently start at the McDonald’s on Ohio street in Chicago and race up to the Wisconsin state line and back to McDonald’s—mostly done between midnight and 2:00 am. Because Northfield has such a small section of Eden’s in its jurisdiction, it is difficult to clock and catch the speeding cyclist. He said there is only one State trooper patrolling Edens to the Wisconsin border during these hours and that the State has approximately 700 fewer state troopers than were employed in the past. On Willow Road in Northfield, the police department is trying to keep the speeds down close to 35 or 40 MPH due to the schools, parks and churches along that road. Speed meters are used to show who is speeding and the department has resorted to parking empty police cars along Willow Road (and even one with a Spider Man behind the steering wheel) in order to keep the speeds somewhat reasonable. Northfield only gets about 10-15% of the revenues from speeding tickets and by the time it pays an officer to take time to go to court, it actually costs Northfield to ticket drivers on Willow. It has given out about 7000 tickets over the last two years.  Regarding drug problems in our suburban schools, Chief says that it is a constant problem existing in all the schools. In the junior high schools, the biggest problem is kids usually their parents’ pills from their medicine cabinets. But in high schools when kids have money, there is a lot spent on illegal drugs. It’s a problem that needs education and constant attention. In answer to a question whether police should be called when you see an unusual person doing strange things in public, he said that you should always feel free to call the police, but you need to realize these people also have rights.  If they are not violating the law, the police may observe them but will not arrest them. He said that our State is very short of mental health facilities/providers and that is where many of these people should receive assistance.
2017 Operation Warm Project Underway!
Fundraising is underway for our 2017 Operation Warm project. 
 
 
Nearly one in five American children live in poverty. More than 400,000 in the Chicago metro area. 
 
For these families, deciding between food, rent, heat and medicine takes priority. Many children have to go without a coat during the cold Chicago winter.
 
You can help to bring hope, happiness and warmth to children living in need in Chicagoland with the gift of a brand-new winter coat.  Your gift will help to improve a child's self-esteem, school attendance and overall wellness.

Our Goal is to Give 500 Children Brand-New Winter Coats
Give today at www.operationwarm.org/wnrotary

Or send a check payable to WNRCF to
Rotary Club of Winnetka-Northfield
620 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka IL 60093
 
We partner with schools and non-profits serving disadvantaged children, including Inner City Impact in Cicero, Holy Family Ministries school in Chicago, Hope Community Church in Chicago, Open Arms Mission in Antioch, Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook (holiday gift program), Jewish Council for Youth Services in Highwood and Family Promise Chicago North Shore.
 
This year, we are also partnering with the Chicago Public Library on an innovative program that gives a new coat at the libratry, bringing children into a library of the first time.
 
Your donation will go to Operation Warm, our partner since 2009. They provide us with brand-new, high-quality, warm winter coats for our children. Operation Warm is a GuideStar Platinum-rated nonprofit and has helped over 2 million children since 1998.
 
The video below was sent to us last winter as a gesture of THANKS from Holy Family Ministries. 
 
 
How many children can you help keep warm this winter?
 
Hurricane Relief Fund  Accepting Donations
Our Rotary Club's Charitable Foundation is now accepting tax deductible donations for our Hurricane Relief Fund. Donations may be made by credit card here:
 
Our Foundation's Board will take direction from Rotary Leaders regarding where to direct our funds. Here is a letter received from our represntative on Rotary International's Board of Directors Robb Knuepfer:
 
Dear District and Zone Leaders:
 
As you have been reading in the news, severe rainfall has caused historic flooding along the Texas coast, including in Houston, the fourth largest city by population in the United States. Deluged towns in the region are in desperate need of aid as thousands of residents were forced to flee their homes. About 6.8 million people have been affected by the hurricane, which made landfall on 25 August.
  • Late last week, Presidential Aide Don Mebus and Past RI Director Greg Podd hosted a strategy conference call with governors from Districts 5930, 5840, 5890, 5910 and 6200 in Texas and Louisiana to develop a cohesive response.
  • A Gulf Coast Disaster Relief Donor Advised Fund (DAF) has been established by Greg Podd and President-Elect Barry Rassin through The Rotary Foundation to collect relief contributions. Don and Greg are working with leaders from the affected districts to create a process for disbursing DAF funds to their respective district foundations or local 501c3 organizations to support local relief efforts.
  • Updated information about contributing to the Gulf Coast DAF is available on the Rotary website. This page will continue to be updated as needed.  Contribution information is also attached to this email.
  • ShelterBox, Rotary’s partner for disaster relief, is providing tents for use as ‘privacy tents’ to be pitched within the convention centers housing families that have been evacuated.
Please circulate the news about Rotary’s relief efforts to Rotarians in your district.  Please direct inquiring Rotarians to the web story on Rotary.org for the most up-to-date information or to contact RI by writing to relief@rotary.org.
 
Yours in Rotary Service,
 
Robb
 
Robb Knuepfer
RI Director
Zones 28 & 29
Meeting Assignments
September 28
GreeterJoe Nash
Dig-n-GrinGreg Nelson
Thought Brooke Peppey
Sgt-at-ArmsChuck Norton
ScribeWes Baumann
 
October 5
GreeterHeidi Sibert
Dig-n-GrinFred Schwimmer
Thought Randy Reeves
Sgt-at-ArmsPeter Skalski
ScribeJohn Thomas
 
October 12
GreeterTodd Stephens
Dig-n-GrinJohn Stone
Thought Liz Taylor
Sgt-at-ArmsJohn Thomas
ScribeKeith Reed
 
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Heather Higgins
September 6
 
Mike Shelton
September 7
 
Wes Baumann
September 12
 
Terry Dason
September 15
 
Robert Mardirossian
September 20
 
Liz Taylor
September 27
 
Join Date
Anthony (Tony) Kambich
September 1, 1979
38 years
 
Bill Boyd
September 10, 2009
8 years
 
Todd Stephens
September 10, 1998
19 years
 
Fred Schwimmer
September 13, 2012
5 years
 
Heidi Sibert
September 13, 2012
5 years
 
Robert Mardirossian
September 22, 1994
23 years