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Upcoming Events
Spring Fundraising Dinner
Kenilworth Club
May 12, 2017
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
Speakers
May 11, 2017
Medical Ethics
May 18, 2017
Let's Do Lunch with the Chamber
May 25, 2017
What Can You Do to Recycle More Effectively?
Jun 01, 2017
Polar Exploration
Jun 08, 2017
Keep Yourself Safe!
Jun 22, 2017
Twenty-first Century Dads
Jun 29, 2017
Installation Dinner
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WELCOME TO OUR CLUB! CELEBRATING 92 YEARS OF SERVICE. COME JOIN US CONNECTING FOR GOOD.
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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Change of Meeting Location on 5/11
The meeting on May 11th will be held at the Northfield Park District offices at 401 Wagner Road, just north of Willow Road.
Speaker on 5/11: David Donnersberger

David Donnersberger is an internal medicine physician. His office is in Winnetka. He is also a graduate lawyer. Holding degrees in both medicine and the law, David has become an expert in medical ethics.  Several of our Rotary members are his patients. He is married to Dr. Claire Kenneally and they have two children.

NOTE THAT DUE TO RUMMAGE, OUR MEETING WILL BE AT THE NORTHFIELD PARK DISTRICT BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF WILLOW AND WAGNER ROADS, 401 WAGNER ROAD.

 

Meeting Recap on 5/4
There were 30 members at this week’s meeting.  Our three guests included Dr. Rick Stern (John Ford) who has opened up a new (reorganized) practice on Oak Street in Winnetka called Dedication Health, Teri Stein (Ned Meisner) a disability consultant and advocate who helps young disabled adults make the transition to a more independent life and Lenna Scott (Robert Mardirossian) who was recently appointed as the successor to Robert at the Counseling Center of the North Shore.  Steve Saunders, Winnetka’s Director of Public Works was present representing the village.
 
The meeting on May 11th will be held at the Northfield Park District offices at 401 Wagner Road, just north of Willow Road.
 
Tom Nash reminded the club that our annual benefit will be held on Friday, May 12th at the Kenilworth Club beginning at 6:00 p.m.  Among the great raffle prizes are six (6) tickets on the 50-yard line to the Notre Dame-Navy game next November 18th.  Tom said the weather forecast for that day is 60° and sunny!
 
John Thomas extended an invitation from the Winnetka Youth Organization to attend their annual benefit to be held on Thursday, May 18th at Pinstripes on Willow Road at 7:00 p.m.
 
In the Happy Buck’s portion of the meeting John Stone, who said he was unable to attend the Benefit said he is donating $100 to the Foundation and suggested that all members who were unable to attend do the same thing.  Rodger Morris rose to the challenge and matched John’s contribution.  We do hope that those who are unable to attend the benefit will make a contribution to the Foundation, as this is our biggest fundraising effort for our Club’s support of local agencies that need our assistance.
 
Our speaker for the day was Jane Carroll, an immigration attorney.  Jane is the co-founder of Intermezzo Business Migration Solutions, a consultancy firm that designs comprehensive global immigration strategies and programs for business.  Our club was fortunate to have the opportunity to hear from this national and international speaker.
 
Jane indicated that the legal area of immigration is extremely complex and few would disagree with her at the end of her presentation.  She held up a book that was 3 – 4” thick that was just an outline of immigration law.  She spoke about the two types of Visas – for nonimmigrants, (those seeking temporary entry to the U.S.) and the Immigrant Visas for those seeking permanent residency.  There are 16 different categories of Nonimmigrant Visas, all with different requirements and lengths of stay permitted.  The Immigrant Visas, often called Green Cards, grant the holder all the rights of U.S. citizenship, except voting.  A green card holder can be removed or deported from the U.S. for committing a crime of moral turpitude. 
 
As a percent of the total population of a country the United States exceeds only four countries, while 17 countries are more generous in terms of accepting immigrants.
 
The largest allocation of immigration visas is in the family categories with 226,000 being given per year.  In some of the categories there is a long wait while the exception is for immediate relatives:  spouses, children under 21 and parents.  More distant relatives have longer waits, typically ranging from 6 years to as high as 24 years.
 
The second largest category of visas is for employment-based immigration.  At the top of the preference list is ‘extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts education, business or athletics.  Examples are outstanding professors/researchers, multinational executives, then professionals with advanced degrees.  While there are no numerical quotas on countries for people seeking visas there are specific numbers of total visas that are granted in various categories.  Also, no more than 7% of the visas can be issued for a given country.  This creates long waits for persons seeking visas from countries like India, that have many highly educated persons seeking entry into the United States.
 
Another category is the asylum/refugee group.  This process takes two years for the vetting for the refugees.  The president sets the number that can be accepted by the United States.  In his last year in office Obama had set the number at 110,000, Trump has changed that to 0 (zero)!
 
Benefit Dinner: Celebrate Good Times, Come On

Our Benefit Dinner is coming up! It will be held on Friday, May 12th at the Kenilworth Club. The event will feature a buffet dinner, cash bar and a piano performance for your listening and dancing pleasure from Marshall Nelson formerly of Kool and the Gang. We hope that you can attend this event, which will be lots of fun and benefits our foundation's Community Grants program.

Please RSVP soon! If you cannot attend, please make a tax deductible donation to our Community Grants program by clicking here.

 IF YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS FOR OUR SILENT AUCTION OR RAFFLE, PLEASE CONTACT TOM NASH.

You may pay for your ticket with a credit card below. Or by Check made payable to WNRCF.

Thanks for all your support of our foundation's programs!

Meeting Assignments
May 11
GreeterDavid Birkenstein
Dig-n-GrinEric Birkenstein
Thought Terry Dason
Sgt-at-ArmsDenise Dubravec
ScribeJohn Thomas
 
May 18
GreeterJoe Fell
Dig-n-GrinJohn Ford
Thought Heather Higgins
Sgt-at-ArmsTony Kambich
ScribeKeith Reed
 
May 25
GreeterRich Lalley
Dig-n-GrinMike Malloy 
Thought Robert Mardirossian
Sgt-at-ArmsNed Meisner
ScribeJohn Thomas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Robert (Bob) Baker
May 3
 
Joe Fell
May 4
 
Barb Tubekis
May 5
 
Jessica Rutstein
May 9
 
William (Bill) Johnson
May 9
 
Patti Van Cleave
May 10
 
Ginny Hilton
May 12
 
Dirk Tussing
May 13
 
David Grant
May 16
 
John Ford
May 16
 
Fred Schwimmer
May 18
 
Heidi Sibert
May 21
 
Bill Boyd
May 28
 
Join Date
Barb Tubekis
May 3, 2012
5 years
 
Mike Malloy
May 8, 2014
3 years
 
Sally Gotaas
May 12, 2016
1 year
 
Connie Berman
May 15, 2002
15 years
 
Greg Skirving
May 15, 2014
3 years
 
Bill Leske
May 20, 2010
7 years
 
Tom Evans
May 20, 2009
8 years
 
Ned Meisner
May 28, 2012
5 years