Rotary Bulletin July 13 (Jul 05, 2017)

David Grant
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Asian Cuisine Benefit Dinner Honoring Dave Gotaas

Clarkson Lodge at Clarkson Park

Jul 17, 2017
5:15 PM – 8:30 PM

Jul 13, 2017

Jerry Goldman

Our Inglorius Constitution

Jul 20, 2017

Henry Moss, Citizens Climate Lobby

The Issues & Solutions to Climate Change

Jul 27, 2017

Paula Jablonski

Workplace Stress

Aug 03, 2017

Jerry Markbreit, NFL referee

Being the Best You Can Be

Aug 10, 2017

Club Assembly

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Speaker on July 13: Jerry Goldman

Posted by David Birkenstein

Jerry Goldman challenges those who want to deify the Constitution: "It was flawed from the start and though amended remains flawed today. Stevens makes the case for amending the document, but that is largely a pipe dream. Most Americans today revere the Constitution as political scripture. To view the original object in the National Archives is akin to viewing a holy relic. Americans also maintain that the government established by the Constitution is democratic. But the Constitution did not create a democracy. Though many of its flaws have been eliminated or altered by practice, the Constitution itself remains imperfect and the steps necessary to correct its flaws persist with little likelihood of improvement."

Meeting Recap July 6

Posted by Keith Reed

There were 26 members present. Our newly installed President, Tom Nash, called the meeting to order and proceeded with our thought for the day and the Pledge of Allegiance.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tom reminded everyone of the The Asian Cuisine Benefit Dinner honoring Dave Gotaas scheduled for July 17^th from 5:15 to 8:30 PM at Clarkson Park in Northfield. The Rotary’s annual outing at a Cubs-Brewers baseball game in Milwaukee is scheduled for July 29 and the same type Rotary outing in Chicago involving the White Sox and Toronto is scheduled for August 3^rd. Rotary International President, Ian Riseley, is speaking at the Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club meeting which will be held on July 18 at 7:15 to 8:30 AM at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1818 Maple Street in Evanston. Cost of the meeting for guests is $20 and Patti should be notified by July 10^th if you want a reservation. Mark Kotz explained that our Raffle at the end of each meeting produced $590 this last fiscal year which was all contributed to our Foundation since we had no winners during such year. Heidi Sibert announced that her employer, James Martin Associates, gives its customers an opportunity to select a charity from a list of several charities specified by JMA to which JMA makes an annual contribution in the name of the customer. This last year JMA gave $350 to Kids Against Hunger and Operation Warm, two of the charities listed and selected by the customers. Rich Lalley announced that the Chicago Community Trust donated $1000 to the joint project of our Club and a Chicago Kiwanis Club to provide warm coats to intercity children through the City’s public libraries.

SPEAKERS were David Zazra and Roger Nasci from the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District (NSMAD) located in Northfield. David is Communications Manager and Roger is the Executive Director of NSMAD. This is a local government agency established by the Illinois legislature in 1927 and governed by five non-compensated Trustees appointed by the President of the Cook County Board. It serves 14 suburbs in Cook County between Deerfield and Lincolnwood and West to Pfingsten Road and covers 70 square miles. Its budget in 2017 is $1.69 million dollars with 7 full time and 12 seasonal staff members. The average annual tax paid by residents for NSMAD is about $9.15 per $300,000 value of your residence. The current facility is located in Northfield at 117 Northfield Rd. There was a 40 slide power point presentation which was very informative about mosquito abatement and can be obtained from Keith Reed at 312-925-6778. Also available from Keith (by email, or by clicking on this link) is a pdf booklet from NSMAD which contains its website and other information all local residents should know.

The big concern that residents should be aware of is that any container or pond on their property that catches and retains water can breed mosquitos. West Nile disease has been the primary concern over the last 5 years—there were 20 cases of the disease in the NSMAD area in 2012, but only 3 last year. Although the mosquito that can carry the Zika virus has been spotted in a section of Skokie, so far such mosquito has not been detected with such deadly virus. Residents can contact the NSMAD for advice regarding potential problems on their property and there are reliable contractors who will treat your property during the summer. Most of the NSMAD treatments are not on private property. All storm sewer drains (about 40,000 in the NSMAD) are potential but treatable problems because of the water collected in the bottom of the pits. If a resident has one of these drains on their property or their parkway, they should contact the NSMAD to make sure that it is on the list of drains that it treats. Residents can sign up on the NSMAD website to be notified of mosquito problems in the area.

Meeting Assignments

Posted by David Grant

July 13

Greeter	Terry Dason
Dig-n-Grin	Denise Dubravec
Thought	Joe Fell
Sgt-at-Arms	John Ford
Scribe	John Thomas

July 20

Greeter	Heather Higgins
Dig-n-Grin	Tony Kambich
Thought	Mark Kotz
Sgt-at-Arms	Rich Lalley
Scribe	Wes Baumann

July 27

Greeter	Mike Malloy
Dig-n-Grin	Robert Mardirossian
Thought	Ned Meisner
Sgt-at-Arms	Joe Nash
Scribe	Keith Reed

August 3

Greeter	Greg Nelson
Dig-n-Grin	Chuck Norton
Thought	Lee Padgitt
Sgt-at-Arms	Brooke Peppey
Scribe	John Thomas

Club Meets Goal for Rotary Foundation Giving

Posted by Richard (Rich) Lalley on Jul 01, 2017

The 2016-17 Rotary Year has come to a close. Please join the millions of beneficiaries of projects funded by The Rotary Foundation in thanking our members who have honored the commitment of Every Rotarian, Every Year, contribute to The Rotary Foundation's Annual Programs Fund.

Our club members donated a total of $8,230 in the 2017-18 Rotary Year, surpassing our goal of $8,000!

Please thank these 33 Rotarians for making their annual contribution, especially those in bold who are Paul Harris Fellows:

Sam Badger*⁺, Wes Baumann, Bob Baker, Mary Lou Bilder, David Birkenstein⁺, John Ford, David Grant*, Heather Higgins, Anna Helfman, Tony Kambich*, Mark Kotz, Rich Lalley⁺, Denny Lauer, Bill Leske, Robert Mardirossian, Ned Meisner, Rodger Morris*, Tom Nash, Lee Padgitt, Brooke Peppey, Randy Reeves, Kieth Reid, Fred Schwimmer⁺, Greg Skirving, Mike Shelton, Peter Skalski, John Stone, Liz Taylor, John Thomas, Barb Tubekis, Dirk Tussing, Julie Tye, Patti Van Cleave.
* signifies a Major Donor ⁺signifies Paul Harris Society ($1,000 per year)

There are many reasons to give to the The Rotary Foundation:

Contributions support humanitarian and educational projects initiated and run by Rotary Clubs and Districts in six areas of focus- Disease prevention and treatment, maternal & child health, education & literacy, water and sanitation, economic & community development and peace & conflict resolution. Learn more by reviewing the Foundation’s annual report.
Contributions come back to support projects of our club's projects, like our coats for kids, Kids Against Hunger and International grants projects like the water well project we helped fund for an orphanage in Kenya and the digital x-ray/community health clinic project organized by District 6440. This year, we received nearly $4,000 for our Kids Against Hunger project! But we must give to receive.
Charity Navigator gives The Rotary Foundation its highest “Four Star” rating, giving it a score 100 out of 100.
The Association of Fundraising Professionals named The Rotary Foundation the World's Outstanding Foundation of 2016!
Giving to The Rotary Foundation is an easy way for you to participate in Rotary’s service work beyond our club, providing you a personal connection to this great organization and the good it does throughout the world.

You can get a great start on the new Rotary year by making a contribution now. It’s easy to give. You can donate with a check or credit card at lunch; you can send a check to “WNRCF” (mark TRF in the memo line) to our club at 620 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka; you can donate via PayPal by clicking here, or you can donate directly to The Rotary Foundation at www.rotary.org or by calling 866-976-8279. One very convenient way to give is by making a recurring monthly gift on your credit card, which you can set up on Rotary’s website.

2017-18 Club President Tom Nash has set an ambitious goal for this year's Every Rotarian Every Year Goal- $10,000. Consider becoming a monthly donor, and for those who can, stepping up to the Paul Harris Society by pledging to give $1,000 each year.

If you have any questions about The Rotary Foundation or how to give, contact Rich Lalley.

Member Birthdays

Kristen Jasinski

July 10

Anna Cohen-Helfman

July 12

Mary Lou Bilder-Gold

July 14

Peter Skalski

July 21

Tom Evans

July 22

Luvie Owens

July 26

Join Date

Julie Tye

July 1, 2016

1 year

Trisha Kocanda

July 9, 2016

1 year

Patti Van Cleave

July 26, 2007

10 years