Norsk News 2/26

Attendance: Steve Salerno, Peggy Zalucha, Lauren Armstrong, Dana Fager, Sarah Straka. Aubree Hanks, Shawn Bolling, Steve Helwig, Keith White, Paul Christian, Judy Steinhauer, Frankę Wallitsch, Svetlana Neshlyaeva, Dave Reed, Brent Yauchlar.

Updates on our student rotarians:

Isabel Muños received the Viking Skål award which will be awarded May 21.

Our student rotarian Laura is at a DECA state competition in Lake Geneva.

Tristan is here to meet us and to get to know more about our club before his trip as an exchange student to Taiwan.

New Member Laura Armstrong received her Rotary plaque, pin, and other materials.

Happy Bucks

Shawn had a great trip to Mexico. Many firsts for her future son-in-law such as seeing snow, sledding, and ice skating. Shawn will be having 2 weddings in her family this upcoming year.

Aubree was able to go to Arizona for hiking and climbing with her partner, and was on a digital diet of checking her device only once a day.

Steve has a happy buck for his son Leo who was able to get $1500 in scholarships including one with BMW. His daughter is busy riding horses.

Paul Harris Awards Given: Steve Helwig received a Paul Harris award, his second.

Brent also received his 3rd Paul Harris award.

Paul Harris award named after the founder of Rotary in 1905. Rotarians can give or receive their reward after $1000 in donations are made to Rotary.

Peggy suggested we make Steve Helwig an honorary member.

Updates: Message from the Governor, who spoke about visioning during his visit last week. Our district has a resource to facilitate the conversation of what does a club envision in its future. A session would require an afternoon or meeting to discuss how we envision our club 5 or 10 years down the road. Meetings take 4 hours, and there is a requirement that at least 50% of club members attend. 

The meeting broke out into committee groups until the meeting was adjourned.