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This Friday at Rotary
 

Kathy Collingsworth 

"Josh the Otter" Swimmer Safety Program
 
 
Chair of the Day: Kim Kuhle
Invocator: Holly Gillespie  
Greeters: Holly Gillespie and Rodge Bickerstaff 
Cashier: Anne Fuhrman  
Sgt. At Arms: Suzan Rohrig 
 

 

 
Meeting re-cap 8/25
Last week  Don Otis and Lisa Strunk as served as our Greeters. Nick Rosenberry gave the invocation.  Bob Walker was our Cashier and Russ Iwan our Sgt. of Arms.  We had lots of "Good News" and Secretary Matt McKeever handed out some fines.  We had three new member introductions.   Warren Whitted introduced Brad Ashford who talked about the legislative issues in Congress.   The Bucks for Bingel pot was at $141 and Warren Whitted won half which he donated back to our Foundation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Welcome New Members! 
Last week we had three new member introductions.   Nuzhat Mahmood introduced us to Wendy Wiseman.  Wendy is the President of Zaiss and Company, a Marketing and Communications firm.  Wendy is a former member of Omaha West and is an active community volunteer serving on the Omaha Area Youth Orchestra, SAC Federal Credit Union Board, and other organizations. She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska.  She is married to Gary Gustafson and they have three adult children.  Welcome, Wendy! 
 
Susan Thomas introduced us to new member Dr. Lisa Strunk.  Lisa is an Orthodontist and Pediatric Dentist.  She is a graduate of Creighton Dental School. She holds Master's degrees in both Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry from St. Louis University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center respectively. 

She been involved in professional organizations such as Omaha Orthodontic Study Club, the American Dental Association, and ODDS. She is married to Randy and they have three adult children including Erin who is also a new Rotarian.  Welcome, Lisa! 
 
Susan Thomas also introduced us to returning Rotarian Erin Strunk. Erin is a licensed Real Estate Agent and Interior Designer with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate with more than 13 years of experience.  Erin received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design from Harrington College of Design in Chicago.  Erin is a Past Member of Omaha West Rotary and enjoys spending time with her five-year-old daughter and family, traveling, and listening to french music. Welcome, Erin! 
 
Next Friday at Rotary
Coming up 9/08/17    
Vietnam Fallen Hero Charles Hein, Jr. Honor and Remember Flag presentation.
(Cousin to Rotarian Dennis Hein)
 
 
 
 
 
Turn in Your Tickets! Winners Announced Friday 
Please turn in any raffle tickets and money at the back no later than 12:10 on Friday.  Prize drawings will happen at our meeting. 
 
Thank you to all our fabulous sponsors and donors for this year's fundraiser:
 
 
Rotary Club of Omaha West 10th Annual Golf Scramble
Benefiting the West Omaha Rotary Foundation
8/24/2017
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Slate Architecture – Dwayne Brown
 
Printing Sponsor
Aradius Group – Manny Paz
 
 
 
Hole Sponsors
Del Toebben
Marathon Realty – Carol Gendler
Don & Rita Otis
CFA Society of Nebraska –
John Philo
Prairie Life Fitness – Dean
Rasmussen
Don & Millie’s – Dean  Rasmussen
Copple, Rockey, McKeever –      Matt McKeever
Gail Veitzer
Brad & Susan Rohrig
Pat Knowles
Beverly Karrer
Lamp Rynearson & Assoc. –
Bret Wawers
Access Bank –
            Tim Riewer
CBSHome Realty –                  JR Kammandel
Bloom Companion Care –
            Gretchen  Radler
 
 
 
Flag Prize Sponsors
Bob Fell
Jim Otis
Ann Fuhrman
Rich Secor
Butch Ethington
Jim Gerner
Joe Finnegan
Mike Shrier
Laura Iliff
Slate Architecture –
            Dwayne Brown
 
Raffle Prize Sponsors
Champions Run
Omaha Storm Chasers –
Martie Cordaro
JR Kammandel
Tim Riewer
Kent Templien
Morey-Vorrhees Financial
Services – John Morey
Bonnie Gill
Bob Walker
Steve Redler
Dean Rasmussen
Jim Otis
Larry McChesney
Speed up your check in- get a punch card! 
We are now offering 10 punch lunch tickets ($160) and 10 punch meeting-only tickets ($70) for sale at the meetings. Get one and don't worry about having cash or getting out your credit card! For sale at check-in. 
Roster Ads for 17-18
We are producing a printed roster this year and copies will be provided to all members.   This is your chance to support the club with an ad the members will see all year long! Please contact Jill Slupe to place your ad. 
 
 
Ipad/ipad mini needed 
An ipad or ipad mini is needed for use by the club for running credit cards.  If you have an old one that you can donate or would like to purchase one for the club, please contact Jennifer.  
Retention Committee meeting on 9/15
at Champions at 11:30-mark your calendar! 
Supporting Your Passion for Service with a Local Project 
The Rotary Foundation provides matching grants every year for a service project.  For the 2017 - 2018 year, 26 projects were approved for funding.  These include $554 to the Ashland Rotary club, to purchase and install seating / picnic table near the electric car charging station by the City Park.  Also approved are $1,500 for the Beatrice Rotary club to provide materials and assist in building an outdoor classroom for the Beatrice Community Preschool, and $1,500 for the Bellevue Papillion Rotary to support the Magdalene House for women experiencing violence, prostitution and addiction, to maintain the house and purchase items for the residents.  A full list of projects that received grants in our Rotary district (Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa) can be found here.
 
If you have idea for a project that the Omaha West Rotary club can support, please contact us!  Project proposals need to be developed in the fall and early winter, then go through an approval process in the spring.  Funding is finalized in late May for the upcoming year.
Annual Golf Fundraiser 
Thank you to all those who worked on this event especially Chair Jim Otis and Vice Chair Ric Miller.  We also thank all our volunteers, sponsors, and golfers.   We will have an announcement on funds raised at the club in a couple of weeks. Be sure to see our photos on Facebook.
 
 
 
September Birthdays 

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Bill Cutler 1  Michelle Kaufmann 10  Mark Manhart 12  Maribeth Yaksich 15  Tim Neal 16 Susan Thomas 20 Jeff Ziemba 20
 
 
 
 
 
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NEED A MAKE-UP?

MONDAY
BELLEVUE (DJ's Dugout, 10308 S. 23rd St.)
NORTH (Omaha Eppley Airport Conference Room)  

MILLARD (German American Society, 3717 South 120th Street)  
 

TUESDAY
MORNING (Happy Hollow Country Club, 1701 S. 105th St.)    

NORTHWESTEffective August 15th Northwest Rotary will meet Tuesday's at noon at Jerico's, 11732 W Dodge Rd, Omaha, NE 68154.)

SOUTHWEST NIGHT (DJ's Dugout at 17666 Welch Plaza, northeast corner of 180th & Q streets) 

WEDNESDAY
COUNCIL BLUFFS CENTENNIAL (Hy-Vee in Mall of the Bluffs, I-80 Exit 5)
DOWNTOWN (Field Club, 3615 Woolworth Ave.)

THURSDAY
COUNCIL BLUFFS NOON (The Center, 714 S. Main St.)  

SUBURBAN (Anthony's, 7220 F St.)   

WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY (Elkhorn Common Ground Community Center, 1701 Veteran's Drive)

 
FRIDAY
WEST (Champions Run, 13800 Eagle Run Drive)  
 
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Speakers
Sep 01, 2017
"Josh the Otter" Swimmer Safety Program
Sep 08, 2017
Honor and Remember Presentation
Sep 15, 2017
Holy Name Senior Housing
Sep 22, 2017
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Russell Hampton
National Awards Services Inc.
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