March 26, 2015 (Mar 21, 2015)

March 26, 2015

Tom Palm, Photographer

The Tonka Paparazzi

CLUB NEWS:

Last Week's Program - Terry Kerber, a financial advisor and author, presented a biography from his book about "Major Taylor, The Greatest Legend America Ever Forgot." Taylor, an African American, became a legendary athlete in America and around the world in Europe and Australia racing bicycles in velodrome venues. He was born in Chicago in 1895 when bicycle racing and horse racing were predominate spectator sports before auto racing and professional football and baseball. According to Kerber, he became quite well paid and very well known around the world. Although well known, world events such as WWI and WWII and the automobile, his presence from the headlines began to disappear. A devout Christian, he allegedly lost most of his money to unscrupulous men. Kerber and his brother researched for a number of years, then wrote the book.

Ricardo Ortizcazarin presented checks to grant recipients, including the Shelterbox, Northern Star Boy Scount Council, and Maple Grove High Schools Global Outreach program.

James Williams and Jeff Wosje had guests who attended.

Jim Bird, our newest member, returned from San Francisco from visiting his newborn second grandchild.

On Tuesday, March 10th, Plymouth Mayor Kelli Slavik (an Honorary Member of Plymouth Rotary) presented a Proclamation the City Council and the Public designating Tuesday, April 14th Heart Safe Plymouth - Community CPR and AED Training Day in support of our anticipated mass training event to be held in the Field House Dome at Plymouth Creek Center. Russ Carlson has given a short interview with Channel 12 promoting the April 14th event which will be broadcast March 28 and 29 throughout the day.

Heart Safe Plymouth: As of 3/14/2015 2,038 people trained (and counting!).

REMINDER: Preview your member profile on the Club website for accuracy and update any missing data. Contact VP Steve Juetten or Secretary/Club Administrator Joe Thompson with any questions you may have. To assist, Dwain Erickson and Diane Moyer can shoot smart phone photographs of members whose photos are missing in the Club Membership roster.

Important Dates/Events:

West Metro Rotaract Club: The kickoff event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Location will be Wayzata Country Club. Keynote speaker will be Jacquie Berglund, Entrepreneur and President of Finnegans, Inc. Rotaract is for younger men and women ages 18-30 who have interest in Rotary. We need names of your children, neighbors, co-workers, or other young people we can send information about this new opportunity. Help us build a contact list. There is no cost our obligation for attendees - just come and learn more, then decide if they want to pursue getting involved.

Please let Steve Beachler, Jason Cardwell, Norm Okerstrom or Ricardo Ortizcazarin know of young people you would like add to our email list. We are cooperating with Wayzata, Orono, Excelsior, Lake Minnetonka-Excelsior, and Mound-Westonka Rotary Clubs to help get this new Rotaract Club started. A flyer for the event has been added to our RotaryPlymouth.org website.

The 2015 Rotary District 5950 Conference is set for Saturday, May 16, 2015 at the Raddison Blu Hotel in Mall of America, Bloomington. Early Bird discounts are available; register at Rotary5950.org. This is a one-day full conference of Rotary information, fellowship, dining and entertainment. Registrations are open online now! You can register for all or just part of the program.

Plymouth Rotary will offer CPR/AED training as a scheduled event during the conference. A good turnout from Plymouth Rotarians will be helpful to provide assistance during the training, and the conference generally will be a good use of your time.

Twin vs Cubs game, June 20th, will be a District 5950 event. Tickets available on-line. See Steve.

Rotary Peace Centers has announced the application for 2016 Rotary Peace Fellowships is now open online. (rotarypeasecenters@rotary.org). Applications are available at the web site along with brochures and program guides. Applicants for these distinguished scholarships must be endorsed at the District level by 31 May 2015, with their results forwarded to RI by 1 July 2015. A Rotary webinar is scheduled for 10 February 2015 to learn how to coach and recruit applicants. Rotary Pace Scholarships formerly were known as Ambassadorial Scholarships. See Steve Beachler for registration details.

Amazon Purchases: Please remember to select RCOP Foundation when you make on-line purchases at Amazon.Smile. The Rotary Club of Plymouth Foundation is registered with Amazon and may be chosen when you make purchases through Amazon.Smile. Amazon will donate .05% of your total purchase to RCOP Foundation. The AmazonSmile web site provides all the same products as the regular site, but in addition allows you to designate a charity which Amazon will support. Please tell your friends and associates who shop through Amazon Smile! The contribution comes out of Amazon's pocket - not yours! Click here to get started:http://smile.amazon.com/ch/26-3054927 You Shop/ Amazon Gives!

MORE ENGLISH LESSONS:

The Morse Code: When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME THE DOTS

Dormitory: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM

Slot Machines: When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME

Election Results: When you rearrange the letters: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT

Snooze Alarms: Rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z'S

A Decimal Point: Rearrange the letters: I'M A DOT IN PLACE

The Earthquakes: Rearrange the letters: THAT QUEER SHAKE

Eleven Plus One: Rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE

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Rotary International Theme: Light Up Rotary

Plymouth Rotary Club Theme: Participation Leads to Passion for Rotary

Rotary International Convention June 6-9 , 2015 Sao Paulo, Brazil