Invocator: Kim Kuhle Vocational Talk: Starla Waite
Cashiers: Anne Fuhrman
Sgt. at Arms: Gail Veitzer
Greeter: Andy Shim Speaker/Presenter: Big Canvas
Big Canvas is a non-profit organization that believes in comedy for everyone. From uplifting shows, to engaging classes, we bring communication tools in the form of improvisation and create a community. As Omaha’s family favourite improv comedy group and school, our shows and classes feature a variety of improv comedy where everything is made up on the spot.
This Friday’s Show will feature the following cast:
Doug Rothgeb – Logistics Expert with Lozier Corp - Big Canvas Co-Founder
Dwayne Brown– Principal with Slate Architecture. - Alumni of Big Canvas Training Center - Big Canvas Board Member
Josh Fairchild – Assistant Professor Psychology at Creighton University. - Alumni of Big Canvas Training Center
Andrea Lane - Real Estate Agent for Berkshire Hathaway/Ambassador. - Current Student Level 4 of Big Canvas
Last week, President Nuzhat Mahmood presided the meeting. Tara Bowne gave the Invocation. Lori Benton and Matt Moletierre served as greeters, while Dwayne Brown was Sgt. at Arms. Mark Ellsworth was Cashier, while Tara Brown helped with our bank deposit. Martie Cordaro was Chair of the Day. Martie introduced our speaker Daniel Boyd, Chief Operating Officer at DREAM. Daniel spoke about DREAM's mission of providing a life-changing team mentoring approach to at-risk youth in Omaha, NE and Springfield, MO. This proven approach puts children in a comfortable setting where they’re encouraged to discuss, learn and grow as individuals. More information about DREAM can be found here.
L to R: Nuzhat Mahmood, Daniel Boyd, Martie Cordaro, and Matt McKeever. They are holding a DREAM t-shirt up for auction this Friday.
Omaha West Rotary Club Secretary Report for June 1, 2018.
We had a great number of guests again on Friday. Guests and their host Rotarians included Daniel Boyd (Martie Cordero), Randy Porter (Martie Cordero), Whitney Baker (Deb Neary), Maryssa Brown (Dwayne Brown), Thomas Hollingsworth (Luke McNeese) and Lynette Curtin (Yolanda Hoffman). Brad Hess introduced us to his fiance, Ann Murley. Matt told Ann that all the stories about Brad were true and that the Rotarians at their table could confirm that.
Red Badge Members were recognized. The Rotarians with June birthdays were celebrated. Once more, John Morey led us in singing the Happy Birthday song to them.
Good news included word from Ron Niederhaus about his grandson's baseball scholarship. Nuzhat Mahmood shared that her son, Alexander, graduated from Pre-Kindergarten. Deb Neary thanked everyone for her primary victory for State Board of Education. That took some wind out of Matt's sails for assessing fines against her because he had a few newspaper articles about Deb obtaining 51% of the vote in the primary.
Matt fined Gene Klein for the Greater Omaha Chamber's Business Excellence Award for Project Harmony and also an editorial in the World Herald authored by Gene. Matt announced that no one sent in any articles to get him fined in the last week, but Martie Cordero said that he saw an news story on TV about Bitcoin. Matt took it under consideration at the time, but, upon further reflection, allowed the fine and fined himself a dollar.
Matt told the club assembly one last word of wisdom from the billboard in front of that bar in North Bend, Nebraska: "The dinosaurs did not have beer. How'd that work out for them?"
Last week, Martie Cordaro introduced our newest member Dan Lassek. Dan is a financial advisor with The Lassek & Schubert Group at Merrill Lynch in Omaha. One of his partners, Kathryn Schubert, is a past president and member of Suburban Rotary. He was born and raised in Omaha and is married to his wife, Mandy, and has 2 boys, Kaden (7) and Brooks (2) with a third boy (Hays) on the way any day now. He is active in the community holding advisory council positions with 40 Below, which is a part of the Omaha Performing Arts, and Scrubs Ambassadors, which is a part of the Children’s Hospital Foundation. He is an alumni of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He volunteers as a football coach for his oldest son’s team with Millard United. Please be sure to introduce yourself and welcome Dan when you see him at our Friday meeting.
Dan Lassek
L to R: Nuzhat Mahmood, Martie Cordaro, and Dan Lassek
Recently, Yolanda Hoffman introduced our new member Starta Waite. Starla has been a Registered Nurse for 34 years, mostly in cardiology and emergency trauma management and has recently retired. Starla served a term on the Board of the American Health Association. For four years, she organized a fundraiser softball tournament with WOWTV and Heart Consultants. Starla is now enjoying her new career in Cosmetics Distribution as Director at Mary Kay Cosmetics. Please introduce yourself and welcome Starla when you see her at our Friday meeting.
Starla Waite
L to R: Yolanda Hoffman, Starla Waite, and Nuzhat Mahmood
Rotary Social Hour at Project Harmony, June 7, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Due to popular demand, we have scheduled a private tour and club social hour at Project Harmony hosted by Gene Klein. Please RSVP by June 1st by clicking here. You may donate cash at the event, instead of using credit card online. Any questions, please contact Rebecca Miller at rebecca.miller@fixlexia.com or Gene Klein at gklein@projectharmony.com.
Henry Doorly Zoo, June 16, Saturday 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM. Join Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium for a fun-filled African Safari and Asian Highland Themed tour. Our curator for the event will be Zookeeper, Troy Solberg. We will start at the Imax Theater, walk down to the giraffe dean, the elephant yard, ride the tram over to the Asian Highlands. We will get up close to multiple breeds of elephants, giraffes and rhinos. Join us and don't miss the fun! Questions, contact Kim (402) 639-8855. More information here and sign up here.
American Muslim Institute (AMI) Tour, June 20, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM. More information here and sign up here.
Rotarians and friends are invited to visit the American Muslim Institute, located at 132nd and Pacific, June 20th, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm, followed by dinner in their social hall. Please dress modestly (no shorts, sleeveless blouses or skirts above the knee). Women should wear a scarf to cover their head when they go into the sanctuary. (Although, some will be provided if you forget to bring one). Sandals are permitted, but once you enter the sanctuary you will be asked to remove your shoes.
Dinner from Mediterranean Bistro: Chicken Kabob- Marinated chicken breast pieces and fresh vegetables cooked over open flame, served with basmati rice Cost $15 which includes a donation to AMI Deadline for reservations is Monday, June 18 by noon
If you do not want to stay for dinner, please come anyway and visit AMI.
In addition to online sign ups, we will have paper sign ups at our Friday meetings as the date approaches for each event. As always, you get an attendance credit when attending these events. If you are Red Badge, your attendance will also count toward Red Badge credit.
Omaha West Rotary in partnership with the City of Omaha Parks and Recreation department will roll out a campaign to raise money for trees for the new Dewey Park Dog Park in midtown. If you have a four legged friend and would to have contribute please check out the link https://redbasket.org/1649. In the fall our club may have the opportunity to plant the trees as we did last month in North Omaha if there is interest. The park will have a small dog area, large dog area, agility area, and water play feature. Please help us spread the word about the park and raise some funds for nice trees.
Let's go to Toronto in June 23-27, 2018 for the Rotary International (RI) Convention!
There is no experience for a Rotarian quite like an International Convention. Meet old friends and make new ones from around the world. Hear great speakers and enjoy fabulous entertainment. Participate in the many breakout sessions on topics of interest to you. Stroll through the House of Friendship. Enjoy the many restaurants and tourism opportunities that Toronto has to offer. The next several RI Conventions will be outside of North America, so it's a good time to go this year. You will not believe it, but it's really not expensive to fly to Toronto. We did a random search online and the round trip ticket ranges from as low as $220 to $400. Of course, it could go higher if you fly business class, but the general fares are pretty good.
To register for the RI Convention, please click here. If you need help with your registration, please contact Jill or Yolanda.
To find out about speakers at other Rotary Clubs in the area, you can conveniently see the list of Club websites here. Then click on the home icon to the left of the club name. The list of speakers are listed on their Homepage.
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.
MONDAY BELLEVUE 12:00 PM (DJ's Dugout, 10308 S. 23rd St.) NORTH 12:00 PM (Omaha Eppley Airport Conference Room) MILLARD 12:00 PM (German American Society, 3717 South 120th Street) - NO MEETING on Oct 9
TUESDAY MORNING 7:00 AM (Happy Hollow Country Club, 1701 S. 105th St.)
NORTHWEST 12:00 PM ( Effective August 15th Northwest Rotary will meet Tuesday's at noon at Jerico's, 11732 W Dodge Rd, Omaha, NE 68154.)
SOUTHWEST NIGHT 5:15 PM (DJ's Dugout at 17666 Welch Plaza, northeast corner of 180th & Q streets)
WEDNESDAY COUNCIL BLUFFS CENTENNIAL 1st Wed 7:00 AM; 3rd Wed floating event; no meeting other weeks (Hy-Vee in Mall of the Bluffs, I-80 Exit 5) DOWNTOWN 12:00 PM (Field Club, 3615 Woolworth Ave.)
THURSDAY COUNCIL BLUFFS NOON 12:00 PM (The Center, 714 S. Main St.)
SUBURBAN 12:00 PM (Anthony's, 7220 F St.)
WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY 7:00 AM (Elkhorn Common Ground Community Center, 1701 Veteran's Drive)
FRIDAY WEST 12:00 PM (Champions Run, 13800 Eagle Run Drive)
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