Suburban Scuttlebutt 6/13/19 (Jun 10, 2019)

Jun 13, 2019

Coalition on Human Trafficking

Update on Grant

Jun 20, 2019 12:00 PM

Changing of the Guard

Jun 27, 2019 12:00 PM

Jessica Brummer- Durham Museum

T-Rex and More!

Jul 04, 2019 12:00 PM

No meeting- Happy Independence Day!

Jul 11, 2019 12:00 PM

19-20 Rotary Year Kick-Off!

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Certified Transmission After Hours

Jun 13, 2019 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Bridge
770 North 93rd St
Jun 13, 2019

Bi-Annual Highway Clean- Up
Bethany Lutheran
Jun 15, 2019 7:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Board meeting
Anthony's
Jun 17, 2019 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Yearlings
Anthony's
Jun 24, 2019 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Bridge
770 North 93rd St
Jul 11, 2019

Board meeting
Anthony's
Jul 15, 2019 12:00 PM

Stormchasers After Hours

Jul 18, 2019 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Yearlings
Anthony's
Jul 29, 2019 12:00 PM

Bridge
770 North 93rd St
Aug 08, 2019

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Coming Up 6/13/19

Kathy Kemler and Sister Celeste Wobeter

Coalition on Human Trafficking

"Update on the 18/19 Rotary Grant"

Chair of the Day: Monique Devillier

11:15 Greeter: Travis Sholin

11:45 Greeter: Tumi Oluyole

Invocator: Kevin Story

ALSO SOMEONE WILL WIN THE RISK POT THIS WEEK (HALF OF $600+). YOU CAN'T WIN IF YOU ARE NOT THERE!

Last week re-cap

Last week Nick Eastland and David Jacobs served as Greeters. Amanda Fink gave the invocation. We had several announcements and a new member introduction. Steve Thornburg introduced Sarah Johnson who talked about her experiences and advocating for safe streets. Jared Bakewell filled in for Nick Jasa for President and there was no RISK drawing.

Welcome John Ludlow!

Last week Jim Kapalis introduced us to new member John Ludlow. John is a Financial Consultant with Fidelity Investments who has worked in the financial services industry for 24 years. He is a current holder of Certified Financial Planner designation as well as Series 7, 9/10, 63 and 65 securities industry licenses. He has prior experience as a COO of local investment manager, CLS Investments and former Financial Advisor in Silicon Valley CA area. John has three grown children, and two grandchildren. In his free time, John enjoys running and building custom furniture. Welcome, John!

Service Opportunities

We need your help for our next two activities:

Saturday, June 15th 730-1030 Highway Clean-Up

Saturday, June 29th 9 am Cemetery Clean-Up

Want to enjoy the great outdoors and enjoy being above ground? Then come to the next Adopt A Plot yard waste clean up at Prospect Hill Cemetery, 3202 Parker Street, where our club has made a commitment to return every three weeks to tidy up a visible section of the oldest cemetery in Omaha. Our next time to get 'er done is Saturday, June 8th, at 9:00 a.m. We rake, sweep, weed whack, pick up sticks and litter and make the grounds look respectable. Cookies and blisters galore! Future Saturday Adopt A Plot clean up days include: , 7/27, 8/17 and 9/14. Contact Ward Peters and join in on the fun!

Attend the District Conference!

NEW - the District Conference Itinerary has been published - click here.

Have you registered yet? We are getting excited about the conference this year! It will be held on July 26-27 at the Lied Lodge and Conference Center in Nebraska City.

On Friday night, you will have the option to go for a dinner cruise on the Belle of Brownville or we will have other options for you to choose from.

The theme this year is “Shape the Future” and you will have some time to spend together as a family, helping with our service project, and also some free time to explore Nebraska City – we will have a lot of information available about what there is to do while you are in town.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Rotary Convention

Last week President- Elect Tom Kerfoot and Jennifer attended the Rotary Intl. Convention in Hamburg, Germany. If you have ever wanted to attend an Intl. Convention, considere going to Hawaii next summer. You need to register soon as this convention appears to be very popular. riconvention.org It's a great way to become inspired and make connections with Rotarians from around the world.

Join us at the Certified Transmission Museum THIS THURSDAY!

Join us (and bring a guest) to the After Hours at the Certified Transmission Car Museum (5404 Cedar Street) for the last After Hours of the 18/19 Rotary year. Food, drinks, and fabulous cars await you!

5-7 pm.

About Us

Please keep Herb Hartman and his family in your thoughts and prayers. Many Rotarians attended Cyndi Hartman's memorial last week. An obituary appeared in last week's paper. Click here to read. Herb's address is 6211 Chicago, Omaha, NE 68132.

(If you have info for the About Us section) please contact Jennifer.

Citizen's Climate Lobby info

For those who are interested, the links the speakers provided 2 weeks ago are as follows:

Here are the links featured in their presentation:

Sign up as a supporter at https://citizensclimatelobby.org/
Listen in on a CCL Info Session, hosted live weekly on Wednesdays at 7 pm Central: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/join-weekly-intro-call/
Learn more about the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act at https://energyinnovationact.org/

Rotary Book Club

Book Club will be reading "The Girl With Seven Names (Escape from North Korea)" by Hyeonseo Lee. It is an International Bestseller and has been on the New York Times Bestseller List.

We will be meeting at Wheatfields (103rd & Pacific) on Tuesday, June 11, at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome!

Monthly Lunch Sponsor

Thank you to JIm Sousley/Seim Johnson for his sponsorship of speaker and student lunches for the month of June.

Need a Make-up?

ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the meetings. Make-ups also count.

ONLINE MAKE-UPS Have you checked this out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will find this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for more information. Check your attendance status anytime on our website.

MONDAYS
Bellevue , Monday Noon, DJ's Dugout, 23rd & Cornhusker-West of Kennedy Frwy,Bellevue

Millard- Monday Noon, German American Society located at 3717 South 120th Street

TUESDAYS
Omaha Morning Tues., 7 a.m., Happy Hollow

Omaha Northwest , Tues. Noon,

Jerico's, 11732 W Dodge Rd, Omaha, NE 68154

TUESDAY NIGHT

Omaha Rotary Night Club

They meet the first, third, and fifth Tuesdays of the month at 5:30 pm.

We are now known as the Omaha Rotary Night Club! Our meeting time has also changed, we now meet the first, third, and fifth Tuesdays of the month at 5:30 pm at DJ's Dugout at 176th & Q.

Starting April 2, 2019, we will be changing all future meetings to Vincenzo's, 15701 Pacific St.

WEDNESDAYS
Council Bluffs Centennial Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. HyVee in the Mall of the Bluffs

Downtown -Wednesday Noon, Field Club

Western Douglas County 7 a.m., Elkhorn Common Ground Community Center, 1701 Veterans Drive (l block north of Elkhorn H. S.)

Council Bluffs Thursday Noon, Council Bluffs Senior Center

FRIDAYS

Omaha West Friday Noon, Champions Club,