Last week Mary Bernier introduced us to new member Elaine Allen. Elaine grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, as the oldest of six children in a single-parent family. She graduated from Iowa State University with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in journalism and mass communication. She and her husband, Chris Allen, moved to Omaha in 1996, when he joined the UNO faculty in the School of Communication. They have been married 35 years and have two grown children: a daughter, Sarah, who lives in Rogers, Arkansas, with her husband, Anthony, and two daughters; and a son, Joe, who lives in Eugene, Oregon, with his life partner, Karen.
In 2011-2012, Elaine and Chris lived in Muscat, Oman, while he taught at Sultan Qaboos University as a Fulbright Scholar. Elaine recently retired from her full time job as a business analyst at Mutual of Omaha. She has been the Executive Director of the Nebraska Polio Survivors Association for the past 11 years. She is past newsletter editor and Co-President of the now-defunct UNO Women’s Club. She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Omaha Press Club Foundation and on the Omaha Press Club’s Communication Committee. Welcome, Elaine!
Last week Wei Rowe introduced us to new member Jane Liu! Dr. Liu is an assistant professor in economics at the University of Nebraska Omaha. She is originally from north eastern part of China. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Calgary. Her work on macro econometrics and financial economics has been published on top journals such as Macroeconomic Dynamics and Journal of Financial Stability. She is an expert on Cryptocurrency. Her work on monetary aggregation has been cited by the Center for Financial Stability in New York City. She has been invited to workshops at Stanford University, research seminars at the University of Zurich and international conferences that were held at the Bank of England, MIT, among others.
In Dr. Liu’s spare time, she enjoys traveling, staying active and spending time with her family. Welcome, Jane!
Last week Foundation Trustee Randy Wieseler recognized Terry Ferguson for his donations to the the Suburban Rotary Charitable Foundation of $5000 making him a Patron of Suburban Rotary. Donations to our local Foundation support our scholarship program, our District grant projects like meal packaging, projects for students in need, and many more things. Congratulations and thank you!
Thank you to Rose Mary Hefley and Beau Joyau for hosting a fun After Hours last week! Please mark your calendar for our next event- a lake party on June 16th.
LOTS of volunteers are needed for the upcoming car show on Saturday June 6th. Please sign up for a timeslot and you will be assigned a task when you arrive. CLICK HERE to sign up.
Please keep Rich and Paula Craig in your thoughts and prayers. Rich's brother recently passed away. Their address is 1205 Ashley Drive, Papillion, NE 68046
Please keep Curt Peters in your thoughts and prayers as his stepmother recently passed away. Curt's address is 5103 N. 140th St., Omaha, NE 68164
Congratulations to Danielle and Jeff Stalp on their new baby girl. Their address is 4004 N. 194th St., Elkhorn, NE 68022
Did you know Suburban Rotary has a book club? The June Book is "Dewey (The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World) by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. It is a New York Times bestseller about an abandoned kitten named Dewey, whose life in a library won over a farming town and the world -- with over 2 million copies sold! (Booklist). We will meet again in June at the Bonefish Grill on Tuesday, June 14. Attendance credit is given when attending the Book Club. :) Questions? Please contact Lisa Neu.
Prospect Hill Cemetery Weed Whackers 2021, Future Dates and Time
Want to help spruce up one of the oldest cemeteries in Omaha at 3202 Parker Street? Below are the dates to come and pitch in for any period of time you can spare between 8 a.m. and Noon. Bring your own work gloves. If you have a rake, broom, weed-whacker or a favorite yard tool, please bring it and put it to use. Any questions, please call Steve Scheuber 402-689-7669. Volunteers at any of our service projects get a Rotarian at Work t-shirt. Please let Jennifer know your size. Read more about this historic cemetery by CLICKING HERE.
Two weeks ago Membership Chair Gary Beller announced our Membership Campaign to grow Suburban Rotary to full strength coming out of the pandemic. What can you do to help? Consider all the enjoyment you have gotten from Rotary and use the QR code below to fill out the application to propose a new member.
Our goal is to reach 222 members in 2022. We are at 183 now.
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