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Rise Baking Company
Doug Wilkins, Director of Operations for Rise Baking Company, spoke to the club about Rise Baking Company, which is a North American bakery manufacturer that produces a vast array of products for in-store bakeries and food service markets.  Rise customers include  leading national grocery chains, convenience stores, quick service restaurants, and mass merchandisers.
 
The Rise corporate umbrella includes 9 distinct companies covering a wide geographic area.  
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Adult Protective Services and Elder Abuse Prevention
Amber Hahn, Assistant Corporation Counsel for St Croix County, provided an overview of the county’s adult protect services.  When she took the position in 2022, Amber found that doing guardianships was an important function that she had to investigate and learn in depth.  As Amber said, she finds learning new areas exciting, and that makes her eager to share the knowledge.
 
Two main functions of her position are: 1) to investigate elder and at-risk adult abuse and neglect, and 2) to establish guardianships.  Elders 60 and over can be considered at risk, and at-risk adults are individuals 18-59 with a diagnosed mental or physical impairment.  Risks can be abuse, neglect, self-harm, or financial exploitation.  Self-neglect comprises a high proportion of the work.
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Students - Exchange Experience and Camp Enterprise
Short-term Foreign Exchange Experience:  River Falls High School senior Sydney Johnson shared photographic highlights of her three-week exchange experience in southeastern France near Grenoble and Lyon. She showed pictures of her host family and places they visited. Since she was there during Bastille Day, which is the French equivalent of America's Independence Day, Sydney got to see fireworks on the Eiffel Tower. She wants to return to France for a longer period before she enters college and plans for a semester abroad in college.  She answered questions about her career interests, and she talked about time her family spent with the host sister that came to the US with her.
 
Rotary Camp Enterprise:  River Fall High School senior Johan Valentine and junior Perry Kotz described their participation in Rotary Camp Enterprise.  Rotary Camp Enterprise gives student experience with business principles activities and also showed them that getting to know your business partner makes negotiation and teamwork easier. The experience consisted of team building activities and simulated business activities such as selecting a product, organizing people into teams and making a presentation on that product.  Both Johan and Perry were CEO's of their small teams, which added to what they learned.  They also showed flexibility in speaking to Rotary without their slides due to video system problems.  The two also answered questions about future plans.
 
This Week's Announcements
Burger Battle Trophy Awarded at April's 5:01:  The 5:01 group met at Lazy River, had a good evening, and awarded the 'hardware' to the winner.
 
Looking for Speaker Ideas:  We have a full calendar through the end of June; after that, we have a pretty open schedule and will welcome your thoughts and ideas.
 
Upcoming (Fun) Service Opportunities: 
1.  Highway 35 Cleanup -- May 6th; meet at 9:30 at the vet's office. Sign-up list at meetings and on ClubRunner.
2.  Veteran's Park Cleanup - planned for Saturday May 6th with details to follow (need to confirm with the City).  Sign-ups as above.
 
 
 
Joke of the Week 
This week's "walks into a bar" joke:
 
A screwdriver walks into a bar.  The bartender says "We have a drink named after you!".  The screwdriver says, "You have a drink named Philips?"
 
 
 
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May 02, 2023 7:00 AM
Lisa Thompson
Update on PFLAG
May 09, 2023 12:00 PM
James "Louie" Filkins
Pierce County Surveyor
May 16, 2023 7:00 AM
Kellie Burrows
Hudson Rotary trip to Guatemala
May 23, 2023 12:00 PM
Mike Wurm
Locally Made Film About the Importance of the Kinni
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Thoennes, Karla
 
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Harsdorf, James
 
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Wilson, Rick
 
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Harsdorf, James
 
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Wilson, Rick
 
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Roadside Clean-Up
May 06, 2023
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
 
Veterans Park Cleanup
May 06, 2023
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
 
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February Meeting Schedule:
2/7 - 7 AM
2/14 - 12 Noon
2/16 - 5:01 at Lazy River
2/21 - 7 AM
2/28 - 12 Noon Lunch Mob
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3/7 - No Regular Meeting
State of the City at Tattersall
 
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