Fifth Tuesday in-meeting service @ 7 AM (Aug 23, 2023)

Fifth Tuesday

Thanks to the 5th Tuesday assembly line, we put together 50 bags of personal care items for Wiley's Closet at RFHS and for the Cat's Closet at MMS. Thanks are due to all who participated and to Karla and Linda for project management!

Stories from the Water - Mike Wurm

A few sentences summarizing what we saw on Tuesday can't do justice to the film. Mike presented a slightly edited version in two parts, with comments about the process and about how he worked with a cast consisting of first-time, non-actor middle school students. The filmmaking skills Mike developed in the corporate world during his working days were evident in the totally professional caliber of the film. And the message the film and its cast conveyed is that we all need to respect and conserve the Kinnickinnic River and its watershed.

Speaking of the watershed: Mark Ritzinger, who appeared in the film and was one of our guests, mentioned that he offers tours of the watersheds that feed the Kinni. He said that touring the northern end of the KRLT conservation area can add a great deal to people's understanding of the Kinni. He takes groups of 4 at a time. Mark's email is markritzinger@yahoo.com.

Click Read More to read about Mike as well as his summary of Stories from the Water:

Exchange experience

Mary Lundstrom returned from Vigo Spain about 1-1/2 months ago. She had 2 host families while there. Vigo is a city just north of Portugal, known as a fishing port. The city is famous for its display of Christmas lights, and some of her slide photos showed us that. For chosen holiday to prepare a meal, Mary picked Thanksgiving, which was a partial success. Mary made several trips to Madrid, including a year-end trip with her class. Trips included a part of the famous Camino di Santiago. At the end of year her exchange student group had a “Eurotour” of 10 countries including 11 cities.

She felt good about her Spanish, particularly since she had no “school Spanish” going in. But Mary said that she also had to deal with a local language called Galician. Cultural changes of note include the differences in mealtimes, the noontime break, and how open and friendly everyone is.

Adler Howe spoke to the club just before he leaves next week for The Czech Republic, which has recently renamed itself as Czechia (the things one learns at Rotary meetings!). Adler said that he has never been out of the US, even to Canada. He told us that he will live in a small town about 1 hour from Prague, which gives him opportunity to benefit from what Prague has to offer. He is becoming more confident about the language differences he’ll face. Using technology to his advantage, Adler has been watching Netflix movies in the Czech language.

Joke of the Week

READER CHALLENGE - Add your to those below! [I'll put a couple of new ones in each week -- in bold]

Lawyers get disbarred and clergy defrocked. So doesn't it make sense that ballplayers would be debased, politicians devoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, Calvin Klein models debriefed, organ donors delivered, and dry cleaners depressed, decreased and depleted -- and Rotarians detested?

From Elaine: Musicians get denoted.

From George: The Lone Ranger gets deranged.

From Bill: Pastors get depasteurized.