Gary Peterson told us there is a Golf Road Cleanup this coming Saturday, Nov. 14.  Meet at the T.J. Maxx parking lot on Golf Road at 8:30 a.m.
 
Ken Green discussed the Holiday Sale items.  The hams are equivalent to Honey Baked Hams, he said, and are much less expensive.  An 8-pound HBH is $74.95. Our 8-pounder is $49 and will be delivered to your door.
 
Steve Carlson told us today is the deadline for Thanksgiving hams. Pickup for these hams will be at a home – it has not been decided yet. You can call Ken as we have some extras if you need one for Thanksgiving.  He also mentioned there are 19 days before Thanksgiving.  These are the best days for selling our items.
 
Hams will be available for Christmas on the first Tuesday in December.
 
Kate Collinson tells us there will be pecans for pre-Thanksgiving orders.
 
We will be taking over former members Barry Lundberg and John Wold’s holiday customers.
 
Steve Goranson tells us the Holiday Potluck Party will be Dec. 13 at the John Evans Center. Please let us know if you can help us that day.

 

 

Mike Murdinger was inducted as a new member. He was sponsored by Keith Sarpolis and Steve Goranson.

 

 

Zbig Skiba led the Roasts and Boasts and will ask questions next week.
 
Harold Bauer boasted John Searles and the great photos he takes each week for the Light.
 
Fran Caan told us there is a ribbon cutting at Evanston Township High School for the new Advanced Manufacturing Lab today at 4 p.m.
 
Brad Weiss tells us we gave $3,000 for Dental Access Days.  We did everything we could for good oral health worth $109,000 for dental care for the people we treated that day.
 
Brad also mentioned we did vision screening and found an undiagnosed glaucoma case for a patient.
 
Bruce Baumberger told us that there were 200 Rotarians at the Rotarian UN day for the End Polio Campaign. It was a great meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

 

 

 

 

Harold Bauer opened the program by telling us that the current show at the Evanston Art Center has works from 12 universities throughout Illinois – paintings are from both faculty and students.

 

He introduced Paula Danoff, the Center's president and CEO. She has a B.A. from Knox College and a Masters’ Degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She was the former development director at the Museum.  Paula thanked Harold for his leadership as current board member and former president.
 
Paula told us that they have an “Art Van Go” program, which goes to parks, schools, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.
 
They are thrilled to be at their new location. They have been in Evanston for 87 years, and serve three to four thousand students each year. They have a huge arts program for youth. They partner with schools and with after-school programs, such as Youth Opportunities United (Y.O.U.).  They also partner with junior high schools in Evanston.
 
They provide over 300 classes per term and are open seven days a week with free exhibitions. They have a strong internship program, with a small staff. They have also won the Mayors Award for the Arts in Evanston. Paula tells us "the whole community has rallied around us and we feel very 
welcome here."
 
She announced there is a Winter Arts and Crafts Expo at the Center, Nov. 11 - Dec. 20, which is available from 10-4 each day.  Harold mentioned there is an Opening Night Party on Nov. 20.
 
We had a tour with the two interns: Gabrielle Burrage and Cara Feeney. On the tour members saw the Ceramics Studio,
the Figure Sculpture Studio, the Wood Working Studio, the Youth Studio, the Printmaking Studio, and the Digital Media Maker Lab.

 

Paula Danoff and Steve Goranson

 

 

Guests and Milestones

Guests

Mui Koppanyi   Charlotta Koppanyi ‘s husband 

Rajit Ranja. Rotary Delhi India, guest of John Osterlund  

Larry Stoler, Guest of Steve Goranson

 

Next Week's  Assignments

Meeting Set up: Louis Allred and Gary Peterson

Greeters: Raissa Eirich and Ken Green

Thought for the Day: Sam Lovering

 Scribe: Kate Collinson

 Meeting break down: Joan Borg and Horton Kellogg