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Scribe: Kristen Brown
Editor: Chuck Bartling
Photographer: John Searles
Speakers
Aug 08, 2017
Smile Train providing corrective surgery for children with cleft lips and palates
Aug 15, 2017
Fountain Square, Evanston
Aug 29, 2017
Columnist for Chicago Sun Times
Sep 12, 2017
Heartland Rhythms
Sep 19, 2017
Books and Breakfast Program at District 65
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Upcoming Events
Board meeting - extended time for Budget review
Susan Prout's house
Aug 21, 2017
7:15 PM – 9:30 PM
 
Golf Road Cleanup
Sep 02, 2017
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
 
Stories
Meeting of August 1, 2017
Meeting Notes from August 1, 2017
 
Marv Edelstein presided over the meeting, thanking Brad Weiss for leading the July 25 meeting during Marv’s surgery absence.   Barb Miles gave the thought for the day: “The 5-second rule doesn’t matter if you have a 2-second dog.”
 
Announcements
 
Ann Searles reported that Katherine Adams had a baby named Calliope on July 27.  Elaine Clemens added that the baby was three weeks early – so quite a surprise.
 
Ann Searles announced that interested members and their guests are welcome to join the Searles and Baumbergers at Ravinia: Sunday, August 6.  The park opens at 3 p.m. and the concert begins at 5 p.m.  Lawn admission is $10; $8 for seniors.  Bring your own food and chairs; shared dishes are always welcome.  Look for the balloons near the ice cream carousel.
 
Jean Saunders announced that Rotary International is hosting a program on Wednesday, August 2, at 2 p.m., featuring Deepa Willingham, Rotary Woman of Action.  Deepa Willingham has been recognized for her work educating girls and their mothers to prevent child trafficking and early marriage in India.
 
Don Gwinn announced that Juan Carlos in Guatemala called and said he had one box of coffee left and Don has received it.  There are 17-18 packages of coffee in the box, priced at $12/pound. Payment goes to Treasurer Susan Prout.  (Juan Carlos was one of the Rotarians that helped Joan and her friend in Guatemala.)
 
Helen Oloroso announced that the next meeting of the Club Service Committee will be at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, August 3, in the RI cafeteria.
 
Elaine Clemens invited members to attend the next meeting of the Community Service Committee on Thursday, August 10, at 7:30 p.m. at Elaine’s house.
 
Marv Edelstein asked committee chairs to send him announcements of upcoming meetings.  
 
Roasts & Boasts
 
Bill Glader boasted Dale Bradley for his role in organizing the recent golf outing.
 
Joan Borg boasted Linda Gerber for the tour of South Evanston artisanal restaurants.
 
Susan Prout boasted the people who came to Bundled Blessings, including Nancy Franzon who got off the plane and came directly to the church basement.
 
Zbig Skiba boasted Dale Bradley again for the golf foursome.
 
Albert Menard boasted Zbig Skiba for taking over as sergeant while Albert was overseas.
 
Program
 
President’s Vision
 
Speaker: Marv Edelstein, President, Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club
 
Marv described himself first and foremost as a fighter who pushes with tenacity, but not afraid to alter course.  He encouraged members to contribute ideas, offer suggestions, and push for improvements.  He then gave the club a big picture view of his hopes for the coming year.
 
Membership is important. With more members, we do more projects, we get more funding, that increases public awareness so we get more people in the club: it’s a cycle.
 
Our club is really vital, really terrific. Hoping we can do even better and greater things. Membership is on the top of his list because with more people we have more hands, more dollars, and we get more diversity. Expansion is going to come about because of the creativity of club members.
 
The club has made great progress with the schools. The three high schools really want to keep communication going. There are certain restrictions on people in the schools being able to join the club because they can’t come to meetings. Around the world, flexibility is really a big deal. Marv is hoping the club will really think outside the box and explore things like satellite clubs or shared membership.
 
Public Image
 
Marv gave recognition to Marisa Naujokas for having done a great job with Facebook and public image – but she is also Club Foundation Treasurer so she said her “first job as Public Image Manager is to find someone to be the Public Image Manager.”
 
Fundraising
 
Marv cited the two great fundraisers and the people who put a tremendous amount of time and effort into making them a success.
 
Communication
 
Marv urged all members to take advantage of ClubRunner. It not only keeps us informed in the present but it also archives our history.
The Calendar is on the Home page. Click Calendar and it brings up the calendar with color-coded events. Marv encouraged committee chairs to add their meetings to the calendar. It’s a good way to make sure there are no conflicting events.
 
Helen Oloroso clarified that you do not need to log in to view the calendar. The calendar is public. You do need to login to create an event.
Marv then showed how to get to the list of committee chairs. If you click on the name of the committee, it will show a list of who is on the committee.
 
Time is precious – so having information on ClubRunner saves time and allows us to spend more time on service.
 
John Searles asked Marv to point out where the Club Directory is located and asked members to update their information. Kristin let members know that they control which information is shared with the club and with RI, through their privacy settings.
 
Marv closed his remarks by challenging everyone to think outside the box. As Yogi Berra said, “the future ain’t what it used to be.”
 
President Marv Edelstein
 
Member Bio
 
Ann Weatherhead
 
Ann decided to focus on transitions, rather than the kinds of things one puts on a resume.  She described her life in terms of the various locations in which she has lived:  Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, and now Wilmette.
 
 Ann grew up in Georgia, home of RC Cola and not far from Plains, Georgia, and former President Jimmy Carter’s family peanut farm.  Her journey out of there started with college at the University of Georgia, where she briefly thought about teaching because the expectation for women at that time was teaching or nursing before getting married. Ann didn’t do either.   
 
Instead, she took a job with PanAmerican Airways (the year that Coffee, Tea or Me was published and her parents were not too happy that she was not going to be a teacher).  She spent two years flying out of Miami and one out of Los Angeles, flying around the world as well as throughout the Caribbean.  (Ann thought about bringing her uniform, high heels, and pillbox hat, but decided against it.)  She talked about weekly weight checks and other “metrics” used by the airlines to determine employment status.
 
After the year in L.A., Ann resigned, drove back to Atlanta, and went to graduate school in counseling and spent the next seven years in a non-profit Georgia rehabilitation organization and Goodwill Industries.   Ann found the work to be meaningful, focused on job placement and vocational training.  One of her mentors, Country Gorman (retired Executive Director of the Boy Scouts) gave her the following advice:
 
Rule #1: Start at the top and work your way down to build support;
 
Rule #2: Have at least a year’s salary in the bank;
 
Rule #3: Don’t be intimidated: they put their pants on one leg at a time, just like we all do.
 
Ann was then offered a position in Chicago and had never lived anywhere that wasn’t warm. She turned it down because her image of Chicago was gangsters and railroads. But she did come for a visit and stayed at the Conrad Hilton which was kind of nice – and they had grits on the menu which she took as a sign, so she accepted the job. But no one told her about the weather. …she learned that it was better to be warm than to look good, and she fell in love with Chicago.
 
Ann’s next transition was into human resources, where she stayed until she retired two years ago. She learned a lot during her time at Citibank, Montgomery Ward, and then for a consulting firm. She started her own business which she had for 20 years.  Following that experience, Ann then joined an accounting firm in Deerfield as their first ever HR director. She was there for 10 years until she retired.
 
Once in the Chicago area, Ann married and raised a son and a daughter in Wilmette.  Andrew is a published poet who works for an insurance company in Manhattan and lives in Brooklyn. Her daughter Katie went to University of Oregon where she majored in geography and information systems.  Six years ago Ann’s husband died suddenly and unexpectedly. She continued to work, then retired, sold the house, bought a condo, and moved to Evanston.
 
Thinking about what to do next, travel was a big priority: Norway, Peru, and Bolivia this year.
 
Volunteering in the community has always been a part of her life. Her dad was a big Lions Club member. She is exploring those possibilities now, without getting over-committed. She has moved her church membership to FUM and is really getting involved there. Rotary is another part of her new transitions. She hadn’t really thought about Rotary until a friend who was a past-president of a club talked to her.
 
She looked into local clubs and saw that Elaine Clemens was a member of ELRC. She knew Elaine, who had been the organist at her church, so she reached out to Elaine who brought her here. She thanked Elaine for teaching her about Rotary and bringing her here.
 
Ann Weatherhead
 
Guests and Milestones
 
Visiting Rotarians
 
Don  Mebus, Rotary International
Craig Leiser, Stillwater Sunrise Club, MN
Paolo Pasini, Rimini, Italy
David Alexander, Manningham, Australia
Bonnie Davis, Harbor Country, MI
 
Other Guests
 
Tom Reinfranck, Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse (ERW) and guest of Kathy Tate-Bradish
Darius Cole, ERW            
Tyrone Gibbs, ERW
Tiffini Holmes, ERW
Kurtis Williams, ERW
Lee Cole, ERW
Lou Dicks, ERW
 
Birthdays
 
Harold Bauer, August 1 
 
Club Anniversaries
 
Jacob Bachman, 2 years
Gerry Baumann, 10 years 
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