March 28, 2024
IN PERSON & ZOOM
For Those Attending in Person
Lunch Buffet
(Zoom Meeting Opens at 11:45)
(Link Sent Thursday Morning)
at
Holiday Inn Downtown
 
This Week at Rotary
 
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Bob Reichert, Author
 
Yellow Butterfly - Book of Poetry
 
 “My late daughter, Dorie, loved poetry, loved writing poetry, had a unique style for producing art and had a serious mental illness. To honor her request that her poetry survive her, I recently published a book of her poetry and art. The poetry largely reflects her mental illness. I wrote an Introduction. This is a powerful book, especially for families with someone in the family with a mental illness. The book title is Yellow Butterfly, taken from one of the poems in the book.”
 
Bob Reichert has Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Purdue University. Master’s in Urban Planning from Michigan State University. City planning activities for 15 years with a private planning consulting firm and with public agencies, living and working in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Duluth, and several cities in between. Owner and manager of a small real estate investment company in Duluth for 28 years. Active in the community serving on numerous non-profit, church, and public boards, committees, and commissions; served as chair or president of many of them. Published Yellow Butterfly and a 650-page book on results of genealogy research on my family. Prepared a 100-page study that went to the U of MN Board of Regents that led to opening Glensheen to the public.
 
Highlights from Last Week’s Meeting
By Patra Sevastiades
 
President Gary Melander led the room in the Pledge of Allegiance and the 4-Way Test. Past President Branden Robinson then gave the day’s Reflection. He reminded us that we, as Rotarians, are agents of change with infrastructure and ideas.
 
Past President Branden Robinson gives the Reflection
 
President Gary Melander welcomed our guests: John Hensel of AMSOIL, guest of Zach Walters; Braden Hoff of F. I. Salter, guest of Past President Sandy Hoff; Conner Linde, Real Estate Consultants, guest of Jerry Thoreson; and Jim Pratt, financial consultant, guest of Bill Gravelle.
 
Jim Pratt, President of the Lion’s Club, invited all to the annual Pancake Day on May 2.
 
Jim Pratt, President of the Lions Club, and President Gary Melander
 
Our Jr. Rotarians introduced themselves: Nick from East H.S.; Callum from East H.S.; and Michael from Denfeld H.S.
 
Greg Hansen, chair of the Fundraising Committee, invited everyone to attend “Supper Club 25,” our annual dinner and auction, on Thursday, April 25, at Marshall School., 5:30-8:30pm. A great evening of fun. Bring friends and family!
  1. CLICK HERE to reserve tickets. Tickets are $50 each or $270 for a Table of 6 (SAVE $30). You may also sign up using the form at the table at our weekly meeting. 
  2. Volunteer to help!
  3. Donate auction items!
President Gary Melander noted that the April 4 Club meeting will be a tour of the Old Central High School. To attend, sign up using a form on your table at our weekly meeting.
 
Vinod Gupta thanked Jerry Pelofske, Secretary, and Past President Dean Casperson, Chair of the Rotary Club of Duluth Foundation, for spearheading the Foundation’s Scholarship program, which supports Vocational-Technical and STEM students.
 
Jim Schwartz introduced a new member, Steve Nelson, who was raised in Cook, MN. Among other impressive employment, he worked as an electrical engineer at Bell Labs in New Jersey and at Cray Computers. (Click here to see a video of Steve Nelson)
 
Steve Nelson, new member
 
Zach Walters, Chair of the Membership Committee, introduced new member Travis Hunter. An Air Force veteran, he is a psychology student at UMD and employed at Costco, and he said he looks forward to making a difference through Rotary.
New Club #25 member Travis Hunter
 
Zach Walters and Jim Schwartz introduce our new members
Chair of the Day Allen Anway introduced Ken Buehler, Executive Director, Lake Superior Railroad Museum—voted in USA Today as the “Best Transportation Museum of the Country!”
 
Chair of the Day Allen Anway
 
Ken noted that “Most Everything in a Museum was Stolen,” not only in internationally recognized museums but also at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum (LSRRM). He honored Rose Valland, French art curator and member of the French Resistance: Knowing that the Nazis were absconding from Paris with nine train cars of stolen art, she arranged for a train to crash ahead of the Nazi convoy and another to crash behind it—effectively recapturing the art as the Nazis fled.
 
Ken Buehler, Executive Director of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Ms. Valland used trains in Paris to prevent theft; by contrast, train aficionados in the U.S. used theft to preserve trains! Ken enthralled his audience with captivating stories about engines at the LSRRM that were stolen from around the country and are happily being tended in Duluth. Duluth’s train museum continues to thrive, averaging 100,000 guests annually.
 
Ken generously donated two complimentary tickets for the popular Pizza Train, to be included in our upcoming dinner/auction!
 
President Gary Melander reminded everyone that Club #25 Rotarian Bob Reichert will be our speaker next week.
 
The 50/50 winner was Jim Schwartz.
 
Speaking of history: Club 25 has regularly met at three locations over its 113-year history. Can you identify the place that we have NOT held our meetings?
  1. Holiday Inn
  2. Hotel Duluth
  3. Radisson Hotel
  4. Spaulding Hotel
(Answer at the Bottom)
 
TICKETS, TICKETS! Get your Rotary Dinner & Auction Tickets HERE! 
Reserve your tickets NOW to the Annual Rotary Dinner and Auction on Thursday, April 25, 5:30-8:30 at Marshall School. Simply CLICK HERE to fill out the ticket order form! Easy-peasy!
 
The answer to the trivia question is #2; the club never met at the Hotel Duluth. 
Club Information

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Thursdays at 12:00 p.m.
Holiday Center Great Lakes Ballroom
200 W. 1st Street
Duluth, MN 55802
United States of America
Rotary Club of Duluth
Location: 207 W. Superior St.
                  Suite 201
                  Duluth, MN 55802
Email: club25@duluthrotary.org
Office Hours: By appointment                                 only
Upcoming Events
Speakers
Bob Reichert, Author
Mar 28, 2024 12:00 PM
Yellow Butterfly - Book of Poetry
Yellow Butterfly - Book of Poetry

My late daughter, Dorie, loved poetry, loved writing poetry, had a unique style for producing art and had a serious mental illness.  To honor her request that her poetry survive her I recently published a book of her poetry and art.  The poetry largely reflects her mental illness.  I wrote an introduction.  This is a powerful book, especially for families with someone in the family with a mental illness.  The book title is Yellow Butterfly taken from one of the poems in the book.

Biography of speaker: Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Purdue University.  Master in Urban Planning from Michigan State University.  City planning activities for 15 years with a private planning consulting firm and with public agencies, living and working in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Duluth and several cities in between.  Owner and manager of a small real estate investment company in Duluth for 28 years.  Active in the community serving on numerous non-profit, church and public boards, committees and commissions; served as chair or president of many of them.  Published Yellow Butterfly and a 650 page book on results of genealogy research on my family.  Prepared a 100 page study that went to the U of MN Board of Regents that led to opening Glensheen to the public.

Tour of Old Central High School
Apr 04, 2024 12:00 PM
Junior Rotarian Program
Apr 11, 2024 12:00 PM
Dinner Auction
Apr 25, 2024 12:00 PM