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Volume XXVII                                     Issue #50                                             May 21, 2007 

“I am sure glad the Four Way Test doesn’t apply to golf.” – Dr. William Wresch of Oshkosh Southwest Rotary --- Nominee for District Governor for District #6270 in 2009-2010.

“I also am glad that the Four Way Test doesn’t apply to golf. That allows for the pencil to still be my best club.” – Lee Prellwitz --- Ripon Rotary 

Large number of members and guests at Ripon Rotary this noon for the first annual STRIVE awards ceremony. “Service Above Self.”  

Greeter and Prayer:      Sue Finch Brown

Presiding:                    Ripon Rotary President Lee Prellwitz 

Guests:             Dave Ginder – guest of spouse Kathy

                             Karen Duehring – guest of spouse Dave

Catherine Sewall – guest of Dave Duehring, former Ripon College tennis player when Chuck Larson was her coach. Potential future member.

Hsiang Yiy Hsu (Daniel) – our inbounder from Taiwan 

Sonia Axelrod – co-RHS student of the month for May; hopes to attend Lake Forest in the fall. Graduation Saturday

Lucy Boers – co-RHS student of the month for May, attending Grand Valley State in Michigan in the fall.

Steve Hazell – RHS guidance councilor and STRIVE advisor.

Dr. Richard Zimman – superintendent of Ripon Public Schools.

                            Nancy Anderson – mother of STRIVE student Andy Anderson

                             Lynn Jones – mother of STRIVE student Andy Luzenski.

STRIVE Students:        Andy Anderson (Senior)

                                Andy Luzenski (Senior)

                                Dan Rigo (Junior)

                                Ali Rivers (Junior)

   Garrick Salzman (Junior)

                                Andrea Wilke (Junior) 

Several students unable to attend (Kipp Fenhouse, Courtney Groveau, Shawn Kovalske, Justin Manthei, Patrick Chatterson) because of school or personal conflicts.

Announcements:            

• Dave Duehring paid a happy buck in honor of his and Karen’s first anniversary on Friday May 25^th. Chuck and Karen     Larson celebrate their anniversary on May 25^th as well – 35 years.
• Kathy Ginder paid a happy $5 in honor of Armed Services Day.
• We need to find a first host family by this Friday to submit paperwork for our inbound student. 
• Doug Bradley & Lee Prellwitz presented scholarships at the RHS awards last Wednesday.  

Ø      $750 Gordon Minch technical scholarship – Heather Baird

Ø      $750 Ralph Root scholarship – Erin Mellenthin

Ø      $1000 Cal Schaub scholarship – Cali Cope-Kasten

Ø      $1500 Bob Exner citizenship scholarship – Katie Cartier  

Upcoming Events:    

• May 22^nd – Red Cross blood drive at Mt. Zion church from 11:30 to 5:30.
• May 28^th – Memorial Day – no meeting.
• June 1^st – Ripon Rotary sponsoring first Concert on the Green. 7:00 to 10:00. Show up and support Rotary. Tim Lyke and his group, Quest and the Ripon Horns, will be playing.
• June 2^nd – Adopt-a-Highway. Meet at Royal Ridges at 8:00 AM. Contact Jane Schueler if you can help.
• June 4^th – Regular meeting will include Daniel’s presentation on Taiwan. Daniel will also serve as chef for the day, cooking the main course. The Royal Ridges chef will make bananas foster for dessert. He will do this in front of the group as a demonstration.
• June 5^th – a “FREE” leadership seminar in Milwaukee with high powered speakers. Three extra tickets available. Contact Lee if interested. 
• June 11^th – Foundation board meeting at 11:00 AM.
• June 18^th – Next regular board meeting at10:50 AM. Joint meeting of the old and new boards.
• June 25^th – Changing of the Guard dinner.
• July 25^th – first annual Ripon and Berlin Rotary golf outing.

Sgt. at Arms – Rick Coles quizzed on the STRIVE program. All tables knew sufficient information to avoid fines. Rick announced that there will be no Sgt. on June 4^th because of the full program. Rick also announced that he will be performing the Sgt. function next year. It should be noted that Mr. Coles has achieved budget target in fines collected.  

Program – awards were presented to the senior members of the STRIVE program. 

• Andy Luzenski - $750. Andy hopes to finish his preliminary work to join National Guard. Hopes to attend MPTC starting in January to work towards being an electrician. Will be graduating from RHS on Saturday.
• Andy Anderson - $600. Andy is going to stay on the farm for now. Hopes to get training to go into construction at some point in the future. Will be graduating from RHS on Saturday.
• Patrick Chatterson was unable to attend; we will plan to invite and recognize him at a later date.

Thought for the Day: The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.

-         Plato – Republic   

Respectfully submitted, 

Lee A. Prellwitz

Substitute scribe

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