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Major Project. Club
members voted to embark upon a major project
campaign to build a community water spray park.
Committees began meeting to discuss the funding,
design and partnerships with the City of Pierre.
The Club also voted to be responsible for at
least 25% of the total cost which is estimated
to be approximately $250,000. Initial designs
were received from three suppliers and three
major funders agreed to contribute. The project
took a hiatus during the summer because the City
of Pierre and the City of Ft. Pierre have not
yet decided what to do about their aging outdoor
pools and those decisions will greatly influence
where and when a Rotary Spray Park can be built.
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The Community
Development Committee, co-chaired by Ellen Lee
and Tim Bjork, awarded grants to the following
organizations: Pierre Area Chamber; Oahe First
Book; Capitol City Questers; Countryside
Hospice; Oahe Inc. and Missouri Shores Domestic
Violence Center.
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President Beverly
Lewis received a Paul Harris Fellowship from
District Governor Dick Nolte during his July
visit.
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The Club bid
farewell to Tales Couto, our Rotary Exchange
Student, before he returned to his home in
Brazil.
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More than 250
children were provided with the One-of-a-Kind
identification kits in the fall.
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The Club served over
300 people at the Community Banquet in May.
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In May $8,000+ in
scholarships were presented to Riggs High and
Stanley County School student.
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Jim Mollison won
Bingo and donated his $397.50 back to Rotary.
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Our Club
participated in the second District 5610 Rotary
Raffle to benefit the Rotary Foundation.
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A Club first:
Rotarian Roger Novotny welcomed his daughter Dr.
Jill Hart as a new member and now three members
of the Novotny family are Rotarians because his
daughter-in-law Brittany is also a member.
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Club members rang
the Salvation Army bells in December.
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Interesting,
informative programs throughout the year
included:
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Police Service
Dog Handler Shane Severyn and his drug dog,
Cas
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Tony Dean,
outdoor writer and host/producer of “Tony
Dean Outdoors”
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Pierre School
Superintendent Dr. Kelly Glodt
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Sol Birch
represented our Club as a member of the Rotary
District 5610 Group Study Exchange Team in
Brazil.
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New Officers and
Board Members were inducted in July:
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Todd Bernhard –
President
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Scott Isburg –
President Elect
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Kelley VanLith –
Secretary
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Tim Bjorn –
Treasurer
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John Rohlf –
Board
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Jim Russell –
Board
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Roger Novotny -
Board
2006 – 2007
PRESIDENT: CHUCK QUINN
CLUB: PIERRE / Fort PIERRE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
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Committee Structure
strengthened and expanded
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Bingo Re-Organized -
Collection of 2 quarters to play Bingo with
winner receiving ½ of pot raised was changed.
New system was to collect $1 per member per week
with the winner of Bingo drawing from a deck of
cards for the queen of spades. Each week the
queen was NOT drawn there was no pay out. Half
of the funds raised went to the club, and half
stayed in the pot each week until the queen of
spades was drawn. Each week, whatever card was
drawn other that the queen of spades was removed
from the deck. This Attendance Committee
technique saw an increase in weekly attendance
and a 120% increase in funds to the club.
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Greeter position was
established on a regular basis by having the
person who presented the program one week become
the greeter the next week.
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Members helped with
the set-up of the2006 Pierre-Fort Pierre
Chautauqua production in August 2006 at
Steamboat Park.
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PR Committee
established a Webpage for the Club. Work
progresses on the Club Projects hotlink, but the
entire site still needs to be completed.
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In August 2006 – we
caught up with giving pins to our
past-presidents. Eight were honored and
recognized. – Kristie Maher, Jim Mollison, Duane
Bunkowske, Bob Miller, Don Gaarder, Bernie
Duffy, Bob Hofer and Marshall Miller.
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In August, Tales
Couto, our first Youth Exchange student arrived
from Brazil. He stayed the first semester with
Rotarian Day Breitag and the second semester
with non-Rotarian Richard Coit family.
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In September 2006
our Vietnam Era Veterans were honored as part of
the state dedication of the Vietnam War
Memorial. We honored 10 members. – Bob Barden,
Tim Bjork, Nick Brandner, Doug Evenstad, Tom
Feigum, Paul Forney, David Hauschild, Ron
Schreiner, John Simpson, Wally Thomsen.
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The Community
Development Committee provided funds to the
Vietnam War Memorial, Make-A-Wish, Pierre B-B
Gun Shooters, Junior Achievement, etc. - $3,000
was awarded in total.
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The Rotary Club
participated in the first, annual District 5610
Rotary Raffle. We tried to raise $100 per member
(or $7,800) and actually raised over $12,820
through May 2007.
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Pierre Hosted The
Miracles Workshop on January 13, 2007 for
district 5610
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President Quinn
introduced an idea that the Pierre Club should
find a Major Project to construct locally.
Throughout the remainder of the year, three Club
Assemblies were held to develop the idea.
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A speaker system was
purchased in February of 2007 and attached to
the podium.
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In April 279
students were provided with the one-of-a-kind
program at all local elementary schools.
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$8,500 worth of
scholarships were presented to Riggs and Stanley
County High School students in May.
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Rotary provided the
meal for the Community Banquet on May 17, 2007
and served over 300 meals.
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A display case was
built in May 2007 in the lobby of the Ramkota by
Jim Mollison to present educational materials
about Rotary.
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Eleven new members
joined Rotary this year, with four leaving. This
was a net gain of seven and the membership rose
from 78 to 85 current members.
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Five Paul Harris’
inductees were admitted to the society this year
– Rick Jorgensen, John Simpson, Kelley Van Lith,
Marshall Miller and Tom Tveit. The Van Lith Paul
Harris was a gift from Jim Mollison and the
Miller Paul Harris was a gift from Ed Jacobson.
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Two members became
double Paul Harris’ and joined the Paul Harris
Society (giving $1,000 per year) – Jim Mollison
and Ed Jacobson.
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$1,000 was donated
to flood relief through the Aberdeen Rotary Club
to the Aberdeen Salvation Army.
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Tales Couto – Youth
Exchange Student – requested to stay another two
months in Pierre through July 2007. Kristie
Maher will provide housing.
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New Officers and
Board Members were elected and inducted –
Beverly Lewis – President Scott Isburg
Todd Bernhard – President Elect John Rohlf
Kelley VanLith – Secretary Jim Russell
Jim Palmer – Treasurer Roger Novotny
Overall, a good year. There is much more to do and I
look forward to staying involved in the District
wide raffle and to assist President Lewis to
strengthen the committee structure.
Respectfully submitted – June 21, 2007
Pierre – Fort Pierre
Rotary Club
2005-06 Year-end
President’s Report
Executive Director
Ed Jacobsen
2005-06 Officers
Kristie Maher, president
Chuck Quinn, vice president
Beverly Lewis, secretary
Jim Palmer, treasurer
Jim Mollison, past president
Bob Barden, director
Kelly Van Lith, director
John Rohlf, director
Ron Schreiner, director
Al Kundert, sergeant-at-arms
Bob Hofer, historian
Marshall Miller, music director
Major Projects by Committee (chairperson)
Club Service
(Schreiner, director)
Club Bulletin (Jacobsen)
– Beautiful e-mail newsletters were published
weekly.
Fellowship (Isburg) – The fellowship
committee hosted two events. The Christmas Party was
held at the St. Charles. The committee also hosted a
diner for a Rotary Friendship Exchange group from
France. Both were well attended by club members and
spouses.
Club History (Hofer) – The committee provided
historical tidbits for some of the weekly
newsletters. Hofer hounded Maher to no end to be
sure she got her year-end report done.
Winged Walleye Wingding (Durick) – This event
was discontinued this year. It was determined that
the expense was more than the overall benefits
derived. The board and committee had informal
conversations about moving to exchanges with other
clubs in the district versus clubs from others
states. No action has been taken to date.
Vocational/Youth Services (Van Lith, Director)
Scholarship Committee
(Mehlhaff) – Scholarships totaling $8100 were
awarded to the following students:
Paul Freeberg
Rotary Scholarship of $2,500 to Robert
Hopper (Riggs).
Paul Freeberg
Rotary Scholarship of $2500 to Shawn
Flottmeyer (SC).
Freeberg/Wilcox
Rotary Scholarship of $500 to Jessica
Pearson (SC).
Note: Tyler Wilcox was awarded the $2500
scholarship in 2005. He then passed away from
cancer. With the permission of the board of
directors and Tyler’s parents the scholarship
committee has chosen to award five $500
scholarships will be given (1/year for 5 years)
to a Stanley County students in the name of
Freeberg and Wilcox.
Bob Brancel
Rotary Scholarship of $750 to Brandon
Boswell (Riggs).
Rotary
Scholarship of $500 to Karae Englehart
(Riggs).
Presidential
Scholarship (for volunteerism) of $1000 to
Natalie Nagle. Note: The club funds only $500 of
this scholarship. The other ½ is funded by the
Presidential Scholarship program.
K.A. Manning
Scholarships to CUC students. $150 each
awarded to Mike Hofmeister (Fall ’05), Sarah
Small (Fall ’05), Robin Hinesh (Spring ’06), and
Elvonna Roach (Spring ’06).
Leadership
Central South Dakota Scholarship awarded
annually to a club member. $250 to Chuck Quinn
funded ½ of the registration fee.
Discussions were held at
the board and committee level in regards to changing
the scholarship application forms in hopes of
soliciting information that will allow the students
to demonstrate their uniqueness among all
applicants. Such a change may be designed around the
4-Way Test.
Youth Committee (Northrup) – After extension
research into the Rotary Youth Exchange Program,
this committee recommended participation by our
club. The board approved and budgeted $2500 for the
program. The Pierre School Board approved
participation at their level. The first YSE student
will come to Pierre in the Fall of 2006.
Community Service (Barden, director)
Human Development/
“One of a Kind” (Bunkowske) – Kindergarten and
new students from the Pierre and Fort Pierre
Districts participated in the One of a Kind program.
This one handled in one day at Buchanan School with
River City Transit providing transportation.
Community Development Committee (Lee) – At
the recommendation of this committee, Pierre-Fort
Pierre Rotary made contributions to the following
organizations during 2005-06:
SD Make-A-Wish Foundation, Pierre-Fort Pierre Jr.
Achievement, CHAP, Oahe Red Cross (local plus
Katrina flood relief, included individual
contributions), Oahe Inc. (Included individual
contributions and matched by Rotary District 5610
Simplified Grant of $2000).
The committee organized Rotary’s annual hosting of
The Banquet in May of 2006.
Committee recommends developing a club website and
has members willing to assist in this effort.
Foundation (Evenstad) – The board requested a vote
of the club to determine the membership’s wishes
regarding the foundation. The club was voted
strongly to continue to grow the foundation to a
principal of $100,000, and to limit spending to
interest earned only.
In order to show the activity within the foundation,
the board has directed the Oahe Foundation to send
quarterly interest checks to the Club treasurer. The
treasurer will be responsible for cutting all checks
including those for scholarships. Any remaining
foundation funds at the end of each year will be
deposited into the foundation as principal.
Fundraising
Booth Projects
(Weber) – The booth project raised _________ during
2005-06. This is slightly over budget expectations.
The board has recommended additional marketing of
the project to potential Ramkota convention planners
and to other meeting sites such as King’s Inn and
any potential new site in Fort Pierre.
Keyboard Project (Lygstad) – This project
raised _________ during 2005-06. This is over budget
expectations.
International Service (Rohlf, director)
International Project
(Quinn) – After a presentation to the entire club on
the St. Jude School in Tanzania, Africa received
positive response, the committee recommended that
the board approve a $350 sponsorship for the school.
The club additionally recommended that the Club seek
to multiply this contribution through the Rotary
International grant system. The board strongly
agreed with this. As this grant requires partnership
with a Rotary Club outside the country, the board
voted to carry-over the $350 to the 2006-07 budget
to allow time to establish the necessary
partnerships.
The committee considered a second-hand clothing
contribution program, however, decided against this
project.
Group Study Exchange (Schroyer) – The
committee worked to recruit a participant in the
District’s exchange to India. The club’s potential
applicant found conflicts, and, in the end, decided
not to apply.
The committee coordinated the hosting of a Rotary
Friendship Exchange group from France.
Year-end Awards
2005-06 Rotarian of
the Year Award was presented to Jim Mollision.
Jim is an example of a complete Rotarian. He is
extremely active in local club projects. In 2006 he
initiated and led the club’s volunteer efforts for
the Cabela’s Fishing Tournament. Jim often provides
significant financial contributions to local Rotary
projects. Jim takes his role as a district assistant
governor seriously, visiting central SD clubs and
seeking to build relationships among clubs by taking
other Pierre members on these visits. Jim attended
the Rotary International Convention in Chicago. He
and his wife are Paul Harris Fellows.
2005-06 Spirit of Community Award was presented
to Ellen Lee for her leadership of the Community
Development Committee, for organizing Rotary’s
participation in The Banquet, and for the
significant leadership community development
activities through her vocation and personal life
such as the Healthy Communities/Healthy Youth,
suicide prevention, and Healthy Community
initiative.
Respectfully submitted by Kristie Maher, President
2005-06
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