Weekly Meetings 12:00 Noon Mondays Hilton, France Ave & 494 Mission The Bloomington Noon Rotary Club unites leaders to improve our commu- nity and the world through service and philanthropy. 2019-2020 Officers: President: Stephen Bariteau Phone: 612-599-8083 [email protected]Board Meetings: Third Monday - 10:30 AM at the Hilton President Elect: Jamie Verbrugge Vice President: Mark Adkins Treasurer: Bob Erickson Sergeant at Arms: Paul Niederberger Program Chair: Mark Adkins & Diann Kirby Past President: Terry Low District Governor: Russ Michaletz Executive Secretary: Kathy Koehler 952-250-0476 [email protected]Directors: Peter Smyth, Brett Morten- son, Paul Niederberger, Carolyn Pratt, Debbie Belfry, Keir Johnson, Adam Johnston Mailing Address: P.O.Box 20300 Bloomington, MN USA 55420 Rotary in Bloomington Bloomington Noon, October 7, 2019 Our two mayoral candidates, Tim Busse and Ryan Kulka will go head to head in our Candidate Forum. Bloomington Noon Rotarian and former Mayor Neil Peterson will serve as our emcee. You may submit questions in advance, due by our meeting on October 14 to Kathy Koehler. Each candidate will have the questions in advance to give them each equal time to prepare. Tim Busse has spent years coaching and serving within the Blooming- ton community. He has served on multiple non-profit boards and for the past 8 years, served on the City Council. Tim is running to contin- ue the good work being done here and to help the community make some big decisions on issues like the community center and prepare and plan for coming demographic changes. Ryan Kulka grew up in Bloomington and studied en- trepreneurship at St. Thomas University. He is the owner of Social Boom, a digital marketing company based in Bloomington. He is run- ning for mayor to make Bloomington a better community “by listening to citizens...and getting more people involved in the city’s decision making process.” Oct 21 Preview: “Bloomington Mayoral Candidate Forum” Guests: Ryan Kulka and Tim Busse Oct 14 Preview: “Maternal Health with African American Women” Guest: Rotarian Tim Tinchers We will be hearing from the North Minneapolis Rotary Club about a project that they are passionate about: “Maternal Health”. An article in the Star Tribune said, “Black mothers are three to four times more likely to die of pregnancy complications than white women, and saving them will require addressing structural racism in American soci- ety and racial biases in the nation’s health care system, according to a panel of congresswomen and public health experts who spoke…at the University of Minne- sota.” North Minneapolis Rotary is working to raise funds to help improve maternal health out- comes among African American women. Their goal is $35,000. Seven Rotary Clubs and four outside entities have donated so far raising a total of $6,175 and growing. We will learn more about their project.
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Our two mayoral candidates, Tim Busse and Ryan Kulka will go head to head in our Candidate Forum. Bloomington Noon Rotarian and former Mayor Neil Peterson will serve as our emcee. You may submit questions in advance, due by our meeting on October 14 to Kathy Koehler. Each candidate will have the questions in advance to give them each equal time to prepare.
Tim Busse has spent years coaching and serving within the Blooming-ton community. He has served on multiple non-profit boards and for the past 8 years, served on the City Council. Tim is running to contin-ue the good work being done here and to help the community make some big decisions on issues like the community center and prepare and plan for coming demographic changes.
Ryan Kulka grew up in Bloomington and studied en-trepreneurship at St. Thomas University. He is the owner of Social Boom, a digital marketing company based in Bloomington. He is run-ning for mayor to make Bloomington a better community “by listening to citizens...and getting more people involved in the city’s decision making process.”
Oct 21 Preview: “Bloomington Mayoral Candidate Forum”
Guests: Ryan Kulka and Tim Busse
Oct 14 Preview: “Maternal Health with African American
Women” Guest: Rotarian Tim Tinchers
We will be hearing from the North Minneapolis Rotary Club about a project that they are passionate about: “Maternal Health”. An article in the Star Tribune said, “Black mothers are three to four times more likely to die of pregnancy complications than white women, and saving them will require addressing structural racism in American soci-ety and racial biases in the nation’s health care system, according to a panel of congresswomen and public health experts who spoke…at the University of Minne-sota.”
North Minneapolis Rotary is working to raise funds to help improve maternal health out-comes among African American women. Their goal is $35,000. Seven Rotary Clubs and four outside entities have donated so far raising a total of $6,175 and growing. We will learn more about their project.
Sept 30 Review: “A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation”
Guests: Janet Huss and Curt Anderson
Our guests joined us today to help raise awareness of America’s deadliest cancer, lung cancer. Lung cancer claims the lives of 2 times more women today than breast cancer. And, 1/2 of all who die of it are non-smokers. Most lung cancers today are not discovered until they are stage 3 or 4. This is the main reason they are so deadly. Increased awareness within the public and in the medical profession along with easier access to basic lung cancer screening techniques could make a huge difference. Screen-ing is best done with a low dose CT scan. This cancer is very survivable if caught early.
We learned that smoking was still the number one cause of this cancer. Radon is also a major cause. And, Minnesota is one of the highest states with radon exposure risk. It is very easy to test for radon in your home and also very easy to mitigate any exposure.
Symptoms include shortness of breath, fatigue, persistent non-specific cough, loss of appetite, chest or shoulder pain, or coughing up blood, phlegm or mucus. Many of these symptoms are common to other less dangerous illnesses. The medical profession has not yet embraced the habit of screening for lung cancer when some of these symptoms are present. Patient awareness and persistence to request screening can make a difference.
A Breath of Hope Foundation works to raise funds to provide research and training within the medical profession. They have an Ambassador Program to provide speakers to educate the public. If you want to help, check out their website: abreathofhope.org.
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October Birthdays
01 Larry Lee
18 Neil Peterson
19 Mary Kurth
27 Doodee Backstrom
October Anniversaries
13 Deb Newman 11 yrs
15 Les Fujitake 12 yrs
16 Don Stiles 18 yrs
19 Kellie Lowman 4 yrs
21 Dave Walock 16 yrs
30 Adam Johnston 18 yrs
Induction Schedule
Joe McDonald-Oct 14
Kari Thompson-Oct 14
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Greeter Schedule
Oct 14: Doodee Backstrom
Oct 21: Becky Amble
Oct 28: Carolyn Pratt
Nov 4: Laura Schultz
Nov 11: Veterans Lunch
Nov 18: Terry Stirewalt
Nov 25: Jim Casserly
Invocator Schedule
Oct 14: Deb Belfry
Oct 21: Laura Schultz
Oct 28: Mark Adkins
Nov 4: Becky Amble
Nov 11: Veterans Lunch
Nov 18: Terry Stirewalt
Nov 25: Renée Wilson
Today, Head Coach Richard Pitino of the U of M men’s basketball team shared the challenges of being a college coach and
his vision and hopes for this coming basketball season.
This season may be more challenging than previous years for Coach Pitino as his team will be in a “building year” with 7 new players (including 4 fresh-man and 2 transfer students) and 12 scholarships kids on his roster. He’s excited though, expressing that he’s in the process of “acquiring talent” and “building a team” by thoughtfully “putting the pieces” together for a great season while simultaneously planning for successful future seasons. Through the process of adding new and young players with older, more experienced transfers, Coach Pitino is trying to create a balance of age and experience throughout his roster.
Although many of the players, including new recruits aren’t from Minnesota, Coach Pitino takes a lot of pride in the fact that there are four great Minnesota kids on his roster. He explained that there are few variables and challenges when recruiting both in-state and out-of-state talent for the U of M men’s basketball program. First, a lot of kids simply want to move away from home for college as the draw and opportunity to play out-of-state is strong. Second, Coach Pitino feels that there is a “perception problem within the state regarding the U of M brand. Our reputation and draw with students outside the state is much better than it is within. Local kids can take for granted the amazing programs at the U of M and the support it gets from the fans Pitino Continued on Page 7 RIB
Oct 7 Review: “Coach Richard Pitino” Super Guest Day
Our personal news section is Happy Bucks this year. It is shared verbally as the Happy Bucks Hat is passed around the room at each meeting. These dollars help support our Youth Exchange Student. Here are a few items shared these past two weeks.
Deb Newman has returned from Trieste, Italy. See page 4 RIB for a message from her while trav-eling. Stephen Bariteau’s daughter had her first homecoming dance. Courage Kenny had a successful fundraiser raising $1.3 Mil-lion. Karen Nordstrom is entertaining family from Norway this week. John Swaney received his Twins World Series Tickets...now they just have to get there. Becky Amble had a nice trip to Chicago and is happy to be back. Ken Ritterspach has a new grandson and he recently returned from a holiday on the Canadian Cross Country Railroad.
Deb Belfry had 17 STRIVE students at Jefferson and Terry Stirewalt had 33 STRIVE students at Kennedy. Terry also hopes to be back on his motorcycle this weekend after his appendix attack. Dwayne and Kelly Lowman are expecting a baby this week! We wish you a safe delivery, Kelly and Dwayne. Don Stiles just finished jury duty and his grandson just opened his own small business vacuuming out cars in their garage. Abul Sharah returned from his holiday in Canada. It was his 50th anniversary from Carlton where he received his PhD. Dave Drummond still has 2 more weeks to keep Joy quiet so she can continue to heal.
Kier Johnson indicated the concert at the MN Masonic Heritage Center was really great! Jim Mortenson was happy to bring his younger brother to our meeting and he attended the concert Kier mentioned. Jim Casserly’s wife, Mary Molzahn, was in Bemidji for a week Spanish immersion camp. Don Stiles loves his grandchildren, but one can definitely catch a cold from them. Brian Emer-son was NOT in Italy this past week like many of our Rotarians, but did go out to dinner at Carmines, a great Italian restaurant. El-don Spencer shared that Skylark Opera Theater is presenting “The Most Happy Fella” at the Historic Mounds Theatre in St. Paul from October 11th to the 20th. A great show that will truly entertain!
Distinguished Guests, we are glad you joined us!
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Lee Fundanet, Guest of John Swaney, Director of Sales & Marketing, Marriott Hotels, Possible candidate to invite as a member.
Joy Drummond, Youth Exchange Mentor for Rine, Dave Drummond’s spouse
Kevin Ramach, Executive Director, Artistry, Guest of Leah Hughes
We also had 15 guests at our Super Guest Day meeting. Great showing. Thanks to all who invited someone.
Erik Allen, Guest of Nick Basil
Todd Barduson, Guest of Greg Worthen
Larry Boatman, Guest of Deb Belfry
Chris Bristow, Guest of David Walock
Tim Busse, Guest of Jamie Verbrugge, Bloomington City Council Member
John DeBettignies, Guest of Greg Worthen
Lee Fundanet, Guest of John Swaney, Courtyard Minneapolis Bloomington
Mike Hartley, Guest of Jeff Potts
Mike Johnson, Guest of Don Stiles
Bruce Mortenson, Guest of Jim Mortenson, and his brother
Kevin Ramach, Guest of Leah Hughes
Anna Rozhansky, Guest of Adam Johnston
Scott Rupp, Guest of LuAnn Paulet and her son, will be joining club in partnership with LuAnn. Scott works at LuAnn’s company.
Ron Schmidt, Guest of Pete Smyth
Mike Wasik, Guest of Becky Amble
Membership Announcements... Joe McDonald, VEAP Executive Director, and Kari Thompson, VEAP Advancement Director, have been approved for dual mem-bership from VEAP by the Board of Directors. Induction planned for October 14.
Welcome to our newest Rotarians: Renée Wilson, Mark Adkins, Leah Hughes, Angie Deegan. and Lori
Rebers Make sure you take time to get to know them. Introduce yourself and invite them to your table at lunch.
Happy Bucks and Club News...
Think Poinsettias... Ask your networks!
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Deb Belfry and Laura Schultz are coordinating the effort for our Annual Poinsettia fundraiser. These funds help support our many Charitable Partners. The plants are very healthy and hearty and make excel-lent gifts at the holidays. Notice that you may also purchase cyclamens this year. You have two varieties, multiple colors, and two sizes to choose from.
See the forms attached to the RIB email for information on the flowers and for an order form. Print out your forms or email to share with your friends. Each Rotarian will be responsible to collect payment for all flowers they sell. We are NOT
able to bill for these flowers. Circulate your order sheet among your network or check with your building supervisor to see if they are decorating for the Holidays and if they would be willing to order through Rotary. Orders of 100 or more are delivered directly to the building by our supplier.
Orders are due into the club on or before our club meeting, October 28th at NOON. You are responsi-ble to pick up your flowers or arrange for someone to pick them up on Monday, November 25th be-tween the hours of 11:00 AM and 2:30 PM.
Youth Exchange Student - Rine
Joy Drummond, Dave Drummond’s wife, is our Rotary Exchange counselor for Rine and members of the three host families. Joy could use some assistance once in a while to bring Rine to our meetings on Mon-days. Please let her know if you are available and willing to pick Rine up. She is attending Southwest High School in Minneapolis, 47th and Chowen,
Rine really likes sports and would like to be able to practice and participate on the sport teams. If you have a basketball, a soccer ball, or a softball mitt (left hand) that you would be willing to lend her, it would be greatly appreciated. (It can be returned at the end of the school year.) Please let Dave Drummond or Joy know, or
bring it to an upcoming meeting.
Deb shared, “Tuesday evening I had the good fortune of visiting the Rotary club of Trieste. Actually there are 3 clubs in Trieste but I was lucky that one club, Trieste di Nord was a 5 minute walk from our apartments. They met from 8:30 to 10:30 pm which included a presentation and a dinner. I was able to exchange club flags with them which is a tradition when visiting clubs out of the country. They have 93 members and 9 are women. Fortu-nately I met and sat with their first ever female President (from last year), who works in the department of Human Resources for the district of Friuli-Venezia. She spoke English well but “Io ho parlato con loro abbas-tanza bene!” The presentation was on Gamma Ray Bursts which I only know because it was on the Power-Point. No use in pretending that I understood much but the group was warm and welcoming! “ Our good friend and escort Mike Hansen, Peggy’s husband, was kind enough to meet me at the end of the meeting and walk me home. Seems safe here but it was 10:30!
Flag Exchanges...Deb Newman in Italy and here!
FAFSA Help Sessions are now being Scheduled. Can You Help? It is FAFSA help time again. Please let Bob Erickson know if you are able to help for the following FAFSA help sessions. All ses-sions are from 5:30 to 8 PM. Thursday, Oct 24 at Kennedy Tuesday, Oct 29 at Jefferson Tuesday, Nov 12 at Kennedy
Thursday, Nov 7 at Jefferson Thursday, Dec 5 at Kennedy
As is the past, Susan Ant or her staff will be available to help at all these sessions. We have helped about 80 students/families each year with their FAFSA applications. Many of our students receive the full Pell grant of over $6000 per year which does not have to be repaid. This grant will cover tuition expense at Normandale or Hennepin Tech Colleges. Your help makes a big difference to stu-dents and their families. Email Bob at: [email protected]
An Opportunity to Get Involved: Beyond the Yellow Ribbon
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IVC Annual Fundraiser - October 15
Time to Register for Rotary International Convention in
International Village Clinic &
World Class English School Annual Dinner and Fundraiser October 15, 5:30 to 8:30 PM
The Graduate Minneapolis
615 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
Enjoy an Indian buffet, cash bar, SAATH Bollywood Dancers,
Henna Artist and a Live Auction.
Thank you to Chuck Goldberg for arranging the location.
$75.00 Tickets Available at: https://ivcfundraiser2019.eventbrite.com
For more information on IVC visit www.villageclinic.org
Time to think Aloha Hawaii...Registration is now open!
Join 25,000 Rotary family members from 170 countries at Rotary’s 111th Annual International Con-vention. Register now to be in beautiful Honolulu, Hawaii from June 6-10, 2020.
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in the state. This “brand issue” is due to a couple factors, including many transplants to the state from around the region (due to the bustling econo-my and good employment rates), and the fact that the Twin Cities has six professional sports teams located in town. This is a unique issue to the Twin Cities which creates a certain amount of confusion and can somewhat diffuse the support U of M college sports gets from the community. Pitino was quick to explain the college is well supported, but the competition with the professional MN sports teams needs to be thoughtfully considered.
Coach Pitino talked about what it’s like to be a head coach in college ball and the components that go into a successful program for both the University and the student athletes. In regards to recruiting talent the three factors he mentioned as being most important. First, sustained success of the program, meaning that the recruits and their families see kids graduating from the university, some players are continuing their sports careers to go pro and play for money, and the program has a winning record. Second, having a great sports facility and numerous amenities on campus to draw students here is imperative. This means having top-notch training facilities, sports arenas, and various services (i.e. physical trainers, nutritionists, academic tutors, etc.) to ensure they stay healthy, academically strong, and continue to grow simultaneously as successful students and athletes. And third, being cognizant that only a small percentage of student athletes will go on to play professional ball. Therefore, the new Leadership Center for student athletes is essential to help kids connect with the business community and understand what the steps are after they’re done playing a sport, graduate from college, and start their careers.
Coach Richard Pitino loves his job and loves working for the U of M. He expressed that as a leader for the men’s basketball team it’s important for him to have a solid plan for how he recruits, develops, and manages his student athletes. He’s committed to his plan and intends to continue to deliver on his plan to ensure success for his student athletes and his sports program going forward.