Volume LXIIIII, No. 23, Jan. 18, 2017 BRANDING IRON DICKINSON ROTARY ROTARY CLUB OF DICKINSON UPCOMING PROGRAMS & IMPORTANT DATES: Jan. 18—Leadership Dickinson Suzi Sobolik, Leadership Dickinson coordinator Jan. 25—Rotary Foundaon Bingo Kris Fehr, Rotary Club of Dickinson Paul Harris Foundaon chair Suzi Sobolik, Leadership Dickinson Coordinator Invocaon: Thank you for the oppor- tunity as community leaders to help inspire the next generaon of lead- ers. — Amen David Angel Prayer: Guy Moos Greeters: Deborah Lou Thompson, Jared Twogood /Birthdays: Glenice Hansen—1/20, Brad Fong—1/21 Rotary logo one of most recognized in world, says Shea K ari Shea, the secretary for the Rotary Club of Dickinson, pre- sented a “Fireside Chat – an Introducon to Rotary” at the Jan. 11 meeng. The presentaon served as informaon for new members and a refresher for those who have been around awhile. Interesng facts about Rotary presented included: the organizaon is one of the oldest service groups in the world, there are 24,000 clubs worldwide, Rotary is in 200 countries — not even McDonalds can say that! — the Rotary logo is one of the most recognized in the world, there are 1.2 million Rotarians world- wide, our 4-Way Test is unique, and women were first admied as Rotary members in 1988. During 2017, Rotary celebrates its 100th anniversary. In those 100 years, we have immunized 2,000,000,000 (yes, that is billion) and have worked to stamp out polio since 1986. The reason Rotary is so accepted worldwide is that we approach every project and country as humanitarians. If you want more informaon about Rotary, please go to www.rotary.org. Among many topics, you will learn about the global awards, global fellow- ships and friendship exchanges. The organizaon of Rotary includes the naonal organizaon, districts and the local clubs. Dickinson is one of 66 clubs in District 5580. Our current District Governor is Herb Schmidt of the Fargo-Moorhead AM Club. Rotary Club of Dickinson projects include a bi-annual highway cleanup along I-94 near the Painted Canyon, providing diconaries to third graders, reading at Head Start, providing service to the DSU Rodeo Club, and rais- ing money for Rotary Internaonal’s Polio Plus Campaign through the an- nual Pancake Karnival. This year’s event is on Sunday, Oct. 15 at the BAC. Jay Elkin Sanborn with her sponsor, Shirley Dukart Kari Shea