Rotary Students of the Month
Olivia Ohnstad and Grace Covey were named as the Grantsburg Rotary Club's Students of the Month for December and January. Shown above are Dan and Marie Ohnstad, Olivia, Grace, Angela Covey, Mark Johnson, and Rotary committeeman Gordy Lewis. Olivia is the daughter of Dan and Marie Ohnstad. She chose Mark Johnson as her most influential teacher as "he puts in extra time in and out of class to make sure you understand the material he teaches." Her interests are spending time with family, playing volleyball, learning, reading, watching movies, and being outside. She participates in volleyball, basketball, National Honor Society and Student Council. She plans on attending the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN to study something in the science field. Grace is the daughter of Adrian and Angela Covey. She also chose Mark Johnson as her most influential teacher as he "pushes them to work hard" sometimes making them get out of their comfort zone. He also provides answers to problems that makes student see the other perspective. Her interests include woodworking, photography, hunting, trap shooter (where she achieved champion status), and reading. She is involved in International Club and the trap shooting team. She plan on attending UW-Stout at Menomonie to study mechanical engineering. Past Students of the Month
October-November - Thorne Hunter Carter, Rachel Glover December - Jami Michel, Christopher Hermann January-February-March - Alaina Oachs, Olivia Oachs, Joseph Ohnstad April-May-June - Teddy Vitale, Trevor Vollendorf, Kalvin Watt September-October - Susan Roberts, Luke Trittlewitz November-December-January - Linda Harmon, Jenna McNally, Seth Schlecht February-March-April - Grace Gerber, David MacKean, Mikala Hammer May-June - Olivia Brock, Joseph Duncan November-December - Emma Quimby, Jillian Seeger December-January - Abby Alderman, Brooke Quimby __________________________________________________________ Past Programs October 1 - Students of the Month October 8 - Club Assembly, Board meets at 11 a.m. October 15 - Charlie Slater, Water-Werks October 22 - Pete Johnson, Clayton Jorgenson Baseball Field October 29 - Kyle Haugen, Rotary Foundatoni; Rotary Service Above self Award November 5 - Dale Schauls, Medicare Supplement Insurance November 12 - Cory Barnette, Grantsburg Fire Chief November 19 - Byron Hopke, HHS Behavior Health Unit November 26 - Nikki Peterson, Brickfield Brewery & GRO Update December 3 - Festival Theater, Radio "A Christmas Carol" December 10 - Board meeting 11 a,m,, Students of the Month December 17 - Nate Ehalt, Burnett County Administrator December 24 - No meeting - Merry Christmas! December 31 - Rotary Avenues of Service, appetizer buffet meal January 7 - Dave Hatch, Restorative Justice January 14 - Myron & Lois Carlson, National Parks January 21 - Visiting students from Costa Rica January 28 - Rick Quimby, Snowmobile Watercross February 4 - Avenues of Service, Rose Sale planning February 11 - Students of the Month February 18 - Deputy Mitch Olson, Lisa Slater - K9 program February 25 - Allison Fern, Director Health and Human Services March 3 - Mike Myers, E&M Machine March 10 - Stan Peer, history of First Bank of Grantsburg 
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Featured Rotarian: Allan Johnson
Allan joined the club in March 2014 and became Club President in the 2014-15 year. He is a 1980 graduate of Grantsburg High School and went on to received a degree in Applied Math of UW-Stout in Menomonie. He began working at IBM in Rochester, MN in 1984 and continues to work as a software engineer. He is married to Rhonda and they have three children and two grandchildren with one more on the way. He enjoys the outdoors including fishing and hunting, and farming the family Thor farm, which is the second oldest farm in Burnett County. The farm was established in 1869. He and Rhonda built their home on the Thor farm property where Allan tracks the number of bear observed each year, sometimes surpassing 50.
Past Featured Rotarians:
Club Calendar of Events
Rotary District Conference: April 19-20 Highway Clean-up: April Camp Ryla: April 20-24 (Brent Blomberg) Scholarship: May 14 (Merlin Johnson) Fish form Fish Fry: June (Stan Peer, Roger Inouye) Teacher of the Year: June Big Gust Days: June 1-3 International Convention: June 23-27 in Toronto CCC Fish Fry: June (Roger Inouye) Pontoon Party: July (Greg Peer) Golf Fundraiser: August (Mike Giles, Dave Huff) Grantsburg Fair: August 23-26 Highway Clean-up: October (Steve McNally) Grantoberfest: September 22 Rose Sale: October (Kathy Palmquist, Dave Huff) Christmas Caroling: December (Peter Johnson) __________________________________________________________
New members welcomed
Grantsburg Rotary President Steve Bont (right) welcomed We Are Grantsburg as a new corporate member at the Club's meeting on December 3. Bob Rombach. owner of the We Are Grantsburg network, and Stacy Coy, General Manager, accepted the new member certificate. ___________________________________________________ Meet your Rotary International President Mark Maloney Mark and his wife Gay live in Decatur, Alabama. He joined Rotary in 1980 and has served as a club president, district governor, RI director, presidential aide, Rotary Foundation trustee, and chair of the Council on Legislation and the 2014 Sydney Convention Committee. Mark is a lawyer who has practiced in taxation, estate planning and agricultural law (he was raised on a farm). He has been involved in many Rotary projects, both in the United States and in foreign countries. Links of Interest
Rotary International Rotary District 5960 Rotary Foundation Rotary Store Village of Grantsburg Grantsburg School District Crex Meadows Wildlife Area St. Croix National Scenic Riverway Burnett County Nearby Clubs St. Croix Falls Siren-Webster Rice Lake North Branch Chisago Lakes Forest Lake White Bear Lake |