Rotary Students of the Month
Brooke Quimby and Abby Alderman have been chosen as Students of the Month. Shown above are (l-r) teacher Matt Berg, Brooke Quimby, Abby Alderman, teacher Linda Benge, and Rotary Club Education Chair Gordy Lewis. Brooke is the daughter of Dennis Quimby. She chose Matt Berg as her most influential teacher because, "his passion for teaching is contagious." She added that Mr. Berg's work ethic makes students want to work hard too. Her interests are playing sports, hiking, reading, and being with friends. She participates in basketball, softball, volleyball, choir and is a member of the National Honor Society. She plans on attending UW-Eau Claire to major in business and finance. Abby is the daughter of Mike and Carol Alderman. She chose Linda Benge as her most influential teacher as she has been her music/theater director for the past nine years. She said Ms. Benge's hard work and dedication helped make Abby the person she is today. Her interests include singing, acting, dancing, attending sports events, and her time with friends and family. She is active in golf, swing choir, vocal jazz, choir, theater productions, girls Anthem, Honors Choir, and assistant director of summer school shows. She plans on attending Minnesota State University at Mankato to major in Secondary Education and Theater. Her goal is to direct school shows. 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 __________________________________________________________ Past Programs March 5 - Retired Sheriff Ron Wilhelm March 12 - Issac Bont, Festival Theater, St. Croix Falls March 19 - Mark Elliott, Northwest Passage March 26 - Auctioneers Gary & Rhonda Erickson (A fundraising auction will be held at this meeting) April 2 - Video - brain trauma and treatment April 9 - Club Assembly - Board at 11 a.m. April 16 - Students of the Month April 23 - GHS Costa Rica students April 30 - Club Assembly May 7 - Bob Rombach, We Are Grantsburg network May 14 - GES/GMS Title Program May 21 - Camp RYLA students Lainie Thoreen, Adeline Dauer May 28 - Burnett County Sheriff Tracy Finch June 4 - Incoming officers Steve Bont, Lynn Carlson June 11 - Teacher of the Year Linda Benge June 18 - Rotary Club board meeting 11 a.m., Club Assembly June 25 - Burnett County Circuit Court Judge Melissa Mogen July 2 - Installation of new Club President Steve Bont July 9 - Paul Harris Fellowship presented to Joni Burgin July 16 - 11 a.m. board meeting, new District Governor Paul Perez July 23 - Michael Hoefs, Burnett Co. Highway Commissioner July 30 - Larry Stotz, Club accounting August 6 - Board meeting 11 a.m., Club Assembly to follow August 13 - State Representative Gae Magnafici August 13 - Rotary Golf Outing, Grantsburg course August 20 - State Senator Patty Schachtner August 27 - Rose Sale Kickoff, Roger Inouye & Betty Peer September 3 - Tammy TweedtlClose, 100 Women Who Care September 10 - Kyle Anderson, Crex Meadows September 17 - Jim Segelstrom, McNally Industries September 24 - Mark Thayer, MD. - Emergency Room 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 
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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 |