Lake Mills Rotary Agenda: 03.12.2024, Pyramid Event Venue
12 pm
Good Afternoon & Happy Tuesday!
Welcome to Rotary-Pledge of allegiance and 4-way test
Brian, President Elect, ran the Rotary Meeting today as Jenny is still with her mom post-surgery. Keep Jenny and her mom in your thoughts.
Welcome all Visiting Rotarians, Guests, Zoomers
No zoomers or guests today.
Happy Bucks and fines.
Ed mentioned that the High School concert was great last week. There were even bagpipes! He also gave a happy buck for the boys’ basketball season ending. He also gave a happy buck for the Lakeside Boys’ team who is continuing on. One last happy buck for the great weather.
Sandy gave a happy buck for the upcoming Rotary Conference in Green Bay. She also gave a happy buck for seeing bees bring pollen to her yard. The Rotary Club of Lake Mills will be hosting Brews and Bingo on Monday, May 20th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm.
Janine got some VIP treatment last week with a company she works with. She also went to Hayward and completed her first ever Birkebeiner Bike Ride.
Tara gave $20 and gave an update on her life. She is happy to be back for the first time in a long time. The last couple of months have been full of tough experiences. Her Mother-in-Law fell ill and was in the hospital for quite some time. She had to make a tough choice of coming home to be comfortable until passing or have surgery on her colon to have it removed. She decided to have surgery to get her colon removed. Unfortunately, this led to complications and a hernia, she was home and back again multiple times with complications. This was a lot of learning experiences as far as what end of life care looks like. Right around this time Tara’s mom called her and she was sick with complications of her only kidney. Unfortunately, her mom passed away due to this illness. Tara’s daughter’s friend was in a hot air balloon crash in which her friend was very injured, and the other passengers passed away. Tara said these are many life bombs, and that she has been feeling very overwhelmed and feeling a lot lately. Tara recently went to a work conference that was so inspiring and she felt so loved by everyone in these hard times. She felt support and love from friends, industry workers, community members, Rotarians and more. Although it has been an incredibly tough couple of months with so many low times, she is feeling loved and supported and almost renewed.
Beth returned from her 11 National Park trip. The Grand Canyon has its own rotary chapter! Beth was accepted into the rotary friendship exchange in the Philippines in May.
Gerard is hosting a Memory Café which is an event for those with early dementia. This occurs at libraries across the state, and next week will be occurring on Tuesday. Gerard also mentioned that the School District is hosting a mattress sale.
This week’s Birthdays
March 17th Steve Wilke and Greg Renz
This week’s Anniversaries
Janelle Kwarciany 1 year
Student Rotarians
LMHS
Michaela Kennedy is a senior at Lake Mills High School. She loves dance and has been involved for 12 years. Dance has always been a place where she can be herself and she feels like dance is a second family. She loves her cat, Cosmo! Cosmo is preparing to have kids one day. Michaela is involved in Interact, Optimist Club, and involved with her church. She is a treasurer for the Optimist Club. She loves gift shopping for Christmas Neighbors and has worked at Knickerbocker with the Optimist Skate Party. She hopes to attend UW Madison as a nurse. Right now she is working at Lilac Springs as a caregiver, and she loves it and has learned how precious life is.
Montana is very involved within the school. He loves forensics and his choice is impromptu. He loves spending time outside and loves camping. He wants to go to UW School and get a degree in environmental studies. He wants to give back and make a difference with environmental studies. Montana is very big into Mountain Biking, and it has made a huge difference in his life. His father is a tool and dye maker by trade, and his mom has had to stop working to take care of his sister who fell ill with a chronic illness. This taught him to be a hard worker. He feels honored to be at the Rotary meetings in hopes of getting more involved.
LLHS
Creed’s parents own Twig and Olive Photography in Madison. They are photographers for weddings and special occasions. He has multiple siblings who are active in sports. They have four dogs. He is a senior at Lakeside Lutheran High School and ranked top third in his class. He is a thrower for track and field. He tore is ACL during the football season and will be unable to play this year. He feels although this is an opportunity as he has learned what other players and those on the sidelines do. He has been able to help coach and build up his fellow teammates. Creed is also the student body treasure for the Lakeside Lutheran Student Council. He asks for positive thoughts, as his PT said he may be cleared to play track and field this year. He plans to attend Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee this fall. He hopes to attend med school eventually.
Kaitlyn is a senior at Lakeside Lutheran High School. Next year she plans to attend Carol University for a business degree. She has a twin brother who plans to attend Green Bay to play track and field. She is very close with her grandparents and lives about 5 minutes from her house. She currently works at a nursing home and loves getting to know those who live here. She loves camping, boating, and running. She plays volleyball, basketball, cross country, and is part of Teens for Christ. She recently found out that is in the top 10 in her class.
Club Business, Committee Reports or Announcements
The night crew is donating proceeds from the 5K run to the New Beginnings of Jefferson County. This is an organization who supports abused women. Gerard and Janine motioned to approve this donation.
April 19th is the red cross blood drive. Please consider volunteering.
April 17th is the Hwy 89 & G Cleanup then meet at Tyranena Brewery afterwards.
Registration is open for Tri-Con April 18-20th in Green Bay Districts 6220, 6250, & 6270
Calendar Raffle-Barb & Gerard
How many sold?
Only $100 each, multiple chances to win weekly for April -June!
Program Speaker: Janet Foust
Janet Foust is a retired educator and speaks on highly sensitive people. She is an introvert and highly sensitive. She can recall crying at hallmark movies, and always being sensitive. Her husband passed away and she began exploring human behavior.
Janet brought gum to help us through a meditation practice about being mindful. When you chew your gum think about what you are chewing, why you are doing it, and where this is going, and how does it make you feel. She also brought seeds and planters to help us understand how this correlates to extrovert and introvert behavior. Her husband was an extrovert, whereas she is an introvert who needed alone and downtime. This can be compared to watering plants. Some plants need to be watered from the bottom up, others need to be watered from the top down.
How can tell if you are highly sensitive – they process things deeper. When her husband watched a movie, he would just see the characters in the movie. When she watched it, it would relate to an experience that she had. Those who are highly sensitive are typically more introverted. Highly sensitive people, when over stimulated, will shut down. Highly sensitive people pay attention to everything, and it can overwhelm them. Janet discussed how she recently worked with a child who cannot focus on class as she cannot help but pay attention to how other people are feeling, thinking, and behaving. This is why it is important to understand this behavior.
She recommended reading “The Boy, the Fox, the Horse, and the Mole”.
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