Ann Lee opened the meeting at the Lake Mills EMS building at 12:20pm and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance followed with the Four-Way Test.
Guests
Jeanette Jensen from Sentry and Coyt Ruell from Hometown Publications
Student Rotarians
Cooper Buchholtz, LMHS Senior
Sophia Thompson, LMHS Senior
Katie Gould, LSHS Senior
Happy Bucks
Katie Gould: Happy to be with us at Rotary this month
Bill K: Mick Selck will make a great Chief
Greg R - Went on a cruise on the Rhine river
Ed H - LMHS football win, badger win, packer win, Illinois win (for Gerard)
Becky - LMHS football win
Ann L - Fractured a rib from falling off a bike, but could have been worse! Ouch
Jason Haas (guest speaker from Hammerhead) gave 12 happy bucks for Aaron Rogers
Fines
Karen R - took badge home
Birthdays
None
Joker Draw
Becky tried her luck, however, the Joker lives!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ann called for a moment of silence for 9/11 and read a poem recounting the days events and consequences for our society
Meal ordering: Please remember to RSVP each week. We're using Google Forms. When you get the email, you only need to select an option and click submit. If you want a salad, you need to answer with your name in that section. Our meal order counts have not been accurate recently.
Assembly is September 25th. Social hour 5-6, dinner 6-6:30, program 6:30-7
District Governor will be the program next week
The group photo has been postponed to a later date
The board approved the purchase of a laptop for rotary to be used for A/V, presentations, notes, and events
Reminder assemblies are not the 5th tuesday of a month anymore. They are scheduled every other month
Katie Gould gave her personal speech. She has lived in Lake Mills for 4 years with her family and plans to attend MN Duluth for optometry. Look for her full bio in an upcoming bulletin and in the paper.
PROGRAM
Jason Haas and Abby Hale educated us on Hammerhead, a local company focused on manufacturing tools for trenchless pipe installation, fixing, and repair. It was founded in 1989 in Oconomowoc, but moved to Lake Mills due to rapid growth and expansion into other markets. They face challenges in hiring tradesman in the next generation, as they are hard to find.
