Day Meeting Minutes - 01/17/2023

Lake Mills Rotary Meeting Agenda:

1/17/2023, Pyramid 

Good Afternoon and Welcome to Rotary

Pledge of allegiance and 4 way test

Introductions: 

1. Visiting Rotarians, Guests / Speaker, Zoomer

Happy Bucks and Fines

• Jenny had a free range gas test on her house and while they were there they discovered an issue with their heater. It was replaced very quickly and all is well!

• Raina announced that at Knickerbocker Ice Festival the Watson Family will be recognized for all they have done for the community. The coronation will be 

Student Rotarians

2. January

   1. McKenzie Nelson - LM - FF

   2. Kasie (Casey) Everson - LM - FF

   3. Ben Buxa - LS Bio He is the NHS President, and is very active at the school. He is many sports such as basketball, football, and track and field. He plans to go to the University of North Dakota. He is majoring in math and playing football. 

   4. Jack DePrey - LS Bio He is a senior at Lakeside. He has brothers. One plays D1 baseball in Cincinnati and the other is a real estate agent. He is on the math team, choir, and math team. He teaches and takes piano lessons. He is in the Wisconsin Youth Orchestra. He has participated in sports at Lakeside, more specifically Baseball and Football. He intends to study music in college. 

Birthdays / Anniversaries

3. January Birthdays

   1. Gerard Saylor January 10

   2. Dennis Hawkes January 15

   3. Scott Tellefson January 22

   4. Sandee Macht January 29

4. Birthday Raffle - Dec + Jan on Jan 24th

Committee Reports or Announcements

Club Business

5. New Member Applications

   1. Rob Lewis - Ready for Induction

6. Paul Harris Award - Mick Selck

7. New Member Bios?

8. Any interest in Rotary Youth Exchange after presentation last week from Jan

   1. The Lake Mills School District is 100% supportive. 

9. Literacy Council Pickups around town

10. 6 month summary

    1. Public Image Committee: Social media content has been better than ever!

    2. Membership: Kahoot, Ugly Sweater Event, and received a 1,000$ grant for a project. 

    3. Community Service Committee: has helped set up for a Club 55 event, worked the concession stand, and helped at the blood drive. There is more to come! 

    4. Event Committee: There will be a music festival this year. 

    5. Run Committee: 5,000$ profit for the 5k Run! 

    6. The Dean Sanders Memorial playground went great and is one of our largest projects. 

    7. We hosted a Scholarship Night at Korth Park to celebrate the students. 

    8. We have 10 new members! 

11. Volunteers Needed : The Fort Atkinson Rotary Club is hosting 30 inbound foreign exchange students from district 6250 on January 27-29.  Students will arrive Friday afternoon between 5 and 5:30pm and leave sunday between 9 and 10am.  Most activities will take place at the Fort Atkinson Club (including sleep at night).  They will also be walking to the Hoard Museum and Haummerson’s Pond to skate. Sign up for shifts here…. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E4BAEAC2AA2F94-district

Upcoming Dates

1. Jefferson Rotary Beer and Wine Tasting - Jefferson Co Fair Grounds

   1. Saturday, February 4th from 6-9pm at the fair grounds. Tickets are $40 in advance, $45 at the door.

2. Jan 31st - Evening Assembly - No Day Meeting

12. Program Next Week: Steve Zambo from Salty Earth

Program: Debb Lins

Debb Lins is from Opening Doors Together LLC. She is renting from Tom Hawkes in the Leader Building 322 N Main Street, Lake Mills, WI! Opening Doors Together LLC is in front of the Lake Mills Rec Department. Opening Doors Together LLC is a therapy and counseling center. 

Her clients are not limited to anyone. She helps children, couples, adolescents, families and more. Her passion is working with veterans. On the first and third Friday of the month she hosts free coffee at 9:00am. Her mission is to meet clients where they are and help clients with their mental health goals. 

Benji is her rescue dog that is on the way to being a therapy dog! 

Debb’s vision is to end the stigma around mental health. Many of us have mental health challenges that we need to own and get help! Clients seek therapy for a variety of reasons. Think anxiety and depression, unhealed drama, adhd, relationship issues, attachment styles, feeling stuck, handling toxic relationships, and more. Debb doesn’t specialize in everything. She is a lifelong learner and takes classes. She is not an expert on drug and alcohol issues, eating disorders, and autism. She supports these clients, but does not take the lead. 

A lot of the work that Debb does is about mindfulness. Debb gave us all Hershey kisses and asked us to use our 5 senses (taste, smell, touch, site, hearing). As we unwrapped it we smelled it, looked at it. We really took in all the senses of a hershey's kiss. Eventually we ate it and were very mindful about it. The more times you do these exercises, the more you can call this sort of calm up in moments of crisis. 

Debb mentioned that you are not feeling. Feelings feel real, but temporary. You can move on from feelings. She helps clients find their voice. She helps others find their boundaries. She helps people retrain your brain how to react. She helps couples fight fair.