Scott opened the meeting at the Pyramid Event Venue at 12:15pm and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance followed with the Four-Way Test.
Introductions:
Visiting Rotarians, Guests / Speaker, Zoomers
Guests
None
Student Rotarians
Sheel Gupta LM Bio
He is a hard worker! He is willing to work for what he wants. His parents moved to America from India in pursuit of the American dream. His dad started working at a fast-food place, but not has purchased his own business and has done very well for his whole family. He is highly involved in the school participating in NHS, Show Choir, Musical, College Level Courses. He loves High School, and his teachers are supportive. As a freshman he was shy and timid, but he knows us outgoing and he attributes that to performing at the high school. He loves science and medicine but wants to keep performing in his life!
Tommy Stewart LM Bio
He likes to hunt, fish, play soccer, and loves Star Wars. His future is to go to UW Madison to become a financial advisor, but that could change as he studies. His plan is getting rich, buy real-estate!
Grace Korth LS Bio
She is highly active many school activities. She is interested in studying medicene after High School and has a personal goal of completing college debt free. This includes her Masters Degree! She knows she has the drive and motivation to make it happen.
Jenna Shadoski LS Bio
She is currently a senior and has a sister who goes to a Lutheran College in MKE. She plays Basketball there. Her family is very athletic, and she plays three sports. Her summer is full of travel and sports. When she isn’t doing that, she works at the YMCA as a summer camp counselor. This summer she gets to go the Salt Lake City, Utah for a mission trip. She is attending Concordia University. She is majoring in Sports Management and minoring in Accounting.
Happy Bucks
Deb Linns mentioned that she put together Valentines for some of her friends, neighbors, and coworkers. She purchased items from our local businesses and had cut out cookies made. She said she it's so awesome to live in a community with such awesome selection and small businesses.
Fines
None
Birthdays
Jenn Christian February 2
Kim Peterson Feb 5
Dan Sanft February 9
Andy Barnes Feb 18
Jennifer Jeschke February 20
Nicole Froehle February 21
Dan McCabe Feb 21
CLUB BUSINESS - Announcements and committee reports
The membership and calendar raffle committee both met following the meeting.
Wayne of the Lake Mills Market was inducted.
Anita Martin gave her bio. She said it’s difficult what to include in her introduction. She came from Brookfield, WI. She has four siblings, including a fraternal twin. They refer to each other as womb-mates. In her spare time, she loves to disco dance! She loves 50, 60s, and 70s music. Her and her husband Jim have lived in Lake Mills since 2001. She has lived in 6 different counties within Wisconsin. Her sister set her up with Jim. She drove all the way to Texas to where he was stationed with a U-Haul on the back of her small car. She was in healthcare as a registered dietitian. She also managed a clinic in Texas. She switched gears when moving back to Wisconsin. She got a job as a freelance writer with local press. She eventually became an editor. One of the things she is proudest of is working with the Girls on the Run program. She was one of the first coaches when Christa Walter got the program to Lake Mills. It is a great mentorship for young people.
PROGRAM
TROY TATLOCK PLEIN AIR PAINTING
Troy was in the fourth grade when he got in trouble for drawing and engraving on his desk. He had mountains, buildings, superheroes, and more. He was sent to the principal’s office where he was to be punished. Rather than a punishment, she gave him art lessons. She realized it was an escape and helped him. It is something that shaped his career and is very personal to him. He is an artist that paints from life, it’s called a plein air painting. He has 40 – 50 pictures at Agency Insurance. He does a lot of regional shows as well as national shows. He works with paint made of proteins made from milk. This is what was used in cave paintings. He is known for taking on subjects that people typically avoid. A lot of times you will see “the river runs through it”, waterfalls, beautiful treescapes. He does a lot of alleyways, chain length fence, dumpsters, and objects like that where you may not see the beauty in it right away. He invited all to go to Agency Insurance to see his work. If you have never painted, get out and try it. It’s more difficult than you may think! Artists are battling time as their subject is changing in the way of shadows, color changes, and more. He said that painting is like a first kiss, you only get that one chance.
He will be competing in Jefferson soon!
Janine asked if he shows locally. He said yes, but he thinks Lake Mills would be a great community to have a plane air show as artists would come here and paint the community. It would be a great marketing opportunity as huge hitter artists come and bring their following. There are shows all over Wisconsin.
Scott asked about live feeds of painting. He said that many artists have live painting videos. Being on the national circuit he has seen many artists on video and then in person. It can be intimidating!
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