Rochester Rotary Club RotoScoop
August 17, 2021
 

If you are interested in viewing today's virtual Rotary meeting, please click the following link:

https://youtu.be/Z5FIgUPGxwA

And, if you haven't paid your sheriff's fines yet (or wish to donate more to continue our local charitable work), please do so at the bottom of the following link:

https://www.rochesterrotaryclub.org/page/covid-19

 
President David Eardley opened the virtual meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance, then we recited the Four Way Test. Lunch was served.
 
 Christine Hage gave the invocation to our club today.
 
ATTENDANCE

There were 43 Rotarians present, and 4 guests, Lerone Williams, Lynda Ludy, Yoland Udel, and Samantha Wingerter

15th HANDSHAKE
President David announced to the club Tate Vo. Congratulations Tate! 
 
HAPPY BUCKS
Our club had so much to be happy about this week:
 
David Eardley was happy to have visited his son. 
 
Shirley Gofrank was excited about Tim Crawford's excellent work with a successful Ascension Health Golf Outing. 
 
Jeff Whitbey had a wonderful time at his adult music camp. 
 
Kathy Losinski was happy to have a successful back to school drive and was touched to have two recipients of the drive bring donuts in for the staff. And most importantly Kathy welcomed her granddaughter Violet to the family. 
 
Bryan Barnett was happy about another successful Festival of the Hills in the books and the help of Rotary for post event clean up. He is also excited for the upcoming State of the City to be held at Innovation Hills on Wednesday August 25th at 7 p.m.
 
ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK
John Gaber will be holding on to the Rotarian of the Week title for another week.
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next Club Board Meeting will be held August 18th at 5:15 p.m.
 
Alan McLellan gave an announcement that the Golf Ball Drop will be held on August 30th. 
 
David Walker gave an announcement about the Golf Outing on August 31st. LAST CALL FOR ALL GOLFERS WILL BE FRIDAY AUGUST 20TH.
 
Lynda Ludy gave an announcement about world Polio day coming on October 24th and that the District Governor will be visiting our club on September 14th. 
 
 
BIRTHDAYS AND CLUB ANNIVERSARIES
 
We had 1 member birthday this week, Joe Abro August 21st,  Happy Birthday Joe!!
 
We had 1 club anniversary Alan McLellan 12 years. 
 
SHERIFF'S REPORT
 
 
PROGRAM 

Patrick McKay presented our program on the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm. Polio is such a large part of our history as Rotarians and also a part of Van Hoosen Farm. The building of the Mackinaw Bridge was delayed in order to divert steal to Rochester Hills to complete the building necessary to produce the Polio Vaccine. 

The museum has been around for 42 years complete with historical buildings that collectively tell the story of the VanHoosen family. The museum works hard to maintain the structures on the farm and give back to the community in the process. The equipment barn was rebuilt from the ground up to replicate the original barn down to the exact height. 

The museum gives back to the community in a myriad of ways. They have digitized all newspapers from 1872-1999, the Historic Quilt Society quilts replicas of historic quilts on display throughout the museum, and the Children's Garden Club on sight is the highest attended Garden club in the state. The renovations around the museum have made it possible to open the bull barn and milk house to the public. Van Hoosen Farm was the largest producer of milk in the Metro Detroit area.

The museum is also excited to now host Mastodon Bones found on the property as well as new representation of the Native American history experienced on the land. 

The museum has many books for sale that tell amazing stories that have created the rich history of our community.

 

 

We are still on the look for a forever meeting home. 

https://www.oakgov.com/covid/dashboard.html

 

https://rotarymasks.weebly.com/


 
Upcoming meeting schedule:
 
Tuesday, August 24th via Zoom and in person
 

Location: Rivercrest 900 W Avon Rd, Rochester Hills, Mi 48307

Zoom Meeting Link:  https://zoom.us/j/91591961920

Join By Phone: (312) 626-6799
Meeting ID: 915 9196 1920

 
President David Eardley adjourned the meeting at 1:20 p.m.
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