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First&City&Rotary&New&Gens&Month!

Sept.!!2014!

Chartered 1988, D i s t r ic t

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2014-15 D i s t r ic t

Remember ing D i s t r ic t

Governor :

D ick Sut l i f f

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Board:!!Pres.!Chris!Baca;!PPres:!Rosie!Roppel;!PElect:!Sue!Bethel;!Sec:!Margaret!Custer;!Treas:!Katherine!Tatsuda;!Ms!at!Large:!Steve!Rydeen!and!George!Pasley;!Foundation:!Jim!Dahl;!Dist.!Grants!Friendship!Exchange!and!International!project!chair:!Mary!Kowalczyk;!Membership:!Helen!Mickel;!Sgt!Arms:!!Dave!Owings;!Social:!Kalbaugh!and!Mike!Wilson;!Recognition:!Sis!Coenen!&!Becca!Valentine;!Projects:!Steve!Rydeen;!PRelations:,!RRoppel!and!MO’brien;!Interact:!Cathy!Gucker,!Diane!Gubatayao,!YEO:!Cynna!Gubatayao.!!!!

Upcoming&Activities&

and&Speakers&

9@25&Chief&Rydeen&

10@2&Goucher:&SE&

Women’s&Summit&

10@8&Board&meeting&

“The&Point”&

10@9&Fire&dept.&

10@16&“Odd&jobs&in&

KTN”&O’Brien&

10@21&Dinner&with&DG&

at&Bruce/Kotrc’s&5:30&

10@22&“Voc.&Awards&

at&Chamber”&DG&Dick&

Sutliff&

&10@23&Club&DG&Sutliff&

10@31&Classification&

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Donate&to&Annual&

Fund&and&Foundation&

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President&Chris&Baca&

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New&Rotary&

International&

President&named&for&

2016@17&

John&Germ&from&

Chattanooga,&Tenn.&&&

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Programs/Speakers&

Chairs:&Oct.&Vocational&–&O’Brien!Nov.&Foundation&–!Dahl!Dec.&Family!–!Bethel!Jan.&Rot.&Awareness&–!Clark!Feb.&World&

Understanding!–!Licha!K,!Mary!March&Literacy!–!Pasley?!Open!April&Magazine!–!Open!May&–&International&

conv.!Shaffer!June&–&Rotary&Fellowship&

–!Bethel!July&–&New&Year&

beginnings&]!Baca!

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New&Gens:&&RYLA&AND&YOUTH&EXCHANGE&Sarah&Gucker:&Rebound…Thailand,&Lita:&Inbound…Indonesia,&Brandon&

Castle:&Rebound&South&Africa,&Anthony&Joslyn:&RYLA&&

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Lita, (Narulita) Arrives from Indonesia LITA (LITA PERMATASARIA ) from Indonesia. !

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Big&plans&for&our&awesome&week&with&our&

District&Governor&Dick&Sutliff&and&his&wife&

Page&and&AG&Chris&Letterman:&

Tues.&Dinner&at&Bruce/Kotrc’s!!for!both!clubs!and!YE,!and!Interact!Officers!(potluck),!and!prospective!members.!Wed.&First&City&Board!meets!with!District!Governor!Wed.&Noon&at&Chamber:!Vocational!Awards:!for!both!clubs,!New!Gens,!YE!in!jackets,!Interact!officers,!!Thursday&7&a.m.&Club&meeting!(All!Members!and!any!guests!and!prospective!members)!DG!will!speak.!

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Foundation…RFAR&Dahl&Polio&Eradication&

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!WE’RE&THIS&CLOSE&TO&ERADICATING&POLIO!!!&

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YOUTH!EXCHANGE!GO!NORTH!TO!MEETING!WITH!OTHER!INBOUNDS!AND!REBOUNDS!TO!DEBRIEF!AND!MAKE!PLANS!WITH!YEO!CYNNA!GUBATAYAO!

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Margaret&Custer,&our&Secretary,&made&a&great&presentation&on&

Clubrunner.&&Everyone&should&have&their&birthdays&in&by&now!!!&

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Morgan Wyatt left for Germany� !

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NOT&TOO&SOON&TO&BE&THINKING&ABOUT&DICK&SUTLIFF’S&DISTRICT&CONFERENCE&

2015&IN&GIRDWOOD,&ALASKA!&&&

FIRST&CITY&ROTARY&WILL&GIVE&APPROXIMATELY&$100&TO&EACH&DISTRICT&

CONFERENCE&ATTENDEE…&

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Rotary Youth to Willow ( Rebounds and Inbounds) Rebounds Sarah Gucker (Thailand) and Brandon Castle (South Africa) jumped right into presenting their exchanges, going back to school, and joinied other rebounds in Willow for debriefing exercises while Lita our new inbound learned to make goals and plan for her year. All the while they networked with other Inbounds who will remain for a year. YEO (Youth Exchange Officer) joined the students on their trip. Rebounds have a chance to go to Anchorage for Winter Orientation. To be accepted they have to write an essay and help recruit new Outbounds for next year. !

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Rendezvous&Senior&Center&Matching&Local&Grant&Project&finished.&&Bruce&King&

championed&this&awesome&project&which&will&be&added&to&the&Rotary&

Showcase.&

!Fun!was!had!by!all!working!on!the!kitchen!project!!!It!is!beautiful!and!we!are!very!proud!of!it!!!!!!!!

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!Interact&made&a&great&presentation&to&our&club!!!&

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*If!you!would!like!one!of!our!vests,!we!will!be!ordering!again.!!Past!President!Rosie!will!have!the!signup!sheet!at!the!next!meeting.!!The!vests!will!cost!you!approximately!$47…all!inclusive.!!I!am!going!to!see!if!there!are!fleece!shirts!that!one!might!like!later!on!!!Thank!you!all!and!thank!you!to!Marsha!Erichsen!“Top!Stitch!Embroidery”!!for!helping!us!with!our!

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Guests&and&Visiting&Rotarians&

&Rotarian&Lieutenant&Gov.&Mead&Treadwell&visits&our&club&&

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Rebecca&Valentine&brings&a&guest&Nancy&Tonjes&&&

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Cathy!Gucker!brought!friends!Ana!Matta!and!Jamie!!Palmer!who!posed!with!Lita!our!Rotary!Youth!Exchange!student!from!Indonesia.!

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Projects&!Projects!Chair!Chief!Steve!Rydeen!reports:!!1.!!Rendezvous&Kitchen&Project&is&finished.!!This!was!one!of!our!District!Matching!Grants!based!on!your!giving!and!averaged!for!three!years.!!2.!!Airport&Garden,!a!carryover!from!last!fiscal!year,!is!almost!finished.!!Stay!tuned.!!!3.!!Vocational&Awards:!!Please!submit!your!choice!for!an!award!to!Michelle!O’Brien!who!is!championing!this!awesome!project!to!present!two!awards.!!

Leadership&Academy&is&nearly&finished&&

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&Steve!Rydeen!from!our!club!is!working!hard!getting!the!RI!websites,!OpenClass,!and!Box!and!first!assignments!up!and!running!and!finished.!!Other!First!City!folks!!in!the!Leadership!Academy!are:!Susan!Bethel!and!Rosie!Roppel!(instructors).!!Other!Ketchikan!folks!in!the!Academy!are!Julie!Isom!(eclub)!and!Christine!Dahl!(Rotary!2000).!!They!are!encouraged!to!collaborate!on!assignments!but!must!take!their!tests!by!themselves.!!This!is!a!great!way!to!learn!about!the!makeup!of!Rotary!locally,!District!wide,!and!Internationally.!!

Interact&of&Kayhi&

&Cathy&Gucker&!is!the!advisor!for!Rotary!Interact!of!Kayhi.!!She!reports!that!the!Interact!Officers!went!to!Schoenbar!to!meet!with!their!Rotary!Interact!of!Schoenbar!to!!encourage!them!and!let!them!know!about!RYLA!when!they!get!to!Kayhi!and!to!let!them!know!what!a!great!organization!they!have!joined!!!At!Kayhi,!Interact!is!a!student!led!organization!that!encourages!our!Rotarians!to!join!in!on!certain!projects.!!They!had!gone!to!Schoenbar!last!spring!too.!!

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