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UPCOMING LUNCH PROGRAMS

9/19 Bonnie Adkins SEPTEMBER

GSE Team Member Youth Services Month 200 6-7

10/10 Official Governor Jennifer’s club visit October 10/17 Hosting the Dearborn Vocational Services Month Heights Chamber Lunch for Networking

Wednesday 12:15

PARKSIDE CHURCH 17200 W. Outer Drive Dearborn Heights

Elevator is available for those President Lynne Killion who find stairs are a challenge

OFFICERS 2007-2008 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2007 - 2008

P resident………………Lynne Killion Claude Curry - 2 year term P resident Elect…………Oscar Brown Mark Swieczkowski - 2 year term V ice President…………David Zielinski Edward Weglarz - 2 year term T reasurer………………Derek Locke Wendy Fichter - 1 year term S ecretary………………Mike Cutler Rich Jarosz - 1 year term Past President ………...Derek Locke Tom Jenkins - 1 year term

SERVICE CHAIRMAN 2007 – 2008

Club Service Chair Richard Jarosz Vocational Service Chair Wendy Fichter Community Service Chair Steve Merritt International Service Chair Mike Roy

Upcoming District 6400 Events

9/15 GSE Team Member Applications Due 9/19 Governor’s Golf Outing

10/10 Official Governor’s visit to Dearborn Heights Rotary Club

10/27 Foundation, Membership, and (first ever) Interact District Conference Seminar – Schoolcraft College

Upcom ing Even ts for De arborn H eights Rotary

1 0/10 O fficial D istrict G overnor J ennifer’ s Visit 1 0/27 2 007 Hall oween Po ker Run LUNCH ATTENDANCE 1 1/17 2 007 Chri stmas Tr ee Lot S et Up As repo rted at the September Board Meeting by Secretary Mike 1 1/24 – 12 /23 2 007 Chri stmas Tr ee the mon thly Attendance for August was 65%. Come On Guys F undraise r and Ga ls- we certainly can do better than that! Everyone should be making Wednesday 12:15 a standard lunch date with our Rotary members. You wouldn’t show up for a business 2 /9/08 I nternatio nal Dinne r lunch date now would you? Mark your calendars in red for every Wednesday at 12:15. A little heads up, don’t just show

3/15/08 Lobster Dinner up at 12:15, come a little early to enjoy your fellow members and gue sts. Also, if everyone is registered by 12:15 our lunch registrar (who right now is Mike Cutler) might even get to eat lunch w ith everyone. Hey – great idea – how about someone helping out at the registration desk. Mike has this process down to a science and would be glad to show you how it’s done. Let’s get crossed trained and just maybe Mike can take a break once in awhile. Let’s all learn something new. How about helping out for a month? How about coming a little early to help set up the room? How about staying a few minutes after our meeting to help tear down the room? How about showing up for lunch?

When a sign up sheet is passed around at meetings, PLEASE mark YES if you can help/attend or NO if you can’t. If nothing is marked it will be assumed that you need to check your schedules and you will receive a phone call. It will save time for whoever the person planning the event happens to be from having to make extra phone calls.

****************************************************************************************** IMPORTANT WEB SITES

Dearborn Heights Rotary Club District 6400 dearbornheightsrotary.org rotary6400.org

President Lynne Killion Rotary International [email protected] rotary.org

Secretary Mike Cutler Keyway Editor Jo Ann Cutler [email protected] [email protected]

Where is out web site? Board Meeting Signup by Derek Locke We need you to register for events online when you receive an invitation email!

Recently members have received emails inviting them to certain events or meetings. In particular, an email was sent on August 23 and resent August 30, asking Rotarians to register to attend the board on September 13. To date we have had 5 board members register. If we assume that all board members who plan to attend have signed up online, then we will not have a quorum and therefore not be able to hold the meeting. We would really like to have all members make the most use of the web site. This will help with planning and communication.

Here's how you register yourself for an event. When you receive one of these emails, you will see a "Register Online" button at the bottom. Please click on this. Your browser will open and you will be taken to the login page of the website with your user name already filled in. Simply type in your password and click login and you will be taken to a registration page for the event. Click on "Register Me" and you are done. You will also be sent a confirmation email, which confirms that your registration was successfully completed. In addition your weekly bulletin is customized to show the events for which you have registered. This section should act as a reminder for the events.

The process of registering only takes a couple of minutes, so please register as soon as you receive the email.

We encourage all members to make use of this new feature to help us run the club more efficiently and to know in advance who will be attending certain functions.

Thanks for your cooperation with this.

Derek

Update your online profile today by Derek Locke

Do you know how to udate your profile on the Website? Here are some tips.

We would like all members to verify the information that is stored on the website. Your profiles include business and home contact information, as well as things like birthday and anniversary etc.

To edit your profile you must go to the website and login. If you do not know how to login, please read the information given in last weeks bulletin or send me an email.

Once you have logged in you will be taken to an administrative screen. At the left you will see a section titled "My ClubRunner". Click on "Edit My Profile" at the top of this section and your profile will be displayed. You can now verify or change any of the information contained in your profile. You may even change your user name if you wish. Once you are satisfied with the information in your profile, click on the "Save" button at the bottom of the page.

It is important that we have all members verify their profiles in order to have a complete and accurate club directory. And of course you can do this at any time should some of your information change. Let's keep our profiles up to date.

September 12 2007 by Derek Locke

Bob Ankrapp, City of Dearborn Heights Emergency Management

As most of you know we had to move our meeting to Randy's Bar and Grill this week, as Al Schultz suffered a mild heart attack during the Ford Road Cleanup project on Saturday. Al is doing well and is taking it easy, but will be back to cater our lunch at the usual venue next week.

Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate to allow us to meet on the patio, so our speaker had to contend with the noise of the bar crowd during his presentation. Despite this Bob Ankrapp from the City of Dearborn Heights did a great job telling us what the city is doing in terms of emergency preparedness.

Bob talked to us about everything from what types of disasters for which the City prepares, to the need and creation of a family disaster plan. I have a presentation that Bob distributed with this information if anyone wants a copy. Just give me a call. I will also talk to Jo Ann Cutler about maybe writing this up to include on the website and next weeks bulletin.

Although we were in a fairly busy bar, we did manage to hold something that resembled our regular meeting, including announcements and fines. We did however decide that it was best if the other patrons were not subjected to our singing of the national anthem.

September 5 2007 by Derek Locke

Club Assembly at Al Ameer Restaurant

Our regular meeting this week was not held at our regular location, but rather was moved to the Al Ameer Restaurant on Ford Road. I think I speak for all that attended when I say that the venue, staff and food were excellent. Despite our change of venue one persistent Dearborn Rotarian managed to find us, thanks to a sign Lynne placed at the church.

Mike Roy has had a collection box placed at this location for a while now and tells me that he has to work overtime to keep the box empty. Mike emptied the box on Tuesday and counted $61.00 accumulated in just two weeks. Not bad for "loose change". Our thanks go to the restaurant for its support of this fundraiser.

We did have the pleasure of being introduced to the restaurant owner, Khalid, who was on hand to ensure that we got the best service.

This meeting was our monthly club assembly, which gives our membership the opportunity to get involved in the running of our club by providing input on areas that particularly interest them. While attendance was somewhat higher than recent weeks, it was still rather low (13 members). This low attendance particularly affects our club funds when we are at the church as we have to pay for a minimum of 15 lunches and pay the church a monthly fee for the use of the room. We encourage every member to make the effort to attend the meetings. Not only are you missing out on great speakers that Rich is bringing in, we like to see your smiling faces

My Dear Club Members: It has become quite evident the last few meetings have been very sparse with members. Every once in awhile I have to get up on my soap box and address each and every one of you. We really need you to support our club lunches. This is not only our lunch and fellowship time, but it is where we conduct our Rotary weekly business. Just think how it looks to perspective members or guests where there are only a handful of Dearborn Heights members at lunch. I know all to well about business obligations, vacations, travel, etc. but when you are in town there should be no excuse for not joining your fellow club members on Wednesday at 12:15. Remember, by not showing up you are hurting our club. When you make up at another club it is your responsibility to let our secretary know. No matter what you might think, none of us are mind readers so please call, send a note or an email to Mike Cutler or tell him the next week at lunch. A little blurb from Treasurer, Derek Locke: “This low attendance particularly affects our club funds when we are at the church as we to pay for a minimum of 15 lunches and pay the church a monthly fee for the use of the room. We encourage every member to make the effort to attend the meetings. Not only are you missing out on great speakers that Rich Jarosz is bringing in, we like to see your smiling faces.

We have a beautiful new web site which Derek Locke has spent countless hours working on getting it up and running and organized to be user friendly (hey – if Rich Jarosz can navigate it without blowing up his computer - anyone should be able to use it.) Go ahead and get into it and check out the various links – you’ll be amazed. Any questions (and remember there are no dumb questions) call Derek for some help. Just like anything we do, the more you use it the easier it will become

Pulled this out of my file. It was written by Lynne Killion back in November of 2005 and thought it would be most appropriate to include here: Why come to the meeting you ask yourself? The answers are simple: Because it!s ROTARY! Because there will be a great speaker Because there is heart warming friendship Because there is always a tasty lunch Because if you!re not there, you!ll be missed Honest you will.

Mark Swieczowski announced at the board meeting that baby Reed is doing just fine after a bit of a rocky start in life. Mark extends his and Kristen’s grateful thanks to everyone for the kind notes and thoughts concerning their baby.

EVERYONE is so pleased for you Mark and Kristen!

PRO FOOTBALL TRIVIA Board Meeting Signup by Derek Locke

1. What team won the first ? Green Bay Packers Kansas City Chiefs New York Giants Dallas Cowboys We need you to register for events online wh en online when you receive an invitation 2. What city did the Rams play inbefore St. Louis? Los Angeles Orlando email!

San Jose Houston Recently members have received emails inviting them to certain events or meetings. In particular, an email was sent on August 23 and resent August 30, asking 3. In 2005, led the New England Patriots to their second straight Super Bowl title. Rotarians to register to attend the board on September 13. To date we have had 5 board What was the last team to win back-to-back Super Bowls? members register. If we assume that all board members who plan to attend have signed up Dallas Cowboys Pittsburgh Steelers online, then we will not have a quorum and therefore not be able to hold the meeting. We would St. Louis Rams really like to have all members make the most use of the web site. This will help with planning and communication. 4. Thanksgiving and football go hand-in-hand. Which of these processes takes the longest? Here's how you register yourself for an event. When you receive one of these emails, you will see Thawing 14-pound turkey Watching an NFL double header a "Register Online" button at the bottom. Please click on this. Your browser will open and you will Digesting a Thanksgiving turkey dinner Cooking a 14-pound, stuffed turkey be taken to the login page of the website with your user name already filled in. Simply type in your password and click login and you will be taken to a registration page for the event. Click on 5. Which two NFL teams are tied for most fumbles in a season? "Register Me" and you are done. You will also be sent a confirmation email, which confirms that Seattle and Minnesota N.Y. Giants and San Francisco your registration was successfully completed. In addition your weekly bulletin is customized to N.Y. Giants and N.Y. Jets Minnesota and San Francisco show the events for which you have registered. This section should act as a reminder for the events. 6. How many NFL teams are named after cats? The process of registering only takes a couple of minutes, so please register as soon as you Three Four receive the email. Six Five We encourage all members to make use of this new feature to help us run the club more 7. of the Indianapolis Colts set an NFL record in 2005 by throwing 49 efficiently and to know in advance who will be attending certain functions. passes. Which player’s record did he break? John Elway Thanks for your cooperation with this. Derek

8. What is the name of the cheerleading squad for the Buffalo Bills? The Buffalo Jills The Buffalo Bimbos The Buffalo Beauties The Buffalo Babes Update your online profile today 9. Which player won the 2005 NFL rushing title with 1,880 years? by Derek Locke LaDainian Tomlinson Do you know how to udate your profile on the Website? Here are some tips. We would like all members to verify the information that is stored on the website. Your profiles 10. Where did Atlanta Falcon’s quarterback Michael Vick play ? include business and home contact information, as well as things like birthday and anniversary BYU Virginia Teck etc. University of Miami Notre Dame To edit your profile you must go to the website and login. If you do not know how to login, please ANSWERS: read the information given in last weeks bulletin or send me an email. 1. Green Bay Packers (The Green Bay Packers won the first Super Bowl with a 35-10 win over the Kansas City Chiefs Once you have logged in you will be taken to an administrative screen. At the left you will see a on January 15, 1967.) section titled "My ClubRunner". Click on "Edit My Profile" at the top of this section and your profile 2. Los Angeles (The Rams played in Los Angeles before they moved to St. Louis in 1995.) will be displayed. You can now verify or change any of the information contained in your profile. 3. Denver Broncos (The last team to win back-to0back Super Bowl titles was the Denver Broncos in 1998 and 1999.) You may even change your user name if you wish. Once you are satisfied with the information in 4. Digesting a Thanksgiving turkey dinner (The time it takes to fully digest a Thanksgiving dinner is the longest. your profile, click on the "Save" button at the bottom of the page. It can take up to 24 hours for the turkey to pass through your body.) 5. Minnesota and San Francisco (The and the San Francisco 49ers each hold the record for It is important that we have all members verify their profiles in order to have a complete and most fumbles in a season with 50.) accurate club directory. And of course you can do this at any time should some of your 6. Four (There are four teams named after cats – the Carolina Panthers, the Detroit Lions, the Cincinnati Bengals, information change. Let's keep our profiles up to date.

and the Jacksonville Jaguars.) 7. Dan Marino (Peyton Manning broke Dan Marino’s record of 48 touchdown passes, which was set in 1984. 8. The Buffalo Jills (the Buffalo Bills’ cheerleading squad are nicknamed the Buffalo Jills.) 9. Shaun Alexander (In 2005, Shaun Alexander of the Seattle Seahawks rushed for 1,880 yards.) 10. Virginia Tech (Michael Vick played at Virginia Tech for two years before being a first round draft pick for the Falcons in 2000.)

Wilfred J. (Wilf) Wilkinson Rotary International President 2007 - 2008 From: Trenton, Ontario

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Randy Bloedow Mary 313-274-1127 313-274-7200 Commercial Real Estate Oscar Brown Maria 248-855-3759 Retired Education Administration Claude Curry Linda 734-464-2269 313-278-0860 Veterinarian Jo Ann Cutler Mike 734-261-3762 248-488-4697 Automotive Mike Cutler Jo Ann 734-261-3762 313-565-3030 Locksmith Wendy Fichter 313-277-5418 313-277-3800 Travel Agent Manager Steve Henry Pamela 313-565-7350 313-565-0061 Commercial Printer Richard Jarosz 313-581-6706 313-274-4064 Attorney at Law Thomas Jenkins Pat 313-562-9425 313-274-7200 Real Estate Sales Lynne Killion Donald 313-274-0639 313-791-8494 Retail Shipping & Packaging Patricia Korby-Knechtel Dean 313-903-0775 313-274-1507 Banking, Branch Manager Richard Laramore Judy 734-525-3695 248-363-5764 x22 Insurance Sales Derek Locke Dianne 313-274-2615 Computer Services Steven Merritt Christine 734-525-6256 313-563-4457 Captain Salvation Army Ernando Minghine MaryAnn 248-553-2930 313-565-1858 Superintendent Westwood School District Steven Niemczewski Rhonda 313-506-2989 313-506-2989 Daniel Paletko 313-277-7413 Honorary Member (Mayor – City of Dearborn Heights) Maurie Phelps Alice 313-562-4758 Cell# 586-942-4045 Tech Specialist – Automotive Contractor Michael Roy Bonnie 734-522-5153 313-562-4224 Retail Gasoline Robert Schellenberger 734-513-4906 313-917-4249 Honorary Member (Red Wing Shoes) Jerry D. Sumerall Suzanne 520-648-3711 800-278-3371 Honorary Member (Real Estate Sales) Mark Swieczkowski Kristin 313-937-7955 734-641-4200 Insurance Producer Alex Test Donna 313-359-4289 313-291-1111 Honorary Member (Auto Collision) Dori Van Atta 248-399-1258 313-274-1507 Relationship Banker Mathew Vertin Elizibeth 248-478-7245 313-562-7212 Dentistry Edward Weglarz Merriam 734-591-1269 517-484-4096 Retail Gasoline Curtis Whitmore Mary Ann 313-561-0774 313-791-6000 Municipal Services David Zielinski Virginia 248-889-2874 313-562-0940 Cemetery Management

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From the September issue of the Rotarian “STILL RIGHT AFTER ALL THIS TIME. The importance of doing the right thing in the right way is nothing new to Rotarians. Now it seems the idea is catching on everywhere. The topic of ethics is popping up in front-page headlines and back-page comics. Corporations look to ethicists for guidance. But the subject doesn’t have to get complicated. It can be boiled down to a 24-word standard called The Four-Way Test. This ethical litmus test was officially adopted by Rotary International in 1943, althought it was conceived in 1932 by Herbert J. Taylor, a Chicago executive and past RI president. This year marks it 75th birthday, and The Four- Way Test keeps on ticking.”