Stories

One June 1, 2018 our speaker will be Larry Ruth, Director Subdistrict 4 Lower Platte South Natural Resources. He will talk on Lancaster County Groundwater....A 2018 Update.

In observance of the Memorial Day Holiday, Lincoln South Rotary Club will not be meeting on May 25.

Thank you to all of the Members and Guests for donating Happy Dollars every week. Our Club has surpassed our goal - over $32 per member goal . But, let's not stop here - there is still more work to be done to eradicate polio.

 

Don Rabbe, Bob Vrana, Joyce Michaelis, Gene Swinton, Matt Horak, John Herdman, Nicki Klein

The Lincoln South Rotary Club Foundation recently held elections for the Board. Effective with the April Annual Meeting, the following were elected:

Lincoln South Rotary Club has a long-standing tradition of strong support of The Rotary International Foundation.  We thank John Herdman for reaching the level of Paul Harris Fellow +7..

 

It is only because of support such as this that we are able to do what we do through The Rotary International Foundation.

During our presentation by Children's Hospital we talked about a statue that Rotary had installed at the hospital. The statue is of a Rotarian giving polio vaccine drops to children. Here is the article from The Rotarian (click here).

On May 11, we heard from our three scholarship recipients - Leza Al-Ali, Teagan Bowman, and Han Le. Each student was awarded a $1,000 scholarship. It was a great celebration at Lincoln South Rotary Club. Click here to view the photo album.

Lincoln South Rotary Club has a long-standing tradition of strong support of The Rotary International Foundation.  We thank Dick Wampler for reaching the level of Paul Harris Fellow +2..

 

It is only because of support such as this that we are able to do what we do through The Rotary International Foundation.

The Lincoln South Rotary Club Foundation held a social and fundraiser with the proceeds to benefit the Barnabas Community. The Cinco De Mayo event was full of fun, fellowship and food. Click here to see the photo album.

Birthdays in May

Lincoln South Rotary Club supports the Rotary International President and District Governor Tom's initiative to plant trees this year. On April 20 we participated in the dedication of the latest Habitat for Humanity home. The program does include trees so Lincoln South Rotary provided some for this family. For photos click here.

The Grocery Grab was held April 27 at 8:00 AM at Russ's 33rd & Hwy 2. Lincoln South Rotary Club moved the meeting to Russ's in support of the event.

 

Annual Membership Renewal Notices and Dues Billings were mailed out Saturday, April 21. Click here to see the analysis of our dues and benefit to club members.

 

Jim O'Hanlon held many positions before fully retiring - helped UNL in many interim positions - too many for me to capture. He stated that usually there are interim positions because there are issues to resolve and he like that challenge.

Thank you to Tracey McLain for sharing personal information during her Member Moment. We learned that she has 92 first cousins . . . and she knows them all!

Don Rabbe was born in Omaha but grew up around Hastings. He started school in a one room school, graduated from Hastings High School and then Hastings College.

Bob Vrana told us about his many connections to Lincoln South Rotary members.

Brad doesn't like the smell or taste of pumpkin, making this time of year particularly trying for him.