Congratulations and thank you to all the Rotarians for the hard work to put on this event!

Also, thank you to the following sponsors…Platinum Sponsors:  Hometown Investments, Plumbing and Heating by Craig.  Gold Sponsors:  Bryn Gardd Dental Care, Busrch Travel, Crow River Nutrition, Factory Direct Furniture, Kraft Walser Law Office, Stewart Title.  Silver Sponsors:  American Family Insurance, Edward Jones-Dean & Kim Winter, Nu-Telecom, Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Vivid Image.

Raffle winners for 2013 are…Grand Prize:  Bob Peterson, Second Prize:  R.J. McGraw, Third Prize:  Mark Matthias.
Upcoming Events:  2013 WaterCarnival Bike Ride on Saturday, June 15^th.  Bikes ‘n Blues Festival on Sunday, August 25^th.

The members of the Hutchinson Rotary Club have many events on their calendars in the coming months.  Check to make sure you have them on YOUR calendar!

April 19—Taste of Rotary at the Crow River Country Club

Tickets for the raffle are $50.  First Prize is a $5000 voucher for a dream vacation or $4000 cash.  Second prize–$1000, third prize–$500.  You do not need to be present to win.Come to the Taste of Rotary for an evening of Food, Fun & Friendship!  Event tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door.  Over $600 in door prizes will be given away at the event!

April 19—One Day Fun Day  Rotary 5950 District Conference 8 am-9 pm  Hotel Sofitel, Bloomington Go to http://bit.ly/1035rxn for more information.

April 20—District Assembly More information to follow….

June 15—Water Carnival Bike Ride Mark your calendars now!  We will need people on the June 14 to set up signs and the day of the ride to work at the rest stations.

Yui is interested in going on the spring E-term trip to New York with the exchange students, but needs to raise some money to do this.  Steve and Beth offered their home to host a fun, ethnic Japanese supper. All the money raised will go towards funding the trip for Yui and this will also be an excellent chance to get to know Yui better and become more familiar with the exchange student program.

The Japanese dinner is scheduled for Saturday, February 2^nd at 6 p.m.  The evening will include a lovely traditional Japanese meal.  Reservations are required as seating is limited.  The cost is $20 per person.

I have attached the formal invitation which includes the menu for the evening.  If you are interested in attending, please call 234-9532 or email beth@vimm.com.  Thank you in advance for your support of this program!  Yui Japanese Meal.pdf

Other Rotary news:

The cabinet for the 2013-14 Rotary year has been formally announced.  President—Keith Heikes, President-Elect—David Allen, Vice-President—William Young, Secretary—Beth Theis, Treasurer—Larry Haugen, Past-President—Dean Winter, Service Chair—Diana Anderson, Public Relations Chair—Adam Buboltz, Future Vision—Jeff Nies, and Foundation—Sheila Elder.

The Taste of Rotary committee has scheduled it’s first organizational meeting for Thursday, January 10^th at 5:30 p.m.  All committee chairs and any interested parties are asked to attend.  The meeting will be held in the back room of Main Street Sports Bar.

Warm Coats. The coat drive is scheduled for Wednesday, October 17 from 10 am to 7 pm and Thursday, October 18 from 9 am to noon with set up on Monday, October 15 from noon to 5 pm at the Armory. A sign up schedule is included and will also be sent around at the regular weekly meeting. Please try to help us make this event successful! It means so much for those receiving warm coats for the winter! If you cannot get to a meeting, please email Carla at consulting@phbcpa.com to sign up for a time slot! Thank you!  Warm Coats Sign Up 2012 (pdf)

Super Meeting. A super meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 18. Hutchinson has been named “Minnesota’s Manufacturing City” because of the large percentage of our population who work in manufacturing industries. Because of this, it is very important that we understand the revolution that manufacturing is about to undergo.

Do you remember the “replicator” on Star Trek that could make any food a crew member wanted? This technology is becoming a reality, except it’s not just food but almost any object imaginable that can be created using a 3D printer. For example,Airbus is actively studying how to build a 3D printer large enough to print an entire airplane. NASA is studying launching a 3D printer to construct aircraft in space. Private companies are developing 3D printers that use a person’s blood to print a new heart, kidney or other organ for transplantation. While these examples are still years in the future, 3D printers are already cost-effective for making many types of objects.

At the October 18 meeting, we will have an operating 3D printer demonstrating how it works and we will have a presentation from three industry experts on the capabilities of digital design and 3D printers:

•Colin Clark, Hometown Investments and Cloud Event Processing

•Matt Havekost, Advanced Technology Systems (St. Paul)

•Rob Lambrecht, Alignex

Please invite anyone who you think may be interested in learning about this fascinating new technology. Each Rotarian is asked to bring at least one guest. At the October 11 meeting, we will be asking for a count of expected attendance; if you are not going to be at the October 11 meeting, please make sure someone who is attending has your guest count. Thank you!

Annual Rose Sale. Information for the annual rose will be handed out at this week’s meeting. A poster and sign up is posted here. The roses will be here on Thursday, November 1. We are hoping each Rotarian is able to sell 10 dozen roses/fall bouquets. If we can order at least 400 dozen, we get a substantial price break. Please help us with this fund raiser! It’s a great gift for all those deer widows!   2012 Rose Sale Poster (pdf) Rose Sale Sign up (pdf)

Ethics Workshop. The Ethics Workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 7:00am – 2:20pm.. We have invited 48 high school students to attend the workshop held at the Crow River Golf Club.

We need 8 Rotarians to volunteer as table supervisors for the workshop. Anyone interested to learn more about the workshop and/or the volunteer opportunity should contact Dean Winter, Tracy Hassan, or Sara Turrell.

Warm Heads, Warm Hands, Warm Hearts. We will be purchasing hats and mittens again to donate to the schools and Common Cup. We will have the mittens at the Thursday, November 15th meeting. Please plan to stay a couple of minutes after the meeting to organize and bag them for delivery.

Today we welcome District Governor, Bob Stowell.  Please plan to attend!  It is guaranteed to be an interesting and informative meeting!

Upcoming dates to remember:

Aug. 21—Monthly Board of Directors meeting at 6 p.m. at Main Street.  (Note the time and location change!)

Sept. 14-15—Cheese Curds at the Taste of Hutchinson.  Please contact Linnea to sign up and help!  LinneaK@cbhutch.com

Late Oct-Early Nov.—Rose Sale…..More information to follow.

Nov. 6—Ethics Workshop.  Please contact Diana Anderson for more information.  dianaa@swifoundation.org

This meeting we welcomed the new board of directors for the coming year.   President Dean Winter began his presidency by  informing all Rotarians of the important dates on our calendar for the coming year.  Please save the following dates:

August 16                            Special guest District Governor, Bob Stowell

September 13, 14, 15     Arts & Crafts Cheese Curd Sales

October 17, 18                   Annual Coat Drive

November 1                       Rose Sale Delivery

November                          Ethics Workshop (Exact Date TBA)

December 20                     Rotary Christmas Party (Evening meeting)

April 19                                 Annual Taste of Rotary

June 14, 15                          Rotary/Jaycee Watercarnival Bike Ride

June 27                                 Annual Rotary Picnic

Upcoming Event–The Rotary Outing to Lake George in St Cloud for the outdoor concert will be on Wednesday, August 1.   The bus will be leaving Hutchinson around 5:30 PM.  The cost for the bus is $15.00 per person.  Check out the website, http://www.summertimebygeorge.com/, for the band, the kids activities and the food vendors that are available.  There are also pictures from previous weeks.  I have been to one concert so far and it was lots of fun.  So bring your family, chairs, and cooler (only non alcoholic beverages allowed in park).  There is a beer garden you can go to if you would like to have a cold one!  Please RSVP by July 25th.   If you would rather drive up on your own and meet everyone there we will set a meeting site and get everyone’s cell numbers so we can gather together for the night.    Thanks……Ronda

Thank you to Kate for a wonderful power point presentation of your year here in Hutchinson!!!!

The cheese curd fryer is here! Keith, Jim and Ronda have all visited and admired Big Daddy! J

Rotary Picnic—The Rotary picnic is scheduled for Thursday, June 28^th at Rotary Park at 5 p.m. The meal will be served at 5:30 p.m. We are also going to christen the new cheese curd fryer. Plan to attend!!!

Bike Ride—We are still looking for volunteers for the bike ride. The sign up sheet is attached. Please contact Carla at consulting@phbcpa.com if you can help!!! Thank you to everyone who has already signed up!!!!!    WC Bike Ride – Job Sign Up (PDF)

April was a busy month for the Hutchinson Rotary Club!!! We started the month hosting a Group Study Exchange from France.  Jim Wendling & Keith Heikes attended the District Convention in Bloomington.   We sent two high school students to Camp RYLA.  The same day we held our 9^th Annual Taste of Rotary at Crow River Country Club.  We finished out the month with a fun, relaxing party hosted by Ronda & Mark Matthias.  Excellent food, great fun!!!

Taste of Rotary—The top winning tickets for the Taste of Rotary raffle were:  Kay Haag—winner of the $5000 vacation voucher or $4000 cash, Sheri Goldschmidt—winner of $1000, and L&P Supply—winner of $500.  Of course, there were over 50 winners of various silent auction items and 25+ winners of various door prizes.  A special THANK YOU to all the committee chairs (especially Sheila Elder) and all the Rotarians!  Without the participation of EVERYONE, this event could not be a success!   More pictures will follow!!!

Now it’s time to think about our next event….the Watercarnival Bike Ride on Saturday, June 16th.  Look for more information next week!

Sheila Elder gave an update on the Rotary Raffle and Taste of Rotary.

This week’s announcements:

Our speaker today was Scott Chalzon. He is the Interim Associate Dean at the University of Minnesota Center for Community Vitality. He gave a detailed presentation of how the extension center works to build effective community spirit throughout Minnesota. Thank you, Scott!

Announcements:

Group Study Exchange–Kim Winter is looking for two drivers for Friday, April 13th. The drivers need to pick up the GSE participants here in Hutchinson at 2 p.m. and take them to Bloomington. Please contact Kim ASAP if you are willing to help. kdwinter@mchsi.com.

Rotary Raffle Event–Committees met on March 29th. Next week’s regular Rotary meeting, run by Sheila Elder, will be an update of the committees’ reports. KEEP SELLING!! Congratulations to Rotarian Simon Leung! He has sold 38 tickets so far!!! Nice work, Simon!

Hutchinson Leadership Institute--The Hutchinson Rotary Club will host a World Café discussion around ethics in business for the Hutchinson Leadership Institute participants on Wednesday, April 18th.  Ethical business practice is a core value of Rotary International, and the local club appreciates the opportunity to engage community leaders in a lively discussion of what it means to behave in an ethical manner, both personally and professionally.  The World Café is a discussion format that allows participants to travel around the room and share their individual experiences in response to a set of thought-provoking questions.  The goal is to increase the group’s collective understanding of challenging issues. Please contact Diana Anderson ASAP if you are able to help with this event. dianaa@swifoundation.org.

Wine and Beer Tasting–The food committe for the Rotary Raffle will be meeting THIS WEDNESDAY, April 3rd, at 5:30 p.m. at the Crow River Country Club to sample the possible wine and beer options for the raffle. You are welcome to join the committee to give your opinion. A donation will be requested to cover the cost of the samples. If you have any questions, please contact Ronda Matthias at rjmatthias24@hotmail.com.

Rotary Park–We are planning the annual clean up of Rotary Park. If you have any ideas for new additions to the park, please contact Jim Wendling at wendling@hutchtel.net.

Mark your calendars–Tim Murphy will be our guest speaker on May 3rd and he will give us an update of the current Area 8 project. Please plan to attend!

Have a great week everyone!