Monthly Archives: April 2022

President Susan rang the bell at 12:28 pm, and Tom Strode treated us to the National Anthem. Today’s inspiration was given by Daphne Schalbetter, who quoted from a book that contained messages from children to a U.S. senator with concerns about the environment. Daphne was followed by Marlena Studer, who led us in “What a […]

On Sunday April 19, 2022 Rotary members faced the cold morning to volunteer supporting Hire MI Vet at the University of Michigan’s Big House 5K Run. Our six Rotarians handed out 8,000 medals to the runners as they crossed the Finish Line. The day turned into a sunny day and it felt like spring. In […]

When Fanfan Zheng joined our club last year, he immediately jumped in and started contributing to the club in many ways — including by joining our bowling team! Now, Fanfan, who “started to learn bowling with the Rotary bowling team in September, 2021” shared on Facebook that “6 months later, at my first individual bowling tournament […]

A lively pre-meeting chat via Zoom ranged from our bowling team’s accolades to Bob Dascola’s sightseeing in Telum, Mexico. Equally happy conversations happened in person in the Anderson Room. President Susan rang the bell, and we all sang God Bless America to Tom Strode’s mighty piano accompaniment. Agnes Reading recalled famous April 6’s in history […]

Deb Bolino, Head Coach, of the Honeybaked Girls Hockey Team was recently interviewed by WJR radio as her team won the State Championship and headed to Philadelphia to compete for a second National Championship. Listen here: Bolino’s team won the National Championship in 2021 but fell to the North Shore Vipers (MA) by a score […]

This District Sponsored Work day will celebrate, support and bring awareness to our Rotary’s Seventh Area of Focus – the Environment.  We are actively planning an outdoor hands-on project in Ann Arbor and request the participation of all District Rotarians, Family and Friends.  In Canada there will be similar coordinated efforts for a Watershed Cleanup day […]

Join the Rotary Road Waste Warriors for the club’s spring highway trash pickup scheduled for Saturday, April 23 and be a part of District 6380’s Environmental Work Day. Participants in groups of four will be assigned to less than a city block in length, on one side of the highway (I-94 between State and Platt), to […]

Few photographers are attorneys, but every photographer should learn some of its legalities.  You may recall the question regarding removing an object in the photo.  Many times the object is a watermark.  A watermark is tantamount to the photographer’s statement “this is my photograph.”  A photo is legally viewed as an artistic expression, which makes […]