Agnes Reading

Shelley MacMillan opened our February 20 meeting with an Inspiration that mapped the Four Way Test to the 12 Points that guide the behavior and decisions of Scouts. The twelve fit snuggly into the four guiding principles of Rotary. Joey D and Joan the Jammer (aka Joe Diederich and Joanne Knoertzer) led us in a rousing rendition […]

Roger Fraser inspired the meeting with the 1980 New Year’s message from Sydney J. Harris, a writer for the Chicago Daily and later, the Chicago Sun-Times. Mr. Harris’ message is titled “Resolutions I’ll try to keep if you’ll try to make.” It was a sobering piece calling us to be clear eyed and humble.   […]

Social Committee announces that this year’s Spring Fling will be at the Ypsilanti Heritage Car Museum in Ypsilanti on Sunday, May 12. Buffet will be catered by Sidetrack and beer and wine will be available. Watch for further details and make plans today to attend!!

Fourteen of the twenty tables seated bundled up Rotarians on January 30, the second coldest day in Ann Arbor in a generation. Don Devine rubbed it in with two songs, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, and Winter Wonderland. Let it Snow was written in 1945 by Sammy Cohn and Jule Styne…in […]

Fritz Seyferth opened our 2019 year at the January 9 meeting with a poem on Justice by Carley Buckner. Ingrid Sheldon lightened our mood leading us in singing three Smile songs. President Greg honored two very special Rotarians who we lost over the holidays. Art Holst, who was a Rotarian for 61 years, 17 of […]

Naren Bhatia was a familiar face before he rejoined the Club this Fall as he is the husband of Past President Nishta. You will find him one of the most interesting people you will ever meet, not only because of his life story but because he is a riveting story teller. Naren was born in […]

Joanne Knoertzer’s White Christmas was no competition for the happily expectant chatter of Rotarians as we looked forward to the performance of the Huron a capella choir after the business meeting. Dennis Powers read the gift list of Oren Arnold, late Sunday editor of the Arizona Republic: To your enemy, forgiveness; To an opponent, tolerance; […]

Barb Mulay is an avid University of Michigan sports fan. She sits behind the Michigan goal at hockey games and has received calls from around the country from friends and family who have spotted her on the Big 10 TV station wearing her Maize and Blue. Hockey is not her only love; she also has […]

Beth Nissen has a formidable resume but she is warm, friendly and very approachable. She received a B.A with Honors in Journalism from Michigan in 1975 and an M.S. in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1976. She has graced most of the mainstream media newsrooms as a reporter: WSJ, Newsweek, […]

Have lunch with Brendan Chard on a gloomy day and you will be brightened by his many sunny smiles. Brendan is a hometown boy – Eberwhite, Slauson, Pioneer High and UofM. He spent his free time in high school at Sears where he was the helpful salesman in Men’s Clothing, Paint, Sporting Goods, and Lawn […]