Dan Romanchik

A mere three years after its predecessor, our own Steve Kesler has published another book. And, as usual with Steve, its subject and scholarship are rock-solid. Titled Great Lakes Rocks: 4 Billion Years of Geologic History in the Great Lakes Region, Steve paints a sublime picture of the true founding of our state: born of […]

President Rosemarie rang the Rotary bell following a particularly beautiful prelude by Joan Knoertzer. Then Ed Hoffman stepped to the mic to deliver the Inspiration. In his usual effusively mawkish way, he put forth his case for books — even compared them to the old 50s bracelet charm with folded dollar inside as “that safety-in-a-box […]

This year’s Golf and Tennis Outing was a spectacular event. The weather was beautiful, with the crisp air perfectly fitting for a  September day in Michigan. We had 27 foursomes of golfers descend upon the lush greens of Travis Pointe golf course in the early afternoon and approximately 230 diners gather for an evening feast. […]

Five Armenian journalists, along with their interpreter and a representative of the State Department, are being hosted for a week by the Detroit Rotary Club. They are here associated with a US Library of Congress Program called Our World. The Program allows the professionals from the emerging Democracies to come to the US and learn […]

Please consider sharing the joy of Rotary with a friend, colleague, of neighbor and recommending them for membership in our Rotary Club. The deadline for recommending new members for the October class is Monday, September 9. To recommend a new member, you have to fill out the online Recommend a New Member form. If you […]

Join us at our District 6380’s Rotary One Summit. This year’s theme is The Amazing Power of Story. This event is only $20 (breakfast and a barbecue meal after the program included), and is suitable for family and friends to join as well. Click here to register and get more information.

When President Rosemarie rang the Rotary bell, everyone in the packed Weber’s ballroom stood to sing “God Bless America.” Joan Knoertzer did a splendid job, as she had during the musical prelude. The stage was well-set for Past President Bob Buchanan’s stirring Inspiration. “Our speaker, Mike Ball, will talk to us about the role of music […]

In recent years, we have been bombarded by reports that we don’t get enough sleep here in the U.S. The CDC, for example, estimates that 35% of adults don’t get enough sleep, and Fortune magazine has reported that the lack of sleep costs the United States more than $411 billion annually. If it’s that big […]

  Some of our more technologically-advanced members have been using the ClubRunner app on their smartphones to make a quick phone call to another member. What they find on occasion is that the number that comes up when they touch the phone icon shows a +7 country code. The country code for Russia is 7. Fear […]

The RCAA Satellite is now meeting in the Victors Room at the Pretzel Bell. We have three individuals committed to the Satellite, our goal is to establish the Satellite with 10 members. A special thanks to all the Rotarians that have made referrals to the Satellite and to the supportive Rotarians who have attended our […]