Mary Steffek Blaske

Genuine camaraderie and the anticipation of an interesting featured speaker (plus the satisfaction of not only making our way through Ann Arbor’s myriad of road repairs and scoring a nearby parking place), made for a full and energized Rotary gathering. Dawn Johnson gave our 17 zoomers the etiquette guidelines just before President Mark rang the […]

President Mark Ouimet rang the bell to begin our meeting which included 20 Zoomers as well as a room-full of club’s members meeting in person. All stood as Tom Strode played America the Beautiful on the piano. Jody Tull deSalis then gave our inspirational welcome reminding us that visiting a friend or family member at […]

More than 100 Ann Arbor Rotarians and guests, including 16 via zoom, met to celebrate four STRIVE scholars on Wednesday, May 10. Dawn Johnson gave etiquette zoom reminders, and President Mark Ouimet rang the bell to start our meeting. Red bow-tied pianist extraordinaire Tom Strode, played My Country Tis of Thee, while the rest of […]

  Lively zoom conversation among our Rotary Club members preceded the official start of our meeting with talks ranging from trails in Gregory, MI to Tom Strode’s new microphoning of his piano for our patriotic song. Dawn Johnson gave us our zoom etiquette rules and President Mark Inclosing President Mark helped get our meeting started. […]

The Anderson Room buzzed with the happy, engaged conversation of the more than 70 Rotarians, along with 19 Rotarians seen chatting over zoom.   Director Dawn Johnson, multitasking in-person duties, also gave our zoomers a reminder of zoom etiquette just before President Mark rang the bell to start our meeting. Tom Strode, pianist extraordinaire looking quite […]

In recognition of Millie Danielson’s 100th birthday, Ann Arbor Rotarians came out to celebrate – both in person in the Anderson Room and via zoom. President Mark rang the bell to officially start our meeting. Tom Strode, our Club’s masterful pianist, played our National Anthem. Greg Stejskal noted that the Boy Scouts were founded on […]

Today’s pre-meeting zoom chatter ranged from talk of the gray weather here in Ann Arbor and Florida’s sunny skies to Barbara Niess-May’s goose-bump experience of being at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in person to hear Rafael Warnock and Bernice Albertine King speak on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Dawn Johnson helped all zoomers with […]

RI Month of Disease Prevention & Treatment December 14, 2022 President Mark Ouimet welcomed a festive and happy crowd in the Union’s Anderson Room and a smiling array of Rotary Zoomers to Wednesday’s meeting. Our Club’s Orchestra, led and performed by ivory tickler extraordinaire Tom Strode, played our National Anthem. Eli Savit gave our inspirational […]

On a sunny and 70-degree Wednesday, 50 Rotarians gathered in person and 40 via zoom to be part of today’s weekly Rotary meeting. President Mark rang the bell to begin our hybrid meeting, and Pianist Extraordinaire, Tom Strode, watched over by the guardian Beethoven bobble head, played our National Anthem. Shelley MacMillan presented a moving […]

President Mark Ouimet started the Oct. 12, 2022 meeting with the traditional ringing of the bell, whereupon a full contingent of Club members meeting in person and an attentive group of Zooming Rotarians, sang “America the Beautiful.” The A2 Rotary Orchestra was led and performed by Tom Strode at the piano. Marcia Lane gave us […]