Mary Steffek Blaske

  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 […]

Laughter, camaraderie and lively conversations buzzed in the Anderson Room, while Zoomers (displayed on the big screen in the Anderson Room) had their own lively discussions before the Aug. 11 Club Meeting. President Mark Ouimet rang the bell, and our dapper, bow-tied Rotary Orchestra – Tom Strode – accompanied the club in our National Anthem. […]

As the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor’s past Presidents Maurita Holland and Jim Irwin would say, “It’s a GREAT day to be a Rotarian.” Today’s meeting was chock-a-block full of good friends, conversation, learning, and camaraderie. Past President Greg Stejskal rang the bell to begin our meeting, which signaled Tom Strode, our bow-tied pianist extraordinaire, […]

Interesting zoomer conversations from being a teacher today, the concept of “joy” school, and learning that this is the start of lychee fruit season, and happy in-person conversations took place before President Susan started our meeting. Tom Strode played a rousing Star-Spangled Banner for us on his trusty piano, and Judy Lynch Sauer inspired with: […]