Meeting Notes

President-Elect Rosemarie Rowney struck the Rotary bell, concluding Allison Pollard’s beautiful piano prelude. “America the Beautiful,” which hadn’t been sung for a while, was given full-throated emphasis by an enthusiastic assembly. Amy Goodman came to the podium and shared a moving, and often funny, Inspiration. “For over three quarters of a century children have been […]

President Greg rang the Rotary bell, and the assembly rose to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner,” which PP John Ackenhusen, on piano, played with particular elan. Indeed, John’s prelude earlier had deftly lulled the lunching Rotarians and guests into a meeting mindset. Barbara Niess-May then came forward for the Inspiration: “In [commemoration] of our speaker, I […]

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.   […]

President Greg rang the Rotary bell. All stood to sing a spirited “Star-Spangled Banner,” taking their tempo cues from our dashing, bowler-hatted Immediate Past President, John Ackenhusen. As the Anthem’s final notes faded into the ballroom firmament, Norma Sarkar came forward to deliver the Inspiration. “My message today has to do with Positive Aging,” she […]

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 […]

Rotary at Glacier Hills met Friday, January 18.  After an effusive welcome by Past President Ashish Sarkar, Al Storey informed us on the history of the Pledge of Allegiance, after which we stood to recite the Pledge in its present form. The Pledge was followed by a round robin introduction conducted by Burt Voss among […]

Summary of the Board of Directors Meeting January 16, 2019 The Board of Directors’ Meeting was held on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at the United Way Building. The Club’s membership on December 31 was 286 Active members, plus six Honorary members and nine Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s three meetings was 34%. Average attendance […]

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 […]

District 6380 Newsletter for January This issue includes a New Year’s greeting from DG Jane McManus, a tribute to Art Holst and an article about the Action Plan being implemented by our club’s Peace Committee. A big part of the plan is co-sponsoring a “Peace in the Streets” event at Wayne State University on April […]

Joan Knoertzer’s lyrical piano captured perfectly the spirit of the season. For her prelude Joan played “What a Wonderful World,” then, with the Rotary bell rung, she launched into a beautiful “God Bless America,” the country’s number 1 choice should we ever adopt dual anthems. Victor Stoeffler kicked off the proceedings with his Inspiration: “Regardless […]