Bill Leske chaired the meeting commencing at 12:21. Lunch was being delivered late.
Chuck Norton presented John Thomas with a Paul Harris +1 Rotary Pin.
Announcements:
Rich Lalley reminded us of the October 15 Benefit concert at Valley Lo with GERALD MCCLENDON "THE SOULKEEPER". The concert benefits Operation Warm. The cost is $60 for dinner and a cash bar. More auction items are needed More information can be found on the Web Site: https://happeningnext.com/event/operation-warm-benefit-eid3a086ucfrr
Rotary is co-sponsoring on September 22 another benefit concert. It will be at the Wallace Bowl, Gillson Park, Wilmette from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. The benefiting charity is Our Place which is a center for teens and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Volunteers are needed. More information can be found at: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/2414/Event/benefit-concert-for-our-place-1.
Robert Mardirossian reported that a long-time member of the Rotary Club, Allen Ramsey, passed away. A memorial will take place at the Winnetka Congregational Church on Saturday, October 23.
Robert also reported that the Membership Committee needs new members.
Liz Taylor introduced Andy Knox with Wintrust as her guest.
Birthdays: Wes Baumann and Terry Dason are celebrating birthdays this week. Wes made a special gift of $81.00 to Rotary Foundation celebrating his birthday.
Anniversaries: Todd Stephens celebrates 23 years as a Rotarian on September 10, 1928. Fred Schwimmer celebrates 9 years as a Rotarian since September 13, 2012.
Happy Bucks:
Robert Mardirossian saved some money on banking fees and is donating that amount to the Rotary Foundation.
Liz Taylor is happy because the food arrived.
We broke for lunch and then today’s speaker, Chad Fitzloff from Edward Jones Securities was introduced. We have been in a significant Bull Market several years. We had a recession but this was a very different recession. In most cases, the recessions have been driven by the financial markets and are therefore Financial Recessions. This last recession was a biological driven recession. Given all the factors, Edward Jones is still bullish on the stock market and feels there is still room to grow.
Clyde Willian’s son, John Willian, asked me to pass along this invitation to our Rotary group for Clyde’s memorial service – to be held Thursday evening at Skokie CC. Rotary club members are invited:
Let's turn out to support our friends from the Rotary Club of Wilmette to make the world a better place for people with developmental disabilities.
On September 22, they are hosting a benefit concert to support Our Place. It will be held at the Wallace Bowl in Gillson Park, Wilmette from 5PM to 8PM. Three bands have generously donated a performance for our event: The Suzanne Cross Combo, a Jazz Combo from the Midwest Young Artists Conservatory and the New Trier High School Jazz Combo.
There will also be a raffle with travel packages to include a house in Scottsdale, AZ and a condo in San Francisco.
All proceeds will go to support Our Place, a center for teens and adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities to learn, socialize and be a part of our community.
One of the nice features of meeting virtually is that our meetings can be recorded. This of course depends on your meeting host (me) remembering to start the recording (sometimes I'm a bit late in starting it).
Let's turn out to support our friends from the Rotary Club of Wilmette to make the world a better place for people with developmental disabilities.
