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President's Dinner at Ridgeview Country Club on 6/17/26 
-No Morning Meeting-
 
 

Join us Wednesday evening at 5:30 pm at Ridgeview Country Club (700 W Redwing St. Duluth, MN, 55803) for the Annual President's Dinner.

 

Join Harbortown Rotary on Wednesday, June 17th for our annual President's Dinner!  We will celebrate club fellowship, recognize Brad Jenson for his 2025-2026 presidency, and welcome Dan Holm as incoming President for the 2026-2027 Rotary year.  Guests welcome!  Please RSVP by June 10th.

5:00pm - Arrival and Happy Hour
6:00pm - Dinner & Programming 

If you have any dietary restrictions we should be made aware of, please let Chloe Strand (chloestrand90@gmail.com) know.

We can't wait to celebrate another wonderful Harbortown Rotary year with you!

 
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITES at STARBASE!
Hello from STARBASE!🚀
 
There are some exciting volunteer opportunities coming up this summer at STARBASE!
 
First and foremost, thank you for your continued support of our program—we truly couldn't do it without amazing volunteers like you!
 
One of the most impactful parts of the STARBASE experience is connecting students with adults who use problem-solving, creativity, and real-world skills in their everyday lives.
Whether you work in science, technology, engineering, math, the military, environmental fields, or a completely different career path, your experiences can inspire students and help them see new possibilities for their futures.
 
This summer, we'd love to have you join us! Take a break from the office, spend some time in the sunshine, and have some fun with our campers.
You can help launch rockets as a Rocket Launch Volunteer, assist with Registration or Lunch Buddies during Summer Explorers Camps, or support students in our Code Quest Camps.
 
Attached you'll find two volunteer sign-up links:
 
Each link includes additional information about the program, volunteer roles, and what you can expect during your time with us.
 
If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please don't hesitate to reach out. We'd love to have you be part of another exciting summer at STARBASE!
 
Thank you so much - Happy Summer🌞
 

Becca “Eclipse” Grumdahl :  218-788-7283

www.starbasemn.org


 

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2026 Harbortown Rotary Charitable Foundation Golf Classic Fundraiser
On behalf of the Harbortown Rotary Charitable Foundation board, I want to take this opportunity to thank each of you that took the opportunity to join us July 6th at Ridgeview Country Club for our annual Golf fundraiser to benefit the Robert Hermans Scholarship Fund and the Donald Holm Founders Fund.
 
And to those that were not able to be join us, we thank you as well for your support of your Foundation!
 
Your continuing support of those funds and the Foundation is so greatly appreciated.  Thanks, again!
 
YIR,
Scott Fisher
HTRCF Board
a golf ball sitting on top of a green field

 
Raffle Winners
Thank you to everyone's for your help and participation in the 2026 Cash Raffle. Below are this year's winners! We sold 370/500 tickets for total Revenue of $37,900. With prize money paid out, we raised over $17,000 for our club. Please return any remaining tickets you have in your possession (sold or unsold) asap. We need to have all the tickets on hand for audit purposes. 
 
Congratulations to our 2026 Winners!
 
$10,000
  • Jim King
$2,500
  • Deb Laskowski
$1 ,000
  • Jeff Olson
$500
  • Jeff Freier
  • Jessica Leonzal
  • David Fulda
  • Ryan Erspamer
  • Marty Schubitzke
  • Scott Miller
  • Bill Punyko
  • Craig Carlson
  • Chris Trapp
  • Greg Goldman
  • Rick Oase
  • Steph Jago
  • Nichole Carter
Thanks again for your generous support of Harbortown Rotary!
YIR,
Bob MacLean, Fundraising Chair
 
 
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5 Cases of Coffee Remaining!
Harbortown Blend Coffee!
 
THANK YOU to those who sold, purchased, and picked up your coffee! 
We are down to about 5-6 unsold cases at London Road Rental  (2 cases of whole bean and 7 cases of ground).
If you would like to buy another case, please stop in to pick it up during regular business hours at London Road Rental. 
Cost is $150.00/case of 10 bags ($15.00/bag). 
You can either bring your payment to Rotary for Jan or let Jan know and she will send you an invoice.
 
Thanks for your support and drink more coffee!
 
 


 
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Rotarian Birthdays

Happy Birthday to our Harbortown Rotarians celebrating this July!

Lauren Farden - July 1
 
If we've missed you, please reach out and let us know!
 
 
 

 
Happy Rotary Anniversary!
 
Happy Rotary July Anniversaries to our following members!
We so greatly appreciate your commitment to service.
 
 
Adam Hughley  (2 years)
Jerry Kortesmaki  (11 years)
Christian Koelling  (18 years)
Scott Soderberg  (28 years)
Rick Oase  (41 years)
 
 
 
 

 
Upcoming Program Duties
July 29
  • Greeter – Duane Holm
  • Greeter – Adam Hughley
  • Invocation – Mike Cochran
  • Fellowship – Bob MacLean
August 5
  • Greeter - Steph Jago
  • Greeter - Dan Meierhoff
  • Invocation - Karl Everett
  • Fellowship - Christian Koelling
  • Member Spotlight - Mark Erickson
August 12
  • Greeter - Dan McGaffey
  • Greeter - Tony Hansen
  • Invocation - Amber Sadowski
  • Fellowship - Kerry Leider
August 19
  • Greeter - Juhl Halvorson
  • Greeter - Rick Oase
  • Invocation - Scott Soderbreg
  • Fellowship - Brad Jenson
August 26 (Fireside)
  • Greeter - Jeanette Hollingsworth
  • Greeter - Jim Wheeler
  • Invocation - Bob MacLean

 
Upcoming Program Speakers
If you have the upcoming program duty (check the duty roster here), please be sure to secure a speaker and provide notice to Chloe Strand (chloestrand90@gmail.com) as soon as your speaker is confirmed. If you are unable to confirm a speaker, please contact Lauren Farden (lauren.farden@edwardjones.com) for help. If you have a different assigned program duty and cannot make it to the meeting, please find a replacement. 
 
Harbortown Rotary has a Windows 11 laptop. Presenters may bring a USB drive with the PowerPoint presentation (or whatever is wanted to be shown on the projector while speaking). Please share this information with your program's presenter. 
 
Upcoming Program Speakers:
  • July 29th - Guest of Max Holm
  • Aug. 5th - Guest of Charity Johnson
  • Aug. 12th - Guest of Kevin Anderson
  • Aug. 19th - Guest of Chip Jacobs
  • Aug. 26th - Fireside
  • Sept. 2nd - Guest of Mitchell Diers
  • Sept. 9th - Guest of Jinell Abernethy
  • Sept. 16th - Guest of Craig Carlson
  • Sept. 23rd - Guest of Michelle Schubitske
  • Sept. 30th - Guest of Chris Dahlberg
  • Oct. 7th - Guest of Jim Wheeler
     
     
Harbortown News
There will be some changes to the Club Service role starting 7/1/26.  There will now be a Club Service Committee: Chloe Strand, Brad Jenson, & Steph Jago.
 
JULY 1 - SEPT. 30, 2026 - Scuttlebutt
For news, announcements, event promotion, social media, media releases, please contact Chloe Strand | cstrand@allete.com | 218.340.2541
 
OCT. 1 - JUNE 30, 2027 - Scuttlebutt
For news, announcements, event promotion, social media, media releases, please contact Stephanie Jago | sjago@charter.net | 218.343.1833
 
HARBORTOWN HEALTHY & OTHER SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
Please contact Brad Jenson | bradleyjenson1956@gmail.com | 218.349.7566
 
For Scuttlebutt: If you are hosting the program speaker, please copy Chloe on the speaker's name, organization, and email.  If you are the chair of a Harbortown Committee, please update Chloe on relevant information regarding grants and awards, meetings or news.  Your information will be used to create more dynamic and engaging content to share with potential club members and on social media! 
 
Do you have Harbortown Rotary pictures to share!? Share your photos HERE with Google Photos so we can spread the word about how awesome our members are and the impact we're making on our community!

 
Harbortown Rotary 2025-2026