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This Week's Program:
Kim Maki - St. Louis County Attorney
Please join Harbortown Rotary at our next Wednesday morning meeting to hear from St. Louis County's new attorney Kim Maki. Maki will help answer the question, "What Exactly Does a County Attorney Do?” 
 
Maki grew up on the Iron and dreamed of working in the Duluth District Courthouse. She was unanimously elected to her position by the county commissioners, and in October, she'll assume the role as the county's top prosecutor and legal representative.
 
Read more about Maki's election and story here: Duluth News Tribune
 
 
 
Stories
Fundraising Committee Requesting New Members
The 2021/2022 Fundraising Committee is looking for new committee members. If you are interested in leading a fundraising effort or providing input on club fundraisers, please join! The Fundraising Committee will be hosting a happy hour Monday, October 4th, 5:00pm at Hoops Brewery for all that want to be a part of this year's committee.
 
2021/2022 Fundraisers:
  • 2021 Coffee Fundraiser
  • Holiday Fundraising (Thanksgiving Baskets and Christmas Adopt a Family)
  • 2022 Super Bowl Board
  • 2022 Cash Raffle
  • 2022 KADBF Raffle & Silent Auction
  • 2022 Harbortown Rotary Golf Classic for the Herman/Holm Funds
Questions? Please contact Tony Hansen (tmh0823@gmail.com  /  218-343-6499).

 
Footloose Friday!
Tickets for Footloose Friday will be available Wednesday, September 15th at the morning meeting. The dance will be held at the Kitchi Gammi Club in the Great Hall on October 8th, 2021 from 7:30 pm -  10:30 pm! How long has it been since you've had a night on the town dancing? Too long! Music by Sounds Unlimited. Come to the Great Hall  to "Twist and Shout"!
 
Tickets: $12.50/individual or $25.00/couple. 
 
 

 
American Heritage Book Group: Nov. 9
The Approaching Fury : Voices of the Storm, 1820-1861 by Stephen B. Oates  9780060167844 | eBay
The next meeting of the American Heritage Book Group is on Tuesday, November 9th at the Boat Club in Fitger's. 
 
Social Hour begins at 5:00 pm with dinner and discussion 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm. 
 
The group will be discussing the book: The Approaching Fury:  Voices of the Storm, 1820-1860.

 
Lifelong Learning with Rotary
We have all adapted and found new ways of connecting during the COVID-19 pandemic. The same is true for education in many places around the world: COVID-19 disrupted learning for children and adults. But amid the challenge, educators and communities are using their creativity to find ways to keep students learning. The Rotary Foundation has funded projects and programs like these that increase communities’ capacity to offer a basic education and promote literacy:

 
 
Upcoming Program Duties
If you have an upcoming program duty (please check the upcoming duty roster), please be sure to secure a speaker and provide notice to Rick Oase (rickoase@yahoo.com) or Stephanie Judd (sljudd@gmail.com) as soon as that speaker is confirmed. If you are unable to confirm a speaker, consider other program ideas like a Ted Talk, presenting yourself on a relevant topic or your business, or creating some excitement for a community organization you are passionate about. It is your program, so think about what is interesting and engaging to you and share it with others! 
 
If for some reason you are unable to switch duties with another member or you have simply exhausted all efforts to find a speaker, please notify Rick or Stephanie no later than 3 business days before the meeting (the Friday before the meeting your program is scheduled).
 
The Holiday Inn has dedicated a laptop for weekly Harbortown use. All presenters need to bring is 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.
 
Because Harbortown is asked by the Holiday Inn for RSVPs each week, Rob will RSVP each weekly presenter to ensure the presenter gets breakfast. If the presenter is bringing a guest, please let Rob know so he can RSVP the guest, as well. Questions? Please contact Rob Haglin (rhaglin@awkuettel.com). 
 
Thank you for your help and thank you to all who are working hard to find engaging content for our upcoming sessions!
 
Upcoming Program Duties:
Feb. 16 - Hands-On Second Harvest Food Bank
Feb. 23 - Carl Maki
Mar. 2 - Dan Holm
Mar. 9 - Rick Cleath
Mar. 16 - Hands-On Boys and Girls Club (Clyde Iron Location)
Mar. 23 - Jordan Johnson
Mar. 30 - Brad Jenson

 
Harbortown News
For news, announcements, event promotion, social media, media releases, and more, please contact Charity Johnson (csjohnson@starbasemn.org  /  218-788-7288) and Chloe Strand (chloe.strand@hdchrc.org  /  218.340.2531).
 
For Scuttlebutt: If you are hosting the program speaker, please copy Charity and Chloe on the speaker's name, organization, and email. If you are the chair of a Harbortown Committee, please update Charity and Chloe on relevant information regarding grants and awards, meetings or news. Charity and Chloe will use this information to create more dynamic and engaging content to share with potential club members and on social media!
 
It is our goal to continue to share the good work that Harbortown Rotary is doing in our community, so your help and support is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

 
Harbortown Rotary 2021
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