Alexandria Rotary Club

Unicel

Rural Cellular Corporation's(Unicel) core identity is that of a largely rural, regional carrier, operating in areas where tourism, recreation and agriculture are predominant. Today, the Alexandria Rotary Club meeting was held at the headquarters of RCC Unicel.
CEO Rick Ekstrand was introduced by Rotarian and Unicel empoyee, Mike Unrein(pictured above in the blue shirt next to Alexandria Rotary Club President Kevin Hockert). Rick talked about the early days of RCC and the outlook. Many Rotarians also were given tours of the facility after the meeting.

District 5950 Meeting

South Korea Group Study Exchange

Pictured is a satellite image of Seoul, South Korea(click the image for a larger version). Our guests at Rotary today were 5 Rotarians from South Korea. Besides enjoying lunch and conversation with them, we were treated to a presentation about South Korea.

To download a pdf of today's Runetarian, click here.

The Township of Urness

Ralph Tillitt introduced a guest, his wife Carol, as well as today's speaker, Kathy Sletto of the Douglas County Historical Society. Kathy gave an entertaining presentation about the work that has been done to chronicle the history of Urness Township(named after a town in Norway and with a current population of 266). Among many interesting and funny tales was the Bachelors of Urness and Moe Calendar. Ralph serves on the Board of Directors of the Historical Society as does fellow Rotarians Dave Anderson and Don Krueger.
Other meeting notes: Dr. Joe Haack was the Mystery Person and selected Linda Kloubec as she consistently makes the rounds each week to greet each Rotarian and pass out The Runetarian...Linda also won the $10 drawing...Sonny Osterberg tried for $246 but the pot continues to grow...Kevin Hockert has found us a new piano player!...Jeremy and Sara Anderson are new parents of twin daughters, Lauren and Madeline

Rotary 6th Grade Girls Basketball Tourney

The Girl's Tournament was won by Ortonville. The Alexandria Girls placed second, the Melrose Girls third and the St. Mary's Girls fourth.