Alexandria Rotary Club

Adult Foster Care

Today's program: Bonnie Nienaber(pictured,center) of Alexandria. Bonnie operates an adult foster care. Bonnie Nienaber found her niche in life. And after years of searching, she realized that it had been in her own home, and in her heart, all along. For more than two years now, Nienaber has had the job of her dreams. She operates Bonnie’s Senior Haven, a licensed adult foster care facility, out of her home. “I love the elderly. I know the care they need,” she explained. “I wanted to open my home to seniors.”...There are 900 families in the state of Minnesota who provide adult foster care...Other meeting notes: Mystery Person: Rachel Barduson (gave the buck to Dave Hartman)...Kindness Retreat is October 23rd-24th  at Lakes Community Church. It is for all 5th grade classes in all public and parochial schools in District 206...October 23rd is Rotary Int'l Night in Brooklyn Center...October 26th is the annual Rotary Rose Sale...Thank you to Kevin Hockert for providing this meeting summary.

Energy

Al Crowser introduced Bill Radio, Member and Public Relations Director of Missouri River Energy Services. This organization is a joint-action agency that supplies electricity and a wide range of energy-related programs and services to public power communities including Alexandria and other cities in the states of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

Other meeting notes: LeRoy Meyer won the marble drawing! The pot had grown to $278 and LeRoy donated half to the Rotary Foundation...John Lervick won the $10 Scholarship Drawing...Wayne Elton was the Mystery Person. Wayne honored Rock Anderson for the 15 gallons of blood he has donated over the years for the Red Cross Blood Drive...Tim Bush had a guest, Jeff Restad of State Bank and Trust.

Cardinal Leaders

Rotarian Tim Bush was the program leader for today's meeting and he introduced his daughter Emily and her friend Ryan Weber to the club. Ryan and Emily are both students at Jefferson Senior High School and are members of the Cardinal Leaders program. There are 44 Cardinal Leaders that strive to act as role models to other students and youth in the community. To become a Cardinal Leader, a student submits an application which leads to an interview with advisors. Those picked are chosen because of the leadership qualities they demonstrate. The Cardinal Leaders is also looking to act as role models by participating in the Lunch Buddy program at local elementary schools. Other meeting notes: John Keogh was a guest today and is a prospective new Rotarian. John is employed by Embarq and Alexandria is part of the territory he covers...John held the lucky ticket for a chance in the Marble Drawing and tried for $264 but didn't win...Jim Boyd won the $10 scholarship raffle

Midway Cinema 9

Virgil Batesole invited John Perino to speak to the Alexandria Rotary Club today about life in the cinema business. John talked about the past, present and future of the business which will include digital projectors. An interesting fact from John was that each night there is a company that calls every theatre in the country for gross ticket sales numbers. Also surprising to many of us is that September is a slow month at the box office mostly because of school and football. The Midway Cinema 9 is open every day of the year except for Christmas Eve. Showtimes for the Midway Cinema 9 can be viewed at their web-site and also at Yahoo! Movies. The Cinema 9 also has a newsletter which you can sign up for by clicking here.