Alexandria Rotary Club

Sonny Osterberg

In the current issue of Senior Perspective, Sonny Osterberg is smiling at you. A large photo of Sonny accompanies a nice story about Sonny. Senior Perspective isn't online yet but the publisher, Jim Palmer, was kind enough to email me the article to share with Rotarians.

The sign

Pictured below (click the image for a larger version) is the sign at the intersection of Hwy 29S and 27W. Notice the addition to the bottom of the sign. It is much more visible from the highway. Nice job, Lee.

Any good or bad news to share?

Some notes from the Good News/Bad News portion of our meeting today. Tim Moe's son has been a professor's research assistant at St. John's and was recently selected to participate in a research assistant exchange program. He will be at the University of China. If any other Rotarians reading this have a news that they would like to share, click on 'comments' at the bottom of this message to share them.

Linda R. attends seminar

from the 12/9/05 Echo Press...
United Way director attends seminar

Alexandria resident Linda Roles recently completed  "Mission Possible:  Social Change Facilitation," which was led by Arthur Himmelman and Tom Wolff. Roles, director of the Heart of Lakes United Way, was one of 17 local leaders to participate in the training sponsored by West Central Initiative. Tom Wolff, trainer, commented, "We worked with a high skilled group of community leaders and built their capacity to do social change facilitation.  The focus was on learning more about their individual leadership styles, facilitating problem solving, priority setting and managing conflictual situations."  Nancy Straw, president of West Central Initiative, said, "Many communities in our region are working on complex community issues. We believe the best way to help communities help themselves is by building the local capacity of skilled professionals within the communities we serve." The leaders trained have accepted a mission to build the capacity of their region by facilitating groups in pursuing positive social change. West Central Initiative (WCI) is a public foundation serving Becker, Clay, Grant, Douglas, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse and Wilkin counties in west central Minnesota. WCI provides programs and resources in the areas of quality employment, workforce issues, family and community.

Grandfathers and Lutefisk

• Al C. was proud to announce that he is the new grandfather of an 8 lbs., 16 oz boy named Andrew Duane(sp?). Duane is the name of Al's father.
• Tom J. told the club to congratulate ourselves as the program calendar is booked through the end of the year!
• Ralph T. promised to make only 1 mention of lutefisk during the meeting.
• Dave A. mentioned the memorable football victory by the Alexandria Cardinals over Fergus Falls and that Dave H.'s son played a key role.

Sad News

Karen Zilliox passed away Friday morning, the 23rd of September.

Karen's funeral will be at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 27, at Calvary Lutheran Church.  Visitation will be at the Anderson Funeral Home on Monday, September 26, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Keep Larry and his family in your thoughts and prayers in this difficult time.

Good News/Bad News

Jody Shaskey-Setright said that Governor Pawlenty proclaimed this week to be designated Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota Week in celebration of 140 years of service to Minnesotans.  Lutheran Social Service has been providing social services in the Alexandria area since 1965.

Reed Becker proudly announced that his daughter is engaged to be married.