December 2010 -- Clarkston Goodfellows 1
Goodfellow Editon
Clarkston Rotary
December 3& 4, 2010 www.clarkstonrotary.org
Rotary =
Fellowship
A message from Clarkston Rotary Presi-
dent – Brad Evans
Every member of Rotary throughout the
world has a reason why they are a Rotarian,
but by definition Fellowship is a sharing of
common interests, goals, experiences, or
views.
Why is this important? In a world where
we don’t always know our neighbor, in a
world where people have less face-to-face
interaction with the advent of the internet,
social networking, e-mail, texting; many
people feel more isolated and lack a con-
nection with the local and global commu-
nity. Having an opportunity to meet weekly
with friends over dinner is something that I
look forward to every week!
Fellowship extends beyond Clarkston –
Our members are welcomed at any of the
nearly 34,000 clubs throughout the world
to experience their views, ideals, and meet
1,200,000 fellow Rotarians!
We are growing in 2010! We have
gained two new outstanding members this
year; Henry Woloson, and Janet Thomas.
One reason people make a commitment to
be a Clarkston Rotarian is each week we
are fortunate to have interesting speakers.
This year alone we had TEAM RUSH from
the Clarkston Robotics Team, Judge Fabrizio
who discussed the dos and don’ts when
appearing in court, Terri Robinson with the
Clarkston Chamber of Commerce who dis-
cussed the power of Chamber Member-
ship, and Alissa and Megan Reddy who
explained the experience of attending Ro-
tary Youth Leadership Awards.
As president of the club, I am allowed a
presidential project. Rotary leadership
changes every year. Therefore, there is only
a short time to identify, plan, and execute
something that represents our clubs views,
as well as something that I am passionate
to support. This year our club will be
supporting the Shinsky Orphanage in ,
Mexico.
I was fortunate to hear of John Shinsky
through my brother, Shawn who works at
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Clarkston, MI, USA 70th Annual The Clarkston Rotary Club
was chartered on May 8, 1940
‘Shoes
Thank you for helping! for Kids’
in action
Your donation truly helps
make a difference
By Joel DeLong
For the past 60 years the Clarkston
Rotary has sponsored a program in the
spirit of the old Goodfellows, which has
become one of its most satisfying com-
munity service projects.
The donations you make today will
have an immediate impact on a Clark-
ston community child. The annual “Shoes
for Kids” program could not take place
without the support and generous com-
munity donations given during the annual
Rotary newspaper sales. One hundred
percent of your donations are spent in
providing Clarkston area children with
new winter boots and shoes, hats, mit-
tens or gloves. Last year, 651 Clarkston
area children were signed up for the pro-
gram.
The endeavors of many community
organizations and individuals come to-
gether in early December in support of
the Clarkston Rotary newspaper sales
and “Shoes for Kids” programs. The
commitment made by so many volunteers
is greatly appreciated.
Clarkston Rotarians, friends of Rotary,
Clarkston Lions Club volunteers, mem-
bers of Oakland Woods Baptist Church,
as well as a Boy Scout Troop all volun-
teer their time and energy. Over 2,000
volunteer hours are needed to complete
both programs.
The Clarkston Lighthouse staff and
Clarkston Community School social
Reminiscent of the newsboys of old, longtime Clarkston Rotarian Joe Wauldron workers have worked to sign up children.
hawks the club’s annual “Goodfellow” edition in 2009. Mr. Alan’s Sportswear and their
Redford store manager assist in many
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2 December 2010 -- Clarkston Goodfellows

2010-11 Board of Directors

Jeff
Lichty

Rick
Miller

Angela
Angla
Joel DeLong Brad Evans Jason Webster Tenbusch Lisa Troschinetz David Boersma

Say Hello To The 20010-11 Clarkston Rotary Club

Al Avery, Pres-Elect Brad Evans, President Jeff Lichty Mike Spillum Joel Wauldron
David Boersma Bob Gott Rick Miller, Treasurer Harold Sutherland Jason Webster
Bruce Bordine John Halleran John Priebe Angela Tenbusch Harold Wiederhold
Bart Clark Gary Hanna Frank Rivers Janet Thomas Henry Woloson
Joel DeLong Lu Hewko Mary Sloan Lisa Troschinetz, Secretary

1945-46 Fred Groven 1956-57 Bill Stamp 1967-68 Paul Delongchamp 1978-79 Bob Newlin 1989-90 Ron Davis 2000-01 Bob Vandermark

Past Club 1946-47

1947-48
Ralph Marshall
Bob Jones
1957-58
1958-59
Byron Nolan
Les Greene
1968-69 Lou Lessard
1969-70 Lew Wint
1979-80
1980-81
Del Lohff
Stan Darling
1990-91
1991-92
Dick Beardsley
Brent Cooley
2001-02
2002-03
Sam Hoff
Mary Sloan
1948-49 Bill Burns 1959-60 Herb Beach 1970-71 Mack Oakley 1981-82 Dick Ayers 1992-93 Lu Hewko 2003-04 Joel DeLong
Presidents 1949-50 Dick Morgan 1960-61 Tink Ronk 1971-72 AI Hamilton 1982-83 Bob Beattie 1993-94 Mike Spillum 2004-05 John Halleran
1950-51 Charley Robinson 1961-62 Fred Warrick 1972-73 Tudor ApMadoc 1983-84 Bill Foster 1994-95 Ed Cox 2005-06 Mike Spillum
1940-41 Jerry O’Dell 1951-52 Al Lee 1962-63 Jess Berg 1973-74 Jim Vollbach 1984-85 Ken Winship 1995-96 John Halleran 2006-07 Tim Everhard
1941-42 Roy Alger 1952-53 Ed Rummins 1963-64 Howard Kieft 1974-75 Jack Frost 1985-86 Tom Murphy 1996-97 Bob Howse 2007-08 Gary Hanna
1942-43 Slip Megee 1953-54 Rudy Schwarze 1964-65 Keith Hallman 1975-76 Milford Mason 1986-87 Floyd Seal 1997-98 Barry Hranach 2008-09 Bart Clark
1943-44 Bob Beattie Sr. 1954-55 Chuck Rockwell 1965-66 Bud Hawke 1976-77 Harold Goyette 1987-88 John Priebe 1998-99 Jeff Lichty 2009-10 Jason Webster
1944-45 Earl Terry 1955-56 Ron Walter 1966-67 Roy Haskins 1977-78 Dick Logan 1988-89 Burke A. Ried 1999-00 Mark Deacon 2010-11 Brad Evans
Rotary
Clarkston
In the community
Rotary partnering with the community
Clarkston Rotary is happy to partner
with other local organizations.
Members of the Clarkston Lions Club,
for example, help us on street corners
when we sell our Rotary newspaper in
December, and we help them with their
White Cane campaign.
Another recent partnership has been
with the Clarkston Community Women’s
Club. Although less well known than its
more famous counterparts, it is devoted
to raising funds and contributing them to
other local organizations. The Club was
founded in 1954, and is the organization
that was responsible for the establishment
of the Independence Township Public Li-
brary.
Clarkston Rotary new members
Recently, Clarkston Rotary has wel-
comed two new members, Janet Thomas
and Henry Woloson, into the Rotary fam-
ily.
Janet Thomas moved to Clarkston in
1968. She has been operating her busi-
ness, Thomas Accounting and Tax Ser-
vice, since 1983. She
served on the PTA and
PTA Council when her
four children were in
school. She was a
member of the Clark-
ston Community
Schools Board of Edu-
cation 1975-2003 and
the Oakland Schools
Board of Education
1993-2005. She also served on the Spe-
cial Education Advisory Committee to the
State Board of Education for 3 years.
Now belonging to the Clarkston Ro-
tary Club, she has been a member of the
Clarkston Community Womens Club
since 1973 and is also active in the Red
Hat society serving in various adminis-
trative capacities.
Janet says she has been aware of the
good works and contributions of Rotary
both locally and worldwide for a long
time. She is looking forward to contrib-
Currently there are 29 members and
growing. They meet monthly at the li-
brary. Programs are offered each meet-
ing and include guest speakers and so-
cial activities. Fund raising projects in-
clude their annual auction in November
and a Christmas Poinsettia sale.
Last year, when the Clarkston Rotary
Club decided to drop its poinsettia sale,
they passed their list of customers on to
the Women’s Club. In return, Clarkston
Community Women’s Club was able to
make a generous donation to Rotary’s
“Shoes for Kids” project.
Together we are stronger as we all
work to improve life in the Clarkston area.
uting to those efforts.
Henry Woloson has lived in Clark-
ston for 20 years. He operates his com-
pany, Security Financial Management,
Inc, on Dixie Highway in Clarkston.
His company provides financial plan-
ning and estate planning. He is married
to Diane and has two
daughters, Laura and
Katherine. His father
was a Rotary president
of the Rotary Club of
Hamtramck.
He feels that by join-
ing the Clarkston Ro-
tary he will have the
opportunity to serve
and give back to the
community.
The club is very excited to have Janet
and Henry as members and looks forward
to the energy and expertise they will pro-
vide.
Welcome
aboard!
December 2010 -- Clarkston Goodfellows 3
Rotary, what & why
A message from our Rotarian friends in Davisburg
By Collin Walls
So, what is Rotary?
Summed up in one sentence “Rotary
is an organization of business and pro-
fessional persons united worldwide who
provide humanitarian service, encourage
high ethical standards in all vocations and
help build goodwill and peace in the
world.” Rotary is an
International organiza-
tion of 31,000 clubs in
over 165 countries
working individually or
together to address
such issues as poverty,
health, hunger, educa-
tion and the environ-
ment. That is a rather
academic answer but
the personal answer will be a little differ-
ent from Rotarians around the world but
all centered on a simple common factor
– “Service to Others”.
Why Rotary?
After over 40 years of membership
there are many reasons why I am still a
Rotarian. I joined originally because my
father asked me and I thought that my
business would benefit. I stayed a mem-
ber because of the tears in mothers eyes
and the joy on children’s faces as we
deliver Christmas baskets, the thank you
from those who can get out of their homes
on their own because of the ramps we
built, the knowledge that 100’s of fami-
lies did not get their utilities shut off or
did not get evicted because of our assis-
tance through Neighbor for Neighbor.
I stay in Rotary because of the pride I
feel when I see the work we have done
over the years improving local parks. I
stay in Rotary because Davisburg Rotary
was able to work with clubs in Bangladesh
to provide deep wells so that villages had
clean water for the first time and
Davisburg Rotary was able to participate
in the effort, almost complete, to eradi-
cate polio from the world, and provide
emergency shelter to Haiti. There is a
much longer list but you get the idea.
I stay in Rotary because through Ro-
tary I have developed life long friendships
both in Davisburg and in other clubs.
Fellowship with like minded Rotarians,
whether at work or play, has given me
some of my fondest memories.
Attendance requirements!
There was a time in Rotary when
members were expected to attend every
weekly meeting or to make up at another
club.
Over time the emphasis has changed
from the quantity of time spent to the
quality of time spent. There have been
numerous changes since the beginning of
Rotary in 1905 especially in the pace of
our lives and the competing needs for our
time. Those changes have required Ro-
tary and Rotary Clubs to be more flex-
ible and understanding. Today members
are only required to attend 30% of their
own clubs meetings (8 out of 26) and
they can attend Rotary (make up) at any
club around the world. In fact, there is
even an E-Club that you can participate
in for attendance credit. Working at Club
projects counts as part of the 30%.
There are other attendance standards
but attendance is really not a prob-
lem – it is an opportunity. It will not
take long before missing meetings leaves
a hole in your life. Attending Rotary is a
time to enjoy fellowship with friends, meet
new people, keep current on club activi-
ties in the community, express your ideas
and help with decisions and learn from
the speakers.
Benefits of membership
I have explained a few reasons why I
am still a Rotarian but what opportunities
could you expect from joining Davisburg
Rotary?
„ Becoming more connected with the
community
„ Working with other service minded
individuals to address community needs
„ Participating in Rotary’s international
humanitarian service efforts
„ A feeling of personal fulfillment from
helping others and giving back to the com-
munity.
„ Feeling a sense of pride from be-
longing to an organization that encourages
high ethical standards in business and our
personal lives as represented by The Four
Way Test
Cost of Membership
The club Board of Directors recently
decided to waive the $85 Club initiation
fee for the next 6 months in order to en-
courage new membership. Current costs
of membership are $46 per month which
includes the cost of Rotary International
dues, insurance, The Rotarian Maga-
zine, District dues and our weekly meals.
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Fantastic
opportunity
for young
people
Ambassadorial Scholarships,
The Rotary Foundation’s oldest
and best-known program, was
founded in 1947. Since then,
more than 40,000 men and
women from about 100 nations
have studied abroad under its
auspices. Today it is one of the
world’s largest privately funded
international scholarships pro-
grams. Nearly 700 scholarships
were awarded for study in 2009-
10. Through grants totaling
approximately US$16.2 million,
recipients from about 70 coun-
tries studied in more than 80
nations.
The purpose of the Ambassa-
dorial Scholarships program is to
further international understanding
and friendly relations among
people of different countries and
geographical areas. The program
sponsors academic
year scholarships graduate
students. While abroad, scholars
serve as goodwill ambassadors
to the host country and give
presentations about their home-
lands to Rotary clubs and other
groups. Upon returning home,
scholars share with Rotarians and
others the experiences that led to
a greater understanding of their
host country.
Generous contributions from
Rotarians worldwide represent a
continued faith that today’s
Ambassadorial Scholars will be
tomorrow’s community and
world leaders.
If you would like to learn more
about this program, contact Jeff
Lichty at jlichty11@earthlink.net
or 248-625-4244. Or go to the
Rotary International website
www.rotary.org and search for
Ambassadorial Scholarship.
Rotary
Clarkston
Interacts with youth
From the left, Alissa, Madison, Megan and Kristina are ready for RYLA!
Leadership, friends and more thru RYLA
RYLA is an experience that will
change who you are as a person.
I know it helped me become a better
leader and a better friend. The first year
of RYLA is a blast. You get a chance to
meet new people, learn about different
cultures, and find similarities between
yourself and others. Opening up to total
strangers is challenging, but RYLA
makes it easy. Playing games with all the
Rylarians and with the small groups you
are assigned to helps you get to know
everyone better.
Having known about RYLA and what
it’s all about from my sister, Alissa, I was
excited about the weekend. RYLA was
far better than what I expected.
The Clarkston Rotary was my spon-
sor. Because of their dedication to stu-
dents, I was able to attend RYLA, meet
new people, and learn what makes a great
leader. I would recommend attending this
event to anyone and I hope to be able to
attend RYLA 2.0!
Megan Reddy
Sophomore
Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic
High School
Youth
Leadership
“The second time is better than the
first,” that’s what my friends and I said
the whole weekend while at the RYLA
convention held in May of 2010. My
name is Alissa Reddy and I attended
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards for the
second time this year. The convention
is where young people come together
from Michigan and Canada for a week-
end of social activities, meeting new
friends, reconnecting with old, and par-
ticipating through the interaction with
my small group on how to become a bet-
ter leader.
I met many caring people last year
who actually were willing to learn and
have a fun weekend together, but this
year was even more enjoyable. The
group last year had such a great time
that the leaders were willing to start a
second year program for students who
wanted to come back. It was called RYLA
2.0 which consisted of ten second year
students. As a 2.0 student, I could still
interact with the first year students dur-
ing activities, meals, and the Saturday
night dance. All of the first year stu-
dents looked to us for guidance and sup-
port. Near the beginning, when every-
one was nervous, we told the Rylarians,
the first year students, how much fun
they were about to have. Together, the
whole group played games, attended a
semi-formal banquet, participated in a
Saturday night dance, ate amazing food
and so much more.
Although all the students networked
with each other, the 2.0 students were
separated from the group at some peri-
ods of time. Similar to last year, the first
year students were busy creating a skit
on a world issue, learning more about
what type of leader they were, and mak-
ing a cheer. The 2.0’s cre-
ated a cheer and pre-
pared for a debate
regarding rural and
city agriculture,
which was Satur-
day. We intro-
duced the
groups before
their skits, and
entertained the
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ShelterBoxes
have helped in
Haiti, Chile,
China, Mexico
and more
Clarkston Rotarians Mary Sloan and
Jeff Lichty met with Tom Henderson,
ShelterBox founder and CEO, at the an-
nual ShelterBox meeting in February.
The Clarkston Rotary supports
ShelterBox program which provides di-
saster relief all over the world.
The idea of one man in 1999,
ShelterBox has now sent more than
96,000 of the big green boxes to aid in
disasters around the world.
The green 10.7 gallon plaster boxes
each contain a tent, sleeping bags, blan-
kets, cooking utensils, a stove, water con-
tainers, water purification, tools, books
for children, and other essentials.
Twelve minutes after the earthquake
struck in Haiti in January, arrangements
were being made to send a Shelterbox
Response Team to assess the situation
on the ground. Within 48 hours of the
earthquake, the first ShelterBoxes were
on their way. To date 27,217
ShelterBoxes have been sent to Haiti.
That is shelter for more than 270,000
people. In response to the Haiti earth-
quake, many friends of the Clarkston
Rotary helped send four boxes to the un-
fortunate victims of the disaster, provid-
ing Shelter for forty people!
While we have heard of the disasters
in Haiti, Chile and Pakistan, just this year,
2010, ShelterBox has also responded to
earthquakes in Mexico, Sumatra and
China, cyclones and tropical storms in
Pakistan, Fiji and Guatemala, floods and
landslides in Niger, Brazil and Uganda.
Some of these never even show up in
our newspapers.
For a presentation on ShelterBox, con-
tact Mary Sloan at
marymsloan@comcast.net.
Clarkston Rotarians Mary Sloan and Jeff Lichty
flank Tom Henderson. Henderson is founder and
CEO of ShelterBox.
Rotary
December 2010 -- Clarkston Goodfellows 5
Clarkston
Helping Here, Around theWorld
Clean drinking water in Haiti
All Rotary clubs operate along Four
Avenues of Service, and the Clarkston
club is no different.
In 1999, the club worked with an or-
ganization called “Haiti Outreach” to drill
a well on the water impoverished island
of La Gonave in Haiti. La Gonave, with
a population of over 100,000 people, is
one of the poorest and driest parts of the
country. The average person has less
than two gallons of water per day for all
their water needs including drinking,
cooking, bathing, laundry, etc.
Through Haiti Outreach, the Clarkston
Presidential Projects over the years
By Lu Hewko
Over the last 70 years of it’s existence
Clarkston Rotary Club has developed a
number of interesting traditions, customs
and ceremonials. They all are an important
part of Rotary Fellowship, Humanitarian Ef-
forts, and above all serve as a binding force
which promotes friendships, camaraderie,
and a sense of close, local community.
The one custom, which probably con-
tributes most to the community spirit and
mutual interaction are the so-called
“President’s Projects.”
Each year the Club elects a new presi-
dent, who begins his “reign” on the first of
July. There has been a long standing tradi-
tion of this Club, that the new president,
besides performing the tasks of running the
Club and it’s various programs, such as
Labor Day Parade, decorating the Main
Street at Christmas time, supporting vari-
ous school activities, baseball and other
youth sport and community projects, he
can pick a project that is completely of his
own choosing.
The Club Board of Directors designates
appropriate funds for this and call it the
President’s Project.
These Presidential Projects usually
constitute a permanent improvement to the
community and as such, over the years
saved the citizens considerable expenses.
For instance, just in recent few years
Presidential Projects include: supporting
construction of the bridge in the Depot Park
and purchasing new or refurbishing old play
Rotary worked with a community called
Matenwa #2 and drilled a well for them.
The community has a population of about
450 people who had to walk 1 ½ hours
one way, about five miles, each day, in
order to get the water they needed. They
then had to carry the heavy buckets back.
Because of the Clarkston Rotary, the
people in this community have not only
much more time to do productive labor,
they also have cleaner water which will
truly save the lives of some of their chil-
dren.
Spray park at Clintonville Park
ground equipment there (President Bart
Clark). Providing a new Greenhouse Build-
ing for the area Community Garden, where
vegetables are grown for distribution to
Soup Kitchens and Meals-on-Wheels Pro-
grams.
Rotarian Bruce Bordine donated the
Green House Building, valued thousands of
dollars, while other Rotarians disassembled
it and assembled it in the Garden location.
(President Mary Sloan). Funding construc-
tion of a large Picnic Gazebo in the Bay
Court Park. (President Jeff Lichty).
Providing spray facilities in the Rene
Przybylski Spray Park in Clintonville Park.
(Presidents Joel DeLong and John Halleran).
These are just a few examples of the
impact the Presidential Projects had on the
Community, but there were many others,
in fact over seventy – too many to name
here.
6 December 2010 -- Clarkston Goodfellows

Having F
Having Fun
un
With
With Clarkston Rotary
Rotary

Everybody loves a mystery!

Each year Clarkston Rotarians board a bus heading . . .
somewhere! Their annual Mystery Trip has become a one
of the members’ favorite events. Each year one member
plans, then executes a fun-filled, educational trip.
This year members headed up the highway to the Great
Lakes National Cemetery in Holly. After the tour, Rotarians
enjoyed a five-course meal at the nationally renown, Holly
Hotel. The trip was arranged by Rotarian Angela Tenbusch.

Clarkston
Rotary helps
‘Habitat for
Humanity’
By Lu Hewko, Club Historian
The helping hand of the Clarkston
Rotarian extends beyond the limits of
the Clarkston Community. The City
of Pontiac had a need for additional
housing in an area that was undergo-
ing revitalization. Joining the ranks of
the Habitat for Humanity, Clarkston
Rotarians pitched in substantial funds
and volunteered their skills to this ur-
gent project.
The chapter of the Habitat for Hu-
manity of North Oakland County was
organized in Clarkston by a group of
North Oakland activists in l996 for the
purpose of building low cost homes
for needy families. They were a part
of the international organization “Habi-
tat for Humanity International”, which
was made famous by president Jimmy
Carter.
North Oakland County Habitat for
Humanity’s first major project was the
construction of five homes in the, what
was called “The Blitz of l997.” Between
June 22 and June 28, the Michigan
chapters of Habitat for Humanity built
120 homes. The North Oakland chap-
ter built five homes in the southeastern
section of the City of Pontiac. One of
these homes was, was dubbed a
“Clarkston Rotary Club Home.”
The Clarkston Rotary Club donated
proceeds from the Kentucky Derby
Fundraiser in the amount of $5,000 and
many hours of labor. Club secretary
Harold Wiederhold, a retired builder,
was construction leader for this home.
Rotarian Sam Hoff and his company
Patti Engineering provided storage fa-
cility for materials; Fred Maitrot, and
his plumbing company provided mate-
rial and plumbing expertise, while other
Rotarians and tradesmen helped with
other tasks. Cash value of Rotary di-
rect services was estimate over
$25,000. Pontiac donated the lots.
The “Blitz” took place as planned
and the keys were turned over to the
proud new owner Sonia Washington
by Rotarian Harold Wiederhold, on time,
as promised, during a special festive
ceremony. City of Pontiac, Habitat for
Humanity officials and the proud new
home owner expressed their gratitude
to Clarkston Rotarians and Bob
Howse, the outgoing Club President,
for organizing this outstanding humani-
tarian effort.
Rotary
Clarkston
A long tradition of Service
25,200 needy children
70 years of newspaper sales have helped them
By Lu Hewko, Club Historian
The Clarkston Rotary newspaper sale is
the oldest program which this Club has con-
tinued since its inception. The program is a
huge success and has been growing every
year.
It was based on the original Goodfellows
Newspaper sale started almost a century
ago in Detroit -- a result of a cartoon drawn
by artist Burt Thomas, which appeared in
the Dec 14, 1914 issue of The Detroit News.
The cartoon portrays an affluent business
man wearing an expensive suit carrying
Christmas packages to the poor. He is walk-
ing hand-in-hand with the spirit of an ill-
clothed newsboy. Thomas labeled the youth
“The Boy he used to be.” The cartoon was
seen by Jim Brady who headed Federal Tax
Collection Services in Detroit prior to WWI.
He was looking for an idea of some way to
raise money to help poor children. His nick-
name was “The Tax Man with a Big Heart”
and he remembered that when he was a
newsboy that they would help poorer news-
boys at Christmas time. Some of these pre-
vious newsboys became successful busi-
ness people. He decided to organize them
and have them sell newspapers one day a
year at Christmas time and to donate the pro-
ceeds to the needy children.
In Clarkston Rotary we have own own
“Goodfellows” type program. The amazing
part is that all of these local programs are
completely independent of each other and
represent totally spontaneous efforts of vari-
ous community organizations like Clarkston
Rotary, with its Rotary Newspaper.
Clarkston Rotary paper sale project Cel-
ebrates 70- Years of Success
2010 marks the 70th year, without inter-
ruption, Clarkston Rotarians at Christmas
time, have sold Rotary Papers at various lo-
cations throughout Clarkston and Indepen-
dence Township. The proceeds from the sale
are used to purchase shoes for the area needy
children and are distributed by the Rotarians
and volunteers according to a list of families
prepared by the Clarkston School System
and Lighthouse North.
This program is one of the Club’s largest
and involves the largest number of mem-
December 2010 -- Clarkston Goodfellows 7
The Burt
Thomas cartoon
that inspired
Brady.
bers and volunteers. It touches the largest
number of needy recipients and provides the
highest leverage of collected donation dol-
lars-to-the-dollar value of provided assis-
tance. Here are some statistics, (some ex-
trapolated) but mostly on actual dollar val-
ues.
From 1940 to 2010, the program has pro-
vided shoes for an estimated 25,250 needy
children. This past year 651 pairs of shoes
were distributed, an over 40% increase from
ten years ago.
The sale of the Goodfellows Paper this
year brought in $21,308 in donations and
fully paid for the cost of this wholly volun-
teer program. If the government or com-
mercial company were to run this program,
even with labor paid at a minimum wage
level, the cost of the program would have
been nearly $75,000!
In 70 years, this amounts to over a $2
million dollar value to the community in
voluntarism.
Over the years, the Clarkston
“Goodfellows” Paper Sale has had numer-
ous partners, such as: The Independence
Township Fire Department, Machine Engi-
neering Company, The Clarkston News,
various churches, and both Boy Scouts and
Cub Scouts have participated. The growth
and success of the program is due to the
Club members’ and leadership dedication to
the concept of voluntarism.
World
Community
Service in
Nigeria
How we got together
to get water for the
Ijebu-Ife Hosptial
In the Rotary year of 1997-98,
when the Clarksston Club’s
president was Barry Hranach, the
Club undertook an ambitious World
Community Service Project.
We were co-sponsoring this
project with the newly chartered
Rotary Club of Ijebu-Ife, Nigeria.
A project committee was formed
which included, Jeff Lichty, Harold
Weiderhold, Lu Hewko and Barry
Hranach. The committee from
Ijebu-Ife, Nigeria included Presi-
dent Olumayowa Olukoya,
Emmanuel Adenupe and Lasisi
Adebayo Rabiu.
The project was described as
follows: “To solve the acute water
shortage being experienced at
the Ijebu-Ife General Hospital,
the hospital serves the local
community of 100,000 people
and treats victims of accidents
that happen on the express road
that runs near the community.”
At the time, water was being
trucked to the hospital from 20 km
away, and on a sporadic basis.
In most cases patients would
bring their own water, while the
relatives would trek to a small
brook five kilometers to get water.
Our project was to install a deep
well with pumps, filters, overhead
storage tanks, two surface tanks
and all other necessary equipment,
along with a 15/20 KVA generator
with full accessories. The cost of
the project had been bid out at
$24,901. Financing was put to-
gether as follows: $1,000 from
District 6380, $1,000 from the
Rotary club of Ijebu-Ife, $10,450
from the Clarkston Rotary Club
and the remainder coming from the
Rotary Foundation’s Matching
Fund’s program.
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Interesting speakers make meetings something not to miss

The Clarkston Rotary Club is proud of its roster of weekly
speakers. They are varied in their subjects, and hopefully,
there is something for everyone.
One speaker we enjoyed was Sandra Stalmack who owns
her own PR firm in Birmingham. She told us businesses need
to know whom they want to attract and target those people
because, often, lack of awareness is the downfall of a market-
ing/advertising campaign. She told us we should look at
things on a quarterly basis and not do things last minute,
since then they will not be as effective.
She advised us to send out press releases for our activi-
ties and make sure we send them to a specific person at the
newspapers, not just the general address. Make the stories
upbeat since currently newspapers are looking for anything
good to report.
Another speaker was Ken Rogers, Deputy County Ex-
ecutive for Oakland County since 1996. In this position he is
responsible for functioning as Executive Director of Auto-
mation Alley. Benefits/Services available as a member of Au-
tomation Alley include Networking and Educational Semi-
nars, space for meetings or presentations, Job Board -- post-
ing positions to eight additional job boards for free.
At another fascinating meeting, we heard Louise Kasl
who told us about the project “Bikes for Ghana.”
Louise is co-owner of Kinetic Bikes in Clarkston. She
started the business in 1979 and moved it to Clarkston in
1986. She volunteers at the Farmers’ Market and got involved
in the project “Bicycles for Humanity” after talking to Anissa
Howard.
Anissa is the manager of the Clarkston Farmers’ Market,
and she wanted to celebrate the 5th anniversary with a Hu-
manitarian Project. There is an organization called Village Louise Kasl talked about the
Bicycle Project that to date has shipped 100 containers total- program, “Bikes for Ghana.”
ing 45,000 bikes to Ghana. 2/3 of the bikes have been sold in
Ghana and the proceeds go to paying for the shipping of the
containers. There is currently a project going on in Sri Lanka
through the Peace Corp Volunteers where bikes are needed
for women and children to get to work and school. 20% of
the bikes must go to women, and everyone who receives a
bike must attend a day of Bike Class. This way they can
maintain the bike. The container that was at the Farmers’
Market this summer contained 190 bikes and they were de-
livered to 4 different villages in Ghana. Twenty of the bikes
were given to Jr. High School females and seamstresses in
one village because they travel great distances to school
and work. Since the program started they have trained over at 9:30 pm regarding a strange odor in Marshall, MI. By 11:16
8,000 bicycle mechanics. am they had discovered the oil spill on Talmadge Creek.
We often hear from other Rotarians in our Rotary District Within hours of the discovery there were skimmers and
who are championing their club’s international projects. The booms on scene working to remove the oil. The river was
club was pleased to have Linda Eastman from the Rochester very high at the time of the incident, and a majority of the oil
Rotary Club as our guest speaker. Linda spoke about her had leeched into surrounding areas.
efforts and those of her husband to benefit remote villages One of the major problems that they faced while trying to
in Guatemala. She and husband Dr. Jay Eastman are working collect the injured and oil soaked birds was that the animals’
on a grant to be used to fund the operation of Casa Colibra, first response is to flee, so it was a long and tedious process
a non-profit organization founded by Linda and her hus- to gather them so they could be helped.
band. Casa Colibra provides three types of services to the Check the Clarkston Rotary website
remote Guatemalan villages; Medical, Water, Literacy. www.clarkstonrotary.org for the weekly speakers. The pub-
Recently we heard from Dr Stephen Steep, a veterinarian lic is invited to attend. Please contact Rotarian Jason Webster,
who helped with the bird rescue during the Kalamazoo oil 248-210-4925, if you plan to attend so arrangements can be
spill in July. On Sunday, July 25, calls started coming into 911 made for your meal.

Not all meetings are the

Don Rush and the Clarkston Rotarians en-
joyed an evening outside
same (some are outside)!
Not all Clarkston Rotary meetings are
at the Clarkston Community Education
Center. When the warm weather arrives,
the club likes to take advantage of Michi-
gan summers and enjoy the pleasant eve-
nings while meeting outside.
One of the special summer meetings
happened at the home of Rotarians Jeff
Lichty and Mary Sloan. The celebrity
speaker for the meeting was none other
than our own Don Rush the local colum-
nist who pens, “Don’t Rush Me” for The
Clarkston News, and has his own TV pro-
gram, “Don’t Rush Me -- The Show,” at
www.clarkstontv.com.
We appreciate Don and The Clarkston
News as they are a huge part of the pro-
duction of the Rotary Newspapers that we
sell in early December. The Clarkston News
is part of a chain of community newspa-
pers called Sherman Publications, Inc. Sis-
ter papers include The Oxford Leader, Lake
Orion Review, The Citizen; two total mar-
ket products, The Penny Stretcher and The
Ad-Vertiser. They also publish a monthly
couponer called The Big Deal.
Don grew up in Independence Town-
ship and he graduated from Clarkston High
School in 1981. He continued on to Cen-
tral Michigan University where he gradu-
ated in 1985 with a major in journalism
and a minor in advertising. He worked his
way through college at Lakeview Cem-
etery, at the corner of Dixie Highway and
White Lake Road (as he says, “I dug that
job.”).
He has worked for the newspaper since
May 1985. In that time he has won nu-
merous state and national awards for col-
umn writing, editorial writing, feature writ-
ing and photography. He has two sons,
Shamus, 13, and Sean, 10.
For the past 10 years or more he has
collaborated with both Lu Hewko and
Mary Sloan on getting the Rotary news-
paper out.
Don spoke about the history of the
newspaper (which was started in Octo-
ber of 1929); building an on-line “TV” stu-
dio at The Clarkston News’downtown of-
fice; and the importance of individuals be-
coming “leaders” in their community.

Fall wine testing puts the ‘fun’ in fundraiser!
Clarkston Rotary Club hosts “A Taste for
the Holidays,” featuring wines from around
the world and food from 13 local restaurants,
each November at Bordine Nursery.
This year’s Rotary Wine Tasting
Fundraiser also included a silent auction to
the drop box auction. Auction items include
a night’s stay at Chateau Chantal Bed and
Natalie Ayers, left, and Kristi Craig of Via Bolo-
gna.
Usher in warm weather with a ‘Taste of Spring’
April wine tasting
raises about $4,000
Spring was in the air at the
Clarkston Rotary Club’s as
annual “Taste of Spring” wine
taste at Oakhurst Golf and
Country Club on April 1.
According to President Ja-
son Webster, the club sold
over 175 tickets and raised
between $3,000-$4,000.
Money is used for various projects such as the Labor Day Parade, Rotary Inter-
national projects, local projects like playground equipment in Depot Park, and spon-
soring school programs and scholarships.
Breakfast in Traverse City and a ski pass en-
titling the winner to ski one time at each of
the participating ski areas during the 2010/
2011 ski season. Also included is one free ski
tune-up, with edge sharpen and wax, at par-
ticipating MSIA ski retailers. Offered were
also $700 worth of gift certificates to local
restaurants. Over 500 people attended!
Danielle Jerome, left, and Megan Taylor enjoy-
ing a tasty wine.
In the news
Park fun with SCAMP
Rotary’s 68th annual Labor Day Parade draws thousands
Thousands of Clarkston friends and
neighbors lined Main Street to watch the
annual Labor Day Parade.
Clarkston Rotary helps CHS’ Team RUSH
Team RUSH is the robotics team from
Clarkston High School. Belonging to
FIRST, a worldwide robotics competition,
RUSH works to spread a love of Math,
Science, Technology and Engineering to
students. Made up of more than 30 kids
and 10 mentors, the students work together
to run Lego camps, parades, presentations,
and of course, build their robot.
Every year, a new challenge is given to
teams throughout the world, this year the
game being soccer. The students have 6
weeks to create a working robot weigh-
ing up to 120 pounds and prepare it for
competition.
Held at universities and stadiums, the
competitions show students that robotic
events can be just as energetic as sporting
events. Teams advance to higher compe-
titions in order to reach the international
About 200 campers with Clarkston
SCAMP, family and friends enjoyed hot
dogs by the lake, July 19 in Independence
Oaks County Park.
“I was up all night worrying about
whether the grill shows up,” said Rotarian
Brad Evans, organizing his first club ac-
tivity as president. “But people have a lot
of experience at this. Everything comes
together.”
Long-time event chair John Priebe or-
ganized face painting activities, clown. and
food, with Qdoba donating chips and
queso dip.
“SCAMP is an important thing for the
Clarkston community,” Evans said. “It’s
nice to get all the campers together and
see the kids smile.”
Sponsored by Clarkston Rotary Club,
dozens of community and school organiza-
tions, fire trucks, businesses, political candi-
dates, and American Legion Post 63 color
guard marched through downtown, to the
delight of viewers young and old.
The theme of Clarkston Rotary’s 68th La-
bor Day Parade was its 70th anniversary, cel-
ebrating local activities such as decorating
downtown for the holidays, hosting a barbe-
cue for SCAMP, awards scholarships for high
schoolers, shoes and boots for area children,
and sponsored a water feature at the spray
park, trees, and scoreboards.
competition, located this year in St. Louis.
One of the main events that Team
RUSH holds is the RUSH Regatta. Stu-
dents get in groups of 3-5, and gather
materials, design, and create a cardboard
boat in which at least 4 members must sit
in and row across Deer Lake. In addition
to an engineering challenge, the Regatta
is a great entrepreneurial exercise, as the
students compete with each other to raise
the most money by contacting local com-
panies.
This year, Clarkston Rotary spon-
sored the winning team with $500.
During a Rotary meeting, 3 students
from Team RUSH and one of their men-
tors came to thank the Rotary for their
support and presented them with a Team
RUSH Regatta t-shirt with all the team’s
sponsors on the back.

10 December 2010 -- Clarkston Goodfellows
70 years
of service
projects
The Clarkston Rotary Club was first
created out of the conversations and
ideas of four area businessmen. On May
7, 1940, Roy Alger, a hardware store
owner, Gerald O’Dell, owner of O’Dell
Drug Store, Bob Jones, president of
Clarkston State Bank and Bill Stamp, edi-
tor and publisher of The Clarkston News,
met for dinner at the Old Farm on Dixie
Highway to discuss the formation of a
Rotary Club.
Out of this meeting came the proposal
of charter listing 20 charter members
dated May 8, 1940. On May 20, 1940,
under the sponsorship of the Birmingham
Rotary Club, the first official meeting was
held in the Opera House directly above
O’Dell Drugs. The following members
were chosen to hold the first official of-
fices for the 1940-1941 term:
President- Gerald O’Dell
Vice President- Roy Alger
Secretary- Harold Pailthorpe
Treasurer- Ralph Marshall.
Since Rotary was the first and only
service club in the village, the club im-
Rotary, what & why
Continuned from page 3
Because our meals are catered and we
must give a minimum guarantee, mem-
bers pay for meals whether in attendance
or not. We have a special meeting every
5th Wednesday that ranges from pot luck
at someone’s home to a sporting event
that we pay for individually if we wish to
attend. We are also planning to have so-
cial activities as a club every 6 to 8 weeks
but those activities are not required, are
not covered in the $46 and efforts will be
made to keep costs at a minimum.
All Rotary Clubs share the same key
mission: to serve their community and
those in need through out the world. What
members get out of Rotary depends largely
on what they put in. It also helps to have
a desire to serve, a love of community and
Rotary
Clarkston
A long tradition of Service
mediately sponsored various community
activities in their charter year. Interest-
ing enough is the fact that two of those
activities are ones that we have contin-
ued through the years.
The first four projects were the
Goodfellows paper sale, the high school
football banquet (which continued for 25
years), the community Christmas party
(which at that time was funded entirely
out of the proceeds of the paper sale),
and finally the decoration of a Christmas
tree at Clarkston State Bank. The two
activities that continue today are the sale
of the Goodfellow papers and the vil-
lage Christmas decorations, which have
grown from just one tree in 1940 to deco-
rating the light poles in the entire village.
The Goodfellow paper sale revenues
are used today to provide shoes and boots
for needy area children. Since that first
year, the club has taken on several worth-
while community projects and has spent
many man hours in their planning, prepa-
ration and administration. The following
is a list of programs and projects the club
has been involved with since 1940:
a high ethical standard to begin with.
Davisburg Rotary will continue our an-
nual Christmas Basket program and spon-
sorship of Scouts. New ideas in the plan-
ning stage are a program to provide Per-
sonal Care Products to low income fami-
lies thru Neighbor for Neighbor, new Wel-
come to Davisburg signs and a 4 Way Test
Essay contest.
Davisburg Rotary – the little club
that can.
Thank you for taking the time to read
this. If you have any questions you can
reach me at 248-240-1417 or
collinwalls@gmail.com. Better yet why
not join us at 6:30 any Wednesday night at
the Hart Center, 495 Broadway,
Davisburg. It will be my pleasure to have
you as my guest for dinner.
Sr. Citizen Programs
Shoes FOR KIDS PROGRAM (36 Years)**
American Flags On Main Street
War Bond Drives
Scrap Drive
Red Cross Blood Bank
Wolfpack Fever Night
Intercity Meetings
Roses For Shut-ins
Anonymous Help For Needy Families
Purchased Two Senior Citizen Vans
Football Banquet For High School
Clown Troupe**
Goodfellow Paper Sale **
Raffle Party
Christmas Decorations for Village **
Easter Seal Program
Christmas Baskets
Fruit Cake Sales
Christmas Party For Children
Explorer Scouts
Good Driver Prizes For School
Jr. Miss Scholarships
Bugle For Boy Scouts
Academic Scholarships**
Crippled Children Fund
Alan Cecil Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor Child To Wolverine Boy State
Rotary International Youth Exchange **
Package To Servicemen
Sponsored Interact Club At High School
Keno Parties
Polio Eradication Worldwide **
Pancake Suppers
World Community Projects In Ukraine, Nigeria,
Arbor Day-planted Trees At Jr. High School
Grenada, Peru, Philipines And India
Farmer's Night
Regional Food Leftover Network With Light-
Inaugurated 4th Of July Parade With Indepen-
house North And 5 Other Rotary Clubs
dence Fire Dept.
Minor League Baseball Clubs
Halloween Parade And Dance
Clarkston Community Museum And Musum
ORGANIZED Labor Day Parade **
Foundation
Hunter's Ball
Fun Daze Sponsor
Sponsored Charter Of
Senior Citizens Pig Roast Picnic
Waterford Club (5/44)
Children Of Chornobyl Relief
Sponsored Charter Of Davisburg Club (1/68)
A Taste Of Spring Wine Tasting Gala **
Co-sponsored Kyiv Rotary Club
Mystery Golf Extravaganza
Youth Hostel
Sponsor ShelterBoxes**
Sportsman's Bingo
**Designates Programs Still Active
Art Auction
The Clarkston Rotary Club Continues To
Cookout For Scamp**
Meet Every Monday Night For Fellowship
Barbershop Spectacular
And Good Works.
Shoes for Kids in
action, in Clarkston
Continued from page 1
ways. Mr. Alan employees willingly vol-
unteer their time for the entire day in
helping to fit each child with new shoes
and boots.
Clarkston schools and churches sup-
port the program by collecting new hat
and glove donations.
Oakland Woods Baptist Church pro-
vides support and the use of their church
on the day of the distribution.
The “Shoes for Kids” program is truly
a collaborative effort.
Thank you! Your donation
will make an immediate
difference in a child’s life.

Why I joined Clarkston Rotary Just who is Rotary
By Al Avery, President Elect
Hi again everyone. You may remember
that I wrote an article last year for this pa-
per headlined, “My First Year in Rotary.”
This year I want to tell you more about our
club and what we do, why I joined and why
you should too.
This past year I was selected as Presi-
dent Nominee. I am now the President Elect.
I will take over as club President from Brad
Evans in June of 2011. I am very excited to
have the opportunity to lead the club.
As incoming President, I invite you to
become a member, too. The club meets ev-
ery Monday at Renaissance High School
on Waldon Road from 6:30 p.m. to 8. Please
stop in for a meeting. There is no obliga-
tion to join. Just come and see what we are
all about.
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I at-
tended my first Clarkston Rotary meeting.
What I found were men and women who
were kind, friendly and interested in help-
ing their community. We learn a lot from the
variety of speakers we have. We also have
quite a few laughs too!
I have made many friends in the club
(actually I consider all of the members my
friends). I have learned so much about the
community and issues that affect people
around the world.
The Clarkston Rotary Club consists of
approximately 25 members. We are men and
women from various backgrounds and pro-
fessions. We come together for a common
purpose…serving our community and our
world.
What does that really mean?
Well, on a community level we sponsor
and run the yearly Shoes for Kids program.
We organize and run the Labor Day Parade
(70 years and counting). We provide schol-
Rotary = Fellowship
Continued from page 1
Grand Valley State University. John made
an enormous impact on my brother, and
me as well. John shared his passionate
story of being an orphan at eight years of
age with the Clarkston Rotary. A video of
his story has even appeared on CBS during
the Final Four. When our members heard
John’s story they were blown away! To
learn more about the program and John,
please take a few minutes to visit our website
clarkstonrotary.org. you will find a You
Tube video of John’s Bike ride from Michi-
gan to Mexico. He coordinated this ride to
raise money for the orphanage.
This year, the Clarkston Rotary will pur-
chase a Smartboard with educational soft-
ware to enhance the learning of the stu-
dents in the orphanage so they can reach
the educational level of their peers. Our
December 2010 -- Clarkston Goodfellows 11
founder Paul Harris?
arships to Clarkston High School seniors
AND Renaissance High School seniors.
We donate to the Independence Parks and
Recreation Department to sponsor baseball
and softball teams along with other events.
There are many more. However, we are al- Paul P. Harris is founder of the World’s ous tradesmen in his neighbourhood. Dur-
ways looking for opportunities to donate first and foremost international service club, ing the visits it occurred to Paul, “Why not
our time and money for worthwhile causes. Rotary. His inspiration led to an organiza- have a fellowship composed of business
As a club, we also belong to Rotary In- tion of business and professional leaders, men from different occupations, without
ternational. If you haven’t heard by now, united to provide restrictions of politics or religion?”
Rotary International has a goal of eliminat- humanitarian ser- Thus, on February 23, 1905, Harris
ing polio worldwide. Currently, polio exists vice, to promote formed the first Rotary club with three other
in only five countries. Ironically, they can high ethical stan- businessmen. A second club was founded
be identified by using the acronym P.A.I.N. dards in all voca- in San Francisco in 1908 and by August
(Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Nigeria). tions and to help 1910, there were 16 clubs and the National
When Rotary International is successful in build good will and Association of Rotary Clubs was organized.
eliminating polio, it will be the second dis- peace in the world. The organization became international with
ease completely eliminated from the world Harris was as the formation of clubs in Canada and Great
… EVER. born in Racine, Britain in 1912.
Think about that. Wisconsin, April 19, When Paul Harris died on January 27,
To eliminate polio every child in the coun- 1868. He worked as 1947, his dream had grown from an infor-
tries mentioned above have to vaccinated. a newspaper re- mal meeting of four to some 6,000 clubs.
That is no easy task. It costs a lot of money.
porter, business In 2010 there are nearly 33,000.
But it will be worth every penny. As part of
the Clarkston Rotary Club you can be a teacher, stock com- Paul Harris
part of this historic effort. pany actor and Rotary International Membership
Polio is not all we’re about. Through cowboy. He traveled extensively in the U.S. 1.2 million Rotarians
the Rotary Foundation many other projects and Europe selling marble and granite, be- 33,000 Rotary Clubs
are funded. These include clean water fore eventually turning to the practice of 534 Rotary Districts
projects throughout the third world, eye law in Chicago in 1896. 200 Countries/territories
glasses in Grenada, and many, many more. One evening Paul went with a profes- Interact Clubs 11,000
Now it may seem like there is a heck of a sional friend to his suburban home. After Rotaract Clubs 7,100
lot going on in our club. And that is true. dinner Paul’s friend introduced him to vari- Rotary Community Corps 6,100
But the real benefit to being a member is the
friendships that you develop while you are
a member. We have a group of the most
down to earth people you will ever meet.
Paul Harris Fellowships Awarded
I invite you to stop by for a meeting. Or,
if you have questions, please feel free to
by Clarkston Rotary
call me at 248-953-0438 or e-mail me at
Richard Ayers Robert Gott Judith Livingston Ed Schreitmueller
averyalf@aol.com. Richard Beardsley Harold Goyette Richard Logan Jim Sherman
Robert Beattie John Greene Delton Lohff Mary Sloan-Lichty
Jackson Byers John Halleran Fred Maitrott James Smith
Cecil Allen Keith Hallman Charles McMichael Mary Elizabeth Smith
Bart Clark
Ann Conklin
Brent Cooley
Gary Hanna
Lubomyr Hewko
Sam Hoff
Richard Miller
Forrest Milzow
Richard Morgan
Lynne Spillum
Michael Spillum
James Sutherland
goal is to remove these children from the William Cox Robert Howse Tom Murphy Lisa Troschinetz
violent and poverty stricken streets and to Ronald Davis Barry Hranach Robert Newlin Harold Wiederhold
allow them to have a sense of safety, fam- Joel DeLong Robert Jones John Priebe Kenneth Winship
Lawrence Eberhardt Don Kevern Tom Rademacher Lewis Wint
ily and an opportunity to receive an educa-
Donald Ernst Buck Kopietz Burke Ried Marvin Zmudczynski
tion. Thomas E. Everhard Jeffrey Lichty Francis Rivers Bradley Evans
On a personal level, the reason I am a Albert Foster Linda Lichty James Scharl Jason Webster
member of the Clarkston Rotary is because
I LOVE our members. They have become
a part of my life. I want to thank everyone
in our club, as well as the many, many vol- RYLA -- Leadership opportunities
unteers who help us on our service projects
throughout the year. Please visit our club Continued on page 8 this convention is until you experience it for
to meet these great neighbors, friends, busi- crowd, both leaders and students, while the yourself. I met some wonderful friends and
ness owners, and leaders in your commu- judging process was taking place. am still in contact with them on Facebook. This
nity. Feel free to call me with any ques- RYLA is a wonderful opportunity for stu- summer, I have continued my friendship with
tions you may have regarding the club, our dents who want to better excel in self worth three RYLA attendees, two first year and one
projects, and how to help @ 248-290-0614. and improve their leadership skills. I believe second year. I can proudly say that RYLA is
Who knows? Maybe you will feel that the with all my heart that whoever attends this an experience of a lifetime and I will take to
Clarkston Rotary is as good a fit for you as convention will want to go back for a second college everything that I have learned.
it has been for me! year. You can’t understand what a great time
12 December 2010 -- Clarkston Goodfellows

Clarkston Rotary Club

Al Avery David Boersma Bruce Bordine Bart Clark Joel DeLong Larry Eberhardt Brad Evans

Bob Gott John Halleran Gary Hanna Lu Hewko Jeff Lichty Rick Miller John Priebe

Frank Rivers Mary Sloan-Lichty Mike Spillum Harold Sutherland Angela Tenbusch Janet Thomas Lisa Troschinetz

Do you see
yourself here?
Joe Wauldron Jason Webster Harold Wiederhold Henry Woloson Would you like to?
We do the things that people
Could
think just happen.
this be For membership information about Rotary
you? contact Brad Evans at 248-290-0614, or Jeff
Lichty at 248-625-4244 or check out the club’s
website, www.clarkstonrotary.org

Service Above Self.