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”The ups and downs of launching a small publishing enterprise”
Feb. 11, 2020
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Updates on MacKenzie Environmental Center
Feb. 18, 2020
The Friends of MacKenzie Environmental Center Articles of Incorporation were filed in December, 1978, and I have been a member ever since. I joined the Friends because it was easy to share the enthusiasm and vision of some of the early members who foresaw the need for educating grade school students on conservation and environmental matters outside the classroom. With an increasing percentage of our population living farther away from fields and forest, fewer family members are able to serve as outdoor mentors for our children. The MacKenzie Center continues to fill that mentor gap by connecting our young people with their natural heritage. I was first involved with the Friends’ Board in the 1980’s when I served with some other very dedicated people on the Board. More recently, since retirement, I have been a volunteer for work days at the Center and at Maple Fest. The best thing about being part of the Friends organization is the dedication and spirit of the volunteers and members which continues to amaze and uplift me. Provided by Jane LaMere |
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115th Fighter Wing’s State/Federal Missions and F-35's
Feb. 25, 2020
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YMCA of Dane County
Mar. 03, 2020
Jen Tooley joined the YMCA of Dane County as the Sun Prairie branch executive in June of 2019. Previously, she was the Store Manager at Barnes and Noble -East Towne for 16 years. Jen earned her BS from UW-Stout, and an MLS from UW-Madison. She has lived in Madison for 27 years, and has two adult daughters who live on either coast (Seattle and New York City). Jen likes to hike, travel, read and garden. She is also an avid runner who participates in many local events; her favorite is the Madison Mini Marathon. Last October,Jen ran her second full marathon when she completed the Chicago Marathon.
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Mar. 17, 2020 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
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Service Above Self Awards - What you need to know!
Apr. 14, 2020 8:00 a.m.
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Meet the 2019 - 2020 District 6250 Governor
Apr. 28, 2020 8:00 a.m.
https://zoom.us/j/964291657Meet 2019 - 2020 District 6250 Governor - Edwin BosEdwin Bos has been a proud member of the Fort Atkinson Rotary club since 2003. He has served on the Board of Directors, as Youth Exchange Officer, as the chair of several club construction projects, as Club President in 2012-13 and as Assistant Governor from 2014-2017. Edwin is a graduate of Fort Atkinson High School, the University of Wisconsin-Madison (BSc Civil Engineering) and the Rotterdam School of Management (MBA). After graduation he spent ten years working for a large Dutch construction company primarily in Amsterdam, Istanbul and the Caribbean.
Edwin strongly supports Rotary’s many exchange programs in part because exchange programs have defined his own life. His Dutch immigrant parents came to Fort Atkinson under the auspices of a Farm Bureau exchange. After studying in Madison Edwin took part in an IAESTE work exchange to Gothenburg, Sweden and, after studying in Rotterdam, he participated in an AIESEC work exchange to Poznan, Poland where he met his wife Joanna. Since returning to Fort Atkinson they have hosted two inbound exchange students. Edwin has participated in several District 6250 Friendship Exchanges. He traveled to India with an RFE team led by PDG Dean Ryerson. While in India he met Dr. Anouke Arakal of the Pondicherry Beach Town Rotary Club and that connection led to a Rotary Global Grant, sponsored by the Fort Atkinson Rotary Club, which funded four dialysis machines in Pondicherry. He’s traveled to the Philippines with an RFE team led by Ms. Darla Leick of Marshfield Sunrise. That RFE led to a friendship with Rotarian Roger de Guzman of the Kalibo Rotary Club and a Rotary Global Grant, sponsored by the five clubs in Assistant Governor group #8, for a pipeline that brought potable water to two spirited villages. He’s traveled to Nepal with an RFE team led by current District Friendship Exchange chair Dr. Dave Clemens and, most recently, he led an RFE team from his Assistant Governor group back to the Philippines to help dedicate their water pipeline project and to establish new Rotary friendships and contacts. Edwin and Joanna live in Fort Atkinson. Their oldest son, Harry, is attending the University of Alabama and is a member of the Rotaract Club there. There youngest son, Ernest, is co-president of the High School Interact Club and is planning to attend Arizona State. Edwin is a past member of the Fort Atkinson School Board, a Paul Harris plus member, a sustaining member, and a Paul Harris society member. He, his brother and their wives own and operate Bos Design Builders LLC in Fort Atkinson. In his spare time, he enjoys activities that involve spending time with friends, family and anyone who enjoys a little gezelligheid. Something that he feels Rotary and Rotarians already have in spades! |
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Boys & Girls Club of Sun Prairie
May 12, 2020 8:00 a.m.
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Chamber Updates & Business Re-opening Updates
May 26, 2020 8:00 a.m.
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All About Joachim & Poland (Rotary Youth Exchange)
Jun. 16, 2020
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Sunshine Place Update
Jun. 23, 2020
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Jun. 25, 2020 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
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Update on Sun Prairie Police Department
Jun. 30, 2020 7:15 a.m.
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Sun Prairie Communications & Diversity
Jul. 07, 2020 7:15 a.m.
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Sun Prairie's Parks, Recreation and Forestry
Jul. 14, 2020 7:15 a.m.
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Let Your Inner Employee Work for You
Jul. 21, 2020 7:15 a.m.
Are you stumped with a problem? Have you run it around in your mind over and over and the solution keeps evading you? Maybe it’s time for something different. Join me in the magical world of creation and give this technique a try. (I promise it will be worth it.) What would this entail? It’s relatively simple.
Think of the solution and not the problem. After all, what you focus on is what you get. What will the solution feel like? What will you feel like when you have the solution and it is implemented? This will allow you to get a clear idea of what you’d like. Yes, the idea will not be the solution. Instead it will be what you are hoping to attain by having the solution. Next, treat you inner mind as an employee. Give it clear directions. Kindly say something like, ““You are fabulous and you can do anything. Bring me a clear solution to this problem that will benefit everyone involved. I know that this will work out.” Steps one, two and three are done. The next step is vital. Don’t micromanage the employee. Let your inner employee do his/her work. After all, you know that he’s a great employee and you can trust that the job will be done. Think of it this way, the solution is in the “library” of the greater imagination. You are asking your employee to go to the library and find the books or information that will help you. If you are insisting on going to the library, why should the employee? If you can’t trust your employee, which is your inner self tapping into all the available knowledge and solutions that even you don’t know about, then gaining a stronger sense of trust may be the first thing to ask for. Steps five and six can be done together. Relax and be grateful. Know that the solution is coming, and you don’t have to stress over it. This is the time to meditate, sleep, take a shower, exercise, or in some other way unplug from the problem. While you are doing so, be pre-grateful. This means that you are grateful for what will happen as if it already did. Imagine thanking the employee for a job well done. Imagine everyone involved thanking you for the brilliant solution. Quickly, you will move from the thoughts to the feeling, and this is where you are supercharging your employee. He can already feel the gratitude and feels all warm and fuzzy from your praise. (To supercharge the process, be grateful before you even do step one.) At the beginning of step seven, the solution will “pop in” to your awareness. It may be as fast as when you are done meditating, or it may take a bit of time. It may be fully formed and actionable, or it may be only the next step that will lead you to the solution. Either way, this is the time when you take the inspired action. Do something. You know the direction you are going (after all, your employee is leading you), take inspired actions toward accomplishing the solution. Do what is presented to you as the next step you need to do. This is where you do something even if it doesn’t seem to make sense. It will have a feeling that matches the feelings you have been imagining around the solution. Your employee works with the library of greater imagination to help you. She/he is ready, willing, and able to do so. Are you willing to let it happen? |
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COVID-19 and the Economy
Jul. 28, 2020 7:15 a.m.
Steven Deller is Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics at UW-Madison and anCommunity Economic Development Specialist with the UW-Extension. Professor Deller's long-term research interest includes modeling community and smallregional economies in order to better understand the changing dynamics of the economy, assessing the impact of those changes, and identifying local economic strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. His most recent book explores how social capital helps us understand why some communities prosper economically and others struggle. Speaker Profile and Photo: https://speakers.wisc.edu/speaker/steven-deller/ |