In Attendance: Reed, Dave, Marty, Gloriann, Tammy Doebler, and Mike. Melody and Andrea from LakeWood Nursing Service were our quest speakers.
50/50 draw - Mike
Happy Bucks: Mike, Reed and Marty
We had a good discussion about community events. Andrea asked the question "What is Rotary?" We discussed Rotary and our projects. Melody and Andrea spoke on public health preparedness. They seek efforts to: prevent epidemics and the spread of disease, protect against environmental hazards, prevent injuries, promote and encourage healthy behaviors, respond to disasters and assist communities in recovery efforts, and assure the quality and accessibility of health services. The club felt a tornado or an accident on CN railroad would be the biggest risks.
The ladies had several handouts: checklists for emergency kits,a listing of internet sites for more information and MN Responds information and volunteer registration forms. There was good discussion on training exercises and what are the short comings of the training.
Baudette Rotary Club Thursday noon meetings at Rosalie's.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
December 15, 2011 Baudette Tourism Director, Joe Henry
In Attendance: Ann, Ralph, Phil T., Jack, Dave, Jaime
Guest: Joe Henry
In Conversation:
The Rotary equipment from the Ranch House has been retrieved. The pennant boards have some mold, considering to remove the pennants from board and have available for special occasions as a display. There is also a TV/VCR Cart that will be auctioned off.
Social:
12/22 at Rosalie's - the school band will provide entertainment.
ECFE Circus on 1/10:
We can have a meal before the circus on 1/10. Volunteers needed if we proceed:
Phil T. - yes
Jaime - yes
Ann - maybe
Chris - yes
Jack - maybe
Chris was informed he is leading the Spring Sturgeon Fishing Tournament.
A Thank You card was passed around from the school in I-Falls that received our extra dictionaries.
50/50 Draw: Jaime
Happy Bucks: Phil, Ann, Chris, Joe
Joe Henry:
Fishing is Good! Joe quizzed the club on Rotary Trivia. How many Rotary Clubs are there in the world? 33,976 How many members? 1.22 Million
Joe is from Saint Cloud and has been coming up to Lake of the Woods fishing for 20 years. His family is from Stearns County. His father was a banker in Saint Cloud for 40 years. Joe attended Saint Cloud Tech High School and Saint Johns college, which is located on a wildlife reserve.
Joe sold Kirby Vacuum Cleaners to work his way through college. He had a brief stint with G&K Services in Sales and went back to Kirby and opened their distribution center in Stephen Point WI. He later came back to Minneapolis and opened his own Kirby shop. He later had a career with Kirby Corporate in the as Director of Education and Training focusing on Motivating employees and sales training.
Joe held the position of Director of International Sales at Creative Memories in Saint Cloud. He then started his own consulting business in sales, strategic planning, human resources and strategy.
Joe grew up fishing. Nobody thought there was fish in Saint Clouds Lake George, but Joe pulled a 12lb Northern from the lake.
Joe recently got married at the age of 44. He has an daughter in 8th grade and a son in 10th grade. He proposed to his wife here on the lake while ice fishing. He tied the ring on her fishing line (fire line).
He plans to run Lake of the Woods Tourism like a business and understands the responsibility to reach out to the community and work with City, County and Chamber members. He hopes to build awareness and a positive reputation of LOW through a number of different media: social media, advertising, trade shows, talks and fishing tournaments.
Joe is looking into the AIM tournament series and is in conversations with them. The idea is to take a digital photo of the fish - no kill. Tournament goers usually come to town a week ahead of time to pre-fish and amatures fish with pros. Sponsorships would be needed to help cover the $15,000 price tag to attract the tournament here.
Joe will base his work from Saint Cloud. The tourism building will continue to be staffed by Heather Eason and Mary Lee Gens.
Joe was asked if he would be focusing on other resources besides fishing like Zippel Bay State Park?
To start Joe says they will focus on what Lake of the Woods is known for - walleye fishing, but plans to also promote snowmobiling, hunting, berry picking, birding, wildflowers, skiing ext...
The Canadian dollar is strong and there plans to try and capture more tourism from that area.
Guest: Joe Henry
In Conversation:
The Rotary equipment from the Ranch House has been retrieved. The pennant boards have some mold, considering to remove the pennants from board and have available for special occasions as a display. There is also a TV/VCR Cart that will be auctioned off.
Social:
12/22 at Rosalie's - the school band will provide entertainment.
ECFE Circus on 1/10:
We can have a meal before the circus on 1/10. Volunteers needed if we proceed:
Phil T. - yes
Jaime - yes
Ann - maybe
Chris - yes
Jack - maybe
Chris was informed he is leading the Spring Sturgeon Fishing Tournament.
A Thank You card was passed around from the school in I-Falls that received our extra dictionaries.
50/50 Draw: Jaime
Happy Bucks: Phil, Ann, Chris, Joe
Joe Henry:
Fishing is Good! Joe quizzed the club on Rotary Trivia. How many Rotary Clubs are there in the world? 33,976 How many members? 1.22 Million
Joe is from Saint Cloud and has been coming up to Lake of the Woods fishing for 20 years. His family is from Stearns County. His father was a banker in Saint Cloud for 40 years. Joe attended Saint Cloud Tech High School and Saint Johns college, which is located on a wildlife reserve.
Joe sold Kirby Vacuum Cleaners to work his way through college. He had a brief stint with G&K Services in Sales and went back to Kirby and opened their distribution center in Stephen Point WI. He later came back to Minneapolis and opened his own Kirby shop. He later had a career with Kirby Corporate in the as Director of Education and Training focusing on Motivating employees and sales training.
Joe held the position of Director of International Sales at Creative Memories in Saint Cloud. He then started his own consulting business in sales, strategic planning, human resources and strategy.
Joe grew up fishing. Nobody thought there was fish in Saint Clouds Lake George, but Joe pulled a 12lb Northern from the lake.
Joe recently got married at the age of 44. He has an daughter in 8th grade and a son in 10th grade. He proposed to his wife here on the lake while ice fishing. He tied the ring on her fishing line (fire line).
He plans to run Lake of the Woods Tourism like a business and understands the responsibility to reach out to the community and work with City, County and Chamber members. He hopes to build awareness and a positive reputation of LOW through a number of different media: social media, advertising, trade shows, talks and fishing tournaments.
Joe is looking into the AIM tournament series and is in conversations with them. The idea is to take a digital photo of the fish - no kill. Tournament goers usually come to town a week ahead of time to pre-fish and amatures fish with pros. Sponsorships would be needed to help cover the $15,000 price tag to attract the tournament here.
Joe will base his work from Saint Cloud. The tourism building will continue to be staffed by Heather Eason and Mary Lee Gens.
Joe was asked if he would be focusing on other resources besides fishing like Zippel Bay State Park?
To start Joe says they will focus on what Lake of the Woods is known for - walleye fishing, but plans to also promote snowmobiling, hunting, berry picking, birding, wildflowers, skiing ext...
The Canadian dollar is strong and there plans to try and capture more tourism from that area.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
December 8, 2011
Attendance: Jack, Marty, Kent, Phil T., Mike, Jaime, Reed with guest Brian Belter
Conversation: Fishing report consisted of a vehicle going through the ice at four-mile bay and talk of the lake breaking up near the Rocky Point area.
No program was available on this day.
Tammie Doebler and Ann Ellis will earn their Rotary membership certificates at the next Rotary meeting. Welcome Tammie and Ann to the Baudette Rotary Club.
On Thursday, December 22 the Baudette Rotary Club will have a members social at 6:00 p.m. at Rosalies. Spouses are welcome. Reed is going to contact the music department at the school to check on entertainment.
The Ranch House is currently being remodled and the Rotary Club needs to remove their equipment from the basement. Phil and Reed will coordinate picking up the items next Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. Some items might be sold at an upcoming auction if the club is no longer in need of them.
Winter fundraising event. Reed is going to check with ECFE to confirm the date of the circus event (possibly on January 10) and see if an organization could add on to the event with a fundraising supper.
Spring fundraising event. Traveling Trophey Sturgeon Tournament. Inviting other Rotary Clubs. Nomainated Chris to work on this project.
Interact Club update. Sara Stanton and Ashley Krohn are interested in co-leading an Interact Club. Connie Waibel also interested to help advise the student group. We will be working with Sara and Ashley to pick a day to provide a presentation to the students in January.
What are we greatful for in our community:
Support group meetings, a supportive community, hosptial, recreation, school and school pool, people here are focused on doing good for the community and do not have personal agendas, accepting.
Conversation: Fishing report consisted of a vehicle going through the ice at four-mile bay and talk of the lake breaking up near the Rocky Point area.
No program was available on this day.
Tammie Doebler and Ann Ellis will earn their Rotary membership certificates at the next Rotary meeting. Welcome Tammie and Ann to the Baudette Rotary Club.
On Thursday, December 22 the Baudette Rotary Club will have a members social at 6:00 p.m. at Rosalies. Spouses are welcome. Reed is going to contact the music department at the school to check on entertainment.
The Ranch House is currently being remodled and the Rotary Club needs to remove their equipment from the basement. Phil and Reed will coordinate picking up the items next Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. Some items might be sold at an upcoming auction if the club is no longer in need of them.
Winter fundraising event. Reed is going to check with ECFE to confirm the date of the circus event (possibly on January 10) and see if an organization could add on to the event with a fundraising supper.
Spring fundraising event. Traveling Trophey Sturgeon Tournament. Inviting other Rotary Clubs. Nomainated Chris to work on this project.
Interact Club update. Sara Stanton and Ashley Krohn are interested in co-leading an Interact Club. Connie Waibel also interested to help advise the student group. We will be working with Sara and Ashley to pick a day to provide a presentation to the students in January.
What are we greatful for in our community:
Support group meetings, a supportive community, hosptial, recreation, school and school pool, people here are focused on doing good for the community and do not have personal agendas, accepting.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
December 1, 2011 LakeWood Hospice and Home Care
December is Family Month! – Get together with your loved ones to work on projects that benefit children and families.
The Dictionaries have been distributed to the third graders in all locations; Baudette, Rainy River, and Indus, and St. Thomas School in Int’l Falls. The remaining dictionaries will be given to Lake of the Woods School and provided to the home schooled students in the area.
Program: LakeWood Hospice and Home Care
Melody Otto talked about the LakeWood Home Care and Hospice Program.
Melody is originally from the Duluth area and relatively new to Baudette. She has been a LPN for 28 years.
The Home Care Program is a transition program focusing on transitioning patients from care facilities to their homes. Patients often work with an occupational/physical therapist as the relearn the skills that they need to live at home after injury or illness. LakeWood Hospice and Home Care serves northern Roseau County, Lake of the Woods County and Kooch County just past Birchdale.
The Hospice program consists of nursing staff and community volunteers who provide care to patients in their homes.
For either of these programs a referral can come from anywhere. Contact Melody or Mindy at 218-634-1795 if you know someone who could use this type of help. Consultations are free.
The Dictionaries have been distributed to the third graders in all locations; Baudette, Rainy River, and Indus, and St. Thomas School in Int’l Falls. The remaining dictionaries will be given to Lake of the Woods School and provided to the home schooled students in the area.
Program: LakeWood Hospice and Home Care
Melody Otto talked about the LakeWood Home Care and Hospice Program.
Melody is originally from the Duluth area and relatively new to Baudette. She has been a LPN for 28 years.
The Home Care Program is a transition program focusing on transitioning patients from care facilities to their homes. Patients often work with an occupational/physical therapist as the relearn the skills that they need to live at home after injury or illness. LakeWood Hospice and Home Care serves northern Roseau County, Lake of the Woods County and Kooch County just past Birchdale.
The Hospice program consists of nursing staff and community volunteers who provide care to patients in their homes.
For either of these programs a referral can come from anywhere. Contact Melody or Mindy at 218-634-1795 if you know someone who could use this type of help. Consultations are free.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
November 17, 2011 - Prevention Coalition, Tammie Doebler
November 17, 2011 Meeting
Attendance:
Phil M., Ralph, Jack, Ann, Marty, Boyd, GloriaAnn, Mike, Jaime and Tammie
50/50 draw?
Happy Bucks: Mike and Ann
50 #1 lb bags of wild rice available for sale for $5.00, proceeds going towards PolioPlus.
Program: Tammie Doebler was the program and updated the group on the progress of the Prevention Coalition Grant that Lake of the Woods County received.
This is a community project grant with a goal to prevent alcohol, tobacco and drug use among our youth. Lake of the Woods County oversees the grant and Tammie started work on this project September 1, 2011. Previously, Tammie worked on a similar grant in Roseau County. Joyce Washburn and Tammie are housed in the high school A/V Tech room.
The grant focuses on three groups: Working with parents, students and community members.
The grant is data driven and based on a community readiness survey, 800 surveys were sent out to the community. In the next few months, parent and youth surveys will be conducted. A media campaign will be created from the results (facts) from these surveys.
On November 28, a beverage server training class will be held for the community. This class helps beverage servers identify fake ids and provides training on carding minors. Most businesses that go through this training get a reduction in their insurance premiums.
It is a long process to change the culture of an area and it will take several years to implement, but after year one, the hope is to have an increased awareness and to be able to clear the misperceptions associated with underaged drinking.
The community still feels that underaged drinking is OK if it is "controlled". There is also a skewed perceptions that "everybody" drinks and the amounts they drink.
Some data that was identified from the surveys in Roseau were that 90% of parents said they talked to their kids about drinking and drug use, while only 45% of the students surveyed said that their parents talked to them about drinking and drug use.
Having "nothing" to do is not an excuse for underaged drinking. The focus of conversations with our students will be how we get them to choose what we DO have to do.
Lake of the Woods County has a high number of DWI per capita partly due to our tourism industry and the high exposure to alcohol/drinking establishments.
ay. This includes Minimum Maintenance Roads, Forest Roads - even though they are not plowed they are improved.
Attendance:
Phil M., Ralph, Jack, Ann, Marty, Boyd, GloriaAnn, Mike, Jaime and Tammie
50/50 draw?
Happy Bucks: Mike and Ann
50 #1 lb bags of wild rice available for sale for $5.00, proceeds going towards PolioPlus.
Program: Tammie Doebler was the program and updated the group on the progress of the Prevention Coalition Grant that Lake of the Woods County received.
This is a community project grant with a goal to prevent alcohol, tobacco and drug use among our youth. Lake of the Woods County oversees the grant and Tammie started work on this project September 1, 2011. Previously, Tammie worked on a similar grant in Roseau County. Joyce Washburn and Tammie are housed in the high school A/V Tech room.
The grant focuses on three groups: Working with parents, students and community members.
The grant is data driven and based on a community readiness survey, 800 surveys were sent out to the community. In the next few months, parent and youth surveys will be conducted. A media campaign will be created from the results (facts) from these surveys.
On November 28, a beverage server training class will be held for the community. This class helps beverage servers identify fake ids and provides training on carding minors. Most businesses that go through this training get a reduction in their insurance premiums.
It is a long process to change the culture of an area and it will take several years to implement, but after year one, the hope is to have an increased awareness and to be able to clear the misperceptions associated with underaged drinking.
The community still feels that underaged drinking is OK if it is "controlled". There is also a skewed perceptions that "everybody" drinks and the amounts they drink.
Some data that was identified from the surveys in Roseau were that 90% of parents said they talked to their kids about drinking and drug use, while only 45% of the students surveyed said that their parents talked to them about drinking and drug use.
Having "nothing" to do is not an excuse for underaged drinking. The focus of conversations with our students will be how we get them to choose what we DO have to do.
Lake of the Woods County has a high number of DWI per capita partly due to our tourism industry and the high exposure to alcohol/drinking establishments.
ay. This includes Minimum Maintenance Roads, Forest Roads - even though they are not plowed they are improved.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
November 3, 2011 - DNR Bob Gorecki
November 3, 2011 Meeting
Attendance:
Jaime, Ann, Dave, Chris, Marty, Phil T.,Reed, Gorecki, GloriAnn, Jack, Mike
50/50 Draw:
Jack won the draw
Happy Bucks:
Jack
Ann
Chris
Marty
Reed
Mike shared information about a new invention from a local resident: www.spinzittools.com
Ann shared information EPA's plan, more information can be found at StopEPAND.com
Bob Gorecki, State Conservation Officer fielded questions from the Rotary Club on the rules and regulations regarding deer season.
If hunting in an intensive zone where there is a five deer limit and you take three deer in the intensive zone you can still take 2 deer in the managed zones. The state-wide limit for deer is five.
If you own 80 acres or more you can apply for a free doe permit or Farmers Licence to hunt on your land.
In Koochiching County east of 72 there was a hunters choice lottery. One deer could be taken but it was the hunters choice of buck or doe.
The limits for zones 111 and 105 are two deer.
Cross-bow hunting is allowed during fire-arm season, same goes for muzzle loader. All hunters must wear blaze orange.
Zipple Bay State Park is a five deer area, but a special permit is required to hunt.
There probably will be another early youth season next year as was done this year.
If you hit a deer with a car, what are your responsibilities? If you have over $1,000 of damage to your vehicle, your insurance company will require a police report. So, it is a good idea to call in the accident in all cases. Without getting a permit you do not have the right to take/transport the deer. You need to contact a Conservation Officer and ask for a permit if you with to transport the deer home. You can not take the antlers - again, you must get a permit to transport any part of the deer. If the deer is injured not dead,typically try to call first but go ahead and put the animal down if you are comfortable doing so.
This will be the second year that you can register your deer by phone or online. Most officers will have Internet access in their vehicles to verify this. Be sure to write down the number that you are given when doing a phone or online registration. You must register your deer 24 hours after the end of the season - you can register your deer at: Outdoors Again, Howards, Cenex, Holiday and Log Cabin - if you do not have access to the phone or online system.
Minimum caliber to hunt deer - center fired bigger than a .22
No more multi zone restrictions - main reason they ask your zone is for hunter info.
The TB in skime was traced back to a Bull that was transported tot he area from Mexico and the deer sharing a food source (hay bail) with the bull.
Trespass law:
Land that is agricultural or has a history of being farmed does not need to be posted. If the land has a fence (fence does not have to encompass property) it also does not need to be posted. Posted land needs to have signs every 1,000 feet. The signs need to be tended to once per year and have the following information:
NO Trespassing
Owners Name
Date
Phone
It is also acceptable to have posted signs on primary corners and entry to property.
Snowmobile trails are for snowmobiling only and not for four wheeling to state land for hunting purposes. You must remain 500 feet away from private property to shoot and you are always responsible for your bullet.
You can not shot off a improved road or right of way. This includes Minimum Maintenance Roads, Forest Roads - even though they are not plowed they are improved.
Attendance:
Jaime, Ann, Dave, Chris, Marty, Phil T.,Reed, Gorecki, GloriAnn, Jack, Mike
50/50 Draw:
Jack won the draw
Happy Bucks:
Jack
Ann
Chris
Marty
Reed
Mike shared information about a new invention from a local resident: www.spinzittools.com
Ann shared information EPA's plan, more information can be found at StopEPAND.com
Bob Gorecki, State Conservation Officer fielded questions from the Rotary Club on the rules and regulations regarding deer season.
If hunting in an intensive zone where there is a five deer limit and you take three deer in the intensive zone you can still take 2 deer in the managed zones. The state-wide limit for deer is five.
If you own 80 acres or more you can apply for a free doe permit or Farmers Licence to hunt on your land.
In Koochiching County east of 72 there was a hunters choice lottery. One deer could be taken but it was the hunters choice of buck or doe.
The limits for zones 111 and 105 are two deer.
Cross-bow hunting is allowed during fire-arm season, same goes for muzzle loader. All hunters must wear blaze orange.
Zipple Bay State Park is a five deer area, but a special permit is required to hunt.
There probably will be another early youth season next year as was done this year.
If you hit a deer with a car, what are your responsibilities? If you have over $1,000 of damage to your vehicle, your insurance company will require a police report. So, it is a good idea to call in the accident in all cases. Without getting a permit you do not have the right to take/transport the deer. You need to contact a Conservation Officer and ask for a permit if you with to transport the deer home. You can not take the antlers - again, you must get a permit to transport any part of the deer. If the deer is injured not dead,typically try to call first but go ahead and put the animal down if you are comfortable doing so.
This will be the second year that you can register your deer by phone or online. Most officers will have Internet access in their vehicles to verify this. Be sure to write down the number that you are given when doing a phone or online registration. You must register your deer 24 hours after the end of the season - you can register your deer at: Outdoors Again, Howards, Cenex, Holiday and Log Cabin - if you do not have access to the phone or online system.
Minimum caliber to hunt deer - center fired bigger than a .22
No more multi zone restrictions - main reason they ask your zone is for hunter info.
The TB in skime was traced back to a Bull that was transported tot he area from Mexico and the deer sharing a food source (hay bail) with the bull.
Trespass law:
Land that is agricultural or has a history of being farmed does not need to be posted. If the land has a fence (fence does not have to encompass property) it also does not need to be posted. Posted land needs to have signs every 1,000 feet. The signs need to be tended to once per year and have the following information:
NO Trespassing
Owners Name
Date
Phone
It is also acceptable to have posted signs on primary corners and entry to property.
Snowmobile trails are for snowmobiling only and not for four wheeling to state land for hunting purposes. You must remain 500 feet away from private property to shoot and you are always responsible for your bullet.
You can not shot off a improved road or right of way. This includes Minimum Maintenance Roads, Forest Roads - even though they are not plowed they are improved.
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