LINCOLN EAST ROTARY CLUB 5th Wednesday Special Event

When: Wednesday October 30, 2019 6PM to & PM Where: 4th Floor Morrill Hall, University of Nebraska State Museum, 645 N 14th Street Parking: Lot just north of museum (east of Me-morial Stadium) or on street off campus Pass Required: Available October 23 meeting Dinner: 5 PM to 5:45PM, Food Court, UNL Student Union (just south and east of Morrill Hall across the plaza) What: Self-guided tour of New 4th Floor of Morrill Hall Elevator 1: Just west of main entrance steps on

Lincoln East Rotary Club Meetings at Valentino’s—70th & Van Dorn

Noon Luncheon starting @ 11:45 a.m.

Spoke Newsletter Wednesday November 6, 2019

November 06, 2019

President—Paul Attendance: 22 (47%) President—Dennis

Tim Hodges, Ph.D. is the executive director of the Clifton Strengths In-stitute, professor in the UNL College of Business, and a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach. He works with individuals and teams to maximize their strengths and increase performance, engagement, and well-being in their education, career, and throughout their lives. Dr. Hodges has enjoyed a nearly 20-year career as a research consultant at Gallup, Inc. His work at Gallup has included leading research projects in strengths development, employee selection and employee engagement with a variety of clients in education and business. Dr. Hodges has delivered hundreds of presenta-tions and written dozens of journal articles, research reports, and academ-ic book chapters. Dr. Hodges received a bachelor’s degree in agribusi-ness, a master’s degree in leadership education and a doctorate in busi-ness from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The Institute’s purpose is to identify and maximize the talent of college students to guide their personal, professional, and leadership development through the use and application of strengths-based sciences. The goal is to help Nebraska, the nation and the world identify the next genera-tion of high-achieving leaders, entrepreneurs, and business builders to develop economic growth and prosperity. The Clifton Strengths Institute is a model for other organizations to learn to rec-ognize individual potential and develop leaders who build and strengthen booming businesses and create more great jobs and great lives. For two decades, from 1950 to 1969, Dr. Donald O. Clifton was a popular professor of educational psychology and researcher at Nebraska, where he first began his experimentation with strengths. He was chairman of Selection Research Inc. and later chairman of Gallup. Clifton was recognized with a Presidential Commendation from the American Psychological Association as the Father of Strengths-based Psychology and the Grandfather of Positive Psychology.

Lincoln East Rotary Club Speaker, Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Lindsey Spehn, MBA— “The Global Clifton Strengths Movement”

Arranged Charles Erickson

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LINCOLN EAST ROTARY CLUB 5th Wednesday Special Event

When: Wednesday October 30, 2019 6PM to & PM Where: 4th Floor Morrill Hall, University of Nebraska State Museum, 645 N 14th Street Parking: Lot just north of museum (east of Me-morial Stadium) or on street off campus Pass Required: Available October 23 meeting Dinner: 5 PM to 5:45PM, Food Court, UNL Student Union (just south and east of Morrill Hall across the plaza) What: Self-guided tour of New 4th Floor of Morrill Hall Elevator 1: Just west of main entrance steps on

What a tribute to the 100th anniversary of Veterans (Armistice) day. Purchasing the “Cost of Freedom,” Serving Hands that is currently displayed in front of the Veterans Hospital on 70th Street. This Wednesday, November 6. 2019, Duane Tappe, Lincoln East Rotarian will recognize organizations that were involved in purchasing the “Hands.” Total Cost: $16,000.00. Duane shared with us his ex-pertise and experience in fund raising for various projects in Nebraska. One of many was the George Norris Home in McCook. A YouTube video was played to start the presentation. For

those of you who would like to see the video. Open youtube.com and type in the search box Cost of Freedom, Serving Hands, Lincoln, Nebraska. Tammy Miller gave a heart warming synopsis of designing and completing the sculptor. T

The Cost of Freedom—Artist: Tammy Miller Sculptor: Brian Arp—Benefactor: The Peed Family—Location: 600 S 70th St. (VA south entrance) Tammy Miller “I wanted to create a visual to remind us of the cost of our freedom.”

Veterans Day, observed annually on November 11, is a tribute to military veterans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Not to be confused with Memorial Day, which honors those who died while in service, Veterans Day honors all military veterans, including those still with us. Veterans Day, orig-inally celebrated as Armistice Day, was first issued on November 11, 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson a year after the end of World War I. The pur-pose of Armistice day was to honor the fallen soldiers of The Great War for their sacrifice and bravery. Seven years later in 1926, Congress adopted a resolution requesting President Coolidge issue annual proclamations on No-vember 11, making Armistice Day a legal holiday.

A Special Rotary Thank You to Duane Tappe for making it possible to purchase the “Cost of Freedom” Serving Hands by the various organizations recognized.

Lincoln East Rotary Club “Special Event,” October 30, 2019

“Cost of Freedom” Serving Hands Project Arranged by Duane Tappe

Al Burdick—Dean Douglas—Jerry Christiansen— Frosty Chapman— Bruce Trautweim— Duncan Fallon— Ty Andrews— Ben Martin— Robert

Hanson— DAVA— Tony Anton, VFW— Charles Erickson— Steve Grosserode— Duane Tappe— Dennis Duckworth

Thank You for your service

A special veteran recognition to Steve H. Grosserode, Lieutenant, Field Artil-lery, Leyte Philippine Islands, not only for his service in world war II but his 98th birthday on Monday, November 11. A very Happy Birthday wish from all Lincoln East Rotary members. Your 98 Happy Dollars for Polio Plus to End Polio are appreciated. Trivia questions: This military vehicle was used in World War II. What was it called: Steve can reveal the answer next week. This photo was used as a part of Steve’s presentation to our club in 2008.

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LINCOLN EAST ROTARY CLUB 5th Wednesday Special Event

When: Wednesday October 30, 2019 6PM to & PM Where: 4th Floor Morrill Hall, University of Nebraska State Museum, 645 N 14th Street Parking: Lot just north of museum (east of Me-morial Stadium) or on street off campus Pass Required: Available October 23 meeting Dinner: 5 PM to 5:45PM, Food Court, UNL Student Union (just south and east of Morrill Hall across the plaza) What: Self-guided tour of New 4th Floor of Morrill Hall Elevator 1: Just west of main entrance steps on

Lynette’s Angels Total: $368—Thank You to all Rotarians who contributed.

Chuck’s Corner (#10) I realize that Rotarians avoid discussing reli-gion, but we do pray at our meetings and most of us recognize the many truths found in religious texts. Recently, my Pastor preached about the parable of the tax collec-tor and the Pharisee who came to pray. The former prayed that he was a sinner and asked God’s forgiveness and the latter prayed that he was so pleased that he wasn’t a sinner like the tax collector. The Pastor went on to comment that we commonly are comparing ourselves and sometimes like to portray ourselves as better than our neighbors or friends. I am so happy that Rotarians demonstrate their egalitarian-ism. I don’t see braggadocios in Rotarians. When we give Happy Dollars, we tell about our grandkids, our travel, or recognize our speakers or Rotarians that have contributed to the projects. We treat all as equals regard-less of occupation or standing in the commu-nity. I thank God I am a Rotarian and not like some non-Rotarians. Chuck

Do You remember these?

(2017) Martha Lillard spends half of every day with her body encapsulated in a half-century old machine that forces her to breathe. Only her head sticks out of the end of the antique iron lung. On the other side, a motorized lever pulls the leather bellows, creating negative pressure that induces her lungs to suck in air. In 2013, the Post-Polio Health International (PHI) organizations estimated that there were six to eight iron lung users in the United States

Iron Lung photo courtesy of Charles Erickson.

Thanksgiving Basket Passing the next two Wednesdays for Peoples City Mission

A note from City Mission: “Your donations and your help matter.” • We provide over 115,00 nights of shelter/year • We serve over 210,000 meals a year • The Mission takes over 25,000 lunches to

homeless on the streets of Lincoln a year • We give away over 300,000 pieces of clothing

a year • PCM gives away over 400,000 house hold

goods a year • The Mission gives away over 1 million pounds

of food a year • We recycle almost 5 million pounds of cloth-

ing a year • 94% of all money donated

goes directly to helping the homeless

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LINCOLN EAST ROTARY CLUB 5th Wednesday Special Event

When: Wednesday October 30, 2019 6PM to & PM Where: 4th Floor Morrill Hall, University of Nebraska State Museum, 645 N 14th Street Parking: Lot just north of museum (east of Me-morial Stadium) or on street off campus Pass Required: Available October 23 meeting Dinner: 5 PM to 5:45PM, Food Court, UNL Student Union (just south and east of Morrill Hall across the plaza) What: Self-guided tour of New 4th Floor of Morrill Hall Elevator 1: Just west of main entrance steps on

Anniversaries & Birthdays Weeks of October 31—November 6

Birthdays: Dennis Schmidt—November 1

Anniversaries: None

Happy Dollars

Charles Ericson Steve Grosserode Greg Schnasse Chris Klingenberg Paul Horton Dean Douglas Barry Stelk Darrel Huenergardt Dick Cumming Al Burdick Rene Chandler Dennis Duckworth Wayne Casper Total: $191.00

Happy Dollars—Total to Date: $1172.00

Lincoln East Rotary Club Spoke Newsletter

Published by Wayne Casper

Lincoln East Rotary Club—November Speaker Schedule November 20—Kate Engel—Nebraska Innovation Campus, arranged by Dick Cumming

November 27—NO MEETING

Cashier Duty November—Gordon Bair

December—Chris Klingenberg Contact Minnie Stephens

Greeter Duty November 13 Dean Douglas November 20 Tom Carlson November 27 No Meeting

Wellness Chairman Greg Schnasse has requested information in regard to any illness by club members and/or their family members.

Greg’s contacts: Phone: 402-440-9917

Email: greg.schnasse@gmail.com

Rotary Clubs of Lincoln Christmas Party

December 11, 2019

**Make your reservations

Guests & Visitors Benita Hardwick Steve Grosserode Ray Manske Dick Cumming Bruce Tautmweim Veterans Advisory Duncan Fallon Veterans Affairs Ty Andrews Veterans Affairs Doris Burdick Al Burdick Loretta Hanson DAVA Robert Hanson DAVA Frosty Chapman Chris Klingenberg Dennis Buckley Lincoln Journal Rene Chandler DAV Auxiliary Breene Chandler DAV Auxiliary Tony Anton VFW Post 131