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JANUARY 31, 2017 PROGRAM: 
Saint Paul Winter Carnival

Since 1886, the Saint Paul Winter Carnival continues to bring family-friendly events and community pride to Saint Paul and the Twin Cities metro area.The Saint Paul Winter Carnival is the oldest winter festival in the United States. Several Eastern newspaper correspondents kindled the start of the Winter Carnival by visiting Saint Paul in the fall of 1885 and returning home to report that Minnesota, in general, was another Siberia, unfit for human habitation. A group of business owners decided to retaliate by creating a wintertime festival which would showcase all the beauty of Minnesota winters.

Today, the Saint Paul Winter Carnival attracts over 250,000 visitors a year and has an approximately $2 – $3 million dollar economic impact to the city of St. Paul and the State of Minnesota.

JANUARY 24, ROTARY IN REVIEW: Todd Axtell
President Chuck called the meeting to order at 12:15.  Joe Kovarik lead the club in song, accompanied by Doug Hartford on the piano. Scott Van led the club in prayer for the Inspirational Minute. Mindee Kastelic introduced visiting Rotarians and guests.  Mindee was also the day’s greeter.  President Chuck announced that we would not be having a Fellowship Gathering on Thursday but that there will be a planning session this Friday (January 27) at Nina’s at 8:00 AM to pin down upcoming Fellowship programs.  All are invited to attend. We celebrated January birthdays.
Linda Mulhern introduced us to Sterling Miller, who will be one of 5 outbound youth exchange students next year.  Sterling is a student at the St. Paul Conservatory for the Performing Arts and will be going to Brazil.  He’s an extremely impressive young man who has overcome some significant obstacles in his life, including the loss of his mother last year.  He needs some assistance financing his exchange and has set up a GoFundMe page to help (GoFundMe.com/SterlingBrazil).  Please visit the page to read his story and consider a contribution. 
 
Lindsay Weier promoted Rotary Night at the Wild, which will be April 4. This is the last game of the regular season and promises to be a good time.  Please contact Lindsay or Ed Coleman for more information.
 
After Happy Dollars we moved into our program which featured Todd Axtell, Chief of the St. Paul Police Department.  Chief Axtell was appointed to his post on June 23, 2016. He shared with the club his vision and highlights of his first 7 month as Chief.  He spoke about the challenges the department faced following the Philando Castile shooting, including the I-94 shutdown and other protests that followed as well as the subsequent meeting he attended with President Obama and Mayor Coleman at the White House.  He emphasized the Department’s role in keeping those protests peaceful and also talked about the Department’s role in keeping the peace during Saturday’s women’s march. 
 
Chief Axtell gave us an overview of the department:  600 officers, 200 civilian employees and 300 calls per year.  He also shared the department’s purpose:  “Trusted Service with Respect.”  The department’s current goals are to 1) reduce gun and gang violence; 2) diversify the department; 3) engage the community to keep St. Paul safe.  After his presentation, Chief Axtell took several questions from the audience. 
 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

 

 

Pam Chandler


Volunteer for Rotary Meeting Teams!
Calling all Rotarians!
 
Based on the great set up done by Michael-Jon Pease, we are continuing the use of SignUp.com (previously known as VolunteerSpot.com) to help in managing the volunteer positions we need to fill for each of our upcoming Rotary meetings.
 
So the answer to "how do I get to help out at the meeting?" is "follow this link and sign up."
 
 
Or call me at 612.414.6093 (for those of you who prefer the phone).
 
You do not need to create yet another login and there are no passwords to remember! Just follow the link, confirm your email and start signing up for meeting teams. SignUp.com will send you reminders, and will let me know where the needs are for upcoming meetings. Attention new members: serving as a greeter and taking the microphone, either to offer the inspirational moment or to introduce guests and visiting Rotarians, is an excellent way to network and get your face in front of the club!
 
We are urging every member to sign up for a few spots in any of the roles available. Through SignUp.com you can view the open spots for all upcoming meetings in any of the 6 roles and sign-up for what best foryour schedule and what you would enjoy. It’s easy to sign-up and everyone's help makes us a stronger club.
  
Thank you for whatever you can do to make our weekly meetings a great experience!
 

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