Cor Wilson led us in the Pledge of allegiance and Jason Slama offered the invocation.
Mary Stewart announced a "Get to Know Your Neighbor" IZI (Intentional Social Interaction) on Monday, January 30th from 5:30-8:30pm. Click
here to download more information.
John Risdall reminded us that our Valentine’s Day (February 14th) club meeting will be held at Risdall Advertising’s new location. John is providing brisket lunch for NBMV Rotarians and their spouses. You can expect an email from Glenna with the details, soon.
Note that the Gold Plate Dinner committee meeting on February 14th will also be held at Risdall at 11:00 AM.
Geoff Hollimon asked that we mark our calendars now for the CPY Spring Luncheon on Tuesday, March 7th. This meeting is in lieu of our regular noon meeting. Stay tuned for more details.
Gerry Tietz will be the temporary collector of funds during John’s absence, so bring your dues payments, etc, directly to Gerry until John returns.
Many Happy Fines were paid today, including the following:
-George Winiecki is now a four-time champion in Fantasy Football. He credited much of his success to his partner, Jeremiah, who drafted very well.
-Cor Wilson thanked all those who have expressed condolences for the passing of her father. Her dad, a former B-17 pilot, was honored by a seven person honor guard, twenty one gun salute and taps; a moving experience for all. Cor was also able to get her mom into assisted living, which her dad had resisted.
-MaryAnn attended the Rotary Youth Exchange outbound orientation. She was pleased to see that Ezra Krohn, our former outbound student to Italy, has become active in the youth exchange program.
-Gerry Tietz encouraged us all to consider attending the District Conference, April 27-29. Details can be found
here.
-Bev Aplikowski is pleased to be back after extended health issues prevented her from attending meetings. After the recent sale of her business, she’s in the process of reinventing herself at age 83.
-Glenna was proud of her daughters Andrea and Liz, who showed up at her church to present a memory book that they created for a woman who is in hospice care. The woman was, thankfully, well enough to come to church to celebrate the baptism of her granddaughter.
-Our program for February 28th will be an opportunity for members of the club who are involved in the financial services industry to present a brief description of their business and the services they have to offer.
Cor Wilson introduced our speaker, Joe Stallmann. Joe is the owner’s representative for the restoration of the Minnesota State Capitol Building. He is also the President-Elect of the North St.Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Rotary Club. Joe’s firm,
MOCA, helps clients transform the way their projects are planned, designed, built and managed. Joe described his job as the “eyes and ears” of the building owner during a construction project. The scope of the Capitol Building restoration required some pretty competent eyes and ears. The five year, three hundred nine million dollar restoration is a very big and very complicated project. Much of the original Georgia white marble exterior had deteriorated over the past 100 years and new heating, air conditioning, plumbing and electrical systems were needed. Safety systems, additional bathrooms and more egress stairways were also badly needed. Because the building is on the National Register of Historic Places great care was taken to preserve the original features of the building. When the restoration was underway, it became apparent that paintings, stained glass, and plaster artwork needed much more repair than anticipated, but the restoration would have been incomplete without these improvements. The restoration is scheduled for a grand opening in the Fall of 2017. For more about the project, click
here. Joe and Cor are shown below.
