Rotary Club of Edina will welcome entrepreneur Scott Litman as program speaker at the Thursday, Jan. 12, meeting. Litman, co-founder of Magnet 360 and the Minnesota Cup, will talk about his latest venture—Equals 3, the use of artificial intelligence with IBM's super computer, Watson.

 

Jim Roberts will give his classification talk at the meeting.

 

 

It's the 131st Annual Edina Rotary Bowling Extravaganza!

Lace up those stylish shoes and polish up your personalized bowling ball and come join your fellow Rotarians for a fun-filled evening of bowling! The evening will feature friendly competition, door prizes, fine dining and liquid refreshments.

What: Edina Rotary Annual Bowling Event! Bring your significant other and join your fellow Rotarians in a night of bowling! 

When: Saturday, Jan. 28—check-in at 6:30 p.m., bowling starts at 7 p.m.

Where: Park Tavern in St. Louis Park, our second year at this great venue 

Cost: $25 per person, paid at the event

If you want to enjoy fine dining at Park Tavern before we roll, go to the area behind lanes 1 through 12 starting at 5:30 p.m.

Please go here and register yourself and your guest before the event. 

Contact Mark Jessen, chair of the event, at m_jessen@jessenpress.com or 952-929-0346 with questions.

 

Your generous support provides hope for children around the world. Thank you for your faithful partnership. It is an honor to feed God's children side by side with you.

 

You are a blessing!

 

 

 

President Ann Platt opened the this first meeting in 2017 on a beautiful and cold winter day.

 

We were greeted by Paul Mooty, Bob Perkins and new member Kim Stoner. Mitch Robinson helped out at the front desk. 

 

Jody Kern introduced the many guests that joined us:

 

The heartfelt invocation was delivered by the Rev. Tom Cook.

 

Salvation Army Bell ringers were thanked for raising a total of $7,068. The Rotary ringing project was once again chaired by Dan Hallberg with assistance from Wayne Harmon.

 

New member Kim Stoner was officially inducted into the club by Past President Brad Hepp. Jody Kern is Kim's sponsor.

 

Sutton McGraw promoted the upcoming Rotary Club of Edina Bowling Night, set for Saturday, Jan. 28, at Park Tavern in St. Louis Park.

 

Community Service—Local Funding Director Keith Benson introduced Lauren Daumueller of Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative at the meeting. Lauren gave an update on the 66 West project (Edina Rotary Foundation's Signature Project for the 2016–2017 Rotary year), including info on hard-hat tours of the building for those interested. Keith mentioned that part of Rotary District 5950's grant approval to contribute to 66 West was that our club put in sweat equity on the project. Those opportunities will be coming soon too!

 

Royce Pavelka gave a very rich introduction for the speaker of the day, Eileen Rice.

 

Rice gave a presentation on the Innocence Project, "Causes of Wrongful Convictions." She is a former FBI agent and is now an investigator with WayPoint Inc. She sits on the board of directors of the Innocence Project of Minnesota, a non-profit organization which seeks to free the wrongfully convicted. Rice welcomes questions on the Innocence Project of Minnesota. To contact her write to erice@waypointinc.com.  

 

Andrea Thompson Miller thanked the speaker for her presentation.

 

President Ann Platt closed the meeting.