Events

ISD 696 Ely Memorial High School Washington Trip - March 18 – 26, a handful of students and moderator/teacher coming to share their experience.

Enjoy a Burger or Brat Lunch cooked and served by local Rotarian and friends.

Pre-Orders and Delivery is available for organizatiosn within 5 miles of Zups.

2 Raffle Packages $20.00 per chance you choose the package.

Twins Baseball, September 12th: MN Twins VS Cleveland Gaurdians with an overnight stay at the Element by Marriot.

Vikings Football, September 13: MN Vikings VS Green Bay Packers with an overight stay at the Element by Marriot.

Condolence and Thank You's for all the work the Firefighters are doing to protect our community and recognise the recent loss of a firefighter.

Bill Rom will be speaking about his memoir "Adventure Is In His DNA."  It began at NYU/ Bellevue in 1989 in the midst of a TB and HIV epidemic followed by prior jobs founding the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health and NIH.  It includes environmental lung disease, lung cancer, WTC dust, Hurricane Sandy, Climate Change, canoeing, skiing, and mountain climbing.  It has 14 chapters interspersed with 15 major expeditions, 400 photos and 20 watercolors by Holly.  There are several chapters on growing up in Ely, the canoe outfitters, Ely Memorial High School, all of the lakes in the BWCA and Quetico, all of the rivers flowing north to Hudson Bay, across the Barren Lands, and to the Pacific. It is massive at 765 pages!

Paige Maystadt is a single mom in Ely trying to start a dog hotel to be able to live in town and have a spot where dogs can be taken well care of.

This is a very needed business in town, and she is struggling with working through zoning and other issues in order to start this business. 

This summers Ely Rotary Youth Leadership Awardee will be speaking on her expereince as this years attendee. 

 

Jill Jarvi grew up in Aurora and recently returned to the Iron Range after many years of living in Washington, D.C., and overseas. She has spent more than 25 years working in international development — helping communities around the world rebuild and strengthen themselves after conflict or major political change — both as a U.S. government employee and as a government contractor with various non-profits and consulting firms.

Much of her career was spent working on behalf of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, the federal agency responsible for administering foreign aid and development assistance abroad. Her work focused on helping countries stabilize and rebuild democratic institutions after conflict or political upheaval. That included supporting independent news outlets and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Egypt during and after the 2011 revolution, helping rebuild independent media in the countries of the former Yugoslavia after their wars ended, and providing training and career development for professionals in various fields following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Most recently, Jarvi led a USAID-funded program in the Philippines called Opportunity 2.0, which helped out-of-school youth get a second chance at education and job training. Before that, she led similar USAID-funded projects around the world — in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where she worked on improving STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curricula in public education; in Serbia, where she supported independent journalism; in the West Bank, where she ran a youth leadership and education program; and in Egypt, where she supported local civic organizations.

Jarvi holds a master's degree in International Affairs from The George Washington University and a bachelor's degree in Russian Language and Literature from the University of Minnesota.

 

Join us to hear our Rotary Youth Exchange student from Italy speak about his home and share some of his culture! 

MENU OPTIONS:

•  Wilderness Chicken Salad
• Spinach & artichoke chicken sandwich with choice of side
• Caesar’s chicken sandwich with choice of side
• “Voyageur” beef burger with bacon & side of BBQ sauce with choice of side
• French dip on grilled sourdough (with or without swiss chess) with choice of side
• Cup or bowl of chicken wild rice soup

Sides: Fries, Curly fries, onion paddles, chips, coleslaw

Please RSVP with your order to Brian Fritz (our Rotary member & GEL representative) by 10am Wednesday with your order to events@grandelylodge.com, or Brian's cell is 308.249.2676 just in case. 

Several of our Rotary club members are attending the District 5580 Conference over the prior weekend, so this meeting is focused on getting highlights of the conference from: 

• Craig Loughery
• Diane Loughery
• Lindsay Przybylski
• Lisa Ledel
• Susan Polege
• Tracy Thibodeaux (current Rebound Youth Exchange student returning from Italy) is also attending
• Filippo D'Orazio (current Inbound Youth Exchange student originally from Italy) is also attending

Anne is the Ely school superintendent & will be speaking about the upcoming operating referendum that the school is proposing in November. 

MENU OPTIONS:

• Caesar Chicken Salad
• Ham & Swiss melt with choice of side
• Chicken breast with choice of side
• “Paddler” beef burger with choice of cheese & choice of side
• French dip on grilled sourdough (with or without swiss chess) with choice of side
• Cup or bowl of chicken wild rice soup

Sides: Fries, Curly fries, onion paddles, chips, coleslaw

Order with Brian Fritz by 10am Wed. Email events@ grandelylodge.com

Crystal Schlueter writes a weekly food column in the Ely Echo and The New Babbitt Weekly News, where she shares recipes and stories about the local cuisine. This led to a cookbook deal with the Minnesota Historical Society. Her book features a collection of beloved local ethnic recipes and ingredients. She will discuss her desire to preserve local ethnic recipes for future generations, and share about the process of writing a cookbook.