Club Update:

Tom Moore - President Elect Update

• Casino Night - Weekly meetings before regular meeting at 11:00 a.m. Grand Ely Lodge 
• Reminder for Casino Night Event: 8/16/2024 at Miners Dry. Professional dealers with additional games, prizes. Rotary is selling advanced discounted tickets available July 10. 
• Spread the excitement to our community to encourage attendance. There are posters available for the event. See Terri, Tom or Lindsay. 

• Sign up for Rose Sales at Zup's. The sign up sheet is on Club Runner.
• Angela would like a weekly update on sales each Monday. Email: Akc1@frontiernet.net or call her at 218-343-1414. E-mail preferred. 

Guest Speaker:

Bob Reichert - Author, “Yellow Butterfly”, Book of Poetry

Bob Reichert lives and works in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Duluth and several cities in between. Owner and manager of a small real estate investment company in Duluth. Active in the community serving on numerous nonprofit, church, and public boards, committees, and commissions.  Active member of the Duluth Rotary Club. 

Published “Yellow Butterfly“and a 650 page book on results of genealogy research on my family. Prepared a 100 page study that went to the U of MN Board of Regents that led to opening Glensheen to the public. 

Speaker Highlights:

• Bob's daughter Dorie wrote poetry while struggling with debilitating episodes of mental illness through school and young adult years. She passed away at the age of 26.  She requested that her poetry live on. Bob published his daughter's poetry to honor her request. 
• Bob shared excerpts from the book and the journey to publication.
• Yellow Butterfly offers insight and conversation about mental health through the voice and artwork of Dorie Reichert.
• Her work in the book includes prose, drawings and photographs. It depicts the progression of the psychosis of bipolar disorder  from her inner experience which is valuable to those who have a similar diagnosis. 
• She cared about the environment, her community and people. She spent time volunteering at several service organizations  throughout her community and received the Duluth Marshall School's Faculty Award.