Rose Sale: Contact Angela for tickets, Jeff Sundell for coupon sales. Report your ticket sales to Angela on Mondays.
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, great 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
If you know merchants who might donate a prize to our cause please let Tom or Lindsay know. A list is ongoing so we don't duplicate efforts
Guest Speakers:
Our presenters were St. Louis County Sheriff’s Rescue Squad. The organization has provided rescue services and disaster relief within our county for over 60 years.
Katlin Johnson joined the squad 3 years ago. In college studying to become a flight nurse.
Dr. Jordan Brautigam joined the squad less than a year ago. He has a PhD in public health and works as a senior manager for product management for population health analytics.
Zach Evans has been on the squad for two years and is a Sargent on the North Team. He works as a forester.
Scott Kregness has been with multiple public safety and rescue organizations over the past 40 years and with the St. Louis County Rescue Squad over 10 years.
Speaker Highlights:
St. Louis County Rescue was founded on August 23, 1958
Volunteer private citizens who train extensively in various aspects of rescue work
95 members
26% of volunteers are female
Work under Sheriff Gordon Ramsey's office
$500,000 budget
Mutual relationships with other counties such as Lake, Cook, Carlton, etc.
Work with Wisconsin and Michigan
Education provided through boat inspections, school education, speaking engagements
Categories of Work:
Wilderness Search and Rescue
Boat and Water Safety
First Aid and Public Safety
Several sub-categories
Interesting statistics:
Operations include:
30 vehicles
36 boats from 14' fishing boats to 28' boat on Lake Superior
26 UTV's and ATV's
Swamp vehicles (Sherp)
4 ROV's (remote operating vehicle, mini submarine unmanned)
1 airbot
Remote command center
Location efforts are by electronic GPS rather than maps or dragging
2023 - 486 calls, five plane crashes, 79 water operations
BWCA activity averages 24 calls/year
Volunteer hours last year were 39,000 hours
Membership:
Application process
Vote for acceptance
Required committed training
Ongoing training commitments
Wide variety of backgrounds and ages (18 - 70)
Insider Tip:
Inspect your boats and lifejackets to ensure age appropriate safety fits.
Thank you to the St. Louis County Rescue Squad for their amazing commitment to safety and rescue; and to our presenters for sharing their experiences and valuable information.
Other notes:
Outgoing President Angela and President Elect Tom present next week
Lindsay is taking over program scheduling
Mojo event at Tom's - Flyer coming soon
Attendance:
Lindsay Przybylski
Terri Olson
Cathy Coombe
Kurt Soderberg
Tom Moore
Ward Nelson
Heather Fitzgerald
Lisa Ledel
Michaela Zgorecki
Angela Campbell Nancy Widmer
Lucille MacMillan
Speakers:
Kaitlin Johnson
Dr. Jordan Brautigam
Zach Evans
Scott Kregness
Card Game Drawing:
Tom Moore won the chance at the drawing but did not win.
The drawing will continue to grow for the next meeting.
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