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At the March 8 meeting of the Alexandria Rotary Club, the members gained more information about the zebra mussel threat from guest speaker Bonnie Huettle (pictured here with Rotarian Sam Steidl). She is the president of the Douglas County Lakes Association, an organization that promotes awareness and prevention of invasive species in area lakes. Also, […]

At the March 1, 2012 meeting, members of the Alexandria Rotary Club welcomed Carol Wenner, fundraising director for the Alexandria branch of Kids Against Hunger. She shared that the organization, founded by Richard Proudfit, packs specially developed meal packets that are shipped around the world; in addition, a third of the meals packed stay in

At the February 23, 2012 meeting of the Alexandria Rotary Club, Rotarian Rick Paulsen introduced Chuck Bokinskie. Bokinskie, a member of the local Viking Sportsmen, Inc., organization, shared that group’s goal to return the Alexandria lakes area to its previous glory as the “fish bowl of the nation.” To date, the organization has stocked 21

The Alexandria Rotary Club visited Douglas County Hospital to learn about recent additions to the facility. Rotarian Carl Vaagenes hosted the club. The hospital is a county-owned acute-care hospital with 127 beeds serving approximately 150,000 people in Central Minnesota.

Tom Wacholz (ORB Management), Dee Peshek (Chairperson of Luther Crest’s Board) and Rob Barse (ORB Management) were invited to the February 2 Rotary Club meeting by Rotarian Jody Shaskey-Setright to share Luther Crest’s vision of their future.Originally a boys’ camp, Luther Crest is now a year-round retreat center.

At the January 27 meeting of the Alexandria Rotary Club, member Jeff Schiffman introduced Alexandria Fire Chief Jeff Karrow. Karrow provided a dissection of the major Sun-Opta fire of January 2011, relating how the fire department responded to the 29-hour crisis. The fire fighters battled -34 F temperatures in addition to the fire, which complicated