At 20 years old, Tanner Stokes, along with his business partner Sandy Hoff, is opening Tanner's Express Car Wash in January along Haines Road.

 

 

TOMORROW Tuesday, December 2, 2025,  1:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Boys and Girls Club –Lincoln Park Location

2407 W 4^th Street

Contact Dan Dock to volunteer – dandockdc@aol.com or 218-724-7801

 

Wednesday, December 3rd.  

A community-wide event to help local non-profits with local service projects. Several volunteer opportunities are available, and you can sign up for a project of interest to you through the link below.  If undecided, the United Way is short on help at Chum, Duluth Bethel Society, and the Solid Rock Men's Shelter.   

 

 

For questions or additional information, please contact Allison Hanig-Landrus (ahanigla@amfam.com).

 

 Dec. 10, 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

We have an opportunity to help fight hunger in our area! Our Rotary Club has partnered with Second Harvest Northland to assist them in their mission to create a hunger-free Northland at their new facility in West Duluth.

Questions: President-elect Dan Maki

Thank you for considering this opportunity!

 

Contact Dan Dock to volunteer – dandockdc@aol.com or 218-724-7801

 

By Rob Hofmann

 

By Dan Dock

 

Rotarians from the Downtown Rotary and the Skyline Rotary Clubs put on a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner for the homeless youths at Life House. The youths went through a buffet, served by the Rotarians. Many of these youths took food “TO GO”. For a meal for Thanksgiving Day dinner.

 

For many of these children, MOST who are homeless, this was likely their only Thanksgiving Dinner.  Nothing goes to waste.  The statements of Thankfulness from these homeless youths were touching.

 

                                                     Thank you to all that helped with this great event:

 

Jim Schwartz, Jerry Pelofske, Dick Pelinka, Mary and Tom Young, Dan Dock, Mark Leutgeb- Skyline Rotary, Patra Sevastiades, Karen Dock, Past Presidents Elizabeth Simonson and Michelle Buria, Dave Lambert, Tom and Sheryl Homan, Geiger Yount, Deb Almirall- Skyline Rotary, Christa Scheider, Jim Curtis - Skyline Rotary, Pat Phahl, Joe Dusek - Skyline Rotary, Greg Kaake- Skyline Rotary, Allison Hanig-Landrus.

 

A special thanks to, Gary Schneider for cooking the food, First Lutheran Church for support of cooking the food, and Super One for suppling the food and supplies.

 

 

My name is Creede McClellan, a member of the Rotary Club of Superior, and I’m serving my second year as your District 5580 RYLA Chairperson. I attended RYLA as a camper in 2015 and have returned nearly every year since as a facilitator. Last year came with a learning curve (and a lot of sticky notes), but I’m feeling much more grounded heading into 2026. I’m excited to continue growing our reach and helping more youth across our District experience the power of RYLA.

 

We’ve updated the RYLA website with new materials, timelines, and forms to make this year easier for Club Liaisons, campers, and families.

 

We’ve opened camper applications starting December 1 so you can begin sharing the link with school counselors, educators, and students right away. This eliminates the delay from years past when the form didn’t open until the new year.

 

Camp Dates: July 12-18, 2026

Location: University of Minnesota Crookston

Applications Open: December 1, 2025

Club Payment Deadline: March 31, 2026

Camper Application Deadline: March 31, 2026

Camper Selections Due from Clubs: April 30, 2026

 

Checks can be made payable to:

RYLA District 5580

And sent to:

Gloria Mink
RYLA 5580
17025 Commercial Park Rd, #4
Brainerd, MN 56401

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I chose to study abroad to grow as a person and see more of the world before beginning my university experience at St. Catherine’s in St. Paul. I’ve spent the past three months living in Rio Grande do Sul, first in Gramado with my host mom Patricia, her children Betina and Lucas, her boyfriend Moacir and his daughters, and their dog Dora, and now in Canela with Juliana and her dog Lira, while her daughter Clara is abroad in Canada. I’ve bonded easily with both families.  We cook together, go on walks, and take little day adventures around the state. My routine here isn’t very different, though I definitely sleep a bit later thanks to the amount of coffee we drink down here. I attend Danton High School from 7:30 to 12:30, and because the school day is short, I’ve joined Portuguese immersion classes, a choir, and started going to the gym.

 

 

I love the food, music, traditional clothing, and drinks, especially chimarrão, and I’m grateful for the amazing support system I’ve found here, even while missing my friends and family back home.  Being surrounded by a new language has taught me that with hard work, patience, and a willingness to be uncomfortable, things that once felt impossible become easier every day.

 

 

I’m excited for what’s ahead: more travel, improving my Portuguese, and meeting new people.  Thank you for your wishes, prayers, and kindness. My contact information is below.

God bless and happy holidays, Bergen Hubley.

Bergen’s Email:  bergenhubley@gmail.com

Bergen’s WhatsApp: +1 (218) 409 4935