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This Week at Rotary We Meet at Noon In Person – With Box Lunch (Maximum of Three Persons per Table) - OR - By Zoom Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 Holiday Inn and Suites - Downtown Duluth Ballroom Megan Meyer Executive Director, Superior Public Museums Three Museums - One Heritage Megan Meyer will walk us through Fairlawn Mansion, the SS Meteor, and the Old Firehouse & Police Museum. All three commemorate a bygone era rich in local history. Highlights from Last Week’s Meeting By Steve Yorde Our weekly meetings are always a great time to connect with fellow members, in-person at the Holiday Inn or on-line via Zoom. Last week’s Zoomers were greeted by Karol Sowers’ 5-year old Labradoodle “Finley;” Past President Steve Yorde said he and Adele are awaiting the imminent birth of their first grandchild; Steve and Dan Maki also traded fishing stories from Alaska; Jon Ohman recommended we “mask-up” to maintain a socially-appropriate distance on-line; McKenzie MacFarlane, our masked “Technician in Chief” settled us down as President Dean Casperson opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and the Rotary Four-Way Test. He then called on Past President Dan Bergeland for the Rotary Reflection which focused on the people we know who have a sense of hope. You know them as Rotarians; they epitomize happiness, confidence, and they utilize these elements to take positive action. May we all continue to be people of hope AND people of action.  Dan Bergeland and McKenzie MacFarlane Immediately after the reflection, President Dean Casperson, commented on the people of action who support the Rotary International Foundation. It was announced just this week that through the efforts of Polio Plus the entire continent of Africa has been declared polio free! The Fellowship Report featured Past Assistant Governor Phil Strom who saluted Bill Himango on his recent book “Provenance” and Barb Perrella updated us on next week’s Rose Sale kicking-off. Please stop by the office to pick up your packets; billboards will appear in early September. President Dean Casperson invited members to forward their nominations to program committee chair and Past Assistant Governor Al Makynen. Everyone is a member of the Program Committee. Your ideas are needed and welcome. Speaker and author Dave Benson has been a naturalist at Jay Cooke State Park, Hawk Ridge and for the National Park Service. He has authored books on owls and woodpeckers, both of which he is donating to the Laura MacArthur School as part of our Club’s weekly donation. Bird migration is particularly intense in the spring and the fall of the year along the western side of Lake Superior. Many species (150) arrive in Minnesota by early April and into May. They are seeking spaces to raise their young with a good food source for protein (insects), plentiful water (rivers and lakes) and safe places for nesting. You will hear a great variety of bird songs in the spring, reaching its peak in early June. North central Minnesota has the most species of birds migrating north into Canada and the Arctic, the largest migration in North America. Why? The predominance of mosquitos and flies, of course! By late July, the migration is over, and the birds begin heading south. In citing the Broad-winged hawk, Dave said these predators have large wingspans and big tails to travel without flapping their wings by using thermals and updrafts. You will see these hawks in the fall at Hawk Ridge and at the Sax-Zim Bog Nature Preserve at Meadowlands, MN. Check out BirdCast.info to see bird migration forecasts in real time. This is a free service of Cornell University’s (Ithaca, New York) ornithology lab. https://birdcast.info/  Speaker Dave Benson with President Dean Casperson |
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