Tuesday is the monthly business meeting of the Thiensville-Mequon Rotary Club. Ths is a good reminder that Rotary is about more than good company, interesting programs, and tasty lunches. It is at these monthly meetings that the club decides what projects to support and to what extent, be they local. regional, or international. For instance, in this newsletter you can see photos and read about a mission trip to Guatemala to provide much needed healthcare services. Join us to help create the future. And you still get good company and a tasty lunch.

     James Kieselburg will be our guest speaker Tuesday, February 3. He is director of the Grohmann Museum at MSOE. His areas of expertise include museum collections and exhibit management, the sociology of work, art of industry and graphic design. Kieselburg has spent the past 20+ years at the museums of Beloit College, UW-Milwaukee, Marquette University and MSOE.

     He is the curator of several recent exhibitions including David Plowden’s Portraits of Work, The Art and Mechanics of Animation, and The Magnificent Machines of Milwaukee. He has also published numerous books, essays and articles for the Grohmann Museum, The Society for Industrial Archeology, and Railroad Heritage magazine. His scholarly pursuits focus on museum design, the art of human industry, and the sociology of work.

     

     Tom Howell, a professional and Olympic curler, regaled us with tales of his Olympic and professional curling careers, and showed off the equipment used to strategically guide a 42# granite stone (quarried in Scotland where the sport began) to the house, the target for the eight stones (four thrown by each team). Tom noted that anyone can curl. In his curling club he competes against curlers in their teens and on up to octagenarians, though he did note that professionals are generally in their 20s to 40s.

     Everyone is invited to visit the clubs and try their hands at curling. The Milwaukee Curling Club, founded in 1845, is located at the Ozaukee County Fairgrounds in Cedarburg. For more information, visit https://milwaukeecurlingclub.com/. 

Sydney Bertolino was named the TM Rotary Club's most recent Student of the Month. This Homestead High School senior is an exceptional student. She is a member of National Honor Society, a dedicated volunteer active with National Honor Society, Letters of Love for veterans, and Camp Reunite. She is also an athlete, competing in both hockey and track. Inspired by her mother's best friend, Sydney plans to study to be a civil engineer.