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Birthdays & Anniversaries
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Frank Dick
March 8
 
Chuck Chase
March 13
 
Floyd Rodgers
March 14
 
Nathan Salazar
March 14
 
Barry Reinink
March 20
 
Danilo Riella
March 26
 
Spouse Birthdays
Monica Mercer
March 6
 
Karen Pender
March 28
 
Jennifer Davis
March 29
 
Robert Hosken
March 30
 
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Brent Mercer
Monica Mercer
March 28
 
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Patty Clark
March 3, 2001
18 years
 
Mike Olsaver
March 21, 2002
17 years
 
Sam Rye
March 28, 1985
34 years
 
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Adrian
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We meet Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Lenawee Country Club
4110 Country Club Rd
Adrian, MI  49221
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Dick Eppstein - Better Business Bureau
What are the latest scams? How do the criminals exploit technology to fool us? BBB President Dick Eppstein has witnessed tremendous changes in the way criminals exploit technology to their advantage. He was here today to educate us as consumers so we can avoid being cheated, and BBB’s effort to expose and destroy the crooks who prey on innocent victims every day.
 
Dick is the president of the Better Business Bureau that serves a 24-county area of Northwestern Ohio, Lima and Southeastern Michigan from its offices in Sylvania Township and a Toledo Rotarian.  He is a graduate of the University of Toledo and the Better Business Bureau Institute for Executive Development, Washington, D.C.
 
For over 46 years, Dick has been involved in BBB work.  He is well known as a regular guest on Toledo WTOL-TV (Channel 11), and is also a regular radio personality on several area stations.  The Bureau under his leadership has established a national reputation for innovation, especially in its ethics instruction, charity review and advertising review programs.
 
Among other honors, Dick is a three-time past president of the Ohio Better Business Bureau and has been elected to the Scott High School (Toledo) Hall of Fame.  He belongs to the FBI Citizens Academy, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and other professional organizations.
Dick and his wife, Grace, live in Sylvania Township. They are proud parents of two sons; Andrew, Chief of General Surgery at the Roudebush Veterans Administration Hospital in Indianapolis, and Alexander, Pastor at Bethel Reformed Presbyterian Church in Sparta, Illinois. They have four grandchildren.
 
 Here are just a few of the scams Dick shared with us today:
  1. “I’m calling from the IRS.” – These scammers often call from overseas and want you to send them money immediately. The IRS DOES NOT CALL ANYONE DIRECTLY!
  2. “You have won Publishers Clearinghouse.” – They want fees or taxes in advance they say so they can release prize money. DON’T DO IT. It’s a scam.
  3. “Grandma, can you help?” – Scammers disguise themselves as relatives pleading for you to send them money since they are in trouble of some sort. DON’T DO IT!
  4. This is IT service calling.” – These scammer want to access your computer because they say they have noticed a virus or t’s running too slow. DO NOT GIVE THEM ACCESS. It’s a scam!
  5. “You’ve been approved for a government grant.” – These bandits tell victims that, because they have been model citizens and pay their taxes, they have been approved for a grant of thousands of dollars.
Dick cited a number of others and said for more info about these and others to go to www.bbb.org for much more information.
Announcements
 
UPDATES
New Addition - Congrats to Nathan Salazar and his wife on the birth of their 8 pound 7 ounce baby son on March 4th!
 
Possible New Fundraiser – Kathy Williams shared with us a fundraising project LCS did a few years back on a takeoff of the popular Monopoly game. The club will want to find out more about what they did and the money they raised as we may want to adopt it ourselves in the future. Thanks for the idea, Kathy!
 
Thank You Notes – President Kathye read a letter from Goodwill for our gift of $500 toward their first successful Casino Night.
 
Upcoming Programs:
March 21
March 28
April 4
April 11 – Rick Caron
April 18 – Lenawee Now
April 25 - Chaloners
 
DATES TO REMEMBER
March 26 – Practice Interviewing Live at SHU – Mike Warfield, SHU Rotaract member, provided details of the upcoming event. Adrian Noon Rotarians are encouraged to help conduct these interviews which provides valuable information to students (many of whom are Rotaract members) about to graduate and enter the business world. You don’t have to be a professional interviewer. Still time to let Barry know if you can help. So far 18 interviewers have signed up for 45 students to be interviewed. 1:30-4pm.
 
 
March 26 – Bike Tour Meeting – Chair Chip announced that it was that time of year again for the committee to begin preparations for this year’s event and is scheduling a meeting at his office downtown at 5:00pm.
 
May 4th & 5th Great Lakes Woodworking Festival - on the grounds of old Training School where Sam Beauford Woodworking Shop is located. Our club will be selling brats and hot dogs. We will need cooks and sellers. Also volunteers will be needed in other areas-a job for everyone! Please try and help for a few hours that weekend!
 
May 19 - E-race Stigma 5k Run – The annual event is held to create awareness of mental illness. Our club has always helped with the youth event. It starts at 9:00 and you need to be there half hour prior to the event. After the race starts, you can leave so you can attend your church service or whatever. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!
 
Guests: Proposed new member, Eloise Hoskins, guest of Kathy Williams.
FINE SESSION -  Mike
 
 
Mike Olsaver helped us out in a pinch and fined: Himself, Chase (3), Parsons, Barnett, Herrera, Mary M., Clark, Easton, Potthast, Slater, Lewis, M. Tobey, S. Tobey, Salazar, Williams, Sack, Dumas, Moore (2)
 
Happy Bucks –  
Volunteers
Prayer – Susan
 
Songs – Nate without Helen
 
50/50 Drawing – Yours Truly won $26 and my name was also drawn from the box but I didn’t win the $110 jackpot!
 

TABLE HELPERS: Susan  and Barry

 

 

ROTARACT AT ADRIAN COLLEGE - View their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/rotaractac/

 

 

 

 
 
2018-19 RI President Barry Rassin wants Rotary members to Be the Inspiration 
Rassin, a member of the Rotary Club of East Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, unveiled the 2018-19 presidential theme, Be the Inspiration, to incoming district governors at Rotary’s International Assembly in San Diego, California, USA. “I want you to inspire in your clubs, your Rotarians, that desire for something greater. The drive to do more, to be more, to create something that will live beyond each of us.”
 
 
The new theme for 2018-19