Good Food. Good Time. Good Cause. Sample cuisine, wines and beer from around the world. Tickets: $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Buy a raffle ticket for $50 for $5,000 travel voucher or $4000 cash, 2^nd prize is $1000, and 3^rd prize is $500.  There will be a silent auction and over $600 in door prizes given away that night.

Contact Dean Winter at 234-5939 or Sheila Elder at 587-9333 for tickets/information.

Barry Anderson has invited Jon Patzer, station manager for Pioneer Public Television, to the February 23^rd weekly meeting.  Rotary members are welcome to bring a friend. Please RSVP to Keith Heikes by Monday afternoon, February 20^th, at fdf@hutchtel.net.  Please let Keith know even if you are unable to attend!

Make plans to be there!  This should be a very interesting program!

The Watercarnival Bike Ride is an official event of the Hutchinson Water Carnival, which will be celebrating its 70th year in 2012. The Watercarnival is a week long celebration of summer, sponsored by the Hutchinson Jaycees, with events scheduled each day between June 11th and 17th. On Saturday, June 16th, in addition to the bike ride, there are other events and celebrations scheduled around town. Enjoy bicycling thru the scenic lake country around Hutchinson, and enjoy the other Watercarnival festivities.

Advanced Registration in Three Convenient Ways

Check back soon for updated registration information . . . . .

Support Great Causes

The Watercarnival Bike Ride is sponsored by the Hutchinson Rotary Club and Outdoor Motion Bike Shop. Proceeds from the bike ride go to Rotary Club local and international projects including scholarships, literacy, clean water, and polio eradication.

Hutchinson is an easy one hour drive west of the Twin Cities on Hwy 7, one hour south of St. Cloud on Hwy 15, or 45 minutes north of New Ulm on Hwy 15

Ride One of Two Great Rides

The Watercarnival Bike Ride offers two very scenic, enjoyable rides:

20 mile ride
Bike from town to a rest stop in Piepenberg County Park, on Belle Lake. Then loop thru part of the lake country, and return to town on a route that includes biking along the Crow River on the Luce Line trail.

65 mile ride
Follow the same route at the 20 mile ride from town to the Piepenberg rest stop. Then turn north and travel thru much of the scenic lake country and pass thru the towns of Dassel and Litchfield, before returning back to Hutchinson. This route also includes biking along the Crow River on the Luce Line trail, and includes two additional rest stops.

Registration the Day of the Event

Check back for the actual Registration site . . . . . .

• Showers: Are available for riders before and after the ride.
• Rest Stops: One rest stop for 20 mile ride, and 3 rest stops for 65 mile ride.
• SAG support: SAG vehicles will patrol both routes
• Bike maintenance: Mechanics will be available at the start/finish

For more information, contact:

Carla Reinowski—consulting@phbcpa.com

We had many positive comments from last year’s bike riders. Let’s work together to make this year’s ride an even bigger success!

See you the 16^th at 10 a.m.! 

1. Sheila Elder would like each Rotarian to sign up for a committee for the International Sampler fundraiser in April. Please contact her ASAP. Her email is: sheilae@burschtravel.com.  Informational meetings per committe will take place in January.  More information will follow.  It takes everyone to make this a successful event!  Thank you in advance! 
2. Please make note that as of January 5^th, all Rotary meetings will be held on THURSDAYS at the Crow River Country Club. The meetings will be at noon. Mark your calendars now!

 

Please RSVP to wendling@hutchtel.net no later than December 7 if you can or cannot attend and whether you will be participating in the wine tasting as well.

Thank you! We hope everyone can attend!

Since her arrival in Minnesota, Kate has attended the Renaissance Festival, shopped at the Mall of America, and of course, toured the World’s Largest Ball of Twine in Darwin. Kate has had the opportunity to fish and kayak for the first time on a Minnesota Lake, make lefse with her host family, and ride with pheasant hunting in western South Dakota.

Kate has presented to Hutchinson Rotary once already, during an October meeting. She will present again in a few months, which you’ll want to make sure to attend. Kate brought many interesting pictures, stories, and information with her to share with her new friends. She is willing to share her culture with others, and has made many ethnic Korean dishes for her host family and friends at school, including Korean sushi, kim chi, and barbequed beef and chicken dishes.

Isabelle (host sister) and Kate

Kate will be in Hutchinson from August 2011 until June 2012, staying with three host families. Her current host family is Steve and Beth Gasser.

If you would like more information about the foreign exchange program or are interested in being a host family in the future, please contact Joel Kraft.

Thank you for supporting Hutchinson Rotary Club!

Recently we said good bye to our good friend Luciano. He is on his way back to Brazil after spending the school year with us in Hutchinson. It was a pleasure to have him here and we look forward to seeing him in the future.

If you would like to know more about our Youth Exchange program please check this out… http://www.hutchinsonrotary.org/avenues-of-service/international-service/youth-exchange-2/