Oscoda Rotary Bandshell
The Oscoda Rotary Bandshell on the beautiful Lake Huron shore in Oscoda, Michigan offers free concerts each Thursday night throughout the summer months. Click here for the 2007 concert schedule.
Oscoda Rotary Pocket Park
The Oscoda Rotary planted, designed, and maintains the Pocket Park in downtown Oscoda, MI. Click here for the 2007 work schedule.
DOT...2 Miles
The Oscoda Rotary participates and is a Charter member of Michigan State's Adopt-a-Highway program. We are responsible for a beautiful 2 mile stretch south of Oscoda on Highway US 23 (which runs alongside beautiful Lake Huron).
The fall 2007 Clean-the-Highway dates for the Oscoda Rotary Club are Sept 8 with the rainout backup date of Sept 15.
Everyone must attend the MDOT safety training video session to be held at our regularly scheduled meeting of Sept 6.
On Sept 8 all are to meet at H&R Block at the corner of Smith Street and US Hwy 23 at 8:00 am, per Doc Richardson's early early morning request.
Click here for the 2007 MDOT Volunteer List.
Diss, England Exchange
The Oscoda Rotary Club exchange members' visit with the Diss Rotary Club on alternating years.The member sponsored portion of the flight cost is awarded to that Rotarian randomly selected from all those who have meet the attendance requirement in the last year; in addition to being a member for at least 2 years.
Many of our Rotarians have so enjoyed their exchange trip to England and have made lasting friendships with Diss Rotarians who visited us that many have chosen to make return trips (on their own pennies of course) to visit again and again.And then there was our * Rotarians & Friends Trip of 11 * that choose to visit Diss to celebrate their 50th and our 25th anniversarys - please click here to see this lovely group below.
We are attempting to calculate the total number of trips to our sister city; Diss, England, our Oscoda Rotarians have made over the years. I'll update this section as the names and trips come in.
Pete & Sally Hervey made 2 trips.
Jim & Barbara Blair made 2 trips.
Jim & Nancy Alexander made 5 trips.
And those who have made 1 (for now) trip to Diss are Tom and Karen Ruedisueli, Past President Dan Bowen and his mother, Michael and Jerri-Lynne Richardson, PP Mary Reitler and her husband Jim, ..... more to come..
Click here to see more pictures of
*** Rotarians on Exchange ***................................................................................................
2007 - Oscoda Rotary Band Shell Concert Schedule
July 5 The George Schwedler Trio (rained out)
July 12 The Blues Abusers
July 19 Tawas Community Concert Band July 26 Boogie 2 Shooz Aug 2 Sound Waves Jazz Ensemble Aug 9 Tawas Bay Players Singers Aug 16 North Union Dixie Land Ensemble Aug 23 Gospel Concert Aug 30 Melanie Bowie Piano String Quartet Sept 6 The George Schwedler Trio ................................................................................................
2007 - Oscoda Rotary Pocket Park Work Schedule
Task: Weed, deadhead, & fertilize
Fertilizer & garbage bag w/b at mtg before your scheduled date. Bring hand hoe for weeding, scissors to deadhead & waste receptable for debris.
June 17 Jill Ritter Suzan Witt July 1 Terry Bidga Jim Blair July 15 Jim Alexander Pete Hervey July 29 Amy Ridgway Deb Davis Aug 12 Mary Reitler Mary Beth Fauchs Aug 26 Terri Michaelis Bob Michaelis Sept 9 Judy Kotarak Suzan Witt Sept 23 Ginny McCarthy Mary Ann Bartels ................................................................................................
April 2007 Volunteers left to right:
Rotarians Michael Richardson, Mic Brenoel, Mary Reitler, Bob Michaelis, Bob Stalker, Terri Michaelis, Larry Zucal, Ginny McCarthy, Pam Stalker, and Rotary friend Flory McCarthy. Mary Beth Fauchs was taking the picture
Sept 2007 Volunteers left to right:
Rotarians Jill Ritter, Tom Phaneuf, Bob Michaelis, Pete Hervey, President Terri Michaelis, Past-President Mary Reitler, Mary Beth Fauchs, Rhonda Cope, Don Aune and missing from the picture photographer Deb Davis and Rotary mascot Pepper Fauchs.
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11 members / friends of the Oscoda Rotary Club visited our sister club in Diss, England in Oct, 1997 to celebrate their 50th anniversary and our 25th.
Rtn John and Mary Pacy along with Rtn wife Sally Hervey from Oscoda standing downtown Diss at the lovely mere in 1992.
PP Mary Reitler welcomes Diss, England Rotarian Geoff Higgins and his wife Dawn to our meeting in Oct, 2006.
Oct, 1997 Rtn Alan and Melva Matthews of Diss who previously had visited us in Oscoda.
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