Today a group of 15 club members, friends and family completed our spring cleanup on Stonebridge and Norell, north of Stillwater. We've kept this 2.5 mile stretch of road clean for 30 years now, since 1981. Our adopted highway includes Stonebridge Trail (along the golf course), then past Stillwater Township hall and north on Norell Avenue North to near Myeron. Today was our second try as we were rained out last weekend - much nicer weather today. It's amazing how this group turns a project like this into a fun social event - you have to try it to believe trash pickup is a lot of fun. Let us know if you'd like to join us on future roadside cleanups, or other projects like this. Just click on "contact us" and we'll get in touch.
Drilling has started! This was a very big month for the project. The Rotary International Global Grant was approved, and we moved from Phase 3 to Phase 4 of the project. We had initial payments made and the drilling started on April 19th. the drilling rate of production to be about 18.2 feet per day. At this rate, the drilling to 800 feet would be accomplished by June 17th. No other work is commencing on the project until we get further into the drilling and have confidence of hitting water.
Check out this video from the El Corozo community where several residents of the community speak to the significance and impact that this water project has to the community: https://youtu.be/_kN4ORWkVm8 And some pictures: album
Our speaker today was Ryan Maxwell, CEO of Fluid Health and Fitness. Even before the meeting began, Ryan and his associate, Bob Fleischman, had some of our members down on therapy tables, doing "Body Work". Ryan spoke of his global system approach to healthy and sustainable movement. Click on "Read More" for details...
As our meeting started today, Ted Hooley, CEO of Senitizo (www.senitizo.org) gave us an update on the global grant for the Central African Republic. This grant brought much needed medical help and supplies to the people living there, especially the pygmy population. Please "read more" for details...
Just 20 days ago, we got word that our global grant was approved - well ahead of the anticipated schedule. Over the weekend, the drilling rig was moved into position and set up, and drilling was scheduled to start ... today! (Update 4/26 - drilling is indeed underway!) Stay tuned on this fast-moving project. Many years of work have gone into creating the environment where this complex project can succeed, long term, and it's exciting to see the construction start.
Here is a link to a video from the El Corozo community that speaks to the work completed, and underway,for community governance: https://youtu.be/El_A02HSEQw
Today, Chris Stein of the U S National Park Service spoke to our group, on the topic "Pollinators: What they do for us and what we can do to help them. He dedicated his program today to Craig Leiser who was very interested the environment and pollinators. Here is a handout he provided, and read more, below, for details.
Our club participates with our district and other partners to implement this grant to develop a water system for the town of El Corozo in Nicaragua. We recently got a detailed update showing great progress. Key activities underway at the present time include:
- Completion of all technical analysis, design, and specifications for the water system
- Risk mitigation of technical designs and operation
- Community development and training
More than 20 Rotarians and their guests enjoyed drinks, snacks, and comradery at The Devils’s Advocate in Stillwater on Thursday March 24th. We were well taken care of and had a nice room all to ourselves. Thanks to Jeff and Steve for their diligent research to locate an awesome place for us to meet. Check out the pictures from this fun club event in our photo gallery.
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