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February 2024 Bulletin
 
Upcoming Events
CHS Gala
Mar 02, 2024 5:00 PM
 
Serving at Corner Stone Mission
30 Main Street
Mar 05, 2024
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
 
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Rushmore Rotarians helping at Feeding South Dakota today. Great job!
 
 
 
 
New Members February 2024

Welcome to our 3 newest members.

Tanner Hart

Tanner grew up in Norfolk, Nebraska. Also the hometown of Johnny Carson. He then attended SDSU in Brookings and graduated in 2011 with his Bachelor's of Science in Nursing. From there, he practiced as a nurse in the hospital setting for six years in Sioux Falls before transitioning to Rapid City in 2017 to pursue opening Profile. Tanner manages all day-to-day operations for the location as well as works with individuals 1:1 as a Health Coach. Tanner is married to his beautiful bride Brandi and has two sons Dempsey(8) and Summit(4).

In his spare time Tanner enjoys hunting, fishing, hiking, and pretty much anything to do with the outdoors and his family. He is excited to connect with other members of the Rotary and make a positive impact on our community.

Hoodie Smock

Hoodie was born in Ft. Riley, KS. the spoiled only child of Louise & Lt. Richard Smock.  Her father was killed during the Korean Conflict.  She and her mother moved to Spearfish, SD where her maternal grandparents lived and Spearfish became home base.  Her mother decided that she wanted her to see as much of the world as possible (at least as much of the part of the world that interested her) so she overcame her fear of flying and after she finished her degrees she took jobs that allowed them to travel to Japan, Guam and South America.  But Spearfish and Black Hills State University were always home base for them.

                  She eventually graduated from Black Hills State University with a BS in Speech w/ Theater .  She worked in professional dinner theater for several years.  Hoodie got a Masters in Speech Pathology and worked in the Kansas and Wyoming school systems.  Eventually she went back to get a Masters in Counseling and worked as a School Counselor in Eagle Butte, SD.  Eventually she decided to go back and get a Masters in Social Work and eventually moved back to Spearfish and worked as a Medical Social Worker with the Hospice of the Northern Hills.  She retired in 2016.  Yes my friends I have three Masters degrees and no doctorate - my sanity is in question.

                  She moved to West Hills Village in Rapid City on September 30th 2021.  She has some family in Saint Paul, NE but most of her family is on one coast or the other.  She has a lot of wonderful friends.  Hoodie also has a Havanese named Kona Lou who has not read the literature on Havanese dogs and doesn’t know that the breed doesn’t bark (she does) and is a lap dog (she isn’t).  She loves to do theatre and was very active in Spearfish.  She hopes to get more active here in Rapid City.  
 

Kara Flynn

Kara moved to Rapid City in 2006 with her husband Leo and sons Leo, Kelley and Nathaniel.  She was born and raised in Sioux Falls and holds a BA in Latin American Studies from UW Madison and an MS in Geography from SDSU. After staying home to raise her sons for many years, Kara returned to work as the Executive Director of the Rapid City Public School Foundation, served on the RCAS School Board and chaired the signage and volunteer committees for the 2020 school bond.  She is currently the Director of Development for Children’s Home Foundation and serves on the boards of Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting and Black Hills Community Theater. Her son Leo attends the University of Montana in Missoula and Nathaniel will graduate from Stevens HS this year. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, skiing, camping and cooking. She is a former member of the singing group TRASH and still believes that “Laughter cures what ails you!”

February 2024 Social 
Our social this month was bingo at the VFW in Rapid City. It was a great time! Thank you Heidi for your bingo calling skills and Ron for keeping us honest. 
February 6 Meeting - Genevieve Osborn
Our speaker this week was Genevieve Osborn, first female from South Dakota to officiate a State Class AA Football Championship. Genevieve shared her background story of adversity living on Pine Ridge Reservation, and dealing with jurisdictional and custody battles that caused her to move and attend several different schools over a span of 12 years. She admits that the adversity, hard work and setting goals helped to get where she is today.
Her introduction into officiating began in 2012 when she was asked to officiate basketball by a middle school colleague. Her officiating resume is impressive as a female, but also part of the 1st indigenous all female crew to work the AA high school game (2018) and 1st State Basketball Tournament (2019); 1st all female crew at a RMAC college game (2020); and officiated at a championship game as crew chief on the 50th anniversary of Title IX. In 2023 she was asked to officiate football and after five camps, she became the first female in the history of South Dakota to officiate at a class 9 AA high school football championship. While being the first woman to officiate a football championship was special, she wants to be judged on her skills and looks forward to every opportunity to help women break barriers. She is employed as a public accountant and can be seen officiating at many high school and college basketball games in South Dakota.
February 13, 2024 Meeting 
Today was Rotary Day.

Jennifer Rollins was presented with a Paul Harris Fellow +4. Congratulations! 
 
We welcomed 3 new members today, Tanner Hart, Kara Flynn and Hoodie Smock. They received their Rotary pins and 4-Way Test plaques. Help welcome them to Rushmore Rotary!
 
 
Pat Sutliff, International Projects chair, presented information on The School of St. Jude in Tanzania. Our club sponsors 3 students and we are in need of support for 2 of the students, Furahini and Princess. I takes $220/mo. To sponsor each student. If you would like to contribute towards these 2 scholarships in any amount please contact Pat Sutliff for information. pmsutliff@gmail.com.
 
February 20, 2024 Meeting 
 
 
Our speaker today was Judith Kennedy with West River Resettlement. They have been bringing in Ukrainian refugees to Rapid City since early 2023. They help find sponsors, housing and jobs for these refugees. There are more on the way and they are always looking for sponsors and funds for housing. If you would like to help or want more information please visit www.westriverresettlement.org.
February 27, 2024 Meeting 
  
 
Our speaker today was our own past president Jennifer Rollins, coach for the Black Hills Ski Team. Jennifer shared her past experience as a ski racer growing up and for the US Air Force Academy. She also went back to racing after she retired from the USAF until a knee injury ended her career. 2 years ago she became a certified ski coach and volunteers coaching the Black Hills Ski Team. She teaches the kids racing techniques and prepares them for competition. She was joined by racer Carter who shared his experience skiing and racing. For more information you can visit their website www.bhskiteam.com.
Speakers
Feb 27, 2024
Black Hills Ski Team /Racing team
Mar 05, 2024
School TeamMates Mentor Program
Mar 12, 2024
ROTARY DAY-India Rotary Trip
Mar 19, 2024
LifeSight
Mar 26, 2024
Madagascar food insecurities
Apr 02, 2024
Philanthropy in the Black Hills
Apr 09, 2024
ROTARY DAY
Apr 16, 2024
Pathways Spiritual Sanctuary
Apr 23, 2024
Missouri River Water Project
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