Cogwheel 7-29-26 (Jul. 29, 2026)

Reminder there is no meeting Thursday June 25th

There is no club meeting this Thursday July 30th. Please join us at PD Pappy's for a social hour at 5pm.

Last Meeting

Posted on Jul 29, 2026

Elsbeth Howe and Sarah Rosten - Stories from Stillwater Public Library

Elsbeth and Sarah shared with us the how the library is not just a building of books but a building of dreams. All are welcome. there are many child and adult activies.

Link to newsletter:

https://www.stillwaterlibraryfoundation.org/newsletter-sign-up

Link to 2025 joint impact report:

https://heyzine.com/flip-book/2025ImpactReport-StillwaterPublicLibrary.html

New Member update

New Memberships

Ralph Deger

Ralph is transferring to our club from Kitty Hawk N.C. Ralph was Past Rotary President at the Kitty Hawk Club. Ralph, and his wife Robyn reside at the Lakes. They have 3 children Terry, Arlene and Christine. Ralph's hobbies are golf, sailing, biking and kayaking. Ralph retired from Busman Equipment as a factory equipment manager. Please welcome Ralph to our club.

Gabriel Kenny

Gabe is the Fire Chief at the Bayport Fire Department. Gabe resides in River Falls. his hobbies are heading north, riding Side by Sides, playing hockey and giving back. Gabe loves spending time with family. Please welcome Gabe to our club.

Richard Weyrauch

Rick and his wife Lisa reside in Stillwater. Rick is a retired Software developer. Rick was the Baytown Township Supervisor for 10 years. Rick's hobbies are golf, pickleball, hiking, philosophy and many other things. Please welcome Rick to our club.

Lumber-Jack Day Parade 7-19-26

On Sunday July 19th, members of our Rotary club along with the Sunrise and Lake Elmo clubs walked and rode in the Stillwater Lumberjack Day's Parade. Thank you to Scott, Molly, Amanda, Gretchen and D.J. for representing our club this year.

Dates to remember

Rotary Meetings

July 30th (no meeting, social event at PD Pappy's) August 6th, August 13th, August 20th, August 27th

Rotary Board Meetings

Rotary members are invited to attend our Board meetings. We meet the second Tuesday of each month at Trinity Lutheran Church in Stillwater. We meet in the lower level. Please reach out to me and I will give you the room details. All members are welcome to attend our meetings. Below are the meeting dates up to the end of the year.

August 11th

Sept 8th

Oct 13

November 10th

December 8th

https://www.trinitylc.org/

Upcoming save the dates

More information coming for the events below:

Stuff the Bus volunteers needed. Sign-up sheet at meeting. - July 29th.

Rain Garden Clean-up Thursday July 30

Just a reminder that our club will be doing some light cleanup of the rain garden on Thursday, July 30 at 4 PM at the rain Garden location

That address for those who haven’t been there is the corner of 4th Street South and Oak Street West just North of the Washington County Historical Courthouse and near the Veterans Memorial.

Afterwards, we hope everyone will join us down at PD Pappy’s for the fifth Thursday club social.

For those planning to attend, please plan to bring some gardening gloves and small gardening tools that you might like to use. If you have an extra lawn bag, please plan to bring that along as we will want to haul away weeds and debris.

Please contact Scott Mercer at 651-271-2484 with any questions. You can also reach him at ScottMercer50@gmail.com

5th Thursday Social Meeting

PD Pappy's for drinks and snacks. Hope to see you there. July 30th 5pm - 7pm.

https://www.pdpappysonline.com/

Relay For Life Stillwater

Saturday August 8th noon - 10:00pm

Lowell Park.

We are looking for volunteers to help set up and tear down. Please feel free to come down and join us.

Bridge the Valley - Bike Ride

Volunteers needed

We are again looking for volunteers for our Bridge the Valley fundraiser coming up on Aug 9th. You and your members have been so helpful in past years, and I hope we can continue the same.

This is our only fundraiser and 100% of the funds go to do good in the world locally in Stillwater and beyond. If you would like to volunteer, please click the link below.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E49A5AE23A3FAC70-63577656-2026#/

https://bridgethevalley.org/