The speaker for August 29 will be Lynne McNally. She's the CEO of Nebraska Horsemen and Head of Government Relations for War Horse Casino. The Nebraska Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association fosters, promotes, and encourages a healthier economic climate, a higher level of public acceptance, and better relations among participants in the thoroughbred horse industry. Its purposes include furthering thoroughbred racing activities in Nebraska through cash supplements at all the Nebraska racetracks.
Lynne will speak about the Present and Future of Warhorse Gaming in Lincoln.
Community seed exchanges increase biodiversity, support endangered pollinators, and even help fight hunger
By Etelka Lehoczky
What’s in a seed? It may be tiny, but a seed can be a powerful tool, as several Rotary clubs have discovered. They’ve created seed libraries where people can get seeds to plant in their gardens and yards at no cost. Now, those communities are reaping substantial rewards.
What they’ve found is that seed libraries do some of the same things regular libraries do: bring people together and encourage learning. Moreover, they increase local biodiversity, support endangered pollinators, and can even help fight hunger.
“I love the community aspect of the seed library. People come in for seeds, and they end up talking,” says Al Hayden, of the Rotary Club of Peabody, Massachusetts, USA. “It’s also an opportunity to show kids that tomatoes don’t actually show up in a little plastic baggie in the grocery store. Getting and planting seeds is a great family-bonding, screen-free activity.”
We are seeking weekly volunteers to facilitate our meetings, providing an excellent opportunity for engagement. By participating, you'll earn attendance credit and connect with fellow Rotarians. Meet our upcoming over-achiever Rotarians: Mike Manga, who recently transferred his membership from Zimbabwe, along with Jill Davis and Jack Maly of US Bank. Click here to serve and be part of the dynamic weekly meeting volunteers.
The Rotary International Convention will be in Singapore from May 25 to 29, 2024. Register by 15 December to take advantage of the early registration discount! Click here for more information and to register.
R. Gordon R. McInally is president of Rotary International. He was educated at the Royal High School in Edinburgh and at the University of Dundee, where he earned his graduate degree in dental surgery. He operated his own dental practice in Edinburgh until 2016. Gordon was chair of the East of Scotland branch of the British Paedodontic Society and has held various academic positions. He has also served as a presbytery elder, chair of the Queensferry parish congregational board, and commissioner to the general assembly of the Church of Scotland. Read President McInally's biography.
Watch the video below of President McInally's address to the Rotary International Assembly:
At the intersection of liberty and language, one of Ukraine’s leading writers contemplates his literary identity By Andrey Kurkov
As Ukraine struggles against the current Russian invasion, it may seem strange to spend time remembering the collapse of the USSR in 1991. And yet I find it useful to reflect on that event. New, unexpected thoughts appear that provoke a shift in my attitudes, allowing me to reassess the past from the point of view of today’s tragedy.
In 1991, the USSR was physically disintegrating, crumbling like an old, abandoned building. Now Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dream of restoring the USSR is crumbling, and nostalgia for the Soviet past is dying.
I have always believed that the most important thing in life is to have a choice. This is the essence of freedom. Choice gives the opportunity to better understand yourself, the purpose of life, and your own role in it. In Soviet society, I could not choose a role that would suit both me and the Soviet system.
In my student years, I was an anti-Soviet Soviet person, as were many of my peers. I disliked many things about the USSR. I often argued with my communist father about the wrongness of the Soviet regime. And yet, I did not believe that this regime could be changed, that it could be made “correct.”
My father did not like to argue, although he always defended the Soviet system, in his calm, lazy manner. His positive attitude toward it grew from his belief that the Soviet system had allowed him to realize his dream. Since childhood, he had wanted to become a military pilot and he became one. He rose to the rank of captain, spending several years in Germany with the Soviet occupying forces after World War II. He returned to the USSR, and had it not been for the Cuban missile crisis and Nikita Khrushchev’s unilateral disarmament policy, he would have risen to the rank of colonel. Having faced the threat of a third world war, Khrushchev wanted to demonstrate that the USSR was a peace-loving state. This meant that my father, along with tens of thousands of other military men, was sent into the reserve army and a peaceful life. I am still grateful to Khrushchev for this beautiful peacekeeping gesture. Without it, I would not be a Ukrainian today.
The Rotary Club of Lincoln is meeting in a hybrid format. Join us at the Talon Room or on Zoom using the following information:
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The speaker for August 29 will be Lynne McNally. She's the CEO of Nebraska Horsemen and Head of Government Relations for War Horse Casino. The Nebraska Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association fosters, promotes, and encourages a healthier economic climate, a higher level of public acceptance, and better relations among participants in the thoroughbred horse industry. Its purposes include furthering thoroughbred racing activities in Nebraska through cash supplements at all the Nebraska racetracks. 
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