Rotarian Meyer provided the Second Opinion article for the Wednesday "Messenger," Ann's weekly newsletter was reprinted to provide an excellent summary of Legislative activities and possible trends.
Rotarian Ulrich appeared in the Saturday edition of the "Messenger's" recap of weekly events. A picture of the ribbon cutting on the new Fuel Testing Lab was included with assorted other pictures of Jesse and dignitaries.
Cleaning Is In Jerry’s Blood
Jerry’s Beginning:
Jerry McMahon was born and raised in the cleaning business, with his father owning a cleaning business. After convincing his father to purchase a truck-mounted carpet cleaner in 1989, Jerry was hooked on carpet cleaning. In the early 1990s he went into business for himself cleaning carpets, started doing some restoration after floods, and was approached to consider owning a ServPro franchise. In October 2010 he bought the franchise, and has appreciated helping people through disasters. His business has 18-20 staff normally, with extra temp staff at times when there’s a disaster. In addition to carpet cleaning, his business does HVAC cleaning, graffiti removal, fire restoration, and flood restoration.
ServPro’s Beginning:
ServPro (and Service Master!) had an interesting beginning. There were two painters in California that started cleaning drapes, then carpets. In 1970 they had a disagreement. One ended up starting ServPro and the other started Service Master. ServPro has 1900 franchises in the USA, Canada, and even Europe.
Inquiring minds wanted to know:
- Yes, ServPro cleans oriental rugs and steps
- Equipment and products have changed, over time, for carpet cleaning. Truck mounts come a lot bigger, have more heat and more spray.
- There are some carpet fibers that should not have heat extraction but dry cleaning.
- Dry cleaning, or “chem dry,” has been big. That process uses “encapsulation,” where a dry product is scrubbed into carpet, attaches to soil, crystalizes, and then crystals are vacuumed up.
- The best vacuums are not necessarily the cheapest vacuums. In Jerry’s opinion, they all seem to break at the same time, so why spend the extra money?
- Scotch Guard is a great product in the right circumstances. It must be applied after carpets are cleaned and must be properly applied to be effective.
- To get your carpets cleaned, just call the office and book an appointment. That’s how to get the process started.
Rotarian Mary Kay Daniel announced that the next Tacos and Trivia night would be held on Thursday, April 24th at River Hops Brewing on Central. Those who have attended past sessions of comraderies and fun by Rotarians report they are looking forward to the next one. Within the coming months Mary Kay and the Social Committee will be bringing forth more details. Rotarians have a championship to defend.
President Knight announced that the Club has been awarded additional tree planting funds from Rotary District 5970 that we will use to purchase trees to then be planted by Rotarians and City staff this summer in locations chosen by the City Forester where the best impact for our efforts can be seen. The city will auger the holes and Rotarians will then place the tree and fill-in the dirt. Some light watering follows. Spades and rakes will be used.
February 10th 2025 - Mel Schroeder
February 17th 2025 - John Garton
February 24th 2025 - Rene McDonald
Secretary Teresa Naughton has been uploading Minutes and Financial Reports for the 2022-2023 Rotary Year to the members only section of the Website (Found under Folder Organization and then Subfolder Documents) and are available for viewing by accessing the Members Only Section. Please contact Steve if you need to refresh your password.
Your Rotary Club provides an easy way for you to contribute to the Rotary Foundation, the major financial arm of Rotary that does Polio Plus and Foundation Grants. The program permits you to ask the Treasurer (Elizabeth Stanek) to add an amount each quarter to your quarterly dues statement as a contribution to the R.I. Foundation. The Treasurer then collects these amounts and writes a joint check to the Foundation for all funds contributed by members. If you are interested, please contact Treasurer Elizabeth Stanek or Foundation Chair Bill Kent.