2024 Rotary Rocket Contest Results Announced!
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Wurtsmith Air Museum Fly in & Pancake Breakfast  30th Anniversary of the Wurtsmith Air Museum. Fly-In & Pancake breakfast. |
Please Help Sponsor our Dominican Republic Service Project members!!Send tax deductible gifts to the Oscoda Rotary Club, PO Box 291, Oscoda, MI 48750-0291. Include a note with the amount for each participant you wish to support.  Five members of the OHS Rotary Interact Club and two OHS teachers and Rotarians are planning to participate in an international service project in two impoverished areas. They will deliver and assemble water filters, teach proper handwashing to children, build and paint latrines, deliver health and safety products, and help remove trash from blighted areas. Seniors Leilah Kard, Axel Raybourn, and Aidan Taylor, Sophomore Kyden Ehle, and Freshman Ashton Ehle will be traveling with the Interact Club’s Faculty Advisor Brianne Becker and International Specialist and OHS Spanish teacher, Etna Romo. They will be part of a group of 16 students and 8 adults from Rotary Interact clubs in eastern Michigan. |
Rotary Pocket Park Christmas Decorations A huge Rotary thank you to the members and Interact students that braved the cold and wind yesterday to come out and decorate the Pocket Park. The picture captured some of the volunteers, the entire troop included Gerald Y, Scott M, Bernie S, Cathy W. Brianne B, Kristy B, Jim R, President Pam, and Interact members, Abby M, Emma H, Jack L, Phillip, and Emma L. We finished up in just over an hour and it looks great!! The special effect can really be noticed at night with it is all lit up. |
Rotary Pocket Park Warming Corner Provides Gloves & Hats for Needy It’s winter, if you are in need and don’t have warm winter gear it can be uncomfortable at best and deadly at worst. The “Warming Corner” provides warm hats and gloves for the taking. Those more fortunate are encouraged to donate, by placing the hats or gloves in a waterproof plastic bag and labeling them for gender and size to help those in need choose the right one. This is a free service to help Rotary help those most in need.
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OSCODA ROTARY ROCKET CONTEST RESULTSOscoda Rotary’s 2nd annual rocket contest asked chance takers to guess how high their model rocket would go for $10/chance to raise money for local school leadership development and technology. The contest rocket was launched at high noon on Sunday, Aug 14 in front of a crowd of about 50 rocket enthusiasts. The rocket went 549 feet high and the recovery system worked perfectly, with the parachute opening as designed at about 400 feet. In reviewing the contest entries, no one guessed the correct 549 feet but 6 people guessed 550 feet. The tiebreaker was how far away the rocket came down from the launch pad. While the rocket had angled slightly into the wind (known as “wind cocking”), once the parachute was out the stronger than expected wind aloft blew the rocket to a landing 247 feet down wind from the launch pad. The closest guess was 230 ft, followed by 210 and 150ft.  Contest Chairman Rick Ruth with 2nd place winner Ryker Janis  3rd place winner Bob Wilkie with the backup rocket First place winner Mary Bochanek, daughter of Lindsay Bohanek of Waterford, MI. She wins $500 and the contest rocket. Second place winner of $200 is Ryker Janis, son of Sarah and Ron Janis, proprietors of Oscoda Septic. Third place winner of the backup rocket are Bob and Jill Wilkie, summer residents of Lakewood Shores. Upon receiving the check, Ryker’s father Ron said “We’re just so thankful for everything Rotary does in our community”. The wind was predicted at a light 6 mph ENE so the largest possible engine, an E12-4, was placed into the rocket. To keep the contest fair, chance takers were not allowed to weight the rocket but were allowed to hold it to estimate the weight. Using the actual rocket weight and the estimated aerodynamic drag based on the rocket diameter, online rocket simulation programs predicted the rocket would go to 604 ft. Of course, there is always variation based on the weather of the day and engine to engine variations, even those labeled the same., so the resulting 549 feet was within the margin of simulation error. The simulations also predicted the rocket would reach a speed of 122 mph, but instrumentation said it achieved 126 mph. Max acceleration was 9.1G. The rocket took just over 6 seconds to reach its peak altitude, then the recovery system was ejected. At first the parachute was held closed by an electronic chute release, which opened at 400 ft. Then the parachute fully opened and the rocket came down at 12 mph. The total flight duration was 35 seconds, 6 seconds up and 29 seconds down. Using the chute release helped insure the rocket didn’t drift into the trees. The contest raised $2,000 for school leadership and technology programs, more than twice as much as last year. Rotary President Pam Harkema said “We are grateful for the community support of Rotary that helps us to help our schools. The rocket contest was a great reminder to aim high to push ourselves to greater heights of service to our community.” A public launch of the NorthEast Michigan Rocket Association preceeded the contest launch. One of the rockets brought by a club member went so high, the wind took it OVER the trees by the bus garage. The recovery team expected to find it in the practice soccer field behind the bus garage, but it was not found! The next public launch is set for Saturday, Sept 3, from 9 to 11am at the OHS athletic complex. All are welcome. |
2022 Fly In and Rotary Pancake BreakfastRotary has always supported the Wurtsmith Air Museum by hosting the associated pancake breakfast offering free breakfast to the pilots flying in and open to the public to enjoy the breakfast with seeing all the planes that fly in. Rotary donates $1 from every breakfast to the air museum. The weather was nearly perfect for Saturday which brought our adult breakfast count to 133 with 23 planes coming in and serving 15 pilots. |
Rotary Rocket Contest Rotary Rocket ContestProceeds to Local Area Schools Youth Development Guess how high the rocket will go – Launch Sunday August 14 at 12:00 at Oscoda High School Soccer/Baseball Fields. Wind>15 mph or Rain may delay launch (just like NASA) •$500 First Prize PLUS YOU WIN THE prime ROCKET! •$200 Second Prize •Third Prize – you win the backup Rocket! (You can fly these rockets with kids and grandkids at the new NorthEast Michigan Rocket Association launches using estesrockets.com engines) Flight Results and Winner will be posted on oscodarotary.org Tickets $10/guess Buy online at oscodarotary.org or send this form with check to Oscoda Rotary, c/o Rick Ruth, 1720 Primrose, East Tawas, MI 48730 Guess early and often!! Name:__________________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________ Phone/Email _____________________________________________________ How High will it go?____________ (0-1000 ft) Tiebreaker: Landing distance from launch pad __________ft
Rocket may be inspected but not weighed. Engine size C, D, or E will be determined on launch day based on wind. |
Oscoda Rotary in the 4th of July Parade Rotary was represented by the Oscoda High School Interact Club in the 4th of July Parade while Rotarian Brianne Becker passes out flyers for the 4th of July picnic, the Concerts on the Beach Schedule, and the Rocket contest fundraiser.
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Oscoda Rotary and Lions Team up for 4th of July Picnic Oscoda Rotary and Lions Club serve food to the community at the 4th of July Picnic. |
50th Club Anniversary Celebrated2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the Oscoda Rotary Club! The club celebrated with a dinner meeting at the Ausable Inn on June 23, 2022.. Charter members and past presidents were present and honored
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Oscoda and Tawas students attend Rotary Leadership Camp Tawas high school students (from left to right) Kenna Seyfried and Catie Push, and Oscoda’s Emma Lukach, Angelina Estes, Lucas Farrier, and Leilah Kard received Rotary Youth Leadership Awards to attend Rotary student leadership academy in Clare June 12 thru 16. Students had to be 2022-23 juniors or seniors .
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Clean Water Project April 24Oscoda Rotary will do a cleanup of 10 miles of Lake Huron beach on April 24 as part of a Great Lakes Regional day of action.  |
Summer Concert SeriesOscoda Rotary sponsors live music concerts on the beach every Thursday night at 7:00pm until 8:30pm from late June to early August annually. Contact Rotary if there is a band you would like to see! Rotary arranges for the bands and sell refreshments to the concert goers.
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Oscoda Youth DevelopmentOscoda Rotary sponsors the high school Interact service club for 9th-12th graders at OHS. Oscoda Rotary sponsors the middle school Earlyact service club for 7th-8th graders. Oscoda Rotary sponsors the rocket club at OHS. The Interact Club raised over $1,000 towards polio eradication  |
Pocket ParkRotary created the Pocket Park at US23 & Dwight St by the Parkside Dairy. Masses of annual flowers are planted every year to supplement the perennials to make the park a beautiful place to pause and enjoy your ice cream from the Parkside Dairy, or to just sit on the benches and enjoy.
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Rotary ScholarshipOscoda Rotary provides a $1,000 college scholarship to a deserving OHS student every year. Our 2022 winner is Caitlyn Berney, who will be attending Central Michigan University to study Elementary Education. Caitlyn was a member of the Rotary-sponsored OHS Interact Service Club as well an an exemplary student.
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Rotary Youth Leadership InstituteOscoda Rotary sponsors 2-6 OHS students annually to attend the summer Rotary Youth Leadership Institute. In non covid times this is a live camp in Harrison, MI; in COVID times it has been virtual.
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LiteracyOscoda Rotary purchases children's books and distributes them at Carol's Baby Pantry and Headstart to disadvantaged young parents, to read to their children
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Quote of the Week - Who Said It?
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
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Thought for the Week - Who Said It?
An optimist is the human personification of spring.
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