RFE INBOUND TEAM PROFILE

District 6250 (Wisconsin) and District 3850 (Philippines) Rotary Friendship Exchange ~ January 2015

Edwin  & Ernest Bos

Edwin (51) lives in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin with his wife Joanna and two sons Harry (16) and Ernest (13).  He owns a small construction company together with his brother and their wives.  His work is his hobby but in his spare time he enjoys biking, hiking, skiing and reading.  Edwin is a past president of the Fort Atkinson Rotary Club and is currently on the Club’s Board of Directors.  Three years ago Edwin and his oldest son participated in a RFE to the Tamil Nadu region of southern India.  The contacts and friendships made during that trip led to a Rotary Global Grant which, in 2014, funded four dialysis machines in Pondicherry, India.  Ernest (13) lives in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin with his brother Harry, his mother and his father.  He attends St. Joseph Catholic School of Fort Atkinson.  Ernest does many extra-curricular activities including: Boy Scouts, Cross Country, Soccer, Track and Field, Basketball, Math Olympiad, and Piano.  He has done some international travel, mostly to European and North American countries. Ernest is very enjoyable and is quite funny (If I do say so myself).  Ernest’s favorite classes include: Social Studies, Math, and Language Arts. He enjoys spending time with his friends, going outside, and gaming on his computer.  

Mark Etrheim

For 36 years, Mark Etrheim and his wife Dorie, have owned Mastercraft Homes, Inc. building 10 to 30 custom new homes per year and have completed over 670 new homes.  They have a number of secondary business interests including a couple of residential rental businesses, commercial office rentals, land development, a corporate retreat facility in Hatfield and a couple of others that keep them very involved.  They are in the process of slowing down as son Jason is taking ownership of the building company in a couple of years.  Mark has been a Rotarian since 2000.  He enjoys golf, traveling, and plays basketball twice a week.  He is very involved in the Local and State Builders Association, the Apartment Association, and is a Real Estate Broker.  He has a strong interest and aptitude for business and believes in doing the right thing as a profitable business philosophy.

Cora Holloway

Cora Holloway was born and raised in Manila, Philippines and spent the first 38 years of life in her native country.  Sixteen years ago, she moved to Middleton, WI to join her husband who she met through a Rotary International Group Study Exchange Program.  Cora earned a degree in health care administration and worked as an advocate for people with special needs. She has three grown boys and a daughter who is deaf, blind and severely disabled. Cora loves reading, cooking, gardening and traveling.  One of her favorite places is Africa where she has traveled around Tanzania and Kenya and volunteered for the last 11 years at the Mgolole orphanage, part of the Orphan Train Project cosponsored by the Rotary Club of Madison West Towne Middleton and St. Thomas Aquinas Parish.  Cora and her husband are both members of the Rotary Club of Madison West Towne Middleton where they host Group Study Exchange and Youth Exchange students as well as participate in the Guatemala medical mission and local community service.

Brian and Darla Leick

Darla Leick has been a member of the Rotary Club of Marshfield Sunrise for 12 years and is a past president currently serving on the district level as a member of the Rotary Friendship Exchange Committee.  She married her high school sweetheart, Brian, and they live in Stratford (pop. 1500) with their laying hens J.  They have two grown sons.  One is married and lives in Salt Lake City, UT with his wife and their two grandbaby girls; the younger son lives in Duluth, MN.  Brian is the Production Manager for V&H Heavy Trucks where they specialize in material handling truck equipment manufacturing.  Darla works out of their home as an independent associate for HelmsBriscoe, assisting her clients in site selection and contract negotiations for meetings and events.  She is also an associate lecturer in Communication at UW-Stevens Point.  Brian and Darla were part of D6250 RFE to India in 2005.  They enjoy traveling, hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, and reading.

D6250 of Wisconsin, is located in the US Upper Midwest between Chicago and Minneapolis.

D6250 has sixty active Rotary Clubs. Their largest city is Madison (250,000) which is the home of the State Capitol and the "flagship campus" of the University of Wisconsin. Other cities include La Crosse, Eau Claire, Marshfield, Wisconsin Rapids, and Janesville. Wisconsin has a variety of industries including dairy farms, cranberry farms, tourism, health care, manufacturing, and more.