udio programs of our weekly programs are now on the Dubuque Rotary Club Web site. Our club is perhaps one of the first in the world to employ Web technology in this fashion. We are providing digital audios of the weekly Rotary Club meetings (yes, the entire meeting in most cases) and guest presentations. All you need is a Web browser, and a multimedia ready computer with a sound card. Most computers purchased since 1993 have them. When you click on a file below, In some cases you'll be asked to download software to make your browser capable of playing audio. In many cases, you won't, and the file will just play. Also, it's about time you upgraded your service to high-speed Internet access, perhaps via Mediacom Cable. It's the most reliable and the fastest, and the product support is the best. For more information, contact your Mediacom Cable provider.

The Windows Player file seems to be the most compatible with everyone because most people use the Windows Internet Explorer browser that has Windows Media Player built right in.

--Gary Olsen (e-mail me with feedback or if you experience any difficulites)

Dubuque Rotary Club Hear! Here! Audio Program Archive
	November 6, 2007 Dr. Dick Moeller, our District Governor, from Waverly, IA, spoke to the membership.
	October 29, 2007 it was Gary Dolphin, the voice of the Hawkeyes. Gary provided us with tremendous insight into the Hawks foibles and fortunes at this point in the season. He is a walking, talking encyclopedia of Hawkeye sports knowledge, and it is always great to have him as a guest.
	October 22, 2007 it was Ken Kolick, past District Governor and chair of the Rotary Foundation for our district, spoke on some exciting things happening in our district.
	October 16, 2007 Rolfe Ehrmann, Dixon, Ill, was our guest . Imagine being six years old and meeting Albert Einstein. Then imagine that he names you in his will. This story was fleshed out nicely by our guest whose father and grandfather (Einstein's physician) were family friends of the greatest scientific mind of the 20th Century.
	October 9 , 2007, The Synergy Brass, a brass ensemble from the Boston area, doing a residency in Dubuque for the Dubuque Arts Council, blew the roof off the joint at this meeting. This recording is so good we could sell it.
	October 2, 2007, Winemaker Bob Smith entertains and informs... the maker of Stonecliff Wines of Dubuque.
	September 18, 2007 The Kids on the Block entertained and informed Rotarians. This group of retired school teachers and their "friends" provided a sampling of the kinds of messages that are important to kids today in including and understanding special needs children.
	September 11th 2007: Presentation on the new development taking place in the harbor area with the construction of the new casino, parking structure, condos and stores.
	August 28th, 2007 Roy and Deb Buol (Roy was her guest), our esteemed Mayor of the City of Dubuque, provided us with a "State of the City" speech and also provided a video from a trip he took to the Conference of Mayors at which there was formed a grass-roots movement to make our cities "greener."
	September 4th, 2007 Our most recent guest at Rotary Club was Susan Henricks, Library Director (pictured at left with program co-chair Cheryl Kramer) from the Dubuque Carnegie-Stout Public Library. The Library's Board is embarking on a multi-million dollar fund drive for library renovations and restoration to this venerable structure that is not only important to the community as an architectural treasure, but it is an extremely valuable resource for education and research.
	August 21st 2007 Luke Juran, our International Rotary Scholar, did an insightful talk on Bangladesh, from which he had just arrived home. Luke is an International Business major specializing in micro-financing in third world countries.
	August 14th, 2007 The man behind one of the most successful NFL affiliated fund-raising programs for the hungry, "Taste of the NFL," Wayne Kosproski made a presentation at Rotary Club this week.
	August 7th, 2007 An entourage from Crescent Community Health Center was on hand to receive a check from Rotary Club's Jack Schmid and Amy Weber. Mary Rose Corrigan from the City of Dubuque provided the presentation to the Rotary Club outlining the progress that has been made by the center.
	July 31, 2007 Jennifer and Maggie Novreske spoke on their adventures in Guatamala teaching children down there. Jennifer is a Special Ed Teacher-Level II, Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids. Jennifer and Maggie emersed themselves in Spanish language studies to prepare for the trip, and it was filled with challenges as well as triumphs. "We'll never be the same again," says Jennifer.
	July 24th: Jim Normandin, publisher of the Telegraph Herald and United Way campaign chair presented a talk and film on this year's United Way effort. You can view the movie online by clicking here.
	July 17th, 2007 Field of Dreams' Ghost Players was the topic of this meeting. They have become the comic ambassadors of baseball, appearing in Japan, Germany, and throughout the US. The film Field of Dreams is incredibly popular worldwide, and it continues to fuel interest in the Ghost Players. Joe Sherman, a documentary film maker from Dyersville, IA showed a terrific trailer for a documentary film he's working on, and it was delightful.
	June 26, 2007 Rotarian Rod Bakke introduced his old freind and fellow broadcaster Bob Bodden. Bob has been broadcasting in one capacity or another, as radio station owner, and now as a commentor for half a century. The talk he gave is quite hilarious.
	June 12, 2007 Rotarian Loras Bleile introduced one of his firm's sales representatives for the new River Pointe Condominium project Sally Kahle. The project is currently under construction with a spec unit on the property for customers to tour. The project is going to change the Dubuque skyline forever.
	May 29, 2007 Greg Orwoll, of the Colts organization, talked about the economic and social impact his organization as on the community, plus we were entertained by percussion teacher and vibraphone soloist, Jen Staggenborg
	May 22, 2007 Meet Barry Spear, Iowa President of EFGR (Employer Support for the Guard & Reserve) who gave a highly motivational talk on the topic of employer support of service men and women who must deploy overseas and leave their jobs.
	May 15th, 2007 Meet Matt Berning, dairy farmer and representative of the Midwest Dairy Association. Matt presented a great talk on the topic of dairy farming.
	April 24 2007 In celebration of the arts and the fine contribution that Rotary Club has made to promote the arts in our community, Paul Hemmer (Rotarian and Dubuque Arts Council) brought Caroline Curtis who is First Violinist for the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra.
	April 17th 2007 Representing the publishing company, Futurus Communication, is Greg Yoko and Jay Schiessel. The company's publications serve a diverse audience from land and real estate developers on one hand to family sports and recreation on the other.
	April 10th 2007 Representing the University of Iowa School of Engineering is Barry Butler His talk, the Gathering Storm, discussed the crisis we have in education and the lack of students choosing science and engineering as a career path.
	April 3rd 2007 a talk by Central Alternative Student Ricci Oliverez and teacher, John Adelmann on the Cold War Seminar being conducted by that school.
	March 27th 2007 Representing the Chaplain Schmitt Memorial Relocation Committee are Jim Unsen (Navy League) and former Mayor of Dubuque, Walter Pregler.
	March 13th State of the Club Address by our president of Rotary Club, Guy Gard.
	March 6th 2007 Dick Landis and Tom Tully were our guests this week, and they spoke on the Dubuque Area Committee on Foreign Relations.
	February 26th 2007 Tom Berryman introduces his friend, Galena, Illinois hot air balloon manufacturer, Bill Thompson.
	February 20th 2007 Community Y Executive Director, Toby Wisecup, and Sister Charla, director of the Y's Domestic Violence Program in Dubuque.
	February 13th 2007 Brian Dalziel, one of our newest members of Rotary Club, is head of the NICC's Business Accelerator Program that is available to entrepreneurs and small business start-ups.
	January 8th 2007 Brian Cooper, executive editor of the Telegraph Herald and author, talks about his latest book on Red Faber (Cascade native), major league baseball's last great (and legal) spitball pitcher from 1914 until 1933, playing his entire career for the Chicago White Sox.
	January 30th 2007 Dr. Penny Wills, President of Northeast Iowa Community College, spoke on the school's capital improvements levy that will be put before the voters in February. The school representents one of the areas great economic success stories. Learn all about it.
	January 23rd 2007 Motivational speaker Jonathan Ribble spoke, and we wre all motivated. He was funny, too.
	January 9th 2007 Robin MacFarlane, a dog trainer and founder of That's My Dog!" brought Tommy to the meeting to demonstrate how service dogs work and their rights in public places and businesses.
	January 2nd 2007 Gary Olsen presents his program on Dubuque Community Schools Television and the impact it is having on children and audiences alike. It's all about engaging education through television.
	December 19th 2006 The Rotary Club meeting without the entertainment (that's below).
	December 19th 2006 The Rotary Club meeting presents the Senior High School Madrigal Singers.
	December 12th 2006 It couldn't have been a better pre-holiday program. John Burkhart told his story about preparing for Christmas pagaents he had known through the years, and it was sweet and poingnant all at the same time.
	December 5th 2006 RotaryClub Ambassadorial Scholar, Alex Strittmetter. splke to our club on this day. Alex received the opportunity to study East Asian geopolitics in Australia, and he is now working in Washington in the State Department thanks to the opportunity provided him by Rotary Club.
	November 28th 2006 Bob Woodward made news at Rotary Club on this day. He announced plans for a new ice facility that is proposed for the McAleece Sports Complex. Bob's group informed Rotary Club that the plan is to raise funds in the community rather than depend on tax financing.
	November 21st 2006 David Overby, the chairman of the Dubuque and Chicago Passenger Train Task Force, announced plans for a train that will connect Dubuque and Chicago.
	November 14th 2006 Jody Bauer, RN, of Heartland Hospice provided us with an informative presentation this week.
	November 7th 2006 Hillcrest Family Services. Our guest speaker, sitting with her host, Gary Gansemer (Executive Director of Hillcrest Family Services) is Deb Burmester. Deb is with Hillcrest Family Services Outreach Program.
	October 31st 2006 This week's meeting included a comprehensive report on how to participate in the Paul Harris Fellowship program of Rotary International. Barry Bromberg presents.
	October 24th 2006 Meet Bruce Braley, the Democratic candidate for the 1st District of Iowa congressional seat.
	October 17th 2006 Meet Gerda Preston Hartman. Gerda brought along some historic pioneer and Indian artifacts and arrow heads. She also brought along some printed materials and literature. Gerda is apparently well versed on the native American history of our area and she brought with her own books as she is an accomplished author.
	October 10th 2006 Our guest Ken Kolek, District Governor for Rotary International, helped us induct new members and he gave a stirring speach on what it's like to be a Rotarian in the 21st Century and how it's evolved over the course of a century. (about 55 minutes the entire file)
	October 3rd 2006 Our guest Mike Whalen, the congressional candidate making his second visit to Rotary Club.
	September 26th 2006 Our guest was the former Governor of the Great State of Iowa, Terry Branstadt. He is now the President of Des Moines University, a college for osteopathic medicine.
	September 19th 2006 Our special guest this week was the candidate for the county attorney's post, Werner Hellmer (friend, Paul Hemmer, introduced him). Werner has had an illustrious and productive military (Marines) career, and he was among the council who wrote the rules of engagement for Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. This is one of the most compelling speakers we've had all year.
	September 19th 2006 Angela Petsche of the Society for Special Needs spoke to our group this week. This is a group you may not necessarily have heard of in our community, but they do fantastic things, and, of course, Rotary has been a generous benefactor.
	August 29th 2006 Dominic Pulera made a fine presentation on the immigrant contributions of Italian Americans over the past 100+ years. Dominic, himself, is half Italian, and so he had a vested interest in his topic.
	August 15th 2006: Dennis Clark, of Clark & Associates, spoke to us on his time spent at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Dennis represents his family business that is now in its third generation (his son has joined the profession) which is the integration of technology and artificial limbs and prosthetics to grievously wounded military personnel.
	August 8th 2006 Jean Scallon, Program Director of Geriatrics, Southwest Health Center in Cuba City, Wisconsin, spoke to us about programs that her facility is engaged in to determine demensia and a whole host of diseases that cause memory loss.
	August 1st 2006 What a fascinating time we had at Rotary this week. David Burkhart, an author and noted authority on not only the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 but stereoscopic photography.
	July 18th 2006 Jean Wertzer, Vocational Services Director for Area Residential Care of Dubuque, spoke to us about employing people with disabilities and how this is so advantageous to the employer as well as the employed.
	July 11th 2006 What an astonishing program this week! Members of the Dubuque Country Sheriff's Department and it's canine unit were on hand.
	June 27, 2006 The Hospice of Dubuque executive director, Joey Anderson made a wonderfully informative presentation on this worthwhile organization.
	June 20, 2006 We were so charmed by this great guest Christopher Kolovitz. Chris is a film maker and he wants to make Dubuque, Iowa his home and center of his creative and professional universe.
	June 6, 2006 Mike Brannon agreed to do his vocational talk which was really wonderful. He had two excellent jokes, by the way, but you'll have to listen to the audio to hear them.
	May 31, 2006 a riotous meeting that includes a musical presentation by some members of the Colts.
	May 16, 2006 Kristen Woodward and Ann Boyle of the Two by Two Animal Campus project that Kristen and her board have created based on the the concept there is a link between the teaching of proper animal care and character development among children.
	May 9 , 2006 Jack Schmid with our program person, Cheryl Kramer ham it up for the camera. Jack's vocational talk was among the best we've heard.
	April 11, 2006 Nancy Dunkel is a banker for Dubuque's Fidelity Bank, and she's the first female chairman of the Iowa Banker's Association. She spoke on her career and the kinds of socially and economically responsible things her association and her bank are doing in Iowa and our community.
	April 4, 2006 Jerelyn O'Connor spoke on the City of Dubuque, public art, and the Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission.
	March 28, 2006 Vocational talk by our own. Dr. Dave Weber. Dave is a passionate and very successful doctor of chiropractic medicine and his practice is in located in East Dubuque, Illinois.
	March 21, 2006 A great presentation by one of our own, Chuck Andracchio, on the topic of insurance (this was a vocational talk).
	March 7, 2006 Meeting: Entire meeting featured here including former Mayor of Dubuque, Terry Duggen speaking on Project concern's upcoming fund drive.
	February 28, 2006: The Fall of Communism, from a Personal Perspective was the title of the talk given by Igor Hanzel.
	February 21, 2006 Penny Wills, President of NICC.
	February 14, 2008: Our speaker this week was our very own Dr. Roger Shafer who presented a program on aging and the pathology of memory loss.
	February 7, 2006 Mike Wahlenis is running for the First Congressional Seat (Nussle's seat), and he addressed Rotary this week. Mike is from the Quad Cities (Bettendorf).
	January 31, 2006 Jim Normandin is the Executive Publisher of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald. According to Jim, the future holds some significant changes in how news and advertising will be conveyed under the TH brand.
	January 24, 2006 Roland Imes of the Galena Rotary Club spoke on the World Leadership Program that their club sponsors among high school students in their district.
	January 17, 2006 Mike Pratt reports to the club on his trip to Niger, in western Africa, allegedly the poorest nation in the world. It was another leg of the Polio Plus Campaign to rid the globe of polio.
	January 10, 2006 Rick Dickenson was our guest at Rotary. Rick is running for US Congress, and, as you all may know, helmed the highly successful Greater Dubuque Development Corporation.
	January 3, 2006 Kyle Lechtenberg was introduced by Rod Bakke. Kyle is the vocal music director at Resurrectin Parish, and he was in Rome for the election and installation of Pope Benedict.
	November 29, 2005: Our guest was John H. Diesch, managing director of the Nitrogen Division, Royster Clark. His plant is in East Dubuque, and it's changed hands over the years, but it's primary purpose was the conversion of natural gas into fertilizer and chemical agricultural products.
	November 11, 2005 The program was an extraordinary presentation of photos and stories of the hurricane ravaged Gulf Coast. Red Cross volunteers Frank Zahn and Karen Sudmeier were introduced by Stan Schwartz, Rotarian and Executive Director of the Dubuque Red Cross Chapter.
	November 15th, 2005: Kathy McMullen, Dubuque Rotarian, community leader, and manager of Dubuque's Mediacom Cable company, has a long career in the cable industry, and she speaks on the topic of cable television and high-speed-data services with authority and expertise.
	November 1, 2005: Guest is John Markham, a candidate for mayor for the City of Dubuque.
	October 25, 2005: Guest is Roy Buol, Dubuque City Councilman who is running for mayor.
	October 11, 2005: State Representative, House District 32, Steve Lukan paid us a visit, and his emphasis was on energy and how policy nationwide and in neighboring states will affect commodities and agriculture right here in Iowa.
	October 4, 2005: Vicki Mallory, Rotary Club District Governor. Vicki introduced us to the notion of a broader more expansive landscape of Rotary Club involvement in our part of the country.
	September 27, 2005 Kevin Stevens, representative of the Municipal Cable Initiative spoke on our community's options to obtain high speed Internet, Cable TV, wireless and all that this technology implies. Also the discussion on the meeting venue change is on this recording.
	August 9, 2005: Cheryl introduced from the Galena Rotary Club, Vince Toepfer and Tony Heindel. Vince is a retired lumber company owner who became a home building consultant on the Internet. Tony is as Illinois State Police CSI investigator based in Mount Carol, IL. Both of these guys are scuba divers and they brought with them a video they shot diving the Galapagos, Islands.
	Gary Dolphin gives a talk on Iowa football and the coming 2005-06 season. This is a spectacular program as only Gary Dolphin can deliver.
	September 13, 2005 Keystone Education Agency's Gloria Klinefeller, with Brent Johns, spoke about Special Needs Children at Home Program she facilitates.
	August 2nd – Father John J. Lange visited Rotary this week from his home in Nairobi, Kenya, where he serves the Maryknoll mission in that corner of Africa, and he brought back a compelling video of his good works in that country ministering to the poor and sick.
	July 26th, 2005 – Rick Jones of Emergency Medical Service Center. His talk was on the facility currently under construction off Seipel Road that will server as a regional training center for emergency services personnel from law enforcement to firefighting, from EMTs to industrial safety officers.
	July 19th, 2005 – Brian Meyer of the Dubuque Boys and Girls Club is introduced by Suzy Koelker, herself a volunteer at the club. Brian did a wonderful job of describing the real impact his organization has on the community.
	July 12, 2005 Representatives from Galena Territory and Eagle Ridge Golf visited Rotary this week. Ron Cadrette is the General Manager of Eagle Ridge Resort and Spa, and Gary Glaser is the Director of Golf at one of the finest golf resorts in the nation according to several independent assessments. Learn more from the audio we prepared.
	July 5th – Bob Wehrle – Geo Politics of Oil – This Galena Rotarian is a veteran of the oil industry, and he provide us with a unique and scholarly presentation on this important topic.
	June 28, 2005, Pauline Leboulenger, our Rotary Club foreign exchange student from France
	June 21, 2005: It was an interesting meeting that included our scholarship students for 2005. Also we had induction of new members, and a very funny incident or two that we managed to capture in this recording.
	June 7, 2005, our guests were from the Dubuque Rescue Mission and they included Juanita Hentges, Fr. Andrew Eagan, and Rev. Murray Phillips. It was an excellent, informative and insightful presentation.
	May 31, 2005: Greg Orwoll, executive director of the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps in Dubuque, presented members of his group's current crop of percussionists. There were selections on the marimbas that were outstanding.
	May 24, 2005 John Darrah, coordinator of vocational talks, introduced Rob Apel to the club on Tuesday, and Rob talked about banking and his involvement in it.
	May 17, 2004: Janelle Koepke, Area Residental Care, visited us this week to tell us about their facilties and how they serve the community of special needs citizens.
	May 3, 2005 Habitat for Humanity and Mr. Jim Fudge was on hand to speak to Rotary Club about the virtues and progress of this fine organization in America.
	May 10, 2005 Lisa LaDue is with the Foundation for Human Enrichment and she spent time working with Tsunami victims with post traumatic syndrome. She provides her insights on trauma and the psychological aftermath.
	April 26, 2005 Bob Bodden, Broadcaster. Okay, this is among the funniest audios we've ever recorded at a meeting so far. Not only is this retired radio executive and broadcaster funny, but the rest of the meeting is pretty humorous, too.
	April 19th – We had Terry Duggan, Mayor of Dubuque as our guest this week. He was introduced by Suzy Koelker. The mayor had many things he talked about including transportation issues (Southwest Arterial Project), business development, and he took several questions from the audience.
	Gary Olsen, and Dubuque historical memorabilia expert, Bob Reding, collaborated on Gary's latest artistic endeavor entitled, "Dubuque Main Street" a large full-color print that combines objects from Bob's vast collection of historical artifacts of Dubuque. Click here to see the movie.
	March 29, 2005 "Becky the Gardening Girl" from Ace Hardware on spring plantings and gardening tips.
	March 15, 2005 Mark Henning, Community Coordinator for E-Community, a partnership between the Dubuque Area Labor management Council and Alliant Energy, speaks about a new fund-raising plan they are launching in conjunction with incentives to lower business' energy usage (about 35 minutes).
	March 8, 2005. The Dubuque Historical Society has partnered with Leadership Dubuque, of which these two representatives, Christine Krambeck (US Bank) and Dan Schieltz (CES Computers, Inc.) made a presentation to our club on the topic of the launch of the Dubuque Museum project at the Old Jail (about 25 minutes).
	March lst - Barb Zoeller, Hospice of Dubuque Program of Service to the Community (about 20 minutes).
	February 15, 2005: The deans from the University of Iowa College of Public Health. James A. Merchant and Lawrence D. Prybil. Speaking on the health challenges of the coming decades and how the University is endeavoring to meet these challenges (about 50 minutes).
	Winter 2005: State of the Club Address by our esteemed Rotary Club President, Mike Loveless (about 45 minutes).
	February 8th, Scott Schneider speaking on Clarke College Time Saver Program, explained how it allows adult learners a chance at a degree by offering a flexible scheduling program with classes held during evening hours (Entire meeting and featured program bout 45 minutes).
	February 1, 2005 Gary Dolphin brings us up to date with goings on in Iowa City, the home of the Iowa Hawkeyes. This great broadcaster always has something interesting to say, and his assessment of Iowa Basketball fortunes in ' 05 is not to be missed (Entire meeting and program is about 50 minutes.)
	January 25, 2005 Mike Pratt informs and entertains us as he presents a spectacular show of his photographs depicting his recent trip to Nigeria where he joined International Rotary members administering polio vaccinations to children. (Entire meeting and Mike's program is 52 minutes.)
	January 18, 2004: M.C. Mullen, one of the greatest prep and college golfers from Dubuque and now a Recreation Director for A.J. Spiegel's Peosta Recreation Center (he donated the whole works to the community) is ramping up the center's capabilities, and she told us where she's been, where she is now, and where she'll be going with the center in the coming months.
	January 11, 2004: We had a wonderful presentation this week from Bill Rehenmacher, former Fire Chief from Dubuque who retired, and seeing an ad in a professional magazine for experts in his field to go to Iraq and help set up fire fighting teams and equipment, responded. His story is here (about 45 minutes).
	A special meeting of Rotary in which we discussed our club's response to the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami disaster affecting the Southeast Asian countries surrounding the Indian Ocean. A compelling listen (about 30 minutes).
	Hank Goldstein, retired professor from Loras College and advocate for those of us on Medicare, gave a great talk about Medicare fraud and the mistakes that the system makes costing the government (i.e. us the taxpayers) billions of dollars every year
	Suzy Koelker gave a lovely vocational talk on December 14th, and she proved once again that these opportunities to get to know members both long-time and new, doesn't come often enough.
	December 7th, 2004. This was a very special meeting. We invited those representatives of organizations in our community who are the recipients of our 2004 Rotary Club of Dubuque Humanitarian Grants. Nearly $13,000 were distributed to a diverse list including Lincoln School who received money for their library and reading program. Listen to this delightful meeting and be happy you're a Rotarian. (about 42 minutes)
	November 30th, 2004. Galena Rotarians Jack Morehead (left) and Bob Wehrle attended the meeting this week to tell us about the Twin Club project they are involved in with a Rotary Club in Chile.
	November 23, 2004- Dr. Andrew D. Harris, D.C. of Community Chiropractic. The message of this presentation was broad and quite interesting.
	November 16, 2004- John Knox, President of Finley Hospital, spoke on the topic of "Key Heath Issues," and provided an update on the growth of the Finley Hospital organization.
	November 9, 2004: Cheryl Kramer brought with her a video tape on Ellis Island that she obtained on a recent trip to New York. It is a moving and lovingly told story of the immigrant experience as told by some of the actual people who came to this country throught that historic port of entry (About 25 minutes).
	October 19th, 2004 Pat Cline, the Dubuque City Council person who is running for State Representative (about 23 minutes).
	October 12, 2004: Brent Johns introduced fellow Rotarian, Stan Schwartz and his guest, Red Cross Disaster Relief Services volunteer, Sherri Kubly. Sherri was in Florida as was Stan working with disaster victims of no fewer than four hurricanes that stormed ashore making it (cumulatively) one of the worst storm related disasters in history (about 23 minutes).