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| Will Pearsall was a guest of Glenn Lichti. Will was featured in a front page article in the Telegraph Herald on Monday for the mural he painted at the Dubuque Rescue Mission. It is truly a magnificent work that was inspired by the Great Depression art of the 1930s and the artists that sustained their art thanks to the WPA (Works Progress Administration). Will is an accomplished painter and graphic designer. |
 Guess who sold more Santa Cash Tickets this year than any other member? Bill Kuttler. And for his effort he was awarded a special limited edition art print inspired by the Rotary Club's efforts in improving the world (below). Congratulations Bill! How many tickets did he sell? The result is on the audio tape in the box at right. You'll have to listen. Who were the winners? Danny Dolter $2500, Norma Renier $1,000, Crescent Community Health Center $1,000, Jeff Timmerman and DB&T Group $500, and the grand prize winner was Eric Hilbun (pictured at right) who won the $5,000. |
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| Glenn Lichti's son, Matthew, was a visitor this week to Rotary, and he belongs to the Washington DC Rotary Club where he is the Webmaster. Welcome Matthew! |
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| How sweet! Matt Strelo brought his wife, Audra, to Rotary this week. |
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| Guest of Kathy McMullen was Sharon Meyer. |
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| Steve Thoms brought Larry Blatz to Rotary. |
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| Wilma Sanders accompanied her husband Don. |
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| Guest of Jan Hirsch was Mike Kelly. |
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| December 5, 2011: Matias Alverez, native of Argentina and a Rotary Club Exchange Scholar, told us about his country, his family his friends and his education to a rapt audience of Rotarians at this meeting. Here he is flanked by assistant principal at Senior High, Brian Howes, and Kimberly Buros, our Rotary Club foreign exchange student program coordinator. Matias' wonderful facility for the English Language is the result of rigorous study for the past ten years growing up in Argentina. His photographs and presentation were utterly captivating. You can listen to his program yourself. We record every meeting in their entirety, and we provide downloadable and streaming audio versions for you to play in your browser, on your smartphone or your portable music device. |
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| Every week between now and Christmas, sing along with the Rotary Club Christmas Carolers. |
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| Greg Orwoll was accompanied by his wife, Shirley Davis-Orwoll. The couple was married just a few weeks ago. Congratulations! |
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| December 5, 2011: Matias Alverez, native of Argentina and a Rotary Club Exchange Scholar, told us about his country, his family his friends and his education to a rapt audience of Rotarians at this meeting. Here he is flanked by assistant principal at Senior High, Brian Howes, and Kimberly Buros, our Rotary Club foreign exchange student program coordinator. Matias' wonderful facility for the English Language is the result of rigorous study for the past ten years growing up in Argentina. His photographs and presentation were utterly captivating. You can listen to his program yourself. We record every meeting in their entirety, and we provide downloadable and streaming audio versions for you to play in your browser, on your smartphone or your portable music device. |
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| Isabelle Hohns, our Rotary Exchange Student from Germany, was accompanied this week by her host mom, Sharon Bromen. Amy Eudaley (sister of Sharon) also joined us for lunch. |
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| Dr. Chuck Weber brought his spouse, Mariann, to our meeting on December 5th. |
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| We had a wonderful guest at Rotary Club. Kimberley Poe -Jensen, of Family First Chiropractic. She is a prospective member. And check this out. She already knows how to take a great photo. |
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| Guest of Chuck Andrachhio, Terry Kane, was welcomed to Rotary Club this past week. |
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| November 15, 2011: Director of Dubuque's Junior Achievement of the Heartland, Barbara Ven Horst, was introduced by JA board member, Bob Woodward, a long time supporter of JA. The key to success in JA is business relationships and volunteer professionals and mentors in the community. According the Barbara, the benefits are a two way street. The joy and sense of accomplishment experienced by volunteers in the program is beyond measure. We are very fortunate to have a vibrant and successful JA program in our community. Listen to the presentation as part of the meeting audio file. |
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| The beneficiary of Santa Cash this year is Crescent Community Health Center and the executive director was introdudced at Rotary, Julie Woodyard, by Santa Cash project chair, Steve Geisz.. |
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| A new member was inducted into Rotary Club, Chicagoan Ray Oazak. Congratulations and welcome to Rotary Club! |
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| Receiving his Rotary pin from president Keny Renier. |
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| November 1, 2011: Isabelle Hohns, our Rotary International Youth Exchange Student from Germany, gave a fascinating talk on her home country with some extraordinary visuals. But the soon to be 16 year-old, pictured here with her host mom, Shawn Bromen, on right and our Youth Exchange coordinator, Kimberly Burrows, provided us with some lovely annecdotal narrative that charmed the Rotary Club members and guests. You can listen to her presentation by merely clicking on the appropriate button at right. The MP3 file (bottom) can be downloaded into your iPod, iPad, or whatever portable music device you own. And remember, the photos on this page are linked automatically to printable enlargements suitable for printing on your Hewlett Packard and framing. |
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| Above the photo features all of our students including Matias Alverez and Julia Nunez Ribot. |
 Jerry Trimble wrote an original song that has become a fave of Rotary Club, and he reprised it for us this time but accompanied by a ukelele or a very small guitar... whichever. Meanwhile, it became apparent that Jerry only knew one chord on the instrument, but he played it with the expertise of a seasoned musician. Of course the seasoning was sugar and that's why Jerry is so sweet. Nice effort Mr. Trimble. He raised a nice wad of cash for Rotary Scholarships in the process. |
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| Our newest member, Glenn Lichti, retiree from John Deere, is pictured here getting pinned by our president, Kent Renier, and flanked by his sponsor, Tim Moothhart. Thanks for bringing this wonderful and funny gentleman to our fold. |
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| Other cemonial occasions celebrated at this meeting was the investiture of Blake McKahin. |
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| Steve Bracken was a guest of his wife, Vicki Bechen Bracken. Cute newlyweds. |
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| Rick Mihm, Dubuque Rescue Mission, repairs bicycles in the community, and one day recently, Rick came to the mission to find all of the tools and specialized fixtures for bike repair were stolen. Doug Stillings heard of this, and immediately put a proposal before the board to provide them with new capital to purchase new tools. Rick was eternally grateful. |
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| A Paul Harris +2 was awarded to Dr. Dave Weber for his contribution to Rotary International. This is not Dave's first trip to the podium for Paul Harris honors. He received a standing ovation as he told membership that he loves Rotary Club because it does so much good around the world. |
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| October 18, 2011 Gary Olsen on the set of Kids in the Kitchen at Hy-Vee Asbury Plaza, one of the national award winning cable shows that Gary produces for the Dubuque Community Schools. Gary came to Rotary with a new project he's been working on with KWWL TV called Farmers' Market TV. Gary has been active in the "Local Foods Movement" in Iowa having traveled to Des Moines to lobby legislators on behalf of local growers. Less than 20% of the food that is served on the typical Iowa family's table is actually grown in Iowa. "This is ironic since we are known as an agricultural state," says Olsen. To see the pilot episode that Gary presented to Rotary, visit the Farmers Market Live TV website. Gary's idea is to have a television show featuring farmers' markets throughout Northeast Iowa. The show would combine cooking fresh finds from farmers' market, and gardening tips. |
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| Rob Apel brought colleague Bob Brondyne |
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| The Rotary Club of Dubuque bestowed one of its highest honors on long time member, Mary Ann Gassman, the Paul Harris Fellow designation. Congratulations, Mary Ann. |
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| Frank Zahn brought a guest to Rotary Club. His lapel covers his name badge in this photo, so let's guess what his name may be. The photographer's fault. |
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| Jared Reiser was a guest of Mary Ann Gassman. |
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| September 27, 2011Our guest presenter was from the Social Security Office in Dubuque, Pam Shaw. She provided an insightful report on the status of Social Security in our nation, and this may make our audio file on this topic much sought after on the World Wide Web. Click the appropriate button in the box at right. The MPG file is capable of transferring to your portable MP3 audio player, like an iPod, or your smart phone that is equipped to store and play audio files.
Below is our president Kent Renier bestowing the Rotary Pin upon Jon Gaul, our newest member and sponsored by Keith Cook (middle). Congratulations Jon, and welcome to Rotary Club of Dubuque. And along with John Gaul is new member inductee Mike Belmont. |
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| Mike Belmont, whose sponsors were Guy Gard and Jim Schilling, was inducted into Rotary Club. Welcome Mike! |
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September 20, 2011: Amy Schauer, director of RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) provided a fascinating and enticing offer to Rotarians, especially those of retirement or near retirement age. "Join us," she said, "and do some of the most rewarding work you may ever do." From teaching children to read to providing executive talent and organization skills to a non-profit that needs all the help it can get is a pretty interesting if not provocative offer. Listen to her presentation by clicking on the apppropriate button at right. Below Amy was accompanied by a representative from Visiting Nurses Association (Judy) who benefits from volunteers provided by RSVP. |
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| Prospective member, John Gaul, was a guest of Keith Cook. |
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| The Wahlert Catholic High School's Interact Club. |
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| Julia Minez, Rotary Youth Exchange student. |
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| Exchange student, Isabelle Hohns with Kimberly Burrows, our Youth Exchange coordinator. Below, she presents a flag from her home contry's Rotary Club (Germany) to president Kent Renier. |
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| August 16, 2011. Alyson Beytien (spouse of Rotarian Craig Beytien) presented a talk on autism that was very informative. Alyson is one of the nation's leading authorities on advocacy and therapy for austism spectrum children and adults. She has written articles and tours the country on this very critical topic that is not without some controversy. Remember the "innoculations tied to autism report later found to be supported by totally inaccurate data and data gathering methods in England some years ago? You simply must listen to the audio presented here because the introductionof Alyson by her huband Craig (photographed below) is not to be missed. |
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| Terry Kane was a guest of Chuck Andracchio. |
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| Matias Alvarez is a Rotary Exchange Student staying with host family of Dr. Weber who introduced him to the club. |
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| The Grierson family, Dawn, Connor Trenton, Hoss and Little Joe (whoops... too many names) were guests of Rotary during the investiture of their patriarch, Bob Grierson just back from Afghanistan and now a Paul Harris Fellow. Below, Trenton, who was involved in a Rotary sponsored leadership camp this summer, addressed the group on his impressions of this worthwhile enterprise. |
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| Helen Kilgore was a guest Rotarian this week. Welcome Helen. |
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| August 2, 2011 We had a wonderful vocational talk this meeting. Scott Schneider spoke to us about his career, his personal history, and his passion for community theater. What character has he played the most? Hamlet? Puck? Willy Loman? Nope. It's a priest... usually in a comedy involving a bevy of nuns, and almost always a comedy. You simply must listen to this man's fascinating story. In some ways he is a typical Rotarian, involved in the community, but when you become a Rotarian, you notice that almost nobody is typical but unique and contributing to our collective quality of life in many special ways. |
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| Jon Gaul was a guest of Keith Cook. |
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| Guests and visiting Rotarians |
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| John Chapman introduced Carol Librizz. |
 Some weeks ago, Jeff Nagle represented our Rotary Club upon the presentation of the Governor's Award for outstanding public service. |
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| We had a Paul Harris induction, Jack Ditmar. Congratulations! It was Jack's last meeting. What a fitting departure for such a great Rotarian. |
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| Jim Curoe brought his grandson, Matthew, to Rotary Club. |
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| Visiting Rotarian from Birch Run, Michigan, Richard Hellenbrand. |
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| Kyle Buros was a guest this week of his wife, Kimberly. |
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| Helen Kilgore from the Galena Club. |
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 Mike Doland with Kent Renier above and holding the invitation card he received from Kent over a year ago. Apparently the card is still good because Mike carried it around for a year and decided to take Kent up on his invitation to attend a Rotary meeting. Here's the card and none the worse for wear. Click on this photo to enlarge. You can get tickets like this to invite someone special to a Rotary Club meeting. They're available at the registration table or from, you guessed it, Kent Renier. |
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| Joyce Fox from the Lake Norman, (NC) Club with Craig Beytien and Jim Schilling. She exchanges flags with Kent Renier below. |
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| Dutch De Groot was a guest of John Luckstead. Dutch is from Beliz, an Island in the Caribbean. He tells an interesting story but you have to listen to the audio. |
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| Kent Renier with John Adelmann and John's new publishing enterprise, Dubuque Shot Tower. It's about the historical landmark on the Mississippi River shore. |
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| Sam and Mary Yamoah. |
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| Dan Dolter was introduced by his brother in-law, Tom Howe. |
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| Josh Goellan was introduced by David R. Brandon. |
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| Sandra Sheth was introduced by her husband, Vinod Sheth. |
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| Bea Loewen introduced by her mother, Donna Loewen. |
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| Kent Renier, the incoming president of Rotary Club is pinned by outgoing president Tanya Bottomley, and likewise, he pins a "past president" pin on Tanya. The gavel has been passed. |
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| Lynette Howe was a guest of her husband, Tom. |
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| June 14, 2011 Bryan J. Zygmont, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Art History, Clarke University, was on hand to speak about his recent Rotary Club funded trip to Poland. Our president, Tanya Bottomley is in the middle and on the right is Anna Kelly from Clarke. As it turns out, this overseas study trip, taken with several other Rotary club sponsored teachers was part of an exchange program and you might recall the visitors from Poland we had last year about this time visiting the United States and Dubuque in particular. Bryan says he is half Polish and half Irish. Brian not only saw the beauty that is Polish art, science and history, but he got in touch with his Polish ancestor which was an marvelous thing according to Bryan. |
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| Sam Yamoah was inducted as a Paul Harris Fellow. Congratulations, Sam! |
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| Scholarship checks were handed out to students this meeting and we insisted on having parents up front for the photos. |
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| We managed to take a couple of great photos for our Rotary Exchange students, Javiera, Laurie and host Tanya Bottomley. All photos on this page are linked to printable enlargements. Just click on them. |
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| Tabatha Link joined her mom, Teri, for lunch at Rotary Club. |
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| Justin Noethe was a guest of Patricia Kemner. |
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| Two of our scholarship winners along with their parents were introduced to Rotarians at this meeting by Kim Tully. Listen to our audio to learn about them. |
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| This is Ann Baily having lunch with two of our more colorful Rotarians, Jim and Dan. Ann is a visiting Rotarian from Phoenix. |
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| David R. Brandon, new President and CEO of The Finley Hospital, was inducted this past week. Congratulations and welcome to Rotary, David, here with his sponsor, Kevin Lynch. |
 Fun and Frolic starred "Tanya Bottomley." Okay, this is not Tanya, and the jokes were not as good as hers, but the overall effect was hysterical. Tanya, let's hope you look better than this when you reach a certain age. Nice glasses, though. You accessorize well. |
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| May 10, 2011 James Anthony Nyangai from Tanzania spoke to Rotarians on the topic of water in his country. Hosted by Gary Gansemer who headed our club's effort in joining with other Rotary Clubs and the Sisters of St. Francis, here represented by Sister Pat Ferrell, we learned just how important our contributions have been to all facets of life on the African continent. When women and children have to spend hours in cues for water, they are not doing much else, like attend school. |
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| Receiving a Paul Harris Fellow designation (not his first), John Donovan. |
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| Inducting a new member, David Moore, and his sponsor, Geri Shaffer. |
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| Wally Brown receives his Paul Harris Fellowship designation. |
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| New member induction ceremony, Wally Brown, center, bestows membership credentials on Scott Seibert. Scott is executive director of the Boy Scouts of America Northeast Iowa Council. |
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| Scott Schneider, accompanied by his wife, Donna, received the Paul Harris Fellow designation. Barry Bromberg who chairs the Paul Harris Committee, and president Tanya Bottomley are behind. |
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| Guest Bill Biebuyck is introduced by Keith Cook. |
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| Gary Olsen, our resident photographer and Webmaster, received recognition from the Rotary Club International Region 14 at their recent district meeting. To save time, Gary just photographed himself receiving the recognition. |
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| April 19, 2011 Bob Stricker, Home Instead Senior Care, spoke to Rotarians about the problems an opportunities in managing elder parents. Featured in his talk were the difficulties encountered in long-distance "sibling- to-the-rescue" efforts in managing parent health care, and how to have that "We don't think you are safe driving" discussion. There were some excellent handouts and take-homes, and the question and answer session was spirited as you might expect. Listen to Bob's excellent presentation by clicking on either of the play buttons at right. |
 Guest Bob Beltran wants to join Rotary Club. And why not? We're the best, most fun club in town. So the question remains, is Bob a fun guy? Obviously. He came to our meeting. |
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| Geri Shafer introduced David Moore who looks to be a bit taller than Geri, so we had to tilt the camera slightly. |
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| Don't you enjoy when members bring their spouses? Of course you do. Here's Jamie Schuster with Jason Schuster. |
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| Guy Gard introduced Karen Greiner at Rotary Club |
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| Kent Reneir and Sam Yamoah brought two guests Gabriela Hoffman and Abby Gerard. |
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| New member sponsored by Mike Brannon (center) is Steve Guise. |
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| Speaking of new members, Tom Reilly helped induct Angela Petsche. Congratulations to our new members and their sponsors. |
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| April 12, 2011 Sam Yamoah and his wife, Mary pose with program chair, Eric Hilbun. Sam told his life's story from his refugee status in Africa to coming to America to attend college on his family's life's savings. He settled in Iowa, met the love of his life, and his story is the American dream come true. We hear stories of success and perserverence by members of our Rotary Club family, but one of the biggest differences in Sam Yamoah's story is that live bullets were involved. It's been an amazing journey, and you can hear it first hand by clicking on one of the buttons at right. Listen to the entire meeting. |
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| Patricia Kemner with guest, Sara Lindecker. |
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| A Paul Harris induction ceremony congratulates Michael Stoll. |
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| Les Oelke introduced Tim Dolson to Rotarians this week |
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| We inducted a new member this week. Sponsored by Tim Loeffelholz, Lori Uppeda made her debute as the newest Rotarian. Welcome Lori! |
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| Loras Bleile and guests |
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| Don Sisler was a guest of Rich Bugalski |
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| Becky Herrig from Clarke University was a guest at Rotary Club. |
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| Paul Hemmer accepts a check from Rotary's Mike Seyer's for $2,000 to pay for hearing aides for the Grand Opera House. |
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| Front and back of the Rotaract tee shirts. Patricia Kemner is proudly holding them aloft. |
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| Check presentation to representatives from Stonehill Care Center. |
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| Steve Thoms brfought Dean Beresgard to Rotary (sorry, but that's what the last name looked like on the guest sheet. If we spelled it wrong, we apologize). |
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| Her husband, Tom Howe, obviously said something funny as he introduced his spouse. You'll have to hear the audio which is available at right. |
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| Scott Rauch made it official with the induction of his first sponsored member, Carol Denlinger. Welcome to Rotary Club, Carol! Not bad for Red Badger Scott. Congratulations to you. |
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| Doug Stillings introduced Sr. Mary Ann Zollmann. |
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| Congratulations to our newest Paul Harris Fellow, Tom Reilly. |
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| Celebrating our newest member, sponsored by Tony Zelinskas, meet Steven Thoms. |
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| Scott Rauch is with guest Carol Denlinger |
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| Sam Yamoah and guests Adeline Nyam and Ernest Gwellem |
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| Lori Uppena is a guest of Tim Loeffelholtz. |
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| Mike Armstrong hosted Lisa Anderson. |
 Laurie, our foreign exchange student from France, receives a lovely gift from Kim Burros which will be a treasured momento of her time in the United States. |
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| Aggie Tauke's guest was Deb Fliegel. Deb is technology director for the Dubuque Carnegie Stout Public Library. |
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| Janet Quick and Dave Horstmann were guests of Kim Buros |
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| Rick Colpitts was a guest of Rotary. The Senior High Assistant Principal is sitting with Rotarian Eric Hilbun (right). |
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| Shawn Bromen and Janet Quick were guests of Kim Buros. |
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| Carol Denlinger was a guest of Scott Rausch |
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| Heather Maiers was a Santa Cash winner. She is snapped here with out president, Tanya Bottomley. |
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| We inducted a new member in gthe club, Dr. Bill Kuttler (on right). His sponsor is Dr. Roger Shafer. |
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 Jerry Trimble was inducted as a Paul Harris Fellow. In celebration of this occasion, Jerry is representing a group from Dyersville who is putting together packages of necessities for troops overseas. If you would like to help Jerry collect some items for Rotary Club of Dubuque, he is collecting items on Tuesday at the meeting, so bring what you can to the next meeting, and Jerry will take care of the rest.Click here for the list of what is needed. |
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December 21, 2010 We used this opportunity to draw the winning numbers for our annual fund-raiser lottery, Santa Cash. Santa himself took a moment from his busy holiday preparations to draw the winning numbers.
And here are the winners:Troy Leibold - $5,000, John Schmidt - $2,500, Heather Maier - $1,000, Mark Wolbers - $1,000, Mike and Gloria Reiter - $500 |
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 Ryan Kane was a guest at Rotary Club. |
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| Tim Moothart and his guest Richard Pugh, works for John Deere and his here from England. |
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| Mike Seyer and guest Robert Beltran |
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| Sam Yamoah's guest for the Santa Cash drawing was Gene Weber from the Dubuque Rescue Mission, the beneficiary of our fund raising efforts this holiday season. |
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| Cary Reisch brought his dad, John, to our meeting. |
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| December 20, 2011: The fabulous Madrigal Singers from Senior High School came to Rotary to entertain members and put them in the spirit of Christmas. Under the direction of Chris Marple, the Madrigal Singers have been in continuous production for more than 40 years and was founded by vocal music teacher Dan Nye (retired). Their showcase event is the second weekend of December, an awsome six course banquet held at the majestic Masonic Temple in Dubuque. The images on this page are linked to printable enlargements. Just click on them to trigger the download. Listen to the Madrigal Singers right now on this website or you download the MP3 file to your personal listening device. |
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| A lovely photo of the Madrigal Singers. |
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| Above, winner of Santa Cash Grand Prize of $5,000 is Eric Hilbun here with Santa himself and Steve Geisz the Santa Cash Project Chair this year. |
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| Guest of Marian Walker was Deb Kueter. |
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| Guest of Keith Cook was Sharon Kress. |
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| Guest of Aggie Tauke was Roger Kurt. |
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| Guest of Tom Jaeger was Kirsten Pope. |
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| Well, we can forgive him. It's Christmas afterall. |
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| Drawing Santa Cash Tickets. |
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| Guest of John Champman and and Sue Chapman were Tom Hanlon and Mike Chapman. |
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| December 13, 2011: A wonderful tribute to Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol was presented in the full costume of the 19th Century British author by the talented Vince Williams. His show was aided by Greg Orwoll in what turned out to be an audience participation experience. Dickens was a very popular novelist in his day. He enjoyed the equivalence of "superstardom" when compared to today's show business culture. And he got away with portraying the less hospitable and refined side of life that existed among the poor and downtrodden. Vince Williams and Dickens' classic Christmas story of a miserable skinflint that has redemption foisted upon him by ghosts from his past, present and future is a timeless tale that has much relevance today. |
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| Guest and hopefully a new member of our organization Daniel Delowy, guest of Kent Renier. |
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| The Rotary Club singers will be performing and leading the club in a Christmas song every meeting before Christmas. |
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| New member, Hobie Wood, was inducted to Rotary and here he receives his Rotary pin from his sponsor, Tim Loeffelholz. |
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| We had our early bird incentive drawing for Santa Cash, and there were all kinds of great prizes. |
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| November 29, 2011: The chief executive officer of Iowa Public Radio, Mary Grace Herrington, paid us a visit. Here she is with our president, Kent Renier. Ms. Herrington provided us with an excellent overview of operations, but more importantly the recent history of Iowa Public Radio and its mergers among the Iowa Regent colleges that, at first, ran their own competing public radio studios. There was wisdom in the plan to merge these radio broadcast facilities into a single network that served to streamline operations and more importantly reduce costs. Audience numbers and so is financial support. IPR has become more popular than ever with the right mix of local origination,nationally syndicated shows like Prairie Home Companion and This American Life, and great locally produced shows like Java Blend (Iowa City), Studio One, and great news and radio documentaries. Listen to the entire meeting audio by clicking on either of the buttons in the box above. |
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November 8, 2011: No, the meetings haven't gone to the dogs. But you can't beat a good program on canines, in this particular case, service dogs.Presenter Cindy Ludwig is owner of Canine Connection.Cindy does independent contracting work as a professional trainer and Field Representative for Paws With A Cause (based in Wayland, Michigan. Above, Cindy's dog, Opal, drew the three winning tickets out of the weekly drawing basket to help raise scholarship money for area college-bound students.
You simply must appreciate the audio of our program which was, at times, uproarious. You can listen to the audio directly, or download the MP3 to your computer and personal audio device. |
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| Opal removes socks from Cindy in a demonstration of how the dog can aid in common chores which the able bodied take for granted. |
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| Levi Jones was a guest of Kimberly Buros. |
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| October 24, 2011 This was perfectly timed for Halloween. Eric Hilbun introduced psychologist and expert on paranormal activity (and author of Dubuque's Haunted History) Dr. Richard Barker. He's a certified investigator of paranormal activities. Can this guy tell ghost stories! And complete with PowerPoint presentation. In any event, Dr. Barker provided a fascinating portrait of Dubuque's Haunted History. You simply must listen to this program. Simply click on the appropriate button at right. You canj also download the MPG file for your portable listening device. |
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| Guest of Jim Hallenback was Pam Brokkens of the Northeast Iowa School of Music. She wants to join. Oh boy! Lunch time concerts at Christmas! |
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| October 11, 2011Domestic violence is coming to the forefront of discussions throughout America. Violence transcends all social classes and incomes according to our presenters, Matt Zanger of the Riverview Center, and Rotarian Tim Moothart, who serves as a volunteer for the Center which is dedicated to the education and eradication of domestic violence. To deal with this problem, one must examine violence in our cultures from all aspects including violence in films and modern media, the justification of violence in cultural and religious beliefs, and the long legacy of childhood bully behaviors that have been tolerated as some sort of acceptable "right of passage." How and where does one draw a line? Listen to this informative presentation by clicking on either one of the media buttons in the box above. You can download the MP3 file and load it onto your iPod or similar portable player device. |
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| Guest this week at Rotary was Angela Basten here with Rotarian Lori Uppena. |
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| Guest of Bob Woodward was colleague Morgan Hoffmann. |
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| Glenn Lichti is going to become a new member. |
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October 4, 2011 Gary Dolphin provided with a great program on the Iowa Hawkeyes. Gary has been the radio voice of Hawkeye sports for several years, now, and he has received many honors in the filed of sports broadcasting. He covered football extensively and basketball, too. Plus this was one of the funniest meetings we've recorded, and the jokes come fast and furiously.
Below, member Larie Godinez brought two guests to Rotary Club this past week, retired principal of Table Mound School, 'Roy Hansen, and the principal of Kennedy Elementary School T.J. Potts |
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| Chad Wolbers introduced Jon Myers to Rotary Club. |
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| Cole Schmelzer was guest of Eric Hilbun. |
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| David Sullivan was a guest of Rob Apel. |
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| Cheri Loveless was a guest of her husband, the ever talented comedian and her partner in their insurance business, Mike Loveless. |
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| Joyce White was host to two representatives from Australia, Ian Fitzgibbon and Greg Bruce. They were visiting our city for research of how city government and services operate in America. |
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| Our fine youth exchange students, Julia Nunez Ribot, Matias Alvarez and Isabelle Hohns. They were celebrating Julia's birthday (she's 16). |
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| Glenn Lichti was a guest of Jim Curoe, and he is thinking of becoming a member. Ler's welcome Glenn into the most productive service club in the community. |
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| Vicky Sutter was a guest of Ginger Sakas |
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| Guest of Hank Silverkrup was Dwayne Larson |
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| Guest of Mary Ann Gassman was Jim Sauter. |
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September 13, 2011: District Governor Jim Patton was on hand and his talk was quite inspirational. We have it recorded and available for you right here. Jim is photographed here with our president Kent Renier (left) and Bob Woodward far right.
Did you know the photos on this page are linked to printable enlargements. Just click on them and the download process for the large photo begins immediately and deploys in your browser. Then just right click on it and save it to your hard drive, and you can print it on your home printer. |
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| Principal of Wahlert High School Ron Meyers, accepts the charter certificate for Wahlert's first Interact Club |
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| August 23, 2011. President of the University of Dubuque, Jeffrey Bullock and to his right, Mike Willis, Development Director, gave a stunning presentation on the new Performing Arts Center under construction near Chalmer's Field. It is magnificent. It will have a 1,000 seat state-of-the-art auditorium, classrooms, rehearsal halls, a hydraulically actuated stage and orchestra pit making the space adjustable for a variety of concerts and stage productions, and the structure, designed by Dubuque architects Straka Johnson, looks like a musical instrument, a pair of cellos lying on their sides. You simply must log on to UD's Website www.dbq.edu to see it for yourself. Listen to Jeffrey's presentation by clicking on one of the buttons at right. |
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| Returning for a meeting is Jon Gaul, guest of Keith Cook. Let's get this guy to join our esteemed organization, what do you say? |
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| Margaux Blateau, our Youth Exchange student from France, is introduced to our members by Kimberly Buros. |
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| Guest of Mike Seyer is Mike Noel. |
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| August 8, 2011 Newly minted Rotarian, Dave Storey, gave a great presentation on his employer, the Telegraph Herald. Dave has been involved in advertising most of his life and been in the newspaper business through some of the most uncertain and tumultuous times in modern history. The story is, of course, the TH is not just a newspaper but a news aggregator that covers local news like nobody else can, and publishes that news any number of ways, including the Internet, radio and television and newsprint. There are some very interesting facts revealed in Dave's talk, and you'll have to listen to the recording we provided right here. |
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| Chad Miller was a guest of Sarah Tufty, both of FedEx, and upon noticing their FedEx badges, photographer Gary Olsen just happened to have a package he needed delivered. They not only agreed to take it (it was a request for funds from FedEx's charitable arm), but they would not accept payment. Wow, it's good to be a Rotarian. |
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| Bob Grierson had made a visit to a Rotary Club while on a vacation trip, and he brought back a flag. We have flags, and if you are planning on taking a trip and attending a Rotary meeting at your destination, by all means take and trade flags. |
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| New member induction, Mike Doland, with his sponsor, the president of Dubuque Rotary Club, Kent Renier. |
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| Robert Felderman was introduced by Mike Seyer. |
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July 26, 2011 Sister Corine Murray and our old friend Olga were on hand to present a program on the Sisters of The Presentation Lantern program in our community. The program is an effective outreach to immigrants to our area who may be having problems with English. The organization also helps in finding jobs and settling in to life as a productive American.
Below, Chuck Andracchio interoduced Libby Wells as a guest of Rotary Club. |
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| Hank Silverkrup brought a guest from the University of Dubuque. |
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| Len Hoffmann was a guest of David Solberg. |
 The Devil you say? A unique Fun and Frolic on a hot day in July, You'll have to listen to the tape. |
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| July 19, 2011 We say goodbye to our exchange students Javiera and Laurie this past week, and we will miss them terribly. Thanks to Rotarian Kim Buros and her family, our club was blessed with these extraordinary students. It is one of the best things that Rotary does in the word, provide these students with the opportunity to study in another country. There were tears shed during the presentations by the girls as they celebrated their year of study in the US. We provided some meaningful gifts, but the best gift of all is friendship which these students received in abundance. Listen to the audio. |
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| Receiving his Paul Harris Fellow designation was Tim Moothhart, and accompanying him was his wife, Mary. |
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| Tanya Bottomley introduces her daughter, Britnee, to clubmembers. |
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| Larry Loeppke's guest this week was Andrea. Far right is Donna Loewen. |
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| July 12, 2011 Rotarian Tim Moothart and his wife, Mary, were on hand to tell us about their adventures in Ecuador involved in a personal mission to help children in that country last year. Tim has been an executive with John Deere in Dubuque for many years, and he says it was quite a task having to use ordinary picks, shovels and manual labor to perform necessary construction tasks. They are organizing another trip to Ecuador in the coming year. You can listen to Tim and Mary's presentation by clicking on the appropriate button at right. The MP3 file is transferrable to your iPod or similar MP3 player device. Otherwise just click on it and it will stream into your browser's player application. |
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| Sahid Kamara was a guest of Patricia Kemner. |
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| Left, Ann Bailey from the Phoenix, AZ club with Mary Beth Theis |
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| John Derrah receives the Paul Harris Fellow designation to a standing ovation. |
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| John Darrah brought his wife, Cathy, to the meeting. |
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| Chris Corken, First Assistant County Attorney for Dubuque, Iowa |
July 5, 2011 An absolutely hardball presentation by Chris Corken, First Assistant County Attorney. She knows her trade, and her message is clear. If we took half the money we spend as a society on incarcerating criminals, and invested it in educating women how to be mothers, men how to be fathers, and children how to make the right choices in life, it would be a better investment of not just funds but human resources. Chris says we spend more on justice and jail than we do on education and community support services. But it's not just about money. It's about community support for young and particularly disadvantaged families. |
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| Sgt. at Arms Bob Casper receives a special pin from president Kent Renier. |
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| The awards continue. |
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| Bob Grierson, Tanya Bottomley, Kent Renier |
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| Donna Loewen receives her Paul Harris Fellow designation and a standing ovation from the club. |
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| Kent Renier bestows a special award to Barry Bromberg. |
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| June 28, 2011 Tanya Bottomley, our president for the past 12 months, and whose term was celebrated by a rollicking presentation by Craig Beytien (right), evoked a standing ovation for a great year and a great president. Jokes and a marvelous AV presentation made this meeting one of the most entertaining in our recent memory. The photos on this page attest to that, and we have them linked to enlargements you can download and print on your computer at home. And of course we have an audio of the entire proceedings and it's not to be missed. Just click on the appropriate button on the right, and you have this memory forever. And the capper is pictured below. Tanya receives her Paul Harris Fellow designation. Congratulations and thanks Tanya! The gavel has now been passed to our new president, Kent Renier. |
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| Carrie Campbell brought a guest, Marilyn White. |
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June 21, 2011 Bob Eager standing right of our maharaja, Kent Renier (Kent traveled to India previously and in a weak moment bough this turbin) spoke on his recent trip to  India, and he had some marvelous experiences and great photos he took of his adventure. He is now among the living proof that we are doing wonderful work around theworld in eradicating polio, the scourge of third world countries but industrialized nations as well. India has the largest and fastest growing educated middle class in the world, a prosperous economy, advanced medicines, but a population that is so dense and containing so much poverty, that it is difficult to to completely eradicate the disease. |
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| The Rotary Singers. Mary Ann Gassman, Bob Casper and Karin Moldenhauer |
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| Chad Wolbers and his guest, Josh Goeller |
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| New member induction Don Sisler (far right). His sponsor is Rich Bugalski (center), |
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| We presented a check to the VNA, Deb Borley accepts from Bob Schroeder. SuperShot Saturday was a wonderful success and not only included innoculations but dental screenings. |
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| Accepting a check on behalf of the Dubuque National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium is Jerry Enzler. |
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| June 7, 2011 Argaw Oremu, with Dan Koppes (right) and Tanya Bottomley (center) was our guest presenter this meeting. Sub-Sarahan Africa continues to present enormous challenges and opportunities for our Rotary Club as you will hear by Argaw's account of life in his homeland, where water is as precious as gold. What is the most prized possession? A simple ballpoint pen. Without it, how can there be school? Consider that the biggest challenge among American school children is can we afford to give them all laptops or tablets, and once we do, can we provide high speed network connections? This isn't even a dream or a concept one can grasp in most of Africa. The divide between those in the world that have and those that have not has become an abyss, but people like Don Koppes seem not afaid to look into that abyss. He has been to Africa, and he helped tell the story of a place few of us will ever see much less witness first hand. |
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| President of Dubuque Rotary, Tanya Bottomley, and her children, Jonathan and Britnee. |
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May 25, 2011 Laura Rennals was our guest speaker on behalf of her new employer, A.Y. Mc Donald, one of the oldest continuously running family-owned businesses in Dubuque. Laura has been on the job for three months but she is already well versed on the colorful history of the company and its rich history.
You can listen to the audio of her presentation and in fact the enitre meeting is here for you to enjoy. You can also install it on your iPod, iPad, or whatever you have for playing MP3 files. |
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| Ray Quint received his Paul Harris Fellow designation. Congratulations, Ray! Soon to be official president of Rotary Kent Renier and Barry Bromberg stand alongside. |
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May 17, 2011 The president of Iowa State University, Gregory Geoffroy, was on hand to provide us with a "State of Iowa State University" presentation. It was exceptionally good because he tied the fortunes of the University to local people who have attended and are attending this great institution.
You can listen to the entire meeting on your computer or your personal listening device (iPod, iPad, what have you). Simply click one of the appropriate buttons in the audio box at right, and the audio file should automatically launch. Click on the MP3 file, and if you have iTunes, it will automatically download into your iTunes library for deployment on your iPod. |
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| Dan Radans brought a guest, Mel Mura (sp?) to Rotary Club. |
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| Sam Yamoa brought Shelby Warden to Rotary Club. |
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| Bill Petche, ISU Extension, Dubuque, was a guest. |
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May 3, 2011 Francis La Budda, a Rotary Exchange Student who has studied in France this past year, visited Dubuque Rotary Club this week and provided us with a lovely bunch of photos and charming annedotes of her time in France. Here she is with her mom and dad.
Listen to our audio and you'll find out about the honors we received at the District 4 convention held recently, and you'll also hear the latest news. Plus, we are told that our meeting audios are extremely funny as well as informative. That's what we are told by the tens of thousands that log on every week and listen to our meetings. |
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| David Moore, a prospective member, is guest of Geri Shafer. |
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| Bob Schroeder and Dan McCarthy are in charge of Rotary's Super Shot Saturday. We co-sponsor this with the VNA annually, and this is a great way for you new members to work off your Red Badge status. You can help with the kids as they received vaccines against childhood diseases. It's one of the best things we do in this community. Saturday June 11th is SuperShot Saturday! Plan to join us fr4om 8 AM to 12 noon, or even part of that time period. Ask Bob and Dan for details on how you can participate. |
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| April 26, 2011 We learned all about Ghana, Africa and the water projects that are going on there on behalf of Rotary Club. John Mac is a Rotarian from Cedar Rapids, and he is on the far left. He has traveled to Africa, and he was made an honorary chief while in Ghana for his work in bringing clean water to villagers in that region. It's an amazing project because it is an excellent example of how Rotary Clubs can reach across the globe to unite members in a common cause for the betterment of those in need. Clean water is the number one means of fighting the devastating diseases that befall citizens and especially children in these countries on the west coast of Africa. Below, Father Michael Andre speaks to Rotarians about his country, In some regions, children can't attend school because they are standing in lines for hours waiting for their ration of water to bring home to their families. |
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| We had two visitors to our meeting from China, here introduced by Joyce White who was their host. |
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| Patricia Kemner sponsored her daughter, Sara Lindecker as a new member of Rotary Club.. |
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| . Joey Anderson brought Eric Martens to Roitary Club this week. |
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| Kevin Lynch brought Milissa Racow to Rotary. |
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| New members are joining Rotary Club, Mark Ward. Sponsor Ed Babka stand alongside. |
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| New member induction. Amy Weber introduces Jeff Driscoll. |
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| Members of the Bridges Initiative came to thank Rotary Club and introduced themselves, Ermina Soler, Mark Kingsley and Theresa McDonough. |
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| April 5, 2011 An institution among the Dubuque humanitarian services non-profit community, Joe Featherston, conducted a presentation on the modern history of diversity in our community. With him was Olga Tazberouk, a Russian immigrant who has made Dubuque her home. Olga spoke on what it's like coming to a new country, making a new home, learning a new language and navigating some of the hurdles her family had to negotiate. The audio file is fascinating because she is so interesting to listen to. |
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| March 7, 2011: Kim Burros, left, with our newest outbound Rotary Club exchbange student, spoke on this very noble effiort to by Rotary to give students around the world the opportunity to travel, study abroad and live with host families of another culture. We have a great audio of the presentation.
Below: Dr. Weber's son back from the Mideast. This solder was involved in at least three IEPs (insurgent planted improvised explosive devices) and lived to tell the tale. He received a standing ovation of Rotarians. |
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| Bob and guest. Isn't he a great host? |
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March 1, 2011: We had a woinderful reunion and presentation with an old friend of Rotary Club, newly retired teacher, John Adelmann. John has completed the Shot Tower Book Project began when he was teaching at Centeral Alternative High School. He took all of the vast material that was generated about this famed icon of Dubuque's skyline, and put it into a book soon to be released. We will have plenty of opportunities to buy a copy. Over 900 have been sold in advance! Congratulations to John and this worthwhile project, telling the story of one of the most fascinating structures to survive more than 150 years of Dubuque history. |
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| Sr. Bertha Bonerft and Rachel McDermott with Eric Thomas. |
 Ed Babka brought Mark Ward to Rotary Club. |
 Check went to Hospice for $1,000, and here's Barb Zoeler with Mike Seyer. |
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| Februyary 22, 2011: Diane Brondyke, introduced by Sam Yamoah, represented our Dubuque community of BVM sisters. A splendid history was revealed that goes back more than 150 years and parallels the settlement and growth of our great town. The good works of the sisters reaches globally. Known for their missions of education and health care, the sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary are located on their lovely campus at the end of Grandview Avenue overlooking the great river valley that is a lasting reminder of the wilderness that once existed here in the 19th Century that did not deter these strongwomen of faith from their noble mission. |
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| Dave Solberg introduced Dr. Stanley Olson. |
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| Bob Eager travelled to India and returned with four Rotary Club flags to add to our collection. Bob will be presenting a program on his travels on behalf of Rotary Internaitonal at at upcoming meeting. |
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| Scott Schneider introduced Kate Hendel as his guest. |
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| February 15, 2011: Maddy Cross and Tara Velez represnt the Dubuque Multicultural Center, and they have planned an oustanding schedule of events at this facility in the coming months. The Center is located across the street from Prescott School on Central Avenue, and it provides ample room for dinners, classes, collaborations and events. Learn all about this marvelous community asset by clicking on the meeting audio button at right. The entire meeting is recorded and placed on this Website and can be streamed into your browser or the mp3 provided here can be transferred to your portable media player, iPhone, iPod or Droid music player. |
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| Another Paul Harris Fellow designation was bestowed upon Keith Cook, and |
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| Keith with Gery Kramer whom he sponsored for Rotary membership about five years ago, was on hand to present Gery with his own Paul Harris Fellow designation. |
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| Keith and Gery with lunch companions who were on hand to celebrate Keith and Gery's investiture in Paul Harris. Below is Aggie Tauke and her guest, Deb Fliegel. |
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I want to personally thank Rich Bukaski for taking over for me while I was on vacation in Tucson. His photography talent is quite evident by these photos, and Rich also supervised the audio portion of the meeting in my absense. I've place the photos here, and they are all linked to printable enlargements. Thanks Rich!
--Gary Olsen, Meeting Logistics and Website Coordinator |
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| January 11, 2011 We had a genuinely wonderful presentation by one of our Rotary Exchange Students, Javiera Alcaino (center with all the buttons and badges). She is a native of Chile, and she is a student at Senior High School this year. She gave a splendid presentation with photos from her country, and she provided us with some interesting views of her homeland. For example, there is wonderful skiing, trout fishing, and Chile,is a relatively long narrow country along the west coast of the South American contenent. It's as long as the US is wide. It is one of the top exporters of vegetables, fruit and some of the finest wine varieties in the world. Mining is also a major industry in Chile (recall the famous Chilean Miners' rescue). And Javiera also told about the earth quake and sunami she personally witnessed and survived while back home. It was the most terrifying experience of her life, and she describes it in great detail. Above, Javiera stands with her friend and host families. The assistant principal at Senior, Rick Colpitts is on the left. On the far right is Kim Buros who coordinates our exchange program for our Rotary Club. We have a great recording of the program. |
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| Tony Zelinskas introduced Steven Thoms as a prospective member. |
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| John Goodmann introduced his wife Teri, Assistant City Manager for Dubuque. |
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| Our president presented our service personnel with a lovely gift of cash from the club for a great year serving our organization at the Dubuque Golf and Country Club. |
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| We also presented a check from Santa Cash Revenue to our friends at the Dubuque Rescue Mission. Rick Mihm accepts the check on behalf of the Mission. |
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| Receiving her Paul Harris Award at this meeting was perhaps the youngest member ever to receive such a distinction, Kim Buros. |
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January 4, 2011 Perhaps a new tradition has been born on this the first meeting of the new year. The placesetting at the head table was without a guest, and it became clear to Eric Hilbun, our program coordinator, that we weren't going to have a featured speaker. So Eric decided to present a theme to the club members for discussion. "What do you have to be thankful for this past year?" Eric went first and began describing his critical heart surgery he had this past year and how that affected him emotionally and spiritually. Soon, the microphone was making the rounds. Above is one of those who spoke, Bob Eager. Words here cannot adequately describe what happened next. You'll just have to listen to the recording. |
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| We celebrated the newest Paul Harris Fellow, Jeff Nagle. |
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| Mike Lavin brought his wife, Roberta to a meeting. |
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| December 28, 2010: Dr. Chuck Weber, dermatologist at Medical Associates, provided us with a talk about his trip to Nigeria, Africa recently on a Rotary sponsored medical mission. It was a compelling talk filled with details on the often strange dichotomy that is Africa. It is a culture and a continent struggling with ethnic and religious conflicts, enormous resources that the developing nations want to exploit, corruption, grinding poverty and sickness, yet most Africans that Dr. Weber encountered were remarkably well adjusted, industrious and caring people who seem to rise above it all. You simply must hear Dr. Weber's talk. Click on the appropriate button in the box on the right. |
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| Singing Christmas Carols. |
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Many members bring family members to Rotary Club during the holidays. Above is the Tom Howe family. |
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| Kathy and Niki Abba |
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| 500 dollar Santa Cash winner, Gloria Reiter, received her check. |
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| Jared Reiser was a guest of Mary Ann Gassman. |
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