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The Rotary Year in Pictures and Audios 2007! |
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December 22, 2007: Above, Sara Dohmeyer was the winner of the big $5,000 Santa Cash check we presented to her at Kennedy Mall. We had other winners, too, and Gary Olsen has them all on a special 20 minute video covering the entire day as Rotarians climbed aboard a trolly bus and delivered the checks personally. Above left, Penny Roeder received one of the checks ($1,000) personally from Santa Claus. Still frames from the video on this page are linked to printable enlargements. |
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 Patrick Donovan, co-chair of this year's Santa Cash fund raiser reports that over 250 tickets were sold this year, making it a success. Funds raised with Santa Cash will go toward our many humanitarian projects. Here are the winners: $5,000 Sara Domeyer, $2,500 Split Tickets Patrick Donovan, Jim Hallenbeck, Tom Graham, $1,000 Vicki Tschrggfrie, $1,000 Penny Roeder, $1,000 Bill Kruse, $1,000 Amy Gerhard and the Cottage Crew, $500 Matt Fiegen and Staff, $500 Joan Tully. |
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| Matt Fiegen was a winner of a $500 check. We delivered the check to him at his place of business, Capri Cosmetology College, and the whole place applauded. | |||||||||
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December 18, 2007: It's a Rotary Club tradition to have the Senior High School Madrigal Singers perform just before the holiday break. They were in fine voice as you'll see and hear by the video. Dan Nye, vocal music instructor at Senior High, directs the group he founded more than 25 yerars ago. We have a video of the performance and the sound quality is excellent. Click on the button, and Happy Holidays to you and yours. |
We think Jerry Trimble is starting an annual tradition. For Fun & Frolic, he sang his adaptation of White Cristmas in the style of Bing Crosby. This photo and more are on our Year in Pictures. Click here. | ||||||||
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December 11, 2007: David Moessner, a long-time Rotarian, and professor of religion at the University of Dubuque's Seminary, spoke on the topic of Corinth, the ancient city in Greece that was a thriving center of trade, wealth, science, engineering and architecture, and, as we all know, the Corinthians have become part of the legacy of Christian spiritual intellectualism that is chronicled in the Bible. The apostle Paul wrote two of his epistles to the Christian community at Corinth. The city, as Dave describes it, was extremely sophisticated in its time with a very diverse population of many beliefs that generally lived harmoniously save the occasional despotic ruler. But a Roman siege burned the city to the ground in 146 BC and left it in ruins, uninhabited for 102 years. Julius Caesar re-founded the city in 44 BC because he proclaimed its strategic importance to the Roman Empire. The Romans rebuilt it in their own style with many extraordinary innovations such as a distributed fresh water system and sewers. It became the seat of government for Southern Greece . It was noted for its wealth, and for the luxurious, immoral and vicious habits of the people. It had a large mixed population of Romans, Greeks, and Jews.
Dave had some great photos he had taken of the ruins of ancient Corinth in a PowerPoint program that was run by the University of Dubuque's Nicky Story (pictured above), a multimedia specialist who works with David at the UD Seminary. |
Guest of Kevin Althaus was John Ambrose. Click on the photo for a printable enlargement.
Guest of Amy Gerhard was Dave Benedict. Click to enlarge photos.
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Ken Biesing with one of our guests from the University of Iowa,Steve Parroti. |
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November 27, 2007: Dr. Sally Mason, the newly installed president of the University of Iowa, paid a visit to our appreciative Rotary Club this past week. She spoke of the accomplishments and the legacy of that great institution, and her purpose was to announce her intention to preserve and expand upon that legacy. If you were to Google Dr. Mason on the Internet and do a
cursory search of her accomplishments, you would discover she has made several, and she has improved every one of learning institutions for which she has served. It's a difficult job running a university since it really is not like a business. It's a school at its core, but it's also a scientific and medical research facility, a business incubator, an entertainment enterprise (Big 10 sports), a cultural center for the performing and visual arts, and it's preparing our young leaders for whatever lies ahead for them as a state, a nation, and a planet. Listen to her talk by clicking on the button in the box.
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Also joining us for lunch from the U of I was Tom Dean and Ken Mason (husband of Dr. Sally Mason. |
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| Bill Miller and guest Bob DeSousa | Sandi Warthan brought her husband to Rotary this week. |
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| We took this photo because these two guys just looked so good, and they are both managers of their respective Hy-Vee stores in Dubuque; Denny Hartogh and Chuck Donnelly. Far right is Jim Schilling, and he's asking, "Who's minding the stores?" | Wayne Breckon and guest Chad. | ||||||||
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| Former Rotary president, Guy Gard, holds the "Lead the Way" Award presented to the Dubuque chapter. | November 20, 2007: Doug Stilling brought two guests from the Dubuque Rescue Mission, Sam Maltry (hat), and Jason Smith (middle). This is one of the most powerful programs we've ever had this year. It brought a standing ovation from members.
Words cannot describe the emotions that were revealed at this meeting, but the audio file certainly can. Meanwhile, the Rescue Mission, thanks to Doug Stilling and fellow Rotarians, is less likely to beomc extinct in our community due to finances. The Dubuque Rescue Mission has become our "personal" project for Rotarians this past year. |
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 Kent Renier holds up one of our more interesting flags received from a Mumbai Ghatkopar Rotary Club. Click on the image to see an enlargement and the detail of this flag. |
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 Chuck Donnelly brought colleague Dan Simon (Asbury Hy-Vee) the Rotary Club this week. |
Here's a great shot of our co-chairs for Santa Cash. Hey, have you purchased your tickets, yet? Did you pick up a poster for your place of business? Get crackin'! We count on this as one of our biggest fund raisers of the year. Mike Meyer speaks while Eric Hilbun holds up the visual aids. |
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 Diana Teta from a New York Rotary Club paid us a visit this week. She's in Dubuque visiting relatives over the holiday. |
 Hey, check out this new bling. It's a Rotary pin that has a special red banner below that says "sponsor" on it. This is presented as an award to the leading recruiter of new members to our club, and that happens to be Gery Kramer pictured below with one of his most recent members who was inducted, Zac Hedstrom. Congratulations! |
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 Frun & Frolic was a little messy what with Bob Rudzianski's broken ribs and his interpreter who helped him, Jim Schilling on the left, and both subbing for Bob Casper! Well, you'll just have to listen to the audio file. |
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 Jim Curoe brought his son, Andrew, to Rotary Club this week. This is one of the handsomest photos our photographer took this week. Click on it to reveal the printable enlargement. |
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 Past Presidents Dinner at Dubuque Golf & Country Club. A spirited discussion among past president of Rotary Club was the whole purpose of this meeting of the wise and experienced among us. A lot of great ideas surface during what some may call a brainstorming session. Current officers and our president , Rob Apel specifically take notes of every suggestion and idea. It's really quite fascinating, and if you ever get a chance to attend one of these, you should. Photos are available of the event by clicking here. |
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Kathy Abba invited Cathy Andresen (left) to Rotary Club this week. | ||||||||
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Our Rotary Club Fun & Frolic Cleanup Crew! Mary Ann Gassman, Kathy Abba and Jeff Nagle. Below, Kathy Abba scores a "basket" by tossing in the number one disposed of beer can brand (true, they honestly make a crazy game of this activity).
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Oct. 30, 2007 Gary Dolphin, the Voice of the Hawkeyes, 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. Not only did Gary cover football but basketball as well. Listen to the audio by clicking on the logo in the box at right. |
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| Guests this week included Andrew Lange (right) with Dustin Farris. | We exchanged flags with a visiting Rotarian from Lippitadt, Germany. Mr. Schieffer received a Dubuque Rotary flag from our president, Rob Apel. | ||||||||
 Guest of Mike Loveless this week was Jerry Miller. |
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| Here's a fabulous photo of the Wallaces, Howard and his guest this week, Nancy. All photos on this page are linked to printable ones. Just click on them and fire up your Hewlett Packard. | |||||||||
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October 23, 2007 Our past District Governor and chair of the Rotary Foundation spoke this past week at our meeting, Ken Kolick. He provided a wonderful insight into his mission of increasing the number of participants in the Foundation, but he also provided an opportunity via the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics pioneering work in skeletal deformities, namely club foot that can be corrected in children up to three years old by non-invasive surgery and special braces designed by doctors at the University of Iowa. He showed a brief film, but it was Ken's personal words that had the most profound effect on the crowd. Listen to the audio.
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Presidential Award winners included Jim Schilling, Tom Reilly, Tim McNamara, Jerry Trimble and Brent Johns. Our president, Rob Apel stands far right. The club is presenting awards on a quarterly basis for outstanding contributions to the club and the emphasis is on projects that have an impact on the greater community. Jim's work on Super Shot Saturday, Tom's work on the Irish Hooly, Tim's work with the Voices from the Warehouse District, Jerry's work with the Business Olympics and Brent's continuing contributions as program coordinator for the club were recognized. |
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 This is Justin Wilson, a guest of Dustin Farris. Justin is with the Boy Scouts. |
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 Eric Hilbun brought with him his dad, Dan, to the meeting this past week. |
Our outstanding Highway Cleanup Crew was recognized at the last meeting. This is one of the longest running projects in our club's history. Did you know that one of Dubuque's Rotary Club founding members was E.B. Lyons, the noted promoter of Dubuque's parks and natural spaces? | ||||||||
 Dick Voetberg, with the Dubuque Key City Rotary Club and a candidate for City Council, visited us this week. |
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We presented a check to Rick Mihm of the Dubuque Rescue Mission. Rotarian Doug Stillings who serves on the board for the Mission was on hand to present the check.
A new member was inducted this week. Dave Barton (far right in the photo left) was sponsored by Eric Hilbun. Welcome to the club, Dave! |
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| This week we presented a check to the Alzheimer's organization in Dubuque. | |||||||||
October 16, 2007 Above left is Rolfe Ehrmann, our guest this week with Rotarian Mike Seyer who introduced him. 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. Rolfe Ehrmann this week whose father and grandfather (Einstein's physician) were family friends of the greatest scientific mind of the 20th Century. See the rare photo below of grandfather and Einstein sitting on the front porch. Listen to the audio to learn
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| Above, Molly Grover brought along Patrick McGaughey to our meeting. Patrick was conducting a business seminar this week for Chamber members. | |||||||||
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October 2, 2007 Winemaker Bob Smith, Stonecliff Wines, was our guest this week and he was not only informative, but highly entertaining. We learned all about the trials and tribulations of being a winemaker in Iowa, a category of agriculture that is growing like the vines did this season (Bob reports this was an excellent growing year). Brent Johns (above right) introduces. |
October 9, 2007 Synergy Brass, visiting artists and guests of the Dubuque Arts Council, blew the roof off the joint at Dubuque Golf & Country Club as this dynamic ensemble played for Rotary Club. This will probably be the most downloaded audio in the history of the club. It is an excellent example of the diversity and breadth of programs and presentations we have weekly. This recording is so good, by the way, we could sell it. Actually, that would be illegal, but still, it's way hot! |
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Charlie Miller and Kevin Recker, from Seastone Financial. | ||||||||
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| Dan Raduns and Nancy Dunkel from Fidelty Bank | Rob Apel pins our newest member, Sandi Warthan. Sandi works at Stonehill Franciscan Services and has a five month old son. Her sponsor was Eric Hilburn. | ||||||||
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Dr. Nathan Eiben and his wife Cathy were guests this week of Vicki Bechen. | ||||||||
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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.
Kids in the Block have been recipients of Rotary Club funds for the acquisition of new puppet characters that expands their repertoir. A new "kid" depicts the behaviors of autism, for example. The puppet on the far left has his own miniature wheel chair that is fully functional. All of these details and carefully crafted scripts are designed to expand children's awareness and insights regarding those kids among them who are indeed worthy of understanding, friendship and help when requested. |
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| Kathy Kahle and her dad Don | David Solberg and Dave Neves | ||||||||
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| Stan Schwartz was recognized by president of Dubuque Rotary, Rob Apel, for service to the Board of Directors of Rotary Club. | September 11, 2007 Tom Kelzer spoke on the new portside development project which will encompass a new casino, multistory condominiums starting at $300,000, stores and a parking ramp. It's really a beautiful structure evoking the architectural style of Frank Lloyd Wright, yet it contains stone and brick that ties it to the community's most iconic buildings and architectural landmarks.
Tom had a great AV program that showed artists' renderings and floor by floor plans. There is even more details about the project yet to be determined, and we may have to get this guest back in a few months. The skyline of our city is changing. And audio presentation of the entire meeting is available here by clicking on the button in the box. And thanks for visiting the Dubuque Rotary Club Website.
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| This was Joe Graham's guest this week, Sandi W. For future reference, please have guests sign in at the front desk so we can recognize them. Lovely photo, nonetheless. | |||||||||
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| Nikki Kiefer, the new owner of Sedonna Staffing, was a guest this week of Doug Stilling. | |||||||||
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| Guy Gard was recognized as the Rotarian of the Year for his great contributions as president of the club this past term and his continued efforts to improve club operations. Congratulations to Guy Gard, pictured here with our current president, Rob Apel. | 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." Such topics as global warming, alternative fuel sources, and promoting conservation and recycling are just some of the ways mayors and cities across our hemisphere are doing something where the "Feds" are not or are distracted by other matters and priorities. Republicans and Democrats alike are uniting under this green banner for many reasons regardless of personal beliefs in whether global warming is a legitimate phenomenon.
"Local governments look upon their actions toward improving the environment as a quality-of-life issue," explains Roy. "Just one look at countries like China that don't consider the environmental impact of their citizens and industries, and look at the near catastrophic results." We apologize that our audio file is a little short due to unscheduled and premature battery failure. But all of the Rotary business portion of the meeting and more than half of the Mayor's presentation are available here. 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.
The library is evolving to meet the needs of the new century and the new technologies that are upon us. There is also the need of the public for access to study and there is a profound need for activity space for youth. These expanded uses can easily be accommodated in the present structure, according to Susan. The structure is sound but needs modifications. The Library continues to be as strong as ever serving as a hub for education, research and recreational reading activities for people of all walks of life. |
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| Guest Rob Daniels with our Brian Dalziel. Rob is locating a new business in Dubuque from Minneapolis. |  Guest this week of Eric Hilbun was Dave Barton. |
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| This was hilarious even though technical ill fated. Our Jerry Trimble (above with Dan McCarthy) did a take off on that TV show where contestants have to complete the lyrics of a song? Take our word for it, even in failure the bit was funny, and it raised some much needed cash for our Rotary scholarship program. The funniest contestant was Cheryl Kramer (below) who only knows one song besides our National Anthem. In trying to identify the Billy Joel classic "Piano Man" and after being told it was Billy Joel's "Piano Man" by a fellow constestant, she still got the song and lyrics wrong. | Guy Gard got a check for $9,000 from Tom Reily and Jerry Trimble, representing our club's cut of beverage sales at the Irish Festival (Hooly), held in August. What does that tell you about Irish themed fund raisers? Maybe we should transplant our club's charter to Dublin. Or perhaps we should hire the Irish Rovers for a band at our next event. | ||||||||
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Gery Kremer brought guest ZacHedstrom back to Rotary Club. If this guy doesn't already know we are the most fun club in Dubuque, there's no hope. He looks like a guy who knows how to have a good time. Get this gentleman a membership form!
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| Maynard Phillips (right) was a guest of Rotary Club. He's the key consultant on the Library fund raising activities. | Pat Donovan brought his wife, Libby, to our meeting. She saw for herself that we are all a nice bunch of nuts. She also learned that we do some wonderful things in the community. Libby is affiliated with the VNA, a recent recipient of our generous support. Of course we have a lot of fun doing good things. It's the way it should be.
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 Sue Wheaton received more than a couple of nice plaques for her contributions to Rotary Club this past year. Sue has been our recording secretary, and she helped us automate a good deal of our record keeping among other things. She also received a check for the Grand Opera House (she now manages that facility), proceeds from beverage sales that we manage as a club for that organization. |
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Rotary District 5970 Governor Elect, Gerald Retzlaff, addressed our meeting. He's from Monticello, and he informed us of one of our Rotary District's goals is to expand with some new clubs. One town in our area in particular that doesn't have a Rotary Club is Dyersville, Iowa. |
August 21st, 2007 Luke Juran (right), our Rotary International Scholar, provided us with a wondeful presentation on his experiences in Bangladesh. If you think we had a lot of rain in August, you should have seen the monsoons in Asia. Luke is an international business scholar, and he is specializing in micro-banking, the latest concept in providing more than just a hand-out. Micro-loans to those enterprisers in third world countries can begin to provide solid economic and financial underpinnings to enable people to help themselves and to prosper beyong mere survival.
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| Kent Renier here. We've got a great event coming up... The Legends of New York City, featuring spot-on singing impressionists of Billy Joel (when he was thinner), Elton John (when he was thinner), and John Lennon (when he was alive). It will be held at the Grand Opera House on September 21, proceeds will contribute toward our goal of helping the Dubuque Rescue Mission. | |||||||||
 Fun & Frolic was really teffic this week, and perhaps it was the first time it was ever delivered by a self-proclaimed "biker chick." Amy Gerhard, one of our newest members commanded the microphone and was uttler charming and funny. |
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 Paul Hemmer welcomes back friend and fellow Rotarian, Cheryl Kramer. Cheryl took some time off from Rotary Club, but she has now returned and re-upped her membership. Welcome back Cheryl! |
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 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. The idea began when the Superbowl was being played in Minneapolis, and Wayne, a restauranteer, siezed upon the opportunity to organize fellow food perveyors and chefs, and provide an event that could involved other chefs from NFL cities across the nation. It's a
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| An fantastic comic moment unfolded this week with the miraculous appearance of Bob Rudzianski's apparently long, lost brother. Separated at birth, the two were reunited during Fun & Frolic. Yes, isn't it uncanny? | |||||||||
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| Ken Kolek, our Rotary District Governor, brought a check ($1500) for us, our share of recent project funds donated to Rotary International. Former president Guy Gard accepted. | |||||||||
 Pete Meder visited the club and brought us up to date on their upcoming fund raiser which include a golf outing organized by the Bellevue Rotary Club. |
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Ken brought along his friend, Mark Shelton, from Metro North Cedar Rapids Rotary Club. Left, Bob Rudzianski's guests included Bruce Lee and Joanne Gebauer. |
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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. Listen to the audio for the whole program including our regular meeting. Click on the button in the box on the right.. Nearly all meetings are available for you to listen to by clicking on the button in the box at right or in the collection of audios in the left column below. It should play on virtually any and all computer platforms. Depending on how new your computer and software is, the file may stream into your browser, or it may require downloading before playing. Good luck! Let us know if you have any problems. |
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 Gray Dale was a guest this week of Gary Olsen's. Dale is a native of Mississippi, and his wife is a bio-chemist at United Clinical Labs in Dubuque. Gray has a masters degree in American History. |
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Above, KCRG's Katie Wiedeman interviews Amy Weber on the gift we presented to the Crescent Community Health Center. Right, Jim MCann was a guest of Tom Tully this week. Jim is with Earthfoam. Jim's company has a mission and it is to cover the earth in foam to prevent injuries and spontaneous fires worldwide... okay, we're just guessing here. |
Mike Marlin, Cedar Rapids West Rotary Club was a guest this week. Here is is photographed with Don Sanders.
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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. The entire meeting is available for you to listen to by clicking on the button in the box at right. It should play on virtually any and all computer platforms. Depending on how new your computer and software is, the file may stream into your browser, or it may require downloading before playing. Good luck! |
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President Rob Apel, right, presents a certificate of Distinguished Service to Jennifer Uptegraph at this week's meeting. Jennifer worked super hard on the Rotary's Annual Golf Outing, and she has pitched in on many other projects. Congratulations, Jennifer. |
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 Guest of John Luckstead was Jenie Harrington. Below is Eric Thomas, a guest of Dr. Don Kahle. |
 Jerry Trimble was an absolute hoot as Marlon Brando's Godfather. He even did the tux. His impressions are extraordinary. But the real action came when he gave a hug to our president, Rob Apel. Enough said. You had to be there. |
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| "Clearly this is one of the better couple shots I've taken in recent weeks," says club photog Gary Olsen. Charlie Green (with Joyce White), Fairbanks Alaska, announced he is moving to Dubuque. |  |
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July 24, 2007 Jim Normandin, publisher of the Telegraph Herald, presented the United Way film for this year, but not without a proper introduction. Jim told a very personal and poignant story about his family's own contact with the United Way as a result of the tragic and untimely death of his young daughter. United Way touches lives in our community in so many ways, and it contributes to the quality of life we enjoy in our little corner of the world. It's how a community takes care of those in need that is the true measure of quality of life. Incidentally, several Rotarians serve on the United Way campaigns, boards of agencies that are affiliated with the United Way, and even Rotarian Gary Olsen did the campaign film. You can see it online by clicking here. You can listen to the entire Rotary Club meeting and Jim's presentation by clicking on the button above. |
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This is what we call the "money shot," says Gary Olsen of the opportunity to ride the Fire Department Snorkle to get this spectacular view of Rock'n'Soul Reunion on the River. On the grounds of Stonecliff Winery and the Alliant Amphitheater, Rock'n'Soul Reunion on The River was clearly one of the most successful fund-raising projects of the year. |
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 Proceeds will benefit Dubuque area firefighters and first-responders who are busy rasing funds for their West-End facilities to train new recruits and keep veterans sharp. As our club's party planners settle accounts, a full financial report is coming soon. From preliminary results, we did just fine. To see Gary Olsen's and Paul Hemmer's photos of the event, click here. Thanks to Captain Burke (above) of the Dubuque Fire Department for taking Gary up in the air to take this spectacular photograph. And below is one of Paul Hemmer's photos from his album of shots. Look at the spectacular colors here! Click here for Paul's album. |
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President Rob Apel, right, presents the president elect, Chuck Andracchio with his "president elect pin" at this meeting of the Dubuque Rotary Club. Chuck will serve starting July 1, 2008 and will begin filling in for Rob when necessary. |
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July 17th, 2007 You look like you've seen a ghost! Actually, it's Joe Sherman of Dyersville, IA, (seated with marketing consultant Dave Schmitz). Joe is a film documentarian (Dreamcatcher Productions). He has chronicled the exploits of the Field of Dream's "Ghost Players." The Ghost Players have evolved as a live act that tours the world, a remarkable phenomenon considering they were invented by William P. Kinsella, the Canadian novelist who wrote Shoeless Joe, that became the Kevin Costner film, Field of Dreams. Now, almost 20 years later, the Field of Dreams set still exists as a major tourist attraction, and the Ghost Players have become the "Greatest Show on Dirt." 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 showed a terrific trailer for a documentary film he's working on, and it was delightful. Listen to the audio file by clicking on the button in the box. |
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 Golf professional and Guy Gard's oldest son, Gregg, visited our club this week. Needless to say, there were a lot of jokes about Guy's golf game and why can't dad get some lessons from his son? Well, for one thing, explains Guy. "I can no longer afford him." Gregg is an assistant golf professional at Canyon Country Club in Palm Springs, CA. |
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Jim Renier and Jerry Trimble received plaques this week for outstanding service and contributions to Rotary Club. Jim is our treasurer, and Jerry headed up some key fund-raising projects throughout the year including the Business Olympics event that was a hoot. | ||||||||
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July 10th, 2007 It was Pass the Gavel as our old president, Guy Gard, formally introduced our new president for 2007-2008, Rob Apel. Guy received a standing ovation from an appreciative membership. Guy told the crowd he met most of his goals, and even though he started his administration raising dues to better provide for our community's human needs as well as put the club on a solid financial footing, membership has steadily increased, and, according to Guy, "We are still having fun." Meanwhile, Rob Apel, our newest president, gave a humorous speech recapping Guy Gard's presidency, and there are some wonderful moments we've captured on tape and you can hear them by clicking on the Windows Media button in the box. The entire meeting is here for your enjoyment.
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Rick Dickenson, Greater Dubuque Development, provided an excellent talk on the growth of that organization and its contribution to the community's job and economic growth. Here he is with Brent Johns (right). | ||||||||
Above is Rob Apel's first official act as president, present a lovely plaque to outgoing president Guy Gard. |
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 Kelly Gard and son "Little Guy." Guy's son helped run the meeting's recording equipment (see below). |
 Gary Olsen saw Guy Gard, Jr. as a ready and willing helper to record this week's important Rotary Club meeting. For the record, he did a perfect job managing the boom microphone in this photo. All photos on this page are linked to larger, more printable versions. Just click on them to download to your browser. |
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 Also receiving a plaque for service to the Board of Directors was Deb Buol. |
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Receiving outstanding service awards from Guy included Bernie Fox, Jim Hallenbeck, Kim Tully and to the right of our former president Guy Gard is Jeff Nagle. |
Amy Weber and Vicki Bechen received plaques honoring their service on the Rotary Club Board of Directors. | ||||||||
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 The Winner of our Fish Fly Contest was Ginni Kolek, the wife of the Rotary District Governor. She donated half of her $327 winnings back to the club. |
 Left is Rob Apel joined by his spouse Chris who came to Rotary to see Rob invested as president. Above is Mart Bodensteiner, (Ypsilanti, MI) and Jen Neumann (Cedar Rapids Downtown Club). |
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 This is Mike Marlin with Bob Fodrill. Mike is from the Cedar Rapids West Rotary Club. |
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 Lea Droessler brought along Sue Frank to our meeting this week. |
 Vicki is seen here with guest Zac Hedstrom. Zc was actually a guest of Gery Kramer. |
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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. You can listen to the entire meeting by clicking on the button at rigtht. Meanwhile, this was our president's last meeting (pass the gavel is coming up in July (see the schedule below), and Guy Gard has been handing out Distinquished Service Awards. We have included photos of the award winners below. |
Distinguished Service Award winners. Click on the photo to download the printable version. Brent Johns, Mary Ann Gassman and Vicki Bechen with Guy Gard.
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Bob Rudzianski received special recogntion by our president (left) Guy Gard.
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| Presenting a sponsorship check from Alliant Energy, representative and Rotarian, Craig Crawford, makes it official that Alliant Energy is a major sponsor of our Annual Rock'n'Soul Reunion on The River. He presents the check to project committee chair Gery Kremer. Don't forget to sign up for duties in this annual and now FREE event. We need lots of vending help, and it's fun. You are contributing your labors to the biggest fund raiser of the year for Rotary Club. See Gery or a committeemember you want to volunteer. | Guy awarded certificates to Patrick Donovan and Mike Armstrong. | ||||||||
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| Jim Schilling, Chuck Andracchio, Gery Kremer. |  Visiting Rotary was Kim Tully's sister-in-law, Kathy Tully. |
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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. Meanwhile, the video that was featured at the meeting, produced by the development company's architectural and engineering firm, was magnificent. It was a virtual tour of precisely what the condos will look like inside and out. A.J. Spiegel of Peosta is the developer. |
Gary Olsen covered this event like a blanket, and there are nearly 100 photos for your viewing pleasure. They'll come in handy if you were there and need evidence that you played the best golf of your life. Click here. Photos are linked to printable enlargements. Just click on them. |
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Rob Apel, our next president of Rotary Club, holds up his agenda for the meeting he conducted in Guy Gard's absense. He promised he would stick to it, and that the meeting would end on time. He was correct in his prediction. However, Rob would be first to admit it was pure luck. The wild card is always the guest program. | ||||||||
 Otto Krueger was a guest of Charlie Miller. |
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 Alan S. Johnson and Ron Helle were guests with us this week.Tom Stecher was a guest this week of Karen Lyness. Here the former Dubuque banker is lunching with Dave Solberg. |
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May 29, 2007 Our latest batch of new members were inducted this past week. surrounded by Rotary's officers Kent Renier, Guy Gard and Brent Johns are Kevin Althaus and Tom Tully. Welcome! Meanwhile, our program this week was presented by Greg Orwoll, Executive Director of the Colts Drum Corps organization, one of Dubuque's treasures and recently recognized by Iowa Governor Chet Culver as an Iowa treasure. We have the percussionist instructor doing her thing on the vibraphone (see photo below). Also, the Greg's presentation outlined the social and economic impact the Colts have on our community. It is quite impressive. |
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Guest of Greg Orwoll this week was Jen Staggenborg a percussionist and instructor for the Colts this year. She entertained us with an orginal composition on the vibraphone. |
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| Jeff Nable and Kim Tully recap the recent Rotary Club highway cleanup, one of the most successful weekends in recent memory. |
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. It's vitally important that employers support those who serve in the military and protect their jobs for their return. With Mr. Spear is Tom Berryman who was a long time reservist. Photos are linked to printable enlargements. Just click on them. |
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May 15th, 2007 Meet Matt Berning (right), dairy farmer and representative of the Midwest Dairy Association. Matt presented a great talk on the topic of dairy farming, an agricultural enterprise that hasn't changed much in a long, long time in terms of dedication and direct labor. It has changed some in its application of technology, of course. But still, it's a job whose future may rest with corporate giants as families slowly abandon the business. Oh, sure, there are some wonderful and enterprising families still into dairy farming, but young people are not as attracted to the profession as their parents and grandparents were. It's hard, hard work. |
New Member induction of John Puotinen this past month was sponsored by Ed Babka (left). Photo by Jim Schilling (click on it for the enlargement). |
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Greg Orwoll introduced Mike Levine, a great musician and colleague, to Rotary Club. | ||||||||
| Aggie Tauke's Guests included Nicole Middaugh and Tim Kramer this week. Click on the photo to automatically download an enlargement. |  Luke Juran stopped by Rotary Club. He's a candidate for a Rotary club international scholarship in which he is applying. Luke is an extraordinary example of his generation's fortitude to make the world a better place. He's taught English in Saudi Arabia, learned about micro-financing in South America, and he is compiling one heck of a portfolio of adventures. |
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 Guest Rotarian this week was Tom Morris of Galena's Rotary Club. Remember, photos on this page are linked to high res versions suitable for printing. |
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 Our president, Guy Gard, holds the plaque we received from the Rotary District celebration recently. We are chapter of the year, and Guy was named Chapter president of the year. Click on this picture to read the inscription on the plaque. |
 Kevin Althaus was a guest this week of Kent Renier. |
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April 24th 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. She entertained us with several songs and we have captured them perfectly on our audio file at right. This is one worth keeping. She was fabulous. Below is Barry Nudd from Bellevue Rotary who accompanied Paul and Caroline to Rotary this week. |
New Member induction this week celebrated Greta Wallace joining our club. She has traveled, studied and worked all over the world, she is an artist and photographer. Greta also works in glass, pottery, and she enjoys gardening and landscape design. | ||||||||
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 Our treasurer, Kent Renier, holds a poster and entry card for a new fund raiser that's off to a flying start. Rotary Club presents "Fish Fly Folly," a contest in which citizens can purchase for five bucks the opportunity to guess when the first official hatch of fish flies occur in the City of Dubuque (usually in June or July depending on the weather, river conditions, temperature of the water, and the phase of the moon). Fish fly (actually May fly) hatches in Dubuque tend to be phenomenal events because of the density of the swarms. Our city's lights tend to atttract them, They die within 24 hours of hatching from their helgromite pupae stage. Their sole purpose is to mate. Once they've accomplished that task, the females are supposed to drop into the river to lay eggs for next year's batch. Such is the "circle of life." Unfortunately the ones attracted to street lights and illuminated signs drop to the streets and sidewalks making them a slippery and stinky mess. |
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| Mike Seyer of our Rotary Club Humanitarian Services Committe, presents Paul Hemmer of the Dubuque Arts Council a check. The money will be used to help finance the "Sundays at 6:30" series of concerts at the Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. |  Bob Casper led everyone in a rousing chorus at the start of the meeting. You can hear it in the audio file above. Feel free to sing along. |
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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. The entire meeting and their presentation is on the audio. Just click on the button at right. Speaking of sports, Jerry Trimble donned green plaid tam-o-shanter, and entertained us during Fun & Frolic. He was promoting the upcoming Rotary Club Golf Outing at the Dubuque Golf and Country Club coming up on May 23rd.
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Safety and promotion are just two objectives met with these new safety vests that will be employed for the Rotary Club's Adopt-a-Highway Pickup Saturday, May 19th 8:30 AM. See Jeff Nagle who chairs this deal. |
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| We inducted Joe's bro this week into Rotary. It was a poignant moment that reinforced one of the core values of our organization. We are a family. Welcome to the club, Tom Graham who joins his brother Joe, a long-time member of Dubuque Rotary Club. | |||||||||
 Andrew Lange (right) was a guest of Dustin Farris this week. Both are executives with the Boy Scouts. |
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| Julie Frommelt was a guest this week of Jeff Nagle. Julie is with Welu Printing and is considering joining our club. | We handed out a couple of checks this week. Humanitarian Services Committee Chair, Mike Seyer, presented a check to Don Gereau of the Jo Daviess Workshop. | ||||||||
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| Speaking of new members... our prez is holding up the new portfolio that you receive when you're a new member of Rotary. It's smart and full of information on how to get involved and be a productive member. There are even printed instructions on the special Rotary Club double secret handshake. |
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| Here's Tia Kramer, daughter of Angie Tauke and who returned from working a season at McMurdo Station Antarctica. She's a jewelry designer and maker, and she accessorizes very well as you can see. | |||||||||
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April 10th 2007 Representing the University of Iowa School of Engineering is Barry Butler (right) who was introduced by the Program Committee's Brent Johns. 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. Statistically, the Dubuque area schools, according to Barry, are doing pretty well in contributing students to both Iowa State and the University of Iowa engineering programs, and we test well on standardized tests. Nonetheless, the gap that exists nationally is what Barry is focusing on, and he says we must do something to address this disparity. Listen to his talk on the audio file of our entire meeting. Click the media button in the box. |
Dr. Tom Benda was inducted by is long time friend and colleague, Dr. John Chapman. Congratulations on joining Rotary Club. More new member inductions below. |
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 We dispensed checks on this day to organizations like Four Mounds. This is Chris Olson receiving the check from our treasurer, Kent Renier. The funds will be used for the housing rehabilitation program that takes at risk youth in the very neighborhoods they live and puts them to work rehabilitating housing. The program teaches teamwork and collaboration as well as construction crafts. |
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| Bob Berglin was inducted by his friend, Bob Woodward, who affixes the Rotary Pin to one of our newest members. | Nancy Lewis of Project Concern received a check from Rotary as designated by our Humanitarian Projects Committee headed by Mike Seyer. Also receiving a check was the Historical Society and accepting for that organization was Spencer Smith. | ||||||||
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| Guest of Keith Cook this week was Dustin Ferriss. | Terry Kouba hosted University of Iowa's Fred Streicher, Director of Marketing and Communication for the University of Iowa School of Engineering | ||||||||
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 Speaking of the Cold War (our topic of the previous week) we were grateful to have one of the participants of that seminar being held on April 11 by Central Alternative High School, Francis Gary Powers, Jr. (yes, son of the U-2 Pilot of the same name). Gary is director of the Cold War Museum in Fairfax, VA, which he founded and is now affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution. His story is fascinating to say the least, and he's telling that story including little known details of his dad's capture by the Soviets at the Cold War Seminar at Grand River Center on April 11. |
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April 3rd 2007 Representing Central Alternative High School is teacher John Adelmann and one of his students, Ricci Oliverez who gave a presentation on the upcoming Cold War Seminar Central Alternative is conducting on Wednesday evening 6 PM at the Grand River Center. The event will feature guests Francis Gary Power, Jr., son of the U2 spy plane pilot shot down by the Russians at the height of the cold war (he's heading up the establishment of the National Cold War Museum), and two retired military commanders, Gail Halverson (Berlin Airlift) and James Pocock (commanded the West Berlin/East Berlin Border) who will make presentations and field questions about their experiences. |
Guests this week included Deb Buol who had laryngites, but had Chuck Andrachhio present her speech for her. The topic is, of course, the Rotary Club's opportunity to host an international delegration from Korea that's coming up very soon (learn more on the audio file in the right column). At right, Dr. Chapman brought Joey Anderson to the meeting this week. She's with one of the hospice organizations in Dubuque. | ||||||||
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| Joy Droessler brought a guest and her employee, Brian Cady. These two were obviously sitting at the Rotary "Rowdy Table." | Kyle Clemen was a guest of Tim Loeffelholz. Kyle is job shadowing Tim. In reality, Tim is shadowing Kyle in hopes he may go back to high school and make up for his mis-spent youth. Sue Wheaton brought along Jen Neumann (Cedar Rapids Downtown Rotary Club) to our meeting. Jen is with the Girl Scouts of America organization. |
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March 27th 2007 Representing the Chaplain Schmitt Memorial Committee are Jim Unsen (Navy League) and former Mayor of Dubuque, Walter Pregler. For those of you unfamiliar with this historical figure, Chaplain Aloysius Schmitt was the first catholic chaplain in the US Navy to be killed in World War II at Pearl Harbor. He was personally responsible for saving 12 fellow sailors on board the USS Oklahoma and lost his life in the process. A memorial was erected in his honor on City Island on land that was eventually encompassed by the Dubuque Yacht Basin. Access to the existing memorial is very limited. These community leaders, Jim and Walter, want to change that, and their plan is to relocate the memorial and make a bonafied tourist attraction with landscaping, a model of his ship, and flags in Father Schmitt's honor, a fitting tribute to the first fallen priest of World War II's Pacific Theater. Learn more from the audio file. |
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 Luke Juran, sitting here with Don Sanders, was our guest this week. He's back from his world travels, and studies abroad. He was in India most recently working with "microloan" programs to give the poor a chance at entrepreneurial opportunities. This is a huge deal going on in various parts of the world that have large populations of poor. It would be great to have Luke do a program on this at some point. |
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 From left to right, Gretta Wallace, Jeanine Lochner and their host Mary Ann Gassman were at the meeting and posed for this delightful photo. Gretta is going to be inducted in the coming weeks as a new member of our club. Congratulations Gretta! This photo is available for download as are all the shots on this page. Just click on them to download the high-res printable version. |
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New Member Induction
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Gery Kremer introduces a new member, Lisa Fondel, to our club. Welcome Lisa!
Members like Brian Dalziel brought job shadowers with him from Galena, Illinois, Scott Johnston and Tyler DeLoach. Click on the photos on this page to download the printable enlargements. |
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 Ed Ritz had a job shadow this week from Galena, Brittany young. Brittany is considering getting into the art museum business. Below is Dr. Chapman and his guest Dr. Benda. Dr. Benda shadowed Dr. Chapman to see if he wants to be a Rotarian one day. |
 Dan Sadler is a guest of Jim Hallenbeck this week. Dan is a neighbor of Jim's. |
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 Hey everyone! Bob Newhart is alive and well and living in the body of Jerry Trimble. It was a charming bit that Jerry did for Fun & Frolic. |
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Fantastic Sneak Preview from Joe Sent Me
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| Paul Hemmer, composer and collaborator on the local musical, Joe Sent Me, brought a little preview of one of the new songs from the revival, and Rotarians responded with a standing ovation. The singer above, Regina Neenan, a Clarke College sophomore, knocked everyone's collective socks off. The show is at the Grand, and it contains all sorts of surprises promised Paul. |
 flight. and a hot air balloon can cost anywhere from $25,000 to as much as a quarter million dollars. Any shape is possible, and they've made everything from Pepsi cans to flying castles and Mickey Mouse (for Disney). The manufacturing process is meticulous, time consuming, labor intensive, and an art form of the highest order. The company has an excellent website. Click on the balloon to visit it and see more photos. It's extremely cool. Who new? Well, Tom Berryman did. Thanks, Tom, for providing this excellent presentation. |
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Holy cow, did we induct a pile of new members again this week. Debbie Kreiss, Jodi Martin, and Robert De Corah. |
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 Greg Crawley was a guest this week of Guy Gard. All photos on this page are linked to printable versions. |
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Gary Gansemer brought along his colleague, Howard Haigh. |
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Debbie Kreiss brought two guest to Rotary who witnessed her induction in the club (wow, she doesn't waste time), and they included Bob Boge and Dave Jansen. | ||||||||
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Carrie Tedor, sponsored by Deb Buol, John Knox sponsored Kathy Aba and Tim Loeffelholz who are now Rotarians. Jim Schilling sponsored Mike Campbell.
On the Guest List this week was Bob Welsch and Becky Hauder hosted by Kent Renier.
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 Learn more about this remarkable organization in our community by clicking on the audio button above. Oh, and this tee shirt that Sister is showing was created by one of the people saved by her organization. It's says "Beaten but not Defeated." It's quite remarkable. There is much collaboration among agencies in Dubuque because no single agency can do it all or accommodate the number of victims that may need help at any one time. Are incidents of domestic abuse in our community higher than average? No, however, there are about 10,000 victims or one in four women involved in domestic abuse situations (not necessarily violence). Are alcohol and drugs the cause? No. Drugs and alcohol are usually the means of escape for the victim in order to cope. And they always make things worse. Abuse is one person seeking control over another person.It's not always physical. |
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Jodi Martins is with new member Joie Borland. Jodi was a guest of Rob Apel's. |
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Over the last two meetings we honored Don Sanders, Joe Graham and most recently, Keith Cook. These are Rotarians who have made the Rotary Foundation part of their estate plans. Congratulations and the world thanks you. | ||||||||
Guests this week at Rotary Club included Inga Schilling (wife of Jim) and Jim Petersen, retired teacher from Hempstead. Bob Fodrill joins us for the snapshot. |
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| The Rotary Singers, Mary Ann, Bob and Karin, sing up a storm for Valentine's Day. They got off to a rocky start but had a great finish. Well, isn't that a metaphor for most relationships? | |||||||||
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President of the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce, Kevin Lynch, brought the organization's new CEO, Molly Grover, to the meeting as his guest. Welcome Molly! Here's a wonderful incentive to encourage speakers and presenters to consider coming to Rotary Club meetings. This is a lovely one minute timer paper weight that contains the Rotary Club of Dubuque logo and a thank you message inscribed below. It's a beautiful addition to any office, desk den or credenza. Now we ask you: Are we a classy club or what? |
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The candidates for three board positions on the Rotary Club Board include (left to right) Geri Schafer, Chuck Andracchio, Pat Donovan, Jim Hollenback, and not pictured Gery Kremer and Charlie Miller.
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| Above, we inducted Bill Zaleski into our club this past Tuesday. Bill is in banking. Here he is pinned by his sponsor, Jason Meyer (photographer's note: Isn't this a grand photo? Occasionally the photographer gets lucky. You can click on it to download a printable enlargement). Scroll down for more photos. |  Christopher Kulovitz brought his freidnd Lea Droessler to the meeting this week. Chris is heading up our first ever Rotary Club sponsored high school film festival project that is soon to be in full swing in the coming weeks. |
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 Rob Apel brought his former boss, teacher and mentor to the meeting, Bob Budde, CEO of Advance Data Com, one of Dubuque's great entrepreneurial success stories. Bob is going to become a member of Rotary Club. |
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January 16th 2007 Apparently arranging entertaining programs for Brent Johns (right) is no sweat. Jonathan Ribble, left, a motivational speaker, whose program "Prespire to Inspire" apparently got members so motivated, at least half went out and made fortunes in a down market. The other half experienced unbridled enthusiasm for their jobs and found true happiness in themselves much to the surprise of their spouses and signficant others. Everyone reportedly lost weight. |
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January 9, 2006 We inducted a new member this meeting. Joie Borland was sponsored by Jen Uptygraph (left) who presents Joie with her Rotary pin. Joi is a sales executive with Dubuque 365.com, and her colleagues from work, Bryce Parks and Matt Booth (below).
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January 9, 2007  Our featured speaker this week was Robin MacFarlane with her dog, Tommy. Robin is founder of That's My Dog! a dog training service that guarantees results. The topic of her presentation was service dogs and their rights in businesses. Also, she provided some good information on what to do when you encounter a service dog. "They are not pets," explained Robin. "They're working dogs." Usually service dogs wear some sort of vest that has "service dog" embroidered on it, but it's not a requirement. |
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Robin trains and places dogs for a many purposes that assist the visually impaired, but there are hearing dogs, and dogs that assist people with a variety of physical and mental limitations. Robin solves dog behavior problems, does obedience training, boards and trains at her location in Hazel Green, WI. If you want to learn more about Robin's enterprise, log on to the Web at www.thatsmydog.com |
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Bob Woodward hosted Bob Berlin this week at Rotary. Rob Apel (left) brought Mike Budde to the meeting. Mike is a former Rotarian seeking a return to regular participation. |
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 It was an incredible day as none other than Santa Claus, accompanied by a small herd of Dubuque Rotarians, made the rounds to deliver Santa Cash to good "boys and girls" who purchased winning tickets in one of the most successful fund raisers our organization does all year. And we have the magic moments captured in a special video. It was the Bob Schroeder family who won the $5,000, and above is one of the $1,000 winners, Vicki Tschiggfrie screaming with delight as Santa, himself, presents the check. There are more photos and the movie. Click here. Proceeds from this project are earmarked for the Crescent Health Center and a dental suite. |
 Mike Armstrong and Jim Hallenbeck reported that the club set a new record for raising cash this year for the Salvation Army's Bell Ringing Program. Listen to the audio to get the details. Congratulations to everyone who participated. Several did double shifts. This means they have a free ticket to heaven. Do not pass go. |
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January 2, 2006 Our own Gary Olsen presented a program on Dubuque Schools' exclusive television channel on Mediacom Cable, Channel 19. The enterprise is nearly a year old, and it has earned legions of fans. Shows Gary produces for the school district include High School House, Designer's Club, The Garden Organic, Chopper School, Gonzo Science, and the biggest hit that appears state-wide on Mediacom's Iowa-wide cable network, Kids in the Kitchen. Above is Gary in Hy-Vee's new teaching kitchen, where Kids in the Kitchen will now be filmed. Before Gary began his presentation, he unveiled his newest technological marvel called the "Steadicam." The Steadicam is a device that allows the |
Deb Buol brought her husband to the meeting, our Mayor of Dubuque, Roy D. Buol. | ||||||||
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| The Santa Cash Committee, under the leadership of Bernie Fox (left) and comprised entirely of new members, were applauded by members for the fabulous job they did on Santa Cash. Left to right, Bernie, Steve Davis, Eric Hilbun and Patrick Donovan. | |||||||||
 Joyce White and her guest, Charlie Green, from Fairbanks, Alaska. |
 Wally Brown was a guest of Gary Olsen's this week. Wally is executive producer on many of Gary's television programs on Mediacom Cable. |
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December 19th 2006 It is a Christmas tradition at Rotary Club that goes back 25 years. Senior High School's Madrigal Singers, under the direction of vocal music director for Senior High, Daniel Nye, were in fine voice as they entertained for nearly 30 minutes. We have the audio file in the box at right, and you may want to save this in your permanent collection of great Rotary Club meeting programs. The photos on this page are all linked to printable enlargements. Happy holidays from your Rotary Club Web Team under the direction of Gary Olsen, Kevin Lynch and Amy Weber. |
Isn't this a great photo of Aggie and her daughter, Tara (a Rotary Foreign Exchange Scholar)? Totally happy to be at Rotary this week for the Madrigal Singers. Speaking of families. Here's Doug Sanders and his son, David, visiting him for the holidays.
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 The Madrigal Singers are resplendent in their hand sewn costumes. Every year they do a local tour to entertain delighted audiences throughout the community. Their big event is the Madrigal Dinner, a catered affair held the first week of December at the Masonic Temple. You should make plans to attend this annual event next year. Put it on that new calendar you get for Christmas... the one with the puppy photos. These photos are linked to printable enlargements. |
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"I love photographing people with food," says Rotary photog, Gary Olsen, of this shot. "I love people and I love food, it's that simple." Tony Zelinskas brought along his lovely spouse, Kari, to the meeting this week to enjoy the Madrigal Singers. | ||||||||
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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. He brought his favorite fan with him to this meeting, Virginaia Burkhart, and we all enjoyed them both very much. Next week we have the Madrigal Singers visiting from Senior High. Make sure you get there early for the best seat. But hey, this is the Country Club. All seats are good. Listen to the meeting audio at right to enjoy this presentation including the rest of the meeting. |
Hey, you guys! We need your help to ring the bell for Salvation Army Saturday December 23rd. This is a fantastic Rotary Club tradition.
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We had such wonderful guests this week including Joie Borland, here with Jen Uptygraph (right).
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| We inducted another member to our esteemed organization. Brian Dalziel is with his sponsor, Kevin Lynch (right) and on his left is our president, Guy Gard. | Gary Gansemer brought Michael along to Rotary Club this week. | ||||||||
 . Our Rotary Club singers sang their brains out at this meeting and the songs are on the audio file. You can sing along. |
 Pam Lewey was back, here with recently inducted member Karen Lyness. |
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December 5th 2006 What a fascinating young man... Dubuque Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, Alex Strittmetter. Monticello Rotarian Gerald Retzlaff accompanied him to the meeting this week and introduced him. Thanks to Rotary Club, Alex received the opportunity to study East Asian geopolitics in Australia, and he is now working in Washington in the State Department. His description of his duties in his present job at the State Department is extraordinary and not to be missed. We recorded his talk and it's certainly worth listening to as well as the rest of the meeting this week. Click the button in the box and enjoy. |
Okay, the winner of the best holiday tie worn to a Rotary Club meeting is... okay, it's a tie (get it?). Dr. Roger Shafer and soon to be inducted into the club, Brian Dalziel, comprise this festive scene. |
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 Gary Olsen's guest this week was Gabe Neely, a geography teacher from the University of Wisconsin, Platteville. |
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We had a new member induction of Karen Lyness here with her sponsors, Carol Reed and Tom Reilly. Congratulations, Karen and welcome to Rotary Club! Gery Kramer brought along Robert Decorah to Rotary Club.
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 Kathy Schmitt brought along her daughter, Pam Lewey, to Rotary Club. She runs the family business, The Bike Shack. |
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 Paul Hemmer brought along a stack of Dubuque 365INK magazines because it featured an excellent article about Rotary Club. And who is that on the cover? Santa Claus? Hmmm... it looks a lot like Paul. You know... it's like that Clark Kent/Superman alter ego thing, but with jingle bells and a beard. |
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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. Bob not only showed plans for the proposed facility, but he shared some details of the fund raising plan, the goal of which is to create a facility that pays for itself and is managed by an independent management board. Why a new ice facility for Dubuque? Five Flags just doesn't provide enough ice time for all who want it. Ice Hockey has been booming in our community and our state with youth hockey as well as college hockey and an adult leagues. Also, figure skating and recreational skating in a nice indoor facility is something that enthusiasts in our community have been pining for. Communities similar in size to Dubuque and smaller have been visited by Bob and his fund raising board and have selected the best fund raising and facility management aspects from each of those successful operations. Listen to the recording and learn more details about this ambitious plan. |
Guests of Bob Woodward who attended the meeting to provide informational support were Scott Savary, director of customer service for McKesson, and Tim Goodman, with O'Connor Thomas Law Firm. | ||||||||
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| Julie Florez, vice president and credit administrator at American Trust, a Big Sister, a wife and mother can now add "member of Dubuque's esteemed Rotary Club" to her list of affiliations. Her sponsor is Patti Lashecki. At left is our president, Guy Gard. | |||||||||
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 John Knox brought his mom, Evangeline, to the meeting. |
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Jim Hallenbeck brought Josh Kreger (brother-in-law). Josh had heard Jim's many stories of what a great time we have at Rotary Club and how good the food is at the Country Club, so he had to see for himself. And besides, Jim offered to buy. Jim Schilling's new law partner, Jamie Splinter, was a guest. He says her stint with their firm is a temporary sojourn on her way to the Supreme Court. |
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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, and maybe Waterloo and Council Bluffs ultimately. The concept may be viable, especially if the train can beat personal vehicle travel time, but perhaps this is an idea whose time has come. People all over the nation are discovering the economy of train travel. But transportation of this form will never operate profitably says Overby, and it doesn't have to. It's worth doing because of the positive impact it has on other aspects of the economy, plus it is better for the environment in the long run. Photos below and they are linked to printable enlargements. |
From Fairbanks Alaska... Lori Bahl sits next to Luke Juran, a young man who is seeking a Rotary grant to continue studies abroad. Luke writes us frequently from places like Saudi Arabia where he taught English, India, and now he's headed for South America.
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Frank Zahn spoke on behalf of Rotary Exchange where Rotarians are host families to students who study in America. Frank has been a host many times, and he was moved to tears as he described the family friendships that have been made with past students who are very much a part of Frank's family. Here he as a reunion photo of a recent visit by one of his students from Europe who returned to America. If you want to be a host family, and it's highly recommended, talk to Frank or Gary Gansemer, our Rotarian who coordinates this worthwhile Rotary Club program. Bob Rudzianski did his thing for Rotary's Fun & Frolic, and he raised a ton of cash for scholarships. You have to listen to the tape to truly enjoy this man's humorous delivery despite what Rob Apel's expression may transmit. |
Diana Tita from New York visited Rotary and we exchanged flags.
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 Mike Armstrong is stepping down as long-time chairman of the Salvation Army bell-ringing project we do every Christmas. He's turning the reins over to his apprentice this year, Jim Hallenbeck who is a new member of our club. |
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November 14th 2006 Jody Bauer, RN, of Heartland Hospice provided us with an informative presentation this week. Jody tells us that the most common feedback she hears from families who are faced with caring for a terminally ill loved one is, "Why didn't we call you sooner?" Most everyone in our club is familiar with Hospice, and Heartland Hospice is a variant on the concept which actually mines such financial sources as Medicare and health insurance if it's available to provide comprehensive care and comfort and to remove barriers to those who need in-home nursing care the most. Listen to the audio. Photos below and they are linked to printable enlargements. |
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This was Jerry Trimble's week to do Fun & Frolic, and he delivered a deftly subtle and dead-on impression of vintage actor James Mason (Journey to the Center of the Earth, North by Northwest, 20,000 Leagues Under The Seat). Jerry has an amazing repertoir of impressions. However, he still looks like Hall of Fame Pitcher Catfish Hunter. Here's Catfish at his Hall of Fame induction in fact. Uncanny, isn't it? Separated at birth!
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| Icelandic Rotarians... Dubuque is where they go in the winter, apparently. Oh, and we had a visitor from Alaska, perhaps for the same reason. | Bob Haverland was a guest this week at Rotary. | ||||||||
Mike Armstrong, project leader for our annual bell ringing effort for the Salvation Army, looks like he's about to take command and issue orders. He's just looking for volunteers to sign up. Smoke'em if you got'em. |
 Bernie Fox is our project leader on Santa Cash. It promises to be our biggest fund-raiser for the year. Remember to bring a $100 with you next meeting to secure your ticket. Odds are good you'll win. And if you lose, you still win because this money will be invested in our fine Rotary Club humanitarian projects. So, when you arrive at the Pearly Gates, and you finally get to the head of th line, St. Peter recognizes you, he says, "Didn't you bought a Santa Cash ticket? For Heaven's sake... you're in!" |
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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.
She coordinates services to area homeless. Deb described the plight of the homeless in our community, and yes, we have men, women and children, displaced by a variety of circumstances, living in cars, in caves and under bridges. But what was really compelling in her simple, unadorned presentation was her personal observations. She is clearly one of God's people. She is totally dedicated to aiding those who are subsisting at the edges of our society and economy. You must listen to this week's program. It's extraordinary. Click the button in the box at right.
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A visitor from the East... Carnack the Magnificent, introduced by Fun & Frolicmeister, Bob Rudzianski, was quite entertaining. The theme of the program was how important it is for members to participate in Santa Cash. Put that in your Funk and Wagnel. | ||||||||
The Dubuque Rotary Club started it all about four years ago with the construction of the first sign along the southwest entrance to our city. We raised approximately $23,000 for that project and had a little cash left over which we donated to the city for subsequent signs. It was the start of the Gateway Project organized by the Rotary Club of Dubuque, and Rotarian Gary Olsen, the sign's designer. The second and third signs have been completed. The signs are locate on Locust Street along side the pedestrian overpass to the Museum and Casino and the on US20 approaching the city from the west. Rotarian Mike Brannon's company did the sandblasting, and all local companies, including Portzen Construction, Giese Manufacturing and Becker Stone provided materials and workmanship on various aspects of the project.
Above: Thom Determan was hosted by Jim Schilling this week. Thom is retired from the Dubuque Community School District and is in environmental purification among his activities these days. 
Here's guest James Rang with his host and colleague Eric Hilburn. 
