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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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| Above, Cheryl Kramer with guest, Susan Henricks of the Carnegie-Stout Public Library in Dubuque. | |||||||||
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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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| Rotary District Governor Ken Kolek with his wife, Ginni. | |||||||||
 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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 Guest of David Solberg was Dennis Dickman. |
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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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 Guests this week included Chuck Whalen, a guest of Debbie Kreiss. |
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| Barry Bromberg, Geri Shafer, Mike Seyer, Amy Weber and Gary Olsen |  |
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| A guest of Greta Wallace was Tom Hannan. | |||||||||
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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.
