Welcome from President Chuck Andracchio |
 Wecome to the Rotary Club of Dubuque. Our service club is comprised of likeminded individuals whose goal is the betterment of mankind in Dubuque, the Tri-States as well as worldwide. Our recent membership growth bares witness to the fact that many hands can make a difference, and all are welcome to join. If you are interested in seeing our Club in action, we invite you to our weekly Tuesday noon meeting at the Dubuque Golf & Country Club. Please feel free to email us for additional information and see how you too can help make a difference in the world around you! join us if you can.
“Service Above Self "
-- Chuck Andracchio |
Fun & Frolic Schedule per Jim Schilling |
- Oct. 7, 2008 Bob Rudzianski
- Oct. 14, 2008 Jerry Trimble
- Oct. 21, 2008 Scott Schneide
- Oct. 28, 2008 Ken “The Bard” Snodgrass
- Nov. 4, 2008 Mike Seyer
- Nov. 11, 2008 Tom Reilly
- Nov. 18, 2008 Jim Hallenbeck
- Nov. 25, 2008 Bob “The Red Baron” Grierson
- Dec. 1, 2008 Rick “That's Close Enough” Knapp
- Dec. 8, 2008 Paul “Pablo Boomer” Hemmer
- Dec. 15, 2008 Ken “Ten Speed” Buesing
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| It's a great way to stay connected to Rotary Club on a broader level. Our District Website has comprehensive links to all sorts of important Rotary resources. Click here and visit. |
Remember that photos on this page are linked to printable ones. |
The Membership Roster is Online!
We are testing a new format for our membership listing. Normally a printed membership book would cost the club several hundred dollars. With an online listing, the content never becomes obsolete because it can continually be updated. Members can print the list from their home computer if they want a hard copy. Give it a look. |
Dubuque Rotary Club 5970 of Rotary International, meets at the Dubuque Golf and Country Club 1800 Randall Place (off North Grandview) in Dubuque every Tuesday at Noon. Buffet lunch is served, and prospective members receive a free lunch. |
| The official Rotary Club Dubuque Gateway Project Website. It's filled with artwork, and design notes. You can even download a detailed engineering drawing of the sign construction. |
| Dubuque Rotary Club Hear Here Audio Programs |
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September 23rd, 2008 Republican congressional candidate, Dr. David Hartsuch, was an extremely qualified resource for a program on the economic issues that are currently weighing on everyone's mind. |
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September 16th, 2008 Cindy Steinhauser, Paul Schultz and Deb Buol provided us with information on Dubuque's "Green Initiative" and our economic and urban development quest toward more sustainability. |
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September 23rd, 2008 Republican congressional candidate, Dr. David Hartsuch, was an extremely qualified resource for a program on the economic issues that are currently weighing on everyone's mind at the moment. |
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September 16th, 2008 Cindy Steinhauser, Paul Schultz and Deb Buol provided us with information on Dubuque's "Green Initiative" and our economic and urban development quest toward more sustainability. |
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September 9, 2008 John Donovan (left of Brent Johns) is not only an esteemed Rotarian in our club, but he is on the board of directors for the US Olympic Skeleton and Bobsled team. |
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Aug 26, 2008 Kelly Meyers, from Maquoketa and a lay employee of the the New Mellary Abby (she's the upholstery supervisor for casket manufacturing) was our guest this week. Kelly spoke on the history of the monestary and the casketmaking facility that has grown significantly on their substantial property (3,400 acres) southwest of Dubuque. |
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Aug 12, 2008 The fine folks from Hills & Dales, Marilyn Althoff and Char Eversoll, came to Rotary Club on August 12, and we have their program right here. |
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Joanne Gebauer spoke on August 5th on Residences of Asbury, a new retirement development for Dubuque. |
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July 29, 2008 Cheryl Kramer travelled to New Orleans to help victims of Hurricane Katrina, and she brought us an extremely informative show featuring new photos of the devastation and the efforts people are making on behalf of the thousands of victims who are still reeling from the effects of one of the worst hurricanes in modern history. |
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July 22, 2008 Mike Blouin, who heads up Dubuque's economic development efforts, made a wonderful presentation on workforce development among other accute issues we face in the coming years. |
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July 15, 2008 We had Carrie Tedore, PR guru for the new Diamond Jo Casino. The Diamond Jo is going land based this fall with a huge grand opening, and Carrie, who is a Rotarian, told us all about what to expect. |
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July 8, 2008 We had new members inducted this week. TVinod Seth and Ginger Sakas. We also have some interesting "vocatiional talks" made by two of our newer members. Usually our slate of presenters is so full, we seldom have time for this, but this week, thanks to a cancellation, we made time. |
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July 1, 2008 Compulsive Gambling. Do you know the warning signs of a gambler in trouble? We'll bet you can't pass this program up. |
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June 24, 2008 The Iowa Transportation Museum was the topic this meeting of Dubuque Rotary. Chuck Brook, , is the sparkplug in the engine for this project. |
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June 17, 2008 Rotarians Bob Woodward and Mike Belmont showed us progress on the new Ice Facility that will be built near McAleece Field. |
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June 10, 2008 Jim Goodman of Des Moine's VentureNet Iowa (venturenetiowa.com) |
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May 27, 2008 Colts Drum Corps visit. |
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May 20, 2008 Luke Juran our Rotary Club International Scholar. |
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May 6, 2008 Jim Jelinske, an instructor at Northeast Iowa Community College, is a strong advocate of "bully intervention." Personal tragedy motivated Jim to evangelize on this topic because he feels it is so destructive but largely preventable. |
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April 29, 2008 Rotary guests from India. We had a delightful time with these visitors who, it turns out, had so much fun on the US tour, they modified their plans to return to Dubuque. |
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April 22, 2008 Sustainable communities was the discussion at Rotary Club this week. Assistant City Manager Cindy Steinhauser and developer John Gronen were guests of Deb Buol this week. |
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April 15, 2008 Brent Johns introduced Kris Carne abd Paula Trudeau, representing The Village Cooperative, a retirement living facility that is emblemic of a growing trend in this kind of development, especially in our area. |
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April 8, 2008 Illinois Pork Producer, Darrell Stitzel spoke to Dubuque Rotarians on the topic of modern pork production. It was utterly fascinating and one of the best presentations we've had in a long time. |
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April 1, 2008 Greg Yoko, a local entrepreneur and publisher of specialty trade publications, spoke on the topic of sustainable land development. |
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March 25, 2008 Mike Budde introduced Samantha Harnack of the Iowa Marrow Donor Program to speak to Rotarians this week. There is one big myth associated with donating bone marrow, which, by the way, is one of the most popular strategies in treating cancer and diseases of the blood. |
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March 18, 2008 Jerry Enzler, Executive Director of the National Misssissippi River Museum and Aquarium located at the Port of Dubuque, spoke on America's River Phase II that is going into motion as we listen |
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March 11, 2008 Central Alternative High School's Tim Ebeling brought two of his students, Ron Sanders and Tanya Davis, who are involved in a massive project of developing a book and seminar on global terrorism. |
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March 4 , 2008 Veterans & Military Families for Progress with Tom Howe (above) who gave an emotional speech about the state of veterans' affairs in our nation. |
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February 19 , 2008 Three of the most influential non-profit organizational professionals in the Tri-State Area talk about the merger of Area Residential Care and the Hoffman Development Center. |
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February 12, 2008 The Rural Heritage Museum was the topic of this week's Rotary meeting. Dave Schmitz, a farmer from Dubuque, is the sparkplug in this particular engine seeking to raise funds and awareness of this project. |
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January 29, 2008 We learned from Kathy Abba all about how we can now log on to a new website and calculate (approximately) what it will cost to get a knee replaced, a heart valve installed, hernia repaired, you name it, they have a formula for you to figure it out. |
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January 22, 2008 Scouting was the theme of this week's Rotary Club Meeting, and our club's chief scout, Dustin Ferris, brought Eagle Scout Will Neumeister who showed us his photos and video clips from the Scout Jamboree he attended in England. |
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January 15, 2008 Meganne Masko, a certified music therapist currently working for Hospice of Dubuque, entertained us at Rotary Club, and this was one of the best presentations we've ever had. It was utterly touching. |
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January 8 , 2008 Bob Broshous (right) with Brent Johns, our program chair. Bob is a University of Dubuque recruiting officer. He spent some time with us showing how he sells Dubuque, Iowa to overseas students. I |
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December 22, 2007 This is actually a movie not an audio only file. It traces the travels of our Santa Cash Crew as they draw winning numbers and deliver Santa Cash checks to lucky citizens throughout Dubuque. it's funny. |
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December 18, 2007 Video of the Madrigal Singers at Rotary Club Christmas 2007! A magnificent tradition at holiday time. |
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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. |
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December 4, 2007 Make Mine Wine, a magazine published by Barbara Rasko of Des Moines, was the topic of discussion. Ms Rasko shared some insights on the state of Midwest wine growing and consumption. |
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November 27, 2007 University of Iowa President, Dr. Sally Mason, talks about the legacy and the future that is the University of Iowa. |
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November 20, 2007, a very special presentation by the Dubuque Rescue Mission. You don't want to miss this. It's extremely moving. |
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November 12, 2007 Randy Gehl (City of Dubuque Information Officer), and Gary Olsen (Dubuque Schools), presented the All-America City Video. Click here for the regular business meeting, and click here for the video. |
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The Dubuque Rotary Club is perhaps one of the first and only club in the world to employ Web technology in this fashion. We are providing digital audios of the weekly Rotary Club guest presentations. If you would like to learn more about audio programs featured on our Web page and how to play them, click on the radio. This is where we will accumulate audio files in future weeks, months and years. |
 Need a logo for a sign, a banner or a tee-shirt graphic? Need a logo for a flyer, brochure, or Web page? Introducing our instant logo download page designed for members, businesses, and vendors with whom we do business. Don't cut and paste! Just point the vendor to this page, and let them download the file they need. Click here! --Gary Olsen
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| Ken Jepsen was a guest of Gary Gansemer. |
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We've got photos and an 8 minute movie from Rock'n Soul Reunion on the River. Click here. |
 Here's something cool. If you become a sponsor of a new member, you get a special Rotary Club pin. The gold pin as a red ribbon at the bottom engraved with the word "SPONSOR." Wear it proudly! |
 We have lots of photos are linked to printable enlargements. Just click on the photo to download the enlarged version. If you're looking for a particular photo, it may have been moved to the Front Page Photos Gallery section. Click here. |
We are the Rotary Club of Dubuque |
 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? |
Rotary Club of Dubuque Board of Directors |
Rotary Club of Dubuque
2007-2008 Board of Directors
- President: Chuck Andracchio
- President-Elect: Doug Pearce
- Past-President: Rob Apel
- Secretary: Lori Bahl
- Treasurer: Kent Renier
(officer terms are all 1 year) Board Members: (board terms are 3 years)
- Debbie Buol 6/30/08
- Chuck Donnelly 6/30/08
- Jon Luckstead 6/30/08
- Aggie Tauke 6/30/09
- Jerry Trimble 6/30/09
- Bob Woodward 6/30/09
- Tony Zelinskas 6/30/08
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- Doug Stillings 6/30/10
- Geri Shafer 6/30/10
- Gery Kremer 6/30/10
Joining the board in July of 2008 – 6/30/11
- Jim Hallenbeck 6/30/11
- Patrick Donovan 6/30/11
- Kim Tully 6/30/11
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| If you want to see a great Dubuque Web site that features videos and photographs of recent Dubuque events, visit Dubuque365.com. |
accessdubuque.com also promotes Dubuque Rotary Club and our events. |
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| Remember, guests you host at Rotary meeting have lunch free. What a lovely incentive to bring new member prospects into our wonderful world. |
| Rotary Club Human Services Committee |
| Dubuque Rotary Club Grant Requests (C indicates Contingency funding).The Community and Human Development Committee has revamped the request form that people fill out to apply for finances. To download the Microsoft Word file. Click here. Linked to this website is the important grant request summary document (in Microsoft Word completed by people in our community representing organizations who seek funding from Rotary Club. The document is quite thick but interesting since it requests over $50,000 from our organization. This is good news, actually, because it gives us the opportunity to set a goal for our fund raising efforts. After all, this is what we are all about.... raising money for humanitarian projects among other things. Here is the committee who must sift through the requests and decide what we will fund. The chairman is Mike Seyer Mike Seyer
1365 Kane street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
563-557-9577
Roger Shafer insite41@aol.com
David Moessner dmoessne@dbq.edu
Deborah Buol dbuol@dbq.edu
Jan Powers powersofcomm@mchsi.com
Jim Billmeyer jb10750@aol.com
Tom Reilly reillysevn@aol.com
Jim Schilling jschilling@iowabar.org
Joe Graham btgraham@aol.com
Kathy Schmitt kathy@thebikeshack.com
Kevin Lynch KLynch@net-smart-inc.com
Loras Bleile lorasbleil@aol.com
Mike Loveless mloveless@lovelessins.com
Mike Seyer mike@mtscompany.com
Tony Zelinskas tzelinskas@whks.com
Warren Wick warrington@mymailstation.com
Dan McCarthy dan.mccarthy@finleyhospital.org
Rich Bugalski bugalski@mchsi.com |
Rotary Club Humanitarian Awards submitted by Kent Renier
Cresent Community Health Clinic $26,000 used to leverage an additional $60,000
Society For Special Needs 2,050
VNA Super Shot Saturday 3,000
Dubuque Rescue Mission 8,000
Alzheimer's Association 2,300
Dr. James Snyder Honduran 850
Dental Project Toy's For Tot's 1,200
Dubuque Senior High Madrigal Singers 100
Boy Scouts of America 2,000
Two By Two Animal Campus 1,724
Story Brook Zoo 700
American Red Cross 220
St. Marks 5,000
Operation Empower 711
Dubuque Arts Council 1,000 Hillcrest 1,995
Dubuque Humane Society 475
Project Linus 1,000
Camp Albrecht Acres 750
Riverview Center 1,000
Children At Home 1,800
Ark Advocates 1,000
Navy League 3,000
Tri-State Vets Association 3,000
Rotary Foundation 500
Grand Opera House 1,000 ARC 1,000
Maria House / Teresa Shelter 4,000
Fire House Training Center 10,000
Salvation Army 6,500 Hospice 2,322
Community Foundation 500 Scholarships 9,000
International Water Project 15,000 used to leverage an additional $55,000
A great year in deed. --Kent |
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