April 28, 2014, Club Bulletin, #506

Program for April 28, 2014:  Peitzman & Wardell  Iowa Public Television Read for School Initiative

Invocation:  Norm Smith

Rotary News: Keith told us that the Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine is loaning us their portable sound system for our club meetings!! Thank U!!   The Rotary Board will meet today!!

Happy News:  Keith Porter was happy that Ron Yohe told a funny joke and that the Muscatine Symphony Orchestra had a grand concert for their 10th anniversary!!  Bill Phelan is glad to be home from his great winter in Arizona and also happy that his blood clot went away!! (We are too!)  Melanie Alexander reminded us of the various upcoming events at the Muscatine Art Center. Jessica Wittman was happy that so many Rotarians came to Jesus Christ Superstar. Greg Jenkins is happy that his son will become a Lt. Colonel in the Air Force this week!!

Rotary Program: Randy Richmond provided an informative program on the Van Dyke Brown Process. Randy has mastered this technique and enjoys copying the model of the Flemish painter who lived 150 years ago.  Through a chemical and water bath photos are sandwiched between glass and exposed to sunlight.  Randy claims that pictures developed in this manner will outlast a  standard black and white print and eliminates the need for a digital negative.  Photos can be printed on glass, ceramic or wood!!  Randy also mentioned a stress relief technique he uses and explained to Rotarians.