April 8, 2013, Club Bulletin # 459
Program for April 8, 2013: Kasey OKelly and Steve Graham... what is going on at HyVee
Invocation: David Stanley
Rotary Guests: Tony Joseph and Mayor Hopkins had as guests Yang Lizhong, Mayor of Zhengding County in China along with 9 other dignitaries from the same area. Mayor's China Committee including Wes Fowler, Katie Watson, Greg Jenkins, Kenny Lane and Angela Joseph. Additional guests were Mike Feguson from the Muscatine Journal, Jen Smyser as a guest of Keith Porter, Dr. Nadkarni Manasi guest of Mary Odell.
Rotary News: Harvey Allbee announced to the club the Ballet Folklorico performance on Tuesday evening, April 9, 2013 at the Muscatine Center for Performing Arts at Central Middle School at 7:00 P.M. The free performance is one of several in the troupe's Southeast Iowa International Tour. The Troupe will also perform in West Liberty on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at the West Liberty High School at 7:00 P.M. Now's the time to invite your friends for a great evening of song, dance and culture that is all expenses paid. Both concerts are being provided by the Rotary Clubs of West Liberty and Muscatine as a community service to both communities. It is free!!
Tony Joseph as Chair of the Mayor's Muscatine China Initiative along with Mayor Hopkins introduced our Sister City Friends from Zhengding County. Mike Ruby made a brief presentation to the group on What is Rotary for the benefit of the Chinese guests. Jim Nepple made a presentation to Sarah Lande as the recipient of the Bob Roach Award. Sarah has been highly involved in many local, regional and state initiatives that demonstrate her commitment to Rotary and our area.
Program: Bob Allbee introduced Mike Edmonds as the program for the day. Mike is by profession the Swine Nutritionist for the Kent Group. Mike has written a very thorough and informative book called Healthy Eating Made Easy. He will be making more presentations about the book at the New Hope Church and at Wesley United Methodist Church on April 24, 2013 at 7:45 P.M. Mike focused on why one would write a book? He wanted to explain nutrition to the lay person by explaining how to be healthy by better eating. He believes he has done this through a positive message and a book that is very readable. Mike offered free copies to be loaned for a month so that various workplaces might use it as a guide. The book will be available for purchase on April 12 by going online to
www.dredmondshealthyeating.com. Mike had success selling a couple of books, discussing the book and providing several copies to various workplaces for a month of free checkout.