June 25, 2012, Club Bulletin, # 424
Program for June 25, 2012: Presidential Handoff...Mike to Kelly!!
Invocation by: David Stanley
Guests today: Mike Ferguson, Journal; Shelley Sides, Sunnybrook; Dana Yerington, Sunnybrook; Leah Galvin, Sunnybrook; Mike Johannsen, speaker.
Your Rotary Board: Mike Ruby , President, Kelly Garvin, incoming President Keith Porter,Caren Luke, Secretary,Brooke Mehaffey,Treasurer Tom Ward,Tony Joseph, Scott Ingstad, Steve Jameson and Mary Odell.
Rotary News: Mike talked about the six areas that are Rotary's main focus: Peace and conflict prevention/resolution; Disease prevention and treatment; Water and sanitation; Maternal and child health; Basic education and literacy; and Economic and community development. You can read more about these in the current District 6000 newsletter.
Mike shared that Sara Ingstad has agreed to take Caren Luke's place as club secretary and will be continuing her membership.
Mike shared that Mayor Hopkins would be re-joining the club and held the first membership reading for Greg Mandsager, City Administrator.
NO MEETING on 7/2/12.
Ball tickets are on sale at the back table for $7 per person. $5 goes towards the game and $3 towards polio plus. Also for sale are Bandit Bucks to use to purchase concessions at the game. Twenty five cents of the bandit bucks gets donated back for Polio Plus. These are available today and next Monday only.
Kelly Garvin made a request on behalf of Keith Porter. The club is in need of a chair and co chair for the PR committee. Also, members are needed for the new "fun" committee. If you are interested please let Kelly or Keith know.
Happy News: Rick Ray announced that the Salvation Army summer day camp is full with a wait list of 30. Paul Kraushaar attended his 48th class reunion. Dave and Jeanie Stanley trained at the world taxpayers association and learned quite a lot. Norm and Marilyn Smith just returned from Phoenix where it was 110 degrees. Dawn Sturms Dodds daughter placed 2nd in the little miss Iowa competition. Kip Fischer relayed that he rode a motorcycle once and swore if he got out alive he'd never ride one again in response to Mike's request for scholarship money for the motorcycle group that was at the Button Factory. Diana Gradert is proud of her granddaughter. Harvey Allbee is proud of his twin grandsons who are moving on to big things.
Program for Today: Community Mental Health Services Update by Mike Johannsen. Mike started us off with a quiz.
Q: According to the living wage calculator for Muscatine County, what hourly wage is needed for a family of four (2 adults, 2 children) to have a living wage?
A: $24.32
Q: What is the percentage of students in the Muscatine school district on free and reduced lunch?
A: 52%
Q: In Muscatine County in 2011 there were how many cases of child abuse reported?
A: 641
Q: The poverty line for a family of four is _____ annually?
A: $23,050
Q: Since July 1 of 2011 there have been _____ court commitments for mental health and or substance abuse?
A: 205
Mike went on to ask us to be cognizant of what people are doing and contribute to the stability of our community. He talked about the state legislature and what recent and upcoming changes will mean to Muscatine county.