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BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2007-2008 President,
Gary Wieskamp
; President Elect; Directors: Karen Diercks; Dennis McDonald, Mary Wildermuth, Tim Nelson, John Schwandke. Past President:
Dale Lucht
, S; Treasurer: Randy Ludke, GS; Secretary
Ann Moody,G(2)S
www.muscatinerotary.org
Governor, District 6000: Diana Reed, Des Moines, Iowa.
Rotary International President: Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, Trenton, Ontario, Canada.
THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
Nancy & Bob Varner - Pump Organs - value, restoration methods & demonstration. This should be a pretty interesting and entertaining program.
LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM
Jan Glendening, Director of Philanthropy, the Nature Conservancy, talked about "Saving the Last Great Places In Iowa". Jan talked about preserving the Iowa Pleistocene snail; prairie chickens; plans to reintroduce bison to graze on designated prairie grasses; how controlled fires are important to maintaining the prairies; and many other ways conservation is helping to sustain our native landscapes.
HONORING OUR FELLOW ROTARIAN
Tim Nelson gave the invocation and gave a moment of silence to honor Senator Richard Drake. Gary Wiesekamp asked that we continue to keep the Drake family in our thoughts and prayers.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Serena Everhart and Steph Nagy (Interact student leaders) gave a presentation telling many of the projects they have already completed including a scavenger hunt for "New Muskie" day, 2 miles of cleanup on Hwy 22, (20 bags of trash collected), a fall yard sale, a safety fair at Walmart, helping with homework at the Flickinger Learning Center, contributing $50 to the hearing impaired, an upcoming cake auction on February 8, and their yearly talent show at 6:30 PM onFebruary 16 (they already have 20 students competing) but they need a volunteer to judge (talk about a risky job!).
UPCOMING ROTARY PROGRAMS
Tom Spread is Program Chair for February.
February 11 - Muscatine Welfare Association (John Beckey, President) - Project Update(s)
February 18 - No Meeting
February 25 - Kathy Brooker - GMCCI
Tom Williams is chair for March.
March 3 Two recipients of the Stanley Explorer Awards will provide information on their educational trips taken last summer. Rachelle Schneider, an ESL teacher at Madison Elementary School visited Africa, and
Kathy Haltmeyer, a special education teacher at MHS studied in Italy.
March 10 Sal LaBianco will present an update from Muscatine Power and Water
March 17 Mary Rose Peterschmidt will provide an update on the proposed "Zoo Garden" for Week Park (I have Paul Carroll lined up to introduce this program)
March 24 Troy Dannen, Executive Director of the Iowa High School Girl's Athletic Union will provide an update on the role of the Union and an update on Girl's activities in the State of Iowa
March 31 Judy Jeffrey, Director of the Iowa Department of Education will provide an update on educational issues in the State of Iowa.
GUESTS
Joni Axel - She is on the board of the Nature Conservancy
Craig Bode - Hopi Hopkins
Exchange Students - Maria & Lum
Interact Students -Serena Everhart & Steph Nagy
SONG LEADERS
January- Bill Trent
- who recognized Dick Drake as the father of the Iowa Department of Transportation. We also sang for January birthday boys and girls.
February - Carlin Lawhead
March - Ann Meeker
April - Diana Gradert
May - Norm Smith
June - Harvey Allbee, Jr.
TODAY'S ROTARY MOMENT
Early in 1922, the Muscatine Rotary club again discussed "What can Rotary do for Muscatine." Within a few weeks, a "Rotary Cottage" was proposed by Rotarians Ralph Stafford and Will Downer as a summer camp site for the YMCA, YWCA, Boy Scouts, 4-H Clubs, local churches, schools and similar organizations. The club enthusiastically adopted the proposal and voted to commit to the project. Will Downer and Charlie Young surveyed sites and studied plans. Additional funding for the Rotary Lodge was secured by thirty members signing a series of joint promissory notes. Work on the Rotary Lodge began in May, 1923 by Rotarians giving a day or more of their time to cut logs and haul them to a portable mill to be sawed into 25,000 board feet of lumber. With professional help and under the supervision of Charlie Young, the Rotarians constructed the two-story lodge and an ice house. Construction was completed in the fall of 1923. The lake was stocked with fish, tennis courts and ball diamonds were laid out, boats and other recreational equipment were provided. In the dead of winter, ice was cut and with an adequate supply of sawdust, and stored in the ice house.
BRIGHTENER
How can chickens eat all day and never get fat in the face?
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The welfare of each, is bound up in the welfare of all.
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