2003-04 Programs and Events

June 30, 2004

Special Awards Ceremony
Year-end Review, Dean Harms
Induction of Brian Dieter as Club President

June 23, 2004

Speaker: Geff Gescheidler
Position/Organization: Executive Director, Boys and Girls Club of Story County

June 16, 2004

Update on Club Activities
     Sandy Horton, Chair, Club Service
     Dave Kraemer, Chair, Community Service
     Carolyn Jons, Chair, Literacy Committee

June 9, 2004

Speaker: Angie Tunink
Position/Organization: Community Resources Director, Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa

June 2, 2004

Speaker: Dan Sheeler
Position: Missionary in Africa
Topic: Work in Africa

May 26, 2004

Speaker: Jim Colbert, ISU Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Position/Organization:
Topic: Skunk River Navy

May 19, 2004

Speaker: Betty Baudler, Co-chair and Monte Parrish, Member
Organization: Responsible Growth Task Force

May 12, 2004

Speaker: Carol Sipfle
Position/Organization: Executive Director, Greater Iowa Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association

May 5, 2004

Speaker: John Ernest
Position/Organization: Rotary Exchange Student to Argentina (2002-03)
Topic: Exchange Student Experiences in Argentina

April 21, 2004

Club Business Meeting

April 14, 2004

Speaker: Mary Ellen Carano
Position/Organization: Coordinator, Cancer Resource Center, MGMC
Topic: Cancer Resource Center

April 7, 2004

Speaker: Chuck Jons
Position/Organization: (Retired) M.D., McFarland Clinic
Topic: Coaching 101

March 31, 2004

Speakers: Bob Mazur
Organization/Position: Program Director of the Sustainable Resource Livelihoods Program, Iowa State University
Topic: ISU Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Program

March 24, 2004

Speaker: Doug Yetman
Position/Organization:Executive Director, Lincoln Way Chapter of the American Red Cross
Topic: American Red Cross

March 10, 2004

Speaker: Josiah Dykstra, Ryan Hammond, Luke Ryon, Mahmoud Arram
Position/Organization: Cybercorps Scholars, Iowa State University
Topic: Wireless Technology and Security

March 3, 2004

AGRICULTURE DAY
Speaker: Keith and Susan McKinney
Position/Organization: Keepers, Clear Creek Vineyard
Topic: Iowa Wine Production

February 25, 2004

Speaker: Marketa Deveckova
Position/Organization: Rotary Exchange Student, Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic
Topic: Rotary Exchange Student Experiences

February 18, 2004

Speakers:John McGuire, Executive Director and Dawn Ashbacher, Mediation Services Manager
Position/Organization: Center for Creative Justice (CCJ)
Topic: CCJ

February 12, 2004

Club Valentine Dinner

February 11, 2004

Speaker: Dean and Mary Harms
Position/Organization: Members, Ames Morning Rotary Club
Topic: Medical Mission to the Honduras

February 4, 2004

Speaker: Anthony R. Hendrickson
Position/Organization: Associate Dean, College of Business, ISU
Topic: Information Assurance

January 28, 2004

Speaker: Barb Fatka, R.N., C.D.E. and Jen Snyder, R.D., L.D.
Organization: Mary Greeley Medical Center
Topic: MGMC Diabetes Education Program

January 21, 2004

Speaker: Candi Kelly
Position/Organization: Planned Giving Officer, Youth and Shelter Services
Topic: Giving to YSS

January 14, 2004

Speaker: Jim Peterson
Position/Organization: Co-chair, Rotary District 6000 Xicotepec
Topic: Xicotepec Project Update

January 7, 2004

Speaker: Myrna Whigham
Position/Organization: Retired, Iowa State University and Member, Ames Morning Rotary Club
Topic: Frydeck-Mistek and its History as a Partner City of Ames and a Partner Rotary Club

December 31, 2003

Speaker: Ellen Fairchild
Position: Chairperson of Board of ACCESS
Topic: ACCESS (Assault Care Center Extending Shelter and Support)

December 17, 2003

Rotary Christmas Party

December 17, 2003

Speaker: James Dickson
Position/Organization: Interim Director for Food Safety & Food Security Initiative, ISU (also Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology)
Topic: Food Safety and Food Security

December 10, 2003

Speaker: Steve Carter
Position/Organization: President, ISU Research Park Corporation
Topic: ISU Research Park

December 3, 2003

Speaker: Carolyn Jons, Carol Elbert , and others
Topic: Reading Program in Pediatrics Department at McFarland Clinic

November 26, 2003

Speakers: Peter Orazem (Professor of Economics) and Yong Lee (Professor of Political Science)
Position/Organization: Co-Directors of the Institute for the Study of Science and Society, ISU
Topic: Science & Society Initiative

November 19, 2003

Annual Club Business Meeting

November 12, 2003

Club Meeting at Gallery 319
Speaker: Kathy Kennedy
Position/Organization: Owner of Gallery 319

November 5, 2003

Speakers/Position: Sharon Powell, Executive Director
and Jamie Boersma, President
Organization: Girl Scouts of Moingona Council
Topic: Girl Scouting – Beyond Cookies and Camping

November 1, 2003

Ada Hayden Field Trip

October 29, 2003

Speaker: Nancy Carroll
Position/Organization: Director, Ames Parks and Recreation
Topic: Ada Hayden Project

October 25, 2003

Mortensen Road Cleanup

October 22, 2003

Speaker: Doug Jacobsen
Position/Organization: President, Palisade Systems; Director, ISU Information Assurance Center
Topic: IT Security Issues

October 15, 2003

Speakers: Shelley Taylor, Director, Agriculture Study Abroad Program, ISU College of Agriculture and Iran Veiga, Federal University of Para/Center for the Study of Family Agriculture, Belem, Brazil
Topic: Small Farms in Para, Brazil: US/Brazil Agroecology

October 8, 2003

Speaker: Don Goering
Position/Organization: Chair, Erradicate Polio Campaign, Rotary District 6000
Topic: Rotary and Polio Eradication

October 1, 2003

Speaker: Brian Dieter
Position/Organization: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mary Greeley Medical Center (Also Member of Ames Morning Rotary Club)
Topic: The PET Scanner, a Joint Venture Between McFarland Clinic and MGMC

September 24, 2003

Speaker: Ken Kerns
Position/Organization: Associate Director/Emergency Response Coordinator, Envirnomental Health and Safety, Iowa State University
Topic: Atomic Trains and Other Myths

September 17, 2003

Speaker: Jim MacLean
Position/Organization: Big 12 and Big 10 Football Official
Topic: College Football Officiating

September 10, 2003

Speaker: Frankee Oleson
Position/Organization: Executive Director of United Way of Story County
Topic: United Way – Celebrating 50 Years in Story County!

September 6, 2003

Family Tailgate Party at Sandy Horton's Home

September 3, 2003

Speaker: Paul Richmond
Position/Organization: Associate Director/Occupational Health Manager, Environmental Health and Safety, Iowa State University
Topic: Mold - A "Growing" Problem?

August 27, 2003

Speaker: Michele Conlon
Position/Organization: Iowa State University Women's Tennis Coach and Morning Club Rotarian
Topic: The US Open - A Viewer's Guide

August 20, 2003

Club Meeting at Beloit of Ames
Program by Beloit of Ames Staff

August 13, 2003

Speaker: Ken Stone
Position/Organization: Professor, Department of Economics and Extension Economist, Iowa State University
Topic: Iowa Retailing Trends

August 6, 2003

Speaker: Cynthia Bennet
Position/Organization: Ames Heritage Association
Topic: Telling the Story of America One Community at a Time: The Ames Connection

July 30, 2003

Speaker: Dennis Skinner
Position/Organization: Rotary District 6000 Governor

July 23, 2003

Speaker: Don Good
Position/Organization: Ames Dentist and Morning Club Rotarian
Topic: The Community Dental Center

July 16, 2003

Speaker: Jordan Hansell
Position: Nyemaster Law Firm; Former Law Clerk, U.S. Supreme Court
Topic: Analysis of Decision in University of Michigan Affirmative Action Case

July 9, 2003

Speaker: Deb Atkinson
Position/Organization: Owner, Life Too Good To Be True
Topic: Coloring Outside the Lines; Business Coaching Concepts for Health and Wellness

July 2, 2003

Speaker: Norman Rudi
Position/Organization: Author and Local Architect
Topic: Getting to a Neighborhood of Eagles