2006-07 Programs and Events
  
JULY 2006
  

July 12
Speaker: Steve Schainker
Position: City Manager, Ames, IA
Topic: What I Do All Day

  

July 26
Speaker: Linda Beyea Position: Superintendent, Ames Community School District
  
July 19
Speaker: Kathleen Richardson
Position: Executive Director, The Iowa Freedom of Information Council
Topic: On the State of Open Government in Iowa		  
  
  
AUGUST 2006
  
August 2
Speaker: Bucky Wolford
Position: Developer of the Proposed Mall at 13th Street and Interstate 35		   August 23
Speaker: Ron Andrews
Position: Furbearer Specialist, Iowa DNR
Topic: Cougars in Iowa
      
August 9
Speaker: Reno Berg
Position: Chief Executive Officer, Mainstream Living
Topic: New Plans for Mainstream Living  		   August 30
Speaker: Doug Yetman
Position: Lincoln Way Chapter, American Red Cross
Topic: Be Prepared (Tips for Surviving Disaster)
      
August 16
Speaker: Kate Schwennsen
Position: President, American Inst. of Architects (also Assoc. Dean, College of Design, ISU)		    
  
  
SEPTEMBER 2006
  
September 6
Speaker: Steve Nissen
Position: Owner, Prairie Moon Winery
Topic: Wine Trade in Iowa and Starting a New Vineyard		   September 20
Speaker: Frankee Oleson
Position: Executive Director, United Way of Story County
Topic: United Way Campaign and Update on a Human Services Campus in Story County
      
September 13
Speaker: Dan Saftig
Position: Executive Director, ISU Foundation
Topic: Trends in Philanthropy vis-a-vis Bill Gates and Local Donors		   September 25
 Joint Meeting with Ames Noon Rotary
Speaker: Greg Geoffroy
Position: President, Iowa State University
      
      
OCTOBER 2006
  
October 4
Speakers: Gerald A. and Karen A. Kolschowsky, Oak Brook, Ill.
Topic: ISU & Uganda: How did we get there?		   October 18
Speaker: Del Bluhm
Position: Governor, Rotary District 6000
  
October 11
Speaker: Nate Hoogeveen
Position: Coordinator, DNR Water Trails
Topic: On Water Trails in Iowa		   October 25
Speaker: Cindy Browne
Position: Director, Iowa Public Radio
Topic: On the New Iowa Public Radio
  
  
NOVEMBER 2006    
  
November 1
Speaker: Art Weeks
Position: Director, Ames Public Library		   November 22
Rotary Foundation Week
Speaker: Don Goering
Position: Chairman, Rotary Foundation Committee, Rotary District 6000
  
November 8
Speaker: Don Good
Position: Ames Morning Club Rotarian
Topic: A Poignant Trip to Find My Father’s Grave		   November 29
Speaker: Stephan Schmidt
Position: University Professor of Political Science ("Dr. Politics"), ISU
Topic: Fallout from the Month’s Elections
  
November 15
Speaker: Robert C. Brown
Position: Director, Office of Biorenewables Programs, ISU
Topic: Celluosic Ethanol and the Future of Biofuels in Iowa		    
  
  
DECEMBER 2006
  
December 6
Speaker: Jim Colbert
Position: Professor of Ecology, ISU
Topic: Camping in the Boundary Waters		   December 20
Club Business
Musical Entertainment by the Oompah-Meisters from 6:50-7:15
  
December 13
 Program provided by the Ames High School Madrigal Singers 		   
  
  
JANUARY 2007
  
January 3
Speakers/Positions: Dennis Wendell, Collections Curator and Alan Spohnheimer, Administrator
Organization: Ames Historical Society
Topic: The Dinky 		  January 24
Speaker: Carolyn Jons
Position: Chair, District 6000 Literacy Promotion Committee
Topic: District 6000 Legacy of Literacy Program
  

January 10
Speaker: Nancy Carroll
Position: Director, Ames Parks and Recreation
Topic: On Prospects for a New Recreation Center for Ames

   January 31
Happy Birthday!!
Ames Morning Rotary Club Anniversary Celebration
  
January 17
Speaker: Bob Ravenscroft
Organization: Foundation Director, Mary Greeley Medical Center
(Field Trip to the New Diabetic Center)		    
  
  
FEBRUARY 2007
  
February 7
Speaker: Pat Miller
Position: ISU Lectures Program
Topic: Who Decides Who will Speak in the Lecture Series  		   February 21
Speaker: Clair Keller
Position: Retired Professor of History/Curriculum, ISU
Topic: On our First U.S. President on the Week of his Birthday
  
February 9
Valentines Party
Aunt Maude's, 6:30 pm		   February 28
Speaker: Vic Moss
Position: Director, Emergency Residence Project
Topic: On Homelessness in Ames
  
  
MARCH 2007
  
March 7
Speaker: Amy Swenson
Position: Member, District 6000 Group Study Exchange Team
Topic: On the Rotary Group Study Exchange to India		   March 28
Agriculture Day
Speaker: Wendy Wintersteen
Position: Dean, College of Agriculture, ISU
  
March 21
Speaker: Liz Chrisinger
Position: Part of the American Delegation in Prague from 1987 to 1990 during the Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe
Topic: What America Meant to the Czech and Slovak People at a Time They Needed a Friend 		   
  
  
APRIL 2007
  
April 4
Speaker: Herb Harmison and Charles Kniker
Topic: Analyzing Basketball Officiating		   April 18
Speaker: Gene Chizik
Position: New ISU Football Coach
  
April 11
Speaker: Ann Campbell
Position: Mayor, City of Ames
Topic: On What I Learned in My First Year in Office		   April 25
Speaker: Jerri Heid
Position: Youth Services Specialist, Ames Public Library
Topic: Reading to Young Children
  
  
MAY 2007
  
May 2
Speaker: Allyson Walter
Position: Interim Director, Ames Main Street Cultural District
Topic: On What's in Store for Downtown Ames
 

May 23
Speaker: Donald Lewis
Position: Professor of Entomology, ISU
Topic: On Whatever is Bugging Him
  
May 16
Speaker: Susan Herrick
Position: Governor Elect, Rotary District 6000		   May 30
Teacher Recognition Day
  
  
JUNE 2007
  
June 6
Speaker: Elizabeth Andre
Position/Organization: Former Ames Resident,
Education Coordinator and Team Member of the Arctic Expedition 'Global Warming 101'
Topic: Baffin Island Dog Sled Tour to Study the Effects of Global Warming on the Inuit Culture. 		  June 20
Speaker: Inger Lamb
Position/Organization: Iowa Native Lands, Iowa Prairie Network
Topic: On How to Construct a Rain Garden to Help Improve Water Quality in Iowa.
  
June 13
Speaker: Richard Reynolds
Position/Organization: Director, ISU Memorial Union
Topic: Update on the Changes at Memorial Union		   June 27
Passing of the Gavel