2007-08 Programs and Events
  
JULY 2007
  
July 11
Speaker: Nancy Carroll
Position/Organization: Director, City of Ames Parks and Recreation Department
Topic: Swimming Pool Election
  July 18
Speaker: Angie Ossian
Position/Organization: Director of Marketing, Iowa State Center
Topic: Upcoming Events at the Iowa State Center
  
July 25
Speaker: Nick Howell
Position/Organization: Superintendent, ISU Horticulture Farm
Topic: ISU Horticulture Farm
   
  
  
AUGUST 2007
  
August 1
Speaker: Jamie Miller
Position/Organization: Ames Police Department
Topic: Story County Drug Task Force
 
August 8
Speaker: Chuck Jons
Position/Organization: (Retired) Otolaryngologist,
McFarland Clinic
Topic: 10 Questions to Ask Before Retirement
  
August 15
Speaker: Paula Morrow
Position/Organization: ISU Faculty Representative to the Big 12 Conference
  August 22
Speaker: Jamie Pollard
Position/Organization: ISU Athletic Director
  
August 29
Speaker: Ken McCuskey and Daryle Vegge
Position/Organization: Sauer-Danfoss
Topic: Sauer-Danfoss
   
  
  
SEPTEMBER 2007
  
September 5
Speaker: Frankee Oleson
Position/Organization: Executive Director, United Way of Story County
Topic: United Way of Story County
  September 12
Speaker: Jim Bernard
Position/Organization: Anson Marston Distinguished Professor of Engineering, ISU
Topic: Technology, Globalization and Culture
  
September 19
Speaker: Marcus Kehrli
Position/Organization: Agricultural Research Service Veterinary Medical Officer, National Animal Disease Laboratory
Topic: Swine Virology Research at the NADC
  September 26
Speaker: Maynard Hogberg
Position/Organization: Professor and Chair of Animal Science, ISU
Topic: The Future of Animal Agriculture in the State of Iowa
  
  
OCTOBER 2007
  
October 3
Club Assembly - Committee Formations
  October 10
Edwards Elementary School Mentoring Program
  
October 17
Speaker: Dennis Starleaf 
Position: ISU Emeritus Professor of Economics

Topic: Importance of Central Banks in Modern Economic Life
  October 17
Oktoberfest 
Olde Main Brewing Company
316 Main Street, 5-7 pm
(Joint Social with Ames Noon Club)
  
October 24
Morrill Hall Tour
(Breakfast at the Union  and a walk over to Morrill Hall for a tour)
  October 31
Speaker: Bill Fennelly
Position: ISU Head Women's Basketball Coach
Topic: ISU Women's Basketball Update
  
  
November 2007
  
November 7
District 6000 Governor Diana Reed
  November 14
Speaker: Brenda and Keith Hobson
Position: Rotary Foundation Volunteers in the Xicotepec Project
Topic: Foundation work in Mexico
  
November 21
Speaker: John Brighton
Position: VP for Research and Economic Development (and Morning Club Rotarian)
Topic: Research and Economic Development - "You can’t have one without the other!"
  November 28
Speaker: Ron Smith
Position: ISU Director of Basketball Operations
Topic: ISU Men's Basketball
  
  
December 2007
  
December 5
Speaker: Cindy Edge
Position/Organization: Director, Israel Family Hospice
Topic: Advanced Care Planning
  December 12
Ames High Madrigal Singers
  
December 19
Speaker: Dean Harms
Position/Organization: Member, Ames Morning Rotary; (Retired) MD, Wolfe Eye Clinic
Topic: Honduras Library Project
   
  
  
January 2008
  
January 2
Speaker: Sue Stanton
Position/Organization: Columnist for the Ames Tribune and Author
  January 9
Speaker: Dan Culhane
Position/Organization: Executive Director, Ames Chamber of Commerce
Topic: Update on Ames Business Climate
  
January 16
Club Assembly/Election of Officers
  January 23
Speaker: Sheri Kyras
Position/Organization: Director, Cy Ride
Topic: Public Transportation in Ames: Past, Present, and Future
  
January 30
Speaker: John Thompson
Position/Organization: Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, ISU
Topic: ISU Vet Medicine
 
  
  
February 2008
 
February 6
Speaker: John Johnson
Position/Organization: Former President, Iowa Beekeepers Association
Topic: Beekeeping in Iowa
  February 13
Speaker: Suzan Shierholz
Position/Organization: Story County Foundation
Topic: Story County Foundation
 
February 20
Speaker: Nancy Richardson
Position/Organization: Director, Iowa DOT
Topic: Iowa Public Roads System
  February 27
Speaker: Peter Orazem
Position/Organization: Professor, Department of Economics, ISU
Topic: Is Ames compteitive and should we care ifit is not?
  
  
March 2008
 
March 5
Agriculture Day
Speaker: Russell Sanders
Position/Organization: Vice President, Pioneer Seed Company
Topic: Emerging Technologies in the Ag Bioeconomy
  March 12
Speaker: Karla Boetel
Position/Organization: Chef, DMACC Culinary Arts
Topic: Tour of DMACC
 
March 19
Speaker: Joseph Leisz
Position/Organization: Director, Iowa 4H Foundation
Topic: The Fun Starts Here
  March 26
Speaker: Pat Bergstrom
Position/Organization: Home Theatre Organizer, Best Buy
Topic: Transformation from Analog to Digital
  
  
April 2008
 
April 2
Speaker: Tina Newton
Position: Ames Community Arts Council
Topic: Introduction to Fair Trade & Worldly Goods
  April 9
Shy of a Dozen Musical Group
 
April 16
Speaker: Mary Mosiman
Position: Story County Auditor
Topic: Democracy in Action - Participation in Elections
  April 23
Speaker: David Vaught
Position: Auditor, State of Iowa
Topic: Budgeting Iowa's Future
     
April 30
Speaker: Karin Sevde
Position: General Co-chair, Ames 2008 RAGBRAI Committee
Topic: RAGBRAI Overnight in Ames
   
  
  
May 2008
 
May 7
Speaker: Gail Johnston:
Position: President, Ames School Board
Topic: Teacher Appreciation Day
  May 14
Speaker: Jayne Staniforth
Position: ELP Teacher/Coordinator, Ames Middle School
Topic: Ames Middle School Project - Books for Ugandan Refugee Children
     
May 21
Speaker: Chris Deal
Position: Rotary Ambassador Scholar
  May 28
Speaker: David Roederer
Position: Excecutive Director, Iowa Chamber Alliance
Topic: Are we Educating for Yesterday or Tomorrow?
  
  
June 2008
 
June 4
Speaker: Lee Kilmer
  
Position: Professor, Animal Science, ISU
Topic: Iowa State Dairy Farm
  June 11
Speaker: Allyson Walter
Position: Manager, Ames Convention & Visitors Bureau
Topic: Iowa Farm Progress Show
     
June 18
Speaker: Kevin Nordmeyer
Position: Design Partner, RDG Planning & Design, Des Moines, Iowa
Topic: Green Architecture
  June 25
Passing of the Gavel