2008-09 Programs and Events
    
JULY 2008
  

July 2
Speaker: Susan Herrick
Position: Governor, Rotary District 6000

 

July 9
Club Assembly

    
July 16
Speaker: Wade Franck
Position/Organization: PhD Candidate, Department of History, Iowa State University
Topic: RAGBRAI History
  July 23
Speakers: Don Kom, Director of Electric Services Administration and Steve Wilson, Manager Customer Services, Ames Electronic Village
Topic: Electricity in Ames, how much do we have and how much will it cost?
    
July 30
Speaker: Jim Gohman
Position/Organization: Physician (Retired), McFarland Clinic
Topic: Adult Immunizations, Who, When, and Why
   
    
    
August 2008
    
August 6
Speaker: Chad Hart
Position/Organization: Head, Biorenewables Policy Division, CARD, Iowa State University
Topic: Biofuels and Food Prices
  August 13
Speaker: Kris Evans
Position/Organization: Environmental Engineer, City of Ames
Topic: Ames Water, Supply, and Water Quality Issues
    
August 20
Speaker: Chuck Cychosz
Position/Organization: Chief of Police, City of Ames
Topic: Law Enforcement in Ames
 
August 27
Speaker: Jim Pease
Position/Organization: Extension Wildlife Specialist, Iowa State University
Topic: Costa Rican Rain Forest
    
    
September 2008
    
September 3
Speaker: Linda Beyea
Position/Organization: Superintendent, Ames Community School District
Topic: World Class Schools: what are they?
  September 10
Speaker: Dean Harms
Position/Organization: Ophthalmologist (Retired), Wolfe Eye Clinic
Topic: El Porvenir Library Project
    
September 17
Speaker: Ken Stone
Position/Organization: Economist (Retired), ISU
Topic: Current Local Retail Environment
 
September 24
Speaker: Courtney Linehan
Position/Organization: Sports Editor, Ames Tribune
Topic: Keeping Up with Sports
    
    
October 2008
    
October 1
Speaker: Michael Miller
Position/Organization: Owner of Gallery 319 and Member of Ames Public Art Commission
Topic: Sculpture Created for and at Ada Hayden Heritage Park
 
October 8
Speaker: Sally Barclay
Position/Organization: Clinician, ISU Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Topic: Moving Towards Better Nutrition
    
October 15
Speaker: Elin Herrman
Position/Organization: Wine Specialist, Wine Marketing and Sales, Lincoln Center HyVee
Topic: Sparkling Wines
 
October 22
Speaker: Frankee Oleson
Position/Organization: Executive Director, Story County United Way
Topic: United Way
    
October 29
Speakers: ISU Students
Position/Organization: ISU Summer Interns to Uganda
Topic: Update on ISU Activities in Uganda
 
    
    
November 2008
    
November 5
Club Assembly
  November 12
Speaker: Peter Buck
Position/Organization: Sports Medicine Specialist (and Orthopedic Surgeon)
Topic: A Dummie's Guide to Sports Injuries
    
November 19
Speaker: Bill Northey
Position/Organization: Iowa Sec'y of Agriculture
Topic: State of Iowa Agriculture
 
November 26
Speaker: John Kleinschmidt
Position/Organization: Rotary District 6000 Annual Giving Chair (and Ames Noon Rotarian)
Topic: Rotary Foundation
    
    
December 2008
    
December 3
Speaker: "Dr. Politics" Steffen Schmidt
Position/Organization: University Professor,
Iowa State
University
Topic: Election 2008
- What Happened and Why
 
December 10
Seasonal Choral Music
Ames High School Madrigal Singers
    
December 17
Speaker: James Strohman
Position/Organization: Story County Supervisor
Topic: Economic Development Possibilities for Story County
  December 31
Speaker:
Chris Deal
Position/Organization:
Rotary Ambassador Scholar in Uganda
Topic:
Update on Activities in Uganda
    
    
January 2009
    
January 7
Speaker: Bret Voorhees
Position/Organization: Bureau Chief, Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
Topic: Homeland Security in Iowa
 
January 14
Speaker: Craig Marrs
Position/Organization: Senior Financial Advisor, Marrs & Associates
Topic: U.S. Economy: What's Next?
    
January 21
Speaker: Eric Smith
Position/Organization: Department of Architecture, Iowa State University
Topic: ISU's Solar Decathlon Team
 
January 28
Speaker: Roy Criss
Position/Organization: Marketing Director,
Des Moines International Airport
Topic: What's New at DSM!
    
    
February 2009
    
February 4
Speaker: Susan Dunn
Position/Organization: Travel & Transport, Ames
Topic: Leaving Town in a Hurry: Last Minute Winter Getaways
 
February 11
Speaker: Ginger Johnson
Position/Organization:
Owner, Snap! Creative Works (and Ames Morning Club Rotarian)
Topic: Brainstorming and Connectivity
    
February 18
Speaker: Jan Thompson
Position/Organization:
Professor, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, ISU
Topic: Ames' Trees
 
February 25
Club Assembly
    
    
March 2009
    
March 4
Speaker: Linda Naeve
Position/Organization: Extension Entomologist, ISU
Topic: Value-added Crops
 
March 11 
Speaker: Wendy Wintersteen
Position/Organization: Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, ISU
  
March 18
Speaker: Dave Miller
Position/Organization: Director, Facilities Planning and Management Operations, ISU (and Ames Morning Club Rotarian)
Topic: How to KeepYour Campus Clean (and Shoveled, and Painted, and Mown, etc., etc., etc)
 
March 25
Speaker: Dean Harms
Position/Organization: Ophthalmologist
(Retired), Wolfe Eye Clinic (Ames Morning Club Rotarian)

Topic: La Ceiba Library Project
    
    
April 2009
    
April 1
Speaker: David Kraemer

Position: Former Editor, Ames Tribune Newspaper (and Former Ames Morning Club Rotarian)
"Current Life in Rochester, Minnesota"
 
April 8
Speaker:
Jim Twetten
Position: Assistant Director, Information Technology Services, ISU
"Online Social Networking for Idiots and Oldsters"
    
April 15
Speaker: Ann Campbell
Position: Mayor, City of Ames
"The State of Our City "
 
April 22
Speaker: Brian Dieter
Position: President and CEO, Mary Greeley Medical Center
"Looking Forward at MGMC "
    
April 29
Speaker: Jim Clark
Position: Local Energy Specialist
"Energy Efficiency in the Home "
 
June 17
Speaker: Lisa Heddens
Position/Organization:
State Representative, House District 46
"Legislative Update"
    
    
May 2009
    
May 6
Speaker: Kirk Brocker
Position: Director, Local Red Cross
"American Red Cross, Lincoln Way Chapter"
May 13
Teacher Recognition Program
    
May 20
Linda Fandel

Position: Reporter, Des Moines Register
"World Class Schools"
 
May 27
Grace Amemiya

Position: Ames Community Resident
"Personal Experience of Internment"
    
    
June 2009
    
June 3
Speaker: Betsy Warburton
Position/Organization: President and CEO, Bethany Life Communities
"Current Developments in Long-Term Care/aging Issues"
 
June 10
Speaker: Chris Deal
Position/Organization: Rotary Scholar (Sponsored by Ames Morning Rotary Club)
"Uganda Mosquito Net Projects"
    
June 17
Speaker: Lisa Heddens
Position/Organization:
State Representative, House District 46
"Legislative Update"
 
June 24
Passing of the Gavel and "20th Anniversary Spring Social" at home of Scott Sanders, 5025 River Ridge Road, 6-8 pm