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Ripples from the Rapids Archive
| Ripples from the Rapids - August 30, 2004 | | ROTARY CLUB OF CEDAR RAPIDS RIPPLES FROM THE RAPIDS MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2004 Editor: Larry H. Christy * Telephone: 363-6301 * Fax: 363-6301 * E-Mail: crrotary@mchsi.com * Web Site: www.rotaryclubofcedarrapids.org * District 5970 * Club 2185 * Chartered June 1, 1914 CEDAR RAPIDS SUNRISE A reminder that Cedar Rapids Sunrise is now permanently meeting at Elmcrest Country Club at 7:00 A. M. on Thursday. CLUB START-TIME IS NOW 12:15 P. M. The Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids weekly meeting on Monday is now beginning promptly at 12:15 P. M. It is much appreciated that almost all members are arriving in time to be seated by the new 12:15 P. M. start-time. In the interest of allowing enough time for Rotary business, allowing adequate time for our programs and as a courtesy to all of our members, the board decided to begin the weekly meeting at a slightly earlier start-time in order that members can plan on meetings generally ending at 1 P. M. DAVID OMAN, NANCY QUELHORST AND KELLY HAYWORTH THE IOWA ENVIRONMENTAL/EDUCATIONAL PROJECT The Environmental Project to be located in Coralville is being created by the not-for profit Iowa Child Institute of which David Oman is the Administrator. The facility will include a 4.5 acre indoor tropical rain forest; one million gallon freshwater aquarium; 50,000 square foot learning Center; 10-acre recreated tall grass Iowa prairie and wetlands feature and interior galleries on Iowa's now rare prairie ecosystem, geology and agriculture. The mission of the project is to create the world's largest ecologically-oriented learning environment - an iconic project celebrating mankind's link with the natural world. It is to be built in Coralville on a 30-acre EPA "Brownfield" site next to the Iowa River just south of Interstate 80 near First Avenue and exit 242. The cost of the project, including land, is estimated at $180 million. Approximately 50% of the funding has been secured; $50 million through the federal Department of Energy, $20 million from in-kind commitments from the City of Coralville, and $10 million from Des Moines businessman, and project founder, Ted Townsend. There is also a $10 million in-kind partnership available from an out-of-state energy company. It is anticipated additional funding will include corporate and private sources as well as the State of Iowa. Feasibility studies that have been conducted on the project estimate direct, indirect and induced efforts of visitor spending statewide at $187 million annually with a ripple effect of 1,400 full-time and part-time jobs and associated earnings of nearly $28 million. In Linn County the impact is estimated at $72 million annually, a ripple effect of nearly 1,100 full-time and part-time jobs with earnings of over $18 million. The Environmental Project will have a full-time staff equivalence of approximately 290 employees and a payroll of $9 million (2004 dollars). That calculates to an average salary of approximately $31,000.Individual salaries will range from $9 per hour for entry level positions to over $100,000 for senior management and scientific positions. The Environmental Project claims a conservative annual attendance estimate would be 1.1 to 1.5 million visitors annually. These figures represent attendance scenarios during a stabilized year of operation occurring several years after the project's opening. It is based on comparable attractions throughout the United States and in the Midwest, demographic characteristics of the Resident Market Population, local and state tourist market profiles and IEEP's program characteristics. The only comparable indoor rain forest exhibit in the world in Cornwall England, five hours from London, now has a stable-year attendance of 1.5 million. Groundbreaking is scheduled for late 2004. Site work and construction will begin in 2005. Exhibit construction should begin in 2006 and continue through 2007. The Environmental Project is scheduled to open on Earth Day in April of 2008. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2004 NO ROTARY IN OBSERVANCE OF THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY UPCOMING PROGRAMS & EVENTS September 13, 2004 Dale Lucht, Vice President of Quality, HON Industries and Gary Nesteby, Executive Director of the Iowa Quality Center Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence Program. September 20, 2004 Tom Hayden, President, Shive Hattery and Mark Seckman, President, Priority One Skills 2006 Study. September 27, 2004 District Governor Steve Thorp, Rotary District 5970. October 4, 2004 Joni Thorton, Women's Business Center. October 11, 2004 Dr. Monty Jones, World Food Prize Laureate. October 18, 2004 To be Announced. October 25, 2004 Dave Roederer, Executive Director, The Chamber Alliance. November 1, 2004 To be Announced. November 8, 2004 ROTARY BREAKOUTS AT MEMBER BUSINESSES. WELCOME NEW MEMBER! LINDA R. READE JUDICIARY - FEDERAL CLUB NAME: LINDA Judge United States District Court 101 First Street SE Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401 Telephone: 286-2333 Fax: 286-2331 E-mail: Linda_reade@iand.uscourts.gov Sponsor: Mike Melloy Linda serves as U. S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Iowa. She was appointed to that position by President Bush in November 2002. Linda was born and raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She received her B. A. from Drake University in 1970 and her M. S. from Iowa State University in 1973. She was awarded a J. D. with honors from Drake University Law School in 1980. She was on the Drake Law Review and served as its Managing Editor. Linda has been very active in bar and judiciary related educational activities. She has taught trial advocacy at various law schools as well as the U. S. Department of Justice Trial Advocacy Institute. She has been involved with youth groups, helping to start and run the Polk County drug court in Des Moines. Linda is married to Mike Fiegenshaw, a Des Moines attorney. Residence: 3607 Caribou Court NE Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402 Telephone: 366-3111 MEMBERSHIP PROPOSALS APPROVED BY THE MEMBERSHIP & CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE AND BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS You have 10 days to send written objections to the President DAVID C. MARKWARD Superintendent of Cedar Rapids Community School District Classification: "School Administrator - Cedar Rapids Community" Membership Type: "Active - Ordinary" Sponsor: Lew Finch BOARD NEWS The August Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids was held August 27, 2004 at 7:30 A.M at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P. L. C. President John Bickel presided. Present were President Bickel and Directors Dee Baird, George Brunscheen, Lee Clancey, Jon Dusek, Ann Lipsky, Bob Vancura and Steve Shriver and Membership and Classification Chair Dan Baldwin and Secretary Larry Christy. Directors Larry Helling and Chuck Peters. were absent. Club member Scott Olson was also present for a portion of the meeting. The board: * Approved the minutes of the July 23, 2004 meeting of the board as circulated. * Reviewed and acted upon club correspondence, requests for leaves of absence and other miscellaneous issues. * Reviewed the report of the Membership and Classification Committee and approved one new member subject to publication in Ripples and opportunity for member comment. * Noted, with great sorrow, the passing of Honorary Member Justin W. Albright. * Accepted, with regret, the resignations of James T. Brems, Marcia K. Holley, John H. Lamb and Larry Hayward. * Director Lee Clancey, chair of the club international project A Promise of Health, reviewed plans for the club to supply canvas bags filled with children's school supplies to the Mayan children of the Yucatan. In addition she announced plans for a land tour and a sea tour of the Yucatan in February 2005 for club members interested in observing the project to assist the Mayan people with their health care needs. * President Bickel reviewed the recent area club president's meeting, the Paul Harris Fellowship Program and the current status of the Rotary Centennial Project at Cedar Lake. Director Steve Shriver has been appointed as our club's representative on an area Rotary committee to consider a joint Rotary Social in 2005 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Rotary movement. * Reviewed and approved the club financial reports for the period ended July 31, 2004. * Reviewed the attendance report for the period July 1, 2004 through August 27, 2004. * Reviewed the club membership report for the period July 1, 2004 through August 27, 2004. * The next meeting of the board will be held on Friday, September 24, 2004 at 7:30 A. M. at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P. L. C. BUSINESS BREAKOUTS - NOVEMBER 8, 2004 Monday, November 8, 2004 is scheduled for Breakout Sessions at business locations of Cedar Rapids Rotary members. Please consider serving as a breakout host. Mercy Medical Center Foundation has already volunteered as a host. We need approximately 25 businesses to volunteer as sites for our breakouts. We assign approximately ten members (including the host) to each site unless the host indicates a larger number can be accommodated. The host has the responsibility of deciding on lunch, collecting from the members, if appropriate, and deciding on a menu. Attendance is taken at breakouts and a breakout counts as a regular club meeting. If you are willing to serve as a breakout host, please notify Breakout Chair Cathy Gullickson (398-6278) (cgullickson@mcercycare.org) or Secretary Larry Christy (363-6301) (crrotary@mchsi.com). A TRIP TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO The Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids has supported A Promise of Health for the past two years. A Promise of Health is assisting the Mayan Indians of the Yucatan with free health care to the Maya. Our members are invited to tour the Maya villages the project is serving. The tour will be conducted by Barb and Bill Grannell and Carl and Mary Carson. Carl and Mary are retired Cedar Rapids school teachers. What better opportunity to see our donations at work and enjoy a winter get-away to the tropics? There are two tour options available: Join us by land: February 1-6 "Treasures of the Yucatan" For $725 you can enjoy a 7 night land tour of the western Caribbean including Merida, Uxmal, Kabah, plus the ruins at Chichen Itza and Celestun. When in Progresso, an A Promise of Health tour bus will pick you up for a trip to the villages where APOH operates. Contact Nicole Rydell at the Cedar Rapids AAA office for a price including airfare or arrange your own. Join us by sea: January 30 - February 6 "Carnival Cruise" For $729 from Galveston, Texas, you can enjoy a Caribbean Cruise with all the amenities offered by Carnival "Elation" including outside cabins, plus you will be met at the Port of Progresso by Grannells and Carsons and given a guided tour of the work of A Promise of Health in one or more villages as time allows. Ports of call: Progresso, Cozumel and Belize City. The AAA agent, Nicole Rydell, is taking reservations and can answer your questions. You can add on additional time to vacation in the Yucatan resorts if that interests you. Nicole's number is 395-7325. Please make reservations as soon as possible because space is limited. Chair of A Promise of Health is Director Lee Clancey. A brochure with the full itinerary of both tour options is also available from Secretary Larry Christy (363-6301) (crrotary@mchsi.com). THE 4,295th MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF CEDAR RAPIDS - 8/30/04 Presiding: President John Bickel. Greeters: George Baldwin and Jay Iverson. Badges: Bob Moorman. Attendance List: Tara Moorman. Invocation: Len Ranson. News: Tim Boyle (WMT-AM), Guests & Visiting Rotarians: Rick Berndt. Introduction of Speaker: Dale Kretchmar. Speakers Gift: Metro High School Project. Eyeglasses: Nancy McCray and Dick Quetch. ATTENDANCE REPORT TOTAL MEMBER COUNT - 349 (25 HONORARY) NUMBER USED FOR ATTENDANCE - 270 (EXCLUDES 79 HONORARY & EXEMPT MEMBERS) MEMBERS PRESENT - 184 (6 HONORARY, 21 EXEMPT) GUESTS PRESENT - 24 MAKE-UPS - 8 PERCENTAGE FOR THIS MEETING - 61.11% PERCENTAGE FOR AUGUST 2004 - 60.78% PERCENTAGE FOR ROTARY YEAR 2004-2005 (8 Meetings) - 62.63% PERCENTAGE FOR ROTARY YEAR 2003-2004 - 67.56% PERCENTAGE FOR ROTARY YEAR 2002-2003 - 67.21% PERCENTAGE FOR ROTARY YEAR 2001-2002 - 69.14% PERCENTAGE FOR ROTARY YEAR 2000-2001 - 67.66% PERCENTAGE FOR ROTARY YEAR 1999-2000 - 67.42% PERCENTAGE FOR ROTARY YEAR 1998-1999 - 66.16% MAKE-UPS - LOCAL CEDAR RAPIDS WEST, 08/04/04: No Report Received to Date. CEDAR RAPIDS DAYBREAK, 08/13/04: No Report Received to Date. MARION/EAST CEDAR RAPIDS, 08/17//04: Chris Dolan, Jim Klinger, Dale Kretchmar, Bill Lewellen, Dick Meisterling, Howard Ohsman, Steve Ropp, Jim Weems and Bud Wiese. CEDAR RAPIDS SUNRISE, 08/19/04: No Report Received to Date. CEDAR RAPIDS DAYBREAK, 08/20/04: Dee Baird, Pat Deignan, Greg Larson and Mark Seckman. MARION/EAST CEDAR RAPIDS, 08/24//04: Carma Lou Beck, John Botkin, Dave Evans, Chris Dolan, Betty Hargraves, Tim Kintner, Howard Ohsman, Gordon Peterson and Jim Weems. CEDAR RAPIDS WEST, 08/25/04: Anne Cunningham, Lew Finch, Bill Gasway, Linda Kuster, Karen Parket and Jim Tinker. CEDAR RAPIDS SUNRISE, 08/26/04: No Report Received to Date. CEDAR RAPIDS METRO NORTH, 08/26.04: Maxwell Grant and Dave Mahlke. CEDAR RAPIDS DAYBREAK, 08/27/04: Pat Deignan, John Huey and Nancy Kasparek.. MAKE-UPS - OUT OF TOWN Dan Baldwin (Anamosa) and Bob Pearce (Enid, Oklahoma) ROTARIAN GUESTS David Oman (Des Moines), Nancy Quelhorst (Iowa City), Bill Jacobson, Connie Dunkin, Darla Peterson, Kim Kudej and Lijun Chadima (West), Jim Houser (Sunrise) and Elizabeth Daly and Pat Shey (Daybreak). GUESTS OF MEMBERS Carole Teator, Ed Huak and Paula Land (Ramsay), Eric Christopher and Mike Dulaney (Sellers), Jeff Sherman (Seifert), Jeff Zahrt (Van Auken), Jenny Ocken (Peters), Joe Hladky (Hladky), Leann Grimley (Nolte) and Les Marquart (Iverson). The Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids e-mail address is: crrotary@mchsi.com AND We continue to invite you to visit our Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids Web Site. CLUB WEB SITE INSTRUCTIONS 1. Open your Internet browser (AOL, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, etc.). 2. Key in the site address (www.rotaryclubofcedarrapids.org). To Access the Member's Area of the Web Site 3. In the field entitled, "User" key in your full e-mail address. (Example: lhchristy@mchsi.com). 4. In the field entitled, "Password" key in the club password: crr0tary. The "o" in Rotary is the number "zero" key (0). 5. Most computers will ask if you would like your password saved. If this computer is your primary computer, you will want to select "yes". This will save you from having to type in the user name and password each time you visit. 6. Click the "Go button to proceed to the password-protected areas of the site. 7. If you cannot access the site call Larry Christy (363-6301) or E-mail (crrotary@mchsi.com). ROTARY CLUB OF CEDAR RAPIDS OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS JULY 1, 2004 TO JUNE 30, 2005 President John M. Bickel 365-9461 President-Elect Larry J. Helling 862-0919 Past President Charles M. Peters 368-8878 Director Deanndrea L. Baird 398-5886 Director George H. Brunscheen 363-1151 Director Lee R. Clancey 378-1807 Director Jonathan T. Dusek 364-6533 Director Ann M. Lipsky 362-2181 Director Steven M. Shriver 364-2477 Director Robert C. Vancura 447-6200 Secretary/Treas. Larry H. Christy 363-6301 Sergeant-at-Arms George K. Baldwin 362-4093 |
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