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Ripples from the Rapids Archive
| Ripples from the Rapids - August 23, 2004 | | ROTARY CLUB OF CEDAR RAPIDS RIPPLES FROM THE RAPIDS MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 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 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. GARY CONNORS-BOE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE FOUR OAKS FOUNDATION In 1974. Four Oaks (then called Boys Acres) opened a small residential campus in Bertram, Iowa. The facility served 12 homeless boys. Since then, Four Oaks has grown to become one of the largest not-for-profit child welfare/juvenile justice agencies in Iowa serving over 5,000 people annually throughout the state. With offices in 12 Iowa cities (Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Des Moines, Waterloo, Dubuque, Bertram, Monticello, Oelwein Manchester, Independence, Perry and Newton), Four Oaks offers services to all 99 counties in Iowa. Gary Connors-Boe assumed the position of Executive Director of the Four Oaks Foundation approximately three months ago. He had formerly served as a Lutheran pastor in Cedar Rapids and then as a counselor at Children and Families of Iowa in Des Moines and a chaplain/counselor at the Newton Correctional Facility, a medium to maximum security prison in central Iowa. At Newton he dealt with the boys who had not found their way to a Children and Families of Iowa or a Four Oaks and as a result had ended up in prison and on their way there had left a wake of enormous hurt and terrible damage to their communities. He discovered that most of the kids treated in facilities like Children and Families of Iowa and Four Oaks could be rescued and that most at the Newton facility would have responded positively had they been exposed to a Four Oaks. The good news is that lots of troubled kids do find their way to human service agencies like Four Oaks and that is good news indeed for kids, their families, the community and for all of us. Four Oaks deals with child abuse, child sexual abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, felony theft, criminal assault, delinquency and truancy, academic under-achievement and drug related crime. Four Oaks tries to maximize the positive results it can get from available resources. This includes involvement in prevention programs too and so, besides doing treatment and foster care and involvement in adoption matters, Four Oaks also helps parents to find jobs, helps kids with homework and teaches parenting and child development skills and arranges for at-risk children to develop positive hobbies and gives low income kids a safe and happy place to come after school or to hang out in the summer. MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2004 THE CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL DAVID OMAN AND NANCY QUELHORST IOWA ENVIRONMENTAL/EDUCATIONAL PROJECT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS IOWA CHILD) UPCOMING PROGRAMS & EVENTS September 6, 2004 NO ROTARY IN OBSERVANCE OF THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 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. PAUL HARRIS FELLOWSHIP CORNER Amy Johnson Boyle announced that John M. Bickel was a new Paul Harris Fellow at Monday's meeting. The award was made possible by a gift of $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation. Bickel is a Senior Vice President at Shuttleworth and Ingersoll, P. L. C. and is President of The Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids for the 2004-2005 Rotary year. The presentation of Paul Harris Fellow recognition is The Rotary Foundation's way of expressing its appreciation for a substantial contribution to its humanitarian and educational programs. It is named for Rotary's founder, Paul Harris, a Chicago lawyer who started Rotary International with three business associates in 1905. John was presented his award by Foundation Committee Chair Don Hattery with the three emblems of appreciation given to a Paul Harris Fellow medallion, pin and certificate which reads "in appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among peoples of the world." THE 4,294th MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF CEDAR RAPIDS - 8/23/04 Presiding: President John Bickel. Greeters: George Baldwin and Mike Shive. Badges: Greg Larson. Attendance List: Allen Witt. Invocation: Larry Hayward. News: Tim Boyle (WMT-AM), Guests & Visiting Rotarians: Rick Berndt. Introduction of Speaker: Scott Olson. Speakers Gift: Four Oaks. Eyeglasses: Gail Naughton and Anonymous. Cell Phones: Andy Anderson and Mary Hindman. ATTENDANCE REPORT TOTAL MEMBER COUNT - 349 (25 HONORARY) NUMBER USED FOR ATTENDANCE - 270 (EXCLUDES 79 HONORARY & EXEMPT MEMBERS) MEMBERS PRESENT - 174 (6 HONORARY, 19 EXEMPT) GUESTS PRESENT - 7 MAKE-UPS - 4 PERCENTAGE FOR THIS MEETING - 56.67% PERCENTAGE FOR AUGUST 2004 - 58.48% PERCENTAGE FOR ROTARY YEAR 2004-2005 (7 Meet0ing) - 61.48% 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 WEST, 08/11/04: Linda Kuster, Lee Clancey, Janelle McClain, Sue Spivey and Sonny Buck. CEDAR RAPIDS SUNRISE, 08/12/04:. Maxwell Grant. CEDAR RAPIDS DAYBREAK, 08/13/04: No Report Received to Date. MARION/EAST CEDAR RAPIDS, 08/17//04: No Report Received to Date. CEDAR RAPIDS WEST, 08/18/04: Jan Boland, Steve Crain and John Rodgers. CEDAR RAPIDS SUNRISE, 08/19/04:. No Report Received to Date. CEDAR RAPIDS METRO NORTH, 08/19.04: Dave Mahlke. CEDAR RAPIDS DAYBREAK, 08/20/04: No Report Received to Date. MAKE-UPS - OUT OF TOWN John Bickel (Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin) ROTARIAN GUESTS Angela Schucker (Iowa City) and Penny Olson (West). GUESTS OF MEMBERS Jim Ernst (Diane Stefani), Kyle Gingrich (Crain), Ollie Dent (Dufoe) and Tom Knoepke (Greg Larson). RIPPLES ROTARY WEEK/ROTARIANS IN THE NEWS * Andrew Morf was elected to the board of directors of the Eastern Iowa Chapter of the Society of Financial Services Professionals for the 2004-2005 year. * Larry Benda was named t the All American Team of the American Funds Group. He also qualified for the AmerUs Life Chairman's Council for outstanding insurance planning and service. * Terri Christoffersen has been elected chairwoman of the board of trustees of Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families. Chuck Peters has been elected to the board of trustees. * George Baldwin has been re-elected president of the Cedear Rapids Community Concerts board of directors. CLUB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM A major focus of support by this club has been our scholarship program for single parents, displaced homemakers, qualified international students and others with significant financial needs. Since 1992, our club has made annual distributions of scholarship funds to Kirkwood, Coe and Mount Mercy in Cedar Rapids. Beginning with the 1997-98 Rotary year Cornell College in Mount Vernon was added as a fourth recipient. Each school is asked to report to us when the identity of their scholarship recipients is determined. This year, $3000 was allocated to Cornell College. The board has received the following report from Cornell. To: The Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids: On behalf of Cornell College, I write to express my deep appreciation to the Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids for the recent contribution for scholarships. We have identified three very deserving students as recipients of the scholarships for the 2004-2005 academic year. Nichole Fetzer will be a junior majoring in Psychology. Nichole is expecting her first child in November of 2004 and plans to raise the child on her own while she continues her education. Nichole has a 3.0 GPA and is very determined to finish her degree at Cornell. Catherine Fruehling-Wall will be a senior. She maintains a strong 3.8 GPA while majoring in Psychology. Catherine stays extremely busy with her 5 year old daughter, school, and being involved in the community. Eric Schroeder will be an incoming freshman and plans on majoring in History while at Cornell. Eric has been living with his Grandparents this past year and does not have any support from his biological parents for college. He is paying for college on his own, and any assistance is helpful to give him the opportunity to pursue a college education. As in prior years, the Rotary Scholarships help fine students continue their college studies. The students are extremely grateful for this support and I am grateful for the Club's commitment to education and to these young people. Sincerely yours, Leslie H. Garner, Jr. President This year, $3000 was allocated to Mount Mercy College. The board has received the following report from Mount Mercy. To: The Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids: This is to acknowledge receipt of and to thank you for the check in the amount of $3,000 representing a gift from the Cedar Rapids Rotary Club to Mount Mercy College. Following the guidelines of the Scholarship Program, these funds will be used to assist our international students in their educational pursuits. In particular the Rotary Scholarship has been an important factor in facilitating our student exchange with Palacky University in the Czech Republic. These funds will assist our Czech students attending Mount Mercy during the 2004-1005 academic year. Ms. Radka Horakova and Ms. Jana Vejberova from the Czech Republic are the recipients of this year's scholarships. On behalf of the international students who have benefited from the generosity of the Cedar Rapids Rotary Club, I thank you. Yours truly, Robert W. Pearce President BUSINESS BREAKOUTS - NOVEMBER 8, 2004 Monday, November 8, 2004 is scheduled for Breakout Sessions at business locations of Cedar Rapids Rotary members. There is no set program. Hosts are free to have general conversation. The breakout might provide a tour of the host facility. The idea is to have a small group engage in meaningful conversation with fellow Rotarians. These sessions have always been popular with our members and we try to schedule them at least twice a year. The Mercy Medical Center Foundation has volunteered to act as a host. Please consider serving as a breakout 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) 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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