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ROTARY CLUB OF CEDAR RAPIDS
RIPPLES FROM THE RAPIDS
MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 2006
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
THE FRONT PAGE:
DR. JOHN OLSON, MANAGER OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION OPERATIONS, NASA
Dr. Olson is the manger of International Space Station (ISS) Operations in the Mission Support Division of the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Dr. Olson is primarily responsible for safe on-orbit operations of the planned $80 billion ISS, which includes all aspects of risk control for the facility, visiting vehicles and payloads. He is also responsible for assuring that the proper integration of safety design requirements, safe operating procedures and the associated flight rules are consistent with NASA Headquarters Safety Policy and Risk Management Directives. He is also the lead for the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV).
In 2004, President Bush announced his Vision for Space Exploration, giving the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) a new and historic focus and clear objectives. The fundamental goal of the Vision is “...to advance U. S. scientific, security and economic interests through a robust space exploration program.” It commits the nation to return human explorers to the Moon by the end of the next decade and to prepare for the exploration of Mars that will follow. NASA is now working hard to develop a new generation of spacecraft and space launch vehicles that will enable the achievement of these goals within the expenditure of tax revenues invested in space exploration and research - approximately $55 per year for every American citizen.
Dr. Olson discussed the International Space Station (ISS) program at some length. The ISS establishes a permanent human presence in Earth orbit. It also provides a long-duration, habitable laboratory for science and research activities investigating the limits of human performance, expanding human experience in living and working in space and enabling the commercial development of space.
MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2006
THE CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL
JANE COOK, FRANK MAGID ASSOCIATES
As Always We Ask That You Please Arrive in Time to be Seated no Later than 12:15 P. M.
UPCOMING RCofCR PROGRAMS & EVENTS
September 4, 2006 - NO ROTARY in observance of the Labor Day Holiday.
September 11, 2006 - Tim Hankewich, Music Director, The Cedar Rapids Symphony.
September 18, 2006 - Lori Barkema, Director and Tim Hill, Board President, The Cedar Rapids Public Library - Library Needs Assessment Study.
September 25, 2006 - BREAKOUTS at member businesses have been scheduled.
October 2, 2006 - Bill Hoekstra, Director, Five Seasons Transportation and Parking and Dwight Dohlman, City Facilities Construction Director - Proposed Cedar Rapids Intermodel Facility.
WELCOME NEW MEMBER!
CHRISTOPHER R. L. BLAKE
EDUCATION – COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION
CLUB NAME: CHRIS
President, Mount Mercy College 1330 Elmhurst Drive NE Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402 Sponsor: Charlie Rohde
Telephone: 368-6464 Fax: 363-5270 E-mail: cblake@mtmercy.edu Sponsor: Charlie Rohde
Dr. Blake became the 8th president of Mount Mercy College on July 1, 2006. He is already deeply involved in the challenges confronted by Mount Mercy including reorganization of the leadership team, declining statewide enrollment, enhancing the faculty, capital needs and integrating himself and his family into a new culture and community.
Chris was born in the United Kingdom and graduated with a degree in Theology from the University of Oxford, Keble College in 1981. He earned a post graduate certificate in education (PGCE) in social studies and religious education from Westminster College, Oxford (1982), a M.A. in Theology from Oxford, Keble College (1985) and a Ph.D. from the University of London, King’s College in 1994.
He arrived in the United States about 10 years ago and served as Associate Dean at Towson University in Maryland Before accepting a position in 2000 as a professor of education at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmittsburg, MD and ultimately Dean of Education and Provost.
Chris and his wife, Moira are the parents of two sons, aged 10 and 12.
Residence: 305 Nassau Street SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403 Telephone: Not Available
THE 2006 ROTARY PRIBYL WINNERS
Scott Gasway from Cedar Rapids West presented the winners of the 2006 Rotary Pribyl Junior Boys Golf Tournament with their trophies at Rotary on Monday. The tournament was held this year from August 7-11 with play “rained-out” for the first time in tournament history at Hunters Ridge on August 9.
This year’s Open Division winner was Matt Sargeant with a 54 hole score of 218, 13 strokes under 0runner-up Henry Lammers (231). Both Matt and Henry compete for Cedar Rapids Xavier High School.
Fourteen year old Jack Shey won the Novice Division for the second consecutive year with a 27 hole score of 117, 4 shots under runner-up Brighhan Stewart (121). Jack is a student at Cedar Rapids Regis.
CLUB NEWS:
DOWNTOWN ROTARY SPONSORS MASSACHUSETTS TEAM IN LEGION WORLD SERIES
The 80th Annual American Legion World Series is over and the winner is the team from Metairie, Louisiana. The team sponsored by Cedar Rapids Rotary, Milton, Massachusetts, was eliminated by Metairie on Sunday, the third day of the five day tournament by a score of 10-4. The Milton team was composed of players from 10 area high schools. The boys ranged in age from 14-19. The 18 member team was accompanied by two coaches.
The 20 visitors from Milton were entertained by Cedar Rapids Rotary on Wednesday, August 16, prior to the beginning of the tournament. Larry Helling and Dennis Wangeman drove two vans to transport the team for a tour of Kernels Stadium followed by dinner at Amana’s Ox Yoke Inn. Rotarian Dennis VanAuken was the third Rotarian host for the evening. The players were very impressed with the new stadium (tournament officials declaring it to be the best they had played in).
Dennis Wangeman explained that Amana was chosen because it was felt the boys would not have had a similar food experience in Massachusetts. A survey taken at the dinner revealed that most of the boys had never been outside of their home state. Wangeman commented on what nice young men they were and how much the three Rotarians enjoyed entertaining them. The Rotary hosts presented each member of the team and the coaches with an American Legion World Series baseball and holder and an American Legion baseball hat in honor of the occasion.
A World Series Banquet of Champions was held on August 17 at the Crowne Plaza where the keynote speaker was Ferguson Jenkins, Chicago Cubs pitcher from 1966-1973 and the 1971 National League Cy Young Award winner.
We hope Cedar Rapids will be able to bring the tournament back in future years. Our appreciation to the entire committee for their hard work representing our club.
ROTARY BOWLING TEAM
Bowling team chair Jerry Matchett reports that a substitute is needed for this year's team. The team bowls on Monday nights from 6 until approximately 8:30. A sub is needed about every 4 to 6 weeks. If you have an interest, please contact Jerry at jmatchett@saturnofcr.org or 362-2610 (Home) or 393-6850 (Work).
RIPPLES ROTARY WEEK/ROTARIANS IN THE NEWS
Marcia Rogers has been elected to the St. Luke’s Hospital Board of Directors.
Debbie Green has been named vice president of development at Mount Mercy College.
Jack Evans has received the annual Betty Berry Volunteer award presented by the Cedar Rapids Area Associaton of Realtors. Evans was recognized for his service on behalf of Priority One, Coe College, the public libray and numerous other civic contributions.
Cheryle Mitvalsky has been appointed treasurer of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education board of trustees.
Dan Rogers has been appointed chief operating officer of AdTrack Corporation in Cedar Rapids.
Mary Quass was ranked fourth on the list of The 50 Most Influential Women in Radio by Radio Ink, a national publication. Quass was also profiled by the magazine in a feature story that included a cover photo.
Mark Long, Henry Royer, Nancy Kasparek and Jim Nikrant have been appointed to the Entrepreneurial Development Center Advisory Council.
Dee Baird was appointed chairwoman of the board of directors of the Learning Resources network, an international education association.
ROTARY BREAKOUTS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 25, 2005
Monday, September 25, 2006 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.
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.
We still need about 7 or 8 more Breakout hosts. If you are willing to serve as a host, please notify Cathy Gullickson or Larry Christy (see addresses below). Breakout host volunteers to date include: AdTrack Corporation, Allen Motor Company, Bankers Trust, Divine Engineering, Gazette Communications, Iowa Workforce Development, Kirkwood Community College, Management Resource Group, Mount Mercy College, Pioneer Workspace Solutions, Inc., Premiere Developers, Inc., RSM McGladrey, Inc., Shive-Hattery, Inc., Smuelekoff’s, Trees Forever, United Way of East Central Iowa, Waypoint and Wells Fargo Bank.
IMPORTANT
CAN’T BE THERE?
ONLY 12 ROTARIANS HAVE INDICATED THEY WILL NOT BE AT THE BREAKOUTS. THIS WOULD MEAN WE WILL NEED ABOUT 33 HOSTS. NORMALLY WE NEED ABOUT 25 HOSTS. IF YOU KNOW YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND OR DO NOT DESIRE TO ATTEND A BREAKOUT ON SEPTEMBER 25, IT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED IF YOU WOULD NOTIFY BREAKOUT CHAIR CATHY GULLICKSON (398-6278) (e-mail: cgullickson@mercycare.org) OR SECRETARY LARRY CHRISTY (363-6301) (e-mail crrotary@mchsi.com) SO THAT YOUR NAME WILL NOT BE ASSIGNED TO A HOST. This is very important, as it will help insure that the balance of Rotarians between breakout sites is optimized and a full complement of members is present at each site.
ROTARY ODDS & ENDS:
THE 4,385TH MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF CEDAR RAPIDS 8/21/06
Presiding: President-Elect Thomas M. Hayden. Greeters: George Baldwin and Bob Carlson. Badges: Steve Heyer. Attendance: Allen Witt. Invocation: Len Ranson. Guests and Visiting Rotarians: Lydia Brown. News: Rick Sellers. Introduction of Speaker: Jim Seifert. Speaker’s Gift: The Science Station. Eyeglasses: Elizabeth Hladky, Gary Streit and Jim Nikrant Cell phones: Jim Nikrant.
ATTENDANCE REPORT
TOTAL MEMBER COUNT – 338 (30 HONORARY)
NUMBER USED FOR ATTENDANCE - 249 (EXCLUDES 89 HONORARY & EXEMPT MEMBERS)
MEMBERS PRESENT – 186 (4 HONORARY, 16 EXEMPT)
GUESTS PRESENT - 29
MAKE UPS - 2
PERCENTAGE FOR THIS MEETING – 67.47%
PERCENTAGE FOR AUGUST 2006 – 62.27%
PERCENTAGE FOR ROTARY YEAR 2006-2007 (7 Meeting) – 63.50%
PERCENTAGE FOR ROTARY YEAR 2005-2006 – 65.04%
PERCENTAGE FOR ROTARY YEAR 2004-2005 – 64.96%
PERCENTAGE FOR ROTARY YEAR 2003-2004 – 67.56%
0PERCENTAGE FOR ROTARY YEAR 2002-2003 - 67.21%
PERCENTAGE FOR ROTARY YEAR 2001-2002 - 69.14%
PERCENTAGE FOR ROTARY YEAR 2000-2001 - 67.66%
MAKE UPS – LOCAL
MARION/EAST CEDAR RAPIDS, 08/01/06: Helen Arnold, Glenn Bender, Frank Ceynar, Jim Klinger, Howard Ohsman and Jim Tinker. MARION/EAST CEDAR RAPIDS, 08/08/06: Helen Arnold, Glenn Bender, Ron Fielder, Maxwell Grant, Jim Klinger, Bill Lewellen and Howard Ohsman. CEDAR RAPIDS DAYBREAK, 08/11 /06: No Report Received to Date. MARION/EAST CEDAR RAPIDS, 08/15/06: Helen Arnold, Glen Bender, Jan Boland, Frank Ceynar, Maxwell Grant, Dwight Hughes, Jr., Jim Klinger Bill Lewellen, and Howard Osman. Bill Vernon and Bud Wiese. CEDAR RAPIDS WEST, 08/16/06: Ron Fielder, Mary Hindman and Dick Meisterling. CEDAR RAPIDS SUNRISE, 08/17/06: No Report Received to Date. CEDAR RAPIDS METRO, 08/17/06: No Report Received to Date. CEDAR RAPIDS DAYBREAK, 08/18 /06: No Report Received to Date.
MAKE UPS – OUT OF TOWN
None.
MAKE UPS – ECLUB ONE
None.
ROTARIAN GUESTS
John Olson (Rochester, MN), Carol Roland, Dennis Jordan, John Banks and Pat Shey (Daybreak) and Scott Houser, Scott Gasway, Mike Humbert, Lijun Chadima, Jeff Kaden, George Branstetter and Gary Bartlett (West).
GUESTS OF MEMBERS
Jim Prosser (Halloran), Andrew Laird (Laird), Scott Mathis (Tom Anderson), Marty Smith and Dennis Goettel (Juli Smith), Joe Johnson (Ramlo), Jim Choate (Cheryle Mitvalsky), Hal Gilchrist (Lehman), and Chris Volz (Jung).
OTHER GUESTS
Jack, Abby and Nancy Shey and Matt, Mark and Kris Sergeant.
AREA ROTARY CALENDAR
August 22, 2006 – Marion (Noon) – Erik Miles – Rotary Web Sites.
August 24, 2006 - Metro (Noon) – Mark Jennings, University of Iowa Athletic Department.
August 29, 2006 – Marion (Noon) – Craig Campbell, Liar’s Theatre & Campbell Steele Gallery.
August 31, 2006 – Sunrise (7 AM) – Terry Pitts, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art.
August 31, 2006 – Metro (Noon) – Committee Breakouts.
September 5, 2006 – Marion (Noon) – “Life of Women in Russia Today”.
September 7, 2006 – Sunrise (7:00 AM) – Fall Fundraiser and Club Assembly.
September 7, 2006 – Metro (Noon) – Jim Healy, Linn County Trails Association.
September 12, 2006 – Marion (Noon) – Club Assembly.
September 14, 2006 – Sunrise (7:00 AM) – Peggy Whitworth, Brucemore.
September 14, 2006 – Metro (Noon) – Dan Thies, The New Federal Courthouse.
THE BACK PAGE:
SMOKE DETECTORS FOR AT-RISK FAMILIES
Smoke alarms make a significant difference in household fires. In the past ten years, despite 14 fire fatalities in Cedar Rapids, there has not been a fatal fire in a home in which we know that the smoke alarms were working properly. Further there is a direct correlation between having a smoke alarm that works and whether a fire even occurs in a home – only 28 percent of all fires occurred last year in homes that had a working smoke alarm!
The Cedar Rapids Fire Department found that a significant number of residential fires occurred in the elementary school districts in which the majority of the students receive free or reduced lunch assistance (Gearing Up for Kids Schools). In fact, 74 percent of all the household fires occurred in 12 specific school boundaries which comprise just 47% of the population.
The Fire Department has asked for volunteers from area Rotary clubs to install smoke detectors with 10-year batteries in homes in these school areas, providing working smoke alarms in the homes of every enrolled student in these 12 at-risk elementary schools.
The goal is to have about 50 volunteers each Saturday from August 26 through November 18, 2006. The time commitment will be about four hours to help install smoke detectors and/or replace batteries. The Fire Department will provide training beginning at the various schools at 8 AM on the assigned Saturday.
SMOKE DETECTOR INSTALLATION SCHEDULE
School Name, Address and Installation Date:
Van Buren - 2525 29th Street SW - August 26, 2006
Wright - 1524 Hollywood Blvd. NE - September 9, 2006
Wilson - 2301 J Street SW - September 16, 2006
Cleveland - 2200 First Avenue NW - September 23, 2008
Grant - 254 Outlook Drive SW - September 30, 2006
Grant Wood - 645 26th Street SE - October 7, 2006
Harrison - 1310 11th Street NW - October 14, 2006
Monroe - 3200 Pioneer Avenue SE - October 21, 2006
Garfield - 1201 Maplewood Drive NE - October 28, 2006
Polk - 1500 B Avenue NE - November 4, 2006
Taylor - 720 7th Avenue SW - November 11, 2006
Johnson - 355 18th Street SE - November 18, 2006
Please call or e-mail Larry Christy (363-6301) (crrotary@mchsi.com) and register for the date(s) and school(s) of your choice. We hope to provide support from our club on each Saturday of the project. Members signing up will receive a reminder.
ROTARY CLUB OF CEDAR RAPIDS
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
JULY 1, 2006 TO JUNE 30, 2007
President Lee R. Clancey (730-1400)
President-Elect Thomas M. Hayden (362-0313)
Past President Larry J. Helling (862-0919)
Director Tom L.Amosson (366-7781)
Director Daniel R. Baldwin (366-2862)
Director Lois A. Buntz (398-5372)
Director Rebecca Lutgen Gardner (398-8392)
Director Dwight Hughes, Jr. (395-7038)
Director Marcia M. Rogers (294-9499)
Director Michael M. Shive (364-0131)
Secretary/Treasurer Larry H. Christy (363-6301)
Sergeant-at-Arms George K. Baldwin (362-4093)
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