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Program for January 30
Associate Professor or Political Science Chris Larimer will join us to provide a recap and context for our 2016 election.  What did political pundits get right and wrong about Donald Trump's successful campaign? What can Iowans expect leading up to the 2018 gubernatorial election? There will be plenty to hear about and if you have friends who are political junkies, this would be a great meeting to introduce them to Rotary.
 
Christopher W. Larimer is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Northern Iowa where his research focuses on the psychology of voting behavior and state politics. He is the author of Gubernatorial Stability in Iowa and the co-author of The Public Policy Theory Primer. Chris is also a past president of the Iowa Association of Political Scientists and a regular guest on KWWL news and Iowa Public Radio.
 
Tshirt Donation from Main Street Waterloo

Fellow Rotarian Tavis Hall delivered 6 boxes of never-worn tshirts to our club's Nicaragua stash this week. Hall is the executive director for Main Street Waterloo and the tshirts were leftover from a cancelled My Waterloo Days event last summer. The fresh fabric will be cut up and sewn into cloth diapers for the new mothers in Chinandega. Our team recently returned from another successful trip south to deliver shoeboxes and layettes, and we'll hear stories and see photos from their trip at an upcoming meeting.
 
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