Deb Berry from KBBG will present the history and significance in the community of the radio station.
OFF-SITE MEETING: Waterloo Center For The Arts, Shoitz Room
Jessica Christensen with the Cedar Bend Humane Society will have pets in need of homes as well as discussing the services that the Humane Society provide.
Let's honor the Rotarians who celebrate their birthday in June!
| Kathleen Wernimont | Jun 2 |
| Lisa Gates | Jun 14 |
| David Buck | Jun 19 |
| Jacylne Heller | Jun 19 |
| Ross Schoonover | Jun 23 |
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Join us IN CEDAR FALLS at the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center June 3 for a preview of the 2019-2020 season. Fellow Rotarian Steve Carignan will be our guide.
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Years in Rotary: 4 Years
Hometown: Clemson, South Carolina
College: University of South Carolina
Job: Chief Office of Human Resources & Equity, Waterloo Community School District
Fave Food: HOTDOGS!!!!
Fave Movie: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Fave quote: I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou
Fave thing about Rotary: The involvement in the community for the betterment of ALL!
Something unique about you: I love to code in my spare time!!
The Hops & Grapes committee has prepared the ballot for this years event - each member of our club may choose TWO organizations. Printed ballots will be distributed at our June 10th meeting, or you can review the candidate organizations and email your 2 choices to Barb Prather.
June 24th: Mark Oliver from Bergan KDV will be presenting on the “do’s and don’ts” of cybersecurity.
July 1st: Norman Usery and the Waterloo Community Playhouse Preview of Beauty and the Beast.
July 8th: NO MEETING, 4th of July holiday.
Anahi’s self confident, but quietly positivity shows in her bright smile today as it always does. Her plans are made and completed one at a time. One of her first goal this year was to learn to speak English confidently . When she arrived here with her first interview, her translation app was receiving a real workout and she needed a lot of assistance from her host mom. But, not now. Anahi communicates on her own with me more clearly and understandably than some American students.
Over the 8 months of living in the Cedar Valley, she has had many adventures. In-between a full-time job as a student at West High School in Waterloo. But, she says... “ I can’t believe it is already only 28 days left here. So many friends and incredible places. So many friends. I will miss them all.”
Chris Hofeldt with Cedar Valley Hospice will be talking about their 40 years in the Cedar Valley and how they’ve grown through the years. He will also discuss the services that Cedar Valley Hospice provides the community. Chris Hofeldt graduated from UNI in 2012 with a degree in Marketing and Public Relations. Since graduation Chris has worked at several non-profit organizations in the Cedar Valley.
Years in Rotary – 1 (what was I thinking two decades ago?)
Hometown – Cedar Falls (Waterloo last 24 years)
College – Pillsbury College, Owatonna, MN
Job – Director of Development, Friendship Village
Fav Food – Farm eggs with Sriracha Sauce
Fav Movie – Lord of the Rings – all
Fave Quote – “There is a God in heaven.” (Bible – Daniel 2:28)
Fave thing about Rotary – the spirit of community service
Something unique – two: 1) I married Annie Oakley, 2) Started my business career as senior in high school under James Dutton in the accounting dept. at Santa Claus Industries, WL
Greetings,
Congratulations to the following Clubs for earning the 2018-19 Governor’s Excellence Award:
Algona
Bellevue
Cedar Rapids Daybreak
Cedar Rapids Downtown
Cedar Rapids Metro North
Cedar Rapids Sunrise
Cedar Rapids West
Cedar Valley
Charles City
Dubuque
Estherville
Forest City
Fort Dodge Noon
Garner
Guttenberg
Hampton
Iowa Great Lakes
Manchester
Mason City Noon
Mason City River City Sunrise
Monticello
Mt. Vernon-Lisbon
New Hampton
Rockwell City
Spencer
Waterloo
Waverly
Webster City
Be sure to check the District's Facebook page over the next 28 days to see your Club recognized. Better yet, follow District 5970 on Facebook! Also, there is still time to earn the Governor’s Excellence Award. Here is a link to the form for completion.
Thanks to all who assisted with or attended the District Conference. It was great fun and we even learned some new things and got some new ideas! Visit District 5970’s Facebook page here and click on photos to see pictures taken by District Trainer David Drewelow at the Conference.
David Deeds from JSA joined us to review the great things that JSA has done with revitalizing downtown Waterloo including the new Anton's Garden and future projects that they are planning.
Thanks to Steve and Liz Thorpe, our club has a new easier-to-use Radon detector and YOU can take it home for a week. Simply press the reset button and set it in your basement or other area where you want to test fro Radon. After about 6 hours, it will display a short term reading, and after 24 hours, you'll see a long-term reading. If your long-term average is more than 4 pCi/L you should consider steps to reduce the Radon level to a safer level. The Iowa Radon Survey has indicated that Iowa has the largest percentage (or 71.6%) of homes above the US Environmental Protection Agency action level of 4 pCi/L. It is also designated by the US EPA as an entirely zone 1 state, which means that at least 50% of the homes are above US EPA's recommended action level.
Mason will bring the new detector to the meeting today, but asks that you send him an email to RSVP your week to make more birthdays in your home!
Michelle Sweeney, Project Manager for the University Avenue project in Waterloo shared details on the phases of design and construction on this major project for the City of Waterloo.
Waterloo Rotarian EJ Gallagher bought a duck with his District Conference registration and it turned out to be a very LUCKY DUCK. He has won 1,000 Paul Harris points for our club. Way to go, EJ!
831 Rotarians from 31 clubs in our District purchased a duck for this year’s Duck Race! The district raised a total of $4,172 for the PolioPlus fund. The three winning clubs were Waterloo, Garner and Cedar Rapids clubs.
Help us celebrate all the Waterloo Rotarians born in May!
| Marty Stoakes | May 3 |
| Bob Bitter | May 5 |
| Sue Armbrecht | May 13 |
| Cyd McHone | May 19 |
| Vicki Mueller | May 19 |
| Troy Smith | May 22 |
| Beverly Hinders Trost | May 26 |
| Todd Wordel | May 31 |
I’ve been an “official” Rotarian for less than ten years but have been active for over forty!
Born in East St Louis, Illinois, I grew up south of Chicago in Park Forest. It’s amazing to me that I’ve lived in Waterloo over half my life!
My undergrad was at St Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. I planned on law school after that but married a lawyer instead. I was close! Ha! My MA is in public speaking from UNI after starting a curriculum endorsement at Loyola of Chicago. I love school!
I’m now retired after thirty-five years as a public educator. Teaching was the right fit for me! I enjoyed every day!!
I love to cook AND eat AND travel so not surprisingly I have many favorites. Always at THE top, however, is South India’s masala dosa! Not fancy—just delicious!
Kevin would say that I’m addicted to the Hallmark Channel which isn’t far from the truth this past winter! Actual movies would be any version of Pride and Prejudice.
My favorite Bible verse is Philippians 4:6 which encourages us not to worry about anything while turning those cares over through prayer. My favorite quote is the Arabian proverb: “All sunshine maketh the desert.”
I like lots about Rotary! Especially having lunch with Kevin once a week! During his busy seasons that’s a blessing!
Steve Husome was our guest and presented on the Husome Strong Foundation which is committed to helping the amputee community through peer support, education, advocacy and financial assistance.
Hops and Grapes is going to be on September 26 from 6-9 PM at The Isle!
Save the date!!!! More details to follow.
- The first step on our planning process will be to nominate your favorite Nonprofit to receive funding from the Event.
- Once we have the nominations the Club will vote for the 2 non-profit organizations we would like to receive a portion of the proceeds from our event.
- 50% - will go to Rotary projects (to be determined) 50% will be split by two nonprofits the club chooses through voting.
Qualifications: A 501c3 organization that is either 1. A member of the Rotary club or 2. Has a Rotarian that is a board member.
Process: to nominate a non-profit (or your non-profit) please write a short description, not more than a paragraph, describing the organization and its impact. It’s like an elevator pitch for the organization. Please be concise, as we will likely have several to choose from.
Deadline: please have this back to us no later than Friday, May 3rd at noon. They can be emailed to Barb Prather at bprather@northeastiowafoodbank.org or Chuck Rowe at crowe@acesiowa.com
Download the nomination form here.
Once we have accumulated the nominations, we will put together a survey for Rotarians to choose their 2 favorites from the list! It’s that simple!
One of our largest annual meetings happened April 22 as we honored the academic achievements of the area's top students.
The room was filled past capacity and we rolled out more tables to accommodate all the proud parents and supporting administrators.
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Years in Rotary: Between Cedar Falls and our club I’ve been reciting the 4-Way test for more than 40 years!
Hometown: I’ve lived in Waterloo the longest time but I always consider Milwaukee to be my hometown. It’s where the adventure all began!
College: My four years of undergrad were spent at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN (refrain from Golden Girls comments, please!) and my Law degree is from Loyola of Chicago.
Job: Lawyering since 1975!
Food: Lots of favorites but currently at the top of my list is ahi tuna with grilled pineapple. (We’re just back from Hawaii!)
Movie(s): Going with the Charlton Heston version of Ben Hur (1959) and DeNiro’s The Mission!
Quote: “When you drink the water, remember the spring”. Chinese prob
Rotary tops: Club fellowship and the opportunity for international fellowship through makeups. My favorite make up was in Iguazu, Argentina, where I was the only English speaker at the meeting. After a few awkward minutes we did find a way to communicate through my faint recollections of high school German and French!
Something you don’t know: I actually know our incoming Rotary International President, Mark Maloney. We served on the Agriculture Committee of the American Bar Association together . . . a while ago!!
Valerie Schwager from North Star Community Services shared the many great programs that North Star has and we were entertained with a preview of Shrek the Musical -their summer production.
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Years in Rotary - 42
Hometown - Waterloo
College – University of Iowa
Job - Attorney
Fave Food – My wife’s chicken and homemade noodles
Fave Movie – The Godfather, The Equalizer, John Wick, It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street
Fave quote – President John F. Kennedy’s statement to the brightest minds in America at a dinner at the White House: “This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House, with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”
Fave thing about Rotary - Contact with other community members interested in helping others.
Something unique about you – When I was a junior in law school at the University of Iowa, I was the Iowa Law School Athletic Director.
Peace Through Service
Service Above Self
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