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R O TARY WEEK Organized May 1, 1911 • Charter Number 27 on August 1, 1911 Kathy Mountain, Executive Director, 1000 Walnut • Suite 300 • 244-6028 • Fax 244-6083 www.rotaryclubofdesmoines.org • e-mail – [email protected] The Rotary Club of Des Moines October 2, 2003 IMPORTANT! MARK YOUR CALENDAR . . . THURS., OCTOBER 9 “MY OTHER LIFE - HEALTHCARE ACCESS NETWORK” Dr. Stephen Eckstat Medical Director, Mercy West Family Practice Clinic THURS., OCTOBER 16 “UNDER CONSTRUCTION” RCDM will not be attending the 2003 World Food Prize Luncheon THURS., OCTOBER 23-Embassy Suites on the River “HOW GAMING COULD LOOK IN THE FUTURE” AMERISTAR CASINOS, INC. Steven Eisner Vice President of Business Development Jane Bell Director of Government & Community Affairs THURS., OCTOBER 30 Holiday Inn - Downtown (Under Construction) THURS., NOVEMBER 6 Drake Mens Basketball Dr. Tom Davis THURS., NOVEMBER 13 Maestro Joseph Guinta The Des Moines Symphony THURS., NOVEMBER 20 Rural Urban Day has Been rescheduled for Feb. 6 PROGRAM CHAIR: RON STEHL 276-3473 COMMITTEEMEETINGS (All meetings will be held on the 3rd floor of the Hotel Ft. DM unless noted otherwise.) OCTOBER 2 11:00 PR & PHOTO 11:00 INT’L SERVICE +GSE 11:15 PROGRAM 11:30 CLASSIFICATION OCTOBER 9 10:30 POLIOPLUS 11:00 COMMUNITY SERVICE 11:00 RI ANNUAL SUSTAINING 11:00 RCDM FOUNDATION OCTOBER 16 Last Thurs in Oct. @ Ft. DM! 10:45 NEW MEMBER INDUCTION 11:30 MEMBERSHIP Committee Members: This is your notification to attend your committee meetings. Please notify your chairman if you cannot be present. Last Thursday, September 25 th by Sheri Vohs THURSDAY 11:45 a.m. HOTEL FORT DES MOINES “DEVELOPING HUMAN CAPITAL” Sam Carroll, Executive Director #1 Question - “Is it good for the kids” Speaker Intro: Monroe Colston Greeters: John DeVries Tumblers: Dan Clifford, and Mike LaMair Barney Dickinson and Cash Box: Bob Bettendorf Ed Roth and Eric Zingler Scribe: Wally Geiger Guests Intro: Jerry Boesen Invocation: Susan Voss Attendance Cards: Bill Jensen HOTEL FORT DES MOINES • 10TH & WALNUT This Week RCDM WELCOMES VENEZUELAN YOUTH EXCHANGE STUDENT CATHERINE GALVEZ JIMENEZ TO DM! Years of Service: October Years of Service: October Years of Service: October Years of Service: October Years of Service: October 45 years .. Dick Sharpnack ........... 10/30 15 years .. Virgil Maxwell .............. 10/6 15 years .. Dan McGowan ............ 10/6 15 years .. Dick Goodson ............. 10/13 15 years .. George Milligan ........... 10/13 5 years .... Dennis Goering ........... 10/29 5 years .... Eric Witherspoon ......... 10/29 “CLOSED CAPTIONING FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED” Two seconds is the time it takes a “real time writer” to translate the spoken word to written form, including corrections, according to JoEllen Dicken, a captioner for the U.S. Senate Captioning Office. Explaining and demonstrating her craft to Rotarians, Dicken noted that a captioner must translate at least 225 words per minute, often more, to keep up with the pace of the spoken word. They do so with 99.4 percent accuracy, far above the emerging voice recognition technology of the future. “Real time writers” have career opportunities as court reporters, freelance transcriptionists, translators for the hearing impaired or broadcast captioners. There are only about 500 such professionals working in the field now, Dicken said. However, The Telecommunications Act of 1996 will require all television programming to be close-captioned by 2006. This will increase the number of captioning jobs to an estimated 3,000 positions by that time. Particular rarities in the field are writers who can translate “real time” words from English to a foreign language. Captioners in the U.S. Senate and House must recognize faces and voices of all members of Congress. Their day is often 10-12 hours long, but they work in shifts of 30 to 90 minutes duration. It is particularly difficult to comprehend and translate the complex and far-ranging topics discussed by Congress, making it one of the more challenging captioning positions in the field. Dicken recalled the difficulties of captioning from the basement of the Senate chambers during September 11, 2001, when “real time writers” kept much of the world informed of quickly- developing world events. They must stay focused on their work, without the distraction of their own emotions. Dicken also worked as a broadcast captioner the day that the Columbia shuttle went down, another difficult experience. Nancy Williams, Rotarian and President of AIB College of Business, added that AIB is a leading school for training captioners. It is the only such program in a six-state area of the Midwest. WANTED: 4 Outstanding Professionals to Travel to Mexico from March 29 to April 29, 2004 as Members of the GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE Team The 2004 Exchange will be with Mexico -District 4180 including the towns of Tlaxcala, Puebla, Morelos and Guerrero. Young professionals within the age range of 25 to 40 are encouraged to apply. Applicants must live or be employed in the area serviced by District 6000 (which comprises most of the southern half of IA, at or below Hwy 30.) The RI Foundation provides round- trip air ticket and local Rotarians in the host towns provide meals, lodging and grouptravelintheirdistrict. Teammembers pay for personal and incidental expenses. (Team members must be non- Rotarians. Only the team leader is a Rotarian.)
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ROTARY WEEK
Organized May 1, 1911 • Charter Number 27 on August 1, 1911Kathy Mountain, Executive Director, 1000 Walnut • Suite 300 • 244-6028 • Fax 244-6083
www.rotaryclubofdesmoines.org • e-mail – [email protected]
The Rotary Club of Des MoinesOctober 2, 2003
IMPORTANT!MARK YOUR CALENDAR . . .
THURS., OCTOBER 9“MY OTHER LIFE -
HEALTHCARE ACCESS NETWORK”Dr. Stephen Eckstat
Medical Director, Mercy West Family Practice Clinic
THURS., OCTOBER 16“UNDER CONSTRUCTION”
RCDM will not be attending the 2003 World Food Prize Luncheon
THURS., OCTOBER 23-Embassy Suites on the River“HOW GAMING COULD LOOK IN THE FUTURE”
AMERISTAR CASINOS, INC.Steven Eisner
Vice President of Business DevelopmentJane Bell
Director of Government & Community Affairs
THURS., OCTOBER 30Holiday Inn - Downtown
(Under Construction)
THURS., NOVEMBER 6Drake Mens Basketball
Dr. Tom Davis
THURS., NOVEMBER 13Maestro Joseph Guinta The Des Moines Symphony
THURS., NOVEMBER 20Rural Urban Day has Been rescheduled for Feb. 6
PROGRAM CHAIR: RON STEHL 276-3473
COMMITTEEMEETINGS(All meetings will be held on the 3rd floor of the
Hotel Ft. DM unless noted otherwise.)
OCTOBER 211:00 PR & PHOTO11:00 INT’L SERVICE +GSE11:15 PROGRAM11:30 CLASSIFICATION
OCTOBER 910:30 POLIOPLUS11:00 COMMUNITY SERVICE11:00 RI ANNUAL SUSTAINING11:00 RCDM FOUNDATION
OCTOBER 16 Last Thurs in Oct. @ Ft. DM!10:45 NEW MEMBER INDUCTION11:30 MEMBERSHIP
Committee Members: This is your notification to attend your committeemeetings. Please notify your chairman if you cannot be present.
Last Thursday, September 25th
by Sheri Vohs
THURSDAY 11:45 a.m.
HOTEL FORT DES MOINES“DEVELOPING HUMAN CAPITAL”
Sam Carroll, Executive Director#1 Question - “Is it good for the kids”
Speaker Intro: Monroe ColstonGreeters: John DeVries Tumblers: Dan Clifford,
and Mike LaMair Barney Dickinson andCash Box: Bob Bettendorf Ed Roth
and Eric Zingler Scribe: Wally GeigerGuests Intro: Jerry Boesen Invocation: Susan Voss
Attendance Cards: Bill Jensen
HOTEL FORT DES MOINES • 10TH & WALNUT
This Week
RCDM WELCOMES VENEZUELAN YOUTH EXCHANGE STUDENT CATHERINE GALVEZ JIMENEZ TO DM!
Years of Service: OctoberYears of Service: OctoberYears of Service: OctoberYears of Service: OctoberYears of Service: October45 years .. Dick Sharpnack ........... 10/3015 years .. Virgil Maxwell .............. 10/615 years .. Dan McGowan ............ 10/615 years .. Dick Goodson ............. 10/1315 years .. George Milligan ........... 10/135 years .... Dennis Goering ........... 10/295 years .... Eric Witherspoon ......... 10/29
“CLOSED CAPTIONINGFOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED”
Two seconds is the time it takes a “real timewriter” to translate the spoken word to writtenform, including corrections, according to JoEllenDicken, a captioner for the U.S. Senate CaptioningOffice.
Explaining and demonstrating her craft toRotarians, Dicken noted that a captioner musttranslate at least 225 words per minute, oftenmore, to keep up with the pace of the spokenword. They do so with 99.4 percent accuracy, farabove the emerging voice recognition technologyof the future.
“Real time writers” have career opportunitiesas court reporters, freelance transcriptionists,translators for the hearing impaired or broadcastcaptioners. There are only about 500 suchprofessionals working in the field now, Dickensaid. However, The Telecommunications Act of1996 will require all television programming to beclose-captioned by 2006. This will increase thenumber of captioning jobs to an estimated 3,000positions by that time. Particular rarities in thefield are writers who can translate “real time”words from English to a foreign language.
Captioners in the U.S. Senate and House mustrecognize faces and voices of all members ofCongress. Their day is often 10-12 hours long,but they work in shifts of 30 to 90 minutesduration. It is particularly difficult to comprehendand translate the complex and far-ranging topicsdiscussed by Congress, making it one of themore challenging captioning positions in the field.
Dicken recalled the difficulties of captioningfrom the basement of the Senate chambers during
September 11, 2001, when “real time writers”kept much of the world informed of quickly-developing world events. They must stay focusedon their work, without the distraction of their ownemotions. Dicken also worked as a broadcastcaptioner the day that the Columbia shuttle wentdown, another difficult experience.
Nancy Williams, Rotarian and President of AIBCollege of Business, added that AIB is a leadingschool for training captioners. It is the only suchprogram in a six-state area of the Midwest.
WANTED:
4 Outstanding Professionals to Travelto Mexico from
March 29 to April 29, 2004as Members of the
GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE Team
The 2004 Exchange will be with Mexico-District 4180 including the towns ofTlaxcala, Puebla, Morelos and Guerrero.
Young professionals within the agerange of 25 to 40 are encouraged to apply.Applicants must live or be employed in thearea serviced by District 6000 (whichcomprises most of the southern half of IA,at or below Hwy 30.)
The RI Foundation provides round-trip air ticket and local Rotarians in thehost towns provide meals, lodging andgroup travel in their district. Team memberspay for personal and incidental expenses.
(Team members must be non-Rotarians. Only the team leader is aRotarian.)
2002-03 ROTARY CLUB OF DES MOINESPresident ................................................................. Harry W. StrongPresident-Elect ....................................................... Roger T. StetsonVice President ..................................................... Joyce A. ChapmanSecretary-Treasurer ................................................. Andrew J. FlynnSergeant-at-Arms ................................................... D. Bryan ShifflerImmediate Past President ...................................... Harvey L. Kadlec
DIRECTORSRobert A. Britson • Thomas M. Swartwood
Robert A. Burnett, Jr. • Therese M. WielageJ. Daniel McGowan, II • Robert H. Wootten
District Governor ...................................... Dennis Skinner, NevadaAsst. District Governor ............................................ John W. Tone
2003-2004 Theme • "Lend a Hand"RI President - Jonathan Majiyagbe, Kano, Nigeria
Kathy “B” Barnhizer . 02Bob Lester ............. 02George Milligan ..... 03Riley Richards ....... 06Jack Taylor ............ 07Tom Keating .......... 10Chuck Iles ............. 11Pete Flynn ............. 12Susan Moritz ......... 12John Reiher ........... 12Deb Engle ............. 13Britt Baker ............. 14Jill Clark ................ 15Bill Biermann ......... 17Terry Lebo ............. 17David Strutt ........... 17
Sumner Worth ....... 18Jerry Jewett ........... 21Mike Peterson ....... 21Brian Donaghy ...... 23Stan Seidler .......... 23Martha Willits ........ 23Jim Bowman ......... 25Steve Mc Cullough .. 25Shawn Mullen ....... 26Doug Saltsgaver ... 26Eric Witherspoon ... 26Tom Lundberg ....... 27Hobie Bannister .... 28Jeff Hunter ............. 29Paul Johnson ........ 30Sirpa Hall .............. 31
O CTOBER B IRTH DAYS
BOARD ACTION TAKEN SEPTEMBER 24, 2003PRESENT: Harry Strong, Joyce Chapman, HarveyKadlec, Bob Britson, Bob Burnett, Dan McGowan,Tom Swartwood, Therese Wielage, and Skeet Wootten.ALSO PRESENT: Bill Cook, Audit Committee andBruce Kelley, Constitution CommitteeABSENT: Roger T. Stetson. Andy Flynn and BryanShiffler1. Approved the minutes of the meeting held August
20, 2003.2. Approved the financial reports, subject to final
year-end review by auditors, the financial reportsfor RCDM for the period ending July 31, 2003.
3. Approved the financial reports, subject to finalyear-end review by auditors, the financial reportsfor RCDM for the period ending August 31, 2003.
4. Bill Cook, Audit Committee representative reportedon the recent process undergone since theresignation of the club’s longstanding bookkeeperPatricia Wright. The CPA firm Tarbell & Co.,P.L.C., beginning with the September 2003financials, will do the club’s ongoing financialservices for the club and foundation.
5. Bruce Kelley, chair of the Constitution Committeepresented proposed revisions to the club’sconstitution. The revised constitution, with severaladditional clarification revisions, was approved bythe board and will be posted for vote by themembership.
6. Approved and ratif ied Membership andClassification Committees’ recommendations formembership: (see box at right)
7. Accepted, with regret, the resignation request ofthe following members: Claude J. Jones – effective9-30-03; and Carpenter E. Morkert– – effective 9-30-03. SSA.
8. Approved the request for a leave of absence forWilliam H. Powell – effective 10-1-03 – 12-31-03.
9. Approved the request for a modification inclassification to Special Senior Active status forWilliam J. Peverill.
10. Report from the Sunshine Committee was givenregarding possible alternatives to a resignation forelder members in ill health and/or mobilityrestrictions. The matter will be discussed furtherat the October meeting.
12. President’s Business.a. International Service + GSE Committee – is in
the preliminary stages of forming a “SisterClub” relationship with a Rotary Club in theUkraine.
THIS N’ THAT✦ WE RECEIVE LETTER OF THANKS. Dear
Rotary members, Thank you for the beautifulplant. It is proudly displayed in the president’soffice at DMU. /s/ Terry Branstad.
✦ CONGRATULATIONS go out to Chuck Bettswho, on September 19th was inducted intothe Roosevelt High School “Hall of Fame”.
✦ DID YOU SEE the 9/22 Business Record’s“60 Seconds”? It featured Bill Havekost,President and CEO of Hospice of CentralIowa.
ROVING ROTARIANSAugust25 David Wright, Royal Princess, France28 David Wright, Royal Princess, ScotlandSEPTEMBER16 Owen Newlin, WDM; Wesley Randell, Ankeny18 Don Armington, Waukee19 Steve Roberts, DMAM24 Harry Strong, Joyce Chapman, Harvey Kadlec,
Robert Britson, Bob Burnett, Dan McGowan, TomSwartwood, Therese Wielage, Skeet Wootten,Bill Cook and Bruce Kelley, Board Meeting.
25 Gordon Cheeseman, Mike LaMair, Pete Gutgsell,Paul vonEbers, Scott Brunscheen, Cec Bolsinger,Jim Bennett, Marcia Grant-Van Til, Barbara Evans,John Vratsinas, Kelly Prey, Wes Randell, JimVickery, Rob Kretzinger, Jim Swanstrom, GregEdwards, Dwight James, New Member Induction;Stan Davis, Joe Hill, Mark Iles, Bob Maddox, RickChabot, Judy McCoy Davis, Doug West, BobBurnett, Russ Johnson, Art Filean, Membership;John DeVries, Dave Ward, Bill Patton, Bruz Linn,Polio Plus; John Lewis, Harry Strong, DwightFrancis, Ambassadorial Scholarship.
VISITING ROTARIANS:Carroll Bennett, Newton
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS:Mark Dicken (Kemp), Juliet Cunningham (Burnett),Ryan McKenna (Wolnerman), Gretchen Olson (JohnLewis), Joan Bindel, Mary Ann Nielsen and JaneWeingart (N. Williams).
b. International Youth Exchange – our studentfrom Venezuela will be arriving Saturday,September 27th and will be hosted by AmyBusack and her husband Gary. Angelica will beattending high school in Waukee.
c. The club will not be attending the 2003 WorldFood Prize Foundation luncheon due to a lackof available space at the luncheon for ourRotarians.
d. There was discussion regarding the board’sresponsibilities regarding upcoming Rotaryevents/meetings. A calendar of upcoming dateswas distributed.
13. Officer and Board Committee Liaison Reportsincluded: Wielage – Vocational-Youth – Work isunderway on the Career Mentoring Day with theInteract Club to be held November 6th.
NEXT BOARD MEETING ISWED., OCT. 22nd at NOON
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSEDThe Membership and Classification Committees
and the Board of Directors have approved thefollowing applications for membership. Inaccordance with Article XI, Section 1 of the Club’sRestated Bylaws, these applicants will becomemembers unless written objection is received in theRotary office by October 10, 2003.
Kenton M. Klein, Sr. – formerly Corporate VP& Division Pres. of Sales Force Cos., Inc.-a food brokerage
Classification: Past ServiceSponsored by: William J. Peverill
Douglas S. Lewis - President – StrategicSolutions, LLC
Classification: Consulting – International BusinessSponsored by: John M. Lewis
Kim J. Linduska -Acting President - DesMoines Area Community College
Classification: Education – Area CollegeSponsored by: Dory L. Briles
Michael L. Lovell - Editor – Des MoinesBusiness Record – Business PublicationsCorp.
Classification: Publications - EditorSponsored by: J. Daniel McGowan II
William D. Scherle - Partner – HansenMcClintock & Riley
Classification: Law - AgricultureSponsored by: Stephen E. Sypal
3RD ANNUAL ROTARY CUP - September 18, 2003The day started overcast with the rain headed our way…
Team of Three Carpenter, Gordon Cheeseman, Steve Sypal andWells Dickson
MarciaGrant-VanTil
The fleet of carts are ready and so are Bob and Jeannie Snyderad Dick and Joann Sargent!
Al Greffenius, Dan Clifford and Ed Roth
A smiling Jack Schreiber andPaul Meginnis
Ed Power, Margaret VanHouten, Jennifer Josten
(Ambassadorial Scholar) andRick Chabot
Wishful thinkers Mark Snell, Mark Meyer, Jeff Rose andMark Schuling with the hole-in-one prize from Betts Auto Campus
Paul Meginnis, Kurt Johnson,Russ Johnson and
Jack Schreiber
Therese Wielage and Andy Flynn
Co-Chair Todd Speck with theCooper Creek beverage server
Jim Parks with the golf carts all set for our teams
Ed Power doinghis happy dance
Rick Chabot
Susan Judkins doing a highfive with Tom Swartwood…
Lunch goers Judy McCoyDavis, Kay Runge and Sarah
Rassumssen, DMAM
…and then the rain CAME DOWN.
Group shot of the smiling, but very wet golfers!
Ed Roth, Dan Clifford and Jeff Rose- cold beer for a wet rainy afternoon
Therese Wielage, TomSwartwood, Craig Fogarty and
Clark Bening
Mark Meyer, Curt Yocum, Jeff Rose, MarkSchuling, Mark Snell and Mike LaMair
Marcia Grant-Van Til, MarkMeyer and Bernie Van Til
Jane LaMair, Dick and Joann Sargent- at least they are laughing!
Curt Yocum, Frank Cownie and John Smith
Event co-chair Mark Meyer
Brenda and Mike Lynch
Dick Johnson, Paul Meginnisand Mark Snell
Brett Trout
Tom Swartwood
Three Carpenter, ThereseWielage, Bill Weidmaier, Tom
Child and Bryan Shiffler
Mark Meyer and Al Greffenius
Bill Patton and John Schneller
Soggy, but smiling DickJohnson (Susan Judkins in
background)
Therese Wielage, winner ofthe women’s longest drive
Andy Flynn
