#608 Club Bulletin, June 6, 2016

Club News and Happy News:  David Fountain was a guest of Alan Ostergren.  Janet Morrow has raffle tickets for the 4th of July, the Chamber is looking for parade line up help again and hoping that Rotary will volunteer.  Janet is proud of her daughter and was happy about her high school graduation, her 8th grader graduating and Chris getting a new job!! Mike Ruby is pleased with the West Liberty Fund Raiser with $66,000 being cleared from the event.  He also attended Ottumwa's 100th Anniversary Celebration.  Karen Diercks is happy that her grandson graduated and that her granddaughter will complete 8th grade too! Harvey Allbee is proud of his grandson graduating from MHS and another one soon and then all his grandchildren will have finished high school!!

 

Program: Alan Ostergren introduced Judge Gary Strauser who oversees Muscatine's juvenile court and crime cases. Gary has held this position for the last 10 and half years.  Half of his time is spend on criminal cases and the other on juvenile court issues.  Last year there were 80 cases relating to termination of parental rights.  Gary tries to return the children to their family if at all possible.  There are  a total of over 11,000 casesvreviewed annually in Muscatine County.  Unfortunately, a lot of the cases revolve around the same families from year to year.  Prescription drugs are the drug of choice for youth today.  Drugs are traded and also used.  Gary told us to beware of the upcoming issues with the shortage in the Juvenile Justice System budget and fully anticipates layoffs and furloughs in the next budget year.