Program for October 15, 2012: WTC – from Telephone switchboards to Integrated Technologies

Invocation by: Bob Lande

Guests on October 8, 2012: Andy Swan, Jake Daufeldt, Ncole McCleary, Shae Eitman, Jamie Hopkins, Derek Johnson, Michael Cox, Brandon Welsch, Rafa.

Rotary News: Next week’s meeting will start the four weeks at Calvary Church with HyVee catering. A vote will then be made to determine the permanent location. Jessica will be sending out a questionnaire to everyone in the club. She asks that we each answer at least five questions and return to her as she will be using them for her “fun”draising activities. Rafa spoke about her country and presented Kelly with a pin. She also talked about the fun time she had at homecoming. Dana Yerington will be putting together a FaceBook page for our club.

Happy News: Ron Yohe has been in Oregon for a church fellowship event and had time to take in the sights as well. Judi Holdorff got to put a checkmark on her bucket list since she got to operate an end loader scooping up dirt and depositing it into a dump truck. Scott Natvig and Kip Fischer are proud of the Cyclones. Tony Joseph stated they are in the fourth week having Rafa with them and all is going very well. He also mentioned the initiative that will allow Mayor Hopkins to go to China.

Program: Shea Eitman with the Greater Muscatine Chamber of Commerce & Industry introduced speakers Jake Daufeldt, Nicole McCleary, and Andy Swan who spoke about the Weed Park Lagoon Shelter Project. This was a project that was started through Leadership Muscatine. Our Rotary Club provided funds for the project along with other community businesses. The group researched several project possibilities before deciding upon this project. The goals of the project were to make the shelter safe and sound; to enhance the beauty of this section of Weed Park; to enhance the overall appeal of the park; and to increase shelter reservations within Weed Park. The group was able to raise the $22,000 needed in about 1 ½ months. In September the concrete was poured and this Saturday, October 13th, community volunteers will put up the shelter. The finished shelter will be about 20 feet closer to the road and be a little bit bigger than the original structure. Currently, shelters in Weed Park get used about 400 times per year. The group’s hope is that when the Shelter is completed this number will increase.