December 21, 2009

  Logan Reinhiller, Nicole Huwe, and Rotarian Tammy Miller discussed Health Sciences and Energy  Programs available to high school students in our area.

November 30, 2009:

 Last week was a fun meeting, with a presentation on exercise science research by DSU student Jamie Welter and the staging of several scenes from the play Christmas Story by DSU Theatre Director Kelly MacLeod and company.

November 9, 2009:

Linda Ford, Program Director; New Hope Day Service, spoke on the adult day program that is part of the Bethel Community.  By 2030, the population of seniors 65+ will double to 71 million.  New Hope enables elderly to remain home, and yet come to the adult day center where they can receive transportation, mental stimulation, physical exercise, nutrition, bathing, and help with medications.  Those 65+ receive services paid for by Title III-B through the state, and are asked to pay a donation, if they so choose.  New Hope has now opened a “satellite” program in Prairie View Apartments, four days a week.  Linda Ford can be contacted at 256-2912. 

October 26, 2009:

Jamie Husher presented an excellent program on the 26^th. It was easy to see how a personal health record could be very useful and helpful in dealing with both emergency and non-emergency care.

October 19, 2009:

The Madison Rotary met and listened to Leland White tell about his involvement with raising and releasing the Monarch Butterfly. He begins by cutting off leaves that house the Monarch egg and puts them in an housed environment that allows him to feed the moth that develops from the egg. He discussed that once the moth crystallizes it is set free to travel onward where the 6th generation arrives in New Mexico some 1500 miles away

October 5, 2009:

Jack Walters provided the group with a very informative power point presentation featuring Pattie Maes, MIT Media Head, who demonstrated to conference attendees, a gadget that one of her students developed that could in the future; provide seamless access to an unlimited amount of information using materials that cost them approximately $300, but what could ultimately be the price of a cell phone if marketed commercially.  The presentation can be found at Ted.com, and I would encourage you to visit this site to watch Ms. Maes’ presentation regarding what could be the next “techie” gadget to sweep the world.

September 28, 2009:

Jay Niedert reported on his trip to Haiti.  Jay described the trip that took place entailed traveling to a remote rural area in Haiti, approximately 40 miles from the city of Port of Prince to educate Haitians on the use of solar ovens.  The 40 mile trip by bus took approximately 5 hours due to the poor roads.  Currently many Haitians rely upon charcoal made from trees converted to charcoal as their source of cooking fuel, and that 40% of their income goes to purchasing this charcoal.  The environmental impact of converting trees to charcoal has been severe in that the trees being removed are not replaced ultimately causing erosion and ultimately inhibiting the once plentiful rainfall to not occur. 

 Will Boever explained the process of training and assigning guide dogs to their owners. He told of his personal experiences of going to California for a month to have the dog learn his movements and for them to become accustomed to each other. Will said that having the dog as a guide has changed his willingness to go out to crowded venues.