Officers

President

Steve Fahrenkrog

President Elect

Glen Keppy

Vice President

Jeff Helms

Vice President Elect

Dennis Peterson

Treasurer

Steve Fahrenkrog

Sergeant-At-Arms

Greg Schaapveld

Past President -

Ex-Officio

Steve Suiter

Board Members

2013-2015

Marcia Brandt

Jerry Coussens

Lorraine Lynch

Lori Rochau

2014-2016

Chris#ne Garrow

Rich Golinghorst

Gene Meyer

Patrick Olsen

Execu$ve Secretary

Dennis Peterson Dennis.peterson1@gmail.com

563-285-8584

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Eldridge / Davenport, Iowa

Avenues of Service - What are they? We channel our commitment to service at home and abroad through five Avenues of Ser-vice, which are the foundation of club activity.

Club Service focuses on making clubs strong. A thriving club is anchored by strong relationships and an active membership development plan. Vocational Service calls on every Rotarian to work with integrity and contribute their expertise to the problems and needs of society.. Community Service encourages every Rotarian to find ways to improve the quality of life for people in their communities and to serve the public interest.. International Service exemplifies our global reach in promoting peace and under-standing. We support this service avenue by sponsoring or volunteering on international projects, seeking partners abroad, and more. Youth Service recognizes the importance of empowering youth and young profession-als through leadership development programs such as Rotaract, Interact, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, and Rotary Youth Exchange.

"Don and Pat Olsen are financial services professionals with Ol-sen Financial in Davenport. Don started his financial services practice in 1978 and Pat joined him in 2008 after graduating from St. Ambrose University. Don and Pat help individuals, families and small businesses develop long term financial strategies. Don holds his Charted Life Underwriter (CLU), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), Certified Fund Specialist (CFS), and Char-tered Adviser for Senior Living (CASL) designations from the American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Both Don and Pat are active in the community and belong to many professional organizations, charitable organizations, and volunteer for numerous activities and causes. Don is the founding President of the Galena Rotary Club in Galena, Illinois. During his tenure, they created their largest fundraiser called “Rotary Roars for Youth”. Social Security retirement benefits are a core component of retire-ment income for many Americans. They are one of the few sources of retirement income that is predictable, unaffected by market ups and down and that may be adjusted for inflation peri-odically.

Don and Pat will cover a brief history and background of Social Security, the future of Social Security, your Social Security retirement benefits, and a brief background on filing options to help you make a deci-sion that is right for you.

THIS FRIDAY AT THE STEEPLEGATE

North Scott Rotary Serves

Rotary Interna$onal Conven$on Sao Paulo Brazil June 8, 2015

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Nigeria and the whole continent of Africa is on the cusp of being polio free, Dr. Hamid Jafari told audience members at the Rotary Convention on 8 June in São Paulo, Brazil.

Between 2013 and 2014, the reported cases of polio dropped from 53 to just six in Nigeria. Even more encouraging, said Jafari, is that the last case of polio in Nigeria was reported in July of last year and the last case in all of Africa was reported in Somalia in August.

“With a year of no polio cases in Nigeria tantalizingly close, and no cases in Somalia since August, the tireless work of so many people across the continent is paying off,” said Jafari, director of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative for the World Health Organization. “But it is incredibly important that Nigeria remains vigilant. As long as polio ex-ists anywhere, it will continue to be a threat everywhere.”

Transmission of the wild poliovirus has also never been stopped in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In 2014, 85 percent of polio cases worldwide were in Pakistan, the country’s highest case count in over a decade. But progress has been made over the last few months to stem the spread of the virus. The focus for the government and all of the polio part-ners has shifted to missed children. Vaccinators have gained access to areas that have been out of reach for years, said Jafari.

Since January, cases in Pakistan are lower than this time last year thanks to advocacy work from Rotary members, said Jafari. “This is a reminder that we cannot let politics and conflict stand in our way, because at the end of the chain stands a mother or father that just wants to protect their child. But the coming months are the real test. We are entering the high season for polio transmission.”

Jafari encouraged attendees to stay committed. “I need you to continue to advocate and engage with your political leaders with that strong, influential Rotary voice of yours, so that all our stakeholders continue to commit to funding the final stages,” he said. “I need you to keep on educating and engaging your communities and the global communi-ty on this great endeavor.”

Foundation giving nears record high Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair John Kenny updated attendees on the progress of the Foundation. One of his goals as chair was to increase giving. The Annual Fund reached almost $117 million in 2013-14. This year, if contri-butions continue at the normal June rate, the fund will top that figure, making it the highest ever, he said. The Foundation’s Endowment Fund has reached a milestone of $1 billion, where spendable earnings will provide nearly $13 million of direct financial support next year, more than double the amount five years ago. “Let us remember that when we give to our Foundation, we are not sending cash to Evanston,” Kenny said. “We are helping a blind man to see, a polio victim to walk, a child to grow to adulthood healthily, a student to become ed-ucated, and a family to have enough food to eat.” More than 400 district grants and over 600 global grants have been awarded in 2014-15, said Kenny. “The Trus-tees are conscious of obtaining the views of Rotarians and are seeking their observations on the new program so that they can be considered when a review is made in the 2015-16 Rotary year.” Kenny praised the expansion of the Rotary Peace Centers program. There have been 312 endorsed applications this year from 85 countries, the highest number since the program began in 2002. Of the 100 fellows selected, more than half are from low-income countries. “We should be encouraged to see that this imaginative program is expanding, for it is surely most pertinent in these troubled times,” he said.

“The future health of the Foundation is in all our hands,” he concluded. “The real work of Rotary is carried out by individual Rotarians in their clubs, for the club is the heart of Rotary.”

Governor, Rotary District 6000

John Ockenfels, Iowa City, IA

Ass’t Governor

Doug Peterson, Be-endorf, IA

Monday, Noon.......................... Clinton, Rastrelli’s Restaurant, Lyons Monday, Noon.................. Davenport Outing Club, 2109 N. Brady St. Monday, 12:10 pm ........ Muscatine, Hotel Muscatine 101 W. Miss Dr Monday, 12:15 pm ...Moline, Trinity Lutheran Church 1313 13th Ave Monday, 6:00 pm ...... Quad Cities Illinois, Hy Vee 42nd Ave, Moline Tuesday, 7:15 am .. River Cities, Brothers Restaurant, Rapids City, IL Tuesday, noon ................................ Rock Island, QC Botanical Center Wednesday Noon ............................ Bettendorf, Tanglewood Pavilion Wednesday, Noon ................................ Tipton, 1143 Cedar Valley Rd Wednesday 5:00 pm ...North Scott Mini-Meet at Maloney’s, Eldridge Thursday, 7:00 am ..................... Iowa Quad Cities, J-Bar Elmore Ave. Thursday, 12:15 pm...... East Moline, Christ United Methodist Church Thursday, Noon ..................................... Milan, Pinnacle Country Club Friday Noon ......................... North Scott, Steeplegate Inn, Davenport.

Friday, June 12: 11:00 A.M. Board of Directors Meeting at the Steeplegate. Friday, June 12: Program: Don and Pat Olsen, Olsen Financial. Learn about the current status of Social Security and the options to draw benefits. Rich Horst, Host. Sunday, June 14: 12:00 noon; FAMSCO workday at Cor-alville warehouse. Friday, June 19: Program: Joe Stutting, First year as North Scott Superintendent. Bill Tubbs, Host. Thursday, June 25: Save the date: 5:30 P.M. Cash bar opens for Installation Celebration for incoming president, Glen Keppy. Catered dinner at 6:30 P.M. Eldridge Communi-ty Center, 400 S. 16th Ave, Eldridge. Great food and enter-tainment planned. Full dues paying members are free, guests are $15. Please sign up on Friday to attend. Friday, June 26: No meeting. See June 25. Sunday, June 28: 12:00 noon; FAMSCO workday at Cor-alville warehouse. Friday, July 3: No meeting. Holiday weekend. Saturday, July 11: 8:00 P.M. Eldridge Moonlight Chase Water Stop. Glen Keppy will be asking for volunteers. Thursday, July 30: Save the date: Annual Corn Boil at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds. John Maxwell, chair. August 3 – 9: Mississippi Valley Fair. The club will be working at the gates again this year. Friday, September 18: Save the date: Golf Outing at Springbrook Country Club, DeWitt, IA Friday, November 20: Save the date: Annual Fall Auction at Rogalski Center, St. Ambrose Campus.

June 3: Rob White and Jerry Coussens: Mini Meet at Malo-ney’s Pub June 4: Jeff Ashcraft: Rotary Club of Iowa Quad Cities June 5: Merle Anderson: Rotary Club of Grand Prairie, TX June 5: Nathan Kessler and Jan Trimble: 50/50 Auction raffle table June 8: Elza Sager: Classification Committee

June 4-11: Bill Tubbs: Rotary International Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil

June 12: Set up/tear down: Loren Rickard; Greeters: Gene Meyer and Pat DeLuca; Song Leader: Paul Holzworth; Piano: Marguerite Holzworth; Invocation: Scott Case; Sergeant: Eric Langan June 19: Set up/tear down: Deb Peterson; Greeters: Roger Amhof and Jeff Ashcraft; Song Leader: Steve Powell; Piano: Tewanta Dover; Invocation: Jan Trimble; Sergeant: Ryan Varner June 25: Installation party at Eldridge Community Center

Rotarians: As you know, FAMSCO will no longer have use of the Coral-ville warehouse after June 30. Therefore, we have sched-uled 3 work days to prepare to vacate. The work days will be June 14 and June 28 beginning each day at noon. It is our goal to finish packing our remaining inventory to have ready for shipment by the end of June. We also must have all of our equipment and property ready to move out as well. We hope you will consider helping on any or all of our work days! Warehouse address is: 3600 – 2nd Street (U.S.Highway 6) Coralville, IA. Best regards, Bill Burress Bill@seiffertlumber.com 563-391-5110

Join Us for the 2015 Summer Reading Program at the Scott County Library System. The Scott County Library System is looking for volun-teers to help this summer! “Every Hero Has a Story” is de-signed to encourage children to continue reading during va-cation so that valuable reading skills won’t be lost. We hope to offer a variety of activities for children. Program dates and times are listed online at www.scottcountylibrary.org. If you are interested in helping us, please pick up a volunteer form at the next Rotary meeting and return it to the library. The summer carnival, which several members helped with last year, will be Monday evening, July 27, 5 to 8 P.M.

Rotary Interna$onal President

Gary Huang, Taiwan RC

Make ups available at nearby Rotary Clubs

NORTH SCOTT ROTARY

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

ASSIGNMENTS

MAKE UPS TURNED IN

FAMSCO WORK DAYS……

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS Summer Reading Program—Library

LAST MEETING – June 5, 2015 – Joe Taylor, QCCVB Forty five attended last Friday, including guests Germaine Wilmott, mother of Donn Wilmott and Ken Ock-erman with Per Mar Security. Joe Taylor has been with the Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau for 25 years. He has done a lot of jobs there and worked his way to the top. He answers to a board of 14 people. A couple of the exciting things he told about com-ing to the Quad Cities are: National Geographic will be do-ing a feature on the Mississippi River, August 10 and 11. Also in July 2016, the Viking River Cruises will begin dock-ing in Davenport for a day, on their trips from St. Louis to St. Paul. This will be after the Rhythm City Casino moves off the river. Paul Seelau was the June winner of the 50/50 auc-tion raffle. He took home $95. John Maxwell was the ser-geant and collected $27. Brian Williams gave $50 to the Paul Harris Society in honor of his parent’s 50th wedding anniversary. Rob White gave $100 to the Dorothy White Scholarship Fund. Glen Keppy presided for vacationing Steve Fahrenkrog.

INSTALLATION PARTY SIGN UPS TO DATE

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2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOOD WILL and BETTER FRIEND-

SHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

LAST WEEK

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Anderson Merle Mary Lou

Bainter Bob Ann

Brandt Marcia Bill

Case Sco- Nancy

DePaoli Joe Kara

Golinghorst Richard Mary

Helms Jeff Mindy

Johnston-Mohr Jody Stan

Keppy Glen Jean

Maxwell John Joan

Messer Tom Diana

Meyer Gene

Paus#an Leroy Linda

Peterson Dennis Deb

Rickard Loren Jody

Rochau Lori Sco-

Sager Elza Terri

Schinckel Jack Jean

Seelau Paul

Smith Jim Beverly

Suiter Steve Ann

Trimble Jan Jerry

White Rob Pam