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August 24, 2004: Okay, up against the wall the spread 'em! Fortunately one of our lawyers is with these guests. From the Sheriff's Department, Deputy Mike Muenster and Chief Deputy Kenneth Runde spoke to Rotarians on driving while under the influence. Unique to their presentation was the use of a volunteer (Ray Quint) in the audience who imbibed one drink and subjected himself to the sobriety test (he passed). So kick back, pour yourself a Pepsi, and click on the button to listen to the 25 minute presentation.  |
 Follow my finger. This test allows the officer to observe involuntary eye movements or flutter, a sure sign of intoxication. |
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 He had to walk a straight line, heel to toe, one foot behind the other. This is difficult without alcohol, actually. Of course our subject had food with his beverage, he's a big fellow relatively speaking, and all of these factors may tend to mitigate test results, however, even a trace amount of alcholol can be detected either in behavior orbservations or the breathalizer test. |
Then there was the breathalizer test. He blew at 0.04, which is pretty good. 0.8 is enough to get you thrown in the hooscow. |
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Guests this week included this fine gentleman with Guy Gard, Al Urban with Allen & Urban Architects and construction Managers. |
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August 17, 2004: Doug Stillings was introduced by Cheryl Kramer this past week. Doug is not only a Rotarian, but he is the chairman of this year's United Way Campaign. He introduced the campaign video produced by another fellow Rotarian, Gary Olsen, and we've provided a direct link to the film on the Dubuque Schools Website which is hosting the movie on the Web. Click here. |
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New members were inducted this week and they included Suzy Koelker (center next to Kim Tully, her sponsor), Bob Schroeder (far left next to Brent Johns), and Gery Kremer with Keith Cook. Congratulations new members! |
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 From the Bellevue Club visiting us was Dr. Richard Miller and old friends Pete and Larry. |
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The Rotary Club Crew at Super Shot Saturday at Finley Hospital. 270 children received inoculations. See more photos by clicking here. |
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August
10, 2004: Connie Bandy-Hodge (right and next to Lori Bahl who
introduced her), is a fitness guru, motivational trainer and speaker,
and time management authority who spoke to members this meeting, and
she practically had everyone doing jumping jacks. Okay, maybe not...
but she was an interesting speaker nonetheless. Connie, herself, is
a very successful and motivated career woman, wife, and mother who
can be found at Senior High School where she trains and mentors students,
and Alpine Fitness Center, where you can visit her (by appointment)
to change your life for the better. Now squat and give me 20 (20
minutes that is... the length of this audio file). Click
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Our newest Paul Harris Fellow is Corey Roeder who was accompanied by his parents (both lifelong Rotarians), left, and is wife, Penny who watched on proudly. Corey, never at a loss for words, began his acceptance speech with a joke, naturally. Sorry, but you are not going to read the joke here. There has to be something left at the meeting. If you didn't attend this one, or your attendance is generally spotty, well, see what you miss? |
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Our own Amy Link addressed the crowd on the importance of the upcoming Swingin The Vines event to be held on August 21st at Stone Cliff Vineyards and Winery (see details above). Here she answers a question from one of the Rotarians, "Is it okay if we wear costumes?" asked one Rotarian. "My friends and I want to come as a bunch of grapes." "Sure," responded Amy enthusiastically. "As long as you can help people park their cars, sell beverage tickets, and clean up the place when it's over." See Amy or Stan Schwartz for voluneer opportunities. |
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Guests this week at Rotary included Joe Carew's granddaughter, Lindsey Carew. Isn't she a chip off the old block? An acorn from the mighty oak? A ... well I'll be... we ran out of metaphors. If you know a new one, send it to us via e-mail.
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Schilling addresses the crowd on the topic of his pet project, SuperShot
Saturday. Please take some time this Saturday morning to join fellow
Rotarians at Finley Hospital to give immunizatation shots to kids
who really need them. It's actually a lot of fun, and who can argue
with the mission? Come and help and you will get a "get out of
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Also a guest this week was Janelle Koepke, a guest of Mike Loveless and Kathy Schmitt. Incidentally, the photos on this page are linked to enlargements suitable for printing and framing. Furthermore, when you bring a guest to Rotary, we buy their lunch! So why aren't you bringing more guests to Rotary Club meetings? That's how we get more members. It's the food, of course. |
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A prospective member, Suzy Koelker, was introduced again by Kim Tully, her host and sponsor. In the next few days, we will officially induct Suzy into the club, and this will likely mark the first "Suzy" ever to become a Dubuque Rotarian to the best of our knowledge and careful records kept by Mike Pratt. What's that Mike? There actually was a "Suzy" who was a member back in the mid '70s? Actually the member's name was mike but he became Suzy after he quit the club and moved to the coast. Thanks, Mike, for that bit of useful information. Don't you love a club that respects and preserves its history? |
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August
3, 2004: Luke Juran, spoke on his experiences in Saudi Arabia.
Luke teaches there in an American School, and he is our Dubuque Rotary
Club Ambassadorial Scholarship recipient. Luke provides a view of
Saudi Arabia of which we may have only been mildly aware. It's a compelling
account of daily life for an American in Saudi Arabia. Luke is very
candid about his impressions (about 20 minutes in length). Click
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Katie Frys was a guest of Chuck Andracchio this week.
Gary Kremer was a guest of Keith Cook |
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There was a tie vote this year for Rotarian of the Year, and the recipients were Gary Olsen (middle) and Guy Gard (right). Gary was honored for his work on behalf of the Gateway Project and the club's website. Guy was recognized for his efforts as New Member Chair, recruiting a record number of members this past year reaching the 150 mark. Guy will continue on as chair of that committee. The plaques were presented by president Mike Loveless. |
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McCall buys an opportunity to win at the weekly raffle this week.
Jane is going to be one of our newest members of Rotary Club. |
Kevin Lynch brought his son to lunch (that's a poetic photo caption in a way). This is Brandon Lynch. |
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Denny Hartogh brought Phil Shaefer to the meeting as his guest. |
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Above is the ceremonial exchange of pennants with the West Seattle club and the son of Al Carew, Shane Carew, who was visiting us from the Seattle Washington Rotary Club. |
Presidential hopeful John Kerry was stopping in Dubuque this evening, and not only did dyed in the wool Democrat Thom Reilly sport his Kerry T-shirt, but he sat down next to Paul Hemmer. Do we need to say more about this photo? |
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July
27, 2004: Reverend Fred Baultz, spoke on the Passion of the Christ,
It was a fascinating program complete with props. Reverend Baultz
is a member of the Galena Rotary Club, and he is a learned author
of books and articles on religion. He is a noted authority on the
history of Christianity. (This program is about 30 minutes long
in Windows Media File Format. It features a Fun & Frolic with
Jim Schilling. It's a Rotary Quiz on how familiar our new members
are with our old members. It's fun.) |
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Inducted this week our newest member, Deborah Buol, born on Christmas Day in Cambridge, Ohio, Deb grew up in Key West, Florida. She has traveled extensively (dad was in the military), and she's worked in Germany and was a TV weather reporter on the Air Force television station administered from NATO Headquarters in Wiedbaden. She's married (20 years) to Roy Buol, a Deere retiree and current City Council member. Raising their four children in Dubuque, Deb also worked for William C. Brown, Mark Falb, Walter Peterson, Bill Kruse, Bruce Meriwether, and Jeffrey Bullock, and she's been an Assistant to the President and Board of Trustees at UD for the past 16 years. Debby and Roy have a 3-1/2 year old granddaughter. All their children are on their own. Here's the run down: Shane, a UD grad and former Mr. Iowa Natural Body Fit Champ and Associate Director of Admissions at UD; Shanda, a Loras grad, actor, and wife of Eric Munson (yes, the Detroit Tiger's 3B Eric Munson), and they're soon to be first-time parents; Jenni, a UD grad employed in counseling at Mercy Hospital, wife of Chris Kennedy who works for the City; and the youngest is Casey, a salesman in Home Theater at Best Buy. Debby was sponsored by Kim Tully (left). |
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In honor of his 50 years as a member of Rotary Club, Dr. Jim O'Brien received a fine plaque and warm congratulatory speech from Mike Pratt, our secretary treasurer. Jim joined the club when he was 31 years old in 1954. Jim's remarks were aimed at the young, new members of the club. "You should sit and have lunch with the old timers in the club because you might learn something." How true. At a later date, we will publish a longer profile on Dr. O'Brien on this webpage. He's an interesting man, and, indeed, he has a lot to share. He's been sharing all his life. Congratulations, Jim on 50 years of Rotary. |
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Schilling's guest this week was Mike Campbell. Jim was also the host
of Fun & Frolic this week, and we laughed loud and heartily at
his antics. Jim performed a quiz for new members to test their knowledge
of club membership, but particularly individuals in the club and their
unique histories (and legends). A recording of Schilling's remarks
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Mary Rae Bragg signs up Barry Bromberg for duty at Swingin' The Vines, our next big Rotary Fundraiser at StoneCliff Winery. Below is event chair Stan Schwartz. |
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Stan says he needs volunteers to help in various capacities during this event. Parking, bar, ticket taking, setup and cleanup. It's great event, and it's perfect for those new members who have not had the opportunity to help out with something or serve on a project committee. You will not regret it. The date for Swingin' The Vines is August 21st. That's a Saturday. |
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Guests this week included Janelle Koepke from ARC, hosted by Mike Loveless. |
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July
20, 2004: Lonnie Fawver (introduced by Bob Rudzianski) is the Executive
Director of Albrecht Acres, His topic: making a wonderful
outdoor experience for physically and mentally challenged youth and
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The Smith family, owners of Stone Cliff Winery, join Gary Olsen, chair of the Dubuque Gateway Project, in a check presentation amounting to $4,100. The money is the Rotary Club's share of the proceeds from wine sales that featured a label that depicted Gary's original painting of the Grand Excursion and Dubuque's river front. The fundraiser idea was developed through a collaboration among Bob and Nan Smith and Gary Olsen to capitalize on the Grand Excursion event held this past June. More than 1,300 bottles were sold over a two month period making this one of Stone Cliff's best special label promotions ever according to Bob. You can hear the presentation remarks on the recording in the above box. Click on the PLAY button. In honor of their contribution, Dubuque Rotary has inaugurated the Dubuque Rotary Club Community Partner Award and presented the first one ever to Stone Cliff Winery. Far left is daughter, Sydney Smith, whose job it was attaching the labels to over 1,300 bottles of wine. This great photo was taken by Corey Roeder. |
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Ain't this photo a pip? Paul Hemmer, chair of the Verizon and Dubuque Rotary Club's Rock 'n Soul Reunion poses with Mickey and the Memories who wowed the crowd with classic rock and soul hits from the '60s and '70s. What a gas! The vintage Chevy was the perfect prop for shots like this one. And what about that Alliant Amphitheater? Was it a great place to have a party or what? Thanks to everyone who helped, and we have a surprise for you. Want to see a great movie and photo albums of highlights? Click here for the movie and two huge photo albums with downloadable enlargements! |
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July
13, 2004: Sister Tierney Trueman (right), Mission Coordinator
from Colombia, presented a compelling program on life in that country.
There were a lot of interesting facts she presented on our country's
diplomatic relationship with Colombia (one of the largest US embassies
employing more than 2,000), and it is the most violent nation in the
Western Hemisphere.
Sister Tierney endeavors to inform Rotarians as to why things are
the way they are in that beautiful yet tragic nation. Sister Tierney's
program was introduced by Sister Marlene Pinzka (left) of Loras College.
(This program is about 20 minutes long in Windows Media File Format.
Click on any of the photos on this page for free enlargements suitable
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Guests this week included Jane McCall of the Dubuque Humane Society (right). Her host was Vicki Bechen.
Also visiting us was Phil Schaefer, a guest of Jim Curoe (left).
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| And we love it when members bring their kids. Below is David Hockenberry's daughter Sarah who is a college student. | Hank was visiting our club from his home in Arizona. We always enjoy seeing Hank every summer. Among the things he had to do when he arrived in Dubuque was fight an old parking ticket. We think the ticket won, but we're not completely sure. |
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Juran was once again a guest this week of Mike Pratt. He is eligible
for nomination for our district's Rotary Ambassador's Scholarship.
Below are Kerin Moldenhauer (middle) and her guests, Trish Jewett
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July
6, 2004: Jane Steele, Executive Director of Mississippi Valley
Promise, The Alliance for Youth, spoke about this nationwide program
designed to leverage resources and mentoring opportunities to properly
guide youth. The program was
started by Secreatary of State, Colin Powell, and has grown through
regional and local affiliate organizations like Mississippi Valley
Promise. To learn more about this program, click on the audio button
(about 20 minutes including a prelude track of Kevin Lynch's
riotous Fun & Frolic). |
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The Rotary Club Singers look like they've expanded their ranks. Click on the photos on this page to download free enlargements suitable for printing. |
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Kim Tully's table mates include Suzy Koelker (middle) and Deby Buol. Isn't this color scheme festive (no wonder... at least two of these people are designers). Below left are Kerin Moldenhauer (middle) and her guests, Trish Jewett and Kathy Reed. |
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One of the funniest Fun & Frolics in a long time was delivered by Kevin Lynch. You can hear it if you click on the audio button above. |
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Gery Kremer, guest of Keith Cook. Below is Doug Sanders who will be
covering Member Welfare for the ailing Marv Kampfe. Any news about
Rotarians and their family members requiring get well cards and support
should be directed to him for the time being. Meanwhile our prayers
and support to go Marv. |
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Below left: photo from Barry Bromberg of the plaque newly installed on the Gazebo on River's Edge Plaza acknowledging the contribution we made to this fine structure. For more on this exciting project and a video clip of the dedication, click here. |
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Photos from Grand Excursion by Paul Hemmer Look, it's Greg Norman selling beer at the Grand Excursion. I thought he was in a golf tourney or something. |
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What a lovely couple. The soon to be Andrachio's. |
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Just a minute. I have to test this beer to make sure it's fresh and tasty before we can sell it to the public. Here, let me test another. And let me test that Amber Bock, too. |
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"Talk about a steam boat... I had two bratwursts for lunch. Toot, toot if you know what I mean." |
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Appropriately capped for the occasion. |
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Team Rotary. |
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Who is the Rotarian in this photo? |
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June: Above, Mary Poodle Skirt fires up the crowd for the upcoming Rock 'N Soul Reunion on the River, Rotary's biggest money making event of the year. |
One of the event's co-chairs, Spencer Smith, is back in action looking for a team of volunteers for this important event. See Spence, and he'll put you on a project you'll actually enjoy. The event is July 10th, and Paul Hemmer announced to the club that Verizon is a major sponsor for this year along with Alliant energy, Hy-Vee and Radio Dubuque. |
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Left is Sue Wheaton, one of our favorite Fun & Frolic Hostmeisters. She did a quiz on Father's Day, and only one question was guessed correctly. Speaking of fathers, new president, Mike Loveless, brought his daughter Morgan, to the meeting. |
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Debby Buol (left) was a guest of Kim Tully |
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Joe Graham brought Bob Schroeder to the meeting this week. Remember, guests of Rotary members eat lunch free! |
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Bill Spitznas, John Deere retiree and member of the Key City Dubuque Rotary Club, was a guest this week. |
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The house is always ready to roll to present fire safety procedures to students at schools throughout the tri-state area. |
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Frank Zahn, far left, spearheaded this project. Here he stands proudly with firefighters. Frank introduced speakers Scott Neyens, Fire Marshall and Jeff Zasada, Asst. Fire Marshall. Tim Duggan (behind) brought a guest this week to Rotary Club. Tim introduced Tim Loeffelholz. |
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And so did Ken Snodgrass. Ken introduced guest Jack Schmid who is actually a rotarian with poor attendance. Today he made a wrong turn on US 20 while looking for Marjories House of Massage and inadvertantly wound up at the meeting. |
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June
1, 2004: Dari Cortez, foreign exchange student from Mexico and enrolled
at Galena High School,
gave a lovely presentation on her country, town (Patzcuaro), and state
(Michoacan). She is pictured here with her friend an another Rotary
sponsored student, Debora Marconato. |
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Guy Gard brought guest, Paul Pfohl to the meeting again, and we discovered that Paul was so impressed with our meeting he attended last time, he download the application from the website, and he's going to be a member! And who said the website wasn't worth every dime? As John Kerrigan put it best, "We bring people to our meetings as our guests and prospective members. They enjoy the fellowship and food, but it's the website that closes the deal." Special recognition has to go to the most successful membership chairman we've ever had, Guy Gard. We are going to hit 150 members, our goal, thanks largely to him. He is truly one of the most productive members in the club. Thanks Guy. |
Ken Werth is still signing up volunteers for the Grand Excursion Beverage Booth we are hosting during the June 27, 28, and 29th event. This is going to make the club a bushelbasket of money, but we need your help to man the booth. Be part of an historic Dubuque event, and please sign up. See Ken at the meetings. He's also selling the wonderfully comfortable embroidered golf shirts emblazoned with the Rotary logo. Get one in time for the event so you can wear it proudly as you spill beer on it. |
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Hemmer provided everyone with a brochure he designed an printed himself
on the upcoming Rotary Club Rock 'n Soul Reunion on the River July
12. It is going to be spectacular, and in appreciation of Rotary Club
member support, we are offering special advance ticket packages for
this event exclusively to Rotary. Get a table organized, and you can
save significantly on a spectacular entertainment event. Better yet,
volunteer to help us. Sign-up sheets will be circulated at an upcoming
meeting. We will have a blast. You don't want to miss this opportunity
to be on the team. This is an ideal time for new members to get to
know one another and make a contribution of the most important thing
you can give... your time. |
Gary Gansemer holds in his hand the materials that will be sent off to secure our next Rotary Club Foreign Exchange student from France. If you would like to get involved in hosting a student (it's a wonderful experience), talk to Gary about it. |
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May
18, 2004, Amy Link, a fine Rotarian and one of the key Chamber
of Commerce executives involved in the Grand Excursion event June
27, 28, and 29, gave a presentation on the various plans that have
now been cast for this historic occasion. Amy, with the Convention
and Visitor's Bureau, told us that upwards of 60,000 visitors will
descend upon us for this convocation of modern river boats and a steam
locomotive. It recreates the original Grand Excursion of 1854 that
the federal government sponsored for Eastern press to promote the
settlement of the west. This modern-day recreation celebrates the
renaissance of the upper Mississippi River as economies and communities
along our great river emphasize tourism and more ecologically sound
forms of development to preserve the best aspects of our area for
tourism. Amy's talk is about 20 minutes. Click
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Gary Gansemer was wisemeister of ceremonies for our weekly Fun & Frolic that generates a nice bundle of cash for scholarships (which are going to be distributed very soon, by the way). This is a great photo of GG. Click on it (or most any photo on this page) to reveal the enlargement. |
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Guy Gard brought along Paul Pfohl as a guest this week to Rotary Club. |
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Jim Schilling brought along Hugh Wagner to the meeting this week.
This guy might make a good member. As you can see, he's laughing at
one of Jim's jokes. That's a good sign. |
Rotary Club guests included John and Thelma Grimley, both members of the Walker, Minnesota Rotary Club. |
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Our treasurer, Mike Pratt, coughed up a buck of his own this week as he offered a "Happy Dollar." Knowing Mike, one would hope he has a lot of dollars because he's happy most of the time. |
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May
11, 2004: Dr. John Kerrigan gave us a farewell program and the
topic was on Loras College, where he's served as interim president,
and John also gave us a small preview of his retirement plans. "I'm
not really retiring," John empahsized as he put up his first
slide in his PowerPoint presentation that showed a beautiful sun and
purple clouds. "This is not a sunset, but a sunrise," explained
John. This photo is linked to a keeper featuring Brent Johns (left)
and our treasurer, Mike Pratt. (Recording of John's program
is about 30 minutes). |
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Suzanne Saleem, former professor at Loras College, announced she will
be leaving for a new teaching position in Ohio, and that she will
miss us very much (as we will miss her). |
John Donovan,
our perennial guest from Tacoma, WA #8, is now officially a member
of our organization, at least he's got a badge, and that's obviously
a source of great pride as John hoists it for the crowd to see.
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Chuck Donnelly (left) and the president of Rotary, Kevin Lynch, inducted our newest member, Denny Hartaugh, the manager of Hy-Vee on Dodge Street. He has two children (college age) and he's been with Hy-Vee 25 years. He's a long-time Rotarian having transferred to our club and sponsored by fellow Hy-Vee manager (Asbury Plaza) Chuck. |
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May
4, 2004 Brian Hook, Counsel in the Office of Legal Policy for
the United States Department of Justice, was introduced by Dan Kruse
(right), and the topic of Brian's talk was the "War on Terror."
This was a fascinating talk on this very important issue affecting
the rights, freedoms and liberty of all Americans and especially non-Americans
visiting our country. Brian served to shed some light on exactly what
we are dealing with in the War on Terror, and though the most noticeable
thing Americans have done since 9/11 was to hang flags outside their
homes, our lifestyles, how we travel, where we travel, and how we
conduct ourselves are forever changed. Though Brian works for the
US Government, he is still a Dubuquer of sorts, and his family members
(below) came to our meeting as our guests to show support and to listen.
This recording is quite long compared to others we've done... almost
an hour, but it is compelling stuff and worth a listen. It requires
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Mike Van Milligen is once again a member of our club. He returns after several years, but now that he's mastered his job as City Manager of Dubuque, he wants to get back involved with the club. Isn't that great? He is a fine addition, and welcome back. |
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Guess who's back? Marv! After years of informing us about who was ill, who had surgery, and general bits of information on member welfare, Marv himself was struck down by illness. But now he's back and in fine form. |
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April
27, 2004: What was one of the most thoroughly informative and
entertaining programs of the year was given by our own Mike Pratt
presenting his "Passage to India." Rotary Club sent Mike
to India to help with that country's polio immunization initiative.
Mike took along a  top-of-the-line
Canon digital camera given to him by his daughter (a Canon executive),
and he brought back the most spectacular images you could ever imagine.
It was like somethingout of National Geographic. Here is just
a tiny sampling below. Click on the images to enlarge. And
listen to Mike's talk (about 44 minutes). It's compelling (uses
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Left, sun on the Ganges River. Above, a small boy is immunized. Everywhere you look there are beautiful people and children. |
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Our newest member inducted this week was David Cushman. Doug Stillings (right) was his sponsor. David grew up in Dubuque, graduated from Wahlert, and has a degree in Construction Engineering and Management from Purdue. He worked in Denver for 4+ years, managing multi-million dollar construction projects (Nuggets/Avalanche sports Arena), but moved back to Dubuque with his wife Holly and new daughter, Katie, to build Park Farm Winery in Durango for his parents (watch for an october opening). They have two acres of grapes planted and hope to harvest the first crop this year. Three more acres are going in this spring. Welcome, David,to the club! |
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Barry Bromberg did Fun & Frolic this week. He said, "I'm actually a funny guy..." and then he set out to prove it. He raised the most money in two months by just keeping his program short. Now that's funny. |
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Mike Loveless brought Ray Quint to our meeting as a guest this week. |
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This is Chad Cox, a guest this week of Mike Pratt. |
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No, this is not a guest. It's a member! Dr. Reza Ehtessabian came to our meeting this week, and for the benefit of our new members who have never met him unless you are his patient (allergist), we are publishing this photo. |
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We are publishing this photo as a favor to John Donovan, our perennial guest from Tacoma, WA #8 (he's on the right). He wanted a nice photo of himself with member and friend, Mike Syer. and we are more than happy to oblige. |
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April
20, 2004: Our expected presenter was not able to make this
meeting, but we ended up with one of the best meetings ever when Gary
Gansemer and Keith Cook volunteered to talk about the value of being
a host family for a Rotary Club sponsored foreignf exchange student.
And at this meeting was one of our community's own students, Kara
Whalen (pictured above), who is going to France to study in a Rotary
Club International Student Exchange Program. This was an excellent
program, but you can hear for yourself. Also listen to the induction
ceremony for new member Al Cordes on this clip (total time about 21
minutes in Windows Media Player format). Click on photos on
this page to enlarge for printing on your home computer. Compliments
of your Dubuque Rotary Club. |
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Former Rotarian and now new Rotarian in the Dubuque chapter is Al Cordes. He was inducted into our club at this meeting. Al is retired from Interstate Power (since has become Alliant Energy). Welcome back Al! |
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Singing a rousing chorus to kick off the meeting was Maryann and Karin, in fine voice as always. Paul Hemmer, Dubuque's version of George Gershwin, played for our Rotary singers this week. Dan Kruse apparently was closing on a BMW X3. |
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This photo was so handsome (as grip & grin pictures go) we just had to publish it large. This is the new publisher of the TH, Jim Normandin (left) with John Kerrigan. Click on it to download a printable version of your very own. |
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Left, Mike Loveless was wonderful this week for the Fun & Frolic segments. You can listen to it on the recording we did above. Check it out. Left, Bart Kintziner brought another guest this week to Rotary Club.
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Bromberg reported on the excellent roadside cleanup this past Saturday.
Number one beer can found along the side of the road? It was Bud Light,
we think. Thanks everyone for coming out and bringing family members
and guests. It was great. And thanks to Jon Luckstead for coffee and
donuts at his place. |
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April
13, 2004: Al Schockemoehl, of the Dubuque Arts Council, did
a fine presentation on the efforts of that organization in educating
our students and our community at large on the value of the Artist
in Residence Program that has been a success for several years (about
20 minutes). Incidentally, we included Barry Bromberg's "Letter
from Iraq" in this particular recording. It precedes Al's talk.
Give this a listen, will you? It is really poignant and it brings
the war in the Mideast very close to home. |
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Visiting Rotarian from Sherman, Texas (formerly of Dubuque and a retired professor from UD), Jerry Middents, was on hand to reconnect with old friends and share some insights in his own work with Rotary International. He has traveled overseas for the organization. |
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April
6, 2004: Alliant Energy's Tim Bennington, VP Power Generation,
and Ryan Stensland, Alliant's Communications Program Manager, were
on hand at Rotary this week presenting on the topic of the requested
rate hike for new energy production. It's a necessity, explained Mr.
Bennington, because of demand, new economic and population growth,
and the necessity of upgrading older forms of power generation equipment.
It's an interesting talk, and there's a bonus. Before the program,
we managed to capture the Fun & Frolic portion of the meeting
with Bob Rudzianski. It's
a riot, especially since he levied a fine on these guests (something
that has never been done as best we can recollect), and of course,
Bob lit up the room... how appropriate since the theme of the
afternoon was power generation. (Program is about 30 minutes). |
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Rotary District Governor was at our meeting, Russell Loven
(Guttenberg), and he played a video promoting the upcoming District
Convention in Mason City which was pretty good. Actually it was an
excellent video. Who is planning on going? Let's figure this out,
because the event is just over the horizon. Mason City... could be
a lot of fun. Mason City is far enough away to be exotic. Okay, poor
choice of words. How about "It's far enough away to be... far
away and still in the state." Bring a Euchre deck for the ride.
Make a note that the Rotary District Conference is going to
be held in Mason City, Iowa, May 1st, 2004. There will be
great programs, networking opportunities, fellowship, answers to Rotary
questions on membership, programs, foundation, fundraisers, resources,
the upcoming centennial, and much, much more. Make it a mini-family
vacation. It's in northern Iowa, so the area is picturesque, and here
are some websites that could help you make your plans: globegazette.com,
masoncitytourism.com,
themusicmansquare.org,
and clearlakeiowa.com |
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of these people will make excellent additions to our club's roster.
We've got some important money raising events coming up, and we need
the muscle to make them successful. Encourage new members to pitch
in and volunteer on one of our organizing or project committees, please.
It's a great way to make relationships, and it's just plain fun not
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And look who brought a guest! Bart Kintzinger (just inducted a week ago) brought Mark Phazen to a meeting. Quick, order more Rotary pins! |
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March
30, 2004 Our Program Co-Chair, Lorie Bahl, introduced a board
member of Dubuque's Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization, Loras Sabers,
along with Ann Hedrick, coordinator for the organization and affiliated
with Hillcrest Family Services. Loras is also a Big Brother. They
would like us to round up a bowling team for the "Bowl for Kids'
Sake" event coming up soon. It's a big community fund raiser,
and lots of people get involved, and we should, too. One
of our new members ought to take this on a project, what do you say?
See Kevin. Meanwhile, listen to this heartfelt talk by Loras and Ann
about Big Brothers and Big Sisters. It's about 20 minutes long, but
it's excellent. Also, click on the photos in this column to
reveal the enlargement suitable for printing and putting on your refrigerator
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Here's a guy we need to recruit for membership. Dr. John Mullen. Anyone who would be a friend of these two Rotarians, on the left, Paul Hemmer, and on the right, Jim Schilling, has got to be funny. You can bet he gets a word in edgewise. And here's the best part.... he's a dentist. Free cleaning for everybody! |
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Dave Solberg, right, brought Al Cordes to the club on Tuesday. You know Al, don't you? Here's a gentleman with outstanding organizational skills and he already knows Rotary. Let's jump on this guy for membership. |
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Wheaton did a wonderful job as host of Fun & Frolic at this meeting.
She was quizmaster for a great trivia game. Here's a question you
didn't hear, however. "What is Sue Wheaton's ancestral home in
Illinois?" If you guessed, "Wheaton, Illinois," you
are correct! If you guessed Joliet, Illinois, home of Stateville Prison,
you would be wrong. But that would have been funnier. |
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March
24, 2004 Rusty Knight, CEO of Mercy Health Center, was on hand
to give us an overview of operations, but he threw in a little history
and some interesting facts about his organization. Like, did you know
before there was a hospital in Dubuque in the early 1800s, it had
what was was called a "pest house?" And that the first Mercy
Hospital is a building still standing in downtown Dubuque? Meanwhile,
Rusty informed everyone of the fund drive they are conducting to raise
money for a new cardiac unit they are building at Mercy. Listen to
Rusty's presentation, and pay particular attention to the annecdote
on the front end of his talk. It's funny. The photo abvove,
like most of the pictures on this page are clickable for the printable. |
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We had one guest this week and it was this fine gentleman brought to the meeting by Paul Hemmer. His name is Andy Wilberding. |
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It's always wonderful when we can induct a new member, and this week it was Brad Richardson, inducted by his sponsor, John Kerrigan (right) and the president of Rotary Club, Kevin Lynch. Brad may be the youngest new member we have in our club, but age is relative. Yes, you guessed right. Mr. Richardson is a car dealer (Cadillac, Buick, GMC Truck, and Honda). He's a family man, and he will make an excellent addition to our club and may signal a trend as we perhaps endeavor to recruit younger members. |
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March
16, 2004: Two delightful young Irish immigrants who came to the
Tri-State Area to seek their fortune and found it in Galena, Illinois,
warmed our hearts on this eve of St. Patty's Day, and it was so appropriate
for the occasion. Sitting next the Cheryl Kramer is Basil Conroy (center)
and Jack Coulter, first cousins who came to America to establish themselves
in the restaurant business. Now they own the fabulous and artfully
authentic Irish Cottage and Frank O'Dowd's Irish Pub on Hwy 20 just
overlooking Galena on the top of the hill. It's a wonderful and inviting
place. But you have to hear these men tell their story. It's a story
about America. So pour yourself a Guinness, kick back and unbuckle
your shoes. We've got a story you'll want to hear again and again.
Click the green button (how appropriate) and the audio will play.
And don't forget... you can click on any photo on this page and
it will download and enlargement for printing. |
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is my bid for the sweater I'm wearing? Just kidding. Loras is auctioning
off some odds and ends from the Rotary Club Auction, and there was
a laugh or two thrown in for good measure. |
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Our newest rotarian, Bart Kintzinger, was inducted this past meeting. Bart is born in Dubuque, attended Senior High, Loras College, and graduated from the University of Houston's Hilton College of Restaurant Management. He owns and operates Rafters in Dubuque. His past 20 years has been in the hotel and food service business, and his family includes Jennifer (teaches Math at Wahlert), and two shildren, Andrew (4) and Colin (9 weeks!). You may remember his parents, Chuck and Martha Kintzinger, long-time community leaders in Dubuque. |
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this week included Chris Soppe, hosted by Stu Hoover. Now, don't you
love the name Stewart Hoover? It sounds like a character from the
classic film Animal House. Remember Hoover? TOGA! |
 Eric
Dregne is the manager of Younker's Department Store, and he was the
guest of Kevin Lynch this week. |
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at right is another guest hosted by Doug Stillings. Please welcome
Dave Cushman. |
Finally, we couldn't pass up this opportunity to decorate our page with a little more Irish. Mary Ann and Tom look like a son and daughter of the sod, don't they? At the very least they accessorize well. |
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March
9, 2004: Rob Bakke introduced Jim Packard, one of the great broadcasters
from Public Radio and the 'Whad'ya Know? with Michael Feldman"
show that is syndicated to hundreds of Public Radio stations around
the nation. Rob helped get Jim his start in radio, and it was the
first time they had reunited after more than 30 years. Jim's talk
was informative and entertaining. He had many fans among the Rotarians.
Click and listen to this 20 minute program. |
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Hall did Fun & Frolic this week, and since he is so theatrical,
he donned a costume (the hat), and he launched into a contemporary
Dubuque trivia game whose topic was the arts. There were some stumpers
to be sure. All in fun, the exercise netted several dollars for the
Rotary Scholarship fund. |
We had several excellent guests this week, among them Judy Reilly, wife of Tom, who joined us for lunch. |
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Also in attendance was a guest of John Kerrigan's, Brad Richardson. Visiting Rotarians included Nancy Oehler of the Washington, Iowa Rotary Club |
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of Dubuque's great broadcasters was a guest this week, Tom Berryman,
Cumulus Broadcasting, who listened to Jim Packard's talk. He sat next
to Paul Hemmer, a fellow broadcaster who worked with Tom for many
years before Paul founded his own radio station that became KGRR. |
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February
24, 2004: From left to right, the Program Committee's Laurie Bahl,
introduced Sue Czeshinski and Brendan Hoolihan of the Dubuque Visitors
and Convention Bureau who presented a great presentation on the Hometown
Heroes program. Learn all about it by clicking on the audio PLAY button
(about 20 minutes). |
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Paul Hemmer, Chair of the Dubuque Rotary Club Radio Auction, asks for volunteers to help this weekend. The auction is filled with excellent items, and an ad is on the back page of the Dubuque Advertiser that features the list. It's quite handy. Also, we have a web page with the information on it. Click here. |
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Look whose back at Rotary with more hair on his chin then on his head! Tony Z! Welcome back Tony Zelinskas! It's great to see you're back and well. |
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Mike Loveless is just a great Fun & Frolic host. He does his homework, but his comfortable and almost laid back delivery is what makes the zings zing so well. |
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Guests this week included Dave Fluetsch (pronounced "Fletch") from the Severna Park, MD Rotary Club. He even kicked in a Happy Dollar for visiting such a great club as ours. |
Kim Tully brought a guest this week to Rotary, Chad Chandley. He's a honcho at Kendall Hunt. Also with us was new member, Bart Kintzinger. |
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February
12, 2004 Both deans of the colleges of engineering for Iowa State
University and the University of Iowa were on hand for a very special
presentation on the great engineering accomplishments in modern history.
Dr. P. Barry Butler and Dr. James Melsa (about 32 minutes). |
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Guy Gard received his well-deserved Paul Harris Fellow honor in a special ceremony conducted by John Kerrigan this past week. Guy is clearly one of the best New Member Chairmen we've ever had. Here he is photographed with our president Kevin Lynch (left) and John is on his right. |
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February
10, 2004 Deborah Marconato (with one of her host Rotarians, Cheryl
Kramer), is our Rotary Club Exchange Student from Brazil. She gave
a lovely presentation this week at Rotary, and she fielded questions
from the audience about her life and culture in her homeland. You
must listen to her yourself by clicking on the Windows Media File
we created of her presentation (about 20 minutes). Photos on
this page are linked to enlargements suitable for printing.
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 Guests
this week included (far left) Ray Quint, hosted by Mike Loveless.
Left is a visiting Rotarian from the Galena Rotary Club, Carter Newton.
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Left is Chad Hagge, a guest of Bob Rudzianski who is doing the introduction. Is Bob a crack-up or what?
Above is Ruth Zschoche, wife of Dale Zschoche, Rotarian of long standing. She was on hand to hear the presentation by Deborah, our exchange student. Doug Stillings brought along Dave Cushman as his guest this week. |
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February
3, 2004 Billy Riley (right of John Darrah), new Rotary Club
member and the Executive Director of the Northeast Iowa Council
Boy Scouts of America, was our speaker this week, and he was not
only informative but entertaining with some incredible, you guessed
it, rope tricks. Well after all, he is a Boy Scout. His talk is
here for your enjoyment. The performance Mr. Riley provided was
so professional, at least one other Vaudevillian in our club was
taking notes. |
Jim Schilling was our master of mirth and Fun & Frolic. He is a crackup to be sure. He not only launched a few well placed zingers, but Jim conducted a quiz with some pretty hard questions on Iowa historic trivia. The guy prepares and is always entertaining |
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Sue Wheaton, a Girl Scout, herself, brought prizes for the weekly raffle and, you guessed it, they were Girl Scout Cookies. Sue told us that the Girl Scouts anticipated that the Atkins low carb diet fad would effect sales this year, so they came up with this cookie variety entirely made of pork byproducts. MMMMMMMmmm! Delicious. But don't dip them in milk. They apparently produce an oil slick. |
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Guy Gard (center) and our president, Kevin Lynch, stand with our newest member, Charlie Miller. His career and vast experience in the food and hospitality business will serve him well as a member of our organization. We welcome him and congratulate Guy Gard on his incredible recruiting ability. One of the best new member chairs we've ever had. |
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Meet Shannon Singsank, a Clarke Communications student, guest of Gary Olsen (her teacher and Rotary member), who provided an opportunity for her to record our Rotary Club speaker this week. The sophomore is currently enrolled in Gary's Basic Audio and Video Production Class. |
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Miss
Iowa, Nicole White, visited Rotary on January 27, and she was
absolutely entertaining. Dan Kruse was her host, and she not only
spoke to the club but she sang for us. We have her number right here
on our website. We can hardly wait for her CD. |
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President Kevin Lynch with Nicole White. Miss Iowa wore her crown and she admitted that long gowns and stiletto heels and swimsuits were a very new experience for her since she grew up a tom boy with brothers |
