THE E-ROTATLER

The Official E-NEWSLETTER of THE ROTARY CLUB OF ST. LOUIS PARK/ Organized in 1947

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E-Rotatler Date Previous Weeks Speaker/Program
November 17, 2008 Brigadier General William M. Schuessler - Veteran's Day Program
November 10, 2008 Denny Morrow - Presentation on Thomas Friedman's "The World is Flat"
November 3, 2008 Dick Ramberg - Inspirational Story and Clarinet Music
October 27, 2008 Dick Proudfit - Kids Against Hunger
October 20, 2008 Ellie Skelton - Executive Director, Wayside House, St. Louis Park
October 13, 2008 Joseph Ross - Author of "Blue Collar Buddha's" & "Shell Shocked: My Family's Story"
October 6, 2008 Mark Dayton - Former U.S. Senator, State of Minnesota
September 29, 2008 Dr. George Kenworthy - President & CEO of Reconciliation Associates
September 22, 2008 Margaret Carlson - President & CEO - University of Minnesota Alumni Association
September 15, 2008 David Paxson - President of World Population Balance
September 8, 2008 Pastor Keith Olstad - President of Project Minnesota/Leon (PML)
August 25, 2008 Betsy Ward - Memorial Blood Centers
August 18, 2008 Mike Binkley - Former TV Newsman - Recording Parent Memories
August 11, 2008 Mary Vasaly - President of Hennepin County Bar Assocation
August 4, 2008 Judy Goldetsky and Paul Bierhaus - Discussion on Gala in the Park Fundraiser
July 28, 2008 Chris Holm - Rotary District 5950 District Governor
July 21, 2008 Judi Dutcher - President and Director - Museum of Russian Art
July 14, 2008 Nick Lampi - 2007-08 Club President & Paul Bierhaus - 2008-09 Club President
July 7, 2008

Michele “Mich” Berthiaume, on Republican National Convention (RNC)
June 30, 2008 Chris Coleman - Mayor, City of St. Paul
June 23, 2008 Mike Pomeranz - Weekday News Anchor at KARE 11
June 16, 2008 Kris Eide - Director of MN Homeland Security and Emergency Management
June 9, 2008 Dr. Bill Cowan - President, Brown College
June 2, 2008 Dr. Dianne M. Bartels - University of MN Center of Bioethics
May 19, 2008 Andra Kajer - MN Historical Society - Minnesota's Sesquicentennial
May 12, 2008 Facility Tour - AAA Minneapolis - Steve Frank - President & CEO
May 5, 2008 Dr. Sharon Hayenga - Eradicating Polio - Rotary's World Model
April 28, 2008 Governor Tim Pawlenty - Governor of the State of Minnesota
April 21, 2008 Kevin Locke - Community Development Director - West End Project
April 14, 2008 Renee Pitkin - Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and Dakotas
April 7, 2008 Pat Emerson - "On the Wild Side of Midwest Archeology"
March 31, 2008 Gail Dorfman - Hennepin County Commissioner
March 24, 2008 Dr. Patrick Lloyd - Dean of the University of Minnesota Dental School
March 17, 2008 Club Assembly
March 10, 2008 Jim Albinson - Albins Funeral Chapel
March 3, 2008 Lester Bagley - MN Vikings - Sr. VP of Stadium Development and Public Relations
February 25, 2008 Jim Bartsch - Director of Education - Minnesota Orchestra
February 18, 2008 Mike Smart - Minnesota Teacher of the Year
February 11, 2008 Rep. Ryan Winkler - MN House of Representatives
February 4, 2008 Gopal Ghanna - Minnesota State Chief Information Officer (CIO)
January 28, 2008 Jim Zitek - Concord Coalition - U.S. Fiscal Policy
January 21, 2008 Wendy Russo - Mentoring
January 14, 2008 Mary Hanson - Cable Television's "The Mary Hanson Show"
January 7, 2008 Holiday Social - Music by SLP High School Students
December 17, 2007 Dave Olson - President of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
December 10, 2007 Richard Stanek - Hennepin County Sheriff - 20 Days in August
December 3, 2007 Roy Terwilliger - Chair of Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission
November 26, 2007 Cyndi Lesher - Chair of Republican National Host Committee
November 19, 2007 Steve Solbrack - Club Foundation Chair
November 12, 2007 Will Steger - An Eyewitness to Global Warming - Area 5 Joint Meeting
November 6, 2007 Mark Ritchie - Minnesota Secretary of State
October 29, 2007 Barb Obershaw - President of Twin West Chamber of Commerce
October 22, 2007 60th Anniversary Celebration / Jim Bartsch - Director of the MN Orchestra
October 1, 2007 Dr. Jonathan Slack - University of MN - Director of the Stem Cell Institute
September 24, 2007 St. Louis Park Community Foundation
September 17, 2007 Cari Larson - Information on Autism
September 10, 2007 Tammy Laurent - Rotary 5950 District Governor
August 27, 2007 Gene Pelowski - MN State Representative - Using Technology to Teach High School
August 20, 2007 Holly Callen - Rotary's Council of Legislation
August 13, 2007 David Reese - Bakken Library
August 6, 2007 Kent Bailey - Special Agent - Drug Enforcement
July 30, 2007 Gene Pelowski - World History vs. Technology
July 23, 2007 Kay Cady - Executive Director - Minnesota State Fair Foundation
July 16, 2007 2007 Service Recognition Awards
July 9, 2007 Dave Schultz - Hennepin County Sheriff's Dept / Salvation Army Facility Tour
June 18, 2007 John Luse - Chief of Police, City of St. Louis Park
June 11, 2007 Jim Miller & Brett Oslund - Operation Jump Start (SHOC) Scholarship Awards
June 4, 2007 Outbound GSE Team to Thailand - Tara Hansen and Stephanie Steinwedel
May 21, 2007 Terry Tripler - Travel Expert / Emily - Breck Student - History of St. Louis Park
May 7, 2007 Group Study Exchange (GSE) Team from Thailand
April 23, 2007 Sebastian Tamariz - Youth Exchange Student from Ecuador
April 16, 2007 Jamie & Jodi Bochino - Iraq Military Veterans
April 9, 2007 Dr. Peter Becker - Former German Ambassador to China
April 2, 2007 Diana Pierce - KARE 11 - How the News is Made
March 26, 2007 Tom Thorfinnson - District 5950 Safe Water Project in Haiti
March 19, 2007 Nick Lampi - Club Assembly
March 12, 2007 Clint Pires - City of St. Louis Park WiFi Project / Karen Atkinson - Children First
February 26, 2007 Hank Shea - U of St. Thomas - Business Ethics, a smart thing to do
February 19, 2007 Parke Kunkle - MN Planetarium / Sheik Adan Al Kassy - Current State of Iraq
February 5, 2007 Sister Irene O'Neill - Executive Director - Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
January 29, 2007 Tony Nikula - Ambassadorial Scholar / Facility Tour - Park Nicollet Cardiac Care
January 15, 2007 Alice Seagren - Commissioner of MN Department of Education
January 8, 2007 Mike Huey - Goal Accelerated Technology
December 18, 2006 Holiday Social - Musical Entertainment by After 5
December 11, 2006 Dan McElroy - MN Senior Advisor on Innovation
December 4, 2006 Judge Cheryl Ramstad - MN Tax Court / Janet Poston - Hennepin County Judge
November 20, 2006 Paul Scoggin - Hennepin County Assistant District Attorney - Criminal Division
November 13, 2006 Veteran's Day Program
November 6, 2006 David Olson - President of Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
October 30, 2006 Jim Brimeyer - St. Louis Park Community Foundation - Give Back Day
October 23, 2006 Lynette Fagerberg - Rotary International and St. Louis Park Rotary Foundation Day
October 9, 2006 Lamar Hamilton - Leadership Lessons From the USS Enterprise
October 2, 2006 Mike Freeman - Gangs, Juvenile Repeat Offenders and Crime in Minneapolis
September 25, 2006 Peter Hutchinson - Co-Author - The Price of Government
September 18, 2006 Dr. David Homans - Cardiologist - Park Nicollet Heart Center
September 11, 2006 Corine Wegener - Assistant Curator - The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
August 28, 2006 Rod Shilkrot - 2006-07 District Governor - Rotary District 5950
August 21, 2006 Paul Smallwood - Biometrics as a Deterrent to Terrorism
August 14, 2006 Congressman Jim Ramstad
August 7, 2006 Captain Rich Stanek - Minneapolis Police Dept - Drugs, Gangs, Guns and Kids
July 31, 2006 Jolanta Howard - Meeting her U.S. husband in Russia and moving to the United States
July 24, 2006 Dr. William Utz - Urologist
July 17, 2006 President Outstallation/Installation and Club Assembly
July 10, 2006 District Governor Installation - Rod Shilkrot
June 26, 2006 Peggy Lippik - Met Council
June 19, 2006 Steve Young - Coux Round Table
June 5, 2006 Operation Jump Start - Scholarship Awards and MAAP Stars
May 22, 2006 Kristine Cohn - Under Secretary of Education - Region 5
May 15, 2006 John Jacobson - Coldwell Banker - Metro Area Housing Market
May 8, 2006 Patricia Anderson - MN State Auditor
May 1, 2006 Tony Nikkula - St. Louis Park Police Dept - Ambassadorial Scholar
April 24, 2006 Jack Ulrich - Author and Member of Independent Party
April 17, 2006 Tom Harmening - City Manager for St. Louis Park
April 10, 2006 Tom McKee - VP of Volunteer Services - Salvation Army
April 3, 2006 Bill Robertson - MN Wild - Vice President of Communications and Public Relations
March 27, 2006 Business Promotion Day  (Mar 13th - Christine Cohn - Ass't Secretary of Education)
March 13, 2006 Deb Bowers - Traveling to China with the Governor
March 6, 2006 Lt. Colonel Wayne Quist - Author and Speaker
February 27, 2006 Mike Fratto - Open Your Heart to the Hungry Homeless
February 20, 2006 Dan Hoffman - American Red Cross - Volunteer Experience in LA - Post-Katrina
February 13, 2006 Simon Foster - Simon Delivers, Inc.
February 6, 2006 Rotary Open House
January 23, 2006 Ron Dick - LifeSource
January 16, 2006

Linda Trummer-Meadowbrook Collaborative & Mick Johnson-Park Nicollet Foundation
January 2, 2006 Holiday Party
December 19, 2005 Selena Freimark - Health Service Coordinator - Life Line Screenings
December 12, 2005 Sgt. Jim Lindforth - Hennepin County Sheriff's Dept. - Homeland Security
December 5, 2005 Shelley Jacobson - CEO - Girl Scout Council of Greater Minneapolis
November 28, 2005 Facility Tour - Park Spanish Immersion School
November 21, 2005 Veteran's Day Program
November 14, 2005 Bruce Hasselbring - Rotary Int'l Foundation & SLP Rotary Foundation
November 7, 2005 Bob Schlichte & Jerry Archambeau - Grand Casino
October 31, 2005 St. Louis Park Community Foundation and School Foundation
October 24, 2005 Bob Potter - JNBA Financial Advisors - The Great Social Security Debate
October 17, 2005 Tom Harmening - St. Louis Park City Manager - Vision St. Louis Park
October 10, 2005 Dan Barnett - District Governor, Rotary District 5950
October 3, 2005 Rear Admiral Barry McCullough - US Navy - Director of Surface Warfare
September 26, 2005 Doug Carter - Executive Director of Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery
September 19, 2005 Jewish Family and Children's Volunteer Services - Sheila Cohen & Sheri Brady
September 12, 2005 David Wright - Media Relations - St. Paul Saints Baseball Team
August 29, 2005 Holly Guncheon - Minnesota Foundation for Children
August 22, 2005 Peter Rennebohm - Local Author - A Different Sort of Retirment
August 15, 2005 Sgt. Dave Marquart - MN State Highway Patrol
August 8, 2005 Mike Tikkanen - Guardian ad Litem Program and Author of "Invisible Children"
August 1, 2005 Club Assembly
July 25, 2005 Jodi Taitt - The Garbage Lady
July 18, 2005 Terry Griffing - Avada Audiology
July 11, 2005 Jim Grube - Director of Transportation and Hennepin County Engineer
June 27, 2005 John H. Hinderaker - Bloggers
June 20, 2005 Steve Kelly - Minnesota Senate
June 13, 2005 Steve Sviggum - Speaker of the House of Representatives
June 6, 2005 SHOC Mentoring Program - Awarding of Scholarships
May 23, 2005 Tim Penny - Senior Fellow & Co-Director - Humphrey Institute Policy Forum
May 16, 2005 Susan Anderson - Volunteer in Sri Lanka after December 2004 Tsunami
May 9, 2005 Area 5 Joint Meeting - Pam Borton - U of M Women's Basketball Coach
May 3, 2005 Bonnie Bleskachek - Fire Chief - Minneapolis Fire Department
April 25, 2005 Michael O'Rourke - Minnesota Attorney and Author of O'Banion's Gift
April 18, 2005 Gary Schwitzer - University of Minnesota - Topic: Health Care Journalism
April 11, 2005 Kim Ratz and Kim Heiar - Ridgedale YMCA
April 4, 2005 Hope Thornberg - Women in Aviation, The Minnesota Connection
March 28, 2005 Major General Larry W. Shellito - MN National Guard
March 21, 2005 John Luce - St. Louis Park Chief of Police Department
March 14, 2005 John Adie - Special Agent - FBI Minneapolis Office
March 7, 2005 USAF Colonel Larry Butler - Saudi Arabia Diplomatic Service
February 28, 2005 Annual Product Show Day
February 21, 2005 Marilyn Lamkin - Remarkable 9/11 Story
February 14, 2005 Minneapolis Aqua Jesters - Jingles and Crisco
February 7, 2005 Club Assembly
January 31, 2005 Tom Harmening - City Manager of St. Louis Park, MN
January 24, 2005 Dan Johnson - MN Director of Homeland Security
January 17, 2005 Dr. Stanley E. Romanstein - President/CEO of MN Humanities Commission
January 10, 2005 Dean Mooney - Director of Minnesota Sex Offender's Program
January 3, 2005 Holiday Program
December 20, 2004 Brett Felknor - Felknor Financial Services
December 13, 2004 Dr. Mark Seeley - University of Minnesota Climatologist/Meteorologist
December 6, 2004 Mike Hatch - MN State Attorney General
November 29, 2004 Ruth Carp - Metropolitan Open School
November 22, 2004 Rotary Foundation Program
November 15, 2004 Veteran's Day Program
November 8, 2004 Club Assembly
November 1, 2004 St. Louis Park Community Foundation "Give Back" Luncheon
October 25, 2004 Senator Steve Kelly - Education
October 18, 2004 Ben Wright - President of Dunwoody College
October 11, 2004 Facility Tour - Shalom Community Alliance
October 4, 2004 Colonel Anne Beers - Highway Patrol
September 27, 2004 District Governor Ron Axel
September 20, 2004 Mike Ward - Assistant United States Attorney
September 13, 2004 David Paxson - World Population Balance
August 30, 2004 Ann Bitter - COO of the Walker Art Institute
August 23, 2004 Colonel Terry Heggemeier - National Guard's Role in Global War on Terrorism
August 16, 2004 Mary Lahamer - Twin Cities Public Television
August 9, 2004 John Geenen - Medical Mission International
August 2, 2004 Sean Kershaw - Citizen's League
July 26, 2004 Peg Skold - Global Action
July 19, 2004 Minneapolis Police Chief William McManus
July 12, 2004 Installation/Outstallation of Officers Ceremony
June 28, 2004 Steve Sviggum - Speaker of the House
June 21, 2004 No Program
June 14, 2004 Area 5 Joint Meeting - Dave St. Peter - MN Twins
June 8, 2004 SHOC Mentoring Program Students
May 24, 2004 Rick Speckmann - EmPerform
May 17, 2004 Judi Hanson - Sobriety High
May 10, 2004 Ron Hasselman - MN Chamber Orchestra
May 3, 2004 Lynn Keilor - Group Study Exchange (GSE) Team Trip to Norway
April 26, 2004 Park Singers - St. Louis Park High School
April 19, 2004 Bangrak Rotary Club - Bangkok Thailand - President Wanida Sasivimolkul
April 12, 2004 Kris Fuqua - Director of North County R.I.D.E.
April 5, 2004 Hank Ulrich - Amigos de las Americas
March 29, 2004 No Meeting
March 22, 2004 MASIFEW School in Kenya - James, Ann Sulivan, Alex and Sally
March 15, 2004 Sharon Johnson - Executive Director - Wayside House
March 8, 2004 Tom Harmening - City Manager - City of St. Louis Park
March 1, 2004 Honorable Alan Page - MN Supreme Court Justice
February 23, 2004 Kira Obolensky - Playwright and Author
February 16, 2004 Ann Burckhardt - "A Cook's Tour of MN"
February 9, 2004 Sue Zelickson - Restaurant and Food Reporter
February 2, 2004 Kit Hadley - Minneapolis Public Library System
January 26, 2004 Martin Luther King Program
January 19, 2004 Tom Thorfinnson - Haiti Safe Water Project
January 12, 2004 Mark Sullivan - Angel Flight
January 5, 2004 Club Assembly #2
December 29, 2003 Holiday Party
December 22, 2003 Dr. Deb Ruf - "Gifted Adults, Who Are They?"
December 15, 2003 Charlie Caliendo - U of M Accounting Professor
December 8, 2003 Annual Product Show Day
December 1, 2003 Don Gerhardt - CEO of Medical Alley
November 24, 2003 Don Bell - St. Louis Park Rotary Foundation
November 17, 2003 Veterans Day Program
November 10, 2003 Dave Johnson - VP of Allianz Life Insurance Company
November 3, 2003 Joanna Danks - MN Historical Society - Mill City Museum
October 27, 2003 St. Louis Park Community Foundation Luncheon
October 20, 2003 Mike Kerrison - Author
October 13, 2003 Lee Skold - Cargill
October 6, 2003 Dr. Barry Baines - Ethical Wills - Putting Your Values on Paper
September 29, 2003 Steven Rosenstone - Dean of University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts
September 22, 2003 Melvin (Buzz) Kriesel - War on Terrorism & Consolidated Operations in Iraq
September 15, 2003 Rich Meiss - Sure Fire Team Techniques
September 8, 2003 Karen Atkinson - Children First
August 25, 2003 Tom Gillaspy - MN State Demographer
August 18, 2003 Dr. Mark Jacobson - Selian Hospital - Arusha Tanzania
August 11, 2003 Dale Berry - Ortho Surgeon
August 4, 2003 Dr. John Najarian - U of M
July 28, 2003 Dan Ferreise - CEO Minncor
July 21, 2003 Mike Mullin - District Governor
July 14, 2003 Club Assembly
July 7, 2003 Changing of the Guard - Installation/Outstallation of Officers and Directors
June 30, 2003 Steve Sviggum - Minnesota Speaker of the House
June 23, 2003 Charlie Meyer & Bill Davies - St. Louis Park Rotary Club Foundation
June 16, 2003 Sally Scoggin - Briggs and Morgan - Conceal and Carry Gun Law
June 9, 2003 Dr. Allen Kind - Park Nicollet Clinic - Preventive Health Measures
June 2, 2003 Jim Miller & Carol Shattuck - SHOC JumpStart Mentoring Program
May 19, 2003 GSE Team From Norway & Michael J. Smith - Estate Taxes & Charitable Giving
May 5, 2003 Bierhaus, Solbrack, Sathe, Bloomquist - Thailand Playground/Wheelchair Project
April 28, 2003 Al Eklof - After September 11: Flags Raised and Lessons Learned
April 21, 2003 Bob Gustafson - March of Dimes
April 14, 2003 Allyson Kearns - Miss Minnesota 2002
April 7, 2003 Peter Denny - Aviation Instructor at Washburn High School
March 31, 2003 Andy Ewald - St. Louis Park High School Athletic Director & Football Coach
March 24, 2003 Chris Bolstad - Executive Director of STEP
March 10, 2003 Syl Jones - Reweaving our Tattered Social Fabric
March 3, 2003 Club Assembly
February 24, 2003 Lee Sheehey - Director of MCDA and Mpls City Planning Dept.
February 17, 2003 Jock Olson - PGA Master Pro - Interlachen Country Club
February 10, 2003 Facility Tour - Excelsior and Grand Development - St. Louis Park
February 3, 2003 Hopkins Online Academy
January 27, 2003 Ian Stewart - Minnesota Historical Society - Civil War Battle Flag
January 20, 2003 Dennis Schulstad - Former Mpls City Council Member & Brig. Gen. in USAF
January 6, 2003 Al Quie - Former Governor of Minnesota
December 30, 2002 Holiday Party
December 16, 2002 Charlie Meyer - St. Louis Park City Manager - Excelsior & Grand Project
December 9, 2002 Dave Olson - President of Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
December 2, 2002 John Stroemer, M.D. - Medical Director of Hazelden Youth and Family
November 25, 2002 Molly Snuggerud - Teen Suburban Center - Teen Issues with Sexuality & Health
November 18, 2002 Dave Anderson - Famous Dave's-Co-founder of Life-Skills Center for Leadership
November 11, 2002 Robert Bruininks - University of Minnesota Interim President
November 4, 2002 Beverly Gazda - National Marrow Donor Program
October 28, 2002 Mickey Axton - WWII Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP)
October 21, 2002 Elmer Schindel - Polio Eradication