The Spoke Archives
The Spoke is the Normal Rotary Club’s weekly newsletter.
July 17, 2019 – Friends Forever
Double Issue: June 5 & 12, 2019
June 10, 2019 – Puerto Rico Project Special Edition
May 18, 2019: SPECIAL Edition on Malaria
October 2, 2013 – Club business; auction of Friends Forever items; report from Hiroshima Peace Conference
September 25, 2013 – Matt Dratt on Home Sweet Home Mission; reports on Curriculum Night at Oakland Elementary and Interact Club at NCHS
September 18, 2013 – Golf at Hazy Hills; Jim Gildersleeve hosts; B’ton Rotary looked good
September 11, 2013 – ISU Rotaract students visit; Clinton Brown reflecting on 9-11 attacks
September 4, 2013 – 3 PHF given; Erin on her year in Austria; Terry Brown reflecting on McLean County Art Center
August 28, 2013 – returning Rotary Youth Exchange students; Tyler from Argentina; Nina from Japan
August 21, 2013 – back in the Circus Room; Roger Hunt on Community Cancer Center; highway pickup with Friends Forever; Pancakes at Applebees
August 14, 2013 – RYE Student Gabriel Castro from Brazil and 10 Friends Forever students from Israel
August 7, 2013 – RYE student Cooper off to Denmark for the year; biographical sketch from Bill Semlak
July 31, 2013 – 26 Teachers from Brazil and outgoing King & Queen of County Fair
July 24, 2013 – from the Braden Stage the New Years Goals and our mini-grant recipients: Child Protection Network and Habitat for Humanity
July 17, 2013 – in Faculty-Staff Commons; PATH on Chronic Disease Management
July 10, 2013 – Mini-Grant Awardees: Foster Care at Baby Fold; Center for Youth and Family Awareness
July 3, 2013 – PDG Gordon and District Sec Marcia get recognition; Heather Beal inducted; intros from Andrew Kouba and Lindsay Henry
June 26, 2013 – Pamela Sweetwood’s parting presentation; Mini-Grant Awards announced
June 19, 2013 – Jim Collie Public Service Award to Al Bowman; Public Safety Award to Pamela Sweetwood; Honorary Iowans
June 12, 2013 – Induct Ryan Fleming; Art reflects and Dale projects; new Board sworn in
June 5, 2013 – Rural-Urban Night at Ropps
May 29, 2013 – Jim Roselund intro; Joel Aalberts on Bloomington Center for Performing Arts
May 22, 2013 – Friends Forever 5K Peace Walk report; two PHF awards; Heather Dennis intro
May 15, 2013 – RYLA students present; 3 PHF awards; Bayo recognized; Nursing Home Ice Cream event
May 8, 2013 – Student Scholarship Luncheon
May 1, 2013 – Andrew Kouba inducted; Dr. Chris Koch, IL Superintendent of Schools
April 24, 2013 – District Conference Award Winners; Six Paul Harris Fellows given; speaker from Convention and Visitors Bureau
April 17, 2013 – The GSE Team from northern Italy
April 10, 2013 – Nancy Braun of Unit 5 on Positive Behaviors Interventions and Supports; passing of Ben Gildersleeve
April 3, 2013 – Shakespeare Festival; on Friends Forever; new member open house; passing of Andy Spelios
March 27, 2013 – Mark Peterson, Normal Town Manager; we purchased 815 Coats for Kids this year
March 20, 2013 – ISU President Al Bowman speaking
March 13, 2013 – Induct Larry Dietz; Mark Comadena first PHF; Alan on the District Conference
March 6, 2013 – club business; Doug McCarty on RYLA
February 27, 2013 – Glen Hoffman, Regional Alternative School
February 20, 2013 – induct Heather Dennis, speaker Margie Jordan, CASA of McLean Co.
February 13, 2013 – induct Jim Rosenlund, speaker Michelle Anderson, McLean Co. Auditor
February 6, 2013 – Iinduct Lindsey Henry, bio of Scott Carnes
January 30,, 2013 – Club activities; on the Paul Harris Society
January 23, 2013 – Rep. Dan Brady; PHF recognition to Surinder and Radha
January 16, 2013 – Jason Chambers, States Attorney; goodbye Paul Brauchle
January 9,, 2013 – Induct Scott Carnes; elections; B. J. Wilkens of YMCA speaker
January 2, 2013 – On the B/N Daybreak Club; our projects in India
December 26, 2012 -No meeting this week
December 19, 2012 – Elleke Mesdag’s story
December 12, 2012 – Jeff Fritzen on high-risk activities of our children
December 5, 2012 – Poinsettia Sale and Holiday Party at Biaggi’s
November 28, 2012 – Iris Varner reflecting on German Re-unification
November 21, 2012 – Art Runyon’s Thanksgiving Reflections via Sam Fuller
November 14, 2012 – Friends Forever and Julie Maddon Borzath of Collaborative Solutions Institute on trauma counseling
November 7, 2012 – Vandana Naik’s story and Drake Zimmerman on Rotary Points
October 31, 2012 – Alan Chapman, PHS Member, and Ron Pacha’s story
October 24, 2012 – Dr. Sheila Riley, Manager, Children’s Discovery Museum
October 17, 2012 – Representative Aaron Schock
October 10, 2012 – Dr. Gary Neihaus on NCHS shooting in September
October 3, 2012 – Ann Huago on direct to TRF; Radha reflections on Rotary
