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mechanical facility is now the Kum and Go Theatre, a black-box stage that is home to several performing arts organizations.Space in the building is available for rentals: weddings and business meetings are equally welcome. On any given night at the Des Moines Social Club, you may see thought-provoking theater, pop-up art galleries, circus classes, entertaining trivia competitions, live music, or art courses for kids — all happen-ing simultaneously. There’s something for everyone at the Des Moines Social Club.For a list of the local donors who help make all this possible, as well as a calendar of upcoming classes and events, visit the web-site at www.desmoinessocialclub.org<http://www.desmoinessocialclub.org>.
Scribe, Jenifer M-K
As you know, the NW Des Moines Rotary helps support Special Olympics Iowa through their Root Beer Float Fund Raiser. There is still time to sign up for the event to be held at the Urbandale Hy Vee on 8/16. Fund Raisers like this got to support Special Olym-pics Iowa, more on the organization below:
Special Olympics Iowa (SOIA) is a nonprofit organization that serves athletes with intel-lectual disabilities in all 99 counties of the state. Iowa has 11 areas throughout the state that serve approximately 12,000 athletes and Unified Sports Partners with more than 80 regional competitions and 8 statewide championships annually.
Through Special Olympics sports train-ing and competition, children and adults with intellectual disabilities reach their POTENTIAL and experience INCLUSION in their communities EVERYDAY.
We are more than half way to our goal for Light Up Rotary- Operation Warm Project, raising over $500 so far. The club’s match-ing grant application has also been submitted, we are requesting a matching grant of $1,000. Thanks to everyone for their involve-
ment and generosity. During our club meeting this past Friday, Roger provided a joke and I believe many in the club concurred with the punch line of “come to the water.” If you missed it talk to Roger this week. Also thanks to Jim Lipscomb for brilliant work as our sergeant, I am still laughing.Our meeting this week we will be welcoming Debby Eldred from Special Olympics Iowa. 2014-15 Officers & Directors
Future Programs
Arranged By:Travis Nicholson
Greeter:Mark ConleyInvocation:
Vicky ForesmanSergeant:
Doyle SandersScribe:
Travis Nicholson
Dan Boes, PresidentBill Grask, President ElectBill Corwin, Treasurer
Dianne D-Nelson, SecretaryBrenda A-M, Director
Chuck Corwin, DirectorEric Dickinson, Director
Roger Freerksen, DirectorJenifer M-K, Director
Travis Nicholson, DirectorWendi Wilson, Director
Ed Arnold, Past President
8/15: Curtis SimmonsScience Center of Iowa
8/22: Alec Scranton, Dean University of Iowa
Engineering
Prez Sez... Dan Boes
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or'westerThis Week's Program:
Debby EldredSpecial Olympics
The Des Moines Social Club is the brain child of Zacchary Mannheimer, a 2007 transplant from New York City, who saw Des Moines as a place that was open to new and innovative entertainment and educational opportunities. The Club was able to acquire the historic main fire department building at the SW cor-ner of Ninth and Mulberry Streets in down-town Des Moines, and has converted the half-block of buildings and open spaces into a variety of facilities.
The Club's building is home to George Formaro's Restaurant, Malo, and the affiliat-ed basement bar. You can stop by Kapes Café and get a cup of coffee and a comic book. The Viaduct Gallery houses a regular rotation of art displays. A state-of-the-art kitchen is being created for cooking classes. The former
Cyndi PedersonDes Moines Social Club
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Roger Freerksen, Aug 15J. Randolph Gambill, Aug 22
William Grask, Aug 29
Chairperson: Chuck CorwinChuck Corwin, Aug 15Chuck Corwin, Aug 22Chuck Corwin, Aug 29
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Randyl Taber, Aug 15Julia Taylor, Aug 22
Helen Turner, Aug 29
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Charles Corwin, Aug 15William Corwin, Aug 22David Crandall, Aug 29
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Sherri Nielsen, Aug 15Roger Nyberg, Aug 22David Piersel, Aug 29
NORTHWEST ROTARY CLUB • P.O. Box 3715 • Urbandale, IA 50323
Items for the Nor’Wester should be submittedby end of the day each Monday. Please send to:
Jenifer Mercer-Klimowski
Phone: 515-237-2203 Fax: 515-237-2283
Program Greeters Invocation Sergeant ScribeFuture Information
Ever wonder why the Rotary year begins 1 July? The in-ternational convention initially played a key role in deter-mining the start date of our fiscal and administrative year.Rotary's first fiscal year began the day after the first convention ended, on 18 August 1910. The 1911-12 fiscal year also related to the convention, beginning with the first day of the 1911 convention on 21 August.At its August 1912 meeting, the Board of Directors ordered an audit of the International Association of Rotary Clubs' finances. The auditors recommended that the orga-nization end its fiscal year on 30 June to give the secretary and treasurer time to prepare a financial statement for the convention and board, and determine the proper number of club delegates to the convention.The executive committee concurred, and at its April 1913 meeting, designated 30 June as the end of the fiscal year. This also allowed for changes to the schedule for report-ing club membership and payments. Even The Rotarian changed its volume numbering system to correspond to the fiscal year (beginning with vol. 5, July 1914).Rotary continued to hold its annual conventions in July or August until 1917. Delegates to the 1916 event in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, approved a resolution to hold future conventions in June, mainly because of the heat in cities where most of them occurred. The next one was held 17-21 June in Atlanta, Georgia.The term "Rotary year" has been used to signify Rotary's annual administrative period since at least 1913. An article in The Rotarian that July noted, "The Rotary year that is rapidly drawing to a close has been signalized by several highly successful joint meetings of Clubs that are so situated as to assemble together easily and convenient-ly." Since the executive committee's decision in 1913, the end of the Rotary year has remained 30 June.
Root Beer Floats to benefit Special Olympics
August 16 at the Douglas HyVeeInterested persons should contact Travis Nicholson:
Second Annual Golf FUN’RAISER at UGCC
Friday, September 19, 2014
Upcoming Events
A Little Rotary History!Other Local MeetingsMonday
West Polk County, Des Moines Imports, (Noon)Tuesday
Ankeny, Ankeny Golf & Country Club, (11:45)Johnston, Hyperion Golf & CC, (7:00 am)
Dallas Center, Memorial Hall, (Noon)West Des Moines, DM Golf & CC, (Noon)
WednesdayEast Polk County, Prairie Meadows, (7:00 am)
Adel, Patrick's Restaurant, 211 S 7th St, #C, (Noon)The Greater Des Moines Club, Okoboji Bar & Grill on
86th in Johnston on the 1st & 2nd Wed. (6:00 pm)
ThursdayWaukee, Des Moines Golf & Country Club, (6:45 am)
Des Moines, Wakonda Club, (Noon)Winterset, Northside Cafe, (Noon)
FridayDes Moines, AM, Wakonda Club at 3915 Fleur Dr. (7:00 am)
Rotary's first fiscal year began
the day after the first conven-tion ended. The
convention of the Rotary Clubs of
America was held in Rotary’s birthplace,
Chicago, in 1910.