Our Meeting was called to order by President Mike McKay
Application for Club Membership for Rich Hatch (Verne Folkmann, sponsor) with a classification of Real Estate: Residential. Expressions of concern are needed by Thursday, February 1st.
Rtn. Gene Wandling, co-chair of the Outbound Scholarship Committee alerts club members that the Committee is now accepting applications for the 2018-19 academic year.
Applications for 2018-19 Outbound Scholarships are now available at
http://iowacitynoonrotary.org. Our club will award two scholarships of $2,500 each for international study during the 2018-19 academic year. If the recipient is enrolled at the University of Iowa, additional funds may be awarded through the Allin Dakin fund. Applications must be submitted by April 15, 2017.
The primary requirements are that applicants must be graduates of a Johnson County high school, be at least a sophomore in college, and have at least one parent whose legal residence is within the area served by the IC Noon Rotary Club. Family members of Rotarians are eligible. Rotarians are encouraged to refer potential applicants.
Goat Riders: Rtn. Greg Crosby, Rtn. Tara Minetos, and Rtn. Heath Streck
Inductions: Nichole Daufeldt (Mike McKay)
John Schneider (Tom Cilek)
Announcements from the following Rotarians were made:
President Mike McKay announced there would be an update on the Triangle Park project next week.
PROGRAM:
Rtn. Charlie Funk introduced Jan Jensen: Iowa Women’s Basketball.
Jan Jensen is the Associate Head Coach of the Iowa Women’s Basketball team. She has coached women’s basketball for 27 years; 11 of those years at Drake University and 16 of them at the University of Iowa.
Jan lead the nation in scoring as a high school senior and was inducted into the Des Moines Register Hall of Fame. She played college ball at Drake and coaches post players at Iowa.
She talked about the talent of this year’s team and the challenges they’ve faced. They’ve been dealing with a lot of injuries, including a season-ending ACL injury suffered by Tania Davis and Mackenzie Meyers’s broken hand. Along with Megan Gustafson, Davis and Meyers are the team’s star players.
She said despite losing two of their top players, the rest of the team has continued to work hard and beat Wisconsin anyway. They also continue to work hard in school, keeping their GPAs above 3.0.
Jan said to stick with this team and continue to support them. She asked for everyone to make sure to get out and support them the rest of the season because this team is worth cheering for. She invited everyone to Minnesota for Thursday’s game.
President Mike thanked Jan Jensen for her presentation and suggested her next career be in motivational speaking.
The meeting ended at 1:00 pm as President Mike led the assembly in reciting The Four Way Test.
