“Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.” ― Erich Fromm
Announcements
(notes provided by the distinguished gentleman from Connecticut, Ed Perry)
Les Schulte from Illini After Five Rotary Club passed the hat and asked for donations to their club’s annual drive to provide each 3rd grade student in Champaign County their own personal dictionary.
Tod announced that Champaign West’s fundraiser “CU’s Got Talent” will take place February 6th. For more information see www.cugottalent.org/.
Read Across America needs volunteers. Please sign up at our website.
Program
Phyllis introduced our speaker, Leslie Deem, Program Coordinator at the UIUC Pollinatarium. The University of Illinois Pollinatarium is the first free standing science center in the nation devoted to flowering plants and their pollinators.
The discovery science center building is located at 606 West Windsor Rd. in Urbana, IL. They provide educational programs on pollination for students of all ages. Admission is free and can be contacted at 217-333-2070 and check http://www.life.illinois.edu/pollinatarium.
The critical importance of pollinators in sustaining life on earth was touched on. Leslie gave information on how we can help with the planting of various flowering plants to attract pollinators such as bees, butterflies and many other insects. These insects and bees need a diversity of flowering plants that provide blooms from spring to late fall. See www.illinoiswildflowers.info/ for more information on plant species native to Illinois.
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| Feb 4th | Feb 11th | Feb 18th | Feb 23rd | |
| Introductions | Mary Hodson | Phillip Holthaus | Andrew Kerins | Dave Krchak |
| Invocation | Scott Paceley | Robb Patton | Allan Penwell | Ed Perry |
| Greeters | Mary Hodson | Phillip Holthaus | Andrew Kerins | Dave Krchak |
| Ben Mast | John McDaniel | Phyllis Mischo | Gary Olsen | |
| Song Leader | Bob La Charite | BJ Lytle | Ben Mast | John McDaniel |
| Notetaker | Conforti | Perry | Penwell | Hodson |
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UPCOMING SCHEDULE
February 4th – Dr. Matthew Winters, Associate Professor of Political Science, UIUC, will present What Works in International Development: The Latest Evidence
February 11th – Club Assembly (in the Savoy Room)
February 18th – Ray Cunningham will discuss North Korea
February 25th – Rod Beadle, PE, Engineers in Action
March 3rd – Dr. Naira Hovakimyan, Director of the Intelligent Robotics Lab of CSL, UIUC, will discuss future use of robotics and drones in the home
March 10th – TBD
March 17th – TBD
March 24th – Molly Delaney, Executive Director, C-U Schools Foundation, will discuss their first cross-district, collaborative grant
March 31st – Dee Brown, Special Assistant to the Director of Athletics, UIUC
April 7th – Laura Weis, Champaign County Chamber of Commerce
April 14th – TBD
April 21st – Megan McKisson, vice president of Illinois 2015-2016 Vis International Commercial Arbitration Team
May 12 – Prof. Christopher Barkan, Executive Director of the Rail Transportation and Engineering Center, UIUC, will discuss high speed rail travel and RailTec
June 9th – Megan Casey, Frances Nelson and SmileHealthy
