The State Fair is history, but Sertoma never lets up. We had a very successful State Fair. Sertomans and volunteer audiologists from around the state gave over 500 hearing screenings to fairgoers while distributing thousands of earplugs and countless items of hearing safety information.
We go into September with no letup! We have a great set of speakers visiting Des Moines Sertoma this month.
Kathie Obradovich, the new Political Editor at The Des Moines Register, visits Des Moines Sertoma September 1. With so much going on in Iowa politics right now, this should be a great session.
Our own Russ Currier, President-elect of the Iowa Rural Health Association (bet you didn't know that!), brings us up to date on the H1N1 "Swine" flu, and what we should do to get ready, on September 8.
Presidential pardons are only slightly more common than shark attacks in the Raccoon River. On September 15 we'll meet a lawyer who actually won a pardon for his client when former Sertoman Bob Holliday pays a visit. From his firm's website:
Reed Prior had been given a life sentence from a prior drug conviction. For the past seven years, Bob and others have worked tirelessly for Mr. Prior to secure his early release what many felt was an unfair sentencing under the "three strikes" sentencing guidelines. While serving his sentence, Mr. Prior turned his life around and helped hundreds of other prisoners obtain their GED's (Prior already had a master's degree) and in letters to schools, pleaded for kids to stay away from the evils of drugs.
On September 22 new Drake Football Coach Chris Creighton tells us what we have to look forward to as the Bulldog's head into their second straight season under a new coach.
Where else can you see so many great speakers every week, have a great lunch, and do your part for Service to Mankind? Join us at noon on the 40th floor of 801 Grand. If you'd like to attend as a guest, send us an e-mail!