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In memory of LION Tom
Yule

Nuclear
physicist's work was on the cutting edge
Right
from the start of his career as an experimental
physicist, Thomas J. Yule worked in cutting-edge
technologies.
From
his early work in nuclear reactor physics
at Argonne National Laboratory to his
later work with its Strategic Defense
Initiative, or Star Wars project, he was
considered an expert by his peers, and
a mentor to his co-workers.
Now
his colleagues are joining family members
in mourning his passing. Mr. Yule died
Jan. 10. The St. Charles resident was
67.
"In
the early part of his career, he was seen
as an expert in the instrumentation areas
and helped developed the most sensitive
of their type in the reactor program,"
says his colleague Brad Micklich, a radiation
physicist and former professor of nuclear
engineering and bioengineering at the
University of Illinois.
Mr.
Yule grew up on Chicago's Northwest side,
where his father ran a cigar stand and
his mother worked as a secretary. Both
promoted education for their two sons.
"Right
from the start, they could see that Tom
was exceptionally bright," says his wife,
Lee. "They saw great promise in him, and
they took great pride in his accomplishments."
Mr.
Yule attended Loyola Academy in Wilmette
before earning a degree in physics and
minor in philosophy at John Carroll University
in Cleveland. He completed his postgraduate
work, a master's and doctorate in physics,
at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Family
members say he chose to work at Argonne,
one of the U.S. Department of Energy's
largest research centers because of its
proximity to Chicago and his family. It's
near where Cook, DuPage and Will counties
touch.
When
he started in 1968, he worked in Argonne's
project of developing nuclear reactors
for peaceful purposes. Within three years,
he was named chief investigator for a
series of projects funded by the government's
Office of Health and Environmental Research
to detect radioactive substances.
One
project led to the most sensitive monitor
for airborne radioactive plutonium
in the workplace, while the other led
to a monitor for airborne tritium that
distinguishes between its gaseous and
water vapor form Both discoveries led
to patents, Micklich adds.
In
the 1980s, Mr. Yule switched gears and
began working with the laboratory's Star
Wars project. Specifically, he worked
in its accelerator program, which worked
to develop a particle beam that could
detect an attack by nuclear ballistic
missiles.
Mr.
Yule spent the last part of his 34-year
career at Argonne in administration, including
managing its Decontamination and Decommissioning
program for nuclear materials.
"He
always said he enjoyed his years as an
experimental physicist the best, where
he got to try new things," his wife adds.
Besides
his wife, Mr. Yule is survived by his
daughters, Adrienne (Todd) of Denver,
Colo., and Sharon Yule of New York City,
as well as his brother, Rick (Donna) Yule,
and his stepson, Andy (Amanda) Anderson,
and a stepdaughter, Susan (Paul Gryglas)
Anderson. He was preceded in death by
his first wife, Jean, and his parents.
Visitation
took place at 10 a.m. Friday before an
11 a.m. memorial service at St. Matthew
United Church of Christ, 1420 S. Gables
Blvd. in Wheaton.
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Lion
Harold Gaede Receives City Award

In
recognition of their 53 years of doing
business in Wheaton, Mayor Gresk presented
a proclamation to Harold and Joan Gaede
making Jan. 7, 2008, Harold and Joan Gaede
Day in Wheaton. Harold Gaede opened a
downtown Wheaton clothing store in 1954
that became Gaede’s Clothing Store. The
proclamation recognized the Gaedes’ service
to the community professionally and privately.
Link
to City of Wheaton's website showing Harold
and Joan reciving their award for 53 years
of service.
http://www.wheaton.il.us/Announceme/Council-Me/2008-Highl/01-07-08original.htm_cvt.htm

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Lion
John Orr is back
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| Lion John Orr is back with
us after a long illness. John, a past president
of our Lions Den, came back October 17,
2007. Welcome back John. |
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Lion
Bob Clavel wins award
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Our President, Lion Dr.
Terri Lightbody presented our Secretary
Lion Bob Clavel with an award for sponsoring
more than two members
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LION
Mike Gresk Elected Mayor of Wheaton
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Our
very own, Lion Mike Gresk, mightily trounced his
opponent, Alan Bolds, capturing over 65 % of the
vote.
Mike
is going to make a great Mayor because he brings
in all sides and makes decisions that everyone
seems to readily accept.
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Lion Mike Gresk
is our new Mayor of Wheaton.
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WHEATON
Council Honors Wheaton Prayer Breakfast Leader
LION Bill Davis March 5, 2007
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WHEATON
Mayor C. James Carr presented LION William Davis
and Richard Gerig with a proclamation honoring
their 21 years of involvement in the Wheaton Leadership
Prayer Breakfast. Gerig and Davis spearheaded
the first Wheaton Leadership Prayer Breakfast
and have worked to inspire others to attain the
highest level of leadership integrity. Both are
retiring from their duties with the organization.
The
proclamation was written by fellow Wheaton Leadership
Prayer Breakfast board member Police Chief Mark
Field.
By
the way, this year's event will be September 7th
at 7:00 am at the Abbington in Glen Ellyn. The
Wheaton Leadership Prayer Breakfast honors our
Mayor, City Council Members, City Administrators,
Township Officials and Boards of Education, Park
District, Sanitary District, Chamber of Commerce
and Downtown Wheaton Association. The breakfast
event is attended annually by professional, educational,
business and religious communities, as well as
other area residents. All are welcome.

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Mike
Reese Receives 25 Year Award
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Lion
Mike Reese has been a very active Wheaton Lions
Club member for 25 years. Our President Lion Keith
Carlson bestowed the award during our regular meeting
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New
Membership Campaign
Wine
Tasting Festival
We enjoyed our first Wine Tasting
Festival new membership drive event Thursday,
January 11, 2007, 6-8 PM, at
LION Jim Atten’s "Wine Cellar" (120
N. Main St REAR), near our regular meeting place,
Masonic Temple on Wesley.
LION
Tom Yule, was our Wine Officiator. The event
was staged by
LION Jim Ellingson, Membership Chairman. Tasting
deVine served the wine and gave descriptions.
You were able to order the wine you liked for
pickup later at Tasting deVine on Front Street.
Lion
Ellingson reported the program was a success,
yielding at least five new members.
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Lion
Tom Yule, Wine Officiator, his wife Lee, left,
and Lion Jim Ellingson, Membership Chairman,
his wife
Jan. Lee and Jan arranged for the Hor's Dorves.

Beverly
& Barbara, Tasting deVine, served the wine

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Lion
Jim Atten, left, explains the history of the
building he owns and generously offered for
the Wine Tasting event. Lion Jim Mathieson,
Tail Twister also entertained.


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Description/Order
sheet for the event.
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Lion
Mario Gumino, Director of District 1J, visited our den
November 14, 2006, joining us for our Thanksgiving luncheon
held at the Beamer Center on the Wheaton College campus.
This
wonderful venue was arranged by Lion Tony Ladd, Director
of Athletics at the College. Our den was flooded out
during the September storm. We expect to be back to
our den November 28.
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Lion
Mario Gumino and our Lion Persident Keith Carlson discuss
the Sight 2 program.
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Lion
Jim Atten with his daughter Lion Jennifer Atten, in
the hall of the Beamer Center, November 14, 2006, after
our Thanksgiving luncheon. Lion Jennifer is a third
generation LION.
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What
Hat?
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Shipwrecked
on the Sahara
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Lion
Joel Riley, center, shown with his dad, Robert and
son, Asher, show the book their great great grandfather
wrote of his ordeal shipwrecked on the Sahara Desert
in 1815. The story appeared on the History Channel,
October 28.
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Using
Technology to Assist Hearing Better
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The
Sun Newspaper, in their October 19, 2006 issue, carried
a nice article about how LION Terry Lightbody is using
technology to assist patients to hear better. The full
article can be seen on our web site.
Here
is the entire article:
Technology
and Hearing: An Audiologist's Perspective
By
Dr. Terri Lightbody, AU.D
Technology
in the 21st Century is changing so rapidly that most
of us cannot keep up with it. With advancements in communication
technology (cell phones, Blue tooth connections, video
conferencing, etc.), the world seems to be moving at
a pace well-suited for an Olympic sprinter.
The
world of hearing aids and assistive listening devices
is no different. Much advancement has been integrated
into the digital microprocessor chips that are built
into hearing aids that are about the size of a pencil
eraser head. All of these technological improvements
directly benefit the patient. The Audiologist benefits
as well due to the fact that each hearing aid can be
custom fitted for each patient's hearing loss. Just
as each person has their own unique fingerprints, each
hearing loss is unique to that individual.
Before
digital hearing aid technology arrived onto the scene
about seven years ago, analog technology was the norm
for hearing aids. Analog hearing aids amplified all
frequencies in the listener's surrounding environment
and made all sounds almost equally as loud. The hearing
aid could not differentiate between speech and background
noises or help reduce feedback. Analog hearing aids
were also larger and more noticeable.
With
the introduction of digital hearing aids, we have seen
a tremendous improvement due to the enhancement of speech
understanding in most difficult listening environments.
There are patients who were previously told that they
could not be fitted with hearing aids due to their unique
low-frequency hearing loss. Now, open-fit hearing aids
can help those with high frequency hearing loss. These
are exciting times for the audiologists because we actually
have patients that love their hearing aids!
If
you have hearing loss and have been reluctant to try
hearing aids, now is the time to enhance your hearing!
It is better to be fitted with hearing aids sooner than
later because the older we get, the longer and more
difficult the adjustment period can be using hearing
aids. Auditory processing slows down and some speech
regression occurs when we miss out on sounds over a
period of time.
If
you do wear hearing aids and are not satisfied with
how they are working for you, you owe it to yourself
to try the latest digital technology. You are worth
it!
Here's
a summary of advancements you can be sure to benefit
from with today's hearing aids:
Improved hearing in noise with
directional microphones. Background noise is suppressed
while speech is enhanced enabling a person with hearing
loss to hear and understand speech better.
Feedback Canceling in which
the hearing aid recognized a feedback signal before
sending it to the receiver out to the ear. This reduces
the incidence of
annoying feedback.
Complete automation of the
hearing aid allows the wearer convenience. The hearing
aids automatically adjust to each and every sound in
its environment. o Nearly invisible sizes of hearing
aids are made possible due to the tiny circuitry that
takes up less space, thus making the hearing aid smaller.
High fidelity sound, This provides
for a more natural sound in the hearing aid. A standard
am/fm radio compresses bandwidths thus providing a narrow
spectrum of sounds, which is low fidelity. On the contrary,
a theatre sound system can provide uncompressed bandwidths
of sound for a higher quality sound, or higher fidelity.
Dr.
Terri Lightbody specializes in hearing health care and
has a private practice, Hearing Specialists of DuPage,
in Wheaton. She enjoys working with patients of all
ages. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Lightbody,
call (630) 580 5777. Medicare and Insurance accepted.
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District
1J Bowling Event
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LIONS Conrad Stoll, Gary Dewel, John Sheahin and Ed
Lambke represented our club at the Stardust Bowl in
Addison for the District 1J bowling event held January
15, 2006. The “ringer” is John Hines (orange shirt),
subbed for Barb Lambke and rolled a 674 for 3 games.
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MEMBERS IN ACTION |
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Bob Clavel, who is also our Club Secretary, manages
Wheaton's first class sanitary district. |
Lion
Bob Clavel,
Engineer and Manager of the Wheaton Sanitary District
received the DuPage River Clean Water Award — Large
Facility category, for exceeding their water discharge
permit standards during 2004 and contributed to the
recovery of the DuPage River watershed. The Wheaton
Sanitary District also received the Gold Peak Performance
Award presented by the National Association of Clean
Water Agencies (NACWA) recognizing public wastewater
treatment facilities for their outstanding compliance
records in the 2004 calendar year. By the way Lion
Cleve Carney is a Trustee of WSD.
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Keith Carlson |
Lion
Keith Carlson and his 2 brothers, Ken and Mark,
have been named Honorary Citizens By Mayor Carr at the
Wheaton City Council Meeting held Monday evening, April
25. Willie Carlson, their father, was also awarded the
same honor many years ago. A family thing.
Keith
will be our new Membership Committee Chairman, beginning
July 1, 2005
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Lion
Bob Harris is on the slopes again
Reporter:
Lion Mike Reese
Lion
Bob Harris came over to Beaver Creek Ski Resort from
Frisco, CO. on Friday, Feb. 27th to ski with Lion Mike
Reese and wife Jennifer and guests. Bob brought with
him John and Linda Ebright, also Wheaton residents.
What is truly amazing about this is about one year earlier,
Bob had a bad skiing accident at Keystone, CO, and broke
both legs. Bob’s great skiing skills were very
evident and it was hard to believe that he was “back
on the boards” after suffering such a dramatic
injury.
Also, just as dramatic was Bob receiving a call on this
cell phone after skiing that his daughter, Lion Kathy
Gotter had just given birth to a new baby girl, named
Erin Gotter.
Bob’s wife, Joan, did not go on the ski trip due
to the impending birth of their granddaughter. Bob was
very excited and everyone toasted Bob’s return
to skiing and the birth of his new granddaughter at
dinner following the skiing adventure.
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