Durango High Noon Rotary

Newsletter for July 25, 2002

"You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when.

You can only decide how you're going to live. Now."

Joan Baez, singer.

[Now you know why you joined Rotary!]

President Jeff Brown opened the meeting, we heard an invocation, and

pledged our Allegiance.

Guests:

Olivia Wheeling and Hanna Baird were introduced by Bob Salzer.

Hanna is

a La Plata Fair Attendant this year, and Olivia is a granddaughter of a

former Club member. Howard Hughes was the guest of his high-school

chum

Len Goebel. [You can see Len's HS picture in our new

Directory.] Dean

Brookie introduced Mike Moran from Communit

y Connections, and our

regular guests included Joe Colgan and Kenneth Walker from Ardmore

OK.

Nancy Hammond brought her son Nathan and Steve Redding bought lunch for

his father Bill. Finally, Charlie Taylor and Mike Swilling from

Kiwanis

promoted ticket sales for their 16th annual "Pluck a Duck"

fundraiser.

Business:

Past President Tom Galbraith is our Chairman for International

Service.

As promised from last week, he outlined his goals and objectives for the

year. Please see the attachment for his statement. Other HNRC

Committee Chairpersons will be similarly reporting to the Club during

the next few weeks.

Past President Steve Wheeldon presented his vision of our HNRC

Foundation. The Club Foundation would strive to acquire

interest-generating assets to support the good deeds of our Club.

Sorry

I don't have more details for this newsletter -- but it is a terrific

idea and I hope the details are developed sooner rather than later.

John Anderson reporte

d on the organization of the La Plata County

Disaster Recovery Coalition, as first reported in our newsletter last

week. The group is comprised of more than 40 community, social

service,

and religious organizations. The mission is: "To help the survivor

resolve those serious disaster related needs which have not been

met".

John Anderson, representing High Noon Rotary, co chairs the Coalition.

Pam Moore, Rick Routh, Bob Chaput, Terry Aspin, Tom Brossia, and Bart

Cross represent the committee for our Club. Anyone interested in joining

them should contact John at

anderson@frontier.net

Mayor Joe Colgan (I know he's an ex-, but he is not a has-been!) is our

District Lt. Governor. He announced the formation of a

District-level

Rotary Wildfire Relief fund. Already several Rotary Clubs across

the

country have promised financial assistance.

Chessa Gill is preparing for her turn at the helm b

y forming a committee

to review/revise our By-Laws. Smart lady! The By-Laws are

found at the

back of the Membership Directory and Chessa is really looking for help

on this project. E-mail her at

jctgill@frontier.net

Terry Aspin shared with the Club the latest activities of Habitat for

Humanity of La Plata County. They are building an adobe home in

Forest

Lakes for a lucky young couple and welcome volunteers each and every

Saturday for the next two months. Contact Terry at

terry@banksanjuans.com

One of the most difficult positions to serve in our Club must be that of

heading up the Golf Tournament. Melisa Caskey has risen to the

challenge and needs help from all of us. More door prizes as

well as

people who know how to swing a club are needed for this August 17 major

event. Please help her at

www.durangohighnoonrotary.com

Mark your Calen

dars!

July 31 - 6-9 PM at the Center for Southwest Studies: Chartering Night

for the Rotary Daybreak Club. Probably too late for dinner tickets

but

your attendance is probably welcome anyway. Call Jeff Brown.

Updated Program Schedule:

Aug 1 - Scott

McInnis

Aug 8 - Durango Mt

Resort

Aug 15 - Club Assembly

Aug 21 - Board Meeting

Aug 22 - Butch Knowlton and

Duke Schirard

Aug 29 - Amphitheater

Celebration (Park Dedication)

Sep 5 - Rotary

District Governor

Sep 12 - Bob Dolphin, Ft.

Lewis College

Sept 19 - Kiwanis Pancake Luncheon

Sept 26 - NFIB State Director

Respectfully submitted, your scribe, Cub-Sub