Rotary Gram
Durango High
Noon Rotary Club
July
10, 2003
"I
saw people dying needlessly from disease, poverty, and hunger. Rotary was a way to help"
Jonathan Majiyagbe, President, Rotary International
President Elect, Mike McGuire, opened the
meeting in Chessa's absence. He asked
Emil to give the invocation, and, fittingly, he read the first parts of the
Declaration of Independence and lead us in the pledge.
Mike called for the introduction of
guests, including the program presenters Maestro Misha Semanitzky and the
President of Music in the Mountains, Jim Foster. Additional guests included:
Ken
Walker, visiting Rotarian
Jim
Starling, visiting Rotarian and Margy
Mary
Nowotny, Walter's wife
Khristie
Griswold, Tami's guest
Dan
Morgenstern, Emil's guest
Bonnie
McCann, outbound exchange student to New Zealand
Ann
Rilling, Jeff's guest
Dr.
Ryan Mickelson, Bob V.'s guest and new associate
Jan
and Alden Derck
Shannon,
Bailey and Bob Kunkle
Rosemary
Klass
Announcements
Perfect
Attendance: Add Tami to the list for 2003 - 2003.
Highway
Clean-up: The effort, headed by Pam Moore, will take
place on July 19th, with breakfast before at the Kennebec Cafe, 8:00 AM. 16 members make a good task force.
HNRC/United
Way Golf Tourney: Tim Walsworth told us that 15 teams are
committed, with 30 being the objective. 5 hole sponsors or ten 1/2 hole
sponsors are still needed, along with door prizes. Get in touch with Tim or Melisa to register teams and donate door
prizes. August 9th, 8:00 AM shot gun
start at Dalton Ranch.
State Baseball
Tourney: Get in touch with Ward for
details and volunteer opportunities.
Food and
Folsom Field: Tom B. saluted Peter M. for the improvement
in our food and David D. and Kevin S. for their help with the Folsom Field
effort.
Club
Service
New Member
Induction: Mike invited Jill and Ralph Martin to the
podium. Ralph was introduced by his
sponsor, Mike M. Ralph is a Major in
the CSP, responsible for 60 troopers in the large SW Colorado region. Ralph thanked the club for the honor of
joining the HNRC. He has been a trooper
for 33 years and is proud of all his officers.
His wife is an intelligence analyst with the DEA, they have four
children in the Denver area, with 7 grand children. He is proud to have founded a chapter of the Sunshine Foundation,
the first group to grant wishes to children with special needs, including 4
from La Plata County. Welcome Ralph!
Two are
blue: Jill stayed at the podium and asked Jennifer Simon (sponsored by
Mark Prouty) and David Ganevsky (sponsored by Jeff Brown) to join here. Having completed all the new member
requirements, each received their blue membership badges.
Sergeant
at Arms
Bill Wright recognized Emil Nagy for his
40th wedding anniversary, told those present with July birthdays to expect recognition
in the near future and saluted David Downs for his anniversary as well.
Program
Mike gave the podium to John Anderson to
introduce the program, Music In the Mountains.
It is the 17th season, headed by Jim Foster, President and founded
Maestro Misha Semanitzky.
Jim told us about the history of the
series, starting with 28 musicians and 8 concerts. This season, there are 300 musicians involved and 22 concerts,
with 3 in Pagosa, the largest season yet.
There is broad-based support of Music in the Mountains, with ticket
sales accounting for 30% of expenses, with the balance from individuals and
businesses, including 22 concert sponsors.
There are more than 100 advertisers in
this year's program and more than 1/4th of the attendees are tourists, adding
an estimated $2mm to the local economy.
Jim indicated that there are 14 musical festivals each summer and the
Colorado Music Alliance has been created to coordinate various activities.
Starting 4 years ago, the series created
Music in the Mountains Goes to School, Misha indicated. He indicated that Mike Elliot had asked him
about a kids program and now more than 200 4th and 5th graders are studying
music. MITM works with the kid's
ensembles, conducts demonstrations and gets the FLC faculty involved.
There is now a 2 week conservancy program,
with local and out of state kids participating. Misha thanked the community for it's support and started the
musical part of the program.
First was clarinetist Bailey Kunkle
accompanied by Rosemary Klass. They
played a classical piece. In addition
to her musical prowess, Bailey was first academically in the freshman class at
DHS.
Next to perform was Alden Derck on the
piano. He played a classical piece,
followed by some jazz.
After the musical presentations, John
Anderson, with the help of Mike Sandberg, auctioned off cd's and event tickets,
with proceeds going to support the kids programs.
With nothing more for the good of Rotary,
President Elect Mike McGuire, closed the meeting.
Programs
Schedule
July
17, 2003 Disaster Training
Info. (Weather and Fire)
July
24, 2003 History
Program….DNGRR???
Burt will check with Railroad for a
speaker
July
31, 2003 Club
Business…..Tentative report for conference: Clyde Church and Chessa Gill
August
7, 2003 Barbershop Quartet
George
will confirm date
August
14, 2003 Sarah Law, District
Attorney…Topic (nothing political or campaign!)
Maybe
processes of law or community issues (this would be best)
August
21, 2003 Pueblo Community
College Southwest Center: Culinary Arts Program, Law Enforcement Academy, and
Associate degree Nursing
August
28, 2003 All About Kids…State Officers
from the CO Children’s Coalition
Joint
program with Kiwanis
September
4, 2003 Paulette Church….GED Update
September
11, 2003 Hold for General Fogelman
September
18, 2003
September
25, 2003 Animas La Plata Project
Sponsored with Kiwanis
Speaker
is Ken Beck, Director of Public Outreach Project (confirmed with Rotary,
DoubleTree, and with speaker)
October
2, 2003
October
9, 2003
October
16, 2003
October
23, 2003
October
30, 2003
November
6, 2003
November
13, 2003
November
20, 2003
November
27, 2003 No
Rotary….Thanksgiving Day
December
4, 2003
December
11, 2003
December
18, 2003
December
25, 2003 No
Rotary….Christmas Day
January
1, 2004 No Rotary…New
Year’s Day
January
8, 2004
January
15, 2004
January
22, 2004
January
29, 2004
February
5, 2004
February
12, 2004
February
19, 2004
February
26, 2004
March
4, 2004
March
11, 2004
March
18, 2004
March
25, 2004
April
1, 2004
April
8, 2004
April
15, 2004
April
22, 2004
April
29, 2004
May
6, 2004
May
13, 2004
May
20, 2004
May
27, 2004
June
3, 2004
June
10, 2004
June
17, 2004
June
24, 2004
ps: Got program
ideas? Get them to the programs
committe co-chairs, Burt Coleman and Mike Sandberg.
John E. Marshall
3005
County Road 207
Durango,
CO 81301
970-259-6248
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970-259-4498
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