Snowball

(6-22-06 Meeting)

Opening

Ward Holmes warmed up for his upcoming year in office by leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a few words of wisdom from Tom Brossia who was filling in for Dave Ganevsky.

Guests

Guest Representing Sponsor/Host

Piper Cauley New Arrival Scott Mathis

Shonda Anderson Ellen Roberts Mark Larson

Bill Zimsky United Way Tim Walsworth

Loren Kasten Jen Simon

Tammy Osborne Justin Osborne

Visiting Rotarians -

Tom Crabbe Developer Coral Gables

Jim Duffy Addison, Texas

New Member Inductions -

Emily Spencer, catering manager at the Strater, was sponsored by Jen Simon. Emily is an admitted workaholic, barber shopper and accomplished musician. She has two dogs and a husband who loves Harleys. Emily spreads cheer in the community with her music, sometimes entertaining seniors. Emily sounds like a keeper!

Kent Curtis, commercial lender at First National Bank, was sponsored by Steve Wheeldon. Steve knew he had a live one when Kent sent some big clients from his bank over to Steve’s firm, Kent was able to approve a loan for Steve’s son, and also made a contribution to open space. All of this passed the Four Way Test. Kent went to the same high school as Ronal Reagan and made it through Fort Lewis College on his second attempt. He also did a stint at the Durango Herald. Kent has a great sense of humor and will do us proud!

Announcements

Tim Walsworth reminded everyone of the upcoming Golf Tournament on Friday, July 21^st at Hillcrest. The sponsor list was on the table. Also, there was a reminder asking for team signups and to start thinking about bringing in some door prizes and silent auction items. Tim also reminded us who made the biggest silent auction and door prize donations last year.

Ward Holmes announced a Board meeting this evening, 5:30 PM, June 22d at Durango Office Suite’s conference room.

Sgt. of Arms

Mark Prouty tried to squeeze more money out of the membership by announcing birthdays for Mike McGuire and Nils; however, neither was present. He was luckier with announcing Bob Griffith’s 35^th wedding anniversary since Bob was there. Happy dollars flowed from Tammy Osborne for her new job with 9R. Ellen Roberts was happy for the upcoming opening of Mercy Medical Center. Tom Crabbe put money down for his soon to be delivered furniture. Angie Beach announced that she had some affordable housing up for sale which, Scott Mathis’ guest, Piper Cauley, was seeking. John Beekman won at poker played with some other Rotarian’s. When the ticket drawing was made, the winner had to identify whose picture appeared in the Denver Post with their head shaved. It turned out that it was John Beekman who told a Brokeback Mountainesque type story about spending two weeks on a Wyoming Ranch with his entire college football team. We couldn’t make the connection with the shaved head but John gladly paid the fine.

Program

Mark Larson, High Noon member, and our term limited, four term legislator, gave us a run down on this, his last legislative session. He started off by thanking his constituents for helping to pass Referendum C which enabled the State government to do considerably more than would have been possible if it had not been passed. Mark waxed eloquent with the intricacies of the 2006 legislative session and was kind enough to have left sufficient copies of The Colorado Statesman on each table for members to take home with them. Contained within was the entire legislative history of all bills introduced during this past session. Mark’s responsiveness to all his constituents and integrity will be missed when his term ends. Fortunately we have some strong contenders running for the office.

Closing

Bud was silent for the second time out of the three last appearances. Is this a trend?