
High Noon
Rotary Club of Durango
District
5470
Club 1161
Meet at
Doubletree Hotel
Time: 12:00 Noon
Thursdays
Newsletter
February 27, 2008
Fellow Rotarians:
Thursday February 27, 2008 - Speaker will be Paula Huntly, an
author, will speak about Kosovo and Armenia.
- Friday, Saturday, February
29-March 1, 2008, at Durango Mountain Resort, the 10th Annual Dave Spencer
Ski Classic will be held to raise money for Adaptive Sports
Association. The High Noon Rotary
is to date sponsoring one team with the additional generous support of
Dick Sullivan.
- There is available Rotary
World Peace Scholarship, for a Masters Degree Program in the amount of
$60k; an Ambassadorial Scholarship, $23.5k which will be abroad; and a
Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarship of $15k. If you have someone who you feel might
interested in these please contact Chip Lile now.
- Attached please find a volunteer
sign-up sheet for Monte Carlo Night.
It will be held on April 5, 2008, this year at the Durango Arts Center. This is always a fun event and your help
is greatly appreciated. Please
return sign-up information to Bill Cartwright.
- Jim Mulkey, who recently
retired as a local oral surgeon, has graciously donated his equipment to
the club for further distribution to a needy club elsewhere. Thank you Jim.
- Niles Bruno reported that
the LaPlata Youth Services is in need of more female volunteers. If you are interested please contact
him.
- Redball was a great success
as you know; in addition the ski race will be going National next year
which should bring additional people to Durango and more ticket sales. Thanks to all for their help on this
event.
- We gave the Library our
donation of $25k which will provide for a small upstairs program
room. A plaque on the room will say
High Noon Rotary; in the room will be displayed the Four-Way Test.
See you Thursday.
Editor
Kathy Firestone
bearfire58@earthlink.net