High Noon Rotary Club of Durango

District 5470

Club 1161

Meet at Doubletree Hotel

Time: 12:00 Noon

Thursdays

Newsletter March 13, 2008

Fellow Rotarians:

Thursday March 13, 2008 - Speaker will be Kellie Hotter, LPC County Commissioner, discussing the state oil/gas impact funds.

Please congratulate the following members on achieving their blue badges; Jill Carithers, Dan McCarthy and Barbara Stine.

• The Interact Club earned $3000 from their fundraiser on February 23; this entailed what they made selling tickets prior to and at the door, light bulbs, concessions and the auction. The LPEA matched the $1700 given by the High Noon Rotary Board towards the Interact Clubs trip to Juarez, Mexico.

• Dick Sullivan reported that High Noon Rotary was awarded a trophy from the Adaptive Sports Association for our contribution of $6000 for the Dave Spencer Ski Race.

• Leanna Jaworsky spoke on a new Habitat for Humanity project to be built in Bayfield this year. Get ready to volunteer if you like working and helping out others. These homes are built and individuals put in equal "sweat" equity in order to acquire one.

• Niles Bruno reported on the LaPlata Youth Services; he noted that the city and county are both backing away from their prior commitment to this program. Whereas the program mostly consisted of young men before, they are seeing more young women and thus additional female volunteers to mentor. Of those who go through the program, approximately 93% never require this type of assistance again.

• Loryn Kasten, a Women's' Resource Center (WRC) Board Member spoke on the economic stability the WRC provides for themselves and others in LaPlata. They have also set up and Advocacy for LaPlata group that helps fathers with issues in their lives. Also on the board are Angie Beach, Dan Morgenstern and Tami Coddington. Dan is heading up the Men who Grill effort in June this year.

• Remember Monte Carlo Night, April 5, 2008, at the Durango Arts Center. Your chance to dress up, take your best friend, husband, wife, or come as a group just looking to have a good time eating and gambling. This year the food is being catered by the renown "Sari Brown", so buy your four tickets early and bring yourself, and three other.

See you Thursday.

Editor

Kathy Firestone

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