High Noon Rotary Club of
Durango
District 5470
Club 1161
Meet at Doubletree Hotel
Time: 12:00 Noon
Thursdays
Newsletter
August 14th, 2008
Fellow
Rotarians:
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Tami kicked off the meeting today announcing that she was proud to
have four generations of her family present: Grandmother, Mother, Tami and her
son Tanner for which she paid a fine. Other guests included John Peel,
journalist and todayÕs program and John Singleton, a partner in the new Irish
Pub located at the former Burns Bank site and subsequently aka ScootÕn Blues
and our new 2008-2009 exchange students.
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Tami announced that
the Morning Rotary Club will be approaching us about a joint project with them
on the Tijuana Dump Children.
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Ted Robson reported on
the upcoming baseball game and picnic with the Durango Rotary Club at 3:30 PM
on August 23rd. Ted
needs help with the set up for the picnic, please contact him as many hands
make for light work, paraphrasing.
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Tim Walsworth announced that he would like to finalize the report
to the club on the golf tournament; however, he is still trying to collect all
the money from hole sponsors. Members with kneecapping experience and owners of
brass knuckles please report to Tim (just kidding – Tim always get his
dough with much more finesse and less fuss). Tim also passed around a large
card of appreciation for club membership signatures to be presented to Wells
Fargo who has been our major sponsor of the golf tournament going back several
years. We really appreciate their
loyal support and that of all the other multi-year sponsors.
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Silver tongued and oh so diplomatic
Sergeant-of-Arms Tom Galbraith conducted an outstanding drill to elicit fines,
major and minor alike, from our always generous membership. Tom also paid a
fine for what he confessed as major gaffes he committed in conducting his
duties last week. HeÕs doing a great job!
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Program: Rick Routh
introduced John Peel, a journalist with the Durango Herald since 1993. From
1993 to 1998, John was a reporter for the Herald and since 1998 he has written
a very informative and entertaining column about animals, people and other
stuff. Initially, John did not
believe that he is a Òpeople personÓ until he hiked the Colorado Trail. In the
middle of that multi-month hiking journey he discovered that he missed being
around people and subsequently determined that he really is a Òpeople personÓ. In
his column, he writes about humans, animals and places. His subjects include everything from a
blind climber of Everest to some WW II and Vietnam veterans. He treats his
subjects with sensitivity while giving the reader information with some real
punch to it. I encourage you to read it the next time you see JohnÕs picture on
the front page of the Herald. John defines the description of unassuming and
modest. Another great program
thanks to our programs guy, Rick Routh.
My
personal thanks to Emily Spencer and Barb Stine for writing this letter for the
past four Thursdays whilst I traveled the
Green Mountains of Vermont, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the
pine forests and islands off the coast of Maine, the Freedom Trail and
Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts and historical sites of Connecticut. The
sea food was great! ItÕs great to
be back in Durango.
Yours in
Rotary,
Editor
Wayne Bedor
waynebedor@yahoo.com