High Noon Rotary Club of Durango

District 5470

Club 1161

Meet at Doubletree Hotel

Time: 12:00 Noon

Thursdays

Newsletter: February 12, 2009, Abe Lincoln’s Birthday

Program February 19, 2009: Exciting Multi Media Presentation. Come early, it starts at 12:15 PM

Fellow Rotarians:

• Tami led the pledge and then Wayne Bedor introduced former Durango Rotary Club member Jim Resor. Jim resides in Cortez and is seeking a few sponsors for a new Rotary Club he is founding in Cortez to be named the Mesa Verde Daybreak Club. Tami moved and Mark Prouty seconded the motion that HNR be a sponsor of the proposed club. The proposal will be voted on at the next HNR Board meeting. Boom was absent in order to take her finals test for the past trimester so we were deprived of hearing about her last week’s activities.

•  Announcements: Dick Sullivan informed us that he raised enough money ($2,250) to fund three teams at the Dave Spencer ski classic. HNR is sponsoring one team for $750. Dick is looking for three more HNRers to sign up to race on one of the High Noon teams. Scot Mathis reminded us of next week’s program which is billed a once in a lifetime event. Bring a friend, relative or neighbor. It might save your life one day! Niles Bruno summarized last Saturday’s Red Ball Express which raised nearly $29,000 for community non-profits. Niles said HNR had 984 “adoptions” and the Daybreak Club had 1,062. Overall there were 5,900 adoptions sold. High Noon had about 20 of the 60 volunteers that worked the event that day. It was a lot of fun for everyone and the skiing wasn’t bad either. Ted Weirather announced a Monte Carlo committee meeting right after today’s meeting. Red faced Steve Wheeldon told us about a Tequila Tasting Tournament that he and Jeanne attended in Mexico. Steve also mentioned that Mike Kane had felled an old growth tree on their (Steve and Jeanne’s) property and we should be looking for a family in need of some BTUs and volunteers to haul the wood. Thanks Steve and Jeanne! It was announced that Jill Carithers placed third in the women’s category in the ski races at DMR Saturday during the Red Ball event. Tami announced that Jan and Steve Measles would be fine exempt today due to their volunteering to host Boom for the next trimester. Kudos to Jan and Steve!

• Sergeant-at-Arms Justin Osborne ad libbed his way through today’s fines, happy dollars and b’days since he couldn’t get any raw material from the newspaper. Dick Pearson sacrificed some $$$ for being late. Rick O’Block paid for a birthday and Charlie Albert announced and paid for his 42^nd anniversary. Bud Deering was happy that his operation went well and he has another new body part. According to Bud, based on the number body parts he has had replaced, his approximate age is now only 28. Bud thanked everyone for their prayers and e mails before and after his surgery. Mark Prouty informed us that Bud’s wife, Judy, told him that she helps Bud shower because of his infirmities. Steve Redding paid $5 because his father-in-law survived a heart operation, Steve survived a collision with a snow boarder at Breckenridge and he also enjoyed 8 days of quality time with his grandson while in Denver. Walt Nowotny was happy that he had a good day of sliding on his back at Telluride (its more fun on skiis Walt). David Downs was happy about his wife’s recent successful surgery and that his health insurance company made a major contribution to Rick O’Block’s retirement fund at Mercy. Moni Helling gave $$$ because she is pleased with the quality of coaching at DHS and the upcoming Durango Foundation for Educational Excellence’s ski day at DMR. Jan Measles is happy about being able to play Mom to Boom and perhaps be a sister as well. Jeanne Wheeldon was happy about her accomplishments in the recent Tequila Tasting Tournament in Mexico. Charlie Albert announced he had some copies of a book written on leadership by Frank Devlin former RI President. Mark Donohue paid a fine for wearing his realty pin during the meeting. Dan McCarthy had the lucky ticket and donated the proceeds.

Ø PROGRAM: Tami reminded us that today’s program would be a Club Assembly. This gives committee chairs and others the opportunity to inform us of their activities in support of Rotary goals. President Elect (2009-2010) Mark Prouty kicked it off by telling us that he would be attending the President Elect Training Session (PETS) at the end of the month in Denver. In April and May, Mark will be forming his board of directors for his term next year. Please be ready to share your talents with Mark. Treasurer Cathy Crum was not present so Tami filled in by informing us that the club is solvent and raised more money than it spent last year. Tami told us that Cathy had developed a form which will be used when someone needs a check written for club expenses. A copy of the form was on each table so please use it. Using the form will leave us a good audit trail of monies spent on behalf of the HNR. Ted Weirather, Fund Raising Committee Chair told of our three major fund raising events: Red Ball Express, Monte Carlo and the annual golf tournament. The 2009 Red Ball raised about $4,000 @ for the four Rotary Clubs in the community, down a little from 2008. Monte Carlo night raised about $16,000 in 2008 under Bill Cartwright’s leadership and we are optimistic that will be accomplished in the current economic environment under Howard Wilson and Justin Osborne. The annual High Noon Rotary-United Way golf tournament which Tim Walsworth has spearheaded for five years will be led by Mike Kane this year and it will be held at Dalton Ranch Golf Club. Ted reminded the membership that we are all fundraisers when we sell tickets, recruit sponsors and attend events in order to support Rotary goals in the community. Charlie Albert talked about the International Committee that he has chaired for many years. This year’s major project is a water project in Ecuador in cooperation with the Rio Blanca club in Ecuador and the local chapter of Engineers without Borders. The project will cost $17,000 with $4k-$5k coming from HNR. Angie Beach is planning the trip. Dan McCarthy, Youth Chair, thanked Chip Lile and Jim Duke for their contributions to youth and Jan and Steve for hosting Boom this trimester. Dan talked about the dictionary project for 3d graders which resulted in 350 dictionaries being distributed to 9R, St. Columba and possibly to the Montessori School. Dan thanked Walt Duhane and formerly Dan Cowan for advising the Interact Club. Dan also thanked Chip Lile and Sara Olsen for helping the Rotaract Club which ran a concession at the Red Ball and raised $1,500 according to Mark Prouty. Barb Stine is heading up the scholarship committee and announced that the application materials are on the club web site for this year. In particular, we will be seeking out non-traditional college family applicants. Barb also reminded us of the vocational school scholarship funded annually by Bud Deering. Membership Chair, Jill Wark, updated us with our current club membership numbers: 92 members, 73 active, 12 on leave and 7 honorary. There is also one potential club member currently in the pipeline. Peter Marshall, Projects Chair, reminded us of the dictionary project and the roadside cleanup project that will be performed when the snow melts. Peter also mentioned the project that Bill Cartwright coordinated with Habitat for Humanity that resulted in two duplexes being built last year for deserving families who contributed their sweat equity. Another house will be built this year also at Fox Farm Village near Bayfield. Rotary Build Day will be July 11^th so get your Cathcarts and work gloves ready. Niles Bruno, Capital projects and Mini-Grant committee Chair, told about the allocation of about $15,000 to deserving causes in our community. The money goes toward youth, seniors, and literacy. HNR also used to focus on community beautification; however, with many of the local governments being fiscally able to accomplish this goal, HNR will not focus on that area for the foreseeable future. Niles also mentioned that the committee will advise the board of directors on the fund allocations for the July to December and January to June periods. Ward Holmes is our publicity chair with the help of Tom Galbraith on the web site. Tami reported for Samantha Gallant on the Administrative Committee’s efforts. Rick Routh, our program chair has done a yeoman’s work putting together the entire interesting and informative speakers list for the past few years. Rick can always use everyone’s help in finding and recruiting interesting speakers to keep our meetings dynamic. Nancy Bennet has been doing our fellowship and sympathy cards for our members. If anyone was not impressed today with the depth and breadth of our members’ efforts and contributions to Rotary’s goals, they weren’t listening.

Next Weeks Program: Exciting Multi Media Presentation. Start time is 12:15 PM

The Four Way Test in everything we do and say:

ü Is it the truth?

ü Is it fair to all concerned?

ü Will it build good will and better friendships?

ü Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

Yours in Rotary,

Editor

Wayne Bedor