High Noon Rotary Club of
Durango
District 5470
Club 1161
Meet at Doubletree Hotel
Time: 12:00 Noon
Thursdays
Newsletter:
June 11, 2009
Program June 18, 2009: Phil Bryson – Changes in the Auto Industry
Fellow Rotarians:
- Ward Holmes, 2006-2007, HNR president led the pledge and Emily Spencer introduced her Mom, Barbara Hackleberry,
from central Pennsylvania. Bob Chaput introduced Rick Halleck,
biochemistry professor emeritus of the University of Arizona. Rick has been with us 5-6 times
now. Steve Osborne introduced
John Gamble retiring VOA director of 24.5 years and incoming VOA director
Serada Leavenworth. Serada is
local and is ready to hit the ground running according to John. John (a
long time Kiwanian) thanked the High Noon Club members for all they do in
the community and especially for our recent donation to the Homeless
Shelter to expand itÕs dining room.
John said the first time he spoke to our club; Dave Farmer was the
president, 1986-1987. Tom Cheatham, former HNR member was introduced by
Rick Routh as our program.
Bradley Perkins, our outbound exchange student to France introduced
Luke Zar who is outbound to Thailand. Luke networked with the membership for a job that will
help defray his expenses while in Thailand. Kathy Firestone with obvious pride introduced her
oldest granddaughter Kisha Larson from Springvale, Utah. Kisha just graduated and is headed
to beauty school.
- Announcements: Boom reported
her stay with Dan McCarthy and his family was a wonderful experience for
her and was most appreciative for their hospitality. Boom is leaving Saturday for her
trip with other exchange students before she goes back to Thailand. She will be back here on 7/11/2009
and then leaves for Thailand on 7/26/2009. Ward circulated a card for Boom from the membership and
asked for donations to help out with expenses while Boom is on the
trip. Ward reported on the
last Board Meeting on 6/9/2007 that the Board authorized $7,000 to go to
International Projects as follows:
Pure Water for the World in Honduras - $1,000; Tender Hands, India
- $1,000; Project Amigo, Mexico - $1,000; Make All Children Smile, Africa
- $2,000; and the Orphanage
Project, Guatemala - $2,000.
Most of these organizations have spoken to our club about their
services over the past two years.
Other approvals that were in the budget and just needed the checks
written: Capital Projects $5,000 to be carried forward to 2009-2010; Polio
Plus - $4,500; 3 H Grant - $3,000 and the Interact Club - $2,000. Also, $5,000 was approved to be
placed in the endowment fund.
Ted Weirather again announced the upcoming Changing of the Guard to
be held on June 25th in place of our regular meeting. It will be at the Public Library
at 6:00 PM. About 80 members
have signed up for the event.
Catering by Sari Brown of the Yellow Carrot and there will be a
cash bar. Tim Walsworth
filled in for Mike Kane in announcing the United Way/High Noon Rotary July
17th Golf Tournament at Dalton Ranch. We still need four hole
sponsors. Also, we need 12 more golf teams. Wells Fargo is sponsoring the event and Chevron is
sponsoring the lunch. The Drink Cart is sponsored by the United Way Board
of Directors and the Community Foundation. Carvers is sponsoring beer at
lunch. Mike and Tim are doing
a bang up job on pulling this together. Tom Galbreath asked for members to update the roster
and use current pictures so new members can learn who their colleagues are
in the club. Bob Chaput
recognized the community needs at least one more fund raiser this
year. This one is
called the Library Guardian Party and will be held under Bob and Annie
LiebÕs party tent on CR 250 on July 10th. Tickets are $150 each and
proceeds go to purchasing life size guardians for our new public
library. There is an $80 Enterprise
Zone tax credit that goes with each ticket.
- Sergeant of Arms, Bill Cartwright fined for club anniversaries: Bob
Chaput 14 years, Wayne Bedor 19 years, David Downs 7 years, Dan McCarthy 2
years, Tim Walsworth 6 years, and Barb Stine 2 years. Wedding anniversaries: Sherry
Tabor 45 years, and Angie Beach 11 years. Barb Stine paid for her hockey
teamÕs winning against Samantha GallantÕs team. Samantha was somewhat humbled
and paid a fine as well.
Samantha also was dinged for texting during the meeting. This is a new category of fine for
the club. Bud Deering said he
was the first to be fined for having a cell phone ring during a meeting
for which he paid $35.
Adjusted for 15 years of inflation, texting should cost about $50. Kathy
Firestone was happy to have her grand daughter with her today. Tom
Galbreath was proud to have complimented our outbound exchange student to
France, Bradley Perkins, on the quality of his spoken English. Must be the
four years he spent at DHS. Walt Nowotny is happy for his wifeÕs
opportunity to sing at Carnegie Hall with our local Choral Group. Jill
Carithers was happy to announce the formation of the Community College of
SW Colorado as a division of Pueblo Community College serving six counties
in SW Colorado. Apparently,
80% of all Mercy nurses are graduates of Pueblo Community College. Dick Sullivan was happy to have
Tom CrabbeÕs daughter have a sleepover with Molly, DickÕs daughter. Tom was happy to finally know
where his daughter was that night.
Niles Bruno was happy to have visited his son and grandson in San Francisco
and about his other sonÕs recent marriage in Aspen. Dan McCarthy announced Emily
SpencerÕs Barber ShoppersÕ upcoming concert at the concert hall. Tom Brossia is happy with his
recent acupuncture experience which enabled him to catch big fish in the
Upper San Juan. Bud Deering
is happy to hear that texters are getting their comeuppance and Ted
Weirather won the drawing with $23 going to the Foundation.
PROGRAM: Rick Routh
introduced former High Nooner, Tom Cheatham, who has reported as a journalist
for Radio Free Asia, NBC, BBC and the Christian Science Monitor. Tom has a self confessed obsession with
Burma (Myanamar) and has visited it three times. Tom had some excellent pictures that really captured the spirit
of the people, the poverty, the culture, the ruling generalsÕ oppression and
other characteristics of this 3d world county. It is a Buddhist country with equal numbers of monks
(400,000) and military. The
military has ruled since 1962.
More than 1/3 of the population of 50 million live in poverty and earn
about $1 a day. Teachers earn $20
monthly. A serious problem in the
country is impure water which is prevalent in most third world countries. Notwithstanding all the hardships, Tom
reports the people are happy with their lives.
Next WeekÕs
Program: Phil Bryson – Changes in the Car Industry
Tami closed by leading
us in ŌThe Four Way TestĶ; in everything we do and say:
Is it the truth?
Is it fair to all concerned?
Will it build good will and better friendships?
Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Yours in Rotary,
Editor
Wayne Bedor