High Noon Rotary Club of
Durango
District 5470
Club 1161
Meet at Doubletree Hotel
Time: 12:00 Noon
Thursdays
Newsletter:
May 6, 2010
Next Week’s Program: Rotoract Year
End Report, President Katie Zortman
Fellow Rotarians: Guest: Nacho introduced fellow Rotary
Exchange Student from Germany who is sponsored by the morning club,
Jonathan. Tami Coddington
introduced partner, Jim Duke, who Bill Cartwright did not know. Bob Griffith introduced Bill Luthy who
used to live in Durango and belonged to the Evening Club but moved away. Bill has since moved back and is
shopping for a Club which he can belong.
Announcements: Ted Weirather was hawking wine left over
from the High Noon Saloon and Gambling Event at bargain basement prices. Everything
was half off and if one bought a case there was an additional 10% reduction in
the price making it $4.50 a bottle, almost cheaper than water. Scholarship co-chair Mark Donohue
attempted to recruit a Rotarian to go to the Bayfield High School awards
ceremony tonight to present a $1,000 Rotary Scholarship to graduating senior
Alicia Sapia. Alas, Mark was
unsuccessful; consequently, High Noon Rotary won’t garner the deserved
publicity of doing good in the community.
Alicia will still get her scholarship though. Moni Grushkin reported that she will be bartending at the
Red Snapper on May 19th on behalf of Durango Foundation for
Educational Excellence (DFEE).
Tips will go to DFEE so Moni is expecting a lot of High Noon heavy
tippers to be there quaffing some cool ones for a good cause. Niles Bruno had another show stopper
word for us today, “hebdomadal.”
Niles defined it as like Rotary, taking place or coming together every
seven days. Tom Galbraith used last week’s word, “fugacious” in an appropriate
manner so there is some learning going on here. Nacho reported that he was in Grand Junction last weekend
and worked on today’s presentation during the week.
Sergeant of Arms (SoA): Dan McCarthy was recalled to
active duty as the SoA as the May appointee was not present. Firstly, Dan apologized to David Downs
for tagging David for a club anniversary last week when his anniversary isn’t
until June 2010. David paid but
will be given credit when his date comes up in June. Mark Donohue was surprised to hear that there is a HNR tradition
of paying for club anniversaries along with birthdays and wedding
anniversaries. Dick Sullivan paid
up for daughter, Molly’s, track achievements at Miller Middle School. Molly garnered firsts in: the 50 meters,
the 100 meters and the 400 meter relay.
Cathy Crum is happy that she has two Rio Grande Cottonwoods in her yard
that are certified as the two biggest trees in all of Colorado. The trees got some news coverage in the
Durango Herald for their big timber achievement. Jill Wark reports that her sister in Wyoming is making great
progress after her stem cell transplant for which Jill was the donor. Tom
Brossia was happy about recovering after 3 ½ days in the hospital where he also
saw Steve Wheeldon who was recovering from food poisoning. Rick O’Block is happy to have his
daughter back home for a few days doing some home video production. Don
Freemyer raved about joining 12 friends at Lake Powell where they suffered bad
weather and enjoyed good food. Mark
Prouty was happy about his time spent in Grand Junction last week where he
helped put on a trade show. Tom
Galbraith is happy about his new I Pad and fully understands Bob Chaput’s ecstasy
over owning one. The drawing
was made and after a 22 year dry spell, Bryan Myers was named the winner! Generous Rotarian that he is, Bryan
donated his winnings to Nacho’s year end trip.
Program:
Our very own Nacho stepped up to the
rostrum and after giving Bob Chaput due credit for helping him put together his
presentation, took us on a tour of his (Nacho’s) home turf, Argentina. Argentina is the 2d largest country in
South America after Brazil. It has a population of 40,000,000 with 20,000,000
people living in the capitol, Buenos Aires. Argentina became independent in 1810. Accordingly, they will
celebrate their bicentennial this year on 5/14/2010. Their religious affiliation is 92% Christian, 2% Muslim and
1% Jewish. Argentineans eat a
whopping 143 pounds of meat annually compared to the U.S.’s paltry 93 pounds of
annual meat consumption. Argentina has about 40 provinces in 10 geographic
regions which are in many ways similar to the U.S. with mountains, desert,
plains and tropical areas. Nacho
also introduced us to his family: banker, father; teacher, mother; and medical
student brother. Nacho did a great
job with his presentation and received a noisy and well deserved standing
ovation. Tami praised Nacho for being
so easy to host and Tom Galbraith was complimentary about Nacho’s English
proficiency. Nacho thanked the club for all the support he has been provided
this year. Thank you for a great
presentation Nacho and to your support staff, Bob Chaput, for helping Nacho put
it all together.
Mark Prouty then led us in “The Four Way Test”: of the things we think, say or do:
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Is it the truth?
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Is it fair to all concerned?
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Will it build good will and better friendships?
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Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Yours in Rotary,
Editor
Wayne Bedor