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2011-2012 SERVICE COMMITTEES & SPECIAL PROJECTS

CLUB SERVICE …………...……… Sue Gardner, Director Attendance ………………………………...Kam Breitenbach Change of Command Party Sue Gardner, Cathy Groves, Jo Stone Club History …………………………………...…..Paul Elder Club Photographer ……………………….………..Jim Boyd Dinner for 8 …………………………….……...Cathy Groves Holiday Party ……..Sue Gardner, Cathy Groves, Jo Stone Inspiration/Invocations, Pledge, 4-Way Test, Greeters Ken Claiborne Liaison to Cherry Creek Valley Club ….Kam Breitenbach Music Jim Muir, Doug Young, Steve Gilbert Newsletter Editarian ………………………..…...Bill Fernow Newsletter Editarian Assistant ……………..Steve Gilbert Programs ……………….………...Ken Claiborne, John Gile Summer Picnic Sue Gardner, Michele Duncan, Cathy Groves Webmaster ……………………………………….Bob Forbes COMMUNITY SERVICE …….......Carl Finamore, Director American Indian Center Andy Becher, Pius Schenker, Mike Oldham, Carl Finamore Castlewood Canyon State Park Carl Finamore, Jim Boyd, Bill Kelly, Santa’s Clothes ……………………...…………..Al Johnson Continental Divide Trail ………………….....Ken Claiborne Firefly Autism Center ………………..Kevin Roth, Irv Buck Flower Power ………………………………...Larree Morgan Freedom Dogs ………………...Larry Brutlag, Sue Gardner MS 150 ………Bill Shriver, Ken Claiborne, Michele Duncan Parker Task Force Jim Boyd, Carol Hein, Bob Kramer, Bill Gripman, Dean Weaver, Nancy Gripman Praying Hands Ranch ………………..Jim Muir, Jim Pettett Project Sanctuary …..Jane Johnson, Bill Shriver, Bill Kelly Rotary Community Corps Kam Breitenbach, Michele Duncan Rotary Reads Dick Gordon, Ted Sweeney, Bob Kramer, Bill Gripman, Nancy Gripman Second Wind Fund of DC ….Jane Johnson, Larry Brutlag Women’s Crisis and Family Outreach Center Sharon Nemechek Douglas County Rotarians Wounded Veterans Project Lindy Blackburn, Andy Becher, Carl Finamore, Al Johnson, Jane Johnson VOCATIONAL SERVICE …………... Jack Braly, Director Four Way Test David Selden, Doug Young, All Johnson, Jane Johnson Vocational Talks ……………………………..Ken Claiborne District Club Ethics Award …...Cathy Groves, Bill Shriver Ethics in Business ……………..…………..Dan Rodriguez

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ….. Director Ambassadorial & World Peace Scholars Bob Forbes, Mike Oldham Ghana ………………………………Jo Stone, Amy Erickson Global Children’s Organization…...Irv Buck, Bill Gripman Group Study Exchange …………………………....Irv Buck India Water & Related Irv Buck, Joel Engelstad, Frank Gibbs Mongolia (Commerce City Rotary Club) ……...Rick Laub Open World ..Tony Barnard, Irv Buck, John Gile, Al Johnson Polio Plus………………………….Lew Million, Tom Duncan Project C.U.R.E. ………………..Bob Haeflein, Don Clasen Nigeria Project C.U.R.E. (Fort Collins Rotary Club) Larry Brutlag ShelterBox ………………………..Al Johnson, Bob Kramer Socially Conscious Coffee (Westminster 7:10) .Irv Buck Walk for Life …………………….…....Bob Forbes, Irv Buck Zimbabwe …………………………………………....Irv Buck NEW GENERATIONS ……..... Michele Duncan , Director Interact, Ponderosa Bill Fernow, Dave Selden Rotaract Dave Gurule, Dave Selden, Dan Rodriguez Rotary Youth Exchange Liz Volz, Michele Duncan RYLA/Young RYLA Mike Oldham, Cathy Groves Scholarships, Chaparral Tom VanderHeiden, Tom Duncan, Lindy Blackburn Scholarships, Ponderosa Larree Morgan, Bill Kelly, Gene Felgenhauer Student of the Month, Chaparral ………….Ken Claiborne Student of the Month, Ponderosa ……………...John Gile FUND RAISING ……………....…..… Cathy Groves, Chair Annual Golf Tournament

Chairman: Carl Finamore Site: Steve Small Tom VanderHeiden, Bill Kelly, Gene Felgenhauer Peaches Dave Gurule, Bill Shriver, Carl Finamore, Jane Johnson, Cathy Groves State of the Town ……………..………...…..Cathy Groves Finance: Dick Gordon Logistics: Steve Trevino Public Relations: Kevin Roth Parker Impact Award: Lindy Blackburn Sponsorship: Larry Brutlag, Dan Rodriguez Registrations: Bill Shriver Publications: Bob Forbes Irv Buck, Larree Morgan, Eydie Hoeppner, Sue Gard-

ner PUBLIC RELATIONS ……….……....Kevin Roth, Director Steve Gilbert, Harold McCloud

THE ROTARY CLUB OF PARKER Chartered August 18, 1993

Rotary Foundation Month

November 10, 2011

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Chuck Puga/Tim Ottman, Ponderosa High School

Thursday, Nov 17—Todd Mydler/Morre Dean, Parker Adventist Hospital

Thursday, Nov 24—No Meeting, Thanksgiving

Thursday, Dec 1—RCC Presentation, Kam/Jane

Thursday, Dec 8—No Meeting, Christmas Party

DISTRICT 5450

Jim Halderman

Governor

2011-2012 Theme

Kalyan Banerjee

RI President

The Lamplighter A Multiple Bemis Award Winning Publication of

The Rotary Club of Parker P.O. Box #473, Parker, CO 80134

Breakfast Meeting each Thursday 6:45-8:15 a.m.

The Club at Pradera 5225 Raintree Drive

Parker, Colorado 80134 The Parker Rotary Centennial Gift to

the Town of Parker - 2005

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November 10, 2011 VOLUME 19, NUMBER 18

Bill Fernow, Editarian (303) 805-5039

FAX: (303) 805-5039 wfernow@comcast.net

Ashton Altieri – 9 NEWS/KUSA – TV Meteorologist

Did you know that Colorado is one of the hail

capitals of the world? How about – that one of

the biggest hail stones of all time is stored in

Boulder? (It actually fell in North Dakota.)

These and many other fascinating facts were

shared with us by Ashton Altieri, one of the

four meteorologists who work at Channel 9

News. Ashton is a Certified Broadcast Meteor-

ologist and has earned a Master of Science in

Geosciences, with an emphasis on Broadcast

Meteorology from the University of Mississippi.

Although he grew up and studied in the Mid-

west and Southern United States, Ashton now considers Colorado to be his home. He lives in

Thornton. He graciously consented to travel all the way to Pradera, in the pre-dawn hours be-

fore breakfast, to share his love of clouds and storms and weather changes with us.

Armed with fascinating power point demonstrations, Ashton Altieri explained that

meteorology is the study of weather and the elements of weather, which are temperature,

moisture and wind. Most weather originates in the troposphere and has the sun as its source.

Unequal heating from the sun puts the air above the earth into motion and creates areas of

high and low atmospheric pressure. Wind travel from areas of high pressure to low pressure

areas. Low pressure equates to lousy weather and high pressure to fair weather. Ashton also

discussed the famous jet stream and explained that there is a polar jet stream and a tropical jet.

The jet stream is made up of rapidly moving air which is traveling around the world as ridges

and troughs of air. In Colorado, we are only affected by the polar jet because the tropical jet

does not move as far North as our state.

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2011-2012 CLUB OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jane Johnson ..…………..….…….President Jo Stone ……...……………..President-Elect Kam Breitenbach ……..........…….Secretary Bob Satrom ..…….….……………..Treasurer Frank Gibbs ………....…..Sergeant-at-Arms Larry Brutlag …..Immediate Past President Tony Barnard ………………….Foundations

Carl Finamore ….....…..Community Service Joel Engelstad …....…International Service Sue Gardner …….….....……….Club Service Jack Braly ……………....Vocational Service Michele Duncan .New Generations Service Dave Gurule …..…..…..……....Fund Raising Kevin Roth ...……….……...Public Relations

PARKER ROTARIANS WITH DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITIES PDG Mike Oldham - Executive Committee, Strategic Planning, Literacy and Education,

American Indian Committee Chair, Rotary Peace Corps Alliance, Ambassadorial Scholar-

ships; Nominating Committee, PDG Advisory Group, Extension Committee, Health &

Hunger Concerns, Polio Eradication, World Peace Fellowship; Bill Fernow - Executive

Committee, Rotary Awareness Chair; Al Johnson - Assistant Governor Area 12; Doug

Young - 4-Way Test Chair; Dave Gurule - Rotaract; Irv Buck - Water Management and

Sanitation; Larry Brutlag - Grants Area 4&5; Bob Forbes - Ambassadorial Scholar-

ships; Carl Finamore – American Indian

MEMBERSHIP …………………........... Jo Stone, Director Past Chair ………………………………….….Jane Johnson Classifications ………………………………..….Bill Shriver Club Roster …………………………..…...Kam Breitenbach Fireside Chats …………………………….…...Mike Oldham Inductions ………………………………………..….Jo Stone Internal Communications ……………………...Al Johnson Mentor Program …………………………….....Bob Haeflein New Member Information ………..…..Jo Stone, Jim Boyd Recruitment Program Jim Boyd, Tom Hankenson, Joel Engelstad Red Badge, Blue Badge ……………………...Bob Haeflein Remembrance, Rewards, Recognition …...Cathy Groves Retention Program ………………..……….…..Bill Gripman

FOUNDATIONS Tony Barnard, Director

Trustees Steve Small, Jane Johnson, Bob Martin, Dean Weaver, Hank Coll, Tom Duncan, Lew Million, Bob Satrom

2012 RI Convention

Every Rotarian Every

Year

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UPCOMING EVENTS

November 12 Rotary Leadership Institute

November 12 Parker Business Expo

December 2,3,4 Exchange Student Interviews

December 8 Club Christmas Party, 6:30 pm, The Club at Pradera

December 9 3rd Annual State of the State, Governor Hickenlooper

January 7, 2012 Mid-Year Presidents Meeting

January 13-14 High Country Foundation Dinner/Seminar, Denver Tech

Center Marriott Hotel

February 4 Rotary Leadership Institute

February 9 State of the Town

February 24-26 High Country PETS, Denver Tech Center Marriott Hotel

March 1 District Awards Applications Due

April 7 Rotary Leadership Institute

April 27-29 District Conference, Ameristar Casino, Black Hawk

May 6-9 RI Convention, Bangkok, Thailand

I didn’t say it was your fault, I said that I was blaming you. ♠ Behind every suc-

cessful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another

woman. ♥ I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not so sure. ♦ To be sure of hitting

the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target. ♣

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Forecasting the weather is a tricky business even for a meteorologist. It is based on the

knowledge and education of the meteorologist, his/her observations, computer science and per-

sonal experience. He shared that at 9 News, there is a window in the weather office - the first

in his broadcasting career. There are thousands of surface observation systems in Colorado,

but none in Douglas County. Our observations come from the center at Centennial Airport.

The meteorologist plots the observation data onto a weather chart and into a computer. The

forecasts are based on the scientific analysis of this data.

Weather balloons are launched near Denver and in Grand Junction at 5:00

a.m. and at 7:00 p.m. each day. The SkewT chart that is developed from

this data observes the cloud cover and where moisture is located in our

state. Surprisingly, Ashton was not impressed by data from satellites, alt-

hough he told us that they have “come a long way.” He shared that

weather satellites only work during the day and that they are fooled by

snow cover. He said “they are a great tool in summer, during the day.”

However, Doppler radar is helpful to weather forecasters, particularly in

telling where tornados might be developing. But, he confessed that wind

farms can fool Doppler radar into thinking there is a tornado where one does not exist. At the

station, the meteorologists program the locations of Colorado’s wind farms into the weather

tracking computer. Ashton confessed that he doesn’t know how they will know if a wind farm

is hit by a tornado. Ashton explained a new system, Stratus, which went online in 2009 and is

helping to chart winds and weather with more definition. All in all,

Colorado is an exciting weather state primarily because of the interest-

ing winds which are formed by our mountains. A Chinook, or down

slope wind from the west, means it’s warming up and a wind from the

east or northeast means an upslope counter clockwise movement of

moisture is going to bring rain or snow to the front range of the Colora-

do mountains, including Parker. Needless to say, we all had questions

to ask him and Ashton graciously stayed and answered our questions

long after the meeting was adjourned.

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FIREFLY AUSTISM

Sarah David is the Executive Director/CEO of Fire-

fly Autism. Prior to joining Firefly Autism, Sarah

was Global Chief Operating Officer and Head of

Consulting at Korn/Ferry Whitehead Mann in Lon-

don. She was responsible for People, Clients and

Knowledge at the firm. Her consulting experience

includes work with nonprofits and social enterprises

on strategy, communications and resourcing. In addi-

tion, Sarah sat on the board of The Children’s Socie-

ty, a $70 million children's charity focused on the

most vulnerable children in the UK. She led the gov-

ernance and culture review, search committees and

was an active member of the Fundraising Committee.

Sarah thanked the club for heading up the effort that

resulted in a $22,000 grant for playground equipment at Firefly. The new equipment will pro-

vide vital gross motor skill development while giving the children the recreational, imagina-

tive and peer interaction opportunities that they need. She described that one in 110 children

is affected by autism. In 1990 that number was one in 2,500. Four times as many boys as

girls suffer from autism. Only 5% of affected adults are self-supporting.

Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), the first comprehensive, empirically tested intervention

specifically designed for toddlers and preschoolers with autism is being used at Firefly. It has

been proven to raise IQ.

Sarah also described some of the typical behaviors of au-

tistic children among them; waving hands to each side,

failure to make eye contact, fascination with lining things

up, continuous concentration on trains and cars.

For all of you internet aficionados, visit the Firefly Face-

book page and “like” them.

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THE FOUR-WAY TEST

Of the things we think, say or do:

Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all concerned?

Will it build GOODWILL and

BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL to all con-

cerned?

ROTARY INFO ON THE WEB

Rotary International www.rotary.org

District 5450

www.rotary5450.org

District Polio www.endpolio.com

CLUB WEBSITE -

www.parkerrotary.org

CLUB LINKED-IN SITE http://www.linkedin.com/

groups?gid=1813524

Eclub One Meeting on the web www.rotaryeclubone.org

Rotary on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/

rotaryinternational

Rotary on Twitter http://twitter.com/rotary

Rotary on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/

Rotary-International/7268844551

Rotary on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/groups?

gid=858557&trk=hb_side_g

MAKE-UP OPPORTUNITIES

Thursday—Castle Rock High Noon Club

Noon

Philip S. Miller Library

100 South Wilcox Street

Thursday—Castle Pines

7:00 am

Country Club at Castle Pines

6400 Country Club Drive

Friday – University Hills

12:10 pm

Glenmoor Country Club

110 Glenmoor Drive

(just off Belleview)

Don’t forget that you can make-up meet-

ings by attending a Board of Directors

meeting (2nd Tuesday of each month)

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ROTARY MINUTE

Nov 10 John Gile

Nov 17 Bill Gripman

Dec 1 Steve Gilbert

Dec 15

Dec 22

GREETER PLEDGE INSPIRATION/ 4-WAY TEST

INVOCATION

Nov 10 Pius Schenker Michele Duncan Lindy Blackburn Brad Bergford

Nov 17 Steve Brown Pius Schenker Ben Martin Wayne Wagener

Dec 1 Brad Bergford Dean Weaver Larry Brutlag Pius Schenker

Dec 15 Bill Kelly Carl Finamore Tom Vanderheiden Bill Gripman

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be

relinquished too readily.

George Santayana

VETERANS DAY In the early morning hours of November 11, 1918, representatives of France, Britain,

and Germany met in a railroad car near Compiègne, France, to sign an armistice end-

ing World War I, or the Great War, as it was known at that time. The cease-fire took

effect at 11:00 a.m. that day-the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh

month. Up and down the trenches, after four long years of the most horrific fighting

the world had yet known, the guns fell silent. ―The roar stopped like a motor car hit-

ting a wall,‖ one U.S. soldier wrote to his family. Soldiers on both sides slowly climbed

out of the earthworks. Some danced; some cheered; some cried for joy; some stood

numbed. The Great War had left some 9 million soldiers dead and another 21 million

wounded. No one knows how many millions of civilian died. Much of Europe lay in

ruins. But finally, with the armistice, it was ―all quiet on the Western Front.‖

For many years November 11 was known as Armistice Day to honor those who

fought in World War I. In 1954 Congress changed the name to Veterans Day to recog-

nize all American veterans.

Every November 11 at 11:00 a.m., the nation pays tribute to its war dead with the

laying of a presidential wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Na-

tional Cemetery outside Washington, D.C.

But Veterans Day honors more than the dead. Memorial Day, observed in May, is

for remembering soldiers who lost their lives in the service of their country. Veterans

Day is set aside to honor and thank all who have served in the U.sS armed forces—

particularly our 23 million living veterans.

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CHRISTMAS PARTY

DECEMBER 8 CLUB AT PRADERA

SOCIAL TIME, CASH BAR 6:00—7:00 PM

DINNER IS SERVED: 7:00 PM sharp

GUEST’S DINNER: $35.00

A signup sheet will be available on the appropriate table. Please clearly

record your name and the name of your guest(s) for the name and place

cards.

Menu choices: filet mignon, pork chop, salmon, or vegetarian pasta.

Thanks to our

Parker State of the Town 2012

Thursday, February 9, 2012 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Registration/Networking - 3:00-3:45 Featured Program - 3:45 - 4:45

Live Auction - 4:45 - 5:15

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Chuck Puga – Principal

A Colorado native, Chuck Puga has been in the Douglas County School District since 1989.

He graduated from The Colorado College in 1989 with a degree in History and Education.

He received his Master’s Degree in Administration and Supervision in 1996 from the Uni-

versity of Phoenix. He started his career at Parker Junior High School teaching 7th grade So-

cial Studies and coaching football, wrestling, and track and field. He moved to Ponderosa

High School in 1992 and taught Social Studies and coached football, wrestling and track and

field until 1996. Chuck spent the next ten years at Highlands Ranch High School in many

capacities. He taught Social Studies and was the department chairperson, was the Dean of

Students for two years and an Assistant Principal for one year as well as coaching track and

field and girls’ tennis. He was also the head football coach for nine years producing many

all-league, all-state, all-Colorado and one All-American who won a national championship

with the University of Texas. He currently has two former student athletes in professional

sports. One now plays for the Houston Texans in the NFL, the other pitches for the Detroit

Tigers in MLB.

In April of 2006 he was chosen as the principal of Ponderosa High School. Chuck said, “It

was a fantastic opportunity to return to an excellent school that is rich in tradition.” He truly

feels blessed by the opportunity to be at Ponderosa High School. “The kids, staff and the

community are great, and we all have a vision of excellence in all we do.”

Tim F. Ottmann - Assistant Principal

Tim has been at Ponderosa for 22 years. Prior to that, he taught Physical Education and

coached football and wrestling at Burges High School in El Paso, Texas from 1983 to 1990.

Tim has a Bachelors Degree in Physical Education from the University of New Mexico, and a

Masters Degree in Education Administration from the University of Phoenix. Tim was the

Head Wrestling Coach at Ponderosa from 1990 to 2008 and garnered 14 straight Continental

League Championships and eight 5A State Championships, including six in a row prior to his

retirement in 2008. Tim was named the Continental League Coach of the year 13 times, the

NFHS National Wrestling Coach of the Year in 2008, and was recently inducted into the Na-

tional Wrestling Hall of Fame. Tim has been the Athletic Director and Assistant Principal at

Ponderosa for the past 18 years. He is married to Angela Ottmann, Ponderosa’s Poms coach,

and together they have two sons – Casey, age 24, Jake, age 21 and a daughter, Karli, age 10.

TODAY’S PROGRAM

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WHAT PAUL HARRIS SAID

The Fellowship of the Saloon This Rotarian Age, Paul Harris’s second book, was written about the time that prohibition was being repealed. The following para-graph illustrates how Harris understood that alcohol was not the only lure of the saloon. “It has been contended that the saloon was the poor man’s club; quite right, but it was his hearthside as well, in many cases. Saloon attendance was the great indoor sport of many, and the regular business of others. The lure of the saloon was in man’s insatiable desire for fellowship. There kindred spirits were to be found, and the stimulating influence of alcohol served as quick and certain means of breaking down the barriers between men. The pity was that it broke down more than barriers; it broke down self-respect. A strong man might withstand its demoralizing influences for a time—a long time perhaps, but it usually got him sooner or later.”

This Rotarian Age, page 24

LAST WEEK’S

GUESTS AND VISITORS

Craig Fidler

Randy Hill—guest of Bill Gripman

Liz Volz has announced that Exchange Stu-

dent interviews will be held on December

2,3,and 4. Club members are encouraged to

volunteer to assist in the interviews. Con-

tact Liz if you are interested.

Editarian - Bill Fernow

Asst. Editarian - Steve Gilbert

Head Photographer - Jim Boyd

Backup Photographer - Michele Duncan

Feature Editor - Jo Stone

Special Features - Steve Gilbert

Lamplighter Staff

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The Permanent Fund of The Rotary Foundation It was Arch Klumph, father of The Rotary Foundation, who said, “We should look at the Foundation as being not something of today or tomorrow, but think of it in terms of the years and generations to come.” That’s why the Foundation’s Perma-nent Fund is considered the most important way to ensure the future of Rotary’s educational and humanitarian programs. Contributions to this fund, formerly called the Endowment for World Understanding and Peace, are invested for the future. Only earnings from their investment are used to support Foundation programs. Ulti-mately, it is intended that the Permanent Fund will provide a steady and secure supplement to Founda-tion support, always guaranteeing a minimum level of program activity and allowing for the possibility of new and expanded programs in the future.

The Foundation gives special recognition to donors to the Permanent Fund as Major Donors, Bequest Society Members, and Benefactors. Major Donors make gifts of $10,000 or more; Bequest Society Members include the Permanent Fund in their estate plans for $10,000 or more; and Foundation Benefactors make provisions in their will or make an outright contribution of $1,000 to the fund. These individu-als are ensuring that The Rotary Foundation will remain a powerful force for good in the world far into the future.

Brad Bergford Nov 5

Steve Brown Nov 6

Mike Oldham Nov 27 Mike & Carrie Oldham Nov 9

Kam & Steve Breitenbach Nov 11

Tom & Leslie Duncan Nov 11

Lindy & Tanne Blackburn Nov 12

Katheryn & Rick D’Amico Nov 22

Carl & Beverly Finamore Nov 28

Members are encouraged to bring your

spouse to breakfast as a guest of the club

on your anniversary.

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2012 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

Make plans now to visit Thailand . . . the “Land of a Thousand Smiles”. The RI Board se-

lected Bangkok, the vibrant capital of Thailand, as the site for the 2012 Rotary Internation-

al Convention. Known as the “City of Angels”, Bangkok’s culture, cuisine and traditions

attract millions of international visitors annually and have earned it the top rating of

―World’s #1 Best City‖ for the past three years by Travel + Leisure magazine.

Thailand is ready and waiting to welcome you to their amazing country. The Thai govern-

ment has rolled out the welcome mat for Rotarians worldwide by providing Rotary Interna-

tional with a $9.4 million grant to help underwrite convention expense resulting in the low-

est convention registration fee in 25+ years ($160) if you register by Dec. 1, 2011.

Districts 5440 • 5450 • 5470 • 5630 Present

The 2012 Foundation Dinner

A Celebration of The Rotary Foundation and Its Contributors FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012

LIMITED SEATING - Only Full Tables will be assigned on a first registered/ first served basis.TICKETS REQUIRED

Keynote Speaker, Rotary International President

Kalyan Banerjee

REGISTER NOW

Annual Regional Rotary Foundation Seminar Saturday, January 14, 2012

Denver Tech Center Marriott

7:30 am Plated Breakfast 8:30 am Seminars

$25 per person Two Separate Seminar Tracts

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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Rotary celebrates World Interact Week

During World Interact Week, 31 October-6 November,

Interactors and Rotarians worldwide commemorated the

charter of the first Interact club in 1962. To mark this

occasion Interact clubs were encouraged to participate in

joint projects with their sponsor clubs. Rotarians can cel-

ebrate by including Interactors in their weekly meetings,

or inviting an Interactor as a guest speaker.

"Interactors should be celebrating this week by getting

together to review their accomplishments over the past

year," says Martin H.F. Bridge, chair of the RI Rotaract/

Interact Committee and member of the Rotary Club of

South Holland, England. "It is a great time to reflect on the vision of those who started

the program nearly 50 years ago."

The success of Interact is crucial for the future of Rotary, says Bridge. "Interactors will,

in time, understand all about Rotary, and should make good future Rotarians." In turn,

reaching out to Interactors "keeps Rotarians young at heart" and provides insight into

the thoughts and concerns of younger generations, he added. Bridge says communica-

tion between Rotarians and Interactors is important. Interactors should take every op-

portunity to meet with Rotarians in both their sponsoring club and neighboring clubs.

Here’s a roundup of recent Interact service projects, in honor of World Interact Week:

The Rotary Club of Bhavani Koodal, Tamil Nadu, India, sponsors the Interact Club

of Government Deaf School, which plans to conduct fundraising and service projects to

help people with hearing impairments.

The Interact Club of Webster Thomas High School, New York, USA, collected and

delivered 34 boxes of clothing, shoes, and sporting goods -- each weighing 50 pounds --

to orphans in the Dominican Republic. The airline JetBlue waived the baggage fees for

the students, who were traveling to the country to help run a summer camp at the or-

phanage.

Members of the Interact Club of Juneau-Douglas High School, Alaska, USA, camped

outside in cardboard shanties they had made to raise money and build awareness of

homeless students in their school district. The group raised more than $1,500, which

benefited a food pantry and a local homeless charity.

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CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF ROTARY IN COLORADO

The Sixth Annual Governor’s State of the State Luncheon

will be held from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, December

9th at the Hyatt Regency Tech Center. This year is the

100th anniversary of the chartering of the Rotary Club of Den-

ver, Club 31. In addition to the address by Governor John

Hickenlooper (a member of the Rotary Club of Denver Lo-

do), Ron Burton (Rotary International President Nominee)

and John Hewko (the new General Secretary and CEO of Rotary Internation-

al) will make presentations. Ticket prices are $45, but a significant savings

can be realized for each table of ten that the club reserves. Sign up.

A GARY MERAZ TRUE STORY

The annual budget for a unit of the Seventh Army Special

Troops in Heidelberg, Germany. The budget report was taken

to the office of the adjutant, who signed all official papers. The

adjutant was not in, but his assistant, a young lieutenant was.

He gasped when he was handed the huge sheaf of charts, figures and explanations.

“What am I supposed to do with this? he asked.

“You have to sign it, sir.”

“Thank goodness,” he said, sighing with relief. “I thought I had to read it.”

(Ed. Perhaps he should run for Congress.)

A will is a …… dead giveaway. ▲ If you don’t pay your exorcist ….. you can get re-

possessed. ► You are stuck with your debt if ….. you can’t budge it. ▼ A boiled egg

is …. hard to beat. ◄ A bicycle can’t stand alone; …. it is two tired. ▲