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2012-2013 SERVICE COMMITTEES & SPECIAL PROJECTS

CLUB SERVICE …………...……… Sue Gardner, Director Attendance ………………………………...Kam Breitenbach Change of Command Party …………...……..Sue Gardner Club Historian ………………………....……...…..Paul Elder Club Photographer ……………………….………..Jim Boyd Dinner for 8 ……………..…...Cathy Groves, Jane Johnson Holiday Party ……………………..…………....Sue Gardner Inspiration/Invocations, Pledge, 4-Way Test, Greeters Liaison to Cherry Creek Valley Club ….Kam Breitenbach Music Jim Muir, Doug Young, Steve Gilbert, Steve Brown Newsletter Editarian ………………………..…...Bill Fernow Newsletter Editarian Assistant ……………..Steve Gilbert Programs ……………….………......Randy Hill, Glenn Petty Summer Picnic …………………….………...Sue Gardner Webmaster ……………………………………….Bob Forbes COMMUNITY SERVICE …………........Li Pettett, Director American Indian Center Mike Oldham, Pius Schenker, Carl Finamore, Andy Becher Castlewood Canyon State Park Carl Finamore, Jim Boyd, Bill Kelly Douglas County Rotarians Wounded Veterans Project Lindy Blackburn, Andy Becher, Carl Finamore, Steve Small Firefly Autism Center Kevin Roth, Irv Buck Flower Power ………………………………...Larree Morgan Homes for Our Troops ………………….…..Carl Finamore MS 150 Bill Shriver, Ken Claiborne, Michele Duncan Nami Walk Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Bill Shriver Parker Task Force Jim Boyd, Bill & Nancy Gripman, Dean Weaver, Bob Kramer, Steve Small Praying Hands Ranch …………………….………..Jim Muir Project Sanctuary Bill Shriver, Bill Kelly, Steve Small, Jane Johnson Rotary Community Corps Kam Breitenbach, Michele Duncan, Li Pettett Rotary Reads Bob Kramer, Dick Gordon, Bill & Nancy Gripman, Trick or Treat on Main Street……….………..…...Jo Stone Women’s Crisis and Family Outreach Center Larry Brutlag, Michele Duncan, Kam Breitenbach VOCATIONAL SERVICE …………... Jack Braly, Director Community Service Award……………..…..…..Jack Braly District Club Ethics Award …...Cathy Groves, Bill Shriver Four Way Test Dave Selden, Doug Young, Al & Jane Johnson Vocational Talks ………………………….……..Glenn Petty

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE …... Steve Brown, Director Ambassadorial & World Peace Scholars EWB—Nepal …………………………………..…..Jack Braly Ghana ………………………………Jo Stone, Amy Erickson Global Children’s Organization…… Group Study Exchange ………………………..... .Irv Buck India Water & Related ……………………….……..Irv Buck Mongolia (Commerce City Rotary Club) ……... Open World ……………………………………..Steve Brown Philippines Water/Sanitation ………………….… Irv Buck Polio Plus…………………………………...……. Lew Million Project C.U.R.E. (Peru) ………………..…….. Larry Brutlag ShelterBox …………………………………..….. Al Johnson Toys for God’s Kids ………………………..…..Don Clasen Walk for Life ………………………...…….….... Bob Forbes

NEW GENERATIONS ……..... Michele Duncan , Director Interact Chaparral Michele Duncan, Bill Fernow Interact, Ponderosa Bill Fernow Rotaract Rotary Youth Exchange Liz Volz, Michele Duncan, Steve Brown RYLA/Young RYLA Mike Oldham, Michele Duncan Scholarships, Chaparral Tom Vanderheiden Scholarships, Ponderosa Larree Morgan Student of the Month, Chaparral …….………. Paul Elder Student of the Month, Ponderosa ……………… Bill Kelly Mike Oldham FUND RAISING ……………....…..… Cathy Groves, Chair Annual Golf Tournament ……………..…….Carl Finamore Lindy Blackburn, Michele Duncan, Al Johnson, Jane John-son, Bill Kelly, Eydie Hoeppner, Andy Becher, Mike Old-ham Peaches …………………………………..……..Larry Brutlag Bill Shriver, Carl Finamore, Jane Johnson, Cathy Groves State of the Town ……………..………...…..Cathy Groves Finance: Tom Duncan Public Relations: Eydie Hoeppner Parker Impact Award: Lindy Blackburn Sponsorship: Larry Brutlag Registrations: Bill Shriver Publications: Bob Forbes PUBLIC RELATIONS …………Eydie Hoeppner, Director

THE ROTARY CLUB OF PARKER Chartered August 18, 1993

Vocational Service Month

October 18, 2012 TODAY’S PROGRAM

Matt McKeever Dean, Arapahoe Community College,

Community Work Force Programs & Community Relationships

Thursday, October 25—Mike Klingbiel, District Governor, Board of Direc-

tors Meeting, Pradera Board Room

Thursday, November 1—Open World Delegates

Thursday, November 9—Steve Budnack, Parker Task Force Update

DISTRICT 5450

Mike Klingbiel

Governor

2012-2013 Theme

Sakuji Tanaka

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

The Parker Rotary Centennial Gift to

the Town of Parker - 2005

Member of

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October 18, 2012 VOLUME 20, NUMBER 16

Bill Fernow, Editarian (303) 805-5039

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

SPACEPORT COLOTADO Dennis Heap, began his career in 1971 with Rocky Mountain Air-

ways, a Colorado airline that created market dominance by using

leading-edge STOL technology. In 1994 he joined the Front

Range Airport. The decision proved to provide growth opportuni-

ties and the exciting prospect of the airport becoming a premier

horizontal spaceport. Dennis is a third generation Coloradoan and

current resides in Adams County with his wife of 45 years, Bon-

nie. They have three sons and six grandchildren.

Why is Front Range the leading candidate for a spaceport? It is

six miles from the tenth busiest airport in the US (DIA), it is one

of the largest general aviation airports in the US at nearly 4,000

acres, 40 minutes to downtown Denver, it has a huge land mass

without much around it, it has a valuation of $300M with only

$1.3M debt, and it has excess capacity (currently operating at 20%). Rocket Crafters came to

talk to the airport in August of 2011 to discuss becoming a spaceport. Spaceport America is

in New Mexico, just west of White Sands where Virgin Galactic intends to operate. New

concepts are being considered—faster and higher. Vertical launch will have to be replaced by

horizontal launch for point-to-point transportation. It will also be necessary to be close to a

major airport. DIA accepted with enthusiasm.

Governor Hickenlooper announced on December 7, 2011 that Front Range Airport was

being pursued as a “Proposed” Spaceport Colorado. Three horizontal launch concepts are be-

ing considered: (1) dual propulsion (jet and rocket) that takes off and lands as a conventional

jet, (2) all rocket that could make use of the rocket for landing, (3) mother ship, similar to Vir-

gin Galactic with a rocket ship that returns as a glider. The state legislature is fully behind the

spaceport. The pre-application process for a spaceport was started in February 2012. Jeff

Ashby, astronaut, in a supported and is technical advisor on the project.

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2012-2013 CLUB OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jo Stone ..………………...….…….President Carl Finamore ……………..President-Elect Kam Breitenbach ……..........…….Secretary Bob Satrom ..…….….……………..Treasurer Wayne Wagener……..…..Sergeant-at-Arms Jane Johnson ...Immediate Past President Tony Barnard ………………….Foundations

Li Pettett …..…........…..Community Service Steve Brown ……....…International Service Sue Gardner …….….....……….Club Service Jack Braly ……………....Vocational Service Michele Duncan .New Generations Service Cathy Groves …….…..……....Fund Raising Eydie Hoeppner...………...Public Relations

PARKER ROTARIANS WITH DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITIES PDG Mike Oldham: Executive Committee, Extension Committee, Strategic Planning,

Literacy and Education, American Indian, Health & Hunger Concerns, Nominating, Polio

Eradication, World Peace Fellowship, PDG Advisory Group - Carl Finamore: American

Indian - Andy Becher: American Indian - Larry Brutlag: Grants - Bob Forbes: Scholar-

ships - Doug Young: 4-Way Test - Irv Buck: Water Management and Sanitation

MEMBERSHIP ……………………...……….......Carl Finamore, Director Past Chair …………………….……………………....………….….Jo Stone Classifications ………………………………………….……..….Bill Shriver Club Roster ………………………………….………..…...Kam Breitenbach Fireside Chats ………………………………………...….……Mike Oldham Inductions …………………………………………..……..….Carl Finamore Internal Communications ……………………………….……...Al Johnson External Communications …………………...Jim Boyd, Michele Duncan Mentor Program ……………………………Jane Johnson, Carl Finamore New Member Information ……………...…..…..Jim Boyd, Carl Finamore Recruitment-New Generations …...Michele Duncan, Michelle Wozniak, Bob Forbes, Ryan Braden Red Badge, Blue Badge ……………………………………...Bob Haeflein Family of Rotary …………………………....Jane Johnson, Tony Barnard Retention Program ……….…..Jim Boyd, Jane Johnson, Carl Finamore

FOUNDATIONS Tony Barnard, Director

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

The Rotary Club of Parker Foundation

PO Box 1472 Parker, Colorado 80134

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UPCOMING EVENTS

October 19 Women’s Crisis and Family Outreach Center fundraiser, Future

for Families Gala, Inverness Hotel and Conference Center

October 22 9:00 am, Plant Tulips at Obrien Park

October 26 - Nov 3 Host Open World Program (Siberians)

November 7 Work day at Project C.U.R.E.

November 12 Future Vision Training for Club Qualification, Red Rocks Com-

munity College, 8:00 am to 12:00 noon

December 6 Annual Club Christmas Party

December Work day at Project C.U.R.E.

January 4/5, 2013 Multi-District Foundation Dinner/Seminar

March 1 District Award Nominations Due to the District

April 2 State of the Town, PACE Center

April 4-6 Rodeo All-Star Weekend, Western National Stock Show Com-

plex

April 26-28 District Conference, Marriott Resort, Vail

June 1 District Assembly

June 23-26 RI Convention, Lisbon, Portugal

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The current vision for the spaceport is: commercial point-to-point transport in 20-25

years; VIP/Cargo point-to-point 10-15 years if funding can be found. Southwest Research

Institute considers that there is an opportunity at Spaceport Colorado for research and educa-

tion. Additional opportunities: space tourism, space pilot training, payload delivery (small

satellites, research experiments, manufacturing.

GUESTS and VISITORS

Tom Furmanski

Melanie Hood - Guest of Jane

Johnson

Chet Shutack - Ponderosa Student

of the Month

Susan & Scott Shutack - Chet’s

parents

Ryan Miwa - Ponderosa High

School Representative Lindy Blackburn reported that the Veter-

an’s Passport to Hope fundraiser at Wings

Over the Rockies on October 4th was very

successful. Seven Hundred folks were in

attendance and at least $230,000 was raised

for the Wounded Warrior Project. Shane

Schmutz, a West Point graduate and a re-

cent speaker at our club, was the organizer

for the event.

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SAVE THE DATE

The annual club’s Christ-

mas party will be held on

December 6.

Master Gardener Don Clasen

needs some associate gardeners to

help plant tulips in our flower gar-

den at our gazebo on Monday, Oc-

tober 22. See Don to sign up.

PONDEROSA STUDENT OF THE MONTH - CHET SHUTACK

Chet is an excellent student/athlete.

With a Cumulative GPA of 4.195 he

stands fourth in his class. He is student

body president and captain of the suc-

cessful Ponderosa varsity football team.

Chet also plays lacrosse. His communi-

ty service has included Adopt-A-

Family, Habitat for Humanity, math tu-

toring, and volunteering at his church.

He is president of the National Honor

Society and a member of the Link crew.

Chet’s college plans are to attend the

Naval Academy and play football there.

He obviously is an excellent candidate

considering his academic performance, participation in student government, and

athletic prowess. He expects to pursue engineering as an undergraduate

Chet was accompanied at the meeting by his parents, Susan and Scott, and Pon-

derosa representative Ryan Miwa.

Paul Elder and Student of the Month

Chet Shutack

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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 BET-

TER FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL to all con-

cerned?

MAKE-UP OPPORTUNITIES

Wednesday—Castle Rock Rotary

7:15 am

Village Inn

207 Wolfensberger Road

Castle Rock

Wednesday-Parker Cherry Creek Valley

11:30 am

The Adventist Conference Center

Parker Adventist Hospital

Parker

Don’t forget that you can make-up meetings

online through eClub One - the Rotary eClub

maintained by District 5450

(www.rotaryeclubone.org).

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

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TODAY IN HISTORY

In 1867, when word spread that William Seward, Andrew Johnson’s secretary of

state, had inked a deal for the United States to buy Alaska from the Russians, critics

growled. They said that paying $7.2 million, or about two cents per acre, was too

much for “a large lump of ice.” They called Alaska “Seward’s Folly,” “Seward’s Ice

Box,” and “Walrussia.”

Seward was an old hand at politics. He had been Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of

state during the Civil War. (The night Lincoln was murdered, Seward survived an as-

sassination attempt by one of John Wilkes Booth’s accomplices, who broke into his

bedroom and stabbed him.) When critics objected to the land deal, he refused to back

down. After all, the tsar was eager to sell—his Alaskan fur-trading business had dried

up, and he worried that the British would eventually seize the territory. After a week

of debate, the U.S. Senate approved the agreement.

On October 18, 1867, the official transfer took place at Sitka, the last capital of Rus-

sian America. United States and Russian soldiers beat drums while a small crowd

looked on, including the Russian governor, Prince Maksoutov, and his wife. As can-

nons boomed, the Russian flag started down a 90-foot pole. A sudden gust of wind

wrapped the imperial double-eagle banner around the staff, and there it stuck. The

harder anyone tugged, the more it refused to budge. Finally a seaman was hoisted up

the pole to cut loose the flag, which fluttered down and landed on Russian bayonets.

The Russian princess reportedly fainted. By the time she woke, the Stars and Stripes

had been raised, and Alaska was U.S. soil.

In the late 1800s, prospectors found gold in the territory, and even critics decided

that Seward had been pretty savvy after all. On January 3, 1959, Alaska entered the

Union as the forty-ninth state.

1777 British forces surrender to Patriot troops at Saratoga, New York, and

American victory that helps win France as an ally for the rest of the war.

1916 The USS Arizona is commissioned at the New York Naval Shipyard.

1933 Physicist Albert Einstein, fleeing Nazi Germany, arrives in the United

States.

1973 OPEC announces it will cut oil exports to the United States and other

nations supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War.

1989 An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale hits northern Califor-

nia, killing more that 60 people.

The American Patriot’s Almanac

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Editarian - Bill Fernow

Asst. Editarian - Steve Gilbert

Head Photographer - Jim Boyd

Backup Photographer - Michele Duncan

Feature Editor - Open Job Opportunity

Special Features -Steve Gilbert

Circulation Manager Position Available

Lamplighter Staff

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

October’s Board Meeting will

be held immediately following

the club meeting on October

25, at which meeting the Dis-

trict Governor, Mike Kling-

biel, will make his official vis-

it. The Board Meeting will be

held in the Board Room (how

fitting!) at Pradera.

Each director is requested to

bring a written summary of

his/her committee activities to

give to the Governor, even

though each will have the op-

portunity to give an oral re-

port at the meeting.

ATTENTION

Reception on Saturday, October 27

Facts about Vocational Training Teams

A vocational training team (VTT) is a group

of professionals who travel to another

country either to learn more about their pro-

fession or to teach local professionals

about a particular field. Under Future Vi-

sion, Rotary Foundation district, global, and

packaged grants all support VTTs, but

each grant type has different requirements.

Benefits of VTTs VTTs build on the Foundation’s long-standing commitment to vocational training, first formalized with the establishment of the Group Study Exchange program in 1965. VTTs take the GSE concept of ena-bling young professionals to observe their profession in another country a step further by offering participants the opportunity to use their skills to help others. Hands-on activities vary from one team to the next but may include training medical profes-sionals on cardiac surgery and care, shar-ing best practices on early childhood edu-cation, or explaining new irrigation tech-niques to farmers. A successful VTT in-creases the capacity of the host community to solve problems and improve the quality of life.

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TECHNICALLY, ROTARY

By T.J Carney, Mountain Foothills Rotary of Evergreen

A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to a

Rotary District Committee Meeting

In our Rotary club, there are many of us who no longer have a day to day need for conference calling, business travel, document delivery,

faxing, or some of us even some types of phones (hard wired or cell). At the same time, new and improved (and free) means of doing many of

these things have appeared, and are being used very effectively, for busi-ness, family, hobby and Rotary Committee meetings.

Our 2012-2013 District 5450 Governor, Mike Klingbiel, happens to be in the technology business, and for him, using these things, and find-ing out about them, are daily occurrences. He is a founding part of the

District Technology Committee (http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/SitePages/SitePage.aspx?did=5450&pid=71395), and while nothing is to-

tally free or perfect, some interesting tools have been/are being put into

use. Since there are no licensing deals, or donations involved, here is my first installment to talk about what we are using. So, here we go.

Video Conferencing:

Most everyone has heard of Skype. (http://www.skype.com/)

What is it? It is a “free” video conferencing system.

What does it cost? You need a microphone/video webcam ($40 plus or minus depending on quality), a Smart Phone or Computer or In-ternet enabled T.V ($who knows) and the Skype program ($0.00 if you

just want to video conference with one other Skype subscriber at a time).

What can you do with it? You can talk to other users and see them on your monitor. (It’s Dick Tracy’s wrist phone on steroids. (Demo

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWq7n4w3cq4)

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WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE

World Community Service is the Rotary program by

which a club or district in one country provides humanitar-

ian assistance to a club in another country. Typically the

aid goes to a developing community where the Rotary

project will help raise the standard of living and the quality

of life. The ultimate object of World Community Service is

to build goodwill and understanding among peoples of the

world.

One important way to find a club in some other part of the world which needs help on a wor-

thy project is to use the WCS Projects Exchange, a list of dozens of worthy activities in de-

veloping areas. The exchange list is maintained in the RI Secretariat in Evanston and is

readily available upon request. It outlines projects, provides estimated costs and gives

names of the appropriate contacts.

Clubs which need assistance, or are seeking another club to help with a humanitarian pro-

ject, such as building a clinic, school, hospital, community water well, library or other benefi-

cial activity, may register their needs. Clubs seeking a desirable World Community Service

project may easily review the list of needs registered in the Projects Exchange. Thus, the

exchange provides a practical way to link needs with resources.

Every Rotary club is urged to undertake a new World Community Service project each year.

The WCS Projects Exchange list is an excellent tool to find a real need, a project description

and cooperating club in a developing area. The job then is to "go to work" to complete the

project, and at the same time build bridges of friendship and world understanding.

I don’t need no diploma to do what I do.

Louis Armstrong

A small town is a place where everyone

knows whose check is good and whose

husband is not. ▼ Education is what

survives when what has been learnt has

been forgotten. ▲ The only place

where success comes before work is a

dictionary. ◄ God gives every bird his

food, but he does not throw it into the

nest.

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The Ideal of Service

“What a privilege it is to be linked with one hun-dred and fifty thousand other men of more than eighty nations, differing in languages, customs, and historical back’ grounds; and yet alike in one respect—all businessmen, held together by a com-mon ideal applicable to all phases of life, the ideal which is popularly known as the ideal of service.”

(Paul Harris, This Rotarian Age, page 80)

In the more than 70 years since Paul Harris wrote these words, some things have changed, while others have remained the same. Rotary membership has grown by 800% in those 70+ years, and now both men and women share that common ideal. But the ideal of service, which is the core of Rotary, has not changed. Reprinted by permission of the Rotary Global History from the Newsletter Nuggets Section of “What Paul Harris Wrote” (www.whatpaulharriswrote.org).

Jim Boyd October 3

Hank Coll October 13

Tom VanderHeiden

October 19

Carl Finamore October 20

Bob Satrom October 30

Kevin & Stefani Roth October 1

Bob & Mary Satrom October 2

Glenn & Joan Petty October 21

WHAT PAUL HARRIS SAID

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

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A GARY MERAZ TRUE STORY A young lady wanted a small, casual wedding and asked

her brother, who was a lay minister, to officiate. He had

never performed a marriage ceremony before, so he decided

to ask his pastor for advice.

“My sister has asked me to marry her,” he began, “and

I’m not sure what to do.”

The minister thought for a moment and answered, “Try

telling her that you just want to be friends.”

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Calls with multiple participants (which does have an additional sub-scription cost attached), like your family in 4 countries are possible. You

can call any working telephone in the world from your computer (may have additional cost). You can send any messages by text to/from any

subscriber. You can also have (for an additional cost) a phone number as-signed to you that will ring on your home, office or cell phone but is ac-

cessible from any phone or Skype subscriber (like having Century Link, but not them or their charges.)

Why would you want it? In the lingo of my teenage years, “It’s, like, Wow, man, really cool.” Seeing family and friends far away, not just hearing them or reading their letters and e-Mails, is a wonderful experi-

ence. Besides, Dick Tracy has this capability on his watch. George Jetson has it in everything, including his head set, and you can now get comput-

ers built into your sunglasses (assuming you would want that.)

I am at SkypeTJ, and feel free to try it out and connect with me my

fellow Rotarians.

◊ Why do we say that something is out of whack? What is a whack? ◊ Why does “fat

chance” and “slim chance” mean the same thing? ◊ Why do “tug” b oats push their

barges? ◊ Why are they called “stands” when they are made for sitting? ◊

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OPEN WORLD VISITORS

Sergey Krasnopeyev, President Ulan-Ude Rotary Club, 2011-2012, City Council Deputy

Male - Age 42, married, 4 children 21, 21, 16, 6

English - basic conversation

Education - University diploma 5-6 years, electrical engineering, management

Employment - Director, Terminal Broker, LLC—a holding company that manages super-

markets, real estate agencies, travel agency, restaurants and jewelry store

Hobbies - hunting, fishing

Oksana Khaludorova Female - Age 28, single

English - fluent

Education - University diploma 5-6 years; journalism

Employment - Chief Specialist, Ulan-Ude Office of International Trade; develops partner-

ships in the field of education, health care, arts, sports, tourism, construction and municipal

improvement

Hobbies - Salsa and bachata dancing, table tennis, psychology, foreign languages

Yelena Kuznetsofa Female - Age 33, married

English - basic conversation

Education - University diploma 5-6 years; economics, law, technology

Employment - Deputy Director, Buryatia Republic IT Center; works with owners of small

and mid-sized businesses to arrange and monitor contracts for public-private partnerships pro-

grams

Hobbies—volleyball and piano

Sergey Soktoyev

Male - Age 46, married, 3 children, 20, 17, 17

English - basic conversation

Education - University diploma 5-6 years; automotive engineer

Employment - General Director, “DialS”, LLC - the company provides ser-

vices in restaurant management, real estate leasing and construction

Hobbies - none specified

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October 18 October 25 November 1

GREETER Bill Kelly Li Pettett Jim Boyd

PLEDGE Tom Duncan Steve Trevino Don Clasen

4-WAY TEST Larry Brutlag Al Johnson Larry Brutlag

INVOCATION/

INSPIRATION Tom VanderHeiden Ben Martin

ROTARY MINUTE Jim Boyd

MUSIC

OPEN WORLD VISITORS - CONTINUED

Yuriy Tkachev - President, Ulan-Ude Rotary Club, 2012-2013

Male - divorced, 2 children, 11, 6

English - basic conversation

Education - University diploma 5-6 years; economic information systems

Employment - General Director ‘Gorodskiye Marshruty’, primary municipal passenger

transportation company (city and state) - operates buses, bus terminals and auto service sta-

tions

Hobbies - Sports

Michigan club gives students a chance to explore their dream jobs A vocational service program conducted by the Rotary Club of St. Joseph & Benton Har-

bor, Michigan, USA, is helping junior and senior high school students develop careers by

connecting them with mentors who are leaders in industry. Participants are selected by their schools and given the opportunity to explore their profes-

sional interests with behind-the-scenes visits to area businesses. They also meet one-on-

one with mentors, who share their experiences and advise the students on how best to pur-

sue their dream careers.

Since the club launched the mentoring program in 2008, Rotarians have put more than 300

students in touch with professionals including lawyers, doctors, a Fortune 500 CEO, broad-

cast journalists, police officers, and a professional football player. Two Rotarians accom-

pany each student who meets with a professional. The students are then required to report

on their experiences at a meeting of the Rotary club.