our district conference was

Peace Scholar David

LaMotte.)

-Proud because Rotary

stands for ethics both indi-

vidually and professionally.

The Rotary Four Way Test is

an essential element in Ro-

tary membership. (Is it the

truth? Is it fair to all con-

cerned? Will it build good-

will and better friendships?

Will it be beneficial to all

concerned?) In recent years

the Rotary Four Way Test

has also been introduced to

Yampa Valley grade and

high schools students, and to

other young people in Amer-

ica and throughout the

world.

-Proud because Rotary is

committed to service. The

number of projects underway

or completed by the clubs in

our district this past year is

simply overwhelming.

While many of the clubs and

their projects were recog-

nized and awarded at our

district conference, far more

were completed without ac-

knowledgement or fanfare.

That is the true spirit of Ro-

tary!

Mike Forney

Rotary District Governor

Over

the past

year I have

served as

district

governor

for more

than 3,200

Rotarians

in 53 Wyo-

ming, Northern Colorado,

Eastern Idaho and Western

Nebraska. It has been a rare

privilege and a life-changing

experience, visiting each of

these clubs and seeing the

difference they are making

through service in their com-

munities, and in many cases,

other parts of the world.

This year’s Rotary District

Conference was held last

week in Steamboat Springs.

Our theme at the conference

and throughout the year has

been ROTARY PROUD.

-Proud because our Rotary

Foundation, funded almost

completely by Rotarians, is

second only to the Bill and

Melinda Gates Foundation in

size and annual grants and aid

to national and international

humanitarian projects. Last

year alone The Rotary Foun-

dation disbursed more than

$150 million to worthwhile

projects. With few excep-

tions, these funds were dis-

tributed and managed by indi-

vidual Rotary clubs.

-Proud because Rotary

made a commitment some

35 years ago to save chil-

dren throughout the world

from the effects of polio.

At the time more than

300,000 contracted polio

every year! In the past year

less than 1,000 cases have

been reported thanks to Ro-

tary’s efforts to immunize

well over two billion chil-

dren! Despite Rotary con-

tributions of close to one

billion dollars and hundreds

of thousands of volunteer

hours, polio still exists in

Pakistan, Afghanistan and

Nigeria where Rotarians,

national governments and

world health organizations

continue to fight to eradi-

cate polio. We are “this

close” and will not give up

until the job is done.

-Proud because Rotary

has been engaged in world

peace throughout its history.

Rotarians were instrumental

in supporting the creation of

the United Nations. Since

2002 Rotary’s World Peace

Fellowship program has

funded more than 600

graduate-level university

scholarships in peace and

conflict resolution for stu-

dents from 90 different

countries. (One speaker at

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District Conference

Wrap-up 2-3

Rotarian of the Year announced at District

Conference

4

District PR Committee

Needs Members 4

Peace pole dedication at AIMS Community

College in Greeley

5

Purple Pancakes

Against Polio breakfast 5

Estes Park golf tourna-

ment 5

Johnstown/Milliken

golf tournament 5

District training team

heads to Kenya 6

Charity Walk for Polio

through Scotland 7

OK tornado disaster

fund information 7

Rotary clubs help

make MDD a success 8

District Membership & Attendance Report for

April

9

RI, District & Confer-ence Award winners

for 2012-2013

10

Inside this issue:

T h e P e a k P a g e 2

More than 450 District

Rotarians, Rotaractors, Inter-

actors, Youth Exchange stu-

dents, families and friends

converged on Steamboat

Springs last weekend for spec-

tacular weather, wonderful

speakers and presenters and

great opportunities to network

and share ideas.

Resonating to the theme

ROTARY PROUD, the con-

ference in the luxurious

Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel

and Conference Center kicked

off on Thursday night with

Rotary home-hosted dinners

before Rotarians returned to

the hotel to enjoy entertain-

ment and tables heaped with

delicious desserts.

Friday morning’s official

start featured a beautifully

produced video program de-

picting the events in Rotary’s

proud history of service, eth-

ics, peace and local, national

and world activism. The

video will be made available

for other Rotary presentations

after it is posted on the district

website and

www.rotaryproud.com. Out-

bound and inbound youth

exchange students presented

their nation’s flags on Friday

morning as part of the confer-

ences opening ceremonies.

They returned to the stage on

Saturday evening to share

their experiences and lead the

audience in song.

Speakers included Presi-

dent Sakuji Tanaka’s personal

representative Georgia Me-

dori, past district governor of

her district in Northern Ala-

bama, incoming Rotary Inter-

national director Greg Podd,

polio eradication advocate

David McSpadden and Rotar-

ian and past district governor

Rosemary Aragon who spoke

eloquently about the need for

generational diversity in Ro-

tary’s future.

Casper Rotaract member

Debbie Mueller inspired the

audience with a compelling

message of peace and kind-

ness following her visits to

President Tanaka’s world

peace forums this Rotary year

in Berlin and Honolulu. Peace

Scholar Leah Aylward was

equally compelling as she

shared her experiences work-

ing in poor, war-ravaged vil-

lages in Central America.

Following her presentation

District Governor Mike For-

ney asked the audience to

reflect on their past and future

contributions to The Rotary

Foundation which make it

possible for scholars like Leah

Aylward to do what they are

doing in the world. “If you

and others had not contributed

to The Rotary Foundation,

Leah Aylward and more than

600 scholars like her would

not have been able to accom-

plish what they have done to

further peace and conflict

resolution,” he said.

One of the conference

highlights was Raven the full-

sized horse that entered the

ballroom on Friday afternoon

to the surprise and delight of

the audience. Children, par-

ents and staff from the Hum-

ble Ranch equine therapy pro-

gram shared their stories about

the wonderful work being

done at the ranch on the out-

skirts of Steamboat Springs.

All of the proceeds from the

conference’s live and silent

auctions – about $10,000 ac-

cording to preliminary results

–were raised for the program.

Remy, one young wheelchair

bound participant in the pro-

gram captured the hearts of

everyone in the ballroom

when he smiled widely after

Continued on page 3

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS DISTRICT CONFERENCE SHINES!

DG Mike and President’s Represen-tative Georgia Medori present Fort Collins Foothills president Linda Vomaske with the RI President’s Citation and the District 5440 Gover-nor’s Citation.

DG Mike Forney presents club presi-dent Wayne Maness and Pat Butts from the Rotary Club of Teton Valley with the Silver Bell trophy for the highest conference attendance from the longest distance by a small club and the First Timer’s conference attendance award. Maness also won a $500 shopping spree in Steamboat in the drawing of early registrants.

Raven, a therapeutic horse from Humble Ranch in Steamboat Springs, entered the ballroom on Friday and came to the stage to eat horse treats provided by Remy, one of the youngsters served by the ranch. Nearly $10,000 in live and silent auction proceeds were do-nated to Humble Ranch.

Past District Governor Rosemary Aragon from Seattle presented one of the keynote speeches on genera-tional diversity.

Casper Rotaract member Debbie Mueller inspired the audience with her presentation on peace.

District Governor Mike Forney con-vened the district conference on May 30th in Steamboat Springs.

More than 400 people packed the ballroom at the district con-ference in Steamboat Springs.

The Steamboat Grand provided delicious buffets at all of the meals served at the conference.

Past District Governor Mo Heth and Marilynn join Karoline and Chris Woodward to view one of 40 silent auction items provided by Rotary clubs.

T h e P e a k P a g e 3

Raven walked to the stage and

accepted horse “cookies” from

him.

The “World Café,” a new

feature at the conference, was

an instant hit with participants.

Replacing Saturday’s break-

out sessions, Rotarians repre-

senting club projects, district

and global grants, successful

fund-raising events and “best

practices” joined all of the

conference’s guest speakers at

38 different tables in the ho-

tel’s hallway and meeting

rooms. Presenters each wore

bright red “World Café”

aprons during the 45-minute

session.

Awards and recognition

were also a major part of this

year’s conference. The pres-

entation of the Rotarian of the

Year capped the evening when

Assistant Governor Barbara

Redder received a long stand-

ing ovation when she was

named. “An innovative club

president, effective and hard-

working assistant governor in

Gillette, and now in Casper, a

district trainer and dedicated

leader and facilitator for Ro-

tary Leadership Institute train-

ing, no one in our district is

more deserving of this award

than Barbara Redder,” District

Governor Mike Forney told

the audience. In addition to

the traveling trophy, Redder

received a handsome wall

clock mounted on a rich ma-

hogany base, a Paul Harris

plus 2 pin and a complimen-

tary suite at the Cheyenne

district conference next year.

The Joe Looper award for

the best international project

using a Global Grant went the

Rotary Club of Riverton for

their Guatemala project that

provided water and sanitation

for two small villages. Past

President Randy Looper of the

Rotary Club of Craig pre-

sented the award after sharing

the Rotary experiences of his

father Joe whose name graces

the award.

Thirteen clubs received the

Governor’s Citation and seven

plus six Interact clubs and four

Rotaract clubs received Presi-

dent Sakuji Tanaka’s citations.

A full list of award recipients

appears elsewhere in this

newsletter. 24 Rotary Leader-

ship Institute graduates who

completed the three RLI

courses were also named at

the conference. Many of them

attended and were recognized

on stage for their achieve-

ments.

The conference featured

Peace Scholar, activist and

professional musician Dave

LaMotte at the closing concert

on Saturday night. The King

‘n Trio, Rotarians from Grand

Junction played on Friday

night and local entertainer

Trevor Potter was featured on

Thursday night at the dessert

reception.

District Governor Elect

Julie Phares and her district

conference committee per-

formed admirably in their

promotion of the 2013-14

district conference June 19th -

21st at Little America in Chey-

enne. Julie’s video of the

conference ended with hysteri-

cally funny outtakes of her

attempts to record her presen-

tation hampered by the high

winds outdoors in Cheyenne.

Conference chair Scott

Marr and his team of Rotari-

ans from the two Steamboat

Springs Rotary clubs, the

Craig club and others in the

district received a resounding

round of applause for their

achievements.

DISTRICT CONFERENCE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2

District Governor Elect Julie Phares receives a District Gov-ernor’s pin from DG Mike Forney and, in turn, presents DGE pin to DG Nominee Phil Murphy.

The Cheyenne Conference Committee gets the conga line rolling through the ballroom.

President Elect Charles Phares leads the Cheyenne District Conference team to promote the next district conference.

Inbound and outbound Youth Exchange Students perform for the audience Saturday night.

Inbound youth exchange student Manuel Contreras, hosted by Riverton RC, accepted the Joe Looper WCS Award on behalf of the club.

Conference chair Scott Marr celebrates a job well done with committee members Meg Boyer and Lynaia South.

PP Randy Looper and PP Len Browning organized the club baskets for the silent auction & house of friendship displays.

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BARBARA REDDER—ROTARIAN OF THE YEAR

gently to strengthen the

ties between the club and

the district leadership, en-

hanced the presence and

success of the Shelter Box

program in the district,

dedicated time and energy

to Rotary Leadership Insti-

tute and ultimately as-

sumed leadership positions

in our district and at the

multi-district level as

well,” he said.

“It is with great Rotary

Pride that I name, as Ro-

tarian of the Year, Assis-

tant Governor and District

Trainer Barbara Redder,”

Forney said.

Redder was presented

with the traveling Rotarian

Assistant Governor

Barbara Redder from the

Rotary Club of Casper

Five Trails has received

the highest honor be-

stowed on a District

5440 Rotarian when she

was named Rotarian of

the Year on Saturday

night at the district con-

ference.

“Barbara has served

as a club president in

Gillette where she saw

the club produce its most

profitable fund-raising

event up until then, rais-

ing more than $45,000,

“District Governor Mike

Forney said.

“She worked dili-

District Governor Mike Forney names Assistant Governor Barbara Redder, from the Rotary Club of Casper Five trails, Rotarian of the year.

of the Year trophy, a bronze

bust of Paul Harris with the

names of past Rotarians of

the Year. Forney also pre-

sented her with a Paul Har-

ris plus 2 Fellowship from

points he had accumulated,

a handsome wall clock on a

rich mahogany base en-

graved with her name as a

permanent memento, and

the start of a new tradition –

a complimentary suite at the

upcoming district confer-

ence in Cheyenne.

Redder received a stand-

ing ovation from the audi-

ence as she made her way

to the stage after her name

was announced.

DISTRICT PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE NEEDS MEMBERS

Incoming District Governor Julie Phares has asked me to assume the District

Public Relations Committee Chairmanship for 2013-14 and I am delighted to do

so.

We will need a few good men and women to help us create and implement a

district public relations plan that will include periodic news media releases, FaceBook and YouTube

materials and public service advertising programs.

If you have experience in writing, video and audio production, development and use of social me-

dia and/or advanced Club Runner skills we need you!

Your help in keeping a past district governor busy will be most appreciated!

Call or email me at: Mike Forney, forneyrotary5440@hotmail.com , 970-846-3042.

T h e P e a k P a g e 5

NEWS FROM AROUND THE DISTRICT

District Governor

Mike Forney spoke

about President Sakuji

Tanaka’s Peace Through

Service theme at a spe-

cial gathering on the

Aims Community Col-

lege Greeley campus

during the dedication of

a Peace Pole sponsored

by the Greeley and

Greeley-After Hours

Rotary clubs. Club

president’s Julie Bud-

erus (left) and Marsi

Liddell (center) were

among more than a

dozen Rotarians at the

event on April 24th.

The Scottsbluff/Gering Rotary Club held their 2nd

annual Purple Pancakes Against Polio Breakfast.

They raised $4,700 for the End Polio Now campaign

at this breakfast this past April.

T h e P e a k P a g e 6

slums around Nairobi,

and then to rural settle-

ments to study bore-

holes, rainwater harvest-

ing by sand dams and

rock catchment in the

Turkana, Kajiado and

Kitui counties. Develop-

ment of meaningful em-

ployment for young peo-

ple will involve the Afri-

can Alliance of YMCAs

(AAY) which will help

lay the groundwork for

economic development

programs leading to em-

ployment of youth. One

of the team members

from Kenya will be a

representative from

AAY

In the fall, members

of the Kenya VTT team

will participate in a three

week training program

conducted by members

of the U.S. team and oth-

ers from local universi-

ties, municipalities and

government agencies.

Rotarian Paul Hebert,

Ph.D. from the Rotary

Club of Steamboat

Springs will lead a team

of five water, sanitation

and hygiene experts on a

four week trip to provide

practical training to Ken-

yan water professionals.

Other team members in-

clude Rotarian Steve

Werner from Denver and

non-Rotarians Mayling

Simpson, Ph.D., Steam-

boat Springs; Richard

Fisher, Fort Collins and

Reza Kazeminan, Denver.

The team expects to arrive

in Kenya on July 8th.

Three Kenyans will visit

Colorado and Wyoming

this fall as part of the pro-

ject.

The initiative is the

first Vocational Training

Team Global Grant

funded by District 5440.

Rotary International and

Districts 5450 (Denver

area) and 9200 (Kenya)

are also funding the

$70,000 project. The

overall goal will be to un-

derstand current water,

sanitation and hygiene

(WASH) practices in

Kenya and apply them in

developing a master plan

for implementation in Dis-

trict 9200. A unique fea-

ture of the program will

be developing ways that

unemployed youth can

find employment in water

and sanitation projects.

“We’re delighted to get

this project off the ground

after nearly 18 months of

planning and development

of a sustainable model

that will meet Rotary In-

ternational standards and

fill a critical training need

for Kenyan water and

sanitation professionals,”

Ron Hammel, District

VTT Chair and Cheyenne

Rotarian said. The Voca-

tional Training Team

(VTT) program is part of

the new Future Vision

emphasis on Rotary Foun-

dation grants.

The team will make

field visits to the Kiberia

DISTRICT TRAINING TEAM HEADS FOR KENYA

Ron Hammel, District Vocational Training Team Committee Chair, has been instru-mental in coordinating efforts by Districts 5450 and 9200 to develop the Kenya water, sanitation and hygiene Global Grant training initiative.

Paul Hebert, VTT Team Leader

T h e P e a k P a g e 7

CHARITY WALK THROUGH SCOTLAND WILL RAISE

FUNDS FOR POLIO

PDG Stuart “Stu” Palmer’s grandfather contracted polio as a boy in

Archibold, Ohio, in the early 1900s. Now Palmer of Jackson Hole is

determined to do what he can to help eradicate this dreaded disease.

Stu, and wife Susie, will begin their two week long-distance walk

through the Highlands of Scotland on June 7th. They will cover about

150 miles and they have dedicated this walk in memory of Stu’s grand-

father, Dwight Mignin. Their goal is to raise $500,000 for the End Po-

lio Now campaign and they are asking all Rotarians of District 5440 to

join them in giving to Rotary's polio eradication effort. Please consider

making a pledge to help meet the Palmers' goal.

For Stu and Susie it will be a time to remember someone they loved

with the hope that polio will never again afflict another child.

You can follow Stu and Susie as they walk in Scotland on the D5440

website.

You can make your pledge to help eradicate polio by contacting Judy Boggs, District PolioPlus Chair, at 970-218-

0943 or via email.

The District 5440 Executive Committee approved a direct contribution from district unallocated

funds of $5,000 to the Oklahoma Rotary Bi-District Tornado Disaster Relief Fund. It is a 501c3 fund eligible

for tax deductions. Should you or members of your club wish to contribute to Oklahoma disaster relief I hope

you will consider this outlet for your funds. Please also let Kellie Tovar in our district office

(rotary5440@yahoo.com) know about your contribution(s).

Oklahoma Rotary

Bi-District Tornado Disaster Fund P.O. Box 13800

Oklahoma City OK 73113-3800 United States

OKLAHOMA TORNADO DISASTER FUND

ROTARY CLUBS HELP MAKE MILLION DOLLAR DINNER A SUCCESS

Thanks to the generosity of seven District 5440 Rotary clubs, 100% of the proceeds from the gala event went to The

Rotary Foundation according to PDG Stuart Palmer, co-chair of the event.

“We raised $2,721,000 at the dinner which was held at the Fort Collins Country Club on May 4th,” Palmer said.

Gold sponsors of the dinner ($1,000) were:

The Rotary Club of Cheyenne

The Rotary clubs of Jackson

The Rotary Club of Steamboat Springs

Silver sponsors ($500) were:

The Rotary Club of Fort Collins Breakfast

The Rotary Club of Laramie

The Rotary Club of Loveland

The Rotary Club of Scottsbluff/Gering.

Million Dollar Dinner contributors to The Rotary Foundation included:

Lynne Baker, Fort Collins

Ron Baker, Fort Collins After Work

Helen Bishop, Jackson Hole Supper

Stan Black, Loveland

Patrick Bols, Fort Collins Breakfast

Donna Burrill, Fort Collins Foothills

Dot Cada, Loveland Thompson Valley

John Carroll, Fort Collins Breakfast

Don Dobler, Fort Collins

Bill Emslie, Fort Collins After Work

Janet Finley, Steamboat Springs

Mike Forney, Steamboat Springs

Michael Griffith, Fort Collins Breakfast

Morrison Heth, Loveland

Bruce Hottman, Fort Collins Foothills

Raju Jairam, Fort Collins After Work

Lee Jeffrey, Fort Collins

Peter Jochems, Windsor

Julie Johnson-Haffner, Loveland

Yvonne Joosten, Jackson Hole Breakfast

Lawrence Kendall, Fort Collins Foothills

Martin Limbird, Fort Collins

Mary Catherine Limbird, Fort Collins Breakfast

Joan Looper, Fort Collins

Jeff Lund, Loveland Mountain View

Alistair MacDonald, Loveland

Scott Marr, Steamboat Springs

Carl Maxey, Fort Collins

Jim McCreight, Steamboat Springs

Phil Murphy, Fort Collins Breakfast

Gerritt Newton, Fort Collins Foothills

Stuart Palmer, Jackson Hole

Charlie Peterson, Fort Collins Breakfast

Julie Phares, Estes Park Longs Peak

Claude Piché, Fort Collins

Ronald Randle, Fort Collins Foothills

John Roberts, Fort Collins

Chuck Rutenberg, Fort Collins

Larry Salmen, Fort Collins Breakfast

Robert Sanderson, Fort Collins Foothills

Suzanne Schlicht, Steamboat Springs

Dave Scriven, Casper 5 Trails

John Shaw, Fort Collins Breakfast

Greg Stetman, Steamboat Springs

Bonnie Titley, Fort Collins

Linda Vomaske, Fort Collins Foothills

Robert Womack, Cheyenne

Chris Woodruff, Greeley Centennial

Ardin Wright, Windsor

Marie Zimenoff, Fort Collins Breakfast

Rotary International District 5440, Inc. Membership & Attendance Report ~ April., 2013

Not July April Gain/Loss YTD April

Club Name Rep'd 2012 2013 April Gain/Loss Attendance % Buffalo 34 35 0 +1 55.00

Casper 188 193 0 +5 51.34

Casper-Five Trails 41 44 0 +3 52.27

Casper Reveille 36 36 0 0 50.72

Cheyenne 213 221 +1 +8 56.00

Cheyenne Sunrise 41 40 0 -1 43.50

Cody 77 74 -1 -3 48.65

Craig (Moffat County) 19 18 -1 -1 89.53

Douglas 30 33 0 +4 68.00

Estes Park 106 103 0 -3 61.38

Estes Park-Longs Peak 31 33 0 +2 77.00

Estes Valley Sunrise NR 63 64 0 +1 0.00

Evanston 42 45 -1 +3 70.00

Fort Collins 158 155 +2 -3 67.40

Fort Collins (Foothills) 103 105 -1 +2 62.00

Fort Collins After Work 24 21 0 -3 56.50

Fort Collins Breakfast 77 78 0 +1 79.65

Gillette 69 66 -1 -3 27.19

Gillette Energy Rotary 51 70 -2 +19 31.10

Greeley 118 111 0 -7 47.97

Greeley Centennial 97 103 +1 +6 62.63

Greeley Redeye 23 26 0 +3 107.50

Greeley-After Hours 19 22 0 +3 86.36

High Plains-Eaton 13 12 0 -1 100.00

Jackson Hole NR 181 179 0 -2 0.00

Jackson Hole Supper NR 41 41 0 0 0.00

Jackson-Breakfast 15 17 +1 +2 63.64

Johnstown-Milliken 30 32 +1 +2 89.52

Kemmerer NR 27 28 0 +1 0.00

Lander 70 74 0 +4 73.65

Laramie 111 117 +1 +6 49.00

Laramie Sunrise 26 27 0 +1 65.00

Loveland 161 164 0 +3 71.25

Loveland Mountain View 38 39 0 +1 58.57

Loveland-Thompson Valley NR 38 35 0 -3 0.00

Morrill 18 21 +3 +3 84.00

Powell NR 24 28 0 +4 0.00

Ranchester-Dayton NR 24 23 0 -1 0.00

Rawlins NR 25 29 0 +4 0.00

Riverton 55 55 0 0 51.82

Rock Springs 30 28 0 -2 45.71

Scottsbluff/Gering 104 107 0 +3 52.34

Sedgwick County 30 30 +1 0 60.00

Sheridan 124 115 0 -9 44.72

Ski Town-USA 30 32 -1 +2 76.34

Star Valley NR 17 18 0 +1 0.00

Steamboat Springs 83 82 -1 -1 77.90

Sterling 36 36 0 0 56.25

Teton Valley 26 19 +1 -7 44.29

Thermopolis 29 32 0 +3 56.00

Torrington 66 67 +1 +1 57.88

Windsor 32 32 0 0 69.00

Worland 38 35 0 -3 61.72

*as reported by Rotary International Totals *3205 3250 +4 +49

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RI, DISTRICT & CONFERENCE AWARD WINNERS FOR 2012-2013

RI PRESIDENTIAL CITATIONS were awarded to the Rotary Clubs of Casper 5 Trails, Fort Collins Foothills, Greeley, Jackson Hole

Supper, Loveland and Steamboat Springs.

DISTRICT GOVERNOR’S CITATIONS were awarded to the Rotary Clubs of Casper 5 Trails, Estes Valley Sunrise, Fort Colins After

Work, Fort Collins, Fort Collins Foothills, Greeley, Greeley After Hours, Jackson Hole Supper, Loveland, Scottsbluff/Gering, Steamboat

Springs, Windsor and Rawlins.

ROTARIAN OF THE YEAR was awarded to Barbara Redder, Casper Five Trails Rotary Club.

RI SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD was awarded to the Rotary Club of Cheyenne.

RECOGNITION OF MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE - Presented on behalf of the Board of Directors of Rotary

International for an innovative approach to membership recruitment during 2012-13 was awarded to the Rotary Club of Jackson Hole Sup-

per.

THE FUTURE OF ROTARY AWARD - Awarded to the club with the largest percentage of members age 40 or under. For club size 1-

4 members the winner is Fort Collins After Work with 10% and for club size 46+ the winner is Steamboat Springs with 20%.

IGNITE awards were issued to the Rotary Clubs of Craig, Estes Valley Sunrise, Fort Collins Jackson Hole Supper, Johnstown/Milliken,

Loveland and Steamboat Springs.

THE CECIL STAVER AWARD for best club communication efforts was awarded to the Rotary Club of Steamboat Springs.

DISTRICT COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS were given to the Rotary Clubs of Fort Collins After Work (1-45 members) and

Cheyenne (46+ members).

WCS/INTERNATIONAL SERVICE INVOLVING A DISTRICT GRANT was awarded to the Rotary Club of Fort Collins After

Work.

THE JOSEPH LOOPER WCS/INTERNATIONAL SERVICE INVOLVING A GLOBAL GRANT was awarded to the Rotary Club

of Riverton.

DISTRICT SERVICE AWARDS were given to Richard Schilling, Ron Hammel, Tom Carrigan, Stuart Palmer and Martin Limbird.

DISTRICT INTERACT AWARD FOR MOST ACTIVE INTERACT CLUB was awarded to the Big Thompson Interact Club spon-

sored by the Loveland clubs.

RI PRESIDENTIAL CITATION FOR INTERACT CLUBS were awarded to the Interact clubs of Evanston, Fort Collins Foothills,

Loveland, Greeley Centennial, Sheridan and Steamboat Springs.

RI PRESIDENTIAL CITATION FOR ROTARACT CLUBS were awarded to the Rotaract clubs of Casper Young Professional Net-

work, Cheyenne Community, Fort Collins, Sheridan and University of Wyoming.

TED ALMQUIST AWARD for highest percentage of membership growth was awarded to the Rotary Clubs of Gillette Energy (46+

members-traveling trophy) and Jackson Hole Breakfast (1-45 members-certificate).

CLUB ATTENDANCE AWARD for best club attendance was awarded to Rotary Clubs of Craig (1-45 members-traveling trophy) with

90.11% avg. attendance and Estes Valley Sunrise (46+ members-certificate) with 81.16% avg. attendance.

SILVER BELL AWARD for best conference attendance was awarded to the Rotary Clubs of Teton Valley (1-45 members-traveling

trophy) and Loveland (46+ members-certificate).

FIRST TIMERS AWARD for best conference attendance by first timers was awarded to the Rotary Clubs of Teton Valley (1-45 mem-

bers-certificate) and Laramie (46+ members-certificate).

BEST CONFERENCE DISPLAY was awarded to the Rotary Club of Scottsbluff/Gering.