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May 25 presenter Diane Knight Shines "A Light in the Darkness"

Diane Knight, a fellow Rotarian, will speak at the Rotary Club ofEstes Park on Thursday, May 25, at the regular noonmeeting. Knight’s talk is called “A Light in the Darkness.” A chance encounter at a Rotary Meeting led Diane to a life changingtrip to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and sparked her passion for our RotaryFoundation. Diane is a third-generation Rotarian who joined Rotary inAddison, Texas in 1990. She has been a member of Rotary clubs inNaperville, IL, Golden and Fort Collins Breakfast. She has served asPresident of both the Golden and Fort Collins clubs. In addition, sheserved as District Governor in 2004-2005. She is a Major Donor tothe Rotary Foundation and member of the Paul Harris Society andRotary International Foundation Bequest Society.

May 25 Duty Roster Invocation: Roger Thorp Song & Pledge: Dave Evans Guest Intro: Jim Austin Scribe: Dana Fritz Greeter: Bill Smith Program Intro: Virgil Holtgrewe

June 1 Duty Roster Invocation: TBD Song & Pledge: Dave Evans Guest Intro: TBD Scribe: Kerrie Hill

Diane Knight Knight also led a GSE Team to Sao Paulo, Brazilin 1998. Additionally, she has a passion for RYLA and has beenactive in three International RYLA conferences. In August 2002, shechaired the first “Young RYLA” program for middle schoolstudents. She loves to train and has trained Presidents at PresidentsElect Training (PETS), incoming Governors Elect and Nominees atZone Institutes, and Governors Elect from around the world at theInternational Assembly in San Diego in 2010 and 2011. For her dedication to Rotary, Knight was honored with RotaryInternational’s Service Above Self Award in 2002. Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders whoprovide humanitarian service and help to build goodwill and peace inthe world. There are 1.2 million Rotary members in 34,000 Rotaryclubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Rotaryclubs have been serving communities worldwide for more than acentury. Rotary clubs around the world initiate projects that addresscritical issues such as conflict resolution, hunger, poverty, diseaseand illiteracy. The Rotary Club of Estes Park meets Thursdays at the Rodeway Innin Estes Park, located at 1701 North Lake Avenue on Highway 34just west of Dry Gulch Road. Visitors interested in learning moreabout Rotary and its programs are welcome to attend. Buffet isserved at 11:30 a.m., the Rotary business meeting opens at noon,and the program begins at 12:30 p.m.

Club awards $35,000 in scholarships May 17

Under the leadership of Tara Moenning, the Rotary Club of EstesPark Scholarship Committee reviewed applications from high schoolseniors and selected candidates for follow-up interviews, which wereconducted over two days. Following deliberations with otherscholarship organizations, the committee agreed on 12 winners of2017 scholarships. The students received their awards May 17 at thehigh school. Of $100,000 awarded to our high school students thisyear, $35,000 came from our club. We awarded three, four-yearacademic scholarships and several memorial awards named forformer club members.

Greeter: Rita DuChateau Program Intro: Rick Taylor

Upcoming Events

Golf CommitteeHangar RestaurantMay 30, 2017 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM Club Board MeetingWasson Room, LibraryJun 06, 2017 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM Golf CommitteeHangar RestaurantJun 06, 2017 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM Golf CommitteeHangar RestaurantJun 13, 2017 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM Golf CommitteeHangar RestaurantJun 20, 2017 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM Golf Tournament18 Hole Golf CourseJun 24, 2017 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Speakers

May 25, 2017Diane Kessel KnightRotary International Foundation andYOU!

Jun 01, 2017Minsy RickardAdvance Health Care Directives

Jun 08, 2017Mike ConnollyAstronomical Observatory

Scholarship Committee Chair Tara Moenning and Club President ThorHomme with the scholarship winners

"We can be very proud of the efforts that the Rotary Club puts intothe scholarships for our high school graduates," Tara said. The scholars will join us for lunch this week. Please congratulatethem and wish them continued success. Invite them to visit in thefuture and to consider becoming Rotarians! Our 2017 scholarship winnersAcademic Scholarships-$8,000 over 4 years: Aspen Turner, LukeSoguero and Olivia ReinsArchibald Memorial Scholarship-$1,000: Piper LasotaCarver Family Vocational Scholarship-$2,000 over 2 yrs: ReneeConleyProchaska Vocational Memorial Scholarship-$1,000: Janet RojasHagemeister Memorial Scholarship Eagle Scout-$2,000: ConnorFlaneryHagemeister Memorial Scholarship-$1,000 each: Kathryn Carnelland Jacob LoukKuhns Memorial Scholarship-$1,000: Caden BrownHazlitt Memorial Scholarship-$1,000: Sarah WeeksHamblin Memorial Scholarship-$1,000: Theodore Dumont

May 18, 2017 Meeting Notes: Snow Day!

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May 11, 2017 Meeting Notes

President Thor Homme called the meeting to order. Scott Thompsongave the invocation. Dave Evans led us in singing “America theBeautiful”, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Gene Oja led guestintroductions. We welcomed Mel Rueppel from Sunrise Rotary. DanaFritz introduced her guest, Barbara Floyd. Scott Thompsonintroduced Lea Hemphill. Guests with our program speaker todayfrom the Estes Park Museum were Derek Fortini, Director, andJessica Michak, Curator of Collections. PresentationScott Thompson and Big Duck Greg Jurgens presented the Duck

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Birthdays & Anniversaries

Member Birthdays

Marsha YelickMay 1 Tara MoenningMay 3 Jack VaughanMay 6 Tom AndersonMay 10 Rob CohenMay 14 Sue FeredayMay 17 Jack BoatmanMay 18 Clark LuptonMay 20 Brad RosenbaumMay 22 Dmitri GalcovskiMay 24 Gladys Van DrieMay 24 Scott ThompsonMay 27 Karen ThompsonMay 28 Bob BrunsonJune 2 Larry WilliamsJune 6 Wayne AndersenJune 10 Wayne NewsomJune 20

Race memorabilia on the table to the Estes Park Museum’s DerekFortini and Jessica Michak. Also involved was Lea Hemphill whodonated many items form her late husband, Robert, who was BigDuck. We thanked Gregg Jugens for a great job as Big Duck! 6,242ducks were adopted. Greg thanked everyone for their hard work. Hewas moved by everyone’s dedication and care. Derek Fortini thankedour club for assembling this memorabilia for the museum. Hecommented that given our club’s long history in town, there is verylittle in the archives database at the museum. These duck items are agreat start, and he invited us to donate other historical club items wemay have. Announcements

Thor said he sold two kegs of beer in two hours at the BondPark Festival portion of the Duck Race.Health report - Robert Ludlum and Jack Dinsmoor have beenill. No updates given. We wish them a speedy recovery.On the fourth Thursday this month will have a program byDiane Kessel Knight about the function and activities of ourinternational Rotary Foundation. Therefore, we will not havecommittee meetings that day.Golf Tournament—Bruce Carmichael reported they have$8,000 pledged by the sponsors he named. We are half wayto the goal.Thor said dues letters will be mailed to us. We must tell himas soon as possible if we will renew or not so the board canbudget for next year. Our club finances are very tight and amajor portion of our dues go to our International, so ourbudgeting is a challenge.

Happy Money

Marsha Yelick was happy that Greg Jurgens housed her andeight neighbors at his Quality Inn, free, during the siege onher street. She gave a sizable check to Happy Money whichis for community grants.Virgil Holtgrewe is happy for his 62nd wedding anniversary.Greg Jurgens donated $50 to thank all his duck volunteers.Jim Austin was happy that all were safe who worked the riverwith him for the Duck Race. Only one person fell in.Bill Sohms said the fake ducks actually gave us morepublicity.Dana Fritz thanked her volunteers at the Duck Merchandisetable. They sold $1,300 of duck stuff!

ProgramScott Thompson introduced our speaker, Dr. James Pickering,Historian Laureate of Estes Park. Dr. Pickering began, to recognizeour town’s Centennial, by speaking of the platting and incorporationof Estes Park. He then challenged us to identify the locations orevents in the historic slides he presented. He and Museum DirectorDerek Fortini commented on the photos.

Rob LudlumJune 24 Anniversaries

Virgil HoltgreweCarolMay 8 Madison CaseyMarty YochumMay 20 Jeff LiddleNannette ChisholmMay 21 Pete SumeyLoisMay 23 Dana FritzBillMay 28 Kathy GroesbeckAlan GroesbeckMay 28 Tom AndersonKathleenMay 28 Dave EvansBetsyJune 5 Jim AustinJeanJune 8 Longley ParkerJulieJune 10 Bill SolmsMarianne SolmsJune 13 Anne SlackGordonJune 15 Bruce BrownMarleneJune 17

Jim Pickering, May 11 speaker Submitted by Madison Casey, Scribe

Golf Tournament raises dollars for scholars

What’s better than playing 18 holes of golf on a course withbreathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains? Knowing that every driveand putt provides college scholarships for Estes Park seniors. The 21st Annual Rotary Scholarship Benefit Golf Tournament, slatedfor Saturday, June 24, hopes to raise money for three academicscholarships, which will be awarded in May 2018. “The Rotary Club of Estes Park believes that our high school seniorsare our future. We want to invest in their success and help thembecome tomorrow’s leaders,” said Golf Tournament Chairman BruceCarmichael.

Register Now! The golf tournament partners with Salute to Americana, the Shred-A-Thon, and the Rotary Foundation to raise $24,000 for three, four-yearacademic scholarships awarded annually to local graduates. “As any parent knows, college costs have outpaced inflation for manyyears. It’s critical that we all support our students to relieve some ofthe financial burden on our families,” Carmichael said. Through this tournament, The Stanley Hotel also funds a $2,500scholarship open to students planning to study hotel or restaurantmanagement, hospitality or wellness. To register, download forms posted on the Estes Park Rotary Clubwebsite at www.rotaryclubofestespark.org. Registration andsponsorship forms are also available at the Estes Park 18 Hole GolfCourse. Golfers with questions should call Bruce Carmichael at 303-946-6349. The $100 fee includes green fees, cart, participation gift and snacks.

Chip SproulCarolJune 18 Jack OverlyMaryJune 19 Ron GordonVivianJune 19 Jim WhiteJoanneJune 21 Bill LodgeLauraJune 25 Join Date

Bill SolmsMay 1, 198730 years Debbie DelaneyMay 1, 20143 years Staci GallowayMay 8, 20143 years Wayne AndersenMay 25, 200017 years Clark LuptonMay 27, 199918 years Lee MachinMay 31, 197344 years Thor HommeJune 4, 20098 years Rob CohenJune 7, 199027 years Jack BoatmanJune 11, 20152 years

Players with an annual 7-day membership at the Estes Park GolfCourse have a reduced registration fee of $65.

Rotary Quote of the Week

"I believe that every Rotarian should make an annual contributionto the Foundation, because it is our Foundation, and we are

ultimately responsible for its success - yet that doesn't mean that weshouldn't also encourage others to contribute. Telling others about

our work providing clean water and basic education, fightingdisease, and promoting peace helps drive interest in our Foundation

and clubs."

- Kaylan Banerjee, Rotary International Foundation Chairman

Executives & Directors

PresidentThor Homme President ElectKathy Groesbeck TreasurerLongley Parker SecretaryRita DuChateau Sergeant-at-ArmsRandy Skeie Past PresidentPete Sumey Club AdministrationKarol Rinehart Community ServiceRoger Thorp Fund DevelopmentKaren Thompson International ServiceDave Evans Membership

Jack DinsmoorJune 17, 199918 years Harry LivingstonJune 18, 199819 years Ron GordonJune 18, 199225 years Dmitri GalcovskiJune 19, 20143 years Claudine PerraultJune 29, 200611 years Jack VaughanJune 29, 200611 years

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