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Rotary Club of Casper

April 2023

 
Welcome back to our monthly member bulletin. Find out who our upcoming speakers are, what we covered during the last month's meetings, read about what the Board is up to, and more.

April Speakers

Our April 3rd speaker fell ill with COVID and was unable to present. 

On April 11th we heard from Sara Miller about education for the children at the School of Hope in Jocotenango.

On April 17th we held our annual meeting. 

On April 24th we heard from Lindsay Tempest, the Executive Director of Interfaith of Natrona County. 

April Students of the Month

Congratulations to our April Students of the Month, including:

  • Nolan Honecker from NCHS
  • Karli Woodruff from KWHS
  • Skylee Gangwish from RHS

New Red and Blue Badge Members

Welcome to new Red Badge Members:

  • Lance Porter (April 3)
  • Stacey Zeidler (April 10)
  • Kyle True (April 10)
  • Kris Katzmann (April 10)
  • Danny Smith (April 24)
Congratulations to new Blue Badge Members:
  • Carrie Donovan (April 24)
  • Sandra Materi (April 24)
  • Janel Florquist (April 24)

Classification Talks

The following members gave their classification talks this month:

  • Jonathan Ross (April 3)
  • Janel Florquist (April 10)
 

Paul Harris Awards

Congratulations to the following members for their Paul Harris contributions:

  • Errol Miller
  • Gena Jensen
  • Fred Feth
  • Mike Turner
  • Larry King +2
  • Mike Howe +3 
    Becky Byron +5
  • Glenn Januska +5
  • Casey Allison +6
  • John Jorgensen +8
  • Steve Loftin +8
  • Rick Reinman +8
  • Tasma Powers accepting for the late Susie Mcmurry
  • And a very Unique but well-deserved Wendy Allen who does so much for our club and is not a member.

May Speakers

On May 1st we met at the Casper Natrona County International Airport and heard from members about past and upcoming projects that are funded by the Duck Derby.

On May 8th we heard from Linda Dewitt, State Asbestos Program Coordinator about the Wyoming Asbestos Program.

On May 15th, Mike Smith will give us an update on the University of Wyoming.

On May 22nd we'll hear from Traci or Abby about the Rotary-sponsored Tanzania Orphanage. 

There will be NO MEETING on May 29th due to the Memorial Day holiday. 

Save the Dates

It's not too late! The District Conference is June 8-10 in Estes Park. You can get an application from President Miamie Sleep. To reserve a room you will email Dave True's assistant, Wendie Allen. As a reminder, our club pays for your hotel and registration. The great thing about going to the District Conference is you will get to meet other like-minded Rotarians, make new friends, get ideas, and learn new stuff.
 
The Rotary Clubs of Casper are sponsoring a screening of member Ross Schriftman's short drama film "My Million Dollar Mom" on May 17th at the Casper Senior Center at 5:30 pm. There will also be a discussion about dementia, caregiving, and planning. 
The 13th Annual Rotary Cares Golf Tournament is on Saturday, July 15th at Three Crowns Golf Course. Let$ Play it Foreward - proceeds benefit Eradicate Malaria and Eradiate Polio. We'd love to have you participate on a team or as a sponsor. Please reach out to Peaches or Anthony to learn how you can help make this year's event even more successful. 
 
The Rotary Club of Casper Great Duck Derby will be on Saturday, August 19th from 12 noon to 5 pm at Crossroads Adventure Park. Members are each allocated one packet of 10 tickets that we encourage you to sell. Interested parties may also purchase tickets online by scanning the QR code on the back of the yellow ticket. All proceeds from Duck Derby stay in our local Natrona County community. This year's proceeds will go to upgrading Adventure Playground at Crossroads Park with ADA-accessible equipment. We'll also be upgrading playground equipment at Sunny Acres Park in Mills. Contact Sabrina with any questions, suggestions, or to help sponsor the event. 

Minutes from the April 17, 2023 Annual Meeting

Meeting was at the Casper International Airport
President Mimaie Sleep rang the bell at 12:10 pm and welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Marie Wardenski gave the Pledge and inspiration.
Greeter was John Kornkven
John Kornkven introduced and welcomed all guests
 
 
Family Of Rotary –
Dan Odell- announced that Rebecca Reeves had a baby boy.
Bill Degraeve- announced a few fellow members were awarded and recognized from Meals on Wheels, such as Percy Anderson and Tony Valdez and spouses.
 
Rotarians of the week-
Miamie Sleep nominated many Rotarians she first thanked the nominating committee for helping with the applications for open board positions which included Mike Howe, Dan Odell and Susan Griffith.
Glenn Januska- nominated Shelby Watson and Lori Klatt for setting up the meeting at the airport.
 
Announcements.
Dan Odell announced the rotary social is next Tuesday and location is TBA.
Hal Hutchinson- announced Hwy clean up is set for May 25th and needs volunteers.
 
ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES  04/17/2023
 
President Miamie Sleep started with opening remarks which moved directly into the board of directors 2023-2024 term applications of board openings. She asked for a motion to start the annual meeting in  which Dan Odell motioned seconded by John Griffith. Vote: all in favor. Motion passed
Next, President Miamie Sleep asked for a motion to accept the 2022 Annual minutes, Bill Degraeve motioned to accept the minutes, seconded by John Griffith. Vote: all in favor. Motion passed.
 
Treasurer report: Glenn Januska
A discussion was held regarding the 990 reports, no motion needed for this report.
 
President Miamie Sleep spoke on the four open board seats which includes,
1. The One Year Term seat
2. Secretary Seat
3. Project seat
4. The Line of Succession (PEN)
for these positions these applications were chosen:
The one-year term seat: Greyson Buckingham
Secretary seat: Nicole Tholson 
Project seat: Mike Morrissey
The Line of Succession (PEN): Chastidy Greenwood
President Miamie Sleep asked the membership to make a motion to approve this selection.
Lisa Scroggins made a motion to select the above following to fill the board seat of the one term seat which was Greyson Buckingham with Mike Stepp seconding with no discussion had moved into - Vote: All in favor. Motion passed.  Second seat that was voted on was the secretary seat which was Nicole Tholson. Anthony Martinez made the motion seconded by John Griffith with no discussion moved into Vote: All in favor. Motion passed. Third seat project seat which was Mike Morrissey, Mark Owens made a motion seconded by Glenn Januska with no discussion moved into Vote: All in favor. Motion passed. Fourth seat which was Chastidy Greenwood for PEN motion was made by John Griffith seconded by Anthony Martinez with no discussion moved into Vote: All in favor. Motion passed.
 
President Miamie Sleep than welcomed all the new board members and asked them to stand for the 2023-2024 year.
 
Mike Lougee took the podium and spoke on the behalf of the Bylaw committee which included the wording of adding that ex officio as non-voting members which are the treasurer, secretary, the historian and editor, Anthony Martinez motioned to add those lines and wording to clarify that in the bylaws, seconded by Mike Stepp. Vote all in favor. Motion passed. Secondly, Mike Lougee spoke on Article 111 in the bylaws and changing the wording on the line of succession PEN position. Anthony Martinez motioned to accept the change to Article 111 seconded by John Griffith. Vote all in favor. Motion passed.
 
President Miamie Sleep finished with some closing remarks and handed Incoming President Dan Odell the mic to announce next week’s meeting.
 
President Miamie Sleep rang the bell and ended the meeting at: 12:54 pm
 
Respectfully submitted by:  Chastidy Greenwood Club Secretary.
Minutes from Recent Meetings
 
Catch up on everything you may have missed from past meetings with the online archive of minutes. Click "Read the Minutes" below or visit rotaryclubofcasper.org

Have Suggestions or Feedback?

We want to hear from you. Have a person or business that you'd like to recommend to speak at an upcoming meeting? Have feedback on the meetings that you'd like to share? Let us know. Please share your comments with President Miamie Sleep
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Michael Turner
May 2
 
Janel Florquist
May 3
 
Glenn Januska
May 4
 
Jennifer Sandler
May 4
 
Dick Wimbish
May 5
 
Guy DeWitt
May 8
 
Jason DeWitt
May 11
 
Connie Brezik
May 12
 
Rod Aaker
May 12
 
Bill DeVore
May 13
 
Jim McKenna
May 17
 
Gunars Hvastkovs
May 18
 
Vickery Fales Hall
May 21
 
Denise Prugh
May 28
 
Spouse Birthdays
Chris Cline
May 10
 
Kolleen McKenna
May 21
 
Lois Feth
May 22
 
Scott Sandler
May 22
 
Anna DeWitt
May 27
 
Anniversaries
Greg Brondos
Sharon Brondos
May 7
 
Phillip Rael
Rebecca Rael
May 10
 
Brown Ewing
Angela Ewing
May 20
 
Bill DeGraeve
Chrisa DeGraeve
May 23
 
Fred Feth
Lois Feth
May 26
 
Vickery Fales Hall
Bryant Hall
May 26
 
Jackie Hotle
David Blair
May 30
 
Join Date
Chuck Hawley
May 2, 2005
18 years
 
Gena Jensen
May 6, 2020
3 years
 
Berton Toews
May 7, 2003
20 years
 
Jack Swanson
May 9, 2005
18 years
 
Charlene Canada
May 13, 2019
4 years
 
Kyle Gamroth
May 15, 2017
6 years
 
Robert Barnard
May 15, 1957
66 years
 
Guy DeWitt
May 17, 2010
13 years
 
Deb Theriault
May 18, 1992
31 years
 
Joe MacGuire
May 21, 2012
11 years
 
Rod Aaker
May 21, 2001
22 years
 
Ashley Vondra
May 24, 2021
2 years
 
Laurie Morgan
May 24, 2021
2 years
 
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