This week's program:Cultivating Local Food from Plant to Plate
Kayann Short, Ph.D., will speak on Thursday, May 21, at the Rotary Club of Estes Park. Dr. Short will examine choices facing small-scale food proponents in the shift to sustainable agriculture.
A writer, farmer, teacher and activist, her talk will include selections from “A Bushel’s Worth: An Ecobiography,” a memoir of Stonebridge Farm, the 10-acre, organic farm she and her partner, Dr. John Martin, operate outside Lyons, Colorado.
Her recent book is an ecology-based memoir of reunion with her family’s farming past and a call to action for local farmland preservation. Published by Torrey House Press, “A Bushel’s Worth” is a Rocky Mountain Land Library selection. A former award-winning teacher at the University of Colorado, she teaches writing to students and community organizations and offers writing retreats in a renovated granary at Stonebridge Farm.
The Estes Park Sister Cities group, led by Board President President Nick Molle, was the topic of the May 14 program. Nick shared his passion for the organization, its history and benefits, as well as his appreciation for the natural beauty of Monteverde.
Club Member Claudine Perrault traveled with Sister Cities to Monteverde to assist in establishing the region's first public library in May 2014.
May 14 meeting notes
The meeting was called to order by President Brad who also offered the invocation. Dave Evans led us in the pledge preceded by a song. Guests were introduced by Bruce Brown, and Sojourner David VanWert was welcomed back.
Announcements
Dave Evans declared Tara Moenning the raffle winner.
Chuck Bonza announced the Farmers Market will start for the season on 6/4. He will have a sign up in the back of the room and encouraged everyone to volunteer....we have a lot of spaces to fill.
Bruce Carmichael announced the Rotary Golf Tournament will be on 6/27.
Tara Moenning thanked all the volunteers at the Very cold and snowy Shred-a-Thon...the net for the day was $2263.35.
Tara also reported on the Wednesday night awarding of scholarships to Estes Park seniors...Rotary gave a total of $36,500 to eleven awardees. A total of $118,000 was given out.
Scott Thompson thanked all who supported him in the Mr. Estes Park pageant.
Brad announced there will be a three club social event on 6/6 and asked all to save the date.
Happy Money
David VanWert, Nick Molle, President Brad, Madison Casey and Virgil Holtgrewe all contributed.
Program
Scott Thompson introduced Claudine Perrault who introduced our speaker, Nick Molle. Following the program, Nick and Claudine signed a book, "Rain Forest Colors" to be given to the Library.
The Ernie Altick Fellowship program was established by the Rotary Club of Estes Park Foundation in 1987 to recognize Rotarians and other individuals who contribute a minimum of $500 to the Rotary Club of Estes Park Foundation. This program was established in honor of Ernie Altick: Rotary Club President, Rotary District Governor, YMCA leader and Estes Park civic leader. For those interested in learning more about the Ernie Altick Fellowship program, additional material will be available and presented in future Rotary Club meetings.
One of several ways to contribute to the Foundation and obtain "Ernie Altick credit" is through purchase of Estes Park Duck Race Adoption Forms that are marked for the Foundation. In order to encourage as broad a credit as possible, we need the help of Rotary Club members. In the next few meetings, a list of Adoption forms marked for the Foundation will be available in the back of the meeting room for members to examine, along with the criteria for Ernie Altick credit. To minimize meeting time taken, only an announcement will be made, and a Foundation Trustee will be available to answer questions.
This year's Rotary scholarship award winners were recognized for achievement in academics, the arts, and scouting and will attend a variety of universities, community colleges and vocational schools. Congratulations to all! The students were honored last Wednesday by Tara Moenning, scholarship committee chairperson, and Brad Rosenbaum, Rotary Club of Estes Park President. Photo courtesy of The Estes Park News.
Rita DuChateau
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Rotary Quote of the Week
Rotarians are your neighbors, your community leaders and some of the world’s greatest history-makers:
Warren G. Harding, U.S. president; Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer; Dr. Charles H. Mayo, co-founder of Mayo Clinic;
Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor of the wireless radio and Nobel laureate; Thomas Mann, German novelist and Nobel laureate; Friedrich Bergius, German chemist and Nobel laureate; Admiral Richard E. Byrd, American explorer; Jan Masaryk, foreign minister of Czechoslovakia; H.E. Soleiman Frangieh, president of Lebanon; Dianne Feinstein, U.S. senator;
Manny Pacquaio, Filipino world-champion boxer and congressman; Richard Lugar, U.S. senator; Frank Borman, American astronaut; Edgar A. Guest, American poet and journalist; Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish entertainer; Franz Lehar, Austrian composer; Lennart Nilsson, Swedish photographer; James Cash Penney, founder of JC Penney Co.; Carlos Romulo, UN General Assembly president; and Sigmund Sternberg, English businessman and philanthropist.
-https://www.rotary.org/en/about-rotary/history
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Marsha Yelick
May 1
Tara Moenning
May 3
Jack Vaughan
May 6
Tom Anderson
May 10
Rob Cohen
May 14
Sue Fereday
May 17
Clark Lupton
May 20
Brad Rosenbaum
May 22
Dmitri Galcovski
May 24
Gladys Van Drie
May 24
Scott Thompson
May 27
Spouse Birthdays
Phil DuChateau
May 27
Anniversaries
Virgil Holtgrewe
Carol
May 8
Madison Casey
Marty Yochum
May 20
Jeff Liddle
Nannette Chisholm
May 21
Bob Hamblin
Joyce
May 23
Pete Sumey
Lois
May 25
Dana Fritz
Bill
May 28
Kathy Groesbeck
Alan Groesbeck
May 28
Tom Anderson
Kathleen
May 28
Join Date
Al Sager
May 1, 1985
30 years
Deborah Delaney
May 1, 2014
1 year
Jack Ford
May 4, 2006
9 years
Staci Galloway
May 8, 2014
1 year
Ron Kuhns
May 22, 1997
18 years
Wayne Andersen
May 25, 2000
15 years
Clark Lupton
May 27, 1999
16 years
Lee Machin
May 31, 1973
42 years
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