As a child, Dick Baggett grew up listening to stories by his parents, uncles and aunts about World War II – both Europe and Asia. In college he majored in history and psychology. He has maintained his interest in history throughout his life. Dick has read the biographies of most of the political and military leaders of World War II. Additionally, he has read about most of the major land, air and sea battles. He has read all of the published volume works of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
His interest in the Pacific and Asian theaters was heightened when he was in the United States Air Force and served in Vietnam, Thailand and Laos.
During the past few years he has developed a particular interest in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo -- the first offensive action by the United States following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Dick has met and interviewed representatives of five of the sixteen B-25 crews that flew off the U. S. S. Hornet to attack five cities in Japan. From his research and personal visits with these people he has developed a riveting story about the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and the crews who flew the mission.
Dick's reason for sharing the story of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo is to remind his audiences that the freedom we enjoy today was previously purchased at great sacrifice by others.
Richard "Dick" Baggett is a Past District Governor of Rotary District 5840.
Meeting Highlights – July 28, 2016
President Thor opened the meeting promptly at 12 noon. The invocation was provided by Jeff Liddle, song and pledge led by Dave Evans, and guest introductions Dave Evans.
Announcements
The 4th Annual Rotary Club of Estes Park Peach Sale is underway. The peaches are fresh, juicy, fancy grade directly from the grower and are only $45 a box. Sale order forms are available at meetings and from Karen Thompson. All orders must be received by August 12th. Questions? Call Karen Thompson at 970-590-9942.
President Thor performed the second reading of three for the office of President Elect. Nominated is Kathy Groesbeck for the 2017-2018 term. There were no nominations from the floor.
Dmitri Galcovski, Youth and Education Director has announced our incoming exchange student from Denmark – Sander Andersen. Sander will be in need of a ride going to Rotary and getting back to school. If you can provide transportation for Sander, please contact Dmitri.
The 2017-2018 Nomination Committee was announced and includes the following Rotarians: Scott Thompson, Kathy Groesbeck, Pete Sinnott, Virgil Holt, and Ron Gordon.
Rotary Club dues statements were sent out in June. There are 23 members who have yet to submit their dues payment. Rita will send out another notice, but dues must be paid so that we know what monies we have the budget year.
Meeting Location
Discussion centered on a new location for our club to meet. Several different places were discussed and these included – The Roadway Inn, which has a commercial kitchen, and the Presbyterian Church. Other locations are being looked into; however, we will need to make a decision soon.
Tip Jar
The tip jar was passed around to all members to contribute. These monies are given to the staff who lunch support to our club.
Happy Money
Rob Ludlum was happy to be celebrating his 87th birthday
David VanWert was happy to be celebrating his 64th wedding anniversary
Pete Sumey was happy to be back from vacation – touring the Oregon coastline.
Randy Skeie was happy to be celebrating his 88th birthday
Pat and Wayne Newsom were happy because their granddaughter was accepting into the Naval Academy.
Dave Evans was happy that his granddaughter was accepted into the University of Denver.
Roger Thorpe was happy that he won two gold medals in his age class in a recent race event.
Program
The program was “What Happens When a Marine, a Ranger and an Artist Join Forces? The Warrior StoryField is a collaborative sculpture project with a core mission of exploring what it takes to bring warriors home from war. The team is comprised of veterans and civilians working in the community to create a large sculpture park to be called the Warrior StoryField.
Submitted by Kerrie Hill, scribe
Posted by Rita DuChateau
July 28 meeting photos
Assistant Governor Ron Randle was a special guest.
Happy Birthday, Rob! Keep smiling.
Happy Birthday, Randy! Thanks for joining the club board as Sergeant-at-Arms.
Very proud grandparent of a military academy student.
To Scotland he shall go, to check on a grandchild's college progress!
This lady did it all Thursday: scribe and program introduction.
A Golden Book named Thor honored our veteran and artist presenters.
Posted by Dmitri Galcovski
Ride to Rotary needed for our exchange student
All club members recently received information about our incoming exchange student for the 2016-17 Rotary year, Sander Andersen, from Denmark. I hope you are as excited as I am to welcome Sander to Estes Park and to our Club.
I’m confident that this experience and the opportunity that our club provides will forever impact Sander’s life as well as the life of those that will get to know Sander here in Estes Park. I truly believe that having Sander present at our regular meetings will further enrich his experience. We are in desperate need of volunteers to help pick up Sander from school and bring him to our noon meetings. Please let me or Susan Fereday know if you are interested in helping out.
I hope you will find an opportunity to thank Susan Fereday for continued dedication and support of the Exchange Program. She spends countless hours coordinating inbound and outbound program with the district, host families, and other parties.
Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional information about the Exchange program.
Posted by Tara Moenning
Thanks from a 2012 scholarship recipient
Scholarship Committee Chair Tara Moenning recently received this letter from a scholarship recipient and wanted to share it with the club as a reminder of the great work we do for students.
Hi Tara,
I just wanted to write you and express my appreciation and gratitude for the scholarship that has been provided to me the past four years. I have to say, the money was a very large contribution to my success in school. I am still working for the Atmospheric Chemistry department doing research centered on sources and concentrations of nitrogen in Northern Colorado. I am hoping to be accepted into their graduate program and continue with my education. Until then, I have one more year of credits to be eligible for my undergrad degree and my American Chemical Society certification. Without your scholarship, I could not have reached the point that I have here at CSU. At CSU I am setting myself up for the future and I cannot thank you enough for the contribution to my journey.
I was not able to complete my credits for graduation this year; however, I am enthusiastic about completing by next spring. The biggest circumstance for needing the extra year for my undergrad stemmed from my hearing loss. In order to get good grades, I had to take less classes than my peers. Part of that had to do with my inability to have access to certain learning tools such as youtube videos. (Have you tried the audio-captions?!?) The captions are essentially useless, to be blunt. Those kinds of things, like being able to watch youtube videos instead of reading 30 pages from a textbook, goes a long way to speeding up the learning process. In the past couple of years, I've learned that my best resource is my professors themselves. I spent (spend) a lot of time tracking down my teachers and spending extra time with them to ensure that I get the same amount of understanding from the materials as my peers do. Unfortunately, that still wasn't enough to finish my credits under the same timing that my peers did and I find myself gearing up for one more year! That being said, I've been looking into applying for scholarships to try and get through the finances of this last year for my undergrad but no such luck yet. I am not giving up despite the discouragement an extra year brings financially and mentally. Come spring 2017 I will be graduating with my Chemistry degree. I day I very much look forward to because it represents an accomplishment that not many deaf people can achieve. Thank you for helping me in this accomplishment. :)
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
-Evie Bangs
Rotary Quote of the Week
Rotary club meetings offer the type of genuine social connection that triggers our bodies to release oxytocin, the so-called happiness hormone, and reduce levels of cytokines, pro-inflammatory proteins that signal the immune system to work harder and are often associated with poor health and depression. In fact, data from the Gallup[Helathways Well-Being Index show that adults who volunteer and receive recognition for community involvement have higher overall well-being scores and experience less stress than their peers.
-The Rotarian, August 2016 "Reasons to Love Rotary Right Now"
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