Rotarian Bob Brunson, 98 years old, died at his Good Samaritan Village apartment on Thursday August 8, 2019. Bob was born in Abilene, KS June 2, 1921. He joined The Rotary Club of Estes Park on March 27, 2003, with the Classification of Project Engineer. His sponsors were Walt Richardson and Jack Endacott. Bob received the Rotarian of the Year Award in 2013. Service arrangements are pending.
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Posted by Guy Van der Werf
Thursday's program
The life of a football referee
Jon Bible, football referee and current SEC instant replay official, will be speaking to the Rotary Club of Estes Park on Thursday, Aug. 15, at their regular noon meeting. His presentation will focus on how football referees prepare for SEC football games. Please note the Rotary Club of Estes Park’s new meeting location at Nicky’s Restaurant.
Bible will discuss how referees prepare throughout the year and are evaluated, some philosophies in calling fouls, and controversial areas such as catch vs. incomplete pass. In addition, he will review the complexity of the rule book.
John Bible
His professional officiating included stints in the NFL, NFL Europe, and the United Football League. His collegiate officiating has included the Big XII Conference and the Southwest Conference. On-field post-season has included the BCS 2007 National Championship, the Division I 1992 National Championship, five Big XII Championship Games, and the Holiday Bowl twice, Outback Bowl, Aloha Bowl, Peach/Chick-fil-A Bowl 5 times and Poinsettia Bowl. Instant replay post-season has included the BCS 2018 Semi-final (Cotton Bowl), SEC Championship Game, and the Holiday Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl.
Furthermore, he has extensive experience as a baseball umpire, both professional umpiring and collegiate umpiring. He was chosen as the U.S. representative for the 1988 Olympics and the 1987 Pan American Games.
A Professor of Business Law, he is a Professor Emeritus at Texas State University. Married to Carolyn, he spends time in both Texas and Colorado.
Posted by Madison Casey
August 8 meeting notes
President Doug Mann called the meeting to order. He announced that our District Governor Chris Woodruff is coming to our meeting on August 22, so urged us to attend. Invocation was given by Karol Rinehart. Song was led by Dave Evans and Madison Casey doing “Give My Regards to Broadway”. Followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Introductions were led by Tom Maher: Visiting Rotarians: We welcomed sojourner Nick Nail from Broken Arrow, OK. Jim Whiteneck is transferring to our club from his prior home in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Dr. Aaron Florence, our speaker today, is a member of Sunrise. Frank Haines attended with his wife Patricia and son Mark. Dave & June Boon were here from Fort Collins having just finished leading another successful RYLA camp. Guest of Rotarians was Chloe Burke, one of our scholarship winners, and Claudine Perrault’s daughter. Karen Thompson delivered the joke of the day in Scott’s absence.
Announcements
Rita DuChateau introduced Chloe Burke, one of our scholarship winners. Chloe thanked us for her award and said she was going to Lewis & Clark College to study journalism and humanities to work in a field that helps people.
Farmers’ Market staffing is now going well, Dave Evans reported, and he named the volunteers.
Bill Solms presented Karen Thompson with her new member sponsor pin for bringing us Jennifer Comstock who is already very active in our club.
President Doug read a letter from Jim White saying good bye, that he was retiring from our club, having joined us in 1988, and being in Rotary for many years before moving here.
Happy Money was numerous and large! Thanks to our members for these gifts to our Rotary Foundation!
Lee & Sandy Lasson were monumentally happy that Sandy had recovered from a rattlesnake bite and Lee was declared cured of prostate cancer after his last treatment. Sandy’s was a close call to get treatment in time and Lee urged the men to get their PSA test that saved him. They wanted to “pay it forward” and donated $100!
Karen Thompson was happy to have gone to Alaska on their daughter’s honeymoon! It turns out the Thompsons had booked their trip first and the rest followed. As it happened, they stayed with a Rotarian there who ran their Duck Race!
Bill Solms was happy for Sandy’s recovery.
Richard Kimple was happy for his 50thanniversary and gave $50!
Dave Boone was happy to have survived leading Young RYLA after a week with 144 8thgraders! His wife June was here today too and she chaired the camp in its 18thyear. Susan Fereday of our club was a senior counselor. Dave thanked Virgil Holtgrewe of our club for being a founder of RYLA. Our club sponsored two youth.
Chloe Burke was happy to have gone on a graduation trip with her dad to Iceland, and she put some money in the cup to “pay it forward”.
Jennifer Comstock was happy that Matt had successfully climbed Longs Peak yesterday.
Ron Gordon was happy for the Lasson’s recovery and for our speaker today, Dr. Florence, who has fixed Ron’s injuries too numerous to list here.
Tom Maher wanted to do the Welcome Song today, but Madison and the audience were not prepared. Madison promised to re-learn it by next week. Everyone, study #1 in our song book.
Jim Whiteneck was happy for his 45thwedding anniversary and contributed $45!
Karen Thompson said Friendship Card sales are going well and available here.
Program
Kevin Mullin introduced Dr. Aaron Florence, orthopedic surgeon at Estes Park Health. Dr. Florence gave us a comprehensive review of his background, the services of his department that he started in 2010, and also the new doctors and services available at EP Health overall.
Madison Casey, scribe and Rita Duchateau, photographer
Membership Application - James (Jim) Whiteneck
At the Tuesday, August 6 Club Board Meeting, Jim Whiteneck's application for transfer of club membership was reviewed and approved. Trudy Collar will serve as Jim's sponsor.
Jim moved to Estes Park In June, but began annual visits in 1959 and honeymooned here in1974. He is a six-year member of the Ft. Smith, Arkansas Rotary Club where he became a Paul Harris Fellow. He recently retired from a career as a cardiovascular, thoracic and transplant surgeon. A native of Oklahoma, Jim earned an undergraduate degree Oklahoma State University, followed by degrees and fellowships from Oklahoma University College of Medicine, Vanderbilt and Washington University. His career was mainly spent in Tulsa. Jim has extensive experience on professional, civic and business boards. He and Carol celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary August 10. They have four children and six grandchildren. Jim is a Navy veteran.
Dr. James Whiteneck
If you have comments or questions, please contact Membership Chairman Trudy Collar or President Doug Mann. According to club bylaws, if there are no objections within seven days of publication, the applicant shall be considered elected to membership.
New meeting location: Nicky's!
Our club has moved to anew meeting location. This week's meeting and all future meetings will be at Nicky's Steakhouse, 1350 Fall River Rd. No R.S.V.P. is necessary. You may choose from three food options on Thursday: full lunch buffet with beverage and dessert included ($15), beverage only ($5), or beverage and dessert ($9).
Farmers Market: show your Rotary spirit
Our Community Service has begun at the Farmers Market every Thursday morning in Bond Park, and you are invited to be a part of it. We need a couple of volunteers each Thursday. The market is open through 1 p.m. so you will get meeting credit if you work at the market during the Rotary meeting. This effort keeps Rotary in front of people we know in Estes - and the visitors.
If you are interested in volunteering you can think of it in one long shift or two shifts from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm on Thursdays. While helping with parking or loading where we can; the best part is ambassadorial by smiling and making the vendors and attendees to the market feel welcome in the Estes Park way. Contact Dave Evans, Chuck Bonza or Trudy Collar to volunteer.
Meet our 2019 scholars
Give to our Foundation while you shop!
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Choose the charitable organization by typing in Estes Park Rotary Foundation. Our club and the Longs Peak club will come up in the search. Click on Estes Park Rotary Foundation.
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Rotary Quote of the Week
"Don’t be afraid to invite people who share your values to join you in Rotary. This year, I would really like to see significant, positive change in our District membership. There is more need than ever for what Rotary brings to the world. It is our job to get new Rotarians connected.
Get out of your comfort zone and try something in Rotary that you have never done before. Maybe it is coming to an Assembly or District Conference, or even an International Convention. Get busy with service projects in your community. Get involved with young people, visit RYLA, help out with an exchange student, support Interact in your schools and look for ways to promote and support Rotaract in your community."
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