JoAnn Batey has served on t he Historic Stanley Home Foundation Board as President for three years prior to becoming Director. She was born in St. Alburns, New York. She and her husband David were married on August 11 and have a son named Brian. JoAnn has been Vice President and co-owner of Intercontinental Bearing Supply Company since its founding in 1981. JoAnn has been a resident of Estes Park since 2012 and has served as President of the Newcomers Club, Chair of the Estes Valley Recreation and Park District Seniors Advisory Committee, Vice President of the Meadowdale Hills Property Owners Association and member of the Estes Valley Recreation and Park District Foundation Board. She was also part of a successful election campaign to raise funds for Estes Park roads, trails and emergency communications, as well as a successful campaign to fund the Estes Valley Community Center.
Thursday’s presentation will cover:
8 minute Nick Molle video about Flora and FO Stanley
Brief summary of Flora and FO Stanley life themes covered in Historic Stanley Home Museum and Education Center tours
Brief summary of the Historic Stanley Home Foundation and the museum's accomplishments to date
Brief summary of future plans for the Museum and Education Center
Questions and answers
Our program this week will be held in person, but a Zoom link will be provided. Click on the link below to be admitted. Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 7985707369
Rotary Weekly Luncheon Place: American Legion Time: Lunch served from 11:30 - 12:00 Cost: $20 Parking: American Legion and the church only
Notes from the President
For the last few years we have not scheduled speakers for the 4th Thursdays, in order to allow committees to meet during our regular meeting time. I would like to revisit this with the club to determine if this schedule is still effective, worthwhile, and financially sensible. Keep in mind that we are obligated to pay the Legion for 20 meals each week that we meet, whether or not we have 20 people eating lunch at every meeting. The meetings on the 4th Thursdays have had much lower attendance than the first three meetings of each month. Please put some thought into this and be prepared to discuss it at a future meeting in August. I encourage you to share your opinions with me regarding this possible change, and look forward to weighing the pros and cons with each of you. You can either email me at Karen.EstesParkRotary@gmail.com or call me at 970-590-9942. Thanks. I look forward to hearing from you.
Cheers to Our Rotarian Nonagenarians
In Recognition of their Dedication to
Service Above Self
Plaque made by Pete Sinnott
This plaque was presented on President's Night to honor our members that are nonagenarians, 90 years of age or older, for their years of Service Above Self. There are five members in this special group: Virgil Holtgrewe, Harry Livingston, Lee Machin, Wayne Newsom and Jack Overly. Virgil joined November 1, 1959 or 64 years ago. Harry joined June 18, 1998 or 25 years ago. Lee joined May 31, 1973 or 50 years ago. Wayne joined January 10, 1980 or 43 years ago and Jack joined November 4, 1979 or 44 years ago. Between the five men, they have started RYLA, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, started the Duck Race, served as Rotary Presidents, designed programs for preschoolers, school age students and many fund raising projects for scholarships to present to our graduating high school seniors to assist them with the cost of higher education.
We hope this plaque will serve as a small reminder of their dedication to Rotary.
Meeting Notes for July 6, 2023
President Karen Thompson rang the bell at 12:00 PM.
Ben Van der Werf read the Invocation. President Karen led the Pledge of Allegiance.
New Member Induction: Annie Slack called Joann Batey forward for her induction ceremony. She was accompanied by Sponsor Jim Whiteneck and husband David Batey.
Jim Whiteneck, David & JoAnn Batey
Visiting Rotarian:
Richard Kimble
Maribel Hale
Guests of Rotarians:
Carol Whiteneck
Marilyn Maher.
Announcements:
Ron Gordon has attended zoom meetings of a club in Ukraine several times led by Andy Lenec who developed a solar panel conversion project,
He encourages us to attend at 10 AM Monday mornings.
Tara Moenning is distributing sign-up clipboards for members to volunteer for the Shred-A-Thon, and the Brad Fitch John Denver Tribute Concert.
Annie Slack reported that the social committee is working on a social event at the Lazy B on September 15.
Happy Money:
Bill Solms is happy that JoAnn Batey has joined our club.
Guy Van der Werf
thanked Dennis Gellhaus for his work as President.
He is also helping his daughter open her dental practice.
Annie Slack is happy Ron Gordon and Jim Whiteneck found their Rotary number in the Spoke.
Virgil Holtgrewe donated a dollar for Annie’s mystery number in the Spoke.
JoAnn Batey is happy to be a Rotarian.
Jim Whiteneck is happy that JoAnn is a Rotarian.
Richard Kimble is happy to be here.
Program:
Annie Slack introduced speaker Dave Boon and his program on RYLA.
Dave Boon speaking about RYLA
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
Adjournment:
President Karen closed her first club meeting as club president with the 4 way test.
Pete Sumey, scribe
Andy Lenec Project
Andy Lenec is currently providing a ZOOM meeting every Monday at 10 AM to speak to people in Ukraine. If you want to join in, you are most welcome.
Andy, son of a Ukranian refugee, developed a solar panel conversion project, from discarded solar panels, for recharging cell phones in a country whose power grid is unpredictable. Without cell phones, Ukranians are unable to communicate with each other or know when a missile attack is imminent.
July 10's meeting is described below:
On Monday our friend and young hero Denys Shevchenko will be our guest presenter. Den is from Chernihiv and I met him in 2017 when he was 15, a student and an active member of our English Club. We have stayed in touch and he has shared videos and pictures of his trips to Chernihiv when the war started to bring supplies and evacuate the elderly, and also some amazing footage from his apartment window in Kyiv recently. Den took the selfie above when I was giving a presentation at his school and he borrowed my camera. It's one my favorite pictures of all time! Please join us to hear from Den and see his photos and videos, and to get an update on Ukraine. We all share the responsibility of supporting our brave friends in Ukraine! Slava Ukraini! 6490975
The noon Rotary and Sunrise Rotary worked together to produce this float. Fun was had by all handing out candy to children and running to keep up with a very fast moving parade!!
Shred-A-Thon
August 12, 2023
Sheets to volunteer for the Shredathon and the Concert are circulating. Be sure to look for them next week.
Tara, Fundraising Chair
September 2, 2023
John Denver Tribute Concert
Brad Fitch
Support the concert by attending, encouraging your friends to attend, and being a sponsor.
In partnership with the Sunrise Rotary Club, we are trying to get 70 people signed up to go to the Lazy B on September 15. The cost is $40 per person for Rotary members. Please RSVP Annie Slack at anneslack@aol.com or (970) 231-6697. I would like everyone to prepay with a credit card so that I have a committed group to go. Please advise Karol and/or Gregg what the money is for. I have already requested the Lazy B save the date. Quentin Wedan has offered to contribute $20 for every person over 70 toward scholarships. Thanks for your attention and see you Thursday lunch. Bring your credit card.
The Social Committee: Bill Smith, Jim Whiteneck, Annie Slack
Final Numbers are In!
Duck Drop on May 6, 2023
The 2023 Estes Park Rotary Duck Race Festival raised a record $194,635 for 64 participating organizations. We also had a record 10,099 ducks in the water. Thanks to all who made this year’s duck race festival a big success!
Scott Robbins
Big Duck in Waiting
Iowa, the Tall Corn State
Longley Parker amongst the corn!
They used to say if corn was knee high by the 4th of July it would be a good crop. Guess it should be a good corn crop by the way it looks!! That is why Iowa is known as the “Tall Corn” State.
Positions are available for Membership Chair and Editor of the Spoke. Both jobs are so fun. You get to know new members and you can write stories about your fellow Rotarians! It only takes as much time as you chose to contribute. Contact either Annie Slack at anneslack@aol.com or Karen Thompson at karen.estesparkrotary@gmail.com if interested.
Link for President's Night Video
Have you been wishing you could have attended President's Night? Well, this year Mark Lee recorded the Program and Scott Thompson provided a link that should allow you to view the events of the night.
Do you know a Club Member who needs assistance? Maybe a ride to meetings, or just a phone call to keep in touch? Please contact Bill Smith 970-420-1033 or billsmithbronx1956@gmail.com.
Find Your Rotary Member Number
Do you know your member number? I will be inserting one member's number in the Spoke somewhere each week. If you find your number and let me know, I will add a dollar to the Happy Money jar. Have fun reading the Spoke!
Wayne Andersen 5220092 Thomas Anderson 346599 James Austin 6958602 Jack Boatman 9279850 Ruby Bode 8168496 Charles Bonza 6839699 Dale Bonza 6839696 David Boon 5867619 Madison Casey 6490975 Bruce Cohen 1725296 Jennifer Comstock 10574260 Jeremiah Connolly 6839701 Grant Delbecq 11562738 David Evans 6663716 Susan Fereday 8561826 Dana Fritz 1814993 Dmitri Galcovski 8911954 Thomas Gardner 6045747 A. Garrett 3404605 Dennis Gellhaus 10182692 Ronald Gordon 2013762 Kathy Groesbeck 8521676 Barry Hannigan 11386703 Jay Harroff 3412674 Gary Hazelton 5860401 Kristi Hazelton 5860402 Virgil Holtgrewe 408665 Thor Homme 8018288 James Jonell 11470902 Gregg Jurgens 8307709 Lee Lasson 5941281 Sandy Lasson 6717955 Mark Lee 10834848 Harry Livingston 973097
Lee Machin 407963 Thomas Maher 784282 Douglas Mann 9791222 Michelle Mann 10990380 Karen Lewis McClure 2193001 Tim McLemore 10069523 Philip Moenning 6839702 Tara Moenning 6839703 Tim Moore 11568407 Kevin Mullin 10349151 Gary Nelson 11627401 Wayne Newsom 407984 Jack Overly 346500 Longley Parker 5624562 Karol Rinehart 9204318 Scott Robbins 11310929 Carl Robicheaux 10536378 Brad Rosenbaum 8386818 Melvin Rueppel 6560812 Dawn Shields 11470900 Peter Sinnott 6663719 Anne Slack 5835137 William Smith 1225092 William Solms 9588515 Paul Sumey 6079926 Karen Thompson 9405357 Scott Thompson 6839709 Lawrence Trifiletti 11568412 Ben Van der Werf 11310928 Guy Van der Werf 2289971 Gladys Van Drie 3178980 Sarah Walsh 8591079 Elizabeth Weisberg 10834852 James Whiteneck 2299772 Donald Widrig 5285669 Lawrence Williams 6560813
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