Diane Knight, a fellow Rotarian, will speak at the Rotary Club of Estes Park on Thursday, May 25, at the regular noon meeting. Knight’s talk is called “A Light in the Darkness.”
A chance encounter at a Rotary Meeting led Diane to a life changing trip to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and sparked her passion for our Rotary Foundation. Diane is a third-generation Rotarian who joined Rotary in Addison, Texas in 1990. She has been a member of Rotary clubs in Naperville, IL, Golden and Fort Collins Breakfast. She has served as President of both the Golden and Fort Collins clubs. In addition, she served as District Governor in 2004-2005. She is a Major Donor to the Rotary Foundation and member of the Paul Harris Society and Rotary International Foundation Bequest Society.
Diane Knight
Knight also led a GSE Team to Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1998. Additionally, she has a passion for RYLA and has been active in three International RYLA conferences. In August 2002, she chaired the first “Young RYLA” program for middle school students. She loves to train and has trained Presidents at Presidents Elect Training (PETS), incoming Governors Elect and Nominees at Zone Institutes, and Governors Elect from around the world at the International Assembly in San Diego in 2010 and 2011.
For her dedication to Rotary, Knight was honored with Rotary International’s Service Above Self Award in 2002.
Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders who provide humanitarian service and help to build goodwill and peace in the world. There are 1.2 million Rotary members in 34,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Rotary clubs have been serving communities worldwide for more than a century. Rotary clubs around the world initiate projects that address critical issues such as conflict resolution, hunger, poverty, disease and illiteracy.
The Rotary Club of Estes Park meets Thursdays at the Rodeway Inn in Estes Park, located at 1701 North Lake Avenue on Highway 34 just west of Dry Gulch Road. Visitors interested in learning more about Rotary and its programs are welcome to attend. Buffet is served at 11:30 a.m., the Rotary business meeting opens at noon, and the program begins at 12:30 p.m.
Club awards $35,000 in scholarships May 17
Under the leadership of Tara Moenning, the Rotary Club of Estes Park Scholarship Committee reviewed applications from high school seniors and selected candidates for follow-up interviews, which were conducted over two days. Following deliberations with other scholarship organizations, the committee agreed on 12 winners of 2017 scholarships. The students received their awards May 17 at the high school. Of $100,000 awarded to our high school students this year, $35,000 came from our club. We awarded three, four-year academic scholarships and several memorial awards named for former club members.
Scholarship Committee Chair Tara Moenning and Club President Thor Homme with the scholarship winners
"We can be very proud of the efforts that the Rotary Club puts into the scholarships for our high school graduates," Tara said.
The scholars will join us for lunch this week. Please congratulate them and wish them continued success. Invite them to visit in the future and to consider becoming Rotarians!
Our 2017 scholarship winners
Academic Scholarships-$8,000 over 4 years: Aspen Turner, Luke Soguero and Olivia Reins
Archibald Memorial Scholarship-$1,000:Piper Lasota
Carver Family Vocational Scholarship-$2,000 over 2 yrs: Renee Conley
Prochaska Vocational Memorial Scholarship-$1,000: Janet Rojas
Hagemeister Memorial Scholarship Eagle Scout-$2,000: Connor Flanery
Hagemeister Memorial Scholarship-$1,000 each: Kathryn Carnell and Jacob Louk
Kuhns Memorial Scholarship-$1,000: Caden Brown
Hazlitt Memorial Scholarship-$1,000: Sarah Weeks
Hamblin Memorial Scholarship-$1,000: Theodore Dumont
May 18, 2017 Meeting Notes: Snow Day!
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May 11, 2017 Meeting Notes
President Thor Homme called the meeting to order. Scott Thompson gave the invocation. Dave Evans led us in singing “America the Beautiful”, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Gene Oja led guest introductions. We welcomed Mel Rueppel from Sunrise Rotary. Dana Fritz introduced her guest, Barbara Floyd. Scott Thompson introduced Lea Hemphill. Guests with our program speaker today from the Estes Park Museum were Derek Fortini, Director, and Jessica Michak, Curator of Collections.
Presentation Scott Thompson and Big Duck Greg Jurgens presented the Duck Race memorabilia on the table to the Estes Park Museum’s Derek Fortini and Jessica Michak. Also involved was Lea Hemphill who donated many items form her late husband, Robert, who was Big Duck. We thanked Gregg Jugens for a great job as Big Duck! 6,242 ducks were adopted. Greg thanked everyone for their hard work. He was moved by everyone’s dedication and care. Derek Fortini thanked our club for assembling this memorabilia for the museum. He commented that given our club’s long history in town, there is very little in the archives database at the museum. These duck items are a great start, and he invited us to donate other historical club items we may have.
Announcements
Thor said he sold two kegs of beer in two hours at the Bond Park Festival portion of the Duck Race.
Health report - Robert Ludlum and Jack Dinsmoor have been ill. No updates given. We wish them a speedy recovery.
On the fourth Thursday this month will have a program by Diane Kessel Knight about the function and activities of our international Rotary Foundation. Therefore, we will not have committee meetings that day.
Golf Tournament—Bruce Carmichael reported they have $8,000 pledged by the sponsors he named. We are half way to the goal.
Thor said dues letters will be mailed to us. We must tell him as soon as possible if we will renew or not so the board can budget for next year. Our club finances are very tight and a major portion of our dues go to our International, so our budgeting is a challenge.
Happy Money
Marsha Yelick was happy that Greg Jurgens housed her and eight neighbors at his Quality Inn, free, during the siege on her street. She gave a sizable check to Happy Money which is for community grants.
Virgil Holtgrewe is happy for his 62nd wedding anniversary.
Greg Jurgens donated $50 to thank all his duck volunteers.
Jim Austin was happy that all were safe who worked the river with him for the Duck Race. Only one person fell in.
Bill Sohms said the fake ducks actually gave us more publicity.
Dana Fritz thanked her volunteers at the Duck Merchandise table. They sold $1,300 of duck stuff!
Program Scott Thompson introduced our speaker, Dr. James Pickering, Historian Laureate of Estes Park. Dr. Pickering began, to recognize our town’s Centennial, by speaking of the platting and incorporation of Estes Park. He then challenged us to identify the locations or events in the historic slides he presented. He and Museum Director Derek Fortini commented on the photos.
Jim Pickering, May 11 speaker
Submitted by Madison Casey, Scribe
Golf Tournament raises dollars for scholars
What’s better than playing 18 holes of golf on a course with breathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains? Knowing that every drive and putt provides college scholarships for Estes Park seniors.
The 21st Annual Rotary Scholarship Benefit Golf Tournament, slated for Saturday, June 24, hopes to raise money for three academic scholarships, which will be awarded in May 2018.
“The Rotary Club of Estes Park believes that our high school seniors are our future. We want to invest in their success and help them become tomorrow’s leaders,” said Golf Tournament Chairman Bruce Carmichael.
Register Now!
The golf tournament partners with Salute to Americana, the Shred-A-Thon, and the Rotary Foundation to raise $24,000 for three, four-year academic scholarships awarded annually to local graduates.
“As any parent knows, college costs have outpaced inflation for many years. It’s critical that we all support our students to relieve some of the financial burden on our families,” Carmichael said.
Through this tournament, The Stanley Hotel also funds a $2,500 scholarship open to students planning to study hotel or restaurant management, hospitality or wellness.
To register, download forms posted on the Estes Park Rotary Club website at www.rotaryclubofestespark.org. Registration and sponsorship forms are also available at the Estes Park 18 Hole Golf Course. Golfers with questions should call Bruce Carmichael at 303-946-6349.
The $100 fee includes green fees, cart, participation gift and snacks. Players with an annual 7-day membership at the Estes Park Golf Course have a reduced registration fee of $65.
Rotary Quote of the Week
"I believe that every Rotarian should make an annual contribution to the Foundation, because it is our Foundation, and we are ultimately responsible for its success - yet that doesn't mean that we shouldn't also encourage others to contribute. Telling others about our work providing clean water and basic education, fighting disease, and promoting peace helps drive interest in our Foundation and clubs."
- Kaylan Banerjee, Rotary International Foundation Chairman
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