Come and Hear the Estes Park High School Treble Choir Vote at Thursday Rotary Meeting Job Opening Little Duck 2026/Big Duck 2027 Friendship Card Available for Purchase Thanksgiving at Ember Scholarship Dinner - still time to sign up Coffee Talk
Repeat Message from President Jack Ford
President Jack Ford
PLEASE make an extra effort to participate in our August 14th meeting. Given the fact that this year’s expansion used more than four hundred non-Rotarian volunteers, it is imperative that we identify what our membership WILL support if we are a participant in any future iteration of “The Great Estes Park [Rotary] Duck Race.”
Jack Ford
President 2025-2026
Coffee Talk
Date: Saturday, December 6, 2025 Time: 8:30 a.m. Place: The Inkwell Coffee Shop, 2nd floor
See you there!
July 24, 2025 Meeting Minutes
President Jack Ford called the meeting to order. Tom Maher led the Invocation. Jack led the Pledge of Allegiance. Madison Casey accompanied our song “Happy Wanderer”.
Guests: Wayne Newsom introduced our guests.
Genesis Gordon from Bank of Colorado, Fort Collins
Ben Nicholson, son of our speaker.
Announcements:
Bill Smith acknowledged the passing of Karen McClure.
Bill also talked to Virgil Holtgrewe who is doing fine at home in Loveland.
Newsoms just visited him.
Jay Harroff is now home from the hospital and Daffny is coming to be with him.
Jack announced that we need a Chair for the Elkfest weekend in September for our club to sell beer. This is one of our major fundraisers for the club funds, after Friendship card.
Tara Moennning thanked everyone who signed up for Shred-A-Thon and Recycle Day coming up on August 9.
She is distributing a sign up sheet to work the John Denver concert August 23.
Valerie Van der Werf read a thank you letter from a scholarship recipient, Bennett Kemp, who will attend Grinnell College in Iowa.
Happy Money:
Ron Gordon talked to Jay Harroff who is now recovering at home.
Paula Edwards’ great niece in Illinois received a Rotary scholarship.
Annie remembered Dave Evans and Karen McClure.
Scott Robins is happy for our guest today and Genesis is welcome to join our club.
Tom Maher is happy the Scott Thompson and Thompson Group are sponsoring the Brad Fitch concert at Performance Park.
Bill Smith is proud his son just completed his term as president of his Rotary Club in Dickenson, North Dakota.
Jack Ford is happy Annie Slack will produce The Spoke while Dave Evans is dealing with his wife Karen McClure’s passing.
Program: Guy Van der Werf introduced his colleague Blake Nicholson of UC Health here at Timberline office. He is a Licensed Social Worker and deals with Behavioral Health. Any patient of Guy or a clinic physician can see him. President Jack presented Blake with a Piece of the Rock.
1) Carl Robicheaux needs help staffing the Beer Garden portion of the Elk Fest: Saturday 9/27, 9am-6pm, and Sunday 9/28, 9am-5pm, plus tear down on Sunday. This is one of our major fundraisers for the club funds for Projects.
2) Youth Services Director. This is a Board Position that engages with the young people in our town and with exchange students. It is a wonderful opportunity to invite our youth into Rotary. Contact Annie if interested: anneslack@aol.com
3) The Zoom Team needs volunteers to set up the sound system and run the Zoom meeting/recording each week. If you have the know-how, please sign up to take a week. If you would like to learn how to do the job, please sign up as a Trainee. We need your help!
4) The Scribes could always use help. Right now Madison and Barry take turns. A third and/or fourth volunteer would allow the task to be completed once a month. Contact Madison if interested: mastodon1953@gmail.com.
August Fundraisers Reminder
Rotarians At Work Dave Talbot's Non-profit Brad Fitch
Just reminders about the Estes Recycles Day and the John Denver Tribute Concert. We need to be concentrating on the sponsors for the concert right now, as we have to get the information for the “slide show” to Mark Lee by the 10th of August as he is designing the video.
Don’t miss this Saturday’s Estes Recycle Day event, Event Center parking lot, August 9th, 9-noon, whether volunteering or taking the opportunity to “clean out those files, the garage, or the storage shed”. Annie will be collecting assistive devices for Crutches4Africra.
We could still use a couple of more volunteers for the John Denver Tribute Concert: labeling seats, ushering, and clean up.
Thank you,
Tara
Dues Reminder - Updated
There are still members who have not paid dues. They can bring their dues to the meeting, the hotel or mail them!! If mailing, send to PO Box 1365, or drop them off at Quality Inn anytime and leave it for Gregg.
I Asked Longley to Send Pictures from Iowa!!
Green grass, assortment of flowers and NO Elk!!!
A Peak Rotary Experience
by
Scott Robbins
Scott R. Neal S. Dennis G., Linda K. Jack F., Richard K., Beth W., Annie S.
We had a wonderful time. Scott's article was too long for the Spoke. Look for an Email notice.
From The Chaplain
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.
