Steve Friesen, historian and former Director of the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, will be speaking to the Rotary Club of Estes Park on Thursday, November 7, at their regular noon meeting. His program will focus on American soldier and Medal of Honor winner, trapper and bison hunter, and showman William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody.
Steve Friesen
As an historian, Friesen has written many articles and three books. His first book was “A Modest Mennonite Home,” a book about 18th century Pennsylvania German life. In 2011 his book “Buffalo Bill: Scout, Showman, Visionary” was published about one of the West’s truly legendary characters. Friesen's third book “Lakota Performers in Europe: Their Culture and the Artifacts They Left Behind” was published by University of Oklahoma Press in June 2017. It deals with the role that wild west shows played in both preserving and promoting Lakota culture in Europe and the United States. The book received multiple awards in 2018, including an award for best illustrated Western history book from the Western History Association.
Steve Friesen served as Director of the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave outside of Denver for 22 years prior to retiring. Earlier, Friesen served as Director of the Molly Brown House, the City of Greeley Museums, and the 1719 Hans Herr House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He received his MA in American Folk Culture in 1976.
Posted by Jack Boatman
Double a donation to a favorite local charity
The Rotary Club of Estes Park Foundation is conducting a matching charitable donation program this fall to supplement donations to local non-profits.
The maximum matching donation amount is $200 per member and the minimum donation amount is $50. Rotary Club of Estes Park members will be able to apply for matching donations from the Foundation between October 10 and December 12, 2019. The Foundation will be providing matching donations to qualified 501(c)(3) organizations serving Estes Valley residents and in good standing with the Colorado Secretary of State.
The application form which provides detailed instructions is available on the club website and will be available at the weekly club meetings. If you have any questions, please contact or email Jack Boatman (email: jack.boatman7@gmail.com / Telephone: 832-623-5647) - Grants Manager.
In Memoriam, James White
Jim White died October 22 in Loveland. He was born in Bay City, Michigan on July 21, 1927. He married Joanne Christensen on June 21, 1952. He served in the U.S. Navy. In 1985, Jim moved to Estes Park and transferred to our Rotary Club on February 18, 1988. He became a Rotarian in 1952 in Bay City with a classification of Wholesale Lumber. Jim resigned from the club in June 2019. Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. at Presbyterian Community Church of the Rockies.
James White
Ron Gordon, our club's International Service Director, received this request and asked that we pass it along to all club members:
My name is Jim Hunt and I am a past District Governor and member of the Rotary Club of Ohio Pathways (D-6600). Joe Berninger, founder of the Guatemala Literacy Project (GLP), and I are organizing Rotary service trips to Guatemala and we are looking for interested Rotarians.
The GLP is the largest grassroots, multi-club, multi-district effort in the Rotary world not directed by RI itself and—according to former RI President Ian Riseley—the “gold standard” of Rotary projects. Over 600 Rotary clubs from 8 countries have participated in the GLP since its inception in 1996. GLP Textbook, Computer, Teacher Training, and Youth Development programs currently serve more than 50,000 impoverished children.
These trips offer a variety of experiences: some are longer or shorter; some more hands-on; yetall give you the opportunity to serve as a meaningful part of Rotary’s work fighting poverty in Guatemala. Please visit the project’s website for more details.
Would you like to be a part of the RCEP leadership team? President-elect Bill Solms is convening the Nominating Committee that will publish a slate of proposed officers and directors who will begin 1-3 terms on July 1, 2020. Contact Bill Solms or Doug Mann if you have an interest in serving as an officer or director of the Club or Foundation.
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Congratulations, 2019 scholars
Rotary Quote of the Week
"We must foster a culture where Rotary does not compete with family, but complements it. We should never expect our members to choose between the two. That means being realistic in our expectations, considerate in our scheduling, andwelcoming of children at Rotary events on every level."
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