Beginning Thursday, May 24, our club will meet at The Ridgeline Hotel. Mark your calendar, write yourself a note, tell your Rotary friends about our new meeting place. Help us get the word out to club members who may not read The Spoke every week or attend weekly meetings.
Details:
101 South St. Vrain Ave., Estes Park.
The Trail Ridge Room
Luncheon cost: $15.
Thursday's program:
Thanking our Duck Race Sponsors
The Rotary Club of Estes Park will host a Thank You Reception for sponsors of the Rotary Duck Race Festival on Thursday, May 24, 2018 during the regular club meeting at The Ridgeline Hotel in the Trail Ridge Room. Duck Race Sponsors have been invited to attend to enjoy a complimentary lunch provided by The Ridgeline Hotel. 'Big Duck' Brad Rosenbaum will introduce each sponsor and award them their souvenir 2018 Sponsor Duck painted especially for them. Brad will also offer some special highlights of this year's successful 30th annual Rotary Duck Race Festival. Club member Harriette Woodard chairs this new event and has planned a delightful luncheon to honor our Duck Race sponsors. We deeply appreciate their generosity and look forward to thanking them in person at the luncheon!
Come and celebrate our Duck Race sponsors!
May 17, 2018 Meeting Highlights
The meeting was opened at noon by President Kathy. Bill Smith gave the invocation and led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. He thanked the staff of the Rodeway Inn for their service and hospitality. A Rotary Piece of the Rock was presented to the two families, and they were given a standing ovation.
Scholarship Recipients
Harriette Woodard introduced two of our scholarship winners. They expressed their gratitude and told where they would be attending college. Tara Moening announced she would be stepping down as chair of the scholarship committee after many years...many bravos to Tara.
Special Guest
District Governor Bill Emslie was introduced. He thanked the club for hosting the recent district conference and introduced his guest, Sadeep, from Nepal.
Announcements
Kathy reported there would be no dues increase this coming year.
We will be painting the shelter on Monday, May 21 at 10 a.m.
Next meeting, May 24, will be at the Ridgeline Hotel...lunch will be $15. We will be hosting our Duck Race major sponsors.
Happy Money
David VanWert, Sojourner, is happy to be back in Estes for the summer. He announced his grandson will be attending the Air Force Academy. And, his wife, Sally, will be returning to work at McDonalds Books.
Doug Mann announced his daughter is graduating from the Coast Guard Academy.
Brad thanked Ron Gordon for heading up leadership of the Golf Committee. He announced the wrap up meeting of the Duck Race will be the 24th, 5 p.m. at Nicky's. Brad also shared the finalization of the adoption of his second son.
Chuck announced that Josh the Otter program will be tomorrow with Karen Thompson starring as Josh.
Program
President Kathy introduced our speakers, Martin and Mary Catherine Limbird, who gave a program on Your Rotary Legacy.
Adjournment The meeting was adjourned with the 4-Way test.
So long , farewell to Rodeway Inn staff!
Submitted by Dana Fritz, scribe and Rita DuChateau, photographer
Grateful students earn $42,500 in scholarships from our club
What a tremendous evening for our Estes Park High School students. The senior class earned over $100,000 in scholarships from many business, clubs and organizations. Our club gave $42,500 of that total, both in academic scholarships and in named memorial scholarships. The winners are:
Academic - $8,000 each, over 4 years : Hanna Bergsten, Anya Igel, Phoebe Dixon
Hagemeister Eagle Scouts - $2,000 each: Will Peters, Amos Westley
Carver - $2,000: Braeden Johnson
Prochaska - $1,500: Marianne LaMont, Luis Guadarrama, Matthew Birchfield, Guiliana Mazza
2018 Rotary Club of Estes Park scholarship recipients (Photo by Marsha Hobert)
Ron Kuhns' sons (left) attended the ceremony to congratulate the Kuhns Memorial Scholarship recipient. (Photo by Marsha Hobert).
Sponsors needed-
Golf Tournament is set for June 30
As returning bluebirds and hummingbirds, greening meadows and beckoning golf courses signal spring’s arrival in Estes Park, it’s time to mark your calendar for the Rotary Club of Estes Park Memorial Tournament for Scholarships, set for Saturday, June 30, 2018.
The 22nd annual event will raise funds for the Rotary Club of Estes Park Foundation Scholarship Fund. Annually, the club raises $24,000 for three, four-year academic scholarships for graduating Estes Park high school students.
Many sponsors have been lined up, but more are needed. Levels include: Diamond ($2,000), Gold Sponsor ($1,000), Silver Sponsor ($500), Bronze Sponsor ($250), Tee/Green Sponsor ($110), and Junior Golfer Sponsor ($75). Sponsors who pledge $110 or more are recognized at the event and in publicity prior to the event. Some sponsorships include a complimentary tournament registration.
Sponsors are recognized on tournament posters, banners and signs on the tees and greens at the event, and in newspaper articles.
So, you saved your papers to be shredded on April 21, and then the snow canceled your fun? Tara to the rescue! She's rescheduled the Shred-a-Thon for 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 23 at the Presbyterian Community Church of the Rockies on Brodie Avenue.
The event will be for paper only. Tara needs 10-12 volunteers.
Volunteers bring water safety message to Estes Park kindergarten students
Kindergarten students at Estes Park Elementary School had a close encounter with an otter last Friday. They learned how to keep themselves safe around water and to always be with an adult. These lifesaving lessons were delivered by our club members, friends and a rather large otter.
“We read to all four kindergarten classes as a follow up to last year’s program where we visited kindergarten and first grade classes,” said Chuck Bonza, project coordinator. “We were happy to see that Stephanie Hart had scheduled staff from the aquatic center to talk to the students about water safety, which helped to reinforce our Josh the Baby Otter lesson."
Jay and Daffney Harroff read to Stephanie Hart’s class, a special treat for Daffney, a high school student who was once one of Hart’s students. Alice Schwartz read to Edie Keller’s students, Jim Austin visited with Anne Leija’s students and Kathy Groesbeck shared the touching story with Emily Jurgens’ students.
Following the short classroom lesson on water safety, the students went to the playground, where Josh the Baby Otter mascot greeted them. Each child received a copy of the book for reading at home with parents.
“Many, many hugs were the order of the day on the playground,” Bonza said. “After the four kindergarten classes, the first graders came out and it all started again with the love and hugs for Josh.”
Josh the Baby Otter book and materials were created by the Joshua Collingsworth Memorial Foundation with a goal of educating children with a fun and simple message: “To stay away from water unless accompanied by an adult.” That message has been carried to over a million children across the U.S. Paul Foreman, a Rotarian from Colorado Springs, lost two of his grandsons in the river at Pinewood Springs two years ago. He has led the effort in Colorado to bring Josh and the reading program to hundreds of kindergartners in elementary school, and especially to Estes Park Elementary where his grandsons were students.
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