OFFSITE MEETING NEXT MONDAY, OCTOBER 15 so don't drive to the Bent Noodle unless you are in the mood for spaghetti and a solitary game of solitario! Instead, jump on Quincy Avenue and drive East to 25950 E. Quincy Ave., Aurora, 80016 or jump on E-470, take the Quincy exit and go East. The City of Aurora Public Safety Training Center is 1.7 miles East of E-470. Turn right to the training center which is .09 miles south of Quincy. If you reach S. Powhaton Road you have gone too far East. The fire chief will be presenting and leading the tour and Vocational Chair Mark Rank will provide box lunches!
The Editarian will be out of town next week so the next newsletter will be published the week of Oct 22 and it will include a briefing on the offsite meeting thanks to notes/pics taken by PP Darryl Harvey.
THE OCTOBER BOARD MEETING is two weeks from last Thursday which was the first Thursday in October and one week from this Thursday which is the second Thursday in October which means the meeting is on the third Thursday in October instead of the fourth Thursday in October or ... OCTOBER 18th!
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY… is this Saturday, October 13 from 7:45AM to 3PM. It is located at Sheridan Square in Sheridan, CO. From Hampden (Hwy 285) turn south on Lowell and then east on King. Sheridan Square consists of 63 new townhomes and a park. You don't have to have any construction expertise and according to PP Al Horton, you will stay dry since the work should be inside. Al could use one more volunteer so contact him and help someone achieve home ownership!
A RECORD HIGH GOLF TOURNAMENT CHECKin the amount of $18,707 was presented to President Talee Crowe by Tournament Chair PP Gary Frisch! When combined with the $1,596 already received by the club from the raffle, the club received a total of $20,303 from the tournament! The club's foundation received $12,000 from the tournament.
CONGRATS TO SMOKY HILL ROTARY!! YOU ARE AWESOME!
THE ROTARY FOUNDATIONis one of the highest ranking foundations in the world and has decided it wants to start collecting donations through the Rotary Clubs as it used to do until this year. As such, Foundation Chair PP Lloyd Gottman passed out slips of paper to each Rotarian containing information on your donations and requesting how much you want to give to the Foundation going forward. If you do nothing, the amount you previously donated to the Foundation will start again at the end of October and appear on your monthly club invoices. If you have not turned in your slip of paper, please let Lloyd or Club Treasurer Susan Aubin know what you intend to give to the Foundation going forward.
A VERY SPECIAL GUEST at Rotary this week was Maiko Ishizaki. Maiko is Consul in the Consulate-General of Japan office in Denver. Having served as a foreign affairs advisor in Japan coming back to Denver was a homecoming for Maiko, a former Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. Maiko's office is in downtown Denver but she will attend as many Smoky Hill Rotary meetings as she can depending upon her work at the Consulate.
THE ROTARY LEADERSHIP/LEARNING INSTITUTEis three courses that build upon each other beginning this Saturday, October 13 (followed by Dec 1 and Feb 2) from 8:30am to 3:30pm at Red Rocks Community College (13300 W 6th Ave, Lakewood 80228). The institute is for anyone who wants to learn about the larger world of Rotary and build leadership skills. The $40 fee includes breakfast, lunch and course materials and will be reimbursed to you by the club. To learn more or to register go the website for District 5450 or contact Karen Briggs - briggs129@comcast.net or 303-919-0819.
As always, Sgt. PP Jim Suss was wearing a necktie, one this week to commemorate Columbus Day, but it could be the last day he wears a tie since the sale of his business is scheduled to close this week. After seeing him last week, Jim wants to be like the other Jim (PP Jim Wingert) and start wearing those Charlie (Harper) Sheen bowling shirts as soon as possible! Dr. Wingert was styling again this week with racing stripes on his bowling shirt similar to the ones Charlie was wearing last week. Stunning! The Shirt Chair (try again to say that fast) PP Clay Fell will need to consider the new look for the club to wear at the golf tournament next year and maybe nobody will notice we can't get the khaki shorts right!
THIS WEEK'S THOUGHT …At Rotary we believe everyone is different. We accept the difference. We work through understanding.
THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
Our very own Rotarian PP Bev Edwards and her able assistant and hubby, Myles, shared their extraordinary trip to Botswana in July 2018 with us. They went as part of an organization out of Boulder, CO called "Natural Habitat" (not to be confused with the Boulder nudist colony?). The Ewards visited Johannesburg and Cape Town before venturing into Botswana. In Cape Town they saw African penguins and visited the Cape of Good Hope, the most southwestern tip of the African continent, a village in Zambia of 3,000 people and Victoria Falls.
Then 10 days in Botswana, a country sparsely populated by 2.2m people. Botswana is landlocked and surrounded by Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia and Zambia. Most of the country is wilderness (40% is set aside for conservation - the private reserves and national parks ensure enormous varieties of wildlife) and no fences exist around the reserves or camps. The wildlife (or "critters" as described by Bev) wander freely and have no fear of people since hunting was outlawed about 20 years ago.
Bev and Myles traveled in 12 seat airplanes using dirt runways. Accommodations were upgraded tent camps with indoor plumbing. By land they traveled in a modified Range Rover with stadium seating. The best seat was behind the guide (driver) so you could observe the tracks he was sighting as he tracked critters. The footprint of one lion was as wide as tire tracks. Many great sights were seen including two young male giraffes sparring by striking each other's hind quarters. In real battle they strike stomachs since they are more vulnerable.
The Okavango Delta is one of the most incredible sanctuaries in Africa crammed with lots of critters - lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyaenas, zebras, crocodiles, gemsboks, giraffes, etc. Botswana has the largest population of elephants in Africa.
Duty Roster
INVOCATION: GREETERS:
OCT 15, 2018 TERRY REMIGIO MARK RANK PAULINE AYERS-MENK
OCT 22, 2018 JEFF KAES GARY FRISCH BETSY JANSEN
OCT 29, 2018 DAVE MAXWELL HUGH RADKE APRIL RASMUSSEN
NOV 5, 2018 JOE HUGHES PAT POGUE TERRY REMIGIO
NOV 12, 2018 AL HORTON LLOYD GOTTMAN MIKE PETERSON
NOV 19, 2018 CLAY FELL PAULINE AYERS-MENK CRAIG ESSEX
NOV 26, 2018 BETSY JANSEN PAUL URTZ BEV EDWARDS
DEC 3, 2018 DARRYL HARVEY CLAY FELL JEFF KAES
SHRC Birthdays and Anniversaries
Birthdays
Anniversaries
Oct 13
Oct 15
Oct 26
PP Clay Fell
Hugh & Cheryl Radke
Bev & Myles Edwards
CLUB CALENDAR
Featured Rotarians at next meeting:
Invocation: PP Terry Remigio
Greeters: Mark Rank & Pauline Ayers-Menk
Oct 13: Habitat for Humanity
Oct 13: Rotary Leadership Institute
Oct 15: Club Offsite Meeting
Oct 18: Club Board Meeting
Oct 22: Pickens Tech Exec Internships
Oct 29: CO River Mgmt In Droughts
Nov 5: Suicide Prevention
Nov 12: TBD
Nov 19: AD Works
Dec 1: Club Holiday Party
Dec 4: Ronald McDonald House
Dec 13: State of the State Address
April 27: District Conference
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OFFSITE MEETING NEXT MONDAY, OCTOBER 15 so don't drive to the Bent Noodle unless you are in the mood for spaghetti and a solitary game of solitario! Instead, jump on Quincy Avenue and drive East to 25950 E. Quincy Ave., Aurora, 80016 or jump on E-470, take the Quincy exit and go East. The City of Aurora Public Safety Training Center is 1.7 miles East of E-470. Turn right to the training center which is .09 miles south of Quincy. If you reach S. Powhaton Road you have gone too far East. The fire chief will be presenting and leading the tour and Vocational Chair Mark Rank will provide box lunches! 
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As always, Sgt. PP Jim Suss was wearing a necktie, one this week to commemorate Columbus Day, but it could be the last day he wears a tie since the sale of his business is scheduled to close this week. After seeing him last week, Jim wants to be like the other Jim (PP Jim Wingert) and start wearing those Charlie (Harper) Sheen bo.jpg)
wling shirts as soon as possible! Dr. Wingert was styling again this week with racing stripes on his bowling shirt similar to the ones Charlie was wearing last week. Stunning! The Shirt Chair (try again to say that fast) PP Clay Fell will need to consider the new look for the club to wear at the golf tournament next year and maybe nobody will notice we can't get the khaki shorts right! 
Our very own Rotarian PP Bev Edwards and her able assistant and hubby, Myles, shared their extraordinary trip to Botswana in July 2018 with us. They went as part of an organization out of Boulder, CO called "Natural Habitat" (not to be confused with the Boulder nudist colony?). The Ewards visited Johannesburg and Cape Town before venturing into Botswana. In Cape Town they saw African penguins and visited the Cape of Good Hope, the most southwestern tip of the African continent, a village in Zambia of 3,000 people and Victoria Falls. 
Then 10 days in Botswana, a country sparsely populated by 2.2m people. Botswana is landlocked and surrounded by Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia and Zambia. Most of the country is wilderness (40% is set aside for conservation - the private reserves and national parks ensure enormous varieties of wildlife) and no fences exist around the reserves or camps. The wildlife (or "critters" as described by Bev) wander freely and have no fear of people since hunting was outlawed about 20 years ago. 
e tracked critters. The footprint of one lion was as wide as tire tracks. Many great sights were seen including two young male giraffes sparring by striking each other's hind quarters. In real battle they strike stomachs since they are more vulnerable. 
