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  Les Pedicord
Lester D. Pedicord
Les died February 24, 2018. Les was a graduate of East High School, Denver, and received his BS and MBA at the University of Denver. He went on to form his own CPA firm and an investment advisory company. He was extremely active in both community and professional organizations: Colorado Society of CPAs, and Roundup Riders of the Rockies (RRR).
 
Les was a Charter Member of the University Hills (Denver) Rotary Club and served as its fourth president for the Rotary Year 1974-75.  His contributions to Rotary causes and fellowship are countless; he was a very generous colleague.
 
Les is survived by Jean, his wife of 27 years; his 3 children: Jill (John) Peterson, Britt (CeceStack) Pedicord , and Julie (Jim) Adams; his grandchildren Sarah, Maddie, Britt, Nellie, and Jem; his sister Jennie Moore; three step-children; and 11 step-grandchildren. Les is proceeded in death by his sisters Corrine Amato and JoAnn Pedicord . Memorial service will be held on Friday, March 9, 2018, 2:00 PM, Hope United Methodist Church, 5101 S. Dayton St., Greenwood Village. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to RRR Heritage and Trails Foundation, Inc., 823 S. Perry St. #120, Castle Rock, CO 80104
 Les Pedicord Jay Carpender 2018-03-01 07:00:00Z 0
Meeting Location

University Hills (Denver) Rotary Club  meets at Noon on Fridays

at the Palazzo Verdi Corporate Office Building

in the Madden Museum of Art.

6363 South Fiddler's Green Circle

Greenwood Village, CO  80111

 
Martha Diss-Sundby, Club President 2017-18
marthasundby@yahoo.com
720-979-1462
 
Click Here For a Map
 Meeting Location Sean Smiddy 2017-05-30 06:00:00Z 0
Ruth Wilson's Book List
Posted by Carl Gardner
 
 
 
RUTH WILSON’S LIST OF FAVORITE BOOKS
This list will help all of us in understanding what kind of person Ruth was.
  1. The Bible
  2. The Road Less Traveled-Peck
  3. The Gift of Years-Chittister
  4. Illuminated Life-Chittister
  5. Little Heathans-Kalish
  6. Shantorum
  7. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  8. The Poet of Baghdad
  9. Sara’s Key
  10. Mountains Beyond Mountains
  11. The Glass Castle
  12. Half Broke Horses
  13. The Book Thief-Zusak
  14. My Life in France-Child
  15. Beneath a Marble Sky-Shors
  16. Infidel
  17. The Shack
  18. Water for Elephants
  19. Three Cups of Tea-Mortenson
  20. Stones Into Schools-Mortenson
  21. All Over but the Shouting-Bragg
  22. Eva’s Man-Bragg
  23. The Alchemist-Coelho
  24. Suite Francaise-Nemerovsky
  25. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society-Shafferand Barrios
  26. Poetry-Robert Frost and many others
  27. Plays-Many special ones
  28. Reading Lolita in Tehran-Nafisi
  29. Things I’ve Been silent About-Nafisi
  30. The Story of Edgar Sawtable
  31. Marco Polo-Bergren
  32. The Prophet-Gibron
  33. Jane Eyre-Bronte
  34. Anna Karenina-Tolstoy
  35. War and Peace-Tolstoy
  36. Kristin Lovransdotter (the trilogy)-S. Undert
  37. The Wisdom of Native Americans-Nerbarn
  38. Autobiography of a Yoga-Yoganenda
  39. Holy Longing-Ralheiser
  40. My Stroke of Insight-Taylor
  41. The Lessons of History-Durant
  42. Here and Now-Norwen
  43. Simplicity-Rohr
  44. The Rubaiyot of Omar Kayam of Naishapur
  45. Quest for the Living God-Johnson
  46. The Lost Painting-Harr
  47. The Restless Heart-Rohlheiser
  48. The Space Between Us-Umrigar
 Ruth Wilson's Book List Carl Gardner 2015-01-22 00:00:00Z 0
Did You Know

DID YOU KNOW?

100% Paul Harris Fellow Club

University Hills (Denver) Rotary Club obtained the designation of “100 percent Paul Harris Fellow Club” on January 25, 2010. University Hills (Denver) was a Rotary club in which all dues-paying members were Paul Harris Fellows. The Paul Harris Fellow recognition is given in appreciation to anyone who contributes, outright or cumulatively-or in whose name is contributed-a gift of $1,000 or more to the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.

 

U- Hills attained the distinction of being a “100 percent Paul Harris Fellow Club again on October 9, 2013.

The recognition has only been afforded to 6.6% of the 34,000 Rotary Clubs worldwide; to only two other clubs of the 67 clubs in our District 5450 .

 

University Hills, since it was chartered on Oct 6, 1971 has created 359 Paul Harris Fellows, with an All-Time giving of $884,267.00.

 

 

E. Brent Hobson Fellowship      

The University Hills Charitable Endowment (E. Brent Hobson Fellowship) has awarded a total of $176,250 in scholarships to eighteen different recipients, who have or are now attending:  CU-Boulder, CSU, Metro State, Regis, Northern Colorado or the School of Mines.

We currently award eight scholarships in the total amount of $37,000 per school year. We offer a four-year scholarship; Current funding begins with $4000 in year one and increases to $4500, $5000 and $5500 in subsequent years. A scholarship is valued at $19,000, if completely earned out.

Since the inception of the fund in May, 1996, we have contributed $358,886 to the Fund; $49,828 of that sum was contributed in Rotary year, 2012-2013; within Rotary year, 2013-2014, we received contributions of $43,693. Within Rotary year 2014-2015 we received $36,295 and in 2015-2016 we received $25,500.

Thank you for your continuing support.

Fred Cron, University Hills (Denver) Rotarian of the Year, 2011-2012 and 2016-2017

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