Pat Garrahan, Incoming Minden Rotary President 2026-27

 

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MINDEN ROTARY GETS A HINT OF THE NEW LEADERSHIP STARTING JULY 1

 

Pat Garrahan spoke this past week about his goals for the club in the upcoming year. He especially wants to see Rotarian’s involved in groups, not just as individuals. Pat also wants to make sure our efforts to serve the community are fun and that every member is involved in at least one event. Playing on the centennial theme of 2026, Pat suggested that for 2026-2027 we have a goal of conducting at least 2027 service hours, which breaks down to about 57 hours for each active member. These hours would include attending our weekly meetings as well as our many other community service efforts. Mentioned was the possibility of bringing in District grants and working Tahoe Knight Monster games for donations and club recognition. There will be a Christmas Party in 2026.  Lastly, our Foundation is well funded with approximately $95k in the bank and the Club treasury is “okay”.

In 2009, after retiring from police investigative work, Pat served for 7 months in Afghanistan with the Marine Corps. He then spent 2 years training Marines prior to their deployments, and he returned to Afghanistan again in 2013 for another 7 months. Pat spoke about the importance of Memorial Day and it’s true meaning. That meaning should be one of remembrance of those who gave their lives for our country. It’s not simply a “holiday” as many would wrongly believe, but a sacred day to pay respects to those country-men and women who sacrificed all.

Pat prepared a slide show of 7 of his personal friends who perished while serving in the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion in Helmand Province Afghanistan. Each of the 7 slides contained photos of these handsome young men, their date and place of death, name and rank. The personal story of these Marines and Corpsman was given with grace and reverence by Pat. Seeing their pictures and hearing the stories of how they died, of their families back home from a fellow Marine whose voice carried honest emotion gave us an insider’s perspective and appreciation of real sacrifice, which is the spirit of Memorial Day.

2026 MINDEN ROTARY GIVING CUP GOLF TOURNAMENT A HUGE SUCCESS!

Current Minden Rotary President Graham Rogney thanked all who participated in the golf tournament & acknowledged Milly for its success.

Milly gave a synopsis:
 There were 123 golfers who signed up.
 All who played really enjoyed themselves, they had fun.
 The poker run was especially successful because it brought approximately 99% of the golfers into the Supper Club.
 Weather-wise we dodged a bullet.
 The estimate for our net proceeds will be between $48 and $50 K, a substantial increase from past years.
 Sale of mulligans was very lucrative and contributed to those who won the tournament.
 The Interact Club folks did a commendable job.

Suggestions/improvements:
 It was suggested we sell raffle tickets at each hole that is manned next year.
 The barrel of booze was the most popular raffle item by far. Sadly, all the baskets of raffle items were left behind. Marsha Leeg took them and had to contact each winner, prompting the suggestion that in the future we announce the winners before the booze winner is announced.
 Coffee bar needs to be set up early next year – downstairs.
 The list of golfers should be made IN A LARGE FONT, so that those checking golfers in can read it without magnifying glasses.

The Rotary Club of Minden is happy to welcome the following new members:

• Ric Casper is a graduate from Carson City High (but is quick to add his 3 kids all graduated from Douglas High).  He attended BYU as an undergraduate and Yale Law School.  He worked for the US Attorney's office for 4 years before coming back home and working for the Douglas County District Attorney's Office.
• Loral Langemeier from Live Out Loud Publishing.  Loral has 2 kids (Logan age 25 and Tristan age 18).  She is a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan, has an MA from Omaha and is a writer.  AND she's dating President Graham.
• Eric Barter from Bad Boys Bail Bonds (Past President from the Rotary Club of Arcadia).  See the October 23rd newsletter for Eric's craft talk.
• Daniel Crawford, sponsored by Howard Vipperman. It was said he is the first native American to become a member in the Rotary Club of Minden. He is a Douglas County native, spent time in Diamond Valley, graduated from school in Douglas, served on tribal council, works for Washoe Native TANF as the project and resource specialist, and attended Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence Kansas.  Craft talk about his current occupation done at the December 4th meeting!
• Mark Gardner, sponsored by Dick Schwabe, was inducted into membership on March 12.  Mark is the current Chairman of the Douglas County.
• Kathy Morales received her badge and Rotary pin March 5, 2026.
• Warner Quon is the father of a current Rotary President (in Colorado)!  Warner was inducted at the Rotary Foundation Dinner on April 9, 2026.
• Jill Borggreve found out about Rotary through Sam Steele and the Pickleball Pancake Breakfasts.  Jill was inducted at the Rotary Foundation Dinner on April 9, 2026.
• Andy Sheppard received his red badge on May 7, 2026.  Andy has an Electrical Engineering degree from Sac State and spent time in the Navy.  He has been involved with startups in California - and is very glad to be out of that state.
• Wes Brogran has lived in the Carson Valley his entire life - with the exception of time in the Air Force.  He has a 5 year old son and is a Commercial Real Estate Agent.

We look forward to hearing the rest of the craft talks soon and getting to know you better!

NEW MEMBER CRAFT TALK:  LORAL LANGEMEiER

Loral Langemeier gave her “Craft Talk” today. Having grown up in a big family farm in Nebraska, her goal was to leave the farm, play basketball in college and become a lawyer. However, those goals gave way to studying how people made money. While earning her degree, Loral found that being a personal trainer was lucrative.  From training to designing a fitness center was Loral's next move.  Soon after Loral accepted a contract working for Chevron designing 272 fitness centers for workers on off-shore rigs, all before the tender age of 26.  In 1996, she transitioned to working with the Rich Dad, Poor Dad team pursuing her dream of teaching people to make money, save on taxes and become Millionaires.    In 2005 McGraw Hill contracted Loral to write a 3-book series, The Millionaire Maker, which became New York Times Best Selling books for years. Shortly after these successes she became an international speaker on how to make Millionaires.  She was featured in the hit movie, The Secret, which airs to date on Netflix.   Her travels took her all around the world on speaking engagements until Covid raised its ugly head. Loral even became Dr. Phil’s money expert & had a show on CNBC.    Today, Loral is the CEO of Integrated Wealth Systems and employs 22 people at her office in Carson City and holds conferences regularly throughout the USA & Canada. 

5/30  5k run called Strength n/ Strides.  It begins at the Corner Bar in Downtown Minden at 9am.  Contact Graham for details.

6/6 and 6/7 Kids Fishing Derby at Lampe Park.  Sign up at this LINK

6/9   Rotary Club Minden's 100 Year Anniversary Celebration @ CVI (6-9pm)

6/13  Carson Valley Days Parade - float setup meeting place in Jim Hales driveway!

6/25 Graham’s Demotion party - more information to come…

6/26, 7/17, 8/14, 8/28 and 9/18 - Minden Concerts in the Park.  Stay tuned for Minden Rotary hotdog dates!

7/2 - Pat Garrahan’s first meeting as Rotary president - Patriotic Bar-B-Que held at the Minden Park and celebrate our country’s 250 th birthday.

9/19 Rotary Club Minden's Oktoberfest @ Heritage Park

May 28:  No midday meeting at the COD Casino; Club Social, 5:00 at the Carson Valley Country Club Clubhouse Restaurant

June 4:  Oak View Group, Kevin Boryczyk

June 11:  Pet Station Retail Stores, Phil Bankhead

June 18:  REMSA, Jairo

June 25:  No midday meeting at the COD Casino; Club Social, 5:00 at the Carson Valley Country Club Clubhouse Restaurant