The Lamplighter. TODAY S PROGRAM Marlin Dorhout, Toys for God s Kids. THE ROTARY CLUB OF PARKER Chartered August 18, 1993

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1 SERVICE COMMITTEES & SPECIAL PROJECTS CLUB SERVICE..... Jo Stone, Director Kam Breitenbach Attendance Jo Stone......Change of Command Party Jim Boyd Club Photographer Cathy Groves.....Dinner for 8 Bob Satrom...Invocations, Pledge, 4 Way Test, Greeters Jo Stone Holiday Party Jim Muir, Doug Young, Steve Gilbert.....Music Bill Fernow Newsletter Editarian Steve Gilbert...Asst Newsletter Editarian Bob Satrom/Ken Claiborne Programs Jane Johnson, Kam Breitenbach......Summer Picnic Bob Forbes..Webmaster Gene Felgenhauer Club History Kam Breitenbach.....Liaison to Cherry Creek Valley Club COMMUNITY SERVICE...Carl Finamore, Director Doug Montgomery.....Christmas Gifts Larree Morgan Flower Power Katheryn D Amico......Freedom Through Faith Ministry Habitat for Humanity Katheryn D Amico, Ken Claiborne, Mike Donnell, Larry Morgan, Dave Gurule.Imagination Library Sharon Nemechek, Larry Brutlag, Bob Satrom, Al Johnson Jim Boyd..Parker Task Force Carol Hein, Ben Zimmerman, Wayne Wagener Larry Brutlag Jim Boyd, David Cichon.. Parker Police Department.Praying Hands Ranch Jim Muir, Larry Brutlag Sue Gardner...Crop Walk in 2011 Hank Coll, Jim Boyd...Elizabeth Fire Prevention District Liz Volz/Jane Johnson Project Sanctuary Bob Kramer..Rotary Reads Mike Meyerle, Jim Pettett, Ben Martin, Ted Sweeney Bill Gripman, Nancy Gripman Kam Breitenbach....Rotary Community Corp of Parker Michelle Duncan..Freedom Service Dogs Larry Brutlag, Carol Hein, Jim Pettett, Eydie Hoeppner...Women s Crisis Center Sharon Nemechek, Larry Brutlag Ken Claiborne....Continental Divide Trail Alliance Kevin Roth, Irv Buck....Alta Vista Autism Center MS 150 Larry Brutlag, Bill Shriver, Bob Forbes, Ken Claiborne, Ted Sweeney FUND RAISING.. Steve Small, Chair....Annual Golf Tournament Al Johnson, Mike Donnell, Ben Zimmerman, Larry Brutlag, Carl Finamore Larry Brutlag, Cathy Groves.....Peaches Steve Trevino, Cathy Groves...State of the Town Tom Duncan, Mike Meyerle, Jim Boyd, Larree Morgan, Ben Zimmerman, Larry Brutlag, Carl Finamore INTERNATIONAL SERVICE.Joel Engelstad, Director India Watershed Mgmt (nutrition, medical, literacy) Irv Buck, Joel Engelstad, Frank Gibbs Larry Brutlag..Zimbabwe Water and San Project CURE Bob Haeflein, Frank Gibbs, Wayne Wagener Larry Brutlag....Nigeria Medical Open World Program Al Johnson, Irv Buck, John Gile Lew Million.Polio Plus Mike Oldham Irv Buck....GSE Mike Oldham.Ambassadorial & World Peace Scholarships Irv Buck..Bosnia (Global Children s Organization) Al Johnson, Kam Breitenbach.Shelter Box Liz Volz......Rotary Youth Exchange VOCATIONAL SERVICE... Tom Vanderheiden, Director Dave Selden Four Way Test Bill Shriver, Doug Young, Al Johnson, Dave Gurule, Jane Johnson Bill Fernow Interact, Ponderosa Cathy Groves....RYLA/Young RYLA Dave Gurule.... Rotaract... Scholarships, Chaparral Larree Morgan....Scholarships, Ponderosa Katheryn D Amico....Student of the Month, Chaparral John Gile...Student of the Month, Ponderosa Bob Satrom Vocational Talks Cathy Groves......District Club Ethics Award Steve Trevino....Business of the Quarter MEMBERSHIP... Jane Johnson, Director Larry Brutlag.....Past Chair Bill Shriver..... Classifications Kam Breitenbach....Club Roster Mike Oldham Fireside Chats Jane Johnson, Bob Forbes, Jim Boyd.New Member Info Jane Johnson Inductions Sue Gardner/Bob Haeflein...Mentor Program Irv Buck, Jim Boyd, Al Johnson, Liz Volz, Eydie Hoeppner Al Johnson/Bob Haeflein...Internal Communications Jim Boyd Recruitment Program Bill Gripman, Mike Meyerle, Bill Shriver, Kathryn D Amico, Carol Hein, Frank Gibbs Jane Johnson. Retention Program Harold McCloud Red Badge/Blue Badge Jane Johnson.Remembrance, Rewards, Recognition PUBLIC RELATIONS....Kevin Roth, Director Larry Brutlag, Jim Boyd, Jane Johnson FOUNDATIONS......Tony Barnard, Director Trustees - Steve Small, Larry Brutlag, Bob Martin, Dean Weaver, Hank Coll, Tom Duncan, Lew Million, Dick Gordon Theme Ray Klinginsmith RI President The Lamplighter A Multiple Bemis Award Winning Publication of The Rotary Club of Parker P.O. Box #473, Parker, CO The Parker Rotary Centennial Gift to the Town of Parker THE ROTARY CLUB OF PARKER Chartered August 18, 1993 Rotary Education Month May 26, 2011 Breakfast Meeting each Thursday 6:45-8:15 a.m. The Club at Pradera 5225 Raintree Drive Parker, Colorado TODAY S PROGRAM Marlin Dorhout, Toys for God s Kids DISTRICT 5450 Karen Sekich Governor Thursday, June 2 Karen Overton, Helping Women and Children in Pakistan Thursday, June 23 Change of Command Dinner 12

2 May 26, 2011 VOLUME 18, NUMBER 43 Bill Fernow, Editarian (303) FAX: (303) June 2 June 4 June UPCOMING EVENTS RCC Meeting District Training Assembly Parker Days Festival HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS Tracy Keil has been volunteering with Home for Our Troops since Tracy s husband Matt was shot in the neck in Iraq and was instantly paralyzed from the should down. Tracy and Matt love their home as it provides Matt freedom to get around the house and be as independent as possible. It has also given them the opportunity to raise a family. In November of last year the Keils welcomed twins Matthew and Faith. Tracy raises awareness about injured veterans and Homes for Our Troops. The organization has built eight homes in Colorado and three more are coming. They buy the land, build the house, and provide the home mortgage-free to the veteran. There are 100 such homes around the country. A typical schedule for raising the walls, roof, windows, etc. in a three day Build Brigade with between 100 and 500 volunteers. It then takes three months to finish out the house. Home for Our Troops is keeping up with the demand for these homes. They have the capacity to build approximately 50 homes per year. Currently, there are between thirty and forty veterans approved and on the waiting list for a home. The cost of these homes is between $200,000 and $250,000. They are attractive homes that fit into the neighborhood very well. Homes for Our Troops was named a Top Rated Charity by the American Institute of Philanthropy. Individuals can contribute and/or volunteer at the organization s website: 2 June 13 Fundraiser Golf Tournament, Black Bear June 18 Food Drive for Parker Task Force, King Soopers June 23 Change of Command Dinner June 24 RCC Dance August 6 Rotary Kwik Car Wash Day September 10 Rotary at Work Day RI Theme 11

3 CLUB OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS Larry Brutlag......President Jane Johnson..President-Elect Kam Breitenbach....Secretary Dick Gordon....Treasurer Harold McCloud.....Sergeant-at-Arms Bob Forbes...Immediate Past President Carl Finamore.....Community Service Joel Engelstad... International Service Jo Stone Club Service Tom Vanderheiden...Vocational Service Tony Barnard......Foundations Steve Small Fund Raising Kevin Roth Public Relations PARKER ROTARIANS WITH DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITIES PDG Mike Oldham - Executive Committee, Strategic Planning, Nominating Committee Chair, PDG Advisory Group, Extension Committee, Health & Hunger Concerns, Annual Giving Polio Eradication, World Peace Fellowship, Group Study Exchange; Bill Fernow - Executive Committee, Public Relations and Rotary Awareness Chair, Interact Chair; Al Johnson - Assistant Governor Area 12; Jim Boyd - Membership Development; Doug Young - 4-Way Test Chair; Dave Gurule - Rotaract; Irv Buck - Water Management; Larry Brutlag - Grants Area 4&5; Bob Forbes - Ambassadorial Scholarships Lew Million May 28 Bill Fernow June 4 Dick Gordon June 6 Bill Shriver June 12 John Gile June 16 Kevin Roth June 20 Bill Gripman June 26 Eydie Hoeppner June 30 ANNIVERSARIES Members are encouraged to bring their spouse to breakfast as a guest of the club on your anniversary.. Bill & Chris Shriver May 18 Bill & Pat Fernow June 4 Sid & Penni Raines June 8 Bob & Kay Martin June 11 Tom&Nancy VanderHeiden June 11 Hank & Betty Coll June 13 Dan & Manon Rodriguez June 14 John & Kim Neininger June 15 Joel & Melissa Engelstad June 17 Jack & Alice Braly June 18 Cathy & Jon Groves June 25 Wayne & Marjorie Wagener June 25 Ken & Ellen Claiborne June 30 Dave & Kathleen Gurule June 28 Assistant Governor Patricia Fiske presents President Larry with RI Presidential Citation with Distinction for the Parker Rotary Club! Another great year! American Legion Post 1864 Commander Tom Pella presents a certificate of appreciation to Steve Trevino for his role in last year s Memorial Day Celebration. Patricia Fiske presented the Club with the RI President s Significant Achievement Award. This award was earned through Kam s wonderful work with the Parker Rotary Community Corps. GUESTS AND VISITORS Lisel Brutlag Visiting Rotarian and Naomi s daughter Tom Pella Guest of Steve Trevino David Cohn Guest of Kam Breitenbach Patricia Fiske Assistant Governor 10 3

4 TODAY IN HISTORY On May 26, 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, authorizing the removal of American Indians living east of the Mississippi River to western lands. Two days later, President Andrew Jackson signed the act into law. The young French nobleman Alexis de Tocqueville, who toured America writing down everything he observed, described the tragic results of the Indian Removal policy in his classic Democracy in America: At the end of the year 1831, while I was on the left bank of the Mississippi at a place named Memphis by the Europeans, there arrived a numerous band of Choctaws..These savages had left their country, and were endeavoring to gain the right bank of the Mississippi, where they hoped to find an asylum which had been promised them by the America government. It was then the middle of winter, and the cold was unusually severe; the snow had frozen hard upon the ground, and the river was drifting huge masses of ice. The Indians had their families with them; and they brought in their train the wounded and sick, with children newly born, and old men upon the verge of death. They possessed neither tents nor wagons, but only their arms and some provisions. I saw them embark to pass the mighty river, and never will that solemn spectacle fade from my remembrance. No cry, no sob was heard amongst the assembled crowd; all were silent. Their calamities were of ancient date, and they know them to irremediable. The Indians had all stepped into the boat which was to carry them across, but their dogs remained upon the bank. As soon as these animals perceived that their masters were finally leaving the shore, they set up a dismal howl and plunging all together into the icy waters of the Mississippi, they swam after the boat In the Pequot War a force of Puritans and Mohegans attack a Pequot village at Mystic, Connecticut, killing some 600 men, women, and children The Indian Removal Act is passed by Congress General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department, becomes the last Southern general to surrender in the Civil War For the second time the Senate fails by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson in his impeachment trial. GOLF TOURNAMENT Everyone needs to get involved to make this event successful! GET THOSE HOLE SPONSORS! MAKE-UP OPPORTUNITIES Wednesday Castle Rock Rotary 7:15 am Village Inn 207 Wolfensberger Road Castle Rock Wednesday-Parker Cherry Creek Valley 11:30 am Boston s E. Cottonwood Dr. Parker Don t forget that you can make-up meetings online through eclub One - the Rotary eclub maintained by District 5450 ( GUIDE TO MODERN SCIENCE: If it s green and wriggles, it s biology. If it stinks, it s chemistry. If it doesn t work, it s physics. THE FOUR-WAY TEST Of the things we think, say or do: Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? ROTARY INFO ON THE WEB Rotary International District District Polio CLUB WEBSITE - CLUB LINKED-IN SITE groups?gid= Eclub One Meeting on the web Rotary on YouTube rotaryinternational Rotary on Twitter Rotary on Facebook Rotary-International/ Rotary on LinkedIn gid=858557&trk=hb_side_g 4 9

5 WHAT PAUL HARRIS SAID The Ideal of Service What a privilege it is to be linked with one hundred and fifty thousand other men of more than eighty nations, differing in languages, customs, and historical back grounds; and yet alike in one respect all businessmen, held together by a common ideal applicable to all phases of life, the ideal which is popularly known as the ideal of service. This Rotarian Age, page 80 In the more than 70 years since Paul Harris wrote these words, some things have changed, while others have remained the same. Rotary membership has grown by 800% in those 70+ years, and now both men and women share that common ideal. But the ideal of service, which is the core of Rotary, has not changed. Reprinted by permission of the Rotary Global History from the Newsletter Nuggets Section of What Paul Harris Wrote ( We are trying to fill the Ticket Sales slots from 7:30 to 9:30 pm on Friday, June 10. GREETER PLEDGE INSPIRATION/ 4-WAY TEST INVOCATION May 26 Jim Pettett Dick Gordon Bill Fernow Al Johnson June 2 Michele Duncan Kevin Roth Bob Satrom DanRodriguez June 9 Bob Haeflein Carl Finamore Steve Gilbert Bob Satrom ROTARY MINUTE May 26 Bob Satrom June 2 Jim Boyd June 9 Mike Oldham June 16 Doug Young Beware the naked man who offers you his shirt. Harvey Mackey GOLF TOURNAMENT Everyone needs to get involved to make this event successful! GET THOSE SILENT AUCTION ITEMS! 8 5

6 Bill Gates, cochair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, praised Rotary for its continued success in the effort to eradicate polio, but cautioned that Rotarians will need to redouble their efforts to keep the disease from spreading -- and threatening hundreds of thousands of children. Gates, the keynote speaker at the third plenary session of the 2011 RI Convention, 24 May in New Orleans said that because of Rotary, there are many places in the world where polio is no longer considered a threat. That s a blessing and a curse, said Gates. The blessing is that in many places, polio is a disease of the past. The curse is that it is now harder for us to raise awareness that, in some places, polio is also a disease of the present. If we fail to help leaders around the world understand this, polio is certain to be a disease of the future. Gates praised Rotary for reducing the incidence of polio by more than 99 percent worldwide since Your work has brought us so far, he said. I m so proud to be a partner in the work that Rotary has been doing to eradicate polio. Gates noted that only one case of polio had been reported in India this year, as of March. India is approaching zero cases, said Gates. None of this would have been remotely achievable had it not been for Rotary. We would not be where we are without you. Nor can we get to where we re going without you. Gates said that he and his wife, Melinda, have made eradicating polio their foundation's top priority. With the world on the threshold of eradication, the hard work really begins, he said. Polio eradication has been our single biggest investment in recent years, as far as innovation and creativity. The last 1 percent will be the longest and hardest 1 percent, he said. It will require more work and more commitment than ever before. Without the redoubled effort of everyone in this room, and your fellow Rotarians around the world, we will not succeed. Redoubling is crucial to ending polio. GOLF TOURNAMENT Everyone needs to get involved to make this event successful! GET THOSE FOURSOMES SIGNED UP! 6 Membership in Rotary International If you asked a Rotarian if he or she belonged to Rotary International, the individual probably would look puzzled and answer, Of course I m a member of Rotary International But in this instance, the confident Rotarian would be technically wrong. No Rotarian can be a member of Rotary International! The explanation of this apparent contradiction is simple. The constitutional documents of RI state that membership in Rotary International is limited to Rotary clubs. More than 31,000 Rotary clubs belong to the organization we call Rotary International. A Rotary club is composed of persons with the appropriate qualifications of good character and reputation and a business or professional classification and who serve in an executive or managerial capacity. The Rotarian belongs to a club the club belongs to Rotary International. This technical distinction is not obvious or even known to most Rotarians and seldom does it create any problems or complications. It does explain, however, why the Rotary International Board of Directors places expectations upon and extends privileges to Rotary clubs, rather than to individual Rotarians. If someone asks if you belong to Rotary International, your most accurate answer would be, No, I belong to a Rotary club? But it is doubtful anyone would understand the difference or, in fact, would really care. A GARY MERAZ TRUE STORY A couple are getting ready for bed after a long day s work. I look in the mirror, and I see an old lady, the woman says to her husband. My face is all wrinkled, and I m sagging and bagging all over. And look at this flab on my arms. Her husband is silent. Hey! she says, turning to him. Tell me something positive to make me feel better about myself. Well, he says, your eyesight is still great. 7