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Meeting Summary September 14, 2009by Sandy Widmer

DATE: September 14, 2009

PLACE: Parkway Plaza

GREETERS: Doug McLaughlin and Percy Anderson

PLEDGE, INVOCATION, 4-WAY TEST: Mike McIntosh

GUESTS: Doug McLaughlin introduced the guests today.

From the 5-Trails club our visiting Rotarians were Janice Scrivens andDiane Bessert. Steve Higginson brought his wife Karen as his guest. Tom Thorson's guest today was Lauren Volk who is with the SchoolFacilities Commission. Jake Dailey's guest today was Mike Lougee who isa State Farm agent. Dick Day's guest today was Ryan Schwartz who is alawyer with the firm of Williams,Porter, Day, and Neville. BrendaEickhoff-Johnson's guest today was Cori Burton who is with MercerHouse. Our exchange student, Stevan, was also our guest today.

SONG AND MERRIMENT: Gary Pehrson and Brenda Peters

Today we sang "My Country Tis of Thee".

FAMILY OF ROTARY: Greg Lance is doing well, it was announced thatMark Francis and his wife had twins, a boy and girl, born August 28th andwe all need to keep Bill Devore's family in our prayers. His wife Nina,and his brother's wife were attacked while walking down in Colorado. Moredetails were not available.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Past President Jimmy Goolsby presentedDean Cline with the Distinguished Service Award and John Jorgensenwas presented with the Rotarian of the Year award.

GUEST SPEAKER: Today's program was presented by

Val Roberts and Gary Pehrson. ValRoberts spoke of Rotar y International and the "Polio Plus" program.

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Gary Pehrson talked about the Paul Harris Fellow program and awardedPaul Harris Fellow recipients.

Val explained how our club is part of Rotary International and there are33790 Rotary clubs in existence today. In July of 2007, RotaryInternational was named one of the top corporate partnership clubs. Onebig goal of Rotary International is polio eradication. The Bill and MelindaGates of 2012. If you pledge $500 to Polio Plus, there will be an additional$500 put toward your Paul Harris Fellow, so both will count. Our Rotaryboard has allotted $10000 to go to this goal so members can contribute totheir Paul Harris Fellow and Polio Plus as well. We can also help for the bigpush of Polio Plus on October 24th which has been designated "Polio PlusDay" and our club will let all know what special events will be taking place. There is also the "purple pinkie project" which will go into the schools andall kids who donate to this will get their pinkie painted purple. It is part ofan awareness campaign for Polio Plus that will also be announced in thepapers, radio stations and television.

Gary informed the club that Rotary founder Paul Harris started Rotary in1905. He presented some of our Rotarians with their Paul Harris Fellowawards. First year Paul Harris recipients have given $1000 to theFoundation.


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Those new members include Jason DeWitt, Greg Lance, JohnMasterson, Red Nickerson, Brenda Peters, Hank Wilson, BillSchilling and Jim Lowham.

Recipients of the Paul Harris Fe llow +1 were Jim DeRop, Jim my Goolsby and John Masterson. This means they have donated a total of$2000.


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Those who have donated $3000 and recipients of their Paul HarrisFellow+2 were Greg Brondos and Charlie Schopp.

Al Metz and Dennis Lower were recipients of their Paul Harris Fellow+3, a donation of $4000.


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Dennis Lowe r was also presented his Paul Harris Fellow +4 and +5which means he has donated $6000 to the Paul Harris Fellow.

ROTARIANS OF THE WEEK: Brenda Peters nominated Jim Soukup forbeing recognized in the American Profile publication for the National TrailsMuseum as a volunteer. Stan Lowe nominated SusanThomas for her outstanding speech at the Patriot Day ceremony, Susan Griffith for havingher students putting out American flags in the shape of 9/11, and to Rev.Bill Pierce for giving the invocation at this event. President BillSullivan nominated Stan Lowe for organizing the Patriot Day event. Doug McLaughlin nominated H olly Turner for putting on such asuccessful fund raising dinner for the NIC. Rick Reimann nominated KentHambrick for being named the "Realtor of the Year".

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ken Gorder announced that the annual highwaycleanup will be held this Saturday, September 19th. The meeting point isacross from the airport entrance and will meet at 9:00 a.m. The sign upsheets are on the table. Dr. Walt Nolte announced that there is going tobe an educational forum held at Casper College this Friday morning at10:00. The public is invited to observe and participate, panel membersinclude Arnie Duncan and Senator Enzi. Liz Becher announced that sheneeds Rotarians to help organize volunteers for the annual Platte RiverRevi val which will be held on Saturday Sept. 19th. She needs you to signup on the sheets on the table and be at Mike Lansing Field at 8:00 a.m. tohelp get volunteers organized. Rev. Bill Pierce needs help to build 2 fourplexes in North Casper. He has the land to build on, he just needs help toget it done in the construction and financial areas. These will help providelow income housing.

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH: Introduced by Eric Easton

Today's Student's of the Month are from Kelly Walsh High School.


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Nathan Higginson is the son of Steve Higginson, Rotarian, and KarenHigginson. He is a senior this year and is involved in National HonorSociety, Swimming, Cross Country and Track. He also participates inseveral choirs and has performed in 2 school musicals. He has volunteeredto help with the river clean up projects and also helped with the Rotaryproject at the Cross Roads park. He has been involved in an essayprogram, "We the People", and plans on attending college for 1 year, goingon a mission for 2 years, then finishing college with a degree in computersor possibly pre-law.

Tess Kersenbrock is in journalism and really likes her 3-D Design class. She is also a senior. She is taking a foreign relations class, she is a staffwriter for the school newspaper, on Student Council and is the Key ClubPresident. She also has volunteered for the ARC of Natrona County. Sheplans on attending CSU in the fall pursuing a degree in dentistry.

NEXT MEETING: MONDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST AT THE PARKWAY PLAZA -OUR PROGRAM WILL BE A 2004 JAPANESE EXCHANGE STUDENT, BETSYBOWER.





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GREETERS: Glenn Januska and Red Nickerson

PLEDGE, INVOCATION, 4-WAY TEST: Robin Mundell

GUESTS: Introduced by Glenn Januska

Today Randy Hein visited us from the 5-Trails club. Doug McLaughlinbrought as his guest Cindy Bower who is the mother of our guest speaker,Betsy Bower. Jesse Helm's guest today was Nick Hill who is the managerof the Holiday Inn. Kate Tiernan's guest today was Kate O Hara. SteveBrown brought as his guest today Derek Silte who is a medical student. Jake Dailey brought as his guest today Mike Lougee, a State Farm agent. Eric Easton introduced Sara Heisey who is a teacher at Midwest andaccompanied our Student of the Month today. Also attending today is ourSuper Duper exchange student Stevan.

SONG AND MERRIMENT: Gary Pehrson and Brenda Peters led us insinging "America the Beautiful".

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: President Bill Sullivan had several specialannouncements today. He thanked Dennis Lower for making severalmore panels in which to display our Rotary flags. He also announced thatAllegiant Air is celebrating their first anniversary at our airport and GlennJanuska is the one responsible for bringing the air service to Casper. Itwas also announced that if you donate to Polio Plus you need to make thechecks out to the Rotary Internatonal Foundation and your funds will bematched up to $500. President Sullivan also recognized our WW II vets,Whit Bradley and Hank Wilson. The Honor Flight Farewell that will betaking WW II vets to Washington D. C. will be having their send off onTuesday at 8:30 a.m. at the airport. They will be returning Wednesdayevening around 8:30p.m.

FAMILY OF ROTARY: Robin Mundell and her husband will be celebratingtheir 30th Anniversary this weekend!

GUEST SPEAKER: Introduced by Bill Schilling

Today's guest speaker was our Rotary exchange student to Japan in 2004. Her name is Betsy Bower andshe is a graduate from Kelly Walsh High School. She always wanted tocome back to our Rotary Club and share her experiences with us. She wasinspired to go to Japan because she met a Japanese exchange student hereand thought it would be interesting to experience their culture and way oflife. She graduated from KWHS early so she could go to Japan. When shespoke to the Rotary Club in Japan, it was a men only club which she found


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interesting. The most memorable time for her in Japan was her schoolexperience. She was "assigned" to friends who took her around to meet allkinds of people and got her involved in their after school clubs. Herfavorite club was the Tea Ceremony Club. She wasn't so sure about it atfirst, but learned calligraphy, how to arrange flowers and the art andculture behind the Japanese tea ceremony. She said it took severalmonths to become familiar with the language even though she had studiedJapanese prior to her visit. She loved the Japanese food, although theburritos she made for her host family weren't as popular. She alsoexperienced a reverse culture shock because she was so used to the loudand busy way of life in America, whereas the Japanese are very calm andquiet. She had a hard time adjusting when she came back home. She felttheir schools were not so much based on "status", everyone wore uniformsand it seemed all kids were accepted which created a wonderful communityspirit among the student body. She left us with the thought that today isInternational World Day of Peace and that we need to experience insteadof judge. She said that what you may expect is not what is real and whatis real is what you experience. She feels more compassionate to othersbecause of her experience and is very thankful she had the opportunity togo.

NEW MEMBERS: Bill Schillingwelcomed our newest member Mike Lougee. Mike is a State Farm agentand his sponsor is Jake Dailey. Bill addressed the purpose andexpectations of Rotary and presented Mike with his Rotary packet. He alsopresented Jake with a Rotary Sponsor pin and his sponsorship duties.

ROTARIANS OF THE WEEK: Liz Becher nominated all of those Rotarianswho helped with the Platte River Revival Clean-up. The Rotariansorganized the volunteers which were in excess of more than 500. ThoseRotarians were Bill DeGraeve, Tom Forslund and his wife Barb, SearThapa, Tony Valdez and wife Jan, Mike McIntosh, Dick Jay and GaryPehrson. Family members of Rotarians who helped were Pauli Dorsettand workers from the 5-Trails Club were Jim Meador, Randy Hein andCharlie Page. Ken Gorder nominated the Rotarians who helped with theannual highway cleanup. Those Rotarians were Bob Barnard, DougMcLaughlin, Larry Madsen, Bill Knight and his three sons, PercyAnderson, Steve Domonkos, Paul Rhodes and Ken's wife LindaGorder. Robin Mundell nominated Glenn Januska for Chance Warne. Glenn was given an award from his peers for Airport Managing.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Greg Brondos is going south for the winter, but hasannounced that the annual "Bike Ride of the Tetons" will be held on April21st. He wanted to announce it early so all who wanted to attend couldput it on their calendars.


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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Introduced by Eric Easton

Today's Student of theMonth was Cayenne Armstrong from Midwest High School. She is a seniorwho is the daughter of Kevin and Ruth Armstrong. She is in NationalHonor Society, plays basketball, volleyball and participates in track. Shehas 3 sisters and is learning to play the piano for her career in MusicTherapy. She doesn't think she can get this degree from an in-state schoolso is looking out of state for a college to attend. Cayenne was presentedwith a Certificate of Achievement, a 4-Way Test coin and a Rotary t-shirtfrom our President Bill Sullivan.

NEXT MEETING: Monday September 28th at the Parkway Plaza - Guestspeaker will be Vicky Polluck from Casper College Lifetime Living Institute




GREETERS: Dick Stribling and John Griffith

PLEDGE, INVOCATION, 4-WAY TEST: Lynn Williamson

GUESTS: Introduced by John Griffith

Todays' guests included Major Elfred Parker who is with the Salvation Armyand a guest of Tom Forslund. Tom Thorson's guest today was LaurenVolk who is the the School Building Commission. Eric Easton introducedparents of Student's of the Month. They were Donna and Joe Osterholtand Sam Carrick. Hank Wilson's guest today was Ann Tollefson and ourexchange student Stevan was also with us today.

SONG AND MERRIMENT: Gary Pehrson and Brenda Peters led us insinging "Cowboy Joe".

FAMILY OF ROTARY: Jake Dailey proposed that we celebrate the Familiesof Rotary and bring back the annual family picnic. He feels we shouldcelebrate and recognize our families.


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SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: Dusty Johnson presented Steve Berdahl hisblue badge today. It was also announced that the big Polio AwarenessCampaign will hold a "Purple Pinkie" donation day on October 24th. Exactlocations and activities have not been determined yet, but there are signup sheets for times to work collection locations. See Val Roberts and ChadNelson if you would like more information.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tim Havasi gave us a membership update. Currently we have 188 members and our goal is 200. They have formed anew membership committee and if you would like to serve on thatcommittee, see Tim. The District is proposing a membership drive untilMay 2010. If you bring a new member into the club you will be enteredinto a drawing to win Rotary-type prizes such as conference expensespaid. See Tim for more information.

GUEST SPEAKER: Introduced by Bill Schilling

- Today our guestspeaker was Vicky Pollack who is with Casper College and the OsherLifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). She told us that a man named BernardOsher set up a foundation to offer a $100000 grant for colleges who couldget up to 100 members to offer adult continuting education courseofferings. The annual fee to belong and sign up is $50. You can alsopurchase seasonal memberships for $30 with the summer membershipbeing $15. The $50 membership includes 2 free classes and one free OLLIsummer class. They offer 30+ classes and are always looking for people indifferent areas of expertise to teach the classes. In order for thefoundation to continue giving money to the OLLI program at CasperCollege, there needs to be a total membership of 500 by December 31st ofthis year. If that happens, Casper College will continue to receive a milliondollar endowment to keep the program running. Some of the classesinclude math classes, movie studies, a Holocaust class, classes on westernmusic, journaling, screwball comedies and astrology. They host an openhouse twice a year and also have 2 big social events each year. They arethe High Tea and Theatre social which is held in the fall and the RobertBurns Night Dinner which is held in February. There is a website you canvisit to see the schedule of classes and that is www.caspercollege.edu/olli. In order to register, you must do it at Casper College or by mail with aregistration form. Some of the classes that are going to be coming up are"Paranormal Casper", "Financial Literacy for Seniors", and "Children'sLiterature for Grandmas and Grandpas" to name a few. Their motto is to"Keep Learning and Keep Living".


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ROTARIANS OF THE WEEK: Bill Schilling nominated Stan Lowe for all ofhis work in organizing the Honor Flight Wyoming and the second trip theyjust completed. Stan Lowe gave us a brief overview of the trip and itsevents. He said all had a very good time and were so pleased with beingable to go. There are 5000 WW II vets still alive with almost 1500 of themcapable physically to go on a trip like this. They do help providewheelchairs and oxygen and have 1 guardian for every 3 vets. They arelooking for donations for their next trip, the cost is $1000 per person. TimHavasi nominated all of those members who have sponsored a newmember and who are now eligible for the District drawing. Those sponsorsare Tom Crull, Tim Havasi, Dusty Johnson, Craig Brandon, JohnStarnes, Robin Mundell, Rona Boril, John Jorgensen, Ed Opella, JakeDailey, Gary Pehrson, Rick Reimann, Tim Monroe and BrettOsborne.

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH: Eric Easton introduced 4 Students of theMonth today. There were 2 high schools represented. Students were fromRoosevelt High School and Natrona County High School.

Casey Mutz is from Roosevelt and had droppedout from school, but has found success at Roosevelt. Her favorite and mostinfluential teacher is Susan Griffith. She is eligible for the BOCES classes,and will be graduating this December. She pretty much supports herselfand also works. She would like to attend college next year.

Ashley Dormer is also from Roosevelt and is ajunior. She had a very tough time when her adopted family basically gaveup on her and kicked her out on the streets to live. She did that for morethan a year, then decided to take control of her life and look for hernatural parents. She found them, enrolled in Roosevelt and now is doinggreat. She is looking forward to graduating and wants to go to college.

Chelsea Carrick is from Natrona and is asenior. She is involved in Cross-Country and also Indoor and Outdoor


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Track. She hopes to go to college on a track scholarship. She is thePresident of the National Honor Society and would like to major in creativewriting and possibly become a journalist in college. She also ran theCasper Marathon.

Michael Osterholt is also a senior atNatrona and is involved the the IB program as well as the basketballteam. Winter is his favorite season, he loves to snowboard and is also apool shark. He have finished first twice in the state pool competition. Heis also very involved in the State III Theatre and plans to major inPre-Med. He is the son of Joe and Donna Osterholt.

NEXT MEETING: OCTOBER 5TH AT THE PARKWAY PLAZA - NOON


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