“Mr. 4-Way Test” Honored on January 26th Tanis Roeder, P Alan Ashbaugh and the Fort

Collins Rotary Club orchestrated a surprise celebration for PDG Max Getts. In 1994 Max joined

with Bonnie Titley, Bill Schaffter (Chair), Bob Powell and Poudre R1School District officials

to create the Rotary 4-Way Test Program that lives today. The committee also created a training

video that is used throughout the USA and in 9 countries reaching more than 100,000 children.

Max and Virginia Getts were thrilled by the gifts and recognition.

Australian Flood Appeal After viewing the inland tsunami damage in Toowoomba, Queensland

(photos have been loaded on the District website www.rotary5440.org) Rotarians and Non-

Rotarians in District 5440 who want to help our Australian brothers and sisters may mail their tax

deductible donations to: District 5440 Treasurer Joni Kumor, 135 N. Ash, Casper, WY 82601.

Thanks to your Executive Committee your donations will be matched up to $10,000. Checks

should be made out to Casper Rotary Foundation and marked Australian Flood Relief Fund.

We want to send the check on 23rd February, Rotary’s Birthday. Anne Brand Governor of Dis-

trict 9630 thanks Rotarians in District 5440 for your generosity and for making a difference in our

world!

January Memorials Arch C. Klumph Society member PDG Joe Looper of Fort Collins Rotary

Club passed away on January 9th. See photo below on the grounds of Warwick Castle of Joe, wife

Joan and Carolyn taken at 2009 RI Convention in Birmingham, England. Wanda Johnson, wife

of PDG Gordon Johnson, Greeley Rotary Club and Rotarian James Barney, of Greeley Centen-

nial Rotary Club, both passed away on January 22nd.

Volume 1, Issue 8

District Governor’s Message

February, 2011

Assistant Governors

• Donna Burrill - Loveland, Loveland Mountain View, Love-

land Thompson Valley

• Chan Coyle - Craig, Ski

Town, USA, Steamboat Springs

• Gerry Crites - Cheyenne, Cheyenne Sunrise, Laramie,

Laramie Sunrise

• Rod Everett - Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole Breakfast, Jackson Hole Supper, Star Valley, Teton

Valley

• Ron Fossen - Lander, River-

ton, Thermopolis

• Eleanore Jones - Morrill,

Scottsbluff/Gering, Torrington

• Ray Leaycraft - Estes Park,

Estes Valley Sunrise

• David McGinnis - Evanston,

Kemmerer, Rock Springs

• Bill Mortimer - Casper, Cas-

per 5 Trails, Douglas, Rawlins

• Manny Muniz - Cody, Powell,

Worland

• Phil Murphy - Fort Collins, Fort Collins After Work, Fort Collins Breakfast, Fort Collins

Foothills

• Barb Redder - Buffalo, Gil-lette, Gillette-Energy, Ranches-

ter/Dayton, Sheridan

• Chuck Rutenberg - Greeley After Hours, Greeley, Greeley

Centennial, Greeley Redeye

• Susan VanDeren - High Plains

-Eaton, Johnstown-Milliken

• Peter Youngers - Sedgwick

County, Sterling

District Governor’s Newsletter World Understanding Month

Rotary International Distri ct 5440 , Inc .

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Register Early for the District Conference Rotarians are encouraged to click on the District website to take advantage of the $150 early registration price for the best seats at the Union Colony Civic Center for the Elvis/Rotary End Polio Concert. (After April 12th Registration is $180). Club Presidents are encouraged to nominate a 1st timer to this District Conference & who joined Rotary less than 18 months ago for the “New Rotarian District Conference Scholarship”. Contact your club president to see if you qualify.

Upcoming District Conference Highlights Starting at 7 pm on Thursday, May 12th there’ll be an Art Show & Sale, Silent Auc-tion, piano music, a Chocolate Fountain & Ice Cream Bar at the Fireside Lounge at the University Center’s House of Friendship. Friday afternoon May 13th includes fun activities from an Adventure Ropes Course to the Greeley Freight Station Model Train Museum, exploring the Poudre Learning Center & Trail, Fly Fishing, Ice Skating and Yoga. Then step back in time at Centen-nial Village for a BBQ with Rattlesnake Kate, the Rodarte Dancers, boot scootin music by Bob Purcell and the Outriders and a contest for the Best Western Dressed guy & gal! Saturday afternoon May 14th in addition to the above activities, there’ll be a fun time Inter-Generational Habitat Blitz called “A

Brush with Kindness.”

Awesome Speakers include Greg Podd, RI President’s Representative, Joe Dittmar, who was on the 105th Floor of the World Trade Center on 9-11, Ann Moore, Executive Director of the Center of Cowboy Ethics and Leadership will speak on “Ethics: Our Future,” Dr Evan Thomas will talk about “Manna from Houston,” Ambassadorial Scholar Phoenix Mourning-Star will share his “Year in New Zealand,” Peace Scholar Dr Manisha Javeri will describe her “Experience in Bangkok and AIDS Work in Mozambique” and Paul Harris Fellow Christopher Jenkins will illustrate “What the Ambassadorial Scholarship Means to Me.” Rotarian Dr Claude Piche’ will update us on the “Dengue Project in Belize, Guatemala & Honduras,” Mark Hagen & Robb Casseday will describe “The Kenyan Girls Rescue Center Project,” & Ed Pier will tell about Laramie’s “Guatemala Literacy Project.” On Saturday morning enjoy our world famous Youth Exchange Program & meet our Friendship Exchange visitors from Turkey. Come celebrate with our Award winners and hear our mystery Banquet Speaker on Saturday. Bring your dancing shoes and the family and come experience the greatness of Greeley!

Urgent Requests to Club Presidents! On May 12th each Club will have a table at the University of Northern Colorado, House of Friendship, at the District Conference so that they can display artifacts & Storyboards of their projects. Every Club is encouraged to contact Colette Pitcher at 970-356-8593 E-mail: Colette@colettepitcher.com about bringing:

1.One or more pieces of art by a Rotarian for the Art Show and Sale (photos, paintings, stained glass, quilts, paper cuttings, soft sculptures, woodcrafts & sculptures etc) 2.One or more items for the Silent Auction and 3.One or more items for the Live Auction. All proceeds will go towards PolioPlus

Casper is hoping to Charter their 3rd Club in the very near future. PP Robin Mundell and P Terry Bay are leading the charge

to add Club No. 53 to District 5440. PDG Dave Scriven, AG Bill Mortimer and P Bill Schilling are just as excited as Robin and

Terry. The grapevine says that they are within a whisker of having the magic number of twenty-five Rotarians. So stay tuned for a

late breaking invitation from P Terry & PP Robin to help them celebrate in Casper!

High Country PETS February 25-27, 2011 promises to be one of the best with RI President Elect Kalyan Banerjee and Binota his

wife, Past RI President & Foundation Trustee Chair-elect Bill Boyd Trustee & PRID Lynn Hammond, RI Director John Blount &

Rotary Coordinator Lynne Baker.

District Governor’s Message

PAGE 3 DISTRICT GOVERNOR’S NEWSLETTER VOLUME 1, ISSUE 8

District Nominating Committee selected PP Mike Forney Steamboat RC, as District

Governor for 2012-13 to replace Tom Miller who resigned as of January 24th. Mike was 2009

Rotarian of the Year. In 2010 he led the GSE Team to D-9630 Australia and is Chair of the

District Public Relations Committee. The Nominating Committee also selected P Julie Phares

Longs Peak RC as District Governor for 2013-14. Julie was 2006 Rotarian of the Year, President

of Estes Park Rotary Club in 2006-7. She founded Estes Park Sings, chaired Estes Park Duck

Race & Wine Tasting and has been District Trainer since 2009.

Assistant Governor Rod Everett A native of Wyoming, Rod is a graduate of Natrona County High School and the University of Wyoming. He is a Senior Vice President for The Bank of Jackson Hole, as well as a partner in The Liquor Store at Albertsons in Jackson, and a partner in The Stagecoach Bar in Wilson, WY. Rod joined the Jackson Hole Rotary Club in 1976 and served as President in 1980-81. In 1985 he became Club Secretary and served in that capacity until 2005 when he co-founded the Jackson Hole Supper Club, which was chartered on February 23, 2005, the 100th Anniversary of Rotary International. Rod had the honor to serve as Charter

President and Club President 2005-06. He is the honored recipient of the Jackson Hole Club.s Rotarian of the Year Award in 1996 and was doubly honored to be recognized as District 5440 Rotarian of the Year in 2000. Rod is a Paul Harris Fellow as well as his

Daughter, Kymberlee, a fellow Rotarian and treasurer of the Supper Club, as well as a Memorial Fellowship for his son Austin, Jr. He is from a family of Rotarians, in that his father was president of the Casper club in 1945-46 and his brother, Bill, is an active member in the same club today.

Besides Rotary, Rod serves in various community organizations, most notably the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum, the Jackson Hole Shrine Club, and the local council for the Boy Scouts of America. Rod is excited to serve as an Assistant Governor to the three Rotary Clubs of Jackson, Star Valley and Teton Valley.

Assistant Governor Bill Mortimer Bill was born in Green River, WY and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1958, and the University of Wyoming in 1962 with a degree from the College of Agriculture, majoring in Range Management. Upon graduation, Bill went to work for the Bureau of Land Management. He served in the US Army for two years, and after returning to work for the BLM, he spent his career in Wyoming and California, before retiring in 2002 with 40 plus years of government service. Bill was invited to join Rotary in 1996. He served on the Board of Directors, was Co-Chairman of a Habitat for Humanity project, a Team Captain on the Rotary Crossroads Playground pro-ject, was .Rotarian of the Year. in 1999-00, and served as the Centennial President during 2004-05.

Bill's wife, Kathy, is a retired school teacher with over 25 years of teaching in elementary education. During those 25 years, Kathy and Bill raised four boys. Gregory is a Chiropractor in the Denver, CO area, Scott is a Vice President of Western Environmental Testing Service in Casper, WY, Christopher is a fishing guide in Colorado and youngest son, Jon, is in the insurance business and currently resides in Parker, CO.

Bill and Kathy have 10 grandchildren, seven in Colorado, one in Texas and two in Wyoming. Bill serves the 2, and soon to be 3, Rotary Clubs of Casper, Douglas and Rawlins.

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Purple Pins for Polio Continues to Raise Awareness

by Judy TeSelle

173 Rotarians, and families, descended on Chipper’s Lanes on Sunday, January 23 for the 2nd Annual Purple Pins for Polio bowling tour-nament. Members of the four Ft. Collins Rotary clubs and Windsor Rotary raised an estimated $10,000+ in support of polio eradi-cation. Congratulations to the Ro-tary Club of Fort Collins Foothills who won this year’s tournament!

Numerous area businesses

gave their support by purchasing

banners which were prominently displayed at the end of each lane for the entire weekend.

Food sponsors, Olive Garden, Serious Texas BBQ, Pulcinnella Pizzeria and other local merchants fed the hungry throng with gen-

erous donations. Many thanks to

Chipper’s Lanes for hosting the

tournament, event coordinator

Tanis Roeder for her tireless ef-

forts, and all participants. We

could not have done it without

you! ! !

Noting the 106th anniversary of Ro-

tary is a great way to promote your

club and Rotary in the media. Getting

your story out is far easier when you

have a “news hook.” That’s something

about your story that has current news

value, such as a special event, a timely

award or something of general public

interest that your club has done.

The anniversary of Rotary’s begin-

ning can be such an opportunity.

Make it a local “Rotary Day.” Here

are some examples:

*Write a letter to your local newspaper

editor that recognizes the anniversary

and describes the contributions Rotary

has made in your community and the

world.

*Contact your local government offi

cials and ask them to issue a proclama

tion honoring Rotary Day.

*Create a special club event that gener

ates public interest (i.e., an End Polio

Now! Fund-raiser; a community ser

vice project or a program at your regu

lar meeting about Rotary that is open to

the media and the general public)

*Give your members buttons to wear,

fliers and posters for their businesses

and other items that promote Rotary

Day. (i.e., “It’s Rotary Day. Ask me.”

*Provide members with a list of bullet

points that describe important club and

RI accomplishments. (A partial list of

these is posted in the District 5440 PR

Website.)

Show your pride in Rotary and help

your community understand who you

are!

District PR Committee

CELEBRATE ROTARY’S 106th ANNIVERSARY –FEBRUARY 23RD

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As you know, registration for the 2011 Rotary District 5440 Annual Conference in Greeley May 12th through 14th is open and registrations are being received! Sign up early to receive the best choice of seats for the Elvis/Rotary End Polio Concert on Friday night May 13th. Club presidents are also encouraged to send the registration form now for their District Conference first time attendees so they can experience the Concert with great seats and Rotary camaraderie! We are making this a youth and family friendly District Conference offering Interact and Rotaract registra-tions for the Conference for $25! Please indicate that your child is a member of one of these clubs in the on-line registration and take advantage of this great rate. Children who are not members need to be registered if you wish them to experience the Conference. Please indicate their gender and age in the on-line registra-tion form. Child care services will be available, if needed. Come one, come all and live the Rotary experi-ence! Mark Llewellyn and Keith Gregory, Co-chairs, 2011 Rotary District 5440Annnual Conference Planning Committee, Promotion Within Rotary

Mark Wood, Chair, 2011 Rotary District 5440 Annual Conference Planning Committee

2011 Rotary District 5440 Conference by Mark Wood, Conference Chair

Upcoming Events

• 2/5/11-RLI Course #2-Ft Collins, CO

• 2/25/11-2/27/11-PETS, Denver, CO

• 3/19/11-RLI Courses 2 & 3-Casper, WY

• 4/9/11 - District Assembly, Laramie, WY

• 4/23/11-RLI Courses 1, 2 & 3 –Ft Collins, CO

• 5/12/11 - RLI Courses - Location TBD

• 5/12/11-5/14/11-District Conference-Greeley, CO

• 5/21/11-5/25/11-RI Convention, New Orleans

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Rotary Leadership Institute a Winner in Scottsbluff!

Rotarians from Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming immersed themselves in The Rotary Foundation, leadership skills, membership recruitment and retention, team-building, fund-raising and club projects during the initial Rotary Leadership Institute course at Scottsbluff on Saturday, January 29th. “We had a wonderful group from the Rotary clubs of Scottsbluff, Torrington and Gillette,” District RLI chair Phil Murphy said. “We had 20 participants in all, so the RLI team divided the group into two sections, which worked amazingly well,” Murphy said. Assistant District Governors Bar-bara Redder and Rotary Club of Scotts-bluff-Gering president Jim Trumbull helped the RLI team organize the ses-sion. RLI facilitators Murphy, Julie Phares, Gerry Crites, Mike Forney, Dave Scriven, Barbara Redder and George McIlvane traveled to Scottsbluff for the sessions. Because of the enthusiastic response at Scottsbluff, Murphy said the team would reassemble there in April for Course Two. All three courses will also

be held in Fort Collins on April 23rd. “Rotary Leadership Institute has been a huge success in District 5440 since the first courses were taught in 2009,” Murphy said. 48 Rotarians from the district have completed all three one-day courses. Many were recognized and formally graduated at the 2010 District Conference in Casper. In addition to Scottsbluff, RLI courses have been held in Casper, Fort Collins and Jackson.

“Rotary Leadership Institute is an outstanding opportunity for each club to improve the Rotary knowledge of its key people. These courses also expose participants to successful new ideas on leadership. The exchange of ideas with other experienced Rotarians alone makes the courses worthwhile,” Murphy said. Susan Van Deren from the Rotary Club of Windsor, who attended an earlier RLI ses-sion in Fort Collins said: “RLI, bar none, was one of the best experiences I've ever had. The training gave me a deeper understanding of Rotary, as well as numerous take-aways that can be applied to eve-ryday life. The fellowship was amazing and proved that even though people come from different clubs and differ-

ent towns, the challenges are the same,” she said. Each club is encouraged to nominate poten-

tial leaders in their club to attend RLI which cost $40 for each course. The payment covers the course ma-terials, lunch and limited travel expenses for the fa-cilitators. Most clubs cover the cost of the Institute for their nominees. The program was founded by Rotarians in 1992. Today 33 Rotary districts in North America use the program. District 5440 joined the initiative in the summer of 2009. More information about the RLI program is available on the district website at www.rotary5440.org.

PDG George McIlvaine takes RLI participants through a team-building exercise.

Assistant District Governor Eleanore Jones and Rotarian Dan Charron at the RLI training in Scottsbluff.

Rotary Club of Scottsbluff-Gearing club president Jim Turnbull and club secre-tary Julie Marshall joined 18 others at

the RLI training.

Rotarians attending the Rotary Leadership Institute in Scottsbluff pose with sandwiches in hand during a lunch break.

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Evanston Rotary Club looking for partners for Water Project in Guatemala The members of the Rotary Club of Evanston, Wyoming would like to invite other clubs to be part of a $100,000 global grant for a wáter project in Guatemala. This is a rainwater collection project that fits into the local Mayan culture and geography. As this goes to press five other clubs have joined us and we only need $20,000 more to fully fund the project. If you have international money left in your budget this year please consider joining us. The following is a justification for the project. Guatemala is a country with significant needs. Distribution of income is highly unequal with the top ten percent of the population comprising forty percent of consumption. Most of the government resources are spent in the cities excluding most of the indigenous Mayan population. More than half the population lives in poverty with 15% living in extreme poverty. The indigenous groups make up 38% of the population with a poverty level of 76% with 28% living in extreme poverty. Water is a basic need for health, sanitation, income and the ability of children to go to school. For example, if they are spending hours each day fetching wáter, they do not have time for school. Members of the Evanston Rotary Club visited Guatemala in February 2010. We formed a relationship with the Huehuetenango Rotarians and are partnering on this global grant. This is a remote area of Guatemala near the Mexico border and we have seen the need first hand. This is our first global grant and we believe in it enough to pledge $15,000, much more than we have ever pledged to an international project. The total proposal is very detailed and has been reviewed by a civil engineer in our district who thinks it is structurally sound. We are happy to provide a copy of the detailed proposal to any interested clubs. Contact Person: Julia Murray at jmurray@allwest.net.

Rotary Club of Lander looking to partner with other Clubs

for two on-going Medical Aid Projects in Central America By

Manny Muniz, Assistant Governor Three members of the Rotary Club of Lander, Dr. Dale Peterson DDS, his wife Jennifer Peterson (who is the Club Secre-tary), and Dr. Hart Jacobsen MD and his wife Josey, have been traveling to Honduras and Guatemala for several years to bring medi-cal aid and supplies to the impoverished people of those countries.

Guatemala Medical Aid Project

Funding is needed for a medical, dental and school mission in a small town called La Labor, just outside Guatemala City. Two Catholic sisters run this mission, Sangre de Cristo Health Care Project, and it has been in existence for 15 years. Dr. Jacobsen has visited them and holds annual Ear Nose and Throat clinics. He was very impressed with the work the religious sisters are doing. One of the sisters is an educator and the other a nurse. They also have a public health outreach that deals with sanita-tion, immunization and reforestation. Almost 50% of the operational monies come from small patient contributions but the remainder has to come from other sources. Because of the economy, institutional dona-tions and grants have been drastically reduced and the sisters are plead-ing for assistance.

Honduras Medical Aid Project

The second medical aid project concerns a small group of dentists, physicians and other professionals from Lander, Wyoming. This group has taken yearly mission trips to the Mosquitia region of

Honduras. Dr. Dale Peterson and his wife Jennifer head up this group, Mission of Mercy. The mission group travels by small boat visiting villages along the Patuca or Warunta rivers or on the Lagoon near Puerto Limpera. Dentists do extractions, fluoride treat-ments and supply toothbrushes. The physicians treat general medical problems. Treatment for parasites and distribution of eyeglasses are also performed. The costs are primarily borne by the traveling participants with some fundraisers to help with the cost of medical and dental supplies. Dr. Jacobsen said "I think a $10,000 request would be reasonable if we were successful with a matching grant and were joined in this effort by other Rotary clubs in District. If we were successful then the funds could be split between the Guatemalan project Sangre de Cristo Health Care Project and the Mission of Mercy group for Honduras." Please contact Assistant Governor Manny Muniz manny@mannymuniz.com (307) 335-7733 if your club is interested in joining this humanitarian undertaking and help these dedicated doctors deliver needed medical aid and supplies. Their efforts truly epitomize "SERVICE ABOVE SELF".

Dr. Hart Jacobsen, MD-Rotary Club of Lander

Kellie Tovar 3729 W. 22nd Street Greeley, CO 80634 Rotary5440@yahoo.com 970-506-1036

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 5440, INC. OFFICE

Judy TeSelle P.O. Box 755 Windsor, CO 80550 Judy55454@aol.com 307-259-5028

Service Above Self

We’re on the Web!

www.rotary5440.org

Rotary International

NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Dec. - 10 Dec. - 10 July - 10 Change Change Dec. – 10 Dec. - 10 July - 10 Change Change ROTARY CLUB Attendance Members Members YTD Per Mth ROTARY CLUB Attendance Members Members YTD Per Mth Buffalo 54.00 32 31 +1 0 Lander 70.00 67 66 +1 -1 Casper 72.24 184 181 +3 +2 Laramie 48.00 99 102 -3 -1 Casper 5 Trails 38.36 56 60 -4 -3 Laramie Sunrise 48.00 29 28 +1 0 Cheyenne 59.00 211 205 +6 +1 Loveland 72.77 163 167 -4 +3 Cheyenne Sunrise 66.67 35 34 +1 0 Loveland Mtn View 47.01 41 43 -2 0 Cody 60.00 81 81 0 0 Loveland TV 59.39 33 33 0 0 Craig 58.00 19 21 -2 0 Morrill 79.00 19 20 -1 0 Douglas Not Rep’d 30 33 -3 0 Powell 50.00 26 32 -6 -1 Estes Park 94.90 124 133 -9 0 Ranchester/Dayton 70.00 20 23 -3 0 Estes Park-Long’s Peak 100.00 21 20 +1 0 Rawlins 46.55 29 32 -4 0 Estes Valley Sunrise Not Rep’d 69 64 +5 0 Riverton 47.71 51 57 -6 0 Evanston 53.00 44 46 -2 0 Rock Springs 25.00 28 27 +1 0 Ft. Collins Not Rep’d 187 187 0 0 Scottsbluff/Gering 48.35 111 112 -1 +1 Ft. Collins After Work 66.67 20 20 0 0 Sedgwick County 67.00 30 27 +3 0 Ft. Collins Breakfast 82.18 76 76 0 0 Sheridan 53.26 121 126 -5 -2 Ft. Collins Foothills 62.00 102 105 -3 -4 Ski Town, USA 72.53 29 27 +2 0 Gillette 28.28 66 67 -1 0 Star Valley Not Rep’d 13 18 -5 0 Gillette-Energy Not Rep’d 52 52 0 0 Steamboat Springs 69.35 83 85 -2 -1 Greeley 41.86 141 147 -6 -1 Sterling 47.22 36 37 -1 0 Greeley After Hours 100.00 19 19 0 0 Teton Valley 50.48 34 41 -7 -3 Greeley Centennial 74.09 104 104 0 0 Thermopolis 64.00 31 31 0 0 Greeley Redeye 87.00 30 32 -2 0 Torrington 58.59 64 65 -1 0 High Plains (Eaton) 76.14 22 29 -7 0 Windsor 57.00 33 32 +1 0 Jackson Hole Not Rep’d 205 198 +7 0 Worland 43.00 38 39 -1 0 Jackson Breakfast Not Rep’d 14 14 0 0 Jackson Supper 59.09 37 38 -1 0 Johnstown/Milliken 75.36 24 20 +4 0 Kemmerer 61.67 24 24 0 0 TOTALS 3257 3311 -54 -10

Club Attendance and Membership - December, 2010

2011 District Conference online

registration is now available at

www.rotary5440.org