Bulletin for the week of August 13-19, 2010
Upcoming Luncheon Programs and Club Events
August 19: Noon luncheon, Coach Dave Rose, BYU basketball
August 19: 6:00 p.m. Annual Summer Adult Party at Jolley’s Ranch
August 26: Annual visit by District Governor Penny T. Atkinson
September 2: Utah Senator Bob Bennett
September 9: Jim Jackson speaking about nuclear energy, Los Alamos National Labs
September 16: Annual Rotary Golf Party at Wasatch Mountain State Park – no luncheon meeting
September 23: Chris Montague, Utah Nature Conservancy
September 30: Charlie Morgan, BYU professor, immigration specialist
October 14: Hal Black, BYU professor of zoology, ‘Bear Bone Facts’ research and human health
Report of the Provo Rotary Club meeting held August 12, 2010
The Rotary luncheon was held at the Provo Downtown Marriott Hotel. President Steve Tolley conducted the meeting. Tom Powell lead and Ron Roberts accompanied the singing of the Anthem and Pledge. Lee Gallagher offered an invocation.
Guests:
•Ray Beckham introduced his grandson Steve Nevers
•Stan Miller introduced his guest Dave Steed of Macey’s Market in Provo
The annual summer adult party is scheduled for Thursday evening, August 19, 2010 at the traditional location in Jolley’s Ranch in Hobble Creek Canyon. For many this is the favorite party of the year in the beautiful canyon setting. No reservations are necessary. There will be steak and salmon for everyone. Feel free to bring a guest who might enjoy Rotary membership.
Wednesday, September 8, is the annual United Way Day of Caring service event. Provo Rotarians are invited to join others from around the community for breakfast at 7:30 at LaVell Edwards Stadium followed by 4-hours of service.
Ray Beckham will once again head our membership committee for the 2010-2011 Rotary year. He distributed papers to each table inviting members to list names of friends or colleagues who might qualify for club membership. After approval each will be sent a letter of invitation.
Craig Carlile as sergeant asking trivia about Provo’s history while raising money for the club’s charitable foundation.
James Schramm introduced speaker Peter Reischman who conducts humanitarian trips to the Philippines each year. They have had several areas of focus including giving vaccinations, especially against rabies, conducting free medical clinics, building homes and public restrooms. They have recently found their “mission” building a stand-alone medical center in a small village which will serve as a first-call medical location and birthing center. They built one last month and will focus on building one each trip in a different village or town. The local midwife will serve as the village medic receiving modest pay for services rendered. The village will now have clean facilities for providing medical care with running water and sanitary working conditions. For most villages this will be their first medical building
