Bulletin for week of March 5-11, 2010

Rotarian Don Jarvis with speaker Helen Anderson.

Provo Rotary Club, Inc.
Bulletin for week of March 5-11, 2010

2009-2010 Rotary Theme: Moral Literacy for Youth and Adults
   
Upcoming Luncheon Programs and Club Events

18 March:  Gary L. Browning, first LDS mission president and present patriarch in Russia
25 March: Scott Howell, IBM Public Relations, on advances in IT

Report of the Provo Rotary Club meeting held March 4, 2010

The Rotary luncheon was held at the Provo Marriott Hotel. President Steve Sabins conducted the meeting. Ron Roberts accompanied and Steve Tolley led the singing of the Anthem and the Pledge. Jack May offered an invocation.

Guests attending today were:   

    •Trev Feller, guest of Wil Feller
    •Derek Elliott, guest of Phil Marriott
    •Mike Gledhill, guest of Ruth Riley and husband of new Rotarian Leslie Gledhill
    •Dan Ellertson, guest of Steve Smith

March birthdays were celebrated for Andy Anderson, Patras Bukhari, Frank Gardner, Mike Jacobsen, Vic Ludlow, Steve Smith and Gary Wiest.

Paul Harris Fellowships were awarded to six deserving Provo Rotarians: Gary Wiest, Linda Pemberton, Phil Marriott, Bill Bridges, Ruth Riley and Brad Norton. See below. There are several more Paul Harris recipients who will be honored in upcoming luncheon meetings.

Ruth Riley welcomed new Rotarian Leslie Gledhill (photo below), owner of Cherry Lane Keepsakes at 500 North and University Avenue in Provo, across from Academy Square.

Steve Royster served as sergeant.

Don Jarvis introduced speakers Christine Johansen, Miss Provo 2009-2010, who spoke briefly about her year representing Provo, and Helen Anderson, Provo City Community Relations and Public Education Director. Helen told a few heartwarming stories about Provo's wonderful Police Department and reported on a recent national poll which placed Provo near the top of the country's safest cities. She spoke about the city's reduced income challenges and the recent budget development process which included each department in creating their own reduced budget. There was a recent change in city management which moved the economic development director, Dixon Holmes, to the Mayor's office and changed his title to Deputy Mayor for Economic Development.

    News About the annual Provo Rotary Charity Golf Tournament

                          
President Steve Sabins announced that Linda Palmer has agreed to chair the club’s 2010 charity golf tournament. In past years the event has been named after LaVell Edwards who has graciously hosted the event and helped raise funds for the several children’s charities who are beneficiaries. However, LaVell and Patti are hosting a private tournament in May for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Utah Valley and will not be participating with us this year. We wish them well and will support them in any way we can.

Last year our event joined with America’s Freedom Festival at Provo. That association will continue with the tournament being renamed the Rotary Festival Classic Charity Golf Tournament. It will take place at Riverside Country Club Monday, June 21, 2010. Please put that date on your calendar.

    Paul Harris Fellowships Awarded

Provo Rotary Club is well on its way to becoming a 100% Paul Harris Fellows club with more than 90% of members now owning this honor. Today six new recipients were honored adding to several others who have been awarded in recent weeks. There are still several more to be awarded in upcoming meetings.

From left new Paul Harris Fellows: Linda Pemberton, Ruth Riley, Phil Marriott,
Brad Norton, Gary Wiest and Bill Bridges.

    Parting Shot

Older people shouldn't eat health food -- they need all the preservatives they can get.

                                            ~Robert Orben

Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.

                                            ~Charles Caleb Colton

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