Bulletin for December 9-15, 2011

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Upcoming Provo Rotary Luncheon Meetings and Events

December 15: Annual Club Christmas Party at Riverside Country Club

December 22 and December 29: No meetings. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!


Report of the Weekly Luncheon Meeting held December 8, 2011


Today's luncheon meeting was held at Riverside Country Club dinner music directed by Jill Moon and singing accompanyment provided by Ron Roberts. President Steve Densley conducted. An invocation was offered by Vic Ludlow.
     Rick Gregory introduced his guest, Captain Matt Siafanua of the Provo Police Department. Don Jarvis introduced two guests -- his wife Janelle and Gary McGinn, Communications Director for Provo City. Ethan Shumway introduced his guest from the Utah Valley Health Care Foundation. Paul Warner introduced Ev Richards with Utah Studies Weekly. Michelle Dudleenamjil was visiting as was Blake Romney with Provo Channel 17.
     Birthdays were celebrated for Provo Rotarians with December birthdays: Alan Blom, Jim Calder, Lee Gallagher, Monty Groesbeck, Larry Mendenhall, and Ron Pugh.
     Distribution of dictionaries to all third-grade students in the Provo School District is nearly complete. These dictionaries are an annual gift from the Provo Rotary Club. This year we will distribute close to 1,200.
     President Steve Densley reminded everyone of the annual club Christmas party a week from today, Thursday, December 15 at Riverside Country Club. All Rotarians and a guest are invited at no charge. Additional guests will be charged $50 each.
     Scott Miller spoke again of the club's annual Sub-for-Santa project in cooperation with the United Way of Utah Valley. All Rotarians are invited to adopt a low-income child or special-needs adult to provide a little Christmas cheer.
     It was announced that Andy Anderson is recovering well from brain surgery last month. He is in St. George recuperating and undergoing speech therapy. He hopes to rejoin us in January.
     Rick Hood served as sergeant.
     Don Jarvis introduced today's speaker, David Hall of Novatek, a world leader in drilling technology. He spoke about pet project he has called NewVistas, a cooperative planned community in which residents will become part of a communal way of life in a self-contained neighborhood where people will live, work, and worship without the need to leave the community. The first experimental project is planned for unused property in south Provo. For more information go to www.newvistas.com.

     Presidential parable: Referring to a Benjamin Franklin saying, President Steve Densley quipped: Today, a penny saved is not worth very much.

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