Bulletin for April 4-11, 2013

-
Ken Alford and Steve Tolley

Upcoming Provo Rotary Luncheon Programs and Events 

April 11: Erika Cohn, Rotary Peace speaker about three female judges elected in a Muslim Palestine 
Linda Palmer
April 18: Matt Montague, former BYU basketball point guard who now works for Hartford Investments

Report of the Provo Rotary Luncheon Meeting April 4, 2013

The meeting was conducted by President Vaughn Park. Dinner music was provided by Ron Roberts. The singing was
Jill Moon
conducted by Jill Moon. Carol Walker offered an invocation.
Birthdays were celebrated for all Provo Rotarians with April birthdays: Julie Bolton, Roger Ford, Dean Jackson, Don Jarvis, John Lewis, Linda Palmer, and Scott Smith.

Paul Warner reported that Strat Wendelboe would enjoy visitors at the Riverwood Specialty Hospital in Provo.

President Vaughn Park reported that our good friend Andy Anderson has resigned his membership in the club.

Dean Jackson is retiring as pastor of the Rock Canyon Church. There will be an open house honoring him April 18 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Riverside Country Club. 
Dean Jackson

 President Vaughn Park spoke about the annual Rotary district conference May 3-5, Friday to Sunday in Ogden. 

He also mentioned that donations for the club's pledge to the Provo Recreation Center are still needed. See Vaughn or Ray Beckham or Scott Smith.

Pete Pletsch
Steve Tolley
Pete Pletsch served as sergeant.

Steve Tolley introduced the speaker, BYU professor Ken Alford, author or Civil War Saints. He mentioned that this is 150th anniversary of the Civil War. In 1957 US President Buchanan sent 25% of the entire US Army to Utah to take care of the "Mormon problem." They were headquartered at Camp Floyd, the largest army base in the US at that time headed by General Albert Sydney Johnston. It stayed there until 1861 when it was closed and the troops were returned help in the Civil War. Dr. Alford gave a fascinating presentation about that war and the involvement of LDS soldiers including a group of LDS Saints headed by Lot Smith. Unfortunately the Power Point presentation he showed is proprietary and cannot be shared here.


Lot Smith

 

Popular posts from this blog

Sven Wilson visits Rotary

-
Our speaker this week was Sven Wilson, professor and chair of the Political Science Department at BYU.  Sven is also the visionary and founder of the Character First movement as highlighted on the Doug Wright show on KSL radio . For this week's meeting,  Sven focused his thoughts on rejecting the populist movement circulating in today's politics and spoke about the necessity of a strong leader who shows compassion and isn't afraid to admit when he or she is wrong. Just another way to keep politics civil and promote goodwill in all aspects of life.
Read more

Bulletin for April 6-12, 2012

-
Image
 Scott Kirkland, General Manager of Riverside Country Club Upcoming Provo Rotary Luncheon Programs and Events April 12: Robert Kittell, speaking about how today's decisions will effect your life tomorrow. April 19: William Black, president of RI Training, speaking about stress and change management, strengthening business and family relationships. April 26: Utah Senator John Valentine reporting on the recently completed legislative session. May 3: Kevin Fayles, Community Relations Manager, Envision Utah. Wednesday evening, May 9: New Member Introduction banquet at Riverside. May 17: Cathy Warner-Habing, Days for Girls. May 24: Mayor Jim Evans, City of Orem. Report of the Provo Rotary Luncheon Meeting held April 5, 2012 Today's luncheon meeting was held at Riverside Country Club. President Steve Densley conducted. Jill Moon and Ron Roberts handled the music and singing. Rev. Dale Jackson offered an invocation.      Guests today included ...
Read more

Glenn Jakins visits Rotary

-
Today we were pleased to hear from Glenn Jakins. After being introduced by his brother and our fellow Rotarian Darrell Jakins, we were able to hear about his innovations and business ventures, as well as his journeys from Johannesburg, to Cape Town, to London, and eventually Utah.
Read more