The Lamplighter A Publication of the Rotary Club of Parker

Rotary Club of Parker

Club President: Lindy Blackburn President Elect: Michele Duncan Secretary: Ben Martin Treasurer: Bob Satrom

2014 – 2015 Contributers:

Members and Non-members have the

option to individually contribute to the

activities of the Rotary Club of Parker and

will be recognized for their contributions.

July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015

CONTRIBUTERS:

Platinum $1000 or more

Bill and Nancy Gripman

Gold $750 to $999

Silver $500 to $749

Al Johnson

Jane Johnson

Bronze $250 to $499

Copper up to $249

All levels of sponsorship will receive

recognition in the Lamplighter, on the

web site and in other appropriate publicity

sponsored by the club.

Presiding Lindy Blackburn

Greeter Bill Gripman

Pledge Bob Kramer

Inspiration Gloria Beckley

4-Way Test Ben Martin

November 20, 2014 Volume 1 Number 30

This Week’s Program

Father Theron Walker

Emmaus Anglican Church

The Parker Rotary Centennial Gift to

the Town of Parker – 2005

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2014-2015 Theme Gary C.K. Huang President Rotary

International

DISTRICT 5450 Dr. Peter Ewing Governor

Rotary Community

Corps of Parker

Interact at

Chaparral HS

Breakfast meeting Thursday’s at Parker Adventist Hospital Conference Center, 9395 Crown Crest Blvd. 6:45 – 8:15 a.m. No morning meeting the 4th Thursday each month when we have an evening Social Gathering. Come join us! Guests are always welcome.

January 23 – State of the State Luncheon

January 29

No Morning Meeting Evening Social – location TBD

January 31, 2015

District Event: Rotary Leadership Institute

Red Rocks Community College

February 10

Rotary Club of Parker Board of Directors Mtg.

The Egg & I

7:00 a.m.

February 24

STATE OF THE TOWN Luncheon

February 26 – NO MORNING MEETING

February 28

MAYOR’S BALL

March 10

Rotary Club of Parker Board of Directors Mtg.

The Egg & I

7:00 a.m.

March 21 Parker

Task Force Food Drive

March 26 - SOCIAL – place TBD NO

MORNING MEETING

April 3 & 4 - Dinners for 8

April 14 Rotary Club of Parker Board of Directors Mtg.

The Egg & I

7:00 a.m.

April 16

Foundation Meeting following regular Rotary meeting

April 29

Parent Reception

April 30

No morning meeting

Mar. 28, 2015

District Event: Rotary Leadership Institute

Red Rocks Community College

May 1, 2015 – May 3, 2015

District Conference, Keystone Resort

May 16, 2015

District Assembly

Front Range Community College

June 13

Parker Task Force Food Drive

September 19

Parker Task Force Food Drive

Upcoming ROTARY Events 2014 - 2015

NOVEMBER 20 – DECEMBER 17

RCC @ RVU COAT DRIVE (Bring new or clean, gently

used coats to any Rotary meeting)

November 27

No morning meeting

Happy Thanksgiving!

December 4, 2014

RCC @ RVU - noon

December 6, 2014

District Grants/Club Qualification

December 8, 2014

Fireside Chat South Metro Fire Station #41 Pine Drive

7:00 p.m.

December 9

Rotary Club of Parker Board of Directors Mtg.

The Egg & I

7:00 a.m.

December 9 (Tuesday) Christmas Party Pradera Golf Club 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.

December 13

Rotary Home for the Holiday’s Market

see Michele to sign up to help

December 16

Project Cure (RCC @ RVU to assist!)

7:00 to 9:00 pm

10377 E Geddes Ave

Centennial CO 80112

December 25

No morning meeting

Merry Christmas!

January 1

No morning meeting

Happy New Year!

January 03, 2015

RI President's Dinner - Renaissance Hotel January 4, 2015

PETS Facilitator Training - Renaissance Hotel

January 13

Rotary Club of Parker Board of Directors Mtg.

The Egg & I

7:00 a.m.

January 15

Foundation Meeting following regular Rotary meeting

January 17, 2015

District Event: Mid-Year Presidents' Meeting Red

Rocks Community College

January 20 RCC 5-Year Celebration Dinner & Recognition

see Kam for tickets - $15

Silver Sponsor - $1,000

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate

Bronze Sponsor - $500 Emmaus Anglican Church

of Stonegate

Contributor - $300

Sponsors for the 2015 State of the Town

and the Mayor’s Ball SPONSORS

Premier Platinum - $5,000

Platinum - $2,500

Media Platinum Sponsor Search Magazine

Gold Sponsor - $1,500

Joy Lutheran Church

Club of Parker

COMMUNITY EVENTS

2015

Parker

State of the Town

& Impact Award

February 24, 2015

Luncheon

11:30 AM – 1 PM

Vehicle Vault

Automotive Museum

18301 Lincoln Meadows Parkway

Parker, Colorado

Keynote Speaker

Honorable Mike Waid

Mayor of Parker

Tickets - $35

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2nd Annual

Mayor’s Ball Gala

Evening with Dining and Dancing

Silent Auction

February 26, 2015

6 -10 10 PM

Vehicle Vault

Automotive Museum

18301 Lincoln Meadows Parkway

Parker, Colorado

Tickets - $75

Sponsorships Available

www.parkerrotary.org

Last Week

Larry Brutlag and Kam Breitenbach presented a check to

Steve Budnack (center) of the Parker Task Force.

Student of the Month: Iryna Androshcuhuk

ing Forward

Programs

Nov 20 Father Theron Walker Emmaus Anglican Church

Dec 4 Gary Lasater RTD Update

Dec 11 Dennis Houston CEO-Parker Chamber of

Commerce Chamber Happenings Update

Dec 18 Lindy Blackburn et al Club Assembly and

Election of Officers

Jan 08 Vice Chancellor Lisa Douglas CU South Denver

MAKE-UP MEETING OPPORTUNITIES

Wednesday-Parker Cherry Creek Valley

11:30 a.m.

Parker Adventist Hospital Conference Center

Monday – Aurora Southlands Rotary

1:00 p.m.

Heritage Eagle Bend Clubhouse

23155 East Heritage Parkway in Aurora

Wednesday, Rotary Club of Castle Rock

7:15 - 8:30 a.m. Village Inn

207 E. Wolfensberger Rd. Castle Rock

Duty Roster

Nov. 27 – No Meeting/Happy Thanksgiving!

Dec. 4th - Greeter BOB SATROM

Dec. 4th - Pledge TOM DUNCAN

Dec. 4th - Inspiration SUE GARDNER

Dec. 4th - 4-Way Test STEPHEN

SUMPTION

Dec. 11th - Greeter WILSON GROEN

Dec. 11th - Pledge

Dec. 11th - Invocation/Inspiration

Dec. 11th - 4-Way Test JANE JOHNSON

Dec. 18th - Greeter

Dec. 18th - Pledge BEN MARTIN

Dec. 18th - Invocation/Inspiration

Dec. 18th - 4-Way Test DAVID SELDEN

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IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY!

BROWN, STEVE Nov 06 OLDHAM, MIKE Nov 27

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

BREITENBACH, KAM & Steve 11th 41 DUNCAN, TOM & Leslie 11th 25 BLACKBURN, LINDY & Tanne 12th 8 GOUGH, SCOTT & Laurie 14th 35 PETTY, GLENN & Joan 21st 22 SUMPTION, STEPHEN & Carole 22nd BELLER, JANICE & RON 26th 48 FINAMORE, CARL & Beverly 28th 46

ROTARY ANNIVERSARIES

GORDON, DICK 8 years

SWEENEY, TED 11 years.

BRUTLAG, LARRY 9 years

BOYD, JIM 6 years

BAKER-HOOD, MELANIE 2 years

FURMANSKI, TOM 2 years

SELDEN, DAVID 4 years

CLAIBORNE, KEN 7 years

Thanks to each of you for your continued

service to the Rotary Club of Parker.

PEACH and PEAR RECORD SALES

374 Boxes sold with over $4,400 given to

our Community and those in need.

COORDINATORS

Gloria Beckley and Larry Brutlag

PARTNER SALES

AVE MARIA – 106 boxes - Hank Coll

CHECK $537

Parker Task Force -JOY Lutheran– 48

boxes Plus 15 boxes – Ken Claiborne and

Don Clasen CHECK $342

PUMC – 41 boxes – Steve and Carol

Sumption, Kam Breitenbach and Jane

Johnson CHECK $275

CCVRCP – 13 boxes – CHECK $70

Denver Southeast Rotary Club – 33 boxes

– Mike Oldham and Gloria Beckley

Lindy Blackburn, Carl Finamore, Gloria

Berkley, Kam Breitenbach, Jane Johnson,

Michele Duncan, Bob Kramer, Tom Duncan,

Larree Morgan, Glenn Hertzler, Ron Beller

and Randy Hill all helped the day of pick up.

Fireside Chat

Dec. 8 at 7:00 p.m. South Metro Fire

Station #41 Pine Drive, Parker will be

the next Fireside Chat. If you would

like to know more about the Rotary

Club of Parker, this is the chat for you!

Mike Oldham leads the evening while

other Directors of our club tell what our

club is about and the opportunities to

serve. Please join us on December 8th!

LAST WEEK

Guest Speaker from Arrupe Jesuit

High School: Tom Mallary,

Director, Corporate Work Study

Program and student Carolina

Luna.

LIGHT UP ROTARY CHRISTMAS PARTY

Pradera Golf Club

December 9th

6:00 arrival and reception

*cheese & cracker display, vegetable crudite with hummus* (cash bar)

7:00 plated dinner

Salad

Autumn salad with dried cranberries, candied nuts, white cheddar, apple, and white balsamic vinaigrette

Entrée (choice) Grilled filet mignon with wild mushroom demi glace, smashed

rooster potatoes, and jumbo asparagus

Grilled pork chop with ginger pear compote, sweet potato puree,

and jumbo asparagus

Sweet potato crusted salmon filet with sautéed winter greens and

maple bourbon butter sauce

Dessert

Molten Chocolate Cake with peppermint crème anglaise

$10/Parker Rotary Club Members/$35 Honorary Members & Guests

Christmas Gift – instead of exchanging gifts, it is recommended that

you bring a Gift Card to be donated to the Task Force.

RSVP to Jane or Kam by December 2nd with your choice of menu items

and name of any guests & meal choice.

Last

Chance

!

Rotary Annual Christmas Party – Pradera Golf Club – December 9, 2014

Anniversary!

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE …………………….... Li Pettett, Director Deaf School/Water, Dominican Rep. ……………..….Steve Brown Ghana Audiology Project ………………………………..…….....Jo Stone India Water Project ……………….………………..Irv Buck, Ron Beller Kenya Orphanage Project ……………………..…….….…..Lorie DiSaia Respire Haiti Project ………………..……………………….Mike Oldham Romania Orphanage Project……….…………………Steve Sumption Open World ………………………………………….…..……...Alvaro Pisoni Ron Beller, Irv Buck Polio Plus………………………………………………..…...………Lew Million Shelter Box …………………..…………………………………......Al Johnson YOUTH SERVICES ……………………....... Larree Morgan , Director Interact Chaparral ………………………………………….……….Li Pettett RYLA/Young RYLA ……………………………..………….....Mike Oldham Scholarships, Chaparral ……………………...…..Tom VanderHeiden Scholarships, Ponderosa ……………..……………...……………Bill Kelly Student of the Month, Chaparral .…….……. Tom VanderHeiden Student of the Month, Ponderosa ……….……………….… Bill Kelly Sue Gardner, Janice Beller FUND RAISING ………. Peaches………………...……………………………………..…...Larry Brutlag Gloria Beckley Mayor’s Ball/State of the Town Steve Trevino, Kevin Roth, Tom VanderHeiden, Lindy Blackburn, Michele Duncan, Melanie Baker-Hood, Ron Beller, Larry Brutlag PUBLIC RELATIONS ………..…..…………….……Ron Beller, Director Facebook Editor… ………………………………..…… Kam Breitenbach GRANTS …………………...……………….....….Larry Brutlag, Director Kam Breitenbach, Lorie DiSaia, Michele Duncan, Mike Oldham

MEMBERSHIP……………………..….….....Michele Duncan, Director

Past Chair…………………………………………….…..…...Lindy Blackburn

Classifications………………………..……………………….……..Bill Shriver

Club Roster …………………………………….……….…..……...Ben Martin

Family of Rotary…………………..…………………Al and Jane Johnson

Fireside Chats…………….…………………Mike Oldham, Glenn Petty

Inductions..…………………….………………………...….Michele Duncan

Mentor Program………………………………….….…………………Irv Buck

New Member Information .………….……………….………..Jim Boyd

Recruitment & Development ..............................Mike Oldham

Red Badge, Blue Badge ……………….……………..…….Jane Johnson

FOUNDATION………………………………….Jane Johnson, President

Tom Duncan, Treasurer

Trustees….. Steve Small, Carl Finamore, Bob Martin, Hank

Coll, Lew Million, Bob Satrom, Harold McCloud, Lindy

Blackburn

2014-2015 SERVICE COMMITTEES & SPECIAL PROJECTS

CLUB SERVICE …………..…… Jane Johnson & Kam Breitenbach

Attendance …………………………………………...……………………..Ben Martin

Change of Command …………...……………………..….…….Lindy Blackburn

Editorian……………..……………………..……………………..…Kam Breitenbach

Lamplighter Staff…….………………….. Steve Gilbert – Member Profiles

Glenn Hertzler – Projects of the Month

Club Historian ……………………………………………………………..….Ron Beller

Club Photographers …………………………………....….Jim Boyd/Ron Beller

Holiday Party …………….…………………..Jane Johnson/Kam Breitenbach

Gloria Beckley, Linda Jarret, Stephanie Baldwin-Ross

Summer Picnic…………………………….... Jane Johnson/Kam Breitenbach

Linda Jarret, Stephanie Baldwin-Ross, Gloria Beckley

Inspiration/Invocations, Pledge, 4-Way Test, Greeters

……………………………………………….… Tom VanderHeiden & Scott Gough

Music ……………………………..……..Jim Muir, Steve Gilbert, Steve Brown

Programs…………………………………..Tom VanderHeiden & Scott Gough

Webmaster …………………..…..………………..…………...……….Larry Brutlag

Website Stories & Site Pages Editor……………..….....Kam Breitenbach

COMMUNITY SERVICE …..……..............................Bill Kelly, Director

Bike MS ……………..……………………….…..Larry Brutlag, Michele Duncan

Boy Scout Troop 16 …………………..……………………….……. Mike Oldham

Castlewood Canyon State Park……………….…..….…………..…..Jim Boyd

Carl Finamore, Ron Beller

Denver Indian Center……………………….............…………….Mike Oldham

Alvaro Pisoni, Carl Finamore, Gloria Beckley, Wilson Groen

Flower Power ……………………………………………….........….Larree Morgan

Tom Furmanski

Health Fair—DC Area Clubs ……………………...……………...Carl

Finamore, Melanie Baker-Hood, Michele Duncan

NAMI-Douglas/Arapahoe Counties …………..…………….…....Bill Shriver

Parker Task Force............................................................Larry Brutlag

Jim Boyd, Steve Brown, Steve Small, Wayne Wagener, Tom

Furmanski, Kam Breitenbach & Nancy Gripman

Parker Police Department ………………………………..…………......Jim Boyd

Praying Hands Ranch ………………………..………………………………Jim Muir

Michele Duncan, Gloria Beckley

Project C.U.R.E. ……………….……………….………………..………… Don Clasen

Project Sanctuary …………………………………………….……….. …...Li Pettett

Janice Beller, Kam Breitenbach & Jane Johnson

Rotary Community Corps of Parker……………...........Kam Breitenbach

Michele Duncan, Stephanie Baldwin-Ross, Gloria Beckley, Li Pettett,

Janice Beller Rotary

Community Corps Rocky Vista University…………...Kam Breitenbach

Julie Rosenthal, Jane Johnson, Li Pettett

Rotary Reads ……………….…………………....…………….………... Bob Kramer

Toys for God’s Kids …………………………..……………………...…..Don Clasen

Larry Brutlag, Bob Kramer, Wayne Wagener

The Crisis Center ……….………Michele Duncan and Julie Rosenthal

Veterans Day Remembrance Committee………………………...Jim Boyd

Carl Finamore, Steve Trevino

VOCATIONAL SERVICE ………….……………….….. Dave Selden, Director

Business of the Quarter ……………………………………….…...Steve Trevino

District Club Ethics Award ………………………………...……….....Bill Shriver

Ethics Scholarships ……………………………………. …………..…..Dave Selden

Four Way Test ……………….………….……………....…....Dave Selden

Vocational Talks ………………………….……………………….……....Amie Jones

Fun times at the new Vehicle Vault! Reserve your seats today for the Mayor’s Ball and Gala. Two

great events in February 2014.