FOR ROTARIANS WHO MISSED THE MEETING - February 2, 2016

GREETERS:  Thanks to Sharon Mensing for serving as greeter and for doing our introductions of guests.   
 
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:  Thanks to Past President Scott Marr, who acknowledged he had not done “Thought for the Day” in a very long time!  With the Super Bowl on Sunday, he shared thoughts from who else but Vince Lombardi?
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
 
T-SHIRT ORDERS:  “Rotarians at Work” T-shirts were again distributed.   Shirts will be ordered shortly. Contact Ellen if you want one on the next order. 
 
SAVE THE DATE FOR ANOTHER DINNER: ORE HOUSE, FEBRUARY 24TH.
More details from Steve Hitchcock next week.
 
MEALS ON WHEELS:   Randy Rudasics, asked for volunteers to fill a critical need for the Routt County Council on Aging’s Meals on Wheels program.  This organization fits in with our focus on seniors, so please consider offering your time.  Contact Jackie Brown for more info.
 
STEAMBOAT MINUTE:   Lynaia South, Assistant County Attorney,  Routt County.  Represents county’s legal needs to help continue making our community a great place to live.  Dan Hagney, Owner, BMarked Promotions, Inc.  Supplying all your promotion merchandise and uniforms.  National buying power with local service.  May even do tattoos?  Mark Fitzgerald, Owner, Butcherknife Brewery.  Northwest Colorado’s first production brewery, with rotating specialties and season offerings.  Drink local and responsibly! 
 
FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY ROTARIANS:  Back to our traditional birthday song for Jim Moylan – 3rd; Tara Weaver – 16th,   Erik Griepentrog – 22nd, Jonathan Bishop – 24th.     
 
STUDENT OF THE MONTH:  Congratulations to Logan Sankey from Steamboat High – an accomplished student and amazing athlete (future Olympian!)  She proclaimed she prefers ski jumping to soccer, as “how can you beat the feeling of flying!”  She is also this year’s Winter Carnival Queen!  She has, indeed, a bright future ahead and we will be watching and routing for her.
 
PROGRAM
 
Thanks to Eric Rabesa for finding and introducing our guest speaker,  Jo Ivester, author of The Outskirts of Hope.  Jo shared her personal memories of her family’s move (when she was only 10) from a suburb of Boston to an all black town in the heart of the Mississippi cotton fields.  Her stories and insights of a time during the height of the Civil Rights Movement were vivid, profound and moving.  She reminded us that what was true then, still merits our reflection today.    Thank you, Jo.  We hope to see you again after you complete your next book! 
 
GOOD NEWS ($231)   Thanks to Board Member, Erik Griepentrog, for doing a well-done Good News.  How many times were the Broncos mentioned this week?
 
NEXT WEEK’S PROGRAM:  Agua Prieta Presentation, from 10 Rotarians and 8 Interact students.   “Why we went, what we did and how it impacted us?”
 
Enjoy an event packed weekend!  
 
Respectfully submitted,
Ellen Kendall, Club President