The Award Winning Rotary Club of Las Vegas Fremont
"The Downtown Club" |
Join us Tuesdays, 12:15 p.m., inside Hugo's Cellar at
The Four Queens Hotel & Casino, 202 E Fremont St, Las Vegas, NV. |
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President Robin Smith, with only two weeks remaining at the helm, enthusiastically opened the meeting to a room full of guests and Rotarians. Despite her well-placed concern about her upcoming debunking, she is attempting to remain focused on the weekly meetings.......and the hints of things to come are making that more and more difficult.
We welcome these visitors: Rachel Diehl, President of the Red Rock Rotary Club Past Pres. Russ Swain, Rob Telles & Jim Hooban of the Las Vegas Club
David Mayne, boyfriend of Debbie Harris Dawn Gibbons, Channel 3
Kevin Wool, guest of Asst .Gov./Past Pres. Linda Bertuzzi
John Froumy, NOVA Home Loans
Cailyn Smith, daughter of Carla Smith
Demi Wasden, granddaughter of Marilene Nevins
Tammy Hall & Pam Dreyer, Four Queens
One of the high points of Pres.Robin's year, and one of the things she said she will miss the most, is the induction of new members into our club. She had the pleasure of doing just that with two new members this meeting, Debbie Harris, CEO and founder of DoWeComply.com at Performance Intermedia, and Keith West, financial adviser with West Financial Services, both sponsored by AG/PP Linda. Please take a moment with each of our new members and remind them why we are the greatest club in the universe! Welcome Debbie & Keith!
Announcements:
Membership Mixer - Meet at Summer Theatre at Spring Mountain Ranch on June 18th, 6:00 pm, to watch Monty Python's Spamalot. Food assignments: A-G appetizer, salad or dessert; H-S main dish; T-Z beverages. (see Committee Report below for more details) Agassi Birthday Bash - June 18th, 4:30 at Agassi Boys & Girls Club. Kevin Mills is Captain. The Debunking - June 28th, 6:30 pm at Past Pres. Lane & Susan Kay's home. See PP Lane for details. Summerlin Patriotic Parade - July 4th. Balloon wranglers are still needed. Contact Pres. Robin if you are interested.
And, moving not so quickly through cross-fines - to Past Pres. Roger Tabor for failing to mention Rotary during his TV interview; to Pres. Elect Teresa Sowers, on behalf of our Gold Sponsor Anderson Dairy, for providing milk at the Faith Lutheran graduation party; selfie from Carla Smith for fibbing about the request for shirt sizes; to PP Russ Swain for being unable to complete the sentence "greatest club in the UNIVERSE"; a selfie from Past Dist. Gov./Past Pres. Roy York for acknowledging the Las Vegas Club as the granddaddy of all So. Nevada Clubs; the traditional group fine to our newest members Keith & Debbie; and finally to Bernice Davidson for the birth of her new granddaughter. Congrats Bernice!
2014 Block Party Chair Carla Smith took over the meeting to recap our Block Party and award some outstanding companies and individuals for their contributions to the success of the party. "This really was done by the entire club and, personally, as fundraising chair, I appreciate everyone's hard work." Our net was approximately $24,700, with proceeds going to both the Downtown Rotary Charitable Fund and Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation.
The first annual Voluntold and/or Busy Bee Awards went to: Red Rock Rotary Pres. Rachel Diehl - $500 to her club for her member's work during the event Past Presidents Gary Prater & Jim Main for doing whatever was needed Hector Buendia for "stepping up" as a table sponsor PDG/PP Roy York for graciously accepting his duties 30 minutes before the festivities began Don Barris, boyfriend of Pres. Robin, for being the largest bidder (37% of proceeds came from auction) Past Pres. Allen Puliz for extraordinary auctioneering Pam Dreyer & Tammy Hall, Four Queens, for their outstanding partnership Past Pres. Lane for his busy bee work, doing whatever he was told AG/PP Linda for program designs, canopy presentation and outstanding ticket sales Michael Woodfield for getting the job done Treasurer/Past Pres. Albert Guida for quick response when numbers and checks were needed Puliz Moving & Storage, The Smith Team, GLB Insurance and AA Midwest for Silver Sponsorships John Froumy, Platinum Sponsor NOVA Home Loans, for being Block Party's top sponsor for 3 years Teresa Sowers & Marilene Nevins for "just being" - working non-stop over dinners, pool parties, breakfasts, keeping Carla on task and coming through like champs!
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2013-14 Platinum Sponsor
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Summer Theatre at Spring Mountain Ranch - Monty Python
Get ready to have some fun on Wednesday evening, June 18th at Spring Mountain Ranch as we prepare for another great evening of fellowship, food and Monty Python's Spamalot. This is a family-friendly evening - bring your spouses, significant others, kids (as you deem appropriate) and friends. Additionally this would be a great casual atmosphere to introduce someone who may be considering joining our club. Tickets are available online (click here). Chair Michael Woodfield will be sending out food assignments and each member will be responsible for their own beverages. Past Pres. Allen Puliz will set up our seating area early with blankets to lounge on. RSVP to Michael, get your tickets before they sell out and show up ready to have a wonderful evening!
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Programs
June 17 - President Robin's year-end recap
June 24 - Bill Lasher, Lasher Sports
July 1 - Dan Hart, Education Initiative
June 18 - Birthday Bash, 4:30 at Agassi Boys & Girls Club
June 18 - Spring Mountain Ranch, Monty Python's Spamalot -
June 28 - President Robin's Debunking, details to follow
July 4th - Summerlin Patriotic Parade
INTERESTED IN SPEAKING? If you or someone you know is interested in making a presentation at our regularly scheduled luncheons, please contact Speaker's Bureau
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District 5300 & RI News
2014 Rotary Convention in Australia
Nigerian business leader and philanthropist Sir Emeka Offor announced a $1 million gift to The Rotary Foundation for polio eradication efforts at the Rotary Convention in Sydney. Sir Emeka, who is executive vice chair of the Chrome Group, has made contributions to Rotary's campaign to rid the world of this deadly disease totaling more than $3.1 million, including a $1 million gift he announced at the 2013 convention. He told the attendees at the third plenary session on Tuesday that his commitment to ending polio is a personal one. "Scores of my friends and classmates fell victim to this dreaded disease," said Sir Emeka, a member of the Rotary Club of Awka GRA who serves as Rotary's PolioPlus ambassador in Nigeria. "As a young man I vowed that I would someday do something significant to end polio in Nigeria." Sir Emeka told the crowd he recently opened a PolioPlus Ambassador's Office, at no cost to Rotary, in Abuja. The office serves as a hub for his ambassadorial activities and supports the work of the Nigeria PolioPlus Committee. Nigeria, Afghanistan, and Pakistan are the only countries where polio has never been stopped. Despite tremendous progress - only two documented cases of polio reported in the last 12 months - Offor says the country still faces unprecedented insecurity and inaccessibility in a number of northern states. "The Nigerian government, now supported by the international community, is doing all that it can to eliminate the widespread violence, abductions, and terrorism," he says. "Peace would facilitate polio eradication, but we cannot sit by and wait until that time comes. We must do what we can to find ways to end polio now."
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June 15, 2014
Celebrating
28 years of
"Service Above Self"
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Leadership
President
Robin Smith
Teresa Sowers
Secretary
Larry Goldstein
Treasurer
Al Guida, Jr.
Past President
Lane Kay
Club Administration Marilene Nevins
Bulletin Editor
Linda Bertuzzi
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Club Anniversaries
Laura Fitzpatrick
13 years
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Drew & Debbie Levy June 1 Lane & Susan Kay June 5
Sandy Stolberg June 8
Allen Helms John Chmela June 11
Rob Goldstein June 12
Roy York June 13
Claire Chmela June 17
Kim Woodfield June 19
If we have missed your special day, let us know!
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Meeting Captain
Steve Reiter
June 17
Dulcinea Rongavilla
June 24
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The Four WayTest
Of the things we think, say or do
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
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Rotary at a Glance
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