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2011-2012 SERVICE COMMITTEES & SPECIAL PROJECTS

CLUB SERVICE …………...……… Sue Gardner, Director Attendance ………………………………...Kam Breitenbach Change of Command Party Sue Gardner, Cathy Groves, Jo Stone Club History …………………………………...…..Paul Elder Club Photographer ……………………….………..Jim Boyd Dinner for 8 …………………………….……...Cathy Groves Holiday Party ……………………....Sue Gardner, Jo Stone Inspiration/Invocations, Pledge, 4-Way Test, Greeters Ken Claiborne Liaison to Cherry Creek Valley Club ….Kam Breitenbach Music Jim Muir, Doug Young, Steve Gilbert, Steve Brown Newsletter Editarian ………………………..…...Bill Fernow Newsletter Editarian Assistant ……………..Steve Gilbert Programs ……………….………...Ken Claiborne, John Gile Summer Picnic Sue Gardner, Michele Duncan, Cathy Groves Webmaster ……………………………………….Bob Forbes COMMUNITY SERVICE …….......Carl Finamore, Director American Indian Center Andy Becher, Pius Schenker, Mike Oldham, Carl Finamore Castlewood Canyon State Park Carl Finamore, Jim Boyd, Bill Kelly, Santa’s Clothes ……………………...…………..Al Johnson Continental Divide Trail ………………….....Ken Claiborne Firefly Autism Center ………………..Kevin Roth, Irv Buck Flower Power ………………………………...Larree Morgan Freedom Dogs ………………...Larry Brutlag, Sue Gardner MS 150 ………Bill Shriver, Ken Claiborne, Michele Duncan Parker Task Force Jim Boyd, Carol Hein, Bob Kramer, Bill Gripman, Dean Weaver, Nancy Gripman Praying Hands Ranch …………………….………..Jim Muir Project Sanctuary …..Jane Johnson, Bill Shriver, Bill Kelly Rotary Community Corps Kam Breitenbach, Michele Duncan Rotary Reads Dick Gordon, Ted Sweeney, Bob Kramer, Bill Gripman, Nancy Gripman Second Wind Fund of DC ….Jane Johnson, Larry Brutlag Women’s Crisis and Family Outreach Center Douglas County Rotarians Wounded Veterans Project Lindy Blackburn, Andy Becher, Carl Finamore, Al Johnson, Jane Johnson VOCATIONAL SERVICE …………... Jack Braly, Director Four Way Test David Selden, Doug Young, All Johnson, Jane Johnson Vocational Talks ……………………………..Ken Claiborne District Club Ethics Award …...Cathy Groves, Bill Shriver Ethics in Business ……………..…………..Dan Rodriguez

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE …... Steve Brown, Director Ambassadorial & World Peace Scholars Bob Forbes, Mike Oldham Ghana ………………………………Jo Stone, Amy Erickson Global Children’s Organization…...Irv Buck, Bill Gripman Group Study Exchange …………………………....Irv Buck India Water & Related Irv Buck, Frank Gibbs Mongolia (Commerce City Rotary Club) ……...Rick Laub Open World ..Tony Barnard, Irv Buck, John Gile, Al Johnson Polio Plus………………………….Lew Million, Tom Duncan Project C.U.R.E. ………………..Bob Haeflein, Don Clasen Nigeria Project C.U.R.E. (Fort Collins Rotary Club) Larry Brutlag ShelterBox ………………………..Al Johnson, Bob Kramer Socially Conscious Coffee (Westminster 7:10) .Irv Buck Toys for God’s Kids ……………………….…..Don Clasen Wayne Wagener, Bob Kramer Walk for Life …………………….…....Bob Forbes, Irv Buck Zimbabwe …………………………………………....Irv Buck NEW GENERATIONS ……..... Michele Duncan , Director Interact Chaparral Michele Duncan, Ken Claiborne, Bill Fernow Interact, Ponderosa Bill Fernow, Dave Selden Rotaract Dave Selden, Dan Rodriguez Rotary Youth Exchange Liz Volz, Michele Duncan RYLA/Young RYLA Mike Oldham, Cathy Groves Scholarships, Chaparral Tom VanderHeiden, Tom Duncan, Lindy Blackburn Scholarships, Ponderosa Larree Morgan, Bill Kelly, Gene Felgenhauer Student of the Month, Chaparral ………….Ken Claiborne Student of the Month, Ponderosa ……………...John Gile FUND RAISING ……………....…..… Cathy Groves, Chair Annual Golf Tournament

Chairman: Carl Finamore Site: Steve Small Tom VanderHeiden, Bill Kelly, Gene Felgenhauer Peaches Dave Gurule, Bill Shriver, Carl Finamore, Jane Johnson, Cathy Groves State of the Town ……………..………...…..Cathy Groves Finance: Dick Gordon Public Relations: Kevin Roth Parker Impact Award: Lindy Blackburn Sponsorship: Larry Brutlag, Dan Rodriguez Registrations: Bill Shriver Publications: Bob Forbes, Irv Buck, PUBLIC RELATIONS ……….……....Kevin Roth, Director Steve Gilbert, Harold McCloud

THE ROTARY CLUB OF PARKER Chartered August 18, 1993

Rotary Education Month May 10, 2012

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Carrie Scott/Jennifer Johnson - Firefly Autism Center

Thursday, May 17—Steve Staley, Colorado Trail Foundation

Thursday, May 24—PDG Loy Dickinson, World War II Veterans

Thursday, May 31—Dr. Doug Jackson, Project C.U.R.E.

Thursday, June 7—Shane Schmutz, Wounded Warrior Program

DISTRICT 5450

Jim Halderman

Governor

2011-2012 Theme

Kalyan Banerjee

RI President

The Lamplighter A Multiple Bemis Award Winning Publication of

The Rotary Club of Parker P.O. Box #473, Parker, CO 80134

Breakfast Meeting each Thursday 6:45-8:15 a.m.

The Club at Pradera 5225 Raintree Drive

The Parker Rotary Centennial Gift to

the Town of Parker - 2005

Member of

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May 10, 2012 VOLUME 19, NUMBER 38

Bill Fernow, Editarian (303) 805-5039

FAX: (303) 805-5039 wfernow@comcast.net

Engineers Without Borders – University of Colorado

Engineers Without Borders started at CU twelve years ago

and now has 12,000 members at 195 colleges and univer-

sities all over the country. That statistic just demonstrates

how effective this group of charismatic engineering stu-

dents is! We got a firsthand demonstration when two

teams of engineering students visited our club last week.

One team gave us a presentation of their pending project

in Peru and the other team described the project which is

underway in Nepal. The Lamplighter published the biog-

raphies of these amazing young people in last week’s edition. Both projects involve creating

a viable, sustainable water system for a community in each country. Each project is one

which was requested by the community and not imposed upon it by well-meaning outsiders.

One of the rules of Engineers Without Borders is to be responsive to needs communicated by

the people of the area they are hoping to serve. The reason for that rule is to create sustaina-

bility. The people of the community must carry on with the project and improve and maintain

it after the students have gone back to their universities and colleges.

Both of the systems utilize the resources of the area which they are serving and are construct-

ed so that they can be easily maintained and repaired by the community. Each of the projects

is transforming and giving hope to the people of the area where it is being constructed and

operated.

The work of Engineers without Borders is supported by Rotary clubs and contributions. The

students explained the costs of the Nepal project which must raise approximately $2000 for

the materials and costs of the project. In addition, each project requires contributions for the

students who travel there to work for their entire Winter break and Summer vacation. It costs

$250 per student for expenses; $300 for domestic flights to Nepal, and $1500 for the interna-

tional flight to India.

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2011-2012 CLUB OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jane Johnson ..…………..….…….President Jo Stone ……...……………..President-Elect Kam Breitenbach ……..........…….Secretary Bob Satrom ..…….….……………..Treasurer Frank Gibbs ………....…..Sergeant-at-Arms Larry Brutlag …..Immediate Past President Tony Barnard ………………….Foundations

Carl Finamore ….....…..Community Service Steve Brown ……....…International Service Sue Gardner …….….....……….Club Service Jack Braly ……………....Vocational Service Michele Duncan .New Generations Service Cathy Groves …….…..……....Fund Raising Kevin Roth ...……….……...Public Relations

PARKER ROTARIANS WITH DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITIES PDG Mike Oldham - Executive Committee, Strategic Planning, Literacy and Education,

American Indian Committee Chair, Rotary Peace Corps Alliance, Ambassadorial Scholar-

ships; Nominating Committee, PDG Advisory Group, Extension Committee, Health &

Hunger Concerns, Polio Eradication, World Peace Fellowship; Bill Fernow - Executive

Committee, Rotary Awareness Chair; Al Johnson - Assistant Governor Area 12; Doug

Young - 4-Way Test Chair; Dave Gurule - Rotaract; Irv Buck - Water Management and

Sanitation; Larry Brutlag - Grants Area 4&5; Bob Forbes - Ambassadorial Scholar-

ships; Carl Finamore – American Indian

MEMBERSHIP …………………........... Jo Stone, Director Past Chair ………………………………….….Jane Johnson Classifications ………………………………..….Bill Shriver Club Roster …………………………..…...Kam Breitenbach Fireside Chats …………………………….…...Mike Oldham Inductions ………………………………………..….Jo Stone Internal Communications ……………………...Al Johnson Mentor Program …………………………….....Bob Haeflein New Member Information ………..…..Jo Stone, Jim Boyd Recruitment Program Jim Boyd, Tom Hankenson, Red Badge, Blue Badge ……………………...Bob Haeflein Remembrance, Rewards, Recognition …... Retention Program ………………..……….…..Bill Gripman

FOUNDATIONS Tony Barnard, Director

Trustees Steve Small, Jane Johnson, Bob Martin, Dean Weaver, Hank Coll, Tom Duncan, Lew Million, Bob Satrom, Harold McCloud

The Rotary Club of Parker Foundation

PO Box 1472 Parker, Colorado 80134

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UPCOMING EVENTS

May 11-13 Homes for Our Troops weekend

May 22 International Committee Meeting, Warhorse

May 23 Work evening at Project C.U.R.E., 7:00 - 9:00 pm

June 2 District Training Assembly

June 8—10 Parker Days

June 14 Coldstone Fundraiser

June 19 Work evening at Project C.U.R.E., 7:00 - 9:00 pm

June 28 Change of Command Dinner, Pradera, 6:00 pm

July 12 Inaugural Denver Region Rotary Golf Championship, Green

Valley Ranch Golf Club

July 15 Family of Rotary District 5450 Day at the Zoo

July 19 Work evening at Project C.U.R.E., 7:00 - 9:00 pm

July 22-27 RYLA, YMCA of the Rockies

YRYLA, Ponderosa Retreat & Convention Center

July 29—Aug 3 YRLYA, Ponderosa Retreat & Convention Center

August 13 Chamber Golf Tournament, Colorado Golf Club

August 16 Annual Summer Picnic, Challenger Park

August 22 Work day at Project C.U.R.E.

September 10 Golf Tournament Fundraiser, Meridian Golf Club

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The students do not receive

classroom credit for their work,

however each expressed to us

that it is unbelievably useful real-

world experience. Not only do

they get engineering experience,

but also experience in budget

management and collaboration,

which makes each project similar

to a small student engineering

firm tasked with a significant en-

gineering project. Our Interna-

tional Committee is planning to

find a way to help them succeed.

Kim Moore visited the club as

the guest of Jane Johnson and

is recruiting individuals to

participate in the PACE Cen-

ter’s production of “Fiddler

on the Roof”.

President Jane proudly displays

the certificate for the Ray Jen-

kins Award—our club had the

highest per capita giving to the

Foundation in our District.

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Jennifer Johnson, MSW

Director of Development and Marketing

Jennifer holds a Master of Science in Social Work degree. She spent the early part of her ca-

reer working with at-risk youth and their families. After re-locating to Denver she served as

the Associate Director for a night-time youth center where she had great success in staff re-

tention and in helping youth obtain their GEDs and employment. She served in a develop-

ment capacity where she learned how to ensure that the organization would have sufficient

resources to support its programs. Jenifer has served 11 years in management and 15 years in

grant writing and fundraising. Senior development positions in several organizations have

given her expertise in strategic fundraising, strategic planning and fund development plan-

ning. As her career progressed, Jennifer also began working in development functions in the

arts, first with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra then with the Denver Film Society, focus-

ing on its flagship event – the Starz Film Festival, so ... she has experience at both the grass

roots level and with large non-profits.

Carrie Scott, M Ed, BCBA

Clinical Director

The clinical Director of the Center, Carrie earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psycholo-

gy at Mary Washington College and a Masters of Special Education with specialization in

Applied Behavior Analysis Degree from George Mason University. She is a “Board Certi-

fied Behavior Analyst” with over ten years experience working with students with autism.

Areas of expertise include staff training, curriculum development, inappropriate behaviour

reduction, and systems development for center-based autism programming. She has worked

as a home program therapist and consultant, and with center-based autism as an instructor,

teacher, and administrator. She has presented at the annual Conference for the Association

for Behavior Analysis, at conferences in Virginia and Maryland, and served as an invited

speaker at the Organization for Autism Research Conference.

FIREFLY AUTISM CENTER

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THE FOUR-WAY TEST

Of the things we think, say or do:

Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all concerned?

Will it build GOODWILL and BET-

TER FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL to all con-

cerned?

MAKE-UP OPPORTUNITIES

Wednesday—Castle Rock Rotary

7:15 am

Village Inn

207 Wolfensberger Road

Castle Rock

Wednesday-Parker Cherry Creek Valley

11:30 am

The Adventist Conference Center

Parker Adventist Hospital

Parker

Don’t forget that you can make-up meetings

online through eClub One - the Rotary

eClub maintained by District 5450

(www.rotaryeclubone.org).

ROTARY INFO ON THE WEB

Rotary International www.rotary.org

District 5450

www.rotary5450.org

District Polio www.endpolio.com

CLUB WEBSITE -

www.parkerrotary.org

CLUB LINKED-IN SITE http://www.linkedin.com/

groups?gid=1813524

Eclub One Meeting on the web www.rotaryeclubone.org

Rotary on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/

rotaryinternational

Rotary on Twitter http://twitter.com/rotary

Rotary on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/

Rotary-International/7268844551

Rotary on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/groups?

gid=858557&trk=hb_side_g

Did you hear about the cross-eyed teach-

er who lost her job because she couldn’t

control her pupils?

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GREETER PLEDGE INSPIRATION/ 4-WAY TEST

INVOCATION

May 10 Bill Gripman Steve Gilbert Paul Elder Bill Fernow

May 17 Jim Boyd Bob Kramer Mile Oldham Al Johnson

May 24 Michele Duncan Jim Muir Bill Kelly

May 31 Wayne Wagener Don Clasen Ryan Braden

THE DISTRICT ASSEMBLY

In view of the annual turnover of Rotary leadership

each year, special effort is required to provide the

27,000 club leaders with appropriate instruction for

the tasks they will assume. The annual district assembly is the major leadership

training event in each Rotary district of the world.

The district assembly offers motivation, inspiration, Rotary information and new

ideas for club officers, directors and key committee chairmen of each club. Some

of the most experienced district leaders conduct informative discussions on all

phases of Rotary administration and service projects. The assembly gives all par-

ticipants valuable new ideas to make their club more effective and interesting. Usu-

ally eight to ten delegates from each club are invited to attend the training session.

Another important feature of a district assembly is a review by the incoming district

governor of the program theme and emphasis of the new RI president for the com-

ing year. District goals and objects are also described and plans are developed for

their implementation.

The success of each Rotary club is frequently determined by the club's full repre-

sentation and participation in the annual district assembly.

TODAY IN HISTORY

1775 Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys capture British-held Fort Ticondero-

ga in New York.

1865 Union troops capture Confederate president Jefferson Davis at Irwinville, Geor-

gia.

1869 The transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory Point, Utah.

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PLAN AHEAD!!

CHANGE OF COMMAND DINNER

Club Service Director Sue Gardner has announced that

the annual Change of Command Dinner will be held on

June 28th at The Club at Pradera. Cocktails at 6:00 pm

LAST WEEK’S GUESTS

AND VISITORS

Alice Braly—Jack’s wife

John Diak—Visiting Rotarian

John Howe—Visiting Rotarian

Kim Moore-Guest of Jane Johnson

CHECK YOUR CALENDARS!

We are coming into a very busy time of

year. There are many things happen-

ing, so check your calendar. There are

many opportunities for volunteering.

Homes for Our Troops this week-

end

Project CURE workday—May 23

District Assembly—June 2

Parker Days—June 8-10

Coldstone Fundraiser—June 14

Project CURE workday—June 19

Change of Command Dinner—June

28

PROPOSED NEW MEMBER

The Board of Directors has approved Li Pettett as a

potential new member of the club. Li is sponsored

by Kam Breitenbach. Her classification will be Re-

tired.

Any member having an objection to Li becoming a

member must submit such objection in writing to the

Board no later than May 16, 2012.

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Editarian - Bill Fernow

Asst. Editarian - Steve Gilbert

Head Photographer - Jim Boyd

Backup Photographer - Michele Duncan

Feature Editor - Jo Stone

Special Features -Steve Gilbert

Circulation Manager Position Available

Lamplighter Staff

CORPORATE

DIRECTOR COMCAST ∙ IREA ∙ SEARCH PARKER (Media Sponsor)

DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

PARKER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

WEAVER GENERAL CONSTRUCTION

STATE OF THE TOWN SPONSORS

Most new things are largely old things

done better by painstaking men.

E. W. Howe

TRAILER FOR SALE OR RENT I changed my iPod’s name to Titanic.

Now it’s syncing.

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A GARY MERAZ TRUE STORY

Three contractors bid on a minor fence-repair job at the

White House.

The first contractor, from Florida, comes in with a bid

of $1,000: $400 for material, $400 for labor and $200 prof-

it.

The second contractor, from Tennessee, says he’ll do

the job for $800: $300 for material, $300 for labor, and $200 profit.

Then comes the contractor from New Jersey, who submits a bid of

$100,800.

“Why so much?” asks the startled government official.

“Well,” says the contractor, “I figure, $50,000 for me, $50,000 for

you, and $800 for the guy from Tennessee to fix the fence.”

BUILDING THE SHED AT THE WOMEN’S CRISIS CENTER

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WHAT PAUL HARRIS SAID

No Plan is Perfect

The rapid expansion of Rotary in the early years was part of the plan put together by the original Chicago Rotarians. However, as Paul Harris noted, not everything went as

planned. Nevertheless, the leadership of Rotary simply react-ed to the situation and modified the plan as needed without

sacrificing its critical element—the philosophy of Rotary.

“Under circumstances somewhat similar, President Hoover said: ‘People seem to have the idea that there is some sort of miraculous operation in ac-complishment; that somebody conceives a perfect and complete plan, which

can simply be charted and placed in operation. Things never happen that way. Something needs to be done. Mistakes are made—but that does not mat-

ter; one must press on. One day’s work at a time.’” (Paul Harris, This Rotarian Age, page 73)

Steve Small May 9

Katheryn D’Amico May 14

Lew Million May 28

Steve & Bonnie Small May 5

Don & Wanda Clasen May 16

Bill & Chris Shriver May 18

You are encouraged to bring your spouse to

breakfast as a guest of the club anytime dur-

ing the month of your anniversary.

I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me. ▼ When you

get a bladder infection, urine trouble. ▲ I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.

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The dates for the Build Brigade to assist on the Cpl. Orchowski project

with Homes for Our Troops have finally been set. The dates are Fri-

day-Sunday, May 11-13, 2012.

There are a number of opportunities for volunteers to participate in this

exciting and very worthwhile project. You can commit to a few hours

of time, an entire day and/or multiple days. Shifts have been estab-

lished for all volunteer functions. They are 7:00-10:30AM, 10-1:30

PM and 1-close each day. Any time and support that can be given would be greatly appreciat-

ed. Spouses, friends and family are welcome to participate!

Please review the list off work areas and select an area to work in. There are opportunities

available for everyone. For those who want to perform physical work the "Material Movers"

or "Event Set Up and Take Down" teams may be for you. For others, there are a number of

teams (Registration, Food and Fundraiser teams are examples) that are very important and re-

quire minimal physical activity. If you have the time to give there is a team that you can sup-

port! Note: The Set up and Breakdown team will be needed from 7-10:30AM and 5PM-close

each day. There is no need for an afternoon team for this function.

Please review the below listing of volunteer areas, select an activity that you would like to

participate in and email Carl Finamore at finamorecr@gmail.com with your preferences and

hours of availability as soon as possible. We will do our best to honor your volunteer request.

If you would prefer to be a Team Leader there are a number of opportunities available. Simp-

ly look for an asterisk (*) next to the Volunteer Area title. It is simple...please sign up today!

We do need to know the total number of volunteers by Tuesday, May 1st. If you have any

questions please call or email Carl.

A little smug, Frank?

MEMBERSHIP NEWS

Rick Laub has resigned for personal reasons.

Ben Martin is on a short Leave of Absence.

Dan Rodriguez is on Leave of Absence.

John Gile will be going on Leave of Absence

as of July 1.

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BRINGING SMILES AND GOOD HEALTH

Report by PDG Mike Oldham

The Playground Project at the Denver Indian Center

The Denver Indian Center, located on Morrison Road in southwest Denver, serves about

20,000 American Indians from approximately 100 different tribes living throughout the Den-

ver area. The Center provides many important services to the Indian community including:

job search facilities; a family services program; a food bank; a large gymnasium where cultur-

al dances, dinners, and other celebratory events are held; basketball programs for youth; clas-

ses to teach youth tribal dances and important cultural background; pow wows; literacy clas-

ses for children; and mentoring for youth. Because of these activities children are often at the

Center. The Center had an old outdated playground.

Studies show that children need play in their lives and providing a good playground for them

certainly will generate a lot of laughter, shrieks, and broad smiles from the little ones. So the

American Indian Committee of Rotary’s District 5450 set out to revitalize the playground

working all day on April 7 and one half day on April 21. This project involved the removal of

the old, decaying rubber and pea gravel surfaces-a messy and tough job; the rearrangement

and enlarging of the playground borders using new interlocking rubber timbers; the placement

of weed barrier; and the infill of over 100 yards of engineered wood fiber which is a wonder-

ful state of the art, disability friendly playground surface. In addition we repaired, scrapped

and painted the playground shed, removed the old picnic table and assembled a beautiful new

table, of double size, and cleaned and

poured new sand in the playground sand

box. We also constructed a drain for the

playground. A concrete pad for the picnic

table and ramp up into the playground for

wheelchairs has been added by a concrete

contractor. The renewed playground will

be marked by a large stone with mounted

plaque dedicated to Rotary and those

who contributed to this project. Kids

were on the playground while we were

picking up the tools laughing, climbing,

jumping and more-how wonderful to see

and hear.

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The Hard-working Ames Construction Crew

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This work rode on a wave of selfless contributions and good will of many. Rotarians from the

Broomfield, Parker, South Jeffco, Lakewood Foothills, and Mile High Clubs and 14 members

of the D’Evelyn High School Interact Club along with staff from the Center and members of

the basketball teams and their families, and other Center volunteers chipped in their sweat,

fellowship, good cheer, and encouragement to finish this job. Contributing significantly to

this project was the Ames Construction Company which supplied five men, a truck and small

front end loader. Without the hard work, sweat, and devotion of these men the job could not

have been done as well or efficiently. In addition the Rocky Mountain Recreation Co. provid-

ed guidance, design and materials at significant discount, for which we are very grateful. The-

se contributors will be recognized as cooperating organizations with Rotary on the plaque to

be permanently placed on the site.

This project was funded by generous donations from Rotary clubs mentioned above, and the

Denver and University Hills Clubs, and a matching District Simplified Grant. Phase II of the

project is now underway raising pledges from Rotary clubs to support another District Simpli-

fied Grant to purchase a wonderful new playground system which the involved clubs will as-

semble and install hopefully this fall but no later than the Spring of 2013

Watch this space next week for PDG Mike’s report on the 9Health Fair

Removing the

old surface.

Wheel barrow race.