This Week January 16: Cindy Fox & Bruce Steivel, Nevada Ballet Theatre. Click here for more information .

January 18, Fireside Chat at Jim & Elizabeth White's home. Click here for details.

Next Week January 23: Craft Talks

District 5300 GSE Organizers Committee Meeting Next week, contact Edmee for more information or click here to learn more about GSE.

Mark your Calendars
March 24, Board of Directors Training--Steve Garrett
March 31, Spring Fest-Fundraiser. Tix go on sale February 1
April, GSE team from Central Europe arrives LV first week of Apr (tentative). Host families needed.

Jerome “Jerry” Simon, Gang Specialist at the Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services discussed his involvement with parents and schools to recognize gang intrusion and preventing it through education and better communication. Click here for more information.

Roosevelt Scholar Karen Mutton, Nottingham UK
by Wenlee Jensen
The Roosevelt Scholarship is a program started in Nottingham basically as a thank you to the US for World War II. Not a Rotary-sponsored program, but Rotarians have been involved in the hosting of the visiting scholars. Tom Novotny (SW club) hosted Karen Mutton last year and brought her to our club. She sent a Nottingham Rotary banner to us. Tom thanks our own Larry Brown, for taking Karen, an attorney in Nottingham, to the Las Vegas City Hall for a day. Click here for more information

There's no fellowship in an empty chair.
Your guests and visiting Rotarians help kindle the flame of fellowship

George Eichacker, visiting Rotarian from Keokuk, Iowa
Rick Amadio, Guest of Eric Tarbox
Kristina McCann, guest of Vicki Wille
Bill Gonzalez, guest of Bobby G

“I believe that the great opportunity and the great responsibility of Rotary rests in the field of building character, in the building of men. In fact, I think this is the great task of all Rotary Clubs, building men who will be available for service in the various walks of life; in politics, in business, in community affairs, and in their homes as fathers and husbands. There is such a great need for good citizenship and leadership. There are many fields in which the real leader is welcome -and needed. There is the problem of corruption and waste in local government. There is the problem of strife between employer and employee. There is the problem of crime in the streets. There is the problem of international peace and understanding.

"But I think the greatest opportunity for Rotary is in developing leaders who will take their religious faith, and the ideals that come from it, and put them into practice in everyday life, in the home, in business, and in the community activities. If we take the ideals of truth, justice and love of our fellow men, and put them into constant practice, Rotarians can work wonders. And this means that Rotary can work wonders because the measure of Rotary lies in the life of the average Rotarian. It is the way of life he leads and the way he treats his fellow men.”

Herbert J Taylor, President of ROTARY/One 1940

Congratulations and welcome to Darrel Cavanaugh and Vicki Wille who were inducted into our club. Darrell is a long time Rotarian who is moving to Summerlin from California. Vicki is a returning Rotarian and past presidint of this club.

January is Rotary Awareness Month Take the following pop-quiz to see how aware of Rotary you are:

1. When was the first RI Convention in Chicago? a. 1910 b. 1911 c. 1912

2. When did the The National Rotarian magazine (precursor to The Rotarian) debut? a. 1905 b. 1906 c. 1911

3. When were the first International Rotary Youth Leadership Awards held? a. 2000 b. 2001 c. 2005

4. When was the first club outside the United States chartered? a. 1907 b. 1912 c. 1916

Bonus question: Where was this club?

There will be a prize given to the person who can correctly identify the most "Rotarians in the Rough" as well as a prize for the picture of the Rotarian who has been identified the least--no telling anyone which is your picture.

Any picture of you, black and white, or color, print, slide, or digital can be used. We will scan prints and slides if you like and return the pictures in the same condition in which you presented them. Pictures must be of you from high school age or younger (sorry no sonograms or X-rays). You may enter up to three pictures--this often confuses the contestants.

Greeter: John Krakauer
Pledge: Frank Kautzmann
Inspirational:Wenlee Jensen
Musicologist: Dennis Ortwein

If you would like to be a guest for one of our programs, please contact Eric Tarbox at membership@rotarysummerlin.org