This Week June 5 -Weather and Broadcasting. Kevin Janison is a native of Los Angeles, where he attended Fairfax High School, then California State University, Northridge. Kevin was responsible for building the Neighborhood Weather Network, which placed weather stations and provided curriculum in meteorology in over 100 schools throughout the region.

Next Week June 12 - Dental Implants with speaker Dr. Richard A Mecall DDS.

Mark Your Calendar
6/12/2007 - 5:00:00 PM Board of Directors Meeting at DW Reynolds Foundation.

6/29/2007 - Debunking Party at Angel Park starting at 5:30 PM.

6/30/2007 - Reserve the date. Planning session for the new LVNW Rotary board.

Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada - Allison Pastor outlined the current and on-going efforts of RTCSN to move people more efficiently. One interesting development is an in-the- works web-based trip planner to help folks figure out how to use public transportation to get where they need to be. One well kept secret is the South Strip Transfer Terminal at 6675 Gilespie Street (near Sunset and the Strip). It has 100 parking spots and you can catch rapid transit to the airport.

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

Graciela Masso, guest of Edmee Marcek, with All Hose, Inc.
Bryan Land, guest of Paul Workman, with Lawrence Kreeft & Associates.

"Has Rotary a meaning for you? No? Possibly you haven't the right perspective. You have worried yourself so much over the little unimportant things that you haven't even given yourself a momentary glimpse of the tout ensemble. Stand back, a few paces, for a moment, far enough away from the picture so that the details may assume their proper proportions and disclose their true relationship toward each other. It will profit you to get the distance sense."

Paul P Harris 'The Distant Sense' published in The Rotarian, February 1914

Award Winning LVNW Rotary - At this year's District Conference, we were honored by District 5300, receiving the Outstanding Club award and also by Rotary International, receiving the President's Citation.

Visiting Rotarians Return - George Eichacker, our regular visitor from Keokuk Rotary Club, wrote about his experiences as a Rotarian. You can read the editorial here.

Membership - If you check out the District 5300 website, you will find that we are among the top 10 clubs in membership growth. Congratulations to all who invited a friend to Rotary, but especially to our Membership Chair, Darrell Cavanaugh!

Any Soldier - Chris Carson mentioned his family's participation in www.anysoldier.com, and club members expressed interest. All the Soldiers involved in this effort are military volunteers stationed in areas that are in harm's way. You send your support (letters and/or packages) addressed to the soldier representatives you pick on the website. When "Attn: Any Soldier" letters and packages are received, they are put into the hands of soldiers who don't get much or any mail first. Everything is shared.

Jerry Sligar forwarded a touching sentiment on this subject-- click here for that email.

District Conference - Our club was represented in Rancho Mirage by Judith & Dennis Filangeri, Lynn & Richard Peterson, and Dennis Ortwein. Dennis served nobly and ably as music master, opening each and every meal with a song or two. The conference is a great opportunity to find out all the really phenomenal projects our district's clubs are involved in while meeting people from across the district.

GSE - We bid farewell to our GSE team at District Conference as well. The members of our district's GSE team got to meet the Central European GSE members before everyone went home. Both shared their experiences with district conference participants. Club thanks to Wenlee Jensen, who coordinated the Southern Nevada GSE experience.

Greeter: Margaret Tang Pledge: Angela Brooks Inspirational: Michael Flint Musicologist: Dennis Ortwein

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