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July 23, 2017
 
 
Boise Metro Rotary Club
Rotary Serving Humanity
We meet Tuesdays at 12:00 PM
Stone House at The Ram
709 E. Park Blvd
Boise, ID  83701
United States
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(208) 995-7971
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Aug 08, 2017
Community re-entry for our offenders: How are we helping them reassimilate to life on the 'outside'?
Aug 15, 2017
What can we do to divert crime at our businesses and homes??
Aug 22, 2017
Former DG, Rotary; Conservation!
Aug 29, 2017
Vilage Hope in Sierra Leon update & RI experience!
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Charles Weymouth
August 6
 
Mary Reiman
August 18
 
Anniversaries
Mary Reiman
Don Reiman
August 3
 
Charles Weymouth
Debbie
August 6
 
Tyson Wise
Janelle Wise
August 9
 
Scott Swan
Keri Swan
August 28
 
Join Date
Bret Vaterlaus
August 1, 1985
32 years
 
Cahill Jones
August 1, 1990
27 years
 
Roger Brazier
August 1, 1996
21 years
 
Jeff Dinwiddie
August 19, 2000
17 years
 
Denise McClure
August 31, 2011
6 years
 
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Greenbelt Project
Idaho State Historical Society visit
River Pointe Park, Garden City Greenbelt
Open World Russians October 2016
Greenbelt Table & Shelter
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Rotarian John Biggs
THIS WEEK - ALLI ON MEMBERSHIP
This week Alli Dunn, our club's Membership Chair, will talk about our membership goal for the year and the "tricks of the trade" for identifying and encouraging prospective members of our club. 
MEET OUR TWO NEWEST MEMBERS
Justin Jantz - Justin, who is very tall, was born in Boise and grew up around here, graduating from Kuna High School. He went to college at Northern Colorado and Boise State, earning a Masters in Accounting and Sports Administration. After spending some tine in Arizona and Billings coaching football, he returned to Boise to take a job with Wells Fargo as a Relationship Manager in their Business Banking Group. Justin and his wife of 14 years, Harmony, have one child age 4. His hobbies are outdoor adventures, baseball and reading.  Right now he's "knee deep" in a house remodel. Oh yes, he has two dogs, a yellow lab named Millie and a Collie/Healer mix ranch dog named Sophie. 
 
 
James Hepworth - Born in Logan, Utah, James is the eldest of 11 kids (9 boys) growing up in the Seattle area. He describes himself as the "CEO of the family". He graduated from BSU with a degree in Computer Information Systems. James is true entrepreneur, having created and sold several tech companies. His current project is called "First to File". James' hobbies are wake surfing, snowboarding and anything outdoorsy. He shares two daughters age 9 and 13. He was recently married to Michela Swarthout who is a member of Centennial Rotary. Oh yes, unfortunately he has NO dogs!
 
 
OUR YOUTH EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM POLAND
In a few weeks our 2017-18 Youth Exchange Student will arrive. Cecylia Rose Meredith is coming from Warsaw, Poland and will enroll as a Senior at Boise High. Our club's Youth Exchange Officer is Rick Hoescher and Cecylia's club counselor will be Deb Every. Her first host family is Hal and Laura Spencer. By the way, our outbound Youth Exchange student is Ian Wallace.
RIVERPOINTE PARK NEARS COMPLETION
Our Riverpointe Park rehab project behind the Garden City library is almost complete. The new signs will arrive any day, we have to install them.  The total cost of the project is about $10k, with partnerships from the Pollinators and the City of Garden City. There's a District Grant of $3,750. There's interesting history here - our club built that park many years ago. Look for a "grand opening" soon!  
GREENBELT UPDATE - A GLITCH
Last week we were called to a meeting with Doug Holloway, Boise's Parks Department head, to be informed that we would not be able to use the "Lugenbeel Monument" for our Greenbelt project.  On behalf of the city, he was extremely apologetic that this issue had not been raised at the beginning. Recall that a portion of the inscription on the monument is "the beginning of civilization in the Boise valley". We all knew that wasn't true, that Native American had inhabited this area long before Pinkney Lugenbeel showed up. Now we learn that some city administration officials are concerned that this language may be offensive to some. Therefore, it has been directed that the "Lugenbeel" Monument may not be placed on any public property within the city. Sadly, this means the monument is now lost to history as it will remain in storage.
 
We do have a Plan B, however. Too soon to reveal all the details, but it involves one of the other monuments that we had discovered. The city is researching the options. Stay tuned! In the meantime, we still need to sell more bricks!
ODDS 'N ENDS
John and Linda Biggs just returned from a cross country road trip 50 days and 11,175 miles! Now that he's back, you can look forward to your weekly club bulletin..........mark your calendar, All Club Luncheon on Sept 21 at the Riverside Hotel.....Biggs had a tour of RI headquarters in Evanston, brought back an official RI President's flag....more on that later........District Governor Terry Jones will make his official visit to our club Sept 26th.......
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