Loveland Rotary Club

Water Project in Eduador?

We received an e-mail from Nancy Pettus wondering if we would be interested in working on a water project in Eduador?  If you are, please e-mail me at Nanci@SellsRealEstate.com  Thanks!  Nanci

We have an opportunity to join with District 5470 in Colorado on water projects in Ecuador. I am writing to ask if any of you are interested. This would be a good opportunity if you are in a smaller club and have limited funds for an international project as we have some extra district funds to help out.

Please let me know as soon as possible if you would be interested in joining in this grant for the 2008-09 Rotary year. I will send more details as soon as I hear from you.

Thanks for your consideration.

Nancy Pettus
District Governor
Rotary District 5440

Windsor

This e-mail is from the President of the Windsor Rotary Club.  We have been asking them what we can do to be of assistance.  Here is some area to assist!

Nanci

Dear Club Presidents, et al,

(Please distribute to your membership)

So many of you wonderful Rotarians have contacted me with your wishes to Help Windsor following the tornado.  After meeting with many of the out of town agencies and local officials, I’m now convinced that the best way to utilize our labor is going to be in two phases.  First, by Clean Up (immediate assignments that are necessary to prepare for Recovery) and then the Recovery phase (the somewhat frustrating long term volunteer process of applying, being screened, having your skills identified, safety training, team assignments, etc.). 

I have been assured that there will be a flow of Clean Up assignments that I will be able to communicate as we move closer to the Recovery phase.

IMMEDIATE VOLUNTEER

OPPORTUNITY

Trees of all sizes and brush have contaminated our beautiful Poudre River Trail in

Windsor

.  So this Sunday the 29^th at 12:45 pm volunteers are asked to assemble at the

Covenant

Bible

College

in

Windsor

(directions below) in the Chapel for orientation, signing of release forms and safety instruction.  This is a big assignment that will cover many days and the organizers would really like to have 500 volunteers just for this Sunday.  It’s heavy, hot work so make sure and bring water, gloves, hats, sun screen, long pants and boots for yourself and chainsaws, axes, shovels and rakes for the project.

Directions to the college:  Take the 392 Highway exit east to Windsor from I-25 and go 3.5 miles; turn right on 15^th street (right past Safeway) and go half a mile; turn right on South wood Lane and go two tenths of a mile and you’re there.  Covenant Bible College 679 South wood Lane, Windsor, CO 80550.

RECOVERY VOLUNTEERS

The recovery phase is where we are all going to have to show some patients.  Pounding nails is what we would all like to do immediately, but the town is not quite ready for that.  When and how to be a Recovery volunteer is forthcoming and I’ll try to be on top of it so many of us can be involved as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Ardin Wright

President

Rotary Club of

Windsor

Rotary Teacher Award

This Thank You is to be shared with all members of the Club.

Forwarded Message: --------------
From: "Steve Swayze" <swayzes@thompson.k12.co.us>
To: snowbirds5@comcast.net
Subject: Re: End of the year Rotary Teacher Award
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:49:12 +0000
Dear Mr. Bradsby and Loveland Rotary Members,

I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank the Loveland Rotary Members and the Loveland Rotary student/teacher recognition committee for allowing me and Melanie McDonough to receive the David R. and Virginia D. Pulliam award.

Rotary Members know that the success we will enjoy is based on the leadership and energy from all people involved.  The promise of young lives hinges to a great degree on inspiration and support they receive from teachers, support staff, administrators, sponsors, coaches, parents and of course, our Loveland community people and businesses.  By "connecting with the community," we learn teamwork, loyalty, belief in ideas, and integrity.

Dick, please be sure to once again communicate to the Loveland Rotary members and the Loveland Rotary student/teacher recognition committee that I appreciate and I am truly honored for the selection.  We are fortunate to have many teachers that put the time and effort in to make Loveland a great place to live.  We are also very fortunate to have a Loveland Rotary Club, that I have witnessed to be a very classy organization, demonstrate great caring and pride for our teachers and students in the Loveland area.

Thanks!


Steve Swayze
Health and Physical Education Instructor
Mountain View High School

June 2008

The June edition of The Communique is now available for download.  All featured articles below can be read in their entireity by downloading the newsletter as well as much more exciting news and information.

Download entire newsletter using this link:

http://www.rotary5440.org/Newsletters/Rotary%20District%205440%20June%202008%20Communique.pdf

If you have an article/photo you'd like to contribute to the District newsletter, please send it to the new editor, Stuart Palmer at stupalmer@rmisp.com.

International Skiing Fellowship of Rotarians

OUR ANNUAL NEWSLETTER FOR 2008 IS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE ISFR WEB SITE.

You have several ways to view and save this document. It is an adobe .Pdf

file 1.3 mg size. You can click on the link here

http://www.isfrski.org/news/2008news.pdf

(or copy and paste to your

browser), or simply go to the web site

http://www.isfrski.org

and direct

your mouse to the word, "Newsletters", on the sliding table at the left of

the Home page, and then when the list of newsletters appears to the right of

your mouse just slide over and click on "2008 Whistler-Blackcomb".

If you have any trouble opening or downloading the newsletter please send an

e-mail to isfrsec@isfrski.org and a copy will be sent as an attachment to a

returned e-mail.

REMINDER: Don’t forget to register for the 2009 Crested Butte event by

filling out the form found on the web site, or use the attached form to this

message and send to Bokoff-Kaplan Travel at the FAX number, or address

listed in the brochure by June 27th to be included in the drawing for the

FREE SKI PASS & DINNER FOR 2.

Your Fellowship board appreciates your cooperation to this request of

registering early since it is essential that the deposits are forwarded to

the resort by the deadline in order to hold rooms we have contracted to use.

We no longer can wait and hold rooms in hopes that a certain number of

members will register eventually due to the strict attrition rules at all

the resorts we have contracted with for the last few years. The contractual

consequences of this type action can equate to costing ISFR many more

dollars than our treasury contains should the numbers be less than the

minimums required.

Thanks, and enjoy the beatiful Newsletter that Bill Schneidereith and

company have put together for us this year.

See you at Crested Butte!

Donald H. Georing

President ISFR

Pictures of the exchange students

I attended the Rotary District Conference in Cody Wyoming and each opportunity that I get to learn more about Rotary the more impressed I am with the organization!

There is so more more to do with the eradication of Polio.  We need to keep working on it until we accomplish the job.  Out of the 3 types of Polio - the second one is gone.  We are focusing our efforts of the First Type, knowing that the 3rd type will be easier to eliminate.  There was even a story that Rotary had to ask war lords to stop fighting during the time that the polio vaccine was being given to the children.  One did not go back to fighting. 

The photos below show where our Exchange students have come from or gone to.

If you click on the photos, you can view a larger format.

 

Wine Appreciation Fellowship

As The International Convention comes about, it is time to update our schedules.  Here is the information on the Rotarian Wine Fellowship.  I am a member of this fellowship and I think we could have fun creating more of a group within our Northern Colorado area.  Nanci

ROTARIAN’S WINE APPRECIATION FELLOWSHIP

June 12, 2008

Dear Members,

Business:

The RI Convention in Los Angeles, California begins this next week and as wine aficionados, we really look forward to that for a variety of reasons. The convention will, of course, be a wonderful event in itself but California, much of the entire state, is synonymous with grape growing and good wine. We have all know about the great wines from Napa Valley and Sonoma County, just north/northeast of San Francisco but there are many other regions that produce wines of note.

Within decent driving distance from Los Angeles there are several areas that merit attention, including Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez, Santa Maria and Paso Robles to the north and Temecula to the southeast.

We have many RWAF members from California and I know they can add a great deal of personal information to this subject and we always encourage all our members to send us information on wines from their areas of the world. For example, I received a nice note from our good friend and fellow RWAF member, Mark Chandler, from Lodi, California, regarding our May 7^th newsletter:

“Thank you for the most interesting article (Bill Perron’s article “Wine Closures”). I have found that the hydrogen sulfide situation you describe is often present even in finished bottled Pinot Noir and Syrah, so keep those pennies handy. Vigorous aeration also helps.”

“I wanted to touch base with you to invite members of the fellowship who might be planning extended trips to Northern California to consider a day or two in lovely Lodi Wine Country. We have a 100+ year history of producing some of California’s most popular wines, and would love the opportunity to share them with our fellow Rotary wine enthusiasts. We have some 70 wineries to explore, all of whom are producing high quality, award winning wines that are garnering national and international attention. We specialize in full-bodied red Zinfandel, but also offer a wide range of palate pleasing varieties. We are located a mere 90 minutes from San Francisco or Napa. For more background on our exciting wine country please visit www.lodiwine.com.

All the best for a wonderful annual conference, and please feel free to forward any inquiries to me directly.

Cheers!

Mark Chandler, Executive Director

Lodi Winegrape Commission

Past President, Lodi Rotary Club

209-367-4727

mark@lodiwine.com

R.I. Convention in Los Angeles:

We have Booth #140 in the House of Friendship. We need help in staffing the booth from its opening at 9:00 AM on Saturday through Wednesday. The booths are to remain open until about 6:00 PM every afternoon. If you are going to the Convention, we encourage you to stop by and sign up for a shift or two. Working the booth is fun and you get to meet the neatest people from all over the world. It is interesting to watch the Rotarians as they amble up and down the aisles, kind of nonchalantly, until they see our banner, “Rotarian’s Wine Appreciation Fellowship”. Almost to a person, you see a smile on their faces.

Our wine dinners at the City Club on Bunker Hill on Sunday night and on Wednesday night (Lifetime Members Only) are almost totally booked. That will change as soon as we open the booth so if you have an idea you would like to attend, please let me know immediately or get down to the booth when it opens Saturday morning. More specifics on the dinners will be sent directly to those who have reservations, tonight.

Lifetime member pins were received yesterday! So stop by our booth and pick yours up. It will be difficult to mail these special pins but we will try. We will mail them in bulk to the Rotarian’s Wine Fellowship of India and to any other local chapter that requests them.

Anyone who joined our Fellowship in 2007/2008 (including all who joined at the Salt Lake City Convention) as an Annual Member can upgrade to a Lifetime Member ($100 USD, no annual billing, special LTM corkscrew pin, invitation to LTM Only events, such as Wednesday nights at the conventions) simply by sending in the difference ($80) before the end of this month.

Wine Article:

Sauvignon Blanc

As summer approaches for us in the northern hemisphere, our thoughts turn naturally to the lighter wine varieties, particularly white wines. Although we drink more red wines than white by far, my wife’s favorite wine is good Sauvignon Blanc. This wine variety is responsible for some of the world’s most favorite and most distinctive dry white wines. Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé and white Bordeaux from France and Sauvignon Blanc and Fumé Blanc from many other areas.

I have always been interested in how different the same grape varieties are when produced in different countries and different terroirs. Sauvignon Blanc can produce different wines like few other grape varieties. Some are very tart like a grapefruit while others are steely and still others exhibit lush tropical flavors. The differences are caused by a combination of weather, soil and the winemakers. There are no right or wrong styles and your personal preferences will dictate which you enjoy the best. They are delicious, readily available and offer great value for the money.

Typically, Sauvignon Blancs are relatively inexpensive and you should be able to find great ones for $10 to $30 USD. They are wonderful food wines and pair well with seafood, chicken, goat cheese and almost anything with garlic and parsley. They are refreshing and can also be enjoyed totally on their own.

In France, the best Sauvignon Blancs have traditionally come from Sancerre and also Pouilly-Fumé, in the Loire Valley. These wines medium-bodied, typically not oaked and can be described as tart, tangy, flinty with grassy, herbaceous characteristics. The wines from New Zealand, particularly the Marlborough region, are also cool-zone wines and have been paterned after those from Sancerre. They are wonderful in terms of both quality and price and frequently exhibit tangy grapefruit and lime smells and flavors.

In Bordeaux, a more moderate climate zone, Sauvignon Blanc is frequently blended with Semillon and oak aging is often used to compliment their fuller more fruity style.  California Sauvignon Blanc and Fumé Blanc are similar in style and are among the fullest-bodied types. They are richer, riper and can exhibit melon, peach, nectarine and other exotic characteristics.

Chile also produces some good Sauvignon Blancs and some predict that South Africa will become the next best Sauvignon Blanc producer and the wines from these countries are reasonably priced.

It is interesting to note that in 1997, DNA testing determined that the origination of Cabernet Sauvignon probably occurred as the result of a spontaneous field crossing of Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Franc, sometime during the 18^th century, in Bordeaux.

Sauvignon Blanc will be featured in our wine suggestions below and we encourage you to try all these wines to find which style fits your palate best and/or even better, which style you prefer with which foods or at what occasion. We are also going to initiate a listing of ideal, even classic wine and food/occasion pairings and we encourage each one of you to send us your favorites. Sauvignon Blanc will be featured in this first one.

Conrad C. Heede, PDG

President

Calendar of Events:

In this section we want to publicize any upcoming events that either the RWAF or local chapters are planning. An annual calendar will be maintained on the website.

June 15-18: RI Convention in Los Angeles, California, USA. The RWAF will host booth # 140 in the House of Friendship. Help man the booth, stop by to renew friendships, meet fellow wine enthusiasts from around the world, renew your membership, upgrade to Lifetime Membership, pick up your RWAF pin. We will have the new, very striking Lifetime Membership corkscrew pin.

June 15, 2008: RWAF Wine Dinner at the City Club on Bunker Hill, Sunday night at 7:00 PM. $100 per meal, includes the meal, tax & gratuity. Wine is extra. Friends and guest of RWAF members are very welcome.

June 18, 2008: RWAF Lifetime Members Only Wine Dinner at the City Club on Bunker Hill. Wednesday night, 7:00 PM, $100 per meal as above, wine extra but different menu and a smaller, special room. Bring your own special bottle of wine to either function, pay an $18 corkage fee.

August 9, 2008: Winemakers’ International Cookoff, Paso Robles, California, Saturday from 5:00 to 9:00 PM. See attached flyer for details or stop by the booth.

Specical Wine/Food/Occasion Pairings:

Sauvignon Blanc from Sancerre or New Zealand with French Goat Cheese. Put some fresh Chevre or Montrachet goat cheese on a stoned wheat cracker, masarate that around in your mouth a bit and take a sip of the crisp, tart, acetic Sauvignon Blanc, especially on a warm summer day. To die for!

Recommended Value Wines:

As we continue to do, we will list about ten value wines with each newsletter. These are wines from around the world that are readily available in many markets, are rated by some “expert” as being at least 88 points (out of 100) and which cost $20 USD or less. We would appreciate any additions suggested by any member. We feel that no matter what type of wine you enjoy, you ought to be able to find a good one at a reasonable price.

Year	Name of Wine	Specific Designation	Type	Cost	Rating	Rater
2006	Craggy Range	Martinborough, Te Muna Road, NZ	Sauvignon Blanc	$17	90	WS
2007	Kim Crawford	Marlborough, NZ	Sauvignon Blanc	$16	91	WS
2007	Dog Point	Marlborough, NZ	Sauvignon Blanc	$15	90	WS
2007	Nobilio	Marlborough, NZ	Sauvignon Blanc	$13	90	WS
2006	Wairu River	Marlborough, NZ	Sauvignon Blanc	$10	90	WS
2005	Mulderbosch	Stellenbossch, SA	Sauvignon Blanc	$20	90	WS
2006	Chateau St. Jean	Sonoma County, US	Fume' Blanc	$13	89	WS
2006	Clos Pegase	Napa Valley Carneros, US	Sauvignon Blanc	$20	88	WS
2005	4 Bears	Dry Creek Valley, US	Sauvignon Blanc	$88	14	WS
2005	Kendall-Jackson	California Vintner's Reserve, US	Sauvignon Blanc	$88	11	WS

A Few Special Wines:

Year	Name of Wine	Specific Designation	Type	Cost	Rating	Rater
2006	Domaine Cherrier	Loire Valley	Sancerre	$26	90	CCH
2006	Merry Edwards	Russian River Valley, CA, US	Sauvignon Blanc	$29	93	WS
2007	Merry Edwards	Russian River Valley, CA, US	Sauvignon Blanc	$29	92/93+	DE

WS =  “Wine Spectator”

WA = “Wine Advocate”  (Robert Parker)

WE = “Wine Enthusiast”

CCH = Not yet rated, my score

We will always appreciate your comments and suggestions. You are receiving these newsletters because you are members of the RWAF and publishing a newsletter is one of the duties of a Rotary Fellowship. If you would like to discontinue receiving these newsletters, please so indicate by return email and you will be removed from our address list.

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Windsor Rotary Assistance

Windsor

needs your labor

Windsor

Colorado

is in need of your help.  The tornado has left the community in such a fix that many hands for sometime are needed to get her back into shape.  If you have a leaning for hard work while wanting to help a community at the same time, please volunteer to work side by side with other Rotarians.  Starting Monday the 26^th organizing volunteers will be handled through The United Way of

Larimer

County

. 

The

United Way

has established a volunteer reception site for those interested in helping with recovery efforts.  All volunteers must go through the site in order to help.  It’s located in the Community Room at Poudre Valley REA,

7649 REA Parkway

, at the corner of Colorado Highway 392 and

REA Parkway

.  To get there, take I25 to the

Windsor

exit, go east on

Colorado

392 and turn right at

REA Parkway

.

Windsor

needs your money

Equally important are cash contributions that will be earmarked specifically for the harmed.  Food, shelter and clothing are of immediate concern to so many forced from their homes.  Possibly volunteering your labor is not right for you, but contributing some money is.  Contributions can be sent to:

The Tribune Crisis Fund

Make checks payable to the Community Foundation and write Tornado Relief on the memo line and mail to The Community Foundation,

711 8^th Ave.

,

Greeley

,

CO

80631

.

Whatever amount of labor or cash you can contribute, no matter how small is going to be greatly appreciated by someone who has recently had his life turned up-side-down. 

Thank you from a fellow Rotarian,

Ardin Wright

President

Rotary Club of

Windsor