Visitors and Guests

Ed Curry – Kathleen Scharf

Pepe Charles – Lana Elliott

Club guest – Nevada Childhood Cancer Rep, Jeff Gordon

Doug Beckley – Lisa Nosz

Club – Jack Pestaner

Rotarian – Ken Gill, Dallas Tx

Recognitions

Rich Bowler and Bill Nelson were each fined $50

Induction

Jack Woodcock proudly inducted our newest member, Jack Pestaner.  click here

Speaker

OGIE SHAW, B.A., B.A., M.S.M.

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Topic: Fitting Fitness Into Your Schedule

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Education:   Ogie Shaw is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with B.A. degrees in both Speech and Physical Education. He also holds a Master of Sacred Ministry degree from Multnomah (pronounced Mult-no-ma) Biblical Seminary in Portland, Oregon

Athletics:   He played on two State Championship baseball teams in high school. He was an outstanding army football and basketball player, studied Karate in Japan, and holds a Second Degree Black Belt. He won First Place in the Carolina Karate Tournament.

Military:   He served four years in the U.S. Army, and was presented the Army Commendation Medal for his work in Military Intelligence in Vietnam. He has served as Brigade Fitness Director for the Oregon National Guard.

Achievements:   He is an accomplished musician having done studio recordings, TV shows, and international tours. He was presented the 1975 North Carolina State University International Student Award for his work with foreign students. He was a scholarship participant in the North Carolina Outward Bound School.
He was recruited to the Northwest by the Portland Police Bureau and Presented a Commendation by Chief Bruce Baker after only two months as a Portland Police Officer.

Community Service:   He worked as a counselor for Janis Youth Programs, and served as a volunteer counselor for the Portland Vet Center. He served for three years on the Human Rights Advisory Commission for the City of Beaverton. He has served for over twenty years as Volunteer Pastor at Patton and Macdonald Retirement Homes in Portland, Oregon.
Fitness:   He served as Fitness and Health Writer for the Valley Times and the Hillsboro Argus newspapers.
He has served as a speaker at Governor’s Safety Conferences in both Oregon and Washington.
He was nominated for the Board of Directors for the Oregon Public Health Association.
He has lectured at over a dozen Northwest colleges and universities .
In 1979 he designed an off-season conditioning program for the Portland Trailblazers.
He has served as a consultant and instructor for the Seattle Seahawks in the use of isokinetic- aerobic exercise.
He has given over 4,000 talks on Fitness Motivation.

Currently:   He is Executive Director of Community Fitness Leaders, which is a training program for health and fitness professionals, and he is President of Ogie Shaw Fitness in Beaverton, Oregon.

Meeting Adjourned

Guests

Pepe – Ray Forsythe
Bill – Matt Dziedziak

Hank- Tuacahn Trip

http://www.lvswr.org/Media/tuachan.pdf

Guests

Aric – Kris Jex
Howdy – David Doto
Shari – Adam Araujo

Member Announcements

Aric – Reminder:
Christmas in April – April 24
Happy Feet – April 17, 10:00 am
Feed the Homeless – April 30

Doug recognizes Tom and Keith for their contributions to Feed the Homeless

Dave – El Fuerte reminder, May 2-4

Adrienne/Doug – District Conference April 24-26. www.district5300.org to register.  June 19th there is a group of Italian Rotarians want to have lunch with local rotarians. Details to follow.

Recognitions

Doug – Article in the Business Press about polotical discussions in the workplace. $100

Jack – Published list ranks Prudential Americana 2nd largest broker in Las Vegas. Doug pointed out that the list was calculated by number of agent but Jack’s company had more transaction, so they should be 1st. Jack announced that he thinks the bottom of the market hit 30 days ago. $100

Joe Byers – Happy Birthday $50

Pepe – Happy Birthday $50

Dotti – Happy Birthday $50

Ken Knauss – Fine for the books $249.50

Ram – $100 minute, sons are perfect kids, oldest is a professional in San Diego and younger is a CPA for KPMG

Doug gave himself a $100 credit for his great vacation, many objections, over-ruled.

Ron Reynolds – Son is a successful entertainment lawyer and manager for rock band The Killer among many others  $250

CPA members busy with taxes $25 credits each

Karen – Brother was big bidder at the Gold Raffle. Fine effort by Karen $100

Donny – Another great e-mail newsletter from D & K Landscaping $100

Doug – Joke

Scott – Joke

Gifts for President

Tom – three pins from Rotary International $75 ($25 each)

Wally wins drawing!

Speaker

Bill Goff introduces speaker Stavros Anthony, Metro Police Captain and member of Clark County School Districts Board of Regents.

Meeting adjourned.

Member Announcements 

Dee – Gold Raffle reminder Please contact Karen to donate for Gold Raffle. Get your tickets today. 

Aric – April 26^th Christmas in April, details coming soon 

Adrienne – District Conference April 24-26. www.district5300.org to register. 

Doug – Dark next Monday because of Gold Raffle. Please deliver donations to Karen Ed Curry mystery greeter. 

Doug’s presidency is ¾ over 

Ted – Paul Harris fellow – Adrienne Cox, Keith Thomas, seven sapphire pin 

Recognition 

Dayton – How about those Aggies? Dayton is a Methodist so glad his team beat BYU “killed 2 birds with one stone” $100 

Gary Crowe – Sold condo in Sun Valley so it is no longer available in the Gold Raffle. Been in Sun Valley and Argentina $200 

Donnie – Kudos for the e-mail to spruce up your yard from Donnie’s company. Markets down, please redo your yard. E-mail will come regularly. $125 

Ed Jamison $100 for Birthday 

Doug Malan $35 for forgetting mystery greeter last week 

Willie – In Dorothy Huffy’s column with photo for “Go Red for Women Luncheon” $100 

Bill Goff – Great help with getting great speakers $150 

Jack – Money Talk newsletter about Golden Retirement, great tie $150 

Kirk Harrison – Suit? Attending service for his mentor $50 

Gifts for President 

Tom Martin – St. George ballmarker 

Hank – Golf ball from country club in Philippines. $100  

Dee – calendar from his vacation in Hawaii $75 

Drawing – Tom Martin winner! 

Speaker  

Ram introduce speakers Dave BaxterTopic: El Fuerte Rotary trip 
View photos http://www.lvswr.org/Media/elfuerte.pdf 

Trip in cooperation with LIGA
Aric, Brandon, Melissa, Dave, Dottie Doug and Jeri
4 hour flight in 3 planes
El Fuerte single lane runway
30,000 population
First night mayor hosted party with band for the project 
People lining up for clinic night before
Doug and Jeri worked in Pharmacy
Doug handed out candy to children
Dave and Doug worked in the pharmacy in the afternoon and handed out thousands of meds
Jeri work until midnight because of her nursing experienceAric and Brandon worked in another clinic
Melissa and Dottie took pulse and blood pressure
Patient waited many hours without complaining
Helped hundreds of patientsPatients were incredibly grateful
Many volunteers needed. 

First Friday, Saturday & Sunday in May next trip. 
 

Aric GrahamTopic: LVSWR Community Service Projects 
View slides http://www.lvswr.org/Media/lvswrcommunity.pdf 

Christmas in April – Donnie is the House Captain. 2007 partnered with The Women’s Developments Center 

OV Magical Forest – volunteers work the park for at-risk school students. 360 students in 2007 

Las Vegas Natural History Museum – LVSWR donates $2500 annually 

Back to School Shopping – 12 students chosen to shop and JC Penney’s before school with Rotarians. 

Happy Feet – every month LVSWR provides a new pair of shoes and 3 pairs of socks for kids at risk schools. Payless give us 15% discount. 

Feeding the homeless – every 5^th Wednesday. Partner with Christ Episcopal Church and provide and prepare evening meal and hand out donated clothes hygiene kits and supplies.  

Please bring your friends to our lunches and events. 

Meeting adjourned.