Centennial Rotary Meeting Notes for 01/10/2006

President Roxy rang the bell at 7:34.

Rotary Minute brought to you by Kent.

This month is Rotary Awareness month and Kent reminded us to share Rotary with all we meet.

Announcements

• Dan and Marcos introduced Cliff Dougal, who shared photos and reflections on the Denver Children's Home Christmas party. This year, with many more gifts was the best yet.
• Dan H. mentioned the Foundation dinner and passed the baton back to Jeff, who passed around the sign-up sheet. He spoke of the importance of this Rotary function and that the price of a seat was being held at $45, even though through the District, it is now $55.
• Roxy and Laurie attended the mid-year President/President's Elect session put on by the District and met some Sherpas who recently scaled Mt. Everest. They will be our speakers on Valentine's Day and Roxy encouraged everyone to bring a guest. Please notify her so she can let Embassy Suites know if we need a larger room.
• We need several more "regulars" for the Project Cure monthly commitment. Let Roxy or Kay know if you can help.
• We need several more volunteers to house Youth Exchange students the first weekend in February, 3-5. Dan and Roxy are working our the details. Randy had volunteered and would LOVE to have someone take his place. He needs to deliver the Invocation books to the Tempe-South Club in person, along with the author's two daughters.
• Information sheets were on each table about this year's District Conference to be held in Vail. The dates are 4/28-30. This the way we can support Roxy and the year she has had leading our Club.
• Ken H. passed around a sign-up sheet for the Winter Park ski train fellowship trip. The date has moved to Saturday, March 4, with the cost of $44 for adults and seniors and children only $39.
• March 24 is the new date for March's fellowship get-together. The Bucks will host this event with details to follow.
• Roxy said that February 7th is another perfect time to bring guests, as Paul Meadows will speak on his time in Monrovia, Liberia.

Happy Bucks

• Jennifer made her way through the Club, starting at the "loud table" in the rear. Piercy is back!
• Paul--A buck for happy to be here.
• Jeff--Many bucks for same reason and his new 9lb., 5 oz. grandson.
• Ken--A couple dollars, one for being late and the second in appreciation of Jennifer's hair.
• Kye--One "anti-heckle" dollar. She was at the "loud table."
• Tom B.--$1 for having Cliff visit, coupled with the hope of many more years of supporting the Denver Children's Home.
Hugh--His final dollar, what else is new?, so Barb doesn't put anymore IOU's on his bill. By the way, his daughter got a promotion and his recently graduated son got a job. Where's the financial love Hugh?
• Dan H and Marcos--Happy to have Cliff with us.
• Randy--Happy to be in the Centennial Club.
• Roxy--50 cents each for her Mom's recent visit and good luck for the Broncos.
• Jennifer--$5 for the work of Cliff, Dan H. and Marcos.

Presentations

Kye--She got her undergraduate degree from University of Puget Sound in Music Management. The only job where she used that degree was when she was the manager of the orchestra for the Yale School of Music. She fell in love with Colorado when she worked for the Central City Opera one summer. It was then when she met her husband-to-be, but neither of them knew it at the time. Not in love with the fast pace of the East, she accepted her parent's offer to oversee the construction of their log cabin, in the Tacoma area. The project took 8 months and "cemented" her love for construction. She loaded up her pickup truck and moved to Colorado, confident that her future husband would realize she was the one. Kye started her construction career with a landscape company in the Denver area. It was with her first general contractor company that she was transferred to Olathe, KS. She was wandering through a community fair when she happened upon Wilma at a booth for the local Rotary Club. Ed. note: Thank heavens for Wilma! Haseldon Construction offered her a position and she moved back to Denver in the past year. She and her husband, Doug, have three children ages 1 1/2, 2 1/2 and 4.

Kent--As Charter President of our Club, Kent has given two previous Craft talks. Today, instead of talking about his vocation, he spoke on his avocation, home brewing. It was Christmas, 1992 when Candace gave him his first home brewing kit. In January 1993, he celebrated his first attempt at brewing, a self-described disaster. Kent went on to share with us that beer contains only 4 ingredients, water, malt (barley), hops and yeast. Water is the largest ingredient and the recipe starts out by heating the water to between 160-180 degrees. At that point, the brewer adds the grain, with many different varieties, depending on the type of beer he is brewing. Many beginners use a malt extract, either dry or liquid, instead of grains. As the liquid begins to boil, the brewer adds hops to "flavor" the beer. The variety of hops that goes in first is the taste you taste last when drinking. The variety of hops that goes in next, approximately halfway through the one hour boil, is the one you taste first. The finishing hops, right near the end of the hour, is the one that provides the wonderful aroma when opening the home brew. The "wort" must cool down, so when you "pitch" or add the yeast, you don't kill it. When the 5 gallons cool down, it is put in a plastic fermenter with an air lock. The plastic air lock allows the carbon dioxide that is created with the fermenting to escape from the fermenter, while not allowing any "bad air and germs" in. After 4-6 days or so, the liquid is transferred to a glass container (carboy) for additional fermenting. When that is completed, the bottling commences. Carbonation is obtained by adding corn sugar and the new batch should be ready to drink after a couple weeks of conditioning. Kent said that home brewing can be as simple or complicated as the brewer wants. The average cost for a batch of home brew, that makes two cases of 12 ounce beer, is $20-25. He will bring several varieties to the March fellowship get-to-gether at the Bucks.

A hearty thank you to both Kye and Kent for their presentations.

Marbles

Dan H. had his ticket drawn and pulled a clear marble. Yes and the $700ish pot carries over to next week.

Don't forget TRAVEL GIFTS as you traverse our great country.

King Soopers Coupons!

Don’t forget to see Kent Ostedgaard for your King Soopers coupons! The club makes 4% on every dollar we spend. Coupons are available in $25 units & are sold at face value.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO BUY SOME TODAY!

Nearby Club Locations for Makeup's:

Tuesday’s:
11:45 AM – Tech Center @ Glenmoor CC
Noon – Littleton @ Columbine CC

Wednesday’s:
Noon – Englewood – Marriott Southeast

Wednesday 's:
Littleton-Sunrise
7:15AM -- Chammps Restaurant in the Aspen Grove Shooping Center on South Santa Fe

Thursday’s:
7:15AM – Denver SE/ Wyndham Hotel
Noon – Highlands Ranch @ Lone Tree CC

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