Rotary Club of Centennial Colorado Centennial, Colorado June 26, 2018 Reverend Daniel Hettinger, above, gave the talk titled Sheriff Dave Walcher introduced Macy Wilson, a student at “Welcome to the Big Leagues.” Rev Hettinger maintains the Peabody Elementary School, who is the Arapahoe Sheriff for ‘75 Cincinnati Reds were the best major league baseball team. a day. On the team was Darrel Chaney who always used a self dep- CLUB BUSINESS recating manner when talking about himself. Darrel played shortstop, 2nd base, and 1st base while with Cincinnati and Several members, who had not been at the Changing of the then went onto the Atlanta Braves. After playing in the ma- Guard celebration were presented awards at the meeting. jors for a year he was sent down to the minors for a year to improve his hitting. After he came back to Cincinnati, the shortstop position was not available because Davey Concepcion was playing there. As a result, he ended up being a utility player which affected his attitude. He thought “Do I matter?”. He got discouraged and went to the manager, Sparky Anderson. Sparky asked Darrel to pick a position he might want to play. Every posi- tion had a player that was either an all star or destined for the baseball Hall of Fame. Sparky said they needed his talent to be available to play any position at anytime. His talent fit being a utility player. The overall theme of the talk was “Be ready when the game comes to you.” You don’t know when you might be needed. John Peterson was awarded the Rotarian of the Year. This is not only true in the game of baseball, but in life as well. Katherine Henschen received the President’s Award. 2017-2018 Club Officers President—John Berry President Elect—Tim Eunice Secretary—Karen Berry Treasurer—Barbara Medina Sergeant at Arms—Phil Chipouras Past President—Randy Earnest Directors Don Shattuck was awarded the Quiet Rotar- John Peterson demonstrated the new water ian Award for his work on the newsletters. filter design. This is what will be used as the Club Administration—John Peter- son club moves forward with supplying clean Member-at-Large-Samantha John- drinking water in Puerto Rico. ston Blessing Bags are still available at the meet- Membership Growth & Enrich- ment—Trip Butler ing. Rotary Foundation—John TRAVEL GIFTS McCarty Don Shattuck presented a mug and hat Millennial Satellite Club-Andrea Tagtow & Katie Guyon from Tin Cup and a bear desk calendar from Taylor Park. Pat McGuire presented wine from the Mich- UPCOMING EVENTS igan upper peninsula and playing cards from Roxy Hahn received the All Avenues Award. Philadelphia. JULY 10-TIM EUNICE, INAUGU- Cathy Smith presented a puzzle of the Colo- RAL ADDRESS rado 14teeners and a coloring book from a JULY 24-SANDY MORTENSEN, visit to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. DISTRICT 5450 GOVERNOR JULY 27-PRIMETIMERS HAPPY BLUE MARBLE HOUR, HUDSONS 4 PM JULY 28-PRIMETIMERS URBAN HIKE, 9:30 AM JULY 31-HASSEN LATIF, SECOND CHANCE AUG 7-MARC GAFFINKEL, GRETA’S STORY Paul Hourchi received the Club Service AUG 14-CLASSIFICATION TALKS; Award. CATHY SMITH & JOHN The following people received attendance HOLZMANN awards: • Roxy Hahn—17 years Anne West drew for Sheriff Dave. No blue • Marc Garfinkel—8 years marble was found. CLUB MAKEUPS: • Cheryl Sartain—4 years ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY http://bestrotary.com/gallery- collections/video-galleries T Eunice announced the Centennial Brew 1948 Www.rotaryeclubone.org and Q on July 14 at Centennial Park. Vol- Berlin Airlift begins. unteers are needed. .