Jake Anfinson * Maureen Boddicker Julie Bromley Gerald Crites †* Mike Cunningham Josie Davies Debbie Disney Laura Grady Jake Goheen Candace Harris Neil Harrison Manuela Hofer-McIntyre Bruce King †* Danny Klinginsmith Jo Korpitz Emily Madden James Malm Lyman McDonald Scott McFarland †* Rick Melone *2 Dave Mullens Josh Ostermann Dan Pasman Chris Pridmore Phil Pridmore * Stu Pummel Frank Romero Jerry Schmidt †*2 Jim Speight * - Past Presidents † - Paul Harris Fellow Financial Services Music Educator Banking Operations Ministry Project Manager Community Communications General Manager-Holiday Inn Laramie Optician Wildlife Ecologist Business Administrator Business Consulting Academic Advising Environmental Safety Research Business Owner Bookkeeping Services Owner Executive Director – Soup Kitchen Educator Statistician-Biometrician Insurance – Homeowner Credit Administration Electrical Engineer (Retired) Sports Marketing Banking Operations Domestic Engineer Retired Fish & Game Sales Engineer Forest Planner/Data Manager Natural Resources Consultant Member Emeritus Rotary Club of Laramie Sunrise Club 31279 District 5440 Reveille 2014 - 2015 Officers/Directors President President Elect Secretary Treasurer Past President Debbie Disney Jo Korpitz Director-at-Large Director-at-Large Club Protection Officer Manuela Hofer-McIntyre Dave Mullens Neil Harrison Bruce King Dan Pasman Jerry Schmidt Post Office Box 2188 Laramie, Wyoming 82073-2188 Meetings are every Wednesday 6:45 A.M. to 7:30 A.M. Volume 20, Issue 29 March 18, 2015 President-Elect Jo discussed the Black Tie Bingo committee meeting held Monday, March 9th. Next meeting will be Monday, March 30th, 6:00pm at the Holiday Inn. Upcoming Programs: Mar 25th – Biography Day for new members Mar 31st – Social gathering Tuesday, 5:30pm at the 1st Street Tavern April 1st – Jerry Schmidt Club Activities Black Tie Bingo Fund Raiser, Friday, April 24 th Today’s Program: Lindsay Olsen - SNAP Program Visiting Rotarians from Last Meeting None Last Week’s Program: Tony Hoch – North Cedar Street Refinery Clean-up & Restoration Project Anniversaries this month None Tony provided the members an update on the cleanup project for the old Midwest/Standard Oil Refinery & Yttrium Plant site in West Laramie. He began by providing a quick review of the history of the facility and why the Laramie Rivers Conservation District (LRCD) was the entity responsible for the project. The project began with financial sup[port from the city council ($9.5K), county commissioners ($10K) and the beautification committee ($15K). The project received for a $200K EPA Brownfield Cleanup Grant and used a DEQ Volunteer Remediation Program to remove outside trash, tires, and barrels of oil, grease, etc. Some preliminary environmental evaluation studies have been completed that have investigated the metals in soils, metals in groundwater, PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [bad stuff]) in soils, DROs & GROs (gasoline range organics and diesel range organics [more bad stuff]) in groundwater and trace asbestos in soils. They were awarded a $335K HUD Community Development Block Grant to demolish the buildings that could only be used on property not to be taken by WYDOT for the Harney St. Viaduct Project. To date the LRCD has spent $170K from mill levy/reserves/contributions over 3 years for purchase, security, characterization & cleanup. Another $569K from pass-through grants from EPA, DEQ and HUD. Total so far is ~$740K spent on project and this is before the actual “brownfield cleanup”! Past President Jerry inducted our new member Mike Cunningham. Welcome Mike! Guests from Last Meeting Quin Malm (James’ son) and Dan Boddicker Birthdays this month None Don’t forget to buy a 50/50 ticket and be a winner! Mike won the 50/50 raffle and will draw for the A next week. Rotary Internet addresses: You can now make-up Rotary Meetings on line, any time of the day at www.rotaryeclubone.org/ Rotary International: www.rotary.org/ District: www.rotary5440.org/ http://laramiesunriserotary.org/ ShelterBox: www.ShelterBoxUSA.org Thoughts and Quotes: The things that come to those who wait are usually the things left by those who got there first. One reason why computers can do more work than people is that they never have to stop and answer the phone. The only people who listen to both sides of an argument are the neighbors. English is strange: When you "run out" of something, you "run out" to get more. I started out with nothing. I still have most of it. Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. - Allen Saunders
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