These are notes from the meeting of Tuesday, July 27.

Rotarians and guest (Earl Haas from Littleton Sunrise) were greeted by Nancy Stalf.

Earl mentioned that Littleton Sunrise is currently selling peaches.

Our Moment of Inspiration was delivered by Elfi Smith.

We also welcomed our newest Rotarian, Leon Soloman.

Perfect attendance certificates were presented to:

   Scott Taylor

   Dale Flowers

   Norm Sothan

   Darlee Whiting

   Bill Leeper

Many happy Rotarians contributed to Happy Bucks, funds are added to the Littleton Foundation.

Three classification talks were given today. The first by one of the most active Littleton Rotarians, Rick Clark who has been a Rotarian since 1980.  The second talk was given by Scott Taylor who grew up in Colorado.  Obtained his accounting degree from Kansas State University and has become an active Rotarian and appointed to the Board for the 2010-2011 term.  Welcome Scott and thank you for your work on the newsletter and weekly event display.  The final classification talk was given by Bob Young who recently joined Littleton Rotary following his retirement from more than 30 years with the USDA.  Welcome Bob, Littleton Rotary has many volunteer activities that can use your talents.

Dale Flowers had the winning number from the drawing but did not draw the Ace of Hearts thus increasing the pot for next weeks drawing.

This weeks speaker is Phil Beaver

"The 9/11 attack on the Pentagon--an Insider's view"
A soldier's experiences on 9/11 from the Pentagon.  Of the 20,000+ stories from inside the building, this is just one of them.

Phil Beaver Bio:

Phil grew up in Santa Barbara, went to West Point after high school, and spent the next 25 years in the Army.  Started off in the Infantry, but after 10 years became an operations research analyst, spending his last 7 years in DC.  Retired in 2008 and moved to Denver to be near the mountains.  Phil and Kim have two daughters, Elaine (18) and Liz (16).

Queen City Jazz Band

Tickets are now onsale for the August 27th performance of the Queen City Jazz Band.  $25 Tickets can be purchased at the following link.

Town Hall Arts Center Tickets

Proceeds go to benefit the Bemis House restoration.  Additionally, there is a pre concert VIP reception with Hank Troy.  To purchase tickets for that as well as the concert please use this link.

VIP reception with Concert

Other events coming up in August

Rotary Picnic August 7th

Sign up if you are going to attend at http://littletonrotary.org

Also, the Rotary partners need to know if you are bringing kids and what their ages are.  This is so they can plan appropriate activities.

Western Welcome Week August 11th - 22nd

Western Welcome Week Website