December 8, 2022
Meeting Summary
Presiding: Jamie Terry
Meeting Room setup/takedown and general problem solving: Tom Mangan & Ron Van Ekeren
Inspiration: Keith Downey
Professor’s Quote:
Foundation Flash:
Introduction of Guests: Jean Garrison
Guests: Keith Downey introduced Shaun Bullock; Don Prehoda introduced David Kling.
Exchange Students:
Visiting Rotarians:
Junior Rotarians/RYLA/Young RYLA: Amanda Nilsson
Rotaract/Interact Students:
Humor: Todd Pearson
Foundation Drawing: Terry Moss won $10 with $325 in the jackpot.
O’Dwyers Drawing: Terry Moss
Announcements:
- December is Rotary Disease Prevention and Preparedness Month.
- Jamie Terry announced that we have 82 current members. There were no resignations this month. Shaun Bullock has submitted his application. Members have one week to comment.
- Jamie Terry noted that the club has about a 40 percent average attendance.
- Jamie Terry announced that Shop with a Cop is happening on Dec. 16. If you would like to volunteer, let her know.
- Randi Downham reminded members to sign up for the Christmas party. There will be no meeting on Dec. 22, since the Christmas party is the same evening.
- Dave Hansen noted that the club would send out info to sign up for Salvation Army bell ringing.
- Kelly Neville updated the club on the Christmas family’s project. We provided groceries, clothes, and toys to our family.
- Jamie Terry noted that there are still a few committees that need chairs.
- Jamie Terry told the club that Dec. 29 will be a field trip to Mountain Farm Bureau.
- Caitlin White told the club that we will have an inbound exchange student next year. Todd Pearson is hosting Amanda next. Terry Moss is taking over as Youth Counselor.
Rotarian of the Week: Dave Hansen nominated Todd Pearson for hosting and Terry Moss for volunteering to be counselor; Kelly Neville nominated Dave Krause and Jenny Eisenhauer for their help with Christmas Families.
Rotarian of the Month: Kelly Neville and Murray Schroeder
Songs: Deck the Halls; Silent Night
Program: Geology of the Casper Aquifer, Jackie Carswell
Introduction: Murray Schroeder
The Casper makes up the Western flank and is a large formation. Millions of years ago, there was a series of shallow seas and oceans in this area. These traveled in, back and forth creating a series of pancake sediment layers.
The Laramie Orogeny was a mountain-building event in the late cretaceous period. The oceanic crust underneath shifted, causing an uplifting of mountains. This area is now predominantly sandstone with some limestone and is about 700 feet thick.
The City of Laramie has four well fields. All of these are about 150-300 feet deep, so they do not penetrate the full Casper Aquifer. The wells still have a high yield at about 2,500 gallons per minute at the best well. The fracture structure seems to help increase well production.
There are several private wells out in the area, which have done well too. There is event one that is able to have flowing well water without a pump.
The Casper is mined for limestone by Mountain Cement. The limestone is used for cement manufacturing. It is a very pure limestone. This mining is done above the saturated area on the surface level.
There are other formations around Wyoming such as the Madison Formation, one in the Big Horn area, and the Hartville Formation.
Response: Sarah Brown Mathews
Rotary 4-way test
Of the things we think, say, or do
•Is it the Truth?
•Is it Fair?
•Will it build Good Will and Better Friendships?
•Will it be Beneficial to All Concerned?
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
•FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
•SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
•THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
•FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
‘Response: The Rotary Club of Laramie will make a donation to the public library children’s book fund in the speaker’s name.
NOTE: We Do Not Donate a Book!
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Spoke Editor: Caitlin White, 307-630-1965, cwhite@acplwy.org