Rotary Club of Laramie Sunrise Club 31279 District 5440 Reveille

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