Wheel Spinner (Mar 22, 2016)

March 17

Paula Mitchell: Author of Traveling through Colorado’s Wine Country

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March 24

Reen Gottron and Natasha Nola, classification talks

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March 31

Dark, due to Philharmonic social March 26

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April 7

Michel Begley: Orion Space Project, see story below

OTHER NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT

The next 2 weeks, your editor is on vacation. There will be very abbreviated editions!

EITHER SIGN UP OR PLAN TO ATTEND THESE UPCOMING EVENTS:

March 26: Fred Warnaars club social featuring the Arapahoe Philharmonic

April 14, 11 am: Using the web to access club information seminar

May 20: NCOA golf tourney, Colorado Springs

April 22-24: District Conference, Breckenridge

YOUR CHANCE TO HEAR ABOUT THE ORION SPACE PROJECT

By Cindy Begley

On April 7 Michael Begley will be a most interesting speaker. Michael is the Certified Principal Engineer responsible for the technical integrity of Guidance, Navigation, and Control (or GN&C) System of the Orion spacecraft at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Waterton Canyon. He has been working on Orion for nearly ten years, through the last two flawless flight tests, and looks forward to returning people to the moon. Prior to joining the Orion program, Mike was Boeing’s lead engineer for the GN&C system on the International Space Station program. In ancient times he worked Ascent flight control for the Space Shuttle program, and helped develop ways to jam Soviet radar systems.

A father of four, he lives in Highlands Ranch where he is thrilled to be married to the Highlands Ranch Rotary Club’s President-Elect!

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL RONALD McDONALD BREAKFAST

On Saturday, March 12, a group of members/chefs assisted our chef extraordinaire, Arthur Cone at the Denver Ronald McDonald House breakfast. They served eggs, blueberry pancakes, bacon, sausage, biscuits, potatoes and more! "It was a great event! The children were adorable and the adults very thankful." Said Tracie Stander. Besides Tracie and her family, Connie Golas, Elizabeth Kringel, Shirn Murthy, Natasha Nola, Arthur and his two daughters participated.

What a spread, thanks HR Rotary!	Shirn & Arthur share a cup of coffee before the breakfast rush!
Tracie & Dan Stander's beautiful family with Sara & Mia

MOUNTAIN VISTA INTERACT NEWS

By Karla Olson

Hello Rotary Friends,

Thank you for your incredible support of our Mountain Vista club, we wouldn't be anywhere near where we are today without it! These are the events we were involved with for the month of February 2016:

-Feb. 11, Peaceful Schools Visit- we visited 2nd graders at a local elementary school to read stories and perform activities to ensure an environment of safety and understanding in their classrooms
-February 18, Project C.U.R.E.- we sorted medical supplies at their intl. headquarters with Rotary members
- February 20, Bessie's Hope - we sang and did Valentine's Day crafts with residents at Brookdale Alzheimer's/Dementia Care Center to bring them joy and company

Thank you again for all your ongoing support of our club, MVHS Interact Secretary, Hannah Murphy

PHOTO OPS!

Cindy Begley receives her Paul Harris + 1 award

Patrick Prutsman, Kim Hibler, Jane Kucharski, Justin Vaughn, Shern Murthy, Jimmy Kinley, David Blackwood & Jan Selinfreund recently received Paul Harris pins

John Forsyth was recently inducted into the club by Bob Welsh. His wife Leslie and mum attended.

Joe Roos’s group, Hide In Plain Sight, recently received the Excellence in Community Impact award from the club.

MEMBER PROFILES:

RUSSELL HATTEN

Russell is the chairman elect for the Sunrise Club. His term will begin in July, ‘17

Russell at work...	Russell at play!

CAREER:

I am an attorney with Chalat Hatten Koupal & Banker, Denver. We are often referred to as “The Original Ski Lawyers” since my partner, Jim Chalat, had a big part in the drafting of Colorado’s Ski Safety Act, which is a model for other states.

HOBBIES

My hobbies are running and reading. I run an average of 25-30 miles, particularly early in the morning along the High Line Canal Trail. I run at least one marathon each year, have run the P.F. Chang’s Rock N Roll Marathons in Denver & Phoenix for the past 9 years, Boulder Backroads Marathon, Colfax Marathon. Next year, my son Hunter, 18, will participate in his first full marathon in Phoenix with me.

WHERE FROM/COLLEGE

I was born and raised in Texas, attended the University of Texas - Austin, then Texas Tech School of Law in Lubbock

ROTARY PASSION

The hands-on opportunity to help others in our community

VACATION

Anywhere in Europe. My wife, Brandi, and I have taken our children, Hunter and daughter Hannah, a freshman at CSU. to France, England, Italy and Spain, and a trip planned to Germany this summer. I feel so fortunate that our children still want to vacation with us!

SOMETHING COOL NO ONE KNOWS!

I served as a municipal judge and a county magistrate for Dallas County for several years. My duties included morning trips to the jail to arraign all of the people who had been arrested the night before and getting called in the middle of the night to sign warrants. Another interesting fact is that my sister Sharon Hatten is the Chief Municipal Judge for Midland, Texas.

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