Past Programs
Scottish Traditions of Hogmanay
Speaker: Prepared by Carol Anderson
Date: Dec 26, 2011
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Two Christmas Stories
Speaker: Gift of the Magi, by O'Henry: Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus; An editorial in the New York Sun, 1897.
Date: Dec 19, 2011
A story of love for the entire family, the Gift of the Magi is a classic.
A little girl name Virginia O'Hanlon, wrote a letter to the Editor of the New York Sun in 1897. "Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus" is the the repsonse from the Editor. This editorial has been shared through out the years, and translated into many languages.
As we celebrate this season, keep these stories in your hearts.
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Operation Warm
Speaker: Rich Lalley
Date: Dec 12, 2011
This year the Rotary e-Club of the Southwest and Pendaries Lot Owners teamed with Operation Warm and were able to purchase 120 coats for underpriiledged children in Northern New Mexico. Every cent donated by both the e-Club and members of the lots owners association paid for coats, shipping costs were donated. When the coats arrived they were sorted by the needs of the schools and delivered by lot owners in early October.
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Search for Meaning in a Seemingly Meaningless World
Speaker: Joe Kagle
Date: Dec 05, 2011
Last night, watching the new news communication tool for visual and verbal meanings: the nightly television news broodcast, the first image that came up was a bank robbery with the criminal wearing a dress with underwear over his head (they guessed that it was a male since that was the voice they heard). He was shown robbing the bank because the six or seven other bank robberies were not as bizarre in what they wore to pull off the heist. The second piece of news was a drunk who stold a forklift and had five police cars slowly following him down a major highway until he pulled over and was jailed.
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Impressions of Togo
Speaker: Francoise Thiebault-Roger
Date: Nov 28, 2011
A team of 12 Rotarians return to Togo for a third time to vaccinate children under five. This represents the largest vaccination campaign ever in Africa.
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