The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, May 1, 1980

® The WHEEL LAS VEGAS ROTARY CLUB D I S T R I C T 530 M A K E - U P DAYS AND P L A C ES MONDAY — Southwest — Port Tack WEDNESDAY — Boulder City — Railroad Pass TUESDAY — Henderson — Eldorado Club WEDNESDAY — Paradise — Showboat FRIDAY — N o r t h Las Vegas — Silver Nugget THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1980 Fellowship Is Proven The fellowship of Rotary was amply displayed recently when one of the members found himself in difficulties not of his own making. George Tate, whose classification is architecture, had his office and most all of the equipment con-sumed by a fire which, authorities say was arson and he had no place to conduct his usual business. However, Rotarians came to the rescue and offered him space in their buildings, free of charge, until such time as he could find new and permanent quarters. The good fellowship members were Dave Welles and Jel Tiberti and it was a fine gesture which meant a great deal to George in his time of need. That, my friends, is the real spirit of Rotary. — Rl — NDA On Fund Raising The Nevada Development Au-thority has made great strides in the assigned task of bringing new industry into the southern Nevada area and now are launching a fund drive to carry them through the next fiscal year. As is the case in so many of these civic enterprises, Rotarians are prominent in the work being done. Among those who are intensely interested in the campaign are: Robbie Robertson, who will take care of the accountants in the city; J.A. Tiberti contractors; Scott Wal-lace, engineers; Frank Shattuck, Strip hotels; Bob O'Connell, retail stores; Zack Taylor, savings and loan; Vern Willis, stock brokers; Berlyn Miller, sub-contractors and Stan Hyman, insurance. The goal of the drive is $280,- 000, a substantial increase over last year's goal because, in the words of President Ted Gibson, "we are undertaking a larger and more com-prehensive marketing p r o g r a m , aimed at stimulating a greater corp-orate image of our area." — Rl — Campaign 80 Success The Greater Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce drive for member-ships, which was recently completed, had a great many Rotarians en-gaged and it proved to be a very successful project. Heading Campaign 80 was Perry Lieber, who is always up there some-where in the forefront and he was ably assisted by, among others, Chuck Moyer, as a team captain. Media campaign leaders included Mark Smith, Fred Lewis and Joe McMurray. Team members also found Ro-tarians on the list of workers, in- (Continued on next page) eluding: Tom Wiesner and John Devitt. Rotarians always are the leaders in any civic campaign and help greatly in making them all suc-cesses. — Rl — Rotary To Have Honor The Las Vegas Rotary club will become one of the unique clubs in the nation when the city celebrates the date of its founding back in 1905. At the meeting of May 15, the club will have as its guests three presidents, all of whom will be here to participate in the Las Vegas Diamond Jubilee on that day, as well as a vice president. Of course, none of them will be presidents of the United States, but each is widely known in his own f i e l d — r a i l r o a d i n g and develop-ment. The three will be William S. Cook, president of the Union Pacific corporation; John C. Kenefic, presi-dent of the Union Pacific railroad, and L.B. Harbour, president of Up-lands Industries. W i l l i am Kennedy, vice president of Uplands Industries, also will attend. John Richmond, of Uplands, will be the speaker for the day and has promised an excellent presentation. — Rl — Harmon Takes New Job Harley E. Harmon, pioneer Las Vegas resident and long time Ro-tarian, has assumed another public service post, having been elected, recently, as head of YES, and or-ganization dedicated to push for the approval by the public of the Con-vention Center bonds. The bond issue will come before the public of southern Nevada at the presidential election this com-ing November and Harmon and his group will make every effort to see that a favorable vote is secured. Ap-proval of a $20 million issue is sought. Harmon, in accepting the posi-tion, pointed out that the bonds will not become a burden on the tax-payer because they will be paid off by the revenue received through the current room tax which is as-sessed against the tourists who use the facilities of our hotels and motels. Harmon has been very active in the civic and political arenas and has served the county as a commis-sioner and also an assemblyman in the Nevada legislature. — Rl — Fayle Is Honored Leonard Fayle, veteran Rotarian, was signally honored recently by the Nevada state Republican party. As you are no doubt aware, the voters in a presidential election do not vote directly for the candidates themselves, they vote for electors which are chosen at the state con-ventions of each party. Leonard was chosen as one of the electors for the state of Nevada and he will be one of three when the electoral college convenes, who will cast the votes for the Republican party. Leonard was nominated for the honorary post by Ashley Hall, an-other member of Rotary, and also a member of the Republican party for Nevada. — Rl — Dick Etter Elevated Dick Etter, Rotarian since 1970 and whose classification is banking, has taken another step toward the top of the mountain in his field. Valley Bank, for whom Etter has been laboring for more than a decade, has announced that he has been elevated to the post of presi-dent of the institution, and also will be chief operating officer. Formerly the executive vice presi-dent and cashier, Etter joined the bank family in 1966 as manager of the data processing division. He takes over f r om Kenneth J. Sullivan, Jr., who was sent to the top as board chairman.