The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, June 10, 1982

* * FONGS DONATE ART * * Chinese art was added to the culture of Las Vegas recently when Wing Fong, Las Vegas Rotarian, and his Rotaryann, Lilly, presented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with the handiwork of Hau Pei-Jan, considered one of the major living exponents of classical Chinese painting. The paintings were commissioned by Wing and Lilly, the latter a Regent of the University, and donated to the insti-tution by them. The paintings will be hung in the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall and on each one is a poem by the artist describing the scene and his feeling about it. English translations appear under each painting. Hau Pei-Jan was in Las Vegas to parti-cipate in the ceremonies connected with the donations of which six will hang in the lobby of the Ham Hall. Subjects of the art range from landscapes to animals, plants and birds. He is a native of China and was edu-cated in calligraphy and poetry under the instruction of the masters. He also attended the National Normal University in Beijing and the Kyusu Imperial Univer-sity in Japan. * * LAS VEGAS GOOD IN ATTENDANCE * * For the second time in a row, the Las Vegas Rotary Club attendance was extremely good. According to the report sent out by outgoing District Governor Kirk Isitt, the Las Vegas Club record is several percentage points higher than the Dist-rict average and the Club ranks second in attendance in the Southern Nevada area. Average attendance percentage for the Las Vegas Club was 87.54 for April. LAS VEGAS ROTARY CLUB DISTRICT 530 • MAKE-UP DAYS AND PLACES Monday - L.V. Southwest - Port Tack Tuesday - Henderson - Eldorado Club Wednesday-Boulder City-Railroad Pass Wednesday-L.V.Paradise-Showboat Hotel Friday - No.Las Vegas - Silver Nugget DONALD L. AIKIN President JOSEPH J. BUCKLEY Vice President IRWIN KISHNER Secretary MICHAEL MEYER Treasurer BOARD OF DIRECTORS Barry W. Becker Ed Fike Steven S. Casey Ashley J. Hall James Cashman, III Bernard Menke Dr. James M. Jones MICHAEL HOOVER Past President RICH FORD District Governor's Representative P.O. BOX 15152, LAS VEGAS, NEV. 89114 JT<,& JUNE 10, 1982 / rff C Q ^ ' , z uU LO UJ 5 CQ < uUJ £ UJ THE WHEEL Las Vegas Rotary Greets The World * * FUSION PROCESS TOLD * * The Las Vegas Rotary Club was provided with an informative, although somewhat technical, glimpse at the present state of the art of nuclear power and informed that one phase of the schedule is near attaining the breakthrough status so badly needed. The program was provided by Dr. Charles Damm, a scientist from Livermore Labora-tories, which has been working on the program for the past several years. He explained the difference between fission and fusion and said that the latter appeared to be the best bet for universal usage because of its "simplicity" and low cost. He said fusion would be number one in the long range energy options. Dr. Damm told the Rotarians that many sources of the U. S. energy are rapidly being dissipated and that one solution to this problem might be nuclear energy, since it is plentiful and cheap. Dr. Damm was introduced by Dr. Bob Robinson, program chairman of the day. * * VISITOR GROUP LARGE * * There was a large group of visiting Rotarians at the meeting last Thursday, only one of whom was from out of the confines of the United States. The lone international visitor was from London, England, although there were a couple from the "Big D" in Texas. Most of the visitors were from the nearby states and a group from other Rotary Clubs in the Las Vegas area was in attendance to enhance the records of their home clubs. * * * * * * * * ROTARY TODAY - As of March 1, 1982, there were 19,572 Rotary Clubs and an estimated 903,000 Rotarians in 157 countries and geographical regions. Since July 1, 1981, 245 new clubs were admitted in 48 countries. * * DR. BILL GRANDPA AGAIN * * If you notice a bright gleam in the eyes of Dr. Bill Busch, you'll know that he is garnering a great deal of pride because of the fact he is a grandfather for the second time. Bill's daughter, Mrs. Michael Buckley, produced a daughter for the family on June 3rd and both mother and daughter are doing as well as Dr. Bill is. The child, who has been named Mara Busch Buckley, weighed in at seven pounds, six ounces and joins a brother, Robert, who is 16 months old. She was delivered at Women's Hospital. * * DR. BASILE RETURNS * * Dick Basile returned recently from a business trip to the Mediterranian Island of Capri and when he got back to Las Vegas he also found that he had been awarded a prize which was part of the observances of the birthday rites for Bertha's gift shop in Las Vegas. He received a porcelain statuette of a big horn sheep which was awarded for the first prize. The trip he took was under the auspices of the U. S. State Department and while on Cyprus, he held a seminar for the Cyprus Hotel Keepers' Assoc. It was part of the program at the Cyprus International Fair where the U. S. held a catalogue exhibi-tion of the hotel and restaurant equipment. The trade show was a mini-world's fair in which 18 countries displayed their pro-ducts and handicrafts. Enroute, Basile stopped at Washington, D.C. for a briefing and was the house guest of Joseph Canzeri, who recently resigned as an assistant to President Reagan. He also was the guest of U. S. Ambass-ador to Nicosia at a small luncheon given in honor of the retiring United Nations official. * * LEONARD FAYLE HURT * * Leonard Fayle was painfully, but not seriously, injured in a rather strange accident on Memorial Day, but is still ambulatory and attended the last meet-ing of Rotary. Leonard and his Rotaryann, Anna, were in Goodsprings tending to the usual Memorial Day rites for members of the family who are interred in the Goodsprings cemetery. They both had gotten out of the jeep which they were driving to go to the graves. Leonard had forgotten to set the brake of the jeep and he suddenly saw it starting down an embankment. He rushed to it frantically and tried to stop its progress, but was unable to and he was dragged several feet in the dirt. He was not seriously hurt but his leg was bruised and suffered abrasions while his nose was damaged in the melee with the jeep. From all indi-cations, all he will have to do is rest and wait for his wounds to heal. This may take a while, he said. * * YOXEN GETS CONTRACT * * John Yoxen, active member of the Las Vegas Rotary Club, plans now to keep his construction crews busy during jhe coming summer and well into the new year. John was the successful bidder on the new 75-unit housing project for senior citizens. The bid was recommended by the Clark County Housing Authority for the $2.5 million project which will be located at McLeod Street and Desert Inn Road, according to Executive Director, Bill Cottrell. The contract still has to be approved finally by the Depart-ment of Housing and Urban Development but this is expected to come automati-cally.