The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, August 20, 1970

The Wheel Sailboats at Lake Mead 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS ROTARY CLUB LUNCHEON MEETING 12:15 THURSDAY TROPICANA HOTEL LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Mailing Address — P. O. Box 5664, Garside Station 89102 AUGUST 20, 1970 The Wheel m "He Profits Most Who Serves Best" PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA RAY GERMAIN and JOHN BEVILLE Co-Editors SHERWIN GARSIDE Publisher Today An issue important to ail residents of Southern Nevada will be discussed today as the Executive Director of the Convention Authority Barney Rawlings will discuss the upcoming seven and one-half million dollar bond issue to be voted upon Tuesday, September 1. Jackie Gaughan, program chairman, pointed out that five and one-half mil-lion of the issue is earmarked for addi-tions to the convention hall and two million dollars will go to the new sta-dium fund. - R l - District Go If Tourney Nearing Keith Smith, District 530 Sports Chairman, has issued a reminder of the big golf tournament at Los Ser-ranos Country Club September 29. The Chino club will be host club and also will conduct an official club meeting in the evening. It will be an excellent chance for a make-up plus good fel-lowship. Save the date and remember the makeups. - R l - Foreign Student Program Irv Kishner, chairman of the club's Foreign Student Program, announces that applications are now being ac-cepted from those seeking to assist in the club project. He pointed out that in past years the "foster" home pro-gram attracted a lot of attention and cooperation from the members. Last Week's Program Last week, being "Better Water for America Week," it was appropriate that our own Pat Head address us on the Fayle Reservoir and the Southern Nevada Water Project. The reservoir was completed at a cost of $2,000,000. The district, Head said, with an 80 million gallon storage, remained in adequate supply during the summer. Following a f i lm of the Denver Wa-ter District, Pat fielded many questions f r om the floor that brought out some interesting facts. Our own water prob-lems have been the same as the earlier water problems of Denver. Our own treatment plant now in process w i l l be as sophisticated as any in the U.S. Upon utilization of our share of Colorado River water we will have a supply sufficient for one million peo-ple into the year 2000. - R l - Reservoir Dedicated To Leonard R. Fayle Past President Len Fayle enjoyed the honor given last week as the new $2,000,000 reservoir was dedicated and officially named the Leonard R. Fayle Reservoir by the Las Vegas Val-ley Water District. Ivan P. "Pat" Head, also a member of the Las Vegas Ro-tary Club, was the featured speaker at last Thursday's luncheon and a partici-pant in the previous day's dedication ceremony in his capacity as general manager of the district. Support y o u r [Rotary Nominations For DG Sought For Study In accordance with the Bylaws of Rotary International, nominations for District Governor 1972-73 will be ac-cepted by the District office before noon, November 2, 1970. The nomi-nating committee will interview candi-dates and reach its decision prior to February 1, 1971 and will make its recommendation at the District Confer-ence in April of next year. Each Rotarian whose name is placed in nomination by his club must include with his club's nomination a form stat-ing his willingness to serve as District Governor. This form should be ob-tained from the District Office. The manual of Procedure sets forth the sta-tus and qualifications he must possess. Among other qualifications he must be an active, senior active or a past serv-ice member who has been a Rotarian for a total of at least five years and must have served as President or Sec-retary of a Rotary club. The selection committee has seven members. THE F O U R - W A Y T E S T of the things we think, say, or do — 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOOD WILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? It Sounds Familiar Here is a description of "modern" youth by a famous speaker: "Our youths love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders, and love to chat-ter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no long-er rise when their elders enter the room. They contradict their par-ents, chatter before company, gobble up their food, and tyran-nize their teachers." Pretty well sums up our generation gap, doesn't it? Well, the speaker is Socrates, who wrote the above in 400 B.C.! - R l - River Cowboy Max Kelch, past president, can well remember his turbulent trip down the Colorado River within the walls of Grand Canyon. Two reasons are given by Kelch for his remembering — it was a rough and tough passage but navi-gated without incident, and because he was fined $10 last Thursday as a special federal transportation tax. - R l - Here and There On Monday, Aug. 24, Alex K. Sam-ple, chairman of the board, Bank of Nevada, will host a luncheon honoring Roger Manley, a Rancho high school senior as an author of a scientific pa-per. Young Manley was awarded a 1rip to Hawaii where he will deliver his paper during the Youth Science Congress. - R l - Bill Ciliax, club secretary, has been a little more than busy the past few days as in addition to his regular work in the club and his store, he volun-teered to take over for Executive Sec-retary Janis O. Evans during her vaca-tion. - R l - Angelo Manzi and family leave soon for White Sulphur Springs, W. V., where he will be honored as a mem-ber of the New York Life's "Top 400" club.