The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, November 14, 1974

The Wheel ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN LAS VEGAS LANDMARKS is this impressive high-rise structure — the Landmark Hotel — selected as the permanent home for Rotary Club, oldest service club in the city. LAS VEGAS ROTARY CLUB LUNCHEON MEETING 12:15 THURSDAY LANDMARK HOTEL LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Mailing Address - P. O. Box 2406, Las Vegas, Nevada 89104 MAKE-UP DAYS AND PLACES MONDAY — Southwest — Charleston Bowl WEDNESDAY — Boulder City — Multiple Purpose Room TUESDAY —Henderson — Eldorado Club FRIDAY — N o r t h Las Vegas — S i l v e r Nugget NOVEMBER 14, 1974 A W H V W W H M W W W W M M M M The Wheel "He Profits Most Who Serves Best" PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA RAY GERMAIN, JOHN BEVILLE and JOHN F. CAHLAN Co-Editors SHERWIN GARSIDE Publisher Today's Speaker To Talk On New Cars The speaker today is Carlton Brech-ler, manager of public relations for General Motors Corporation in the western region, with offices in Los An-geles. A native of Wisconsin, he has been with General Motors in various public relations assignments for 25 years. Prior to coming west years ago, Brechler was at GM headquarters in Detroit, where, for several years, he was executive assistant to the vice president in charge of public relations. Two of the area's major problems today have to do with energy and the environment—with gasoline and smog. The automobile is deeply involved with both of these public concerns, so we will be interested in what Brechler has to say in his talk, entitled "Con-verting to Cleaner Air." - Rl - Don't Forget The committee in charge of the Christmas party wants to remind you that the date is not far off. The strictly adult affair will be staged in the Terrace Room at the Des-ert Inn and the committee in charge has promised an evening of glee and galalility. Dr. Steve Nicholson Last Week's Speaker Automation has come to the field of education and the Clark County Com-munity College provides an excellent example of what can be accomplished through the use of modern electronics. This was the message given to the Rotarians last week by Steve Nichol-son, president of the institution. The speaker accompanied his talk w i t h slides which provided an excel-lent picture of how the video educa-tion system works. He also said the entire educational system needs a complete overhaul to bring it in line with modern methods. The present sys-tem is too limited, he said, but indi-cated that the new community college concept is a good way to work the system back into the main stream. He said the community college pro-gram can tailor its courses to fit the needs of the community and is so flex-ible that it can provide almost any type of education desired. He indicated the system was some-what more costly to start than other systems, but once it is underway the costs go down and the educational ex-cellence rises. He said of the 5650 students now enrolled at the college there are 2350 who are full time and, within the next f i ve years he expected the overall reg-istration to increase to 10,000. The tui-tion is $10 per credit hour and the credits earned will be accepted in most of the universities throughout the land. Rev. Joel Rivers, acting as program chairman for the day, introduced Nich-olson. - Rl - The little boy ran to his father and exclaimed: "Wow! You should see the new lawn mower the people next door got. It does not need gas or anything! All you have to do is push it!" Many Rotarions on Ballot The Las Vegas Rotary club was heav-ily involved in the county election on November 5. There were nine candi-dates who were in some manner asso-ciated with the organization. Of the nine, seven were elected while two were unfortunate not to have corralled sufficient votes. There will be three Rotarians oc-cupying seats in the lower house in-cluding Keith Ashworth, who had no opposition and was chosen for a sec-ond term as speaker; Bob Robinson, who was re-elected, and Harley L. Harmon, who will be serving his first term. Lily Fong, Wing's Rotary Ann, was elected to the board of regents of the university, Early Harris to the state board of education, Tom Wiesner to the county commission, and Mahlon Brown, son of our honorary member, to a new term as justice of the peace. Anna Yoxen, John's Rotary Ann, was defeated in her bid for the state board of education, and Mark Gamett fell short in the campaign for county commissioner. Congratulations to all for civic serv-ice! - Rl - New Club Gets A Good Start Walt Wehner, chairman of the com-mittee that is in charge of the forma-tion of the new Rotary club, reported that the organizational phases of the project are coming along real well. At the first meeting of the group there were 17 who expressed an in-tention of making application as char-ter members and 10 of these are for-mer members of Rotary. It is expected, Wehner said, that the new club will become provisional in mid-January and that it will be char-tered sometime early in 1975. Mean-time, there will be weekly meetings at the Showboat, and, while they are not considered make-up sessions, members of all clubs in Las Vegas are invited to attend. JVrdjte OL (Irani Archie C. Grant came to Las Vegas in 1928 and the state of Nevade has profited greatly by his presence among us. Archie certainly exemplified the tenets of Rotary, of which he was a long-time member, and truly be-lieved in service above self. For some strange reason this man was unable to muster suffi-cient electoral strength to become a state officer, but nevertheless he served his adopted state well in the many positions to which he was appointed. Those who were in power recognized his ability but the electorate was not so sure. Archie served in both houses of the state legislature and was an outstanding member of each. He unsuccessfully sought the post of governor and a Congressional seat and although defeated, his interest in the progress of Ne-vada never waned. He was twice elected president of the Chamber of Commerce and served the American Legion as national committeeman. In his later years he was elected as a member of the university board of regents and served with great distinction until ill health forced him to give up this post. There can be no question in the minds of the old timers of the state of Nevada that Archie's contributions were as great as any man's. He was a tireless worker, a man with great fore-sight and was ever willing to take whatever life dealt him, us-ing the experience as a spur to greater heights. He was, in addition, a true friend and he will be missed by all who knew him. Rotary Int'l District 530 Camp-out Nov. 15-16-17 COTTONWOOD COVE, LAKE MOJAVE COLORADO RIVER District 530 must like us a lot. First there was the Honeymoon Weekend, then the Tropicana Golf Tournament, and now plans have ma-terialized for a camp-out. This will fea-ture games, fellowship, boating, fish-ing; via trailers, campers, tents and motor homes. For information contact Rotarian Dick Jacobs or President Bob. - Rl - R.I. 1975 Convention Montreal, Canada Plan to visit Montreal 8-12 June, during convention time. It is the sec-ond largest French-speaking city in the world, as well as the seventh largest city in North America. Montreal is fa-mous for its cuisine, shops and scenic historic attractions. Charlie McCloskey Of Bonanza Dies To most of the brethren the name Charlie McCloskey will mean nothing. However, if it hadn't been for "Old Charlie" you would not have been able to read the choice bits which you find weekly in The Wheel. Charlie was the backshop foreman at Bonanza Printers, where Scoop Gar-side presides and brings this sheet to the Rotary membership each week. Charlie died some 10 days ago and to the editors of The Wheel it was like losing a long and trusted friend. He was a gruff old boy on occasion, but he was a true artisan at his trade and those who got to know him well not only liked him, they respected him. We say goodbye to Charlie and hope that the great make-up man in the sky finds a place for him because Charlie was a real fine printer as well as a good man. 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