The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, 1976-1977

Rotarians To Aid In Church Directory The Rotary board of directors voted to assist in the publication of a church directory and take over the job which previously had been supported by the Ministerial Association. The Rev. Joel Rivers explained that the Ministerial Association had ex-pended most of its funds in the publi-cation of the bulletin during the past year and would be unable to continue without help. The publication is more or less a di-rectory of the churches in the city, where and when they meet and other pertinent information. The directories are distributed by the Chamber of Commerce and the various hotels and they also are available in other spots around the city. The Chamber reports they are a very important part of the packet which is provided tourists upon re-quest. The board voted a sum of $850 to defray the cost of printing the bulle-tin. - Rl - Only Six Sign Up For District Meet Only six Rotarians, most of them officers of the club, have signed up to attend the district conference and the Rotary International convention, according to Irwin Kishner, secretary, who is in charge of the rom reserva-tions. It was hoped, several weeks ago, that there would be a goodly number of the members who would sign up for the festivities, both meetings being as close as they are. It was especially important that a sizeable group go to both events because of the drive the Las Vegas club is making toward se-curing the Rotary International con-vention here during the early eighties. Kishner pointed out that the pack-age deal, which provided rebates on rooms, already has expired and it is probable that the late reservations will not be as close to the convention site as would be preferred. Vocational Craft Assemblies Slated For S. F. Convention yu • AA M^L J h5l e-96J6uhlnoem.l9u7a7cl onventBn Fj nRrAa N"RotatyC-GateIwaSytoSCetvtceO" The R.I. convention in San Francisco, California, is scheduled for June 5-9, 1977. Among the most popular con-vention features throughout the years have been the vocational craft assem-blies. Many Rotarians consider them to be the high point of their conven-tion experiences. The 55 assemblies scheduled to be held at the 1977 convention will be grouped by business and professional classifications. Rotarians of similar oc-cupations will have an opportunity to exchange views on how their occupa-tions are affected by the principles of vocational service. - Rl - Bob O'Connell Is Host To Anglers Bob O'Connell turned his Penney store into a fishing pond on March 16, and, as a result, many Izaac Waltons know more about how to lure the members of the finny tribe from out of whatever water hole they might re-side. While the actual clinical portions of the seminar were held in the ballroom of the student union building on the UNLV campus, the J. C. Penney store fishing department was the sponsor. Fred Ward, regarded as the number one bass fisherman in the west, was the principal speaker at the clinic, and Thursday, from 4:30 until 9 p.m. rep-resentatives of the fishing tackle in-dustry were on hand at the Penney store to answer whatever questions any of the anglers might have as re-gards increasing their catches. Rotarians Fayle, Hunsaker Spearhead Mining Junket It was a nostalgic 73rd birthday last Saturday tor Leonard hayle, and to nelp him celebrate tne event was an-otner Rotarian, Walter Hunsaker. The event was sponsored by the Nevada Mining Council and the locale was Goodsprings, Nevada, a place where Leonard spent his early years and where his father was not only in mining but in the hotel and mercantile business. The party left early from UNLV and traveled by caravan through Jean and up to the historic site of several active mines in the World War II era. Leon-ard personally conducted small groups tnrough the old tunnels. Walter — an old-timer interested in Southern Nevada development — ad-vises that other trips of interest are planned by UNLV, Division of Contin-uing Education. Interested parties should contact Elizabeth Warren, His-torian and Archaeologist. Happy birthday, Leonard! - Rl - Wheel Editor Is Chosen For Honor An active member of the Las Vegas Rotary club was officially nominated by the Las Vegas Rotary board of di-rectors at the regular March meeting. He is John F. Cahlan, editor of the Wheel, and the nomination was pro-posed by Bert Purdue, chairman of the selection committee. Cahlan was lauded for the work he has done with the Wheel, a publica-tion which has won the district award for the past three years, and also for his work on the Nevada Bicentennial Commission of which he served as vice-chairman for most of the life of the commission. He also was cited for his civic contributions. The nomination will be submitted to the Paradise Club committee for consideration when the choice for the Rotary Man of the Year is made by the Paradise club. All of the clubs in this area will submit names and from that list the choice will be made. Know Your Rotarians PHILLIP (TED) HENDERSON Ted, son of Jim Henderson, is a na-tive Las Vegan, born here 31 years ago. He and Rotary Ann Nancy Lee are the parents of Alyson, age 4. His member classification is Con-crete Construction. His hobby is an in-teresting and constructive one: "Build scale model aircraft primarily in plas-tics, WW 2 era." Acts as chairman for the International Scale Model Show held for the last five years at the Con-vention Center. He is the Regional Coordinator for the International Plastic Modelers So-ciety (Region 10, covering Arizona, Nevada and Utah). Other hobbies in addition to swimming and diving are painting in replica, cars, trucks, etc. He received an Army Commendation Medal, Republic of Vietnam, 1968. Ted is active in the Boys Club of Clark County and is on the 100 Men's Club Steering Committee. He graduated from Redlands with a degree in Business Administration. While attending, he was a four-year letterman on the spring board diving team. We welcome Ted to the fellowship of Rotary. - Rl - District Governor Nominee Is Dead District 530 was saddened recently when the clubs were notified of the sudden death of Field Thompson, Gov-ernor Nominee for the district. Thompson was attending the Zone Institute in Kona, Hawaii, with his Ro-tary Ann, Gladys, preparatory to as-suming the post of governor later this year. Thompson was stricken with a mas-sive heart attack and died before he could receive medical attention. It was during an extended tour of the island that the attack occurred. It is reported that Paul Bryant will be named as the governor designate and will take over for Thompson in the coming District year.