speaking on preparation for competitive snowboarding and the adventures leading up to and following her medal victory

Rolfing can lead to better physical and emotional health. It is a system of soft tissue manipulation with the objective of realigning the body structurally and harmonizing its fundamental movement patterns in relation to gravity. Cindy will demonstrate with help from one of our members.

Members Anne Hays and Hank Hosford

Members Anne Hays and Hank Hosford will do the vocational talks this week as the key piece of our Rotary Vocational Month recognition.

will do the vocational talks this week as the key piece of our Rotary Vocational Month recognition.

Girdwood resident Jay Wenge

Jay Wenger and his family picked Girdwood as their home after time in India. Jay speak on the Centers for Disease Control and their cooperation with Rotary on the eradication of polio plus the work he did in India for 11 years.

Jen Weits, co-owner of Jack Sprat’s

Jen Weits will tell us about the health benefits of food that is not processed , on the best vegetables - right out of the ground - and how they lead to healthier living day after day.  She will let us know how we can take advantage of them and give us some great ideas on eating well.

Jon Domela was remembering Alyeska before the lifts were installed a couple years ago, and he talked about the Roundhouse going up and the first tows and t-bars up our hill.  Hear the whole story from Lana this week up on top of the Mountain at the New Roundhouse Museum.

Marty McGee - Anchorage Assessor.

Paul Allred

Ouzel Expeditions

David will provide an update on what has worked successfully in Anchorage and other national hot spots to reduce youth violence.

David has been working on youth violence reduction with the tri-borough committee (Mat-Su and Kenai).

Playground clean-up and repair begins at 9 A.M. on Saturday June 28.  Bring a rake and a hammer as we will be smoothing wood chips and straightening boards.  This is an event where everyone can lend a hand.  Your participation in the playground annual maintenance & improvements is needed and welcome – 9 am June 28th & 29th

Claude Mabudu is Married to Kayissan Avajon.  They have 5 children, 2 boys, 3 girls. They join us from their native Togo where they had to leave their jobs when threatened with death by government supporters.  Claude worked for 20 years as a high school librarian and 10 years as a French teacher in Togo.  He organized and led a small political opposition party until he and his family fled the country around 2001 to Mali. In Mali he published a school newspaper (covering world news drawn from TV, radio, internet) and broadcast a radio program on literature. He started  an NGO in Mali for education. After a period of time they were granted political refugee status, enabling them to come to the United States where they were asked to locate in Anchorage.   He's completed high school and 2 additional years in library science. They are currently furthering their education at Nine Star and live in Mountain View.

On July 24th, Barbara Jacobs and Robin Bronen will talk about the Language Interpretation Service recently begun in the Anchorage area and the need for it in today’s society. They run the Alaska Immigration Justice Project.  Barb is the program manager for the Alaska Language Interpreter Center, a public/private partnership dedicated to institutionalizing an interpreter training program in Alaska for foreign and Alaska Native Languages and a referral service for agencies and businesses needing interpreters.  Robin is the executive director.

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