Hold Your Horses!!!!!

On Thursday the 19th of April, we were favored to hear from the Dixie FFA Club presenting their arguments for and against the policies on the wild mustang herds roaming the western countryside. Introduced by the Studly Jacob Sisson, these fine young men and young women will be taking their arguments to the state tournament this week in an effort to score a berth to nationals. They presented a very compelling argument for and against the practices of the BLM and the Interior Department in regard to their procedures in dealing with the wild mustang herds in the west. Their positions were so compelling that this blogger is remaining unchangingly neutral. It is refreshing to see youth like this with strong convictions and well spoken in their positions. We thank them for edifying us on this topic and wish them the best in their state competition.

Getting Caught Up on Meetings

Due to some technical difficulties this blogger cannot explain, pictures were not available for the blog update for our meeting on the 5th of April. So in today's edition of the blog, I will update the last two weeks of meetings so everyone will know what they missed. We had the two distinct privileges on Apirl 5th: The first was to have our reliable standby presenter, Dan Rak, stand by and present more of his memoirs; and the second was having him show off four inches of his leg by sporting the Air Force Tartan. (Awesome Look) Dan told us of the time he rode on two different airplanes in one day that both had problems and how lucky he was to be around to tell us about it. We all admire him for his feats of death dodging.

This week we had the honor of hearing from past DG Jim Coleman. He highlighted his trips to India, shared a rotary poem he wrote, and even played the guitar and sang a rotary song he composed. He isn't just another pretty face, he can do stuff too. He is a great example of what Rotary is all about and we can all learn from his example, enthusiasm, and talents. Thanks, Jim for spending some time with us and sharing your excitement and dedication to Rotary.

Oh, The Blogger is back. It's about time.

There have been many theories speculating what in the world has happened to the Dixie Sunrise Rotary Blogger. Some people are of the opinion the blog is a lot better without the blogger. Wow, that is hurtful. Some have not even noticed the blogger was shirking his duties for some time now. And possibly some still don't know we have a blog. No matter what the theory or speculation, the blogger is back and not necessarily better than ever.

On March 29th our club meeting was held in the cozy confines of the main building at the Abbey Inn. March madness plagued Shayne and his staff and we were bounced out of our regular meeting space for a couple of weeks. But being the ever flexible rotary club that we are, we met at Findlay Auto one week, Snow Park another week with the other Washington County Rotary Clubs and the cozy confine room last week.

Ron Thompson was our speaker and he did a great job of explaining the background and data of the Lake Powell pipeline. This blogger had to leave after 40 minutes of the presentation, but the parts I heard were very informative. My commentary, there better still be water left in Lake Powell for a long time, cause I just bought a share of a house boat. If it is sitting on a muddy lake bottom in 10 years I will be upset. That is my take and that is all.