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Our Most Recent Meeting on March 23rd:
Brought to us by member Paul Linton, we welcomed two officers from District 3 of the Denver Police Department, Mike Borquez and Antonio Pacheco. They presented a comprehensive and informative program about the steps citizens can take to protect themselves, their families, their home and property from crime. They showed a number of videos of convicted criminals discussing how they break into homes and cars and steps you can take to avoid becoming a victim. The main point of the discussion was the importance of setting up neighborhood watches within each community. We would like to thank both Officer Borquez and Officer Pacheco for taking the time to educate our members on this important issue! Bryan Hunt, son of member Larry Hunt was our speaker on March 9th, 2022. He was introduced by member Doug MacCarthy. Bryan has been an Associate Producer and Production Coordinator for Octopus Theatricals. He wears many hats as a Production Manager, Company Manager and Producer, working with many artists and companies including Hadestown (winner 2019 Tony Award for Best Musical), Bill Irwin, Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson, DeLanna Studi, Christine Jones/Theatre For One, Annie Saunders and Andrew Schneider and many more.
Bryan spoke about the challenges of being a producer and production co-ordinator for a myriad of different stage productions, from one person theatrical presentations on a small portable stage to large scale Broadway extravaganzas. It was a very interesting talk and we all left with a much better understanding of the complexities in making a show happen! Our speakers were Regan Linton and Brian Malone. Regan is the daughter of long time member Paul Linton. They are co-directors of the documentary film "Imperfect" The film follows the Phamaly Theatre Company, a group of actors with all nature of disabilities – including spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s Disease, cerebral palsy, autism, low vision/blind, and multiple sclerosis – as they attempt an unprecedented version of the musical Chicago. The actors open the backstage door for the viewer, giving a rare and unfiltered look at the details of their daily lives, in and out of the theatre. The film chronicles their intimate stories as they persevere against obstacles in a world that excludes them. Regan and Brian spoke eloquently about their experiences and struggles bringing their film to the screen |
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Member Sue Dickinson brought us our Annual Oratorical Contest. Once again the Denver Round Table and Round Table International's Excalibur Foundation sponsored the Best of Debate –arguing “The Advantages and Disadvantages of Supporting Local Businesses vs. Regional/National Chains.” The top debaters from Cherry Creek, East & George Washington High Schools again competed for scholarship awards totaling $5,000
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Member Mike Norris's speaker was Corporate Relations Manager of Food Bank of the Rockies, Mitch Jelniker. He shared their mission. Founded in 1978, it is the largest private hunger relief organization in CO/WY. It supports 30 Northern Colorado counties and all of WY. Working with more than 800 hunger relief partners, they work to ensure more than 800,000 people in their service area struggling with food insecurity have access to nutritious food.
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Carol Page made arrangements for our speakers in August. Bobbi Priestly is the Director of Field and Equine Services for the Colorado Humane Society. She was accompanied by Kayte Wolfe, her field services representative.
Bobbie has over 21 years of experience as an animal cruelty investigator for the Colorado Department of Agriculture. She and Kayte spoke about the hundreds of neglect and animal cruelty investigations she participated in. A number of videos were shown about training horses being put up for adoption, and about documenting previous cases of animal abuse. |
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Member Steve Wright introduced his neighbor, Jim Delong as his speaker. Prior to his retirement, Jim was the managing director at the new Denver International Airport. He oversaw the original opening of the airport in 1995, and regaled the audience with many stories about the infamous baggage system, the supposed "secret" tunnel system under the airport, and the difficulties in obtaining funding to undertake such a massive project
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