Red Badges – In order to get your Blue Badge, you must complete the blue badge requirements listed here:
Attend two club events such as freeloaders and a service project.
Attend a meeting of another club.
Attend a club board meeting.
Attend a club Foundation board meeting.
Complete new member orientation.
Please support The Rotary Foundation (TRF) through Every Rotarian Every Year which is a $100 annual contribution to TRF.These contributions come back to the district to fund district grants.
The club board approved Chalmer’s grant recipients selected by the club’s Foundation board.
The club board approved $1,000 to help defray the cost of John Heck’s bench.
May 16th is Rotary’s Global Day of Service.More to follow on how the club will support this event.
Jeff W.
Del Sol was recognized at the District Conference for being the most fun club of the year.
The Rotary Peace Pole will be installed at the Rotary Park.More to follow.
David C.
We have one RYLA applicant and could use one more.The applicant deadline was extended to 5/1.
Thanks to Dave Simon for being a judge at the Kit Carsen Middle School science fair.
Tony P.
We have two possible host families but need one more.
We are working on sponsorships and auction items for the golf tournament at the end of September.
Ed R.
There are two Freeloaders events coming up.See the email I sent.
The Pino’s will host on 5/9.
The Craven’s will host on 6/6.
Lance E.
Meet & Greet tonight at Rio Bravo Brewery at 6PM.
Speaker:Leba Freed – Wheels Museum
In 1880, men built over 1 million square feet of buildings at the railyards.
Albuquerque was selected because the land was cheap and didn’t flood.
Over 1,500 men a day worked at railyards 12-14 hours a day.
The maintenance shed was the largest in the US.
40 locomotives were maintained and the shed stocked over 30,000 parts.
During WWII, 2,000 men worked 7 days a week and women came at night to wash the locomotives.
In 1977, the shops closed almost overnight due to the introduction of diesel locomotives which were easier, safer and cheaper to maintain.
To go 100 miles, a locomotive used 25,000 gallons of water.
The railyards sat idle and in disrepair from 1977 to 1994 when the Burlington RR sold 27 acres and about 1 million square feet of building for $2M.
In 2007, the Wheel Museum and the city bought the property for $8M.
