We are pleased and excited to announce that we will be having our Annual Rotary Club Christmas Party at The Drift Inn in Rupert on Thursday, December 4^th, 2014.  We are planning on having it begin at 6 p.m.  Our club will be able to enjoy our own separate dining room and the fine food and atmosphere that they have to offer. The Burley Rotary Club will also be joining us.  Contact a Rotary member for more details.

Rupert Rotary had the privilege of having our District Governor, Rick Phillips
and his wife, Kerry, join us for Rotary November 12, 2014 at the
Drift Inn. Rick showed 3 short enlightening videos about the work that the
Rotary Foundation does, such as Polio Plus and pre and postnatal care to
mothers in rural Haiti. He also spoke about some of his “Rotary Moments”,
which was motivating for all of us to hear!

Rozan Egan, RN and infectious disease RN at MMH to spoke at our Rotary meeting on November 5, 2014. She shared a wealth of information on the importance of vaccine’s, influenza facts, Ebola facts and answered lots of questions.

Our Rotary program on October 29, 2014 we had Bill Jensen and Becky Grimm
from Options Counseling. They gave a program on communication and how to
connect with people, both non-verbally and verbally.

On Wednesday, October 22, 2014, Ben Nelson, our Assistant District Governor,
spoke to us about his experience at the Rotary Zone conference. He really
motivated us to be a relevant club and to engage new members and encourage
club growth.

On October 15, 2014, the Rupert Rotary Club welcomed,  Lucky Bourn, Minidoka County Coroner.  He spoke about his job responsibilities with being a coroner and answered many questions.

The Rotary meeting on October 8th, 2014 welcomed Dee Darrington from D. L.
Evans Bank. He shared a very informative PowerPoint and discussion about
investing. Here he is with a co-worker and fellow Rotarian, Juanita Villa.

During our Rupert Rotary meeting on September 24th we had a guest from
Oakley, Idaho. Richard Austin is a geologist and spoke about mineral and
geothermal exploration in the Mini-Cassia area. We were excited to hear from
Richard and glean his knowledge on this exciting topic that is taking place
right in our back yard.

The Rupert Rotary Club invited Susan Tuft to speak about the Mini-Cassia
Community Concert Association. She is president of the group and has been
working with them for decades. Susan informed us about the upcoming
2014-2015 Concert Series, which is their 69th Season! The concerts take
place at the Burley King Fine Arts Center @ Burley High School. The schedule
is as follows:
REDHEAD EXPRESS  Tuesday, October 7, 2014-7:30 pm
AL SIMMONS Friday, November 14, 2014-7:30 pm
WINDSYNC Wednesday, January 21, 2015-7:30 pm
SAXsational Thursday, February 26, 2015-7:30 pm
Live From Nashville Tuesday, March 31, 2015-7:30 pm

The Rupert Rotary Club welcomed Dr. Christine Pickup, Au. D. CCC-A, whos from the Hearing Counselors & Audiology group.  She has an office in Rupert and is excited to be working in the Mini-Cassia area.