October 2008 Newsletter

Our club is growing! On September 24th we inducted three new members. Joining us are Darryl Bouchard, Lucy Aragon, and Wolfgang Collins. Darryl joins with the classification of lawyer. He is the Managing Attorney for the New Mexico Public Defender Department. He was first invited by Bob Shaw. Lucy joins with the classification of Forest Conservation. She is the Resource Coordinator of Carson National Forest and is self-employed as a Nutritional Cleansing Coach. Lucy was invited by Keith King. Wolfgang Collins is a Business Owner, the owner/president of Wolfgang's Spa Works. He was invited by Dick Oliver.

On August 27, 2008 we inducted new Rotarian, Leslie Martin, and Richard Gould and Bill Thompson, who are transferring from Clubs in Texas and Oklahoma respectively. Richard is a retired minister. Bill is a retired auto industry executive. Leslie has her own bookkeeping business here in Taos.

We welcome our newest members and anticipate receiving more new members in October. At the present time we have 28 active members and 1 honorary member. We have added 6 new members during this new Rotary year.

Interact Club: There are about 22 members of the Interact Club, of whom five are returning from last year. The are led by President Sonya Lopez, Vice President Jacqueline Cordova, Rachel Templeton, Nina Flores and Cody Oysler. We were pleased to host Enrique Farfan and his family from the Rotary Club of Cuzco, Peru. Their visit to Taos inspired the Interactors to continue their club’s work in the small village of Mares, near Cuzco. Guided by sponsors Lou Morgan, Kellie Evans and Erica Olson, they are now planning for the coming year.

The Farfan Family Visit. We had the privilege and pleasure of hosting Enrique, Luz Marina, Pamela and Katia Farfan between September 9th and 20th. On September 10th Enrique addressed our club and described the work of our Interact Club in Peru, as well as what it took on his end to make the