 This Wednesday, our speaker is David Ames, a Rotarian who has been involved in Division 1 NCAA football for over 3 decades as a football official. Today’s program will highlight a typical game day and include video to demonstrate what happens on some typical football plays. The program should be of interest to the avid fan as well as to Rotarians who may not follow college sports.
As a CSU Department Head, his typical answer to the question of “WHY officiate college football?”, would be “It is sure nice to forget the duties of my day job for a few hours on Saturday”. When David retired from on field officiating in 2005 he was asked to consider a new gig called instant replay that began in 2006 when the NCAA wrote rules for instant replay. This added years to his involvement with football; a game that he still loves. |
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Kerrie Luginbill, chair of the After Hours Fellowship, introduced Steve Laine (RCFC immediate Past President) who inducted his son, Mathew Laine, into Rotary and the Evening Fellowship. Matthew is an Account Executive with Brown & Brown of Colorado for Commercial Insurance, and is sponsored by Jon Land. Welcome Matt!!.jpg)
On August 21, there was no noon meeting. Instead we joined the Evening Fellowship for a meeting and guest night. President Rob Marschke welcomed all Rotarians and guests. .jpg)
Jephta Bernstein expressed her thanks to the club for the Community Grant to her charity, Off the Hook Arts.