Inspiration: 
Joe McCarthy shared words from Tom Welsh. "Greatness does not come about through accumulating great amounts of money, great amounts of publicity or great power in government". This quote appeared in his final Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter, published in November 2025. In the letter, he emphasized that true value and greatness are found in non-material pursuits. “When you help someone in any of thousands of ways, you help the world. Kindness is costless and priceless.”

DEI Quote:
Give light and people will find the way.--Ella Baker

Upcoming Programs: please see the side panel for upcoming speakers and be sure to invite your friends!  

Guests: 
Bill Kennedy — speaker and guest of Bob Hau
Chef Barrat — guest of Bob Hau
Ellyn Mortimer — guest of John Hintzman

PROGRAM:  Colonel Bill Kennedy, Retired USAF.  Veterans Day Appreciation

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  He was a fighter pilot.    He served for 31 years after graduating the AFA in 1965. 
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  He was one of six kids raised by his mother who was a single parent. 
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  At the Air Force Academy they took 17 credit hours/semester and had to participate in a sport so he was assigned to boxing. 
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  His pilot training was in west Texas, starting the a small Cesna and progressing to piloting the white subsonic jet.  His dream was to fly the F4 after graduation. 
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  He subesquently attended radar school, survival and escape training in preparation for going to the front lines in SE Asia.   He then went to Seymour Johson AFB to become part of the designated 4th tactical wing alpha squadron.  He was deployed to Korea and served there until 1970.
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  He had jungle survival training in the Philippines in 1971
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  He was in Canada in the early 1980s and was then assigned to the Philippines 1983-1986 and was there during the Philippine Revoluation in 1986. He helped to extract the Marcos family to Hawaii at that time. 
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  He was at the Hickam AFB in Honolulu as base commander until 1988; then to Germany.  He was in Germany during the Berlin Wall demolition
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  His retirement job was at the Keelser Technical Training Center in Biloxi from 1990-1992.
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  To thank vets for their service, share a personal story, ask them for a story and advocate for vets in the public space. 
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  Here is the link to Col. Kennedy's talk:
  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1auQlXXvUfsaAv43FQbZ5VPFx6rdpr3-t

New Member talk: Kira Kovar

- Kira grew up in Arcata, California, a small coastal town about 5.5 hours north of San Francisco
- At age 15, Kira raised $10,000 to study abroad in the Dominican Republic
- She majored in Economics and completed internships supporting local business development and entrepreneurship in St. Petersburg, FL
- Kira was recruited by the co-founder of MasterClass to join Outlier as one of the first five employees
- Currently, Kira is Chief of Staff to the President of Executive Search at ZRG Partners, a global talent advisory firm
- Her long-term goal is to run an electrical company with her husband, Paul Kovar
Here is the link to Kira's talk:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1auQlXXvUfsaAv43FQbZ5VPFx6rdpr3-t

Announcements
Bob Waltermire: The next meeting of the International Service Committee will be held on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at the Horse & Dragon Brewing Company from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and via Zoom (the Zoom link is in the agenda file which is attached).  All Rotarians and guests are welcome and encouraged to attend.
- Tim Cochran shared that the four Rotary clubs have a membership in the Ft. Collins Chamber of Commerce and there are Six Signature Events plus other activities that may be of interest to Rotarians. Sign up for the Chamber Newsletter
- Andrew Hensen will be sending an email soon about Secret Santa. 130 children benefited last year with generous Christmas gifts from Rotarians
- Mark Campbell reminded us that Dec. 18 is our Christmas breakfast meeting where we will be entertained by 33 Boltz Middle School singers and registered Rotary children's guests will receive presents
- Contact either Walt Grady, Carrie Levy or Joseph Vander Linde before next week to help solicit Community Supporter businesses for the Field of Honor that have never participated previously. You can help by asking your dentist, car dealer, chiropractor or physician even if you have never solicited businesses before.

ROTARY CARES:  If you are aware of a fellow Rotarian who is going through a challenging time, please let Sara Murphy know so we can let them know we are thinking of them and provide whatever support possible.  Sara.jane.murphy1@gmail.com