Jeff Shields introduced David Clauss, a returning Rotarian visitor from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and Tom Riley, a Rotarian visitor from Fargo, North Dakota.
Announcements:
Mike Lavor passed out final information and duty assignments for next week’s Honor’s Breakfast. Discussion followed. There will be a GoFundMe notice in the programs as well as cards on the tables. Laura reported that she and Willis attended the honors assembly at Mountain View High School yesterday evening in order to present the two scholarship winners with their certificates. They will not be able attend the Honor’s Breakfast.
Jim announced that the Kino Rotary Club is hosting a human trafficking event May 10th. For more information see the District 5500 April Newsletter.
Fred Sowerby announced that the next two meetings, May 22 and 29, will be held in the Santa Catalina Room. Enter through the door on the north side of the building.
Pat Farrell introduced Jeff Utsch, a constitutional scholar and speaker who founded Heirs of the Republic. The purpose of the organization is to study and discuss the history and issues around the Constitution with the goal to better understand what the Constitution means.
Jeff is an avid reader and referenced two books, Commentaries on theConstitution of the United States by Joseph Story and American Dialogue by Joseph Ellis. American Dialogue was published in 2018 while Commentaries was published in 1832.
Jeff made two main points: originalism and the idea that the three branches of government are equal are both modern day inventions. He asserts that originalism is used to thwart progress and the legislative branch was intended to be the most powerful; the judicial branch the weakest.
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