Dr. Grandin didn’t talk until she was 3 years old, communicating instead by screaming, peeping and humming. In 1950 she was labeled “autistic” and her parents told she should be institutionalized.

Dr. Grandin has written multiple books including “Emergence: Labeled Autistic,” “Thinking in Pictures and Other Reports from My Life with Autism” and, recently, “Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries through the Unique Perspectives of Autism.”

This new book won Book of the Year’s Silver Medal in the family and relationships category.

Dr. Grandin will talk about how “autisics” and “aspers” have both good and weak skills, are typically especially talented in visual thinking and can achieve remarkably well given the right mediation and opportunities.

Her specific research is in cattle handling facilities. More than half the cattle in the U.S. are handled in equipment she designed.

Mission, Vision, Priorities of Rotary International and the Rotary Foundation

The Rotary International Board of Directors has approved a 2007-10 strategic plan that establishes the mission, vision, core values and priorities of Rotary International.

Mission and Vision:

Mr. Rich Blubaugh gave the reason for the demand for Uranium, the organizational structure of Powertech, maps of the area and Uranium deposits, how the Uranium got there, details of the ISR process, permitting process, milestones of the project, key issues, socio-economic benefits of the project, etc., with a PowerPoint presentation. All of this and more can be found on their website at: http://www.powertechuranium.com/s/Home.asp

Dr. Lillias Jarding was the speaker for a group called CARD, Coloradoans Against Resource Degradation. She spoke about living in an area where Uranium is mined, about the possible health problems of the project, about the extent of the Fox Hills aquifer and possible damage to it, some comments about problems of Uranium mining in Texas and Utah, the letter from Larimer County Medical Society in opposition to the project, economic impacts of property values in the area, proposed legislation in the Colorado Legislature, the Fort Collins City Council opposition to the project, etc. There was not much new that is not covered in their web page at: http://www.nunnglow.com

The two presentations were followed by several questions from club members.

A very limited internet search of IRS mining quickly leads to a CSU web page that is neutral about the project but presents links to literature about the subject of IRS mining and the health effects of Uranium. It gives a link to 146 peer reviewed articles on Uranium health issues. Any reasonable person who wants to get a non biased view of the health issues should go to this site. It does not take much time to read the abstracts of the first five articles listed to understand what is known about the health issues. It is at: http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/erhs/uranium_mining_info.htm

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