Mark Ludy, Author/Illustrator

Mark Ludy of Loodles was our speaker for the day. Ludy told us how a trip to Bulgaria when he was 18 years old made a huge difference in his life. He told how he was so taken and moved by a little girl in an orphanage who clung to him during his visit there. Ludy has been an artist most of his life. In 1998 he got the idea to wrote and illustrate his first book called “The Farmer". He was ready to give up the project and trash it when his grandfather asked him what the farmer would do.

His second book was “The Grump” known only to a deaf mute girl as the man with the upside down smile. He did most of his writing in coffee shops around Boulder and then realized his dream to open a coffee shop that catered to people who want to create something. Ludy says he loves living in this community and that his heartbeat for the future is to facilitate and encourage others. He says, “If you have not love, everything else is worthless.”

Ludy’s latest book is a series of illustrations with no written text, but the illustrations have dozens of subplots. The name of the book is “The Flower Man”.

Guests: We had two guests last week, Rev. Rex Chambers and Mark Linnell. Both are former Rotarians and interested in joining our club.

President Susan Van Deren told us that the food bank perishables was being handled by others so we will concentrate our efforts on planting trees next spring. Karen Kunz has taken over the Senior Cake Day and announced that the next cake day will be September 10.

Quiz: Roberto Clemente was the last major league player to hit an inside the park, grand slam, walk off home run.

Next Question: Dalton Trumbo who was born in Montrose and grew up in Grand Junction won a Pulitzer Prize for a book that was later made into a movie. Can you name it?

ROTARY INFORMATION:

Susan Van Deren told us of some of the Fellowship Groups Rotary has. For a complete list, go to: http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowship/Fellowship/
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Some of the more unusual ones listed include:

License Plate Collecting

Petanque (that should be a trivia question)

Heart Surgery Survivors

Egyptology

Poultry Industry

There are many more. Check them out at the URL above.