Los Banos Rotary Club History
Sierra Wonderland Brought To Rotary

Blending a sparkling commentary with the showing of colored slides, Rev. Dodds Bunch, pastor of the Methodist Church in Modesto, Tuesday noon brought to members of the local Rotary Club an unusually interesting presentation of the High Sierra wonderland, from Mount Shasta on the north to the Merced River watershed on the south.

Rev. Bunch, with his wife and four sons, spends most of his vacation time in the Sierras, generally preferring to hike in with a couple of burros rather than by pack train. Traveling with a minimum amount of equipment and utilizing mostly dehydrated food to supplement a heavy fish menu, Bunch said they are thus able to travel the more seldom frequented trails and on a much less rigid time table via the more popular pack train route.

The collection of slides, varying from massive scenery shots to enviable campfire and fishing stream shots, were taken by Bunch while on several such trips in the past three years and included a rugged pack to the Shasta snow fields and glaciers and the summit of the majestic mountain itself.
The speaker was introduced by Rev. Sherwood Daily, pastor of the local Methodist church and member of the Rotary Club.

Charles Kaljian, local Chevrolet-Buick dealer and president of the San Luis Water District, reported briefly on his recent trip to Washington D.C. to testify before the Congressional Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs relative to the proposed San Luis Project. Kaljian was definitely optimistic with progress made in the committee hearing, and particularly with the changed attitude of the southern California interests who for the first time did not actively propose the project other than to insist that it be accomplished on a state basis. He expressed confidence that a final solution and agreement will be effected by all California interests within the near future and that the project will ultimately be a reality.

January 24, 1958

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