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Now You Have The Time!
By Paula C. Collins
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When he retired 72-year-old Harry Auld
bought a 55 foot sailboat. His long range
cruiser can take him anywhere, but Auld
prefers the waters around Mexico and heads
there two or three times a year.
A former marine engineer on container
ships, he got involved with a project to send
containers with medical supplies to a clinic
in Uganda founded by a local doctor. On
the project, Auld worked with Rotarians and
liked what he saw. Now that he was retired,
he had the time to become a member of the
49er Breakfast Rotary Club of Nevada City.
That was 11 years ago, and when he is
not sailing, you can often find him work-
ing on 49er Rotary projects. He has gone
on International Service Projects to Nepal,
Papua New Guinea and Columbia. And one
of his trips to Baja involved hooking up with
a Flying Doctors dental clinic.
Closer to home, Auld has been involved
in painting, building and clean-up projects
that have benefited the Nevada Union High
School Agriculture Department, Nevada
County Fairgrounds, Hospitality House
and the North Star House Heritage Garden
among others.
Recently, he and his wife Pam enjoyed
having a high school student in the house
when they were host parents for a Rotary
exchange student from Belgium. Madigan races in the Gold Country Grand
Prix Series because she likes the camarade-
rie, because they raise money for the com-
munity, and with no travel involved, she can
sleep in her own bed