By MHE (Mysteriously Handsome Editor)
Beef brisket and cobbler desert is delicious ! The food here at the TCC is consistently terrific. Cheerful BRUCE JACOBS MC’d and first up was Mayberry (not the t.v. show but something financial) SHAWN TACEY leading the pledge and threatening to sing Mustang Sally. We drowned him out with America the Beautiful, which it is!
Party Venture BRITTANY BATTLE inspired us to lean in to challenges and quoted some mysterious local Rotarian philosopher with a bunch of good messages, and one favorite: “you are not what you have become, you are what you have overcome”. Cool, huh?
Reflective BRUCE let us have a moment for quiet prayer for MIKE TENNENBAUM’S family and friends grieving for him. MIKE went to heaven April 27th, at 77 years old. Rotarian since 1982 and finally at the best club in Tucson since 2019, MIKE is deeply missed.
PAT LENNAN fell and broke ribs and is in Banner U., room 8120. Off a horse? Skateboarding? Mountain biking? Fending off a bear? Guess we just speculate …
Celebration of Life for EMERY BARKER next week.
Musical KHRIS DODGE entertainingly introduced guests and we all warmly greeted them.
PP 101 MARK IRVIN introduced fabulously successful entrepreneur, FLETCHER MCCUSKER, who gives back to Tucson by leading the booze, food, and music revival of Rio Nuevo. You find downtown cool & fun now? Thank FLETCHER. This Tucson cheerleader on steroids created a growing snowball: successful projects generating sales tax revenue over the years, that further subsidize new projects. The rest of the country is waking up to this success, ranking Tucson in the top ten of places to live, work, eat, sleep, bike, hike, and go to have fun! Last year 35k normal folk and 10k Californians moved here. We tried asking FLETCHER questions about upcoming projects and politics and shockingly, he diplomatically told us to pound sand. No wonder he is so good at this!June 14th meeting will be car show survey results / update on prior assemblies.
Happy Jackson GERRY HALLOWELL is a great grandfather and received a stuff dog for his little one!
One of the first three women in our club, happy talker and diplomat NINA TRASOFF celebrated her birthday by offering to tell showbiz stories for booze.
The BATTLE is back with BRITTANY introducing new member, Canadian, JTED instructor, capsized canoer, and therefore current bicyclist LUKE SMITH. Congratulations and welcome to the Club!
And happy talker NINA introduced blue badge receiver CHITA STEVENSON, who basically keeps the Tucson Jazz Festival going and that DODGEY guy in line.Speaking of which, our Sergeant at Arms, the musically entertaining KHRIS DODGE, did the raffle and I did not win. DODGEY.
Announcements:
Red out next week for the local crazy feline themed team speaker DAVE HEEKE.
$24 for six glasses of wine at the Wine Fellowship Wednesday, 17th.
5/31/23 AZ Sands Club replacement / social event. All must sign up.
Car Show Ticket Sales packets available at every meeting in the back. Self-serve.
A Happy Jackson by Real Estate guru and radio talker SANDRA JOHNSON introduced Reach for the Stars Kira & Carlos, event Friday Sept. 29th.
Cheerful BRUCE toasted FLETCHER’S success and rang the gong. Full and happy, we adjourned another great meeting!
