The historic Mission San Xavier del Bac is the oldest European inspired building in Arizona. Affectionately known as the White Dove of the Desert, the flags of four nations have flown over the iconic church. Preserving this magnificent building has been the mission of the not-for profit organization Patronato San Xavier. Across the last 30 years, $16 million has been raised and spent ensuring that the church survives to delight future generations. The Patronato is planning what is being called "the last decade of deferred maintenance” those final large-scale projects to address serious conditions issues with the church and two major ancillary buildings, all part of the historic footprint.
Clague Van Slyke, III is a native Tucsonan who now lives in Phoenix after winding down his law practice after 40 years. He received degrees in History and Law from the U of A. Clague has been involved with numerous civic, non-profit, and charitable organizations in Tucson. He just concluded 10 years of service on the board of the Patronato San Xavier. He is a second generation Patronato member following his father’s service in the formative years of the Patronato. Clague is proud to have played a part in completing the last phases of conservation work initiated during his father’s tenure.
Clague has been a docent and served as the docent education coordinator at Mission San Xavier del Bac where he was responsible for the training of the docent cohort. He has toured people from all over the world through Mission San Xavier and has given presentations about the Mission throughout Arizona.
Believing as William Faulkner wrote “the past is never dead, it’s not even past. “Clague has been a lifelong student of American and Southwestern history, inspired in part by stories of his Dutch, French and Mohawk roots in New Amsterdam in the early 1600’s and German ancestors who fought under Emperor Maximilian in Mexico and served in the U.S. Army during the 1880’s in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and the Dakotas.
When Miles Green visited Mission San Xavier del Bac for the first time during travels around the world in his twenties, he watched a reenactment of De Anza’s historic ride. He has visited often over the years and each time “there’s been a special magic.” Now the Executive Director of Patronato, he describes the opportunity as a “dream job” because he works with a variety of interesting and knowledgeable people who also care about this iconic structure and want to preserve it for generations to come.
Miles trained as a psychologist and has had a varied career spanning clinical services, education, and business. Throughout his life, community service has been an important value and he has been a volunteer and Board member with organizations focused on the arts, social service and advocating for social justice. Originally from New Zealand, Miles has lived in Tucson since 1988. He continues to enjoy traveling to exotic locations, road biking, hiking in the Santa Catalina mountains, photography, and creating great food in 30 minutes or less.
The meeting started with Thanksgiving themed buffet complete with mini pumpkin and pecan pieces. PRESIDENT MARGARET called the meeting to order and new member PAM ALEXANDER was excited and surprised to lead the pledge and song “Star Spangled Banner.”
PRESIDENT MARGARET noted JOE DeCHATELET underwent knee surgery and unfortunately developed blood clots in her lungs. The good news is that she is on the road to recovery. Get Well cards were passed around for JO.
JOE DANISZEWSKI offered an inspiration that was themed around peace. We have Peace Poles at Make Way for Books and also at the entrance of Reid Park Zoo. Let JOE know if you have an idea of where another Peace Pole may go. We finished the inspiration by singing “All we are saying is, give Peace a chance…”
DAN KALM introduced our guests and highlighted that our Wine Fellowship members were our greeters today. Thanks all!
BRUCE JACOBS introduced the slate of candidates for the 2024-2026 Board. He asked us to vote for three people and our ballots were taken and counted. More on that later.
PAT ZUMBUSCH introduced our speaker, Kray Luxbacher, Department Head of Mining and Geological Engineering at the University of Arizona. Kray started by telling of her first experience with Rotary that was in 1997. She was an exchange student and spent a year in Australia. Then, she asked how many minerals are in the human body. 15 is the answer. She talked about the importance of mining and “Critical Minerals.” A Critical Mineral is any non-fuel mineral, element, substance or material the Secretary of Energy determines: has a high risk of supply chain disruption and serves an essential function in one or more energy technologies. With fragile supply chains and much of the processing of mined ore being processed in other countries, including China, she made a case that we must onshore, friendshore and allyshore the permitting, technology, mining and processing of minerals. Arizona supplies 71% of the copper in the USA. It’s predicted to have an increase in utilization by 300% by 2030. Arizona leads the way in mining technology and can be thought of as the Silicon Valley of Mining. She was given the book “Rocks & Gems – Big, Tiny, Rough & Shiny” to sign and be placed in the Make Way for Books Library
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WOCKY REDSAR was celebrating her birthday and did you know that she was formerly a water skiing champion in Indonesia? BRUCE TUNZE was celebrating his birthday and turns out that he became an Eagle Scout with a little help from his Dad who was the Assistant Scout Master.
DENISE WATTERS introduced our newest member, PAM ALEXANDER. Pam has a deep involvement in the community and recently led the charge to give away 3,000 bikes to youth in need during El Tour de Tucson. She also is the owner of the athletic training center, Pace Ranch.
JEN HOFFMAN led a Paul Harris Presentation to ANN LANCERO who received her Paul Harris Plus 4 award. Congrats ANN!
DAN KALM held a 50/50 Raffle and our birthday girl, WOCKY won! Good news, the King of Clubs is still available. There’s over $1,700 up for grabs.
The following announcements were made:
We’ll have a dark day on December 12th due to 2nd week of the month. The entire December schedule is in the bulletin.
DIANA MADARAS announced the winner of the Service Projects competition for October. It was CHUCK SAWYER. Thanks for all of your efforts CHUCK!
Our Holiday Mixer will be at Brother John’s on December 21st at 6pm.
LISA FOGLE announced the Handbags of Hope campaign where you may donate gently used handbags and toiletries. Ask LISA or AIMEE GRAVES for details.
JEANNE ZETAH had a Happy Jackson and announced the birth of her Grandson who was born on October 12th.
MARK IRVIN had a Happy Jackson and mentioned that we can be part of the record breaking of season ticket holders for the UArizona Women’s Basketball Team. Tickets are inexpensive and it’s a lot of fun! Also, enjoy the ice skating rink set up in front of the TCC.
CHUCK SAWYER announced the new Board for 2024-2026:
JASON GRABOSCH
MICHAEL GUYMAN
DIANA MADARAS
Congratulations to all three and thank you for your dedication to the club!
JOE DANISZEWSKI offered a toast then we were dismissed.
.Please do not send your points in the body of an email. You must attach a Point Sheet to your email and send it to the Rotary office. For blank forms, see the RCOT website (on the right side of the Home Page). Dorinna will also have blank forms at the lunches.
Please turn in your Point Sheets in the SAME month you worked on the project. For now, we will allow a grace period of 5 days after month end to turn in Point Sheets.
A couple clarifications:
You can only win the monthly prize one time. It is awarded to the Rotarian with the most points that month. The monthly prize is a $50 gift card to any FOX restaurant.
To qualify for the year-end pool, you must have a minimum of 5 service points. For every 5 points, you get one raffle ticket for the drawing. You can win only one prize from the drawing. The Rotarian with the most overall points automatically gets first pick of prizes. Then, the owner of the first raffle ticket drawn gets their choice of prizes, and so on and so forth. Please note: committee work, organizational work, donations, meetings, and workshops are not eligible for points. In order to be awarded points, you must be out in the community working on one of our service projects.
Join us on December 4th at noon for the next meeting of the Rotary Non-Fiction Book Fellowship! We will be reading:
Let Your Path Find You: Embrace Your Own Winding Road to a More Fulfilling Life by Bob Logan
The book is available on Amazon.com and at the Broadway and Craycroft location of Barnes & Noble.
Each meeting is a stand-alone session, no prior attendance is necessary. There is no charge and non-rotarians and all guests are also invited and welcome. We simply share our thoughts about the book being discussed that session. It's a time for fellowship and getting to know members better.
We are meeting in the large meeting room at the Kirk Bear Canyon Library on December 4th at noon, with special guest participant, Bob Logan.
Kirk-Bear Canyon Library is located at: 8959 E Tanque Verde Rd, Tucson, AZ 85749 (NE corner of Tanque Verde and Bear Canyon)
There is plenty of space in the meeting room, so please join us! If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Nancy Stockton at nxstockton@gmail.com only because I bring a light lunch for all and need a rough count to estimate how much food to bring.
The Holiday Mixer will take place on Thursday evening, December 21st in the private room at Brother John's, 1801 N. Stone Avenue from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Registration is now open! ALL MUST REGISTER on the Club Home Pagewww.tucsonrotary.orgunder "Upcoming Events". Please register your guests. Guest fee is $35 and will be billed to your account. Looking forward to seeing all of you for a fun and festive evening with your fellow Rotarians!
Everyone predicted that the Fifth Inaugural Whisky Fellowship Event would be amazing. Everyone was correct. The words Epic, Transformative, Legendary are words that are unfortunately often used inaccurately and unjustifiably. But not always….The two dozen Rotarians who were cool enough to attend had an Epic, Transformative, Legendary time.
Bruce and Erin Jacobs were exceedingly generous to open their beautiful abode on November 30 to the Rotary Whisky Aficionado hoard – with delicious food and gracious accommodations. The party lasted for four hours. We had over 30 bottles of unique, interesting, and delicious whiskys distilled from around the world to sample. Nobody drank to excess – yet everyone ate and drank to festive.
Brett Stein and Mitch Pisik are already fielding questions/requests/pleadings about the Sixth Inaugural Whisky Fellowship Event. Preparations have already begun. If you enjoy fine whisky, know of anyone who enjoys fine whisky, and/or have ever heard of fine whisky - Save the date: February 21.
Will it be Epic, Transformative, Legendary? Yes, yes it will.
This past Saturday, the Rotary Club of Tucson participated in the annual Salvation Army Bell Ringing at locations around Tucson. Big THANK YOU to all who gave up their time on the weekend to ring the bells. Here are some photos from Saturday:
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The historic Mission San Xavier del Bac is the oldest European inspired building in Arizona. Affectionately known as the White Dove of the Desert, the flags of four nations have flown over the iconic church. Preserving this magnificent building has been the mission of the not-for profit organization Patronato San Xavier. Across the last 30 years, $16 million has been raised and spent ensuring that the church survives to delight future generations. The Patronato is planning what is being called "the last decade of deferred maintenance” those final large-scale projects to address serious conditions issues with the church and two major ancillary buildings, all part of the historic footprint.
Clague Van Slyke, III is a native Tucsonan who now lives in Phoenix after winding down his law practice after 40 years. He received degrees in History and Law from the U of A. Clague has been involved with numerous civic, non-profit, and charitable organizations in Tucson. He just concluded 10 years of service on the board of the Patronato San Xavier. He is a second generation Patronato member following his father’s service in the formative years of the Patronato. Clague is proud to have played a part in completing the last phases of conservation work initiated during his father’s tenure.
When Miles Green visited Mission San Xavier del Bac for the first time during travels around the world in his twenties, he watched a reenactment of De Anza’s historic ride. He has visited often over the years and each time “there’s been a special magic.” Now the Executive Director of Patronato, he describes the opportunity as a “dream job” because he works with a variety of interesting and knowledgeable people who also care about this iconic structure and want to preserve it for generations to come. 
PAT ZUMBUSCH introduced our speaker, Kray Luxbacher, Department Head of Mining and Geological Engineering at the University of Arizona. Kray started by telling of her first experience with Rotary that was in 1997. She was an exchange student and spent a year in Australia. Then, she asked how many minerals are in the human body. 15 is the answer. She talked about the importance of mining and “Critical Minerals.” A Critical Mineral is any non-fuel mineral, element, substance or material the Secretary of Energy determines: has a high risk of supply chain disruption and serves an essential function in one or more energy technologies. With fragile supply chains and much of the processing of mined ore being processed in other countries, including China, she made a case that we must onshore, friendshore and allyshore the permitting, technology, mining and processing of minerals. Arizona supplies 71% of the copper in the USA. It’s predicted to have an increase in utilization by 300% by 2030. Arizona leads the way in mining technology and can be thought of as the Silicon Valley of Mining. She was given the book “Rocks & Gems – Big, Tiny, Rough & Shiny” to sign and be placed in the Make Way for Books Library
JEN HOFFMAN led a Paul Harris Presentation to ANN LANCERO who received her Paul Harris Plus 4 award. Congrats ANN!
CHUCK SAWYER announced the new Board for 2024-2026:
Here is the upcoming 
Join us on December 4th at noon for the next meeting of the Rotary Non-Fiction Book Fellowship! We will be reading:
Everyone predicted that the Fifth Inaugural Whisky Fellowship Event would be amazing. Everyone was correct. The words Epic, Transformative, Legendary are words that are unfortunately often used inaccurately and unjustifiably. But not always….The two dozen Rotarians who were cool enough to attend had an Epic, Transformative, Legendary time.
Brett Stein and Mitch Pisik are already fielding questions/requests/pleadings about the Sixth Inaugural Whisky Fellowship Event. Preparations have already begun. If you enjoy fine whisky, know of anyone who enjoys fine whisky, and/or have ever heard of fine whisky - Save the date: February 21.
