Rotary Club of
Tucson
"Tucsotarian"
Tucsotarian - December 19, 2018
We meet:
WEDNESDAYS, 12:00 NOON - 1:20 PM
DoubleTree Hotel
445 S Alvernon Way
Tucson, AZ  85711
United States
(520) 623-2281
 
 
Stories
Holiday Mixer ~ The Playground ~ Thursday 12/20/18
The Holiday Mixer is set to take place on the roof top at The Playground, 278 E. Congress Street on Thursday, December 20th from 5:30 ~ 8:30 p.m.  Since the deadline to signup has passed, and you would still like to attend, please notify the Rotary office.  The guest fee is $30 and will be billed to your account.  Parking is available and an elevator will bring you up to the roof top for the celebration.  REMEMBER:  This takes the place of our December 19th weekly lunch meeting.
 
President Chuck and Social Director, Fonda Insley are looking forward to seeing you all there to celebrate the start of the Holiday Season...
Mystery Editor ~ 12/12/18
President CHUCK opened the meeting and new member and marketing specialist BROOKE FAWCETT gave the Inspiration. JERRY HALLOWELL led us in the Pledge and song (a stirring rendition of the “Star Spangled Banner”) accompanied by the ever smooth GARY HIRSCH on the piano.  BOB HOPKINS introduced our many guests and visiting Rotarians. We continued to have many Birthday Rotarians):
 
BOBBY LARSON is a former U of A baseball coach, Catalina Foothills athletic director, and extraordinary Sergeant at Arms. True to his calling, he quickly wished us all a great Holiday and made way for the next person.
JIM DAVENPORT built a wine cellar in his house 27 years ago and has spent the last 17 years emptying it.  JIM noted that it’s a sign of age when you only get one candle on your birthday cake, but it’s a more telling sign when you can’t blow it out.
GARY SCHEER is a 40 year member of our Rotary, proud father of STACIA DECKER, and a car afficienado. GARY blessed his mom for having him, our country, Rotary, and, you guessed it… Salpointe.
TOM CAMPBELL is the son of several generations of Arizonans, including his great grandfather who was the first native born governor of Arizona (sorry if I got the generations wrong, TOM). TOM thanked his sponsor MARGARET HIGGINS and wished us all a great holiday season.
 
Past Presidents CHARLOTTE HARRIS and SCOTT VAUGHAN collaborated for a Paul Harris Presentation to Kathy Van Loan.  Kathy has a 35 year career in education, including two masters degrees and work at Salpointe and St. Joseph’s Parish School. Kathy also taught English through immersion to immigrant families in Tucson. Congratulations Kathy and a big thanks to PAT RASKOB!
 
Sergeant at Arms BOBBY LARSON recognized ROBYN FREY for receiving the Tucson Advertising Federation Award for Creative Excellence, and then BOBBY invited almost half the club down for announcements:
 
FONDA INSLEY reminded us to sign up for the Holiday Mixer (12/20 at the Playground) by Monday.
NANCY PURDIN needs just a few more volunteers for Holiday Bell Ringing.
Past President ELLIE PATTERSON invited everyone to go on the District Conference Cruise.
ROBERT O’BRIEN noted that sponsors can still buy blocks of tickets for the Arizona Bowl and the proceeds will go to our Car Show.
ROGER HARWELL thanked all who helped sell $27,000 worth of beer at Fourth Avenue to benefit the Scholarship Fund.
Past President JIM MURPHY presented a Blue Badge to his daughter TAMAH DONALDSON. TAMAH is a Salpointe graduate, worked for American Airlines, and currently works for Madden Media.
BILL MESCH awarded a Blue Badge to GARY FRANKS.  GARY runs his family mortgage business (Sunstreet Mortgage)\ when not supporting numerous non-profits and participating in Rotary events.
ASHLEY ELAINE YORK awarded a Blue Badge to SARAH FAJARDO.  SARAH is a Vice President at Wells Fargo who works extensively with non-profits. SARAH is already extremely active in our Club.
 
Past President DAVE GALLAHER reviewed the upcoming work projects, including work in January at Make Way for Books and the annual Ranch project in March. More to come!
 
KEN TUCKER introduced former RCOT member Howard Stewart for our presentation. Howard started the “Fly Tucson First” effort, was the 2014 CEO of the Year, and instituted a Four Way Test award in his own company. Howard spoke about the benefits of a college reimbursement program to his business (13% turnover after the program was instituted vs. 22% prior, eight-fold sales increase and a 16 fold stock price increase). The program takes advantage of IRS Section 127 which allows up to $5,250 in tax free grants by employers to reimburse employees for courses.  Howard’s own experience has been that employees achieve A and B level work 88% of the time, and the program helps produce a pipeline of qualified employees. Thank you for an excellent presentation, Howard, and we look forward to your application to rejoin!!  Howard signed a book for our lending library: “It Came in the Mail”.
 
President CHUCK closed our meeting with a quote from John Dewey: “Education is life itself”.
Upcoming Holiday Schedule
Here is the upcoming Holiday Schedule for your reference and scheduling:
 
DECEMBER 19 - NO MEETING
 
DECEMBER 20 ~ Holiday Mixer Replacement for our December 19th Meeting (The Playground)
 
DECEMBER 24 & 25 - ROTARY OFFICE CLOSED
 
DECEMBER 26 ~ DARK DAY (No Lunch Meeting)
 
JANUARY 1 ~ ROTARY OFFICE CLOSED
 
JANUARY 2 ~ First Lunch Meeting in 2019
Nova Arizona Bowl ~ Charity Give Back Program
The 2018 Car Show is almost complete, but we have ONE last thing to do before we announce the final total.
 
In lieu of a direct payment for their sponsorship, the Arizona Bowl taking place on 12/29/18, has agreed to give the Car Show the revenue generated from the ticket sales that are purchased from our Club, our Family and Friends.  The tickets are in Rows 38 to 42 in Sections 23 and 24.  The tickets in Section 23 are $50.00 and the tickets in Section 24 are $25.00.  Please go to novaarizonabowl.com/game-2018/tickets when ordering and you must enter the Code for the Car Show which is RCOT18. If you have any questions please contact Robert O’Brien at 520-904-9177.
 
Thanks for your support!
Service Project ~ Make Way For Books - 1/12/19
Service Project at Make Way For Books January 12, 2019 by Peter Akmajian and Dave Gallaher
 
Come join our first service project of 2019 at Make Way For Books on January 12th, 8:00AM at 700 N Stone.  The service project will last for four hours or until the work is done!!  We will be painting bookshelves and other light duty tasks as needed.  We will have some small amount of landscaping/trimming work for those that don’t mind working outside.  For more information or questions please email dave@tucsonindustrialrealty.com  or call 907-4983.  Please use our website under Upcoming Events to sign up.  We would hope to have around ten (10) volunteers. 
A District Conference Not To Be Missed!
Enjoy fun in the sun, fellowship, great speakers and breakout sessions at the 2019 Destination District Conference while cruising down to Ensenada, Mexico on the ship “Inspiration.” We sail from beautiful Long Beach, CA to Ensenada, B.C., Mexico, departing Friday, October 25th at 6:30 pm and returning Monday at 7:00 am  October 28th, 2019. (It’s a week after the car show!).  Experience the internationality of Rotary while working side by side with fellow Rotarians and Rotaractors on a project in District 4100 while docked in Ensenada. Wine-tasting tours, shopping and exchanging new ideas with local Rotarians can also be experienced.
Ocean breezes, great food (24 hours a day), evening strolls on the deck with a gorgeous Baja moon overhead, renewing old friendships and making new acquaintances, what could be better? The deposit is $50.00 -$100 depending on size of cabin. Ocean view cabins are $454-$484 and inside cabins are $404-$409. This reasonable price for the entire trip is all-inclusive. (alcoholic beverages not included). Sorry folks! I tried.
 
See you on board the Inspiration! Reserve your stateroom today by emailing fellow Rotarian Mike Sloan: mike@cruiseconnections.com or call him at 800-248-7447 or 336-659-9772. He’s very helpful and planned the District Conference Cruise for us in 2008 which Rotarians still talk about. You can also contact me for additional information: ellie@thetempconnection.com
 
Salvation Army Bell Ringing ~ A Success!
The Salvation Army Bell Ringing that took place this weekend was another success!  A huge thank you to all those that came out on Saturday to ring the bells with Rotary!  A great time was had by all...
 
Salvation Army Bell Ringing ~ 12/15/18
 
Hiking Fellowship ~ 12/16/18
The hiking fellowship completed our last formal trek of the year on Sunday, December 16th.  I had the privilege to spend a great day with Aimee Graves, her husband Mike and Jeff Heath.  Our goal, to conquer Blackett's Ridge.  It was a beautiful day as we traversed the 1,700 vertical feet on the way up, again on the way down and covered just over 6 miles.  We came, we saw and I think you know the rest!

Have a wonderful holiday season and I look forward to seeing you on the trails in 2019!
Membership and Attendance
Membership         Scholarship Cups  

 

Total Active Members 246   
Cash Contributions
$
85.00
Honorary Members
16  
Quarterly with Dues
$
 

  252.00

Meeting Attendance - December 12, 2018   Total Scholarship Cups$

337.00

Members112  Raffle $

236.00

Active Members AE13  Auction RCOTF$

105.00

LOA/Honorary Members0     
Total Members Present125    

 

Guests9    

 

Guests of the Club 3    

 

Visiting Rotarians2    

 

Total Meeting Attendance 139    

 

Speakers
Dec 19, 2018
Dec 20, 2018
Dec 26, 2018
No Lunch Meeting
Jan 02, 2019
Tucson Arena Football
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Upcoming Events
Holiday Mixer ~ Thursday, 12/20/18
Dec 20, 2018
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
 
Service Project ~ Make Way For Books - 1/12/19
Jan 12, 2019
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
 
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