RICHARD WHITE led us in the inspiration, and MICHAEL DEEHAN did the pledge and song, accompanied by GARY HIRSCH on the piano: “You’re a Grand Ole Flag”. SHARON LUDWIG introduced our guests and visiting Rotarians. And for a second straight week, we had no birthday Rotarians.
Instead, the best Past President CHARLOTTE HARRIS awarded a Paul Harris Special Donor Crystal and Pin to FAYE MORSE. FAYE is a longtime supporter of the RCOT and sponsor of the Friday night dinner and silent auction. Accordingly, FAYE
was also recognized by PAT ZUMBUSCH as a major car show sponsor. Thank you and thank you FAYE!SERGEANT AT ARMS DALE BERG skillfully managed both a raffle and auction (not simultaneously). For announcements, we had several:
- PRESIDENT CLIFF offered to buy anyone who asks, a beer at our Monthly Social Mixer – Trident II 1/25/18.
- DIANA CANNON reminded us of the Replacement Social Mixer on 1/31/18 (and you thought the holiday season was over…)
- BILL MOORE made a Blue Badge Presentation to CHRISTOPHER SHIREMAN. CHRIS is CEO of Western Neurosurgery Ltd. of Tucson, Arizona. He enjoys Tae Kwan Do and has a daughter at ASU (wait for it… Appalachian State University!).
- MARK IRVIN had a Happy Jackson to invite everyone to participate in TUSD’s Steps to Success walk with Mayor Rothschild to encourage high school students who have dropped out to return to school. Please see MARK if you’d like to participate.
President CLIFF introduced the 2017 TCCS Classics Car Show Chairman JIM MURPHY. JIM confirmed that the 11th annual car show had indeed been an Excellent Eleventh, overcoming many new challenges and achieving much better traffic flow, great ticket sales, and over 50% RCOT volunteer participation and 24% participation by JTED students. JIM thanked the winning ticket sale team, as well as the five top ticket sellers, and then acknowledged the leadership shown by the Strategic Leadership and Tactical Leadership groups – the car show wouldn’t be possible without the contributions of all these groups. And now for the great news: over $487,000 in kind contributions from media and other supporters, which allowed the Classics Car Show to net $187,000 in proceeds for our non-profit recipients.
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JIM signed a book for the Reading Seed Library: “King Baby”.
Appropriately, President CLIFF gave a toast to our non-profits to thank them for everything they do for the Tucson Community.
