Our July 18, 2018 meeting was exciting and well attended as our guest speaker was Jonathan Rothschild, Mayor of Tucson and Honorary member of our Club. The business portion of our meeting was delayed as we had a delicious summer buffet of chicken and hamburgers, scrumptious potato salad, beans, fruit and crisp fresh vegetables. The wait staff at the Doubletree was wonderful.
Seated at the head table were CHUCK SAWYER, our new president, Mayor JONATHAN ROTHSCHILD, BOB LOGAN. Celebrating their birthdays were DIANA CANNON, JIM RONSTADT, TOM WILLIS, JULIE PAULSON and BRUCE JACOBS. ALAN ROGERS’ birthday was also today but not sitting at the front.
A few cards were sent around for RICHARD ROWLEY who turned 90 on July 5th. Happy Birthday, RICHARD!
The Inspiration was by HUGH THOMPSON who gave a lovely lecture with the basic thought being “Get Involved in Rotary or other organizations or activities to make this world a better place!”
JIM RONSTADT led the Pledge and wonderful song: “You’re a Grand Old Flag”. It was great to hear the members and many guests singing. BRUCE ELLWEIN introduced the guests and visiting Rotarians.
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A new member, MIKE DALTON was introduced by his sponsor, TED FORSBERG. MIKE is in Real Estate: Title Insurance. Welcome to the Club, MIKE!At my table we had Herb from Columbus Ohio who was visiting Davis Monthan. Also Marcy, a prospective member from Pima Community College Foundation.
Sargeant at Arms, BOBBY LARSON, gave recognition to MARK IRVIN and MARSHALL DENNINGTON who were recognized for their work as Honorary Wing Commanders at Davis Monthan Air Base.
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PRESIDENT CHUCK shared a celebration in Toronto for JIM and Connie Murphy’s 50th wedding anniversary. Wow, congrats to you both!.jpg)
FONDA INSLEY had taken over for the Replacement Member Mixers and the next one is Aug 8th at Topgolf. You don’t need clubs and you don’t need to know how to play. There are great coolers and misters there and they have elevators! The food is delicious and they also play great music. Those that don’t want to swing a club can sit and watch. The views are great and there is convenient parking. Come on and sign up on the home page of the website. Guest fee is $30.
STACIA DECKER reminded and encouraged everyone to start thinking about the Car Show Auction and how the committee is collecting items now. She encouraged people to think about new donations, particularly events, ie. Hotel Stays, Golf packages, Vacations…etc….Actual Items need to be new, not re-gifted items or white elephant items this year as the space is limited.
As we were getting ready to have our guest speaker, the microphones started to go off and on. It was finally fixed, but by then the Mayor was ¾ through his speech so those in the back of the room had a hard time hearing everything. Questions were also “shout outs” and as time was running late, the mayor graciously stayed to answer the questions. Thanks to all that came to support our Mayor. It was a wonderful meeting.
