eBulletin of the Rotary Club of Superstition Mountain (Jan 17, 2018)

President

Ed Shockley

President Elect

Matt Ruppert

Immediate Past President

Ed Shockley

Secretary

Jacquie Smith

Treasurer

Len LaFlesch

Director - Sergeant at Arms

Aaron McDermid

Director

Tracey K. Yamamoto

Director

Bryant Powell

Director

Matt Ruppert

President Nominee

Michael Cowan

Program Chair

Harvey Clark

Chair - Club Rotary Foundation

Bob Crow

Co-Chair - Interact Club of Apache Junction High School

Tracey K. Yamamoto

Bulletin Editor

Robert Homann

Club Information

Welcome to our Club!

Service Above Self

We meet Wednesdays at 12:10 PM

Gold Canyon Golf Resort

6100 S. Kings Ranch Road
Gold Canyon, AZ 85118
United States

District Site

Venue Map

GUESTS AND VISITORS

Posted by Robert Homann on Jan 24, 2018

Visitors today were Richard Wilson of Gold Canyon - a guest of Harvey Clark, "Van Van Jepmond from the Lacey, WA Rotary Club and Warren Tobin from the Jamestown, ND Rotary Club. Our speaker Nancy Fessbender was a club guest.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CLUB BUSINESS

Posted by Robert Homann on Jan 24, 2018

1. We are partway through our joint tree-planting project with the able help of AJ Parks and Rec (Liz Langenbach) and Warren Salinger from our own club. Four trees were planted at the Boys and Girls Club baseball field. Next, 36 more trees will be planted along Royal Palms Avenue in AJ so we will have donated a total of 40 trees which represents one for each club member. On February 21st at the end of our weekly meeting, Parks and Rec will have a van at the resort to take whoever wishes to be in a photo to the final planting along Royal Palms Avenue. The van will return us to the resort.

2. The drawing was worth $691 today. Sharon Stinard won $10 and a chance at drawing the joker but she drew the 10 of diamonds.

SPEAKER

Posted by Robert Homann on Jan 24, 2018

Today's speaker was Nancy Fassbender representing the Pinal County Veterans Memorial Foundation. The Foundation's goal is to construct a memorial for veterans from Pinal County who have given their lives in battle from WW I to the present day defending our freedom and liberty.

The memorial will be built inside the Ed Hooper Regional Park in Casa Grande, a city which is located at the center of Pinal County. The center piece will be a bronze statue of a serviceman from the waist up offering the folded American flag as if presenting it to a family member of a fallen veteran at a military funeral. The statue will be placed on a pedestal with the words "On Behalf of a Grateful Nation" carved into it. The statue will be surrounded by an octagon-shaped wall where the names of the fallen service members will be inscribed. There will also be a kiosk with information about each soldier.

The Foundation is a 501c3 organization. They are sponsoring two events to raise money for the memorial. On Sunday, February 11, the 4th Annual Mardi Gras Celebration will be held at the Gold Canyon Golf Resort from 1:30 to 4:00 pm. Howard Schneider and his All Star Dixieland Band will provide dance music. There will be food, prize drawings and 50/50 drawings. The other event is the 8th Annual Golf Tournament on March 17 at the Arizona City golf course. For more information about either event contact Donna Stadum at 480-332-6916. Ben Fellow's wife Peggy is also selling tickets for the Mardi Gras event. See her for your tickets.] Nancy has written a book "My Favorite Hero" which tells the stories of some of Pinal County's fallen heroes. Proceeds from book sales go toward the memorial.

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

Posted by Robert Homann on Jan 24, 2018

MEMBER BIRTHDAYS

Ray Trankle - January 13

Jacquie Smith - January 16

Heather Wallace - January 19

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Dave and Mickey Webb - January 4 - 20 years

Lee and Roberta Holmes - January 20 - 34 years

Warren and Martha Salinger - January 27 - 63 years

Larry and Paula Wight - January 27 - 51 years

CLUB JOIN ANNIVERSARIES

Jim Erickson - January 12 - 11 years

Ben Fellows - January 14 - 10 years

Ed Shockley - January 15 - 9 years

Dean Holmes - January 26 - 3 years