Location; Virtual
Speaker: None Scheduled
Attendees: Don and Kathy Jorgensen, John and Cindy Dooling, Dan Contorno, Mark Goligoski, Beckie Penman, Laura Clymer, Andrea De La Cruz, Peter Mack, Harald Burtzloff, Bob Bishop, Christine Leonard. In fact, near perfect attendance!
The meeting was called to order by President De La Cruz, and she shared a waiving American Flag for members to view while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Then we had about fifteen minutes of simulating deafness and blindness as the computer gods would not allow some members to speak and others had no video. Finally abandoning "Team" for "Zoom" helped somewhat. Andrea shared with The Club news of Marana Mayor Ed Honea's passing. Ed served thirty-seven years in one capacity or another for the town, including two stints as mayor. He will be greatly missed.
Our club will participate in the annual Marana Tree Lighting Ceremony by sponsoring a booth on 12/7/2024 from 2pm tom 9pm. Christine Leonard advised booths are a first come first served this year. Andrea will be sure we get a good spot. Some confusion as to where our Rotary pop-up tent might be located and what items used a year ago might be available. The intent of sponsorship is to highlight our club's activities and Tour de Cookie fundraiser.
Our club maintains membership in the Marana Chamber. John volunteered to attend meetings held the first Wednesday of every month from 7:15 am to 9:15am.
Meetings are held at the Food Court located in the Premium Outlet shopping Center. Again, our intent is to seek members and possible Tour de Cookie sponsors.
NO MEETING DECEMBER 24th OR 31st!
We are attempting to have a Christmas get together, possible on the 17th.
Happy Bucks:
Laura-Apparently cranberry sauce does not just happen. As explained by Laura, making it is an art form. Using her grandmother's recipe and a new Cuisinart Thanksgiving dinner will be a hit for the Clymer's this year.
Dan-Sad that Brown Trout season has come to an end. His dream of catching a ten-pounder failed to materialize as his line snapped.
Mark- Bought a $1,000 pie at COSTCO. Looking for a scrumptious pumpkin pie led to a trip to COSTCO and the purchase of said pie and a really nice TV!
Don- Reports 40 Rotarian riders in the Tour de Tucson raising seven million dollars in pledges to irradicate polio. (not pollo)
Kathy- Happy her puppy dog got an MRI. Doggy as hip dysplasia.
Harald- Had a hard time finding a Cream Pie (Boston?) for Ellen but was successful.
Beckie- Grand babies and family in from SLC for Holiday
Bob-Thawing a 25-pound turkey and holiday shopping helped him attain 16,000 steps!
Christine-No big turkey this year, just a ham and turkey breast.
Peter-Has lost ten pounds by eating salad and no carbs (except for beer)
Cindy-Helped Rotoract with Tour de Tucson rest/snack station. Happy our Japanese exchanged student rode as well as four members of her family.
John-Enjoyed annual trek to Illinois to help with their deer problem. Yes, he brought back venison.
Andrea- Happy for family health and looking forward to trip to san Francisco to be with husbands family.
Receipts' for gift purchases in connection with the family we have adopted for Xmas need to be sent to Kathy Jorgensen. Kathy will complete the one-page form for expenditures by The Marana Rotary Foundation and send to Treasurer Burtzloff along with receipts.
Finally, Tour de Cookie will start at Top Golf and end on Sanders road. The only permit will be from the town for $500. Rider package pickup site TBD.
Hoping this is close to what happened, this report is respectfully submitted by John Dooling.
As always, please submit corrections in writing to me on the back of a twenty-dollar bill.
Marana, AZ 85653
United States of America