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Opening and Welcome - President Jay Paulus After those present recited the Pledge of Allegiance, Harry Grossman shared a thought for the day - "Not all things that are changed are good, but all things that are better have changed." Jay also shared something philosphical, but this editor didn't get it down - except for the main point of it - "Try to make life better." Introduction of Guests - Colleen Coons introduced Assistant Governor Dan Coons who has served as our AG for three years. Dan introduced Jackie Wasik who will be serving as our AG starting July 1. She is a member of the Kyrene Rotary Club and has most recently served as Chief of Staff for District Governor Michelle Holcomb.
- Trent Ward who was a participant in the Ignite Innovation competition introduced himself.
- Frank Rosenberg introduced his daughter, Sam Rosenberg.
- Those who were attending via Zoom were acknowledged: Jim Erickson who was recovering from shoulder surgery, Pai Bethea, and Kate Packer from Rio Salado Community College. Kate is working with the community-based Rotaract club which has recently begun meeting at the college.
Ace of Clubs Raffle - Chuck Flint Chuck explained that the proceeds of the $5/ticket sales was split three ways. One third goes into the club operating account. The second third goes to the holder of the stub of the ticket to be drawn from Jelly Bean the Clown's Hat. The final third is added to the accumulating large pot, which the weekly winner will have an opportunity to try to win. Each week, the weekly winner draws a card from the deck. If the card they draw is the Ace of Clubs, they win the large pot in addition to their weekly winnings. If they draw any other card, they can keep or destroy it, but it won't go back in the deck. Each week the odds get better and the growing pot gets larger. At this meeting, the small weekly pot was $30. The accumulating large pot was up to $1,225. Chuck asked Ted Williams to draw the winning ticket, the stub of which was held by Frank Rosenberg. After shuffling the cards remaining in the deck face down, the card Frank drew was the Six of Spades. Auction of Rotary Travel Treasures Lu and Wayne General had recently traveled to Italy. Before the bidding started, Lu explained that there was nothing liquid in the bag. She did say that Wayne did most of the shopping and that he tends toward nicer, more expensive merchandise. The bidding started at $50. Jeanie Morgan's bid of $100 to benefit the sponsor program (Koeneman team) was the top bid making her the proud new owner of the treasures shown in the photo. Happy Bucks - Sgt at Arms Andy Bradford  - John Pennypacker said that his DG classmate Larry Skaggs is on the Rose Parade Committee. If anyone is interested in going, or donating to support the Rotary Float, John has information he'll be glad to share.
- Kayla Mudge gave a shout out to Harry Grossman who, along with herself, helped with logistical details at the Rotary Leadership Institute held in Anthem May 31. She said Polly Cady deserves a round of applause for the outstanding job she does of coordinating the institute each time it is held.
- Sam Rosenberg thanked everyone who helped her celebrate her high school graduation. She also celebrated the fact that she has been accepted into an ASU study-abroad program in Italy.
- Colleen Coons celebrated the fact that the current AG is vacating his position and said she adores his replacement.
- Eric Silverberg had a shout out for Connie Bunyard for coordinating the Alcor tour. He wanted to make sure that everyone who went to the tour checked out after the tour../
- Wayne General celebrated the fact that he and Lu were both in attendance in person at the meeting on the same day and time.
- Ed Koeneman was happy Kate was attending on line.
- President Jay contributed $2. His twin granddaughters were baptized by the new pope in Italy.
- Jackie Wasik said she looked forward to seeing everyone at Jim Schmidt's installation as DG on June 14.
- Warren Williamson quoted a couple of famous female entertainers:]
- Betty White said "All women should get eight hours of beauty rest each night - nine if they're ugly."
- May West, was known for being risque and spent eight days in jail after her first appearance on Broadway. In responding to someone who said "my goodness, that's a beautiful diamond necklace you are wearing!," Mae responded, "Goodness had nothing to do with it."
 Ignite Innovation - Trent Ward Trent wanted to thank Mesa West Rotary for the Ignite Innovation opportunity for students coming out of college to present ideas and explore options and get feedback on their project through the Ignite Innovation competition event held this spring. The project he presented was for a product that would help people residing in mobile homes to lower their risk of heat-related health risks. Statistically, those living in mobile homes in the Arizona desert climate are more at risk that those residing in other residential structures. The device would be a heat monitoring device which would emit an audible warning - much like a smoke detector - when conditions reached a dangerous level. The committee of judges committed to a second, smaller, award that evening, and Trent's project made him the proud beneficiary of that decision. He was extremely pleased with the entire process. |
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