While the Steak and Beans contest officially ended October 31, contributions to the Sponsor Program continue to come in. We are presently over $35,000 in receipts with numerous pledges still outstanding. In total, 34 Mesa West Rotarians have participated with either a personal contribution or one from a non-member acquaintance or company. That’s fantastic because it represents fifty percent of our club membership! Good going and thanks to all for your efforts on behalf of those in need in our community and internationally. In the days ahead, we will announce the dates for our Steak and Beans event and the Sponsor Recognition event. Please, be encouraged to pass along to Aubrey Luma any remaining contributions at your earliest convenience. Again, thanks!
It is now time to turn our attention to one of our signature service events, Salvation Army Bell-Ringing. We are fortunate again to the have the Bass Pro Shop location, arguably the best location in the city. Don LaBarge, our “scheduler extraordinaire” is in charge of this event. As usual, we ring the bell Mondays through Saturdays from Friday, November 24, through Saturday, December 23. Sign-ups will be conducted at our regular Thursday meetings and via phone/email. We are asking each Rotarian to commit to a minimum of 3 or 4 two-hour time slots during the 26 day period. Let us remember the OBJECT of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service. Thank you for all you do for Mesa West Rotary.
President, Allan Cady opened the meeting with Chris Krueger offering the invocation and Penny May leading the Pledge of Allegiance. Christy Citterman introduced her guest, Bret Atkinson. Wendell Jones introduced his guest, his better 90%, Carolyn. Penny May welcomed Lolita Wiesner, from Red Deer, Canada, back as an additional (to herself) seasonal visitor and friend.
Chuck Flint officiated over the weekly drawing, which was won by Christy Citterman. Christy had her guest, Bret attempt to draw the ace of clubs. He came close, drawing the ace of hearts, but the $547 sum in the accumulating pot will continue to grow.
Chuck Flint explained the Buck Board for the benefit of our guests, When he arrived at the meeting, there were only 17 squares left and he sold them all. Because of a very full agenda, the drawing for the winner of the $1,000 donation in their name to The Rotary Foundation will be held at a later date - after Thanksgiving.
Greg Okonowski served as Sgt at Arms and collected happy bucks. Dan Coons paid to thank Chuck Flint for a very successful Havasu Falls Trip for the inbound Youth Exchange Students in the District. Polly Cady paid for the delightful home-hosting experience she and Allan enjoyed. Donna Goetzenberger had an enjoyable Rotary weekend enjoying activities with the Cady's guests, and the United Sound book assembly project. She also announced that their daughter, Emilee, who is a youth exchange student in Belgium, was enjoying a trip to Berlin, Germany.
Donna Goetzenberger had some auction items - two table favors from the USA/Mexico Friendship Conference. Chris Krueger bid $35 for one of them and Allan Cady bid $35 for the second. Jack Rosenberg had a bag of gifts from Quebec to be auctioned. Donna Goetzenberger was the winning bidder and received a variety of items, including chocolate shaped like a musical note.
Announcements:
Upcoming Meetings - President Allan noted that Jim McGown will be the speaker at the November 9 meeting, discussing Driving Under the Influence enforcement. Because of the Joint meeting for the District Governor's visit on November 15, there will be no regular meeting on November 16. The next week, November 23, will also be dark as we all celebrate Thanksgiving. We will have a regular meeting on November 30.
It looks like the Sponsorship Program has met the $30,000 goal, with donations already received, and will likely exceed the goal significantly when all the pledges and pending donations are received.
John Pennypacker reminded members of the District Foundation Dinner to be held Saturday, November 4.
President Allan reminded members of the send-off breakfast for the Guaymas Mission volunteers to be held at the Red Mountain Campus of Mesa Community College at 6:45 AM Wednesday, November 8.
Polly Cady was happy to report that the contributions for school supplies for the school in Guaymas had reached $406.15. In addition actual supplies had been received from Warren Williamson.
Polly Schumacher was proud to introduce Win Holden, Publisher of Arizona Highways to present the program. She said he has dedicated his life to community service. CLICK HERE to download a copy of his very impressive introduction.
Rather than use a prepared, electronic presentation, Mr. Holden said he would actually prefer to have his presentation be more conversational so those in attendance could get their questions asked and answered informally throughout the program. ArizonaHighways is second only to National Geographic in its reputation in the world as a magazine regularly producing high quality photographic and narrative stories. The first issue was April, 1925. It was originally an engineering journal. In about 1937, Raymond Carlson influenced a shift to cover the natural beauty of our state and the publication shifted to a tourism orientation. Carlson worked with the magazine for over forty years. Joe Stacy followed Carlson. The most significant mark he made was his decision to publish the Turquoise issue. They sold over 1,000,000 single copies of that issue. Arizona Highways can boast the first full-color issue in the United States. Humor was more prevalent in the early years than today.
The legacy of the early life of the magazine as an engineering publication is retained with the magazine owned by the state and run by Arizona Department of Transportation, but receives no operating funds from the state budget. It is an "enterprise zone," which means the magazine has to pay for itself. There are only two pages of ads. The primary source of income is subscriptions, products sold through the web and their store and licensing of the name to operators in order to get a percent of their sales. That portion of income amounts to over $75,000 per year. The also sell a license to produce the TV show bearing the magazine's name.
It is a challenge to keep the legislature from balances held in the enterprise account, and it is necessary for Mr. Holden, as publisher to constantly work with individual legislators to educate them about the nature of the funds held in the enterprise, the majority of which is prepaid for subscriptions, licenses, etc.
They have had two waves of research on the impact of the magazine. A primary purpose is to get tourists to and through the State of Arizona. It is estimated there is a $68,000,000 economic impact to private businesses resulting from the influence of Arizona Highways.
A member suggested that every waiting room in the state should have one or more issues readily available.
Costco calendar sales result in approximately $400,000 annual income from their thirteen Arizona stores. They plan the magazine months in advance. Stories are currently planned through 2018, and the February, 2018 issue is "complete."
Some contributors count on the magazine protecting the integrity of the more fragile ruins that are featured by intentionally omitting and carefully guarding information that would make them easily located.
This year front covers have featured artistic renderings of locations featured in the same issue photographically.
Abundant Harvest, the Rotary Foundation Dinner, was held Saturday evening, November 4, at the Doubletree by Hilton in Tempe. Cowboy apparel was in abundance and country music was provided by Ryan Hart and the Heartbeats. The keynote speaker was Past RI President Ray Klinginsmith. Ray served as President during the 2010-2011 Rotary year and was the 100th President of the organization. He recognized Rotary as the top charitable organization in the country. There were numerous club, bequest society, and major donor recognitions. For District 5510, Mesa West was honored for the following ---
· Total Highest Giving Club $27,572
· Highest Annual Giving Club $25,157
· Highest per Capita Giving Club $524.10
Thanks go to all of Mesa West Rotary Club and especially John Eagleston and Chuck Flint for their leadership during the 2016-2017 Rotary year. Mr. Robert Murray of Peoria RC (not to be confused with Bob Murray) was recognized for a $1M donation to the relief effort in Puerto Rico. Mesa West was represented at the dinner by Bob Zarling, John Pennypacker, Lucinda and Wayne General, and Pollyanne and Allan Cady. A fun time was had by all. …Allan Cady
”Listening to the powerful and timeless wisdom of past Rotary International President Ray Klinginsmith about the effectiveness of Rotarians applying cowboy logic to society's big problems.” Posted by Lucinda Rose General on Facebook
The conference was held October 27-29 at the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mesa West Rotarians in attendance for all or a portion of the conference were Bob Zarling, Donna and Bryan Goetzenberger, and Pollyanne and Allan Cady. Overall, the attendance count numbered just over one hundred which was a record for this event. submitted by Allan Cady
Highlights of the conference included a number of very strong projects presented; education on Global Grants from Valerie Pereira, our visiting Rotary Grants Officer; and commitments of a great deal of club and district money and TRF matches toward the funding of Global Grants. The total of pledges and matching funds was $352,475.
Next year the conference will be held in Acapulco, Mexico, October 26-28.
Jeanie Morgan was born in Creston, Iowa. She is a middle child with a perfect older brother and a younger brother who she lost in 2013. She has been an Arizona resident since December of 1974. She has traveled to Mexico, England, and Canada and all but eight of the United States. She is fluent only in English, but can understand much of what is printed in Spanish and French.
Jeanie has resided in Iowa, Colorado, Missouri and Arizona. As a teenager, aptitude tests said she should be an engineer, but she wanted to be a social worker. Education for either of those choices was out of reach for her family, so she became a secretary, instead. After spending a few years as a secretary in the defense industry, she had a career in the financial service industry. After her move with her family to Arizona, Jeanie got her bachelors degree in business administration with a focus on finance. She was able to accomplish this while working full time with the help of a very supportive family and utilizing educational benefits and a scholarship from the bank where she was employed. After retiring from banking in 2006, Jeanie went to work as the Executive Director of a health-related non-profit in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. She retired from that position in August, 2016 and relocated back to the Phoenix metro area in November, 2016.
Jeanie married to Alvin "Al" Morgan December 5, 1970. Each of them were single with children following divorces. Their "yours, mine, and ours" family has a total of six children, fifteen grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren.
She has two favorite vacation memories when she had the opportunity to see Al enjoy something he'd never seen before. They visited Yellowstone in early June when the rivers were full with spring run-off and there were many very young offspring among the wildlife population. They visited New England in September when fall color was at its peak.
Her most rewarding volunteer experience were the years she spent preparing for and then serving as District Governor of District 5490 in 2009-10. During that time, she met people from every ethnicity, religious background, and occupation - all united by the purpose of doing good in the world through Rotary. She saw Rotary in action in unique ways in every club she visited. She met inspired, passionate volunteers, willingly and selflessly giving of their knowledge, skill, and resources for the pure joy of giving. She knew, without a doubt, that Rotary provided, for her, a way to serve the greater community and the world that was completely in harmony with her faith.
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President, Allan Cady opened the meeting with Chris Krueger offering the invocation and Penny May leading the Pledge of Allegiance. Christy Citterman introduced her guest, Bret Atkinson. Wendell Jones introduced his guest, his better 90%, Carolyn. Penny May welcomed Lolita Wiesner, from Red Deer, Canada, back as an additional (to herself) seasonal visitor and friend. 
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The conference was held October 27-29 at the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mesa West Rotarians in attendance for all or a portion of the conference were Bob Zarling, Donna and Bryan Goetzenberger, and Pollyanne and Allan Cady. Overall, the attendance count numbered just over one hundred which was a record for this event. submitted by Allan Cady.jpg)
Jeanie Morgan was born in Creston, Iowa. She is a middle child with a perfect older brother and a younger brother who she lost in 2013. She has been an Arizona resident since December of 1974. She has traveled to Mexico, England, and Canada and all but eight of the United States. She is fluent only in English, but can understand much of what is printed in Spanish and French.
