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The Official Newsletter of the Tempe Rio Salado Rotary Club

The Santa Claus Rotary Club

Founded 1905 1,200,000+ Members 34,000+ Clubs 200+ Countries

“Service above Self”

President K.R. Ravindran (Sri Lanka) Trustee Chair Ray Klinginsmith (USA) General Secretary John Hewko (Ukraine)

District Governor Sherry F. Mischel DG-Elect Tonya L. Watson DG Nominee James A. Erickson District Secretary Peg Glink District Treasurer Charles Holland District Foundation Audit Chair Terrill L. Cowan Polio Plus Rodney K. Daniels District Foundation Treasurer Joanne Kline District Grants Chair Donald A. LaBarge Micro Lending Coordinator Terrence M. Lubsen World Peace Fellows Chair Honora A. Norton Area 1 ~ John S. Thornton Jr. Area 2 ~ Anthony D. Finocchio Area 3 ~ Michael V. Maurer Area 4 ~ Nigel Brooks Area 5 ~ James N. Kame Area 7 ~ Rich Guin Area 8 ~ Debra L. Daniels Area 9 ~ Kara Schroeder Area 10 ~ LaVelle McCoy Area 11 ~ Dena Oppenheim

Geoff Pashkowski ~ President Karen Ingersoll ~ Secretary Larry Horton ~ Treasurer PDG Ben C. Eubank Guiding Rotarian

Our Christmas projects start in just three months, so start thinking about where we can get toys!

Stacey Avent Stephanie Babb Ronjon Bhattacharya Corey Bruggeman Jack Buckles Karen Buckles

Patrick de Haan Ben C. Eubank, PDG Dona Mae Eubank Freeman, Ronald J. Corey Harris, Kent Hendricks,

Silvia Herrera Larry Horton ~ IPP Karen Ingersoll BK Knappenberger James Lemmon Tim Lidster,

Geoffrey Pashkowski Christina Ratto Dave Ratto Lynsie Rigby-Scharpf Linda Searfoss Michael Sherron Sue E. Strebe Ralph Williamson

Rotary Club of Southern Districts ~ Western Australia, District 9465 Rotary Club of Bentley Curtin ~ Western Australia, District 9465 Rotary Club of Islamabad ~ Pakistan, District 3272 Rotary Club Roma Sud Est ~ Italy, District 2080

Justin Randall ~ Spain 2009 - 2010 Laura Kalb ~ Jordan 2010 - 2011 Beth Anne Martin ~ Chile 2011 - 2012 For Information on TRS Rotary: 623-326-7951

Michael Sherron ~ Japan 2007 Caitlin King ~ Scotland 2009 Larry Horton ~ Australia 2011 Stephanie Babb, Holly Brauer ~ Bangladesh 2013

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CONTENTS

Meeting Minutes ~ October 15, 2015 Kent Hendricks, Corey Bruggeman, Ben Eubank, Larry Horton, Karen Ingersoll, Geoff Pashkowski, Patrick de Haan Meeting called to order by President-Moderator Geoff Pashkowski Ben Eubank Patrick de Haan Kent, Larry, Karen, Corey, and Patrick 1. Review of Phil Corderoy’s visit with us last week. It was a fun and interesting week! 2. Kent’s birthday is today, and somehow Linda got roped in to singing Happy Birthday. 3. Wouldn’t be a meeting without the Texas Football Report by Ben Eubank. He’s extremely happy that Oklahoma got beat! 4. Pat gave Karen a really cute Santa book for her grandson, Jett. He’s gonna love it! 5. Larry brought up the Emerging Leaders & Young Professionals Networking Event to be held this evening at CO+Hoots downtown. The event was organized by CXR’s President, Christina Ratto… a multi-club, multi-district event! 6. Lots and lots of discussion about prison tours - Madison, Florence, Leavenworth, Lansing, Alcatraz.. (really not sure how we got there… hmmmm….). It’s amazing how many of the club members have seen the inside of a prison!

1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to All Concerned? 3. Will it Build GOODWILL and Better Friendships? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to All Concerned? 5. Is it FUN?

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Kent – Happy that the Hawkeyes are still winning. And, a happy $ for his birthday!

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Larry’s fundraiser is coming up on Saturday evening. Should be a fun time with great prizes!

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Corey had a great time at the Diamond Backs game with Patti for her birthday. They had 3rd row seats which gave them a great view of the game and the players.

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Geoff and Barbara are celebrating their 27th Anniversary… congratulations!

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Ben had a weird phone day earlier in the week. His phone and others in the office wouldn’t work. Finally called Verizon and they alluded to solar flares, but were working to fix it. Do-do-do-do, do-do do-do… (think theme to The Twilight Zone). Phones started working later that day.

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Karen had a sad/happy $ for her dad… had a scare that resulted in a trip to the hospital and blood transfusions, but he’s home now and doing much better.

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Karen had a sad/happy $ for her dad… had a scare that resulted in a trip to the hospital and blood transfusions, but he’s home now and doing much better.

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Pat was late because he lost his cell phone and spent all morning looking for it. (Still hadn’t found it.) Happy because each year he tries to get more “stuff” for the Christmas Tree Project. This year’s purchase was a lifesized reindeer that is 5’ tall and will hold up to 150 lbs, so children can sit on it to get their pictures taken. 

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Pat brought up that Karen is working on a project of sorts to raise toys for the Christmas Tree Project. Karen explained… she is presenting the Project to her office at the Partner’s meeting on Tuesday (approximately 60 agents attending). As added incentive for the agents (and vendors), Pat will make a Santa Claus visit to the home of the agent who collects the most toys on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day (or home / charity of their choice). Excited to see how this goes!

Kent Hendricks https://youtu.be/xmUXeMB-0i0 Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday,

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday,

Dear Kent!

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday…

Not only did I remember all of the lyrics, I didn’t mumble!

Phil toured the facilities at Saint Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Indian Mission School on the Gila River Reservation in Bapchule, Arizona, South of Phoenix.

Phil made an early Santa visit to the PK and Kindergarten

students at Saint Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, giving each one a present.

USS Arizona Anchor and Guns at

Wesley Bolin Memorial Plasa (top) Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum of Phoenix (bottom)

Special thanks to John Bomhoff for providing Phil with an insightful, behind-the-scene look at CMOP, ranked as the third best childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s museum in the USA.

Special thanks to Larry Horton for providing a behind-the-scene tour of the Phoenix Police Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headquarters.

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