Alyssa Gapske, 22, Rotaract Club of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA: A major difference is the way we connect. The greatest advantage of social media is that it allows us not only to share meeting and project details but also to communicate with clubs around the world. As a moderator of my club’s Facebook page, I see messages every week from clubs hoping to work with us, or community members interested in attending meetings or joining our club.
Member Updates: The Smiths are on leave till May, 2018 & Rex Baumback to June 30, 2018, all three in Mexico; Rod Cordes to Feb. 28, 2017 in Phoenix. Melissa Habecker has resigned.
Great Extractions: Val Ripley filled in admirably for our missing Sgt. Greg Raskin and Par toted the spittoon. Our Sgt. was jealous and fined Mayor Harry Oberg for getting drawn and harvesting an elk.
John Stewart welcomed our traveling duo, Marjorie and Steve back from their trip to Iceland and the East Coast. Par missed last week to attended a business seminar in Denver. Sarah Tomsky attended a leadership training outside of AZ. The normal happy bucks were garnered.
New Song Title Song leader Art Harrington selected #7 in the song book and we sang VAL aree so many times, the song has been renamed the " Val Ripley song".
Our Speaker: With a no show Ray Carlson stepped upped and presented a very interesting program on Arizona Formal wars 1848- 1865. In 1848 the Mexican American war was fought with President Polk in favor and U. S. Grant not in favor. Recent influx of Ireland and European immigrants signed up to fight, but 8.3% deserted and a mass hanging of the deserters was done. The Pima Indians did a lot of irrigating and raising crops in southern Arizona and eventually provided 100,00 lbs. of wheat, for the troops. Ray is pictured in front of the Ammi White mill. Explorer John Woodhouse Audubton lead an expedition to CA. to find gold. He described AZ has desolate, no game, dried up water holes, sand and decaying Indian Villages. The expedition reached the Pima Valley with its irrigation and he saw the possibility of the area. ". In July, 1861 the Confederate militia sent Co A , "Arizona Rangers" west from Texas to Tucson to protect from Apaches and stop the Union Soldiers from coming from the West from CA.. Drawing of Tucson and the artist described Tucson as a "City of Mud Boxes:, populated b speculators, gamblers, horse thieves, murders and vagrant politicians".
Many thanks to Rotarians Art & Sharon Harrington, Dan Davis, Gus Bergman, Barbara Oemcke, and Elaine Mansoor for signing up for Patriots for Flags at the meeting. They will have flags flying to celebrate Veterans Day! It was noted that any member that is short of change that needs a flag should contact new member Susan Cohan. She has a reputation for being very generous in helping those in need of donating.
If you visit the Sunup Website you’ll notice a slightly different look. The site has been updated to allow for a better presentation on mobile devices, phones and tablets. Go to http://prescottsunuprotary.org/
Did you know you can see previous newsletters on our website. Check in the left hand column and click on the date your are interested in.
President's Corner
A.J. Sheridan
Good Morning Folks,
I trust that you all had a great weekend what with the wonderful weather and all!
On Friday evening, Mike and Mary King, Val and Linda Ripley and Vickie and I had the pleasure of delivering the Dutch Oven dinner that was one of the auction items at last Springs Double Down Casino night to Buzz and Sonia, owners of Gunsite Academy and ten of their staff. We thanked them for their continued generosity and support of Sunup rotary. The temperatures and overall weather cooperated and a good time was had by all. Special thanks to Mike and Val for offering the dutch oven dinners in support of our Foundation fundraiser.
Help Spread Sunshine: When you know of a member's loss or hospitalization, please alert Par Wood at 928-777-0500 ext 207 of the Sunup Sunshine Committee, or email parnisi@msn.com
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Our Speaker: With a no show Ray Carlson stepped upped and presented a very interesting program on Arizona Formal wars 1848- 1865. In 1848 the Mexican American war was fought with President Polk in favor and U. S. Grant not in favor. Recent influx of Ireland and European immigrants signed up to fight, but 8.3% deserted and a mass hanging of the deserters was done. The Pima Indians did a lot of irrigating and raising crops in southern 
Arizona and eventually provided 100,00 lbs. of wheat, for the troops. Ray is pictured in front of the Ammi White mill. Explorer John Woodhouse Audubton lead an expedition to CA. to find gold. He described AZ has desolate, no game, dried up water holes, sand and decaying Indian Villages. The expedition reached the Pima Valley with its irrigation and he saw the possibility of the area. ". In July, 1861 the Confederate militia sent Co A , "Arizona Rangers" west from Texas to Tucson to protect from Apaches and stop the Union Soldiers from coming from the West from CA.. Drawing of Tucson and the artist described Tucson as a "City of Mud Boxes:, populated b speculators, gamblers, horse thieves, murders and vagrant politicians". .jpg)
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