 A recent club meeting program updated us on the progress of the $3M Granite Creek Corridor improvement project, which has been underway since last fall. This past week's program was a sequel to that, as we had Larry Nelson come to tell us about the unique Granite Creek Trail Mural, which is an separate feature of the development. It is being funded 100% by community contributions to a 501(c)(3) non profit organization created for this purpose. The transformation of an ugly 410-ft. concrete wall, into a beautiful mural, which will be including woodlands, waterways and familiar local scenes, was the inspiration of Larry's wife, Barbara Nelson, a retired attorney. It is anticipated the mural, being painted by local artist Dana Cohn, will be completed by October. When finished, it will be the longest contiguous mural by an individual artist in the state of Arizona. Cohn, who teaches Art at Yavapai College, is actually an internationally-known muralist, who has already created 7 murals in the Prescott area. The funding of the project is also unique. Members of the community are offered the opportunity to sponsor a habitat or wildlife, which will be included in the mural. For example, you can sign up to donate $250 as the sponsor of all of the Rock Squirrels, which will be painted in the mural. You could sponsor all of the painted Mountain Lions for a donation of $500, or the Javelina or Great Horned Owl for a donation of $600. How can you sponsor a species, to help fund this mural project? Go online to https://www.trailmurals.org/species-sponsors. According Larry, a special seal coating will be applied to the mural, to protect it from vandalism and any graffiti. Because many of materials are being donated, and because the artist is local, Larry estimates that the total cost of this more-than-$100,000-value mural will be approximately $67,000. Once the mural is completed, our Program Committee is hoping to follow up with a third program, bringing the artist to our club meeting to tell us about his experience painting a mural of this size to complement this major community improvement development. Our Purposes as a Rotary Club: According to Rotary's Standard Club Constitution, which every Rotary club must adopt, in order to be a Rotary club, the Purposes for which our club exists are to: (a) pursue the Object of Rotary;
(b) carry out successful service projects based on the five Avenues of Service;
(c) contribute to the advancement of Rotary by strengthening membership;
(d) support The Rotary Foundation; and
(e) develop leaders beyond the club level. CLUB SERVICE Cassidy Stauffer announced that new placemats are going to be printed for use at our club meetings. A card spot on the new mats will cost you a $50 donation to the club. Connect with Cassidy to reserve your spot: staufferfamily17@gmail.com, (928) 533-9692. Sharon Harrington is our newest Honorary Member After having served for 35 years as an active member of Rotary, Sharon Harrington, with the unanimous approval of the Prescott Sunup Rotary Board, has been named as an Honorary Member in our club. Due to some mobility and health issues, it has been increasingly difficult for Sharon to actively participate in many of our club projects, and to attend all of our meetings. Over the years, Sharon has served as a Club President, Club Secretary & Treasurer, District Secretary, District Treasurer, Assistant Governor, Trainer of Club & District Secretaries & Treasurers, and even as an international trainer of District Governor spouses at a Rotary International Assembly. She, along with Art, have attended 19 Rotary International Conventions, and they are Major Donors, Paul Harris Society Members, and were charter members of The Rotary Foundation's Bequest Society. Update on Jerry Fohrman: Jerry's sodium levels have improved, and that has been encouraging. Janet reports that he is fairly comfortable, but is "out of it" much of the time. She says, "I suggest sending him cards, pictures, etc., to hang on the wall." These can now be directly mailed to him: Banner Hospital for Jerry Fohrman Attn: Select Specialty Hospital Tower 2 - 11th floor 1111 E. McDowell Road Phoenix, AZ 85006 COMMUNITY SERVICE Also at last week's meeting, Dan Beyer reported that the Snack Shack has been cleaned out, and our equipment stored. He said the remaining merchandise was donated to a homeless shelter. Thanks to Dan for handling the ordering of the merchandise we were able to sell at the games during the season, and for doing this essential final wrap-up. A pig and a chicken were walking by a church where a gala charity event was taking place. Getting caught up in the spirit, the pig suggested to the chicken that they each make a contribution.
"Great idea!" the chicken cried. "Let's offer them ham and eggs?"
"Not so fast," said the pig. "For you, that's a contribution. For me, it's a total commitment." __ What do you call cheese that isn't yours?
Nacho Cheese.
__ What do you call four bull fighters in quicksand?
Quatro sinko.
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What do you get from a pampered cow?
Spoiled milk.
YOUTH AND INTERNATIONAL SERVICE  Our 25-member Interact District Council was here in Prescott at Camp Wamatochick this weekend for a 3-day leadership training and planning retreat. Most of Rotary's 530 districts around the world have Interact clubs. While a number of them have an organizational connection between their clubs, known as an Interact District, most of those are operated by adult Rotarians. A few districts have a student-led district, in which high school members of Interact clubs are given the opportunity to apply to train and to serve as one of these student district leaders. Our Interact District 5495 is one of those districts, and our Interact District Council is regarded as one of the best in the world. Kassandra Macias, from Westwood High School in Mesa, is serving as this year's Interact District Governor. This year our Prescott High School Interact Club, which our Sunup Rotary Club sponsors, will have two members on this Council, serving as Assistant Governors. More pictures from our Interact Ambassadors to Kenya, who just returned last week: Rotarian Team Leader Dan Coons and Prescott High Interact Ambassador Jenna Fox make some adjustments on one of the wheelchairs collected by Arizona Interact clubs, before they give one of Kenya's disabled poor, at no charge, the life-changing, priceless gift of mobility. Our Interact Ambassadors Team, along with some of our Naivasha Rotaract partners, at the Naivasha YMCA, preparing to give mobility devices to those who have been brought by their family to this distribution center to receive the kind of mobility equipment they need, but to which they have never been able to access in any other way. Note the Rotary sign on the building, which says this YMCA has been a joint project of the Naivasha Rotary and Rotaract Clubs, together with our Rotary District 5495 here in Arizona. |
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