 Tim's Tales entertained us last week When the expected Toastmasters speaker failed to appear, in the Toastmaster tradition, impromptu speeches by four of our club members admirably filled the bill. Sharing a story from his days as a young, college-age pilot, Richard Hernandez described for us how a stalled engine on the Cessna he was flying to Flagstaff to pick up a hot date required diversion measures, sending him on a glide pattern back toward Scottsdale for a hopeful emergency landing at that airport. When at the last minute, though, he was able to re-start the engine, he changed his course and headed back up to Flagstaff. However, when he called his hot date to explain his delayed arrival, due to engine problems with his plane, a click on the other end of the line dashed his hopes for ever making that relationship work. Tim Wiederaender's fascinating tale was about his having been sold years ago as an eligible bachelor for a date with the highest bidder in a charity auction, held in Mohave County. The winning bid for this dashing dude was $350. Another attractive lady, who had caught Tim's eye at the event, mentioned that she had wanted to buy him, but couldn't afford to bid that high. As it turned out, the winning bidder's intention was to give the date with Tim to a friend. However, her friend wound up not wanting any part of this arranged date. Somehow, Tim was able to collect $250 from the sponsor, and managed to set up a super date with that other attractive lady who said she couldn't afford him. That first date led to marriage with that woman, to whom he is still happily married. Stella Ortiz' message was an interesting and encouraging vocational talk. Based on her 40 years of experience as an Oncology Nurse Practitioner, she shared with us some of the significant advancements in the successful treatment of different kinds of cancer, which she had personally witnessed over that period of time. In addition to the discovery and production of new drugs by pharmaceutical companies, Stella told us that part of the increased success in treating cancers has been due to the discovery that certain combinations of drugs work more effectively than when the drugs are used by themselves. Similarly, she said they have discovered that certain combinations of treatment methods have also proved to be more successful, than the singular use of one method (radiation versus chemotherapy). With former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger having just passed away, Art Harrington told the story of Henry speaking at a Phoenix 100 Rotary meeting, which had been expanded to include members of the other Rotary clubs in Phoenix. Even in a larger venue arranged for the occasion, there had been standing room only, due to the many Rotarians who wanted to hear Kissinger's message. As the result of the Rotary club's financial windfall from that luncheon meeting, Art described how that had led to a gift of a planeload of blankets for an orphanage in Mexico, which he, along with the District Governor and a pilot member of Phoenix 100 Rotary, had flown down to the Ensenada Rotary Club, who helped deliver the blankets to the kids in the orphanage.  The heart of Rotary is our dedicated members, who share the ideals of service, friendship, diversity, integrity, and leadership. Rotary clubs bring together people across generations who wish to create lasting change in the world, in their communities, and in themselves. Since Rotary was begun in Chicago in 1905 by attorney Paul Harris and three of his business friends, our organization has grown to become a global organization, headquartered in Evanston, IL. A person cannot join Rotary International. Rotary membership is at the Rotary club level. You join a Rotary club, which is chartered by Rotary International. Our more than 1.2 million members are in over 46,000 clubs, which are located in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. For administrative purposes, our Rotary clubs are grouped into 529 districts, which are divided into 34 zones. The zones are paired, and each pair of zones elects a Director to serve on Rotary International’s Board of Directors. Directors serve 2-year terms. Each Rotary International President serves a 1-year term. CLUB SERVICE Our annual Sunup Rotary Holiday Dinner Party will be held this Wednesday evening at the Hassayampa Inn, beginning at 5:00. Reservations are required. President Laura announced the gala evening will include a White Elephant Gift Exchange — with the cost of the gifts not to exceed $40. She has also been talking to us about the Mayer School kids and their needs So, in addition to a White Elephant Gift, she is also encouraging us to bring these basic school supplies: • Colored Pencils • Sticky Notes • Markers for younger kids • Single Subject Notebooks COMMMUNITY SERVICE Two weeks ago, during one of our meetings, it was decided to donate our Happy Bucks that week to purchase breakfast cereal to be included in Chino Valley's annual holiday Bags of Hope. The Chino Valley Education Foundation will be distributing 127 Bags of Hope to homeless CVHS students. Those bags will be filled with food and personal hygiene items, so those students will have what they need to get them through the Christmas break. President Laura and John Scholl reported that our club donated a total of $187 to purchase those boxes of cereal. If cats wore t-shirts, here is what they might say.
Purrfection cannot be improved.
Menopaws: This is the hottest I've been in years.
Take my advice. I'm not using it.
I'd like to help you out. Which way did you come in? __ More insights about cats:
Cats know how you feel. They don't care, but they know.
Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.
Thousands of years ago, cats were worshiped as gods. They have never forgotten this.
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Some people like living in the past. For one thing, the rent is a lot cheaper. __ |
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