The Sunupian (Apr 18, 2018) (Apr 16, 2018)

Greeter Harry Oberg

Sgt.-at-Arms Gus Bergman

Registration Greg Raskin

Announcements

Posted by Bud Ackerman

Double Down Casino Night Committee Meeting - Wednesday, April 18, 5:30pm at the Palace

Sunup Board Meeting - Thursday, April 19 at 4:00pm at the Prescott Library

Program Committee Meeting - Monday, May 7 at 7:00am at Waffles & More

Double Down Casino Night - Saturday, May 12 at 5pm - 9pm at the Rodeo Grounds

Membership Committee Meeting - Monday, May 14 at 7:00am at Waffles & More

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Shootout at Gunsite

Posted by Bud Ackerman

Sunup Rotary members were treated to an exciting and informative day after our meeting last Wednesday. Traveling up Hwy. 89, we gathered in a classroom at Gunsite Academy in Paulden. Gunsite is located on a sprawling 2,800 acres encompassing 20 shooting ranges.

The first part of the morning was spent with the Gunsite COO Ken Campbell explaining how to safely handle firearms around the shooting range. Then it was out to the range

where we had the opportunity to try out 9mm and .45 caliber pistols with expert instructors at our side. Greg Barstad brought his shot gun that many of us tried.

After lunch, fellow Rotarian and Gunsite Marketing Director Jane Anne Shimizu gave us a tour of the grounds. Many thanks to Jane Anne and Val Ripley for setting this up.

Meeting Highlights April 11

Posted by Ben Tuttle

Opening Day Little League Crew: A nice crew of Mike's Opening Day Little League cookout smiled for the camera.

Great Extractions: Gus Bergman was Sergeant-at-Arms and enlisted fellow Sgt. Clent Walker to tote the spittoon. Lots of members made news and paid and a lot of good happy bucks. Art Harrington celebrated his birthday by winning the pot.

Speaker on 4/11: Tim Carter, chair of Yavapai County Education, discussed "Teacher of the Year" then fielded questions on the imbalance of teacher to facility funding. He does feel Gov. Ducey is working hard to increase K-12 funding against his no tax increase stance when he ran for governor in 2014.

Double Down Casino Night is less than a month away.

Sell your tickets and make our Sunup fundraiser for YEI a big success!

A.J. Sheridan

Greetings My Fellow “Wicked Good” Sunupians!

Welcome to a Blustery Spring! Pretty amazing winds the past few days, and how about those winter-like temperatures?

Rather than entertain you this week with random Rotarian thoughts, I will share the following information and questions to reflect on: On Friday, I attended an informal meeting with presidents and representatives of other area clubs. Our District Governor Nancy Van Pelt and Assistant District Governor Noel DeSousa (soon to be executive DG) at my favorite spot, the Wild Iris Coffee Shop. Nancy was checking in with us as we are drawing closer to the end of our tenure in June, and we had some good discussions.

One interesting point that was raised is trying to attract new members, both here and in the District. Many of them are struggling to identify what their club and Rotary is all about, as times have changed. Do we really know, and we all agree on, what Sunup is all about in the current time? What is our “elevator speech” when explaining Sunup? Good thing to think about. It’s really the purpose of the future of the Sunup Committee.

The challenge is this: What is our identity within Rotary and in our community? Where do we want to take the club in terms of that identity, and what are our opportunities to make that happen? I leave you to ponder these questions and perhaps prepare to move ahead with Neal McEwen in the not too distant future.

‘Till Wednesday, Peace friends,

A.J.

Apr 25, 2018

Kevin Rother

Fraud Calls

May 02, 2018

Ray Newton

General Crook Trail

May 09, 2018

Dr. Robin Sobotta

New Airport Manager

May 16, 2018

Leslie Grazer

Prescott Water Smart Program

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Registration

Oberg, Harry

Greeter 1

Hernandez, Richard

Greeter 2

Shaw, Tony

Pledge

Samuelson, Norm

Prayer

Walker, Clent

4-Way Test

Steiner, George

Song

Shaw, Tony

Introducing Honored Guests

Oemcke, Barbara

Sgt.-at-Arms

Walker, Clent

Take Down Crew 1

McEwen, Neal

Take Down Crew 2

Steiner, George

President

A.J. Sheridan

Secretary

Larry Noble

Treasurer

Dan Davis

President Elect

Neal McEwen

President Nominee

Jerry Fohrman

Club Service Chair

Ben Tuttle

Communications Committee Chair

Susan Cohen

Community Service Chair

John Stewart

International Service Chair

Steve Finucane

Membership Committee Chair

Neal McEwen

Vocational Services Chair

Par Wood

Youth Services Chair

Ray Carlson

Past President

Greg Barstad

Sunup Rotary Foundation Chair

Greg Barstad

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