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We were delighted to have Darla DeVille, the Community Affairs Manager at Arizona Public Service Company, to speak to us about the state's largest and longest-serving energy provider. The company has 6.300 employees. Darla is responsible for overseeing operational strategies and initiatives. Her role includes managing team performance and project execution, enhancing customer service and community engagement, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliance. We were interested to learn that Darla was a member of a Rotary Club in Hawaii, before moving to Arizona (and Sarah is already following up on that!). Darla says APS is committed to using AI and all other new technology to generate safe, reliable and affordable energy for approximately 1.4 million customers in Arizona. Their service territory stretches across the state, from the border town of Douglas to the vistas of the Grand Canyon, from the solar fields in Gila Bend to the ponderosa pines of Payson. It is also interesting to learn that APS employees volunteer more than 80,000 hours in the community, and the company contributes more than $10 million to charitable causes.
HOW SUCCESSFUL HAS OUR EFFORT BEEN TO ERADICATE POLIO?
Because of Rotary's support, nearly 3 billion children have been immunized against polio and are protected for life against this crippling disease. Rotary and our partners have reduced the number of wild polio cases from 350,000 in 1988 to only 36 cases so far in 2025 (7 in Afghanistan, and 29 in Pakistan).. Twenty million cases of paralysis have been averted through this global effort. The wild poliovirus is now endemic in just two countries, and Rotary won't stop until there is a polio-free world! CLUB SERVICE Welcome, Alex Hays! Sarah Van Bourgondien, our Membership Chair, inducted and pinned Alex Hays, our newest club member at last Wednesday's club meeting. Alex is a specilist in designing Exit and Succession Strategies for Businesses. __ “Sunup Time” is here! Come join with your fellow Rotarians this Wednesday for our first session. CONGRATULATIONS!! Our Satellite Prescott Valley Rotary Club inducted 4 more new members at their meeting last Tuesday evening, bringing their membership total now up to 36. 
Photo Description – l to r: John Williams, President, Jim Quinn, Membership Chair, Mike Jensen, Broadcasting Executive, Anne Keenan (member), Nicholas Geosits, Alyssa Kozik, Evelyn Nelson (member), Skip Dahlkamp (Treasurer) and Chief Bob Ticer, Past President and Founding Member. The club's board has made the decision to postpone their Chartering Party until after the first of the year, 2026. When they set the date, they will give plenty of notice to all our Rotarian friends in D5495. Jingle! Jingle! Mark your calendars for Sunup Rotary’s Christmas Party which will be held on Wednesday Dec. 16th at the Hassayampa’s Marina Ballroom. Details to be announced shortly. COMMUNITY SERVICE Sunup's Diaper Drive Success MARSHA SAYS: Thank you to all who donated and packaged diapers, wipes, and books for Bundles of Love at our President's Choice evening. Final count for the event from Lori Deutsch, Coordinator, was 2,562 diapers, 18 boxes of wipes, 53 books, and numerous handwritten inspirational cards written by our members. What great success in helping our local community!! INTERNATIONAL SERVICE For information about participating in this unique conference, contact Todd Clancy, our International Service Director, (480) 285-7719, taclancy2000@yahoo.com.  Old age has come at a bad time.
Just as I was beginning to know everything,
I’m now forgetting everything I knew. __ An elderly man lay on his deathbed, surrounded by his wife, three kids, and a nurse. With a deep breath, he began speaking: "Bill, you get the Beverly Hills houses.
Mary, the offices in the center are yours.
Debra, the apartments over the L.A. Plaza are all yours.
And my dear wife, you take all the residential buildings near downtown." The nurse, wide-eyed, said, "Wow, your husband must've been an incredible man to amass so much property to leave behind." The wife sighed and replied, "What property? The guy had a paper route!" __ Buying eggs on the street, and weed in the stores, The times, they are changing….
__ Try resistance training. Refuse to go to the gym. __ Never blame others for the road you’re on. It’s your own asphalt. __ It’s okay if some people dislike you. Not everyone has good taste. __ There’s no place like HOME, Where the HO and ME come together. __ Be the fun
in dysfunctional. __ I dusted once. It came back. ... I'm not falling for that again. __ |
