San Tan Crown Rotary Club, sponsors of the Hooked on Healing Veterans charity motorcycle ride, welcomes any motorcycle riders and enthusiasts to visit www.healingvets.org. At this site you can learn about our service mission, learn how to register to ride in the event, learn how to make a personal financial contribution to our foundation, or…
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Clubs & Classes, February 2017
San Tan Crown Rotarians at work on annual fundraiser
Stan Kaufman San Tan Crown Rotary Club is sponsoring the annual “Hooked on Healing Veterans” motorcycle ride on February 25, 2017, to benefit our local wounded veterans who have returned from service overseas. Cow Pie Bingo is one of the many fund-raising activities that are part of this event. Want to learn more? Want to…
Clubs & Classes, February 2017
Rotarian of the Month
Dr. Dwight L. Snyder of Palo Verde was named Rotarian of the Month for January by his peers at the Sun Lakes Rotary Club. Dwight joined the club in 2002 and was president in 2007–2008. He is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow, RYLA Chair and very active in the Rotary International Foundation, both as a…
Features, February 2017
In Passing
Shirley (Larson) Baker Shirley (Larson) Baker was born to Norwegian and Irish parents, Irving and Clarene Larson, in Dickens, Iowa, on April 27, 1935, the second of four children. She was raised in Peterson, Iowa, where she met and married her high school sweetheart. She was trained as a lab/x-ray technician, but worked in the…
Features, January 2017
In Passing
Beverly Cross Bender Beverly Cross Bender of Sun Lakes, Arizona, passed away on November 19, 2016. She was born in upstate New York on October 19, 1922, and graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in home economics. On July 21, 1945, she married Bob, her childhood sweetheart. She lived and worked in Fayetteville,…
Clubs & Classes, December 2016
Dictionaries for every third grader in Chandler
Norm Noble The Sun Lakes Rotary Club has done some extraordinary things since its foundation in 1986. There are long lists of charities that have benefited from the club’s support – Neighbors Who Care, Boys and Girls Clubs of the East Valley, the Sheriff’s Posse, Gift of Life-Arizona, to name a few. But the largest…
Clubs & Classes, December 2016
Rotarian of the Month
Norm Noble Longtime key member of the Sun Lakes Rotary Club, Leland D. Widener was chosen Rotarian of the Month (November). Lee has held almost every service position in the club since joining in 1990, including secretary and president, as well as chair of several committees. He is a Paul Harris Fellow/Benefactor, served as Rotary…
Features, December 2016
Joe Schwab’s 3 books
Joe Schwab Twenty four years ago I walked out of the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Portland after having completed all three phases of the 25 Ton Masters License plus the optional commercial vessels towing permit with a perfect score. I was ready to go, soon returning to Clam Gulch, Alaska with a brand new…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
Justin Bro – Rotarian of the Month for September
Norm Noble Justin Bro was named Rotarian for the Month of September by the Sun Lakes Rotary Club. He has been a busy member since joining the club two years ago. He is the club’s Program Chairperson, enlisting outstanding speakers for the club’s weekly meetings. Not content with just arranging for top speakers, he sets…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
Korean War/Korea Service Veterans meeting notice
Stacy Sweet The R Countryman Chapter of the Korean War/Korea Service Veterans will meet on Tuesday, November 22 in the Friendship Room of the Sun Lakes Country Club at 10:00 a.m. KWVA is proud to welcome USAF Lt. Col. (retired) Thomas (Tom) R. Waldron. Mr. Waldron graduated from Clemson University in Civil Engineering and was…