Norm Noble On Tuesday, May 2, Jason Bagley, Government Affairs Manager at Intel Corporation, will present an Intel update to the Sun Lakes Rotary Club. Bagley has invested more than 30 years as a public affairs professional. He currently manages government affairs for Intel Corporation’s U.S. Southwest Region. This region includes more than $20 billion…
Norm Noble On Tuesday, April 4, 2017, the Rotary Club will have its annual Four-Way Test Speech Contest. If you want encouragement about the future, come hear these students compete in a challenging speech contest. Students from each of the six Chandler Unified District high schools will give a five- to seven-minute speech on the…
Norm Noble On Tuesday, March 7, Joe Ducey of Channel ABC15 and host of “Let Joe Know” will be the speaker. Joe is a consumer advocate who exposes scams and holds businesses accountable for their contracts and agreements. He concentrates on consumer investigative stories by exposing scams, rip-offs and deals just too good to be…
Norm Noble On Tuesday, December 6, Daniel Robertson will present a fascinating talk, “Understanding the Power of Hypnosis.” Dan began his business career investing in and developing mountain recreational real estate. That evolved into building commercial office and industrial buildings in the Bay area. In 1980, he moved to Scottsdale and continued with real estate…
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…
Norm Noble On Tuesday, October 4, Dr. Kris Venkatesh will speak to the Sun Lakes Rotary Club regarding colorectal cancer screening options. Not a favorite subject, but a discussion that is essential. Colorectal cancer is cancer that develops in the tissues of the colon and/or rectum. Colorectal cancer screening saves lives, a) by finding and…
This year’s event will be held at the Oakwood Country Club, 24218 S. Oakwood Blvd. here in Sun Lakes. The fun will start at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are just $25 and each ticket provides a player with three game cards for 10 different bingo games, a dauber and food. Over $1,000 in cash and prizes…
Norm Noble On Tuesday, August 2, Deborah Walden Ralls will talk about the world’s largest irrigated and vertically integrated pecan farm in the world – the Green Valley Pecan Co. Prior to joining the family business, Ralls worked for Hyatt Regency Scottsdale at Gainey Ranch and taught second and sixth grade children. Now she works…
Norm Noble The Sun Lakes Rotary Club selected Charles Loew of Sun Lakes as its Rotarian of the Year. This is the second year in a row that Charles has received this honor. So when his name was announced as Rotarian of the Year, this time for 2015-2016, there were no surprises among the members.…
Norm Noble The Sun Lakes Rotary Club honors three of its members annually. In separate articles, Charles Loew was recognized as Rotarian of the Year and Peter Meade as Good Guy. Longtime Rotarian Donald R. Prestin of Oakwood received one of the club’s highest honors as the winner of its Service Above Self award. To…