[ Mark Grady of Gilbert was named Rotarian for the Month of April by the Sun Lakes Rotary Club. Mark joined Sun Lakes Rotary in December 2014, but was a long-time Rotarian in Tucson before moving to Gilbert. He is a Certified Public Accountant and continues with his practice in Phoenix. At the Casas Adobes…
When you stage a charity golf tournament and offer chances to win golf carts and cars on select par threes, you normally don’t expect anyone to win. There are tremendous odds against it. An amateur golfer’s chance of shooting an ace is 12,500 to one. Happily, Dick Jakubowski (visiting snowbird from Nebraska) didn’t know that…
On Tuesday, May 3, Ed Renner, Garmin International Senior Project Manager for Automotive OEM Software Engineering will be the speaker. What’s more timely than learning about the newest Garmin device? Ed Renner is an Army vet and computer scientist who has worked for Xerox Corporation, Memorex Telex Corporation, Alcatel Network Systems, and IBM Corporation…
The Sun Lakes Rotary Club joined six other Valley area Rotary Clubs in contributing $1,030 each for a total of $7,210 to the UFB’s milk fund. This is the second year Rotarians have combined their efforts to assist United Food Bank in feeding hungry households in Eastern Arizona. This is one of UFB’s most needy…
Norm Noble On Tuesday, March 1 (rescheduled from February 23), Greg Podd, Rotary International Vice President, will be the speaker. Podd is a Certified Public Accountant and Personal Financial Specialist and has operated his own practice since 1979. A Rotarian since 1982, he is a member of the Evergreen Rotary Club of Evergreen, Colorado. Podd…
Norm Noble At the Rotary Club meeting on January 5 there will be two speakers, Dr. Ross Bremner M.D., Ph.D. and John Sentz. The title of their presentation will be “Applying Current Medical Research to Save a Life.” Dr. Bremner is the Director of the John and Doris Norton Thoracic Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital…
Norm Noble There is a bell that has been traveling around the world, starting in Canada, then England, followed by Scotland, the USA, and soon it will visit Thailand. It is an unusual bell in that it doesn’t ring. It just travels. The idea for this traveling bell started with the Rotary Club of Sooke…
Norm Noble Heads up – The Rotary Pancake Breakfast returns to Oakwood Country Club on Sunday, November 8. As many have said, “Start your mouths watering now!” for one of Sun Lakes’ favorite annual events. This will be Sun Lakes Rotary’s nineteenth annual Pancake Breakfast held again in Oakwood’s Ballroom. Breakfast will be served between…
Norm Noble On Tuesday, October 6 Dr. Kelli Ward will make a presentation regarding the state of Arizona and her role in the legislature. Dr. Kelli Ward is also Senator Kelli Ward and she wears both hats skillfully and with full confidence in her abilities. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Duke…
Norm Noble On Tuesday, July 7 Dr. Elliot Mufson from Barrow’s Neurological Institute, specializing in Alzheimer’s disease, will present the topic, “Looking back to see the future.” Dr. Mufson is a pioneer in the application of single cell gene array technology to study the genetic signature of neurons during the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. He…