Our November 2nd Rotary Club of Scottsdale Meeting at
Scottsdale Rotary Park. A beautiful day of food and fellowship.
Special thanks, as always, to our food prep peeps, Ken Brown,
Rob Adler and Sandy Miller.
Avnet is one of Arizona's largest publicly traded companies and
is headquartered in Tempe. Phil gave us great overview of the
company and it's Vision and Mission.
Scottsdale Rotary Club Foundation president, Gary Chontos,
Secretary Lou Lou Durant, along with club president, Darin Shebesta,
presented a $2000 check to Scottsdale Community College. The funds
will help cover some expenses for students who would otherwise be
unable cover them.
Joe gave a very informative talk about the opportunites
and challeges for health care insurers and their insured.
District 5495 Governor for 2026-2027, Joe Sweeney, updated us on
what's happen at the district level and positive changes that are
being made.
Rotarian and Superintendant of Scottsdale Unified School
District gave us an overview of the upcoming ballot proposition 320.
Rotarian extraordinaire, Max Rumbaugh, receives his 6th
Paul Harris pin. Here with District Governor Joe Sweeney,
RCS President Darin Shebesta and club secretary Don Bierman.
Rotary Club of Scottsdale meeting on the road was held at the
Western Spirit Museum: Scottsdale's Museum of the West.
Dr. Andrew Nelson, curator of the museum, gave us a great
presentation about the history of the Hollywood Western.
Marcia is the Commission Chair of the AZ Game and Fish Dept.
and is a lifelong leader in Arizona conservation and community service.
New member Jeff Johnson received his Paul Harris award
from President Darin and RI Foundation committee chair Don.
We welcome new members Libby Shields and
Corinne La Bourhis. With sponsors Craig Miller and
Rolf Nimmmrichter.
Judge Rayes spoke to us about our free speech protections
of the 1st Amendment of the Constitution. He gave examples
of free speech court cases and reasoning behind decisions.
Membership chair Craig Miller, along with sponsor
David Pastor and President Darin, presented new member
Francis Hewitt with her blue badge and retired her red badge.
