Norm Noble On Tuesday, July 11, Hien Nguyen, MD-MPH, will speak at the Sun Lakes Rotary Club’s breakfast meeting. Dr. Hien Nguyen is an Australian-born physician of Vietnamese descent. He graduated from the University of Melbourne, Australia, with High Distinction, where he received his Bachelor’s and Medical Degree and trained with the Royal Australian College…
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Clubs & Classes, January 2017
Three outstanding Rotary programs this month
Norm Noble On Tuesday, January 3, students from the Hamilton High School Interact Club will visit the Sun Lakes Rotary Club to share what they are doing in their high school environment – where they are dedicated to public service. In the news, we hear about “bad” kids all the time. Come to Rotary on…
Clubs & Classes, December 2016
Rotarian of the Month Lee Widener
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…
Clubs & Classes, December 2016
Two outstanding Rotary speakers this month
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…
Clubs & Classes, August 2016
Fascinating alignment of speakers at Rotary
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,…
Clubs & Classes, July 2016
Fascinating array of Sun Lakes Rotary speakers
Norm Noble On Tuesday, July 5, Bruce Bro will talk about his climb to Mt. Everest Base Camp. Bro who is a retired entrepreneur and avid hiker has summited Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. Whitney, and 15 Colorado mountains over 14,000 feet. He will discuss his time in Nepal and at Mt. Everest which will be very…
Clubs & Classes, June 2016
Service Above Self award
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…
Clubs & Classes, June 2016
Rotarian of the Month
Norm Noble Grace Wilson-Woods joined the Sun Lakes Rotary Club in 2014 and has been a hard worker ever since where she serves as assistant to the Secretary of our club and chairs the Teacher of the Month program. Grace received a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Medical Dietetics from the University of Illinois…
Clubs & Classes, June 2016
Rotarian of the Year
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.…
Clubs & Classes, June 2016
Upcoming Rotary speakers
Norm Noble On Tuesday, June 7, Meagan Johnson, partner with the Johnson Training Group, will be the featured speaker. She will be speaking about generational differences. She’s a bright, funny, delightfully obnoxious generational humorist! What exactly is a generational expert? It’s somebody who understands the differences between Baby Boomers (born 1945-1964), Generation Xers (born 1965-1980),…