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This is my final message to you as District Governor. The year has gone by very quickly and has been very fulfilling. Despite a rather aggressive travel schedule early in the year, I enjoyed thoroughly my visits to each and every club. Each club in our District is so unique. All clubs have their own culture, their own traditions, their own sense of purpose within their community. All clubs are valuable assets within their communities, providing service and funds that otherwise might not be available.
BE THE INSPIRATION
Is it ‘practical’ for a Rotary club to focus on peace when our projects of choice already serve basic needs in our community? Do we have time to add peace to the mix? How do we do that??
The 26th Annual Chandler Horizon Rotary Club "Thank You Breakfast" was held May 1, 2019 at San Marcos Golf Course Clubhouse. A deeply moving event, CHRC presented over $25,000 to deserving local charities raised during their February Hole-In-One event. The Thank You Breakfast was held outside and attended by community leaders from many organizations, including Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke, Vice Mayor Terry Roe, Council Member Sam Huang, and Chandler Police Cadet Program leader Officer Kevin Quinn, among others.
Dominic DeMartino, Postmaster of Scottsdale Arizona, was keynote speaker at recent Rotary Club of Scottsdale luncheon meeting held at McCormick Ranch Golf Club. When introducing Postmaster DeMartino, Rotarian Christopher West noted that the Postmaster has oversight of 5 large Post Offices in Scottsdale with Scottsdale Main, Fountain Hills, Kachina, Hopis and Airpark stations and a team of 510 employees. The delivery area constitutes 175 city routes, 90 rural routes and 130 Highway Contract Routes, covering 184 square miles and over 200,000 daily deliveries. 
On May 9th 2019 Tempe South Rotary club hosted the 1st “We Serve Tempe” Luncheon at the Embassy Suites. Bringing together representatives of all of Tempe’s Service organizations, the luncheon focused on the concept of; Together, let’s recognize the success of our Service Clubs, our Beneficiaries and our Benefactors.
I am following the advice of Bonnie and Clyde, who once said, “Let’s get out of here before we get shot!” (Or, at least I’m sure they said something like that at one time.)