Ten of us Metro Rotarians enjoyed the District Conference in Sun Valley this weekend......that's probably a record for attendance! What a fun time we had! The Sun Valley Resort did a great job with our meals and District Leadership had arranged a variety of activities. Our featured speaker at the Saturday night banquet was retired Air Force pilot Brian Shul who spent his "second life" piloting the SR-71. Fascinating and inspirational story!

 

Sad to report that none of us won the grand prizes. Darn! But at least Cornelia won TWO raffle prizes. Our club's raffle entry, the "ring of gift cards" was a very popular item, raising a lot of money! We earned FIRST PLACE in Rotary Foundation per capita giving!   Click here to see more photos from the event! Click on slide show for best effect!

 

 

Cornelia and Amy left Boise for Sun Valley early Friday Morning, Cornelia driving her fully charged Chevy Bolt. The battery status meter said 250 miles. Oops. They arrived in Fairfield only to discover --no more juice! They put out a frantic call on our WhatsApp network, hoping one of us would come along shortly to their rescue.  Seems everyone had already gone by. What to do. Figuring they should be safe together, what the heck...let's hitchhike! After just a few minutes they were picked up by Courtney and her horse trailer who took them all the rest of the way! Meanwhile, Cornelia's Bolt is plugged in at Fairfield, awaiting her return!

The annual el Tour de Tucson will be held on November 19th. This event raises huge amounts of funds for the Polio Plus program, and other non-profits. Rotarians from around the country will ride in a variety of distances over the weekend. Typically, 6000 riders will participate. Jeff will organize a trip for people interested. He'll arrange for a trailer for our bikes. Let Jeff know if you are interested. https://eltourdetucson.org/el-tour-de-tucson/ 

Mark your calendar for these upcoming events:

Cheyenne Quilter, our Rotary Scholar at King's College in London, send us a nice card...she's looking forward to visiting us in person.....Scott S. apologized profusely for forgetting the projector....Jeff and Charlene are counting bikes going by.....Bret rode his bike around Kootenai Lake and had to sweet talk a bear and an RCMP border guard.....Scott R. finds out there's a huge learning curve to a new camper......Shiloh had a great experience delivering some Ramadan food boxes.....Loafing Shed Part Two will be Wednesday, June 1st...watch for details from Tyson.....congratulations to Janet Hasson who graduated to her Blue Badge!!.....Congrats to Cahill who received his Paul Harris +2......Cornelia showed off her new electric bike...John B. saw this Rotary thing at Belem Tower in Lisbon, Spain...no idea what it commemorates.......

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