Rodeo beer sales a success - 2/21-2/29/2004

Catalina members, family and friends once again slung suds during the Tucson Rodeo. The weather was less than ideal, but thanks to generous tips we made more money than last year, even though we sold less beer. The club made close to $14,000, all of which goes to the Milagro Playground Centennial Project.

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Rodeo fans flip over Catalina pancakes! - 2/26/2004

This year’s Rodeo Parade Pancake Breakfast was the most successful ever! Some stats: Gene Crandall and Leslie Galloway flipped 2,200 flapjacks. Bruce and Katie Dusenberry fried 120 lbs. of pork sausage. Sharyn Chesser brewed 30 gallons (75 pots) of coffee. 545 people (45-50 more than last year) were fed. Receipts at the door totaled $2,695. Donations are still coming in, and Keith expects them to total $1,500. This is 3 TIMES greater than the amount donated last year! Diners also left $70 in tips. Like the profits from the beer sales, the pancake money is going to the Milagro Playground project.

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Catalina lends a hand to the Special Olympics - 3/27/2004

The Special Olympic spirit is alive and well in Tucson! Catalina members took part in this very special event, ushering teams along the opening parade route and helping to hand out medals.

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Catalina members pitch in at KUAT-TV fundraiser - 3/28/2004

Catalina Rotary, as always, was on hand to answer the phones during the March fundraiser for KUAT. Members took pledges during the day's morning shift.

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Adirondack Hut dedicated to Don Ownbey - 5/14/2004

In a moving ceremony, Catalina Rotary dedicated its latest Adirondack Hut on Mt. Lemmon to the late Don Ownbey. Don's wife, Liz, was the guest of honor.

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If it's May, it must be road clean up time! - 5/15/2004

Catalina Rotarians once again descended on Sunrise Drive with gloves and garbage bags, picking the road clean of unsightly trash. Thanks to chairman Matt Matthewson for a well-organized event.

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June is coming up roses - 6/11/2004

Catalina's annual rose sale concluded on June 11. Chairman David Carranza reports that gross receipts totaled roughly twelve thousand dollars.
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Play ball! Annual fellowship ball game hits a home run - 6/11/2004

Over 40 Catalina Rotarians, family and friends gathered at Tucson Electric Park for our annual fellowship baseball game. The food and the company were great. A victory by our Sidewinders would've been nice - but we'll get'em next year!

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Catalina Scours Skyline Drive - 11/6/2004

Catalina Rotarians and family members turned out on November 6 to spruce up our adopted stretch of Skyline Drive. 31 trash bags were filled with roadside debris - once again leaving Skyline squeaky clean. Thanks to Matt Matthewson for organizing another successful clean-up and to Alex Wilcox for the breakfast goodies.! Thanks also to Carrie Allen, Jack Beal, Paul Bennett, Jim Brown and family, Cal Calhoon (our Rotary snowbird from Illinois), Sharyn and Ceit Chesser, Gene Crandall, Tom Kittle, Steve Pender, Tom Robertson and Dick Stein for lending a hand.