Merle Anderson retired in 2000 from River Valley Cooperative where he served as Manager. He spent a thirty-seven year career in senior management for farm supply and grain marketing cooperatives in western Illinois and eastern Iowa. Upon retirement, and as a long-time Rotarian, Merle fulfilled fifteen assignments as a business consultant for newly formed companies [...]
Border Patrol agents Pete Bidegain and Teresa Fast provided an overview of the Border Patrol operations in the Tucson Sector. Some scenes from our January 24 meeting.
Eyad Atallah, Ph.D., is a life-long weather enthusiast with a varied background including operational forecasting, television, as well as academia. He specializes in the synoptic analysis of extreme weather events and climate change. Eyad has authored over thirty peer-reviewed publications on extra-tropical transition, extreme precipitation events, droughts in western North America, and the impacts of [...]
Southeast Arizona is a birding paradise, home to a diverse array of sought-after species that attract bird enthusiasts from around the world. This presentation highlights the "most wanted" birds in the region—those iconic, rare, or unique species that every birder dreams of spotting. This talk will highlight species such as the Elegant Trogon, Montezuma Quail, [...]
Catalina Rotary Club President B.J. Cordova presides over our annual election of club officers and a discussion of the club's plans for 2025.
The Catalina Rotary Club's holiday meeting features delicious food and desserts, plus a musical performance by Mariachi Rayos del Sol of Tucson High School! Some scenes from our December 13 meeting. [...]
The Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society (TCSS) is a non-profit organization dedicated the study and conservation of cacti and succulents. These activities in recent years are pushing TCSS into a prominent teaching role as we serve a community of desert dwellers facing the challenges of rapid climate change. Steve Watts is an active member of [...]
Liz Gulick, Co-President/CEO, joined Goodwill Industries of Southern Arizona, Inc. in 2009 as Workforce Development Director. Under her leadership, the company increased the number of programs and the number of people it serves annually from 5,500 to over 10,000; significantly expanded its youth programming to include services for juvenile justice involved youth and out of [...]
Kirk Reed is a retired minister, a Past President of the Catalina Rotary Club, and a Past District Governor of Rotary District 5500. Rotary has five Avenues of Service. Four are well-known. The fifth one is almost never mentioned, and when (if ever) it is talked about, it seems to induce boredom. Kirk Reed brings [...]
Matt Meko works as the Applied Climatologist for the Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS). CLIMAS is a collaboration between the University of Arizona, the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, and New Mexico State University. The group is made up of experts from a variety of social, physical, and natural sciences who work with partners [...]