Please join us at Seasons 52 on Friday, September 19th, for the Phoenix Rotary 100 Club Meeting. 

The meeting registration fee is $50 and includes lunch. Register by clicking the "Register NOW" button or clicking here. Please register by 5pm on Monday, September 15th. If you miss the deadline and plan to attend, please email rotary@rotary100.org (please note, there is a $5 late fee). Any cancelations after this time are non-refundable. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!

Please join us at Seasons 52 on Friday, September 5th as we welcome guest speaker, Dana Medlin, Phoenix Fire Department. Topic: Man’s Best Friend, a Nation’s First Responder

The meeting registration fee is $50 and includes lunch. Register by clicking the "Register NOW" button or clicking here!. Please register by 5pm on Monday, September 1st. If you miss the deadline and plan to attend, please email rotary@rotary100.org (please note, there is a $5 late fee). Any cancelations after this time are non-refundable. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!

Dana was raised in Charlotte NC. Unlike many young people, he never had any doubt about what he wanted to be when he grew up. He wanted to be a fire fighter, just like his uncle. He started by volunteering on the Steele creek, NC FD, and then on the Ripley OK FD. While attending Oklahoma State University he did internships on three different departments: Oklahoma City, Yukon, OK and Plano TX. After moving to the valley he was a reserve fire fighter for Laveen FD. From there, he caught on with Phoenix FD where he has grown to be a Fire Captain and K9 Search Specialist with Arizona Task Force One, whose mission it is to maintain preparedness for activation and response to urban search and rescue environments locally and nationally.

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Sip & See: A Taste of Rotary

An Evening of Wine, Fellowship, & Fundraising
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Please join us at Seasons 52 on Friday, September 19th, for the Phoenix Rotary 100 Club Meeting. 

The meeting registration fee is $50 and includes lunch. Register by clicking the "Register NOW" button or clicking here. Please register by 5pm on Monday, September 15th. If you miss the deadline and plan to attend, please email rotary@rotary100.org (please note, there is a $5 late fee). Any cancelations after this time are non-refundable. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!

Phoenix Rotary 100 President, Kathy Mitchell, welcomed Arizona’s Attorney General to our meeting on August 22^nd at Seasons 52. The Club was honored to have the opportunity to hear and talk to the state’s AG up-close and personal. Born and raised in Prescott, AZ, Kris Mayes graduated from ASU with a bachelor’s in political science and journalism and she also received her law degree from ASU. She holds a master’s degree from Columbia University in NYC. She is the first person in Arizona’s history to hold two elected positions in the state at different times, once as a Republic (the Corporation Commission) and once as the Democratic AG, the 27^th AG of the state and the second woman to hold the position. The AG in Arizona is the top law enforcement officer and the top legal officer in the state. As she stated she wants to be a lawyer for the people.

Ms. Mayes oversees a large cadre of attorneys with various specialties. The criminal division does 80% of the drug and cartel prosecutions in the state and also manages 80% of the wiretaps. The Child and Family Protection Division supports the Department of Child Safety which she said is massively understaffed. She noted that when she was elected to her position 40% of the positions at DCS were vacant but now most of them have now been filled.

The AG’s office is credited with  more than 50% of the fentanyl seizures in the country which are also now entering the state via drones traveling up to 40 miles into the interior of the state. Her office is also active in addressing the problem where the Saudi government has purchased land in LaPaz County growing alfalfa which they send home which is also depleting the ground water supply in the area, So far the water that they have extracted is equivalent to supplying 93,000 homes for a year. She is taking significant legal action against them to stop this serious intrusion into the water supply.

The AG’s office also prosecuted 22,000 consumer complaints in 2024 and was able to recapture $5.2 million for consumers this year alone. The AG’s office is addressing 3,060 criminal cases in which 1,357 defendants have been charged, recovered $14.6 million in restitution, and settled 1,380 cases.

Her office is currently prosecuting certain sober home operators which have fraudulently received over $2 billion in AHCCS funds and to date they have recovered $150,000. They recently seized 25 million fentanyl pills, more than any other state, and are now addressing elder abuse at assisted living centers. She opposed and litigated the proposed merger between Kroger and Albertson’s noting that this merger could have caused serious and significant economic crisis in many counties in the state. She prosecuted Family Dollar for having one price on the shelf and one at the register and recovered $275 million for consumers. Currently they are also addressing the ESA program administered by the AZ Department of Education finding parents buying, among other things,   jewelry and vacations with these funds, contrary to the purpose of ESA.
Attorney General Kris Mayes not only enlightened the Club members on the work of her office, but the club also saw her commitment to ensuring the public has a safe and crime-free environment.

Usually, the speaker is later in the meeting, but the order was changed today so the AG could get back to work. President Kathy welcomed our guest, Helena Flores and sadly announced the passing of a very long-time member, Jim Soudriette, who passed away at 94 years old. Members are encouraged to attend his Celebration of Life at the Beatitudes Campus on Saturday, September 13^th at 2 PM.

President Kathy awarded the Rotarian of the Month to Willie Francis for all of his hard work scheduling volunteers for various jobs at each club meeting. She also said that there will be a special social event, Sip and See – A Taste of Rotary on September 27^th from 4:30 to 6:00 PM at Mise En Place located at 13610 Scottsdale road in Scottsdale with just 40 tickets available at $75 each which will include wine and small bites. She also awarded Amber Guida her gold badge having met all the requirements for full membership. She also stated that there is interest from buyers for the office, which is now on sale along with the parcel next door for $1.2 million.

Treasurer Evalyn Cambron provided an overview of coming events including the September 5^th meeting speaker from the Phoenix Fire Department on “Man’s Best Friend” providing a glimpse into the PFD’s new canine program and the plans for September 19^th meeting on the science and  evidence of the healing power of pets. She also encouraged members to provide her and the committee with other recommendations for future speakers.

On behalf of the Sgt-At Arms committee, Amber Guida celebrated Sarah Desmond’s birthday. Sarah is a financial advisor at UBS Financial Services in Phoenix, a paddle boarder, and the captain of a local kickball team. Happy Hamiltons were offered up by Jay Murphy whose daughter is beginning her new role as an attorney at the Maricopa County Attorney’s office; Lolita Tramwell who just completed her doctorate at Yale; and President-Elect Dave Howell whose younger son and a Yale Medical Graduate is having another child, Dave’s 10^th grandchild. Finally Amber pulled the winning raffle ticket and $137 went to Andrew Dillner.

President Kathy Mitchell adjourned this extraordinary and extremely interesting 5,430 meeting of Phoenix Rotary 100.
 

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Rotarizonian Report By: Dr. Philip Geiger

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