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President
 
President Elect
 
Immediate Past President
 
Secretary
 
Director - Sergeant at Arms
 
Director
 
Director
 
Director
 
Chair - Club District Foundation Grants
 
Chair - Club Membership
 
Co-Chair - Club Rotary Foundation
 
Co-Chair - Interact Club of Apache Junction High School
 
Co-Chair - Interact Club of Apache Junction High School
 
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Welcome to our Club!
Superstition Mountain
Service Above Self
We meet Wednesdays at 12:10 PM
Gold Canyon Golf Resort
6100 S. Kings Ranch Road
Gold Canyon, AZ  85118
United States
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GUESTS AND VISITORS
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ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CLUB BUSINESS
1. The club will have a Christmas party at the home of Jack and Vickie Beveridge.  Save the date of December 16 on your calendar.
2. President Ed announced that the club Board has approved membership applications of three new people with a fourth application pending Board action.  They will be inducted into the club during the Visit of DG Tonya Watson on October 19. They are Heather Wallace (AJUSD), Jodi Ehrlich (TPG Tax 3 Accounting), Dave Webb (Sunland Promotions) and Tammy Bricketto (Accounting).
3. Sharon Stinard announced that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Wear your purple ribbons from last year or purple clothing. Bryant Powell said the city of AJ has purple light bulbs available. November 5 is the CAAFA fundraiser at Dolce Vita.  We will have a Rotary table.  She asks for donations from businesses for the silent auction.
4. Aaron McDermid said there are three different dates for the delivery of the dictionaries to the schools:
          October 19 -Four Peaks and Peralta
          October 20 - Avalon Academy
          October 27 - Desert Vista
The labeling party will be held on Friday October 14 from 12 -1 at Bob Crow's home at 7104 E. Mariola Court in in the Mountainbrook Village subdivision in Gold Canyon.
5. Mike Cowan announced that our volunteers will not be asked to check IDs at the Ranch Rodeo.
6. President Ed read the list of October birthdays and anniversaries.
7. Mike Dungan brought us the News of the Day.  The most dominating football score ever attained was a 222-0 victory of Georgia Tech over Columbia Tech in 1916.  John Heismann of the award fame was the Georgia Tech coach.
8. Mike Munion won $10 in today's drawing that was worth $37. He drew the 7 of hearts.
 
 
 
 
 
 
SPEAKER
Today's speaker was Keith Kruger on the topic of light pollution.  We have been adding lots of outdoor lighting for public spaces and private businesses.  Much of the lighting is unshielded and the light projected upward is wasted energy.  As lighting has become more efficient, it has also become more invasive. Unshielded lights lead to sky glow which negatively affects astronomy, invasion of people's homes via windows and negative effects on wildlife and human health. 
Keith gave a demonstration of the difference in an unshielded 40 watt bulb versus shielded one.
The solution is to allow only exterior lighting in which the light does not project above a 90 degree angle.  The Dark Skies Ordinance prescribes this but it is not easy to enforce.  Future progress will depend on public education efforts and local laws that require dark skies approved lighting.
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
Member Birthdays
Jay Jones - October 7
John Blessman - October 10
Ben Fellows - October 13
Murray Hiatt - October 15
Matt Ruppert - October 18
Frank Mwinyelle - October 20 
Wedding Anniversaries
Matt and Carolyn Ruppert - 13 years, October 3
Ron and Mary Knies - 44 years, October 7
Jeff and Tamara Cutler - 22 years, October 15
Club Join Anniversaries
Frank Mwinyelle - 1 year, October 14
Heather Itz - 4 years, October 17
Tom Puklin - 14 years, October 30
 
 
UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
October 12 - Harvey Clark - SkyMed International
 
October 14 - Club Board Meeting
 
October 15 - Ranch Rodeo - Club Service Project
 
October 19 - Dr. Tonya Watson- District Governor - Induction of new members
 
October 22 - Paint-A-Thon - Club Service Project
 
October 26 - President Ed Shockley - Club Assembly
 
January 14 - 16th Annual Charity Golf Tournament
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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