“We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.”

International Youth Day

August 12th

3 Club Minutes

4 Rio Pictures

5 Target Back-to-School Shopping Spree

9 Memoriam

11 International Youth Day (Cover Story)

12 Mail Box

13 Beth Anne in New Zealand

15 Justin in Spain

17 The ABC‟s of Rotary

18 Daly Thoughts

22 Born to be Wild

26 Tundra Comics

27 Timmy the Squirrel & Tears of Joy

28 Miscellaneous Foolishness

29 Display Ads

The Rio Squawk The official newsletter of the

Tempe Rio Salado Rotary Club

”The Funniest Rotary Club West & East of the Mississippi.”

District 5510 ~ Tempe, Arizona USA

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IN THIS ISSUE

Tempe Rio Salado Rotary Club

President

Corey Bruggeman

Immediate Past President

Patrick de Haan

Vice President

James Greene

Secretary

Jack Buckles

Treasurer

Bobbi de Haan

Sergeant at Arms

PDG Ben Eubank

Environmental Services Chair

Jim Lemmon

Gift of Life Chair

Ron Freeman

Greeter

Kent Hendricks

Guiding Rotarian

PDG Ben Eubank

Health Services Chair

PDG Ben Eubank

International Service Chair

Dona Eubank

Leadership Committee Chair

Bobbi de Haan

Marketing Committee Chair

Greg Searfoss

Membership Committee Co-Chairs

PDG Ben Eubank & Patrick de Haan

Official Mascot

Rio Macaw

Pathway to Reading Committee Chair

Jack Buckles

Photographer/Writer

Bobbi De Haan

PolioPlus Committee

PDG Ben Eubank & Brad Dowden

Progetto Salvamamme – Salvabebè

James Greene & Bobbi de Haan

Public Relations & Media Management

Patrick de Haan

River Rally, Octoberfest, Picnic in the Park

Jim Lemmon

Rotary Foundation Chair

PDG Ben Eubank

Service Committee Chair

Lynsie Scharpf

Trainers

Kent Hendricks

Geoff Pashkowski

Ambassadorial Scholars

Justin Randall (Spain)

Laura Kalb (Middle East)

Beth Anne Martin (2011 Nominee-Latin America)

Service Above Self Award Recipients

Jim Lemmon (2001)

PDG Ben Eubank (2007)

1) President Corey called the meeting to order promptly at 7:05AM.

2) Invocation – Ron

3) Pledge & Four Way Test – Lynsie

4) Introduction of Guest – Kent

Jim Vandeventer – Tempe South Rotary Club

5) Get Food – GOOD as usual – BACON!

6) Rio‟s Macaw – BAD jokes as usual. BAD PARROT!

a. Q – What city has no people?

A – “Electri-city!”

b. Q – What grows down as it grows up?

A – A goose!

7) Ben collected Happy Dollars and any other cash that wasn‟t nailed down.

8) We watched a ten-minute video of this year‟s Target Back to School Shopping Spree, which we once more funded

and at which our members volunteered. Attending were one hundred children from two Tempe Boys and Girls Clubs;

The North Tempe Branch and the Ladmo Branch. Other service organizations participating with us were the Tempe

South Rotary Club, The Kiwanis Club of Tempe, and the Encanto-Skyline Kiwanis Club.

Lynsie provided narration and commentary on the video. She felt the event was a tremendous success. It went off very

smoothly without a hitch. Pat said the Kiwanis volunteers he had spoken with all were impressed with how well

coordinated it was and how much fun it was for them. Pat and Bobbi were pleased with the pictures. The setup for the

photography was different this year. Pat took individual pictures of each volunteer with their child as they entered the

store. Then, Bobbi roamed the store, taking candid shots of everyone shopping. Next, Pat took individual pictures of

each volunteer with their child as they checked out at the cashier. Finally, Bobbi took candid shots of everyone relaxing

over breakfast in the coffee shop area.

9) Cory was out of town last week attending

a wedding in Colorado and ran across a fund

raiser, Frisbee Golf. He thought it would be

a way to raise money and have some fun.

He brought in a couple different Golf

Frisbees. Several members were aware of

the game and Lynsie said there is a park in

town that is set up as a Frisbee Golf Course,

complete with the nets. Pat suggested we

also look into a bowling tournament as a

fund raiser. We will cover fundraising in

more depth at a future work meeting.

10) Cory asked who would like to attend

the Tempe South Rotary meeting next

Friday to listen to Michael Crow, the

President of ASU, speak.

11) There was no further business. Meeting

was adjourned at 8:20AM.

Tempe Rio Salado Rotary Club

Lynsie Scharpf –Target Back-to-School Shopping Spree

August 12, 2010

PRESENT: Corey Bruggeman, Jack Buckles, Sandi Daly, Bobbi de Haan, Patrick de Haan,

Ben Eubank, Dona Eubank, Ron Freeman, Kent Hendricks, Geoff Pashkowski, and Lynsie

Scharpf. GUEST: Jim Vandeventer.

We missed you

BRAD, JAMES, DENNIS,

BRIAN, JIM, ANITA,

GREG, TIM, and LINDA!

Marisa Arellano Velazquez

Ben Eubank, Corey Bruggeman, & Rio Macaw

“The Three Amigos”

BEN’S NEW SOCKS

Anticipating that Dennis Gregory would be at today‟s meeting; Ben wore his brand new University of Texas socks and his

favorite white loafers (autographed by Pat Boone). Unfortunately, Dennis wasn‟t there, so Ben looked spiffy for nothing.

Photos by Rio

EDITORIAL COMMENT ON BEN’S NEW SOCKS

Patrick de Haan & Jim Vandeventer

TODAY’S PRESENTATION

TTAARRGGEETT BBAACCKK TTOO SSCCHHOOOOLL SSHHOOPPPPIINNGG SSPPRREEEE

Special Thanks to Lynsie Scharpf for once again doing an outstanding job coordinating this annual event. Lynsie, you are AWESOME!

A Navy sailor who was killed after he and a fellow sailor disappeared in a

dangerous area of Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban is being remembered by

his family as a devoted father and a hard worker who always volunteered for the

most challenging assignments. Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley was one of

two sailors killed in late July in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan.

The two were in an armored SUV, traveling in Logar province, about 60 miles

from their base on the western edge of Kabul.

The family of released a statement that included a collection of memories and

thoughts they wanted to share.

"To really remember Justin, it is important that you know what made Justin unique

and special to his family and friends," the statement reads.

It goes on to talk about his love for his two boys, ages 5 and 9, and his sense of

humor. McNeley was the first one to lighten a conversation by cracking a joke, he

enjoyed making unannounced visits to surprise his family, and he would supply the

food whenever there was a family gathering, his family said.

They also said he was a thinker with a strategic mind and he liked to look people in the eye when he talked to them.

McNeley and Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, who was from the Seattle area, disappeared in the Logar province

July 23. Their bodies were recovered a few days later.

McNeley, who moved to Kingman in 2004 from Colorado, joined the Navy in 2001 and deployed to Afghanistan last

year. He was classified as a hull technician. The job entails skilled metal work to maintain ships.

McNeley's family said they are proud of his service to his country. They said he'll be missed "more than words can

describe."

Friends, family and hundreds of servicemen and women gathered Friday afternoon to pay homage to the life and service

of Petty Officer 2nd Class McNeley, who was killed while serving in Afghanistan.

The chapel was filled with friends and family mourning the loss of the sailor. No seat in the chapel was left empty;

people spilled into the foyer, where there was standing room only. Others stood outdoors and waited for the uniformed

pallbearers to bring the flag-covered casket to the grave.

"Not grieving, but commemorating that you still live within, still we stand, through you, for you and with you," said Air

Force Capt. Gary Coburn, who officiated at the service.

The father of two was described as a man who enjoyed showing up unannounced to surprise his loved ones. The 30-year-

old, a father, son, brother and uncle, was dedicated, sincere and family-oriented, mourners said.

"He loved his kids, talked about his kids constantly, and worked a second job so they would be well-off," said Chief

Sergio Fabian, one of McNeley's shipmates. "He was always the best that he could be."

Friday, people remembered the things that they will miss the most about McNeley.

"Justin always looked you in the eyes when he talked to you, but was the first one to lighten up a conversation by cracking

a joke," Coburn said. "If you were his friend, you knew you would be his friend forever."

"He was an excellent worker; (I was) thoroughly impressed with his work ethic and he meant a lot to the HT (Hull

Technician) shop," shipmate HT1 William Hoffner said after the ceremony.

Another shipmate, HT1 Harry Herradora, said what he remembers most about McNeley was a certain smile he would get

when talking to people. "You could just see it; it was his smile," Herradora said.

In Memoriam

Petty Officer 2nd Class

Justin McNeley

Navy Cmdr. Nick Holman hands a flag to Christopher

Plambeck during burial services Friday for his father, Petty

Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley. (Joe Amon, The Denver Post)

Brothers Christopher Plambeck and Jacob McNeley hurry to

their grandfather, George McNeley, after the burial services of

theirfather.

COVER STORY INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY

History of International Youth Day

International Youth Day is the best time to commemorate the power and strength of the youth all around the globe.

International Youth Day is celebrating every year on 12th August since 1999. United Nations defined an event for

highlighted awareness on the requirements of young people in the middle of 10 to 24 years. On the other hand, the youth

send some affectionate mails to extend this day with their darling, friends, esteemed ones on this day.

The Aim of International Youth Day

The aim of International Youth Day is to endorse consciousness, particularly among youth. The World Programme of

Action for Youth is started before 2000. The World Programme of Action wants to achievement in 10 main fields.

Starvation

Poverty

Education

Employment

Health

Drug exploitation

Childhood felony

Recreation events

Child and young women

Environment

The International Youth Day suggests that programs are implemented regional, countrywide and worldwide.

The Activities of International Youth Day

The United Nations marked out the youth, the age between 15 to 24 years. This is one sixth of the global populace. The

youth will develop the countries to increase preciously in 21st century in all sides.

Many activities and events that take place around the world on International Youth Day promote the benefits that young

people bring into the world. Many countries participate in this global event, which may include youth conferences on

issues such as education and employment. Other activities include concerts promoting the world‟s youth, as well as

various sporting events, parades and mobile exhibitions that showcase young people‟s achievements.

The Ideas of International

Youth Day

The Vienna and Austria youth

established World Youth Form.

The Form was proposed the idea

for International Youth Day in

1991. The World Youth Forum

recommended that to be declared

an International Youth Day for

fund-raising and promotional

purposes. The Form supports the

„United Nations Youth Fund‟ in

affiliation with youth associations.

In 12th August 1998, The

Government of Portugal,

acknowledged that as the World Conference of Ministers

Responsible for Youth was adopted International Youth Day,

collaboration with the United Nations. This is the 54th

symposium of the General Assembly. In 17the Dec 1999,

The Government gives the right "Policies and programms

involving youth".

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Pukekos, Potatoes, and Plants

My main responsibilities on the farm this week revolved around pukekos,

potatoes, and plants. The pukekos are enemy number one on the farm.

Their favorite activity is to dig up plants, young trees, bulbs, etc. and eat

the roots and foliage. As you can imagine, this creates quite an issue. In the

last week, they ate up quite a few of the flower bulbs I had planted and,

additionally, I found several of the new, native plants dug up and munched.

I started putting up more guards around the plants and replanting the plants

that will hopefully survive. The birds seem to multiply on a daily basis (okay maybe they aren‟t quite that bad but they are

the biggest issue we have here). Eventually, we might get a dog on the farm to help with the birds but until then the battle

continues.

I also planted potatoes in tires

this week. I found that the idea

of planting potatoes in tires is

actually quite popular. As the

potatoes grow, you stack more

tires on top of each other. This

makes growing and harvesting

the potatoes easier. Most of the

potatoes I planted were either

from the organic store or

leftover potatoes from last year‟s

planting. We are recycling old

tires for the planting areas and,

hopefully, the potatoes will be

ready in a couple of months.

The first week I was on the farm

I seeded some plants, mainly

brassicas, in the greenhouse.

This week, they were finally

ready to plant. So, I prepared

one of our rock beds and planted

the little plants. Planting

something I had grown from a

seed was very rewarding. As I dug the holes and placed the vegetable plants, I was super excited when I realized how

much they had grown in a couple short weeks and also how much food they would produce in the winter. When I was

done planting in the rock bed, I cover the whole bed with a netting to keep the pukekos and rabbits from eating the new

plants. So far, they have not been able to breech the guard on the bed! Today, we also had our first rainstorm in about a

week and a half. The timing of the rain for the new plants could not have been better. This week I also made carrot soup

using carrots and lemons from the garden. I greatly enjoy being a part of the seed to sow process and the farm to fork

process. Cheers!

Journey

The summer and my internship are coming to a close. So, I wanted to take a little time and reflect. One of the reasons I

wanted to do this internship was, in part, due to Walden by Henry David Thoreau. I started reading Thoreau at the

beginning of this year; his ideas and willingness to live on the edge inspired me. I also took a class on food systems last

semester and wanted to be closer to food production and understand, firsthand, how production actually works. Around

the middle of the semester, I began to wonder if I could live in a setting very different from what I am use to being in,

namely the urban environment. Additionally, mainly due to Thoreau, I was curios what it would be like to live, be, and

breathe in a simpler state. One quote in particular I find continually moving:

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and

endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will

meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will

put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new,

universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish

themselves around and within him; or the old laws be

expanded, and interpreted in his favour in a more liberal

sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of

beings. In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the

universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be

solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness.

Through my time on Waiheke Island and my experience on

Uma Rapiti, I experienced an evolution like what Thoreau

describes. The two aspects of my internship I am most

grateful for are living more in tune with the natural world and

simplifying my life. I am learning about different types of

trees, warding off animals, planting new seedlings, creating

projects, digging in the soil but, what surprised me the most, is the ways I have changed. Although I will be ready to be in

Arizona soon and see familiar faces and places, I know leaving here is not the end of this journey but simply the next step.

No matter what journey you are on, I hope you advance in the direction of your dreams. So

that, together, we can create a better, more sustainable, harmonious world.

Beth Anne Martin is Tempe Rio Salado Rotary Club’s nominee for the 2011 Ambassadorial Scholarship. She is in New Zealand this summer working as an intern on a self-sufficient, organic farm.

TRAVELS WITH BIG JAY

AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLAR

Justin Randall, our man in Madrid, is in

Spain studying for his International MBA.

This is an excerpt from his blog journal of

his adventures in Europe.

The Rest of Berlin

Before meeting up with Dave at Mustafa‟s Kebab in

Berlin, I bought a ticket to a town of which I don‟t

remember the name, where I would then need to

purchase another ticket to get to Krakow. Dave and his

traveling companion were to fly out the next morning.

As we stand in line for a kebab, he tells me that the

tickets they bought were never really purchased (confusing for me too) and asked if I would walk him through the process

and that they would join me. We eat our delicious kebabs then go to the reisezentrum (travel center) to buy him some

tickets. Of course the lady didn‟t speak English and sort of rolled her eyes at us when we asked for two additional tickets,

same as mine. He plops down the money, grabs the tickets, and we‟re on our way.

We run some errands then go our separate ways, planning to meet up at Mustafa‟s at 4.00 to make our train on time at

5.30. I‟m 15 minutes late, of course, but with plenty of time to make the train. Plenty.

By the time they finish up, it‟s a couple minutes before five. We grab a bite from Mustafa‟s and are about to roll out

when Dave mentions something about a hole in his pocket. The girl he‟s with runs across the street to a seamstress and

calls him over to get it fixed. They‟re for awhile. Too long – getting back at 5.11 when the train left at 5.28 – we had five

stops on one line, a change, and one stop on another. Oh, and a four-minute wait to kick it all off.

It didn‟t help when his friend told us to jump off a stop early by accident. We hop out and get a cab. at this point, it‟s

hopeless, but we go to the platform anyhow. Empty.

Now comes the fun part: getting the tickets we originally wanted so we‟d arrive the next morning. No luck. And the

tickets we already had? As it turns out, they weren‟t good for another two days. Luckily, she finagled a refund of the

tickets. We couldn‟t leave until 6.29 the next morning, but we got our tickets.

We rent a locker there to drop off the bags, they go back to the hostel to check back in, but I‟m cheap and don‟t. Then we

head back out to get some eats: kegel koenig, for sure. Part way there, Dave‟s friend decides that she‟d rather sleep before

the long travel day ahead so rolls back to the hostel.

We don‟t let that deter us and carry on. I told Dave about the best German eats, “Agent Orange,” and I had been there

when we hit Germany before: smoky, filled with locals playing cards, and a dog for good measure. We walk in, and, sure

enough, there were people playing games in the back room and…a dog wandering the restaurant. No joke. Luckily,

smoking indoors has been banned since 2006, so that element was lacking.

The eats were just as good as before: full delicious portions of schnitzel, tasty little German salads, and a bowl of fried

potatoes. We have some beer then some beam and coke, pay our tab, and start to wander the city. What does Berlin have

to offer on a Monday night?

Answer: not much. We start at the Menninger Hostel near the Haupbahnhof because of its rooftop bar and alleged

coolness, both of which rendered useless because of the rain. The view was still beautiful, though.

Then we go to Potsdamer Platz, which is always fantastic. Coming

up the steps, we find around six teenagers blocking the path

laughing about something. at the top of the stairs, we see the object

of their laughter: a couple decked in general darkness, her in a

corset and flowing black dress wearing huge black boots to finish it

off, him in skinny leather pants, a chest plate, and a mask of some

sort to finish it out. They were locked in an unmoving gaze. The

kids were taking pictures and teasing them in the background.

After the lights go dark we head across the street to an American

bar (the only place seemingly open at 1.00) where we‟re served by a

super-cute girl and catch up on stuff and things from the last year.

We walk back to the hostel a little after 4.00 where I sit in the lobby

on Dave‟s computer, while he naps for the next hour.

A little after 5.00, we head to the station, waiting for that train and

me for sleep.

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31. WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE

World Community Service is the Rotary program by which a club or district in one country provides humanitarian

assistance to a club in another country. Typically the aid goes to a developing community where the Rotary project will

help raise the standard of living and the quality of life. The ultimate object of World Community Service is to build

goodwill and understanding among peoples of the world.

One important way to find a club in some other part of the world which needs help on a worthy project is to use the WCS

Projects Exchange, a list of dozens of worthy activities in developing areas. The exchange list is maintained in the RI

Secretariat in Evanston and is readily available upon request. It outlines projects, provides estimated costs and gives

names of the appropriate contacts.

Clubs which need assistance, or are seeking another club to help with a humanitarian project, such as building a clinic,

school, hospital, community water well, library or other beneficial activity, may register their needs. Clubs seeking a

desirable World Community Service project may easily review the list of needs registered in the Projects Exchange. Thus,

the exchange provides a practical way to link needs with resources.

Every Rotary club is urged to undertake a new World Community Service project each year. The WCS Projects Exchange

list is an excellent tool to find a real need, a project description and cooperating club in a developing area. The job then is

to "go to work" to complete the project, and at the same time build bridges of friendship and world understanding.

32. FUNCTIONAL LITERACY PROGRAM

It has been estimated that a billion people-one-fourth of the world's population-are unable to read. Illiteracy of adults and

children is a global concern in both highly industrialized nations and in developing countries. The number of adult

illiterates in the world is increasing by 25 million each year! In the United States, one quarter of the entire population is

considered functionally illiterate.

The tragedy of illiteracy is that those who cannot read lose personal independence and become victims of unscrupulous

manipulation, poverty and the loss of human feelings which give meaning to life. Illiteracy is demeaning. It is a major

obstacle for economic, political, social and personal development. Illiteracy is a barrier to international understanding,

cooperation and peace in the world.

Literacy education was considered a program priority by Rotary's original Health, Hunger and Humanity Committee in

1978. An early 3-H grant led to the preparation of an excellent source book on the issues of literacy in the world. The

Rotary-sponsored publication, The Right to Read, was edited by Rotarian Eve Malmquist, a past district governor from

Linkoping, Sweden, and a recognized authority on reading and educational research. The

book was the forerunner of a major Rotary program emphasis on literacy promotion.

In 1985 the RI Planning and Research Committee proposed, and the RI board approved,

that the Rotary clubs of the world conduct a ten-year emphasis on literacy education.

Many Rotary clubs are thoughtfully surveying the needs of their community for

literacy training. Some clubs provide basic books for teaching reading. Others

establish and support reading and language clinics, provide volunteer tutorial

assistance and purchase reading materials. Rotarians can play a vitally important

part in their community and in developing countries by promoting projects to

open opportunities which come from the ability to read.

The Workings of the Human Mind

How do we travel the road to our Dream

To arrive at the life we want?

By using our mental faculties

And keeping our Dream out front

"What's a mental faculty?" you ask

Allow me to explain them

They are separate and individual

But they must be used in tandem

Imagination is the first of six

And it's useful in creation

As we firmly picture in our thought

What will be our destination

Next is our Perception

A powerful thing to use!

As we look at the scenery around us

What we see is what we choose

I Choose PERCEPTION It's week three of this great seven-week series... How much practice did you get last

week with paying attention to what you were doing with your imagination? How

many times did you find yourself picturing something that you would NOT want to

be true?

As you have probably figured out, my husband is a stilt entertainer. Last weekend

we were at an event in which he was on his stilts for extended periods of time, AND

there were lots of small children in the building who happened to be fascinated with

him. Now, I know very well how good he is on those things, but I find that I have to

be VERY aware of what I'm doing with my imagination when there are children

around. If I'm not careful, "standing guard at the portal of my mind," my

imagination has him stepping on kids, tripping over them and falling, dropping them

on their heads when he picks them up, etc. (Click this link to see a two-minute

video that will show you exactly what I mean. And know that Rick is eight feet tall

on his stilts, so the little girl he raises above his head is at about nine feet up.)

Sometimes it amazes me what my mind will come up with if I don't stay aware of

what it's doing, and last weekend I had to be very vigilant!

Rather than spend the whole weekend making myself miserable about what

COULD happen, I chose to pay attention to what I was picturing in my mind, and

when my imagination tried to go to something that would cause me to worry, I would catch it and shift my attention to the

truth. And every single time, the truth was that everything was awesome, we were all having fun, and no one was getting

hurt.

How often do we create a feeling of anxiety or misery in ourselves just by thinking about something? How many of us

live our whole lives that way, at the mercy of an undisciplined and unruly mind?

This brings us to the next mental faculty, and the next verse in the poem...

Here is what I know - my circumstances have NOTHING invested in

how I feel or what I think about them. Circumstances are just

circumstances ("Circumstances" = "that which stands around me"). My

circumstances are completely neutral, which means that they have no

power to cause me to feel one way or another about them. This is HUGE,

and it can be a life-changing realization if you want it to be. Have you

ever heard the following quote? (I am not sure where it came from

originally - sorry.)

"When you change the way you look at things,

the things you look at change."

Try deliberately changing your perception of something this week and

watch what happens.

In my book, Pop Your Paradigm, I wrote of my experience of coming to

this realization for myself as I was leaving the green and gorgeous

Pacific Northwest and running - to save my own life - to the brown, hot,

and ugly Arizona. That was exactly how I was looking at it and I was

angry, upset, and very depressed. Meanwhile, the young woman sitting in

the seat next to me on the bus was practically bouncing up and down in

her seat and saying, "I can't WAIT to get away from all this green!!!" I'm

not going to tell the whole story here, except to say that after spending

considerable time with a desire to strangle her, I finally decided to look

for the lesson in that whole annoying thing. What showed up for me was

this: We were both looking out the same exact window, seeing the exact

same things. However, what I was seeing was "making me" miserable...

as I was watching the green going away, seeing more and more brown

showing up, I became more and more angry and depressed. As that

young woman watched the green go away, she became happier and happier the more brown she saw outside that window.

Daly Thoughts

Sandra Anne Daly

I knew right then that if I was ever going to change my life I was going to have to change the way I SAW my life. If I was

ever going to change my life, I was going to have to change my perception of my life... So I asked myself, "What would

happen for me if I just made a decision to look for beauty in everything I see?"

My current and awesome life - ten years later - came to be because of that question and my willingness to practice asking

it and applying it to everything.

Please feel free to get in touch if you have questions or comments - I always love to hear from you!

In Gratitude,

Sandra Anne Daly

Author and Certified Life Mastery Consultant

www.chooseyouruniverse.com

"The way my life is right now is a direct result of my habits of thought.”

I Choose PERCEPTION

This week I choose to pay attention to how I am looking at things. As I notice how I'm perceiving

things, I ask myself, with the deliberate intention of shifting my experience, "What's another way

I could look at this? M," And I notice that no matter what I am perceiving, I can choose how I

feel about it, and I can ALWAYS choose another way to see it. "As I look at the scenery around

me, what I see is what I choose."

Call PDG Barb Feder at 480-839-5847 or email barbfeder@qmail.com ~ DEADLINE IS AUGUST 20th

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Your Club is invited to join Tempe Rio Salado and our Sister Club,

the Rotary Club of Islamabad, Pakistan, to become part of this important Global Peace Initiative!

NO COST INVOLVED! STAND AND

BE COUNTED!

Looking for a COST EFFECTIVE Literacy Project?

Are you working with a limited Club service budget or short of voluynteers?

Would you like to get books to hundreds of impoverished valley children for just a few cents per book?

Contact Rotarian Jack Buckles & learn about Pathway to Reading! JBuck32175@aol.com

SAN WILD SANCTUARY FOR WILDLIFE

In 1989, a South African based conservation

organization, the Rhino & Elephant Foundation,

launched a fundraising campaign for black rhinos

under the name of Project Rhino. The campaign

received considerable media coverage and it caught

the imagination and attention of Louise Joubert, an

account executive for a major advertising agency in

Cape Town. She contacted the Rhino & Elephant

Foundation and suggested that they run a telethon

to raise funds. This was an entirely new concept in

fundraising at the time, but Louise‟s initiative and

dedication resulted in National Rhino Pledge Day

on 29 October 1989.

The telethon, which was televised throughout the

day, raised R1.78 million and much of the funding

was used to buy land to extend the Addo Elephant

National Park, which has a significant population

of black rhino. Funds were also used to purchase

much needed anti-poaching equipment and to

translocate black rhinos from danger zones.

Louise's brush with wildlife conservation and its personalities throughout the run-up to Pledge Day changed her life and in

1990, she decided to leave Cape Town and leave her career behind and went to live in the Limpopo Province in order to

work with wild animals. However, she inadvertently found herself involved in a component of a then fledgling wildlife

industry - game capture.

Over the ten years that followed, Louise saw many things that did not sit well with her, but the game-and-wildlife trade

industry has a persuasive way of justifying its activities and as Louise herself says, “If you silence your conscience for

long enough, it eventually stops speaking to you”. It was especially the young un-weaned animals suffering as a result of

mass game relocation that prompted her into action and she began taking in orphaned and injured animals for hand raising

- particularly plains game species such as zebra, kudu and blue wildebeest. This one on one close contact with young wild

animals and the success of her efforts to rehabilitate them to become independent, free-ranging wild animals awoke her

silenced conscience.

Louise became increasingly empathetic to the animals caught up in South Africa‟s wildlife industry and more and more

she became an outspoken critic of the industry‟s unethical and inhumane operators.

While still working for a game relocation company, she started taking in orphaned and injured animals for hand raising

and veterinary care for which she paid privately. Rescued animals were treated and hand raised on a small 21-hectare

property. The intake of animals slowly increased and also diversified to include all species of wild animals: birds, small

mammals, reptiles and smaller predators. There was a great need for a formal rehabilitation centre and emergency

response when wild animals found themselves in trouble.

One of the biggest challenges facing the small centre was a desperate need for a safe and protected release area. National

Parks and Provincial Game Reserves were simply not interested in taking in rehabilitated or hand raised animals for

release. This left Louise with only one option: privately owned game farms. Sadly, many of the privately owned game

farms are being used a hunting farms and this most definitely did not present a safe option as a release site.

Bobbi de Haan’s Born to be Wild

Celebrating the Care and Husbandry of Exotic and Endangered Wildlife

In a bold attempt in 1998 to secure the animals‟

future that she had already saved, Louise signed

a lease contract for a 960-hectare piece of land

with the option to purchase it at a later stage.

The small property on which the rehabilitation

centre started was sold and the funds used to

establish a small rehab centre on the larger

property. In 2000, she founded the SanWild

Wildlife Trust, a non-profit organization whose

main objective would be to raise funds to pay

for the land, rescue injured and orphaned wild

animals and to secure the animals‟ long-term

welfare and safety. For the first time in South

African history, a wildlife reserve was being

established that belonged to the wild animals

themselves.

Although the new property, named the SanWild

Wildlife Sanctuary, could accommodate many

more wild animals, it was acknowledged by the

SanWild trustees that it was too small to be

viable in the long term. Louise continued her

efforts to increase the size of the sanctuary while

being supported by the Board of Trustees.

Despite many failed efforts, perseverance finally

paid off and on the 1st July 2002 the deposit to

purchase a terribly neglected adjoining tomato

farm was paid with a substantial donation

received from France in memory of Mr. Claude

Detave.

Bulldozers moved in and the old cattle fences

were removed. Work to fence in the new land

started within days. Once all fencing was

completed the fences between the two pieces of

land could be taken down and wild animals

started traversing on both sections. However

before the animals could be allowed to move

onto the new land a professional team of environmentalists were contracted to do relevant impact assessments and prepare

full EIA‟s in order to assist the SanWild‟s management team to address the bush encroachment and soil erosion problems

caused by previous overgrazing with cattle and the agricultural farming activities. Truckloads of rubbish consisting on old

tomato wire, plastic piping, discarded glass bottles, beer cans, and open pit latrines had to be cleaned up and removed.

More than 389 snares were removed from a 20-hectare area adjoining the old tomato fields. It was evident that this piece

of land was particularly abused and neglected and that the plants and animals had very little protection indeed. Continued

efforts to restore the land to its original state are progressing well.

Early in 2006, the trust was asked to help save a small herd of African elephants from an imminent culling operation when

the reserve in which the elephants lived reverted back to farm land as a result of a number of successful land claims. The

elephants were no longer welcome here. To read about this rescue click here.

At the time SanWild the Murry Foundation (UK) had purchased an adjoining property that was incorporated into the

SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary. When Adam Murry defaulted on his bond installment with ABSA BANK, the SanWild

trustees who had signed personal surety for Mr. Murry‟s bond had to meet the yearly installment and the shares in the

company that purchased the land was transferred to SanWild.

The SanWild Wildlife Trust has no other beneficiaries other than the wild animals themselves and ensure protection of the

land and the animals in perpetuity.

www.sanwild.org

Louise Joubert

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1164265&id=678604809

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Memorial Bizarre Pictures of Cute Little Animals

JACK BUCKLES’ TEARS OF JOY

Funny Stories, Bad Jokes, Bumper Stickers, etc.

No Respect

Mary was having a tough day and had stretched herself out on the couch to do a bit of

what she thought to be well-deserved complaining and self- pitying.

She moaned to her mom and brother, "Nobody loves me ... the whole world hates me!"

Her brother, busily occupied playing a game, hardly looked up at her and passed on this

encouraging word: "That's not true, Mary. Some people don't even know you."

RIO MACAW’S

FACEBOOK PAGE

Rio now has 754 friends on his Facebook page.

What‟s even more amazing is that more than 200 of

them are from different countries around the world,

true to the spirit of Rotary International.

Rio currently has friends in:

India

Greece

Turkey

Argentina

Portugal

Denmark

Italy

England

Venezuela

Bangladesh

Pakistan

South Africa

Brazil

Chile

Mexico

You can visit Rio at this link:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/rio.macaw?ref=name

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