Cruise
Tickets are being distributed, if you haven't picked yours
up, please do so. Your only job is to fill out the stubs and
return them to Gina. The winning ticket will be drawn at the
District Conference on May 2. The winner will receive a cabin
for 2 for a 7 day Hawaiian Cruise on August 3-10,
2013.
We
continue to bless Amarillo Kids and Parents with our
contributions to Kids Cafe'. Our fund has almost
reached $1,000. Thank you Rotarians, for being so community
minded!
Soon
we will return to Snack Pak for Kids as our
weekly beneficiary.
Renee'
reminded everyone to be thinking about possible fundraising
opportunities and jot down your suggestions to be considered.
Now that we have completed our commitment to the YMCA for
Rotary Park, we have the opportunity to designate a new
recipient for contributions.
Put
on your green and mark your calendar! On March
14th, we will celebrate St. Patrick's Day with
dinner at the Big Texan instead of our usual noon meeting.
There is no charge for Rotarians and guests will be charged
$16.28 each. Mark your calendars for this great upcoming
party!
Riley
Hill, CEO Xcel/SPS presented the program today:
A
product of Kansas and an engineering alum of University of
Wichita, Riley made his way to Amarillo via Denver about 3
years ago. Riley shared with us that the goal of Xcel Energy
is to provide safe, reliable and reasonably priced energy for
our area. With that in mind, we have a significant load growth
that our area is experiencing and there is a need for $1.8
million in new investments to prepare for the future.
Currently, SPS serves 50,000 square miles that includes 79
communities in Texas and 14 communities in New Mexico for a
total of 376,283 customers. To get the power to the places we
need it, the electricity travels through 6,835 miles of high
voltage lines throughout Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and
Kansas and 15,290 miles of distribution lines in Texas and New
Mexico. Field trip anyone?? Amarillo has a new substation on
Hillside if you are looking for some new scenery, just make
sure you admire it from afar!
One of the best things about Xcel, aside from the fact that
the power is there when we flip the switch, is that the people
of Xcel Energy are there! They utilize supply chain spending
of approximately $47 million in the communtities they service,
increase taxable values, donate approximately $1.7 million to
non-profits and are a part of building a better community by
aiding worthy causes like the United Way and belonging to
clubs like Rotary. Xcel Energy and SPS are building goodwill
and better friendships! Thank you Andy Price, for another
great Rotary program!
Many
thanks to the people who made our meeting run like clockwork
this week:
Greeter,
Dale Bippus
Raffle
Tickets, Basil Walker
Opening
Ceremony, David O'Dell
Invocation,
Harvey Johnson
Presiding,
Renee Wilson
Introductions,
Bob Russell
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Way Test, Andy Price
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