Oct

28

October 25, 2011

Meetings

Meeting Agenda

October 25, 2011 7:00 AM

Hour

Activity and Notes

7:00

 Fellowship:

7:10

 Pledge –  Helena Garbacz; Inspirational Moment  - Paul Blatz
Breakfast:

7:30

 Welcome Visiting Rotarians
and Guests – RCOW Welcome

Mike L, Joe Peluso, Lori Leigh, Barbara Peluso

 

Who-Lori Leach (Mike’s wife), Barbara Peluso (Joe’s wife)
Mystery Greeter(s)Who – Fr Steve Ochoa
President’s Remarks
- Beeby
1. Thank Scribe – Ward Wright2. Thank Set Up Crew – Who: Bryan, Mike C. Les3. Birthdays:  None

4. Anniversaries:  (Rob Long 18th – Last week) Mike Caldwell 27th . They really enjoyed the song

5. Jim  Halverson – Student of the Month: Kim Hoj and Jim Introduced Kate Nestingen
and gave her quite an introduction. Good luck Kate!

Jim, Kate Nestingen (student of the month), Kim Hoj from Nordhoff

Kim Nestingen, Student of the Month

6. Jim  Halverson – PDH award to Joe Peluso from Mike Leigh

Joe Peluso & Mike Leigh. Paul Harris presentation by Jim

7. District  Conference – Rob Long, Gayel Childress, Rene Briggs, Jack and Jane McClenahan
attended from RCOW.  Miguel Arroyo, our  exchange student also attended along with the other exchange students in  5240.  There were large delegations  from Mexico and Korea, along with representatives of Brazil
Announcements
1.       Michelle Henson – Interact Pancake  Breakfast –  October 29  7:30-12:30 at Nordhoff cafeteria2.       Friday Club – Joint Meeting in March John  Robinson 3/16/123.       Group 7 Social – Four Brix October 28th
5:00-8:30 2290 Eastman Ave. Ventura  $20

4.       Westlake Village Sunrise – Afternoon of  Music to benefit Operation Footprint.
OF is to help children born with club feet.  Sunday October 30th, 1:00-4:00
@TO Civic Arts Plaza

        

        

 
Committee Reports
1. Club  – Bryan –

Most recent B B Q crowd

 

Most recent B B Q, with Nikki Crawford, newest member Linda Burr and Don Midgett

2. Community  – Holly – Building Cleanup and Turkey Drive. Holly also replaced the lost
Paul Harris plaque listing members who have been so honored.

Holly and the new replacemnt for the lost Paul Harris plaque

3. Foundation  – Jim – Will announce the beginning of Foundation giving. Gave Paul Harris
pins for level of giving to Dennis Guernsey, Bill Shouse and Paul Thomas

Jim gives new Paul Harris level of giving pins to Paul Thomas, Dennis Guernsey & Bill Shouse

 
Happy Bucks – Who
& What Did not happen today
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Fines -  Finemaster – Dennis Jones  Questions & Who  Did
not happen today
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Program

Mike L & speaker Joe Peluso


Mike Leigh – Joe Peluso  Build the Navy Helicopter Community. Mikes friend and colleague regaled us with his stories about his career in the Navy and how Mike’s programs helped them make new people combat ready for the jobs they had to do.
Q & A
Thought for the Day
–“I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice;
had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable
mistakes.”–Gene Fowler,

American journalist, author
and dramatist

 

 

 

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Oct

20

October 18, 2011

Meetings

Scribe Notes

October 18, 2011 7:00 AM

Hour

Activity and Notes

7:00

 Fellowship:

Pres Bob, Janet Mahon & Wally McCall of the C.R.E.W.

7:10

Linda Burr & MIke

Motley CREW

Alan Jacobs & Mike (again!)

Pledge –  FR. JEFF WILHELM; Inspirational Moment  - Austin Cline
Breakfast:

7:30

 Welcome Visiting
Rotarians and Guests – RCOW Welcome

Nathan Henson & John Zatkowski

Who-NATHAN HENSON, JOHN ZATKOWSKI,
JANET MAHON & ALAN JACOBS
Mystery Greeter(s)Who -NONE
President’s Remarks
- Beeby
1.
Thank
Scribe – Lou Torres2.
Thank
Set Up Crew – Bryan, Scott & Les
3.
Birthdays:  None4.
Anniversaries:  Rob Long (Not Present)

5. District Conference – October 21-23 in Carpinteria
Register on site or at http://www.rotarydistrict5240.org/

6. Interact Pancake Breakfast

 
Announcements
1.       Michelle Henson – Interact Pancake Breakfast –  NEED TO INITIAL # TICKETS TO BE CHARGED FOR ON SIGNUP SHEET, GIVE
NAME AT DOOR TO BE ADMITTED.
2.       Allan Jacobs – Joint Meeting 3/16/2012 @ OJAI VALLEY INN, $45 PER PERSON, PASSED AROUND SIGNUP
SHEET TO SEE IF ENOUGH INTEREST TO ATTEND, REQUIRES MINIMUM OF 150 PEOPLE

TO ATTEND
3.       Stephanie Midgett – PACE4.       Westlake Village Sunrise – Afternoon of Music to benefit Operation Footprint.
OF is to help children born with club feet.  Sunday October 30th, 1:00-4:00
@TO Civic Arts Plaza

 
JANET MAHON – ANNOUNCED TASTE OF OJAI 10/29/11, 2-5PM, $65 PER
TICKET. DONATED 2 TICKETS FOR AUCTION AT MEETING. ASKED THAT VOLUNTEERS FOR
SETUP & TAKE DOWN GIVE HER A CALL.
LINDA TAYLOR – G.S.E. GROUP FROM SO. KOREA TO TAKE BOAT TRIP LUNCH
FRIDAY 10/21 INVITED MEMBERS TO JOIN 11:30 – 1:30. CALL LINDA IF INTERESTED.
ALSO, LOOKING FOR INTERPRETORS ENGLISH/KOREAN.
Committee Reports
1. Club– Bryan – NEEDS HELP 10/23 BBQ @ CAMP COMFORT 12-5PM. CONTACT BRYAN
2. Community- Holly3. Foundation– Jim – Will make an announcement

4. Fundraising– Bryan or David

5. International- Linda

6. Vocational- Holly
Happy Bucks – Who
& What
  1. 1.
    HELINA
  2. 2.
    GAYEL
  3. 3.
    STEPHANIE
  4. 4.
    PAT
  5. 5.
    RICHARD
  6. 6.
    FR. JEFF
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Fines -  Finemaster – Tom Farmer  Questions & Who
  1. 1.
    JOHN
    HAAG
  2. 2.
    NICK
    OATWAY
  3. 3.
    REGGIE
  4. 4.
    DENNIS
    GUERNSEY
  5. 5.
    RICHARD
    MC ARTHUR
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Our Speaker

Program – MichelleHenson Presented: Wally McCall of The C.R.E.W

He discussed the ever widening mission of the C.R.E.W. Much of the work done now is paid for by indivuals, not the government. Focus less on individuals needing counceling and the people working in and “graduating” from the C.R.E.W. tend to be outstanding individuals.

Q & A
Thought for the Day
– “Happiness is not so much in having or sharing. We make a
living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”–Sir Norman Duckworth Kerr MacEwen,

British Royal Air Force
officer

 

 

 

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Oct

12

October 11, 2011

Meetings

The meeting was
called to order by our own Bryan Crawford

 

The pledge was led by Paul Thomas and our inspirational
moment was provided by Phil Adams.

 

Thanks to the set-up crew which consisted of Bryan Crawford,
Mike Caldwell, Nick Oatway, and Les Gardner.

 

Our Mystery Greeters for this morning were Donna Jones and Austin Cline.

 

Guests:
We had the Following:

 

Les and Deborah Roberts, Assistant DG

Deborah Roberts – Rotarian

Judy Gabriel – Rotarian

Barbara Jackman and Linda Burr – Guests no more as today
both became members!

David Del Negro – Husband of Linda Burr

Amanda Landis – interact

Jessica Slaght – interact

Natalie Selleslags

 

Welcome to you all!!!

 

Rotary Anniversaries and Birthday’s:

 

We had none.

 

Announcements:

 

Ojai Rotary on Youth Connect

Judy Gabriel of the Friday club promoted the “Ojai Youth
Connect” which will have a booth at Ojai Day.

 

District 5240 Conference will be October 21-23 in
Carpinteria.

 

Interact pancake breakfast will be held October 29th.  Tix are $8.00.  Proceeds will support “Smile Train.”

 

On March 16, 2012 we will have a joint meeting with the
Friday Club.  The speaker will be ex USC
Football and ex L.A. Rams coach John Robinson.
Meeting will take place at the Ojai Valley Inn.

 

No committee
reports today!

 

 

Introduction of
New Members:

 

Today our club grew by two.
Linda Burr and Barbara Jackman were introduced by Phil Adams & Rob
Long.  Both ladies are a great addition
to our club.

 

Happy Bucks:

 

Sid Cohn was happy that Rick Turner found Sheila’s diamond
ring.

 

Les was happy with the interact club.

 

Deborah Roberts was happy with her boat trip on our club
boat.

 

Mike Caldwell, Rick Turner, and Kathy Doubleday  also were happy.

 

Fines -  provided courtesy of Father Jeff
Wilhelm

 

This week was Rotary

 

Phil Adams –
Rotary’s 1st president was Paul P. Harris.  Name the second?  Ans – Paul P. Harris

 

Rob Long – What
prominent Rotarian was suspended from the University of Vermont by a vote of
the faculty? Ans – Paul P. Harris

 

Bryan Crawford –
True/False?  The German inventor Felix
Wankel was a member of the Dusseldorf Rotary Club and named his most famous
invention, The Rotary Engine, in honor of the club. Ans – False

 

Bob Beeby – True/False?  Sara Palin is a member of the Wassila, Alaska
Rotary Club.  Ans – True

 

Ross –
True/False?  Sir Edmund Hillary, the
first man to climb Mt. Everest, was a member of the Auckland, New Zealand
Rotary Club.  He planted a Rotary
International Flag on the summit of Mt. Everest.  Ans – False

 

Michelle – True/False?  On January 20, 1969 Honorary Rotarian Buzz
Aldrin became the second man to walk on the moon and planted a “4 Way Test” pin
on the lunar surface.  Ans – True

 

Linda Burr – When
“Service Above Self” was chosen as the Rotary Motto, which of the following was
runner up? – Ans D – None of the above

a)
Protect
and Serve

b)
Service
with a smile

c)
No
shirt, no shoes, no service

d)
None of
the above

 

Steve Frank – Name
the award for athletic excellence which was started by the Rotary Club of
Houston. Ans – Lombardi Award.

 

Todays Program

 

DG & wife plus Bob

We were honored to have our District Governor, Wade Nomura, speak
this morning.  Wade is a charter member of the Carpinteria morning club and a past president.  He has served on the district level as a group representative, district vocational service director, and a Master PRLS instructor.  Wade has also been on 17 international projects missions, including and NID to India, where he has a special passion, having had polio as a child.

 

Wade also shared with us what it is like to be District
Governor and his goals for the 2011-2012 year.

 

DG & Bob exchanging flags

Scholarship
Presentation

 

Doc Halverson informed the club that a $2,000 educational
scholarship will be given to one lucky student this spring in honor of our
district governor.

 

 

 

Thought for the
Day

 

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what
you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
(American Writer)

 

 

With that……..we are adjourned!!!

 

 

Next week Wally
McCall will be here to talk about the C.R.E.W.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oct

07

October 4, 2011

Meetings

Meeting Agenda

October 4, 2011 7:00 AM

Hour

Activity and Notes

7:00

 Fellowship:

7:10

 Pledge and
Inspirational Moment:Pledge – Pat McPherson____________, Inspirational Moment – Lavon Roberts
Breakfast:

7:30

 Welcome Visiting
Rotarians and Guests – RCOW Welcome  -
Gayel’s sister from Goleta Evening Rotary – Lynn Cederquist

Gayel & her sister
Mystery Greeter(s)
President’s Remarks
- Beeby
1.       Thank Scribe – Linda Taylor
2.       Thank Set Up Crew –Jack McClenahan
3.       Mystery Greeter(s) – Who –Halina and Kathy
4.       Birthdays: Louanne Fay (last week) None
5.       Anniversaries: None
6.       District 5240 Conference 10/21-23—District Governor Wade is really pulling out all the stops to make the District Conference wonderful.  There are still
2 spaces left for a member of Ojai West to go.  Those interested should contact Gayel.
7.       Ward Wright announced that the next
Rotary Blood Drive will be on Dec 19, 2-5 pm at the Methodist Church. 
Announcements
1.
Basic PRLS 10/8 CLU Thousand Oaks Nelson Room, 11/5 Thousand Oaks Inn Garden Room

 
2.
Rotary Club of Ventura East – Oktoberfest – Brews, Brats & Props – Oct. 1st
at Camarillo AP 1:00-5:00 $40

3.
District Governor Visit October 11th.
Board meeting to follow the Club meeting
 
4.
CERTS
Training 10/29, 11/12, 11/19 Oak View Park—Stephanie discussed a report to be
sent to Steve Bennett that details the progress being made in the Ojai Valley
since the first Valley Wide Discussion 5 years ago.  Tom Farmer is going to other District Rotary Clubs to share the DVD.

 
5.
Peace
Conference 11/13 Palm Springs

 
6.
Kathy reported that the Living Treasures has held its first meeting.  The Living Treasures will come to the Nov 1 meeting of Ojai West. 

7.
Linda reported on the GSE Team, arriving from South Korea Oct 15. They will be in
Ojai Oct 91, 20, 21, and will be staying with Bill Spellman (Ventura East),
John Robison and Rob Long.  They will visit the Ventura Mission (cultural visit), have dinner at Villanova with South Korean high school students, visit Rancho Royale, an equine therapy program, and have a tour of Lake Casitas in the Rotary Boat. 

Committee Reports
1.       Club – Bryan  BBQ at Racquet Club—Stephanie reported that this was a fabulous event.

2.       Bill Shouse, Secretary – Board meeting, website—Linda Burr is being considered as a new member, Rick Gould wishes to change his classification to Senior Active Member.  Everyone should check their information on the website and make sure it is correct.

3.       Community – Holly

4.       Foundation – Jim

5.       Fundraising – Bryan or David

6.       International – Linda

7.       Vocational – Holly
Happy Bucks – Who& What
1.       Gayel is going to Morelia, Mexico, with Goleta Evening Rotary  to help with their cataract surgery project.  She is excited that the Ojai Studio Artists Tour is this weekend.
Linda and Gayel participate in this event, which raises funds for scholarships for art students from Ojai.

2.       Bill is happy that Miguel Martin Arroyo, our exchange student, has been very busy
visiting Mexico, then Disneyland and Magic Mountain.

3.       Jim Halverson is happy that he ran the Ojai Hospital 10 K in 52.5 min, and that
he got a call from his son Brad with a funny message.

4.       Dennis Jones is happy that he met Bill Lotts’ grandson in Reno this past weekend
while there for a mediation.

5.       Donna Jones is happy to have spent a weekend at a wedding in Toronto with her two
daughters.

6.       Stephanie is happy to have participated in the BBQ.

7.       Austin had a grand time in the Bay area with his daughter, and got to go to the
Stanford/UCLA football game.

8.       Les is happy with his 5 prints that Gayel framed for him.

9.       Sid is appearing at Agave Maria 5:30-7:30, Wed, Oct 5

10.   Gayel’s sister, Lynn, is happy to go to Morelia, Mexico, and invited our club to 4
beach picnics at Dos Pueblos Ranch Beach in the near future.
Fines -  Finemaster – Paul Thomas  Questions & Who
  1. 1.       If done perfectly, a Rubik’s Cube
    combination can be solved in how few turns?
    17-Rene was not correct
  2. 2.       Michael Jordan shaves his head twice a
    week.  What 2 days? Tues & Fri –
    Scott was not correct
  3. 3.       There are only two words in the English
    language with 3 consecutive double letters.
    Name 1 – bookkeeper – Tom F was not correct
  4. 4.       Who penned State Farm’s “Like a Good
    Neighbor State Farm is There” jingle and Band-Aid’s “I am Stuck on Band-Aids
    cuz Band-Aids stuck on me”? – Barry Manilow – Kathy was not correct
  5. 5.       How long does it take the average snail
    to crawl 1 mile? 33 hours – Sid was not correct
  6. 6.       The standard slinky is comprised of how
    many feet of wire? – 80 – Holly was not correct
  7. 7.       A failed WWII effort to develop an
    inexpensive synthetic substitute for rubber is more commonly called what
    today?  Silly Putty – Linda was not
    correct
  8. 8.       What was the name of the dog on the
    Cracker Jack box? – Bingo – Lou was not correct
  9. 9.       Name one of the two people whose
    likenesses has adorned a Pez dispenser – Betsy Ross, Paul Revere – Jane was not correct
  10. 10.   In Mel Brooks Silent Movie, who is the only person who has a speaking role?
    Marcel Marceau – Pat is Correct!!
  11. 11.   How much was Toto paid per week while
    filming the Wizard of Oz?   $125 – Mike
    Leigh was not correct
  12. 12.   At Disneyland, when the moat around
    Sleeping Beauty’s Castle is dredged, what happens to the money retrieved from it?  It is given to charity – Halina is not correct
  13. 13.   Prior to adding condiments, how many calories are there in a Dodger Dog?
    190 – Dennis Guernsey was not correct.

Our speaker, Wendy

Program – Lake
Casitas Rowing Association – Wendy Gillette

Wendy is co-coach
with her husband Eric, of Lake Casitas Rowing.  Mike Leigh introduced Wendy and thanks her
program for helping his son become a successful young adult.   Eric
Gillette rowed professionally, and chose Lake Casitas to open up a West Coast
rowing venue.  Much rowing is done in
the East, and Wendy and Eric wanted to create something unique in
California.  Lake Casitas was the site of the 1984 Olympic Rowing Events, which created huge interest in the sport in California at that time.  Lake Casitas Rowing Association opened it’s doors in 2008, with a small number of youth and adult rowers.  They now train 60 youth and 140 adult rowers.  Wendy and Eric wanted to help with youth from the start, a program  like theirs help with focus, physically & mentally. Girls learn confidence and that their bodies are machines that can work.  Every day the emphasis s on the fact that the young people can do it! When teens have success as teens, they become successful adults. Investing in youth in the community is investing in your community.  Everything on the boats must move in a
coordinated manner.   Wendy and Eric see that rowing as a sport has surged on the West Coast. 

Economic problems have impacted Lake Casitas Rowing, in particular the youth programs. (each youth costs average $1500 for the year, which includes equipment, uniforms,
lodging at meets), and Wendy announced that she “never turns down any offer of funds”.  Several young people are given scholarships to be able to continue to participate.  Oxnard Rotary sponsored a youth for one year who was on scholarship.

Wendy showed a short video of the program on the lake as well as some of the important
training.  The organization has 1,2,4 & 8 person boats.  Some have 2 oars for sculling, or one oar for sweep rowing. The youth  team made finals in Sacramento last year, which was a major goal. Another major goal is to eventually reach a membership of 100 youth and 100 adults, and to be able to hire more coaches to help Wendy and Eric with this amazing endeavor.

Q & A
Thought for the Day 

“Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both
feet.”–African proverb

 

 

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Oct

03

September 20, 2011

Meetings

Guest:
Bryce McArthur, Scott’s son.          Second guest:
Jim Danisch, our speaker for the meeting.

 

Anniversaries:       Holly
Wiggens and Tom Farmer

 

Meeting
Master of ceremony:    Rob
Long takes Bob Beeby’s place

 

Happy Bucks:

Stephanie
- FAther Steve’s event where they volunteered together

Bob Pergson
- experience as a boy scout counselor

Dennis
Guernsey – Colorado buffalos

Sid Cohn -
to be singing at Il Giardino’s  Saturday night

 

Fines:                    See
Dennis Guernsey’s notes – questions were on the U.S. presidents

 

Speaker:                Jim Danisch

Living
permanently in Nepal, teaching local villagers “subsistence” farming
without resorting to chemicals.

Living full time for the last four  years about 20 miles from the capital of Nepal,
Katmandu, a city of 5 million people he and his wife are teaching the growing methods to the
local neighborhood people to help make them more self sufficient.

The local Rotary is very active there.

 

J. Danisch
website:   www.everythingorganicnursery.com

www.livingtraditionmuseum.org

 

The meeting adjourned at 8:31 and a number of people stayed after to engage with
Mr. Danisch.

Scribe:

Nick
Oatway

Webmaster

 

 

 

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