Hour

Activity and Notes

7:00

7:10

7:30

3.
District Governor Visit October 11^th.
Board meeting to follow the Club meeting

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. 

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

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.

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.

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