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July 13, 2010 |
Doing our best at Rotary Club of Ojai-West | Scribe: Paul Thomas |
| Call to Order | Bryan Crawford |
| Pledge | Mike Caldwell |
| Invocation | Paul Thomas |
| Setup and Greeters | Bryan Crawford,
Pat McPherson and Nick Oatway, Scott McArthur, Pat McPherson and Jim Chase |
Guest Introductions
| Tony Thacher
The Friday Club, seen with Member Jane McClenahan |
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| Allan Jacobs
The Friday Club |
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Club Announcements Stephanie Midgett |
Sid has an article in the “Ojai Bubble” regarding a recent performance of his in Meiners Oaks.
Many thanks for all the nice remarks about our board’s dancing and meeting last week.
July 17th is Basic PRLS in San Luis Obispo.
August 21st will be the Nordhoff Grid Iron BBQ. Bryan will have sign-up sheet as the date gets closer.
September 15th is the Ojai Valley OK Drill.
September 22nd - New CERT Class begins.
October 2nd – Our second annual Chili Cook-Off
at Lake Casitas
October 12th – District Governor Deepa Willingham will visit our club.
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Last but not least:
Ross is in charge of membership, and Jane is in charge of administration. Thanks guys! Jane indicated that our Club will be recognized at tonight’s City council Meeting for all of our work in 2009. |
| Waypoints
Today’s Birthday Babies:
They both looked so cute holding the cake. |
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| Anniversaries: Nick Oatway celebrated his first year in RCOW. It’s ironic how our rendition of “Happy Anniversary” sounds so much like our rendition of “Happy Birthday.” Congrats Nick, as we look for many more years of service. (Somebody should feed that poor man!) |
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The Ojai Band Concerts
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Richard McArthur noted that the concerts started
twenty years ago, thanks to Sarah Beeby.
The City of Ojai wants to charge $800 for the use of the facility. We are attempting to have the fee waived.
Scott McArthur (at right, above, and above) thanked all of those who have already put in time to make this years’ concerts a success.
Set-up starts at 6:30, concerts 7:30. Concerts are on Wednesday evenings for the next six weeks. Unofficial gathering at the Los Caporales Mexican restaurant begins 5-5:30.
Fine$
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Dennis Guernsey Finemaster
Disneyland by the Numbers |
| Jane McClenahan | First of all Jane got fined for having a picture in the paper. |
| Tom, Reggie & Michelle | Estimated number of visitors to Disneyland in 2009? - Approx 15.9 million |
| Dennis Jones | Number of workers on Disneyland’s all-night maintenance crew? – 600 |
| Paul Thomas | Number of night gardeners? – 300 |
| John Haag | Number of trees in Disneyland to be pruned and watered? – 17,000 |
| Mike Caldwell | Approx number of feral cats living in the park? – 200 |
| Steve Frank | Before question was asked Steve replied “Mickey Mouse”. Sit down Steve…..that will be $10 |
| Teresa Rooney | The total length of hoses used to wash the streets of Disneyland? – Nearly a mile |
| Richard McArthur | Number of annuals planted in the park each year? – 1,000,000. |
| Rick Turner | Length of rope replaced annually at the park during the third shift? – 18 miles. |
Happy Buck$
Bob Pergson
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Bob was glad to return from his trip.
Also glad to unpack himself from the compact car. |
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Ray Smith
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He and Jade completed a 10k race in Oxnard on Saturday. |
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Teresa Rooney
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Teresa recently saw Dietrich Pahnke.
He seemed to be doing well. |
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Linda Taylor
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Survived a mudslide at a Mexican campground. |
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Les Gardner
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Suddenly realized he was getting on in years. |
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Sid Cohn
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Sid is happy to be traveling with Rick Turner to Guatemala. |
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Ross Atkinson
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Happy his son switched law firms and also happy to be back from his 10-day trip to the Yucatan. |
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Steve Frank
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Steve Frank – Seeing Ross in a Speedo…
..should you be happy for that?? |
Special Presentations - Club Assembly
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In preparing for the year ahead we have set our mission and our vision in alignment with this year’s theme as our organizing principle: Building Communities, Bridging Continents. Today we concentrated on three areas:
The club broke into groups to discuss each topic for the 2010 year. |
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Out and About
| On Tuesday night, Rotary-West Member Paul Blatz attended his first Ojai City Council meeting... |  |
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Have you seen this man?
Dennis Jones forgoes the razor's edge during his vacation. |
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Rotary Club of Ojai-West was prominently featured in TWO newspapers last
Wednesday, about two different programs:
Anne Kallas, Ventura County Star, (the same reporter who did the article on
our Floating Classroom recently) wrote an article about the Ojai Band Concerts
history. It was on page B5 in the County Section.
Amber Lennon, Ojai Valley News did a front page article on member Rick
Turner and his water resource project in Guatemala. Rick is about to leave
again for more work there, with Sid Cohn.
--Steve Frank,
Public Relations Director
Billboard
Parting Thought
“Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. I am pretty sure I know how to get out of my own neighborhood.”
Next Week: Shig Yabu – author of “A Boy of Heart Mountain” –
This is his story of a Japanese internment camp in Heart Mountain, Wyoming.
| Your Scribe today was Paul Thomas |
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The Lineup
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July Meetings
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August
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October
| 2 | Chili Cookoff |
| 12 | DG Willingham's visit |
Literacy Month (July)
Membership and Extension Month (August)
New Generations Month (September)
Vocational Service Month (October)
The Rotary Foundation Month (November)
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