The Tattler Rotary Club of La Mesa

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1 The Tattler Rotary Club of La Mesa Volume , No.93 Meeting Date: 5/25/16 Wednesday s ednesday Noon, La Mesa Community Center, 4975 Memorial Drive, La Mesa CA Lambert Awards Ceremony Tolly Lambert joined the La Mesa Rotary Club in 1964 and attended Rotary meetings in the far corners of the world to keep his attendance record. He became a multiple Paul Harris Fellow in Rotary International. In , 89, he served as President of La Mesa Rotary and later as Lt. Governor under District Governor Keith Dindinger. Also he served on the La Mesa-Spring Spring Valley Education Foundation Board. Other activities, as his three sons grew up, were in the American Field Services Board, Little League, the local homeowners association, the session in his church, photography and gardening. In the 1990 s, when his grandson in Oklahoma was honored by the Rotary Club of Altus, Oklahoma, as their Junior Rotarian otarian of the Month Tolly liked the idea of honoring youth so much that he took it home to his own club. Tolly sadly passed away in To honor their father, Tolly s son Alan began thetolly Tolly Lambert Scholarship Award with La Mesa Rotary, to honor or outstanding local high school teachers and students in memory of Tolly. Helen Lambert,, a true southern lady and wife of Tolly was an honorary La Mesa Rotarian and stayed in the Club after Tolly's passing. Helen was born in S. Carolina and earned hher B.A. degree in religion and music. They married in 1947 and moved to San Diego in Helen loved music and stayed involved in several local organizations including the Music Metit Foundation, Grossmont Community Concert Association as well as the Women's omen's Committee of the Grossmont Concert Association where she served as music chairman for over 40 years. Her leadership led to the acquisition of a beautiful Steinway Grand Piano for the East County Performing Arts Center. She loved teaching piano and that t love continued to the end of her life. She also had enjoyed traveling the world with Tolly and hosting exchange students throughout the years. Helen delighted the La Mesa Rotary Club with her piano playing at each meeting, carefully selecting a theme t song for each club president. Helen passed suddenly in 2007 and has been greatly missed. With the family's blessing, La Mesa Rotary re-named re the award to include Helen. We now honor this lovely couple with the "Helen & Tolly Lambert Award". It is our pleasure to present exceptional teachers and outstanding students with this award. Lunch Time Service Opportunities May 25 25, 2016 Greeter Dolly Juntilla Songs Gary Clasen Pledge Gary Clasen Thought Gary Clasen Raffle Larry Mascari Fines Ted Sanchez 4-Way Way Deric Bailey June 1 1, 2016 Greeter Bill Ashman Songs John Carlson Pledge Brant Rustich Thought Mel Jacobson Raffle Mike Mascari Fines Rob Sauvajot 4-Way Way Dolly Juntilla June 8 8, 2016 Greeter Greete Mark Bagula Songs Martin Brickson Pledge Mike Fellows Thought Don Jenkinson Raffle Alek Mikolajczak Fines Becki Schwartz 4-Way Way Jay Thompson If you cannot perform your assigned duty, please arrange for a replacement.

2 Important Dates: May 21st Project Mercy Home building in Tijuana May 25th Helen & Tolly Lambert Assembly May 30th Concert at the Lakes sponsored by Santee Lakeside Rotary June 4th La Mesa Flag Day Parade June 8th Club Assembly Steve Looser June 15th Dr. Nabil Abu-Fhazaleh - Grossmont College President June 16th 19th San Diego BOAT SHOW - Fundraiser June 22nd Mike Veale Global Conversation Force June 29th Mark Matthews - Demotion Project Mercy Home building in Tijuana Saturday, May 21st President Mark is leading a group to Tijuana to help build a home for a needy family. They will be meeting at Mount Miguel High School at 6:15 am and returning between 6pm-7pm. If you have any questions please contact Mark Matthews at (619) Thank you to everyone that participated in the BAKE SALE last Wednesday! You really helped make a difference in this family s life!

3 La Mesa Flag Day Parade Saturday June 4th, 9:00am Bonnie shared that we need volunteers to work the Flag Day Parade. Please contact Bonnie if you are available. Volunteers will meet at the La Mesa Community Center at 9:00am. La Mesa Rotary Board of Directors President: Mark Mathews President Elect: Steve Looser Past President: Bonnie Welch Secretary: Scott Kilian Treasurer: Ron Morell Directors: Bill Ashman Sam Bauchmann Jack Dargitz Directors: Rose Hurst Dan Willis Becky Schwartz Foundation President: Guy Elam New Generations: Rose Hurst Speakers Chair: Scott Elam Visit the La Mesa Rotary online! Or find us on Facebook! Just search for La Mesa Rotary. La Mesa Rotary TATTLER Editor: Scott Elam Membership: Jack Dargitz Grants Chair: John Fistere Social Chair: Guy Elam

4 Creating First Impressions Jessica Sobel, CEO Receive check from President Mark For the Charitable Giving Campaign! Sponsored by Parker Cox

5 Concert At The Lakes Saturday May 30th 4:00pm 10:00 pm The Santee Lakeside Rotary club is sponsoring this event at the Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve 9310 Fanita Parkway, Santee CA Reserve your tickets now at This event will feature MIRAGE & THE LONG RUN tribute bands. New La Mesa Rotary Online Web Payment Portal! Visit our home page at to find 2 new online payment portals! Now you can contribute to the La Mesa Rotary Foundation online or pay your quarterly statement online. You can find a link to each of these on our home page. We can easily update these to add any type of contributions, tickets, donations, payments, etc in the future!

6 SAN DIEGO BOAT SHOW June 16th 19th All Hands On Deck! Mark your calendars! La Mesa Rotary s largest fundraiser of the year is coming and we need your help (and your spouse, and your kids!) This is a very large task to run the Barbecue and Beer Garden for four straight days! We expect every Rotarian to sign up for 2 4-hour shifts! We will really need everyone to help with this large fundraiser! Check your calendars and be ready! Signups will be out soon!

7 La Mesa Historical Society and La Mesa Rotary partner on downtown Historic Photo Plaque Program Reprinted from the San Diego Union. Writer: Karen Pearlman Eleven new plaques recognizing La Mesa history now hang on buildings in the city s downtown. The plaques are part of a partnership between the La Mesa Historical Society and Rotary Club of La Mesa. They join another plaque that has been up in the village since Each plaque features a historical photo with a brief interpretive text designed to educate the public on the unique history of the downtown village. The new plaques are at the former site of the La Mesa Movie Theater at 8119 La Mesa Blvd.; the former La Mesa Lemon Company building at 8241 La Mesa Blvd.; the former Bank of La Mesa/Park-Grable Company site at 8202 La Mesa Blvd.; the former Hotel La Mesa building at 8282 La Mesa Blvd.; the former Heller Building at 8295 La Mesa Blvd.; the former Bank of Southern California at 8302 La Mesa Blvd.; the old San Diego Gas & Electric building at 8329 La Mesa Blvd.; the former Drew Ford building at 8390 La Mesa Blvd.; the old Sheldon s Gas Station at 8401 La Mesa Blvd.; the former First National Bank/Piggly Wiggly building at 4757 Palm Ave.; and the former La Mesa Lumber/ Chamber Building at 8200 Allison Ave. The historical photo plaque program started in 2011 with the installation of a plaque at the Wolf Building at 8360 La Mesa Blvd., to commemorate the centennial of the Flying A Motion Picture company s residence there from The Flying A studio produced more than 150 silent films during its time in La Mesa, many of them shot in East County. The plaques cost nearly $15,000 altogether, according to Historical Society President Jim Newland. Newland will lead a tour of the plaque sites at 10 a.m. today at 8241 La Mesa Blvd. The plaques feature historical images from the Historical Society s collections. The images are laser-etched onto stainless steel panels, providing crisp reproductions of the photos. We want to help educate people about the heritage of our unique downtown, Newland said. Most people see downtown La Mesa as an iconic asset. We want to show the evolution from small rural business district to what it is now a regional retail center. Up until Grossmont Center came on the scene in 1961, it was the main retail center for anyone living in Lemon Grove, Spring Valley and La Mesa. The groups say that they hope the plaques complement the city s recently completed Downtown Village Streetscape Improvement Project.