Meeting Mondays, 7:15 AM - Marriott Hotel, 1400 Parkview Ave - Manhattan Beach Officers and Directors 2009-10 Jan Rhees, Madame President Roger Cox President-Elect Tom Jeffry Director Lindy Murrell Secretary Richard Ham Director Matt Peck Treasurer Richard Ackerman Director Roger Civalleri Past President Donn Ennis Director Dave Hornbecker Historian Steve Stepanek Director ROTES QUOTES PUBLISHING COMPANY P.O. Box 691 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 Jim Hallett Editor Ron Sokol - Advertising Dennis Ridge Publisher Governor District 5280 President Rotary International Susanne Sundberg John Kenny Reach New Heights in Rotary Service The Future of Rotary Is In Your Hands Serving Manhattan Beach Since 1950 To know that one life has breathed easier because you have lived...is to have succeeded. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rotes Quotes Vol.60, No.9 September 21, 2009 Programs September 21 st AVP and Success in Education. Association of Volleyball Professionals President Jason Hodell (legend Canyon Ceman and others will attend) will talk to us about professional beach volleyball. Nelson Gray will address successes in the education field with his Principal Janet Searcy. September 28 th A Morning with Gil Garcetti. Gil Garcetti will talk about his many activities from photography to prosecuting bad guys - and how his work coincides with that of Rotary. October 5 th MB Rotary History. Paul Allman, John Rhind, and Dave Hornbecker will provide a documentary on the 'History of the Manhattan Beach Rotary Club' - 59 years in the making. October 12 th C.E.R.T. Program. The City of Manhattan Beach CERT Program is discussed this morning. Save The Date October 2-4 Hometown Fair. Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair. October 3 Paul Harris Celebration. District 5280 Paul Harris Celebration, 6 pm, Carson Community Center. See Tom Jeffry. October 5-8 Casa Hogar. Trip to the Ensenada area to open the Vocational Center at Casa Hogar Orphanage. See Vinny Fazzino. December 12 Holiday Party. See Roger Cox for details. March 18-22 2010 District 5280 Ecuador Trip. District 5280 trip to Ecuador. See Donn Ennis. May 13-16 2010 District 5280 Conference. District 5280 District Conference in La Quinta. See Roger Cox. June 20-23 2010 RI Annual Convention. RI Convention in Montreal. See Wade Austin.
Rotary is Service Above Self Remembering Heroes It was Monday, September 14, 2009 and the meeting was called to order by President Jan Rhees who introduced MB Police Chief Rod Uyeda who led our members and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance. Our thought for the day was provided by MB Fire Chief Scott Ferguson. Scott took a few moments to reflect upon the enormous sacrifice so many firefighters gave on the attacks of 9-11. He also mentioned the loss of the 2 firefighters in the "Station Fire" and how they died trying to clear a safe exit for 16 other firefighters. As Scott discussed those heroic efforts, he then brought it closer to home by sharing with us his experiences at a firefighters training class he attended in Arizona. He shared with us the intense training of these individuals and then told us that many of the attendees are normal citizens who provide firefighting protection as part of volunteer fire departments. Clearly we owe so much to our public safety professional and volunteers who put their lives on the line to protect us each and every day. Happy Dollars Happy dollars for this Monday were supplied by Dr. Ray Padilla who got national TV exposure during the UCLA-Tennessee football game this past Saturday. It was wise for Ray to do happy dollars versus getting a fine for not having on his Rotary Pin. Kent Caldwell (an avid USC Graduate) put up $20 to congratulate (jinx) UCLA!! Ray Padilla again for his son who attends USC betting his roommates that UCLA would beat Tennessee and winning enough to cover his college tuition for 3 days!!!! Dave Peters who attended the USC- OSU game at the Horseshoe with some friends had happy dollars for the USC victory and getting out of the stadium without any bodily harm! Barbara Matles thanked Tom Jeffry for organizing the club s dinner and play (Spamalot). The Club received club flags from the Phillipines (Roger Cox) and Hilo, Hawaii (Don Jung). Megan Hall was glad to be back at Rotary meetings after a summer of early Mondays at work. Rod Uyeda s son again made the Kings junior travel squad, which just won a tournament championship in which Rod s son allowed only one goal in four games. Chris Ullman thanked Larry Wolf for hosting the President s Reception and Lisa Hemmat
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Rotary is Service Above Self for catering it. And Robin Thormosgaard attended the Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies where Rutgers Coach Vivian Stringer and four nondescript men (Jordan, Stockton, Sloan, Robinson) were honored, with Robin getting even more TV time than Ray Padilla. Sports Report Ian Jackson has been updating us weekly on sports. This week (don t worry, not every week) we summarize: Derek Jeter passed Lou Gehrig as the NY Yankees all time base hit leader. Jeter singled to pass Lou Gehrigs existing record of 2,722 base hits. Jeter is a true role model for how a professional athlete should perform on and off the field. Kim Clijsters of Belgium won the U.S. Open as a wild card entry. Kim who had retired from professional tennis to start a family won the final over Carolina Wosniaki of Denmark. Tiger Woods who had struggled over the past 4 tournaments shot an 8 under par 62 on Saturday and cruised to a 9 shot margin to win the BMW Challenge at Cog Hill golf course outside of Chicago. Tiger now moves into the points lead for the FedEx cup with the final tournament for the top 30 golfers taking place in Atlanta in two weeks. Lastly, both UCLA and USC were victorious over the weekend. Dick Ackerman spoke to the manner in which the Trojan's travelled into a hostile environment in Columbus Ohio and beat Ohio State. A great effort by the Cardinal and Gold. Our own Dr. Ray Padilla extolled the excitement that UCLA and its players felt when they were victorious against Tennessee at Knoxville. One had never seen that much Orange in one place at one time. Dr. Ray then explained the severity of the injury suffered by UCLA quarterback Kevin Prince who has a broken jaw and will be out for 3-4 weeks. International Service We heard from International Service Chair Donn Ennis, who summarized his own presentation as follows: We have four International Service programs and eighteen projects. These are all summarized on the Rotary Club of Manhattan Beach s web site. We have one matching grant approved. This is a grant for solar, water and sanitation at two schools in Mali, Africa. We are waiting for the funds from RI and will then start construction...we have submitted three matching grants for this year. Thanks in large part to matchmaker
Rotary is Service Above Self extraordinaire Aliyah Levin. We are still not sure if they will be approved. The details are on our website...right now we have $4675 out in microloans to 54 businesses, with no defaults so far and just a couple of delinquencies...some club travel to check on our international activities is upcoming, from Ecuador to Ensenada to wherever a service project may lead us. If you are interested in going contact Donn Ennis or Vinny Fazzino. Charitable After International Director Donn Ennis completed his thorough and enlightening presentation on our Club's International Avenue of Service and the many projects we are involved in our own Rotary Foundation Chair David Boochever gave us a state of the art "Green Non Power Point presentation on how the RI Foundation really works. Dave explained with outstanding graphics (flip chart and marking pen) that our club is organized as a non profit 501c4 (meaning club income in not taxed, although individual contributions to the club are not charitable tax deductions), and our club foundation is organized as a nonprofit 501c3 (meaning foundation income is not taxed and individual contributions to the club are charitable tax deductions) so that the funds we raise during events such as Magic in Giving can be distributed to our many projects without having a tax liability. Dave noted that the RI foundation funded approximately 50 Million dollars in matching grant funds last year, all of which was made possible because of the donations to the RI Foundation by Clubs and members such as ours. (RI Foundation endowment income alone produces $8 million per year!) Dave did an excellent job of taking us through the various ways in which we as members of Rotary can contribute to the RI Foundation and receive recognition in the form of being a Paul Harris Fellow, a benefactor, Major Donor. Lastly Dave took the time to explain to us how our club has its own endowment and how our members can contribute to that fund to provide our club funds to continue our projects should our fundraising efforts come through MIG and other events come up a little bit short of our yearly average. Clearly, our members donations to the RI Foundation and to the MB Endowment are the lifeline that sustains our many worthwhile and life changing projects.
Rotary is Service Above Self 42 Years It s exhausting just to read about all these projects, and they are but a small portion of what this Club is doing week in, week out. Which makes it all the more remarkable that John Rhind has been doing this for 42 years. Don t ever leave us, John. Yours in Rotary, Jim Hallett (including the collected works of Ian Jackson and Donn Ennis). It s Time To Pay Your Dues Each Rotarian by now should have received their annual dues statement for the 2009-2010 Rotary year. Thank you to the 40% of the club that has already paid their dues. If you haven't, please give this matter your attention. Dues may be mailed in to the Club's post office box or handed in at the Monday morning meetings. There is an annual pre-pay option for breakfast for those members who wish to take advantage of this convenience. Please note that payments from last year do not roll into the current year. If you wish to use this option please remit payment, or notify Matt Peck our Treasurer, so that our records are current. Lastly, as a reminder, each member (other than those who do the annual pre-pay) who attends a Monday meeting is expected to pay at least $5 at the door. Those members wishing to partake of the bountiful Marriott breakfast buffet pay $10. Lastly, tickets for our award winning raffle are $2. Please remember to stop at the Treasurer's desk when you arrive on Monday mornings so that each member pays their fair share.
Rotary is Service Above Self Get Involved Welcome to our New Members! Become more than a member of your Rotary club, become a Rotarian. Get involved in your club, your community and your world through the opportunities offered by our Rotary club and Rotary International. Long-time Rotarians agree that involvement is the key. Volunteer to serve on a committee that meets your interests, help out with weekly meetings, or as part of a service project team. These activities will help you get to know your fellow club members and understand what Rotary does. Rotary Make-Up Clubs - 12:15pm Rotarians Participate at Weekly Meetings! Hermosa Beach PV Sunset Redondo Bch Westchester 2521 Valley Drive Red Onion 7:00pm Blue Water Grill 5855 W. Century 736 Silver Spur 655 N. Harbor Dr. LAX Marriott Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday LA Int l Airport El Segundo Lawndale Palos Verdes Raddison Hotel Hacienda Hotel Hacienda Hotel Palos Verdes 6255 W. Century 525 N. Sepulveda 525 N. Sepulveda Country Club Thursday Thursday Thursday Friday Meals on Wheels Schedule Rotarians serving their community! Monday Sept 21 Arturo Di Pietro Sept 28 Geoff Dolan Oct 05 Donn Ennis Oct 12 COUMBUS DAY Birthdays Sept 29 Bob Stephenson Oct 15 James Caprell Oct 20 Jan Buike Oct 21 Russ Samuels Wednesday Sept 23 Steve De Baets Sept 30 Patrick Donohue Oct 07 Monica Farrell Oct 14 Vinny Fazzino Anniversaries Sept 26 John & Lisa Acker Sept 26 Brad & Deborah Koppel Sept 30 Jim & Susie Bowser Oct 05 Kathleen Terry & Fred Manna The Rotes Quotes is now available on the web at www.mbrotary.org
Manhattan Beach Rotary - 99 Active Members Strong! The 2009/10 Rotary year is another growth year. You can see by scanning the classifications below John Acker Financial Planner Dr. Richard Ackerman Aerospace Management Kathleen Adams Financial Advisor Paul Allman Personnel Training Deborah Arnold Business Software Consultant Tim James Auringer Automotive Dealer Wade Austin, Jr. Photography Harris Bass Business and Tax Law Sean Bednarz Aerospace Engineer Bill Bloomfield Commercial/Laundry David Boochever Consultant/Computer Jim Bowser Insurance (ret.) Geoff Bremer CPA Jan Buike Social Worker Giusy Buonfantino International Marketing Kent Caldwell Insurance Tom Callahan Music Business Executive James Caprell Artist Richard Chase College Professor Roger Civalleri Business Broker Nancy Coonis School Administrator Orris Cowgill Wine Retailer Roger Cox Business Consultant Steve De Baets Truck Refrigeration Arturo Di Pietro Int l Bus Consultant Mike Doell Moving & Storage Geoff Dolan City Management Patrick Donahue Signs Donn Ennis Oil Refinery Engineer Patrick Fard Martial Arts Training Monica Farrell Non-profit Development Vinny Fazzino Builder/Engineer Scott Ferguson Fire Chief Robert Franko Banking Katie Gleason College Development Nelson Gray Honorary Member Robert Guilford Business Consultant Mimi Haines Toy Manufacturing Megan Hall Caterer Jim Hallett Criminal & Family Attorney Richard Ham Aerospace Engineer Jay Harkenrider Real Estate Residential Dave Harris Business Insurance Wendell Harter Peace Advocate Lisa Hemmat - Restauranteur Dave Hornbecker Office Supplies John Hugunin Community College Professor Jim Hunter Laundry Services Ian Jackson Mortgage Banker Tom Jeffry Attorney - Health Care Lawrence Johnson Investment Banker what areas are open. Let s think and then act. Serving Manhattan Beach Since 1950 Don Jung CPA Business Manager Bill Keenan Interim CFOs Anne Konie Interior Designer Brad Koppel International Trade Aliyah Levin Executive Speech Mentor Dr. Steve Lombardo Orthopedic Surgeon David Long Executive/Recruiter Bill Luhrs Aerospace Executive Kathy McElroy Physical Therapist Barbara Matles Travel Agent Randy Meadors Architect Richard Montgomery Real Estate Appraisal Dennis Morehead Property Mgt Steve Murillo Mortgage Broker Lindy Murrell Communications Wayne Nelson Marketing Dr. John Nylund Dermatology John Osten Commercial Publishing Dr. Ray Padilla Dentist Matthew Peck Accounting Dave Peters R.E. Invest/Develop/Mediation Jan Rhees Residential Real Estate John Rhind Accounting Dennis Ridge Printing Dr. Deborah Robertson Veterinarian Roger Rombro Attorney - Family Law Russ Rothner Business Consultant Joel Ruben Attorney - Real Est. & Bus. Lit. Daniel Saks Insurance Russ Samuels Fitness & Personal Training Paul Sanchez Dentist Bill Sauber Auto Club Services (ret.) Dr. Les Silverman Optometrist Ronald Sokol Attorney Charlie Steinmetz Investor - Real Estate Steve Stepanek Aerospace Engineer Bob Stephenson Accountant Corporate Lincoln Stone Business & Immigration Law Marc Teitelbaum Honorary Member Kathleen Terry Management Consultant Robin Thormodsgaard Sales/Management Herb Trachtenberg Aerospace Engineer Dr. Chris Ullman Chiropractic Rod Uyeda Law Enforcement John Van den Akker Property Mgt/Invsts June Vantrimpont Window Treatment Mfg. Russ Varon Jeweler Lee Walker Insurance - Casualty Duke Winser Honorary Member Larry Wolf Real Estate Broker/Owner Active Past Presidents