Manhattan Beach Rotary Club Serving Manhattan Beach Since 1950 Club No. 751 District 5280 Chartered August 9, 1950 www.mbrotary.org Jim Bowser Last week Jim Bowser, using a cane, walked up to the podium and resigned from the club. He quietly told us of his terminal pancreatic cancer and said that he wants to spend his remaining time with his family. By the time of this writing, Donn Ennis has already posted pictures on Facebook of the long line of Rotarians who lined up for a hug, each of us needing the hug more than Jim did, and Family of Rotary Chair Jan Rhees has already written all of us her parting thoughts for Jim. It was a surprise to most of us. It was an awful, awesome Rotary moment. We found ourselves hurting for Jim and for ourselves, but it is done, and we will each carry this in our own way, united in the fellowship of Manhattan Beach Rotary a fellowship that Jim can count as one his proudest legacies. TODAY S PROGRAM How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand. Ovid Apr 07 CBS Casting Contracts. David Levin.
Programs Apr 14 German Attache. Bernhard Fischer. Apr 21 Awards. Science Awards and Fireman Awards. Apr 21 FBI Representative. Steve Mayeda. Involvement Opportunities April 12 Build the Bocci Court. Joslyn Center 8am-3pm in 1-2 hour shifts. Contact Vinny for more information. April 12 Blood Drive. Blood Drive with Hermosa and Redondo Rotary Clubs. Sign ups coming soon. April 15 City Council Presentation of AED s to the City. 6pm at MB City Council Chambers. April 23 Rotary Grand Prix. Join the Gardena Carson Dominguez Rotary Club at Go Kart World. Contact Russ Rothner for more info. May 31 Magic in Giving. 6:00-11:00pm. Contact Jan or Jim for more information. Join us for Fun and Fellowship: Save The Date April 5 Rotary Ethics Forum. Rotaract Team Presenation Competition at LMU 8:30-3:30. Contact Coach Dave Harris for more information. April 8 District Breakfast. Program speaker is Prophet Walker. Contact Geoff Bremer by 3/28 if you would like to attend. April 19 Travels with Charlie. Behind the scenes at the Fowler. Saturday 4/19 2:00-4:00. Limit 20 people. Contact Charlie S. for info. May 12 Rotary Book Club. Last Ape Standing by Chip Walter. June 1-4 Rotary International Convention. This year our international convention is in Sydney.
Love It was March 31, 2014. President Kathleen Terry introduced Vinny Fazzino to offer his thought for the day, and Vinny chose to talk about love (in his case, Christian love, but he presented it more broadly as Love). It did not appear that, as Vinny spoke, he knew any more than the rest of us about what was to come, and just how much love would be in the room that morning, as we remembered that we are a club composed of real people. St. Patrick But first, let me catch up on the heretofore unreported meeting of March 17, 2014, St. Patrick s Day, at which President Kathleen appeared in a dashing wide-brimmed Irish green hat and led us in singing Happy Birthday to Les Silverman, after which she recognized our many Rotary Reads volunteers, thanked Lisa Hemmat for leading a group to Shen Yun, and especially honored Dave Hornbecker, another member who does one of those relentless behind-the scenes jobs, namely preparing plaques, awards and certificates..president Kathleen then showed us a film about edible insects as part of her promotion of Stop Hunger Now, made sure we all calendared May 31 for Magic In Giving, suggested we Travel with Charlie to the Fowler Museum April 19, and encouraged us to buy the new Rotary t-shirts being sold by Robin Gary and John Acker. President Kathleen ended this barrage of activity by announcing she was looking forward to our June 21 Demotion.
Lipps Service We welcomed Wade Austin back from surgery and planned to listen to Lipps Service, Mark Lipps on-line radio show Fridays at 8 pm at HealthyLife.net, covering all things Manhattan Beach. Then we failed to recognize a toddler picture of Herb Trachtenberg and checked out Steve Lore s 1951 Ford Station Wagon Country Squire (a woody ) which came in first in a Petersen Auto Museum competition. We passed around a 1987 news photo of then-club-president Jim Hallett giving an award to John Hugunin s high school son Jim, heard that Wade Austin will be the grandfather of a little girl in August, and learned that Jim Lambert s 5th Grade daughter is a winning student elections campaign manager. Jeff Snyder Jeff Snyder shared his craft talk. Jeff is a property and casualty insurance broker, married to Cynthia, who is a State Farm agent. Daughter Avery, 7, is a violinist and artist, and son Alden is age 4 and already Jeff is involved in, and coaching, youth sports. Jeff, who shares his office with Jay Harkenrider, grew up in Maryland, fishing and crabbing in a rural atmosphere. He studied business administration and finance at Loyola in Baltimore and then held various jobs, including eight years with Aerotek, where he became sales manager. His then-girlfriend Cynthia agreed to join him in his wish to move to California, and they married to seal the deal. Last year he founded his Symcap Insurance Agency. He loves New York City, San Francisco, and surf travel, including Central America, Mexico, Tahiti and Hawaii.
Steve Stepanek Back to March 31. The meeting started off with an announcement that, by itself, would be sad enough to occupy all the energy in the room, as Steve Stepanek told us he was resigning from the club because he was living at least half-time in Bend, Oregon and did not feel he could properly meet his commitments to our club. I will miss you every Monday morning, he said. After President Kathleen introduced visitors, including her executive aide, Fred Manna, we were treated to some words on behalf of the Toberman Neighborhood Center by previous club member Bill Keenan. Then Mike Matthews told us that 20,000 meals were successfully packed for Stop Hunger Now (he failed to mention that he also barbecued pulled pork and sausage links for the assembled volunteers). Then President Kathleen recognized the many club members who rose early on Sunday morning to help with setup for the Sandpipers Fashion Show. We then heard a history of the RI motto, finally settled upon in 1989 as Service Above Self. (My favorite variation of this is the RI Scuba Club, whose motto is Surface Above Self. ) Dan Quisenberry and Susan Adams are still working on Vision to Learn, with doctors testing 139 Moffett School students April 1-3. And Vinny Fazzino, Steve DeBaets, Jan Buike, and more will be working April 12 moving dirt as a foundation for the Joslyn Center Petanque Court.
Bob Neubauer Past President Bob Neubauer left us for desert life, but joined us for this meeting to introduce us to Eldridge J. Broussard, whom Bob met through his Rotary club in the Coachella Valley. El, as he s called, has spoken to 36 Rotary clubs, largely thanks to Bob s support. He is an ex-con, former gang-banger, and a motivational speaker who treated us to a lively rendition of his personal story which led to his motto, Own Who You Are. He lost a sister to violence, ended up in custody for his own criminal behavior, found his way to boot camp and a job, but never really found himself until the day he admitted his true story to his boss at Home Depot who, far from firing him, supported him on every level. His story matched up perfectly with Robin Gary s thought for the day, a Chinese proverb from Shen Yun: You must have crossed the river before you may tell the crocodile it has bad breath. Ingo Werk The Bayou Teche crew was back in the house. President Kathleen Terry was on the trip, along with Robin Gary, David Boochever, Les Silverman, and Mark Lipps, all of whom told us about Ingo Werk s wife Mary and son Cory, the swamp tour, Zydeco music and dancing, a crawfish boil, private home dinners, Cajun culture, and much more. Jim Hunter described Breaux Bridge as a town of 7000 people and 14,000 guns, and also highlighted the drive-through daiquiri concession. Paul Harris Dave Hornbecker awarded RI Foundation fellowships: Jan Rhees +1, Brad Koppel +3, Geoff Bremer +4, and Shannon Ryan +4 Dan Saks announced his daughter graduated UC Irvine and is looking at nursing school.jan Rhees thanked Kathy McElroy for her physical therapy work with multiple Rotarians Larry Wolf sold Shorewood Realtors Lee Walker s wife, perhaps admiring Deb Arnold, came home a redhead.ray Padilla sent his wife and daughter off to Costa Rica where they ziplined and bungeed. Yours in Rotary, Jim Hallett
Local Rotary Make-Up Clubs Rotarians Participate at Weekly Meetings! Tuesday Hermosa Beach...12:15 PV Sunset...7 pm Wednesday Redondo Beach...12:15 Westchester...12:15 Thursday El Segundo...12:15 LA Int l Airport...12:15 Lawndale...12:15 Friday Palos Verdes...12:15 For times and locations of local club meetings go to www.rotary5280.org and scroll down to the District Info area on the right side and click on the When/Where Clubs Meet link for information on all clubs in the district. Meals On Wheels Schedule Rotarians Serving Their Community! Apr 07 Shannon Ryan Apr 09 Joel Ruben Apr 14 Mauricio Salazar Apr 16 Russ Samuels Apr 21 Bill Sauber Apr 23 Ron Soko Birthdays Apr 08 Don Jung Apr 09 Shannon Ryan Apr 10 Geoffrey Bremer Apr 11 Deborah Arnold Apr 13 Lindy Murrell Apr 18 Amanda Stone Anniversaries May 06 Stephen & Jeri De Baets May 12 John & Linda Van den Akker May 12 Ray & Margaret Padilla May 13 Larry & Lynn Wolf May 15 Barbara & Hal Matles May 19 Doug & Michelle Wroan Officers & Directors 2013-2014 Kathleen Terry President Geoff Bremer President-Elect Tom Jeffry Past President Eric Iverson Secretary Marc Castellani/John Rhind Treasurer Paul Allman Historian Randy Meadors Director Shannon Ryan Director Susan Adams/Dan Quisenberry Directors Lisa Hemat/Jim Lambert Directors Gerry Morton/John Hugunin Directors Dave Hornbecker Rotary Foundation Roger Cox/Russ Rothner Membership Russ Samuels Communications-PR Doug Baker,Governor District 5280 Engage Rotary, Change Lives Ron Burton, President Rotary International Engage Rotary, Change Lives ROTES QUOTES PUBLISHING COMPANY P.O. Box 691 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 Jim Hallett Editor Dennis Ridge Publisher www.mbrotary.org
Manhattan Beach Rotary - 106 Active Members Strong! The 2013/14 Rotary year is another growth year. You can see by scanning the classifications below what areas are open. Let s think and then act. John Acker Financial Planner Dr. Richard Ackerman Aerospace Management Kathleen Adams Financial Advisor Susan Adams Aerospace Paul Allman Personnel Training Deborah Arnold Business Software Consultant Tim James Auringer Automotive Dealer Wade Austin, Jr. Photography Harris Bass Business and Tax Law Bill Bloomfield Commercial/Laundry David Boochever Consultant/Computer Jim Bowser Insurance (ret.) Geoff Bremer CPA Jan Buike Social Worker Mark Burton City Councilmember Kent Caldwell Insurance Marc Castellani Wealth Management Richard Chase College Professor Roger Cox Business Consultant Steve De Baets Truck Refrigeration Ken Deemer Private Investor Mike Doell Moving & Storage Donn Ennis Oil Refinery Engineer Robert Espinosa Fire Chief Monica Farrell Non-profit Development Richard Farrell Video Production (ret.) Vinny Fazzino Builder/Engineer Robin Gary Pilates Instructor David Gendron Specialty Finance Nelson Gray Honorary Member Dr. Damien Goldberg Ophthalmologist Robert Guilford Business Consultant Megan Hall Caterer Jim Hallett Criminal & Family Attorney Richard Ham Aerospace Engineer Jay Harkenrider Real Estate Residential Dave Harris Wealth Advisor Wendell Harter Peace Advocate Lisa Hemmat - Restauranteur Dave Hornbecker Office Supplies John Hugunin Community College Professor Jim Hunter Property Management Eric Iverson Web Developer Ian Jackson Mortgage Banker Tom Jeffry Attorney - Health Care Dan Jensen Real Estate Lawrence Johnson Investment Banker Don Jung CPA Business Manager Brad Koppel International Trade Ed Kushins Home Exch. Executive Jim Lambert IT Consulting Norm Levin Business Theatre Mark Lipps TV Distribution David Long Executive/Recruiter Steve Lore General Contractor Kathy McElroy Physical Therapist Mike Matthews Education Barbara Matles Travel Agent Randy Meadors Architect Dennis Morehead Property Mgt Gerry Morton Nutritional Products Steve Murillo Mortgage Broker Dei Murray Hotel Mgt Lindy Murrell Communications Wayne Nelson Marketing Dr. John Nylund Dermatology John Osten Commercial Publishing Dr. Ray Padilla Dentist Dr. Patricia Panucci Orthodontist Matthew Peck Accounting Jordan Peister Graphic Designer Dave Peters R.E. Invest/Develop/Mediation Dan Quisenberry Attorney Lynn Range Design and Sales Loli Ramzani Senior Services Don Redman Mfg Executive (ret.) 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 John Russo Retired Shannon Ryan Financial Planner Daniel Saks Insurance Mauricio Salazar Airline Operations Russ Samuels Fitness & Personal Training Bill Sauber Auto Club Services (ret.) Mike Schwarz Biotech Dr. Les Silverman Optometrist Jeff Snyder Insurance Ronald Sokol Attorney Darrell Sperber Automotive Dealer Charlie Steinmetz Investor - Real Estate Steve Stepanek Aerospace Engineer Bob Stephenson Accountant Corporate Amanda Stone E-Commerce Lincoln Stone Business & Immigration Law Marc Teitelbaum Honorary Member Kathleen Terry Management Consultant Herb Trachtenberg Aerospace Engineer Dr. Chris Ullman Chiropractic John Van den Akker Property Mgt/Invsts Lee Walker Insurance - Casualty Jason Wallace Attorney - Real Estate Ingo Werk Manufacturing Duke Winser Honorary Member Larry Wolf Real Estate Broker/Owner Alexander Yoffe Attorney Serving Manhattan Beach Since 1950 Active Past Presidents