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 The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment. Dr. Warren Bennis
Rotes Quotes Vol.60, No.38 June 14, 2010 Programs June 14 th Go Turtles. Central High School (Go Turtles) Scholarship recipients come to say thank you. Rotary Club of Manhattan Beach (this is where Nelson Gray teaches). President Jan delivers world reknowned scholar, author, and organizational leadership pioneer, Dr Warren Bennis to us today. The Distinguished Professor or Business Administration and Founding Chairman of USC's Leadership Institute makes a rare appearance you do NOT want to miss. June 21 st What s a Bippy? President Jan's last meeting and you can bet your bippy there will be music. Save The Date June 20-23 2010 RI Annual Convention. RI Convention in Montreal. See Wade Austin. June 26 Demotion Party. President Jan's Demotion is June 26th at Raleigh Studios. See Kent Caldwell for more information. Sept 25 Manhattan Beach Rotary 60th Anniversary Celebration. Be sure to add our 60th Anniversary Celebration to your calendar. It is at 6:00pm, Saturday September 25th at the Manhattan Beach Marriott. For more information see Bill Bloomfield.
Rotary is Service Above Self On With The Show To those passing in the hallway of the Marriott, it probably sounded like songbirds in the throes of spring. In fact it was the Manhattan Beach Rotary Club joining in the pledge of allegiance to start of Monday s meeting. Jordan Peister delivered a quote from a recently deceased coach John Wooden, who had passed the Friday before at the far too early age of 99. Coach Wooden had said Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." It was a fine quote, delivered by a fine new Rotarian, and originating from a great human being. There were five guests at Monday s meeting, which included a visitor from the Omaharti, Japan Rotary Club, Keith Deisenroth, and John Cameron from the Palos Verdes Club, Ken Deemer, a new prospective member, and Sandi Ross. Anniversaries, Birthdays, More Anniversaries Celebrating his birthday somewhere other than at our Rotary meeting was Brad Koppel. Happy birthday anyway Brad. Jim and Joanne Hunter celebrated their wedding anniversary on June 8th. Congratulations to them both. Russ and Sondra Samuels celebrated their wedding anniversary on June 9. Congratulations to them as well. Bill Sauber celebrated his 18th club anniversary on June 8. Larry Johnson celebrated his 8th club anniversary on June 10. Jim Bowser has been with our club for 5 years as of the 13th of this month. Roger Cox, our soon to be president, has now been with the club for 4 years as of June 12. You would think that by now we would be able to understand something he says. Jackson on Sports Ian Jackson delivered another fine sports report. The biggest news story in sports was of course the loss of legendary John Wooden. Ian quoted coach Wooden who said Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. At the time of the report, the Lakers had just lost game 2 of the NBA finals, at home to Boston. Since that time the Lakers have regained home court advantage by taking game 3 at Boston. By the time this is published this series may almost be over. The UCLA Bruin Women softball finals v. Arizona resulted in the women of UCLA picking up their record 12th national championship. Congratulations to the Bruin softball team.
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Rotary is Service Above Self Finally Paul Sanchez finally received his blue badge after over a year of trying. While it may have taken Paul a bit longer than a year, his journey included significant contributions as a Rotarian. Happy Dollars Randy Meadors is no longer the Director for Healthcare Infrastructure with the firm of c a Architects. John Hugunin gave special thanks for all of the Interact awards that were given out the previous week s meeting. Charlie Steinmetz gave a special thanks to the success of his dinner which told all of the mysteries of Troy. Apparently some folks tried to sneak into the dinner inside a wooden horse. Les Silverman gave thanks for his 13 year old daughter s bat mitzvah, and becoming a MB parking and improvements commissioner. Lincoln Stone gave congratulations to his daughter, who graduated from Boston University. Wade Austin gave thanks that his wife Wanda will be the keynote speaker at the El Camino graduation. Morning Havoc (TV) Ryan Kresser gave a great presentation on Havoc TV. Ryan, who works for Havoc, which is a multi-platform network, on Directv and the internet. Viewers of Havoc can send in texts and make immediate choices for what is being aired. In essence, the viewers have control over what they watch. The Havoc website is fully functional 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Ryan also spoke about Ultimate Wave, which is a surf Imax starring Kelly Slater, best surfer in the history of the world. Ultimate wave was a marriage of K2 and Havoc, K2 being a sponsor of Havoc, and in the business of creating Imax films. Suzuki wanted to own surfing, and approached Havoc about how to do it. The Imax Ultimate Wave was created to give that ability to Suzuki. Since this Imax is aired in museums and other educational venues, it was given a necessary educational component. Many Rotarians that have already seen this film have said how great it truly is. In other words, 4 out of 5 Rotarians recommend taking your kids to see it. The remaining Rotarian says leave your kids at home and go see it yourself.
Rotary is Service Above Self Kevin Barry Also speaking was Kevin Barry, a local business owner, that many may know from Memphis, or Sangria. Memphis is located in downtown Manhattan Beach next to Subway, and used to be Towne, which Kevin was also an owner of. Kevin started in the restaurant business in the 80s, when a group of his friends opened 12th street, which has since changed owners and names many times over. The restaurant business is Kevin s primary business area. Kevin attempts to do as many philanthropic events as he can at his restaurants. Kevin spoke about his experience surfing all over the world, including with Kelly Slater at Tavarua. Tavarua is known as one of the greatest surf destinations in the world. It is a very small island which can be circumvented in approximately 15 minutes on foot, and is located off the coast of Fiji. Kevin is committed to many jobs and activities, including teaching Junior Lifeguards at Marine. Kevin has been teaching these junior guards for many years, and absolutely loves teaching them the concept of helping others. Kevin has been lifeguarding since he finished college and has been a hero to many in the water and the community. In fact, Kevin was honored for saving 2 women caught in riptide last summer. Kevin was off duty on his surfboard, and pulled in two women on the edge of drowning, out of the water. Kevin even told the story of a young boy he had saved years ago, that became a lifeguard, water polo player, and doctor. This young man later met Kevin, and expressed the impact Kevin had on his life. Kevin also serves on the Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation. The Foundation is centered on using ocean therapy program to help people with mental and emotional issues. This includes work with the wounded warrior battalion. Kevin told a story of a wounded warrior that couldn t find anything to help his emotional problems until he found surfing through the Foundation, this same warrior was overwhelmed with the effect that surfing had on him. Kevin also serves on the dig for kids foundation, which works with the importance of education for underprivileged children. This program allows these children to interact with the beach and the
Rotary is Service Above Self beach community, and provides them with great opportunities to expand their worlds. Kevin is also part of the Manhattan Beach Business and Professionals Association, which supports local businesses, and strives to have people support local businesses in their community. Close... But No Cigar Bill Bloomfield, who purchased almost all the raffle tickets at the meeting, was the proud winner of a lovely bottle of wine. The big money is still out there for the next meeting, and with only 2 balls left for drawing, the approximately $2,000.00 is up for grabs. Yours in Rotary, Alex Yoffe 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 Wednesday June 14 John Rhind June 16 Darrell Sperber Birthdays Anniversaries June 11 Brad Koppel June 15 Rod & Jennifer Uyeda June 25 June Vantrimpont June 16 David & Lynn Harris June 30 Steve DeBaets June 20 Bill & Cathy Sauber July 05 Bill Sauber June 21 Marc & Cathy Teitelbaum The Rotes Quotes is now available on the web at www.mbrotary.org
Manhattan Beach Rotary - 102 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 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 Becker Honorary Member 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 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 Chris Dixon Consultant Mike Doell Moving & Storage Geoff Dolan City Management Patrick Donahue Advertising Donn Ennis Oil Refinery Engineer Monica Farrell Non-profit Development Richard Farrell Video Production (ret.) Vinny Fazzino Builder/Engineer 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 Eric Iverson Web Developer Ian Jackson Mortgage Banker Tom Jeffry Attorney - Health Care Lawrence Johnson Investment Banker Don Jung CPA Business Manager what areas are open. Let s think and then act. Serving Manhattan Beach Since 1950 Bill Keenan Interim CFOs Harry Keller Education Technology Anne Konie Interior Designer Brad Koppel International Trade Dr. Steve Lombardo Orthopedic Surgeon David Long Executive/Recruiter 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 Jordan Peister Graphic Designer Dave Peters R.E. Invest/Develop/Mediation 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. Daniel Saks Insurance Russ Samuels Fitness & Personal Training Dr. Paul Sanchez Dentist Bill Sauber Auto Club Services (ret.) Dr. Les Silverman Optometrist Ronald Sokol Attorney Darrell Sperber Automotive Dealer 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 Alexander Yoffe Attorney Active Past Presidents