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Notes from our May 15th Rotary Meeting

Posted by Elsie Casida on May 16, 2018

MORRO BAY ROTARY CLUB MEETING

MAY 15, 2018

Meeting called to order by Prez Pete

Invocation by Judy

Pledge to the Flag by Pete Starlings

Recitation of the Four Way Test

Joke for the day by Pete

Guest of Rotarians: Kasey introduced her three guests from the Garden House, once of which was Judy’s daughter, Jody. Jack Keely was also a visitor today.

We have a board meeting tomorrow at 7:30am at the View.

Nick gave a wrap up on the golf tournament and presented the club with a check in the amount of $10,883.00. We still have to take the expenses out, but it looks like a good fund raiser.

Mike said we need someone to host a student from Italy next year. She is a wonderful student and will be a good fit for our club. We would like to have three families step up who would take her into their home for three months.

May 29th is our Hero program; think about someone you could bring.

Rotary’s May Satisfaction survey is on our tables; only ten of us took it this month. Next month will be the last one, please take a couple of minutes to fill it out when it arrives in your inbox.

SLO Blues Baseball tickets will be available next week; the game is Sunday, July 8^th @ 4pm. It will be a fun evening. Cost is $10/ticket, be sure to buy a ticket or several tickets and bring friends, family and neighbors.

Also, we are hoping to have our PHF board filled out this month. The squares are $10.00 each; when all the squares are sold, we will draw the winner who will be awarded a PHF.

Jude thanked John so much for the simplified documents for awards. John talked a little about the Fiesta Foundation evening. We gave a PHF posthumously to the speaker’s mother who raised three children while in an iron lung. Deepa was also given an award and three of the children she has worked with were there to say a few words.

Ken, Don Doubledee and John presented a PHF to Michael Shaffran. Don won the award by picking the winning team in the March Madness and he chose to give his PHF to Michael because of the work he has done.

Pete said the format of starting lunch at 11:30 with the meeting at 12:00 is working well. That gives him more time to hand out fines, today starting with Heidi. This week it was questions about racing; no, not NASCAR, Melissa. If we don’t know much about the subject Prez Pete chooses, we will be much smarter after a few questions/fines.

Kasey introduced our speakers this week, two students from Cal Poly, who are also part of the Honors Program. As part of the program, they are required to do community service. Alex chose to work at the Garden House because the Wonder Garden goes well with his major. Ella chose Garden House because her grandma and mother both have dementia. They have incorporated sight, smell and touch into the garden with plantings that are environmentally friendly and non toxic. They learn about brain anatomy and help the residents with their strengths and learn about their weaknesses. The path design in the Garden is a figure eight shape so the residents can walk around outside when they are accompanied by a worker, family member or friend. The City has approved removal of the trees in front of the Garden House to enable the sun to shine in. May 25^th is the deadline for buying tickets to the Very Merry Unbirthday Party at the Garden House. The event is being held on June 3^rd, tickets are $20.00 with the party starting at 3:00 and dinner being served from 4-6pm.

Winner of 50/50 was John Solu who donated it to Garden House.

Ecasida

Notes from our May 8th Rotary Meeting

Posted by Elsie Casida on May 10, 2018

MORRO BAY ROTARY MEETING NOTES

MAY 8, 2018

MEETING called to order by Prez Pete

Invocation by: Michael Shaffran

Pledge to the Flag led by Prez Pete

Four Way Test Recited

Joke by Prez Pete

Visiting Rotarians:

Don Goodpastor from East Fresno Rotary

Judy introduced Jim Brescia, Ed.D., the County Superintendent of Schools

Rich Reidel brought his wife, Linda

Foundation Fiesta was an informative evening with the main speaker being a man whose mother contracted polio when her three children were young. She was in an iron lung for 14 years while she raised her children with the help of four nurses who worked around the clock.

June 16th is step down for John in Santa Ynez.

Jamie had golf tournament announcements; we have 14 foursomes playing; dinner and awards afterwards. Still need people to help sell raffle tickets after the tournament. Golfers check in at 1:00, golf starts at 2:30; dinner at about 5:00pm.

Max got an award for being an “Academic Junior”. His last baseball game is in Santa Ynez on Friday. He and one of the RYLA girls worked at the Car Show on Sunday.

Judy said the Maritime Museum had a sneak peek event a week ago and had a good turn-out. They are raising money to complete the exhibit and interior work by selling bricks that will be laid in front of the museum. Let Judy know if you would like to buy a brick.

June 3rd is a VERY MERRY UNBIRTHDAY for Garden House. Dinner is served from 4-6pm with other activities starting at 3pm. Tickets are $20 with all proceeds going to help build the Garden House’s Wonder Garden.

Ken and Mike Pond made a Paul Harris Fellowship presentation to Rich Reidel, who is always willing to help with all of our events, including putting in many, many, many hours on the Santa House. Thank you , Rich!!!

Pete drew for a free Paul Harris Fellowship square on the board; it was won by John Solu.

Pete told us the story of how the song, “A Spoonful of Sugar” came to be written for the Mary Poppin's movie.

Jamie’s birthday is May 15^thso she was wished a Happy Birthday and fined $10.00; Heidi paid the fine since it is also her husband’s birthday.

Gary Englund and Sarah were fined $20.00 for not knowing the answer to a Kentucky Derby racing question. Eric answered correctly but was still fined $10.00. Jeff Jones fined $20.00 for an incorrect answer.

Dr. Jim Brescia was our speaker, he is the County Superintendent of Schools. There are 80 individual school buildings in our county, with Parkfield being the smallest school with an enrollment of six students. Some of the schools have dormitory facilities for the teachers, which were really practical at one time, but are not used much in today’s world. The mission of the SLO County Partners in Education is to create seamless pathways for career and college readiness. They are very aware of the importance of providing training for students that will lead to jobs after graduation. Thank you, Dr. Brescia for this interesting talk.

Jamie won the 50/50.....Happy Birthday!!

Have a nice Mother’s Day!! Come back next week.

Ecasida

Notes from our May 1st Rotary Meeting

Posted by Elsie Casida on May 02, 2018

MORRO BAY ROTARY MEETING

MAY 1, 2018

Meeting started promptly at noon....called to order by Prez Pete

Invocation by: Melissa

Flag Salute led by: Prez Pete

Recitation of the Four Way Test

Joke by Prez Pete......we gave him a groan...

Visitors: Heidi’s brother was visiting before he leaves for Germany. Melissa introduced the RYLA visitors.

This Friday is Foundation Fiesta in Santa Maria; it will be a great program, please plan to come. Register by tomorrow. June 16th is the Step Down for DG John Weiss.

Car Show is this weekend; Steve passed around a signup sheet.

BBQ preparation is on Friday evening....... Dave needs help at the Community Center; the actual BBQ will be on Saturday.

Mike reported on the Bollywood fundraiser where the girls from Deepa’s school spoke. Was a wonderful night; they will be coming to the Foundation Fiesta as well, another reason to attend the Fiesta.

Mike reported on the roundabout cleanup; we.had help and it is getting to look beautiful. The Kiwanis Club helped Morro Bay in Bloom so there was a big group of workers. Our group mostly weeded while the others planted flowers etc.

Max (sporting a new haircut) has his last home game today.

May 29^th we will have our Hero’s Day; Mike will be the Rotary host that day.

Ken Casida then presented Paul Harris Fellowships; one to Lorraine in honor of her deceased brother, and the second one went to Jan Lewis for her sister who lives in Tulare and does a lot of volunteering.

We drew for our exemption for May and Michael Shaffran was the winner. He wished us all a good season and said he is thankful for Rotary who makes a difference in so many lives.

This Saturday is a very special sporting event - Nick was asked what it is (in addition to Cinco de Mayo), he didn’t know and was fined $20. Andrea was asked how many Triple Crown winners have there been? She said four and was fined $20. Mike Williams guessed and was fined $20.00; Jan was fined $20.00 for cheating; Lorraine guessed and was fined $20.00; there have been 12. Pete told us an interesting story about Hasty Transit, a horse won by his mother in law. Chuck was fined $10.00, Dan then answered correctly resulting in no fine. Matt Franklin bragged a little on his son who hit a home run in his baseball game.

Next we heard from the students who went to RYLA. Kinley who had heard of RYLA from friends said it was very impactful on her; the food was good; and, she was very outgoing and darling. Max was next, he said he met people that he got to know very well in just 72hours; he was the leader of his team and was one of nine attendees who won a scholarship. He is researching more things now than he ever thought he would. Isabell was next; she felt so welcomed, even as they were separated she felt so at home; she said she met so many nice people in her group; she feels that she is less shy now than she was when she went, and learned many skills; she said this camp is not cheesy and she is more confident. Mailani was next; she was nervous when she stepped out of the car, but everyone was so welcoming she soon felt very comfortable; she said she could have dreams, but at the same time, she must take steps to make things happen to achieve her dreams and goals. Everyone of the students said this experience changed their lives. Several Rotarians asked questions. These kids all did a great job in speaking to all of us; Congratulations to them for being willing to go to an unfamiliar place to enrich their lives. John said every district has a RYLA.

Next week our speaker will be Jim Brescia, SLO Superintendent of Schools.

Quote was from Winston Churchill.

50/50 won by Ken Stilts.

Ecasida

Notes from our April 24th Rotary Meeting

Posted by Elsie Casida on Apr 29, 2018

MORRO BAY ROTARY MEETING

APRIL 24, 2018

Meeting called to order by Prez Pete

Invocation by: Ken Stilts

Pledge to the Flag by: Pete

Recitation of the Four Way Test

Joke by Pete.....Men always get the last two words - yes ma’am

Guests today:

Jeff Eckles introduced by Doug; Andrea introduced her visiting friend, Tammy Cantrell; Don introduced Ryan Sedley who will be joining our club today.

May 4^th is Foundation Fiesta in Santa Maria

June 16^th is the Step Down for John in Santa Ynez

Car Show is May 3^rd,4^th, and 5^th; a sign up to help sheet was passed around

June 29^th (a Friday) is the demotion for our Prez Pete...right here at the View

Next week, May 1^st, we will start our meeting at 12:00 sharp; lunch will be ready at 11:30, so come early and socialize and then we will start the meeting promptly at noon.

Tree Planting - We have discussed planting trees, but it takes a long time and alot money to plant a tree here on public land. So, plant a tree on your own property where you can enjoy it for years to come.

Dan said that Jack Barrett has written a book and has three more in the making.

Weed pulling at the roundabout this Saturday at 9.....please come!!

Deepa’s Bollywood event is this Sunday. It is sold out but they can use help setting up and taking down after the event.

Ryan Sedley joined our club today. Don Doubledee welcomed him in to the club with an explanation of what Rotary stands for. Ryan is a banker at Pacific Premier Bank, is married and has one child with one on the way. We welcomed him with a standing ovation.

Doug brought boxes to be mailed to the troops.

Don Doubledee said he has resigned from the Harbor Festival as Director, but he will continue to be on the board.

Max said he really wanted to go to the prom; but his experience at RYLA was life changing; better than 100 proms.

Chuck was our speaker today. His topic: “Dog Sled Racing”. He wanted to stress that mushers love their dog; when they lose a dog, they are heartbroken. The dogs are not all pure huskies; some of them are hounds and other breeds. They are exercised every day and only taken out on the sled some days. During a race, you can drop a dog if you need to, but you cannot add a dog. Every racer has a place to put an injured dog until they come to a place where it can be taken care of. Chuck’s daughter Janet does not raise dogs at this time, but is the Race Marshall. The pictures of the ten foot high snow drifts were beautiful - but looked so cold!! Thank you very much Chuck - we all love you and love to hear about your trips to Alaska.

Max has a game tonight at 4:00.

50/50 won by Greg Hardcastle

Next week RYLA Ambassadors

Ecasida

Notes from our April 17th Rotary Meeting

Posted by Elsie Casida on Apr 18, 2018

Morro Bay Rotary Meeting Notes

April 17, 2018

HAPPY 68TH ANNIVERSARY TO OUR CLUB!!! We sang happy Birthday to us and Chuck blew out the candles on the chocolate cake.

Meeting called to order by Prez Pete

Invocation by: Dan

Pledge to the Flag: John Weiss

Joke by Pete: Appropriate for all, including kids

Guest Rotarians: Ruth Ann Angus.

Guests of Rotarians: Ryan Sedley who will be a new member soon; John Headding’s wife, Sue; Max; Scott Harp brought Christine who he works with.

Congratulations to Sarah Ketchum who became Sarah Santana in a beautiful ceremony over the weekend.

John Weiss promoted an upcoming program - Public Heroes, which will be held on May 29th. He also encouraged us to respond to the Rotary Satisfaction Survey that comes out once a month.

Board meeting is being held tomorrow morning here at the View at 7:30am.

Rotary’s Foundation Fiesta will be May 4^thin Santa Maria. John Weiss Step Down will be in Santa Ynez on June 16^th with the possibility of a Club Social Wine Tasting after. It’s hoped that many of us will be able to attend.

Golf tournament is scheduled for May 11^th; we still in need of golfers, sponsors, etc.

Car Show will be May 3rd, 4th and 5th. We need more help for that and passed around a sign up sheet.

PRLS this next weekend in Bakersfield. Our club pays the fee which is $250.00.

Max said he will not be going to Prom (Bummer!) and will also miss two baseball games since he will be at RYLA, but he is sure it will be worth it. He has really loved all the things that have been arranged for him to do. His train trip will be in June.

Andrea introduced the Four Way Test winners from Del Mar School’s fifth grade class. The First, Second and Third place winners read their essays, received their certificates and cash rewards

and we gave them a standing ovation.

Next it was time for the Tall Tales speakers starting with Pete Starlings, who was in Vietnam for a year, as a tank driver. His 21st birthday was spent in Vietnam, laying in the dirt while it rained for 12 hours straight. Sounded like a true story.......Thank you, Pete, for your service!!

Mike Pond was next talking about a time when he went fishing, diving and underwater photographing with some of his fireman friends. They saw a fin in the water, so they went out in a canoe to investigate. Mike put on his mask and fins and jumped in to meet what he hoped was not a great white shark....he was 10feet under the water as the shark came toward him wit

h its mouth wide open. Thankfully it was a whale shark, which he knew would not eat him, so he decided to swim up to him, take a ride as he held onto the fin while he took pictures. He got whacked pretty good by the tail of the shark, and the next day his son told the story in kindergarten.

Ruth Ann talked about her trip in a space shuttle. When she got home with her bags she discovered something scurrying around on the floor. It was a little dragon, so she explained the situation to us in Rotary and her hero, Don Doubledee, who got rid of the dragon for her. So, if you see a dragon running around, it is hers and she wants it back. Ruth Ann, I think you won the Tall Tale by default.....yours was the only real Tall Tale.

Pete was next telling about living in Southern California when a movie was shot right across the street from him. He says he was holding his daughter on the porch during the filming when she let out a huge cry, forcing them to film the scene over. The movie was “Back to the Future”, with Michael J. Fox. His daughter when she was about five, jumped up on Bill Cosby’s lap to talk to him.

Our next program is our very own Chuck Clark. He says he has new slides and new stories for those of us who have heard his program before.

50/50 won by Eric Luthi.

“The Best Preparation for Tomorrow is doing your best Today”. See you next week. Ecasida

Notes from our April 10th Rotary Meeting

Posted by Elsie Casida

MORRO BAY ROTARY CLUB NOTES

April 10, 2018

Meeting called to order by Prez Pete

Invocation led by Nick

Pledge to the Flag led by Pete

We recited the Four Way Test

Joke by Pete....Lawyer joke.....they are always good

Visiting Rotarians: Julie Jenkins from Cambria

Guests of Rotarians: Scott Collins, Morro Bay’s City Manager was introduced by John Weiss; Linda Costley introduced by her loving husband, Dan; Sheriff Parkinson introduced by Judy; and, Police Chief Greg Allen also was with us today.

Pete read off the names of every one of us who helped with the Crab Feed. We grossed $14,000 on this event....Whohoo!!! Clean up was amazing...we were out of there by 8:30. THANKS to everyone who helped. Mary was fined $10.00 for having a candle lit butter warmer on her table, Katherine was fined $10.00 for her birthday, Ken Stilts was fined $53 for his 53rd anniversary. He said if he had it to do all over again, he would marry the same girl. Sweet!!

John Weiss announced the District Foundation Fiesta being held on May 4^th in Santa Maria. It will be an informative meeting about the Foundation. One of the speakers will be a man whose mother raised him and his siblings while she was in an iron lung.

Greg Hardcastle sent around the signup sheet for the Car Show....help is still needed.

Max has a baseball game this Friday at 4:00.

PRLS announcement made by Heidi....Melissa and Jude have graduated.

Next Tuesday is our clubs anniversary....April 17th. Come next week for a special anniversary celebration.

Golf Tournament forms are on the tables. They still need help on that day......May 11th. Also Jamie had posters for the golf tournament. Come out and join us.

March Satisfaction Survey is out.... 20% response this month, would like to see more of us fill it out each month.....only takes a minute.

Next week we will have our 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners of the Four Way Test here to read their papers.

Pete had some “fine” questions about the Augusta golf course. A wrong answer cost some $10.00. FYI: The winner of the first golf tournament in 1934 at Augusta was awarded $1,500. The entire prize fund was $5,000.

Judy introduced our Sheriff, Ian Parkinson. He started his law enforcement career in 1984 in Morro Bay before moving onto the City of San Luis Obispo; throughout his career, he has served in almost every position. He will be participating in the Human Trafficking Seminar in September at the Morro Bay Community Center.

The County will be building a new dispatch center out on Hwy 1. MB fire/police calls now go through the central dispatch. There are two types of human trafficking - labor and sex. The labor side goes unreported because most of the victims are here illegally. The sex industry has grown in the past years and is run primarily by gangs. Everyone needs to be on the alert for trafficking, even in a small town like Morro Bay. Most of the sex trafficking victims are U.S. citizens averaging 16 years old. They will bring in $150 - 180 thousand dollars per year for their pimp.

In 2014 we had gang members from Fresno bring in two girls 15 and 17; they branded them and used them for sex. One of them was able to get a cell phone and called for help; SLO police were able to rescue them.

A task force was formed in 2014 including hospital staff, CAPSLO, Women’s Shelter, and other organizations. The mission of the Task Force is to prevent and combat Human Trafficking through education, law enforcement, etc. We look to law enforcement to solve our crime problems, but the situation begins way before the problem is discovered by the police. Ian meets with school administration members quite often and says the tide has turned and they are very supportive of all the efforts being done. Thanks to Ian for taking the time to bring this informative talk to our group, he said that he is very proud of Rotary for getting involved in combating these labor and sex crimes.

Doug brought boxes to mail.

Next week Four Way Test winners will be here to read their essays.

50/50 drawing won by Jeff Jones

“It’s really hard to be a good LEADER, it’s really, really hard to be a good FOLLOWER. “

Enjoy the beauty of our area.....See you next week. ECasida

Notes from our April 3rd Rotary Meeting

Posted on Apr 05, 2018

MORRO BAY ROTARY MEETING

APRIL 3, 2018

Meeting brought to order by Prez Pete

Invocation: Judy

Pledge to the Flag: Jamie

Joke: Given to Pete by Kathi....Google joke......Funny, but we really liked Dave Owen’s punch line better.

Guest Rotarians: None today

Guests of Rotarians: Nick introduced Ryan Sedley, from Pacific Premier Bank, Judy introduced John Headding, who was our speaker, and Judy’s daughter, Jody, was introduced by Kasey.

Crab Feed this Saturday. We will start setting up at 1:00...still need to sell more tickets. Santa Maria Rotary Club bought ten tickets and gave six to our Morro Bay Fire Dept. There are many kinds of crab, but our Crab Feed will feature Dungeness crab. Pete will be on the radio this afternoon to talk about the crab feed.

March Madness is over ...............Villanova won which means Don Doubledee won the PHF; Pete was 2^nd and John Weiss was 3^rd.

Mike took Max up to see the Warriors game....he had a great time; his seat was great, four rows back from the floor; he even had his picture shown on the big screen. Thanks to Dan for setting up this trip.

Car Show coming up in four weeks....still need help that weekend. The Bbq will be at Community Center this year.....not the church. Signup sheet passed around.

Foundation Fiesta is May 4 in Santa Maria......plan to go.

April 17 is Tall Tales day; a meeting to come with a story to tell....It’s an opportunity for Rotarians to tell “Fake News” and get away with it. Right now we have three speakers but can use a few more.

May 1st our RYLA kids will be here.....they will be having lunch with us and then tell us what they got out of being at RYLA.

Jeff Jones announced that Mike Pond is now 61; biggest question of the day - should he go fishing and catch 61 fish or bike 61 miles? He chose to go biking; his birthday was April 1st.

Exception for the month was Chuck Clarke but since he will be out of town for two weeks in April, he sold it to Ken Stilts for $10.00.

Doug brought boxes for the troops...they need to be mailed.

Judy introduced our speaker, John Headding, who is a pharmacist and also is on the MB City Council. His subject was the opioid crisis. Opioids can be very helpful in reducing physical pain and can also cause great sorrow. A person has to continue taking more pills to get the same effect. In 2002, there were 2,000 deaths from drug abuse in the United States; in 2016 the death count rose to 40,000. Heroin is the cheapest street drug out there. With a prescription, a person can purchase 200 Vicodin with a $5.00 co-pay........they can then be sold for $50.00 each. Seventy percent of the people who are on opioids keep taking them not because they are in pain but because otherwise they will go into withdrawal. There are many more regulations today on doctors, pharmacists, etc. John has a 1935 prescription book, all written in by hand.....arthritis was even helped way back then with heroin, so it is nothing new.

Sheriff Ian Parkinson will be our speaker next week.

Vision without action is merely a dream.....sell those tickets!! See you all on Saturday....

Ecasida

Notes from our March 27th Rotary Meeting

Posted on Mar 28, 2018

MORRO BAY ROTARY MEETING NOTES

March 27, 2018

Meeting brought to order by: Mike Pond taking Prez Pete’s place for the day.

Invocation: Melissa Davis

Pledge to the Flag by: Mike

We sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”

Guest Rotarians: None today

Guests of Rotarians: Brent Haugen from the Central Coast State Parks Assn. was introduced by Nick; Brent gave us a Quick Quiz...how many of us have visited a local state park? All hands were raised. The Association likes to connect people with nature through education; and they would like us to partner with them in their upcoming Wild and Scenic Film Festival. Sponsorship levels start at $250.00.

Mike asked a few questions related to Baseball’s upcoming Opening Day; Jamie answered them and received a free lunch.

March is Rotary Foundation Month; if you have $100.00 (more or less) to give, it would be put to good use.

The Crab Feed is coming up on April 7^th. If you have sold tickets, please turn in your money to Jamie; we could use a few more “runners” to bring food to the tables.

The Golf Tournament is coming up May 11^th; we still need sponsors, golfers and volunteers.

The Car Show is also coming up the first weekend in May; there are a lot of opportunities to step up and help; registration, cruise night barricade duty, information, bbq and clean up. Contact Greg Hardcastle if you’re available to help!!

The Four Way Test papers are being judged; we will present checks to the winners at an upcoming meeting; the winner needs to be turned in to District by April 1.

Chuck made an award of a new badge to Judy because she lost her old one.

Chuck was the Fine Master for the day – he asked questions from the latest Rotarian Magazine. Questions were mostly about the bicyclists who rode for Po

lio....Don D and Mike Pond were each fined $10.00. Then Chuck went on to ask questions that are on the California Drivers Test....Ken Stilts answered correctly, subsequently Mike Williams, Jamie, Dave Owens (who missed a moped question), Gary Owens and Heidi were each fined $10.00. None of us want to take that test – it was scary how little we knew.

Mary Leizear introduced the speaker, Roger Jump who volunteers with Lifewater International, Headquartered in SLO. One in every 11 people in the world do not have access to clean/safe water; and, 1,600 people die every day from causes relating to unclean water. Their acronym – WASH; W = Water, A = Access, S = Sanitation, and H = Hygiene. Lifewater is a Christian non-profit and works mainly in Asia and Africa focusing on sustainability. Roger has been involved in helping people in other countries get clean water for about five years. They start with families to teach them how important clean water is to the life of their love

d ones. They teach them to take care of their own water wells. They also give lessons on Disease Transmission and Prevention. As of October 9, 2,578 families have been certified, through education, as “Healthy Homes”; Lifewater has placed 23 wells, and 10 school latrines, all serving 18,468 people. If you want more information, you can Google “Lifewater International” or go to “Lifewater.org.”

Next meeting’s speaker will be our own member, John Headding, speaking on health care.

50/50 won by Don Doubledee. Happy Easter....See you all next week.

ECasida

Notes from our March 20th Rotary Meeting

Posted by Elsie Casida on Mar 23, 2018

MORRO BAY ROTARY NOTES

March 20, 2018

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY: Prez Pete

INVOCATION BY: Michael Shaffran

PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG: Pete

JOKE: Submitted by Chuck, told by Pete, reminded us of Art.......it was funny in a gross kind of way.

Guests of Rotarians: Nick brought Ryan Sedley from Pacific Premier Bank, who gave us a check in the amount of $1,000 as a sponsor of the Golf Tournament. Thank you Ryan!! Judy introduced our speaker, Dr. Eric Prater, Superintendent of SLCUSD.

Mike was fined $10.00 for thinking that Chief Knuckles was a visitor.

Chief Knuckles talked a little about the upcoming storm. It is predicted that we could have 3½ inches of rain in 3 days. Be very careful about walking through mud and water and look out for downed power lines.

Crab Feed tickets are available; we need to sell 250 tickets and still need help. See Jamie for yours to sell or purchase. Also Jamie passed around a sign-up sheet for help and providing desserts. It is a new event for us and we want it to be great!!

Greg passed around sign-up sheet to help with the Car Show the first weekend in May. There are opportunities to help with Cruise Night barricade patrol, Thursday and Friday, registration, Saturday and Sunday Information Booth, Saturday Bbq, and Sunday clean up.

Some of us went to the SLO Film Festival to watch Max’s film being shown on the big screen. It was fun to see Max’s film, followed by dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen.

April 17^th is Tall Tales day, followed by the RYLA group on May 1^st. Hero’s day is coming up on May 29^th so keep that in mind and bring a hero.

March Madness is still going and many of us have been shot out of the competition. Pete still has three brackets to sell if someone wants to buy a bracket for $20.00.....they could be winners.

John Solu introduced Jeff Heller who has been very involved with the Morro Bay sewer/water 218 Vote issue. He educated us about the 218 voting process; the letters from the City regarding this should show up sometime after May 1^st. Every parcel in the City of MB is entitled to one vote.

Pete introduced our speaker, Dr. Eric Prater, the San Luis Coastal Superintendent of Schools. Los Osos has recently been recognized as being one of the top 22 middle schools in the state. Their leadership group will be traveling to Washington D.C. to be recognized. Del Mar and Teach Elementary were nominated for awards as well. Morro Bay High School earned a National Blue Ribbon School award when Prez Pete was there as Principal. There are 7500 students in our district.

Shootings and mental health are top priority these days....everyone is on edge. Measure D is what enabled us to build the new pool, which is being used every day to its fullest capacity. There are 58 girls in water polo and over 70 in swimming. In another two years we will have a fabulous track and field area including a new and improved snack shack.

SLO High will have 1500 students next year because of developing areas; however, the coastal area schools are decreasing in population. Thanks to Dr. Prater for taking time to come and share with us.

Lori donated some rock crab claws for the 50/50. Ken Stilts was the first winner and he took the money; second winner was Gary Englund and third winner was David Owens – both of whom will have crab for dinner tonight.

Roger Jump from Lifewater International will be our speaker next week.

“Greatness is not a function of circumstance.....but of conscious choice and discipline.” Jim Collins

Enjoy the rain....be careful....see you next week.

ECasida

Notes from our March 13th Rotary Meeting

Posted on Mar 15, 2018

MORRO BAY ROTARY CLUB MEETING

March 13, 2018

Meeting called to order by Prez Pete

Invocation by: Ken Stilts

Pledge Allegiance was led by: Pete

We recited the 4 Way Test

Joke by Prez Pete: it was short and we got it.

Visiting Rotarians: Gail Tannehill, who is the incoming President elect of the Paso Robles Rotary Club.

Guests of our Rotarians: Our speaker, Kevin Hauber, was a guest of Michael Shaffran.

Wednesday March 14th we will be meeting at 5:30 to go to Max’s film at the Downtown Center Cinema Theater in SLO. Max was the producer, director and writer of this movie. His film was chosen as one of many. Afterwards we will go to the California Pizza Kitchen for dinner.

Jamie has tickets for the Crab Feed....we would like everyone to sell 4. It is being held on Saturday, April 7 with doors opening at 5pm and dinner served at 5:30. We sent around the signup sheet as we will need lots of help selling tickets and working the event.

Golf Tournament coming up Friday, May 11...still need golfers, sponsors and help. Take a flyer to put up in a business. Sign up to help or golf!!

Fill out a NCAA Tournament Bracket to possibly win a PHF. The tournament starts Thursday so we need to get this completed today.

Melissa and Jude went to the District Training for club leaders, officers etc. There will be another one on the 24th of March in Bakersfield. It’s free...just register. Mike Pond is going so you would be in good company.

Bill Pierce received an email from Direct Relief thanking us for the donation for Montecito....they were VERY appreciative.

Greg Hardcastle said the Car Show is being held the first weekend in May; the 3^rd – 6^th. They also need help with registration, bbq, information booth and Cruise Night; he sent around a signup sheet.

Mike Pond said we will be going to the Blues Game again this summer. That is a fun event and by selling 100 tickets we will add $1,000 to our income for this year.

Dave Owens’ daughter will graduate from Redlands University with a 3.95 GPA. Her major is in Speech Therapy with a goal of becoming a bilingual speech therapist. She was inspired to pursue this field after working many summers at Camp Hapitok.

April 20^th - Chuck will be showing his famous sled dog presentation. He just got back from Alaska where it was soooooo cold!!

Michael introduced our speaker, Kevin Hauber, who graduated from Cal Poly and is now working with Green Building. He is an expert in Real Estate Transactions with energy concerns. The state government put out goals that are supposed to be met by cities and counties at their own expense. Existing buildings will require energy efficiency updates and water efficiency at the same time. By 2020, new buildings or newly remodeled buildings will be required to have 0% energy created by non “green” methods. So where will the money come from? He has many things that can be done to help with this very expensive project......grants and rebates are just two possibilities. Solar leases get recorded on your property so if you sell, you need to be aware that it does not increase your property value. However, if you buy your solar system, it will add to your property value.

50/50 went to Nick...Happy Saint Patrick’s Day......See you next week.

ECasida

Notes from our March 6th Rotary Meeting

Posted on Mar 08, 2018

MORRO BAY ROTARY CLUB BULLETIN

MARCH 6, 2018

Meeting called to order by Prez Pete

Invocation by Dan

Flag Salute by Pete

We recited the 4 Way Test

Jokes by Prez Pete....Bank Robber and Teacher jokes

Visiting Rotarians: Sherry Sims from Cayucos; Lisa from SLO Rotary visiting to announce their upcoming Spaghetti Western event which is being held on March 24th 5:30-8:00 at the Vets Hall in SLO. Tickets are $25.00...children under 12 eat free.

Guests of Rotarians: Glad to have Police Chief Greg Allen visiting along with Max, our foreign exchange student, as well as Heidi’s mom. John Weiss introduced Ryan from Pacific Premier Bank and our Jr. Rotarian, Stella, was also with us today.

Rick Grantham said he was so glad to see John Weiss looking healthy....and also glad to have the hard working police chief with us.

John Weiss talked a few minutes about what is going on around the district and also encouraged us to attend the District Training in Oxnard this weekend; there will be just 2 morning classes including the initial Basic PRLS class.

We are very thankful to have the Police Chief and the Fire Chief as sponsors of the Sept. 15^th conference on Human Trafficking which will be held at the Morro Bay Community Center.

Deepa will be having her fund raising event this year on April 28 at the Terra Mia Vineyards. Tickets will be $100.00. Save the Date!! She will be at the Morro Bay Sunset Rotary meeting Thursday night.

Pete and the board is encouraging everyone to give $100.00 to our Morro Bay Foundation during the month of March this year. We want to build up our cash balance to enable our account to grow every year.

CRAB FEED is being held on April 7^th. We need everyone to sell tickets as well as participate that evening. A Sign-up sheet was passed around.

GOLF TOURNAMENT also coming up on May 11th. We need sponsors, golfers and workers for that day. Sign up on the sign-up sheet please.

NCAA March Madness is coming - next week we will be able to sign up and choose a bracket for $20.00. Winner will get a PHF.

Max brought us up to date with what is going on in his life, including good grades. He wanted to thank everyone with helping him go to the Warriors game....his favorite team for a long time. He entered his film in the SLO Film Festival and it will be showing at the Fremont Theater in downtown SLO on the 14th. Let’s all go to show support for our Max and also to see what his creative mind has done. We will meet at 5:00; go to watch the film and have dinner. A fun evening with friends.......join your club at this social event!!

Our speakers today were Doris Diel and Sandra Hansen, mother and daughter bee keepers. They have been learning about and raising bees for ten years after being concerned about the amount of bees that are dying every year. The bee hive has an elaborate hierarchy starting with the Queen Bee, who the other bees will always follow. Ninety percent of the bees are “worker” bees, are female and do most of the work. And then there are the male “drone” bees who make up the other 10%. In the winter there will be 20-30,000 bees in a hive....in the summer up to 80,000. When the Queen Bee gets old, the worker bees will feed royal jelly to a new hatchling to develop a new Queen. We are losing many bees because of pesticides they drink from blossoms and even more bees are dying from a mite from Asia that attaches itself to a bee and takes its life. Very interesting talk.....we would love to have them back.

Keep Jack Barrett in your thoughts and prayers as he may need emergency surgery.

Don Doubledee won the 50/50

JOIN US FOR THE MARCH SOCIAL.....MAX’ FILM AND DINNER.

Notes from our February 27th Rotary Meeting

Posted by Elsie Casida on Feb 28, 2018

MORRO BAY ROTARY MEETING

FEB. 27, 2018

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY: Prez Pete

INVOCATION BY: Heidi

PLEDGE TO THE FLAG: Prez Pete

JOKE: Plumber joke......uh, we didn’t get it.

WE RECITED THE FOUR WAY TEST.

Visiting Rotarians: Not today

Guests of Rotarians: Dan brought his wife Linda and Mother, Brit. Judy introduced our speaker, Hershel Parker and his wife, Heddy Richter. Judy also brought her friend Karen Clinton. Fire Marshall, Matt Veira was brought by Chief Knuckles. Melissa brought Jr. Rotarian Stella. Tom Kelly, a friend of our speaker, was here to visit as well.

Pete gave a short presentation on Human Trafficking; we will be helping put on the Human Trafficking Summit on September 15^th at the Community Center. He also and announced our President Elect Nominee for 2019/2020 will be Melissa Davis and our President Elect Nominee Designate for 2020/21 will be Lou Dubnow.

The Board approved a donation of $1,000 to be given to Monticeto to help with relief in the wake of the fire and mudslides, and $150 to be given to Ecuador for the planting of trees. We have declared January as our special Rotary Giving Month in an effort to give to our own Rotary Foundation. This year we will emphasize extra gifts be given to the Morro Bay Foundation in March with a goal of $100/person for those who can/want to give this gift.

MBHS’s Crab Feed is sold out. Ours is coming up on April 7^th and we will all need to sell tickets, to make this fund raiser a great event. We will have a signup sheet next week for help to set up, run the bar, be a food runner, sell desserts, sell 50/50 tickets, take down and other duties.

Ken Casida was fined $10.00 for each year of marriage....$80.00...... $13.00 less than our marriage license!!

Satisfaction survey was on the tables, we came in at a +47 this month with 13% responding. Mostly positive comments.....it’s good to have feedback so we all know where we can improve the club.

We are considering picking a Monday night to feed the homeless at the Vets Hall. It would be good to do it once to see if it is something we want to do on a regular basis.

Melissa announced that Stella won first place with a drawing she made and entered in the Estero Bay Women’s Club Contest.

We have two Master PRLS graduates - Jude and Melissa; a worthwhile weekend for both of these future presidents.

Our speaker was Hershel Parker, a Morro Bay resident and world authority on Herman Melville and more. Although he is an expert on Melville and Moby Dick, he also loves ancestry. He has researched his own family and found many interesting facts and has even accumulated 3200 documents about his ancestry. You can find almost anything you want to know online. If you research wills, land transfers, military pension applications and records, newspaper articles, affidavits, tombstones etc., it is possible to find many historical facts. Fold3 is an excellent source for military records. It was an honor to have Hershel and his wife and friends with us today.

Enjoy the week....next week’s speakers will be mom and daughter bee keepers.

50/50 won by Steve Carnes

Ecasida

Notes from our February 20th Rotary Meeting

Posted by Elsie Casida

Morro Bay Rotary Club Notes

February 20, 2018

Meeting called to order by Nick (sporting his Presidential tie) in Prez Pete’s absence

Invocation was given by: Ken Stilts

Pledge to the Flag by: Nick

Visiting Rotarians: Not today

Guests brought by Rotarians:

Dan Costly brought his wife, Linda and his mother, Brit.

Lori French brought her husband, Jeff also known as “The Old Man of the Sea”.

Jeremy, the Pastor of the North Church was here to suggest we might want to partner with them to feed the homeless; maybe switch off with them every other month; to be decided by the board.

Doug placed emails on our tables from the vets who have received our boxes.....he brought two boxes with him to be mailed.

Heidi said Max entered his film in the SLO film festival and it is showing March 14^th at the Downtown Cinemas. She passed around a sign-up sheet for those who want to see his film so she can get tickets. That could be a fun social night with dinner included. On March 23^rd, Max will be going up to San Francisco with the San Ramon Rotary group for a Warrior’s basketball game. Max is on the Morro Bay JV baseball team, we will pick a night to go to a game to support him.

Gary collected a dollar fine from everyone not wearing a Rotary pin. Doug R is driving a brand new car which got him fined $10.00.

Jude introduced our speakers..... our own Lori French and husband Jeff. Last year their family went to the Boston Seafood Show, which is the largest in the country. She brought crab pots, handmade by her husband, which have 4-l/4 inch escape doors for the small crab and fish that swim through the door into the pot. The pots are 36 to 42 inches across. There are four crab boats out of Morro Bay now. The crab that are caught have to be 6-1/2 inches in size and have to be measured before they are even taken into the boat. They are only allowed to take male crab. They fish in water from 50 feet to 400 feet deep. Each boat has a tier number to represent how many crab pots they are allowed to have in the water. According to Lori, this has been a season of “you name it, it happened”....quality, weather, etc. Lori’s family has normally fished in the Bodega Bay Area, but this year they are here. There are 550 crab licenses issued in the USA each year. Thanks to Lori and Jeff for their interesting presentation.

Enjoy the weekend....see you next week.

ECasida

Notes from our February 13th Rotary Meeting

MORRO BAY ROTARY MEETING

February 13, 2018

Invocation: Melissa

Pledge to the Flag: Jeff Jones

Joke: Pete....Dr. Geezer and Dr. Young

Visiting Rotarians: Not today

Guests of Rotarians:

Judy brought Bonnie Jones

Thanks to Pete and Kathi for hosting our social on Saturday night. We had good food and an interesting presentation about our Sri Lanka Pre-school Project by Hans Dahlin and his wife. It is fun to get together and visit with those you may not sit with during our club time. We are planning another social for sometime in May.

March Madness is coming up with an opportunity for anyone to pick a bracket for $20.00. At the end of the NCAA tournament, whoever happened to rack up the most points based on their picks, will be awarded a Paul Harris.

Pete Starlings & Katherine Gillen received their yellow badges today.

Two great additions to our Club - keep inviting your friends, they will be glad you did.

There will be an Electronic Waste Recycle event at the Los Osos Methodist Church on Feb. 24 from 9am to 1pm. Bring printers, phones, VCRs, Stereos, Fax machines etc. to be recycled.

Next Tuesday after our Club Meeting, we will have a Crab Feed meeting that might last for an hour or two to finalize our plans for the event. If you are interested in helping....Please stay for this meeting. The Morro Bay High School Crab Feed is March 3^rd; we will start promoting ours on March 4^th. If each of us sells five tickets, we will sell out. We will have five weeks to sell the tickets.

Doug brought four boxes to be shipped to veterans overseas. The cost is a little under $17.00; you can either take a box, or just give Doug the money, and he will take the box to the post office.

May 11^th is the Golf Tournament....start thinking about businesses you know who would want to be a sponsor, donate raffle prizes or provide golf goodie bag items.

Jan donated a coupon from Sweet Offerings for chocolate covered strawberries........Heidi bought it for $20.00. Thanks, Jan.

Jude went to PETS on the weekend....she is very grateful for the opportunity. Her husband also went and enjoyed it.

Dale won the free lunch and Judy used her exemption to encourage everyone to pick up a Bay News because she wrote an article about the Shell Shop. Pete and Lou discussed family members who work for WINC ...a huge wine company. Chuck is off to Alaska next week where it is minus 8 at night. He loves it!! Sara was in Cancun for six days for an Edward Jones event.

Fines: Heidi’s birthday...$10.00, Ken fined $10.00 but Pete paid it...Steve fined $10.00.

Our speaker was Chief Knuckles who said this summer was the busiest the fire department has ever had.....they spent 87 days on assignment. Our Mutual Aid system is the best in California. The Command System and the Coordination with law enforcement were good decisions that helped evacuate people and fight the fire. What went wrong? Mother Nature.....mainly high winds and low humidity. Northern California Fires involved 11,000 firefighters. The Thomas Fire involved 10,500 firefighters. Morro Bay participated with five engines and 22 personnel as part of the Strike Team. This year they were able to use a Military Drone to spot the fires....instead of a helicopter. The cost was $1500/hour, but well worth it. There will not be voluntary evacuation anymore.....only mandatory. Thank you Chief and our wonderful Morro Bay Fire Department!!

John Weiss said “Celebrate Rotary” is our District 5240 theme for this year. John was scheduled to be in Monticeto on the day of the mudslide. We have over 3,000 members in our District so we are able to help in these California disasters. Six hours after the mudslide, there were two pages filled with the names of Rotarians willing to give a room in their home to someone needing a place to stay. Several Rotarians were impacted by the fire and mudslide but they have a good attitude and their motto is “The Best Days are Still Ahead”.

Thanks to Kathi and Pete for bringing a Valentine Rose for everyone who attended the meeting today.

Next week’s speaker will be Lori French....talking about commercial fishing on the central coast...especially crab fishing. You won’t want to miss this craft talk!!

ECasida

Notes from our February 6th Rotary Meeting

Posted by Elsie Casida on Feb 07, 2018

Morro Bay Rotary Club

February 6, 2018

Meeting called to order by Prez Pete

Invocation: Michael Shaffron

Pledge: Scott Harp

We then read through the Four Way Test and greeted our friends

Joke: Pete....police officer joke.

Guest Rotarians: Sherry Sims, Cayucos Rotary

Guest of Rotarians: Mike S. brought Stephan from France who enjoyed visiting with Max. Janice House with the Honor Flight Program who came with our speaker, Greg McGill; Rick Grantham brought friend and travel-mate, John Gajdos, another Honor Flight volunteer; Kasey brought Tony, a friend who will be going on an Honor Flight.

Mike P said there was progress with the roundabout, with a special thanks to Katherine who came out to help!!!

Katherine brought info about the Mardi Gras Mixer at Fitness Works on Wednesday, February 7.....5:30-7:30.

Come for DINNER/SOCIAL time at Pete and Kathi’s house on Saturday the 10th. We will start at 5:30 with wine and snacks, then a short presentation by Hans about the pre-school in Siri Lanka which our club has supported. Next we will have dinner with meats prepared by Brickhouse BBQ. For those who want to stay later, we have a couple of games planned.

Heidi said Master PURLS will be in Santa Maria the weekend of Feb 23-25.

Max said he visited Hearst Castle and also he is very pleased that his movie will be in the SLO Film Festival. Also he loves baseball, and the MB baseball team is looking for sponsors.

Pete is putting out a challenge to our club ....let’s get 10 new members, 10 PHF and 5 new bequests to Rotary in this year.

Arbor Day is April 27......we are considering planting trees in Morro Bay or the Montecito area in honor of this national holiday.

Next meeting we will consider approving Melissa for our 2019/20 President after Jude and Lou for our 2020 /21 President after Melissa.

Nick said we have set Friday, May 11^th for our 9 hole golf tournament; we will be looking for sponsors, golfers and golfer bag goodies. Other activities our club is involved with are The Crab Feed on April 7, The Kite Festival on April 28 & 29th, and the Car Show on May 4, 5,and 6. SAVE THE DATES for these fun and important events!!!!

Judy won the exemption .....she said she would like to see some of us at the Human Trafficking conference at Oxnard.

Football questions by Pete....Dave fined $20.00, Rick $10.00, Steve Carnes $10.00, Judy $10.00 paid by Rick, John $30.00, Ken Stilts for $30.00

Judy introduced Honor Flight Program speaker, Greg Mcgill (also with the Kern Co Fire Dept) and Janice House, Honor

Flight volunteer extraordinaire. He originally went on an Honor Flight as a guardian and was so impressed with the

organization; he felt that we should have a chapter here. As of this date, 200 veterans from SLO County have gone to

Washington D.C. to see their memorials at no cost to them. Honor Flight was started in 2005 and there are now 135 HUBS

in the U.S. The top priority goes to WWII veterans and any other veteran with a terminal disease. Any veteran who served

in the military is eligible. It is a busy three days for the vets starting with a 6am departure on Day #1. The second day they

visit Memorials honoring the veterans who served during WWII, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam War. They also visit

the Lincoln, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Memorials. The third day they return home. Wheelchairs are provided for all vets and they are given priority everywhere they go. So far 150,000 vets have gone on the Honor Flights. Greg has been on seven flights and he knows how Honor Flights change lives.

Our next week’s speakers will be Chief Knuckles and John Weiss speaking on the Montecito Fires.

Inspirational quote of the day was by Warren Buffet.

Doug brought boxes to be mailed.

Ecasida

Notes from our January 30th Rotary Meeting

MORRO BAY ROTARY MEETING

JANUARY 30, 2018

Meeting called to order by Prez Pete

Invocation by: Ken Stilts

Flag Salute led by: Carla Wixom

Joke: by Pete..... “Ali Oop”

Guest Rotarian: Ruth Ann Angus

Guests of Rotarians:

Rachel Pass from the Estuary Program

Lisa Babb was here for the second time

Carla brought Nancy Johnson and Jeff Eckles

Judy brought Bertha Tyler and our speaker Scott Collins

Chamber “Living Treasure”, Lori French was with us and has $10.00 tickets for the Central Coast Women of Fisheries enchilada dinner on February 3 at the Community Center. She says she will use the tiara for good and not evil.

Mike Pond announced a social at Prez Pete’s house on Saturday, February 10th. Cost is $10.00/person for a tri tip, chicken etc. dinner and a special speaker, Hans Dahlin. Bring your special person and come and enjoy an evening with friends and food.

Saturday, Feb. 3rd is roundabout cleanup @ 9am.....come and help.

Mutts for the Bay program...Rachel Pass said last year 371,000 bags were taken from the dispensers. She had a photo of our Rotary dispenser near the Rock. The Estuary Program is grateful to our Club for our contribution toward the Mutt Mitts.

Heidi told about the PRLS classes in Santa Maria .

Andrea gave out packets with essays on the Four Way Test to be read by volunteers. Each packet had 46 essays.

Cayucos Rotary has reserved a table for our club at the Masquerade Ball on March 17. Cost is $75.00....hands were raised and our table was filled. It will be a fun evening!!

John Weiss....thanked us for our support, and announced several events coming up. Rotary Club of Santa Monica has donated $10,000 to help with the Thomas Fire devastation. Trees are $45.00 if our club or individuals want to contribute. We may want to plant a tree for everyone in our club.

Melissa is selling Girl Scout Cookies on behalf of our Jr. Rotarian Stella......pay her now ...or pay her later. She was fined herself $10.00 for this ad…

Free Lunch went to #63...Nancy.

Fines...super bowl questions.....Jamie fined $10.00, Steve Carnes fined $20.00, Don fined $10.00, Mike $10.00, Steve $10.00, Dan fined $10.00, Heidi not fined, Jude not fined,

Guest Speaker was Morro Bay’s new City Manager, Scott Collins.

Interviewed in September, he has had a good feeling about all his interactions with the people in this community. He is still learning and listening to

community members. Hope is the bond in any community. The WRF is of course, top priority. Financial concerns are on the top of the list too because of

past spending. Many people want our town to stay just like it is, but we also have to keep up with what is going on around us. Lori mentioned the needs

for commercial fishermen. Melissa said she installed a rain water system six years ago to hook up a gray water system but apparently it is against the law in Morro Bay - will this change? Mike asked about the off shore wind farm. Jamie asked if the City is planning to terminate their contract with State Water. John asked about the sewer project and the fact that all meetings have been recorded and we are all concerned about the cost of it. Is it possible to connect with Cayucos? Scott said, “No, they are moving ahead without us”. Carla asked about the Embarcadero area leases that have been taken over by the City - City Council decided to go out with a broker team to try and figure out what to do with the area.

50/50 won by Mike Pond.....donated it to the Interact Club.

Pete’s thought for today was from Budda. “What you think, you will become”. Someone at our table said that’s not true because she has been thinking young and thin and it’s not happening.

Next week’s speaker will be talking about the Honor Flights Program. See you next week. Ecasida

Notes from our January 23rd Rotary Meeting

Posted by Elsie Casida on Jan 24, 2018

MORRO BAY ROTARY MEETING

JANUARY 23, 2018

Meeting called to order by Prez Pete

Invocation by: Dan

Pledge to flag: Katherine

Joke: Pete....Many small jokes....fun and funny!!

Guest Rotarians: Ruth Ann Angus; it was also nice to have Bryan Griffiths and Lori French with us today.

Guest of Rotarians: Andrea brought her husband, Mike, to celebrate their 4th anniversary. Sarah brought Antonio Reyes who is her new assistant. Lisa Babb came because she has recently moved here and wants to get busy in our community.

We will have a Club Social at Pete’s house on Saturday, February 10th starting at 5:30. Our special guest will be Hans Dahlin, who with the help of our Club has sponsored pre schools in Sri Lanka. It will be a great time to get together for food, fellowship and fun; significant others are more than welcome to join us. Cost is $10.00....food will be from Brickhouse BBQ.....come and learn about another thing our Club has done to help others.

Jude announced Book Sales at the MB library on Jan. 27, May 19 and Sept. 29^th. There is also a book store at the library with proceeds going to Friends of the Library. All proceeds from the book sale will be used in our own library.

Lori is selling tickets for the Women for Fisheries Smoked Albacore Enchilada sale.

Heidi said PRLS is coming up in Santa Maria the weekend of February 23-25. The cost is $250.00 which the Club will pay, and anyone can take some of the classes if the entire weekend is too much OR all of the classes and get your Master PRLS certification.

Roundabout cleanup at 9:00 on the 3rd......come one...come all!!

Andrea is working on the Four Way Test and will be in touch with her readers soon.

Our Guest Speaker today was Wade Nomura, a Past District Governor and member of the Carpentaria Club. He met the Board before the meeting to go over

some of the details of the PHF. He spoke on the Rotary Foundation, which is the organization that uses our funds to do much good around the globe. The main

focus for Wade is Water and Sanitation, Basic Education, Disease Prevention, Community and Economic Development, Child and Maternal Health, Rotary Scholars,

and Vocational Training Team.

We have Sister Districts with Clubs in Korea (2) and Mexico and Sister Clubs in Mexico, Chile, Bangladesh, etc., so you have friends everywhere.

Polio Plus.....including corrective surgeries, Immunization Days.

Ways to Participate:

Benefactor...$1,000.00 donation per year

Bequest Society....Designate Rotary Foundation in your will/trust.

Presidents Theme Annual Fund......Ties and scarves designed by the current RI president.

Andrea’s husband, Mike, won the 50/50

Mary brought to my attention that the very interesting Mind Walks Lecture Series is happening on Mondays at the Inn at Morro Bay. January 29^th will be about The Geological Diversity of SLO County.

Next week’s speaker will be the new City Manager in Morro Bay....

Enjoy your week......see you soon. Ecasida

Notes from our January 16th Rotary Meeting

MORRO BAY ROTARY MEETING

JANUARY 16, 2018

Meeting called to order by Prez Pete

Invocation by: Nick

Pledge of Allegiance: Heidi

Song: Auld Lang Syne

Joke: Pete....Lady Airplane pilot....

Guest Rotarians: Kathryn and Mary Helen from Palm Desert

Guests of Rotarians:

Rich Reidel brought his wife Linda, to celebrate their 44th wedding anniversary, and to keep from being fined.

Heidi introduced our speaker, Tom Potter

Claire Grantham was here with Rick

Kathrine Gillen who works at the Chamber was brought here for the last time by Lou as today she is being

inducted into the Club. Don welcomed her with a packet of info, a MB Rotary pin, and her Red Badge. She

spoke for a few minutesand was welcomed by all of us with a standing ovation. Welcome Katherine and

thank you, Lou, for bringing her to our Club.

Roundabout cleanup February 3 at 9:00am.

Satisfaction Survey Results ...printed out on the table. Our satisfaction score was +82. Please take a couple of minutes to fill these out when they come to your email box.

Jeff Jones said many members of our fire department have been in Montecito since the tragic mudslide. It is a traumatic experience for them; Jeff asks us to keep them in our thoughts and prayers.

Heidi wants everyone to know about Master PRLS Weekend in Santa Maria Feb 23 - Feb 25. Cost is $250.00 for the weekend of classes. You can register online. Great opportunity to take the classes reasonably close to home.

Heidi introduced Tom Potter, of CAPSLO. This organization finds housing for homeless vets. They will pay the security deposit so that they can get into a home, give them temporary financial assistance, rental agreement education and other necessary services. It is important to get the vet housed first and then they can work on other issues, such as mental health, PTSD and other issues. This program is a short term program, up to 9 months. They will paint a unit or whatever else might need to be done to keep a landlord happy.

Rich Reidel won the 50/50 and then donated it to Max for his train trip. Max received $200 from our donation jar last week.

Next week’s speaker will be Wade Namura.

Enjoy your week......see you soon.

Ecasida

Notes from our January 9th Rotary Meeting

Posted by Elsie Casida

MORRO BAY ROTARY MEETING

January 9th, 2018

Meeting called to order by Prez Pete.....nice to have him back!!

Invocation: Judy

Flag Salute: Pete

Song: Row, Row, Row your boat – rumor has it, the MBHS Baseball players were impressed.

Joke: Pete....Three legged Chicken in the road...

Guests: Heidi introduced Max who is now staying with them

Judy: Bonnie Jones, today’s speaker

Melissa: Teri Meyer

Lou: Kathrine Gillen, soon to be our newest MB Rotarian

Sean, the MBHS Baseball coach and 2 of the team members were here to sell $50.00 tickets for their Annual Crab Feed at the Community Center on March 3rd. They are also selling advertisements on the banner.

We need a couple of Rotarians to read and grade the Four Way Tests. Several hands went up, so that little problem was solved in a hurry. Thank you to those who volunteered.

Heidi and Max gave a brief summary of his stay here. Max thanked us for his cash Christmas present with which he bought a baseball glove. He also bought new pants and new shirts so he is ready for the season. If anyone wants to go to San Francisco and walk the Golden Gate Bridge with Max, he would love to do that. Max has made a movie which is now on You-Tube; go to “The E.N.D.” on You-Tube, you will see a picture of Max and the 25 minute video he made. He is also really interested in watching a launch at Vandenburg so if anyone is interested in going, he would love to go along. If you are going anywhere fun in the next six weeks, Max would love to go with you.

Nick made an announcement about the monthly Chamber mixer which is being held on Wednesday, January 10^th at 5:30 at Rabobank.

The Fire and Ice Ball will be at the MB Community Center from 5:30-9:00pm on Friday, January 26th. It is an evening of Community Awards hosted by the Chamber.

Jude and Matt co-chaired the Salvation Army Bell Ringing volunteers at Albertsons. They said it was a successful endeavor and thanked all who participated.

Our Crab Feed will be announced, advertised and tickets sold after the high school crab feed is either sold out or over. It will be very simple this year...

Chuck Clarke’s birthday was January 5^th and fined $10.00.

Mary said “Mind Walks” have started at 10:15am at the Inn at Morro Bay on Mondays during the winter months.

Jan Lewis said she had a date with Kareem Abdul Jabbar in 1977.

Her question from Pete was...”What is the first country to celebrate New Year’s Eve every year?” New Zealand....Jan fined $10.00 in spite of who she knows.

Pete Starlings was fined $20.00 for not knowing the answer to his question.

What country has the most people celebrating NYE. Rio de Janeiro ......2,000,000 people gather.

Bonnie Jones has been involved in projects to help the homeless since they moved to Morro Bay. She helped start Estero Bay Alliance for Care (EBAC), who now in their fifth year, have served over 100,000 meals to those in need. They want to keep people from becoming homeless if possible as well as help those in need in our community. They serve the community dinner at the Vets Hall on Monday nights between 5 and 6:30. They serve approximately 85 people every Monday evening. Who comes? Families, seniors, homeless, and anyone else in need. They are asking for help one night a month or more. The food would be cooked in our homes and then brought to the Vets Hall. There are many organizations that help each week. We’ll be talking about this at our upcoming Board Meeting.

John Solu won the $37.00 50/50 and added it to the jar we passed around to contribute to Max for his 30 day train trip in the summer around the U.S.A.

Enjoy the weekend.....See you all next week for time with friends and interesting speakers.

ECasida

Notes from our December 19th Rotary Meeting

MORRO BAY ROTARY CLUB MEETING

DEC. 19, 2017

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY MIKE POND filling in for Pete

Invocation was individual silent meditations.

Pledge by Mike Shaffran

Joke by Mike, and we sang a Christmas song

Jan Lewis auctioned off pieces of Eggnog fudge with money going into the stocking we passed around for a “thank you” gift for the servers.

Anyone know which Rotary President said - ”the squirrels must be hungry......all the nuts are here tonight”. Our own Rick Grantham at a Council meeting when he thought the mike was off.

John Weiss got up and spoke for a few minutes about our district and how our clubs are doing many great things. Santa Barbara Club is upbeat although some members have lost their homes in the fire.

Andrea talked about her new Honda Pilot and was fined per cup holder......maximum being $25.00.

Melissa said she just emailed the kids who signed up for RYLA – it’s a great group of kids.

Still need bell ringers for Salvation Army on Thursday. Those who have been involved say it is a great experience.

Lorraine will be a grandmother in June. Dan said his wife, Linda, became a grandmother for the first time on Friday.

Gary said his wife stood up in church and announced that they have a room in the back of their home if someone from Santa Barbara needs a place to stay until things get better down south. They had a couple, who went back home yesterday, take them up on this kind offer.

Mike and Jeff gave us a few hints on fire fighting.....

Judy mentioned how much fun the Winterfest 12 Days was; especially the Santa Crawl.

Special Christmas Memories from some of our Members:

Judy: When her kids were middle school age, her dad was housebound and couldn’t tolerate the noise and confusion of having the whole family visit, so, they went to Pizza Hut, and had a lovely time. The server was wonderful so they left him a $20.00 tip, making his Christmas Very Merry.

Dan: When he lived in Truckee he put up 62,000 Christmas lights; in Morro Bay he has downsized to 16,000 lights. He talked about ministering to the homeless when he was with the Sheriff’s Dept. in Truckee where there were 33 homeless people living outside in the cold, cold weather.

Andrea: When she was very young, she was allowed to sit on her dads lap and drive their Camaro down Candy Cane Lane at Christmas Time. Her grandmother would make fudge and almond rocha which Andrea has since tried to make, but now will just go to Jan’s Sweet Offerings.

Jude: In the late 70s she went to Illinois on Christmas Eve where they went out for dinner in the Amish Community. They ate dinner with an Amish family who had no electricity, so they enjoyed their meal by the light from oil lamps. Everything was cooked in cast iron on wood stoves. The chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, rolls etc. were all made in their own home, and she believes is the best she has ever tasted.

Jude shared with us a photo of her and her siblings taken in the 50’s. They were all crying - very funny, Jude. She brought her own original felt stocking, and felt tree skirt. Christmas Eve they would hear sleigh bells, which are still used by her cat to let the family know she wants out. She got a doll named Sally which was a very special doll.

Chuck: His family still loves to go to their cabin “Oak Hollow” in Cayucos for Christmas. Every year they have a theme; one year it was “the species cat”. One year, their youngest grandchild cried and said she never wanted to leave; she still feels that way. Chuck and Liz have a big family and as many of them as can, still love to gather for Christmas at ”Oak Hollow”.

Ken Stilts: One Christmas Eve at 10:30 Ken had an emergency phone call. It was someone needing a crown to be cemented back on. He went to his office, cleaned out the tooth and cemented the crown back on. The patient was so thankful and wanted to pay him, but Ken said he needed to go to the office anyway because he was hiding two surf boards there and needed to get them home before Christmas morning.

Gary: When he and Marlene were first married, they were stationed in Maine, where it was 40 below zero, but at Christmas time they would still cut their own tree. Marlene decorated it with blue lights, blue bulbs and angel hair; it was beautiful. On Christmas they left for a couple of days and when they got home the tree was a skeleton with lights and angel hair, it had dried out so much. When he went to school in Montana, they did the same thing, going through deep snow to get a tree. One time the neighbor boy got stuck in a snow bank, and Gary plucked him out.

Crab feed meeting at 11:00 on January 9^th. April 7th is the tentative date for the Crab Feed.

The City wants to move our Santa House sometime after the 1st of the year, so we will get over there and get everything tied down.

50/50 won by Ken Stilts....$12.00...Merry Christmas, Ken!!

The stocking of tips for the staff at the View added up to $230.00. Thanks to the staff for their service over the last year.

Board meeting tomorrow here at the View at 7:30am.

Today’s meeting was very interesting and fun getting to know some of our members a little better. If you missed it, you missed a good thing!!!

We will be dark on Dec. 26 and Jan 2. MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR to all....See you next year

ECasida

Notes from our December 12th Rotary Meeting

MORRO BAY ROTARY CLUB MEETING

DECEMBER 12, 2017

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY PREZ PETE

Invocation by Nick

Pledge by Prez Pete

Joke by Prez Pete....PHD....Pizza Home Delivery

Guest of Rotarian Lou - Katherine from Morro Bay Chamber of Commerce, who has visited the Club three times.

Sarah announced that her kids foundation, Mini Santas, have found a local family to support.

January is Rotary Foundation Month; we’re going to brainstorm how to entice members to support our Foundation - a nice idea is to donate $100.00 to Morro Bay Rotary Foundation that month.

Dan received a round of applause for the Lighted Boat Parade as did Jan for receiving the PHF last week.

Dan received and read a letter from Morro Bay Coast Guard thanking us for our support.

Tonight is the last night of the Winter Festival so Santa is going back to the North Pole. After that, we will need to get the decorations out of the Santa House. Dan will send out an email concerning this.

Our 1^st Annual Crab Feed will be Saturday, April 7th.....come join us before our December 19^th regular meeting to help get this event planned. This will be a major fundraiser so we will need to sell tickets after the first of the year. Tickets will be $55.00; with the hopes that each Rotarian in our Club will be able to sell five tickets. We will also need cookies or cakes to sell and/or auction off that night. We will have a bar with wine or beer and a 50/50 drawing as well.

Pawsabilities for Veterans is holding a movie day at the Inn at Morro Bay on Thursday December 28th at 11 and 3 pm. Bring the family, a pillow and a blanket and come enjoy “101 Dalmatians”.

Holly Banfield, the Choir Director at MBHS brought the Morro Bay Choir for our annual Christmas Carol

program. We sang along as the choir led us in Jingle Bells....... quite an improvement o

ver last week!!! We then presented the Choir with a check for $250 to help them in their efforts. Holly was a recipient of one of our graduating senior scholarships...now she has come back to Morro Bay to work at our high school. That is our Foundation dollars being put to good use!!

The 50/50 drawing was won by: Jude

Next week we need club members to talk about Christmas traditions in their family. Any volunteers?

Let’s keep Pete in our thoughts and prayers as he goes in for surgery on Friday. Also remember John Weiss who is doing very well after his surgery.

Meeting adjourned…

Enjoy your week...see you next week to enjoy stories from our own club members.

Notes from our December 5th Rotary Meeting

Morro Bay Rotary Meeting

December 5, 2017

Prez Pete called meeting to order

Invocation by Ken Stilts

Flag Salute by new member Lou Dubnow

Song: A monotone version of Jingle Bells

Joke by Pete (I’ve heard it before, but still don’t remember it)

Guests of the Club today:

Lorraine brought her son in law, Max Marple

Judy’s guest was Bonnie Jones

Mike Shaffran’s guest was our speaker, Paul Grafton

Lou Dubnow introduced, Katherine Gillen from the Chamber

Doug brought boxes to send to the troops

Matt Franklin announced we still have openings on Dec. 14 and 21 for Salvation Army Bell Ringing at Albertsons.

We signed cards for Nancy whose brother passed away and Dan whose step father passed. Our thoughts are with them both at this difficult time.

Lighted Boat Parade

: Our amazing team of Rotary carpenters, painters and decorators put the Santa House together in two days!!! Saturday night was wonderful, we were not in our usual location and did not sell as much hot chocolate and cookies as we usually do but it was fun and rewarding to see all the families who very much enjoyed our efforts on the Santa House. Santa Ken also went on Sund

ay, and had a good visit with our Rotarian crew but we didn’t see many kids. Santa (not Ken) will be there every night through the 12th and I think will be busier as the word gets out that we have a Santa House and the pictures are free.

The Crab Feed committee met today to make a few decisions about how we want to move forward with our first event effort.

Morro Bay Watch sent a letter of thanks for the $500.00 we donated to the Caroling Cops for their purchase of toys.

Judy is requesting members step forward to give a short talk on their favorite Christmas traditions. Please let her know if that is something you would like to do as this will be part of our December 19^th Rotary program.

Melissa is interviewing applicants for RYLA tomorrow at 9:30 at the high school; she invited anyone interested to join her and help out with this.

Ken Casida drew the name to receive a PHF from the board; Jan Lewis was the big winner. Then we drew to see who would get the first PHF from a completed quartet; Lorraine was its lucky winner.

We then sang Happy Birthday to Gary Owens who missed this question: What color are the berries on the mistletoe tree? White was the correct answer; Gary was fined $10.00.

Jeff Jones was then asked and fined for his wrong answer to: When does the Orthodox Church celebrate Christmas. Answer: January 7^th; Jeff was fined $20.00.

Where did Saint Nickolas come from? Turkey No one knew - many were fined for being wrong.

Michael Shaffran introduced our speaker, Paul Graffton, who is a Naturalist working at Camp KEEP which stands for Kern

Environ

mental Education Program. Kids come from the Bakersfield area to the camp Mon - Fri.

One camp is located at Montana de Oro; the other camp is located in Cambria. They offer the

camp during school year with 120 students participating per week. The camp’s curriculum gets

the students out on the trails; exploring creeks, tide pools, and sand dunes; hike; find fossils;

see elephant seals; enjoy camp fires and more. The kids come down to Morro Rock and look at the peregrine falcons and the otters. The program has been very beneficial in bringing kids from Kern County over to the ocean to be introduced to this wonderful area full of sea animals etc.

Next week’s program will be the Morro Bay High School Choir under the leadership of Holly Banfield.

Lastly, Prez Pete announced that he has been diagnosed with cancer and will be undergoing surgery at UCLA on Dec. 15th. He plans to be there just a couple of days and will return to Rotary at the first of next year. Our thoughts and prayers are with Pete, Kathi and their family at this time.

Meeting adjourned ....E.Casida

Notes from our November 14, 2017 Rotary Meeting

MORRO BAY ROTARY MEETING

November 14, 2017

Prez Pete called our meeting to order

Invocation: Judy

Pledge: Keith George

Joke: Pete.......

Good to have John Weiss back today. Reported on his trip to Reno.....had a nurse with him most of the time, so he was well taken care of. He is feeling well in spite of two recent surgeries.

Visiting Rotarians: Patricia from out of state, Ruth Ann Angus from MB Rotary Club Sunset

Guests of Rotarians: Teri Bayus - the Lighted Boat Parade Coordinator, Lorraine’s son-in-law Max Marple, friend of Rotary - Keith Taylor. It was great to see Rotarian, Keith George (who was one of our clubs funniest presidents).

Carla won the free lunch; Mike Pond won a square on the PHF Board.

Jude and Matt are sharing the responsibility of getting Salvation Army Bell Ringers starting on Thursday November 30th, at Albertsons. Please sign up for an hour or two.

Ruth Ann talked about Peace Builders. John Dear will be speaking at St. Timothy Church Hall in Morro Bay on November 16, at 7:00.

Terri Bayus talked about the 12 Days of Christmas. December 3rd is our special day when we will have Mr. and Mrs. Claus, Elves, and we will sell cookies, hot choc and coffee. We need volunteers to supply the cookies and also to pour hot chocolate. It will be a great event this year with the

Santa House and all the decorations. There will be a special event every day during the 12 days....some especially for children.

Welcome back to Stev

e Carnes after having knee surgery. He presented our Club with a check in the

amount of $6,500.00 for the car show. Thanks to Steve, Greg and others who work this event. A special thanks to Dave Owens for heading up the bbq.

Cara Crye, CEO of Farm Supply was our speaker. Cara is a 4th Generation Morro Bay resident. She attended MBHS when Pete was Principal. She moved out of MB for a while and has just recently come back. Her personal view is that we are very lucky to be in this area....I’m sure we all agree with that!! The Top Ten Value Crops in SLO County are wine grapes, strawberries, avocados, broccoli, cattle and calves, vegetable transplants, cut flowers, head lettuce, cauliflower, and lemons. She suggests we buy local as much as we can, or even grow our own. Farmers have an ethical way of living and are for the most part, honest, hard working, and good stewards of the land. Backyard chickens are becoming very popular just to have the experience....not to make money. Her first job was working at the Morro Bay Farm Supply store, where she learned invaluable lessons on work ethics and hard work. Those have obviously paid off as she now runs the company. Her parents are neighbors of Prez Petes.

Next week is dark.....HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

COME BACK ON THE 28th..... our speaker will be Glenn Silloway speaking on Morro Bay’s military history.

ECasida

Notes from our November 8th Rotary Meeting

Posted by Elsie Casida

MORRO BAY ROTARY CLUB MEETING

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Invocation by Michael Shaffran
Pledge by Rick Grantham
Song was “Smile”....nice to have Steve Carnes back with his wonderful singing voice. Glad you are better, Steve.
Joke - Pete.....something about a dog

Visiting Rotarians: None today, but lots of Guests of Rotarians including: Chief Greg Allen, Commander Jody Cox, and Sergeant Tony Mosqueda of the Morro Bay Police Department; Susan and Jim Callahan, friends of Elsie and Ken; also Claire Grantham, friend and wife of Rick. And Lou Dubnow still a visitor, was also in attendance, he is soon to be a member of the club.
Max was also with us in his Rotary jacket decorated with items commemorating all the places he has visited. If you want to talk to him, he would love to talk to you as his English is great if your French is not so good.

Next Pete asked all the veterans to stand and we gave them a round of applause in Thanks for Their Service.

Lighted Boat Parade needs our help on the 26^th of November at 10:00am. The Shed is being delivered to the Chamber building where we will put it together and paint it. Bring a hammer and paint brush and come help, contact Dan Costley if you have any questions. Next week we will also pass around a sheet to sign up to provide cookies for us to sell at the Lighted Boat Parade event.

John Weiss had surgery last Thursday. Yesterday he was able to walk a mile around the hospital corridor and will be checking out tonight, going straight to a Rotary conference. One of his nurses at the hospital is a Rotarian and will be traveling with him.

Board meeting next Wednesday morning here at the clubhouse @ 730am.

Still have the PHF Board up to buy a square for $10.00.....when full, we will pick a number and that person will get a Paul Harris Fellow.

Jude gave an announcement about Every Rotarian Every Year and the Paul Harris Society. Flyers were placed on the tables for more

information. The Rotary Foundation ranked third in CNBC’s annual list of “Top 10 Charities Changing the World”.

Jude won a square on the board because Pete drew her number; hopefully will be a weekly event.

Nancy Castle gave a little information on the Thanksgiving dinner to be served at the Senior Center. They really need help and also monetary donations. If you have any questions or want to help, call Nancy at 805-441-5770.

Ken Stilts won the “exemption”. He turned 76 today and has been in Rotary 47 years. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEN!!

Mike Williams won the free lunch.

Rick Grantham, who couldn’t resist throwing out some football jabs, then introduced our speaker, Captain Bob Christenson and his friend, Dale Johnson, who was the Captain’s driver today.

Captain Christenson graduated from Annapolis in 1957. In his time in the Navy he spent

time on destroyers, diesel submarines, and amphibious ships. He and his wife, Mary,

live in San Luis Obispo and have three sons who are all Lutheran pastors.

He was in Vietnam during the evacuation and said it was not our finest hour. North

Vietnam did not honor the treaty of the Paris Peace Accords and started to go south.

So, our plan was to evacuate the embassy by airplane or ship. However, the north

shelled the airport....so that was not possible. Helicopters were taken wherever they

could be found, loaded with people and left Vietnam as soon as they could. They flew

over the ship that Captain Christenson was on, wanting to land, so they did

accommodate them, but then had to get rid of the helicopters so more could land. They

tried pushing them over the side, but that really didn’t work, so a pilots had to take them out a few feet, jump out, and then swim to the ship as the helicopter crash landed into the ocean. The pictures of the helicopters crashing into the ocean were quite interesting and scary.

Captain Christianson’s tips for people in a position of leadership are - Know your job, show appreciation, and hold people accountable.

Doug brought packages to be mailed to veterans all over the world. If you take a box to USPS, you don’t have to sign off, it has been done.

Next week our speaker will be Cara Crye, CEO of Farm Supply. Her talk will be about agriculture in our county.

50/50 won by Ken Stilts.

Join us Friday night at the Siren for a fundraiser for “Pawsabilities for Veterans”. Two local bands will be playing at 5-8pm and 9-12. We will be going to hear the 5-8pm band.

Thought of the day is “The two most important days of your life are ...the day you were born and the day you find out why.” Mark Twain

Remember Veterans Day....November 11th....Thank a Veteran!!

ECasida

Notes from our October 31st Rotary Meeting

Posted by Elsie Casida

MORRO BAY ROTARY MEETING

Oct. 31, 2017

Invocation: Melissa

Flag Salute: Megan

Joke: Pete

Visiting Rotarians: Dick Mellinger is a Member of Passport Rotary, but he also wanted to talk about “Pawsabilities For Veterans”. This organization buys puppies, trains them and when they are ready, gives them to soldiers with PTSD. They will have a fund raiser featuring two local bands on November 10th from 5 to midnight at the Siren.

Guests of Rotarians: Scott Harp, guest of new member, Peter S; and Lou Dubnow, guest of Andrea

Dan Costley: announcement about help needed for the new Santa House. We need spare pieces of lumber and red or white paint. We can use decorations if you have extra at your home, and we will need help on Nov 18 and 19 to get the Santa House put together, painted and decorated. Contact Dan if you’re available.

We will be receiving a check in the amount of $5,900 because of the hours we put in working at the Avocado/Margarita Festival. Good Job!! And Thanks to those who put in those hours....it means we had enough hours to be paid 10% of the gate. Get geared up for next year!!!

Pete updated us on Max... he went to LA this weekend with Pete and Kathi and also went to Disneyland with a friend. This weekend he is going to Hollywood with friends. He has a water polo play-off game tonight at 5:00pm.

Kudos to all those who dressed up for Halloween!!!

Pete had a few Halloween questions for the group:

Gary Englund was asked - What do you call a single vampire” Batchelor.

Mike Williams was asked - Why didn’t the skeleton cross the road? No guts.

Sarah Ketchum - Why are cemeteries noisy? All the coffin

Halloween is the day before what celebration? All Saints Day? Chuck missed it and was fined.

We have a couple of new members coming in so there will be an Orientation at 5:30 on the 9^th at Lolo’s – please feel free to join us.

Presentation today was on Rotary International Foundation and Rotary Club of Morro Bay Foundation.

Chuck was the first speaker.

There are many programs that the Rotary International Foundation supports and of all the money

Rotary receives, 91% is spent directly on these programs.

The money in the Morro Bay Rotary Foundation only comes from our club. The Board of the

Foundation consists of six past presidents whose mission is to provide college scholarships.

Our Foundation has given a total of $148,250 to 115 students. The board independently goes

through the applications to determine who the scholarships should go to. Need, service,

scholarship, activities, and intangibles are what they are scored on. This year Chuck gave a

perfect score to one individual who is blind....he said it was very rewarding to see her come up

to receive her scholarship.

Sarah was next and she spoke about a plan to give to Morro Bay Rotary Foundation. Donating a stock that might not be doing well is a good idea since you can deduct your loss as well as 50% of the value of the stock. Talk to your CPA about what is the most efficient way to leave money to your family or to a charity.

Ken gave some of the history of Rotary....There are four ways

to receive a PHF..... 1) Donate $1,000; 2) Join a Paul Harris quartet;

3) Buy one or more squares on the PHF board; 4) Participate in

our March Madness Brackets.

Kasey thanked those who came to Garden House BBQ Luau. The fundraiser raised approx $4,500.

Nine bags of weeds were taken out of the roundabout by Mike and Pete.

Heidi won the 50/50

Next week’s program will be USN Captain Bob Christenson speaking on “The Evacuation of Saigon”. Sounds like a great program especially since Veterans Day is Nov. 11.

ECasida

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