Copy of Club Bulletins March 31st and April 7th

Posted by Andrea Lueker 
 
 
 
Rotary Club of Morro Bay
Bulletin – March 31, 2015
 
WEATHER
Warm sunny, a bit breezy – like usual.
 
LUNCH
I ate, it was good, but I can’t remember what we had, however, what we had for dessert was fudge squares with marshmallows!
 
PRESIDENT NICKS TIE COLOR
President Nick was back and had a CRAZY yellow tie on – in celebration of Cesar Chavez’s birthday.    
 
PLEDGE
The lovely and talented President Nick.
 
INVOCATION
The lovely and talented Ken Stilts.
 
SONG
Sid and the Club Members knocked-out a fierce “God Bless America”!
 
VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS
Jack – grandson of John and Christine who was quite talkative and hilarious to listen to!
Scottie Ortiz, lovely wife of Frank Ortiz
PDG Frank Ortiz
Christine Weiss
Dick and Barbara Weiss
Galen Griswold
Madeline Stringham from Rotaract
Janne Reddell guest of Doug Riddell
 
NEW MEMBER INDUCTION
Pretty exciting that we got to induct Scottie Ortiz as an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Morro Bay.  We are all very familiar with her husband PDG Frank, but now Scottie is an official honorary member and we are thrilled to have her part of our club.
 
 
EXEMPTION
Tom Hay, although we thought he already had it?
 
CLUB BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
John Weiss reminded us that Rotary Club of Morro Bay is turning 65 and we are having a party on Thursday, April 16th at the Golf Course as well as the Golf Tournament scheduled for May 8th.
 
Michael talked about the basketball brackets and the status of members. 
 
Judy Salamanca reminded the club about the Garden House fundraiser scheduled for April 4th at Dockside from 2:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
 
A sign-up sheet for the Car Show was passed around, the event is April 30th – May 3rd and benefits the Rotary Club.
 
PAUL HARRIS BOARD DRAWING
President Nick did some suggestive selling and finished off the board with Steve Cairns, Jill Loving, Bryan Griffiths, Jan Lewis, Lorraine Sterkle and Seneca all getting to purchase squares...
 
PROGRAM
John Weiss and Madeline from the Rotaract Club gave a great slide show on the Home Building Program that occurred in August 2014 in Tecate, Mexico.  Members from the SLO, San Diego and Ventura Rotaract Clubs and John & Christine Weiss and Dale Jedkey/Ventura Rotarian all went to Tecate Mexico and with many others built a house for a mother and her 2 children.  John and Madeline had great slides that showed the progress from just a cement slab to a fully constructed house.  In order for the mother and her children to quality, they do volunteer work with El Corazon (a non-profit organization), who partners with Rotary to build.  While there is no electricity or plumbing in the home, it offers a space for the family to live, sleep and cook.  After the home is built, there is a “gifting” ceremony at the end of the day where the family is given the keys to the home as well as a number of housewarming gifts from the builders.  John invited any Rotarian that was interested to participate in the future, he shared the experience will change your life.  Madeline also agreed.  Great Program!!
 
Madeline also announced that Rotaract will be having Deepa speak at their meeting on Tuesday, April 7th at the Ludwig Center and invited Morro Bay Rotarians to attend if possible.
 
CLOSING
Matt Franklin won the 50/50 (again) and President Nick closed the meeting, Happy Trails All! 
 
Rotary Club of Morro Bay
Bulletin – April 7, 2015
 
 
WEATHER
IT RAINED.
 
LUNCH
Wraps with that lovely food – BACON.  Bow Tie Pasta Salad CC Cookies.
 
PRESIDENT NICKS TIE COLOR
President Nick a red tie with little “somethings” on it and a yellow shirt, wowzer!    
 
PLEDGE
The lovely and talented President Nick.
 
INVOCATION
The lovely and talented Ken Casida.
 
SONG
After a failed attempt to have anti-baseball President Nick sing “Take Me out to the Ballpark” we all sat down.
  
VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS AND MEMBERS WE HAVE MISSED SEEING
Janne Reddell
Liz Patrina
Sarah Ketchum
Keith George
Rich Riddell
Renelee Anderson - Program
 
NEW MEMBER INDUCTION
Not today.
 
PAUL HARRIS QUARTET AND PRESENTATIONS
Not today.
 
EXEMPTION
Nope.
 
CLUB BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
John Weiss reminded us that Rotary Club of Morro Bay is turning 65 and we are having a party on Thursday, April 16th at the Golf Course, as a result of the party, April 21st we will be dark.
 
Pete congratulated Brian Griffiths as the big winner of a Paul Harris Fellow as a result of the basketball brackets.
 
Jamie reminded us about the Golf Tournament scheduled for May 8th.
 
A sign-up sheet for the Car Show was passed around, the event is April 30th – May 3rd and benefits the Rotary Club.
 
Seneca Jacobson was awarded Rotarian of the Month and the fame and fortune that comes with that designation!!
 
Rob Livick provided the club with a copy of a White Paper the city had created to explain the rising costs of both water and sewer to the residents.
 
QUOTE OF THE MEETING
There was a hilarious quote at our table from Gary Englund which I am not at liberty to print.
 
UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS
April 11, 2015 – Business Planning & Project Management (Embassy Suites, SLO)
April 17-19, 2015 - RYLA
April 2015 – Fish Fry
May 1-3, 2015 – Morro Bay Car Show
May 8, 2015 – Golf Tournament at Morro Bay Golf Course
June 2015 – Demotion/Induction Party
 
FINING
Nope. 
 
PAUL HARRIS BOARD DRAWING
FINALLY, we finished this and David Owens was the big winner, we tried to not give it to him since he wasn’t at Rotary, but President Nick held firm.
 
PROGRAM
Renelee Anderson of the Marine Mammal Center was the program today.  She began with an explanation about how the Marine Mammal Center works and that it is a triage center with many of the animals moving up to the Sausalito area for further care.  She shared a wonderful video about the program and let us know that they have been inundated with animals this year.  They use volunteers almost exclusively with only one paid staff person.  She handed out a small pocket sized flyer that provides contact information for marine mammal rescue as well as pictures so you can identify the kind of animal you are talking about.  She ended the program by telling some stories about how many of the animals look very cute, but are not only strong but hard to handle. 
 
 
CLOSING
President Nick closed the meeting, see you later – alligator!