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THE ROTARY CLUB OF SANTA MARIA

Susan Rees 2009-2010 President

THE ROTATOR APRIL 27, 2010

Craft Talk Schedule

None Scheduled

Last Meeting’s Notes

Visiting Rotarians

No information

Visitors

No information

Upcoming Projects

Dictionary Project

As for the Mothers

Day meeting, since

many of our members

are women, I think the

focus has been a little

off key. Perhaps asking

our members to bring

Mothers they know

and treasure is more in

keeping with Mothers

Day , than asking peo-

ple to bring their

"wives". Just a thought.

Virginia Souza

The Rotary Club of Santa Maria hygiene kit stuffing team broke the world record by stuffing 150 bags with hygiene products in 18 minutes 7.2 seconds, shattering the world record by 31.9 seconds. Team captain, Bill “Flying Fingers” Libbon said, “We got off to a fast start, then slowed a little, but caught our second wind, and I knew the record was in the bag.” He went on to thank all of his team members Judy “Fast Hands” Hearn, Hardy “Flash Fingers” Hearn, Robbin “Faster Than A Speeding Bullet” Medina, Susan “Hand Jive” Rees, Sharon “I Don’t Remember This In The Wedding Vows” Henning, and John “Show Me Your Fingers” Henning. The team celebrated their record breaking performance with wine

and hors d’oeuvres provided by Judy and Hardy Hearn.

By John Henning

While The Rotator is extremely useful, There is much more information available on our Web-

site than can possibly be put in The Rotator.

If you have not seen it recently, please do so. One of the very interesting “Links” near the top of the page is a “Tab” called “Calendar.” Here you can find special dates to remember per-

taining to Rotary events. But this is only one interesting “Tab.” Check them all out.

And be sure and look at the “Photo Journals.” Cool stuff is appearing there!

You don’t need to log in. Just click this link!

Joe Goldberg and his fabulous BBQ Team were a big hit last Friday at The Heritage Oaks BBQ. A few pictures are here in The Rotator but to see them all check out the “Photo Jour-

nals” on our website.

We need a sign to put up when we are barbequing like this. Excellent exposure for our club.

Saturday was the day we gathered together and groomed and cleaned the Skinny Bear. As for me, although I have lived in Santa Maria for almost 30 years and had heard about the Skinny Bear, I did not know where it was located, nor did I know what the Skinny Bear had to offer. I was amazed at

what I found and saw. I will return to see more of this Skinny Bear’s offerings.

If you would like to get a taste of what I saw, check out the Photo Journals on our Website.

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THE ROTARY CLUB OF SANTA MARIA

The Rotary Club of

Santa Maria

Board of Directors

2009-2010

President:

Susan Rees

President Elect:

Bob Frias

Past President:

Dr. Kenneth Nelson

Club Administration:

Roy Dugger

Bill Libbon

Membership:

Frank Culley

Public Relations:

Andrew Millar

International:

Gillian Cole-Andrews

Club Service:

Laura Mohajer

The Rotary Foundation:

Tom Martinez

Karen Fothergill

Secretary:

John Henning

Treasurer:

Robbin Medina

Curt Davis

Rotary Calendar

Bulletin questions or comments? E-mail fculley.rotary@gmail.com or call 805-934-7091

CONTRIBUTIONS

Membership, Frank Culley

Rotator, Frank Culley

Web Site, Frank Culley

APRIL 2010

MAY2010

May 4th - Mother’s Day

“Special Meeting”

May 11th - Joint Board Meeting

At The Santa Maria Inn @ 5:30 PM

May 18th - Offsite

Boys & Girls Club

JUNE 2010

June 8th - Dark for Step Down Dinner

JULY 2010

“Basic” PRLS.

July 17th - Santa Maria Inn

AUGUST 2010

August 7th Master PRLS - 3

Santa Maria Inn

April Programs by Rick Bendle

April 27

Alfredo Ruiz

Nat’l Latino Police

Officers Association

May Programs by Jim Buttery

May 4

Mothers Day Program

May 11

Bob Stahl - Retired Personal Pilot

For Allan Hancock

May 18

Offsite - Boys and Girls Club

May 25

Ramon Elias - Santa Maria

Pacific Holding Co. - “Oil”

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The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

2009—2010

MEETING GREETER RAFFLE TICKET SELLER

NAME MONTH NAME MONTH

SCOTT DUNN APRIL CARL ENGEL APRIL

RUTH MORAN MAY HANS KARDEL MAY

AVAILABLE JUNE RUTH MORAN JUNE

THANK YOU FOR HELPING YOUR ROTARY CLUB

ALL GREETERS & TICKET SELLERS, PLEASE PLAN ON BEING AT THE MEETING BY 11:50

Contact Bill Libbon for any questions on meeting greeters & ticket sellers at blibbon@bgcsmv.org

No news is good news I suppose.

Our Web Site has a lot of great information and links to many more goodies. You can access almost any-

thing “Rotary” from our Web Site.

If you are having any problems logging on, or what ever, please let me know. I will resolve the issue.

In addition, if you need any help knowing how to navigate the system, please let me know. I will be happy

to give you a private tutorial.

Let’s use this great resource. Frank Culley

One of the ways the General Membership can have input into the workings of the Club is to attend our Board meetings. Board

meetings are open to everyone and you are encouraged to attend.

May 11th @ 5:30 PM The Historic Santa Maria Inn Ranchero Room

President Elect Bob Frias and I have decided to invite both 09-10 and 10-11 board members to this meeting, so we've changed the venue to the SM Inn. Additionally, we'll be serving wine, soft drinks and a cheese/fruit platter, so please everyone, plan to join us. I've reserved the room until 8 pm if anyone can stay to socialize. See you then! Susan Rees

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The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

Sober Prom - Righetti HS

Our club was asked if we can support the upcoming Sober Prom at Righetti High School. If any of our

member businesses would like to help, here is info:

On Saturday May 8 Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley will be sponsoring a sober prom for

Righetti Students. This event will be from 12:00 AM to 3:00 AM. The purpose of this event

is to provide a safe and fun place for students to attend after their prom.

I have attached a letter that explains it in more detail.

All of these students will be high school graduates and many will be attending college. For

that reason we would like to know if the Rotary Club can support this event by donating

any item that a college student might use. These items will be raffled at this event.

Thanks for your cooperation and I hope to hear from you soon!!

Patricia Lopez

Prevention Aide

Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley

fbsmvpatty@aol.com

(805) 346-1774

Fellow Rotarians, it is that time of year where we select our community recipients of our Paul Harris Fellowship award. We have a couple of names from last year, but do not want to over-look anyone that might be especially deserving of the award. Any suggestions to Susan or a board member, would be greatly appreciated.

Tom Martinez

Please note that our regular meeting on May 18th will be an offsite at the Boys and Girls Club.

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The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

Board Members Teresa Menchaca

Executive Director

____________________________ Alice Patino

City Council Member

Mayor Pro-Tem President

Roxanne Ventriglia Central Coast Investments

Owner-Broker

1st Vice President

Phil Alvarado

Santa Maria Bonita

School District - Superintendent 2nd Vice-President

Donna J. Cross

Next Day Signs

President Secretary

Jeff Hearn, Ph.D.

Santa Maria Joint Union High School District -Superintendent

Treasurer

Carrick Adam, MD MSPH

SB County Juvenile Facilities

Medical Director Past President

Dr. Sharon McHolland

Orcutt Union School District Superintendent

Past President ________________________________

Honorable Jim Herman SB County - Juvenile Division

Superior Court Judge

Coalition Champion

Kathy Gallagher

SB County - Dept. of Social Services Director

Troi Hoffman Western Inns

VP of Sales/Marketing

Hugo Lara

Guadalupe School District

Superintendent

Shannon Larrabee

Licensed MFT

Jennifer Teixeira - Parent

Tom Urbanske

Retired 5th District Supervisor

Sergeant Larry Vernon

Santa Maria Police Dept.

Dear Rotary Club,

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services states that

substance abuse is the nation’s number one health problem. Substance abuse

has become an increasing problem amongst our youth. Over the past five

years key community leaders have developed a passion for combating the

substance abuse problem in our community and formed a strong coalition to

sustain these efforts: Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley (FBSMV). The

purpose of FBSMV is to make a difference in the lives of children, teens,

and their families by offering a variety of prevention and educational

services to help address issues of substance abuse and other related

delinquent behaviors.

One of the ways that FBSMV does this is by hosting a Sober Prom. This

event will be held on May 8, 2010 from 12:00-3:00 AM. The objective is to

offer an alternative to our youth, so they can have a fun and secure place to

go after prom.

This is your chance to be a part of that impact. Fighting Back Santa Maria

Valley is a 501c3 non-profit organization which relies solely on

contributions from local businesses and corporations to sustain our coalition

efforts. Without supporters like you we would not be able to make “Sober

Prom” possible to our youth. Thank you for your support in donating any

of these items; a mp3 player, microwave, small fridge, or other college

related items to be raffle at this event. If you have any questions regarding

this request or the program, please feel free to contact us at

805-346-1774.

With your help we can continue to encourage and support our youth and

children to make better choices by taking another step towards the “fight”

against substance abuse in our community.

Respectfully,

Jada Clark

Jada Clark, Programs Director

Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley

P.O. Box 184

Santa Maria, CA 93456-0184

Phone: (805) 346-1774

Fax: (805) 614-4192

Tax Id# 65-1234981

Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley, P.O. Box 184, Santa Maria, CA 93456 * (805) 346-1774

“Tomorrow’s Leaders Fighting for Today”

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2009 - 2010 2010 - 2011

Dr. Ken Nelson Past President Susan Rees

Susan Rees President Bob Frias

Bob Frias President Elect Laura Mohajer

John Henning Secretary Ruth Moran

Robbin Medina Treasurer Doug Kimberly

Curt Davis Co-Treasurer

Frank Culley Membership Chair Frank Culley

Tara LeFranc Membership Co-Chair Tara LeFranc

Ron Nanning Membership “Induction” Ron Nanning

Greg Muscio Membership “Orientation” Greg Muscio

Carl Engel Membership Committee Carl Engel

Terri Lee Coleman Membership Committee Terri Lee Coleman

Scott Dunn Membership Mentor Scott Dunn

Camille Edie Membership Mentor Camille Edie

Rick Hayden Membership Mentor Rick Hayden

Fred Pratt Membership Mentor Fred Pratt

Tom Martinez Membership Mentor Tom Martinez

Roy Dugger Club Administration Roy Dugger

Bill Libbon Club Administration

Andrew Millar Publicity Frank Culley

Gillian Cole-Andrews International Fred Pratt

Lora Mohajer Club Service Camille Edie

Tom Martinez Rotary Foundation Tom Martinez

Karen Fothergill Rotary Foundation

Yvonne Biely Programs Carl Engel

Roy Dugger Website Frank Culley

Frank Culley Website Frank Culley

Bob Frias “Fun Raiser” Chair Laura Mohajer

“Fun Raiser” Sponsor Committee Joe Goldberg

Positions in “Bold Red” are “Board” positions

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MONDAYS

6:00 P SANTA MARIA SOUTH

THE HISTORIC SANTA MARIA INN

12:10 SAN LUIS OBISPO

MADONA INN

TUESDAYS

7:OOA SLO DAYBREAK

FAIRWAYS RESTAURANT

CAMBRIA SUNRISE

LAS CAMBRITAS

SOLVANG BREAKFAST

ROYAL SCANDINAVIAN

TEMPLETON

MCPHEE’S

12:00 THE ROTARY CLUB OF

SANTA MARIA

THE HISTORIC SANTA MARIA INN

PISMO BEACH

PELICAN POINT

MORRO BAY

THE MORRO BAY GOLF COURSE

WEDNESDAYS

7:00 A GROVER BEACH

SPYGLASS PISMO

NIPOMO

BLACK LAKE GOLF RESORT

PASO ROBLES SUNRISE

PASO ROBLES COUNTRY CLUB

12:00 ATASCADERO

LAKESIDE PAVILLION

SAN LUIS DE TOLOSA

MADONNA INN

12:10 SANTA YNEZ VALLEY

ROYAL SCANDINAVIAN

6:00 P LOMPOC ROTARY CLUB

LOMPOC EMBASSY SUITES

THURSDAYS

7:00 A SANTA MARIA BREAKFAST

SANTA MARIA INN

12:00 PASO ROBLES

PASO ROBLES COUNTRY CLUB

ARROYO GRANDE

STEAMERS PISMO BEACH

FRIDAYS

6:45 A VANDENBERG VILLAGE

VILLAGE COUNTRY CLUB

7:00 A LOS OSOS

MARE BLU RISTORANTE

12:00 CAMBRIA

THE BRAMBLES

The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

"cyber make-ups"

www.rotarydistrict5240.org

A reminder that several back issues as well as the current issue of The Rotator can be found on our Website. I also have every issue I have done since September 23, 2008 if there is a specific issue you

may want.

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Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all

concerned?

Will it build GOOD

WILL and BETTER

FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL

to all concerned

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The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

Joe Goldberg and the BBQ team. The Heritage Oaks Bank’s “Acorn”.

Susan and crew repairing one of the Oso Flaco signs. Tara and son Phillip playing in the grass.

More of the Oso Flaco work crews. It’s BBQ time at the Oso Flaco work day project.

Check out the “Photo Journals” on our Website to see more photos.

You do not have to be logged in to view these pictures. http://www.rotaryclubofsantamaria.org