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Santee-Lakeside
Rotary Club Editor: Sandy Pugliese
Editor: Sandy
Pugliese
Snippets February 2015
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Make Membership Your #1 Priority!
Tell Your Story
Make A Difference
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Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all
concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL
and better
FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to
all concerned?
World Understanding Month
In honor of the first Rotary meeting
that occurred on February 23, 1905,
Rotary International has designated
this day as World Understanding and
Peace Day and selected February as
World Understanding Month.
“The Rotary way works! But Rotary
has no patent on it, for it is the
Golden Rule in action. Any person,
any nation can apply it by displacing
negative hatred and fear with
goodwill based upon understanding.
Peace among nations is not
impossible of attainment; they can
find peace if they will.” The world’s first
Rotarian, Paul P. Harris, Founder and President Emeritus of Rotary International.
New Theme Revealed
Introducing the 2015-2016
Rotary International Theme from
Rotary
President Elect Ravi
Ravindran
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The object of Rotary is to
encourage and foster the ideal of
service as a basis of worthy
enterprise and, in particular, to
encourage and foster:
FIRST: The development of
acquaintance as an opportunity
for service;
SECOND: High ethical
standards in business and
professions, the recognition of
the worthiness of all useful
occupations, and the dignifying
of each Rotarian’s occupation as
an opportunity to serve society;
THIRD: The application of the
ideal of service in each Rotarian’s
personal, business, and
community life;
FORTH: The advancement of
internal understanding, goodwill,
and peace through a world
fellowship of business and
professional persons untied in
the ideal of service.
End Polio
Now
Visit the Santee-Lakeside
Rotary Club at http://portal.clubrunner.ca/10099
On the Polio Front
Polio Efforts Aid Fight Against Ebola
Nigeria has been a stubborn hot spot of polio – and that turned out to be a
good thing when it came to fight Ebola.
In late July, a patient with the deadly Ebola virus arrived from Liberia;
health workers knew what to do. The country has created a massive
health effort to wipe out polio; institutions and strategies were repurposed
to fight Ebola.
On the other hand, anti-polio efforts in countries hit hardest by Ebola are
on hold – and that could lead to disaster.
First, here is the good news from Nigeria. One of the country’s polio
institutions is an emergency operations center run by the Global Polio
Eradication Initiative. At the request of the government, senior officials
from the center were sent to Lagos to help set up an emergency
operations center for Ebola.
Because of the anti-polio efforts, health workers in Nigeria were ready for
Ebola. They had been trained in contact tracing. And, according to Jay
Wenger, head of polio efforts at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,
hospitals had procedures in place for reporting polio cases. He went on to
say that how you organize a team, how you collect the information; how
you collate the information and make it available is all part of the deal
with polio. They just transferred some of those techniques to the Ebola
response. As a result, Nigeria was declared Ebola-free the second week of
October. For more information: http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/11/03/361162520/it-turns-out-
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Each Rotarian:
Reach One, Keep One
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February 19
Club Board Meeting
February 20-22 PETS
February 23
Rotary’s Anniversary
April 17-19 RYLA
October 11 Rotarians at Work Day
June 6-9
RI Convention
July 18 Concert at the Lakes
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February 5
Junior Achievement
February 12
Project Peanut Butter
February 19
Night Moves – Former Seal
February 26
Club Assembly
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The Santee-Lakeside Rotary Club
meets every Thursday at noon at
Jimmy’s Restaurant on Mission
Gorge Road in Santee.
Photo Clips Governors’ Elect Reception
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Santee-Lakeside Rotarians participated in co-hosting the Governors Elect
from all over the globe at a reception held on January 22, 2014 at the
Saint Madeline Sophie Center in El Cajon. The Club was responsible for
providing and manning the beverage tables. The most popular was the
wine and beer! Governors Elect were in San Diego for training. Thank
you to Rotarians John Morley, Lyn Scott, Tom Miles, Virginia and
Ronn Hall, Elana Levens-Craig, Lori Bird, and Augie Caires for assisting at this event.
Letter from Bill Stumbaugh
Dear friends,
It has been a while since I last wrote. A lot has happened since last summer.
The Rotary Club here surprised me with a nomination be club president
in 2016-17. I accepted mainly because as a non-Ecuadorian I was
honored and knew that I was a newer member who hadn’t served as
club president yet. It does mean that I am committed to be here until
at least July, 2017, a decision I wasn’t planning to make now, but that’s
how it goes sometimes. I couldn’t think of any good reasons that I couldn’t do it.
Just recently, the President of the Rotary Foundation Trustees nominated
me to be a Rotary Cadre Technical Coordinator for Basic Education and
Literacy, 2015-18. Another surprise and great honor--I’ll be available to
the other Cadres who work with school global grant projects for advice, review and training.
Last month I registered for the Rotary Convention in Sao Paulo in June.
I figured this one is a must since I am so close, relatively. I haven’t
made any trip commitments yet, but need to soon. Please let me know if anyone up north will attend.
And this morning I purchased tickets to visit Cuba next month. I will
accompany an Ecuadorian university professor who has visited the island
several times and will travel with him outside of Havana to the eastern
city Holguin. I hope also to get to Santiago de Cuba, the second largest city on the southeast coast.
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Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and
Professions
As a Rotarian engaged in a
business or profession, I will:
1. Exemplify the core value of
integrity in all behaviors and
activities.
2. Use my vocational experience
and talents to serve Rotary.
3. Conduct all of my personal,
business, and professional
affairs ethically, encouraging
and fostering high ethical
standards as an example to
others.
4. Be fair in all dealings with
others and treat them with
the respect due to them as
fellow human beings.
5. Promote recognition and
respect for all occupations
which are useful to society.
6. Offer my vocational talents:
to provide opportunities for
young people, to work for the
relief of the special needs of
others, and to improve the
quality of life in my
community.
7. Honor the trust that Rotary
and fellow Rotarians provide
and not do anything that will
bring disfavor or reflect
adversely on Rotary or fellow
Rotarians.
8. Not seek from a fellow
Rotarian a privilege or
advantage not normally
accorded others in a business or professional relationship.
POLIO NEAR EXTINCTION
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Why Join Rotary
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Rotary creates the perfect venue to
give back to your community and
to the world at large.
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Rotary provides an environment for
developing strong friendships and
business relationships.
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Rotary provides unlimited exposure
to new topics and ideas; it provides
a meaningful way to be a leader.
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Rotary’s arm encircles the globe.
It is the largest service
organization in the world and
provides countless opportunities to
bridge continents and end divides.
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Every Rotary Club in the world, no
matter how big or small, has one
thing in common: friendship. And
it’s from this base of friendship
that we serve our community.
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Rotary has the potential to be a
way of life; a legacy to leave our
children and our grandchildren.
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A great tool Rotary has is its
educational programs. It also can
give you exposure to many
different areas and help you find
what your interests really are.
It’s budget planning time for
Rotary Year 2015-16. All
directors responsible for
Avenues of Service should be
developing their wish list for
projects for next year. Please
make sure you identify a source
of funding as well as the cost for the project(s).
Need to Know
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Save the Date
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Santee Lakes
We have a tentative date of
March 26 for a good ole
fashion Rotary fireside chat,
where we will share an
evening of Rotary talk and
fellowship.
Fireside chats are especially
helpful in orienting our new
members so please try to
attend.
We encourage you to bring
your spouse/significant other
as we celebrate them as part of our extended Rotary family.
Red Badgers will be joining Sandy Pugliese and Bill
Pommering in visiting the La Mesa Sunrise Rotary Club.
Visiting a neighboring club is as part of their red badge
requirements. The date is Friday, February 6 at 7:15 am.
$10 breakfast at Terra Restaurant located at 71st & El Cajon Blvd.
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In the Family
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The first month of Rotary Year 2014-15 graced us with three new
members – John Morley, sponsored by Sandy Pugliese and
Virginia and Ronn Hall, sponsored by Bill Pommering. These
three new members have been involved in a variety of community
activities including the Santee Chamber and Santee Santa’s. In
addition, Ronn was recently elected to the Santee City Council. All
three are go-getters and connected and are positive additions to our
club.
Rotary Quotes
“Friendship was the foundation
rock on which Rotary was built
and tolerance is the element
which holds it together.” My Road
to Rotary
“Primarily Rotary seeks to apply
the theory of service to business
and community life…This is
expressed in the first part of our
code of ethics: To consider my
vocation worthy and as affording
me a distinct opportunity to serve
society. He Profits Most Who
Serves the Best is a less ideal
expression, but the suggestion of
egoism is removed by the added
words, Service Above Self.” Address to 1926 Rotary Convention, Denver Colorado, USA
“What is the value of the life of
one child saved? No one will ever
know, but if the child were our
own, the price tag would be
marked: Not for sale – this life is
invaluable.” When Life is Gone, That’s
All There Is, The Rotarian, January 1980
“We cannot talk about the future
without talking about children.
They are our future. A Dream for
Our Children’s Future, The Rotarian, September 1998.
Monthly Focus
January - Rotary Awareness
February – World Understanding
March – Literacy
April – Magazine
May –
June – Rotary Fellowship
July –
August – Membership/ Extension
September – New Generation
October – Vocational Service
November – Rotary Foundation
December - Family
The first month of the calendar year 2015 blessed us with an
additional two new members – Elana Levens-Craig, sponsored by
Sandy Pugliese and Lynette Scott, sponsored by Doug Wilson.
Both of these ladies bring an energetic attitude and a real
commitment to service. Lyn is a banker and is actively involved
with Junior Achievement and she has already agreed to be the Club
Treasurer this next Rotary year. Elana is a member of the Santee
School District’s Board of Education and was recently selected to be
honored by the Santee Chamber of Commerce as this year’s Person of the Year. She will receive her award on February 19.
We are a Grassroots Organization
Rotary is a GRASSROOTS
organization. We carry out our
most meaningful service work
through our Rotary Clubs. Each
club elects its own officers and
enjoys considerable autonomy
within the framework of Rotary’s
Constitution and Bylaws. Rotary
districts (groups of clubs)
support these efforts and are
led by district governors.
Rotary clubs belong to the
global association Rotary
International (RI), led by the RI
president and RI board of
directors.
We direct our service in six
AREAS OF FOCUS: Peace and
conflict resolution; disease
prevention and treatment;
water and sanitation; maternal
and child health; basic literacy;
and economic and community
development.
Santee-Lakeside Rotary Club Presidents
1960-1961 Walter Chandler 1990-1991 Dennis Gerschoffer 1961-1962 Ray Stoyer 1991-1992 William Stumbaugh 1962-1963 Frank Fox 1992-1993 Doug Wilson 1963-1964 Charles Skidmore 1993-1994 Marcia Johnson 1964-1965 Albert Lantz 1994-1995 Steve Hamann 1965-1966 Tom Smily 1995-1996 Michael Twichel 1966-1967 Van Sweet 1996-1997 Roland Rossmiller 1967-1968 Rev. Edward Garner 1997-1998 Marjorie Whitehead 1968-1969 Russel Crane, Jr. 1998-1999 Rev. Mark Neuhaus 1969-1970 Robert Rump 1999-2000 Charles Lane 1970-1971 John Gill 2000-2001 August Caires 1971-1972 Wolfgang Klosterman 2001-2002 Howard Kummerman 1972-1973 Erv Metzgar 2002-2003 Marjorie Cole 1973-1974 Gerald Hamann 2003-2004 Dan O’Brien 1974-1975 Robert Jones 2004-2005 Mike Uhrhammer 1975-1976 Gale Ruffin 2005-2006 Robie Evans 1976-1977 William Garrison 2006-2007 Allen Carlisle 1977-1978 Ronald Watts 2007-2008 Edith French 1978-1979 Bill Warwick 2008-2009 Tom Miles 1979-1980 Robert Greiner 2009-2010 Pam White 1980-1981 Robert Brady 2010-2011 Emily Andrade 1981-1982 John Irwin 2011-2012 Sandy Pugliese 1982-1983 John Rayburn 2012-2013 August Caires 1983-1984 Douglas Giles 2013-2014 James Peasley 1985-1986 Lowell Hallock, Jr. 2014-2015 Tom Miles 1986-1987 Jerry Viner 1987-1988 Joseph Spaulding 1988-1989 Stanley McDonald 1989-1990 James Terry
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Letter from Bill Stumbaugh
Continued from page 4
Here in Bahia de Caraquez, I started an English class for several friends who told me they would attend.
First night-two showed; the second night-10. I have had more inquiries since - landlady, cleaning lady,
artist student, electric worker, etc. plus some Rotarians, friends of friends and two kids so far.
At the request of a local school, I am developing an oral and written English assessment to help the
school begin a measurement program of student progression in English. The school has no base testing
program apart from what teachers do in their classes. The development of an English assessment
program could lead to greater testing of student progress in all the other subject areas instructed in
Spanish.
I am also on the club committee to organize and manage several portable water projects and another
project for the local hospital. We have identified 8 small communities that get their contaminated water
from surface water or in tank trucks. We are developing a memorandum of agreement with the local
government and the national water agency to develop the various systems according the different village
circumstances. Similar to the approach in the Kenya project, except this will be fewer villages in each of multiple GGs rather than all in one. Close to $400,000 over several projects
You we recall that while at Santee-Lakeside Rotary, we supported the creation of new ward dedicated to
treating pregnant women in various kinds of critical conditions. Building on the success and confidence
generated in that project, we now are looking to purchase equipment for a new intermediate care ward to
be built. The cost is approximately $425,000.
Hopefully, Santee-Lakeside Rotary Club will want to contribute to these projects. Some club members
and I presented them recently at a Rotary Project Fair in Quito and generated interest from Rotarians from California, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and North Carolina.
Like all Rotary Clubs, the club here also sponsors social events for club members periodically at members’
homes. Here no one schedules a dinner event any earlier than 8:00 pm. The last one went until almost
3:00 a.m. I had a really good time.
Our New Year’s celebration was very noisy with lots of tourists in town. Carnival will be here soon with
more festivities and noise. Some of the foreigners living here complain about the all night celebrations,
but that is how it is here. One has to relax and take these celebrations in stride. Ask the people who
live near Mission Beach. I bet there are similar sets of attitudes, and San Diego has a curfew of sorts in that bars must close down and noise limits are in force.
Well, as I can now see better for having written this report to you, I am pretty busy; more than I
anticipated coming here. Better to be busy than bored. And hey, I am retired, which doesn’t mean I take easy all the time. Retired means doing what you want.
Take care,
Bill
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