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Meetings and Pictures 2006-2007
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June 29, 2007 - Dethroning
Out with the old and in with the new Jim
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MC Paul Gaulke tells the "obsolete Jim"
the rules for the evening - keep it short!
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Our 2006 - 2007 Board is thanked for "Leading
the Way" to an outstanding year.
June Doy, Jillian Alexander, Kris Andresen,
Ann Greenspun, Klaus Mennekes, Iao Katagiri,
Monte McCormick, Sally Pai, Tish Tisherman,
Steve Eorio, Myles Pritchard, Jim Westbrook
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Installing Officer Bill Crookston
presides
as Jim and Jim exchange pins
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Bill presents
Jim Westbrook
President 2007 - 2008 |
VP Committees
Iao Katagiri
recognized with the Joe Gilbert Award
as the "Rotarian of the Year" |
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New members Barbara Bishop, Bret Carter,
Melissa Dagodag, Ron Davis, Danae Thomas
and Anne Whatley are recognized with
a President's Award for Leading the Way
as a new member |
Con and Michelle Oyler
&
Tom and Stephanie Loo
are recognized with a President's Award
for Outstanding Hospitality |
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Nat Trives receives a President's
Award
in recognition of outstanding
World Community Service
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Myles Pritchard and
Jillian Alexander
recognized for International Service |
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VP Programs Klaus Mennekes
recognized for
Club of Excellence Programs |
The Herb Spurgin Award for the
Outstanding
Member in the First Two Years of Membership
goes to Lynette Shishido, our Rotaract
advisor at Santa Monica College |
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The Esther Johnson Spirit Award for service
to the club and typifies the spirit of Rotary
Steve Litvack - all things printing |
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June 8, 2007
Scholarships and Four-Way Test
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Lincoln Middle School Citizenship
Awards: Elizabeth Pratt, Elvis Metcalf and Keonjik Lee
Santa Monica High School - Russell Hart Scholarships: Jessica Gerhardt
and Andrew Harris
Olympic High School - John English Scholarship: Kanechia Degrate
St. Monica's High School - Tom Fox Scholarship: Paul Kim
New Roads High School - HLM Scholarship: Adrianna Mendez
SMC - Nick Holt Scholarship: Betty
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SMC - Archie Morrison Scholarships: David Bray and Jesalyn Dunlap
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Rotary Scholarship Recipients
Thanks for another super job by Tom Larmore
and our Scholarship Committee |
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We applied the Rotary Four Way Test to our members
Is it the TRUTH? - Frank Lavac
Is it FAIR to all concerned? - Ann Greenspun
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? - Jim Reidy
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? - Greg Hargrave
Doing the honors were Monika White & Dee Menzies
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LA 2008
Rotary International Convention
June 15 - 18, 2008
Past District Governor Jack Jones gave
us a preview of the plans and how
we can volunteer
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Judy Neveau and Holly Gustlin
giving away some $$$ from our
Community & Youth Grants Committee |
David Snow from
Upward Bound
thanks Rotary for their grant funding
a new freezer |
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Westside Pregnancy Center
explains how our grant will be
used to purchase
Reality Check Software |
Other News and Recognition
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Kristin Chapin (Hank Walther's daughter)
receives the Junior Chamber DSA award
Wednesday at the Kiwanis meeting.
Pictured with Krisin are past DSA recipients, including Rotarians Jim
Reidy, Bob Moore,
Hank Walther and Vince Muselli
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Thursday evening John Bohn was
recognized as the outgoing Chamber Chair
and Tom Larmore was installed as
the new Chair.
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John Bohn recognized Kris Andresen
with the Roy E. Naylor Lifetime Achievement Award
Also honored were Jean McNeil Wyner
with the Extraordinary Community Service Award and Sally Pai with a
Chairman's Award
Congratulations! |
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June 1, 2007 -
LAPD Chief Bill Bratton
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Songmaster John Miller
leads us in America the Beautiful without
his usual piano accompaniment |
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Santa Monica Police Chief
Tim Jackman doing the introduction |
Los Angeles Police Chief Bill
Bratton
updates us on the changing face of
crime and terrorism in America |
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Life is good in Santa Monica
where we are very safe
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Chief Bratton poses with thank you
from Chief Jackman and Prez Jim |
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Glen Zipper from the K9 Connection
accepts Community & Youth Grant
from Past President Kent Colberg |
Community & Youth Grant Committee
Co-Chair Connie Maguire summarizes
the 15 grants totaling over $25,000
awarded so far this year |
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Nat Trives reminds us to attend the
Chamber Dinner for the installation
of incoming Chair Tom Larmore
and to thanks outgoing Chair John Bohn |
Recognition time - aka: You've Got Mail
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Stan Shu tells us about his
make-ups aboard the
Tahitian Princess
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Con Oyler wants to know
"where did you get that"
when shown THE SHIRT
he was seen wearing on
global ESPN golf coverage of
#1 Lorena Ochoa
(Michelle's cousin) |
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Frank Lavac describes how he
remodeled his office lobby to
a chorus of meows and ruff ruff |
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May 11, 2007 - Craft Talks
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Rotary Foundation - Paul Harris Fellowships
Bret Carter, Grace Cheng, Pat Collins,
Mark Harding, Len Lanzi, Tod Lipka
Diane Margolin, Larry Mortoff, John Pacheco,
Lynette Shishido, Sister Marie Madeleine Shonka,
Danae Thomas, Russ Warner and Bill Wood
Congratulations! |
Marv Levin presents a special
thank you
to Bob and Louise Gabriel for being
Benefactors to Rotary International |
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Past President Dee Menzies presents
Paul Harris Fellowship to
Tod Lipka |
George Collins presents
Paul Harris Fellowship to his wife,
Pat Collins |
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Tod looks on as Past President John Lehne
presents Paul Harris Fellowship to
John Pacheco |
Dean - You've Got Mail!
Dean and Karina Catalano proudly announce the
birth of their new daughter Vanessa.
Dean gets to pay double for skipping out early
last week. |
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Ann Greenspun documents a makeup
at the Club Rotario in Managua, Nicaragua.
Her proof may have been more expensive
than just taking the fine... |
Jack Gregory,
(President Elect Nominee 2008 - 2009)
breaks the news - Prez Jim is soon to be
obsolete! Mark your calendars,
dethroning is scheduled for June 29th. |
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Drew Hargrave
Co-President of the Brentwood School Interact Club,
(also daughter of Greg & Terry Hargrave)
presents an update on the
accomplishments of their club, including
raising over $2,100 this year,
OUTSTANDING!!! |
An Yu, Interact Exchange student
from
Vietnam gives and emotional report on the
effects of Agent Orange in her homeland.
Brentwood School Interact has donated
$600 for handicapped children in Vietnam. |
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It's Craft Talk time!
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Barbara Bishop and Melissa Dagodag
educate and entertain us.
Barbara loves kids and animals, is a quantum leap member and btw- big
thinking women. She also
knows a little about PR!
Melissa let us know she is related to
Phillipino pirates, wants to be a spy, sommelier, poet, yogi - not
necessarily in that order. In her
spare time, she is a Copyright & Trademakr attorney.
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May 3, 2007
Group Study Exchange and Administrative Assistants Day
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Our Group Study Exchange team arrives
in Santa Monica from Mexico
Fernando, Chema, Pedro, Cesar and Irais |
GSE team lead César
Viveros
presents Club Banners
Club Rotario Cozumel
Club Rotario Carmen Centro |
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Rotary Celebrates Administrative Assistant's Day
"The Angel Wears Costco."
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MC George Collins welcomes all our
Administrative Assistants and
acknowledges that they really are the ones
who run the office. |
Cast and crew entertain us with
"The Angel Wears Costco."
(Names omitted to protect the guilty!) |
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Allan Glick and his assistant happily
make off with a table decoration. |
Santa Monica Leads the Way at District Conference
April 26-29, 2007
Bahia Resort Hotel on Mission Bay
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Santa Monica provides a warm welcome
as the host club for Friday lunch |
Hospitality Night on West Bay
Beach
Spyros and the gang share our traditional
baklava
Yes, baklava goes very nicely with Mai Tai's |
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Rotary Club of Wilshire "honors"
Governor Scot |
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Having fun at the Governor's Tiki Party
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A casual weekend on Mission Bay
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Warning, too much Blackstone
does funny things |
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April 13, 2007
Dr. David Lynch - Field Guide to the San Andreas Fault
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Robert and Jeanne Segal
accept Rotary grant for
Helpguide |
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John Lehne announcing
"The Angel Wears Costco" program
for Support Staff Day
on May 4th |
Nicole Dickerson with last call
for
our 2007 International Food Festival
"Culinary Journey Around the World"
with fellow Rotarians, Families & Friends
Sunday, April 22 1:00 - 4:00
Tom & Stephanie Loo's |
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Karim Jaude proudly announces
formation of the newest Rotary Club
LA Cedars Rotary Club |
Recognition time....
Eric Schmitter gets fined for recent
trip to Israel and Jordan
He also celebrates his son returning
home from a tour of duty in Iraq |
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Robert Segal presents delivers proof
for his make-ups during three week
trip to New Zealand |
March 30, 2007
Literacy and 2025 - A Vision for Our Future |
John McIntire presents a history
of Literacy programs which were
started 10 years ago when
he was President |
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Literacy Committee Chair Susan Annett
thanks the 30 Rotarians who
participated in 46 Rotary Reads sessions
for kindergarten thru 5th grade classes. |
Jag Jaganath
and Anne Whatley
Leading the Way
for Literacy |
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Dianne Talarico, Superintendent for the
Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District
gets our attention with "did you know",
followed by an update on
2025 A Vision for Our Future |
Birthday chair Roy Almeida
recognizes our March Birthdays for
Blair, Kris, Barry, Susan, Tim,
Alan and Tom |
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March 23, 2007
Rotary Eye Rescue with PDG Ingo Werk |
Ingo Werk, Past District Governor
2005-2006
discusses the Rotary Eye Rescue mission
to Bogota, Columbia |
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Myles Pritchard and Jillian Alexander
host a World Water Day "live press conference" with our Rotary partners
in the Bahamas.
Lindsey Canciano and Andre Feldman
representing Bahamas Districts 6990 and 7020
provide an update on our joint
Grand Bahamas Reverse-Osmois Deslaination (ROD) Clean Water
Project |
Special bottles of
Rotary
Club
of
Santa
Monica
water. |
Ingo looks on
while he enjoys
his signature
Heineken |
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Jim Westbrook presents a
Community & Youth Grant to
Ann Hammond of
WISE Senior Services |
Lionel Ruhman explains how he
first met Officer Christopher Dawson,
last week's Police award winner.
Brian Linnekens asks "how fast?" |
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Nat Trives is all smiles thinking about
his evening at the CHA award dinner.
Nat's smile standing between
Lonnie Anderson and Barbara Eden
at the dinner was even bigger.... |
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Todd Lipka asks for mentors for our Santa Monica College Rotaract.
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Susan Annett and Paul Gaulke promote Rotary Reads to Kids.
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March 16, 2007
Public Service Recognition Day |
Vice President Iao Katagiri
leads our annual
Public Service Recognition Day
where we recognize our Police,
Fire, Education and Big Blue Bus employees for their outstanding service
to the community |
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Officer Christopher Dawson
recognized by Police Chief Tim Jackman,
Mayor Richard Bloom and Rotarian Ken Mirch |
Fire Engineer Dominic Smith
recognized by Fire Chief Jim Hone,
Mayor Richard Bloom and Rotarian Ken Mirch |
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Roosevelt Principal Jerry Harris
recognized by SMMUSD Superintendent Dianne Talarico,
Mayor Richard Bloom and Rotarian Ken Mirch |
Big Blue Bus Motor Coach Operator
Jamey Mickelbury
recognized by Director Stephanie Negriff,
Mayor Richard Bloom and Rotarian Ken Mirch
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Thanks to Co-Chairs Ken Mirch and Judy
Neveau we had the
opportunity to honor the "Best of the Best" and recognize those who
make a difference in our community. |
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March 15, 2007
Westside Business Expo |
Representing Rotary at the
Westside Business Expo were
Mike Nichols, Tom Loo,
Organizer Nicole Dickerson and
Ann Greenspun
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March 2, 2007
International Food Trends with Susan Dawson |
Santa Monica Rotary Club
Foundation
President Jack Michel and Monte Herring
thank Gloria Newton for her generous
donation in memory of Maureen Herring |
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Jack Gregory introduces Japanese Exchange
student nominee Erin Everett |
Andrea Engstrom of the Santa
Monica
Historical Society thanks Rotary
for our Community & Youth Grant donation presented by Kent Colberg.
The grant will be used to purchase a
large format color printer for their children's school program.
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Jim Menzies attempts to deflect his fine
for a cell phone call during the Lions Club
recognition for Rotarian Iao Katagiri.
Cost: $1
Memory: Priceless |
Iao Katagiri tells us how she
roared like a Lion while receiving
their Annual Community Service Award
* * More to follow * * |
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Susan Dawson delighted our culinary curiosity with
International Food Trends. Did you know there are actually 86
cuisines officially recognized by the experts?
Many will be available for you to sample at
our International Food Festival
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Lions Club of Santa Monica
26th Annual Community Recognition Award Dinner
March 1, 2007
Honoring Iao Katagiri
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Santa Monica Fire Chief Jim Hone
presents proclamation from the City
honoring Iao for outstanding
Community Service
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Lion President Frank Schwengel presents
Iao with their
Community Service Award |
Rotarians attended in mass to
support
and recognize Iao
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February 23, 2007
Internet and Health Literacy |
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Dr. Jeanne and Robert Segal discuss Internet & Health Literacy,
including the world famous Helpguide!
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David Bohn announces the next
Rotary Around LA outing to
see Romeo and Juliet
staring Gina Regalbuto |
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2007 - Future Cars and IFF Grants |
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Felecia Fields, VP Human Resources Ford Motor Co.
gave us a preview of
future cars.
Ron Davis presents Felecia with a
Santa Monica Bay history |
Tom Loo presents International
Food Festival grants to
Monika White - Center for Healhy Aging
and
Robert Segal - Help Guide |
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Hunter Wagenseller is spellbound
hearing how his iPod will sync
with Scott's new Ford |
February 9, 2007 -
Community & Youth Grants and Craft Talks
February 10, 2007 - Beach Cleanup |
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Ross Harrop accepts Community and Youth Grant for new
road signs leading to Camp Josepho |
| Jag Jagdish and Ann Whatley are
all smiles following their Craft Talks |
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Rotary joins with the Surfrider Foundation and LA
County Beaches for a beach clean up on Saturday
Eric, Jim, Charlie and beach clean up lead John Dravillas |
Mitchell Kraus returning dragging
back a bag of trash |
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New member Brian and Jenna Linnekens
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At the end of the day,
a job well done
Jim's Dyer & Westbrook,
John Dravillas and Iao Katagiri |
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| January 26, 2007 |
| Hal Fishman presents a
commentary on the current state of journalism. |
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David Price receives DC-3 The Spirit of Santa Monica
grant from the Rotary Club of Santa Monica and Rotary District 5280.
Bob Trimborn, David Price, Hal Fishman, Jim Dyer and Kris Andresen. |
| Rotary celebrates January
Birthdays. |
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District 5280 President's Dinner
January 25, 2007
RAND Corporation associate scientist Dr. Kavita Patel, M.D., M.S.H.S.
presents first hand observations on Katrina relief efforts and how
organizations like Rotary are making a difference. |
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| November 17, 2006: Prez Dyer finds former Prez Paul Leoni in
recognition of his perfect attendance for the last 25 years - $10 for
each year equals $250.00. Congratulations Paul. |
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| November 17, 2006: Our community librarian, Susan Annett, is
chairing the annual book auction so please help by donating a book. |
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| November 17, 2006: It is that time of year again and Frank
Lavac seeks volunteers to help with Red Kettle Day. |
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| October 27, 2006: Michael Hyler, Rotarian and General Manager
of the Riviera Country Club also welcomed Rotarians back to the club and
was fined by Pres Dyer in recognition of the great job they did on
remodeling the club. |
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| October 27, 2006: After a six month hiatus, Santa Monica Rotary
returned to the Riviera Country Club, which underwent an extensive
remodeling project. Song Leader, John Miller, leads Rotarians in God
Bless America and welcomed everyone back to the Riviera Country Club. |
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| October 20, 2006: Ann Greenspun, Director of Club Services,
presents guest speaker, Robert Ross, volunteer pilot and former member
of the Board of Directors of Angel Flight America, with a special book
on Santa Monica in appreciation for speaking with the Rotary Club of
Santa Monica.
Angel
Flight America provides access for people in need seeking free
air transportation to specialized health care facilities or distant
destinations due to family, community or national crisis. |
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| October 20, 2006: "Happy Birthday To You...." Rotarians with
October Birthday's are honored, from left to right: Harmon Sieff, David
Bohn, Bill Frank, Karim Jaude, Diane Margolin, and Bill Wood. |
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| October 20, 2006: Recent Paul Harris Fellows (from left to
right): Paul Gaulke, Roy Almeida, Ronald Davis, Jim Dyer,
Patricia Farris, Carol Follette, David Mortensen, and David Potter. |
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| October 6, 2006: Bill Fritzche shared some personal stories
about his days as a young Rotarian and his first impressions upon
meeting the President of the Jaycees (Paul Priollo) - "cocky", and its
Treasurer (Bill Mortensen) - "clueless". The three would
eventually form close, lifelong friendships. Bill also shared some
interesting facts about water and the importance of water conservation. |
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| October 6, 2006: David Bohn wisely steps out of the way as Bob
Klein rushes to the dessert table. Actually, our song leader, Phil
Tirone, instructed everyone to wave napkins to a steering rendition of
"God Bless America". |
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| Trivia Question: Is Phil Tirone: (a) Celebrating after
being notified he won the lottery, (b) Auctioning off no-point, no-cost home
mortgages, (c) singing "God Bless America" or (d) Just happy to be at
Rotary. |
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| Bill Crookston gets ready to wipe away the tears after
President Jim Dyer levies a $400 fine after some confusion over USC's
national academic ranking (15th vs 4th). Since this is football
season, the only ranking that truly matters is the AP College Football
ranking. |
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On July 21, 2006 Past President Judge Ed Rafeedie
returned to give us the real story on Rotary at the Miramar. We
also picked up some insight on the role of Judge's in the judicial system,
punctuated with a little humor to keep our attention. Judge Rafeedie was introduced by Jack Michel, who served as Ed's Vice
President back in 1977-78. |
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| The meeting was closed with Marv Levin presenting Ed with a
Paul Harris Fellowship. |
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On July 14th, Santa Monica's new City Manager P. Lamont
Ewell shared his views on effective management and leadership.
Following his talk, VP Klaus Mennekes presented Lamont with a history of
Santa Monica book. |
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