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THE ROTARY CLUB OF SANTA MARIA

Susan Rees 2009-2010 President

THE ROTATOR JUNE 1, 2010

Craft Talk Schedule

None Scheduled

Last Meeting’s Notes

Visiting Rotarians

None

Visitors

P.L.A.Y.

Ann Batterson

Dennis Smitherman

Tara Boucher

Good Samaritin Shelter

Jack Boysen

Kris Retzer

Domestic Violence Solutions

Kristin Alkirk

Speaker & His Wife

Ramon Elias

Melessa Elias

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Upcoming Projects

Dictionary Project

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service.

Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May

1868 by General John Logan, national commander

of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General

Order #11 and was first observed on 30 May

1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of

Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington Na-

tional Cemetery.

Every Memorial Day, families and communities

across the nation take time to honor those who

made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our na-

tion. Americans observe this special holiday in

many different ways. Here are a few of those tra-

ditions:

Visiting Gravesites — Memorial Day was origi-

nally known as Decoration Day because it was a

time to honor the nation’s dead by decorating

their graves with flowers. Many Americans make

special flower arrangements and deliver them as a

family to gravesites of their loved ones and ances-

tors.

Family and American History — Memorial

Day is a favorite time for Americans to read their

family history, look at old photographs and learn

about their ancestors, especially those who died

in the line of battle. It’s also an occasion for read-

ing Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and other his-

toric and patriotic speeches by Presidents and

leaders of the armed services.

Displaying the Flag — On Memorial Day, the

U.S. flag should be displayed at half-staff until

noon. In the morning, the flag should be raised

momentarily to the top, then lowered to half-

staff. Americans can also honor prisoners of war

and those missing in action by flying the

POW/MIA flag.

National Moment of Remembrance — In

accordance with a congressional resolution

passed in 2000, Americans pause wherever they

are at 3 pm local time for a moment of silence to

remember and honor the fallen.

Experience the National Memorials — Me-

morial Day can also be an opportunity to visit or

read about the national memorials in Washington,

DC and others around the country.

Memorial Day Parades — The Memorial Day

parade is a time-honored tradition in cities and

towns across America, where neighbors come

together to remember with pride those who sac-

rificed so much for our country.

Memorial Day Poppies — The tradition of red

poppies on Memorial Day was inspired by the

1915 poem “In Flanders Fields,” by John McCrea.

Seeing the poem and its colorful illustration in a

magazine, Georgia teacher and volunteer war

worker Moina Michael made a personal pledge

always wear red silk poppies as an emblem for

“keeping the faith with all who died.” She also

began a campaign to make the poppy a universal

symbol of tribute and support for veterans.

Through her efforts, the idea was adopted in the

United States and spread to England, France, Aus-

tralia and more than 50 other countries.

Any Rotarians interested in getting a blue Rotary Jacket are encouraged to talk to Rick Haydon at 878-4282. Rick is coordinating an order through All American Screen Printing. The jackets are lined, will have the Rotary emblem on the back along with

a small Rotary emblem on the front. It will state ―The Rotary Club of Santa Maria‖ with your name embroidered on the right front of the jacket – all for $96.52 (out the door, including tax and embroidered name) So if you’re interested, please call Rick

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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

http://www.rotaryclubofsantamaria.org/

JUNE 2010

June 8th

Susan’s

Step Down Dinner

Los Alamos Union Hotel

June 12th

District Governor Luz Maria

Ortiz - Smith’s Demotion

& Club Awards

Fess Parker's Double Tree Resort

633 E Cabrillo Blvd

Santa Barbara, CA

!2:00 Noon to 3:00 PM

June 20, 21, 22 & 23

2010 Montreal Convention

JULY 2010

―Basic‖ PRLS.

July 17th - Santa Maria Inn

AUGUST 2010

August 7th Master PRLS - 3

Santa Maria Inn

June Programs by Heather Weare

June 1

Carol Novak

American Red Cross

June 8

Dark for Susan’s Step Down

June 15

Jon Gudmonds

Retired Judge

The theme for the talk will be: "Musings" or "Things you may never have thought about!"

June 22

Richard Weldon—Attorney

Valley Speaks

June 29 - TBA

July Programs by TBA

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We will be helping Ned celebrate his 93rd birthday Tuesday, June the 1st, at our regular meeting. To honor Ned, lets make this a 100% attendance meeting. Ned’s actual birth date is May 30th.The following are a few of the things I have found

out about this man. Ned is truly the embodiment of our motto, “Service Above Self”

Also, this will be, hopefully, somewhat of a surprise. (nope, I did not send him this Rotator)

Ned’s home Rotary Club was Crawfordsville, Indiana. I could not find a web site for them so I made a phone call and talked to the current President, Mr. Ken Coudret. Ken did not personally know Ned but he sure had heard about him. Ken called around and

talked to several members who did remember Ned and here are their names and comments.

Dick Walker, Charles Price, Claude Johnson & Charles Burkhart

1. He ran Rotary with an iron hand.

2. He worked for Rotary all of the time.

3. A long time member.

4. Very seldom missed a meeting.

5. He was MR ROTARY.

Ned was District Governor of District 656, now District 6560 serving in 1961 - 1962. The following, taken from a brochure introduc-

ing District Governor Nominee Ned Rickett, will add a little insight into just who Ned is.

NED RICKETT, 802 South Green Street, Crawfords-ville, Indiana, who is a candidate for District Gov-ernor of Rotary District 656, has been a member of the Crawfordsville Rotary Club since 1946, shortly after he returned from service with the Army of the United States in 1945. Ned served with the 139th Field Artil-lery, retiring with the rank of Captain. When the ING was called into service in January, 1941 Ned was the Commanding Officer of the Crawfordsville unit, Battery B, 139 F.A. Ned is a past president of Rotary and presently chairman of Rotary Information Com-mittee. He is a member of the First Methodist Church and lay member to the Northwest Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church. And he is chair-man of the Pastoral Relations Committee of the Official Board.

Ned has always been active in civic affairs. He is past president and Board member of the Crawfordsville United Fund; Board member of Montgomery County Chapter, American Red Cross, 1951 to the present; Chairman of the Lew Wallace district, Central Indi-ana Council, Boy Scouts of America; past president and member of Montgomery County Chamber of

Commerce. He is president of the Crawfordsville School Building Corporation, a non-profit corpora-tion for the construction of a two million dollar school building program. He is an Underwriter with the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, joining that company June 1, 1946. Last year he sold over a million dollars worth of life insurance and won the Man of the Year Award of his agency, the C. J. Bloomer Agency, of Indianapolis, and a week's va-cation at the Americana Hotel, Miami Beach.

When Ned returned from his war service, he served

as assistant to the president of Wabash College un-

til he joined the staff of Penn Mutual. Ned is a

graduate of Wabash College with the class of '40.

He is married to the former Francine Gantz of Al-

bia, Iowa, and they are the parents of six children:

Henry 16, Daniel 14, Roberta 12, Roger 8, Kerry 4

and Ned S. 2.

Ned will be another outstanding governor of Rotary

District 656 .

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The Grunge Report: Ned Rickett: Still Telling The Story

As I write this, we’ve just hosted our first Volunteer Forum—an occasion for those who do so much for Wabash to return to campus, catch up on the College’s progress, and trade ideas and stories with each other. Initial feedback from the sessions suggests the program was a success, and next year we’ll try to take it from good to great. With so many alumni returning, I got to hear many different Wabash stories. The first came from Ned Rickett ’40 (right). Ned returned to campus from California to receive the prestigious Warren Shearer Class Agent Award for his 54 years of service to the College. In sports terms: He was inducted into the Hall of Fame! Ned came by my office and we talked about Wabash during his days as a student and staff member. He recounted his service in the Pacific and how fate brought him back to Crawfordsville and Wabash College after he was wounded in the War. Ned later served the College as a fundraiser and in admissions, where he led the way in finding a path for GIs to return and attend Wabash. Fast forward to 2009: I told Ned that I ran into one of his recruits. Not one from the 1940s—one in the Class of 2013. That’s right, a brand new freshman. Ned’s still recruiting students of promise to Wabash, and, as luck would have it, I had met this young man and his father at Freshman Orientation! Ned’s continues to tell the story of what Wabash did for him and what it will do today for others.

Credit to: Tom Runge ’71, Director of Alumni Affairs Wabash College

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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

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 http://www.rotaryclubofsantamaria.org

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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

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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Club Name 7/1/2009 4/30/2010 Year % -

Mo.

Year Rank

District 5240 April 15, 2010 Membership & Attendance Report

Arroyo Grande 53 53 0 61.10% 65.8% 61

Atascadero 72 68 -4 87.00% 89.6% 9

Bakersfield ** 180 175 -5 56.3% 70

Bakersfield Breakfast 69 80 11 85.94% 85.9% 15

Bakersfield East 75 81 6 77.93% 76.9% 46

Bakersfield North 47 52 5 83.00% 79.2% 39

Bakersfield South 33 30 -3 80.00% 8 1.9% 31

Bakersfield Twilight 21 26 5 92.86% 87.8% 11

Bakersfield West 86 85 -1 85.00% 85.8% 16

Buellton 16 16 0 62.50% 61.0% 67

Camarillo 72 77 5 78.27% 66.6% 59

Camarillo Breakfast ** 31 31 0 17.9% 72

Cambria 62 62 0 84.07% 80.7% 33

Cambria Sunrise Cent. 18 16 -2 88.25% 83.5% 25

Carpinteria 41 41 0 81.00% 80.0% 37

Carpinteria Morning 39 40 1 83.00% 85.4% 18

Cayucos Seaside 17 15 -2 73.00% 76.9% 45

China Lake ** 53 51 -2 72.6% 50

Conejo Valley 24 19 -5 72.37% 76.6% 47

Delano 11 9 -2 54.50% 70.0% 53

Fillmore ** 17 14 -3 57.0% 69

Fillmore Sunrisers 15 15 0 90.00% 86.7% 13

Frazier Pk & Mtn. Comm. 14 14 0 61.00% 92.6% 4

Goleta 21 23 2 81.2% 32

Goleta Noontime 23 25 2 82.00% 83.9% 23

Grover Beach 23 27 4 88.80% 83.2% 27

Inyokern ** 8 10 2 70.7% 52

Kern River Valley 17 20 3 90.00% 85.7% 17

Lompoc ** 53 51 -2 63.9% 63

Los Olivos 35 35 0 70.40% 77.2% 44

Los Osos ** 23 24 1 77.7% 42

Montecito 36 39 3 84.50% 85.3% 19

Moorpark 48 50 2 81.00% 83.7% 24

Moorpark Morning ** 19 27 8 47.3% 71

Morro Bay 66 73 7 59.00% 63.3% 64

Newbury Park ** 32 31 -1 69.9% 54

Nipomo 37 36 -1 70.82% 89.7% 8

Ojai ** 81 81 0 79.6% 38

Ojai West 47 50 3 86.83% 84.8% 20

Oxnard ** 43 43 0 66.8% 58

Oxnard Sunrise 20 24 4 89.00% 73.6% 48

Paso Robles 104 108 4 71.00% 86.5% 14

Credit to the May 15, 2010 “The Middie”

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Credit to the May 15, 2010 “The Middie”

District 5240 April 15, 2010 Membership & Attendance Report

Club Name 7/1/2009 4/30/2010 YTD % -

Mo.

YTD Rank

Paso Robles Sunrise 28 17 -11 83.00% 86.7% 12

Pismo Beach / Five Cities 55 61 6 84.55% 89.5% 10

San Luis Obispo 112 115 3 82.38% 83.4% 26

San Luis Obispo Daybreak 52 55 3 96.00% 93.4% 3

San Luis Obispo de Tolosa 84 93 9 92.00% 82.2% 30

Santa Barbara 146 146 0 81.96% 62.0% 66

Santa Barbara North 43 40 -3 65.29% 84.2% 22

Santa Barbara Sunrise 54 62 8 90.3 7% 95.4% 1

Santa Maria 58 60 2 92.21% 63.1% 65

Santa Maria Breakfast 65 68 3 65.00% 90.1% 7

Santa Maria South 30 29 -1 90.00% 80.4% 34

Santa Paula 78 79 1 78.68% 69.5% 56

Santa Ynez Valley ** 56 54 -2

65.8% 62

Shafter 25 28 3 70.50% 60.6% 68

Simi Sunrise ** 121 129 8

66.0% 60

Simi Sunset 20 20 0 77.30% 93.5% 2

Simi Valley 57 71 14 64.59% 69.9% 55

Solvang 62 58 -4 64.59% 80.4% 35

Taft ** 38 40 2

68.4% 57

Tehachapi 22 22 0 86.81% 80.2% 36

Templeton 28 29 1 76.83% 71.3% 51

Thousand Oaks 133 141 8 78.30% 82.8% 29

Vandenberg Village 29 20 -9 8 8.75% 90.7% 6

Ventura 133 128 -5 89.10% 92.4% 5

Ventura East 50 52 2 85.00% 77.3% 43

Ventura Marina ** 8 7 -1

73.4% 49

Ventura South 39 40 1 85.00% 84.4% 21

Wasco 44 49 5 86.25% 83.0% 28

Westlake Village 69 67 -2 84.38% 78.1% 40

Westlake Village Sunrise 60 60 0 80.00% 78.1% 41

Totals

3601 3687 86

** Clubs did not submit information

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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"

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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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Dennis & Ann of P.L.A.Y. Kris & Jack of The Good Samaritan Shelter

Kristin Alkirk of Domestic Violence Solutions Jim Buttery introduces our guest speaker

Guest Speaker Ramon Elias Joe Goldberg gives his last Exemption Badge