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THE ROTARY CLUB OF SANTA MARIA
Susan Rees 2009-2010 President
THE ROTATOR MARCH 2, 2010
Craft Talk Schedule
3/2 Larry Letters
2/23 Meeting Notes
Visiting Rotarians
Mark Jackson
Visitors
Mark Santiago
Rebecca Santiago
James McGlothlin
David Wilhite
Upcoming Projects
3/17 Dictionary Pro-ject
4/24 Oso Flaco Clean
up
Chelsey Says! A view of our Rotary world from the
ground up!
By Jim Moore (Santa Barbara Sun-
rise)
Editor’s Note about Chelsey: Chelsey
is President Jim’s blue eyed, pink
nosed, tri-color, mixed breed, cattle
dog whose focus in life is eating,
sleeping, keeping an eye on Jim and
digging for Rotary information.
Exactly in that order!
Literacy Month
President Jim says: “Hey Chelsey! I hear
March is Literacy Month in Rotary. I also
hear you’ve been digging into this sub-
ject. What’s Literacy Month all about?”
Chelsey says: “I’m glad you asked! I’ve
been digging online at the RI website and
here’s what I found out. The RI Board of
Directors designated March as Literacy
Month. It’s true that considerable pro-
gress has been made in recent decades to
reduce illiteracy. Still, nearly a billion
people lack the most basic literacy and
numeracy skills.” “A billion? That’s a
big number! Give me some examples.”
Chelsey says: “OK! Here goes: Ninety-
eight percent of the world’s illiterate
population is in developing countries.
Fifty percent of the world’s illiterate live
in India and China. More than fifty per-
cent of the population of Africa is illiter-
ate. Two-thirds of all those who lack lit-
eracy and numeracy skills are women.
More than 130 million school-age chil-
dren are not attending classes.”
“Whew! That’s amazing! Why is Liter-
acy so important?” Chelsey says:
“Because the ability to read, write and do
simple math is not only critical to pro-
gress and prosperity, it is necessary for
the very survival of individuals in mod-
ern society.”
“What does RI recommend our Rotary
club do about the Literacy problem?”
Chelsey says: “Excellent question! I un-
derstand you donate books to the El
Puente Community School. March is a
perfect time to promote those efforts in
the local media by creating awareness
about Literacy and recognizing the club’s
2009-2010 program speakers in whose
name the books were donated.”
“Anything else?” Chelsey says: “Sure!
Here are a few Project Ideas that RI sug-
gests:
• Volunteer to do repairs or improve-
ments at a community school like El
Puente;
• Sponsor a reading competition and give
a prize to those students who read the
most books;
• Start a mentoring program for students
or volunteer to spend time with students
to help build their self esteem;
• Formally adopt a school.”
“Those are all excellent ideas!” Chelsey
says: “Well, Rotary is an excellent or-
ganization. By visiting,
you can find out more about Literacy and
Project Ideas.
Have a great Literacy Month!”
www.Rotary.org
The Charitable Request Forms Deadline is March 15!
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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 [email protected] or call 805-934-7091
CONTRIBUTIONS
Membership, Frank Culley
Rotator, Frank Culley
Web Site, Roy Dugger
http://www.rotaryclubofsantamaria.org/
Sign-up & Participate Today!
MARCH 2010
March 16th - Dark
March 18th - Joint Meeting at the Radisson
March 30th - Club Assembly
APRIL 2010
MAY2010
May 4th - Mother’s Day
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
March Programs by Gillian Cole-Andrews
March 2
Callum Morris - PCPA Music Director
March 9
Christine Northup - Brandman University
March 16
Dark
March 18 (Thursday)
Joint Meeting at the Radisson
March 23
Erik Stein - PCPA Casting Director
March 30
Club Assembly
April Programs by Rick Bendle
April 6
TBA
April 13
TBA
April 20
TBA
April 27
TBA
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Rotary Hygiene Kits
In February and March Rotarians are asked to bring to club meetings extra unopened hygiene products and toiletries that they have accumulated from hotel stays. These include soap, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, tooth brushes, tooth paste, combs, mouthwash, and hand sani-tizer. In April these items are sorted, and the club adds wash cloths, disposable razors, and Four-Way Test/Object of Rotary wallet cards. Then a stuffing party is held. One or more (depending upon the amount collected) of each of these items is stuffed into a Ziploc bag. In May half of these hygiene kits are given to the Good Samaritan Homeless Shelter, and half given to Domestic Violence Solutions.
Please help fill John Hennings bucket.
Volunteers Still Needed!
SAVE THE DATE: March 18, Thursday night, 6:00 pm: Joint Meeting at the Radisson with the
three SM Clubs and Nipomo Club. This is in place of our regular meeting on Tuesday March 16, and
spouses/guests are encouraged to come. Guest speaker will be Pat Cusack, SM Honda/Toyota/Saturn co-
owner. Cost will be $35 per person, prepaid.
We need volunteers for:
1. TWO Sergeants-at-Arms – this is to help during seating and registration.
2. Each Club has a choice of static display or “Power Point” to promote / display its activities. Please con-
tact Susan if you will help assemble the displays.
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
2010-2011 Board Members are requested to attend one of the
two District Assemblies in Ox- nard or Bakersfield. These are the
main annual training sessions for the incoming club leadership team, board of directors and committee
chairs. All club members are welcome to attend this informative half day of training. Our club pays for your
registration.
OXNARD: Mar 27, 2010 BAKERSFIELD: Apr 10, 2010
8:00 - 12:30 Location TBD
Pacifica High School
600 West Gonzales Road
Oxnard, CA
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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
LARRY LETTERS MARCH TOM ROSS MARCH
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 [email protected]
Just wanted to let you know that Yvonne's father-in-law, Gene Biely, passed this morning, the 26th. Gene was from SM, for many years owning a construction company that expanded to Hawaii, where he relocated to and spent the next 40 years over there. He was a proud Rotarian who made up at our Club whenever he was in town.
Tom Martinez
Ruth is very close to getting her Blue Badge. Just two more items. Congratulations to Ruth and her Mentor Camille.
Camille is going to be Tara’s Mentor.
Scott is going to be Joe’s Mentor.
Who else has a Red Badge that needs to be converted to a Blue Badge?
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 overlook anyone that might be especially deserving of the award. Any sug-
gestions to Susan or a board member, would be greatly appreciated.
Tom Martinez
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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.
http://www.rotaryclubofsantamaria.org/
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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Please provide most recent Form 990 filed with IRS.
Rotary Club of Santa Maria ,Charitable Request Form
Name of Requesting Organization: _____________________________________
Address:
Contact Person: _________________________ Telephone: _______________
Federal Tax ID# _________________________ 501(c)3 Yes No ____
Rotary Member Recommendation: ____________________________________
Amount Requested: _______________________________________________
Youth
Senior Citizens Community at Large
Target Group to Benefit from Request:
Number of Individuals Projected to Benefit from the Request:
Purpose of Request (be specific): ______________________________________
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Mark Jackson Tells us About the Joint Meeting on March 18th. Joe is excited about his Tahiti Trip
Joe Fondly Recalls a Moment in Tahiti Susan Reminds us This is Rotary’s 105th Birthday.
Cindy Introduces our Guest Speaker. James McGlothlin Tells us About Quintron Systems.