President Mike rang the bell, assembling the huddled masses, yearning to do good and put service above self.

 

The Salute to this Nation's Flag was ably handled by Terry Beckett. Sid Cohn gave a heartfelt prayer for peace and that our Country's leaders make the right decisions. Mike gave a shoutout to Dave Brubaker, our new Program Director and his "infamous" fine master, Jack Jacobs.  Colin Jones and Alex Kim were our Greeters and Ren Adam personed the desk. The Reminder Editor was Carl Gross. Ginger put on a sumptuous repast.  Thanks to all of you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were no Visiting Rotarians, but Guests aplenty...

 

Dulanie Ellis, our speaker, was welcomed.

 

Andy Cantwell was the Special Guest of Allan Jacobs.

 

Andrew, an exchange student to Switzerland and previous scholarship awardee was also welcomed. He told us of his whirlwind post school tour of Europe with 68 Rotarian Exchange Students in 11 countries.

 

 

August 18th--Get Acquainted Talks--Robert Roddick and Alex Kim

 

August 25th--Kitty Winn--Famous actress and step granddaughter of General George C. Marshall.

 

September 1st--Ron Bamieh--The Jane Laut trial

 

 

Don Reed reminded us that dues, if not paid, are past due dues.  If you haven't already done so, PLEASE PAY UP!  Please check your emails from Don.  He has a Donation Payment Form which make contributions easier.  Rotary International has a new program where you can sign up for Rotary Direct, Rotary's recurring giving program. For more information on donations to RI, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 11th Annual Ojai Family Shelter Golf Tournament will take place September 16th at the Soule Park Golf Course.  For more information, contact Rod Owen at Rodinojai@sbcglobal.net  Entry fee deadline August 25th.

 

 

 

 

With less than thunderous applause, Allan took the podium to extract ducats from the Club Members.

 

 

Haady Lashkari had a surprise 40th birthday celebratio

 

Lerie Bjornstedt celebrated her 30th Rotary Anniversary

 

Mark Whitman announced his son had graduated from Cal Poly and will be starting a nursery.

 

Bryant Huber celebrated his 33 years on this earth.  He quickly pointed out that 33 years ago, his Father In Law, Carl Gross, became a member of the Ojai Rotary Club. Rub it in!!

 

 

 

 

 

Fining: Unusual things that happened in our professions.

 

Allan Jacobs fined himself and told a story of a Mr. Bernard Lipshitz who wanted his name changed.

 

Dean Vadnais recounted his adventures with Beatrice Wood.

 

Frank Finck, with a degree in zoology, signed up for the military.  He was a little less than successful drawing blood.

 

Marty Babayco, dressed as a bunny, sang "I got life", from the musical Hair 

 

 

 

 

Bret Bradigan introduced our speaker, Dulanie Ellis.  She has been working on a film project the past 8 years detailing a program where returning veterans are introduced to farming as a profession.

 

Cal Poly is starting a new program to introduce farming to veterans.  The aim of this program is to give veterans and anyone else interested the opportunity to gain knowledge in the basic skills of farming.

 

In the US, half of our farmers are at retirement age. She added that veterans and farmers have similar skill sets.  They engage in long range planning, work in various weather conditions, and for long hours.

 

Thanks, Dulanie for a great presentation