In the Beginning...
Co-Presidents Bliss & Babayco welcomed club members and guests.
Leslie Bouche led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Bill Prather led the invocation:
Let us keep our hearts focused on the needs of all in our community and above all may we have Hope and may we give Hope.
For Hope is a gift.
Hope soars upwards when all else is falling.
Hope rides high on the stormy seas.
Hope dances in the darkest places.
Hope rings out across the fields when there is devastation.
Hope remains strong amidst crushing burdens.
Hope opens hearts that have been neglected or rejected.
Hope declares that life and true love will always prevail!
May the leaders that guide and direct our club and our actions,
Always have Hope.
May each of us feel our responsibility to Rotary, to our community, to our
country, and to the people of all countries around the world.
May each of us have and give to people all around the world Hope!
Thank You’s and Introductions: Past President Watson was thanked for conducting a great meeting last week. The following individuals were also thanked:
Greeter: Sean McDermott
Pledge - Leslie Bouche
Invocation - Bill Prather
Welcome Table – Fern Barishman
Cash Box – Dave Brubaker
Fine Master – Cindy Frings
Roving Mic - Andy Gilman
Reminder Editor - Haady Lashkari
Room setup - Bill Prather
Dr. Gross for being our photographer
Visiting Rotarians and Guests:
Brett Nighman
Art Vander (speaker) and his son Eugene Vander.
Announcements:
Club Business Meeting Dates:
Youth Service Committee meeting today is cancelled.
International Service Committee recently purchased a van for the bakery training program for Street Girls Aid in Accra Ghana.
Community Service Committee Board approved a community event with the Lion’s Club to host Contra Dancing at the Ojai Art Center with live music beginning September 23rd.
75th Anniversary interesting ideas are being considered—please join the committee!
Special Event—Something different 4th Friday, August 26th Our first club “Lunch Mob”
Small groups of Rotarians (4-6) join each other at local restaurants to get to know other Rotarians in small groups and honor restaurants that participated in Taste of Ojai. Sign up ahead of the date is required. Members pay for their own lunch.
Signups start today and will also be available next week. Sign up board was passed to members.
We are limiting the number of members per restaurant based on availability.
Not all our participating restaurants are listed for this month’s Lunch Mob—but others will be available in future months.
We are also including a Soule Park Restaurant for those of you who have missed going to Soule Park.
District 5240 –District Conference is November 18-20th at the Santa Barbara Hilton. We are planning a table display to show off some of our program and our 75th Anniversary celebration. You can still sign up by going on the District 5240 webpage.
Cindy Frings led Fining and Confessions:
Confessions:
Jack announced he’s celebrating his 48th wedding anniversary!
Andy announced the Ojai Valley Democratic Club hosted a forum for Democratic candidates for Mayor, City Council, and OUSD candidates the previous night.
They will also be hosting a candidate forum on September 7th at Matillija Auditorium from 5:30 to 7:30PM.
Cindy announced that the next Taste of Ojai meeting is on September 13th.
Leslie shared that she caught and moved her 6th rattlesnake from her home!
Fining questions were based on what the craziest things members have ever done or ever done for love!
Upcoming Programs:
August 26th—4th Friday event-Lunch Mob
September 2nd—Mike Milano, Filmmaker, The Making of “137 Shots” & “Burning Ojai”
September 16th—Robin Gerber, The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball
Program:
Dr. Art Vander “Brain Plasticity: the Amazing Ability of the Brain to Reorganize Itself”
Arthur J. Vander, MD, comes to us after a distinguished career as a Professor of Physiology at the University of Michigan both as a teacher and researcher for three decades. He is the author of several textbooks and numerous articles in the field of physiology, in layman’s terms the way we are constructed and are able to function.
He also served as an administrator on many departmental, university, and national committees dealing with education and a variety of other issues ranging from animal care to academic freedom to misconduct in research.
Upon his retirement in 1990 he was chosen as the first recipient of the University of Michigan Medical School’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Dr. Vander and his wife Judy, a music composer among other things, reside in our Valley and can often be seen hiking the hills around us or out on the Channel Islands. They are both Rotary Clubs of Ojai Living Treasures.
His talk was on Neural plasticity, also known as neuroplasticity or brain plasticity, which can be defined as the ability of the nervous system to change its activity in response to intrinsic or extrinsic stimuli by reorganizing its structure, functions, or connections.
Closing Remarks:
President Babayco reminded the club next week is the Lunch Mob! We return September 2nd for meeting and program.
He also finished with a “Life Hack”:
The biggest lie we tell ourselves is: “I don’t need to write this down because I will remember it”.
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