In the Beginning...

President Bill Gilbreth rang the bell to commence the beginning of another great and sunny Rotary meeting.

Yours truly led us in the flag salute and Nathan Kaehler gave us a thoughtful invocation.  We escorted our guests and ourselves to the buffet for a scrumptious tri-tip, baked beans and salad lunch.

At 12:20 President Bill rang the bell again to thank Matt Clements and Bill Prather for setting up the room for our meeting, Bryant Huber for AV set up, Terry Beckett and Rod Owen for warmly greeting all of our members and guests, Jeff Loebl for the roving mic, Ren Adam for manning the front table, Suzanne Scar for serving as the Reminder Editor and Ginger Case for hosting us.

 

 

 

Visiting Rotarians were from the Tuesday Ojai West Rotary Club and included Lillian Tally, Bob Denne and Linda Taylor. 

We had lots of family guests this week!   Patricia T. Anderson’s introduced her husband Ross and Allan Jacob’s introduced his wife, Janet.  Frank Finck introduced his grandson Lukas Murin.  Larry Mulholland was our returning guest.

Announcements

 

Tony Thacher spoke and passed out information about the May 26 movie at Matilija Auditorium, “Ghost Town to Havana” about inner city Oakland kids to Cuba for baseball.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jane Spiller was recognized for her contribution to RYLA.

 

 

Kay Bliss reported on a very successful Career Day at Nordhoff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linda Taylor from Ojai West Club asked for our support for their Exchange Student.  Bob Denne and Lillian Tally asked for volunteers from our club to help out with this year’s Wine Festival, the second Sunday in June.

 

Steve Bennett reported on and asked our support for kids graduating from Foster Care.  Conway, Bill’s son, contributed $100 from his college account and challenged Rotarians to match his donation.  The challenge was accepted and we sponsored at least one team for ‘Cornhole’ at the June 17 tournament to honor these kids.

 

 

 

 

Bryant Huber asked for volunteers for the annual Portfolio Project on June 1 and 2 from 7:30-11:45…don’t forget to sign up!  Also, if you have any Club pictures for Club Runner, please submit them to him.

 

Today's Cartoon...

 

 

Fining: 

Fine Master, Marty Pops asked for confessions and following occurred….Bob Davis reported on a few local sporting events - Nordhoff track team had a win and his grandson, Tory, helped lead them to victory by running his personal best on the 100 and 200 meter race….and his other grandson Tyler pitched 2 games for OVS; Ren Adam bragged about winning the BEST DIRECTORY in its category at the Association Convention in Ft. Worth, TX; Amani Hishmeh had a ribbon cutting for her new Pharmacy in Ventura; Leslie Bouche offered raffle tickets for all kinds of great prizes…proceeds support her children in India; Allan Jacobs announced his Annual Birthday Hike on June 3 at 6:00 a.m. at Pratt Trail - $77 to the Ed Foundation for every member that makes it to the top!  A few more $$ were made when Marty stumped a few Rotarians with his Cinco de Mayo questions. 

Program: 

 

Sandy Buechley introduced Rick Ridgeway who proceeded to inform us about the wonderful program at Patagonia…their Family Services.  Not only does it provide employees with a fabulous Day Care program for their children, it actually adds to Patagonia’s bottom line. 

President Bill made us feel warm and fuzzy with his handout “How to have a Better Death” and then rang the bell to signify the end of another great meeting! 

Coming Up Next Week: Jamie Bennet and Gina Gutierrez-Ojai Music Festival