Welcome to our favorite Rotary Club in the world! Substituting for our president, Sue, will be Wendy Barker.

Pledge of Allegiance - Liz Sampson
Inspirational Moment - Christine Golden
Happy Birthdays this week - Patricia Gates, Christine Golden, Bill Hatch There are no visiting Rotarians or guests today

Thank you to our meeting crew today: Sgt-at-Arms - Dave Watson
Set up crew - Joe Cesena & Clinton Haugan Greeter - Bob Eisler
Flag salute - Liz Sampson
Reporter - Tessa Turner
Roving mic - Clinton Haugan
Fining - Dave Watson
Bag person - Bruce
Treasurer - Fern

Thank you to Jayne Cruise for our delicious meal today!

Announcements:

• Dave Watson shared correspondence from Ella Juliani who received an $80,000

  scholarship from Rotary two years ago. She is an English major, active in campus clubs and the campus newspaper. She recently spent time in Florence which she said was a life fulfilling experience. Her letter was to say thank you for the opportunity for freedom to study without the financial pressure

• There will be a Peace Committee meeting this week on 10/8 at 5:30 at Amy and Bill Warlick's house
• on Fierro Drive.
• There will be an event at Nordhoff on 10/16 at 9:00 by the Ojai Education Foundation. There will be
• a performance by students and the superintendent of the OVSD will be speaking. Contact Don Reed
• for further information. Don says he loves this because he gets hugs from the students.
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• Thank you to Leah Hecker for a great article in the Edible magazine about The Taste of Ojai.
• Diedre will assign responsibilities for Taste next week.
• Barry announced some upcoming programs:
• 10/10 Mike Dutra, our district governor will give us an update on Rotary.
• 10/17 Lanny Kaufer will talk about new trails and medicinal herbs.
• Museum moment by Wendy:

• The Ojai library was designed by architect Carlteon Winslow. It opened in 1928 with 5,000 volumes.
• The new wing opened in 1981. Wendy showed photographs of different stages and a photo of the
• library covered in snow back in 1949!
• Dave Watson asked for confessions:
• Janet, Christine, and Pat all gave money for their birthdays. Bill Hatch also announced his 82nd

• birthday and gave the club a $200 check! Lisa Elliot-Rosas announced that she has just

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• her film 'Gift of Wisdom'.
• Dave also did the fining with Andy Gilman, Fern and Don Reed having to pay for incorrect answers. Jane

• answered a football question correctly.

  Barry Verga introduced today's speaker.

  Kevin Wallace of the Beatrice Wood Center

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  Kevin came to work as the founding director of the Happy Valley Foundation Cultural Center, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, 20 years ago with the task of creating the center that is now part of the 500 acre piece of land in Upper Ojai that belongs to the foundation. Thru a series of photos, Kevin showed us how he created the gallery, museum and a living studio that was once Beatrice Wood's home.

  Kevin's interest in the 'Dada Movement', the idea of taking something and making it art (leading to
  the first of what is now called conceptual art) led him to his interest in Beatrice Wood. After reading her book, "I Shock Myself' he arranged to meet her and have the book signed. He was impressed and describes her as very generous and quite flirty which he found to be fun.

  Kevin went on to talk about the people who influenced Miss Wood and became an important part of her life. Krishnamurti and Annie Besant were two of these people. They were also the founders of the existing school run by the Happy Valley Foundation, Besant Hills School.

  Kevin closed his speech by saying that Art is Language and that the center continues on with workshops, performance arts, exhibitions and music.

  The meeting was adjourned after Kevin took questions and was given a bag of fruit from Friend's Ranch.