July 28th, 2015
President Lora Fisher with Rotarian Federica Alemanno from Milan.
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| A Few Highlights from our Club Meeting: |
Welcome and Introductions: President Lora Fisher
Invocation: Camille McKinney presented Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Spring Prayer
Pledge: Stan Mendoza Song: Ron Spellman gave us four “choices”, drawn from a jar by Lora Fisher (although the two opened were “God Bless America!” |
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SPRING PRAYER
For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For song of bird, and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
For blue of stream and blue of sky;
For pleasant shade of branches high;
For fragrant air and cooling breeze;
For beauty of the blooming trees,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| Visitors: |
Lora Fisher and Club Members welcome…
- Shawn Cheney, Commander of Wounded Warriors at Balboa Naval Hospital
- Cherri Barnswell, Armed Service YMCA Director at Balboa Naval Hospital
- Mariam Sulaiman, Branch Manager of US Bank, guest of Lora Fisher
- Sara Iantosca with La Jolla YMCA guest of Sue Ball
- Rotarian Federica Alemanno from Milan.
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  Announcements: |
- Will Creekmur, Club Foundation Chair, announced the fund raiser: “Strike Out for Polio”, a bowling tournament to be held in the future (signups requested). He also announced the opportunity to clarify one’s Paul Harris status, and replace a missing pin.
- Bill Burch announced a District Event: Dinner at Coriano Winery on Tuesday, August 4th. If interested in attending, please contact Bill directly at 858-354-0765.
- John Trifiletti reminded people of the Deering Banjo Auction and Banjo Lesson from Alison Brown.
- Burton Housman presented a special award to Cherri Barnswell for her outstanding service to the many wounded warriors of Iraq and Afghanistan whom she assisted at the Balboa Naval Hospital as they recovered from life-changing wounds, as a consequence of the war. Burton particularly thanked Sherry for personally “saving his life” by giving him a purpose when he was distraught by the carnage of the war.
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Speaker: Christopher Beach
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| Christopher Beach, the long-serving director of the La Jolla Music Society, spoke about both the upcoming Summerfest Season and the full 2015-2016 season. He also spoke enthusiastically, and provided drawings of the soon to be opened Conrad Prebys Music Center on Fay Avenue (now “officially” dubbed the “Conrad”), scheduled for completion in late 2017 or early 2018. The arts complex will include a 500 seat capacity two level concert hall, with design by architects Epstein Joslin of Cambridge, MA, and acoustical design by Yasahita Toyota; a 150 seat cabaret room, a multipurpose theater, and an open air lobby.The Music Society operates on a $4.5 M/year budget, is debt free, has an $11 M endowment, and the $60 M “Conrad” is fully paid for!Artists coming this year include the New York City Ballet, Ballet Flamenco de Andalusia, Pianist Joyce Yan, and blues singers Keb Mo and Aaron Neville, among others. |
Membership Rally!
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The rally will be facilitated by expert Past District Governors Larry Sundram and Dave Breeding from the Rotary Zone 25/26 Membership Team. Some highlights include:
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| • Inspirational Keynote by Rotary International Director Brad Howard as requested by our District club presidents• 16 Interactive Exercises• Personal action plan for your club• Comprehensive Workbook for note taking and reference after the sessionThe Membership Rally builds on the foundation of last year’s membership seminar and takes it to a whole new level with new content, insights, and actionable information to help your club!ALL Rotarians who are interested in membership and improving their club. Registration can be accessed by clicking here. |
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From the Pages of
August 2015 Edition
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SAN DIEGO STUDENTS TACKLE VACCINE CONTROVERSY
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A group of teenage journalism students in suburban San Diego were in the early stages of a new project – an educational film funded by a Rotary grant – when their teacher’s phone rang. A prominent blogger had caught wind of what they were doing from a local news story, and wasn’t pleased. The fledgling film came under fire almost overnight as ripples of protest spread through the blogosphere. With calls pouring in before shooting had even begun, the advisers considered halting the project, questioning whether it would be worth the controversy surrounding its subject matter: vaccines.
“I’ve been involved with immunization initiatives for over 20 years now,” says Amnon Ben-Yehuda, one of the San Diego Rotary members who had contacted the Emmy-winning broadcast journalism program at Carlsbad High School about a health education project, initially conceived as a 15-minute film about the immune system, in 2011. “We knew there were people out there who were against vaccines, but they didn’t represent a force we had to deal with until this project.”
Ben-Yehuda chairs a Rotary districtwide committee that works with local health agencies to increase vaccination coverage. He’s seen vaccine-preventable diseases affect even affluent neighborhoods, where the barrier isn’t access to vaccines but skepticism about their safety. “For about the last 10 years, we’ve recognized that the important thing is education,” he says. “We began to realize that we were repeating the same message and not getting anywhere. Young people have to learn about immunization before they become parents, so we started working with schools.”
Read More in the August 2015 Edition or Click Here |
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