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Surf Beat: March 1st, 2016

March 1st, 2016

Our traveling Rotarians arrived Wednesday in Haiti, and were able to begin their stay by joining a meeting of the Rotary Club of Port au Prince, Champ de Mars, which met -- conveniently -- at the Hotel Le Plaza, where they were staying. The meeting kicked off with the Four-Way Test, followed by an introduction from each Rotarian. An added bonus was having Rotaract students in attendance. Since this is Haiti, the meeting was conducted in French, with Fredrick Clerie serving as interpreter. — Our traveling Rotarians arrived Wednesday in Haiti, and were able to begin their stay by joining a meeting of the Rotary Club of Port au Prince, Champ de Mars, which met — conveniently — at the Hotel Le Plaza, where they were staying. The meeting kicked off with the Four-Way Test, followed by an introduction from each Rotarian. An added bonus was having Rotaract students in attendance. Since this is Haiti, the meeting was conducted in French, with Fredrick Clerie serving as interpreter.

A Few Highlights from our Club Meeting:

Welcome: President Lora Fisher welcomed club members and guests.

Invocation: Chuck Marsh: “You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” – Abraham Lincoln

Pledge: Cindy Greatrex

Song: Mark Christopher with an original composition, “The ‘Tail’ of Chicken Coop Isle,” sung to the tune of “Gilligan’s Island” theme song.

Vistors:

The Club Welcomed…

Paul Michelson, retired ophthalmologist, was a guest of David Shaw.
Anu Delouri and Robert Clossin , today’s guest speakers.
Dirk Harris, a financial advisor with Alphacore Capital, was a guest of Camille McKinnie.
Nile El Wardani, recently returned to La Jolla after 30 years of living in Egypt where she was active in Rotary, was a guest of Charles Hartford.
Sook Hansen, was a guest of Sally Fuller.
Eddie Dovigi, a premed student who is working with Dr. Jane Reldan.
Dale Ganzow, was a visiting Rotarian from San Diego downtown Rotary Club.
Leonard Barbosa, who works at City National Bank.

Lora Fisher reminded the club that we will be “dark” next Tuesday as we welcome Kiwanis Club of La Jolla as our lunch guests on Friday, March 11 in our annual joint meeting.

Report from Sasebo, Japan:

Cal Mann, fresh from his trip to Sasebo Rotary, our sister club, presented slides and a few highlights of his trip and information about the club. Cal noted that the Sasebo Rotary was started in 1951 and, unlike its U.S. counterparts, remains an all-male club. Its membership is comprised of 75 prominent businessmen, and it is primarily a club for business networking with less emphasis on community service. They have been our sister club since 1986. Cal relayed how gracious club hosts were and encouraged us to consider a visit to Japan. He feels there will be future opportunities to expand our relationship with the Sasebo Club, and expects visitors from the Club to come to the U.S. to play golf and visit La Jolla Rotary in the near future. Lora Fisher says we will dedicate the next Tijuana home build to our sister club.

Happy Bucks:

Cindy Greatrex spins President Lora's Wheel of Misfortune, which has returned as mysteriously as it disappeared. — Cindy Greatrex spins President Lora’s Wheel of Misfortune, which has returned as mysteriously as it disappeared.

Cindy Greatrex was fined for appearing in the newspaper in an article about upcoming elections to the Planning Committee. Noting the elections as an important community event, she gladly spun the Wheel of Misfortune, and her own fortune is now $75 lighter.

Jane Reldan is happy to share artwork from a recent Mexico trip

Jane Reldan paid happy bucks for her role in mentoring premed students. She told of her recent trip to Michoacan, Mexico where she was part of an effort by Ecolife to reduce deforestation and loss of Monarch butterfly habitat by providing indigenous populations with eco-friendly wood-burning stoves. Jane showed off a beautifully lacquered copper Menorah purchased in Santa Clara de Cobre, a town that has a seven-member Rotary Club.

Claire Reiss was happy to announce that a statue of Our Lady of Fatima graced her home for two days. The honor was accompanied by services, prayers, and a tangible feeling of peacefulness in her home.

Mark Dibella announced that La V took the #7 spot on a list of Top 13 Oceanfront Hotels in a popular online travel magazine.

Club/Committee/Event Announcements:

Charles Hartford passed around a sign-up sheet for the club’s 26^th home build, which will be on Saturday, March 26. In response to questions about the day’s schedule, Charles said the group departs at 5:30-6:00am from the Mission Bay Visitor’s Center, then re-gathers at the border so that all cars cross together. Participants can expect to be back in San Diego by 5:30-6:00pm that evening.
Craig Schniepp, RYLA chair — lamenting an underwhelming response to last week’s pitch for facilitators for the upcoming three-day RYLA conference — pitched it instead as a weekend getaway to the mountain air and pines of Idyllwild to facilitate leadership training for 275 talented students. The conference is April 15-17 and facilitators are finished by 11:00am on Sunday. Facilitators will need to attend a training session on March 19^th from 9am-noon. Those interested in volunteering should contact Craig at craig@sandiegohomesbycraig.com.
Mark Christopher asked for volunteers to run the Four-Way Speech contest in his absence. George Wahab agreed to serve.

New Inductee

Judy Nelson is happy to pin on her red badge

Lora Fisher called to the front John Trifiletti and Diane Salisbury to assist with the induction of new Rotary Club member Judy Nelson. Diane will serve as mentor as Judy works toward Blue Badge status.

Speaker: Robert Clossen and Anu Delouri, “UCSD Capital Projects & Planning”

Russell King introduced speakers Robert Clossen, UC San Diego Director of Physical and Community Planning, and Assistant Director Anu Delouri, who is the department’s liaison with local community groups. The speakers gave an overview of the campus’s strategic plan for growth through 2030. The strategic plan was created in 2014 and was designed to meet five goals:

Support the education of students
Create a diverse campus community
Nurture collaborations
Drive economic development and cultural engagement
Create a sustainable infrastructure

The campus encompasses 1,152 acres that include 300-acres set aside as parkland or natural preserve. Student population is currently 33,700, and growing. The entire campus population is 46,000 – a small city. UCSD’s planning must accommodate expected growth in student enrollment, which includes the goal of providing affordable housing for 50% of the students.

On Their Way…

Lora Fisher closed the meeting with an adieu to the club as she and 13 fellow Rotarians leave tonight on the red-eye flight to Port-au-Prince, Haiti to make a difference. Our Rotarians will build a chicken coop to house 600 egg-laying chickens and fryers to provide much-needed protein to children living in an orphanage. Their goodwill trip also brings school supplies and daily necessities. Godspeed.

UPDATE:

President Lora reports that the flights to Haiti went smoothly, and the group landed in Port au Prince Wednesday morning. She says the travelers had been warned to use hand sanitizer constantly, and especially before meals.
They were also warned to never drink the tap water – don’t even rinse your mouth after teeth brushing. Unfortunately, David Brockett ( a dentist!) was the first to forget this important rule while brushing his teeth. Being nobody’s fool, Dr. Brockett was quick to mitigate any potential problems, and took a quick swish of rum (medicinal purposes only) and then another shot for insurance. Just making sure all hands are healthy for building the coop in Jeremie! ”

FullSizeRender 2 — President-elect Ken King and President Lora Fisher know how to celebrate an arrival

Apparently the entire party of Rotarians knows how to celebrate

RYLA UPDATE:

RYLA is coming and facilitators are needed. We are looking for Rotarians who are motivated to make a real difference in the lives of top High School juniors at Idyllwild Pines April 15-17th. We provide great students, accommodations, motivational speakers, leadership activities, gourmet (sort of) meals, and…possibly the most rewarding single experience you’ll have as a Rotarian. You provide enthusiasm, a positive attitude and the desire to make a difference in a student’s life.

Facilitator orientation is mandatory and will be held on Sat. 3/26 (site TBD) from 8-12 noon. Female applicants are especially welcome because we always have more girls than boys participate.

Starting this year, there will be no cost to your club for your participation as a facilitator. Please click the following link to view the application http://ryla5340.org/Facilitator_Application and be prepared for an amazing Rotary experience.

Where in the World?

Where In The World is this Rotarian and who is he or she? Be the first to indentify your fellow Rotarian and the location to win. Please send your answer to mahalosu@gmail.com.

Last week’s La Jolla Treasure Hunt winner was the esquire Bob Teaff. Bob, learned man that he is, recognized the strong geometric pattern created to support the weight of the very top-heavy Geisel Library’s on the UCSD campus. Constructed in 1980 at a cost of $5 million, this library is among the San Diego’s most recognizable buildings.

If you have an interesting travel photo of yourself in a recognizable destination you would like to submit for the game please send it to: mahalosu@gmail.com. Photos do not have to be recent, older pictures are welcome! All submissions will be considered, international and domestic! May the best globetrotter win!

Please keep the photographs coming, recent or not, in far distance places or not . . . La Jolla Rotarians go to interesting places and do interesting things, and it is fun (and sometimes challenging) for us to keep up with each other’s doings.

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Goodwill Games

The fierce July sun beat down on us as we approached the field where the match was to take place. It wasn’t much of a soccer pitch, with its uneven terrain and rusty poles for goalposts, but the local teens we had met came ready to play. They guided us over the piles of bricks and broken tiles that separate their neighborhood community center from the field behind it and took their positions.

Much like any schoolyard competitors, incursions from grazing cows notwithstanding, players stretched and warmed up, took turns retrieving out-of-bounds balls, and, after the final goal, lined up to exchange high-fives. The Vietnamese contingent handily outscored our group of American Rotary volunteers, but the defeat was far from bitter. The five Rotarians, four Interactors, and two 20-something alumni of Rotary Youth Leadership Awards had already achieved what they had come to Vietnam to do: distribute durable soccer balls to promote play and to spread Rotary’s message of service and goodwill.

The community center sits on the outskirts of Hoi An, a resort town on the South China Sea. Orange and fuchsia bougainvillea blossoms spill over stalls selling scarves and spices at one of Vietnam’s oldest marketplaces, and along the banks of the Thu Bon River, food vendors serve aromatic pho (noodle soup) and banh mi (sandwiches). By night, tourists dine under glowing silk lanterns at the seaside restaurants and hotels.

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  Mar 05, 2016
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- 2016 District Training Assembly
  Mar 19, 2016 7:30 AM
- 2016 Global Grants Management Seminar
  Joan Kroc Institue for Peace & Justice
  
  Mar 19, 2016
  12:10 PM – 2:00 PM
- Model United Nations Conference
  Apr 09, 2016 – Apr 10, 2016
- Rotary Leadership Institute, Parts 1, 2 & 3 Offered. University of San Diego, KIPJ
  Apr 23, 2016
  8:00 AM – 3:30 PM
- Rotarians at Work Day
  Apr 30, 2016
- “Thousand Smiles” Clinic
  Ensenada Mexico
  
  May 06, 2016 – May 07, 2016
- District Conference – 2016
  May 13, 2016 4:00 PM –
  May 15, 2016 12:00 PM

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Surf Beat : February 23rd, 2016

February 23rd, 2016

Ron Spelman and Sally Fuller lead a spirited version of (drum roll) ‘God Bless America’

A Few Highlights from our Club Meeting:

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Welcome: President Lora Fisher welcomed club members and guests, promising today’s meeting would look back at the past and also into the future

Invocation: Burton Housman

Pledge: Don Lincoln

Song: Sally Fuller with the help of Ron Spelman carried forth with “God Bless America”

A step into the future and look at the past:

Cal Mann Skyped into the meeting from Tokyo, Japan (and 17 hours into the future!) to report on his visit with our sister club in Sasebo, Japan. He described an action-packed weekend of sight-seeing, meetings, and a celebratory cabaret show including six-course dinner in honor of the club’s 75^th anniversary. He admitted — after questioning from Rotarians – that there may have been some karaoke.

Cal extended an invitation to Sasebo Rotary members to join us stateside when La Jolla Rotary celebrates its upcoming 70^th anniversary. The opportunity to play golf at the La Jolla Country Club is apparently a strong incentive to visit our club. See Cal’s ‘Report from Sasebo’ below.

Lora asked club members to take a walk down memory lane as she recalled historical events that took place on today’s date. A few historical highlights were the Dow closing above 4,000 for the first time (1995), mass inoculation against polio using the Salk vaccine (1954), and the first Rotary Club meeting held on this day in 1905 by four men who gathered at the Unity Building in Chicago.

Susan Farrell pointed out, in honor of her late Marine father-in-law, who took part in the Battle for Iwo Jima, that this was also the day in 1945 that the Marines raised the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi.

Vistors:

The Club Welcomed…

Kyle Thomas, who is with Wells Fargo and also a life coach, was a guest of Judy Nelson. Sook Hansen, was a guest of Sally Fuller.
Annette King is the new Executive Manager of the La Jolla YMCA and came as a guest of Sue Ball.
Jenny Eastwood was a guest of Cindy Goodman.
Dirk Harris, a financial advisor who recently located to Bird Rock from Indiana, was a guest of Camille McKinnie.
Dale Smith is in Wells Fargo private lending and came as a guest of Carlos Gutierrez. Ted Butterfield joined us from Lions Gate Rotary in North Vancouver, British Columbia.

Happy Bucks:

Ken King announced that he recently attended president-elect training and gave $20 in happy bucks in honor of President Lora Fisher’s birthday, which was on February 21.
Lora Fisher suggested that Mark Dibella should pay happy bucks not only for appearing in the newspaper but for La Valencia making the Top 10 Places to Visit in San Diego list in a recent issue of USA Today.
Pat Stouffer was happy to announce that his Country Western band, The Silver Spurs, will be playing at Tower 13 in Cardiff on February 24 from 7-10pm.
Dave Weston acknowledged Mark Dibella’s achievements at La V, and gave kudos to Mark for joining our Rotary and being an active member of our club as well as the La Jolla community.
Charles Hartford gave happy bucks to thank Ken King’s company, San Diego Pools, for its ongoing support of his kids’ baseball team. And the name of the team? Duh. San Diego Pools!

Club/Committee/Event Announcements:

Craig Schniepp, RYLA chair, is in need of volunteers to facilitate the three-day RYLA Conference from April 15-17. In addition to the weekend commitment, facilitators will need to attend a four-hour training session on March 19^th from 9am-noon.
Charles Hartford asked members to sign up for the next Tijuana home build. He especially encouraged those who have never participated in a home build before to give it a try. It will take place on March 26^th and will be – wait for it – our 26^th home build.

65th Anniversary of Sasebo Rotary Club

Sasebo Rotary Club, La Jolla Rotary Club’s sister club in Sasebo Japan, celebrated the 65th anniversary of its founding. On Sunday in Sasebo, a fitting celebration was held for nearly 150 Rotarians, family and friends. In attendance representing La Jolla Rotary were Hiroshi Yoshida and Cal Mann. The anniversary event included an hour of recognition of past presidents and honored guests before a sumptuous multi-course meal and then a rousing musical dance performance by local troupe. Bookending the anniversary fest were sightseeing opportunities and plenty of Rotarian fellowship. Sasebo Rotarians expressed significant interest in visiting La Jolla as we celebrate our club’s 70th year in April of 2017.

Traditional Japanese music is performed live at the Sasebo Rotary Club 65th Anniversary event.

Sasebo Rotarians waving goodbye at the train station or rather, they’re saying See you soon!

Traditional dress on a model of the Empress of Japan, Tokyo

Cal Mann and Yoroshi Yoshida visited in Tokyo

A human powered cart with happy set of passengers. Arashiyama Park, Kyoto

Speaker: Mark Dibella’s, “Enhance La Jolla”

Rotarian, and La Valencia General Manager Mark Dibella explains details of the proposed La Jolla Village Maintenance Assessment District.

President-elect Ken King introduces the day’s speaker.

Ken King introduced speaker Mark Dibella who informed the club about plans to create a Maintenance Assistance District (MAD) for La Jolla. Problems a MAD would address for La Jolla residents and businesses include improved maintenance of the village’s infrastructure; offering a point of coordination/integration for the maintenance needs of existing civic

organizations such as La Jolla Merchant’s Association, LJ Town Council, LJ Planning Association; re-establishing La Jolla’s identity as the “jewel” of San Diego and countering UTC’s marketing efforts to co-opt La Jolla’s brand.

Dibella noted that the important thing for him in chairing the MAD effort, “Is that we are organized and transparent.”

With hoped-for broad representation from the community, immediate goals are:

The proposed "MAD" in the Village. — The proposed “MAD” in the Village.

Establish a MAD for the Village area of La Jolla along the boundaries of the current Business Improvement District.
Create a MAD management structure (board of directors comprised of business owners, residents, members of La Jolla civic organizations)
Raise private money through La Jolla Community Foundation to leverage MAD investments; anticipate annual budget of approximately $500K
Support capital improvement projects

Creation of a Maintenance Assistance District would require approval of La Jolla residents and businesses. It would be supported on an ongoing basis through fees charged to residential and business property owners.

“When you form a MAD, the first parcel owner that will always vote ‘yes’ is the City of San Diego, because they own property here,” Dibella said. He said the city’s annual fees will be about $50,000, which the MAD can spend as it pleases. The La Valencia, which is the firth-largest parcel in the Village, would pay a yearly fee of $8,900.

As he wrapped up his presentation, Dibella told Rotarians, “If we don’t do anything, it’s not going to get any better.”

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RYLA UPDATE:

Facilitator orientation is mandatory and will be held on Sat. 3/26 (site TBD) from 8-12 noon. Female applicants are especially welcome because we always have more girls than boys participate.

La Jolla Treasure Hunt:

It’s treasure hunting time at Surf Beat. Are you ready? Be the first person to correctly identify the location where the above photo was taken. Correct answers must be emailed to: surfbeat@rotarycluboflajolla.com The winner will receive recognition in next week’s Surf Beat! LJ Treasure Hunt spotlights the hidden gem locations in La Jolla. If you have a suggested location, take a photo or send a note to surfbeat@rotarycluboflajolla.com – previous treasure hunt locations can be found by exploring the Surf Beat archive beginning with the March 6, 2014 edition.

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Keeping a Lid of Cancer in Sri Lanka

When the Rotary Club of Colombo, Sri Lanka, launched the National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Center in 2004, the clinic operated in a small, rented house staffed by a volunteer doctor and two nurses. Services were basic but effective – physical exams and ultrasound to detect breast cancer and Pap tests to screen for cervical cancer. All services were free, and word spread fast among the lower-income patients the center hoped to attract. Run in partnership with the National Cancer Control Programme of the government’s Ministry of Health, it was (and still is) the only national facility dedicated to the early detection of three of the more treatable cancers: breast, cervical, and oral.

Colombo Rotarians planned to expand the project quickly, but resources had to be diverted to relief and rebuilding efforts after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The catalyst for the cancer detection center’s growth didn’t come until several years later, when members of the Rotary Club of Birmingham, Ala., met (now RI President) K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran during his visit to Alabama as chair of the country’s Schools Reawakening tsunami relief project. After his Birmingham visit, Ravindran invited Alabama Rotarians to Sri Lanka. That’s when they learned about the center.

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Upcoming Events

- USD – Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
  
  Feb 27, 2016
  8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Advocates for HOPE Training Session
  Mar 05, 2016
  8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- 2016 District Training Assembly
  Mar 19, 2016 7:30 AM
- 2016 Global Grants Management Seminar
  Joan Kroc Institue for Peace & Justice
  
  Mar 19, 2016
  12:10 PM – 2:00 PM
- Model United Nations Conference
  Apr 09, 2016 – Apr 10, 2016
- Rotary Leadership Institute, Parts 1, 2 & 3 Offered. University of San Diego, KIPJ
  Apr 23, 2016
  8:00 AM – 3:30 PM
- Rotarians at Work Day
  Apr 30, 2016
- “Thousand Smiles” Clinic
  Ensenada Mexico
  
  May 06, 2016 – May 07, 2016
- District Conference – 2016
  May 13, 2016 4:00 PM –
  May 15, 2016 12:00 PM

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Surf Beat: February 16th, 2016

February 16th, 2016

John Donaldson, Claire Reiss and Susan Rutan do their best to stump Rotarians about their past talents.

“What’s my line?” Three Rotarians, Claire Reiss, John Donaldson and newly inducted member, Susan Rutan, shared a secret about their past. One had participated in the decathlon in junior high school; one had sold popcorn at a movie theater; and one was a drummer in a high school marching band. After many incorrect guesses, it turns out that Claire was the decathlon participant; Susan, the drummer; and John, the popcorn salesman!

Susan Rutan was installed as a new member of our club sponsored by Pat Stouffer and with the participation of Membership Chair, John Trifiletti.

As President Lora says, what better place to be than at The La Valencia for our Rotary meetings!

A Few Highlights from our Club Meeting:

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Welcome:

President Lora once again opined that there was no better place to be on this day than the Rotary Club of La Jolla, and heard no opposition to that stance.

Invocation:

Zeke Knight: First acknowledged the three octogenarians in the club: Betty Dow (actually 93!); John Todd, and Zeke, himself! (It later turned out that Sid Stutz is also in the “Octoclub”). Then, Zeke shared his “post-Valentine’s day prayer, noting that “Love is the highest form of connectedness.” He cited Lewis Richmond, a Buddhist Priest, in “Aging as a Spiritual Practice.”

Buddhist Scripture: May I be filled with loving kindness; May I be free from suffering; May I be happy and at peace.
Buddhist Prayer: As each of us grows older, may we be kind to ourselves; As each of us rows older, may we accept joy and sorry; As each of us grows older, may we be happy and at peace. MAY IT BE SO!

Pledge: Betty Dow – who noted that Dwight Eisenhower was the president under whom the term “under God”, was added to the pledge.

Song: John Todd led us in a rousing rendition of “When You’re Smiling”

Vistors:

The Club Welcomed…

Dyanne Routh – guest of Cindy Greatrex
Denise Gitsham – guest of Claire Reiss
Nayda Locke – guest of Claire Reiss
Garret Massey and Jennifer Harter – guests of Jane Reldan
Bob Duffield – guest of speaker Faye Girsh (see below)

Happy Bucks:

Don Lincoln provides Happy Buck in honor of his granddaughter's soccer team making it to the state finals! — Don Lincoln provides Happy Buck in honor of his granddaughter’s soccer team making it to the state finals!

Don Lincoln acknowledged his Granddaughter, whose soccer club is still in the competition for the State Championship.
Jane Reldan returned safely from a heli-skiing trip, in which she added 97,000 vertical feet to her quest for 3 million vertical feet!
Sid Stutz reminded us that he is the fourth octogenarian in the club.

Betty Dow quickly pointed out that she had surpassed that phase in her life. For clarification, the word for a person in their seventies (70's) is septuagenarian. The word for a person in their eighties (80's) is octogenarian. And the word for a person in their nineties (90's) has the same ending as the other two: nonagenarian. The word for our dear Betty Dow is timeless! — Betty Dow quickly pointed out that she had surpassed that phase in her life. For clarification, the word for a person in their seventies (70’s) is septuagenarian. The word for a person in their eighties (80’s) is octogenarian. And the word for a person in their nineties (90’s) has the same ending as the other two: nonagenarian.
The word for our dear Betty Dow is timeless!

Club/Committee/Event Announcements:

Jeanne Cherbeneau – Rotarians at Work will be Saturday, April 30^th, and will be in collaboration with the Marines. The exact location and mission are still to be determined.
On behalf of Charles Hartford, Interact Representative, President Lora Fisher announced that Interact will participate with members of our club for home build #26 on March 26^th!
President Lora announced the appearance of two club members in the local press: Leanne MacDougall and Claire Reiss, with appropriate fines levied and paid.

New member Susan Rutan wasted no time in taking to heart President Lora's rule that our Rotary Club should be fun! — New member Susan Rutan wasted no time in taking to heart President Lora’s rule that our Rotary Club should be fun!

Speaker:

Introduced by Leanne MacDougall, Faye Girsh, the former president of the Hemlock Society of San Diego and a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, presented a talk entitled, Dying in the Age of Choice. She reminded us that the California Legislature passed and Governor Brown signed the California End of Life Option Act, following the model of Oregon, Washington and Vermont.

The law, which has yet to go into effect, provides that a person who is mentally competent and not under duress and with a life expectancy of less than six months, may apply to two physicians who agree with the prognosis, one of whom is willing to prescribe a lethal medication after a waiting period of 15 days and a total of three requests. A willing pharmacist may fill the prescription. No physician or pharmacist is required to provide the medication, and no patient is required to ask for it.

The use of the act in Oregon, which has at 18 years, the longest experience, is infrequent and of those who ask for the prescription, only about 67% actually use it.

A 29-yeay-old California woman, Brittany Maynard, who had a malignant glioblastoma (brain tumor) went with her family to Oregon to take advantage of the law there. She posted a video before her death advocating for the passage of such a law in California so that others wouldn’t have to go out of state to fulfill their wish to die with dignity.

Japan: trains, planes and automobiles!

Dateline Kyoto, Japan 6:20 a.m. Friday, February 19 (1:20 p.m. Thursday San Diego time)

Greetings fellow Rotarians,

Your intrepid scribe here reporting in from the road to Sasebo.

Wednesday night, after a smooth 12-hour flight from Lindbergh Field to Narita airport, ready was my jet-lagged body for the very comfy bed that awaited me at my near-the-airport hotel. If there was a sound that night, it escaped my notice.

I awoke at 4 a.m. to begin leg one of my cross-island trek toward the city of Sasebo, home of our sister Rotary Club of, you guessed it, Sasebo. A short shuttle ride took me back to the airport where, conveniently, there is a station linking travelers to Japan’s marvelous public train network.

Deviation from my I-thought-brilliant travel plan began immediately as I discovered that although the trains run near continuously, the ticket office wouldn’t open until an hour later. That gave me time to explore the spectacle of an almost completely empty Tokyo and to learn that a 24/7 7-11 (#-lovers unite!) is a gift from the gods. That afforded me an early breakfast that included a boiled egg sold in its own perfect little box. (Note to P. Stouffer: This may be a much easier alternative to corralling live chickens into a Haitian coop!)

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At 6:30 on the dot, the ticket office opened and I was soon on a train west.

My transfer at the enormous Tokyo station was, in a word, mind-boggling! (Okay, two words, thank God for hyphens!) I recommend it to anyone who would like to know what being in an extremely busy ant colony would feel like. It made our beloved NY Grand Central station seem like a 4-way stop intersection in Iowa. (Ed. note: Sincere apologies to all Iowans.)

Having survived that experience, I hopped the next train to Kyoto where I spent last night in a 150 year old traditional Japanese home. I’ll see a bit of Kyoto today then jump a Sasebo-bound train tomorrow morning.

There my plan is to meet up with fellow La Jolla Rotarian, Hiroshi Yoshida, and to finally meet our Sasebo friends.

もっと来て (More to come!)

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The Winner of Last Week’s Treasure Hunt was Bill Burch!

By the power vested I me by the great state of California, I hereby proclaim you as our contest winner. You have won a guided tour of favorite La Jolla seagull flocking locations. Our very own David Weston will be your guide.

Congratulations!

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Q&A: In Exile

Melhem Mansour lives in London now. But for nearly a year, he didn’t have anywhere to call home. “After my fellowship ended, I was just traveling around. I was in 12 countries,” he says. “I didn’t know where to go.” It was the spring of 2012, and he had just finished the three-month program at the Rotary Peace Center at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. In his native Syria, violence was escalating. Before he left for Thailand, he had been detained and questioned for criticizing the government. If he returned, he risked being jailed.

Though he’s unable to go home, he’s careful to note that his passage to England was much easier than for many people now fleeing the region. Mansour has a day job working for Apple, but his heart is in peace and conflict resolution work. He consults with several nongovernmental organizations on the Syrian conflict and helps organize “hackathons,” competitions that bring together programmers and nonprofit experts to find technical solutions to humanitarian problems. Though he was critical of the Syrian government before the war, today he keeps his comments focused on the humanitarian crisis created by the conflict out of concern for the safety of his parents, who still live in Damascus. He spoke with Contributing Editor Vanessa Glavinskas.

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Upcoming Events

- PETS – Southern California Nevada.
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- District 5340 Peace Forum (Click for Information)
  USD – Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
  
  Feb 27, 2016
  8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Advocates for HOPE Training Session
  Mar 05, 2016
  8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- 2016 District Training Assembly
  Mar 19, 2016 7:30 AM
- 2016 Global Grants Management Seminar
  Joan Kroc Institue for Peace & Justice
  
  Mar 19, 2016
  12:10 PM – 2:00 PM
- Model United Nations Conference
  Apr 09, 2016 – Apr 10, 2016
- Rotary Leadership Institute, Parts 1, 2 & 3 Offered. University of San Diego, KIPJ
  Apr 23, 2016
  8:00 AM – 3:30 PM
- Rotarians at Work Day
  Apr 30, 2016
- “Thousand Smiles” Clinic
  Ensenada Mexico
  
  May 06, 2016 – May 07, 2016
- District Conference – 2016
  May 13, 2016 4:00 PM –
  May 15, 2016 12:00 PM

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Surf Beat: February 9th, 2016

February 9th, 2016

Happy Valentine’s Day!

A Few Highlights from our Club Meeting:

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Welcome: President Lora called the meeting to order noting what a beautiful day it is in La Jolla.

Invocation: Burton Housman

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Pledge: Ted Rutter, “One” of President Lora’s favorite Past Presidents.

Song: “Have I Told You Lately” by Rod Stewart and Van Morrison, with thoughts of upcoming Valentine’s Day festivities, led by David Shaw.

Reporters note; this was probably not our best effort.

Vistors:

The Club Welcomed…

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Sally Fuller introduced her guest, Sook Hansen.

Judy Nelson was visiting us again; she is a member of the Temecula Rotary Club and works across from the La Valencia.

Karla Marsh’s daughter, Molly, graced us once again with her presence, while Chuck was off skiing in Lake Tahoe.

Happy Bucks:

John Brown shared a portrait of himself, 15-years younger, when he was Club President. Of course it was painted by our own Ron Spelman, who presents every departing President with their portrait. (More than one Past President has been known to say they took the job to get the portrait).

Claire Reese celebrated her birthday on the 5^th of February and was happy to be given a poem that was written by her granddaughter.

Club/Committee/Event Announcements:

Ken King announced that a new membership roster was in the works, and passed around a draft, asking all members to verify their information and update birthdays (no year required) and add wedding anniversaries.
President Lora reminded everyone that the Four-Way Test would apply to all birth dates.
Rotarians at Work Day is scheduled for April 30 this year, and the La Jolla clubs are planning a joint effort at MCAS Miramar, with the first planning meeting coming soon. Jeanne Cherbeneau volunteered to attend the meeting and update us on what is being planned.
Cal Mann is heading to Sasebo, Japan, to attend the 65^th anniversary meeting of the Sasebo Rotary Club and will be joined there by Hiroshi Yoshida.
No one at today’s meeting could remember just how long we have enjoyed our “Sister Club” relationship with Sasebo, but this reporter remembers that it started prior to his membership 25-years ago.

Dave Brockett will be joining the team going to Haiti in a few weeks.

President Lora reminded us that our “Haiti Crew” is only three -weeks away from leaving for the chicken-coop project in Jeremie, Haiti. Not only will they be building a coop to accommodate 600 laying hens, but there are plans to paint a recently completed (hopefully) dorm for orphan children. Also Ken King, Pat Stouffer and Josh who all claim to have some grading experience may possibly build a road using equipment borrowed from the UN. It might be worth making the trip just to watch that.
The group is also taking sandals, soccer balls and writing supplies for the children. She passed around a sign-up sheet for donations to assist with those items, and noted, “Haitians have a saying, ‘Many Hands Make the Load Lighter.’ That sounds like it could be a Rotary Slogan also.”

Thank You, Mac Millar!

Mac is donating soccer balls and equipment for our team to take to Haiti.

Check Out the YouTube Video Here: An 11 year old’s goal of peace through soccer balls

Thank you, Mac!

Speaker: Kin Searcy

Ken King introduced today’s speaker, Kin Searcy, a docent at the Palomar Observatory.

The observatory is owned and operated by Cal Tech. It was designed and built to be “beautiful”. It is open to the public with a visitor gallery, tours and educational events.

Ken Searcy explained the Palomar Observatory's intergalactic reach. — Ken Searcy explained the Palomar Observatory’s intergalactic reach.

The telescope is in use approximately 300-nights a year and is shared by scholars from around the world, including Yale, China, and Oxford, as well as Cal Tech. Its mission is to do science, train astronomers, and support the development of state-of- the-art technology, and share all this information.

The key observational tools are Direct Imaging, Photometry, and Spectroscopy, which splits light with a prism to measure what things are made of.

The telescope employs a 200 inch mirror and went into operation in 1949, with the help of Edwin Hubble. (Think Hubble Space Telescope).

Recently, Cal Tech and Palomar Observatory have been called the “Pluto Killers” as they have delisted Pluto from the list of planets. Apparently it does not possess two of the three requirements to actually be a planet.

Palomar uses the PALM-3000 Adaptive Optics System, which is currently the most advanced in the world at this time.

Tours are conducted at the observatory from April to October each year. Check the website for hours and more information:www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/

La Jolla Treasure Hunt:

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It’s retro-time at Surf Beat. This week we’re taking you back in time to our old “La Jolla Treasure Hunt” contest. Are you game? Be the first person to correctly identify the location where the above photo was taken. Correct answers must be emailed to: surfbeat@rotarycluboflajolla.com The winner will receive recognition in next week’s Surf Beat! LJ Treasure Hunt spotlights the hidden gem locations in La Jolla. If you have a suggested location, take a photo or send a note to surfbeat@rotarycluboflajolla.com – previous treasure hunt locations can be found by exploring the Surf Beat archive beginning with the March 6, 2014 edition. Photo credit: Greg Wiest (dedicated to David Weston)

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“The world sees Germany as a country of hope and chances,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared last September, as refugees fleeing war and conflict in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere were streaming into her country in unprecedented numbers. As of November, 792,000 people had made the journey to Europe by boat since the beginning of 2015, with the majority ending up in Germany. There, they receive food, clothing, medical attention, and shelter while they wait for their claims to be evaluated and the government to decide if they can stay.

Watching the crisis unfold in Berlin last year, Anne Kjaer Riechert saw a need – and an opportunity. Riechert, originally from Denmark, studied at International Christian University in Japan as a Rotary Peace Fellow in 2010-12 and helped set up Stanford University’s Peace Innovation Lab in Berlin the following year. “What we are trying to do is to bring people working in innovation, technology, user interface, start-ups, entrepreneurs – people with a lot of ideas – together with NGOs and people with social causes,” she says. “In April, when the refugee crisis was starting, we did a lot of interviews with refugees and social workers and brainstormed ideas.” One of the projects that resulted was Refugees on Rails.

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Surf Beat: February 2nd, 2015

February 2nd, 2016

A Few Highlights from our Club Meeting:

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Welcome: President Lora Fisher, back from two weeks off, welcomed us to Rotary, “It’s lunch time on Tuesday, and there’s no better place to be than La Jolla Rotary! We are the club with the best view of the Pacific, amazing club projects, and we have a lot of fun too!”

Invocation:Penny Shurtleff

Pledge:Diane Salisbury

Song Led By: Eric Jones from Torrey Pines Rotary, “God Bless America” preceded by a nice lead into the song.

Vistors:

The Club Welcomed…

Visiting Rotarians:

Gordon Shurtleff, Torrey Pines Rotary
Eric Jones, Torrey Pines Rotary
Yelena Todoric, Torrey Pines Rotary
Judy Nelson, Temecula

Guests:

Susan Rutan, guest of Pat Stouffer
Hannelore Cicarelli, guest of Jane Reldan
Jessica Cicarelli, guest of Jane Reldan
Evelyn Nelson, guest of Jane Reldan
Hanna Laukkanen, Guest of Cindy Goodman

Happy Bucks:

Gwyn Jones spent time on his roof repairing a leaky skylight, using duct tape and nails. He then noticed the gutters needed cleaning and proceeded with that chore also. He was happy to get off the roof uninjured.
Sid Stutz noted that Tom and Cindy Goodman had been mentioned in a local news article, and Cindy filled in the blanks. Tom received some publicity for his stint as superintendent of San Diego City Schools, and Cindy was mentioned as well.
Cindy also informed us that her daughter, Whitney, has secured a new job with the Miami Dolphins football team. She is in charge of Sponsorships, Insights, and Analytics.
Jane Reldan fessed up for her letter to the editor responding to an article in the UT regarding the Children’s Pool. She is also leaving for her annual heliskiing trip in Canada soon.
Claire Reiss had some tree damage caused by the recent high winds, but all is fixed now.

Club/Committee/Event Announcements:

President Lora passed two get-well cards around the room; Lee Vida is recovering in the hospital from having a reaction to the dye used while undergoing heart surgery, and Deb Plotkin is undergoing knee surgery as the result of a skiing accident. Our best wishes for a speedy recovery go out to both club members.
Membership chair John Trifiletti announced that February is membership month, and club members are encouraged to bring PROSPECTIVE NEW MEMBERS to a meeting, lunch is courtesy of the club. Guests should expect a follow-up contact from the club.
John then called upon Cal Mann, Sally Fuller, and Bill Burch to give their definition of a good Rotarian.
Cal noted that we are looking for people who are interested in getting involved in the “fabric of the community.” We are looking for strong threads (think Kevlar) to form an effective blanket, not the emperor’s new serape.
Sally pointed out that we have interesting members and that Rotary’s goals include eradicating polio and peace in the world.
Bill summed up that we have a good club, why do we need new members? We are looking for new talent with a heart for service. He finished with the reminder that we are looking for true prospects, there is no free lunch.
President Lora noted that at her last meeting, she had upgraded Bill Burch to the position of her “Favorite Past President”. She asked all past Presidents to stand while she presented her Mea Culpa, saying we were all her favorites, and she has leaned on all of us in her term at the helm. Russell King noted that he was in charge of her demotion party, and she could draw her own conclusions.
The Sasebo Rotary Club, with which we have had a “Sister Club” relationship for many years is celebrating their 65th anniversary this year, and Cal Mann is going to Japan to represent us, along with Hiroshi Yoshida. Hiroshi is a member of our club who now resides in Japan.
Ken King encouraged club members to add their birthdates and wedding anniversaries to the club directory. The year of your birth is optional and high- school graduation photos are still apparently acceptable.
Bill Burch announced the District Conference meeting this month and said there is still time to reserve a seat. Contact Bill if interested.
Craig Schniepp updated us on the RYLA interviews that were conducted on Monday and Tuesday at both LJ High School and The Bishop’s School. A total of 24 students were interview for approximately ten available spots, so the competition is tough.
Eileen Jolly, Bill Boehm, Wade Aschbrenner, Laurnie Durisoe, Cal Mann, Pat Stouffer and Craig all participated in the interview process. A team of Rotarians will read the students’ essays and rate them. All scores will then be compiled and candidates selected in the next week.
Lora noted that it is only 28-days until our Haiti project travelers depart to build the chicken coop. We have 14-people on the team traveling to Haiti, which will include a visit to the Port-au-Prince Rotary Club.

Who Am I:

Evelyn Nelson, Jane Reldan’s frequent guest at our club meetings, was invited to give us a “Who Am I”.

Evelyn was born in Guam to a US Air Force father and a Japanese mother. She moved to Cupertino California when she was eight, eventually attending UC Berkeley where she received her undergrad degree. She worked with some psychologists at Stanford before attending medical school in New York for two years, then on to UCSD for her internship. She enjoys her medical training but says “I don’t know who I will become”.

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The interview team for our Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (aka RYLA) individually interviewed 23 juniors from La Jolla High and Bishop’s School. From that group, 10-12 award winners will be selected. Besides the recognition of our award represents, each awardee will spend three days conferencing with the more than 250 RYLA awardees from San Diego and imperial counties. Pictured are (L-R) Eileen Jolly, Pat Stouffer, Laurnie Durisoe, Bill Boehm and Craig Schniepp. Not pictured are Wade Aschbrenner and Cal Mann.

RYLA group photo Applicants for our Rotary Youth Leadership Awards program are all juniors at La Jolla High School or The Bishop’s School. From this group of 23 applicant, 10-12 will be chosen as our club’s award winners.

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Claude Rosinsky introduced the speaker, Aviva Paley, one of the founders of “Kitchens for Good.” Her grandfather was a Rotarian for 31 years with perfect attendance, and her father is a world-renowned surgeon. Aviva told us that

40% of food goes to waste, and one in five San Diego residents are “food insecure,” but food alone can’t solve the problem. Poverty is the real issue.

Kitchens for Food has a goal of becoming a self-sustainable non-profit that provides employment training in the food-service industry as well as using local food sources, including food that is discarded by supermarkets, etc. Currently, they operate a 13-week training program specific to the food-service industry that focuses on the “Hard to Employ”, i.e.: former prisoners, drug addicts, abuse victims, etc. The training includes soft skills such as financial literacy, punctuality, and attitude in the work place.

Kitchens for Good took over a catering company in October of 2015 with the goal of becoming self-sustainable financially, and currently produces 75% of their annual revenue needs. Near -term goals are expanding to North County and downtown as well as increasing culinary job training.

4-Way Test

President’ Lora’s Parting Words

Lora closed the meeting by reminding us that one thing we all have in common is the foundation of Rotary, which is the Four-Way Test.

Is it the truth?
Is it fair to all concerned?
Will it build good will and friendships?
Will it be beneficial to all concerned??

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“As a child, I suffered from amebic dysentery, a disease that could have taken my life,” he says. “Fortunately for me, a Catholic brother gave my uncle the proper medicine, and that medicine saved my life. That’s when I decided that I should be a doctor and help sick people too.”

Medical school is a big dream for anyone, but for a poor boy in a poor country, it was stratospheric. Lokangaka persisted. He chopped and sold wood to pay for his grade school and high school education. An uncle stepped in to fund his university tuition; still, to make ends meet, Lokangaka typed papers for other students and taught English in his spare time.

After graduating from medical school in 2008, Lokangaka joined the Kinshasa School of Public Health, motivated by the poverty and disease he saw as a child – particularly the many deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth. There, he developed his interest in public health. “As a physician, the goal is to help people. If I were a medical practitioner, I could help one person at a time, but not many,” he explains. “I wanted to have a greater impact.”

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Feb 09, 2016
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PETS – Southern California Nevada.
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USD – Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice

Feb 27, 2016
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Surf Beat: January 26th, 2016

January 26th, 2016

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A Few Highlights from our Club Meeting:

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Welcome: Bill Burch, filling in for President Lora Fisher, welcomed club members and guests, noting that La Jolla Rotary is “where we measure every effort we make, and every dollar we spend by how meaningful it will be for the youth, the community and the world.”

Invocation: Gwyn Jones

Pledge: Cindy Goodman

Song: Bob Teaff, after polling the club, led members in “God Bless America”

Vistors:

The Club Welcomed…

Jane Reldan’s frequent guest and medical intern, Evelyn Nelson

Happy Bucks:

Claude Rosinsky gave happy bucks to congratulate fellow Rotarian Mark Christopher for mention in a recent magazine article that highlighted two of the homes he has designed.
Craig Schniepp thanked the many Rotarians who signed up to be RYLA essay readers, and he gave happy bucks to announce his recent move to the La Jolla offices of Berkshire Hathaway.
Mark Christopher, acknowledging Claude’s praise and anticipating a fine for appearing in the news, gave a preemptive $20 in happy bucks.

Club/Committee/Event Announcements:

Bill Burch reminded members of the February 9^th Beer & Wine Tasting at Stone Brewing Company in Liberty Station. The district-wide event begins at 6:00pm with the tasting followed by dinner at 7:00pm. Cost is $55 and includes a Brewery tour. Sign up at http://www.rotary5340.org.
Mark Christopher reminded members of the February 3 (5:30 pm-7:00pm) fellowship and business networking event at the San Diego downtown offices of Higgs, Fletcher & Mack (401 West A Street, Suite 2600 – Columbia Center Building). It’s a great way to meet new Rotary friends and business contacts while enjoying the penthouse balcony view of San Diego Harbor. Pizza, munchies and adult and soft beverages will be served. $15 per Rotarian, $7 for Rotaracts.

Zeke Knight says he is happy to be back at Rotary and expressed his appreciation of the ‘drumming’ rally he received upon his return last week. Zeke gave an account of how he and his wife spent the past 16 months away at their New England home in Brooks Pond. The time back East was a return to his roots for Zeke, a sharing and growth experience for he and his wife as a couple, and a reconnection to nature. Zeke encouraged us to avoid developing a “Nature Deficit Disorder. Get involved in nature. It’s good for the soul.”

Cindy Goodman discussed a recent Rotarian magazine article about thoughtful giving and also gave an update on a current La Jolla Rotary project with Just In Time Foster Youth. The Club is helping to support a young man, Zachary, who has recently “aged out” of the foster care system. At age 21, Zachary has been helped into his first apartment but he has no furnishings. A wish list includes everything from living room furniture to towels to dishes. Cindy, along with Claire Reiss and Claude Rosinsky will meet with Zachary later today for a shopping spree to outfit his apartment. Cindy passed around a clipboard requesting member support, in cash or kind. SPECIAL NOTE: Before the meeting was over, Dick Woltman pledged $1500 to help with this effort!

Speaker:

Speaker: Cal Mann, Apple and You

Explaining that the “Four Way Speech Contest” had to be postponed until late February, Ken King thanked Cal Mann for filling in on short notice to give an overview of Apple computers as a company. Interesting facts included:

First brick-and-mortar store opened in May 2001; today there are 481 stores.
Though stores only bring in 1% of total sales, they are about “enhancing the user experience” and creating a “direct relationship with the consumer.”
Apple stores have the highest profit per sq. ft. of any retailer in the world.
Apple stores see tremendous foot traffic. The Fashion Valley store alone has 25,000 customers a week.
Apple store success is about 1) providing concierge-level service, 2) having products on display that actually work (not just demos), and 3) being a fun place to hang out.

Bill Burch concluded the meeting with his own comment on apples, a quote from Pastor Robert Schuller: “Anyone can count the seeds in an apple. But, only God can count the number of apples in a seed.”

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This Land is Your Land:

Jane Reldan had some inquiries from Rotarians after last week’s song, “This Land is Your Land,” as to how the politically “correct” version differed from the politically “incorrect” one. So she dug out both, and offers them for your enjoyment. Singing aloud is at your option.

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) UPDATE

RYLA Chairman, Craig Schniepp, reports that our Rotary district’s annual youth leadership awards program is moving along quickly. As you may know, these awards recognize more than 250 leading high school juniors from throughout San Diego and Imperial counties. RYLA award winners receive an all expense paid three day weekend RYLA leadership conference. Held in Idllwild April 15-17, the conference which will gather all 250 RYLA awardees and than 50 Rotary members to learn valuable leadership skills, to make new friends and to have a great time in a majestic mountain setting.

Our club’s RYLA awardee selection process is designed to provide our La Jolla and Bishop’s School juniors with an experience that mirrors the college application process. That is, students self-nominate by completing an online application form and they write a short essay. Both items have a deadline due date which was last Friday. In total, 23 applications have been received. As next steps, those essays will be read and scored (see volunteer opportunity below) and the students will be personally interviewed. Both the essay reading and interviews are done by volunteer La Jolla Rotary club members. Once that process is complete, the RYLA committee reviews each student’s performance and suitability for award selection. After choosing the award winners, all participants will be notified of their selection status.

Rotarians wishing to help by reading and scoring RYLA applicant essays can learn more by viewing: RYLA Essay Reading Instructions (Click link)

Our club’s RYLA award winners will join us for a celebration lunch on Tuesday, April 19th. You’ll hear firsthand about their experiences as they’ll be freshly returned from the RYLA conference.

For questions, please contact Craig

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With more than 25 million people living in and around Seoul, you might think it will be difficult to find green space when you’re visiting for the 2016 Rotary International Convention from 28 May to 1 June. But Koreans are a nature-loving people and they have created numerous escapes from the pavement jungle to hike, bike, swim, and sail.

The broad Han River, which runs through Seoul, provides an easily accessible respite. Ride a bike along the wide trails that hug the river, or hop on a ferry or rent a boat for a leisurely cruise. The parks along the Han range from manicured gardens to wetlands, with spectacular views of the river and the skyline.

For a piece of history visit Bugaksan Mountain, which rises behind the presidential residence, the Blue House. The trail was closed for 40 years after North Korean commandos climbed the mountain in an attempt to assassinate the South Korean president and was reopened in 2006.

Seoul Olympic Park remains a popular destination. This is no small city park; it houses six stadiums and a huge wooded area. An outdoor art gallery holds more than 200 sculptures.

If you’re traveling with kids, stop at Seoul Children’s Grand Park, which houses a zoo, a botanic garden, a water playground, a musical fountain, and an amusement park – everything to keep the little ones entertained for the day.

Register for the 2016 RI Convention in Seoul at www.riconvention.org.

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The first of thee Presidential Conferences is The Rotary World Peace Conference 2016. It will be held in Ontario, CA. on January 15 – 16, 2016. It is the only Presidential Conference that will be held in the Americas.

Now is the time to make your reservation for this conference. Because it is scheduled to precede the International Assembly that brings District Governor elects to San Diego for mandatory training, this conference will have visitors from around the world. If you have never been to an international meeting, this is your chance to participate in an international event without having to cross any borders. This conference is being sponsored by the Rotary districts in Southern California.

To view the latest information about the schedule of events as listed in the Peace Conference Newsletter, click this link

To view the invitation from RI President K.R.Ravindran and Ray Klinginsmith, Chair, The Rotary Foundation Trustees, 2015-2016 click on this link.

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Upcoming Events

Pre PETS/Rotary Leadership Institute – Kroc Institute, USD
Jan 30, 2016
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM
“Thousand Smiles” Clinic
Ensenada Mexico

Feb 05, 2016 – Feb 06, 2016
District Dinner at Stone Brewery, Liberty Station!
Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens, Liberty Station

Feb 09, 2016
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
PETS – Southern California Nevada.
LAX Marriott – Information & REGISTRATION

Feb 19, 2016 – Feb 21, 2016
District 5340 Peace Forum
USD – Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice

Feb 27, 2016
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

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Surf Beat: January 19th,2016

January 19th, 2016

Past President Russell King inducts John Donaldson as a new member, accompanied by his sponsor, Sally Fuller; his mentor, Cindy Greatrex and the membership chair, John Trifiletti.

A Few Highlights from our Club Meeting:

Eleanor Ellsworth has returned to the fold.

Welcome and Introductions: Meeting called to order by immediate Past President, Russell King, substituting for Presid
ent Lora Fisher, who is taking care of her grandchildren. He began with the familiar refrain: It’s lunch time on Tuesday, and there’s no better place to be than La Jolla Rotary. It is our 27^th Rotary meeting of the y
ear, and we have 23 more meetings until we wrap up our 2105-2016 Rotary Year. Russell welcomed the return of Rotarians, Eleanor Ellsworth and Zeke Knight whose absence has been noted and whose return was much applauded. He remembered Martin Luther King, whose day we celebrated yesterday, and recalled Web DuBois, Founder of the NAACP; Samuel Battle, the first black member of the New York City Police Department; Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice; Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat on an Atlanta bus to a white person; Jackie Robinson, who was the first African-American in Major League Baseball; and Shirley Chisholm, first Black U.S. Representative in Congress.
Invocation:Betty Dow, quoting Bil Keane: “Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.
Pledge: Sue Ball
Song: Jane Reldan, This Land is Your Land (the Peter, Paul and Mary “non-political” version)

Corinne Fleming and Craig Schniepp welcome Rotarians to the La V.

Vistors:

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Karin Donaldson, wife of inductee, John Donaldson
Molly Eastling, Karla Marsh’s daughter
Gloria Harris from La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary
Paula Hodgkin, guest of Pats Stouffer, from First American Trust

Happy Bucks:

New dad (for the third time) Jonathan Moffatt, father of Preston, who weighed in at 10lbs. 6oz! Mother and son are doing well (and mother is learning how to walk again!).
Laurnie Durisoe welcomed back Zeke Knight
David Shaw acknowledged that his granddaughter, Maya, wrote to Deborah Wiles, the author of Revolution, the story of the Civil Rights movement from the perspective of a white girl growing up in the -South, and received a wonderful letter back from her.
Diane Salisbury wanted to share the news that on Saturday, the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus would be holding its 56^th Young Artists competition.

Club/Committee/Event Announcements:

Cal Mann attended the Rotary Peace Conference last week with President Lora Fisher. Held in Ontario, California, the conference hosted more than 1,000 Rotarians from across the globe, who came together to learn about how Rotary might serve as a player in promoting World Peace. There were multiple simultaneous sessions. Cal pointed out that “connection” is the vehicle for peace. He demonstrated this [see picture], by having a table of Rotarians rise, join hands, and then be connected to a clear plastic tube that, when touched, flashed colored lights. When two people in the circle broke the connection, the flashing lights stopped!

Speaker:

President-elect Ken King introduced speaker Darryl Anunciado, the founder of Action Drone, a two-year old company that manufactures commercial drones. Ken noted that his first introduction to Darryl was the day a drone flew over his house in La Jolla Shores, and he went into his house to get a gun to shoot it down! When he returned it was gone. The speaker said that he did the flight to introduce himself to Ken King.

Darryl, a former banker, started to make drones in his house four years ago using parts from remote-controlled airplanes. After realizing that he either had to commit or get out of the business (when he almost burned his house down when a battery caught fire), he borrowed money from his brother and launched the business.

He showed a remarkable video, shot in Puerto Vallarta, taken entirely with his drone(s), showing beach scenes, the surf and Pacific Gray Whales breaching, spouting and playing. The pictures were spectacular. He realized that drones could also be used to do volumetric measurements for construction sites and quarries, by permitting three-dimensional calculations from the number of pixels in a particular volume.

Darryl was ultimately approached by NavAir, headquartered at NAS North Island, to provide drone services for the Navy, a project which is ongoing. He demonstrated for the Mexican Electric Company (CFE) that he could remotely inspect power lines, and has contracts to do that both in Mexico and in the U.S. He’s also shipping drones to Denmark! In South Africa, drones are being used to protect rhinos from poachers.

Darryl said the County of San Diego will begin using drones to map diseases in plants. The benefits of this for farmers could result in a 10% increase in yield, which he noted is a pretty good return on a $10,000 drone.

Of note, the drone is easy to operate – using just a smart phone. Darryl said it has a “follow me” program, where it can be told to hover above while your walking down the street, which he admitted, was a bit weird.

He answered a variety of questions, including clarifying that: 1. It is illegal to shoot down a drone! 2. Drones are not currently regulated by the FAA (which is working on regulations). 3. Many municipalities prohibit drone over flights.

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The Top 10 Charities Changing the World in 2015

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Culture: Catch my Meaning?

I don’t remember exactly when the menu at Starbucks started bothering me, but it must have been almost the first time I stepped into one. It wasn’t the range of products or the drinks themselves – which I enjoyed. It was the names of three coffee sizes: tall, grande, and venti, otherwise known as “small, medium, and large.”

For years I engaged in a kind of guerrilla campaign of not using them.

“I’ll take a large, please.”

“Venti?”

“Yes, large, thank you.”

This was petty and annoying, I know, but I couldn’t help myself. I wasn’t even sure why it irked me, until I realized it was something quite simple: a flagrant disregard for meaning, the notion that you can take a word and bend it to your own purposes. To make a small into a tall felt like a glimpse of a world where people could buy a word, gut it, then fill it with whatever they wanted. Language is an agreement, a social contract. This felt like a violation.

Changing the word doesn’t change the thing it describes. It only creates a wider gulf between rhetoric and reality. Using the Italian word for large (grande) doesn’t make a cup any bigger. And calling another one a “venti” doesn’t make it anything but the largest of the three drinks on the menu. By historical standards, they all contain large amounts of coffee. But we are not ordering historically. We are ordering comparatively.

You can read the rest of this article in the January 2016 Edition of the Rotarian.

Bill Burch: Friday, January 22 at 7:00 a.m. is a joint meeting of the three La Jolla Rotary Clubs at the Braille Institute.
On February 9 in the evening is a District Meeting at the Stone Brewery in Point Loma.
Craig Schniepp: Chairing RYLA for our club this year: Taking signups for reviewing applications, for interviewing selected applicants and for actually attending RYLA.
Russell King: The La Jolla Cove Pavilion Project, for which our club donated $5,000 to fund the conceptual design, is currently being managed by the City project manager and Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation. It is hoped that the construction will begin by March, 2017.

Next Week:

The Four-Way Speech Contest – be there to hear the creative student efforts!

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To view the invitation from RI President K.R.Ravindran and Ray Klinginsmith, Chair, The Rotary Foundation Trustees, 2015-2016 click on this link.

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Upcoming Events

Pre PETS/Rotary Leadership Institute – Kroc Institute, USD
Jan 30, 2016
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM
“Thousand Smiles” Clinic
Ensenada Mexico

Feb 05, 2016 – Feb 06, 2016
District Dinner at Stone Brewery, Liberty Station!
Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens, Liberty Station

Feb 09, 2016
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
PETS – Southern California Nevada.
LAX Marriott – Information & REGISTRATION

Feb 19, 2016 – Feb 21, 2016
District 5340 Peace Forum
USD – Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice

Feb 27, 2016
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Click here to visit the district website.

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Surf Beat: January 12th, 2016

January 12th, 2016

A Few Highlights from our Club Meeting:

Welcome and Introductions: President Lora Fisher welcomed us with her familiar refrain: “It’s lunch time on Tuesday, and there’s no better place to be than La Jolla Rotary! It is our 26th Rotary meeting and as President I have 24 more until we wrap up our 2015/2016 Rotary year.”
Invocation: Burton Housman – “Lord. Merciful God, in these few moments as our diverse lives touch in a fellowship that circles the world, we ask Thee to deliver us from dream-like lives divorced from reality. Forge in us a faith that fits life itself, where sometimes: Truth is wounded; Loving hurts; Justice offends; Appearances deceive; Victories vanish; Permanency is illusion; and Transiency endures – yet Thy sovereignty is certain, Thy steadfastness sure. Amen
Pledge: Susan Stevens
Song: David Shaw: In appreciation of the return of the sunshine and a temporary reprieve from El Nino: A rousing chorus of “You Are My Sunshine”.

RCLJ’s intrepid reporter David Shaw chronicling the meeting.

Vistors:

The Club Welcomed…

Duane Palmer, guest of John Todd
Dorit Yates, guest of John Trifiletti
John Donaldson and Susan Rutan, guests of Pat Stouffer

Kevin Quinn introduces guest Laura Luxemberg

Laura Luxemburg, guest of Kevin Quinn – who shared with us the creation of her Ugandan nonprofit which obtains medical supplies and equipment discarded by hospitals in this country and donates them to institutions (such as orphanages) in Mexico. She was responsible for obtaining three pediatric wheelchairs for the Three Kings Day Celebration described below by Cindy Greatrex.

Guest Rotarians:

Maureen Roukane – Rancho Bernardo Rotary
Judy Nelson, Temecula Rotary (interested in transferring to our club)
Steve Brown – La Jolla Golden Triangle
Rick Ladt, Rotarian from Kentucky

Rick Ladt, visiting Rotarian from Kentucky

Happy Bucks:

Chuck Marsh
Burton Housman – who announced that at 2 pm on Monday, January 18^th, at 6^th and Laurel in Hillcrest a gathering in solidarity with Muslim women will be held, supported by the League of Women Voters and the Islamic Center of San Diego;
Laurnie Durisoe thanked Ellen Kardashian and Nancy Gardner for helping her secure a major construction loan for her Pantai Hotel.

Club/Committee/Event Announcements:

Bill Burch – Announcement on joint meeting of all La Jolla Rotary Clubs on Friday, January 22^nd at Braille Institute; contact Bill if you’re planning to attend.
Will Creekmur – Rotary International Foundation – matching points available at a 3:1 level because of matching donations by RI and by the Gates Foundation

Mark Christopher – Requesting volunteers for Vocational Services
Cindy Greatrex – Day of the Kings – at El Trompo – more than 200 guests attended, including special needs children from 11 Tijuana area special-needs homes. The Tijuana Rotary members gave a tour of the new Community Center under construction and hosted RCLJ members to a wonderful lunch.
Pat Stouffer – Haiti update. Attendees gathering at Susan Stevens home on Wednesday, January 13th.

Ted Rutter announced (again) the 25^th Tijuana Homebuild and reported that Claude Rosinsky had made a VERY GENEROUS donation to cover the entire cost of the 26^th Homebuild! Thank you, Claude!

La Jolla Joint Club Meeting – Friday, January 22nd

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The La Jolla clubs (five clubs) will hold their annual joint meeting from 7:00 a.m – 8:30 a.m.
Special speaker Rotary International President Elect Nominee, Iam Riseley
Location is at the Braille Institute 4555 executive drive. There is a parking lot and street parking for overflow.
Breakfast is $22.00 per person
Read more about the RI President Elect https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/news-media/ian-riseley-selected-2017-18-rotary-president

Click Here to email Bill Burch for more Information

Dia De Reyes – With the Rotario Tijuana

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Welcome to new future Rotarian Preston James Moffat, who joined parents Deb and Jonathan Moffat at a respectable 10lbs. 6oz. Jonathan reports that both mommy and baby are doing just fine, and we wish the same for dad Jonathan.

Speaker:

Jeanne Cherbeneau, a Carl Demaio fan, listens intently.

Former City Councilman and Mayoral Candidate, and current talk-show host Carl DeMaio was introduced by President-elect Ken King. Carl was invited by now-retired talk-show host of KOGO AM Radio, Roger Hedgecock to take over his show in April, 2015. DeMaio spoke to four issues which he features on his show, and which he believes San Diegans are interested in: 1. Freedom, including freedom of speech and freedom to make offensive speech. He joked that perhaps the most interesting thing that Caitlin (formerly Bruce) Jenner said in her interview with Diane Sawyer was that she is a Republican! 2. Fairness – arguing that media bias on either side is fundamentally unfair; for example painting Muslims with a broad brush as all being interested in destruction. 3 Fiscal responsibility, including, in his view, the inappropriately high pensions paid to retired city workers at many times their working salary. 4. Prosperity, including the principle that small-business owners have the right to succeed and not be bound by city contracts that are only awarded to large, unionized construction firms.

With regard to the principle that citizens have the right to modify legislation that they don’t favor, or to enact through the proposition process, new legislation, he mentioned that the City Council this very morning had upheld the principles of Proposition B. That measure called for a shift of new (non- police) hires from the city’s debt-ridden pension system to a 401(k)-style plan. It was a major part of efforts by city leaders to restructure municipal finances. The City Council, in unanimous action today, voted to appeal a recent state Public Employment Relations Board order which ruled the City of San Diego must rescind that voter-approved pension reform measure and once again offer pensions to city employees.

Mr. DeMaio then took questions from the audience.

Where in The World?

Where In The World is this Rotarian and who is he or she? Be the first to indentify your fellow Rotarian and the location to win. Please send your answer to mahalosu@gmail.com.

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Please keep the photos coming, even if they are only from your own backyard!

Plenty of Rotarians took up the Where In The World challenge last week. Cindy Goodman, John Hoss, Cal Mann and Pat Stouffer all correctly guessed Dave Weston in Hawaii. So I suppose they should all be counted as winners for the correct state and person, but I was hoping for a precise location. I thought the islands in the background would give the Lanikai, Oahu location away. The little islands are called the Mokuluas, or “the Mokes” by the locals.

In The News!

Proud to have Rotary as well as The Salvation Army on the list of top 10 charities.

The Top 10 Charities Changing the World in 2015

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Rochester Club Camps It Up for Kids with Disabilities

Peter Sarratori couldn’t sleep. He had treehouses on his mind. After watching a television documentary about Paul Newman that featured the late actor-entrepreneur’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for children with cancer and other serious illnesses, he spent an entire night in August 2012 thinking about the camp’s 30-foot-high hideaway amid the branches. Sarratori pondered the thought of 2,500 children with special needs served by his Rotary club experiencing the feeling of being “up in the trees.”

For two decades, Sarratori has been deeply involved in a camp owned and operated by the Rotary Club of Rochester, N.Y. The 157-acre Sunshine Campus has served children with disabilities for 93 years. In partnership with 17 other Rotary clubs in District 7120 (New York) and seven other agencies, the camp is a place where kids get to be kids, free of charge. With no disability too formidable, it’s staffed by nurses who deal with all kinds of medical requirements. Facilities specially adapted for swimming, miniature golf, boating, and fishing complement amenities du jour like a zip line and a splash pad with tipping buckets and gushing fountains that drench and thrill children in wheelchairs on the hottest days. A sensory building for children with autism highlights the Sunshine Campus’ desire to keep current. The camp lives up to its motto: “Where kids have no barriers to fun.”

You can read the rest of this article in the January 2016 Edition of the Rotarian.

Joint meeting of all La Jolla Rotary Clubs on January 22 at The Braille Institute at 7 a.m.

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To view the latest information about the schedule of events as listed in the Peace Conference Newsletter, click this link

To view the invitation from RI President K.R.Ravindran and Ray Klinginsmith, Chair, The Rotary Foundation Trustees, 2015-2016 click on this link.

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Upcoming Events

RI Peace Conference
Ontario California

Jan 15, 2016 – Jan 16, 2016
Rotary International Assembly
Manchester Grand Hyatt

Jan 17, 2016 – Jan 23, 2016
Greeters for 2016 International Assembly
Jan 17, 2016
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Pre PETS/Rotary Leadership Institute – Kroc Institute, USD
Jan 30, 2016
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM
“Thousand Smiles” Clinic
Ensenada Mexico

Feb 05, 2016 – Feb 06, 2016
District Dinner at Stone Brewery, Liberty Station!
Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens, Liberty Station

Feb 09, 2016
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
PETS – Southern California Nevada.
LAX Marriott – Information & REGISTRATION

Feb 19, 2016 – Feb 21, 2016
District 5340 Peace Forum
USD – Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice

Feb 27, 2016
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Click here to visit the district website.

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Surf Beat: January 5th, 2016

January 5th, 2016

Cindy Goodman asked Pat Stouffer to the podium, assuring our treasurer that there were no fines involved. She presented him with a gift from her daughter Tiffany – a Houston Astros cowboy boot mug. Pat took it home to complete his set.

A Few Highlights from our Club Meeting:

Welcome and Introductions: President Lora Fisher welcomed club members to the first meeting of the New Year, noting that we are the club that has the best view of the Pacific, that makes a difference in our community as well as internationally, and has a lot of fun too!
Invocation: Gwyn Jones
Pledge: Kate Adams
Song: Ron Spellman bid farewell to 2015 by leading a verse of “Auld Lang Syne”

Vistors:

The Club Welcomed…

Sally Fuller’s guest, John Donaldson
Bob Pechora’s Guest, fellow attorney and relation Brian Cline

Happy Bucks:

Nigel Mallett is happy to be back at the club. He thanked club members for their support, emails and cards of encouragement during his illness.
Cindy Greatrex is happy to see her friend and community leader John Donaldson as a guest of the club.
Dave Weston challenged club members whose college alma maters won bowl games this holiday season to each chip in $20 to the Rotary coffers – a successful fundraising scheme!
Jane Reldan said she was happy to get to know fellow Rotarian Claire Reiss better as they spent time together over the holidays salsa dancing and enjoying other activities.
Claire Reiss was happy to have had an “amazing holiday season” spent among friends, at church events and with family.
Bob Pecora is just happy to be part of this club!

Announcements:

Lora joyfully welcomed back Nigel Mallett, returning to the club after an extended illness. Cal Mann is back as a regular after a 6-month leave of absence. Eleanor Ellsworth will be returning to the club later in January.
Cal Mann shared photos from the most recent Tijuana home build, our 25^th home, which took place during the holidays, and thanked all who took time from their holiday celebrations to help build and/or contribute money to the cause. The house replaced the home of the family of one of the club’s Tijuana scholars, which had burned to the ground in late November.
Cindy Goodman asked Pat Stouffer to the podium, assuring our treasurer that there were no fines involved. She presented him with a gift from her daughter Tiffany – a Houston Astros cowboy boot mug. Pat took it home to complete his set.

Cindy Greatrex said that financial support for the club’s January 9 Dia de Reyes trip to Tijuana is still needed. She also noted that a last-minute request for three wheelchairs for the children was being looked into with the help of Kevin Quinn.
- Just to recap: the event is for special needs children from 11 centers around Tijuana. The 350-400 children have a variety of disabilities and are either orphaned or from very low-income families. The festivities take place at El Trompo, an interactive children’s museum. http://eltrompo.org
- Cindy has put together the following schedule:
  - —7:30 We will meet at the Starbucks by Trader Joe’s off of Nobel (exact address: 8657 Villa La Jolla Drive)
  - —10 am – Dia de Reyes
  - —12:30pm Tour of Community Center with TJ Rotary
  - — 1:00 lunch hosted by TJ Rotary
- Questions?
  - Cindy — 858-922-0263

Lora Fisher reminded members of the Rotary World Peace Conference, which will take place in Ontario, California, January 15-16. For those who missed the Rotary International Conference, this is the next best thing. Information at www.peaceconference2016.org.

La Jolla Joint Club Meeting – Friday, January 22nd

The La Jolla clubs (five clubs) will hold their annual joint meeting from 7:00 a.m – 8:30 a.m.
Special speaker Rotary International President Elect Nominee, Iam Riseley
Location is at the Braille Institute 4555 executive drive. There is a parking lot and street parking for overflow.
Breakfast is $22.00 per person
Read more about the RI President Elect https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/news-media/ian-riseley-selected-2017-18-rotary-president

Click Here to email Bill Burch for more Information

What’s My Line?

Nigel Mallett, Cal Mann, and Sid Stutz stumped the club when members were challenged to figure out who did what many years ago.

Who lived in Japan as a Lion’s Club exchange student? (Cal, and he’s not Lion)
Who played professional soccer for two years? (Nigel)
Who was paid to measure and count raindrops? (Sid)

Speaker: Paula Claussen, Project Mercy

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Cal Mann introduced Paula Claussen, the President and CEO of Project Mercy, a non-profit she founded in 1991 to improve living standards in Tijuana’s poorest neighborhoods by providing basic housing to families. During the past 25 years, some 2000 homes have been built. Project Mercy board member John Zawis showed a video segment from NBC 7 coverage of one Project Mercy effort to build 44 homes in a colonia, where 50-percent of the residents are single mothers raising two-to-three children. John went on to describe Project Mercy’s home building site for 2016, a new colonia called Fuentes del Valle, where people currently live without running water, sewers or electricity. There are no schools and only dirt roads. The 2016 goal is to build 400 homes including a classroom for the children.

Learn more about Project Mercy Here

President Lora says if you think the past year brought changes, take a loot at the last DECADE…

There was no Twitter, Facebook was still in its infancy, the Wii was just released, and the iPhone was a year away. Lehman Brothers, WAMU and IndyMac all still existed. The top grossing movies were Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and Cars. Barry Bonds broke Hank Aaron’s home run record (with an asterisk forever in the record books). And….The Fed raised interest rates for the last time until December, 2015. Almost a decade!!! Wow.

As we reflect back on this past year … we’ve experienced:

1. The tragedies of an earthquake in Nepal and terrorist attacks in Paris, and San Bernardino (and others as well)

2. A visit by a Pope to the United States – Pope Francis

3. Re-establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba (after 54 years)

4. The bail- out of Greece (part III)

5. Polio is eradicated in Africa and remains only in two countries.

In 2015, we lost:

1. BB King – The “King of the Blues” died at 89. (performed well over 200 shows a year well into his 70’s with his guitar “Lucille”)

2. Yogi Berra – a baseball legend who became even better known for some of his quotes (“It ain’t over ’til it’s over” and “When you come to a fork in the road, take it”)

3. Leonard Nimoy – actor and director best known for his role as “Mr. Spock” in Star Trek

4. Donna Douglas – actress who played Elly May Clampett (Beverly Hillbillies)

5. Paul Prudhomme – a celebrity chef who popularized Cajun cooking with dishes like Blackened Redfish and Turducken (New Orleans Legend)

Where in The World?

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What its Like to Tell Your Club Your Secret

Dushan “Dude” Angius

Rotary Club of Los Altos, Calif.

On Christmas Eve 1988, I picked up my son Steve at the airport. He always kept himself in good shape, but he was so skinny it was really beyond the pale. I didn’t say anything, but Christmas morning I asked him, “Are you right?”

He said, “No, actually, I’m not well at all.” At first, he said he had Kaposi sarcoma, which is a manifestation of AIDS. You see, he didn’t want to say the word. Finally he said, “When I was at UCLA I got this virus.”

Now I knew it was AIDS.

We were devastated. And in my case, it was followed by months of depression. Oh, my God. I was so tired all the time. I was trying to hide my depression, too, and that was killing me. And as I thought through it, I said, “I’ve got to do something with this.” I decided to tell my Rotary club. I wanted to see if we could get an education and awareness program going….

You can read the rest of this article in the January 2016 Edition of the Rotarian.

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To view the latest information about the schedule of events as listed in the Peace Conference Newsletter, click this link

To view the invitation from RI President K.R.Ravindran and Ray Klinginsmith, Chair, The Rotary Foundation Trustees, 2015-2016 click on this link.

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Upcoming Events

RI Peace Conference
Ontario California

Jan 15, 2016 – Jan 16, 2016
Rotary International Assembly
Manchester Grand Hyatt

Jan 17, 2016 – Jan 23, 2016
Greeters for 2016 International Assembly
Jan 17, 2016
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Pre PETS/Rotary Leadership Institute – Kroc Institute, USD
Jan 30, 2016
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM
“Thousand Smiles” Clinic
Ensenada Mexico

Feb 05, 2016 – Feb 06, 2016
District Dinner at Stone Brewery, Liberty Station!
Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens, Liberty Station

Feb 09, 2016
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
PETS – Southern California Nevada.
LAX Marriott – Information & REGISTRATION

Feb 19, 2016 – Feb 21, 2016
District 5340 Peace Forum
USD – Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice

Feb 27, 2016
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Click here to visit the district website.

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Surf Beat: December 15th, 2015

December 15th, 2015

Surf Beat, like La Jolla Rotary, will be dark for the next two weeks. The Surf Beat staff will be attending a newsletter seminar in Val d’Isère, where we expect to pick up a number of tips from our European counterparts. Joyeux Noël, Bonne année et bonne santé! Our next Rotary meeting will be Tuesday, January 5, 2016.

A Few Highlights from our Club Meeting:

Welcome and Introductions: President Lora welcomed everyone to the final meeting of the year—where has the time gone!
Invocation:Leanne Hull MacDougall asked Rotarians for a minute of contemplative silence. We settled for 30-seconds.
Pledge: Kevin Quinn
Song: Penny Shurtleff

Penny Shurtleff leads a spirited version of "Deck the Halls" — Penny Shurtleff leads a spirited version of “Deck the Halls”

Rotarians prove there are, indeed, songs with melodies we can all follow.

Visitors:

Claire Reiss, with guest Susana Martinez Monedeso, visiting from Spain, who is President and CEO of the Queen Isabella Foundation, calling her the mother of Human Rights, and President Lora.

Gordon Shurtleff, Guest of Penny
Jan McDonough, Scripps Foundation Fundraiser, from Club 33
Evelyn Nelson, guest of Jane Reldan
Charles Mann, son of Cal Mann, completing first semester at UCLA
Maureen Brown with our speaker, James Madigan from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

Happy Bucks:

Bill Burch recounted the tale of his bike accident and subsequent surgery.
Sue Stevens sold her Sagebrush home of 25-years and made the long-awaited move into the village. She donated to the Haiti project.
Cal Mann, (taking advantage of the fact that we think he’s going to stay here) touted a calendar produced by his last-week guest, Emily Little, who’s selling copies for $20 to raise money for a Maternity Center in Guatemala. See Info Below
Mark Dibella announced the 89^th birthday of the La Valencia.
Jane Reldan was happy to attend the Sing Along and light a menorah at those festivities.
Gordon Shurtleff offered members a make-up opportunity at his Torrey Pines Rotary on Wednesday, where they offer guests wine.
Charles Hartford reminded members there’s still time for year-end tax deductions, and suggested Interact’s Holiday Baskets Food Drive as a good investment. $10 buys a turkey for a needy San Diego family and $100 purchases a bicycle for a deserving youngster. To contribute to this special initiative that benefits more than 1,500 needy families, please contact Charles.

Announcements:

Gwyn Jones thanked toy and gift sorter volunteers of the past few weeks, listed the bell ringers (or ding-a-lings) for Saturday the 19th at Von’s, and passed along” Yuletide Felicitations” from HRH Prince Charles. Gwyn should invite him to our meetings!
Kevin Quinn said the League House Sing Along was a big success and thanked all who helped/attended.
Ellen Kardashian gave members one last shot at bidding on silent auction items from the holiday party.

Cindy Greatrex whipped up enthusiasm for Three Kings Day with our sister club in Tijuana, Saturday January 9th, with sign-up for volunteers to help host disabled children in a day of fun and activities. See more info below.
President Lora assembled our wonderful wait staff, to present their Christmas thank-you gifts. Dave Weston noted that Gilberto was at the La V when he was club President, and has now logged 40-years at the Pink Lady.

President Lora gave a quick look back at our club’s year with highlights including hitting EREY (Every Rotarian, Every Year) before the end of the year and our 24th Tijuana home build. She noted that much goes on behind the scenes with Rotarian efforts, and applauded our club’s many achievements. President Lora also noted that each club meeting is a learning experience. For instance, this year we learned that Ken King dated Miss Florida, Charles Hartman wanted to be a ballet dancer and Russell King apparently caused the fall of the Berlin Wall. It may be December 15th and the last meeting of the year, but wait, we’re not finished yet! Several weeks ago, David Shaw passed along a request from Hector (former TJ Scholar and teacher in Tijuana) of a student’s family who recently lost their home in a fire, thereby sparking our 25th home-build effort, scheduled for this Monday, December 21st. Cal Mann (who is still under the impression that he is leaving this club) is coordinating the build and already has eight volunteers from the LJHS Interact Club. The home-build team will also bring a few donation items to help the family rebuild their lives and have a happy holiday season. If you would like to volunteer or contribute, please contact Lora, Ken King or Cal.

Speaker: Jim Madigan

Ken King introduced our speaker, James Madigan, an Engineer with the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), which is currently undergoing decommissioning. Because of a leak in the cooling system in Unit 3 discovered in January 2012, the power plant shut down, and is currently undergoing decommissioning under the specific requirements of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This is generally a 60-year project, but because Southern California Edison, the operator of SONGS, had funds available, the decommissioning will be accomplished instead in about 20 years. The principles utilizing in doing the decommissioning are: 1. Safety. 2. Stewardship of the land and 3. Respect for the communities affected.

The history of SONGS goes back to 1968, when Unit 1 was brought online. It was closed in 1992, when it reached end of life. In the meantime Units 2 and 3 were brought on line in 1983. Nuclear Power Plants are generally commissioned for 20 years at a time, but can be renewed if everything is in working order. However, because of the cooling system leak, it was determined advisable to shut down operations after a total of 44 years of operation. Mr. Madigan answered questions about disposal of nuclear fuel and about the issues around “secret meetings” between the California Public Utilities Commission and officers of Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric. The Community engagement Panel meets with the public each quarter, and gives tours of the site. Info: songscommunity.com

Where in The World?

Where In The World is this Rotarian and who is he or she? Be the first to indentify your fellow Rotarian and the location to win. Please send your answer to mahalosu@gmail.com.

The winner to last weeks was Pat Stouffer. He correctly guessed Lora Fisher at Saksaywaman, near Cusco, Peru. Lora is with fellow Rotarian, Club 33 member, Rebecca Tuggle.

Please keep the photos coming, even if they are only from your own backyard!

Guatemala Mama Calendars:

Guatemala Mama Calendars: Cal Mann pitched the opportunity to start your new year off right with a beautiful new 2016 calendar. The “Guatemala Babycarrying” calendar (photos attached) depicts very young mothers and their children. The calendar project was created by Emily Little, a recent club meeting guest who was profiled in the La Jolla Light. (article) Guatemala has one of the highest infant and maternal mortality rates. Proceeds from the sale of the calendar help support Casa Materna, a project which helps prevent infant and maternal mortality. To purchase a calendar, contact Cal or purchase online at www.Guatemalamamas.com

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News from our Sister Club Across The Ocean:

The Sasebo Rotary Club prepares to celebrate its 65th anniversary next year. President Zenya Tanakamaru has extended a warm invitation to any and all members of La Jolla Rotary who might be able to attend the ceremony.

It’s set for:
Sunday, February 21st, 2016.
Time is 5:00 pm.
Location is the Sasebo Tamayo Department Store,
7th Floor, Bunka Hall,
2-1 Sakae-machi
Sasebo 857-8588
Japan

President Lora will be sending our club’s heartfelt congratulations to our fellow Rotarians in Sasebo.

Here’s a Way to Make the Holiday Spirit Last into the New Year :

Dia de Reyes, or Wise Man Day. For more than a dozen years, our fellow Rotarians in the Tijuana Club have been sponsoring this event for special needs children.
It’s a wonderful day for some 350-400 youngsters coping with conditions ranging from autism and Down Syndrome to auditory and visual disabilities to get together and enjoy breakfast, games, a petting zoo and play in an interactive museum. They are also given gifts to take home, including toys and blankets.
Rotary Club of La Jolla has been invited to help with the project, both with donations of toys and money, and in person.
The event is set for Saturday, January 9^th, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Once we have a head count of how many are interested in attending, we will arrange car pooling.

For more information, contact Cindy Greatrex at 858.922.0263 or by email at cindy.greatrex@diplomats.com

Check out the Dia de Reyes Video at Youtube: https://youtu.be/-frGS-ghGF8

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The rainy season in Nigeria varies depending on what part of the country you’re in. In the south, the rains begin in March and end by November, with a short respite known as “the August break.” In the north, the rains arrive in June and continue through September. If you’re a pregnant woman living in a rural area – which most of the country is – you hope your due date falls during the dry season. That way, if you need to get to a hospital, the roads won’t be washed out.

Nigeria’s maternal and newborn mortality rates are among the world’s highest, and bad roads are one of “three delays” contributing to these alarming statistics, according to a health project led by the Rotarian Action Group for Population and Development (RFPD). Another delay occurs in the villages, where prenatal information is scarce and women rely on untrained traditional birth attendants at delivery time.

“The third delay is when you get to the hospital and it doesn’t have the facilities to deal with problems, and some of the equipment is inadequate, and the training of the medical staff is poor,” says Mark Townsend, a retired physician and member of the Rotary Club of The Island & Royal Manor of Portland, England. Townsend recently visited a project site in the southern Nigerian state of Enugu as part of an evaluation for The Rotary Foundation’s Cadre of Technical Advisers.

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La Jolla Rotary will be dark for the next two weeks. Our next Rotary meeting will be Tuesday, January 5, 2016. Happy Holidays!

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RI President K.R. Ravindran and Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair Ray Klinginsmith have announced a series of Presidential Conferences in the first quarter of calendar 2016 that will highlight Rotary’s areas of focus. Between January and March 2016, five conferences will be held around the world.

The first of thee Presidential Conferences is The Rotary World Peace Conference 2016. It will be held in Ontario, CA. on January 15 – 16, 2016. It is the only Presidential Conference that will be held in the Americas.

Now is the time to make your reservation for this conference. Because it is scheduled to precede the International Assembly that brings District Governor elects to San Diego for mandatory training, this conference will have visitors from around the world. If you have never been to an international meeting, this is your chance to participate in an international event without having to cross any borders. This conference is being sponsored by the Rotary districts in Southern California.

To view the latest information about the schedule of events as listed in the Peace Conference Newsletter, click this link

To view the invitation from RI President K.R.Ravindran and Ray Klinginsmith, Chair, The Rotary Foundation Trustees, 2015-2016 click on this link.

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Upcoming Events

- RI Peace Conference
  Ontario California
  
  Jan 15, 2016 – Jan 16, 2016
- Rotary International Assembly
  Manchester Grand Hyatt
  
  Jan 17, 2016 – Jan 23, 2016
- Pre PETS/Rotary Leadership Institute – Kroc Institute, USD
  Jan 30, 2016
  8:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Click here to visit the district website.

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Rotary Club of La Jolla is one of sixty clubs in the San Diego area’s Rotary District 5340 and one of the 34,000 clubs that make up our parent organization,