Surf Beat: July 14th, 2015 Edition

 

July 14th, 2015 In keeping with her goal to make Rotary the “best place you could be” on Tuesdays at noon, President Lora Fisher started the proceedings with a dash of fun – a guessing game that had club members try to match a unique achievement or experience to each of three Rotarians. From left: Ed Mracek (skied the same downhill run as Olympian Gold Medalist Franz Klammer in Innsbruck, Austria), District Governor Janice Kurth (hiked the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim in one day), and Mark Christopher (swam with dozens of sharks and a 55-foot whale). Who knew! A Few Highlights from our Club Meeting:  Welcome and Introductions: President Lora Fisher Invocation: Bob Teaff Pledge: David Shaw Song: Sally Fuller led the members in “America the Beautiful.” Coincidentally, Bob Teaff’s invocation focused on passages from this same song. Visitors: Rotary “angel” Mari Pullen, Assistant District Governor, was visiting from San Diego Coastal Rotary. Matt Kurth attended with his spouse and guest speaker Janice Kurth, 5340 District Governor 2015/16. Attorney David Lee, was a guest of Jonathan Moffet. Pat Hodgkin, a visiting Rotarian, was a guest of Bob Teaff. Eileen Jolly, a Business Insurance Specialist, was the guest of Ted Rutter. Announcements: Kevin Quinn reminded members that the League House Picnic is Sunday, July 19 at 4:00pm. This year’s theme: “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” All are invited and a sign-up sheet was distributed to round-up last-minute rsvps. Check Out the Flyer Below. Diane Salisbury, newly-recruited club reporter, asked for two volunteers to help cover meeting news for SurfBeat. Pat Stouffer and David Shaw agreed to join the reporting team. Bill Burch, the club’s District Ambassador along with Cindy Goodman, announced that this year’s District event will be a wine dinner at Cordiano Winery in Escondido on Tuesday, August 4th at 5:30 pm. The cost is $50 per person. Contact Bill if interested in attending. Will Creekmur announced a bowling fundraiser is in the planning stages: “Strike Out Polio.” The event is planned for September 26. Those interested in bowling for the club should contact Will.   Happy Bucks: The club made a nice haul in “Happy Bucks”, neatly plucked from wallets by Sargent-at-Arms Pat Stouffer. The happy Rotarians were: Sid Stutz, celebrating Bastille Day and a big birthday Ted Rutter, announcing that he and wife Carol are headed to the South of France for their next anniversary Gwyn Jones, announcing his children’s recent scholastic and artistic awards Deb Plotkin, who in her role at U-Touch, will be traveling to Uganda, England, Baltimore, and New York, visiting Rotary Clubs along the way. Caught on the pages of the La Jolla Light, Sally Fuller paid the price of celebrity.   Janice Kurth, 5340 District Governor of Rotary Janice’s presentation — titled “What Does Rotary Do?” – began with a recounting of her own Rotary journey, beginning 11 years ago when she was invited by a neighbor to join the Rotary Club of Del Mar. An MD by training, Janice was immediately impressed by Rotary’s worldwide commitment to the eradication of polio. Her service involvement with the Del Mar club began as a mentor to at-risk teens and grew to global dimensions when Janice led a healthcare exchange to Kenya, where she recalls how local Rotarians helped smooth the way. “Rotary makes the whole world our home,” she said, and it “connects people from the heart.” Her most memorable experiences have been about the people she’s met and the relationships she’s formed. “Make Rotary personal to you,” she concluded.In the Q&A that followed, Janice offered these remarks: Challenge ourselves to embody this year’s Rotary theme: Be a Gift to the World. Her vision as District Governor is “to inspire people to be passionate about Rotary,” while making Rotary “fun.” Her goals include raising $100,000 district-wide for Polio Plus and increasing net district membership by 60 new Rotarians by the end of her tenure. Janice also encouraged support of the Rotary Foundation’s $15 million campaign, Millions for Hope, noting that $14 million has already been raised.

Club MeetingsUnless otherwise noted, all club meetings are Tuesday, 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m. at La Valencia Hotel, 1132 Prospect St., La Jolla (Map)  Check out the Upcoming Guest Speakers on the Club Calendar! Take Me Out to the Ballgame! The remaining “Rotary Padres Nights” for this baseball season are as follows: Thursday, July 23rd at 7:10 pm vs. the Miami Marlins – Rotary Price is $30.00 for Field Infield Seats (Section 107); Monday, August 10th at 7:10 pm vs. the Cincinnati Reds – Rotary Price is $30.00 for Field Infield Seats (Section 107); and, Saturday, September 5th at 5:40 pm vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers – Rotary price is $50.00 for Field Plaza Seats. Please invite your members to join other Rotarians from District 5340 for an evening of baseball and fellowship. Part of each purchase will be donated to Rotary’s “End Polio Now” campaign. To place your order for tickets, please reply to Rotarian Kevin Forrester (kforrester@psmkr.com), or (760) 944-1918, no later than 7 days before the scheduled game day.

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Surf Beat: July 7th, 2015 Edition

July 7th, 2015 President Lora and Claude Rosinsky with the Rotary Club of Morocco Flag.

Club Meeting Recap:  Welcome & Introductions: Invocation: Bill Burch Pledge: Leanne MacDougall Song: Pat Stouffer

Visitors  Fredrick Clerie was a guest of Lora Fisher Cathy Mares visited us from Charlottesville, Virginia

Announcements: Pat Stouffer thanked all the volunteers who helped with the Russ King’s Demotion Party last Tuesday. It was a great success! Kevin Quinn reminded all our members of the 12th Annual League House Picnic. The theme this year: “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” See the Announcement Below! Happy Bucks: Mark Christopher was glad to be recovered and healthy from his recent illness. Jane Reldon has taken over as President of LJ Seal Conservancy. Laurnie from article in La Jolla Light which included George Wahab, Ed Mracek, Penny Shurtleff, Cindy Goodman, and Pat Stouffer. Claud Rosinsky shared her trip to Morocco complete with two Rotary banners from clubs she visited. Russell was happy to be sitting down eating lunch after a year at the podium.

Congratulations to Lora for her First Lunch Meeting as President!  Here is a Quick Recap of Her Goals for This Year: *Have fun! Continue our Pint Size Rotary and other social gatherings * Learn more about Rotary as an organization as well as review the history of our very special club. * Have fun! – In a few minutes you will see how learning more about Rotary can be fun. * Step out and take on a new impactful International Project * Have fun! Ellen Kardashian will be taking over this year’s holiday party * Expand our current Community Service projects, Chair Cindy Goodman aka Cindy Goodperson is our Community Chair person. She is working on some impactful projects that will help foster youth, our military and we want to continue working with the Salvation Army on the homeless project. *Last year, Camille MacKinney was amazing and stepped up and took over our community project, working with Salvation Army and a homeless project * Mark Christopher is taking over Vocational Service and has a few great ideas up his sleeve. *Rotary International Foundation – I want to recognize Kate Adams for getting our club back on track with the Rotary Foundation during her year as president. Will Creekmur will stay on in this role. He along with Bill Burch were instrumental in getting our club to achieve EREY status last year. * Fundraiser in September for Polio Plus Initiative. Strike Out Polio bowling fundraiser.

President Lora’s Project For Our Club Last year we sent out a questionnaire for members to complete regarding our strategic plan. Many members noted that they wanted to see a new International project for the club. In researching this, I looked into Rotary’s focus, which is to “advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education and the alleviation of poverty”.The project I would like our club to undertake can literally change and save lives.Don Lincoln assisted in researching and vetting this project, noting the importance of having funds go to the intend purpose.  We also like the project because of its continuity with Past Presidents Ted Rutter and Pat Stouffer “chickens” involvement.We are going to help the children and people of Haiti. We will visit the project in February.  The exact dates will be posted in the next few weeks. I’m going to ask you to give your greatest gift – your time and personal efforts to meet the needs of those who live in poverty, hopelessness and facing despair in Haiti.You can Read More about this Project at Hopestartinternational.com

Club MeetingsUnless otherwise noted, all club meetings are Tuesday, 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m. at La Valencia Hotel, 1132 Prospect St., La Jolla (Map)  Check out the Upcoming Guest Speakers on the Club Calendar!

Russ King’s Demotion Party

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Surf Beat – May 28th ,2015

May 28, 2015

LJHS Senior Lillian Raffetto (left) and Mary McBride LJHS English Teacher (retired) enjoy a little after meeting fellowship

Club Meeting Recap Welcome & Introductions: President Russell King Invocation: Ted Rutter  Pledge: John Trifilletti Song: Ed Mracek “God Bless America”

Visitors Cathy Hutchins, LJHS Director of Guidance Caroline Karoczkai, LJHS Director of Guidance 2015/16 Beth Penny, LJHS Foundation President AJ Jezierski Bishop’s School Counseling Emmi Hayward, Bishop’s School Director of Counseling Mary McBride, LJHS English Teacher (retired) Scott Barton, Preuss School UCSD, Principal Jessica Resendez, Preuss School UCSD, Academic Advisor Jennifer Nieto, Preuss School UCSD, Counselor Michael & Jenny Eastwood, new to La Jolla…most recently living in Australia Deb Plotkin Executive Director, U-Touch, a Ugandan children’s educational non-profit La Jolla High School Seniors: Lillian Rafetto, Sydney Arthur, Thomas Zlatic, Jade S.H. Connolly-Cepurac, Salma Hassane, Jessie Hernandez-Reyes, Morgan Mitruka, Christina Jevtic, Juntai Zheng, Basma Abdellaoui, Whitney Francis and Alma Halgren Bishop’s School Seniors: Bryan Edwards, Ruben Ocampo, Alice WangPreuss School UCSD Seniors: Kevin Le, Ruth Verdugo and Tony Chau La Jolla Country Day School Seniors: Lucy Peritz and Sophia Kostas and the proud parents, too! Guests are welcome and expected! Members, if you plan to bring a guest, please contact Corinne Fleming in advance.

Announcements Russell King announced that Betty Dow is home and on the road to recovery.  She hopes to be back in action next week. Susan Farrell thanked members of the scholarship committee for their time and talents in organizing and awarding the Rotary & Riford Scholarships.Camille McKinnie thanked volunteers for last Friday’s Homeless Outreach event at Mariner’s Point. Rotarian volunteers served lunch and providing homeless citizens with personal healthcare items.Craig Schniepp was inducted as our newest club member.  He is sponsored by Don Dewhurst.

Scholarships President Russell King and Scholarship Committee Chair Susan Farrellawarded Rotary & Riford Scholarships to twenty Class of 2015 high school seniors.  The award recipients (listed above) introduced themselves and shared their plans for college and beyond. The President’s Scholarship was awarded to Bryan Edwards, Bishop’s School, Morgan Mitruka, Jade Connelly-Cepurac and Thomas Zlatic, both of La Jolla High School The Rim & Lee Madsen Scholarship was awarded to Salma Hassane, La Jolla High School The Chad Pierson went to Kevin Le, Preuss School UCSD The Mary McBride Award was made to Lillian Raffetto, La Jolla High School The Gilbert Martin Award went to Christina Jevtic, La Jolla High School The Melisa Reasner McGuire Award was given to Sydney Arthur, La Jolla High School The Dick & Kay Woltman Award went to Jessie Hernandez-Reyes, La Jolla High School Congratulations to all!

Club MeetingsUnless otherwise noted, all club meetings are Tuesday, 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m. at La Valencia Hotel, 1132 Prospect St., La Jolla (Map)  June 2nd- Manny Pacheco backgrounder June 9th TBD June 16th TBD June 24 TBD June 30 Presidential Demotion Party for Russell King! Libations beginning at 5:30 p.m. (revised) at La Valencia, with dinner followed by the demotion of Russell and installation of Lora Fisher as our new leader. Pat Stouffer leads the charge. Upcoming District Events – Annual Governor’s Dinner | Monday, June 22nd from 5pm to 8:30pm | Sign up here Lora will be inducted as Club President and the year will formally be kicked off by Janice – Membership Rally featuring Brad Howard | Saturday, August 1st from 8am until noon | Signup link will be coming out shortly – District Council & “New Year Party” | Tuesday, August 3th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm | Celebrate the New Rotary year with new district governor Janice and your fellow 5340 Rotarians Volunteer Opportunities: Yes, you! June 6, TJ Home-build #23! Help build a home for a deserving family. June 3 & 4 volunteer to be a panelist for the Preuss School UCSD “Senior Exhibition” presentations. Volunteers serve as panelists listening to student presentations and then score them based on a rubric provided. Each exhibition will be 20 minutes long and will be presented to a three person panel composed of Preuss faculty, university representatives and community members. This is a fun event with an opportunity to learn about some of the great things Preuss students accomplish.  Four time slots are available each of the two days: 8:55 am – 10:36 am 10:41am-12:15pm 12:47pm-2:21pm 2:26pm-4:00pm You are welcome to participate during more than one of the time slots mentioned above. Volunteers, please contact: Jessica Resendez Preuss School College Advisor jresendez@ucsd.edu (858) 658-7478

La Jolla Treasure Hunt

Are you game?   Be the first person to correctly identify the location where the above photo was taken. Correct answers must be emailed to: RotaryLaJolla@gmail.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 RotaryLaJolla@gmail.com – previous treasure hunt locations can be found by exploring the Surf Beat archive beginning with the March 6, 2014 edition.Mr. Nobody had the correct answer to last week’s puzzle.  The usual suspects, Susan Stevens, John Hoss and Jane Wheeler responded with varying degrees of inaccuracy.  The bikers outfitted in natty UC Berkeley garb “Go Bears!” were pictured at the traffic light by National University across from the Torrey Pine Golf Course Driving Range on North Torrey Pines Road. email your answer

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