On April 18 we will be having our Service Awards at Black Lake Golf Course. Cocktails at 5:30 and dinner at 6:15. We will be dark in the morning. See you all then!
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Happy February!! Sorry I didn't post anything last month. Most of you know that my husband and I are in the middle of construction on building our new business. Our target opening day is set for March 3rd. Please keep your fingers crossed. As my time as being your President is getting shorter I wanted to Thank all of you for your support. Our next big fundraiser is coming up on May 11 and I'm so happy that Cees has taken this roll on and is truly making sure we have all the tools to make this tournament one to remember. Cees is making sure that all documents and emails are secured in Rotary's Google Drive. Access to these files are a fingertip away. Being organized is key on being successful. This is a club effort though, so please help where needed. Bring in Tee sponsors and wine or craft beer for the giveaway. If everyone does their part, this may be the biggest tournament in past years. Thank all of you who have come up to me to tell me that I'm doing a good job. It means the most to me to hear it from you. I know I have made a few mistakes but no one is perfect. If you feel I need some improvement, I would love to hear that too. Our next meeting will be a fun one with our "Not so Compatible Game". Yes it's usually the "Not so New Newlywed Game" but next week it has more of a twist. Let's see how well our members know each other. In closing, I understand that some of you have not enjoyed the meals a Black Lake. This last evening meeting the food was delicious. They have hired a new chief and is willing to take suggestions and so I'm hoping that you will try and make our next evening meeting. Your Pres, Kat |
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I can't believe the Holidays are here. A time to reflect and give Thanks. It's also Rotary's Disease Prevention and Treatment month. Most of you have met my daughter. She was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was 8 months old. Seizures have been a part of our lives now for over 33 years. My daughter has seizures everyday and is on several medications plus has a VNS planted in her chest. When I go up north or down south you hear information on seizure disorders but not here on the Central Coast and I'm not sure why that is. One in 26 people will have a seizure at some point in their lives. We should be talking about it. People need to be aware of the facts about seizures and the myths. Do you know what to do if someone has a seizure right in front of you? I want to start up that conversation here on the Central Coast. Some things to remember; Barry is collecting coats, jacket, sweaters and sweatshirts. Please make sure they are in good condition. We also have our kids Christmas party happening at Black Lake golf Course on the 20th and our Adult party is on the 17th. We will not be having an evening meeting this month. We will be dark that week but will resume our evening meetings in January. This last meeting was great. I love that members are bringing their spouses. It's a great opportunity for our family members to experience Rotary. I did take a vote on keeping the evening meeting or scraping it and the vote went to keeping it. I'm hoping that the few who do not attend will make an exception in the future. This has been a very busy past few month with our club and I want to Thank all of you for helping in each event. This club is an amazing group of people. Kat |
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What a month. We finished our Little Free Library, we planted trees in the park for every member and was joined by our District Governor John Weiss, we had beach clean up with Interact from Nipomo High and Righetti High and we had an amazing event with Mesa Middle School Drama Dept, Boys and Cub Scout troop 405 & 450 along with the Best Rotary Club on the Central Coast. I want to Thank all of you who participated in any and all of these events. This month looks like we are going to be just as busy. Starting this Sunday BBQing for the 4H club at St Joseph's Church, Community Thanksgiving Fests on November 12th also at the Church, Nipomo High School Pancake breakfast and Turkey pull at the Pismo Veterans Hall. We will also be having another evening meeting at Black Lake on the 29th. See you there! .    |
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Fall has arrived. One of our biggest Fundraisers is on October 29th "Winner Winner Pulled Pork Dinner" The money that comes from this event goes to supporting our club along with the our partners for this event, Mesa Middle School Drama Dept and Boy & Cub Scouts here in Nipomo. I'm asking that all our members please do your part and sell your tickets. October 7 & 8 is OctoberFest at Nipomo Regional Park. We will be providing BBQ sandwiches on the 7th. Please come out and support your club. The money raised at this event will go towards that amazing BBQ and Smoker we are having built . Update on out Little Free Library. It is near completion. Al is collecting books for all ages. October 14th is the day we will be planting a tree for every member. I am really excited about doing this project. Not only did our RI President, Ian Riseley, ask all club members to plant a tree this year but locally our park has lost a lot of trees due to end of growth, insects and drault. October is the month for Economic and Community Development so all of this ties together. On Sept 27 was our first evening meeting. A few of you had voiced that we are a breakfast club and do not like the change. I understand what you are saying. Rotary International is asking us to change to build Rotary back up and if we can build a club that will appeal to a younger audience one day a month, I feel it's worth trying. Change is good and I feel that most of you will agree, it was fun. Some us even brought our spouses. I'm looking forward to this months evening meeting on October 25th at Black Lake Golf Course. I would like to remind you to please answer the survey sent monthly. Only 10% of our club is. The information is sent to me anonymously but the remarks are very valuable to the club so we/I may improve. I want to tell of you how much this club/you mean to me. These past few years have been very tough for my husband and I and without the friendships and the support from all of you, it would have been much harder. We all go through stuff in our lives, but without the support of family and friends it would be tough to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We see that light and it's getting brighter. Sometimes it dims a little but it's picking up the energy we need to get through this. Thank you all, Your President |
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This month I am proposing that our club builds a Little Free Library and place it in front of the Chamber of Commerce. I have met with a few of our members and I have started looking for used materials that we can build with. Habitat for Humanity has some amazing things that with a little imagination we can transform into our Little Library. Once our project is finished we will be asking each of our members to bring a book to put into the Library. Another project we will be doing is planting a tree for every member. The date for this project is October 14 at the Nipomo Regional park. One of the Girl Scout Troops here in Nipomo will be helping us in this project. If you feel that you are not able to help plant your tree, I am asking that you find a family member to possibly plant yours. These trees will be coastal live oaks most likely one gallon in size so small enough to plant ourselves. We will need to put screening around the roots to protect them. Cages and large post to protect them above ground. So please mark your calendars for October 14 starting around 9:00am. A project that really needs to be finished is the bricks in front of the Rotary Bandstand. I have about 6 more bricks that need to be printed and placed in the ground. This may end up being a rather large project from the looks of it. I was there the other day and noticed the sand that was holding the bricks in place has mostly blown away and some bricks have been lifted up. There are weeds that need to be cleaned out as well. We will need to cover the printed bricks with tape so it is easier to mortar the bricks in. If at all possible, maybe some of us can be working on the Bandstand while some of us are planting. Just a thought. It is a lot to do but it needs to get finished. I have to say that this is the part of Rotary I enjoy the most and understand it may not be yours. All I ask is that you help out in some way. Thank you all for being the Best Club on the Central Coast!! Reminder that this month we will start having our once a month evening meeting at Black Lake. Meeting will be on September 27th at 6:00pm to 7:30pm. |
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Over the past six weeks I have felt that this position might be too hard for me. I'm not like my husband to make people laugh but today I believe we have turned that corner by bringing the wheel back. For the first time in a long time there was lots of laughter and that made me feel really good. I have taken the suggestions of others and appreciate you helping me find what works. This month we are celebrating 3 Birthdays, Kelly, Al and Ed's. Many wishes to you all. Congrats to Santa Maria Rotaract for being Chartered and Thank you for attending our meeting. It was a pleasure having you. This Sunday the 13th we are having a family picnic at Cees and Ilona's home and I would like to say Thank you in advance for being our host. I love all of us getting together outside of our meetings and volunteer work and just socializing. Another outing is on Friday down in Solvang at the PCPA to see Newbies. I know we will all have a great time. Congratulations to Mario and Bruce for receiving their blue badges. Mario stated he was a little slow on getting his but very thorough. That's what we like about you Mario! Enjoy the photos for this month so far and check back to catch the rest later. Kat |
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July 2017 This month we started off volunteering for the 1st annual Jim Tefft Memorial 4th of July Parade. Thank you to all that volunteered that day. It was an amazing event. July 5th was my first meeting. What I'm hoping from showing you all on how to use the Club Runner website and app is that it is a great club tool. One place to put our photos, stories and events and now Blogs where you can make a comment and reply to others. I'm still learning this feature but hope to master it soon. Club Runner is changing and is really becoming that Social Media tool for Rotarians. On July 12th our speaker was Sam Cotton from Single Action Shooting Society. Amazing videos on how fast they shoot and how many shots are done in "seconds". July 18 our guest speaker will be Debbie Wilson with The Oaks at Nipomo, a Senior & Memory care home and on July 26, our guest speaker will be Frank Ortiz. Upcoming Socials for August - If you haven't signed up and would like to attend August 11th is Newsy at the Solvang PCPA Theater. Please see Judy or Cathy for sign up. August 13 will be our Family Picnic at Cees Dobbe house. A sign up sheet will be going around. Please bring a dish! Yours truly, Kat |
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A word from Kat Stowell - June 26, 2017 I would like all of us to reflect on this past Rotary year and Thank Jeremy for his time and guidance as President of this amazing club. I look forward to taking on the task as President for the upcoming year 2017/2018 and know that as a club we will have Fun! One of the projects as a club we will be doing is planting a tree for every member. This request has come from our new Rotary International President Ian Riseley. I love this challenge because so many trees have died in our park and we as a club have another opportunity to make a difference in our community. Cees Dobbe is taking charge of the Golf Tournament and is already planning his first meeting right after our Winner Winner Pulled Pork Dinner Fundraiser. Yes, you read that correctly. I believe in changing things up and making things easier. We are doing Pulled Pork for our October Fundraiser. Richard Dale is in charge of our BBQ team and is looking to having our BBQ trailer fitted with cabinets and sink and also have a custom BBQ built for our club. One of my favorite things to do with the club is BBQing. There's nothing like having and sharing a great meal with others. This years International's theme is "Rotary Making a Difference" and our District theme is "Celebrating Rotary" Our club theme is "Cats having Fun" With a name like mine did you think it would be something different? I hope I can be that PURRRRfect Leader and I know I can because of all of you. I want to Thank you in advance for your input and guidance for my year. Kat |
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Ladies and Gents!! Did anyone else feel like last week flew by!?
Mar 29 OFFSITE meeting at Nipomo High School- Nu!!!! - Robotics Program Apr 1 District Assembly- Oxnard Apr 5 20th Anniversary Dinner Event- Blacklake GC Clubhouse (No meeting in the Morning!!) Apr 8 Kids Day in the Park- Cooking for the kids Apr 15 Beach Cleanup Apr 18 Board Meeting Apr 19 Service Member Awards Night (No meeting in the Morning!!) May 12 Annual Golf Tournament!!!! Our biggest fundraiser of the year!! May 24 Paul Harris Awards Banquet Dinner June 23 Year End Step Down Party
Congrats to the Rotary Club of Nipomo, champions of bowling!!! I hope everyone has a great week!!! SERVICE ABOVE SELF!!!! Sincerely, Jeremy Moreno, AAI Vice President, Risk Advisor ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Good afternoon Ladies and Gents!!
What a great meeting yesterday!! Who else is ready to drive around the intoxicated kids of Cal Poly?!!!
Feb 23 1-6 pm Blood Drive in Miners' parking lot
Feb 25 Thompson Road Cleanup-8am. Also, our President-Elect's birthday!!!
Feb 27 First Golf Tournament Planning Meeting (Cees’ house)
Mar 1 Social Outing to Burton House (No meeting in the Morning!!)
Mar 5 7:00 - 8:30am Tefft street weeding
Mar 13 5:30-Sun Comes Up. Cees’ Birthday party. Penthouse, Dolphin Bay.
Mar 24 5:30-8:30 Bowling with Interact
Mar 29 Offsite meeting at Nipomo High School- Robotics Program
Apr 1 District Assembly- Oxnard
Apr 5 20th Anniversary Dinner Event (No meeting in the Morning!!)
Apr 15 Beach Cleanup
Apr 19 Service Member Awards Night (No meeting in the Morning!!)
May 12 Annual Golf Tournament!!!! Our biggest fundraiser of the year!!
May 24 Paul Harris Awards Banquet Dinner
June 23 Year End Step Down Party
I hope everyone has a great week!!!
SERVICE ABOVE SELF!!!!
Sincerely,
Jeremy Moreno, AAI
Vice President, Risk Advisor
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Good afternoon Ladies and Gents!!
What an awesome speaker this morning!! To think of the powerful network we have at the Rotary Club of Nipomo!!!
Feb 9 5:30-7:30pm Chamber of Commerce mixer (C of C)
Feb 11 7:00-11 am Kiwanis? pancake breakfast (Oceano train station)
Feb 14 5:30-7:00 pm Board Meeting
Feb 16 5:30 -8:00 PCPA show at Alan Hancock for Dana Adobe
Feb 17 11 -2:00 pm Coast Hills BBQ in Von's parking lot
Feb 21 5:30-7pm Board Meeting (Nipomo Chamber Office)
Feb 23 1-6 pm Blood Drive in Miners' parking lot
Feb 25 all day President-Elect's birthday
Feb 26 7:00 - 8:30am Tefft street weeding
Mar 1 5:30 - 8:00pm Burton House Grill meeting (DARK THE MORNING OF)
Mar 13 5:30-Sun Comes Up. Cees’ Birthday party. Penthouse, Dolphin Bay.
Mar 24 5:30-8:30 Bowling with Interact
I hope everyone has a great week!!!
SERVICE ABOVE SELF!!!!
Sincerely,
Jeremy Moreno, AAI
Vice President, Risk Advisor
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Good morning Ladies and Gents!!
Wow!!! What a great meeting this morning!! To think of all of the great ideas we came up with this morning, as we try to reach with our power as the Rotary Club of Nipomo!!!
DON’T FORGET THE CONTEST ALL MONTH OF JANUARY!!!! (See below…)
Have a great week!!!
SERVICE ABOVE SELF!!!!
Jeremy Moreno, AAI
Vice President, Risk Advisor
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Good day Ladies and Gents,
I hope everyone had a great meeting this morning!! Here are the Great experiences from the meeting:
***One suggestion! Please allow for our featured members and guest speakers to have the floor in speaking without interruption. This is their time to shine and share with us their life story. I whole heartedly believe it is a privilege to hear everyone’s story!
Next week, make sure you have RSVP’d, because Santa is coming in on his sleigh for all of the young relatives of our Rotarians!!
Have a Holly Jolly Week!!!!!
SERVICE ABOVE SELF!!!!
Jeremy Moreno, AAI
Vice President, Risk Advisor
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Good morning Ladies and Gents,
I hope everyone had a great meeting yesterday!! Here are the FUN items from the meeting:
Next week, we will have a great time at Willow in Nipomo, 5:30pm, right off Willow and Pomeroy! (DON’T FORGET TO RSVP!)
Have an amazing week!!!
SERVICE ABOVE SELF!!!!
Jeremy Moreno, AAI
Vice President, Risk Advisor
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Good day Ladies and Gents,
I hope everyone had a great meeting this morning!! Here are the FUN items from the meeting:
Next week, we will have some more exciting members share some of their life stories, guests in attendance, a presenter, live music, and great fellowship!!!
Have an amazing week!!!
SERVICE ABOVE SELF!!!!
Jeremy Moreno, AAI
Vice President, Risk Advisor
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Good day Ladies and Gents,
I hope everyone had a great meeting yesterday. Here are the FUN items from the meeting:
Next week, Past President Ken Shadle will be running the meeting and Odell Lee will have a program ready to go for everyone.
Have a great week!
Jeremy Moreno, AAI
Vice President, Risk Advisor
805-588-4510 Cell
805-361-7438 Office
805-361-7338 Fax
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Reminder that this coming week, August 12th, We will be meeting at our new location at the Butterfly Grill at Monarch Dunes in beautiful Nipomo. If you need directions, please go to our Facebook page and click on "About". It will bring up a map. The address is 1606 Trilogy Pkwy. See you all there.
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Reminder that next weeks meeting will be held at the Butterfly Grill at Monarch Golf Course. Our speaker will be Billy Mitchell and his speech is called "The Red Pen Syndrome"
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
The Rotary District 5240 District Governor Step Down and District Awards Luncheon was held today. Thanks to Colette, Kat, George and Mary for attending with me, and thanks to Judy for doing most of the work preparing the award documents for submittal to District earlier this year.
Congratulations to you, the members of our wonderful club for your hard work and service that was recognized at the District this year.
The Rotary Club of Nipomo received the following awards:
What a successful year of service we have had!
Thanks again for all of your support and service throughout the year.
James O. Anderson
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
Thank you for such a wonderful Step Down Reception yesterday! You are best Rotary Club there is! We had wonderful food, great fellowship, as well as super recognition gifts. My son, Nick and I love our new A’s jerseys.
Thank you again for all of your hard work and support throughout the year.
Yours in Rotary Service,
James O. Anderson
President, Rotary Club of Nipomo
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
Thanks to Lou for presiding over this morning’s meeting, and thanks to Al for a great update on the exciting new plans for the Dana Adobe. Congratulations to all of our Middle School 4-Way Test Essay Contest Winners!
Upcoming:
JULY 1 WILL BE PRESIDENT RICHARD’S FIRST MEETING!!
Thanks for all of your service,
James O. Anderson
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
My last time presiding over Rotary Club of Nipomo meetings was yesterday. Thanks to all who have helped throughout the year in setting up for the meetings, as well as cleaning up after the meetings.
Some meeting highlights include:
Thanks for all of your help throughout the year.
James O. Anderson
Superintendent - Maintenance
Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
We had a wonderful time Wednesday evening with members, friends and guests attending our Annual Paul Harris Fellowship Dinner. Congratulations to all of the new Paul Harris Fellows, and thanks to the repeat Paul Harris Fellows for their continued support of the Rotary International Foundation. Thanks to Colette, our Foundation Chair for maintaining the accuracy and record keeping integrity of our Paul Harris Fellowship program, and of our Foundation giving.
Secretary George DuBois presented the perfect attendance awards. Congratulations to all of the awardees for your dedication to consistent meeting and event attendance. Thanks to George for maintaining perfect records for the perfect attendance awards.
It was a great time. Remember, we are dark next Wednesday morning. The Annual Public Service Awards Dinner is next Wednesday evening. If you haven’t yet signed up, please let Judy know if you plan to attend.
Board meeting is Monday evening, May 18 at 5:30 at Socorro’s barn.
Thanks for being a wonderful club.
Jim
James O. Anderson
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
Last Wednesday, we had a very interesting presentation by Emma Schoppe, the County’s Energy Program Associate. The topic was empower Central Coast. This is a program coordinated by the County to help residents upgrade their single-family homes to be more energy efficient. They provide information about certified contractors, utility rebates, and even financing through Coast Hills Federal Credit Union. (Cathy has already been appropriately fined.) empower@co.slo.ca.us
In other news,
Thanks again for all your service!
James O. Anderson
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
We had a great meeting yesterday. Charlotte Alexander, the new Executive Director of the Santa Maria Valley Humane Society talked about animal rescue, the importance of spay and neuter, as well as other services the facility provides.
In other news:
Thanks,
James O. Anderson
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
Today, we had very interesting speaker, Sandra Duerr, Editor of the San Luis Obispo Tribune. The members sitting with her for breakfast discovered that four out of five of us were paper boys in our youth. Don’t see many of them anymore.
It was a joyous meeting because we did one of the most important things a Rotary Club can do – induct a new member. Mary Mylan, who was proposed by Judy Henbury was inducted into our club. She is a former member of the Rotary Club of Grover Beach. We welcome Mary!
Other items include:
Thanks for being a great club!
James O. Anderson
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
We had a great meeting this morning, celebrating Jeremy’s birthday. Our speaker was Beth Reynolds, who until recently ran several herds of goats to provide grass and brush clearing in different areas in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara County. She has sold her business and is now a Cal Poly Professor. It was very interesting to learn about how she managed the various herds with portable electric fencing and working dogs.
In other news,
What a great club!
James O. Anderson
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
We had a special guest at our meeting this morning – District Governor Loretta Butts presented recognition coins to the veterans that were present at this morning’s meeting – Richard Hillery, Odell Lee, and Jim Anderson.
We had a very interesting program as well – Will Meyst from The Dunes Center talked about the Dunites. Who they were, what they believed, and some of their art and poetry.
Other items include:
YIRS,
James O. Anderson
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
Our meeting was kind of lightly attended this morning. Thanks to everyone who attended, and I encourage you to bring guests! I know that some of our members are out of town, and tax season is upon us!
We had a very informative talk this morning by Jim Hogeboom, the Lucia Mar Unified School District Superintendent. He spoke about the budget situation. I have attached some information that he discussed.
In addition,
Thanks for all of your service,
James O. Anderson
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
We had very interesting program yesterday – Ron Stoz talked about drones, and even brought one and demonstrated it for us in the parking lot.
Also:
Thanks again for all you do!
James O. Anderson
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
We had a fun meeting this morning that included a round of “The Not-So-Newlywed Game.” Couples Al and Helen, Odell and Nora, Howard and Cheri, and Dick and Jeri competed in our game show. After a fierce competition, Al and Helen were crowned the champions!
Congratulations to Jeremy and Tara on the birth of their daughter, Phoenix Jade last weekend!!
Also of note:
Thanks again for all of your service!
James O. Anderson
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
Yesterday, Richard Persons, the new CEO of the Santa Maria Fairpark was our speaker.
Thanks again for all of your great support in service!
James O. Anderson
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Members, It looks like the weather is going to be great on Sunday so if you have any friends that would like to get off the couch for a couple hours and enjoy a nice BBQ while supporting a great cause, send them an invite!
One thing to note:
Some of the stops don't open early on Sunday so with registration being from 9 - 10, there is no rush it get out of the gates. Remember it's not a race....It's a poker game.
1st card draw: Dana Adobe
2nd card draw: Santa Maria Brewing / Colette & Lou (Opens at 10:00 am)
3rd card draw: Rooney's Irish Pub / Bill P. (Open's at 11:30 but Bill will be there by 10:00)
4th card draw: Presqu'ille Winery / Cees D. (Opens at 11:00, we hope Cees can find it!)
5th card draw: Nipomo Men's Club / Ron
BBQ at 1PM
Last hand in by 1:30
Winner announced at 2pm
Come join the fun!
Mike
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
Today, we had a visitor from Calgary, Alberta, Kimberly Lysak. We also had an interesting program about the construction of oil pipelines in California in the early 1900’s by Jack Spaulding, a Union Oil retiree.
Other highlights include:
See you at the Poker Run!
James O. Anderson
Superintendent - Maintenance
Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery
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The next meeting of the golf committee will be next Wednesday at 530. If you missed the last one, please try to make this one as your input is needed on a number of outstanding issues. The contract with Monarch Dunes has been signed and we are on our way. We need to make person contact with all potential golfers as soon as possible. Peggy is working on SAVE THE DATE flyers and Jeremy is working on the sign-up sheets. Joyce is working on the player gift bags, which will be supplied by Sean. If you know of any one who can contribute player gifts (144) such as Phillips 66 who have these great gifts that the have supplied to other golf tournaments, let Joyce know asap. We will be giving away the golf belts again this year. We are hoping to have each member donate or aquire the following, as well as helping out on the day of the tournament:
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The Rotary Club of Nipomo 2nd Annual Poker Run To Fight Polio Sunday, February 15th Registration between 9:00-10:00 AM Take a Tour of the Dana Adobe to Start Your Run 671 S. Oakglen Avenue, Nipomo $30.00 = BBQ, Poker Hand & Raffle Ticket $10.00 = BBQ or Poker Hand BBQ starts at 1 PM - Nipomo Men’s Club Corner of Tefft & Mallagh Street $250 CASH PRIZE FOR BEST HAND 50/50 Drawing and Raffle Please RSVP to Mike Streator at (805) 896-2196 or mikestreator@hotmail.com or Cees Dobbe (805) 540-4748 or Cees@Dobbe.biz
Working for a Polio-Free World. Thank You For Your Support
Members, Above is a flier for the upcoming Poker Run for Polio on Sunday February 15th.
Please invite your family, friends and business associates.
If you own a business or have a friend that does, please print this out and have it placed in a spot for the public to see.
I hope you can attend, and maybe you will be the big winner!
If you would like to help with registration, at any of the poker stops, or with the BBQ please let me know!
A solid gold frog landed at my house last night and I might just raffle him off at the poker run.
It's possibly worth millions.....who knows......YOU BETTER ATTEND IF YOU WOULD LIKE A CHANCE TO WIN!
YIRS
Mike
PLEASE HELP ROTARY ERADICATE POLIO WORLDWIDE
WE ARE THIS CLOSE!
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
First, let me thank Bill Bettencourt for leading last week’s meeting in my absence!
We had a wonderful program today about “Legacy” from Ben Combs, our wintertime guest from Longview, WA. I now know why grandparents and grandchildren get along better than parents and children. If you missed it, see me next week so I can tell you!
Other items include:
Does anyone know where the banner for the Paul Teixeira Memorial Gazebo is? Please contact Ken Whittle if you do!
Thanks again for all you do!
YIRS,
Jim
James O. Anderson
Superintendent - Maintenance
Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
We had a very interesting program this morning about the Redwood forests of California and the State Park in Humboldt County.
Thanks for all you do!
James O. Anderson
Superintendent - Maintenance
Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
We had very interesting speakers this morning – Greg Gracia, the Robotics instructor at Nipomo High School, and one of his students, Kim talked about the Robotics competitions with which they have been involved. They also brought along and demonstrated two of the robots that have been very successful in competition. These machines are designed, built, programmed, and operated by students.
Some other highlights include:
Jeremy Moreno, Richard Dale and I will attend the District 5240 Mid Terms in Santa Maria this coming Saturday.
Thanks again for all of your service!
James O. Anderson
Superintendent - Maintenance
Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
Well, we certainly had a lively meeting this morning! Some highlights include:
AND, everyone got to hear your President recite the Four-Way Test (without looking!)
YIRS!
James O. Anderson
Superintendent - Maintenance
Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery
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I’m so proud to be a Rotarian!
What a great day at the park. Thank You all so much.
Happy New Year!
Ken
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Remember tree planting in the Nipomo Community park on Wednesday morning!
830am. Monterey picnic area. Which is behind the library and above ball fields. Please bring post hole digger and or a shovel; bucket too for water.
If someone has a gas power weed wacker or two or three would be great.
Ken
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
We had a very good meeting this morning – it was great to see Emilio and Tammi! Some items of note:
YIRS,
James O. Anderson
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Members,
If you would like to contribute to the Christmas Parade of Lights canned food drive this year you can do one of two things:
Bring cans to the meeting tomorrow morning and I will get them to the food bins for you.
Or bring them to the parade this Saturday and simply drop them in one of the food bins along the parade route.
All the food collected is donated to the Salvation Army.
Thank you for everything you do!
YIRS
Mike
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
We had a really special meeting this morning to recognize Veterans Day. Jim Murphy, George Protopapas, Jim Schuller and our own Phil Henry each briefly talked about interesting aspects of their service during the Korean War. There were also Viet Nam veterans and GWOT veterans present as well.
Looking forward,
Thanks,
James O. Anderson
Superintendent - Maintenance
Phillips 66 Santa Maria RefineryToday
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Rotarians,
Tomorrow we are assisting the Mesa Middle School in their fundraising kickoff to raise funds for a rock climbing wall at their school.
They have pre-sold 400 chicken lunches! WOW!
They will have faculty members along with students there to assist us so.....
If you have some time tomorrow to lend a hand, come on by.
Even if you just stop by just to give some moral support to the BBQ team it would be great to see you!
We will be setting up early (7 am ) in the Miner's parking lot in Nipomo.
I hope to see you there! No Bologna!
YIRS
Mike
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
A lot to report on:
We will be dark on December 24 and December 31. Please help with tree planting on Dec 31.
James O. Anderson
Superintendent - Maintenance
Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
I’d like to thank everyone in the club for their very hard work on the Taste of Italy event last Sunday. You did a wonderful job – every member contributed in multiple ways. What a great club!!
YIRS,
Jim
James O. Anderson
Superintendent - Maintenance
Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
Bill Bettencourt returned from his trip to Tanzania – he said it was difficult to describe in words the beauty of the land, the people, and the animals. He got to witness the wildebeest migration.
Judy received a special Membership Sponsor Award for sponsoring 4 new members since July 2013. Congratulations, Judy!!
Jim Anderson talked about his experience in the Army Reserve and Afghanistan. He also got fined a lot. Past presidents also got fined a lot!
Please save the date of November 22 – Judy is organizing a trip for our club to attend Roller Derby in Santa Maria.
Next week, our program will be District Attorney Dan Dow.
I hope to see everyone there next week!
Jim
James O. Anderson
Superintendent - Maintenance
Phillips 66 Santa Maria RefineryToday's mee
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
We had a great meeting yesterday. The program was about Roller Derby, and we had several members of the local team in attendance to tell us about Roller Derby, as well as give us a brief demonstration. The last game of the season will be on November 22 in Santa Maria, and Judy will be organizing a Rotary Club of Nipomo trip to see it. I can’t wait.
Next week’s trivia question is: “Which member of the Rotary Club of Nipomo is already a Roller Derby groupie?”
Harry and Jim attended the Rotary District Conference in Monterey last weekend and talked about some of the inspiring speakers. Club veterans were recognized.
Al Daurio is coordinating with the other South County Clubs involved with the literacy book project to find a printer that can do the job.
Octoberfest in the Nipomo Regional Park is coming this Saturday and Sunday. Barry and Jeremy will staff a Rotary booth, and Richard Dale will be barbecuing.
Jim Anderson will talk about his experience in the Army Reserve and Afghanistan next week.
Thanks for all of your service,
James O. Anderson
Superintendent - Maintenance
Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
Today, our speaker was Marshall Bradford, who is 99 years and ten months old. Also attending was the charter president of the Rotary Club of San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, Dennis Allan. Mr. Allan generously donated $500.00, which will be matched by either club points, or individual points to award Mr. Bradford a Paul Harris Fellowship!! What a wonderful gift! We will have Mr. Bradford, and hopefully Mr. Allan back soon to award the Paul Harris Fellowship.
In addition, Kat won the fine free coffee mug, but forgot to take it! I will have it ready for her next week.
Next week, Bill Pucciarelli presents the Roller Derby women as our program.
The barbecue for Mesa Middle School’s rock climbing wall will be on November 7 from 11 – 2. More details to come.
Sell those Taste of Italy tickets! (We found out this morning that, when George cooks, he uses formulas, not recipes!)
Thanks again for all you are doing for our community!
YIRS,
Jim
P.S. I have Odell Lee’s e mail address.
James O. Anderson
Superintendent - Maintenance
Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery
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Fellow Rotarians –
Some information from yesterday’s meeting:
YIRS,
Jim
James O. Anderson
Superintendent - Maintenance
Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery
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Members,
Just a friendly reminder our club is hosting the Nipomo Chamber Mixer this Thursday evening from 5-7 pm at the Chamber office on Tefft street.
Come out and enjoy a casual evening with your fellow Rotarians and friends.
This is a great opportunity to meet other community business owners and introduce them to Rotary.
I hope to see you there.
YIRS
Mike
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Loretta Butts, our Rotary District Governor, will visit our club this coming Wednesday. Following is her bio.
Loretta R. Butts Rotary Club of Atascadero
Loretta Butts is a Registered Principal and independent financial advisor. Since moving to the Central Coast in 1989 from the San Francisco Bay area, she has served as the Chair of the San Luis Obispo County Commission on the Status of Women, on the Board of Directors of Life Span Services and Chair of the program advisory committee for the EOC Adult Day Care program in Templeton, CA. After serving a term on the board of the North County Women’s Shelter, she was one of the founding members of the Friends of the North County Women’s Shelter committee.
Loretta joined the Rotary Club of Atascadero in 1994 and since then has served on several of the club’s boards and as Treasurer and Rotary International Foundation chair. In 2001 she was instrumental in the charter of the Rotary Club of Templeton and served as its Charter President from 2001-2003. In 2005, she returned to her home club in Atascadero.
Loretta has seen the impact of Rotary by attending Rotary International Conventions in Barcelona, Los Angles, Lisbon and most recently Sydney.
She has seen Rotary’s direct impact during her travels to Nigeria to assist in the goal of eradicating polio while identifying the need for other Rotary sponsored programs and services. Loretta has also traveled to Uganda representing District 5240 Rotarians responsible for a significant grant to provide furnishings and supplies for a medical clinic and living facilities for staff in a remote village outside of Lira.
Loretta has served the District as International Service Chair, STEPS Chair, Assistant Governor, GSE Group Coordinator, district Paul Harris Society and Annual Giving advisor as well as advisor to the Grants Committee and member of the Future Vision Planning Committee.
She has had the honor of being selected Rotarian of the Year while also being a multiple Paul Harris Fellow, a Benefactor and a member of the Paul Harris Society. Her husband, John, is also a Paul Harris Fellow as are other members of her family.
As a seventh generation Californian, Loretta has deep roots in the land of the District. She has 3 grown children and 10 grandchildren. When not working on service through Rotary, she enjoys her family, reading, music, gardening, fly fishing, golf and Giants baseball.
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Ladies and Gentlemen –
Some items from this morning’s meeting:
YIRS!
James O. Anderson
Superintendent - Maintenance
Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery
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Great job Team! There has never been an event that The Rotary Club of Nipomo hasn't shined! Congrats to all of the team members that made it! For the team members that didn't, they were missed!
We made sure we ate the amazing Tri tip, enjoyed the seasoned chicken, indulged in the finest watermelon concoction, drank every drink our hearts desired, and capped it off with one of Judy's famous Bailey's Irish Creme and Caramel Cheesecake!!!
Congrats on the great service and having fun while doing it!!!
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Rotarians, Spouses and Friends, Thank you all for another wonderful BBQ at the Hearst Ranch last Saturday!
We once again had a great turnout of volunteers from our club in support of this worthwhile fundraiser for Wilshire Hospice.
We received a big "THANK YOU" from the organizer of the event and they were extremely thankful and pleased with the food and service we provided.
It takes many hands to do an event of this size and I thank all of you for your help in making this years event a huge success!
YIRS,
Mike
BBQ Chair
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Fellow Rotarians, Here is an update on next Saturdays BBQ for Wilshire Hospice in San Simeon.
We have a total of 26 volunteers on our team this year! Fantastic!
If by chance you did not sign up, it's not too late. Let me know by tomorrow evening and I'll add your name to the list so they will let you in the gate.
This year anyone that wants to join the morning crew for breakfast, we will be meeting at The Mayors Place in Nipomo at 7:00 am this Saturday.
After breakfast the BBQ cooks will head up and anyone else that would like to join in is welcome.
Food service is to begin at 2:15 so servers should be there by 1:30.
The cleanup crew is needed by 3:00.
Below is a list of this years helpers, thank you all in advance!
Jim Anderson - Chicken
Richard Dale - Meat
Bill Pucciarelli - Bread and Sausage
Jim Harrison - Beans
Ingmar Lauringson - Meat Slicer
Jerry Arseneau - Salad
Judy Henbury - Kitchen and Serving Crew Leader
Harry Walls - Cleanup
Barry Dunahoo
Julie Dunahoo
Howard Hess
Cheri Hess
Lynn Compton
Cees Dobbe
Ilona Dobbe
Rodger Ridley
Chris Ridley
Kat Stowell
Lou Gomez
Colette Hyder
Ken Whittle
Sean Schuur
Socorro Simons
Jeremy Moreno
Tara Gross
YIRS
Mike
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SoHIP (Seeds of Hope International Partnership) has been awarded a Matching Grant from the Rotary Foundation to provide vocational training to disadvantaged youth and women, empowering them to reverse the downward spiral of poverty in their lives. In May we celebrated the arrival of the container filled with material and supplies, including computers, sewing machines, and carpentry tools, to launch the vocational training programs. The Ndola Mukuba Rotary Club in Zambia was present to hand over the items to Seeds of Hope. — in Ndola, Zambia.
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Rotarians,
For those of you that missed this mornings meeting we need to get a head count for President Harry's stepdown party on Friday June 20th. Please send me an email if you plan on attending and did not sign up this morning. Thank you in advance. YIRS Mike |
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Hi all, This is just a reminder we are barbecuing tomorrow evening for the Nipomo Chamber Casino Night at The Edwards Barn. The event starts at 5pm and they would like to start serving between 6:00 and 6:15.
If you already committed to working the event "THANK YOU!"
If you have not and want to join the fun come out anytime after 4:30 and jump in.
I'm looking forward to a fun evening with my fellow Rotarians!
Hope to see you tomorrow.
YIRS
Mike
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Dear Members,
This coming Saturday May 17th is the Nipomo Chamber Casino Night at the Edwards Barn .
Our club is doing the BBQ for the chamber so I am looking for a head count of volunteers.
We will be cooking and serving Tri-Tip, bread, beans, salad and of course Jocko's salsa.
The event starts at 5:00 pm and dinner will be served between 6 and 6:30.
Please let me know if you are available to help out.
As always, our BBQ's are fun!
YIRS
Mike
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Good Afternoon Rotarians Both the Player Registration and Sponsorship Form can be found in the Download section, to the right of this page . You can use these in conjunction with the bi-fold forms that we've handed out at the weekly meetings (as the bi-fold handouts also has the writeup on what our donations go towards and all that other good stuff). Plus it also shows our two Event Sponsors!!!! We are less than a month away and we really need to start securing our sponsors and golfers. So let's go out there and bring in those teams and sponsors. |
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Rotary Members,
We could use some help with the interact BBQ tomorrow if anyone is available.
Please be at Richard Dale's house between 10:30 and 11:00 for some tri-tip sandwich building.
We need help slicing and wrapping about 125 sandwiches. Cathy can handle about 100 but we could use some additional help with the other 25. Ha!
I hope to see your smiling faces tomorrow!
YIRS
Mike |
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Just to say thanks for the great job you all did this morning. Was really fun cooking for and watching the young people eat the pancakes. Again even with the challenges Rotary came through and did a fantastic job.
It was fun. I really appreciate all the work all of you did. Cees please tell your wife we really appreciate her. She was a great help.
Yours in Rotary
Jim Harrison
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We'll surely miss Richard. https://www.facebook.com/cees.dobbe/media_set?set=a.671447219563404.1073741855.100000943968348&type=1
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Hello Rotarians,
I would like to thank all of you for your help with our very first Poker Run for Polio! What a great day! The weather cooperated perfectly and by the look on everyone's faces it was a good time for all! The food was wonderful and the fellowship was equally as wonderful. Very special thanks to Bill, Lynn, Cees, Ilona, Colette and Lou for being our abroad card dealers! Thank you to all who helped coordinate, set-up, BBQ, cleanup and those who participated in the Poker Run. Also thank you to all that contributed to our "Wagon of Love"! Today was a testimony of why we are "The Best Small Club In District 5240". Our members are all active and that is what makes us so successful in our fundraising efforts. I'm proud to be a member of such a great club! Go Rotary Club of Nipomo! YIRS Mike |
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Fellow Rotarians,
The stage is set and we are ready to go!
Thank you to all of you who have volunteered to help with this event.
If you don't already have an assignment and want to help you can do any of the following:
A) Show up at The Dana Adobe on Sunday morning around 8am, hang out and drink some coffee and help out with registration.
B) Register for the run yourself and take a nice Sunday drive through the Santa Maria Valley. We do have a bus if you don't want to drive yourself but seating is limited.
It will be leaving from The Men's Club at 10:15 so you do need to register at The Dana Adobe first.
C) Help with the BBQ. I will be starting the fire at 10 am. Chicken, beans, bread and salad.
If you would like to hang out around the pit, fantastic. If you would like to butter or slice some bread, even better! There is always something to do. Sell raffle tickets, play horseshoes, etc. so come out and have some fun!
D) Cleanup. It has to be done so the more hands the better.
I hope to see you all at some point on Sunday!
YIRS
Mike |
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Poker Run February 23rd
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Dear Rotary Members, Following is the information for the upcoming Poker Run on February 23rd.
Please forward this to your friends and family, business associates, fellow community supporters.
If you know someone in a car club, motorcycle club, or just a guy who likes to get his hot-rod out of the garage for the day, please invite them.
Sunday February 23rd Registration 9:00 – 10:00 AM / Dana Adobe, 671 S. Oakglen Avenue, Nipomo $30.00 = BBQ, Poker Hand & Raffle Ticket $10.00 = BBQ or Poker Hand BBQ starts at 1 PM / Nipomo Men’s Club, Corner of Tefft and Mallagh Street $250.00 CASH PRIZE FOR BEST HAND 50/50 Drawing and Raffle Please RSVP to Mike Streator at 805-896-2196 or mikestreator@hotmail.com Or Cees Dobbe 805-540-4748 or Cees@Dobbe.biz Thank you for all your help in making this a successful event!
YIRS
Mike
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Members,
This is a last minute reminder we are having our first golf tournament meeting tonight at 6 pm at Judy's house.
This years tournament is being co-chaired by both Howard and Barry so it is sure to be a big success!
I hope to see you there.
PRP
Mike |
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Rotary Members,
The first Golf Tournament meeting is taking place January 20th 6:00pm at Judy Henbury's home. All are invited to attend this very important planning meeting. Dinner will be served.
Thank You,
Jerry A
Club Secretary
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Fellow Rotarians,
If you would like to be involved in the planning of next years "Poker Run for Polio" fundraiser I will be having a committee meeting this Thursday, December 19th at 6 pm, 161 West Chestnut Street, Nipomo.
The purpose of this first meeting is to discuss possible dates, times, locations, costs and hosting facilities.
This meeting will include dinner and drinks so please RSVP to me by Wednesday if possible.
Bring all of your ideas and big smiles with you.
I hope you can make it!
Mike
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Rotary Members,
Thank you for all your effort in making this years canned food drive a HUGE success.
The official number of canned food donated by our club is 500!
I will match that number and bring our clubs total to 1000!
Great job!
I want to send out special thanks to Bill Pucciarelli for stepping up and taking on the role of Director of the Canned Food Challenge Response Team.
Thank you Bill! (I knew I would have to double check his count when he had to remove his shoes to use his toes to count after he ran out of fingers).
Also thank you Rodger Ridley for donating his winnings from this mornings raffle to go toward the food drive. Way to go Rodger! Thank you.
As always our club is unmatched in it's efforts to help our community and help those in need.
THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTRIBUTING!
Have a great day and I hope to see you this weekend at the parade.
YIRS
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Dear Rotarians,
Service Above Self
Those few words pretty much sum thing up.
I put out a small challenge to our club and in return received HUGE results!
Thank you all!
If you were not able to attend the meeting this morning, please bring some canned food to next weeks meeting.
Rumor has it there was over 200 cans brought in this morning! Nice!
Although I still need to verify Bill Pucciarelli's math.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
See you next week.
YIRS
Mike
THE BEST SMALL CLUB IN DISTRICT 5240
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Dear Members,
The Christmas Parade of Lights / Canned Food Drive is just around the corner and I have a challenging for our club.
I will personally match the amount of canned food that is brought in by our membership to the next 2 meetings.
You read that right. I will match ALL of your efforts so let's see what you can do with that.
The canned food drive was one of Paul Teixeira's passions so in his memory lets make this year another HUGE success.
Please raid your cupboards or throw a couple extra cans in your basket next time you go to the grocery store and bring them to one of the next 2 meetings, it's that easy.
We also have can collection boxes set up in Nipomo, one at Starbucks and one at CVS Pharmacy. Spread the word to your friends and family.
Have a great day!
YIRS
Mike
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As of today, we have collected 32 Taste of Italy tickets out of 100 tickets assigned to the Rotary. That means only 68 more to be turned in from our club members. We are definitely getting there . . . but we also have only 20 days before the big event!!!
I've heard from several of you that your tickets have been committed to be sold and you are just pending the collection of the money. Thank you for your efforts! For those that have not communicated to your team captains or to me, please let me know if: 1) You are having trouble selling or 2) You are still working on it and confident you'll have them sold before the event. Now is the time for us to help each other get these tickets SOLD!!! We also need Auction Items . . . so Judy and I will be contacting you directly for help!!! Again, thank you to those members that have already obtained an auction item for the event! There you go . . . that's my Rah, Rah speech!! Looking forward to seeing more tickets turned in on Wednesday!!! Go Team Rotary! |
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Dear Members . . . our fundraiser event is just around the corner!! So we really need to put a strong effort in selling those tickets within the next few weeks (because that is all we have)!! For those of you that have sold tickets, please please please bring them tomorrow to the meeting. If you've made a valiant effort to try and sell and not had luck . . . bring your unsold tickets tomorrow or give to your team captain so that we have an opportunity to try and sell them. This event takes 100% participation and we defiinitely have that buy-in from the Drama Department Parents this year! It should be a huge success if we all take accountability and do our part. If you can't sell your ticket, we ask that you try and bring in some donations for our auction! We can do this!! |
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Rotarians . . . As September comes to a close, we would like to recognize our Interactors as part of the New Generations month of Rotary.
So please show your support and come to this Wednesday's meeting as our Nipomo High School Interact Leaders take over! Also, the funds raised from "Brags & Fines" that the Interactors dish out during this meeting will be donated to the NHS Interact Club! They will run the meeting up until our regular scheduled program at 8am! Hope to see you all there! |
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Hello Rotarians,
GET READY.......... IT'S HOEDOWN TIME!!!! The BBQ crew should be at the north gate this Saturday at 9am and the rest of the crew can sleep in and show up anytime after 10am. They plan on serving at 1:30pm. We have 27 volunteers from our club helping out so it should be a fun day!
I passed out the car passes at this weeks meeting so if you did not get one let me know and I will leave your name at the gate. If you have not been there before it is PAST the main entrance to Hearst Castle. Keep going north on Hwy 1 and you will see the entrance on the right hand side of the road.
Any questions please call me.
See you Saturday.
YIRS Mike Cell 896-2196 Jim Anderson - Chicken BBQ Pit
Richard Simons - Beef BBQ Pit
Bill Pucciarelli - Bread BBQ Pit
Jim Harrison - Jocko's Beans and Salsa
Mike Streator - Salad
BBQ'ing for Hospice at Heart Castle - PRICELESS........
Thank you to everyone who is participating.
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To all Rotarians, Wow what a ride it has been. The Friends of Paul Teixeira put on a “simple” $10 Memorial BBQ and we end up with over 20k NET! That is just awesome for something that was put together in less than 2 weeks. Our Rotary club played a HUGE part in making this a success. We all played a small part individually. Together though, we made it BIG! To everyone who bought tickets, sold tickets, worked on it, brought volunteers to the BBQ etc. etc. Give yourself a big round of applause. The interesting thing is that many times when others or myself thank people for helping with this event they say; NO, thank you for letting me be part of this!!! Isn’t that cool……. Below in red is what Deanna posted on Facebook Where do I begin to thank everyone for all the love and support? To the BBQ crew - you are all amazing! What an impressive group you are! I love each of you so much. To everyone who bought a ticket or made a donation or just drove by to say hi, thank you!!! Our family is so appreciative and lucky to live in such a loving community. We know you all miss Paul too, and our love and thanks go out to you all for helping us through this very difficult time.
Are we living in a great community or what!!!!! See you all on Wednesday Cees Dobbe Home (805) 619-7027 Mobile (805) 540-4748 |
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Hello Fellow Rotarians, Wow, what a ride we are on with Paul's BBQ, what a great experience. We are busy planning, organizing and getting ready for PT BBQ DAY on the 27th Cathy Cachu suggested we all wear Hawaiian shirts that day and I think that is a great idea. Cathy and Ken Whittle are coordinating the volunteers so if you have not already contacted them about your availability , please do so. Right now we have over 1,450 BBQ tickets in circulation. A lot of those have been sold and for part of those I have already received the money. So now I need your help for our BBQ team to get as best of an estimate by Thursday how many tickets we really have sold, how many we did not and also how many of the tickets were sold but in your best estimate they will not show up to redeem them...... So at tomorrow morning's meeting I will be there earlier (what am I saying.....) and I would like the following from you · An account of how many tickets you have sold so far together with the ticket numbers · Money for the tickets that you have received so far (corresponding with the ticket numbers) I don’t need to know exactly who bought a specific ticket but I would like to know what money represents what range of numbers. · Give me your best estimate of the number of tickets you have sold where people informed you that they will for sure not redeem them
There is still a lot of week left before PT BBQ DAY so we can still sell more tickets If you know of people/organizations that need tickets let me know and one way or another we will get them there. Obviously if you need tickets yourself you can get those from me anytime or at tomorrow morning’s meeting Let us continue on this wild ride J Rotarily yours,
Cees Dobbe Home (805) 619-7027 Mobile (805) 540-4748 |
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Saturday, July the 27th the Friends of the Paul Teixeira Family are holding a BBQ in the Miner’s Parking Lot at the corner of Tefft Street and Mary Avenue. Paul was suddenly taken from us on June the 27th at just 57 years old, leaving his family and innumerable friends in stunned disbelief. Paul was heavily involved with the community his entire life and had given so much to any organization or person in need of help or money. This is the opportunity for our community to give back to Paul’s family, fund a Scholarship for his youngest daughter and to help with some of the issues that his wife Deanna now faces. Checks can be made out to the Paul Teixeira Memorial Fund Nipomo Chamber of Commerce, 671 West Tefft Street suite # 2 Nipomo – Healing Touch Day Spa, 180 South Mary Avenue Nipomo. Rabobank Nipomo, 615 West Tefft Street – St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, 298 South Thompson Nipomo – UPS store Nipomo 110 Mary Ave ste#2. The Mayor’s Place, 11 West Tefft Street, Nipomo – Streator Pipe & Supply 1441 South Blosser Road Santa Maria. Or you can e-mail cees@dobbe.biz, text (805) 540-4748 or call. Tickets donated by SloCo Data & Printing in Grover Beach. Meat, drinks and bread all donated by the Rotary Club of Nipomo. |
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Dear Members,
Last Saturday night at the District 5240 Awards and Recognition dinner our club not only won the Governors Gold Club of Distinction but for the first time in history, our club won the Best Overall Small Club in the District! Way to go Rotary Club of Nipomo! We should all be proud of our accomplishments this last year in serving our community. In reflection, I encourage you to take a few minutes and scroll thru the meeting pictures from this last year on our Clubrunner page. My goal as President was to not only to continue providing and supporting all of the services our club has done in the past but to make sure that we were having fun while doing so. I think the pictures support my effort. We have a great club and I thank all of you for your dedication and efforts this past year. It is so hard at this time to reflect when we have suffered such a great loss with the passing of Paul Teixeira. The healing process has begun but it will take a long time to fill the void left in our hearts. PAUL TEIXEIRA "SERVICE ABOVE SELF" He lived it. Now we must carry on the torch. YIRS Mike |
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Members,
Just a friendly reminder we will be dark this Wednesday. I would not want anyone showing up to Cypress Ridge and eating alone.
The 4th of July party is still going on Thursday at Jim Mills house.
2 PM -7 PM
510 Sandra Court
Nipomo
Your new President Harry Walls just got back into the country so I'm sure he will have some stories to tell.
YIRS
Mike |
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Rotary Family,
There has now been an account set up for private donations to the Teixeira family at Rabobank.
Checks should be made payable to "Paul Teixeira Memorial".
All Rabobank locations from Lompoc to Paso Robles and Cambria have been notified.
Please pass this information on to your friends outside Rotary.
Paul gave so much to other people, never asking for anything back.
This time we need to help his family as they have helped so many others in time of need.
YIRS
Mike |
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Rotary Family,
Paul's service will be as follows: Tuesday July 2nd Visitation 5:30pm Rosary 7:00pm / St Joseph's Church Wednesday July 3rd Funeral service 11:00am / St Joseph's Church Gravesite services following for the immediate family Celebration of Paul's Life Madonna Expo Center San Luis Obispo Please keep the Teixeira family in your prayers. YIRS Mike |
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Rotary Family,
It is with the deepest sorrow that I announce the passing of Paul Teixiera late last evening.
Please keep Paul's family in your thoughts and prayers.
I will forward information on his funeral arrangements as they come in.
I cannot put into words how deeply Paul will be missed.
We all loved him dearly.
YIRS
Mike
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Rotary Family,
As I am sure you now are all aware the 2013 Rotary Club of Nipomo Picnic is taking place under the direction of member Jim Mills on Thursday July 4th. If you have not heard the location is now back to Jims house; 510 Sandra Court, Nipomo 93444. Party is from 2:00pm to 7:00pm. This is official rotary meeting so all members and their families are encouraged to attend. This meeting will take the place of our regular Wednesday meeting July 3rd at Cypress. Jim wanted to stress that the Picnic is open to all Rotary family members and guests.
I promise that a good time will be had by all.
Yours in Rotary,
Jerry A.
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Members,
Last night the golf battle between Cathy and Peggy took place at Monarch Dunes.
It was more like a game of chess than golf.
Every time Cathy would make a move Peggy would counter attack.
The cat and mouse game went on for nearly three hours.
The restless crowd sat on the patio deck waiting (and drinking) to see who would emerge as the Rotary Women's Golf Champ.
The end result of the battle between Cathy and Peggy was a two stroke victory by long ball hitter Cathy Cachu.
It was not an easy victory for Cathy, Peggy gave her a run for the money all the way to the last hole.
Congratulations to both of you for a battle that will long go down in history.
I'm sure Cathy will be bragging next week.....
On another note.
Be sure to attend next weeks meeting. It will be one to remember.
Paul Teixeira repeatedly fined Judy Henbury this past week and next week guess who will be President....Judy. I hope Paul wears a suit of armor and calls out for a missile defense system backup because Judy is coming at him with both barrels loaded! Paul better head to the ATM machine because he is going to need it.
Everyone have a great weekend!
YIRS
Mike
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Members,
It's on tonight!
Girl VS Girl.
Rotarian VS Rotarian.
No this is not a mud wrestling event.
It's a golfing challenge.
Live from Monarch Dunes it's our own Cathy Cachu (longball hitter) VS Peggy Hesse (sneeky good) in a golf match that could be legendary.
They are playing for bragging rights with the best net score on 9 holes.
I have a feeling it might end up a tie but who knows what might happen.
There is one thing for sure. The cheerleaders (us) will be having cocktails on the patio when they finish their game.
So......
If your in the neighborhood and would like to enjoy a nice cold beer or perhaps a glass of wine on me please join me at Monarch dunes this evening around 6:00.
Have a great day!
Mike
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Harry, our incoming President is planning to start his year with a party! Reserve the date on your calendar! This will replace the Wednesday July 3rd breakfast meeting.
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Dear Members, What an awesome step down party! Thank all of you so much for the wonderful gifts and all the great friendship you shared with me and Lisa tonight. I sat down this evening and looked through the pictures in my new Rotary book and it really hit home. We truly have a great rotary family! Boy did we have some wonderful times this year! I will bring the book to next weeks meeting and share it with the club. We really did A LOT for our community. It was a real honor to be your President this year and I am lucky to have such great friends. Now I am going to cover up in my new monkey blanket (Thanks Al & Helen) and look through my big monkey gift basket. Who knows what I might find in there....... No monkey business YIRS Mike PS John Brantingham will be next weeks President so get ready for some more monkey jokes.... See you Wednesday |
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You don't want to miss this event. For more information and reservation please contact Cathy Cachu at cathy.cachu@rabobank.com
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Dear Members, Well it looks like the 17th Annual Mesa Oaks Rotary Golf Tournament was another big hit! Thank you Ken and Jeremy for chairing the event and making it another "fun" fundraiser! Thanks to the golf committee for planning this years event down to a "Tee" and following up by running a great tournament. Although this year many members were out of town on the day of the event, we still had a great showing of Rotarians and friends helping make things run smoothly. I am exceptionally proud of all our members! Whether you purchased a tee sign for your business or helped sell some raffle tickets, it takes many hands to have a successful event and that is why our club is so successful, we all participate! I'm looking forward to some bragging in the morning. Our club members just participated in The Pismo Beach Rotary Golf Tournament on Monday and rumor has it they won! Great job Jeremy, Cathy, Peggy and Bill! Have a great evening and I hope to see you all in the morning. YIRS Mike |
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Members,
Last nights Public Service Awards Banquet was another huge success! It is not often enough that we get to say "thank you" to the first responders that play such an important part in keeping our community safe. Special thanks to Barry Dunahoo and Paul Teixiera for making all the arraignments with the different agency's, making the plaques, and doing a great job presenting them to the recipients. And thank you Ken Shadle for a very inspirational invocation. Also a big thank you to Judy Henbury for arranging a great dinner! Last Saturday we also had 2, (that's right 2!), barbeques going on at the same time. Richard Dale headed up a prostate cancer fundraiser BBQ in Santa Maria along with Bill Pucciarelli and Ken Whittle helping him cook the 180 chicken half's. Rumor has it it was the best darn chicken in the county! Great job guys! Also we had a full crew at the Edward's Barn making our favorite Tri-Tip Sandwiches for the visitors of the Central Coast Greenhouse Growers Association event. Richard Simons did a fantastic job cooking the meat and all of our assembly team and sales team worked great together to make a work day fun! Of course I can't forget to thank Cathy Cachu for bringing the donuts! Also thanks to Cees for those wonderful strawberries! I don't know what he waters them with but they sure are sweet! Thanks to all of you that participated! The proceeds from this event will go to Rotary's continued effort to eradicate Polio. We will be making a 1200.00 contribution toward the cause! Great job! Additionally from the proceeds, our club donates 500.00 back to CCGGA in which they award a scholarships in our Rotary clubs name. What a win win event this is! Lastly, thank you to Judy Henbury for making all the arrangements last week for our fellowship trip to the Melodrama. It was a lot of fun and a great play! Thank you Judy!!! We serve our community and have a lot of fun doing it, this is why we are truly a GREAT Rotary club! Keep up the good work Rotarians! YIRS Mike |
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Dear Members,
April looks to be a busy month for our club! We have lots of activities going on and plenty of ways to help our community so if you have the time please jump in and participate! We may be a small club, but we are a MIGHTY club in terms of giving back! Check out our calendar on Clubrunner and you will see what makes us truly MIGHTY! Here is a quick look at what's going on. April 11th: Rotary Social at the Melodrama in Oceano. Should be fun! April 13th: Central Coast Growers BBQ / Cancer Benefit BBQ / District Assembly in Oxnard The Central Coast Growers BBQ is at the Edwards Barn and we could use some sandwich makers about 10:00 if you are available. We need about 200 sandwiches ready by 11:00 for all the helpers of the event. Richard Dale is heading up the Cancer Benefit BBQ in Santa Maria. Contact him if you can help out. April 15th: Board meeting at Mike Streator's house. 5:30 sharp! April 17th: NO MORNING MEETING! You can sleep in for a change! But don't forget that evening we will be honoring our first responders at our Public Service Awards dinner. 6PM at Cypress Ridge. There was a sign up sheet at yesterdays meeting and if you did not sign up there is still time to do so. Please contact me or Judy so we can give Cypress a head count. Spouses are welcome! April 20th: Relay for Life Rotary Team of Nipomo's goal is to raise 1000.00 and I need some help! Small contributions all add up so please help us meet our goal if you can. If you have never walked in the event you are truly missing out. Cancer never sleeps and does not discriminate. Please join the Rotary Team, come out on Saturday and get a little exercise while helping a very worthy cause. May 3rd: Golf Tournament! Keep those players and tee sponsors coming in! We are down to 3 weeks so now is the time! The next golf meeting is on April 22 so please contact Jeremy Moreno if you have any questions regarding the tournament. There are also other ways to help out this month: Colette is still looking for Bocce helpers so contact her if you have some free time. Practices are every Thursday in the Nipomo Regional Park from 5:30 to 6:30pm. Also going on this month is the 3rd graders book assembly. Please contact Al Daurio if you have the time to volunteer and help out. It's a true honor to be President of such a great club! Our community is a much better place because of all we do! Everyone have a great day! YIRS Mike |
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Dear Members,
This Wednesdays meeting will be held at Monarch Dunes Golf Course not Cypress Ridge. It will be in the Butterfly Grille Restaurant just behind the pro shop. I hope to see all of you there! YIRS Mike |
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Dear Members, Well, the 6'5" Easter Bunny showed his face at this mornings meeting and it looks like most Rotarian's went home with a little Easter treat! Thanks BIG GUY! And special thanks to the bunny's helpers Bill Pucciarelli and Cathy Cachu for putting on a fun meeting. We have been asked by The Food Bank to participate in a distribution program at Dorothea Lange school starting this summer. Anyone interested in watching the process can join me in Oceano tomorrow morning (Thursday) and see exactly what is being asked of our club. It takes place tomorrow at the Oceano Senior Center, 1580 Railroad Street at 8:45am. I hope to see some of you there! This Saturday is the Nipomo Recreation Associations Kids Day Easter Egg hunt in the park. They will be hiding over 15,000 eggs for the hunt! They also have bounce houses, face paintings, and carnival booths for all the kids. We will be selling hamburgers and hotdogs with all the proceeds going to the Nipomo Recreation Association. Come join the fun if you can! The BBQ crew will be there at 9am to set up and we should be selling burgers by 11:00. Come out and support our community, it's what we do! I hope to see you on Saturday. YIRS Mike |
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Dear Members,
On April 20th, Relay for Life will be holding it's annual 24hr relay walk at Nipomo high school. I have started the "Team Nipomo Rotary" and need your assistance in meeting our team goal of raising 1000.00 toward finding a cure. I have pledged 100.00 so we are only 900.00 away! Don't worry, I'm not asking everyone to walk for 24hrs straight, only the past Presidents (just kidding!). It only costs 10.00 to join the team so please help out if you can. Our team will not be limited to Rotarians so please invite your friends to join our team and help us reach our 1000.00 goal. The Nipomo Kiwanis are already at 830.00 so we have a little catching up to do! You will be receiving a separate invite from me and if you sign up before this Wednesday meeting maybe the Easter bunny will have a special treat for you! See you all soon. YIRS Mike |
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Dear Members, Bring your family and friends out to Monarch Dunes and enjoy a simple afternoon of corned beef and cabbage, green beer and good times with your Rotary Family. This will not be a pot luck but if you have a favorite St Patrick's day dish or dessert that you would like to share please do so. Please RSVP to me via email so I have a head count. |
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Hello fellow pancake makers and servers,
Tomorrow morning I hope to see your smiling faces at Nipomo high school for the annual Renaissance Pancake breakfast. We will be starting at 6:30 (whew!) but if you want to sleep in and not show up until a little later it's ok. You may get fined or receive a special award for being the last one to show up so be careful. Have a great day! Mike |
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Dear Members,
Last weeks Valentine's Celebration was once again a fun filled morning full of laughs and good fellowship. I think Jim Anderson has found a new profession as a game show host! Should we change his classification? Thank you Judy and Cathy for planning another great event! And of course thank you to all the contestants and their spouses for participating! We have several community events coming up in March so show your true Rotary spirit and volunteer to help out at as many as you can. After all, that is what we do! Here are a couple of events to look forward to in March. -- Friday March 1st : Renaissance pancake breakfast at Nipomo High School. Show up at 6:30am and join the pancake making fun! -- Sunday March 3rd: Help support South County Special Olympics by attending their Annual BBQ dinner, silent auction and raffle. 3:00pm - 5:00pm St Joseph's Church. 298 S. Thompson Ave. Nipomo. 12.00 per person includes tri-tip & chicken dinner. Call 544-6444 for tickets or email sanluisobispo@sosc.org -- Saturday March 9th and Sunday March 10th: BBQ fundraiser for "The Polished Pet" in the Miners parking lot. Sign up sheets will start this week. -- Sunday March 17th: Poker run for Polio fundraiser. 10:00am at Monarch Dunes. 25.00 to play. That will get us through the first half of March. More fun to come in the second half! See you all back at Cypress on Wednesday morning! YIRS Mike |
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Dear Members, Just a friendly reminder this week we will be meeting offsite at the Dana Adobe. If you show up for breakfast at Cypress Ridge you might be eating alone! Also this Thursday is United Blood Services blood drive in the Miners parking lot from 2-6pm. Find the hero in you, give blood! Have a great day and I hope to see you this Wednesday at the Dana Adobe. YIRS Mike |
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Dear Members,
January was a great kick-off month for The Rotary Club of Nipomo. We had some great speakers including our very own 4th district supervisor Paul Teixeira, who gave us an update on what's happening in the county and around Nipomo. Dan Thompson got us educated on the future changes of health care reform. We learned from Tom Puerling of Heli-Cal that parts manufactured right here in Santa Maria have made it to Mars on several different missions. Last week Odell Lee talked to us about his career in the CIA and shared some great stories with us. So what's coming up you ask? This Saturday is the STEPS to Eliminate Poverty Sustainably at UC Santa Barbara. Registration and breakfast start at 8:00am. All the information is on the Rotary District 5240 website or contact Bill Pucciarelli for more information. Next Wednesday you will have the privilege of Past President Cathy Cachu running the meeting! There may be some monkey business going on so it should be fun! The guest speaker will be Jim Talbott from SMOOTH transportation in Santa Maria. Then comes the Superbowl party! Come join the Streator's at 2:00 Superbowl Sunday for some good ole BBQ ribs, drinks and football. Should be a great game! On Monday February 4th, Rotary Club of Santa Maria South is celebrating their 40th year club anniversary. RSVP by February 1st to President Jane Kokkinakis at janek@russco.com if you are interested in attending. Then on Wednesday the 6th we will be meeting at the Dana Adobe to see the progress that been made since our last club visit. Everyone have a great weekend! YIRS, Mike |
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Dear Members,
Please join me this Wednesday as member Dan Thompson informs us on the new changes coming our way in health care reform. For those of you that missed the tree planting in the park on New Years Eve, Ken Whittle did another great job organizing the event and we planted 25 new trees in our community park! Thank you to all the members and their family and friends who participated in the planting. And special thanks to Richard Dale and Judy Henbury for a great BBQ lunch! Please join your fellow Rotarian's in supporting our own "Citizen of the Year", Sean Sure at the Nipomo Chamber of Commerce Installation and Awards Dinner on Thursday January 17th. Tickets are available at http://www.nipomochamber.org/ Also this month plan to attend the District 5240 Symposium to Eliminate Poverty Sustainably (STEPS) on January 26th. It will be held at the University of California, Santa Barbara from 8:00am to 3:30pm. You can register online at www.rotarydistrict5240.org or contact our International Service Director, Bill Pucciarelli for more info on the event. I hope to see you all this Wednesday! YIRS Mike |
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Dear Members, PS (from Colette) You can download the form from Download section of the web page. |
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Dear Members,
Happy Holidays! This last week was a busy one for our club. Thank you to all the members (and a few family members and friends) for Christmas Caroling this last week. We have one more evening of caroling this Thursday evening so be sure to join us and put a smile on some very deserving faces. Special thanks to Joyce Chrisman for scheduling the visits and making all 44 blankets for the residents of the care centers. Great job Joyce!!! Our Rotary Christmas party last Saturday night was once again a big hit. Special thanks to Jim and Suni Mills for opening up their home to our club and hosting a great party! And of course, thank you to all the members and their spouses for bringing all that great food! This Wednesday will be our last meeting of the year so come out and see Santa light up some children's faces with his special visit. I hope to see you all tomorrow. YIRS Mike Christmas Caroling (Last one!) December 20th 5:30 pm Santa Maria Terrace 1405 E. Main Street Santa Maria, Ca |
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Hello Members, What a great turn out this evening at Arroyo Grande Care Center! Thank all of you for coming out and making a special evening for some wonderful people. You can see by the smiles on their faces that they really appreciate our singing and company! Although the guys were out numbered by the girls, we still held our own on "The 12 Days of Christmas!". I hope to see you all at the Mills on Saturday evening for our Christmas party. Remember to bring your favorite side dish and share with our Rotary family. YIRS Mike |
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Hello Rotarians, Ken Whittle is once again planning to lead our Club into replanting trees in the Nipomo Park. This will take place on December 31st. Mark your calendars. If you would like to buy a tree, go to the Downloads section on the right side of this site and double-click on the Tree Replanting Project form. Complete it and return it to Ken. It is a fun way to end the year! Happy Holidays, Colette
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Dear Members,
Happy Holidays! As Christmas quickly approaches we will indeed be a busy Rotary Club again this week. Below is a list of the scheduled events this week: Monday December 10th, board meeting at Mike Streator's house, 5:30pm. There will be some elk chili and hot apple cider for those that can attend. If you have any special requests for the agenda please send them to me before Monday at noon. Tuesday December 11th, Christmas Caroling at 5:30pm, Country Oaks Care Center, 830 E Chapel Street, Santa Maria. Wednesday, December 12th, Rotary breakfast meeting at Cypress Ridge, 7:00am. Mike Foley will be our guest speaker. Christmas Caroling at 6:00pm, Villa Maria Health Care, 425 Barcellus Ave, Santa Maria. Thursday December 13th, Christmas Caroling at 6:15pm, Arroyo Grande Care Center, 1212 Farroll Ave, Arroyo Grande. Saturday December 15th, Rotary Christmas party at Jim & Sunni Mills house, 510 Sandra Ct., Nipomo. Jim hired a band so bring your toe tappin' shoes and be prepared to party! I hope to see ALL of you singing this week! YIRS Mike |
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Dear Members,
Thank you to all the members who participated this last weekend and provided many local Nipomo families with a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. Special thanks to Paul Teixeira and Ken Whittle for taking the lead in providing this great service to our community. The picture in the Adobe next week will probably show a long line of Nipomo Lions serving the meals to the community, but it was the Rotary club members who were up at the crack of dawn preparing the turkeys, setting up the tables and chairs in the church, decorating, and working in the kitchen in preparation for the event. Our Rotary Club ROCKS! This Wednesday we will have a "short" meeting at The Cypress Ridge Pavilion and afterwards all of you that can help with the turkey pull in Pismo Beach would be appreciated. Dress appropriately for the occasion, you might get a little grease on your shoes! I'll see you all on Wednesday! YIRS Mike |
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Dear Members,
Thank you to all the members that participated in the "Stomp for Innovation" barbeque last Saturday night. We had a great showing of Rotarians and helped the Lucia Mar Foundation for Innovation have a very successful fundraiser. Our own member Paul Teixeira turned a little purple during the event and hopefully we will have a little footage of the "Stomp-off" to share with those of you that couldn't make the event. Come join us this Wednesday morning at Blacklake and welcome Santa Maria Breakfast Rotary clubs current president Chris Hastert to the center stage. Chris will be our guest speaker and is the general manager of the Santa Maria public airport. Chris has offered to book our two clubs a private flight to Vegas for an "after hours step-down party" next year in June. It's too bad the plane only seats two people.....I wonder who he will take with him? Come on Chris, we have time to find a bigger plane, don't we? Anyway, back to business. Also at our meeting on Wednesday, Ken Whittle will give us an update on this next Saturday's community Thanksgiving event which is sure to be a huge success. The following Wednesday, November 21st, we will be meeting at the Cypress Ridge Pavilion. There will be no program that day, but get ready to get your hands greasy again. It's the annual Pismo Beach Police Officers Association Thanksgiving dinner and we have been once again honored with pulling apart 2800 lbs of turkeys for the event. That's right 2800 lbs!. Directly after breakfast we will head to the Pismo Beach Veterans hall and start preparing the birds for dinner. If you haven't had the fun of turkey pulling then you sure won't want to miss this event. I hope to see you all this Wednesday! YIRS Mike |
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For those of you that missed this weeks meeting, I announced that our club is helping the Lucia Mar Foundation for Innovation's fundraiser "Stomp for innovation" by barbequing the chicken and toasting the bread for the event.
The event is will take place from 5pm to 8:30pm at the Edwards Barn tomorrow evening. Please come by and lend a hand if you have time. You don't need to be on the BBQ team to participate! I will make sure we have some cold beer on hand and maybe a bottle of wine (or two). Our very own Paul Teixeira is going to stomp some grapes in a contest so let's all show up and support him. Hope to see you tomorrow! YIRS Mike |
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Hello Members, It is finally here, election day 2012! Just a friendly reminder, if you have signed up as a poll worker and don't remember your shift, please contact Bill Pucciarelli at wpucciarelli@comcast.net or call him at 805-264-4033 for your shift schedule. I will see the 6am shift in the morning, and since the Willow Road extension is now open I can sleep in an extra 10 minutes! If you didn't sign up and just have nothing better to do, come by and have some coffee and donuts! Have a great day! President Mike |
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Hello Members,
The Nipomo 4H is having their annual pie sale fundraiser this evening at St Joesph's Catholic church in Nipomo. A few Rotarians and friends will be manning the BBQ pit for the event. So........ I picked up a few extra tri-tips if you would like to come by and enjoy a little snack and maybe buy a nice pie to support them. The crew will be there at 5pm, I hope to see you there! Mike |
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Hello Members,
I hope you all had a great weekend enjoying the California sunshine! It's tough to beat life on the Central Coast! I'd like to thank our wonderful Nipomo Rotary BBQ team for doing a great job this past weekend at both the Willow Road opening reception and the Dorothea Lange School fundraiser, great job team! This week we will be meeting back at Blacklake and will have the honor of having our District Governor, Frank Ortiz as our guest speaker. Let's all give Frank a warm Nipomo welcome to our meeting. See you all tomorrow! Mike |
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Hello Members, Tomorrow is a big day for Nipomo! The Willow Road extension is finally completed and should be open to traffic on Saturday the 27th. They will be having a ribbon cutting tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 and a reception following at the Edwards Barn. Our club along with the Nipomo Chamber will be hosting the event so if you have the opportunity to help out in the afternoon that would be wonderful! The event is from 3 - 6 PM and we could use a little help between 3:30 - 4:00 to assemble some sandwiches if any of you have time. Also, this Saturday in the Miners parking lot, we are making 700 Tri-Tip sandwiches for the Dorothea Lange School fundraiser so if you have some time in the morning swing by and lend a hand. All we have to do is cook and slice the meat and the parents of the students are doing the rest. If you can't work it, at the least come by for some coffee and donuts and show your support for the BBQ crew. I hope to see each of you at some point over the weekend. If not, have a great weekend and I will see you next Wednesday back at Blacklake. President Mike |
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Hello Rotarians, October is heating up in Nipomo and our club is busy, busy, busy. This Saturday "A Taste of Italy" is set to be a great event so I wish all of you that purchased tickets the best of luck! Show up and lend your fellow Rotarians a hand and enjoy a fun evening in Nipomo. And just a quick reminder that we will be meeting at "The Hideout Coffee Shop" in Nipomo next Wednesday instead of Blacklake. Guess what then? Next Friday is the ribbon cutting for the Willow road extension and we have been summoned to BBQ for about 100-125 guests at the Edwards barn. The Chamber is going to be there to help so it should be a fun event. I'll have more details by next Wednesday's meeting but plan on a few hours in the afternoon / evening to help out if you can. We are so good we should be able to do this one with our eyes closed! Then, once again, on Saturday the 27th we will be helping out Dorothea Lange Elementary by cooking some tri-tip in the Miner's parking lot. All we are doing is cooking / cutting the tri-tip and bread. The parents and students are assembling the sandwiches so a hand full of Rotarians should be all we need to handle this one. If you can't make the morning shift then at least come by and buy a sandwich for lunch! Have a great weekend and I'll see you all next Wednesday. President Mike |
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Hello Rotarians,
Our Rotary family picnic on Sunday was a fun time for all! What a great Sunday afternoon! The beer was cold and the weather was perfect! Thank you all for sharing your favorite dishes and deserts! Great food!!!! I would like to personally thank Cees and Ilona Dobbe for opening their beautiful home to our club. We are extremely lucky to have such wonderful members and they are the best! Also a big thank you to Cathy and Judy, my favorite party planners. You girls rock! And a HUGE thank you to Jim Mills for cooking some great chicken and ribs! Finger lick'in good Jim! Boy did we have some heavy competition going on in the Corn Hole game. At the end of the day it all came down to this: "Ringers" Barry and Jerry -VS- "Sandbaggers" Harry and Dan. Boy was it a harry ending (no pun intended Harry). Every time Barry would throw one in the hole, Harry would top him. Every time Dan would think he had a point, Jerry would smirk and tame his thoughts with some crazy shot. When all was said, the 2012 Corn Hole Champions are Barry and Jerry, congratulations! You are true champions! This Wednesday we will have the drama club as our guest speakers. So..... If you need a little drama in your life.... See you Wednesday!!! One last reminder. This coming Saturday is Oktoberfest in the park and we are barbecuing so let Richard Dale know if you can help out. It's always a great way to spend the day!!!!! Have a great day! YIRS Mike |
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Hello Members,
I hope you all had a great weekend and caught up on some sleep because October is going to be a busy month for our club! Last weekend Bill Pucciarelli, Harry Walls and myself set off to the district conference on the Queen Mary and even with the 405 shutdown we all made it there without raising our blood pressure. Speaking of blood pressure, this Thursday, October 4th, there will be a blood drive in the Von's parking lot. Cee's will throw out a reminder to us tomorrow morning. This is an easy way of giving back, do it if you can! Harry will also give us an update on the district conference at tomorrows meeting that the queen herself would be proud of. Ha! This coming Sunday, October 7th, is our Rotary family picnic. Bring out the family and enjoy the afternoon with some fun and games. Cathy Cachu will make her final announcement tomorrow and if you haven't heard about it by now you might as well go back into hibernation for the winter. Then, just when you thought you heard it all, Octoberfest is here! On Saturday, October 13th, the good' ole Rotary BBQ team will be cookin' up some fancy BBQ for all of Nipomo to enjoy! Led this year by our own infamous BBQ'ER Richard Dale, we should have one heck of a cook out. Richard will be passing around a sign up sheet at tomorrows meeting so put your name on the list and help out! Don't relax just yet. A Taste of Italy will be on Saturday, October 20th.This is our second largest fundraiser for the year. Have you sold your tickets yet? Paul Teixeira is trying to set a record this year so any unsold tickets hand off to him. JUST KIDDING! We should get an update at tomorrows meeting, right? Tammi? Cathy? Paul? Anyone with info stand up and be heard! And then, just when you thought you could breath, another BBQ! On October 27th we will be doing a fundraiser for Dorothea Lange Elementary. We only need to cook, not serve. This one should be a breeze. I just need a volunteer to step up and run it for me, any takers? Also this month, our DG, Frank Ortiz will be at our meeting on October 31st. Let's all show up for this meeting and greet him with the respect he deserves. Lastly, our guest speaker this week is from Mike Brown from COLAB. It should be an interesting presentation. I will see you all in the morning! Your President Mike |
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Hello Members, I'm back from north of the Arctic Circle and happy to return to the sunny central coast. Boy are we lucky to live in such a beautiful area! I kissed the ground when I got off the plane. We have a last minute speaker change for tomorrows meeting and if you like ice cream you better not miss it. Greg Steinberger from Doc Bernstein's will be our guest speaker and rumor has it he will have some coffee flavored ice cream to get our morning kick started. Have a great afternoon and see you all in the morning. Your President Mike |
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Hello Rotarians,
What a great meeting this morning! I can personally say that when our club hands over a 3000.00 check to an organization that helps our wounded active military soldiers, we should all feels good inside. These solders paid the ultimate price for protecting our freedom and we are all in debt to them. Special thanks to Van Curaza and John O'Connell of Operation Surf, for all you do to help our wounded solders heal. What a great organization! I would like to re-cap a little on this past weekends Hospice Hoedown BBQ. Paul Teixeira did a wonderful job organizing the event and we fed 350+ people! We had 22 members plus a few spouses show up to work the event and it was truly a wonderful day! Great job Nipomo Rotary! Special thanks to Bill Pucciarelli for feeding all the members lunch. Boy there was some hungry vultures around the pit when it came time to eat. Great food Bill! I would also like to thank Colette for jumping in her car and making an emergency "chicken run" to Morro Bay. We might have suffered a pecking from the crowd if we ran out of chicken! Good call Chicken Anderson, I mean Jim. We also learned a valuable lesson. Jim Mills should have been properly trained in how to slice bread BEFORE cutting off his finger. But somehow his finger grew back by this morning. Could Jim be part lizard? Two last notes. This Saturday we will be having a roadside cleanup at 8:00AM. Meet in the Jocko's parking lot and Jim Mills will give you your assignment. The board meeting date has been changed to Monday August 20th at 5:30PM at my house. Have a great weekend! Your President Mike |
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Hello Rotarians,
What a great day! I would like to thank all the members who showed up at the fairgrounds this morning for my second meeting. It's always nice to get a glimpse of where our clubs hard earned money is going and I think we all agree that supporting our local youth at the fair is a great way of doing so. The kids work hard raising their animals and earn every penny they make off the auction. Special thanks to Judy Henbury for some great donuts, coffee and juice. Now that's what I call a breakfast of champions!!!! Thanks Judy!!! Dave Wright did a great job telling us about the fair, it's history, and plans for the future. You won't find a nicer gentleman than Dave. The fair CEO, Dennis Pearson was even there to give the new Rotary president (me) a little grief for the short 72hr notice of our meeting. I thought being a fair sponsor should have a little pull but I guess next year when they call me for my contribution I'll need an additional 72hrs to make up my mind! Ha! Now this is fun! Thank you to Dennis for getting us free parking and admission. I would like to say you all looked good in your jackets! There was some rattling in the crowd by the three "J's" (Jim Anderson, Jim Harrison & James Mills) about how I resembled Jorge the goat. Cees quickly fined them 5.00 each and they abruptly quieted down. Good job Cees. This could be a long year for the three J's. Jim Harrison indicated early on that he wanted to buy the fine free badge for the month of July but was quickly outbid by Ken Whittle for 55.00. Good job Ken! Oh, I mean sorry Jim, don't be such a tight wad and you could have owned it! That goat comment might haunt you Jim. Ha! Now back to business. This Saturday night we are barbequing for the AGHS 20 year class reunion. Bill Pucciarelli is heading it up and does need some more help! Please call him for details. 264-4033. Next week we are back at Blacklake so bring your smiles and wallets. Cees will be wearing his new hat!!!! Have a great weekend everyone! Sincerely, Your President Mike |
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Hello all you wonderful Nipomo Rotarians!
What a great kick off to a new Rotary year we had on the 4th of July! Thank you all for attending my first meeting, all I can say is WOW, that was a fun! I am looking forward to a great year as your new president. I would like to give special thanks to Sean Sure for cooking up some great burgers and dogs, and all the rest of you for sharing your great side dishes. Boy we had some great food! This Rotary Club sure knows how to party! My secret panel of judges has picked the winners for best patriotic dressed male and female candidates. Their names will be announced at my first meeting at Blacklake on July 18th in a special presentation. Thank you all for showing off your Red-White and Blue! I have two announcements for the upcoming week. My first board meeting will be next Monday, July 9th at 5:30. It will be at my house and there will be food and drinks for all so please let me know if you plan on attending. Next Wednesday we will have another offsite meeting. We will be meeting at the Santa Barbara County fairgrounds and our speaker / tour guide will be David Wright. He will give us some fair history and a tour of the fairgrounds. Wear your cowboy boots and maybe I can arrange for you to ride a steer or a goat. Just kidding... There is one simple rule to get FREE parking and Free admission into the fairgrounds. You MUST wear you blue Rotary jacket, it's that simple. That is your ticket in. Let's see how many Rotarian's can remember that rule. If you forget to wear your jacket it will cost you 5.00 to park and 1.00 admission plus a HUGE fine following week. Show off your Rotary blue and wear your jacket!!!! I will send out the parking and meeting details in another email on Monday because I am simply tired of typing and I'm sure you are tired of reading this letter. Have a fantastic weekend!!! Your President Mike Streator |
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Dear Members,
This is my first official email to you as your new club president! I would like to congratulate Cathy for such a wonderful year and to wish her the best in her retirement! Ha! I would like to remind everyone that we will NOT be meeting at Blacklake this Wednesday. If you show up for breakfast at Blacklake this Wednesday I'm sorry to say but you will probably be eating alone. We WILL be meeting at my house this Wednesday at 4:30pm and the official bell will ring at 5:00pm. This is a social event, so be festive and wear your best red, white and blue attire. Hamburgers and hotdogs will be the official meal of the afternoon so if you would like to bring your favorite side dish or desert and share with everyone that would be great. Spouses and friends are all welcome, just let me know if you are coming so I can provide everyone with a seat! Lastly, I am saddened to say that Cathy's sheriff department award which was left behind at her step down party has not shown up yet. I am offering a 100.00 reward for it's safe return, no questioned asked. If the person who "borrowed" it would like to remain anonymous, please just return it and we will not file charges. I look forward to another great year in Rotary! Mike Streator Rotary Club of Nipomo |
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Dear Members: We are updating our look on our website (www.nipomorotary.org) and on facebook (like us on facebook if you have an account). Big big thank you to Colette for researching the "Clubrunner" program which we have upgraded to. Also thank you to Guy Murrary for keeping us current with Facebook. Please check out these sites for a lot of fun pictures and information!! Other Business . . .
See you all on Thursday!! (ps go to our website for more pictures from the "Not So Newly Wed" Game) |
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The Rotary Club of Nipomo enjoyed a fun-filled breakfast meeting hosting the "Not So Newly Wed Game" the day after Valentine's Day!!!
Winning Couple: Cees & Ilona
Cees whispering "sweet nothings" to Ilona!? |
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Dear Members:
Somewhat quiet weekend for our club. Here's what's happening this week . . . 1. Program Speaker: Ben Coombs (our visiting Rotarian from Washington). Topic – “Getting Older Happens”. ("No comment" . . . from the youngest member in our club)
2. March 7th (Wed): The 18th Annual San Luis Obispo International Film Festival event is scheduled for this week at the new Cuesta College Theatre. Opening night this Wednesday is sponsored by various Rotary Clubs on the Central Coast (including Nipomo) and will be the new documentary “The Shot Felt ‘Round the World” . . .the surprisingly riveting story behind the development of the polio vaccine. Tickets to the event are $25. First showing is at 6:30pm. Sorry for the late notice. If you are interested, I can send you the attachment.
3. Don’t forget our Joke Challenge. In lieu of our Rotary Moment this week, we will open it up to our joke challenges . . . as we will need to decide which one we are going to use at the JOINT MEETING the following week!
Other notes . . . check out our Rotary display at the Nipomo Library. Also check our Rotary Website for updates: www.nipomorotary.org. See you all Wednesday! YIRS,  |
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Mark your calendars . . . Rotary Club of Nipomo's Mesa Oaks Charity Golf Classic is scheduled for Friday, May 4, 2012 at the beautiful Monarch Dunes Golf Course in Nipomo. This golf tournament is the club foundation's major fundraiser for the year. Proceeds raised through this event go towards funding youth & vocational scholarships as well as provide assitance to other worthy causes in the community to help seniors and those in need. For more information on how you can participate or become a sponsor/donor for the event, you can download the golf registration and sponsor forms on our website. You can also contact Golf Tournament Chair, Mike Streator, at (805) 896-2196. |
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Mark your calendars for Friday, May 4, 2012.
The Rotary Club of Nipomo is hosting its Mesa Oaks Charity Golf Classic at the beautiful Monarch Dunes Golf Course in Nipomo. This event is the Club Foundation's major fundraiser with proceeds raised to benefit the local youths, seniors, and other worthy causes in the community. If you would like to participate in the event or become a sponsor, the forms are readily available and can be downloaded from our website. For more information, you may contact Golf Tournament Chair, Mike Streator, at (805) 896-2196. |
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Fellow Rotarians:
Another exciting week in Rotary.
· The Renaissance Program Pancake Breakfast went off without a hitch. Over 400 students and 800+ pancakes (plus a few works of art). Thanks to all who helped out! It was very much appreciated.
· We Rotarians hit the front page of the Adobe News with our Dana Adobe Work Day!!! Thanks again Lou for working the media!
· Thanks to Richard Dale, Special Projects Chair, we have a nice coat rack to be installed at the Kindergarten Class, Rm #2 at Nipomo Elementary School. For those that can be present for the presentation and installation, it will be Monday (2/27) at 1:30pm.
· NHS Interact Installation & Celebration – reschedule for TUE 2/28 @ 12:00pm Nipomo High School. In lieu of an evening event and having to coordinate with student schedules, we will be presenting Interact Officer Pins and Member Certificates at a special Interact lunch meeting presentation. For those Rotary Members that would like to attend, please check in at the front office at the high school.
· Received a text from our President Elect, Mike Streator who is attending PETS (President Elect Training Seminar) this weekend. It “appears” (based on photos sent) that he is learning (?) some team building skills. We will have Mike give us his report on Wednesday. This should be good!
YIRS, Cathy F. Cachu Rotary Club of Nipomo |
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Move over I-HOP . . . there's a new player in town.
The Nipomo Rotary Club has found a new talent . . . the art of making pancakes. With over 400 NHS students being rewarded with a Pancake breakfast for earning GPAs of 3.0 or higher, the Nipomo Rotarians were tasked with cooking & serving over 800+ pancakes. Our Pancake Crew started the morning at 6:15am and were ready to serve the students by 8:00am. Great Job Rotarians! Photo gallery below includes some of our best art work!
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A collaboration of efforts from the Rotary Club of Nipomo and the three Santa Maria Clubs made for a successful "Group 12 Rotary Work Day" at the Dana Adobe. A surprise visit from DG First Lady Roxanne Nomura was well received, especially with her homemade chocolate chip cookies! Thanks to PR Director, Lou Gomez, the SM Times and KSBY were there to capture over 40 Rotarians at work! A Thank you to our BBQ Crew for providing the food and to Sunni Mills for the wonderful potato salad! View more Work Day pictures on our Rotary Club of Nipomo Facebook! |
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Well it looks like President Cathy and Judy Henbury have lured a new victim into the web of fun which is Rotary Club of Nipomo. We are certainly on a growth path this year, thanks to all! |
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Take a moment to read last weeks bulliten before the meeting tomorrow...
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A new slate of officers will lead the Rotary Club of Nipomo as it begins its 15th year of service to the community. Chartered in April 1997, the club has been a committed source of help to the area as members support charitable activities, youth and senior groups and other worthy causes both locally and throughout the world. More.. |
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It was a beautiful afternoon in Nipomo, and all was well with the world. Until... 5 PM, the Simons barn when the best and the beautiful of Nipomo Rotary started arriving to applaud, bless themselves and be thankful for the removal of our current dictator, the X president formerly know as Ingmar. Fun was had by all with Sheriff Simons and at least 6 deputies keeping a vigilant accounting of the movements of our former fallen President. After a great dinner and a few libations during the evening the "Step Down" officially started with the arrest of the varmint Ingmar. Nipomo is certainly not south of Pecos, we do however have a hanging Judge, a prosecutor, a sheriff, a Nun in a brown bear suit and of course the defense lawyer, our very own young and vibrant new president Cathy. As an unbiased observer, I have to say Cathy was no less than hot in her boots. I digresses. As the crowd was calling for the lynching of the hand cuffed rascal Ingmar, cooler heads prevailed and X president Ingmar is still with us today, it was a close decision though and will probably be debated for years to come. Take a look at the pics on the net, thanks to Guy For those not in attendance, you missed a great party and send off of President Ingmar, his emotional hand shake with the X First Lady brought tears to, well, I'm sure brought tears someone's eyes. |
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It's that time of year again when we celebrate, finally, the stepdown of our current fearless leader Ingmar. This evening will be marked with frivolity, libations and of course long boring speeches. In a effort to mitigate any misgivings by our current president, he has appropriately been left out of the planning for this event, well, honestly we wanted to make sure it was a success. Bill Bettencourt, planner, ex President, world traveler and pole dancer will be the MC for the evening as well as our token portage. Lets say thank you now to Richard Simons, he has generously agreed to host this swore at his luxury barn and sometimes cat house in Nipomo. Remember since Ingmar is the closest thing we have to a real cowboy, western duds will be mandatory for all you bulls, heifors and Paul Texeria. This event will be on Sunday June 26th, the evening will start at 5:00 with a much needed attitude adjustment and then at 6:00 a buffet dinner featuring, Prime Rib, Chicken Marsala and Cajun Salmon. Please RSVP to very own pole dance, Bill Bettencourt at; betnqt61@charter.net or 805-473-2849 |
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We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
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An optimist is the human personification of spring.
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Joint meeting Tuesday nite. 6 is cocktails, dinner at 6:30 at the Airport Hotel in Santa Maria.
Thursday - Board Meeting at Bill Bettencourts 5:30 he will tell the gate guard t let you in, but not them. Discuss scholarships ?
FRIDAY - Nipomo High School pancakes for Renaissance, early crew 6:30? servers needed 7:30 ? Cees is checking on times etc.
Saturday- Ricard Simons is BBQ chief for Chamber Casino night he may need some help.
Wednesday- sleep in or better yet, get what Ken Whittle got last week, no regular meeting !
Ingmar Lauringson
Rotary Club of Nipomo
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"Light the Night" is big success for Nipomo Rotary and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
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By 1pm and 90 plus degrees the lunch tables boards were replaced, the tetherball was welded. Mike Streators dad Jack showed up and helped with the welding. Mike, thank you for loading and bringing out the welder and doing the job working off the ladder in the front of the school while the rest of the crew was in the back.
The lunch tables boards were replaced by a crew that included members with Valley Fever, one with a bad back and another who dangerously overheated, all of whom had other things to do that day.
Jim Harrison provided some of the boards, Lucia Mar provided the rest plus the paint. Thank you to Mike E. and Jim for routing, priming and painting the boards ahead of time.
The Principal Brett Gimlin was there the entire day and worked very hard to improve the things for the kids at the school.
A big thank you to Mike Eisner, Jim Harrision, Mike Streator and Jack, Lou Gomez, Jerry Arseneau, and Doug Marohn for quite a day.
Ingmar Lauringson
Rotary Club of Nipomo
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The Hospice BBQ was a great success again this year under Richard Simons loving care.
28 Rotarian's and spouses worked long hours taking care of the Hoe Down guests at the Historic Hearst Ranch this past Saturday. Owner, Steve Hearst came by and was awed by the scope of our BBQ prowess and the dedication of our club to this project.
Let's give all who participated a big hand for their time and dedication to this project.
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Well it's official, Bill is out and Ingmar is in.
Bill had his tail burned off by his very close friends as we all enjoyed a great dinner and fellowship with our brothers and sisters Rotarians.
Lou did a great job in organizing the affair and had support from many in the club in preparation and clean-up.
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What a group, we came, we conquered, we drank beer and cooked over 300lbs of choice beef. This project was a great success for the 4th graders at Dorothea Lang as well as our club participation.
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The following personnel worked today from 09:00 untill 12:30 or so on the Senior Center.
1. Mike Eisner
2. Richard Dale
3. Rich Minero
4. Mike Streater
5. Jim Harrison
Again today Doug Marohn provided the tools and worked for a couple hours. We finished the project at the Senior Center three pictures of the finished product is inclosed.
If you were there helping and I missed you please let me know.
Thank you for all the help...
Jim |
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We all had fun this last Sunday at Judy's home for our annual Super Bowl Party. The cook was very happy BBQ'ing some of the best Baby Back ribs ever, the port helped also...
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What a great night planned for our annual Awards Dinner, May 12th at the Cypress Ridge Pavilion. Be sure to be there at 5:30 for a no host bar for cocktails and then a fabulous Mexican Buffet starting at 6:30. The awards presentations will start immediately after dinner. Remember, our meeting the morning of the 12th will be cancelled in lieu of the Awards Banquet. You can register on line for this event. |
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Thanks to the following Rotarians who worked January 16, cleaning Gene Score's yard, Bill Bettencourt, Mike Eisner, Mike Streator, Richard Dale, Cees Dobbe, Harry Walls, Tom Geaslen, Peggy Hesse, and Shawn Sure from Pismo Beach club.
And a big thank you goes to, Judy Henbury, Kathy Cachu, and Bonnie Eisner who prepared a great lunch for all of us,
Work was scheduled for ten to noon, a couple came early and all of us worked for three hours raking, chipping, loading, and hauling off leaves and droppings form Eucalyptus trees.
A good time was had by all, Again Thanks
Jim Harrison Community Service Director. Rotary Club of Nipomo |
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Be there for all the festivities associated with Judy's home and to a lesser degree the Super Bowl.
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The Nipomo Rotary Club has now increased its Internet presence.
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The October 6 Edition of the Nipomo Narrator has now been published and is available on Internet sites everywhere.
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The moment we have all been waiting for has finally come, we may regret loosing the sweet and I might say the innocent Lou, but big Bill is on the way. Bill's motto; I Will Pass the Buck!
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Great tourment this year, many thanks to Cathy and Jim for all they did to promote the success of the tournament this year. |
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Take a look at the Events Callender for all the up comming McGruffs locations and times.
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For any of our fund raising, our Tax ID# is 77-0407204 |
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Take a look at all the new Auction Items on this fund raising site and share with all your friends.
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Rotary International Convention
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We did great on our first try at C-Market. We learned a lot and we still have the next 8 monthes to continue marketing. Thanks to everyone who helped by donating items, became sponsors and sent the auction by email to their friends and neighbors. |
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December 14th at Cypress Ridge Community Room 5:PM For only $49 per person you will have the best meal, best entertainment, best fellowship and Bill Pucciarelli. What more would want from a Rotary Christmas Party. Black tie optional! Ho Ho Ho... |
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Lets get ready for C Market auctions, next to the Mesa Oaks Charity Classic, this will be our next largest fund raiser, so, get your email lists together, your auction items together and lets make this fundraiser a mind blowing success.
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Keep the 25th of October open to perform club service at the Nipomo Senior Center. We will be patching Drywall and painting it, Fixing PVC Piping, Removing some existing Copper and Galvanized Pipes, Repairing Screens and patching Floors.: Washing down walls and doors on the exterior of building and capping off unused electrical wires. Checking out existing circuits to find out why they are not working and repairing Faucets in Kitchen. So please keep this date open. Thanks Lee Wainscott Community Service Director.
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2009 RI Convention in Birmingham, England, 21-24 JuneBe a part of history and celebrate the 100th Rotary convention, which will take place in Birmingham, the heart of England! |
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Well, I survived my first Club meeting on July 2 nd as well as my first whole month - even though it seemed like July would never end - but it did. I want to thank each club member for seeing me through it. |
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Major Donor Richard Barton cheers on runners during a race to support a cancer care center in Hinsdale.
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Your voice, your solution for member retention
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Two clubs in Korea have set stellar examples for how to achieve the ambitious membership goal set by RI President Dong Kurn Lee this year. The Rotary clubs of Gwangju-Ibseog in Gwangju and Iri Dong in Jeonrabug held activities outside of club meetings to reach potential -- and in some cases, younger -- members. Both clubs exceeded their membership goals for the 2007-08 Rotary year. The Gwangju-Ibseog club nearly doubled its membership, from 69 to 132 members. During 2007-08, club president Sang Kwon Kim emphasized the importance of recruiting new members at every meeting. He asked members to promote Rotary to other organizations they were affiliated with, such as chambers of commerce. Once qualified candidates were identified, the entire club pitched in to support recruiting efforts. Members who brought in three or more new members received special recognition. The club also targeted younger members by organizing with golf and hiking groups. Informal fellowship events held after weekly meetings provided an additional opportunity for members to bond. Focus on fellowshipWith a similar focus on fellowship, the Iri Dong club grew from 112 to 152 members in 2007-08. Club leadership sponsored committees dedicated to golf, soccer, hiking, and other athletics. Both clubs also encouraged members to participate in each other's family events, such as weddings, to promote unity. "It is not easy to manage a club with 132 members," Kim says. "However, with the help from past presidents and members, we continue to develop new management techniques for larger clubs. It was a very rewarding year." Lee aims to increase membership worldwide from 1.2 to 1.3 million members in 2008-09. |
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