MEMBER NEWS
 
Peter Verhage reported his wife, Irina, has successfully completed carotid surgery on both sides and is recovering.   She should be back to normal activities in a week or so.
 
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS
 
Bill Pucciarelli - Sept. 27th.
 
HELP THE TRILOGY SERVICE CLUB
 
The Trilogy Service Club volunteered for our golf tournament last year.   Let's return the favor.   They are having a  food drive to support the Nipomo Food Basket Friday, Sept. 4th, at the Monarch Activity Center parking lot (next door to the Butterfly Grill). The food drive is from 9AM - 4:00PM.  The barrels will be out in front of the Monarch Activity Center Sept. 1 thru 3 in case you can't get by on Friday.  The Nipomo Food Basket is currently in need of  Beans, Pasta/Spaghetti, Cans of Tuna/Chicken, Soup, Cans of Vegetables, Tomato Sauce, Cereal, Rice, Coffee, Dairy (Instant Milk), Crackers, Mayonnaise, Peanut Butter and Popcorn.
 
DISTRICT 5240 GRANT
 
The District grant was completed this week with a plaque presentation to Jennifer Bowen, Principal of Alternative Education at the Lucia Mar School district.   George DuBois and Ed Harris inspected the Speed Queen Washer and Dryer installed at the Lopez High School campus.  The grant was completed in conjunction with the Five Cities Eco Rotary Club.  It included the purchase of body wash, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, tampons, underwear, socks, t-shirts and leggings for the girls.   The school counselor reported to us that under normal circumstances 70% of the students work.    However, during the pandemic, many are not working.
 
 
 
 
FUNDRAISER
 
The board voted to join at least four other local clubs, Arroyo Grande, Pismo Five Cities,Grover Beach and the Eco Club, in a virtual raffle.   Each club will put up two $500 prizes.  Raffle tickets will be $25/each.  Each club keeps all the money for the tickets they sell.  So, the more tickets we sell, the more money we raise.    When the details are finalized, we will ensure everyone is aware. 
 
 
STEP UP FOR ROTARY
 
oin me in raising money for Polio Plus in the District Challenge.   It is a challenge to get up and move either walking, biking, swimming you name it.  I am donating $5. for every round of golf I play.   You can get someone to sponsor you or sponsor yourself.   You can make a team and raise money for Polio Plus!  The website is www.stepupforrotary.com.

 
Stay Safe!
 
Ed Harris
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stories
Weekly Rotary Meeting via Zoom  August 26 2020
Ed Harris presided over his 8th meeting as President.
John Brantingham introduced him and Ken Shadle lead us in Prayer.
 
Peggy Hesse lead us in our Pledge of Allegiance.
 
Community Service Report:
Jim Harrison discussed the discontinued Food Distribution Program.
*Road Clean up signs have been purchased and installed on Thompson Road.
*Center Divider Clean up on Tefft Road.
* Smoke detectors replacement for those unable to do the task can be performed by Cal Fire.
*Washer & Dyer was installed at the Lopez Continuation School. This was accomplished with a District Grant and in cooperation with the 5 Cities Eco Club.
 
Brags:
Roger Ridley bragged about the birth of his daughter in 1971.
Harry Walls disappointed grandson has started his College education from home!
Peggy bought a house for her kids to live in and she made sure it had an extra bedroom for her visits.
Jim Harrison bragged about his son having a Birthday.
 
Announcements:
 
Cees reported on the successful Nipomo Blood drive with 42 donors.
Peters wife had surgery and at the time of the meeting her condition was unknown. At least 2 members followed up and we are happy to report that she is recovering nicely from her 2nd Carotid surgery this year.
Step up to Rotary is a good way to give as the Gates Foundation match your contribution 3x.
Jim Harrisons son is recovering from a Heart Attack.
Mario is leading the clean up team 9/12/20 in front of Vons at 7am. He can use our help.
 
Guest Speaker Nick Thompson of NKT Commercial spoke about his plans for the new residential development in Nipomo known as the Dana Reserve. A 280 acre parcel with a master planned community which is envisioned to capture the essence of the Central Coast. Living Simply - Working Locally.
He discussed water and how it will be obtained, used and returned.
It was an interesting talk with numerous questions to follow. For more information go to LiveDanaReserve.com
Read more...
Rotary Zoom meeting August 19, 2020
President Ed Harris presided over his 8th meeting.
 
John opened the meeting with a witty introduction as is his style.
As Ben Franklin said"Well done is better than well said"
 
We had 3 guests join us this morning.
Jackie Walls
Monzur
Patty Carpenter
 
Ken Shadle brought our thoughts to the divine with a beautiful prayer.
 
Lee Baggett lead the group with the Pledge of Allegiance. 
 
Bill Piccirelli presented the "Rotary Minute" with a story about the history of Rotary Ann.
 
Brags? we had a few.
Roger Ridley bragged about his granddaughter.
Kelly Richert bragged about her successful accomplishment of being a leader of a work related "Team Building" event.
Ed Harris just reached full retirement age and lived to talk about it!
 
Announcements: 
 
Jim Harrison announced that the food distribution program has been discontinued.
Bob Spellman has recently had knee replacement surgery. Lets keep him in our thoughts.
Step up to Polio program is always in need of funds.
As a fund raiser keep an eye out for the Virtual Raffle. $25.00 ticket with a $500.00 dollar prize for the lucky winner.
Cees Hobbs announced that the Blood Drive that had to switch locations has been completely booked. 44 people signed up.
 
Guest speaker Patty Carpenter gave a presentation on the "BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS" program in SLO county.
The program has been operating for 25 years.
Their Mission Statement:
Our mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
 
We partner with parents/guardians, volunteers and others in the community and hold ourselves accountable for each child in our program achieving:
 
*Higher aspirations, greater confidence and better relationships*
 
*Avoidance of risky behaviors*
 
*Educational success*
 
Patty explained the two programs (1) school based and (2) community based.
 
A high light was Jackie Walls sharing her inspirational story as a Big Sister starting in Orange County in 1972 and the positive effect it had not only on her "little" but also herself. 
Little did she know it would be a life long relationship.
Read more...
New Story August 06 2020
Meeting #5 of President Ed Harris took place on August 5, 2020
 
Last week in lieu of a Zoom meeting members met at 3 different locations for a socially distant Happy Hour. It seemed to be enjoyed by all who participated .
 
John introduced our president with his usual and much appreciated humor.
 
Prayer was lead by Ken Shadle
 
Jerry lead us in the Pledge of our Alegiance to our flag.
 
Roger Ridley gave us our "Moment in History"
Regaling us with historical facts from 1763 unto 1981.
 
Brags!
 
Judy bragged about her new car.
Odell bragged about his son making the 1/4 finals in a screen play competition.
John Brantingham had something to brag about. 51 years of marriage and apparently to the same person!
Kelly Rickert celebrated another successful trip around the sun.
Walter Con joined the club. The Medicare club.
Ceese spoke of his adventures as a traveling 18 year old.
Kat Stowell has a daughter who just celebrated her 36 year birthday & she and Rudy observed their 24 year wedding anniversary.
George bragged about his move from Rhode Island to take up esidence here in Nipomo 9 years ago.
Jim Harrison bragged about his step daughters birthday.
It seems John's brag was the most lucrative and that fact earned him a brand new face mask!
 
We all sang Happy Birthday to Kelly.
 
Lee Carrol gave a very nice introduction to this weeks guest speaker:
Deb Linden our very own District Governor.
Her inspiring motivational talk had us question life in Nipomo with out a Rotary Club.
in addition she had us cover such topics as:
(1) The Rotary Foundation
 
(2) Learning to adapt to change. She remarked that resisting change was akin to holding ones breath. Even if successful it doesn't end well.
 
(3) Grow Rotary and the need to reverse the decline in membership. We heard about the new public service ads.
 
(4) Polio Jeopardy a light hearted approach to a serious subject.
 
(5)New area of focus is Supporting the Environment.
 
(6) News of the upcoming Virtual Conference in November.
       Call to Action
       Be Creative
       Be Kind
To end her talk she shared an important sentiment from Mother Teresa:
"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love." 
 
George Dubois was awarded a certificate for his hard work and  dedication.
 
Ron Willis earned a Paul Harris award.
 
Passport Clubs are an alternate model of club for those who wish to serve but regular meetings don't fit their time or budget.
 
 Rotary Club Meeting ended and was immediately followed by a board meeting.
 
(7)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Read more...
ROTARY ZOOM MEETING
President Ed Harris presided over his 4th Rotary meeting Wednesday July 22, 2020
John introduced Ed with a quote from Napoleon Hill "More gold is mined from the thoughts of men than the earth"
A beautiful sentiment and so apropos as our guest speaker would be speaking on the history of the Gold Coast of Africa.
 
Ken Shadle lead us in prayer.
 
Roger lead us in our Pledge of Allegiance.
 
Brags:
Roger Ridley bragged about his wife Christine's recent Birthday and he celebrated the occasion with an Electric Boat ride on Morro Bay.
George Dubois shared with us his wife Mary had a birthday.
Odell bragged Nora had a birthday.
Bill Pucirelli bragged that his daughter was pregnant and he would soon have 11 grandchildren!
Peggy bragged she was leaving the meeting early.
Ken White bragged that he and his wife Zoomed with family overseas on the occasion of the birth of a grand baby.
 
Announcements:
Please remember we are not Zoom meeting next Wednesday.Instead we will be gathering in small groups at members homes for Happy Hour.
Contact Judy if you are interested in attending.
 
Committee Reports:
 Bruce Beaudoin  spoke at length on the Rotary Foundation and the excellent work they accomplish in the world dealing with such things but not limited to peace, clean water, health and education.
He reminded us to keep abreast of all the activities by logging into Rotary .org and My rotary.org.
 
Guest speaker was notable Nipomo resident Dr. Herbert Cole Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Barbara. His topic was Royal Arts Of Africa in Ghana. Focusing on Gold and Textiles.
His topic was a subject near and dear to his heart and one that he is amply qualified to speak about as he is the author of 11 books and 60 articles having curated 12 exhibitions including the Smithsonian and the L.A. Museum of Art. Dr. Cole has spent considerable time in Africa doing his research.
He let us know that Ghana a country about the size of New England with the population of Texas has a rich history with art, textiles and gold.
Because the country historically had no written script and the general population was illiterate the kingdom employed Moslems to keep written records for the King.
Europeans began arriving with the Portuguese leading the way in 1480 in search of the gold.
We were able to see multiple examples on screen of the beautiful art and textile of the region and as Professor Cole wove the history and sacredness of gold to the people of Ghana.
Today Ghana is a democracy and free of European rule.
After a few questions our meeting came to an end but not before Ken White was awarded a Rotary Mask for having the most lucrative brag.
 
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JULY 15, 2020 ROTARY CLUB OF NIPOMO 
Our Rotary meeting started on time and with no known technical glitches.
This was the 3rd meeting for President Ed Harris.
John started us off with an amusing introduction and
Ken Shadle lead us in prayer.
 
Harry lead us with our Pledge of Allegiance.
 
Roger (play ball!) Ridley gave us "our Moment in History".
He started with the Christian Crusades in 1099 cruised through history with such interesting facts about baseball history, the establishment of Boeing Aircraft, the creation of penicillin and all the way to 1971 when President Nixon announced his historic planned visit to China.
July 15 was indeed a very busy day in history.
 
Bill Puccirelli presented the "Rotary Moment" by giving us the history and meaning of the Rotary Flag.
Created in Kansas City Missouri in 1915. He shared how the flag made its way to the South Pole with Admiral Bird in 1922!
Brags
Harry bragged about his most recent birthday.
Lou bragged about her only daughters 51st birthday.
 
Announcements:
Jim Harrison reminded us that help is not only welcomed but needed for the Food Program.
Tuesday at Dana Elementary School
Wednesday at Nipomo High School
Both days are 11am-1pm
Lifting required!
President Harris ask us to be on the look out for an upcoming survey concerning meetings.
It was announced that it was Peer Verheis birthday.
 
Guest Speaker Thomas Kessler from the SLO History Center 696 Monterey Street SLO
gave a talk on the history of the Dalidet family and their influence on the development of San Luis Obispo.
Pierre Dalidet born in France in 1820 and after serving in the Military made his way to the California gold fields.
Having tried his hand at that he decided to move to Mexico but ended up in SLO.
He and his wife had 9 children of which seven lived past childhood.
Like many families there were complex relationships and eventually some estrangement. I guess that can happen when one brother shoots another. ( I bet Thanksgiving was awkward that year!) Juan after shooting his brother Edo and being acquitted moved to Mexico, married had a family and became quite successful in the silver mining industry. The family is still in that region. The other siblings never had children and the last heir of the Dalidet Adobe willed the property to the History society.
Thomas reminded us early on in his presentation that the PAST MATTERS. Much of the same goals, struggles and motivations of our ancestors relate to our own in this age.
 
The meeting ended with a Rotary face mask being presented to Harry Walls. I guess Harry's wife will be up to the task of making him a shirt in matching fabric!
Read more...
Stories
Weekly Rotary Meeting via Zoom  August 26 2020
Ed Harris presided over his 8th meeting as President.
John Brantingham introduced him and Ken Shadle lead us in Prayer.
 
Peggy Hesse lead us in our Pledge of Allegiance.
 
Community Service Report:
Jim Harrison discussed the discontinued Food Distribution Program.
*Road Clean up signs have been purchased and installed on Thompson Road.
*Center Divider Clean up on Tefft Road.
* Smoke detectors replacement for those unable to do the task can be performed by Cal Fire.
*Washer & Dyer was installed at the Lopez Continuation School. This was accomplished with a District Grant and in cooperation with the 5 Cities Eco Club.
 
Brags:
Roger Ridley bragged about the birth of his daughter in 1971.
Harry Walls disappointed grandson has started his College education from home!
Peggy bought a house for her kids to live in and she made sure it had an extra bedroom for her visits.
Jim Harrison bragged about his son having a Birthday.
 
Announcements:
 
Cees reported on the successful Nipomo Blood drive with 42 donors.
Peters wife had surgery and at the time of the meeting her condition was unknown. At least 2 members followed up and we are happy to report that she is recovering nicely from her 2nd Carotid surgery this year.
Step up to Rotary is a good way to give as the Gates Foundation match your contribution 3x.
Jim Harrisons son is recovering from a Heart Attack.
Mario is leading the clean up team 9/12/20 in front of Vons at 7am. He can use our help.
 
Guest Speaker Nick Thompson of NKT Commercial spoke about his plans for the new residential development in Nipomo known as the Dana Reserve. A 280 acre parcel with a master planned community which is envisioned to capture the essence of the Central Coast. Living Simply - Working Locally.
He discussed water and how it will be obtained, used and returned.
It was an interesting talk with numerous questions to follow. For more information go to LiveDanaReserve.com
Read more...
Rotary Zoom meeting August 19, 2020
President Ed Harris presided over his 8th meeting.
 
John opened the meeting with a witty introduction as is his style.
As Ben Franklin said"Well done is better than well said"
 
We had 3 guests join us this morning.
Jackie Walls
Monzur
Patty Carpenter
 
Ken Shadle brought our thoughts to the divine with a beautiful prayer.
 
Lee Baggett lead the group with the Pledge of Allegiance. 
 
Bill Piccirelli presented the "Rotary Minute" with a story about the history of Rotary Ann.
 
Brags? we had a few.
Roger Ridley bragged about his granddaughter.
Kelly Richert bragged about her successful accomplishment of being a leader of a work related "Team Building" event.
Ed Harris just reached full retirement age and lived to talk about it!
 
Announcements: 
 
Jim Harrison announced that the food distribution program has been discontinued.
Bob Spellman has recently had knee replacement surgery. Lets keep him in our thoughts.
Step up to Polio program is always in need of funds.
As a fund raiser keep an eye out for the Virtual Raffle. $25.00 ticket with a $500.00 dollar prize for the lucky winner.
Cees Hobbs announced that the Blood Drive that had to switch locations has been completely booked. 44 people signed up.
 
Guest speaker Patty Carpenter gave a presentation on the "BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS" program in SLO county.
The program has been operating for 25 years.
Their Mission Statement:
Our mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
 
We partner with parents/guardians, volunteers and others in the community and hold ourselves accountable for each child in our program achieving:
 
*Higher aspirations, greater confidence and better relationships*
 
*Avoidance of risky behaviors*
 
*Educational success*
 
Patty explained the two programs (1) school based and (2) community based.
 
A high light was Jackie Walls sharing her inspirational story as a Big Sister starting in Orange County in 1972 and the positive effect it had not only on her "little" but also herself. 
Little did she know it would be a life long relationship.
Read more...
New Story August 06 2020
Meeting #5 of President Ed Harris took place on August 5, 2020
 
Last week in lieu of a Zoom meeting members met at 3 different locations for a socially distant Happy Hour. It seemed to be enjoyed by all who participated .
 
John introduced our president with his usual and much appreciated humor.
 
Prayer was lead by Ken Shadle
 
Jerry lead us in the Pledge of our Alegiance to our flag.
 
Roger Ridley gave us our "Moment in History"
Regaling us with historical facts from 1763 unto 1981.
 
Brags!
 
Judy bragged about her new car.
Odell bragged about his son making the 1/4 finals in a screen play competition.
John Brantingham had something to brag about. 51 years of marriage and apparently to the same person!
Kelly Rickert celebrated another successful trip around the sun.
Walter Con joined the club. The Medicare club.
Ceese spoke of his adventures as a traveling 18 year old.
Kat Stowell has a daughter who just celebrated her 36 year birthday & she and Rudy observed their 24 year wedding anniversary.
George bragged about his move from Rhode Island to take up esidence here in Nipomo 9 years ago.
Jim Harrison bragged about his step daughters birthday.
It seems John's brag was the most lucrative and that fact earned him a brand new face mask!
 
We all sang Happy Birthday to Kelly.
 
Lee Carrol gave a very nice introduction to this weeks guest speaker:
Deb Linden our very own District Governor.
Her inspiring motivational talk had us question life in Nipomo with out a Rotary Club.
in addition she had us cover such topics as:
(1) The Rotary Foundation
 
(2) Learning to adapt to change. She remarked that resisting change was akin to holding ones breath. Even if successful it doesn't end well.
 
(3) Grow Rotary and the need to reverse the decline in membership. We heard about the new public service ads.
 
(4) Polio Jeopardy a light hearted approach to a serious subject.
 
(5)New area of focus is Supporting the Environment.
 
(6) News of the upcoming Virtual Conference in November.
       Call to Action
       Be Creative
       Be Kind
To end her talk she shared an important sentiment from Mother Teresa:
"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love." 
 
George Dubois was awarded a certificate for his hard work and  dedication.
 
Ron Willis earned a Paul Harris award.
 
Passport Clubs are an alternate model of club for those who wish to serve but regular meetings don't fit their time or budget.
 
 Rotary Club Meeting ended and was immediately followed by a board meeting.
 
(7)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Read more...
ROTARY ZOOM MEETING
President Ed Harris presided over his 4th Rotary meeting Wednesday July 22, 2020
John introduced Ed with a quote from Napoleon Hill "More gold is mined from the thoughts of men than the earth"
A beautiful sentiment and so apropos as our guest speaker would be speaking on the history of the Gold Coast of Africa.
 
Ken Shadle lead us in prayer.
 
Roger lead us in our Pledge of Allegiance.
 
Brags:
Roger Ridley bragged about his wife Christine's recent Birthday and he celebrated the occasion with an Electric Boat ride on Morro Bay.
George Dubois shared with us his wife Mary had a birthday.
Odell bragged Nora had a birthday.
Bill Pucirelli bragged that his daughter was pregnant and he would soon have 11 grandchildren!
Peggy bragged she was leaving the meeting early.
Ken White bragged that he and his wife Zoomed with family overseas on the occasion of the birth of a grand baby.
 
Announcements:
Please remember we are not Zoom meeting next Wednesday.Instead we will be gathering in small groups at members homes for Happy Hour.
Contact Judy if you are interested in attending.
 
Committee Reports:
 Bruce Beaudoin  spoke at length on the Rotary Foundation and the excellent work they accomplish in the world dealing with such things but not limited to peace, clean water, health and education.
He reminded us to keep abreast of all the activities by logging into Rotary .org and My rotary.org.
 
Guest speaker was notable Nipomo resident Dr. Herbert Cole Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Barbara. His topic was Royal Arts Of Africa in Ghana. Focusing on Gold and Textiles.
His topic was a subject near and dear to his heart and one that he is amply qualified to speak about as he is the author of 11 books and 60 articles having curated 12 exhibitions including the Smithsonian and the L.A. Museum of Art. Dr. Cole has spent considerable time in Africa doing his research.
He let us know that Ghana a country about the size of New England with the population of Texas has a rich history with art, textiles and gold.
Because the country historically had no written script and the general population was illiterate the kingdom employed Moslems to keep written records for the King.
Europeans began arriving with the Portuguese leading the way in 1480 in search of the gold.
We were able to see multiple examples on screen of the beautiful art and textile of the region and as Professor Cole wove the history and sacredness of gold to the people of Ghana.
Today Ghana is a democracy and free of European rule.
After a few questions our meeting came to an end but not before Ken White was awarded a Rotary Mask for having the most lucrative brag.
 
Read more...
JULY 15, 2020 ROTARY CLUB OF NIPOMO 
Our Rotary meeting started on time and with no known technical glitches.
This was the 3rd meeting for President Ed Harris.
John started us off with an amusing introduction and
Ken Shadle lead us in prayer.
 
Harry lead us with our Pledge of Allegiance.
 
Roger (play ball!) Ridley gave us "our Moment in History".
He started with the Christian Crusades in 1099 cruised through history with such interesting facts about baseball history, the establishment of Boeing Aircraft, the creation of penicillin and all the way to 1971 when President Nixon announced his historic planned visit to China.
July 15 was indeed a very busy day in history.
 
Bill Puccirelli presented the "Rotary Moment" by giving us the history and meaning of the Rotary Flag.
Created in Kansas City Missouri in 1915. He shared how the flag made its way to the South Pole with Admiral Bird in 1922!
Brags
Harry bragged about his most recent birthday.
Lou bragged about her only daughters 51st birthday.
 
Announcements:
Jim Harrison reminded us that help is not only welcomed but needed for the Food Program.
Tuesday at Dana Elementary School
Wednesday at Nipomo High School
Both days are 11am-1pm
Lifting required!
President Harris ask us to be on the look out for an upcoming survey concerning meetings.
It was announced that it was Peer Verheis birthday.
 
Guest Speaker Thomas Kessler from the SLO History Center 696 Monterey Street SLO
gave a talk on the history of the Dalidet family and their influence on the development of San Luis Obispo.
Pierre Dalidet born in France in 1820 and after serving in the Military made his way to the California gold fields.
Having tried his hand at that he decided to move to Mexico but ended up in SLO.
He and his wife had 9 children of which seven lived past childhood.
Like many families there were complex relationships and eventually some estrangement. I guess that can happen when one brother shoots another. ( I bet Thanksgiving was awkward that year!) Juan after shooting his brother Edo and being acquitted moved to Mexico, married had a family and became quite successful in the silver mining industry. The family is still in that region. The other siblings never had children and the last heir of the Dalidet Adobe willed the property to the History society.
Thomas reminded us early on in his presentation that the PAST MATTERS. Much of the same goals, struggles and motivations of our ancestors relate to our own in this age.
 
The meeting ended with a Rotary face mask being presented to Harry Walls. I guess Harry's wife will be up to the task of making him a shirt in matching fabric!
Read more...
Stories
Weekly Rotary Meeting via Zoom  August 26 2020
Ed Harris presided over his 8th meeting as President.
John Brantingham introduced him and Ken Shadle lead us in Prayer.
 
Peggy Hesse lead us in our Pledge of Allegiance.
 
Community Service Report:
Jim Harrison discussed the discontinued Food Distribution Program.
*Road Clean up signs have been purchased and installed on Thompson Road.
*Center Divider Clean up on Tefft Road.
* Smoke detectors replacement for those unable to do the task can be performed by Cal Fire.
*Washer & Dyer was installed at the Lopez Continuation School. This was accomplished with a District Grant and in cooperation with the 5 Cities Eco Club.
 
Brags:
Roger Ridley bragged about the birth of his daughter in 1971.
Harry Walls disappointed grandson has started his College education from home!
Peggy bought a house for her kids to live in and she made sure it had an extra bedroom for her visits.
Jim Harrison bragged about his son having a Birthday.
 
Announcements:
 
Cees reported on the successful Nipomo Blood drive with 42 donors.
Peters wife had surgery and at the time of the meeting her condition was unknown. At least 2 members followed up and we are happy to report that she is recovering nicely from her 2nd Carotid surgery this year.
Step up to Rotary is a good way to give as the Gates Foundation match your contribution 3x.
Jim Harrisons son is recovering from a Heart Attack.
Mario is leading the clean up team 9/12/20 in front of Vons at 7am. He can use our help.
 
Guest Speaker Nick Thompson of NKT Commercial spoke about his plans for the new residential development in Nipomo known as the Dana Reserve. A 280 acre parcel with a master planned community which is envisioned to capture the essence of the Central Coast. Living Simply - Working Locally.
He discussed water and how it will be obtained, used and returned.
It was an interesting talk with numerous questions to follow. For more information go to LiveDanaReserve.com
Read more...
Rotary Zoom meeting August 19, 2020
President Ed Harris presided over his 8th meeting.
 
John opened the meeting with a witty introduction as is his style.
As Ben Franklin said"Well done is better than well said"
 
We had 3 guests join us this morning.
Jackie Walls
Monzur
Patty Carpenter
 
Ken Shadle brought our thoughts to the divine with a beautiful prayer.
 
Lee Baggett lead the group with the Pledge of Allegiance. 
 
Bill Piccirelli presented the "Rotary Minute" with a story about the history of Rotary Ann.
 
Brags? we had a few.
Roger Ridley bragged about his granddaughter.
Kelly Richert bragged about her successful accomplishment of being a leader of a work related "Team Building" event.
Ed Harris just reached full retirement age and lived to talk about it!
 
Announcements: 
 
Jim Harrison announced that the food distribution program has been discontinued.
Bob Spellman has recently had knee replacement surgery. Lets keep him in our thoughts.
Step up to Polio program is always in need of funds.
As a fund raiser keep an eye out for the Virtual Raffle. $25.00 ticket with a $500.00 dollar prize for the lucky winner.
Cees Hobbs announced that the Blood Drive that had to switch locations has been completely booked. 44 people signed up.
 
Guest speaker Patty Carpenter gave a presentation on the "BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS" program in SLO county.
The program has been operating for 25 years.
Their Mission Statement:
Our mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
 
We partner with parents/guardians, volunteers and others in the community and hold ourselves accountable for each child in our program achieving:
 
*Higher aspirations, greater confidence and better relationships*
 
*Avoidance of risky behaviors*
 
*Educational success*
 
Patty explained the two programs (1) school based and (2) community based.
 
A high light was Jackie Walls sharing her inspirational story as a Big Sister starting in Orange County in 1972 and the positive effect it had not only on her "little" but also herself. 
Little did she know it would be a life long relationship.
Read more...
New Story August 06 2020
Meeting #5 of President Ed Harris took place on August 5, 2020
 
Last week in lieu of a Zoom meeting members met at 3 different locations for a socially distant Happy Hour. It seemed to be enjoyed by all who participated .
 
John introduced our president with his usual and much appreciated humor.
 
Prayer was lead by Ken Shadle
 
Jerry lead us in the Pledge of our Alegiance to our flag.
 
Roger Ridley gave us our "Moment in History"
Regaling us with historical facts from 1763 unto 1981.
 
Brags!
 
Judy bragged about her new car.
Odell bragged about his son making the 1/4 finals in a screen play competition.
John Brantingham had something to brag about. 51 years of marriage and apparently to the same person!
Kelly Rickert celebrated another successful trip around the sun.
Walter Con joined the club. The Medicare club.
Ceese spoke of his adventures as a traveling 18 year old.
Kat Stowell has a daughter who just celebrated her 36 year birthday & she and Rudy observed their 24 year wedding anniversary.
George bragged about his move from Rhode Island to take up esidence here in Nipomo 9 years ago.
Jim Harrison bragged about his step daughters birthday.
It seems John's brag was the most lucrative and that fact earned him a brand new face mask!
 
We all sang Happy Birthday to Kelly.
 
Lee Carrol gave a very nice introduction to this weeks guest speaker:
Deb Linden our very own District Governor.
Her inspiring motivational talk had us question life in Nipomo with out a Rotary Club.
in addition she had us cover such topics as:
(1) The Rotary Foundation
 
(2) Learning to adapt to change. She remarked that resisting change was akin to holding ones breath. Even if successful it doesn't end well.
 
(3) Grow Rotary and the need to reverse the decline in membership. We heard about the new public service ads.
 
(4) Polio Jeopardy a light hearted approach to a serious subject.
 
(5)New area of focus is Supporting the Environment.
 
(6) News of the upcoming Virtual Conference in November.
       Call to Action
       Be Creative
       Be Kind
To end her talk she shared an important sentiment from Mother Teresa:
"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love." 
 
George Dubois was awarded a certificate for his hard work and  dedication.
 
Ron Willis earned a Paul Harris award.
 
Passport Clubs are an alternate model of club for those who wish to serve but regular meetings don't fit their time or budget.
 
 Rotary Club Meeting ended and was immediately followed by a board meeting.
 
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ROTARY ZOOM MEETING
President Ed Harris presided over his 4th Rotary meeting Wednesday July 22, 2020
John introduced Ed with a quote from Napoleon Hill "More gold is mined from the thoughts of men than the earth"
A beautiful sentiment and so apropos as our guest speaker would be speaking on the history of the Gold Coast of Africa.
 
Ken Shadle lead us in prayer.
 
Roger lead us in our Pledge of Allegiance.
 
Brags:
Roger Ridley bragged about his wife Christine's recent Birthday and he celebrated the occasion with an Electric Boat ride on Morro Bay.
George Dubois shared with us his wife Mary had a birthday.
Odell bragged Nora had a birthday.
Bill Pucirelli bragged that his daughter was pregnant and he would soon have 11 grandchildren!
Peggy bragged she was leaving the meeting early.
Ken White bragged that he and his wife Zoomed with family overseas on the occasion of the birth of a grand baby.
 
Announcements:
Please remember we are not Zoom meeting next Wednesday.Instead we will be gathering in small groups at members homes for Happy Hour.
Contact Judy if you are interested in attending.
 
Committee Reports:
 Bruce Beaudoin  spoke at length on the Rotary Foundation and the excellent work they accomplish in the world dealing with such things but not limited to peace, clean water, health and education.
He reminded us to keep abreast of all the activities by logging into Rotary .org and My rotary.org.
 
Guest speaker was notable Nipomo resident Dr. Herbert Cole Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Barbara. His topic was Royal Arts Of Africa in Ghana. Focusing on Gold and Textiles.
His topic was a subject near and dear to his heart and one that he is amply qualified to speak about as he is the author of 11 books and 60 articles having curated 12 exhibitions including the Smithsonian and the L.A. Museum of Art. Dr. Cole has spent considerable time in Africa doing his research.
He let us know that Ghana a country about the size of New England with the population of Texas has a rich history with art, textiles and gold.
Because the country historically had no written script and the general population was illiterate the kingdom employed Moslems to keep written records for the King.
Europeans began arriving with the Portuguese leading the way in 1480 in search of the gold.
We were able to see multiple examples on screen of the beautiful art and textile of the region and as Professor Cole wove the history and sacredness of gold to the people of Ghana.
Today Ghana is a democracy and free of European rule.
After a few questions our meeting came to an end but not before Ken White was awarded a Rotary Mask for having the most lucrative brag.
 
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JULY 15, 2020 ROTARY CLUB OF NIPOMO 
Our Rotary meeting started on time and with no known technical glitches.
This was the 3rd meeting for President Ed Harris.
John started us off with an amusing introduction and
Ken Shadle lead us in prayer.
 
Harry lead us with our Pledge of Allegiance.
 
Roger (play ball!) Ridley gave us "our Moment in History".
He started with the Christian Crusades in 1099 cruised through history with such interesting facts about baseball history, the establishment of Boeing Aircraft, the creation of penicillin and all the way to 1971 when President Nixon announced his historic planned visit to China.
July 15 was indeed a very busy day in history.
 
Bill Puccirelli presented the "Rotary Moment" by giving us the history and meaning of the Rotary Flag.
Created in Kansas City Missouri in 1915. He shared how the flag made its way to the South Pole with Admiral Bird in 1922!
Brags
Harry bragged about his most recent birthday.
Lou bragged about her only daughters 51st birthday.
 
Announcements:
Jim Harrison reminded us that help is not only welcomed but needed for the Food Program.
Tuesday at Dana Elementary School
Wednesday at Nipomo High School
Both days are 11am-1pm
Lifting required!
President Harris ask us to be on the look out for an upcoming survey concerning meetings.
It was announced that it was Peer Verheis birthday.
 
Guest Speaker Thomas Kessler from the SLO History Center 696 Monterey Street SLO
gave a talk on the history of the Dalidet family and their influence on the development of San Luis Obispo.
Pierre Dalidet born in France in 1820 and after serving in the Military made his way to the California gold fields.
Having tried his hand at that he decided to move to Mexico but ended up in SLO.
He and his wife had 9 children of which seven lived past childhood.
Like many families there were complex relationships and eventually some estrangement. I guess that can happen when one brother shoots another. ( I bet Thanksgiving was awkward that year!) Juan after shooting his brother Edo and being acquitted moved to Mexico, married had a family and became quite successful in the silver mining industry. The family is still in that region. The other siblings never had children and the last heir of the Dalidet Adobe willed the property to the History society.
Thomas reminded us early on in his presentation that the PAST MATTERS. Much of the same goals, struggles and motivations of our ancestors relate to our own in this age.
 
The meeting ended with a Rotary face mask being presented to Harry Walls. I guess Harry's wife will be up to the task of making him a shirt in matching fabric!
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