June 30, 2016
Sunrise Rotary Bulletin June 30, 2016
President Tony in his second week at the helm led the meeting in style…
Dave Casey led the Pledge of Allegiance and Jack Anderson offered an invocation.
Rotary 101:
Tony provided information on Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary
Visitors and Guests:
Ardyth Ruth was visiting from the Cabo San Lucas Club; she brought a banner to exchange with President Tony…
Photos of the Week:
Tony shared photos from the work project at the Homes for the Troops project; we installed some landscaping at the new home of SGT Toran Gall in Valley Center
Tony had a photo of some Rotarians (Rich and Donna) at the Rotary wine festival in Lake Arrowhead (who knows when?); the effect of the wine was some ‘snoozing’
And, finally, a photo from the San Diego County Fair with a life-size Donald Trump in the pic…
Anniversaries and Birthdays:
Mike and Nancy Dunlap, 25 years on July 4….
Dates to Remember:
July 9 Boys and Girls Club Ballfield dedication with Major League Baseball. Workers needed from 1:00 PM till 3:00 PM
21 District Governor’s Visit
High Fives and Announcements:
It was revealed that President Tony missed some birthdays & anniversaries; Judi Anderson on June 24 and Andy and Dana Ommen on June 30… The Roundtable of Past Presidents had no difficulty agreeing on a huge fine for President Tony…
Jim Lund spent his birthday in Hawaii and he brought some goodies for the Prez…
Elisa Cohen visited North Carolina and brought President Tony a “Snoopy for President” button; hmmmm, sounds like a great candidate…
Mike O’Malley was in St. Louis for a Navy reunion and brought Tony a memento from the Budweiser Brewery; amazingly it was still full after the adventurous plane trip Mike enjoyed on his flight home…
Program:
Tony has started the year off with a “hollow bang” as there was no speaker present…
It was supposed to be Dan McAllister, the San Diego County Tax man. He arrived at about 8:00, just as we were wrapping up. Talk to Brian Murphy…
So, improvising in fine fashion, Tony asked Mike O’Malley to ad lib a speech about his trip. Mike took the lectern by storm and described his hair-raising flight home from St. Louis. The plane blew a tire on takeoff from Denver, so they did a low-level fly-by so the tower could eye-ball the tire’s condition. After that, the opportunity to burn some excess fuel boring holes in the sky around Denver International until they could attempt a ‘controlled’ crash landing. Well, Mike made it home and could laugh about the whole experience.
Dan McAllister arrived and spoke for a few gratuitous minutes on the issues tax collectors face, such as: paper vs. electronic bills and the 99% collection rate for property taxes in the County.
Past Program Highlights:
A few highlights from recent programs with photos…
June 23: John Paul the Great University; Justin Capobianco, a staff member at the University described a movie project underway as a senior project of JJ Schindler. A touching tribute between a young girl suffering with cancer and her older cousin, a soldier in Afghanistan.
President Tony with Justin:
June 2: Education COMPACT: Patty Huerta and MaryAnne Dijak discussed the Juvenile Diversion program of COMPACT; the Club contributed $1,500 to COMPACT recognizing their great work with youth in our community and region.
President Rich with Patty Huerta and MaryAnne Dijak:
May 26: I Love a Clean San Diego: Moriah Saldana spoke about the great work of I Love a Clean San Diego. Of note is that they clean up more than just the County’s beaches as they now focus on waterways draining onto our beaches.
Past President Mike and Brian Murphy with Moriah Saldana of I Love a Clean San Diego…
May 5: Induction of new member, Kevin Grangetto: Membership Chair Linda Bailey inducted new member Kevin Grangetto…
April 28: Escondido Police Department: Chief Craig Carter spoke about the Police Department’s efforts to improve areas of the community through the ‘Neighborhood Transformation Program.’
President Rich with Chief Craig Carter and Captain Greg Kogler of the Escondido PD…
Opportunity Drawing:
$12 for Lunch: Mark Maus
$142 Big Pot: John Sawtelle… Sorry!!