THE ROTATOR
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
CYNTHIA SCHUR
Hello Fellow Rotarians,
This Tuesday’s meeting is dark replaced with adopt- a- road cleanup on Wednesday at Buena Vista Park, organizer John Henning reminds you to bring a sack lunch he will bring the drinks!
On Saturday August 3 from 3-6 PM Past President and now current evening Rotarian Lisa Long and her husband David are hosting a multi-club open house style fellowship in their back yard for cocktails and appetizers. Lisa is inviting breakfast, noontime, evening, and Rotaract clubs...hope to see you there! The address is 4340 Meadow on the corner of Woodmere and Meadow. Please RSVP by text or email 805-714-3294 llongrotary@gmail.com
Let’s make it a great week of service before self,
Cynthia
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JULY 30th, 2019
FIFTH TUESDAY - NO MEETING
BUT WAIT...........
COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY
ADOPT A PARK
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31st, 12:00 Noon
BUENA VISTA PARK
CORNER OF MORRISON AVE. & PINE ST.
Bring a sack lunch, meet at the Camp Fire Girls Cabin,
and help clean up SANTA MARIA's FIRST PARK!
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JULY 23rd, 2019
MEETING NOTES
Call to Order: 12:10 by Club President, Cynthia Schur
Invocation: Linda Gantt
Flag Pledge: Sergeant of Arms, Carl Engel
Introduction of Guests:
Bob Frias introduced Jim Bray, Breakfast Rotarian and Santa Maria Airfest representative
THEN Bob introduced our.....
GUEST SPEAKER
CHRIS KRUNKLE
SANTA MARIA AIRFEST - 2019
"THE INVENTOR'S DREAM"
Sat & Sun, October 12th & 13
This energetic young aviator/entrepreneur brought an absolutely GREAT presentation to the Club!! Starting off with a professionally produced Airfest PR Video, which in addition to a hugely successful 2018 Airfest, was instrumental in receiving the "Pinnacle Platinum Award" for "small" airshows issued by the International Council of Air Shows.
Chris then shared a heart-warming story about his Grandfather Jim Kunkle's exploits during WW II. A P-38 Lightning pilot during WW II, Grandpa was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart, and French Legion of Honor! Wao, not many people can make that claim!
Did anyone else get the impression that Chris is REALLY proud of his Grandfather???
Chris topped off his presentation by sharing some stats about the 2018 Airfest....
DID YA KNOW....
**Between 17,000 - 18,000 people attended the 2-day event last year!
**Over 1,300 out of town guests stayed in local hotels!
**The event generated an estimated $436,500 in economic stimulus in the region!
THIS YEAR'S AIRFEST WILL INCLUDE....
**The USAF F-16 VIPER DEMO TEAM!**
**The Air Tucker Demonstration**
**The Red Bull Air Force Jump Team**
**The Eric Tucker Flying Show**
**The Red Bull Helicopter Show**
**Food---Beer & Wine Garden---Souvenirs--The McDonald's KID ZONE**
AND FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
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EXEMPTION BADGE PRESENTATION
JOHN HENNING
John helped answer a number of Member's questions about his wife Sharon's recent medical bout. John described the injury as a serious challenge AND at the same time, a BLESSING in disguise. Had it not been for an accidental bump on her head in their kitchen and resulting trip to the doctor for x-rays, Sharon would never had found the melanoma in her eye. THANKFULLY, a state-of-the-art medical treatment has helped Sharon on the road to a full recovery.
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"FINE-MASTER" KEN DALLY
FINES, BRAGS AND "RAT-OUTS"
Birthday: Our "Hanai" (Hawaiian for "adopted") member, Jo Grande, from
the Kapa'a, Kauai Club celebrated her birthday at Brothers
Restaurant in Santa Ynez. Jo paid the Club a donation of $100,
which was "pre-arranged" with the Fine Master before the
meeting. MAHALO NUI LOA, Jo.
Club Anniversary: Terri Lee Coleman rounded off her fine for 14-YEARS with
the Club and donated $15 to the Treasury.
Dani Martinez was not in attendance for her 8-Year membership
celebration, but GOOD Ol' Dad, Tommy Martinez, stepped up and
coughed up $20! Way to GO DAD!!!
Brags: Carl Engel was popped for a $20 fine for his picture on the FRONT
PAGE of the Santa Maria Times with Engel & Gray's 1946 Ford
Flatbed Pick Up Truck during the recent Bent Axles Car Show.
Rotary Magazine Quiz:
Rotator Editor Jim Talbott led off the festivities by dropping $15 in the fine
bucket for mistakenly publishing last week's Quiz answer with the
WRONG CITY!!! It was PARIS Jim, not Chicago!!!
Close but NO CROISSANT.
The Club was then asked, "What is the popular bird that is known to fly
around the city of Paris?"
Ron Nanning didn't know, Parisian SONGBIRDS(???) and paid his $10 fine.
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50 / 50 Drawing
Virginia Souza's ticket was drawn but she failed to find the White Marble.
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CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS
1) Santa Maria Discovery Museum (Nancy Gastelum): Discover Santa Maria - "Farm to Table" Fundraiser, Sunday, Sept. 8th!!! For information, call Nancy at (805) 928-8414.
2) Sips-N-Sombreros (SIPS) Planning Meeting: Wed, August 7th, 12:00, the
Tap Room in the Historic Santa Maria Inn.
3) Multi-Club Fellowship hosted by Lisa and David Long (Lompoc Rotary and
Past Noontime Rotary Club President). Open House style from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m., Sat., August 3rd, 4340 Meadow, Santa Maria. Cocktails and
appetizers will be furnished by the Longs. The Breakfast, Noontime,
Evening Clubs AND Rotaract Clubs have been invited.
RSVP to Lisa @ 805/714-3294 or llongrotary@gmail.com
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SPEAKER CALENDAR
WED...JULY 31st...Buena Vista Park Clean Up - Community Service! Please come out and help!!!
Aug. 6th...NO GUEST SPEAKER---SERVICE PROJECT: Labeling Student Dictionaries.
Aug 13th...Morgan Stiles, Plains Pipeline Replacement Project....AND...ROTARY BOARD MEETING
Aug 20th...NO GUEST SPEAKER---SERVICE PROJECT: Deliver Dictionaries to 13 local grade schools
Aug 27th...Joe Gruba, Rotary SM-South - La Paz Rotary International Project
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AND......REMEMBER, EXCITING Program Speakers:
1) Help keep member attendance UP,
2) Attract and engage NEW MEMBERS,
3) Make the difference between
....AND....
IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR A GREAT PROGRAM SPEAKER,
CONTACT EITHER PROGRAM CO-CHAIR, BOB FRIAS or SCOTT DUNN.
Rotator Editor, Jim Talbott
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