Meeting Mondays, 7:15 AM - Marriott Hotel, 1400 Parkview Ave - Manhattan Beach Officers and Directors 2009-10 Jan Rhees, Madame President Roger Cox Lindy Murrell Matt Peck Roger Civalleri Dave Hornbecker

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Vol.60, No.13

October 26, 2009

Programs October 26 th — Craft Talks. Paul Allman gives his updated Craft Talk about his travels and life (thus far!) living in Europe, Africa, the Nile and the Amazon, as well as biking from the top to bottom of New Zealand, biking Sumatra and Bali. He will also offer perspectives on running his firm PTS for 20 years. November 2 nd — Raytheon Tour. We will not meet at the Marriott this morning. We will tour Raytheon instead. RSVP to Richard Ackerman by Oct 19. Richard will distribute maps and parking information soon. We will tour the Raytheon ElectroOptical Space and Airborne Systems area in Building E1 at 2000 El Segundo Blvd. The gate guards will have a list of names for admission to the site. Parking will be in the visitor parking area, across from the visitor lobby located at the apex of Building E1. Everyone will be escorted from this lobby for the tour. A light breakfast will be available starting at 7 am, and everyone will back to their cars by 8:30. November 9 th — Manhattan Beach Sun. Heidi Maerker - CEO and Publisher of the Manhattan Beach Sun, The El Segundo Herald (over 100 years in print), Hawthorne Press Tribune, Lawndale News, and Inglewood News comes to share tabout the newspaper business. We will also hear from Dennis Ridge who will give an updated Craft Talk!

Save The Date November 1— KEEN. (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now) annual benefit gala at Bel Air Bay Club, including trivia competition, cocktails, hors d’ouvres, music, and salsa dancing lessons. See Bill Keene for details. November 20— District 5280. We will join three other clubs in hosting the District 5280 59th Annual Kickoff Rally at the Omni Hotel downtown, this year featuring Pete Carroll promoting A Better LA. Ian Jackson will provide details soon. Trojans, Bruins and everyone else invited! December 12— Holiday Party. See Roger Cox for details.

Rotary is Service Above Self Right On Time With the bang of the gavel we pledge our great nations Flag and Jim Bowser gives us our "Thought for the Day". Citing the many important thoughts of retired UCLA Basketball Coach John Wooden, Jim announces Coach Wooden has just turned 99 years of age. Our Jim beautifully tied Coach Wooden's philosophy of enduring peace between nations and the love and consideration for others into the basic tenets of Rotary. Lindy Murrell's mom has suffered a heart attack and President Jan asks that we as her Rotary family, keep Lindy's mother and Lindy's family in our thoughts and prayers. In a new version of 'Sportscenter' Ian Jackson along with special guest John Ireland, offered updates on all local and alma mater teams. By the time you read this - many of you will have attended the Salvation Army's luncheon on October 21. Rotarians have helped 'God's Army' deliver over one million Meals On Wheels.

Birthdays, Anniversaries Jan Buike, Russ Samuels ('I love running the Hamburger Booth'), John Van den Akker, and Randall ('I just love Hamburgers') Meadors all celebrated Birthdays. Herb and Nancy Trachtenberg celebrated 39 blissful years of marriage. Roger and Joanna Rombro also celebrated their nuptials along with Scott and Maria Ferguson (2 years!). John Nyland has been a 'smooth-skinned' Rotarian for 23 years and President Jan recognized Dave Hornbecker for his 26 "Banner" years as a member of our club. But wait...then we learn Bill Becker is celebrating 27 years!

Attention and Congratulations! Attention and congratulations! Larry Johnson held the District Membership Seminar at the Marriott. "We hear our own Kathleen Terry "STOLE the show"! Word has it she accepted an award for significantly helping insure new members are found, initiated, then join our Club. When our President showed up for her first meeting, she discovered most of our equipment was missing. Vowing to protect our valuables, she thanked Sgt. at Arms Robin Thormodsgaard for taking on a new task in insuring our Club Podium was set-up and returned safely with our "newly replaced contents" intact.

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Rotary is Service Above Self Sandpipers’ Botique and Holiday Basket Time Jim Hunter introduced Andrea McColloch, Sandpipers Holiday Basket Chair. Andrea reminded us how to make, load and deliver the Sandpiper organization's much needed and appreciated holiday baskets. She noted the massive amount of friendly Rotarians who greeted her at the door this morning. She knows that an equal number will volunteer to help her and the "Pipers" again this year. Baskets will be delivered to 100 families in need and during the toughest time of the year. The dates are Dec. 12 (same day as our Holiday Party) and Dec. 13. Please sign up now to prepare, assemble, load, and deliver the baskets. You can also sign up to pay for a Holiday Basket that is customized for a family in need. Every year, thanks to Jim Hunter and Joanne Hunter.. Rotary Moments ABOUND!

Blue Badge Jim Hunter remains to help give Vinny Fazzino a badge he more than earned. Vinny pays $20 for the privilege! With his sponsor Donn Ennis standing by his side, our President points out that "remember, it's not what you have to GET, it's what you have to GIVE." New Member Induction: Next up, the induction of Alex Yoffe into the MB Rotary, sponsored by Arturo Di Pietro. As the induction winds down and the Red Badge is given, banter between Membership Chair and the President produces another $20.00 from our newest Rotarian!

A Boradcaster of Sports Bill Keenan introduced John Ireland, the KCAL-TV Sports Reporter and ESPN Radio announcer, who spoke about life, the Lakers and all things sports. John's day job? KCAL-TV following the Lakers. John works at Staples Center in the evenings. He has us on pins and needles... as he tells the story of how he 'almost lost his job'. Those in attendance now know and fully understand the tie-in and the good deed performed by Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson during halftime at the Super Bowl. It ALL relates to KCAL and CBS' ability to dodge fines from the FCC. It was an event that combined multiple 'F-Bombs', FCC 'Fines', a 7 footer, an alleged 350 pound 'Shaq', and Raptors from Canada . . . all on a sacred Sunday Morning in early 2000. Then there's the part about how Ron Artest could either donate $1 million dollars

Rotary is Service Above Self OR walk into our Monday Morning Rotary Club meeting completely naked, 'in a hat made out of noodles'? As they say - you had to be there. It promises to be an exciting season - and John 'set the table' beautifully for us to enjoy it. He answered multiple sports questions and forecasted the demise of the Dodgers. Pay attention to this man, watch KCAL and listen to him on ESPN. To paraphrase our current Governor.. "He'll be back." Stay tuned for visit #2!

An Expert in Safety George Butts is then introduced by Vocational Director, Richard Ackerman. CERT is Richard's passion and George Butts is the President of the CERT Team (Community Emergency Response Team). What do you do in case of disaster? George re-created CERT about 4 years ago. He's a pilot, an inventor, and enjoys his fine wine. George started his CERT presentation with two compelling videos one about staying focused and 'knowing your surroundings'. Both could have included 'parental warnings' and been shown on one of the Fox Reality Channels under 'Worlds Most Shocking Videos'. Although shocking - both made the point! Keep your cool in a disaster, be prepared, keep 'breathing' and look around you to assess various danger 'zones'. Richard handed George $1000.00 and is exploring having a special training just for the Rotary Club of Manhattan Beach Rotarians. Imagine how much good we could do together, if there were a community disaster! Explaining the various scenarios in which CERT would be called, how they supplement our professional safety employees in the event of major disasters, was also discussed. The training is professional, George runs the local program and works with both of our member Police Chief Rob Uyeda and Fire Chief Scott Ferguson. There are 175 CERT members now. We'd like to increase that number... look for the Sign -Up Sheet at the Directors Table and SIGN UP. Raffle: Chocolate - the hot kind - goes to Charlie Steinmetz and more than $400 does NOT go to Tim James. That's the way I heard it, Bill Keenan

Rotary is Service Above Self Attendance & Make-ups Attendance is an important part of our commitment to Rotary. Our secretary, Lindy Murrell, regularly files attendance reports with District 5280, and each club's attendance record is reported district-wide. Let's help June keep that attendance record high--report your makeup to her. (And, of course, do the make-ups in the first place!) What is a make-up? Board meetings, for one--you are always welcome even if you're not a Board member, and it's a fun evening to boot! Other clubs are also a make-up. So are many of our projects. So make June's job easier--when you do a make-up, tell her. If you're not sure it's a make-up--hey, tell her anyway!

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Raddison Hotel 6255 W. Century Thursday

Hacienda Hotel Hacienda Hotel 525 N. Sepulveda 525 N. Sepulveda Thursday Thursday

Palos Verdes Palos Verdes Country Club Friday

Meals on Wheels Schedule Rotarians serving their community! Monday

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Katie Gleason Meg Hall Richard Ham David Harris

Birthdays

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Randy Meadors Kathleen Adams Kathleen Terry Duke Winser

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Oct 28 Nov 04 Nov 11 Nov 18

Robert Guilford Donn Ennis Jay Harkenrider Wendell Haarter Herb & Nancy Trachtenberg Dave & Kathleen Boochever Dave & RL Peters Donn & Donna Ennis

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Manhattan Beach Rotary - 101 Active Members Strong! The 2009/10 Rotary year is another growth year. You can see by scanning the classifications below what areas are open. Let’s think and then act.

John Acker – Financial Planner Dr. Richard Ackerman – Aerospace Management Kathleen Adams – Financial Advisor Paul Allman – Personnel Training † Deborah Arnold – Business Software Consultant Tim James Auringer – Automotive Dealer Wade Austin, Jr. – Photography Harris Bass – Business and Tax Law Bill Bloomfield – Commercial/Laundry David Boochever – Consultant/Computer † Jim Bowser – Insurance (ret.) Geoff Bremer – CPA Jan Buike – Social Worker Giusy Buonfantino – International Marketing Kent Caldwell – Insurance † Tom Callahan – Music Business Executive James Caprell – Artist Richard Chase – College Professor Roger Civalleri – Business Broker † Nancy Coonis – School Administrator Orris Cowgill – Wine Retailer Roger Cox – Business Consultant Steve De Baets – Truck Refrigeration Arturo Di Pietro – Int’l Bus Consultant Mike Doell – Moving & Storage † Geoff Dolan – City Management Patrick Donahue – Advertising Donn Ennis – Oil Refinery Engineer † Patrick Fard – Martial Arts Training Monica Farrell – Non-profit Development Richard Farrell – Video Production (ret.) Vinny Fazzino – Builder/Engineer Scott Ferguson – Fire Chief Robert Franko – Banking Katie Gleason – College Development Nelson Gray – Honorary Member † Robert Guilford – Business Consultant Mimi Haines – Toy Manufacturing Megan Hall – Caterer Jim Hallett – Criminal & Family Attorney † Richard Ham – Aerospace Engineer Jay Harkenrider – Real Estate Residential † Dave Harris – Business Insurance † Wendell Harter – Peace Advocate Lisa Hemmat - Restauranteur Dave Hornbecker – Office Supplies † John Hugunin – Community College Professor Jim Hunter – Laundry Services † Ian Jackson – Mortgage Banker † Tom Jeffry – Attorney - Health Care Lawrence Johnson – Investment Banker † Don Jung – CPA Business Manager

Bill Keenan – Interim CFOs Anne Konie – Interior Designer Brad Koppel – International Trade Aliyah Levin – Executive Speech Mentor Dr. Steve Lombardo – Orthopedic Surgeon David Long – Executive/Recruiter Bill Luhrs – Aerospace Executive Kathy McElroy – Physical Therapist Barbara Matles – Travel Agent Randy Meadors – Architect Richard Montgomery – Real Estate Appraisal Dennis Morehead – Property Mgt † Steve Murillo – Mortgage Broker † Lindy Murrell – Communications Wayne Nelson – Marketing Dr. John Nylund – Dermatology † John Osten – Commercial Publishing Dr. Ray Padilla – Dentist Matthew Peck – Accounting Dave Peters – R.E. Invest/Develop/Mediation Jan Rhees – Residential Real Estate John Rhind – Accounting † Dennis Ridge – Printing Dr. Deborah Robertson – Veterinarian Roger Rombro – Attorney - Family Law Russ Rothner – Business Consultant Joel Ruben – Attorney - Real Est. & Bus. Lit. Daniel Saks – Insurance Russ Samuels – Fitness & Personal Training Dr. Paul Sanchez – Dentist Bill Sauber – Auto Club Services (ret.) Dr. Les Silverman – Optometrist Ronald Sokol – Attorney Darrell Sperber – Automotive Dealer Charlie Steinmetz – Investor - Real Estate Steve Stepanek – Aerospace Engineer Bob Stephenson – Accountant Corporate † Lincoln Stone – Business & Immigration Law Marc Teitelbaum – Honorary Member † Kathleen Terry – Management Consultant Robin Thormodsgaard – Sales/Management Herb Trachtenberg – Aerospace Engineer † Dr. Chris Ullman – Chiropractic † Rod Uyeda – Law Enforcement John Van den Akker – Property Mgt/Invsts † June Vantrimpont – Window Treatment Mfg. Russ Varon – Jeweler Lee Walker – Insurance - Casualty Duke Winser – Honorary Member † Larry Wolf – Real Estate Broker/Owner Alexander Yoffe – Attorney † Active Past Presidents

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