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Officers and Directors 2009-10Jan Rhees, Madame President

Roger Cox President-Elect Tom Jeffry DirectorLindy Murrell Secretary Richard Ham DirectorMatt Peck Treasurer Richard Ackerman DirectorRoger Civalleri Past President Donn Ennis DirectorDave Hornbecker Historian Steve Stepanek Director___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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ProgramsDecember 7th — Special Ops Command Central. Dave

McCarthy talks - where to begin? - Cop in NYC, Marine, FordhamLaw School, Public Finance attorney on Wall Street, Deputy CityAttorney. Active duty for Operation Desert Storm, Counter-TerrorismAgent with U.S. Central Command. Following the attacks on America:Dave was deployed five times – Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa andthree times to Iraq – working with Special Operations Command Central.

December 14th — James Flanigan. James Flanigan willbe our speaker. He has been a business columnist for the New YorkTimes, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications, and has coverednational and international business and economics for 46 years. Hehas a book to be published March 2 on Southern California’s businessclimate and its relationship to the global economy.

December 21st — Holiday Program. Our world famousHoliday Sing-a-long and Special Program. Not to be missed.. as thisyear we HAVE become a "singing Club".

December 28th — We Are Dark. We are Dark for theholidays. Please travel safely and enjoy family and friends.

January 4th — Happy New Year. Don’t miss our firstmeeting of the new year!

Save The DateDecember 12— Holiday Party. See Roger Cox for details.

December 17— Joslyn Center Luncheon. Senior Citizens Luncheonat Joslyn Center at 11:30 am. See Jan Buike to volunteer.

April 30— Magic In Giving. See Anne Konie for details.

May 13-16— 2010 District 5280 Conference. District 5280 DistrictConference in La Quinta. See Roger Cox.

June 20-23— 2010 RI Annual Convention. RI Convention inMontreal. See Wade Austin.

Thankful ThoughtsIt was Monday, November 23, 2009, and Barbara Matles expressedthankful thoughts (‘T'was the Night of Thanksgiving: Happy eatingto all, pass the cranberries please)…..We greeted the return of SteveJohnson….Ian Jackson’s sports report inexplicably and inexcusablyomitted Cal’s defeat of Stanford (Go Bears!)….Jay Harkenridercelebrated 21 years in Rotary (which means he must have reacheddrinking age—when it comes to Grandpa Jay, you couldn’t tellotherwise)….Vocational Director Richard Ackerman handed $1500from our Clubs Vocational Budget to the South Bay Literacy Council(if you can read this, thank a teacher), after which Richard announcedthat the Rotary Reads schedules will soon be out, after which Richard(does he ever rest?) recruited golfers for five openings in the LA5club’s upcoming tournament on December 15 at the LA Country Club(our club’s foursomes are made possible by LACC members JimHunter and John Akker).

Happy DollarsJames Caprell was impressed by the hard work, dedication and andquality of this years Club activity witnessed at the November Boardmeeting….Susan Adams attended the annual USC-UCLA District5280 Rotary Rally. Trojans outnumbered Bruins (we need more Bruinsnext year). Entertainment included USC Coach Pete Carroll, the Trojancheerleaders, USC Trojan Marching Band, Traveler—and a stirringacapela version of our Nations Anthem sung by our own PresidentJan (she got a gig out of it). Thanks to Dick Chase who donated twoUSC-UCLA tickets that were auctioned off by Susan Adams for$150 to Club Service Director Tom Jeffry. Way to start, Susan.

Off TopicWith Roger Cox our President-Elect, here’s some vital Kiwiintelligence you can savor: National teams: Rugby: The All Blacks;Soccer: The All Whites; Basketball: The Tall Blacks; Cricket: TheBlack Caps; Softball: The Black Sox (Say it ain’t so, Roger)….JasonHodell’s end-of-season letter to the Association of VolleyballProfessionals (AVP) reviewed the AVP’s year, including this reference:

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“Look for a continuation of locally themed volleyball tie-ins: forexample we recently met with theRotary Club of Manhattan Beach,and they suggested a friendly cross-town match against the LionsClub on Stadium Court. Events like this continue to build thecommunity feel of our events, bring more people out and simply createfun.” (This courtesy of Progam Chair Bill Keenan, whose businesspartner Don McLellan, is raising an aspiring AVP player.)

Matching Grant Project: Mali, AfricaInternational Director Donn Ennis and our Matching Grant Projectin Mali, Africa— to give you a flavor of what he and the Internationalteam are up to, here’s an excerpt from a recent update from theNomadHope Project: “All our local partners have signed extensiveagreements with us and Rotary, to assure expectations are understoodand designs specified by Engineers without Borders (EWB) areadhered to. We are installing the millet grinding machine at the schoolin Zouera this week. - this will be used by the school cook to preparethe daily meal for the students, in a couple of hours, rather than anentire day! While it is not being used by the school, the local womenwill pay to grind their millet to prepare breads and other products totake to market. They will now be able to make and sell a much highervolume of products in the same amount of time, and not incur theaches and pains of using the heavy pestle that has been the norm forcenturies. The revenue that the school will generate from this machinewill pay for the required parts and maintenance for the solar lightingand water tap stand! This machine is being sold, delivered by a localbusiness man from neighboring Timbuktu. He will also provide thetraining and support. Sustainability at its best.”

Craft TalkTim James (Auringer) was born in Duluth, Minnesota, roamed fromSioux City, Iowa to Okinawa to South Carolina to the Phillipines(courtesy of the U.S. Air Force, which had been his Dad’s career)before landing in Laguna Beach and forming a band (inspired by thememorable 1964 pre-MTV appearance of the Beatles on the EdSullivan Show), which led to a regular gig at the Cannery in NewportBeach, a chance encounter with Paul McCartney (“My knees wereshaking like a little girl”) and a lifelong friendship with LA Car GuyMike Sullivan. Tim has written 600 songs over the years, a lot of

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which have been recorded, and has scored 20 B-movies (“DeadlyPrey,” “Born Killer,” and similarly uplifting titles). His “long andwinding road” led him to his beautiful wife Alisha, who is now LACar Guy’s environmental manager, her daughter Maddy (in the housethis day, as was Mom), and the icing on the cake is Lucy, their"labradoodle"! He continues to moonlight working with his own musicpublishing company, and is devoted to his current position as CIO(Chief Internet Officer) of LA Car Guy’s dealerships.

Mike Sullivan - LA Car GuySpeaking of Mike Sullivan (local surfer, environmental advocate,charitable and successful enterprenuer, husband and father, he wasour speaker, sharing a candid personal history of how he built hisempire of 10 current dealerships. He started out with one, his dad’s,and has grown to his present 700 employees and $600 million grossannual sales, with only slight downsizing during this past year ofrecession. Two of his three kids (all Costa alums) work with him, andhe’s recruiting the third. His extensive community activism featureschildren’s programs and environmental initiatives (his new solar panelson the house will enable him to be "off the grid"). He sells VW,Toyota, Lexus, Scion—all imports (he, for example, bought out VasekPolak), with a plug-in luxury hybrid (Fisker) coming out in July 2010.New cars are a loss leader, with profit coming from parts, servicesand used cars. 1/3 of his business is on line—hence, LA Car Guy.His marketing philosophy: It’s all about relationships and keepingpeople in the family. Thanking Mike for his service to the communitythe President gave him an END POLIO magnet to proudly display onone of his many cars (word has it he has done just that).

Season of GivingWe wrapped the morning with two inspiring speakers at the podium:First, a wide-eyed Magic In Giving Chair Anne Konie, gushing overhow proud she was to be leading this effort and passing out sponsorshippackages (for us to go forth and find those precious sponsors). Andfinally a Thanksgiving Benediction from Duke Winser: “You havebeen blessed so you can be a blessing to others.” Amen.

Yours in Rotary,Jim Hallett

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Attendance & Make-upsAttendance is an important part of our commitment to Rotary. Oursecretary, Lindy Murrell, regularly files attendance reports with Dis-trict 5280, and each club's attendance record is reported district-wide.Let's help Lindy keep that attendance record high--report your make-up to her. (And, of course, do the make-ups in the first place!) Whatis a make-up? Board meetings, for one--you are always welcomeeven 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. Somake Lindy’s job easier--when you do a make-up, tell her. If you'renot sure it's a make-up--hey, tell her anyway!

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LA Int’l Airport El Segundo Lawndale Palos VerdesRaddison Hotel Hacienda Hotel Hacienda Hotel Palos Verdes6255 W. Century 525 N. Sepulveda 525 N. Sepulveda Country ClubThursday Thursday Thursday Friday

Meals on Wheels ScheduleRotarians serving their community!

Monday WednesdayDec 07 John Osten Dec 09 Ian JacksonDec 14 Tom Jeffry Dec 16 Larry JohnsonDec 21 Steve Johnson Dec 23 Don JungDec 28 Bill Keenan Dec 30 Anne Konie

Birthdays AnniversariesDec 15 Charlie Steinmetz Dec 15 Orris & Patricia CowgillDec 17 Barbara Matles Dec 21 Lindy Murrell & Roger MorrellDec 18 Jan Rhees Dec 21 Duke & Eloisa WinserDec 23 Richard Montgomery Dec 22 Robert & Michele Guilford

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Manhattan Beach Rotary - 103 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

Susan Adams – Aerospace

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 Becker – Honorary Member

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 †

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

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