March 12, 2014

Meeting Number 35: 2013-2014

PRESIDING: CEDRIC MITSUI

LED PLEDGE: PDG PETE MULLER

INSPIRATION: STEVE JACUNSKI

“ALL THINGS IN LIFE ARE TEMPORARY. IF GOING WELL,

ENJOY IT, THEY WILL NOT LAST FOREVER. IF GOING

WRONG, DON’T WORRY, THEY CAN’T LAST LONG

EITHER.”

- ANONYMOUS

4-WAY TEST: AG DAVID HURD

SPEAKER: PRESIDENT MICAH RAMOS, ROTARACT CLUB

OF EAST HAWAII

PRESIDENT ELECT STACY GELACIO, ROTARACT CLUB OF

EAST HAWAII

GUESTS: KATHLEEN MCGILVRAY, RC OF HILO

ICHIRO & YUKO TANAKA, GUESTS OF MIYUKI LEE

SIENNA WITTHANS, GUEST OF TOM WITTHANS

PRES. MICAH RAMOS AND PRES. ELECT STACY

GELACIO, GUESTS OF CEDRIC MITSUI, ROTARACT CLUB

OF EAST HAWAII

PHOTOS: CEDRIC MITSUI

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES: DALE (SANDRA) TOKUUKE–

3/11

BIRTHDAYS: MARIE BOTHOF– 3/11

CLUB ANNIVERSARIES: PAULA UUSITALO– 3/8–

SPONSOR RUTH LARKIN

MAHALO

STEVE JACUNSKI FOR A ONE HOUR MASSAGE

WON BY MARY BEGIER

WORDS OF WISDOM FOR LITERACY MONTH

“A BOOK IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON AGAINST

INTOLERANCE AND IGNORANCE.”

- PRESIDENT LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON

LITERACY

MONTH

ROTARACT CLUB OF EAST HAWAII

ROTARACT WEEK

MARCH 10—16

See page 7 for PPT Presentation

More than a half-million students and young adults help improve their communities through Rotary

programs. Pankaj Jethwani of India led his Rotaract club in providing vision screenings

and comprehensive eye care to thousands of schoolchildren in poor neighborhoods.

Thank you Chester, Bryan, Kellie, and Cara for passing out dictionaries for

the Ka ‘Umeke Dictionary Project yesterday.

YWCA 6th Annual Remarkable Persons Luncheon on Wednesday, April 9

from 11:30—1:30 pm at Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, Moku ‘Ola Room, honoring

Sharon Scheele and Audrey Wilson. Please sign up for one of the group

tables. Cost: $50 per person. Please support RCHB’s PP Sharon Scheele!

RCHB Board Meeting tomorrow morning, 7 am at Coqui’s Hideaway. All

members welcome!

Waiakeawaena Keiiki Dictionary Project– Thursday, March 13 at 8:15 am.

We are looking for 7 more volunteers! If you can make it but haven’t

signed up, please meet us at the office.

Hilo Union Rainbow Pride/High Flyer Awards on Thursday and Friday,

March 13 and 14– 1:30 pm at Hilo Union Cafeteria We need two

volunteers for Friday!

District Assembly– Saturday, March 15, 8:30 am—3:30 pm at

Kamehameha Kea‘au Campus, High School Cafeteria

Rotarians at Work Day is April 19 at the Salvation Army

D9640 Rotary Exchange Steak Fry– April 24 at Wailoa State Park

Merrie Monarch Parade– April 26

2014 Conference of Rotary Clubs of District 5000– May 2-4, 2014 at Turtle

Bay Resort

RI Convention– June 1-4, 2014 in Sydney, Australia

June 24, 2014– RC South Hilo Installation of Officers

June 25, 2014– RC Hilo Bay Installation of Officers

June 26, 2014– RC Hilo Installation of Officers

July 1, 2014– RC Pahoa Sunset Installation of Officers

Richard Cunningham– Please feel free to continue donating to HRYF and

improve your chances of winning the custom-made koa box. Thank you

to all the Rotarians who donated to HRYF. As of today, 27 Rotarians have

donated $3555. The drawing will be held next week. The HRYF nominee

will also be at next week’s meeting.

David Hurd– Please support South Hilo’s Hilo Huli on Saturday, May 3 at

Coconut Island. It’s going to be a lot of fun and there will be great food.

Mark Yamanaka will be singing. More info to come in the next

newsletter.

Kathleen McGilvray– The YWCA will be having its 6th Annual Remarkable

Persons Luncheon, featuring two outstanding Rotarians, Sharon Scheele

and Audrey Wilson on April 9th, Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, Moku ‘Ola Room.

11:30 am — 1:30 pm. Individual tickets for the event are $50. Please

contact your Club President, Cedric if you have any questions.

PRESIDENT ’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

ANNOUNCEMENTS BY OTHERS

Happy birthday, Marie!

Ichiro & Yuko Tanaka,

guests of Miyuki Lee

President Micah Ramos &

President Elect Stacy

Gelacio of the Rotaract

Club of East Hawaii &

guests of Cedric Mitsui

Kathleen McGilvray of

the Rotary Club of Hilo

Sienna Witthans, guest

of Tom Witthans

$5- Mary Begier– It is nice to have hard

working new members like Nathan

Hartman, getting involved before he

became a member & putting in the

extra effort to finish painting YWCA.

$4– Anita Cunningham– Mahalo to the

club for supporting her for RYLA, & it

was great to see Tom’s sons & Sol

enjoying RYLA. Congratulations to Tom

& Mary for being great parents!

$5– David Hurd– Thanks to Richard

Cunningham for his donations to other

clubs in support of HRYF.

$2– Pete Muller– Glad to hear that PE

Barbara enjoyed PETS & told a story

about the oldest PETS participant’s

brother. Unfortunately he went boom.

$10– Barbara Hastings– $5 for a great

PETS experience & $5 to congratulate

Sharon Scheele.

$5– James Leonard– This year’s RYLA

was special, based on the student

participants. Thanks to Sharon, Anita,

Miyuki, & Steve for participating.

$20– Kathleen McGilvray– Mahalo to

the Rotary Club of Hilo Bay/Hilo/South

Hilo members for helping paint YWCA

& to Nathan & his crew who donated

extra weekends of help to finish

painting.

$20– Marie Bothof– Mahalo to the club

for helping celebrate her birthday with

the joyous birthday singing.

$5– Chester Cabral– Thanks to Bryan,

Kellie, Cara, and Cedric for helping at

yesterday’s Ka ‘Umeke Dictionary

Project.

$2– Adam Pack– Returned from Maui,

where he was able to attach two

listening devices to a mother & baby

humpback whale, hoping to get data

on their communication.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS– SAVE THE DATE!

March is Literacy Month

March 13, 2014– Waiakeawaena Keiki Dictionary Project, 8:15 am

March 13, 2014– RCHB Board Meeting, 7 am at Coqui’s Hideaway

March 13-14, 2014– Hilo Union’s Rainbow Pride/High Flyer Awards

March 15, 2014– District Assembly, 8:30 am—3:30 pm at Kamehameha

Schools

Future Events for Rotary Club of Hilo Bay:

May 2-4, 2014– Conference of Rotary Clubs of District 5000, Turtle Bay

Resort

June 25, 2014– RCHB Installation of Officers

Upcoming Events for Other Clubs:

March 14-15, 2014– RCEH Relay for Life, 6 pm-6 am

March 27, 2014– EH President’s Meeting

April 1, 2014– RCEH Meeting, K-126

April 9, 2014– RC South Hilo “Hump Day”, Palms by the Bay at 5:00 pm

April 19, 2014– Rotarians at Work Day at Salvation Army

April 24-26, 2014– D9640 (Australia) Visitation to East Hawaii

April 24, 2014– RC Hilo Steak Fry with D9640 (Australia) at Wailoa State

Park

April 26, 2014– Merrie Monarch Parade (with D9640 members)

June 24, 2014– RC South Hilo Installation of Officers

June 26, 2014– RC Hilo Installation of Officers

July 1, 2014– RC Pahoa Sunset Installation of Officers

Thank you for your comments about the information put out in the newsletter! Due to time constraints,

newsletters from March1—June 30 will be much shorter in content. After April 1st, newsletters may be found

only on the Rotary Club of Hilo Bay ClubRunner website. Also, March 19th newsletter will be delayed til March

25th. Thanks for reading the newsletter!

- Kellie Yagi

March 19– Julie Goettsch, Orchid

Society

March 26– Dr. John Barnes, NOAA

April 2– HHS Robotics

April 9– TBA

April 16– James Leonard

7 Rotarians needed!

Waiakeawaena Elementary

School

Thursday, March 13, 2014

8:15 am

Project Chair: Chester

Cabral

Need 2-3 Rotarians each day

March 13-14, 2014

Meet at Administrative Office

Project Chair: Cedric Mitsui

Saturday, March 15, 2014

8:30 am—3:30 pm

Kamehameha Kea‘au

Campus, HS Cafeteria

Open to all members

Incoming Board of Directors,

Committee Chairs, & new

members should attend.

Please sign up at General

Membership Meetings!

Project Chair: Barbara

Hastings

Distinguished Remarkable

Persons for 2014:

Sharon Scheele & Audrey Wilson

Wednesday, April 6, 2014

11:30—1:30 pm

Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, Moku ‘Ola

Room

Please sign up for a Rotary Club

of Hilo Bay table!

$50 per ticket

Salvation Army

April 19, 2014 morning

The front and the sides are the most important to be painted. We

might not be able to do it all that day.

Saturday, March 15, 2014

2013-2014 Goal: $3,000

Amount collected as of 3/5/14:

over $3,555 from 27 members

Merrie Monarch Parade

April 26, 2014

Drawing will be on March 19, 2014!

We are planning on walking in the parade with

the other East Hawaii Rotary Clubs as well as the

Rotary Clubs of District 9640 (Australia). Please

wear a nice Rotary T-Shirt of any kind.

Please mark this date on your calendar!

Project Chair: James Tyrin

Scholarship Nominee: Khalia Moke-Sakamoto

We are planning a fun weekend filled with fellowship, stimulating speakers, workshops, and Hawaiian culture. There will

also be a special dinner on Thursday night in honor of Past International President Sakuji Tanaka and to renew bonds of

friendship with our Japanese sister district. Sign up on the conference registration page (additional charge).

I hope to see you all there!

DG Phil Sammer

District 5000

Thursday 5/1

6:00 pm Dinner with Sakuji Tanaka (registration required)

Friday 5/2: Shuttle from airport 8 am, noon, 2 pm, 4 pm

10:00 am Golf

12:30 pm Registration opens

5:00 pm Presidents Reception

6:00 pm Dinner

Saturday 5/3: Shuttle from airport 6:45 am, 2 pm

7:00 am Conference Registration

7:00 am Breakfast

7:45 am Presidents seated

8:00 am Plenary session I: Club Admin and PR awards, Sakuji Tanaka

speaks, Presidents introduced

10:15 am Plenary session II: Vocational, International, Youth Service

awards, speaker

12:30 pm Lunch on own

1:30—2:30 pm Workshops

2:30-4:30 pm Free time

4:30 pm Reception for PEs and PNs

5:30 pm Reception for Major Donors and White Hats

5:30 pm Cocktails

6:30 pm Dinner

9:00 pm Dancing

Sunday 5/4

7:00 am Interfaith Service

7:45 am Plenary session IV: Celebration of Life, Community Svc and

RI awards, HRYF awards

9:30 am Plenary session V: Business meeting, DG remarks, DGE,

DGN, and PEs introduced

11:15 am Lunch: Club of the Year

1:00 pm Pau

1:30 & 4:30 pm Shuttle to airport

After January 31, 2014

Conference/Registration Fees: $25

Food package: $215

Hotel:

Room reservations begin at $215

per night.

Register on district website at:

www.rotary5000.org/

SORRY!

March 19th’s newsletter will not come out til the

following week, March 26th. I will be on a family trip to

Maui and will not be able to put the finishing touches on

it til I return. Thanks for your patience!

Kellie Yagi

NEWSLETTER EDITOR WANTED FOR 2014-2015!

Please contact Barbara Hastings if you’re interested.