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"Dear George,Remember no man is a failure who has friends.

Thanks for the wings!Love, Clarence"

—————It’s a Wonderful Life

Meeting Mondays, 7:15 AM - Marriott Hotel, 1400 Parkview Ave - Manhattan Beach

Officers and Directors 2011-12Bill Bloomfield, President

Tom Jeffry President-Elect Russ Rothner/Russ Samuels DirectorsLindy Murrell Secretary Richard Ham DirectorJohn Rhind Treasurer Kathleen Terry DirectorRoger Cox Past President Geoff Bremer/Ron Sokol DirectorsPaul Allman Historian Lee Walker/Dave Long Directors___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Governor District 5280 President Rotary InternationalBrad Robinson Kalyan Banerjee

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Rotes Quotes Vol.62, No.23 December 19, 2011

Programs

Dec 19th — Holiday Program. Join us this morning forour annual holiday program and sing-along. ‘Tis the season for familyand friends!

Dec 26th — No Meeting. Happy Holidays! There will beno regular meeting this morning as we celebrate the holidays.

Jan 2nd — No Meeting. Happy New Year! Travel safelyif you are going out of town to visit family and friends..

MB CERT ScheduleManhattan Beach CERT and the Fire Department are offering an EmergencyPreparedness Class:

Saturday, January 14th, 2012 (8:00 AM to 4:30 PM)Saturday, January 21st, 2012 (8:00 AM to 4:30 PM)Saturday, January 28th, 2012 (8:00 to 4:30) Practical Exercise and Graduation

During this program you will: Acquire or Brush-Up on LIFE SAVING skills for You, your Family, Co-work-ers, & Neighbors, Light Fire Fighting Skill,sRapid Triage and actions to SAVEMULTIPLE LIVES Light Search & Rescue, First Aid & Transport, Communi-cating to Receive Help & Surviving until Help Arrives

Contact info@mbcerta.org, or call George @ 310-701-0101. $60.00 forentire class.

Forgiveness And Other VirtuesIt was Monday, December 12, 2011, and President Bill Bloomfieldbanged the gavel on the bell lest we be too preoccupied to hear RickFarrell’s holiday gift suggestions (he recommends the gifts that mat-ter, like forgiveness)…..John Hugunin’s guest was his bride of 45years, Carole….When Sandpiper Holiday Basket volunteers wereasked to stand and be recognized, it seemed like half the room roseup…..Santa Bill thanked his elves….Tom Jeffry urged us to do asMike Matthews just did, namely go online to sign up for the January10 District Breakfast, featuring the General Manager of the RIFoundation….Kent Caldwell was honored for his 30 years in theclub—President Bill called him an Unsung Hero, but PatrickDonahue, noting Kent’s musical talent, suggested he’s a SungHero…..Still more members stood up to be recognized for assistingat the Joslyn Center’s Senior Citizen Holiday Luncheon (whichWendell Harter was finally old enough to attend).

Happy DollarsEd Kushins is simply grateful to be a Rotarian….Russ Rothner isgrateful for the experience of delivering Sandpiper HolidayBaskets….Alex Yoffe is grateful for Rotary’s help with the SandpiperHoliday Baskets, given that his wife Kristen was in charge of theproject….John Osten’s son has not only passed the Bar but, betteryet, now has a job with a law firm….James Caprell is grateful to theclub for its member support of the Casa Hogar CBV gift drive for thechildren, spearheaded by James, Steve Murillo, Vinny Fazzino, andRandy Meadors (all of whom were brilliantly caricatured by Jameson a poster which you can view on our club’s Facebook page, thanksto Facebook impresario Donn Ennis)….Patrick Donahue defied 17to 1 odds and walked off with $333 for finding the white marble.

Rick DavisWhat a coup President Bill pulled off for us this date, bringing usRick Davis, campaign manager in both 2000 and 2008 for JohnMcCain. President Bill was McCain’s national volunteer coordina-tor in 2008, so, as Davis said, he “owed” Bill, and Bill collected thatdebt on our behalf, bringing this high profile political genius (think

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Lee Atwater, Karl Rove, James Carville, David Axelrod) to our club.Remarkably self-effacing for a man who lives in such an aggressiveworld, Davis shared multiple, candid campaign stories with us. Amongthese: at its low point the 2008 McCain campaign was broke andlaying off staff. Bill Bloomfield showed up and said he’d manage thevolunteer effort at a time when volunteers were few in number. Butsoon there were a multitude of volunteers, whom Davis says were farmore effective thanks to Bill’s management.

Davis is first a businessman and second a politician, currently devot-ing his energies to his investment company, Pegasus. He chaired theYoung Republicans while a student at Alabama, became Bob Dole’s1996 deputy campaign manager, and then famously joined McCain.He lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife, who is a veterinarian.

Davis handicapped today’s Republican presidential primary race, sug-gesting it’s Newt Gingrich’s to lose, but also suggesting that at leastthe Old Newt is quite capable of turning this into a loss. He’d like tosee more energy in the Romney campaign, but believes Romney re-mains quite viable. His hope for a GOP win is the widespread Repub-lican unified opposition to President Obama. He is alarmed by theprospect of a Gingrich-Obama campaign in which both candidatesstart out with negative approval ratings, a perhaps unprecedented situ-ation. Such a campaign would be highly entertaining, he believes, buthe’d like to see leadership that transcends politics and believes a thirdparty centrist candidate, despite the historical odds, could get in themix.

Davis also shared some McCain campaign stories. He believes thatMcCain, though he lost the nomination race in 2000, built up so muchgoodwill through his positive campaign style that it carried right into2008. He also took some credit (blame?) for the Sarah Palin selec-tion, putting us back in context, surmising that we’ll never know ifthe Palin candidacy could have succeeded because the September 16,2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers turned the entire election upsidedown in unpredictable ways.

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Third Party Candidate: Rick Davis commented that this may be theyear for a viable third party candidate. Right on cue, President-ElectTom Jeffry posted another one of his campaign slides for PresidentBill, promoting him this time as the standard-bearer of the Tea &Crumpet Party. While President Bill blocked the screen and turnedoff the projector, all agreed that America could do worse.

Yours in Rotary,Jim Hallett

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736 Silver Spur 655 N. Harbor Dr. LAX MarriottTuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday

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 19 Larry Johnson Dec 21 Don JungDec 26 HOLIDAY Dec 28 John AckerJan 02 HOLIDAY Jan 04 Ann KonieJan 09 Brad Koppel Jan 11 Dave Long

Birthdays AnniversariesDec 17 Barbara Matles Dec 21 Lindy Murrell & Roger MorrellDec 18 Jan Rhees Dec 21 Duke & Eloisa WinserJan 01 Lisa Hemmat Dec 22 Robert & Michele GuilfordJan 15 Jim Bowser Dec 27 Deb Arnold & Walt Zipperman

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Manhattan Beach Rotary - 105 Active Members Strong!The 2011/12 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 PlannerDr. Richard Ackerman – Aerospace ManagementKathleen Adams – Financial AdvisorSusan Adams – AerospacePaul Allman – Personnel Training †Deborah Arnold – Business Software ConsultantTim James Auringer – Automotive DealerWade Austin, Jr. – PhotographyHarris Bass – Business and Tax LawBill Bloomfield – Commercial/LaundryDavid Boochever – Consultant/Computer †Jim Bowser – Insurance (ret.)Geoff Bremer – CPAJan Buike – Social WorkerGiusy Buonfantino – International MarketingKent Caldwell – Insurance †James Caprell – ArtistTom Callahan – Music Ind. ExecutiveMarc Castellani – Wealth ManagementRichard Chase – College ProfessorRoger Civalleri – Business Broker †Roger Cox – Business Consultant †Mark Curran – Advertising and MarketingSteve De Baets – Truck RefrigerationKen Deemer – Private InvestorArturo Di Pietro – Int’l Bus ConsultantMike Doell – Moving & Storage †Patrick Donahue – AdvertisingDonn Ennis – Oil Refinery Engineer †Monica Farrell – Non-profit DevelopmentRichard Farrell – Video Production (ret.)Vinny Fazzino – Builder/EngineerRobin Gary – Pilates InstructorNelson Gray – Honorary Member †Robert Guilford – Business ConsultantMimi Haines – Toy ManufacturingMegan Hall – CatererJim Hallett – Criminal & Family Attorney †Richard Ham – Aerospace EngineerJay Harkenrider – Real Estate Residential †Dave Harris – Wealth Advisor †Wendell Harter – Peace AdvocateLisa Hemmat - RestauranteurDave Hornbecker – Office Supplies †John Hugunin – Community College ProfessorJim Hunter – Property Management †Eric Iverson – Web DeveloperIan Jackson – Mortgage Banker †Tom Jeffry – Attorney - Health CareLawrence Johnson – Investment Banker †Don Jung – CPA Business ManagerBill Keenan – Interim CFOsHarry Keller – Education TechnologyAnne Konie – Interior DesignerBrad Koppel – International Trade

Ed Kushins – Home Exch. ExecutiveDavid Long – Executive/RecruiterKathy McElroy – Physical TherapistMike Matthews – EducationBarbara Matles – Travel AgentRandy Meadors – ArchitectDennis Morehead – Property Mgt †Gerry Morton – Nutritional ProductsSteve Murillo – Mortgage Broker †Lindy Murrell – CommunicationsWayne Nelson – MarketingDr. John Nylund – Dermatology †John Osten – Commercial PublishingDr. Ray Padilla – DentistDr. Patricia Panucci – OrthodontistNehal Patel – EngineeringMatthew Peck – AccountingJordan Peister – Graphic DesignerDave Peters – R.E. Invest/Develop/MediationDon Redman – Mfg Executive (ret.)Jan Rhees – Residential Real Estate †John Rhind – Accounting †Dennis Ridge – PrintingDr. Deborah Robertson – VeterinarianRoger Rombro – Attorney - Family LawRuss Rothner – Business ConsultantJoel Ruben – Attorney - Real Est. & Bus. LitShannon Ryan – Financial PlannerDaniel Saks – InsuranceMauricio Salazar – Airline OperationsRuss Samuels – Fitness & Personal TrainingDr. Paul Sanchez – DentistBill Sauber – Auto Club Services (ret.)Dr. Les Silverman – OptometristStephanie Skrbin – Real EstateRonald Sokol – AttorneyDarrell Sperber – Automotive DealerCharlie Steinmetz – Investor - Real EstateSteve Stepanek – Aerospace EngineerBob Stephenson – Accountant Corporate †Lincoln Stone – Business & Immigration LawMarc Teitelbaum – Honorary Member †Kathleen Terry – Management ConsultantHerb Trachtenberg – Aerospace Engineer †Dr. Chris Ullman – Chiropractic †John Van den Akker – Property Mgt/Invsts †June Vantrimpont – Window Treatment Mfg.Russ Varon – JewelerLee Walker – Insurance - CasualtyIngo Werk – ManufacturingDuke Winser – Honorary Member †Larry Wolf – Real Estate Broker/OwnerAlexander Yoffe – Attorney

† Active Past Presidents

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