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THE ROTARY CLUB OF SANTA MARIA

Make Dreams Real

President’s Message

Dr. Kenneth Nelson2008-2009 President

June 23, 2009

THE ROTATOR

Frank Culley, Editor

fculley.rotary@gmail.com

It's not too early to plan to attend the District 5240 Conference in October! For those of you whomight not know, our District holds two kinds of events every year: the District Assemblies in April aretraining seminars, whereas the District Conferences in October are a time for fellowship, inspiration,socializing and FUN. I'm planning to go and hope lots of our members and spouses will be able tocome too.

This year, there are lots of really cool activities and entertainment planned, it's being held at thebeach at the Ventura Mariott. How can you say no to playing Texas Hold'em or building sand castleson the beach all for the Rotary cause??? (Carlie can actually be telling the truth about doing good forRotary if he goes.) The speakers and entertainment are excellent. There are limited spaces avail-able, so submit your reservations soon. See the attached fliers.

Sincerely,

Susan

A Message from our President Elect

Susan Rees

We must also remember our good friend, Hillary Clinton

Word is she is having elbow surgery

Have a speedy recovery Hillary

Congratulations to:

Frank Ortiz (Santa Maria Breakfast) on being named one of two District Rotarian ofthe Year Award recipients. In addition to his family and club responsibilities, he tookon two additional monster chores this last year – District Conference Chair last Octo-ber and Chair of the Foundation Gala just last month. Nobody has ever workedharder to get the superior results Frank achieved.

CENTURY CLUB:Members know that during the year, they will be fined approximately $100 for club operations.It’s fun to get up in front of your friends and share your experiences in exchange for good-natured ribbing and a fine. But some members prefer not to be the center of attention, and ifyou're one of them, what a deal we have for you! Become a member of the Century Club bypaying $100 to Robbin by August 25, 2009. You will not be singled out at meetings, and if youmistakenly are, any fine assessed will have to be paid by the president! Note that birthdaysand anniversaries are excluded, and will still be recognized at meetings. Talk to Robbin now ifyou want to take advantage of this limited time offer.

What does this have todo with anything Rotary?

Well stay tuned and youwill find out!

Hey Fellow Rotarians

PRLS is starting soon. Yes, I’m going to bug you all until everyone attends

Just 5 or 6 Saturdays conveniently spread out over 5 months

See Pages 6 & 7 Do this, you’ll be amazed at what you will learn

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THE ROTARY CLUB OF SANTA MARIA

The Rotary Club of

Santa Maria

Board of Directors

2008-09

President:

Kenneth Nelson

President Elect:

Susan Rees

Past President:

Scott Dunn

Club Administration:

Bob Frias

Roy Dugger

Membership:

Jim Buttery

Public Relations:

OPEN

International:

Gillian Andrews

Club Service:

David Merlo

Laura Mohajer

The Rotary Foundation:

Tom Martinez

Secretary:

John Henning

Acting Treasurer:

Robbin Medina

Make Dreams RealRotary Calendar

Bulletin questions or comments? E-mail fculley.rotary@gmail.com or call 805-934-7091

JUNE

Business Ethics Award

6-21,22,23,24 RI Convention

JULY

July 28th—Club Assembly

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

CONTRIBUTIONS

Membership, Jim Buttery

Rotator, Frank Culley

Web Site, Roy Dugger

http://www.rotaryclubofsantamaria.org/

Sign-up & Participate Today!

Contacts for Current Rotary Projects

June Programs

June 23

Foodbank to Accept Check for $11,000.00

June 30

Ken Miles and Rebecca Turner

Family Care Network

July Programs

July 7

Kerry Aller

The Foodbank

July 14

Kristy Farmer

California Women of Agriculture

July 21

Eddie Kutz

The Rodeo Announcer

July 28

Club Assembly

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Make Dreams Real

The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

Our thoughts and prayers are with Tara Nelson and her family.

We all wish her a full and speedy recovery.

We miss you very much and look forward to your return to Rotary and all of the other great things

Our thoughts and prayers include Ken Martin

We all wish a speedy recovery for Ken

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Dear Friends:

I was saddened to see news of Maureen Withers passing in the SM Times today.

For those that didn’t know her, Maureen was a charming, warm, hardworking person and verygenerous with her time. She also was a great friend to my mother-in-law as the Director at the

Oasis Center.

It is too bad that we didn’t do a better job of recognizing all her efforts while she was with us.

Scott W. Dunn

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Saturday June 6 was a gorgeous sunny day – perfect for the 66th annual Elks’ Rodeo Parade.

Bobby Aquistapace was ubiquitous – greeting at the Sponsors’ VIP viewing area, helping along the parade route, andof course organizing the whole deal. John and Sharon Henning's Country Oaks float spanned the 40's through 60'sdecades. And no parade would be complete without Judy and Hardy Hearn, decked out in their glittery best westernattire. Alice Patino was spotted too. Special thanks to Fred Pratt for again loaning his classic (cranky?) 1925 Duesen-berg that transported Susan Rees and Bob Frias in style. Susan thanks her husband Robert for driving while Fredwas off playing with his "geezerball" pals.

a doozie of a duese 2 roberts_parade judy, hardy, sharon & john

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Group Study Exchanges are an invaluable way of taking an indepth study of another country. Rotary is looking for both a Team Leader (a

Rotarian) and participants (non Rotarians) for the proposed trip taking place early next year.

Click the following links to learn about the program and see if you or someone you know could benefit from this amazing international ex-

change.

http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/160en.pdf

Applications for Team Leader are due July 30.

http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_doc/260en.doc

Applications for GSE Team Members are due August 9.

http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_doc/161en.doc

GSE Visit to Bangladesh Jan - Feb 2010

Bangladesh Children

The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

Proudly presents

A night at the theater

When: July 31st, 2009 – Friday

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Cost: $25.00 per person (Pre Pay Only)

What it includes:

1 ticket and a Light Pre Show Reception

Please RSVP to Robbin at Robbin at 925-8286 or email:

Robbin.Medina@RaymondJames.com

THE MUSIC MAN

In this family musical celebration of Midwestern American traditions and foibles, con man 'Professor' Harold Hill has a plan for cleaning up the poolhalls in River City by replacing them with a wholesome marching band; or so he wants us to believe. He came to River City to "clean up" but he

didn't count on falling in love. Come and enjoy this classic American musical from Meredith Wilson

PCPA, Friday July 31st, $25.00 appropriate for all ages. Bring checks to Rotary meeting, payable to PCPA

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Make Dreams Real

MONDAYS

6:00 P SANTA MARIA SOUTH

THE HISTORIC SANTA MARIA INN

12:10 SAN LUIS OBISPO

MADONA INN

TUESDAYS

7:OOA SLO DAYBREAK

FAIRWAYS RESTAURANT

CAMBRIA SUNRISE

LAS CAMBRITAS

SOLVANG BREAKFAST

ROYAL SCANDINAVIAN

TEMPLETON

MCPHEE’S

12:00 THE ROTARY CLUB OF

SANTA MARIA

THE HISTORIC SANTA MARIA INN

PISMO BEACH

PELICAN POINT

MORRO BAY

THE MORRO BAY GOLF COURSE

WEDNESDAYS

7:00 A GROVER BEACH

SPYGLASS PISMO

NIPOMO

BLACK LAKE GOLF RESORT

PASO ROBLES SUNRISE

PASO ROBLES COUNTRY CLUB

12:00 ATASCADERO

LAKESIDE PAVILLION

SAN LUIS DE TOLOSA

MADONNA INN

12:10 SANTA YNEZ VALLEY

ROYAL SCANDINAVIAN

6:00 P LOMPOC ROTARY CLUB

LOMPOC EMBASSY SUITES

THURSDAYS

7:00 A SANTA MARIA BREAKFAST

SANTA MARIA INN

12:00 PASO ROBLES

PASO ROBLES COUNTRY CLUB

ARROYO GRANDE

STEAMERS PISMO BEACH

FRIDAYS

6:45 A VANDENBERG VILLAGE

VILLAGE COUNTRY CLUB

7:00 A LOS OSOS

MARE BLU RISTORANTE

12:00 CAMBRIA

THE BRAMBLES

The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

"cyber make-ups"

www.rotarydistrict5240.org

A reminder that several back issues as well as thecurrent issue of The Rotator can be found on ourWebsite. I also have every issue I have done sinceSeptember 23, 2008 if there is a specific issue youmay want.

http://www.rotaryclubofsantamaria.org/

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BASIC PRLS GRADUATES MASTER PRLS GRADUATES

Jon Demeter John Henning

Camille Edie Blanche Hollingshead

Peter Lopez Ronald L. Nanning

Tom Martinez Jane M. Norman

Cindy McKellar Fred Sanders

Greg Muscio Connie Blackwell

Ken Nelson Jan Leaverton

Susan Rees Frank Culley

Dr. Andrew Millar

Roy Dugger

Megan Thomas

Curt Davis

Tara Nelson

Teri Lee Coleman

Doug Coleman (Non-Member)

Ric Fraser

Robbin Medina

PRLS 2009—2010 Schedule

Basic PRLS on 10/10/09 will be at Rabobank on main street in Cambria

All of the Master PRLS classes will be held at the Santa Maria Inn

Santa Barbara or SLO County

October 10, 2009 for Basic PRLS Public Speaking; Rotary, Your Club and You; Leadership Tools For Success; Leadinga Meeting & Communications.

October 31, 2009 for MPRLS 3 A full day of committee facilitation skills and group goal setting exercises.

November 14, 2009 for MPRLS 4 full day of Situational Leadership concept identification, understanding and skills de-velopment.

December 5, 2009 for MPRLS 1 A full day of extemporaneous public speaking exercises.

January 23, 2010 for MPRLS 2 A full day of preplanned public speaking exercises.

February 6, 2010 for MPRLS 5 A full day of business model planning and project management skills development andexercises.

http://www.prls.org/

THE OBJECT OF PRLS

To provide an environment for current and potential Rotary leaders to learn how to bemore effective as individuals on a daily basis.

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