Coronado Rotary - Corotator

10 May	Beach Clean up	Tim cusick
7 June	Relay for Life	Wes Harris
8 June	Low Tide Ride and Stride	Barry Thomas
8 June	Rotary International Convention in Los Angeles
14 June	Beach Clean up	Tim Cusick
27 June	Installation Dinner	Al Ovrom

NOTES FROM THE SCRIBE:

It’s now 82 years and two months of Rotary service to our community and the world. Respected President Scott asked Earl Pool to give the invocation and Lionel Rowe, well, was “Lionel Rowe.” Fortunately, President Scott asked Les Arndt to translate for Lionel and we were able to find out who our guests from the Rotary Club of Ensenada-Calafia were.

ROTARY NOTES OF INTEREST AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Rotary International Convention is in Los Angeles this year. It’s a great opportunity for local Rotarians to see Rotary International up close and personal. Go to www.rotary.org to register, even if it’s only for one day.
Doug Metz and the Low Tide Ride & Stride presented by David Udell, Inc. committee would like you to pay attention to the flyers that they will have for the next few weeks. Pay particular attention to our new beneficiary and the ways in which you can help. For every $250 sponsorship your receive Paul Harris credit and the money stays in Coronado.
Etiquette Check: A reminder on the lunch/coffee tickets (white & blue). The blue ticket is a “coffee/tea” ticket NOT a “coffee/tea/dessert” ticket. This is a Four Way Test deal, so please play by the rules.
Attendance. Bad news, we’re last in the District. Good news, even if you have a hard time making Wednesdays you can make up at a Club near your work, or help out at our events. Flags on the Avenue, Beach Clean-up, Low Tide Ride, etc., all those count for attendance purposes.
Many thanks to Bob Shugert and Earl Pool for the great job they’ve done with the membership committee and shepherding Red Badgers through their requirements.
The retirement party for Sue Coyle will be at the school district offices on June 5 th at 3:00 p.m. You’ll all be getting an email invitation.
Mickey Bourke bought herself a Mother’s Day present; two of Don Penniall’s great tickets to the Padres at Petco.
Rotary Park/Plaza update brought to you by Steve Duermeyer. They (the city) will be careful of the roots of the Rotary “Christmas Tree” we planted in 1936. The drinking fountain we put installed in 1988 is out, the plaque stays. The clock stays, the bench goes; maybe to I Avenue Park. A new water fountain is proposed and our committee suggested, strongly, that it be named Vernetti Fountain.
Dave Knop will be conscripting volunteers for the Low Tide Ride and Stride June 8.
Rob Jones announced that Vernie Welch achieved her FIFTH Paul Harris Fellowship.
The leadership of the Ensenada-Calafia Club made a donation to the Low Tide Ride & Stride and invited any and all of us to their installation dinner at the Coral Hotel & Marina in Ensenada on July 3.
Be sure to Save the Date for our annual installation dinner on Friday, June 27 th at the Hotel Del.

The Family of Rotary

Please contact Mary Sternad at 522-9452 or psternad@aol.com for updates and information.

Don’t forget to visit Larry Wade at the Villa. If you give them twenty-four hours notice you can bust him out of there for coffee or Rotary.
It is with deep regret that we announce the death of Mike Napolitano. The service will be Saturday afternoon, May 17 at Resurrection Lutheran Church at Fifth and Orange. The exact time will be announced next week.
Barry Thomas and Jane Simeral will be giving a memorial presentation during our club meeting May 21st to honor our Rotarians who have passed on this year.

FINES & RECOGNITIONS

Gunther Blaseio got a two-fer: Birthday and Club anniversary for only $75.
As long as we’re on birthdays, Vernie Welch celebrated hers for a mere $75.
Poor Jeff Alison is the only one out of 240 Rotarians who didn’t get birthday “greetings” from President Scott. So, happy belated birthday (September 25, 2007!). Please remit $75.
It took president-elect Al Ovrom twenty years in Rotary to ascend to exalted status. $75 for NOT remembering how long he’s been in Rotary, nor when Rotary was founded (February 23, 1905).
John Ovrom spent Rotarians at Work Day working on his yellowtail fishing in Baja. $75.
Patrick Yassini , Twinkle toes, will be one of the featured dancers at this weekend’s Coronado Hospital Foundation Gala. It’s “Dancing with the Doctors,” and Patrick gets the lovely “Chantel,” a “professional,” as his salsa partner. $75.

PROGRAM

Suzanne Popp introduced Dr. Susan Mahler, an educator and volunteer, with the American Heart Association. Dr. Mahler was educated at the University of the Pacific (the Harvard of Stockton) and got her doctorate from La Verne (the Harvard of Pomona Valley). Her talk was, “The Beat Goes On,” and she noted that heart disease is the #1 killer of women, and men aren’t too far behind. (Who’s left?) She told a very interesting personal story of her heart ailments and now volunteers to raise awareness of heart disease. (Who’s not aware of heart disease?) Handy advice: If you think you’re having a stroke in the liquor aisle of your local market, raise your hands over your head, smile at the beer, and then say simple sentences to the beer. (If the beer talks back…) She didn’t explain what to do if you couldn’t do one of those three things, but I guessing if you can’t do those call a doctor and speak simple sentences such as, “Help!”

MEMBERSHIP

Proposed.......................Classification....................Sponsor

Jim Loiselle.........Defense Contractor-Contract.....Patty Cowan

The above has been approved by the Board of Directors to receive an invitation to join the Rotary Club of Coronado. If no written objection to the proposed candidate, stating reasons, is received by the Board within ten (10) days following the publication of the proposed, that person shall be considered elected to membership. If an objection is received the Board shall consider the objection and vote.