U P C O M I N G P R O G R A M S

September 13, 2007

This Week

Program Chair

Wendy Wayne September 6, 2007 Meeting

Carla Musser, Editor

October 4

October 5

October 11

David Peery

DARK

District Conference Lunch

US Dept. of Justice

September 20

Mike Hay

September 27

Gene Cotton

Jim Burke Ford Dream Builders

Flying J Refinery

President Harley

Monsignor Braun

District Governor, Jane McClenahan John

Nilon

Suellen Anderson,

Joe Macllvaine Brad

Henderson Ken Aitken

kicked off the meeting with an invocationfrom , who prayed for a “short and sweet”program by our .

graciously led the pledge. The song selection was “led by who quickly filled in forwho was MIA. Visiting Rotarians included

, from West and from the Taft.

God

Bless America”

Announcements…

Scott Johnson Evelyn Johnson

Joe

Drew

Dick Mallard

Kevin Oliver

Honorable Mayor Hall

announced his mother, ,(aka Paula Harris) became a proud great-grandmother for a 2time on August 27 . So what does that make you Scott??

stepped forward to announce the upcoming Oktoberfestfundraiser on November 1st. Joe asked all Rotarians who havedonated great “weekend get-a-ways” so generously in the past tofeel free to call him before he calls you. Joe further announced it’sthat time of year again for Waterman grant applications. Joe willhave grant applications available next week and will also explainthe process in more detail. is looking for a couplemore businesses for the “brown bag lunch” meetings. Anyoneinterested in hosting a “brown-bag lunch” on October 25 shouldcontact Dick.

thanked those who called about his son. He washurt playing for Stockdale High School on the frosh/soph footballteam. Kevin also thanked the for his first-class limousine service to the hospital. His son is back on the field

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PACE

PACE

PACE

( romise of ssurance tohildren verywhere)

main objective is to support andprovide educational and socialdevelopment training for girls andgive them skills to break the cycle ofpoverty that they were born into.

established itsfirst school in the village of Piyalioutside of Calcutta, India in Septem-ber of 2003. Currently, the school,housed in a rented facility, is teaching80 girls with 200 on the waiting list.

is currently working on theconstruction of the first proto-type

that willinclude a school for 1200 girls by2008; a vocational training center;medical and dental clinics; a hostel(living quarter) and a communitycenter. Presi-dent of PACE Universal and Presidentof the Rotary Club of Santa YnezValley will share information aboutthis international project.

P A

C E Universal's

Universal

Learning Center

Deepa Willingham,

PACE

PACE Univeral

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

ROTARY OFFICE

- NoonHoliday Inn Select

- NoonValley Rose Golf Course

- NoonHoliday Inn Select

- 6:00 p.m.Bernardino’s

- NoonStockdale Country Club

- NoonHeritage Inn

- 6:30 a.m.Shafter Vet’s Hall

- 6:45 a.m.Petroleum Club

- NoonJo’s Restaurant

2:40 p.m. BHSAuditorium #301

- 7:00 a.m.Dream Castle Cafe

NoonBakersfield Art Museum

- NoonKelcy’s Restaurant

- NoonKong’s Dynasty

- 6:00 p.m.Ewings

NoonVeteran’s Hall

Bakersfield South

Wasco

Bakersfield North

Inyokern

Bakersfield West

China Lake

Shafter

Bakersfield Breakfast

Taft

Interact -

Frazier Park Rotary

Bakersfield Downtown -

Tehachapi

Delano

Kern River Valley

Bakersfield East -

Phone: (661) 325-0696

Area Meetingsand ready for the next challenge, BHS. Rotarian , who ischairman of the board for Golden Empire Gleaners, announcedthey are searching for a new Executive Director. Call Ron if youknow of someone who has experience working with non-profitsand interested in working for a tremendous organization that is anasset to our community.

announced with great pleasure, that our Club’snominee for District 5240’s Ambassadorial Scholar,

, was selected out of 12 candidates. This is a $27,000scholarship to study abroad for a year. President Harley thankedDr. Sheldon for his participation. It feels good to get one!

echoed what President Harley said about Bob Sheldon.He’s been coordinating the Ambassadorial Scholar for nine years.He not only accompanies them to San Luis Obispo, but he openshis heart and his wisdom. Bob has been a great steward for theClub. In addition to the interviews for Ambassadorial Scholar, thedistrict also interviews candidates to go to India for District 5240. InJanuary there were 13 applications. Our club sponsored twoyoung women and they were two of the four that were selected.

from Kaiser, and were bothselected and will be traveling to India. from theWest Club, announced we are hosting a GSE exchange team andare in need of a volunteer coordinator when they come to Bakers-field. The coordinator will be responsible for transporting the teamto Bakersfield and to the host city.

Ron Eaves

Bob Sheldon

Kirsten

Woody

Wendy

Wayne

Natalie Erlendson Daphne Phillips

Brad Henderson,

Assistant District Governor, Dan Giordano

Richard Chapman,

Pat Collins,

announcedthe District Conference will be held in Bakersfield October 5-7,2007. It will expose you to what is going on in our district – 4000Rotarians will be in attendance and it would be great to see every-one there! More information about the conference can be found onthe district website, www.rotarydistrict5240.org.

President Harley thanked all who were wearing their Rotarypins. However, now that Evelyn has a supply of Rotary pins avail-able for purchase ($5.00), there’s no more leeway allowed. It’s notthat difficult to wear your pin! President Harley called on anothernew member, who was inducted two weeksago. Richard wanted to talk more but president Harley had to givehim the stage hook. She allowed him a small amount of time to talkabout the direction he’s taking Kern Economic DevelopmentCorporation. Richard’s response was “hopefully forward.” Richardsaid he would look to his predecessor, to model isattendance. Daphne reminded him that Pat was not the right rolemodel. President Harley also called Richard’s sponsor forward,Carla Musser. Carla was honored by the District Governor with the“first” new member sponsor pin for bringing a new member for-

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Officers

Board of Directors

R.I. President

District 5240 Governor

Assistant Governor

Group Representative

Rotary Office

Wilifred J. Wilkinson

Jane McClenahan

Dan Giordano

Brad Henderson

P.O. Box 1628, 93302

Phone: (661) 325-0696

FAX: (661) 322-2311

evelyn@bakersfield-rotary.com

www.bakersfield-rotary.com

Daphne Harley........................Ray Watson ............................Neil Sawyer.............................Paul Sheldon......................

............................Steve Sanders....................................Sheryl Chalupa............................................Tracy Kiser...........................................David Price

.................................Joe Drew...............................................Ed Paine.........................................Steve Roach.........................................Mary Trichell

.........................................Greg Gallion

...................................Harvey McCown

Bakersfield East

President

Secretary

Treasurer

Sgt. at Arms

1 year

2 years

Past President

President Elect 2008-2009

Trenton, Ont. Canada

Ojai West, California

Bakersfield West

Officersward.

President Harley did a Rotary pop quiz, “How many Rotarycenters for International Studies are there around the world?” Aftermuch debate and collective Rotarian thought the seven centerswere named with Wendy Wayne getting the gold star for knowingmost of the seven: Tokoyo, Japan; Brisbane, Australia; BuenosAires, Argentina; West Yorkshire, England; Chapel Hill, NorthCarolina; and Berkeley, California.

Our newest member, , is the CEO for Kern Medi-cal Center. His sponsor, past president said hewas never so proud to stand at the podium and introduce a newmember, in fact, he said he’s never sponsored a new member!Paul was born and raised in Pittsburgh. He graduated from Univer-sity of Pittsburgh with a BA in Political Science and earned a Mas-ters in Health Care Administration from Trinity University, SanAntonio, TX, and he was a Captain in the US Air Force. Paul has anextensive background in healthcare administration. He is marriedto a special women, but more importantly his nine-year old daugh-ter cat sits for Richard. After seeing what happened to previousnewest member (Richard Chapman), Paul took a very briefmoment to address the club.

Paul Hensler

Richard Beene,

Program

P r e s i d e n t H a r l e yformally introduced

She is anative of California, andlived in San Francisco bayarea until 1978, then Ojaiand Ventura since then.She joined Rotary Club ofOjai-West in 1988, inspiredby attending Rotary Inter-national conventions inMunich and Philadelphiawith her husband, Jack.

Jane is a PRLS and Master PRLS graduate, and has receivednumerous club, district, and RI awards and citations, including theFour Avenues of Service Award. Jane and Jack are both multiplePaul Harris Fellows, contributors to the Rotary Club of Ojai-WestFoundation, and Major Donors to the Permanent Fund of TheRotary Foundation. Professionally, Jane is Executive Director ofthe Ojai Valley Museum, Ojai’s community museumof history and art.

Governor McClenahan first opened by

Dis-

trict Governor, Jane

McClenahan.

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MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

ROTARY OFFICE

- NoonHoliday Inn Select

- NoonValley Rose Golf Course

- NoonHoliday Inn Select

- 6:00 p.m.Bernardino’s

- NoonStockdale Country Club

- NoonHeritage Inn

- 6:30 a.m.Shafter Vet’s Hall

- 6:45 a.m.Petroleum Club

- NoonJo’s Restaurant

2:40 p.m. BHSAuditorium #301

- 7:00 a.m.Dream Castle Cafe

NoonBakersfield Art Museum

- NoonKelcy’s Restaurant

- NoonKong’s Dynasty

- 6:00 p.m.Ewings

NoonVeteran’s Hall

Bakersfield South

Wasco

Bakersfield North

Inyokern

Bakersfield West

China Lake

Shafter

Bakersfield Breakfast

Taft

Interact -

Frazier Park Rotary

Bakersfield Downtown -

Tehachapi

Delano

Kern River Valley

Bakersfield East -

Phone: (661) 325-0696

Area Meetingsthanking for his prayer and commented that hisprayers had been answered. She said “I am short and very sweet”.McClenahan introduced the theme for the year, “Rotary Shares.”The essence of Rotary is about sharing. We share our time, talent,resources, and our love. In conjunction with this year’s theme"Rotary Shares," we want our club leaders and members to sharetheir success stories about sponsoring new members. As anexample, she shared a jar of M&M’s with the club. She asked allmembers to think of M&Ms as “More Members”. The first personshe shared the jar with, had to have his hands slappedbecause he was going to dig in without a spoon. Each club presi-dent is expected to bring in a new member and she will come backand give Daphne a new member pin. As the M&M’s went aroundthe room, she changed the meaning of M&M’s to “More Money”.She said we need to think about more fundraising. Rotary Interna-tional needs more money. Other ways to contribute to the Founda-tion is through the Paul Harris and Paul Harris Society Founda-tions. Governor McClenahan concluded by recognizing our cluband certain members for their contribution to Rotary. A special pinwith a prospector on it and a rotary wheel in a gold pan was pre-sented to the following Rotarians: thanks to for hisdedicated service and always keeping the PA system going; to

for her hours and hours of work on the newsletterand website; to for her service above self work onprograms and the Oktoberfest fundraiser; to for hiscoordination of programs and sports programs; to forhis “can do attitude”; and lastly, to President Daphne for sharingher talent and expertise as President for the year. She closed bythanking the club for our continued service above self and alsoasked for Rotarians to consider volunteering for the InternationalConference that will be held in Los Angeles next year.

Before adjourning the meeting, President Daphne thanked theDistrict Governor and all who were recognized at the meeting. Sheagain welcomed our newest member, Paul Hensler.

Monsignor Braun

Ken Carter,

Dave Weldon

Sheryl Chalupa

Tracy Kiser

Steve Sanders

David Price

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