- Speakers -
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Mar.
14 Dr.
Gilbert Moe gave us another fabulous slide show, this time all about
hummingbirds. Now retired from his Medical Practice in the SJ Valley, he
has the time to study his love; birds, nature, and photography. He travels
to their natural habitat, takes professional quality photographs
and also has another great slide show of Eagles taken in Alaska.
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Mar.
7
Jeri
Westerson, a Medieval Author spoke to us about the Middle Ages. She started out
with a lot of myths centered around that period of time. Several are:
Myth: people were unclean, Truth: there were many public baths. Myth: The
earth was flat; Truth: by the 12th & 13th century people were looking
for an ocean route to India. Myth: Dark Ages; Truth: they were
called the Middle Ages. Jeri writes and publishes fiction based about the
14th century in Medieval London. The central character is named Crispin
Guest, and there are now several books based on him. The Boston Globe says
about her writing thus: "A medieval Sam Spade, a tough guy who
operates according to his own moral compass..." More information can
be found at www.JeriWesterson.com
or Jeriwesterson@g
mail.com
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Feb.
14 We
held a special Valentines Day program, handing
out our new Rotary shirt, and then just fellowship with members sharing their
best Valentine story.
Feb.
7
Club
Business
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Feb.
28
Linda
Haabak talked about how to prepare for disasters. She is a member of the
Community Emergency Response Team. When a disaster occurs the quickest
thing that happens is to do "Triage" and separate people based on
their level of injury, and/or if nothing can be done for them. The three
Triage Killers are: Lack of breathing, Bleeding, and Shock. She also
demonstrated the kind of things that she carries her Disaster Suitcase, so one
can learn a lot by making a case similar to hers:
Helmet, gloves (work and medical), flashlight, masking tape, paper and writing
utensils, mask, duct tape, a light strip, Bakes chocolate, a small booklet,
water treatment tablet, knife/cutter, space blanket, wipes, whistle, Red Cross
triage kit including 4x4's to control bleeding, a hand crank radio. She
had all these things in a typical travelling suitcase with a handle and
wheels. It might be really smart to emulate her. She can be
contacted at 951-652-6200.
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Feb.
21
Rick
discussed the concept of reverse mortgage loans and their application.
It began slowly in 1989, but took off in 2004 when HUD sponsored it. Must
be at least 62 years of age, and the home is appraised. The loan would be
60% - 75%
of the appraised value. If approved, payment can be one lump sum, or given
as a line of credit. At the moment the loan is rated at about %5.
The recipient will have HUD counseling, and it is still their responsibility to
pay insurance and taxes. In some cases the heirs can keep the property if
they pay back the loan. He can be contacted at:
rgause@iReverse.com
or 951-634-3443
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Feb.
14 We
held a special Valentines Day program, handing
out our new Rotary shirt, and then just fellowship with members sharing their
best Valentine story.
Feb.
7
Club
Business
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Jan.
24 Robert Lindquist
discussed the Hemet Heritage Foundation.
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Jan.
17
Past
Dist. 5330 Governor Mark Howison. Presentation on the District
5330 International Project. The Oduoro-Kanapa Project! Our
virtual village is an online gathering of resourceful individuals motivated to
help eradicate world poverty, one village at a time.
In February 2009, we began production on our documentary, intended to raise
awareness for innovative methods of eradicating world poverty by making the
world of Oduoro-Kanapa and its people accessible to a broad audience. We hope to
inspire you, educate you, and compel you to take action in your own, creative
ways.
The trip was incredible, and we are back in the states and logging the footage.
More details to follow! Please check back soon for pictures, video clips, and
blog posts!
See our Cause at: http://apps.facebook.com/causes/239094/37674147?m=1b2abeb2
Email: oduoro.kanapa.project@gmail.com
Office: http://www.helpinguganda.org/
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Jan.
10
We held a special meeting to induct several new members,
and we welcome them to our "Service Above Self" world of Rotary.
L-R:PDG Rich Dell'aqua,
Yvette Sanchez-Amaro, Rick Cosand, Sewa Contreras, Pres. Bob Duistermars
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Jan.
3
Kenneth Haslam gave a Presentation
about the Smart N' Safe Foundation work with children and children's
safety. Smart
N' Safe After School Program
How
is your child spending their time After School? You
Are At Work and Your Child Is Doing What? This
Is Not Day Care But Child Enrichment. Pan-Technicon
Center, 2543 S. San Jacinto Ave., San Jacinto, CA 92583
Contact:
Ken Haslam at (951) 375-6811
or kenhaslam@la.tw
cbc.com
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Dec.
27 Jolene
Farley competed in our 4 Way Test Speech Contest last year. She also won the
American Legion District Speech Contest, and honed her skills for an
upcoming contest by giving her speech to our group. Her subject was the
"Pledge of Allegience" to the United States of America,
Fundamental Rights and Duties of a
Citizen., She did a remarkable job and all from memory. We wish you
well in your contest.
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Dec. 20 We
were dark
because of the Christmas Party.....Merry Christmas
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Dec.
13 Charlene
Stover talked to us about the
San Jacinto Education Foundation. The
San Jacinto Education Foundation
raises funds for enrichment
programs for the students and
teachers in the San Jacinto Unified School District through school grants
and other enrichment programs. • Supports
your creative classroom programs • Reduces
your total taxable income • Provides
opportunities for every child in the San Jacinto Unified School
District.
Donations are
Tax Deductible The San Jacinto Education Foundation,
2045 South San Jacinto Avenue, San Jacinto, California 92583
Contact
Jerry Peebles 951-929-7700 x 4530
or
www.sanjacinto.k12.ca.us/documents/foundation/foundation_brochure.pdf
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Dec.
6
Rotary District 5330 (Riverside/San
Bernardino Counties) Governor Cherie Curzon visited our club to get a
report about the Club operations and successes, and to offer her help in
any way we might need it.
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Nov.
29 Club
Assembly: Introduction to the developing
Club leadership program.
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Nov.
22 Peter
Odencrans, EMWD
official provided information about the regulatory/envi
ronmental costs that EMWD is obligated to meet. Also He covered a number
of other points about rates, projects and upcoming issues.
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Nov.
15 Chutima
Ganthavorn works for the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources for
University of California. Food may look and taste good, but if handled
improperly, harmful bacteria grow and can make people sick. On average,
one out of four people become ill each year. Seniors are at greater risk
to become ill from food poisoning. You can help make food safer. What can
you do? Come learn about safe food handling at the University of
California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Make Food Safe for Seniors
training program. Chutima Ganthavorn... cganthavorn@ucd
avis.edu
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Nov.
8 Wayne
Disher, Librarian for the City of Hemet Public Library, gave us a report on the
health of the Library. Their mission statement is "to provide the
community with the materials and services necessary for self-education, informed
decision making, and recreation. Whether you're in our library in-person
or online, the Hemet Public Library is "The Place to Be".
However, due to the failing economic condition in our country and specifically
our City, Drastic cuts have had to be made in most or all of the City's
Departments, and the Library had been hard hit with pay reductions, hours cut to
38 a week, the number of librarians has been cut from 21 down to 7, and
obviously the level of income for the Library has been drastically reduced.
Amazingly enough, when times are bad, Library usage rises dramaticaly.
When people have lost their jobs, the Library computers are available to help
write resumes and to look for jobs. A few points of positive progress is
that they have incorporated technology to help save money, with a new
automated check-in and check-out, and commensurate with the computers, and in
addition the Library offers wireless connection.
So
there is a great need to help, and to supplement the Library income which can be
done in several ways:
1. Join the
"Friends of the Library":
2.
Contact at: http://californialibraries.volunteermatch.org/?zip=&submit2=y&searchSubmit=Go
3. Open their website and check the many options down the left column: http://www.cityofhemet.org/library/index.htm
300 E.
Latham Ave - Hemet, CA 92543, Phone:
(951)765-2440, Fax:
(951)765-2446,
Hours: Sunday, Monday & Tuesday- Closed, Wednesday &
Thursday - Open 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday & Saturday - Open 9:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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Oct.
25
This
was the monthly planning meeting, centered on new membership.
Interested? Email Carl Cardey at ccardey@verizon.net
or call me at 951-929-4941.
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Oct.
25 Tonight
was Ralph Rivers, an ordained Baptist Minister, born in Los Angeles, and has
been a speaker all his life. He volunteers as a speaker from the Registrar of Voters
and came to tell us specifics and public awareness about registration and voting
options for the coming election. There are three ways to vote: by
mail; early at the Registrar of Voters office at 2724 Gateway Dr., Riverside;
and the regular method at the appropriate polling location. Every
elections there is a need for volunteers to help at the poling locations.
It's a long day but it pays $110 tax free for the day.
anything new we need to know, how to figure out where to vote etc. Further
information can be found at their website at www.voteinfo.net
or 951-486-7200 or 800-773-8683
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Oct.
18
Samantha
Hallburn, a Personal Banker at Citibank here in Hemet, was able to take part in
a special Rotary International program called GSE (Group Study Exchange) and
told us about her experience. GSE is a
unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for young business and
professional men and women between the ages of 25 and 40 in the initial years of
their professional life. The program provides travel grants for teams of
participants to exchange visits between paired areas in different countries and
lasts for four to six weeks. There is a small team of 3-4 members with one
Rotarian as the leader, and when they get to the host country, all their
housing, food, and travel needs are taken care of by Rotarians in that area.
While there, every attempt is made for each participant to meet and spend time
with business people in their own vocation. So Samantha's trip was to
Hungary and she was able to spend time with bankers and learn their methods of
operation. In addition she told us all about the many things she was able
to see and visit. She would be available to other Rotary Clubs as a
speaker. Contact me
ccardey@verizon.net
and I'll put you in
touch with her.
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Oct.
11 Diane Mitchell spoke to us
about the Diamond Valley Arts Council, founded in 2004 to serve an often
overlooked need in our community, that is to encourage awareness of and
participation in the arts. They are an umbrella organization, nurturing a
broad interest in the arts and helps to create a cultural climate that will
further enhance the region's quality of life. They have an extensive Events
Calendar of arts-related activities in the region with an art gallery/exhibition
space, a flexible area for the performing arts, and classroom space, all to
serve as a conduit for bringing the arts to our community. Loke any
community organization they are always in need of members, volunteers, and
donations to support their organization. They are located at 140 E.
Stetson Ave., PMB #297, Hemet CA. 951-651-1964 thedvac@thedvac.org
and www.thedvac.org
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Oct.
4
Andrea
Stone very professional and emotional description of the wonderful program Project NOT
FORGOTTEN.org and it's effect on all of our wounded warriors who return from
the battlefield only to find themselves in a military hospital. Many
of them only wake up from these serious road side bomb explosions, until after
they are med-evac'd and in the hospital, very confused. Their own personal items and
property from abroad may take weeks or months to catch up with them. And
are seriously confused, and concerned about what their injuries are and the long
term consequences.
Project NOT FORGOTTEN is an attempt to
support every one of these returning troops by immediately going to see them and
to give them a Backpack which contains all the necessary personal items
that they will need while they are in the hospital. The average stay is
ten months. The Project has the objective of "Together we BUILD A
BACKPACK of basic necessities and "Hear Medicine"-entertainment items
that remind them that they are Not Forgotten." Make a
Difference... One Item, One Backpack, One Med Evac, One Hero at
Time! These backpacks cost over $600 so they have a great
need for money, products, and volunteers to help. Contact Andrea Stone at
619-991-3669 or
864 North 2nd St. #340, El Cajon, CA 92021 andrea@rescuetaskforce.org
www.rescuetaskforce.org
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Sept.
27
This
was a very special night reserved for the induction of 3 new members.Beside the
normal welcoming that is always a part of Rotary, Roy Smith, a twice past
District Governor of Rotary district 5330, gave the new members a short history
of What Rotary is all about, how big we are around the world and how, by working
together, we can magnify the many thousands of projects and things that we can
do for our communities and the world. With great pleasure we welcome
Daniel Goodrich, Hitesh Patel, and Richard Gordon.
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Sept.
20 Jackie
Johnson from Guide Dogs of the Desert was our presenter, and she brought Jane
Derian with her, who lost her sight a few years ago, and she told us what
getting a guide dog has meant to her, and the kind of things the dog us able to
do. These dogs improve the lives of
the blind by creating opportunities for life-changing independence, and by
conducting community outreach and education programs, and they provides
safe mobility, loving companionship and the "miracle of independence"
to the blind through the use of a guide dog.
GDD are currently breeding Labrador Retrievers, Golden
Retrievers and Standard Poodles. All of their breeding stock dogs live
with approved "Breeder Host Families". Dogs within the breeding colony
are not chosen until after the age of 2 yrs and they must pass extensive medical
testing. All of the litters are whelped at their facility which is set up
as a home environment.
We are always looking for approved "Breeder Host
Families". If you are interested in becoming a breeder host family, please
contact Lori Miller at lmiller@gddca.org
or Trina Began at tbegan@gddca.org
GDD Administrative Offices are at 125
Tahquitz Canyon, Palm Springs, CA 760-329-6257 or 888-883-0022
http://www.guidedogsofthedesert.org/
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Sept.
13
Sgt. Timothy Kubo,
US Army Recruiter in Hemet, a man who has served for more than 11 years, told us about the Army,
many of the challenges, and some of the over 150 career paths that are available for our young men and women.
The links below will take you to a large list of specialties within each
category.
Administrative
Support Focuses on
support jobs dealing with Army personnel, administration, finance, legal,
information and religious services. Roles and responsibilities include
clerical to supervisory positions. Army human resources jobs can also be found
here. Jobs include administrative specialists (e.g. aviation operations,
finance) and religious support.
Intelligence
& Combat Support These
roles support U.S. Army personnel involved directly in combat. They work
behind-the-scenes to support and provide intelligence to Soldiers on the
field. Jobs include food services, watercraft operators, intelligence
analysts, translators, interpreters and topography specialists.
Arts
& Media Covers
the administration, communication and supervision of Army affairs for both
military and civilian audiences. Jobs include broadcast technicians, graphic
designers, translators, journalists and musicians.
Legal
& Law Enforcement Focuses
on keeping the people and property of the Army safe. MOSs include
firefighters, military police, criminal investigators, security and emergency
specialists.
Combat
Involves Army
reconnaissance, security, and other aspects of both offensive and defensive
combat situations. Jobs include artillery specialists, infantry, special
operations and tank crew. All combat MOSs are closed to women.
Mechanics
Tasked with keeping the
Army's vehicles and machines in proper running order. MOSs range from heating
and cooling mechanics to vehicle mechanics who service aircraft, wheeled and
tracked vehicles, heavy equipment and watercraft.
Computers
& Technology Includes
technical and informational support for a variety of areas. Positions
available in computers, communications, environmental health, intelligence,
explosives and unmanned vehicle operations.
Medical
& Emergency Consists
of jobs in the medical, dental and veterinary fields. These MOSs cover a
variety of responsibilities throughout the military health care field, from
clinical settings to point of injury.
Construction
& Engineering Consists
of jobs in every aspect of construction, including electrical, carpentry,
masonry and plumbing, as well as heavy equipment operation and supervising
construction engineering.
Transportation
& Aviation These
jobs involve the coordination and supervision of personnel, equipment and
procedures for proper transportation and use of Army materials throughout the
world. Jobs include air traffic controllers, railway equipment repairers,
parachute riggers and truck maintainers.
Sgt.
Timothy Kubo can be reached at the Recruiting Station at 3329 W. Florida Ave,
Hemet or at 951-652-0065.
http://www.goarmy.com
GO ARMY
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Aug.30
Club
business
Sept.
13 Dark because of a special even that week.
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Aug.23 Hemet
Police Chief
Dana gave us an update on the status of public safety in
Hemet
. It was informative and the
Chief kept the discussion light and fun. He
has a great speaking style that keeps the audience engaged.
Hemet
is lucky to have such a dedicated Police Department that looks out for our
safety. But he did mention the cuts
and budget restrictions that they face and may still face for some time to come.
He was asked if the community can help in any way.
He indicated that more officers and equipment were the solution.
To accomplish this, the City needs new resource avenues that the
community would have to support. Weather
it is a Public Safety Tax, or a special Police District, the only way to
successfully implement it is with broad public buy in.
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Aug.13
The
Chief of Police in Hemet, Richard Dana, gave us an update on the status of
public safety in
Hemet
. It was informative and the
Chief kept the discussion light and fun. He
has a great speaking style that keeps the audience engaged.
Hemet
is lucky to have such a dedicated Police Department that looks out for our
safety. But he did mention the cuts
and budget restrictions that they face and may still face for some time to come.
He was asked if the community can help in any way.
He indicated that more officers and equipment were the solution.
To accomplish this, the City needs new resource avenues that the
community would have to support. Whether
it is a Public Safety Tax, or a special Police District, the only way to
successfully implement it is with broad public buy in.
Aug.
16 We
had Dr. Gil Moe, a local gynologiist who practiced in Hemet for 33 years. He
had a lifetime photography hobby of nature subjects. Last year he had
the opportunity to travel to Homer Alaska to photography the Bald Eagles
that have congregated there in the winter for more than 30 years, because
they were being fed. A lady who lived there most of her life had set
up a secluded spot on the spit where they would be undisturbed, and fed them
with scraps of fish from the fisheries. The lady died in 2009 and the city
outlawed the procedure after that, so it was the last year. The Bald
Eagle was declared the National Bird of the USA in 1782. If you have
interest in his program (also Hummingbirds) you can contact him at GilbertMoe@pollybutte.net
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Aug.
9 Dennis
Spurgin, DC spoke to us about the nutritional value of peanut
butter, and the program of "Project Peanut Butter". Across
the worl, Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM_) is the largestkiller of children
under five years of age. SAM is the result of inadequate intake of
food, leading to critical illness that causes death to more than 3.5 million
children a year. Without roper treatment, the children wo survive SAM
will be cognitively and physically stunted. The solution is her, it is
achievable, it is as simple as a jar of peanut butter. Dr Minary
andcolleagues, Michele Lescane and Dr. Andre' Briend, experimented with
different mixtures of ground, roasted peanuts, vegetable oil, powdered milk,
vitimins, minerals and sugar. Combined with Home-Based Therapy,
treating
children
i the home, rather than in overcrowded, understaffed treatment
centers, the recovery rate for clinical malnutrition rose from 25%
to 95% . The clinical trial expanded to the country of Sierra
Leone and is poised to become a national program upon completion
of a local factory in 2010. The beauty of this program is that it can be
produced locally, relatively simply and inexpensively in factorys, which
then also help the local economy, not only in the production, but also for
the local farmers who then grow most of the ingredients. For further
information contact Dr. Spurgin at dspurgindc@yahoo.com
or www.projectpeanurbutter.org
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July
28 Sgt.
Vladimir Sanchez is a US Marine Corps recruiter in Hemet who has served 4 tours
in Iraq. He spoke to us about the Marines and particularly the many Career paths
that they have to offer to our young men and women. As they say in their
brochure: "YOUR PATH. YOUR DESTINY. Each path defines those who walk
it. The path to becoming a Marine is a path on which one leads, not
follows: where footprints are not made by dragging one's
feet..............The desire to serve something greater than oneself is a
calling not everyone heeds........The Marine Corps makes these commitments:
We will make Marines. We will win our nation's battles. We will
develop quality citizens. , "Semper Fidelis - "Always
Faithful" No Marine passes through our gates
without gaining principles that can be called upon throughout a
lifetime." Not all recruits are able to complete the rigorous
12 weeks of boot camp training, but those that do are forever called "The
Few"
There are over 200 skills
that the Marine Corps has to offer. The major ones are: Infantry, Embassy
guards, Mechanic, Military Police, Nutrition, Heating & Air Conditioning,
Water Purification, Supply & Logistics, Communications, Tanks, Heavy
Equipment, Languages and travel, to name just a few. Age limit at the
moment is 17 - 28, but likely to change to 17-25 in the very near future.
Marines are able to have up to 100% of their education expenses paid while
serving active duty possibly leading up to advanced degrees, and the benefits
also many extend after retirement.
Further information can
be had at the USMC Recruiting Center in the Target Center at 3329 W Florida
Ave., Hemet, 92545. For complete information go to www.marines.com
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Steven
Parents- Mike, Steven, Dede: & WIggs.
Steven & other Scouts
June 30 Tonight
was our "Valley Hero Award" Program. Our MC was Member
Wiggs Mendoza, and he began by relating that most true leaders come from humble
beginnings, and show two traits: compassion, and a need to help their fellow
man. Our first recipient we found in the Boy Scouts of America, and are very
proud to present the award to Steven Pulsipher. Steven is well on
his way to completing the requirements of an Eagle Scout.
The Jacob
Weins Elementary School in Hemet suffered a disastrous+ fire and in particular it burned most of the books
in the Library which influenced Steven greatly as he has the feeling that
without books, a school is merely a series of buildings without the character
needed to influence the students. So Steven decided to do a project of
replacing at
least 500 books.
Realizing that he couldn't do it himself, he went to the community, book and
other stores asking permission to put posters, the media, and he went online to
the internet asking for help. There was great response and Steven and
other people helped in doing bar-coding and then shelving the books. In
the end he raised 750 books out of which 200 were suitable for classroom use,
and another 20 that were of a higher reading level went to the Hemet Public
Library. In doing this project Steven spent 92 hours.
We feel in our club that
we should begin searching and recognizing these Heroes from our own valley.
In the future we will award two people each year on a bi-annual basis, and we
welcome anyone in our community to send names to us of anyone that it is felt
that they would be a suitable candidate. Send the person's name to
ccardey@verizon.net
along
with a short essay describing why this person should receive the award.
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Virginia
Figueredo/Kate Moore (below)
June 23 This
night we were particularly honored to have from England,
Kate
Moore MBE
(Member of the British Empire, which means that Kate was Selected as an
MBE by the Queen in recognition of her very substantial value to the
UK). She has been a great help to people all over the world in the many
organizations that she belongs to.
Kate was awarded the very
First "Jean Harris Award" (wife of the First President of Rotary
International) for women, by RI. Kate has been a member of Soroptimist
International for 30 years, having served in many positions particularly as the
President of their Great Britain & Ireland Federation, and currently is the
Director of Membership. Any women interested in joining this wonderful
worldwide women's organization can get more information at their website at: www.soroptimistinternational.org/
Kate is also very intimately involved with two other organizations:
Landmine Action, and Cluster Bomb Removal and has travelled extensively
around the world in the attempt to achieve Disarmament Treaties, of which there
have now been Two signed, particularly the banning of Landmines signed at
Ottawa, Can, and Oslo, Norway in 2007, and Dublin, Ireland in 2008.
Kate is a Board Member of
Landmine Action and they work to save lives and livelihoods through the
elimination of landmines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW). In
1990 Princess Diana of the UK was very heavily involved in this organization,
travelling to the areas of contamination. Mines contaminate more than 80
nations, many of them the world's poorest. Despite the presence of international
legislation to ban the landmine, many mines remain in the ground or in
stockpiles and many countries have yet to sign up to the legislation: these
include the US, China, Pakistan, India, & the UK. Each year, up
to 20,000 new casualties are caused by landmines and unexploded ordnance: around
1,500 a month and 40 a day. For Ten
facts you need to know about landmines and/or are interested is joining or
helping, go to: http://www.landmineaction.org/problem.asp
.
For the Cluster Munition Coalition Kate is in charge of logistics for the
International conferences and travelling, housing, reservations etc. for
all the attendees that travel to and from each location.
Cluster munitions are large weapons which are deployed from the air and from the
ground and release dozens or hundreds of smaller submunitions. Submunitions
released by air-dropped cluster bombs are most often called
“bomblets It is estimated that 40% of all
submunitions fail to detonate on impact and become de facto antipersonnel mines
killing and maiming people long after the conflict has ended. These duds are
more lethal than antipersonnel mines; incidents involving submunition duds are
much more likely to cause death than injury. Cluster bombs have killed and
injured thousands of civilians during the last 40 years and continue to do so
today. They cause widespread harm on impact and yet remain dangerous, killing
and injuring civilians long after a conflict has ended. One third of all
recorded cluster munitions casualties are children. 60% of cluster bomb
casualties are injured while undertaking their normal
activities. For further information and/or
have and interest in joining or helping, go to the
website: http://www.stopclustermunitions.org/
Dave Kelley gave us a history and the story of Barbershop Quartets. It
is historically an all men group made up of 4 singing parts: tenor,
melody, baritone and bass. It began in the late 1800's & early 1900's
but was organized in 1937 in Barber Shops and the singing is American Folk
music. Dave is also a member of the Hemet Harmoneers who are wel know for
their singing throughout the San Jacinto Valley. Anyone interested in
singing can contact Dave at 951-845-8054
Bill Schmitz/Dave Kelley
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June 16
Margaret
Penney, one of our members, gave us a "craft talk" about her life and
interests.
She has a long history as a proprietor in several Hair Salons, and ran a school
for beauticians, both in So. Calif. and in Texas. She also worked in the
Aerospace industry. She is a most valuable member of our club,
particularly in our Public Relations and we are fortunate to have her as a
member.
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June
9 This
night we had GARY TAYLOR. He is a retired US Navy captain whose
presentations, lectures, and seminars balance energy, insight, humor…and
slices of the “Cowboy Way.” His knowledgeable talks center around his
research on generational cultures. His rich stories are framed out of
partnership fathering with his son-in-law(the therapist), his global travels,
and high level adventures—Navy fighter pilot, missionary, rancher, business
entrepreneur, and teacher and author.
5-26
Club
business - No speaker.
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5-19
Ramona Humane Society
has a New Animal Control Officer on the services they plan to provide the citizens of Hemet.
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5-12
Tom Siebold is from Valley Wide Kayak Club talking about the thrill of Kayaking.
Membership is $24/year. The cost of a kayak can from from $200 -
$5,000, and paddles from $50 - $2,000, depending on how serious one want's
to be. The club does their events at many of the local lakes, and
also plans more extensive and serious trips Contact: 927-5951
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5-5
Shaun Ellsworth is a local business consultant and Internet marketing specialist who
spoke about
"Internet Trends and their Impact on Small Business in 2010."
There is an Internet Market for Small Business. There are 1.3
billion searches a month on the internet, and 82% of them searches are for
local business. Most of the searches are to research shopping and
many buy while online. Recent innovations are: Blogs, which are
online journals and can create a community;
Facebook pages where there can be paid advertising and lower prices;
Keywords are used for searching products; You Tube, and there can be
video marketing, video contests; and of course Google is the most popular
search engine and they also do many kinds of research.
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4-28
Ray
Hicks, Region Manager for So. Calif. Edison. SCE has over 5
million meters in 180 cities. They have a computer control that is
continually upgraded and the future looks to not only control the meters
electronically and by radio, but also able to record the time of use and
when and how much electricity is used, which helps SCE and the electric
grid is planning the supply. They are working to be EcoPositive and
support those laws. A couple tips are: 1 of you have a garage
refrigerator, fill the extra space with water bottles. They hold the
cold better and will save electricity use. 2. Those on Soc. Security may
qualify for an SCE CARE program
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4-21
Today
we had Dr. Wm (Bill) Vincent,
VP of Student Services at Mt. San Jacinto Community College. This
College District covers the largest geographical area of any district in the
state of California, and is the fastest growing CC District. The CC
enrollment growth is 30% throughout the state, but in the SJCC it is growingat
the rate or 70%. They have an existing program where they work with HS
students from the California Charter Schools who can begin some of their
college classes while they are still finishing their HS Diploma and get Dual
Credit for the classes. They have a 5 year Masterplan for growth. Beside
the two existing locations in San
Jacinto and Menifee, two additional locations are the early stages of
development in the Temecula and Banning/Beaumont areas. Another idea for
the future is to upgrade the Registered Nursing Program to 4 years and a BS in
Nursing. Dr. Vincent can be reached via bvincent@msjc.edu
.
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4-14
Today
Richard Masyczek, City of Hemet Planning Consultant, gave us an update on the progress made on revising the General Plan
of the City of Hemet.
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4-7
Today
our speaker was Dr. Shamus Sheridan - an expert on Wellness talked
about Living the 100 Year Lifestyle
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3-27
This
was a work day for us, called the Jennifer Daniel Memorial Pancake Breakfast,
in memory of our deceased Past President. It is done on the opening day
of the Hemet Youth Baseball Organization, as a money raiser for them. Our
members all turn out about 6:30am and get organized to cook pancakes and
sausage. Our current president, Bob Duistermars, is also the President
of the United Way of Inland Valley
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Julie
Diaz
Jolene Farley
Jonathan Gomez James
Shellabarger
Iman Stenson
3-24The
Rotary Club of Hemet Sunset held their annual "4-Way Test" speech
contest for local High School Students. The students can pick their own
topic but are supposed to include each of the 4 tenets that all Rotarians try to
live by: Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build
GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 78Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Alessandro HS was
represented by James Shellaberger, San Jacinto Valley Academy was represented by
Iman Stenson, Tahquitz HS was represented by Jolene Farley, and West
Valley HS was represented by Julie Diaz, and Jonathan Gomez.
Judging
was done by Amelia Hippert, Brian Nakamura, and Dr. William Schmitz. All
the students received a Certificate of Participation.
When the judging was finished Julie won 1st place, Jonathan was 2nd, and Iman
was 3rd. They won $200, $100, and $50 respectively. Julie will
advance to a Rotary mid-level contest, and the winners there will advance to the
Final competition at the annual conference of Rotary District 5330.
Diaz
1st, Gomez
2nd, Stenson
3rd.
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3-17
Tonight's
speaker was David Cardey, a local Plumbing Contractor and a Race
Driver. The Club is having a family friendship night at the Perris Auto
Speedway (PAS) on Mar. 27, so we had David come and tell us all about Sprint
Car racing, the cost, safety, sponsorship, and in general what the members
should look for when we go to the track. The car is red as shown here, but
NOTE that this year he is using car number 59. The cost to
start a new team from scratch with winning equipment is about $250,000 the first
year, although one could start somewhat cheaper by buying used equipment. The
design of the car chassis is such as to put the driver inside a very strong mid
cage, so that in an accident the other parts are designed to break away much
easier which absorbs much of the impact. The PAS was very generous in
giving us the tickets so that our members could attend and witness an event that
many of us normally might not think about. There are a several different
classes of vehicles that race at the PAS in addition to the sprint cars:
trucks, late models, stock cars, midgets, motorcycles etc. Information and
dates can be found by calling call the PAS at (951)940-0134 or on their website
at http://www.perrisautospeedway.com
.
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3-10
Our speaker
tonight was Sarah Cullins the President of Finesse Personnel
Associates. They are a source of temporary employees for Companies
& Corporations who have need of extra employees or to cover those who are
ill. He topic was Team Building and how to have a company whose
employees have good interpersonal relations. This takes trust and good
cohesive support for the employees. when successful that leads to a
company's achievement of their goals, success, growth, and the income it takes
to operate. Sarah can be reached at 888-813-1333, scullins@finessejobs.com
and the website at www.finessepersonnel.com
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3-3
Our speaker tonight was
Dale Kinnear, the Principal of John W. North High School,
in Riverside. He talked about the state of Education in Riverside County. He
sated that only29% graduated with the minimum requirements for acceptance to
the University of California. And for the African American & Hispanic
students, it drops to 18-19%.
In the second picture we have Bob Duistermars - President, Bina Singhvi -
visitor, and Roy Smith - member and two time District Governor of our Rotary
District 5330. This turned into a very special night because this lovely
lady decided to join us and help in our efforts to serve the community and the
world. We are all delighted to have Bina as a new member, and hope that
she can help us find more qualified people to become members.
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2-24
Tonight
we had a special program planned for all the students that are in our sponsored
"Interact Club" at the San Jacinto Valley Academy. As it turns
out their Basketball team made the CIF playoffs so some of the student's weren't
able to come, so we postponed that program until all the students can
come. We want them to see Rotary in action and hopefully impress on them
the traits of Quality, Truthfulness, our 4 Way Test that we all attempt to live
by ,service to others etc. These are the students who were able to come,
and Rigo Macias, one of the faculty advisors.
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2-17
Tonight's
program was by William Truman Peck, from the Association of
Lincoln Presenters - Profiles as a Living History resentation of
Abraham Lincoln. He has been presenting President Lincoln since
February of 1981, particularly to school children, as a Lincoln look alike
and dressed in the period clothing that Lincoln wore. He is in an
upcoming movie "Lincoln look-a-like" called "Masked and
Anonymous", and has appeared on the History Channel and in a TV promo
for HBO.
His program is available for Schools, Libraries, Business meetings,
Churches, Civic Organizations, Retirement Homes etc. He can be
reached by email at sandiegolincoln@juno.com
and the website www.history-alive.com
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2-10
Bill & Nancy
Schnitz gave a presentation about Ionized alkaline water effects on humans & the
environment. Much food that we eat contribute to raising the acid
level in the body. There are some "miracle waters" in
several places around the world, which has been exhaustively researched,
and find that the secret to long life and health is that the water is
clean, alkaline, micro-clustered, and antioxidant. In scientific terms,
the pH in the body can be shifted from Acidic to Alkaline with "Kangen
Water", and is available from Enagic. For further information
contact Trent Hilderbrand at 951-256-4579 www.LifeWithAlkalineWater.com,
More product information at www.LifeWithAlkalineWater.net
For a free 5 minute recorded message call 512-505-6833
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2-03 Tonight
was a celebration of our Rotary Club and it's 56 years in the city of Hemet.
If you click on
Club
Projects over
on the left you can see many of the projects that we have been able to do for
our community that total more than $250,000. We have also been able to
raise and donate more than $500,000 to Rotary International www.rotary.org
in support of the many world-wide projects including but not limited to:
Polio Eradication which is 99% accomplished now with over 2,000,000,000
children now protected with the vaccine; Clean Water, Disaster aid, Food
and Health projects etc. We are always looking for good community
members who would like to help in carrying out these many
projects. Also shown is Dick Wilson (right) presenting a
Paul Harris Fellowship Award to member Ken Shaw(left). It
can truly be said that the Sun Never Sets on Rotary. Singly there isn't
a whole lot that many of us can do for our community and the world, but a
membership if Rotary multiplies by 1,200,000 world-wide members the number of
things that we can accomplish.
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1-27
Tonight
we had what we call a member's Craft talk, where they talk about their
occupation. We had Virginia Figueredo, who works for the Bank
of Hemet, and is the Assistant Vice President as a Financial Service
Officer. The Bank is the ONLY local bank left in Hemet and the SJ Valley, and
has branch locations in Anza, Beaumont, Hemet(2), Riverside, and San
Jacinto. Her major topic that she discussed was Group Security/skimming
- ATM Card Skimming and PIN capturing Awareness. There are a number of
illegal items that can be attached to an ATM machine that by a small video
camera, or by keylogging, can copy
your card number for fraudulent use by other people. KNOW WHAT YOUR ATM
MACHINE, CARD ENTRY SLOT, and KEYBOARD LOOK LIKE AND CHECK THEM EVERY TIME YOU
USE THEM. Google "atm skimming prevention"
Did you know that the Bank has bought a
house and given it to Hospice; or that the new Hemet HS stadium is named
The John McDonough Stadium ,
for a former Bank President; or that over the past 6 years they have donated
$250,000 in Scholarship awards to students? Did you know that they have
more than 68 Community Partners for other contributions and
sponsorships? Did you know they were named as a "Super
Premier" performing bank, one of only 20 such banks in California?
And Did you know they were "one
of nation’s leading bank advisors, to participate in The Partnership for
Banking Excellence, awarded to 22 high performing banks from throughout the
U.S. We were the first bank in California to be given this distinction."
You can contact Virginia at 1555 W. Florida Ave
Hemet, CA 92543, (951)
766-4100 or by email at vfigueredo@bankofhemet.com
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1-27
This week we had a
report about the Hemet Police Dept. Gang Suppression Officer. We
learned about some of the major gangs, what they are about, what they wear
as a uniform, where they hang out etc. etc. Two very large gangs
from the LA area are the Bloods and Crips. The Bloods wear red
when they are advertising, and the Crips wear blue.
PHOTO REMOVED TO HELP KEEP HIM MORE SECURE They have moved their
operation to a more secure location since the attempts have been made on
their lives.
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1-13
Michael Scofield brought us
the subject of "Computers:
Why We Hate Them, and How They Feel About Us?".
He is a
Professional Data Manager in Loma Linda, dealing with Date governance &
integration, warehousing, analysis & visualization, and information
quality. We learned so much about the history of computers and where they
have and are leading us. It all started with the Eniac
in the 40s that help us win WWII; the 50s brought us punch cards, then
magnetic tape; the 60s brought the IBM 360 which led to the Main Frames in the
80s, 85 brought the PC; by 90 came spread sheet programs; followed by
email, the www and search engines. Now we have routers and servers, wireless
communication, Free audio and visual communication via Skype, and the new
online Wikipedia which has hundreds of time more information than Encyclopedia
Britannica which used to be the world's largest. During All that time
and the tremendous leaps in knowledge and technology, the unit price of memory
has reduced to only a fraction of a penny where it used to be thousands of
dollars. Michael can be reached at NMScofield@aol.com
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1-6
Amelia
Hippert, is
on the Board of Directors for the Valley Health System, which is one of
the local hospital districts in California, and is one of the largest covering
800 square miles. They have two hospitals now, in Hemet and
Menifee. She talked about their transition period, now that the
voters have voted to allow the sale to the Doctors, and which will finally
lead to stability. The district does not receive tax money, and their
funding comes from their patients, which is not always profitable because they
operate under laws and rules that require them to treat a patient whether they
can pay or not, and they are not even allowed to ask a patient whether or not
they have insurance. Amelia can be reached at 951-658-3935 or www.valleyhealthsystem.com
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12-16
Our
speaker this week was the Hemet City Manager, Brian Nakamura. He
gave us a brief summary of the state of the our City, and finally
described our city as a full-service city in Western Riverside County
offering a myriad of services, programs, and community events. In January
and throughout 2010 the City will be celebrating its Centennial birthday.
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12-9
Tonight
we heard a beautiful story about the Angel Faces program by a very
enthusiastic Anna
Callan. From their own brochure comes their Mission Statement,
"Angel Faces is a non-profit organization whose mission is to
provide healing retreats and ongoing support designed to inspire adolescent
girls with severe facial disfigurements to achieve their optimum potential and
develop meaninful relationships for themselves, their families, and their
communities." Angel Faces "arranges retreats
designed to empower and encourage the girls along their difficult
journey" They were dreamed up and set in motion by the
founder, Lesia S. Cartelli, who endured a serious burn injury herself at the
age of nine. "Seeing the transition within the girls throughout the
week is
extraordinary.
They learn how to identify and build upon their strength to create a hopeful
future for themselves." We saw many slides and pictures of the
miracles wrought upon these girls after only a week, and I cannot tell the
story nearly as well as by simply
showing you the before and after of one girl, Haley. I costs approxmately $600
for a girl to attend, so as with any non-profit organization they have a
continuing need for funds and donations would be gratefully
received.. Further information can had at P.O. Box 235538,
Encinitas, CA 92023-5538. lesia@angelfacesretreat.org
www.angelfacesretreat.org
Our picture shows
Anna, Hemet Fire Chief Matt Shobert, and our member Ken Shaw.
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12-2
This program
was a combination of our club meeting with the San Jacinto Chamber of
Commerce. They held a mixer with the Measure P organization and during our
part of the meeting there was speaker describing the details for voters living
within the Valley Health Systems geographical area.
11-25
With
Thanksgiving as the beginning of our annual time for thinking kinder thoughts
and words, we had Amber Calvert and Sherri Pastell from the Ramona
Humane Society as our speakers. Amber is the Customer Services
Specialist and Assistant Volunteer Coordinator for the Society, and Sherri
is the Membership Volunteer Coordinator, Customer Service Specialist, and works
with POPCO (Pet Overpopulation Coalition). They gave us a great program
about the Society. They are celebrating their 40th Anniversary
this year, and how they have grown since their beginning, especially considering
that it is all from donations, as they do not take any government
money. I cannot do them properly with such a short summary, but you
will find information about: Shelter/Clinic Hours; Adoptions/ Animal Clinic;
Events at RHS; Volunteer at RHS; Why Spay or Neuter; Wish List; Adoptables; RHS
Newsletter/ Online Resource; Employment Opportunities) on their website at http://ramonahumanesociety.org/
, or Contact them at: 690 Humane Way, San Jacinto, CA 92582;
PHONE: 951-654-8002, FAX: 951-654-2830;
email at info@ramonahumanesociety.org.
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11-18 Wiggs
Mendoza, president of the nonprofit organization The Green Coalition of
San Jacinto Valley, told us their goal is to be a resource to our
community. "The coalition's action plan includes community
education through workshops and activities; citizen participation through use
of a green directory that identifies locations of recycling centers and
product outlets; and advocacy for green development for businesses and homes"1
Building
green is about managed growth and Wiggs hopes that people in the community
will work together to balance ecological, economic and social needs to ensure
a clean, healthy and safe environment for all members of society and for
generations to come. Information and/or Membership applications
are available by contacting
Mendoza at
greencoal@rocketmail.com
or
951-929-0854. http://www.greencoalition-sjv.org/
1
The PE Nov. 18, 2008
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11-11
Kati Ford
works
as
a Senior Services Coordinator for La Vista Prevention Services, an offshoot of La Vista Recovery and Wholeness Center for Women
in San Jacinto. She was speaking on Medication Issues and how they affect your health and your wallet.
La Vista
not only helps women of all ages but also pregnant women in Riverside County and have done so for over 35 years.
As a speaker she focuses on ways to stay safe when taking prescription drugs, as we know many people can get into trouble with drug
interactions, particularly children and seniors. She is available and can speak for whatever length
a club would desire, and will have handouts. She is a retired RN and
haas many years of experience in hospitals throughout L.A. and Orange County.
For further information La Vista Prevention Services is at 2220
Girard St., San Jacinto, CA 92583. 951-925-0532 www.lavistarecovery.com
greencoal@rocketmail.com
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11-04
Karen Bradford,
from the Rotary Club of Jurupa, was our speaker. We have had her before
and she is so good, that we wanted her to come and tell us about her just
completed journey to Tibet, at the rooftop of the world. This is a very
difficult trip due to the fact that it has to be approved by and go through
China to get there. Almost immediately she was denied her air flight
from a major Chinese city to Lhasa, the traditional capitol of Tibet, China,
and she had to then take a two day rail trip. Tibet is the size of
Europe with a population of 6 million, and is situated on the East
side of the Himalayan Mountains..
Her primary reason for the trip was to go to Mount Kailash, and make the
Pilgrimage Around The Most Sacred Mountain In
Tibet. This mountain is sacred to the Hindu and Buddhist religions, to
the same degree that going to Mecca is to the Muslims.
It was a 4 day trip to get there, and then it is a 32 mile trip around the
mountain. Once there she was able to hire a Tibetan horse (pony) to circle the
mountain.
Once
back in Lhasa, it was China's 60th anniversary celebration, very serious, and
the presence of the Chinese Military was extremely obvious in their watching
of any foreigners. It make Karen very nervous and she opted to return
home a week early.
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10-28 Our
speaker was from the EMWD (Eastern Municipal Water District).
Unfortunately I
was not able to attend so have no further infomation.
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10-21
Sandy Hancock, from "Inspire", told us about the "Life
Skills Training for Foster Children about to be dumped into the real world on
their own." Inspire
works with former foster youth who have turned 18 and finished high school and
are therefore no longer eligible for the foster-care system. The private
nonprofit charity helps the young women and men with housing, transportation
and other needs in the program that requires them to attend college or
vocational classes full time, work at part-time jobs, attend counseling
sessions and meet with mentors. It
works with former foster youth to set goals and helps them complete their
education. Each
student is assigned a Mentor to help them.
Inspire has a house in Riverside and two apartments
and works with 16 former foster youth. They also have an additional 3 in the
planning/desired stage. The charity receives no government funds
and depends on donations to continue their program.
They can be contacted at: Inspire Life Skills Training Inc., 2279 Eagle
Glen Parkway, Box 112, PMB 131, Corona, CA 92883. 951-316-0011
http://www.inspirelifeskills.org/
or kristi@inspirelifeskills.org
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10-14
Tonight we had a Compelling
talk by Andrea Stone, Executive Officer at Rescue Task, Force. "RTF is
an agile and innovative non-profit org. whose mission is to alleviate
suffering and provide developmental aid to those who have been marginalized by
geography or economic deprivations. We often go to where others do not
go to help those who are outside the scope of conventional relief
providers." They "fulfill their mission statement in service
to others under four different project categories:
1. Happy Hearts for Hurting Heroes - Build a Back Pack for
(Brave young men and women severely wounded in the war on terror);
2. Clean Safe Water - Moskito coast - Honduras (Water Filter - details
below);
3. Immediate Disaster Response/Relief (On the ground, determining and
filling immediate needs);
4. Literacy Schools for Woman in Afghanistan (Bringing light to a very
dark place).
Back
to her talk tonight specifically #2, The
group from RTF
is made up of Doctors, Dentists, Nurses, and members who come to help. She described
this compelling trip to Uhsan: LAX to Honduras in a 13 hour
flight(much subsidized by the airlines including transport of clay pots) to
Tegucigalpa; Then a flight in a bush plane to a dirt strip
in Puerto Lempira; Many hours overnight in a boat across
the Terracasta Lagoon & swamps; then up the Cuda river on a 6 day
canoe trip up rivers and swamps; and finally a two day "hike"
carrying everything they took with them THROUGH MUDDY TRAILS WHERE THEY SANK
IN TO THE KNEES OR EVEN TO THE WAIST to be met by the whole village populace
and others. Why are they there? Illness, Constant Pain,
Malnutrition, Discomfort and Death particularly from parasites which live in
contaminated water. The Dentists pull innumerable teeth from people who may
have travelled from as far as 9 days hence to get there, and have had constant
tooth pain day and night for months or even years. The Doctors examine
and treat hundreds of people who are desperately ill, many close to death.
These people live surrounded by insects especially mosquitoes that carry
Malaria and Dengue Fever. And worst of all the parasites which cause:
diarrhea which leads to dehydration; bloated stomachs; fatigue; lack of
concentration; and malnutrition. The mothers pass these parasites to their
infants through their breast milk, and the fatal cycle repeats.
RTF
has found a unique and cost-effective way to provide clean water to those
Indians living in the jungle of the Moskito Coast: A clay pot filter
that is impregnated with colloidal silver. When dirty water strains through
the pot, the water comes out clean and free of any parasites. Today the
Doctors report diarrhea is down 90%
Would
you like to help, $90 buys a water filter for a family of four that will
produce clean water for two years, or you can specify for of the other 3
categories:
864 No. 2nd St. #340, El Cajon, CA 92021, 619-328-6511, info@rescuetaskforce.org,
www.rescuetaskforce.org
or you can
see in on YOUTUBE Project report. Search "Rescue Task Force
Water", or insert this URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3071I5QQ2Q
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10-07
James
N. McCallum, ChFC, and VP of Thornes & Associates. Inc spoke to us
about the present Economy. Gov't stimulus money should stimulate the
Economy. But the Gov't appetite for money, which it prints and the Fed.
Reserve buys, is inflationary, and the new normal is 4%/year which will
probably last for some time. This is deflationary to our US Dollar against
other countries. Some important factors are: when Interest is Low
- Bonds are High; when Interest is High - Bonds are Low; The Gov't has
taking over control of the Auto Industry i.e. GM, & most of Chrysler, and
next will probably be the Airlines and Trucking; Gov't is pushing to
take over Health Care i.e. the "Public Plan" and reorganize it; Real
Estate still too high; at this moment Bonds, Treasury bonds & Bills, and
CD's are to be avoided. He handles our own Alma Brook Memorial Nursing
Scholarship Foundation 501 c3 funds very competently, and we are happy to
endorse him. Contact Jim at 412 E. State St, Redlands, CA 92373;
800-835-7440; or jmccallum@thornesinvest.com.
Thornes website is www.thornesinvest.com
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9/31/09
Roger schultz
,
the Superintendent/President of Mt. San Jacinto Community College District,
was our speaker and enlightened us with a lot of little known information about
the Colleges. They have two Main Campuses in San Jacinto and Menifee, and an
Education Complex in Temecula and a new in Feb. 2008 San Gorgonio Pass Service
Center. The District covers a geographical area from Anza to Corona, and
San Gorgonio Pass area to Temecula. Nationally they are the Second Fastest
Growing college in the nation with over 10,000 students, with 26,148 students
enrolled in the fall of 2009.
Their
education programs lead to an AA Degree in Arts and Science, and Certificate
Programs, examples being: Registered Nursing; Fire & Police Science;
Alternative Energy; Emergency Medical Technicians etc. who are
credentialed. On the average getting credentialed raises one's
income from $26,600 to $45,671 for an increase of 86%. For the 80% of the
students working, there are even classes offered online. For further
information go to their website at
http://www.msjc.edu
where you can get Campus addresses, and contact information.
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09-23-09
Gustavo Gonzalez is a Rotarian
from the Palm Desert Rotary Club. The Hemet Sunset Club joined in with
them, along with some other local Clubs, to sponsor a Water Project in
Honduras. A huge amount of land in rural areas in the Third World
Countries is without any clean water and have to drink out of polluted stream
and rivers, which contributes greatly to their high mortality rates especially
amont their children and elders. Because of this Rotary International made
a call to all Rotary Clubs to make Clean Water a part of their International
projects.
Imagine having
to walk miles just to get water to drink, and the having the risk of it carrying
dysentery, cholera, malaria and many other undesirable objects. Gus told showed
us pictures and told us about this Matching Grant project done in conjunction
with the local Club Rotario Santa Barbara in Honduras. Their club organized and
built a building in 4 days in preparation to housing a water sanitation business
which would supply pure clean water to this town of about 8,000 population. Our
part of the project was to supply all the necessary filters and other equipment
that would take the local water and turn it into clean water. It is then
put into 5 gallon bottles like we have and sold to the local people. If
you would like to contribute to a water project, or any other one for that
matter, Email
CARL
or Call Secretary,
Carl Cardey at
(951) 929-4941
and we will direct you
to the proper place .
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9-16-09
The speaker was Crystal Howard from EnviroMINE,
Inc. Her topic was that the Construction Industry is suffering an AGGREGATE
CRISIS which is putting Riverside County's Infrastructure Projects at
Risk. Aggregate is the sand, gravel and crushed stone consumed in every
residential, commercial and industrial building, for public works projects such
as roads, highways, bridges, schools, hospitals, and water delivery and sewer
treatment facilities. Aggregate is the second most consumed commodity in
the world, behind water. Think about this: every Californian needs
almost 7 tons of aggregate per year, a total of 544tons a lifetime. Figure that
about 25 tons per truckload ,That is about 20 truckloads. It takes
about: 229tons/house; 21,000 tons per 1 lane for 1 mile of highway.
In order to meet future damane and build needed infrastructure, we are obligated
to allow a permit for local sources of aggregate. For more information
about the aggregate crisis, call 877-505-5004, email them at info@aggregatecrisis.com
or visit their website at www.aggregatecrisis.com.
ccardey@verizon.net
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9/9/09
Tonight we had Sally Kaiser-Dyer BSN, MA, the
Coordinator for Loma Linda
International Heart institute's: Cardiac Lifestyle
Management Clinic, and Community Education Programs. He talk was centered around
causes of Heart Disease i.e. Atherosclerosis, Blood Pressure
Cholesterol and laughter effects, Charecteristics of Healthy Endothelium
i.e. the blood vessels, controlling Risk Factors etc. For further
information she can be reached at the Loma Linda University Medical Center,
11234 Anderson St. Room 1636F, (800)INTL-HEART, or
sdyer@ahs.llumc.edu
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9-2
Tonight
we had Shannon Bernier from Transworld Systems. Her presentation was
"Ten Steps to a Healthy Cash Flow", a program for businesses to help
them control their Cash. Condensed somewhat there are: 1. Define credit
policy; 2. Ask for payment when service is rendered; 3.
Invoice/Bill promptly; 4. Use "address service requested" to
avoid mail 'skips'; 5. Contact Overdue accounts immediately; 6. Develop
systematic plan for overdue account; 7. Use again sheet for a/r
decisions, not feelings; 8. "Watch" collection laws;
9. Use Professional third party (like Transworld) promptly. NSF
checks quickly; 10. 100% collections no a reasonable goal. The goal
of Transworld is to provide prompt and inexpensive service to those who need a
collection agent. You can reach her a 1950 So. Sunwest Lane, Ste 301, San
Bernardino, CA 92408, (951) 237-9244 or shannon.bernier@transworldsystems.com.
web.transworldsystems.com/sanbernardino
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8-26
Mary Snow from the "California Family Life
Center" told us about on of their programs, "Kin Care",
which provides "Services for Relatives Raising Relative Children".
Their Mission is "committed to building on the strengths of the extended
family as the first option for children who have been displaced from their
natural parents." I'm sure that most of us who are grandparents can
imagine the difficulty of having to care for the young grandkids, and would face
it with more than a little trepidation. So that's where Kin Care comes in
to the home and provides many services,
from Planning and Support Groups to help with any court required paperwork
for guardianship and/or kin adoption, counseling, to links to legal
services. For further information: Kin Care at the Senior Service
Center, 1075 N. State St., Hemet; (951) 791-3557. http://www.cflckids.org/
msnow@rivcoaefd.org
Another
service they have is the "Empower Youth Program" for youth
ages 16-21 from low-income families. Once eligibility has been
determined and potential participant has fulfilled the basic requirement, he
or she may participate in the many opportunities they provide: work readiness
skills, certificate programs, work experience & career exploration,
leadership development, education. For further information:
Empower Youth program is in the Empower State Building at 930 No. State St.,
Hemet; (951) 765-0917
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8-19 cancelled
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8-12
Karen
Bradford, Rotarian from the Jurupa Club, gave us our program about Rotoplast.
It is a program when Rotarians volunteer their services to perform
reconstructive surgery for problems involving Cleft Palate and other
deformities primarily of the mouth. The palate is the roof of ones mouth
that separates the breathing channels from the eating and drinking
passageway, and cleft means that there is a hole in the roof which causes severe
problems in the breathing/eating/drink processes. Another problem is
severe malformation or cleft of the area in the lips leaving ugly gaps, and
often involvement of the teeth locations.
They
have served 138 missions in the past, and 12,121 patientsThe Rotoplast
volunteers on the last trip went to Barquisimeto, Venezuela and Karen gave us a
very informative program describing the processes involved in getting there, and
particular patient problems and the processes involved in repairing them.
For further information and even volunteering to go on a mission and help, see
their website: http://www.rotaplast.org/missions/pastmissions.php
or contact us.
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08/05/09
Chief Richard
L Dana, of the Hemet Police Dept was our speaker this week to give us a
report about the state of law enforcement in our city. He conveyed to us how
positive he is about the Officers and employees in his department. They
are People Oriented and he told about the very high level of volunteerism he
sees from them. He says that they are an exemplary force and as good as any
Police Dept. he knows about.
The "goal is to
provide our community with the best possible services that reflects our pride in
our city and our commitment to a safe and caring environment. With a
strong commitment to Community Oriented Policing, our members work together in
partnerships with our community to prevent crime and enhance the quality of life
for citizens, businesses, and visitors in the City of Hemet."
Of course there are still
people that we live with that don't follow the laws and he told us a few to
specifically watch out for: There have been people who have received
large checks in the $Thousands for no apparent reason. If one cashes them,
they lead to unknown people using it go to get ones bank account and then the
ability to clean it out before one even knows about it, so "DON'T CASH
THESE CHECKS"; "BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS" particularly
at night out in dark parking lots; and there has been some cases of Home
Intrusion so keep your doors locked. If they have to make noise breaking doors
or windows, they will go somewhere where they can walk in quietly and put put
one in harms way.
You can check their website at http://www.cityofhemet.org/pd/index.htm
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07/29/09
Kenneth Young, Superintendent of
Schools for Riverside County. Their primary goal is Improving
Student Achievement. The focus of the Division of Educational
Services is on improving student achievement in Riverside County.
Each of the five units in the division has a mission that ultimately
addresses this focus. These units are: District and School Success
Center, Regional School Improvement Unit (includes Regional System of
District and School Support), Safe Schools Unit, the Teacher Support
Center (includes BTSA), and Career Technical Education. This is all provided
to the 23 school districts and the more than 400,000 students living in
Riverside County,
through the unique programs they operate directly, including Special
Education for the severely handicapped, Head Start, Migrant Education,
Alternative Education through independent study, Community Schools and
Juvenile Court Schools, and through the latest Career Technical Education
(CTE) programs. In addition, the Riverside County Office of
Education administers a broad range of state and federally funded grant
programs and services designed to ensure student success throughout the
county. And they have also been hit hard by the recession and
had to lay off 140 employees. They can be
contacted via their website at http://www.rcoe.k12.ca.us,
or by Phone: (951) 826-6530, Fax: (951) 826-6199 or E-mail: General
Comments (rpeoples@rcoe.k12.ca.us)
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07/22/09
Matt Shobert,
Fire Chief for the city of Hemet. Much of what he spoke about were
the effects that the recession is having on the Fire Department.
Personnel has be cut back from 61 to 45 firefighters, higher level middle
management positions and one station was closed with cooperation from the
County FD. Last year the Department responded to 12,398 emergencies and
the above factors obviously affect the level of service. Much of
this was predicted last year and Measure O would have taken care of these
problems to a great degree. It received 55% of the vote but needed
just few more votes. Hopefully there may be some Federal Stimulus
money coming to assist in moving and/or rebuilding stations.
The primary services that the FD is supposed to assist in are Fire,
Earthquakes, and Floods.
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07/15/09
Rich Dell'Acqua is the new Rotary District Governor
of 5330, of which our club is a member. As I said below, every year
the new DG visits every Club in the District to tell us what all the new
District and Rotary International plans are for the next year. As
you can see from above "The future of Rotary IS IN YOUR HANDS".
The primary goal for the year is the continuation of the fight to
eradicate Polio. World wide it is down to about 1000 new cases, but
it MUST be eradicated and the Bill Gates Foundation has put $355,000,000
if we will match it. In the United States, something like 1/3 of our
youth are not protected from the virus so the fight is on to get it
completed before it spreads throughout the world again. We started
the year with President Bob giving a check for $1,000 to our DG
Rich. Anyone can help and add to it. Just contact Carl Cardey
at 951-929-4941. All contributions are Tax Deductable.
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07/08/09
This is the first meeting of our new
year and our new President Bob Duistermars. He devoted our
discussion as a strategic planning meeting about how to receive our new
Rotary District Governor, next week. And we also were planning our
new year. Rotary Clubs, District and even International are very
unique in the world of business in that we change our leadership every
year. Imagine any other corporation with 1.2 million members, 32
thousand clubs, and 600 Districts completely changing their business
leadership every year.
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07/01/09
One of the greatest pleasures
that we have as a Rotary Club is the presentation of scholarships every
year to help our young people in their quest for a superior
education. This year we were again able to give our $16,000
Alma Brook Memorial Nursing Scholarship. . Alma Brook was the
beloved wife of Art Brook, a past Club Member and Rotary District 5330
Governor, and he formed this Scholarship in her memory. We
have been able to help 7 young women complete their AB Degree and
RN. Now we are starting our 8th young lady who just graduated from
Hemet HS on her way, and this was a particularly special meeting where we
got to introduce to the whole club, the young lady and her mother, Jessica
and Theresa Kendall.
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05/13/09
This
week we had Lary Townson, EMT-A as our speaker. He is the Nat'l
Director of Law Enforcement Division for Emergency Medical Products, Inc. They
specialize in in the sale and service of pre-hospital equipment and
supplies, specifically a kit for gunshot trauma. Gunshot victims can suffer
any number of injuries from sucking chest wounds to vital organs, and often
can bleed out before an EMT can arrive. Often Even then there isn't
enough time to transport the victim to an Emergency Trauma Center.
This kit is simple enough that with only a little training most anyone can
apply it temporarily giving that time necessary for transport.
It is a relatively inexpensive kit that has been installed in many schools
and other organizations that might have a risk of shooting victims.
Lary can be reached at 951-318-4531 or 800-771-0366 or lartripar@aol.com.
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04/22/09
PROGRAM SPEAKER: Rod
Pacheco, Riverside County District Attorney, did a wonderful job as our
speaker Wednesday evening. It truly is amazing how our County has grown and
how the case load for the DA has increased. Mr. Pacheco has been doing great
work bring our crime ratio down until it is one of the very best in the
State.
One of the
most alarming topics discussed is the number of active gangs in our area.
Crime is a business and gangs are international in scope and have over 100,000 members worldwide.
To combat these problems Mr. Pacheco has established
task forces in communities throughout our County.
We certainly
can be proud of the efforts of Mr. Pacheco and his team.
Two items of
concern that were brought to our attention are the inadequacy of both our
court system and our prisons. The courts are clogged because of a lack of
judges and our
prison do not have the capacity to handle all of criminals being convicted
of violent crime.
CLUB NEWS:
Wednesday was a very nice turnout. We
had to set up tables on the museum floor to accommodate all the guests! It
worked out well and we thank all the members that helped set up and clean
up.
We welcomed Mark back after a very
busy couple of months kept him away from club. He was given his Red Badge
and will embark on the quest to earn the Blue Badge of Membership. He needs
to learn all of our names, so be helpful….introduce yourself each time you
see him until he tells you to stop! Dick Wilson won $17.00 in the raffle,
but Bob was able to get a couple of those dollars back during our
fines.
Lori Van Arsdale was one of our guests and, after taking a tour of the
Museum, donated
$800.00
to Fingerprints to help upgrade the carpet in the front of the Museum.
Lori! We are glad Rotary brought you to a place
where you could see a need and fill it. For the Youths who come, we Thank
you.
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04/04/09
We
had an outstanding event on Sat. at our pancake breakfast which has been
renamed: "The
Jennifer Daniel Memorial Pancake Breakfast. Jennifer was the driving
force that started this annual event, which is the kickoff for the new Hemet
Youth Baseball season, and they very graciously joined with us in
celebrating her life. This was a combined event: HYB supplied
food; We supplied the labor with help from the San Jacinto Valley Academy
students, and Bob Duistermars
President/Director of the Central Counties United Way brought their trailer
and supplied all the cooking equipment. We served well over 400
breakfasts in 3 hours before the teams began their new baseball season, and
raised over $1,000 for HYB..
To keep the pancakes and sausage
flowing as fast as it takes, requires a lot of help and Principal Doug
Ferber from the San Jacinto Valley Academy Charter School brought some of
his students with him to help us. What a wonderful group of young
people, learning to give a little back to society, and without their help,
our job would have been much more difficult. Doug brought his
two sons who were also a great help.
The first hungry
mouths
San Jacinto Valley Academy Students getting ready to
serve.
Doug and his two
boys Ken is sluffing off and
Margaret
watches OK,
back to work Ken
Pancakes a'cookin'
Yes we let the SJVA students eat Bob
Duistermars with the United Way Van
And
last but not least, the HYB presented us with a lovely plaque commemorating
our Past President, Jennifer Daniel. It was during her term as
President that she saw the need for helping the HYB raise money in support
of their outstanding service to the youth of Hemet and San Jacinto
Valley. At that time they also put a Rotary sign up in the backfield
of one of the diamonds. An example of two Charities working
together.
Jerry with the plaque, and other members.
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3//11/09
Tonight we held
our annual "4 Way Test" speech contest on Mar. 11 for local
High School Students. Competing from West Valley HS were
Phylicia Barron, Andrew Davis, Monique Garcia, Tatianna Huckstep,
Thabiso Mawema, and from Alessandro HS was Marcos Palacios.
The students are
timed for 5-8 minutes and can select any topic they wish, but have to
intertwine somehow the "4 Way Test" that all Rotarians try to live
by, which says: "Of the things we think, say or do: 1.
Is it the Truth? 2. Is it Fair to all concerned? 3. Will it
build goodwill and better friendships? 4. Will it be beneficial
to all concerned?"
The
winning students were: third place was Tatianna Huckstep, Second was Monique
Garcia, and First was Andrew Davis. The students were awarded $50,
$100, and
President Jerry
Julian, Monique Garcia, Tatiana Huckstep, Andrew Davis |
$200 respectively, and Andrew will advance to a Rotary District mid level
competition where they compete with winning students from Riverside and San
Bernardino Counties. The winning students then compete one last time
at the District Conference and the overall winner is awarded $1,000.
Judges
for the competition were: Marilyn Forst, Trustee - HUSD; Paula
Lawrence, Pres. of Physical Rehab Center in Hemet; and. Dr. Steven Simpson,
owner of Hemet Optometric Center.
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2/25/09 "February
is Rotary International's "World Understanding Month - a time to focus
on the importance of goodwill and understanding for peace. It is a
time for all of us to pause and consider how we are pursuing Rotaryk's
fourth Avenue of Service - International Service - because it is our
international service, and our international fellowship, that will do the
most to help us all build a more peaceful tomorrow." So
tonight we watched a video from Rotary International showing us the
International Vision of Rotary. and are inspired to continue our quest to
assist in some small way. The year we have contributed to a Water
Project in Zimbabwe.
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2/18/09
We had Rebecca Mashatt as our speaker. She is the Principal of the
Nuview Bridge Early College High School, which is the Charter school for the
Nuview Union School District in Nuevo, CA. Charter schools are public
schools that are particularly responsive to students needs and are held accountable for
improved student achievement. Nuview Bridge was begun with a $400,000
grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and is particularly
advanced in that it connects with the Riverside Community College in Moreno
Valley. It is one of a national initiative to establish 70 Early
College High School over a five year period, and began in 2004. Other
organizations that support are the Ford Foundation, Carnegie Corp., of NY,
and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Beginning in the 9th grade a student may begin taking college courses, along
with the normal HS curriculum. It is the responsibility of the parents
to take the students to the HS, but after that the are transported to and
bake from the RCC campus. By the time they graduate from HS, they can
at the same time graduate from RCC with an AA degree. The school
accepts students from all over Riverside County and has 365 students at this
time with a maximum to be 400. Research shows charter schools do a better job increasing
student achievement than traditional public schools, and these Early College
HS are geared to reach the low-income and first -generation college students
to motivate them to see themselves as "college material" and to
reduce family tuition costs. For more information you can call
951-928-8498 or email tfrey@nubiew.k12.ca.us.
The HS is located at 30401 Reservoir Ave. in Nuevo, CA.
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2/11/09 We had what we call a
periodic Fellowship night, at the home of Jerry Julian, our President.
It is a chance for members, families, and prospective members to get to know
each other better.
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2/4/09 
This
meeting was devoted to our lost beloved Jennifer. We just sat and
talked with our heavy hearts. Before we were done we decided on at
least two ways to memorialize Jennifer: We do an annual pancake breakfast
for the opening of the youth baseball season and Jennifer was very much a
leader in getting it started. So it will become the Annual Jennifer
Daniel Memorial Pancake Breakfast. A second way will be a
Jennifer Daniel Memorial Scholarship at Hemet HS, where she graduated.
We will form a Foundation that will award a scholarship every year to a
graduating senior at Hemet High who is planning to major in finance of some
sort. We are starting it with a $1,000 initial donation,
and The Central County United Way will also be joining with us.
We hope to build this to at least $10,000 so that we know a $1,000
scholarship will be donated yearly in perpetuity and from the eanings.
We invite any other organization or people to join us in this event in her
name.
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1/28/09 Member Bob
Duistermars gave us a craft talk where we hear personal and business
information and history. As it turns out Bob grew up most of his life
here in the valley on his family dairy farm. After his education he started
his own dairy farm on land that how has the San Jacinto Unified School
District on it. He had 800 cows in his dairy but eventually the dairy
owners grew bigger and bigger until it wasn't profitable to have a smaller
dairy and they gave way to the modern era.
Then he gave us
somewhat of a report on the Valley economic conditions and differences
between Hemet and San Jacinto. San Jacinto seems to have lived within
a balanced budget as a matter of policy, whereas Hemet seems to have been
caught up with the failing economics like most of the rest of the
country. So unfortunately Hemet has been hit with a lot more
downsizing and layoffs compared to San Jacinto.
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1/21/09 Again we had a young lady,
Riana Dilley, who is employed by the Hemet USD in their CC After School
Service-Learning Clubs for 6th to 8th grade students in the Middle
Schools. Specifically She and their Club are looking for volunteers
from the adult and service community, to come and meet with the kids.
Specifically she covers Acacia, Dartmouth, Diamond Valley, and Rancho Viejo
Middle Schools. They
are using part of their campus to learn how to plant and grow flowers and
vegetables.
The students who join examine the needs of their local community to
choose specific areas to address through service projects which they plan
and implement. Special attention is paid to projects that help
alleviate poverty. And they also learn about the life and values of Cesar
Chavez. This valuable leadership training teaches them skills of
organizers, leaders and decision makers for long term projects and programs.
For further information email Riana at Rdilley@hemetusd.k12.ca.us
or call at 765-5100 ext. 3923
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1/14/09 Great News. Mark decided
to join our club giving up feedback to the School
1/7/09 Opening our new year we had the Principal
of West Valley High School, Mark Lenoir, give us an overview of the school
and its programs, staff, and students. If you go to their
website at http://www.hemetusd.k12.ca.us/sites/wvhs/home/
you will find links to everything from "Academics" to "School
Info". The school was built to house about 2,200 students when it
opened in 1996, but through growth in the community it reached well over
3,000 students. The opening of the new Tahquitz HS helped drop
attendance back to the level where the school was designed for. In
passing there might even have been a comment or two about their First Title
in any sport. CIF
Division 3A Boys Basketball Championship: West Valley vs. Perris - Mar. 01,
2008
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12/17/08
We had Patrick Ozzi Oswald. In April 2004 he received the
prestigious national Lewis Hine Award recognizing his 20 years of advocacy
for troubled, disadvantaged children and youth. Ozzie also helps with
fundraising for CFLC and is passionate about helping kids and staff alike
... always willing to lend a hand in anyway he can. Come and hear Ozzi tell
us about the California Family Life Centers. 930 N
State St., Hemet, CA 92543, Phone: (951)
765-6955 http://www.cflckids.org/staff.html
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12/11/08
We had Beth Camarillo from Exceed Valley Resources who discussed
their Mental Retardation & Developmentally
Disabled Services. The essence of their program is to train
their clients to become more independent, so they can become taxpayers and
use fewer social services. They handle about 700 persons with
disabilities throughout the Inland Empire at EXCEED's 5 facilities;
transport about 180 persons to their program and/or work; 120 clients
are employed by companies in the communities with an average wage of
$8.05/hour and job retention over 5 years; 327 clients did packaging
and assembly worth $621,000 in 2004-2005.etc. Some of their loyal
customers are: Lowe's Distribution Center, Milgard Windows, Bradshaw
International, CalTrans, Vons, Home Depot, March Air Reserve Base,
Walgreen's Distribution Center. They can be of help in:
janitorial, kitting, packaging, assembly, wiring, lighting assembly, blister
packs, shrink wrap, collating, lettershop services, recycling, repacking,
labeling, product pres & shipping, rework, lawn maintenance etc. Can
they be of help to You, or do you know someone who could benefit from their
program? Contact Beth Camarillo -Employment Specialist Supported
Employment at: 951-780-8444 ext. 225 or bethexceed@hotmail.com
www.weexceed.org
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11/20/08
Dr. Jeanne
McClellan talked about two Rotary Graduate Studies Fellowship
programs: One leads to a Masters degree in international relations,
peace studies, conflict resolution , or related areas. This program is aimed at professionals
under 40, with an AB Degree, and significant work experience in the areas of
conflict resolution. The must have literacy in a different language than
English, and if accepted would attend one of 4 Universities: Int'l
Christian U. in Tokyo, Japan; Univ. del Salvador in Buenos Aires, Argentina;
U. of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England; and U. of Queensland, Brisbane,
Australia.
The other one is a Short-term Professional Development Certificate Program
in Peace and Conflict Resolution, three months long held
at Chulalongkorn U. in Bangkok, Thailand. It is designed for
professionals in mid-to-upper-level positions in fields related to conflict
resolution and mediation. Applicants must be employed at least five
years in a field that is related to conflict resolution or peace keeping,
and have bachelor's degree or equivalent infields such as law enforcement,
government, education, unions, media, and NGOs.
You can go to: rotary.org,
click on Students and Youth,
then click on Educational Programs, and then click on Rotary
Centers for International Studies. Or
if you are interested or
know someone who might qualify, contact ccardey@verizon.net
for further information.
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11/13/08
was our Past District Governor Red Peryea
who discussed our Group Study Exchange (GSE) program. "The Rotary
Foundation’s Group Study Exchange (GSE) program is a unique cultural and
vocational exchange opportunity for business people and professionals
between the ages of 25 and 40 who are in the early stages of their careers.
The program provides all expenses paid, except for personal items, for teams
to exchange visits in paired areas of a different country. For three to four
weeks, team members experience the host country's culture and institutions,
and will stay with Rotarian families. It give one a chance to observe
how their own vocations are practiced abroad, develop personal and
professional relationships, and exchange ideas." Do You
Fit? Are You Interested? Contact us
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11/6/08
Our speaker this week was Betty Folsom,
Coordinator of Child Welfare and Attendance for Jurupa USD. She is a
Rotarian in charge of our District Ambassadorial Scholarships (AS). "The
purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to further
international understanding and friendly relations among people of different
countries and geographical areas. The program sponsors several types of
scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for
qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars
serve as goodwill ambassadors to the host country and give presentations
about their homelands to Rotary clubs and other groups. Upon returning home,
scholars share with Rotarians and others the experiences that led to a
greater understanding of their host country". (http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/EducationalPrograms/AmbassadorialScholarships/Pages/ridefault.aspx)
There are 3 different kinds of awards: 1. Academic for one
year and $24,000; 2. Multi-year with $12,000 x 2; or a Cultural
with a humanitarian emphasis to learn a language and go to a place where
help is desperately needed 3 months with $10,000, or 6 months with
$15,000. DO YOU HAVE THE DESIRE OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO DOES AND
QUALIFIES? Contact us
and Apply
for a chance to make a difference
In addition we had a young lady,
Riana Dilley, who is employed by the Hemet USD in their CC After School
Service-Learning Clubs for 6th to 8th grade students in the Middle
Schools. The students who join examine the needs of their local community to
choose specific areas to address through service projects which they plan
and implement. Special attention is paid to projects that help
alleviate poverty. And they also learn about the life and values of Cesar
Chavez. This valuable leadership training teaches them skills of
organizers, leaders and decision makers for long term projects and programs.
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Disclaimer: In the spirit of Rotary
International's Non-Political and Non-Religious policy, we allow candidates
to come and present their positions to us, but that does NOT imply or assume
any endorsement of the Candidate or other election items. In the
interest of absolute fairness, we will not present any Candidates
qualifications or positions in our website, because anything put in
here is very subjective, and items could be either added or left out in an
attempt to measure with other Candidates who may or may not come later.
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10/30/08
The speaker this week was the last
candidate for HUSB, Charlotte Jones.
(See the Disclaimer above)
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10/23/08
Our speaker this week was Wayne Discher, the
Librarian at the City of Hemet Library. He chose to speak about
Intrinsic Values and the four economic services the Library has for the
community. 1. Literacy: especially for the very young, and the
many partnerships with organizations and people in the community helping to
accomplish this. 2. Employment & career resources:
Internet access both with 38 computer stations, and wireless access both
inside and from the parking lot; How-To-Do packets available for many
appropriate topics. 3. Small Business Resources: many
data bases on market research, demographics, how to get licenses; new
business mixers. 4. The Building and facilities: They are like
a Community living room. Reading and Cultural programs, History and
Heritage, and Economy etc. The Library gives direct
service to over 1500 people per day, 60 % of which are children, along with
DVD/CD and videos, books on tape, and online they get between 400,000 and
1,000,000 hits online.
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10/16/08Our
Speaker was Marilyn Forst, candidate for a Board seat on Hemet Unified
School District.
(See the Disclaimer above)
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10/9/08Our Speaker was
Susan Beltran who is with Hemet Hospice. Hemet Hospice was founded in 1979
by a group of compassionate community leaders motivated by a common concern
for terminally ill patients and their families. Their focus was on providing
hospice patients with the emotional and spiritual support needed during
their illness. Click for
more
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10/2/08
Our Speaker was Sid Cottrell, candidate for a
Board seat on Hemet Unified School District.
(See the Disclaimer above)
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9/25/08Our
Speaker was Ron Bryer, candidate for a Board seat on Hemet Unified School
District.
(See the Disclaimer above)
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9/18/08
Today was the official visit by our Rotary
District
5330 Governor, Dr. Robin Shepherd, along with
his wife Maureen. All the Officers or Rotary, from the International
level, down to the Club level change every year. (Imagine any other
corporation with 1,200,000 workers spread throughout the 7 continents,
changing the leadership every year? We do it and very successfully)
This gives the Club members a chance to meet the new District leaders, and
the Governor to meet all the clubs to check on their needs and successes,
and to offer any needed help from the Districts' leaders.
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9/11/08 Today
was a Club assembly where we discuss plans, working and future.
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8/28/08
Today we had a lovely lady from New
Zealand, Geraldine Boutoni. She is very well versed on the plants,
vegetables, and fruits that grow and come from her homeland. Since I
have a black thumb when it comes to horticulture, most of it went
over my head, but I do remember she told about an apple that has an
excellent taste and can even be bought at our Henry's store in Hemet.
She also told us about Volcanoes in NZ, and there are a surprisingly large
number that are considered active.
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08/28/08
Today we had Dr. Lisa DeForest, Candidate for the Hemet Unified
School Board,
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08/21/08 Today we had Patti Drusky, who is the President/CEO of
the
Hemet/San Jacinto Valley Chamber of Commerce, and she gave us a brief
history. In 1999 the Hemet and San Jacinto CoC merged with approximately 500
members. In 2001 they started to submit News & Views Newspaper Articles
(550). In 2003 began the 1st chamber Chat newsletter and Power Lunch (650).
In 2004 they held the 1st Fiesta (700). In 2005 they started the 1st
Olympus Awards (750). In 2006 the 1st Harvest Kick-Off began (800).
In 2997 the 1st Learn to Play in S.J. (850). This year they launched the San
Jacinto Chapter (900), and on Fri. Aug.22 they will add their 1,000th
member, a truly remarkable achievement. Contact them at 615 N. San Jacinto
St., Hemet 92543, by phone at 951-658-3211, and their website is at
http://hemetsanjacintochamber.com/
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08/14/08
Today we had Florentine Tabares, the Director
of the newly reorganized Fingerprints Youth Museum, tell us all the exciting
things that are happening to the old Kid Zone. This is a Hands On Learning
Center where kids can come pay, explore, and learn. Kids are "invited"
to touch everything rather then the "don't touch" attitude of many museums.
Learning programs are developed according to the Education Dept. of the
State of California. One of the exhibits is called the "Shakezone"
which is and interactive earthquake exhibit that is
the first of its kind, and sponsored by NSF through the Southern California
Earthquake Center in Los Angeles. There is a learning center
being designed and constructed, and will be ready soon. Also an
"Educator's Portal" is being finished which will give educators a series of
lessons, teachers manual, and tests that will match the California
requirements.
They are located at 123 So. Carmelita, in Hemet, just south of
Florida. Their phone number is 765-1223, and they are developing
a website at http://fingerprintsmuseum.com/
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08/07/08
Today we had Len Wood, City Manager for the
City of Hemet. He gave us a report on the status of the City. With the
economy depressing, the state of the city has done the same thing. Its
revenue has dropped to the point where there is a $7,000,000 shortfall which
means one of two things, Either a way is found to raise that money, or
the City will have to make reductions in its spending, some of which has
already been done. About 37% of the General funds are untouchable, by
law: developer's impact money, gasoline tax, water and refuse
collection funds. So the only thing left is reducing the City's
expenses. They are facing the elimination of 1/3 of the Firemen and
Policemen. Consider that Police and Fire response time would increase by 2
minutes. A reduction in the Library by 1/5, and similar reductions in the
other City Departments.
With the big reduction in
Sales and other Taxes, there is no other way to raise the money, without
coming to us the taxpayers. On the Ballot in November will be
Measure "O", which will ask for a 5% sales tax increase in the City limits.
It can only legally be spent within the City. There will be an oversight
committee and an independent audit to see that the money is used for what it
has been committed. And finally, there will be an exemption for low income
people, and Seniors.
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07/24/08
Today we had two ladies, Dona Barber and Sue
Tatosian, from the Western Center for Archaeology & Paleontology, Southern
California's newest museum. In the picture on the table you can see a
model cast from a Saber-toothed cat, just one example of the many
world-class museum attractions designed to stimulate your senses. They
have Laboratories and do Research, have Curation facilities that protect and
store the over one million specimens, and an Education & Conference Center
to provide
classroom space for students from elementary schools to
post-graduate researchers. So take a trip and see Max, the biggest mastodon
ever found in the West; and Xena, the 1,000 year-old mammoth who rules over
the central exhibit hall, and all the Interactive exhibits. They have
many levels of Membership starting at $15 for students. The Western Center
is at 2345 Searl Parkway, Hemet, CA 92543. Telephone is 951-794-0032
and
www.westerncentermuseum.org for complete information.
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07/10/08 and 07/14/08 We
had business meetings, called an Assembly, to discuss our upcoming events.
When we do that, we don't have a speaker. And it's vacation time so
smaller attendance.
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07/03/08
Our speaker today was Matt
Shobert, the new Fire Chief for the City of
Hemet. He is working hard to learn all about the present Fire Department,
and the city of Hemet. His immediate concern was the extra fire danger that
the 4th of July would bring. His long term desire is to add a
trained paramedic to every fire truck. We are the only city in the County
of Riverside that does not have them. More often than not, the City fire
trucks will arrive at a call site before the ambulance, which indicates the
need. Another desire is to get a helmet on every bicycle rider. AND, He
was a Rotarian in Sedona, AZ, and we have inducted him into our Club.
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06/24/08
David Minasian
discussed the major shift in Hollywood movie plots. They have
developed the themes with huge amounts of violence, sex and other topics,
considered by many in our society to be unsatisfactory. David has many
years of film making, script writing, and book authoring beginning back when
he was 10 years old, using the family 8mm movie camera. His first film
in 16mm, done while he was taking film-making at the university, was
nominated for an Oscar. He then went to work for Jeremiah films,
making documentaries. There has been a movement lately, which He
is involved in, toward more films that are family oriented without all the
trash that Hollywood is using. He produced “The Joyrider”,
and assisted Mel in the production of “The Passion”. (Picture is
Jerry on the left, and David on the right)
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06/17/08
Our speaker this week was Jack
Warneke, a well known local writer and long time
citizen from San Jacinto. He has served our communities in many positions
along with his wife Nancy. He talked to us about San Jacinto History. He
touched on the development starting with the; Soboba Indians; then the
Spanish; Juan Batista DeAnza who developed the
new route to San Francisco. In this area originally there were 7 tribes and
The Temecula Indians. During a terrible drought
the Temecula Indians attacked the tribes in what is now called
Massacre Canyon, and only the Soboba Tribe
survived. One of the most noted men was Edward Hewitt, the first Teacher in
San Jacinto. He later belonged to the County School Board, the
the San Diego County School Board, became the
State Superintendent of Schools, and formed the 1st Teachers
Union. Jack has a book on all this history that will be available very soon.
And because of the decades of work and volunteering, San Jacinto has named
one of the new Parks, the Warneke Park in the
Coventry Acres development. He can be contacted at 654-4550 or
jnwarneke@netzero.net
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06/10/08
Rich and Sue Dell ‘Acqua,
a Rotarian and his wife, showed us a PowerPoint program about their trip to
India. They went to check on current and past projects that clubs in
our district are involved with. They took money with them to deliver
to other Rotary Clubs with whom some of our club are partnering with, and
they were constantly on the look for other new projects. They were
hosted by different clubs including the Calcutta Metro Rotary Club.
They also traveled to the Nagaland area and Korima
village among other places. Nagaland is in the North East part of
India and very difficult for visitors to enter, but their needs are great
and Rich and Sue received a very warm welcome.
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06/03/08
Our speaker was Kati Ford from La Vista, a
local recovery place for women. She and her staff are promoting "Not in
Our Town," an effort to educate people on the effects of prescription
drug overdoses. Often teens get their parents' or grandparents' medicines
and take them themselves and share the "legal" drugs with their
friends. If you have children be on the alert for parties at which
some of them “Farm” their stolen drugs to other children.
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05/27/08
This a special meeting. First we had a
student, who we had sponsored to a weekend leadership seminar, tell us about
his experiences and what he learned and received from it. Another positive
learning experience that we were able to sponsor.
Next we had Jared Moore
and Mark Miller from the Ramona Hillside Players, give us a short sample of
what to expect from the current program: Charley’s Aunt. It was a
very funny exchange between Father and Son: Father who is funding his
Son’s university education to a level that Son thinks he should get; and
Son who now learns that the family funds are extremely limited
and is shocked to find out he is now considered
“poor”. Without having seen the Play, but based on the Title, one
would think that maybe Charlie’s Aunt might have something to say about
his future. Last chance, Fri & Sat. May 30 & 31 at 7:30 pm,
and June 1 Matinee at 2:00 pm. $12.00 single admission, Seniors
$11.00. Be at the theater no later than 15 minutes prior to
curtain. Reservations suggested at <?xml:namespace
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951-658-5300.
Ramona Hillside Players, PO Box 462, Hemet, CA 92546.
http://www.ramonahillsideplayers.org/home_page.htm
And
Lastly we are very pleased to induct
three new members: Doug Ferber, Ken Shaw, and Nhamo Mawema. Doug is the
Principal at
the San Jacinto Valley Academy, a Charter
School in the San Jacinto Unified School District. Ken is Special Projects
Director with the Central County United Way, and Nhamo is a Rotary Member in
Zimbabwe. He is living here for a finite time and will maintain his
membership there, but wanting to continues his contribution for Rotary, we
have inducted him as an Honorary Member. A big welcome to all our new
members.
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05/20/08
Sorry, but this week I was absent.
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05/13/08
This week our speaker was Charlene Stover
speaking about Scholarships for San Jacinto High School, the difficulty of
getting them for the students, and of course the value to the students.
Many times a scholarship, even small, may influence a graduating student to
go on to further ther education at San Jacinto
Community College or other Schools.
In addition she talked about the San Jacinto Education Foundation
which was founded in 2001 to enhance the educational experience of young
people in our educational community. It is a voluntary organization
dedicated to improving the educational opportunities of the
studenr of SJUSD through teacher incentives,
scholarships and grants in areas where the need is greatest. They have
founded the Edward Hyatt Athletic Hall of Fame, and the Distinguished Alumni
Recognition Award. If you wish to contribute, contact them at 2045 So.
San Jacinto Ave., San Jacinto, CA 92583. also
(951)929-7700
x4530
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05/06/08
This Week our speaker was Dr. Helene
Kalfuss, Past District Governor of our District
5330. Helene, along with her husband Leonard Kalfuss,
MD, presented their program, Helene and Leonard on the Road. They
went on a trip to the Orient as an Oversight Committee for Rotary
International, to evaluate the success of the vision and
interocular implant programs that the RI
Foundation had funded. These are done as matching grant programs with
Rotary Districts and Rotary Clubs. In Bangalore & So. India they visited
several hospital sites that Rotary Clubs had built and sponsored. India has
100,000,000 or 25% of all the worlds blind people with many of them
cataracts, and these programs were to do interocular
lens implants to replace the normal lens. They also traveled to Cochin
Harbor and Sharada. Then went on to Singapore
and Dandar Surway in
Malaysia before returning home. The volunteerism
of Rotarian Doctors, Nurses and members, along with the Clubs and Districts
on both sides of the world magnify and multiply the money and efforts toward
aiding many needs in the world.
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04/29/08
Today we had Bob Duistermars fill in again and
he talked about the San Jacinto Valley Academy, a Charter School that the
United Way had a part in getting started. It has progressed to the point
since it's opening in 1997, to where it is now serving 300 students, and Sr.
High Grades 9-11. Next year they will have their first graduating class.
The Charter schools work under the hat of the San
Jacinto Unified School District. The
education of the children is based on the Inquiry learning method, and the
sole focus of the school since its start has been on Achievement.
The main focus of their educational
program is to deepen students' awareness regarding their natural and social
environment. The school has no problem meeting the federal No Child Left
Behind Act (NCLB) requires that all schools and districts meet Adequate
Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements. There is also a required high level of
Parent participation. They are located at 480 N. San Jacinto, San Jacinto,
CA 92583. Tel:
(951) 654-6113
Check their website for further information:
http://www.sjacademy.org
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04/22/08
Today we had Chuck Peeples from West Valley High
School as our speaker. He is the head coach of their basketball program and
presented a great story of progress with their program. Chuck cam 5 years
ago and faced a team that had hardly won a game for several seasons. When
he put out a call at the beginning of that year
for potential players, only 2 came. This is a winning story of young 9th
grade students who had never played basketball, and many from
underprivileged homes. In the intervening 5
years the program grew steadily and at the last season 45 students showed up
to play. They began to make the CIF playoffs, and at the end of the last
year they beat all toughest school in the
league, and Then Perris to take the Championship. They are the only team in
the valley to have ever won the CIF Title.
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04/08/08
Today we had Tatianna Huckstep as our speaker. She is a student at West
Valley High School. We selected her to attend RYLA this past weekend
(Rotary Youth Leadership Awards), which is a weekend at a mountain
resort and the chance to get together with other Junior - 11th grade -
students from many HS in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. They are
given much training in leadership skills that will help them throughout
their lifetime. Being mixed together in small groups allows them to
discuss and learn skills in areas of diversity, relating to
personal issues positively, turning negative situation into positive,
Stereotyping, and morals and values. And they finally get to listen to
several top speakers who relate their life experiences and what a person
achieve if they just have faith and stay focused. One example was a
felon, who when he was released from prison turned his life around and
trained to become an RN. These students are nervous when they begin to
come together on Friday after school, and by Sunday are very tearful when
the have to go home and away from their new found friends.
Contratulations to Tatianna, and we just might see her returning next year
as a returning counselor.
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03/29/08
Today
we had Russ Bogh, Past Assemblyman from our 37th District, and again a
Candidate for the same seat. Amazingly enough he didn't even give us the
usual political entreaties. His talk was basically about the State
budget. The deficit when he was previously in office was about $24B which
was reduced to about $4B. Unfortunately it has risen again to $18B. He
also talked about the effects of Prop. 58 and Prop. 76. Also about waste
by the state government and how it impacts transportation, education and
other departments.
In line with
our non-political position, we will also invite his opponent to talk to
us.
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03/25/08
Our speaker today was unable to come at the last minute. We had Emerson
Bixby, from the Hemet Historic Downtown Theater, in attendance to be
honored as our business of the month. We enticed him to be our speaker
and tell us all about the theater and his thoughts about the Theater and
Hemet. It turns out that Emerson is a very community oriented person and
in addition to just running a theater, he uses it to enhance the lives of
the citizens in our valley. A very few of his ideas are using movies as a
benefit for people with serious problems. Another event centered around
amnesty for small furry creatures.
There is a beautiful website at http://hemettheatre.com/ with a
Film Schedule and much more information. It is located at
216 E. Florida Ave.
Phone number is 951-658-7123
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8/21/07
Hemet Police and
Temp. Fire Chief Richard Dana, and Captains Dave Brown and Rob Webb.
(Photos are L to R) I will say that the 5 members who attended had very red faces at our poor
attendance, but Chief Dana and the Captains were remarkably gracious, and
continued with their presentation anyway. You will see from the
above upcoming speakers, that they will come back next week and give us
more information.
8/14/2007: Former Assemblyman Russ Bogh gave us a lot of his history while in
office, along with the many
Assembly Bills that he authored and were voted into law: Helped reduce the
$10billion deficit to $700million today; Indian Tribe gaming contracts
which will now put hundreds of millions of dollars into the state revenue;
victims rights; RapeShield Law; sex offender housing; police & firefighter
aid when injured in the line of duty; the true costs of Illegal's in the
state - $10billion in health care alone; etc. etc. He has a
business background with the accompanying ability to know what pays for
itself and what doesn't, which many other Assembly members do not
seem to.
Lori
Van Arsdale - City of Hemet Councilperson
Lori
Van Arsdale - City of Hemet Councilperson
Lori
gave us a rundown on the state of the City of Hemet, what is going well,
what is in the planning stages, and what the future looks like.
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10/22/07
Measure G - Vote No was the topic of
Clyde Osborn, Treasurer of
the Valley Health System.
He gave us his interpretation as to what the issues are be if Measure G
passes. Again, as a Board Member, he is not allowed to speak for the
Health System, and spoke only for himself. One of his main
positions is that a successful vote Yes, will take the hospital out of the
hands of a local elected Hospital Board, and put it in the hands of a
private organization, with a debatable past history.
10/9/07
Measure G - Vote Yes
was the topic of
Amelia Hippert,
a Professor at Mt. San Jacinto College, and a
Board Member of the Valley Health
System. She came to give us information about
the condition of the Valley Health System. As a Board Member she is not
allowed by law to speak for the Health System, which she made very clear
to us.
9/18/07 Tom
Wilson, Field Representative for Paul Cook
Assemblyman 65th
District,
described Paul's works and interests in the Calif. Legislature since his
election, particularly Health care, and his seat on the Committee on
International Trade. Paul has issued updates on bills that he is
following: AB 282 - Stolen Valor Act; AB 339 Manuf. Homes
Escrow; AB 455 Contractor's State License Board Quorum; AB 456
Construction Management Education Account; AB 1525 BPPVE Extention Act -
Private Education; and AB 1662 - Overseas Ranked Ballot. In
addition, Tom is on the Valley Healthcare Board, and answered some
questions about the valley hospitals.
9/11/07
Sonya Haffner,
Executive Director of "T.H.E. Center, Inc., Therapy for Handi-capable
Equestrians", spoke to us today about the great center here in Hemet, and
what they offer especially, to both children and adults with handicaps.
Sonya has
been a riding instructor since 1995 and a NARHA Registered Instructor
since August 1998 as well CHA (Certified Horsemanship Association) Level
4 Western, Level 3 English certified instructor. She is comfortable
teaching both riders with disabilities and those without. Over the years
she has taught riders as young as 3 years old and up to seniors. While
most of her therapeutic students have physical disabilities, Sonya has
also worked with those that are mentally impaired, learning disabled,
severely emotionally disturbed, sight impaired, hearing impaired, and many
with multiple disabilities. " I have been blessed to instruct such a
diverse group of students over the years." 
7/16/2007 RYAN School of
Aeronautics Museum:
Mike
Gow, Hemet City Engineer, gave us a comprehensive talk about the future of
the City infrastructure, especially roads, sewers, and building both
commercial and a private. The city expects to spend $100,000,000 over the
next 5 years for infrastructure. There are four shopping
centers in planning stages including: the Garret Ranch at NE corner of W.
Florida and Warren Rd; Promenade at NE corner of W. Florida & Myers.
Of interest is the fact that the Garrett ranch will require 1 million cu.
yds. of earth which translates to 50,000 truck loads. Within the
City each truck pays a fee of $3/cu. yd. of earth to help in paying for
road damage.
Speaker Tue., 7/17:
Today we had Duane Baker, who is the Senior Assistant
City Manager for the City of Hemet. His primary responsibility in
Hemet is Economic Development, and he is responsible for implementing the
City's business retention and business attraction program.
During the record breaking 2005 year, over 1,300 building permits were
issued, and although the economy slowed during 2006 
06/25/2007
Business
of the Month - June:
Triple Time Tire and Auto Express.
Each month we will be awarding a Certificate to a business in our area
that one or more of our Members has observed and had dealings with. They
have shown that they operate their business with high ethics, and in
accordance with the 
Bob Knepp - Honorary Member
Reported
on the progress we are making on replacing the 17" computer monitors at
the Braille Institute Computer Learning Center in Palm Desert, with a
series of increasingly larger flat screen monitors up to at least 32".
Also a 20" flat screen has been added to their mobile testing and service
vehicle.
Marsha Spell: CASA
(Center Against Sexual Assault). Availability to the community
including free classes: Child Abductions Prevention & Personal Safety,
Self-defense, Child Lures, Awareness, Assertiveness, Physical Techniques &
Finger Printing. Speaker Contact & 24 hour Crisis Line at
(951)652-8300 
