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

April 27, 2006

This Week

Program Chair

Wendy Wayne

It was dark at the Art Museum today, as the Bakersfield Rotary Clubvisited nine business locations of our members situated throughout the Cityof Bakersfield. The member hosted meetings are a throwback to the originalintent of Rotary, as envisioned by Paul Harris. His idea was that eachmember would host a meeting, then the next week’s meeting would rotate toanother member’s location ( ). In thismanner the members were able to advertise their product/expertise—

Highlights of the activities at each Brown Bag location are reported byone of the attending Rotarians

composedof four radio stations, both AM and FM, housedin the complex transmitting to the Latinopopulation both music and news. The listeningaudience includes all of Kern County and asfar north as Fresno. hostedin the absence of This is a newmulti-million dollar complex over 30,000 sq ft.The Rotarians present discovered that the

Production Manager is really the brains ofthe operation (

). Heselects and monitors all the music andtaped dialog that goes on the air. Most, ifnot all, of the music used on all fourstations originates from Mexico; it issupplied to the station on CD’s and/orTape, then downloaded to the computerhard drive where the day’s selections are

thus came about the name, Rotary Club

in

those days it was wholly acceptable for the members to solicit business from

each other, in fact it was encouraged.

each of the radio stations

has its own production manager

So “Brown Bag It” and bring some

business to the hosts.

Spanish Radio Group (SRG)

Rogers Brandon

Mike Allen.

April 20, 2006 Meeting Notes

Robert Sybrandt, Editor

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May 18

Sheryl Barbich

May 25

Dick Porter / Mary Grider

VISION 2020 Update

BHS Drum Core

May 4

Sheryl Barbich

May 11

Shannon Parker

George Marrett - Author

Mauled by a Mountain Lion

Three Fruitvale Junior HighSchool Students, Rocio Cruz,Brandon Louey and Kasadi Cole, willshare their winning History DayProject on Branch Rickey. Rickeystood up against his own race toachieve what he thought was rightand continued to take a stand afterhis retirement from baseball as hegave speeches throughout thecountry promoting racial equality.ESPN called him the most influentialsports figure of the 20th century, sothe stand that he took as one maninfluenced all of sports and much ofAmerica. The Fruitvale Students willbe taking their presentation toSacramento to compete in the StateFinals Champ May 11 - 14. Rotariansshould come prepared to ask thesestudents challenging questions.

Branch Rickey &

The Integration

Of Baseball

logged in on the computer for uninterrupted andunmanned broadcasting. Our Brown Bag Lunch wasserved in the boardroom furnished with a twenty footgreen granite top table, while we sat in plush leatherchairs. Mike, thanks for the opportunity to see your finefacility.

, who runs a pretty savvy operation( ), reports on his visit to

that he was impressed by thegenuine openness of all the attendants. The Brown BagLunches allow the Rotarians the opportunity to interactin a forum that is more personal than the usual. As far as the Turner’s ashosts they were most gracious and accommodating. We had a nice boxlunch and then toured their personal home to see the type of constructionTurner Homes can do. Very high quality construction and attention to detailwas evident.

reports those attending Brown BagLunch at the

were treated to a stellarpresentation and tour that beganwith a yummy Luigi’s lunch. ThePowerPoint presentation thatfollowed offered an overview ofthe Kern County library system, itshistory, mission, challenges andopportunities, as well as a briefdiscussion of Proposition 81. We

all loved the photo of the 1900 Model T Bookmobile, but a memorablehighlight was watching our very own 30-second televisioncommercial promoting .

who certainly knows how to align things took on thetask of reporting the goings on at The “New” Bakersfield Californian. Here isher report. We met downtown at the historic building. Commencement by

at 12:25 pm. Richard stated that the entire building has beenin the state of renovation for the past 2years at a substantial cost — thenewsroom renovation alone cost $1.5mil. With Bakersfield adding 1,000persons each day, Richard recognizespeople are getting their news in a varietyof places such as the internet andtelevision, not just the paper anymore;therefore, it was necessary that theCalifornian change to be more competi-tive in the “news” market.

The Californian isn't giving up on the printed-paper, but it needed torevamp and get new readers. The following changes were made to improvethe paper: bigger headlines, more pictures in periphery, nugget stories orsummaries ( ) and a picture page withcaptions. The www.Bakersfield.com, on the Internet, has 120,000 subscribersproviding the paper with valuable feedback on what articles are read, whatvideos are downloaded etc.

Credibility of reporters is extremely important; due to a recent pastexperience with an unethical reporter, the Californian verifies reporter'sacademic and work references, does a thorough

Dave Whelden

Turner Custom Homes

Holly Culhane Diane Duquette’s

Beale Memorial

Library

Ray Dezember’s

Signee Hoffman

Richard Beene

McKinney’s Air Conditioning

“the library…check it out!”

must be significant and interesting

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MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

ROTARY OFFICE

- NoonHoliday Inn Select

- NoonValley Rose Golf Course

- NoonHoliday Inn Select

- 6:30 a.m.Homestead Restaurant

- NoonStockdale Country Club

- NoonHeritage Inn

- 6:30 a.m.Shafter Vet’s Hall

- 6:45 a.m.Petroleum Club

- NoonJo’s Restaurant

2:40 p.m. BHSAuditorium #301

- 7:00 a.m.Dream Castle Cafe

NoonBakersfield Art Museum

- NoonKelcy’s Restaurant

- NoonKong’s Dynasty

- 6:00 p.m.Ewings

NoonVeteran’s Hall

Bakersfield South

Wasco

Bakersfield North

Inyokern

Bakersfield West

China Lake

Shafter

Bakersfield Breakfast

Taft

Interact -

Frazier Park Rotary

Bakersfield Downtown -

Tehachapi

Delano

Kern River Valley

Bakersfield East -

Phone: (661) 325-0696

Area Meetings

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background check of all potential reporters and their stories. The papers aim“ ”.

Our reporter, , no stranger to the medical profession andall of its peculiarities reports with fervor on those medical digs of Rotarian

Here is Bernie’s un-edited report of a sensationalBrown Bag adventure:

Those Rotarians who had the pleasure ofvisiting Comprehensive Blood & Cancer Center,through the generosity of Dr. MadanMukhopadhyay, came away dazzled and proudof the level of medical care Bakersfield provides.We also had an outstanding meal from Caf Medto sustain us for the afternoon!

led the flag salute, and attempted tolead us in song. Because Madan had so much to share, he found he couldtalk faster in Bengali, so , who is also fluent in this language,provided the interpretation for the rest of us.

CBCC has all the supportive medical means under one roof to avoidhaving to travel out of the area for cancer care. While primarily a treatmentcenter, the main focus is chemotherapy and radiation therapy providedthrough such state-of-the-art equipment as a PET CT, MRI, CT Scan, linearaccelerators, and nuclear medicine. Of course, it is the people who make thedifference, and 213 employees and 16 physicians provide the “TLC” to the400 patients seen each day.

CBCC has more than doubled its space recently, to 65,000 square feet,adding pain management and a soon-to-be-opened surgical center.

Madan had Lynda Beaton, CEO, and Pradip Shah, CFO assist in thepresentation and tour of the facility. Those of you who missed this fascinatingtour need to remember to schedule your next “Brown Bag Lunch” at CBCC.But be sure to have there to interpret!

reports from California State University Bakersfield theBrown Bag Lunch withhigher education. Chuck’sreport is brief and to thepoint.

presided on whatwas far from a Brown BagLunch, in a luxuriousconference room. Horacelamented the fact that therate of high school studentsentering college is decreasing and does not look good for the future.

Horace advised that the University is now half way to their monetary goalof $6 million for their Class 1 status. They need donations everyone! Then,Horace outlined the planned future expansion to eventually accommodate

15,000 students at the Bakersfield campus.report gets right down to the

guts of why we have the Brown Bag Lunch. Hereports on who, what and why of andhis chain. Since its inception in 1998, TerrioTherapy-Fitness, Inc. now employs over 80employees at five locations. Terrio is the officialstrength and conditioningprovider for the BakersfieldBlitz, the Condors and Cal

We want only the truth in our paper and online

Bernie Herman

Madan Mukhopadhyay.

Dr. Richard O’Reilly Ray Watson

Dale Mills

Dale Mills

Chuck Michel

Pres. Horace

Mitchell

Paul Sheldon’s

Tim Terrio

é

Thank you Madan!!

Officers

Board of Directors

R.I. President

District 5240 Governor

Assistant Governor

Group Representative

Rotary Office

Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar

Sally Adelblue

Roland Maier

Maria Berntson

P.O. Box 1628, 93302

Phone: (661) 325-0696

FAX: (661) 322-2311

info@bakersfield-rotary.com

www.bakersfield-rotary.com

Richard Beene........................Andy Barkate ..........................Harvey McCown .....................Harry Starkey......................

..................................Ken Carter..........................................Mary Grider........................................Andy Barkate........................................Paul Sheldon

...............................Bob Tebbe........................................Bruce Biggar.............................................Ray Karpe.................................Stephanie Weber

.......................................Brad Hannink

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

President

Secretary

Treasurer

Sgt. at Arms

1 year

2 years

Past President

President Elect 2006-2007

Goteborg, Sweden

Ventura, East

Taft

Bakersfield East

Officers

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-State University Bakersfield. Terrio has a satellite facility at Memorial Hospitalcalled “TerrioKids”. It helps kids with physical and mental disabilities toimprove their motor skills. also created TerrioNET that allowsphysical and occupational therapists to provide the most effective treatmentpossible to their patients by using an integrated treatment and resultscomputer program. It also gives medical doctors and insurance companies24-hour access to view their patients’ progress. Terrio Therapy-Fitness has asits motto: “Skilled professionals. Positive results.”

Our Brown Bag reporter at the Richardson Child Development Center iswho reports The Richardson Center is a special place for

special kids staffed by men and womenwho are passionate about their jobs. TheRichardson Center cares for developmen-tally challenged children from birth to fiveyears of age. Formerly known as the Col.Nichols School, the Richardson centercares for 450 special needs kids in a parklike setting. Social worker Bill Reifel

describes the process as a holistic approach to child development. Througha collaboration of public and private agencies the Richardson Centeraddresses the special needs of Kern County kids. Thanks tofor a memorable and heart-warming afternoon.

is certainly entitled to plaudits for hosting a Brown BagLunch at his establishment. Unfortunately the reporter assigned this mission

has not checked in. But knowing he is afood hog I’m sure he did not miss theBrown Bag on purpose, so I have toassume that Ben put out a proclamationthat all reporters were “

”. After all everyone knows how Benhates publicity.

Tim Terrio

Steve Roach,

Dr. Larry Reider

Ben Stinson

persona non

grata

Officers

Board of Directors

R.I. President

District 5240 Governor

Assistant Governor

Group Representative

Rotary Office

Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar

Sally Adelblue

Roland Maier

Maria Berntson

P.O. Box 1628, 93302

Phone: (661) 325-0696

FAX: (661) 322-2311

info@bakersfield-rotary.com

www.bakersfield-rotary.com

Richard Beene........................Andy Barkate ..........................Harvey McCown .....................Harry Starkey......................

..................................Ken Carter..........................................Mary Grider........................................Andy Barkate........................................Paul Sheldon

...............................Bob Tebbe........................................Bruce Biggar.............................................Ray Karpe.................................Stephanie Weber

.......................................Brad Hannink

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

President

Secretary

Treasurer

Sgt. at Arms

1 year

2 years

Past President

President Elect 2006-2007

Goteborg, Sweden

Ventura, East

Taft

Bakersfield East

Officers