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1 THE ROTARY CLUB OF SANTA MARIA Bob Frias 2010-2011 President THE ROTATOR NOVEMBER 23, 2010 Craft Talk None Last Meeting’s Notes Visiting Rotarians Andy Caldwell Guests Francine Rickett Kem Weber Meeting Stats Active Members in Club = 52 Club Members Present = 33 Attendance Percentage = 63 Editor: Frank Culley [email protected] This year marks the 16th anniversary of the Christmas Parade of Lights under Rotary leadership. In the be- ginning, and for many years, the Christmas Parade was organized and run by the Lions Club of Santa Maria. During the first years, the parade ran south on Broadway, from Fes -ler to Boone Streets. Surprisingly, traffic was allowed to con- tinue on Broadway, using the western lane while the parade ran down the east side of the street! This event is held on the first Sat- urday of December each year. Unfortunately, in 1994 the parade did not happen at all. Disappointed in the loss of this annual holiday tradition, some local Rotarians in the Santa Maria Breakfast Rotary club decided to take on the project of res- urrecting the parade and making it bigger and better than ever. They were assisted with the early financial support of the Santa Maria Times. It was also decided to make this a real community event by asking par- ticipants and viewers alike to bring non-perishables to the parade to be donated for the benefit of the Salvation Army. As a result, this effort has grown into the largest canned food drive of its kind on the Central Coast. Last year, almost three tons of canned goods were collected for use which lasted into the summer months. Because of the charitable fo- cus of the parade, the theme over the years has been “The Joy of Giv- ing.” One of the first things organizers did when the parade was revived in 1995 was to change the direction of the parade and start at the Santa Maria Inn and go north, finishing at the Town Center Mall. The Rotarian organizers secured permission from the city and CALTRANS to com- pletely close Broadway during the parade. This allowed viewers to com- fortably see the parade from both sides of the street, as well as provide greater safety to the participants. Parade organizers also stationed an- nouncers, in English and Spanish, along the parade route. Continued on Page 2
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THE ROTARY CLUB OF SANTA MARIA
Bob Frias 2010-2011 President
THE ROTATOR NOVEMBER 23, 2010
Craft Talk
None
Last Meeting’s Notes
Visiting Rotarians
Andy Caldwell
Guests
Francine Rickett
Kem Weber
Meeting Stats
Active Members in Club = 52
Club Members Present = 33
Attendance Percentage = 63
Editor: Frank Culley
This year marks the 16th anniversary of the Christmas Parade of Lights under Rotary leadership. In the be-ginning, and for many years, the Christmas Parade was organized and run by the Lions Club of Santa Maria. During the first years, the parade ran south on Broadway, from Fesler to Boone Streets. Surprisingly, traffic was allowed to con-tinue on Broadway, using the western lane while the parade ran down the east side of the street! This event is held on the first Sat-
urday of December each year. Unfortunately, in 1994 the parade did not happen at all. Disappointed
in the loss of this annual holiday tradition, some local Rotarians in the Santa Maria Breakfast Rotary club decided to take on the project of res-urrecting the parade and making it bigger and better than ever. They were assisted with the early financial support of the Santa Maria Times. It was also decided to make this a real community event by asking par-ticipants and viewers alike to bring non-perishables to the parade to be donated for the benefit of the Salvation Army. As a result, this effort has grown into the largest canned food drive of its kind on the Central Coast. Last year, almost three tons of canned goods were collected for use which lasted into the summer months. Because of the charitable fo-cus of the parade, the theme over the years has been “The Joy of Giv-ing.” One of the first things organizers did when the parade was revived in 1995 was to change the direction of the parade and start at the Santa Maria Inn and go north, finishing at the Town Center Mall. The Rotarian organizers secured permission from the city and CALTRANS to com-pletely close Broadway during the parade. This allowed viewers to com-fortably see the parade from both sides of the street, as well as provide greater safety to the participants. Parade organizers also stationed an-nouncers, in English and Spanish, along the parade route. Continued on Page 2
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Realizing this effort was much too big for one Rotary Club, the second year (1996) saw the combination of all three Santa Maria Rotary Clubs (Breakfast, Noon and South), as well as the Rotary Club of Nipomo, come together to organize and run the event. It has been a joint effort ever since with planning beginning each year in August. In 1997, organizers purchased figurines from the proceeds of the sponsorship, and with help from the city, placed them along the me-dian in front of the mall. In 2001, local televi-sion stations KCOY and KKFX began broadcasting the parade live. In 2003, due to the large crowds that were turning out for the event – estimated now at some 25,000 - 30,000 people, the parade was extended starting at Stowell and Broadway. For the first time in 2004, new holiday banners were hung on Broadway. These banners were the result of donations from the local Rotary Clubs and the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Com-merce.
In 2006, the Santa Maria Christmas Parade of Lights website was created(www.smparadeoflights.com). This website allows parade applications to be completed
and submitted on line, as well as other infor-mation including the parade route, street clo-sures and a photo gallery of past parades.
In 2007, a new feature of the parade ex-perience was added with the Rotary Winter Wonderland, which was located at the Town Center Mall. The Winter Wonderland encom-passed an area of approximately 40 ft. by 40 ft. and offered kids up to eight years of age a chance to frolic in a winter snowy environ-ment while enjoying the parade. It will be a much anticipated feature of the Christmas pa-rade again this year.
As we celebrate our 16th year of parade sponsorship, the four local Rotary clubs have been proud to be a part of this community celebration and have worked hard to make the parade a little more special each year. We are extremely grateful for the approxi-mately 2,500 participants, almost 250 com-munity volunteers, local city and law enforce-ment personnel, as well as over 100 Rotari-ans who have helped make the Christmas Pa-rade of Lights a truly signature community event for the Santa Maria Valley.
Jim Bray
Rotary Club of Santa Maria Breakfast
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“Your life and mine will be valued by not what we take, but by what we give.”
– Rotarian Edgar F.”Daddy” Allen
As your District Governor Nominee, I have been quite busy learning about what it takes to be successful as your District Governor for 2012-2013. I have had tremendous assis-tance from the line of succession, past and present, who have served this District well for many years. What is evident, is that Ro-tary is successful because of the efforts of our Clubs, led by Club Presidents who are committed to service. That being said; this is the time of year that your Clubs should be involved in the process of identifying your President-Elect Nominees for the 2012-2013
Rotary year. I am very excited to get an op-portunity to meet them and to start the process of supporting them for their year as Club President. Secondly, I’d like to an-nounce Jack McClenahan, Rotary Club of Ojai-West, who will serve as our District 5240 chief operating officer for the 2012-2013 Rotary year. He is a very qualified indi-vidual who has been devoted to Rotary for many years. Please feel free to contact me at [email protected]
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The Rotary Club of
Santa Maria
Board of Directors
2010-2011
President:
Bob Frias
President Elect:
Laura Mohajer
Past President:
Susan Rees
Club Administration:
Roy Dugger
Membership:
Frank Culley
Public Relations:
Frank Culley
International:
Fred Pratt
Club Service:
Camille Edie
The Rotary Foundation:
Tom Martinez
Secretary:
Ruth Moran
Treasurer:
Doug Kimberly
Rotary Calendar
Bulletin questions or comments? E-mail [email protected] or call 805-934-7091
CONTRIBUTIONS
Membership, Frank Culley
Rotator, Frank Culley
Web Site, Frank Culley
December 2010
12/4 - Rotary Christmas
Parade of Lights
12/4 - Master PRLS - 5
12/21 - Kids Christmas
Party
12/28 - Tom & Jerry Party
January 2011
1/4 - RI President Ray
Klingensmith at The
Santa Ynez Valley
Marriott
1/20 - Poverty Conference
Santa Maria Fair Park
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
February 2011
2/10 - Wine Makers Dinner
March 2011
Wine Raffle FundRaiser
Chair - Virginia Souza
April 2011
The Rotary Club of Santa Maria
November Programs by Patrice Mosby
November 23
Primus Labs,
Discussing Food Safety
November 30
Scott Guess, Pharmacist,
Discussing Pain Therapy
December Programs by Yvonne Biely
December 7
Lieutenant Paul Swain & his wife
Jennifer Swain of The Salvation Army
December 14
Dr. Sanjay Srivatsa of
Interventional Cardiology
December 21
Club Christmas Party
December 28
Tom & Jerry Party
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All you can Eat Pancake Breakfast - Saturday October 16th 7:30 -10:00 am
Applebee’s Restaurant Cost is $7.00 per person
Black & White Ball – Saturday October 16th
Sponsored by Mexican Ladies Social Club
Ride For Youth Bike Ride & Taste of Santa Maria Valley
Saturday October 23rd – Orcutt Union Plaza 11-3
Sponsored by Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce & Fusion Contact Centers
Benefit Dinner Drawing – Saturday November 12th 5:30 at the Club
Tickets are $100
PCPA Donor Recognition Event – Sunday December 12th
Sponsored by Boys & Girls Club Foundation
Annual Dinner – Thursday January 20th 2011
Sponsored by GREKA
Baskets In Bloom – Saturday March 13th
Annual Dinner & Auction – Saturday April 30th
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR 4,000 MEMBERS
Visit our website at www.bgcsmv.org
Bill Libbon
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The Rotary Club of Santa Maria
2010
MEETING GREETER RAFFLE TICKET SELLER
NAME MONTH NAME MONTH
NOVEMBER TOM ROSS NOVEMBER
BILL LIBBON DECEMBER CARL ENGEL DECEMBER
2011
JANUARY TOM MARTINEZ JANUARY
GILLIAN COLE - ANDREWS FEBRUARY DOUG KIMBERLY FEBRUARY
RICHARD SHERMAN MARCH VICTOR TOGNAZZINI MARCH
CARL ENGEL APRIL RICK HAYDON APRIL
SCOTT DUNN MAY ALICE PATINO MAY
RON NANNING JUNE CAMILLE EDIE JUNE
THANK YOU FOR HELPING YOUR ROTARY CLUB
ALL GREETERS & TICKET SELLERS, PLEASE PLAN ON BEING AT THE MEETING BY 11:50
Contact Bill Libbon for any questions on meeting greeters & ticket sellers at [email protected]
Richard Glace’s wife, Dolores "Dee" Sutter Glace, passed away recently. A funeral mass will be held on Monday, November 22, 2010 at 1:00 pm at St. Louis de Montfort Catholic Church.
Dee is survived by husband Richard, daughter Lisa Smith and husband Kevin, son Mark Glace and wife Cheryl and grandchildren Veronica Smith and Conor Smith.
Dee and Richard travelled to Asia, Europe, the U.K., Ireland, Eastern Europe, and most of the United States. Richard, their children and many friends will miss Dee and will never forget the great times they have shared with her.
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2010 - 2011 2011 - 2012
Bob Frias President Laura Mohajer
Susan Rees Past President Bob Frias
Laura Mohajer President Elect
Frank Culley President Elect. Nominee
Ruth Moran Secretary
Doug Kimberly Treasurer
Frank Culley Membership Chair
Tara LeFranc Membership Co-Chair
Ron Nanning Membership “Induction”
TBA Membership “Orientation”
Carl Engel Membership Committee
Terri Lee Coleman Membership Committee
Scott Dunn Membership Mentor
Camille Edie Membership Mentor
Rick Hayden Membership Mentor
Fred Pratt Membership Mentor
Tom Martinez Membership Mentor
Yvonne Biely Membership Mentor
Roy Dugger Club Administration
Frank Culley Publicity
Fred Pratt International
Camille Edie Club Service
Tom Martinez Rotary Foundation
Carl Engel Programs
Frank Culley Website
Joe Goldberg Sergeant-at-Arms
Scott Dunn “At Large”
Laura Mohajer “Fun Raiser” Chair
Joe Goldberg “Fun Raiser” Sponsor Committee
Positions in “Bold Red” are “Board” positions
Editor’s Note: I have finally learned how to do “imbedded hot links.” In the past you would see the full URL address to the Website. Now you will see verbiage such as “The Rotary Club of Santa Maria” which you can know is a hot link as your cursor will turn into a little hand as you hover over the link. In addition “links” are usually blue in color and underlined. I
hope this makes your reading of The Rotator, on line, more enjoyable and rewarding.
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MONDAYS
6:00 P SANTA MARIA SOUTH
THE HISTORIC SANTA MARIA INN
12:10 SAN LUIS OBISPO
MADONA INN
TUESDAYS
7:OOA SLO DAYBREAK
FAIRWAYS RESTAURANT
CAMBRIA SUNRISE
LAS CAMBRITAS
SOLVANG BREAKFAST
ROYAL SCANDINAVIAN
TEMPLETON
MCPHEE’S
12:00 THE ROTARY CLUB OF
SANTA MARIA
THE HISTORIC SANTA MARIA INN
PISMO BEACH
PELICAN POINT
MORRO BAY
THE MORRO BAY GOLF COURSE
WEDNESDAYS
7:00 A GROVER BEACH
SPYGLASS PISMO
NIPOMO
BLACK LAKE GOLF RESORT
PASO ROBLES SUNRISE
PASO ROBLES COUNTRY CLUB
12:00 ATASCADERO
LAKESIDE PAVILLION
SAN LUIS DE TOLOSA
MADONNA INN
12:10 SANTA YNEZ VALLEY
ROYAL SCANDINAVIAN
6:00 P LOMPOC ROTARY CLUB
LOMPOC EMBASSY SUITES
THURSDAYS
7:00 A SANTA MARIA BREAKFAST
SANTA MARIA INN
12:00 PASO ROBLES
PASO ROBLES COUNTRY CLUB
ARROYO GRANDE
STEAMERS PISMO BEACH
FRIDAYS
6:45 A VANDENBERG VILLAGE
VILLAGE COUNTRY CLUB
7:00 A LOS OSOS
MARE BLU RISTORANTE
12:00 CAMBRIA
THE BRAMBLES
The Rotary Club of Santa Maria
"cyber make-ups"
Rotary District 5240
A reminder that several back issues as well as the current issue of The Rotator can be found on our Website. I also have every issue I have done since September 23, 2008 if there is a specific issue you may
want. The Rotary Club of Santa Maria
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all
concerned?
Will it build GOOD
WILL and BETTER
FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL
to all concerned
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The Rotary Club of Santa Maria
President Bob
This man is always smiling
Scott Dunn & His Exemption
Badge Talk
Patrice Mosby Introduces
Guest Speaker
Andy Caldwell
The man, the myth, the legend,
Andy Caldwell
