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We get together the 1st Thursday of the month at Cantine in Aptos from 5:30 to 7pm for appetizers and beverages.

We meet the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Thursdays for lunch and speakers at noon at Seascape Golf Course in Aptos.

On the 5th Thursday of the month (when those occur) we volunteer!

**Please check the club calendar to confirm our meeting place, time and speaker, and to determine if an advance RSVP is Required!**

The Hub || April 13th, 2024

Dear Felow Rotarians:

Our April 13th lunch at Seascape was sold out in person, all 32 chairs taken.

Kendra reminded everyone that Derby Day is May 4, at the helicopter hangar at Watsonville airport 130–4 30. Last year‘s inaugural was successful, but especially given how much fun it was and the worthy the causes we are supporting, let’s all try to get there and bring friends and associates.

Once again there will be big screens showing the races, food, a bar, games, and a hat contest.

Dr. Art was a tad late so President Lowry stepped in for the thought of the day: If English made sense lackadaisical would mean lack of daisies. And flammable and inflammable would not mean the same thing

We did not have a joker either though as usual there were several who fit the description. Given that we are approaching a plurality of lawyers as members:

A man has a near fatal heart attack and is told he needs transplant

He goes to the heart store and the salesman tells him there are 3 hearts available now: a $5000 heart, , a $100,000 heart and a $500,000 heart

The man asks “what’s the difference?”

The $5000 heart belong to a 74-year-old drunk who died of alcohol poisoning

I don’t want that one. What’s the next one like?

The hundred thousand dollar heart belonged to a 26-year-old NBA point guard who was killed in a car crash yesterday

Well, that sounds perfect, what about the $500,000 heart?

“It belonged to a lawyer, it’s never been used”

We had a designated detective, but maybe because the sheriff was in town we skipped that and everybody paid $10. Somehow, that feels a better than answering a trivia question correctly and still having to pay.

Thanks to Pam, Lora, Lowery Michele and everyone else involved in the fundraiser for Treasure Cove – we raised over $90,000!

Rich introduced sheriff Jim Hart, who apparently is not only sheriff par excellance but also breaks par on the golf course

Rich mentioned that he had many interactions with the sheriff and perhaps wisely provided no details

In that vein, Kelly managed to begin his questions/comment with, “Say I’m using a lot of cocaine,” which a skilled prosecutor could turn into an admission of repeated cocaine use.

Doug’s similar question was perhaps even more incriminating and he now has another one of Ken’s business cards just in case.

The sheriff spoke for about 20 minutes covering a wide range of topics. He explained the difference between the sheriff’s department, which provides law-enforcement and related services to the unincorporated areas of the county, the police department in the four incorporated cities, and the CHP, which has jurisdiction on the highways. The Santa Cruz county sheriff also runs the corner office for the entire county. The office is quite pleased that it will soon have its own DNA testing lab which will enable the processing of DNA samples in a matter of days instead of the 6-12 months it now takes to get results back from the state lab.

The sheriff said that crime in the county is actually very low compared to most CA counties and has declined steadily over the past decades.

The biggest challenge facing law-enforcement all over the county is the fentanyl plague. Our county has 270,000 citizens last year we had 133 fentanyl deaths, the same as Santa Clara County, which has 2 million people. The prime demographic for overdoses is homeless men in their 20s-30s. The problem is not unique to Santa Cruz, it’s nationwide. Drug dealers are lacing cocaine and methamphetamine with fentanyl. Konstantine pointed out that it seems stupid to do that because the dealers are killing their clients. The sheriff said the financial incentives are greater create more addicts.

Doug and a few others noted that there seems to be a lot of petty theft, burglaries and break-ins and that’s probably attributable to the drug addicts. The Sheriff agrees, but the stats show very little violent crime and comparatively few property crimes. It may be that many crimes are not reported, but if so, that’s probably true in other counties as well, especially high crime counties like Alameda, San Francisco Fresno.

Sheriff Hart reported on the success of the farm project, where inmates learn skills while they are serving their time so that when they return to society they have a means of maintaining a livelihood as well as discipline and responsibility.

The Sheriff noted that the Santa Cruz has a reputation for being a liberal area, but support for a law enforcement is very strong, as he sees in his daily actions and things like the support for Seargent Gutwiller. Several members spoke in support of the department and his members.

Our next meeting is April 18, which day we hopefully have recovered from tax day and can enjoy our musical guest

Claire McAdams won the raffle, but she wasn’t there

We had a group photo with our fundraising check

No report would be complete without mentioning Michele Bassi’s attendance and the even brighter glow in her eyes since she started her new job

Congratulations Michele

She also gets the award for best fashion statement- correcting your author’s complement on her black cocktail dress. “No, it’s just a T-shirt.”

See everyone Thursday at Seascape!

2024 Kentucky Derby Tickets on sale NOW!

Posted on Apr 08, 2024

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Take a look at the fun we had last year!

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2024 Youth Scholarship Application is OPEN!

Posted by Kendra Cleary on Mar 04, 2024

The 2024 Capitola-Aptos Rotary Club's Youth Scholarship Application is being submitted/collected via Google Forms this year.

Complete the application via this link:

https://forms.gle/gXYKkPGNRYZyY1nk9

The form requires two references to be sent in also,

the references can find their form link here:

https://forms.gle/Dif5sCj6YbzhZ4Gf6

The submission deadline is March 27, 2024.

The Hub || February 22nd, 2024

Dear Cap-Ap Rotarians

Our 2/22/24 meeting at Seascape had 21 attendees in person and 4 on zoom

Lowry steered us through the meeting with his usual grace and style

UTI was AWOL but not to fear- through the resourcefulness of Nelson and Kendra we were treated to video/audio recorded renditions of the Welcome Song and 4 Way test song.

Dr. Art’s thought- freedom of speech means the ability to tell people what they don’t want to hear;

Apparently we didn’t hear it last week

Rich was the jokester- including one about Bill Clinton getting an irate call from Hillary about being pregnant and him asking, “who is this?” hopefully that joke occurred a few decades ago…and another one about getting poked in the eye that was quite funny… you will have to have him re-tell it

Sandy announced that we now have 8 grant applicants- the deadline to apply is March 1st.

We can still use a few members to help

The treasure cove fundraiser is at Seascape 3/22- we can use more sponsors, donations and raffle prizes. Al, Becky, Michele and Pam have recruited a number of donors and sponsors already — please invite others and use the link on our website to get your tickets.

THE SPEECH CONTEST HAS BEN CANCELLED BECAUSE THE KIDS SAID THEY WERE TOO BUSY, SO THERE IS NO CLUB MEETING THIS WEEK.

The Foundation meeting is at Al’s office.

Paul told us that we should all look for and post comments on Kendra’s Linked In posts to generate more views. The algorithms give priority to posts that get more comments. Contact him if you have trouble joining Linked In.

Detective Kendra learned us that there were several important days last week including national margarita day and national sweet potato day. So her detecting was to ask people for stories/adventures about those staples of the American diet. Not surprisingly there were many more stories about maragritas.

We did not have a speaker because we focused on the Treasure Cove fundraiser

Pam gave us more details: Doug and Diane are donating- we need high end wine, not the $15 per bottle kind; tables for 8 can be purchased.

Ken’s announcements:

The national champion Stanford men’s gymnastics team is having a competition against Oklahoma-2d best team in the country- at 4pm on Saturday, March 16, at Burnham Pavillion. More than half the Olympic team will be competing. Admission might be $5, or free. The drive is an hour, parking is free. The meet will last 2-2.5 hours. Contact Ken for details if you want to meet him there.

See Everyone March 7!

The Hub || February 22nd, 2023

Dear Cap-Ap Rotarians

Our 2/22/24 meeting at Seascape had 21 attendees in person and 4 on zoom

Lowry steered us through the meeting with his usual grace and style

UTI was AWOL but not to fear- through the resourcefulness of Nelson and Kendra we were treated to video/audio recorded renditions of the Welcome Song and 4 Way test song.

Dr. Art’s thought- freedom of speech means the ability to tell people what they don’t want to hear;

Apparently we didn’t hear it last week

Sandy announced that we now have 8 grant applicants- the deadline to apply is March 1st.

We can still use a few members to help

THE SPEECH CONTEST HAS BEN CANCELLED BECAUSE THE KIDS SAID THEY WERE TOO BUSY, SO THERE IS NO CLUB MEETING THIS WEEK.

The Foundation meeting is at Al’s office.

We did not have a speaker because we focused on the Treasure Cove fundraiser

Pam gave us more details: Doug and Diane are donating- we need high end wine, not the $15 per bottle kind; tables for 8 can be purchased.

Ken’s announcements:

See Everyone March 7!

The Hub || February 15th, 2024

Fellow Rotarians

Our 2/15/24 lunch meeting at Seascape had 20 attendees in person and 3 on zoom

No guests other than our guest speaker

Lowry ran the meeting with style as usual

Sandy gave a grants update- we now have 6 applicants. She encouraged us to find more. We will look suspiciously at any 501 Cs with any variation of a member’s name on it.

The speech contest is Feb. 29- Several entrants from Soquel HS but so far no kids from Aptos HS. Your author knows kids who go to AHS, including some whose parents are attorneys- nope, not interested….might have to come up with a way to make it a video game?

We need more members to review the scholarship applications

Pam gave a rousing speech for us to get more donations for Treasure Cove fundraiser. Her cheerleading talents were on full display. Maybe that’s who we should be focusing our speech contest on- cheerleaders are used to yelling in front of crowds, speaking to us should be easy.

Dr. Art had the thought for the day:

If liberty means anything it means being able to tell people things they don’t want to hear.

Ironic that we didn’t have a joke of the day?

2/3 of UTI played the welcome song- Al did the keyboard ala Herbie Hancock

Rich played the rarely seen and, in this case, barely heard, ukelele bass

Lowry showed resourcefulness in holding a microphone in front of it- roadies are under-appreciated,

For announcements Kendra worked the crowd in her sleek black ensemble like a game show host- a future side gig maybe?

The full band, Al, Sam and Rich had been trying to get gigs to play on Valentine’s Day, but nobody wanted UTI on VD

Kelly’s shirt drew more attention than his baritone voice

Al said, “ I haven’t seen a shirt like that since I woke up in an elevator in Las Vegas.”

We have questions. And probably many disturbing mental images. Not sure if any of us want to know what happened. It might provide some historical context for the band name though. Asleep in the Elevator doesn’t have the same panache.

Our guest speaker Bruce Jaffee did a brief detective stint about County government- a few things we learned-

The County budget is $1.1 billion and has 35 departments. BTW, the County population is 265,000. That works out to $37,000 per person?

Dr Art was the detective

Drawing on his experiences as a world traveler he had us name islands then pay the fines – we were able to come up with many and raised a lot of money quickly. Great job Dr. Art

But he was taking notes and there was no disclaimer that he not was looking for new destinations for his travel medicine business (slogan, Don’t See the World Until You See Me, with a photo of unconscious Al in the elevator?)

Jack again used his Cal Bears hat to collect fines- particularly painful for us Stanford guys.

Our guest speaker was Bruce Jaffe PhD, who just retired after over 30 years with USGS and also 25 years on the board of the Soquel Creek Water District. He is coincidentally a candidate for Supervisor. Bruce has his doctorate in earth science

Dr. Art asked if there was a geologic basis for all the potholes and there were many follow ups-might be.

Bruce referenced the road-repair funding issues that Matt Machado told us about and said the “My Santa Cruz” app is a good way to get potholes dealt with. BTW, the County can’t just reallocate money towards road maintenance- much of the budget comes from “non-discretionary” state and federal funds that are required to be spent on specific projects.

The focus of Bruce’s talk was Soquel Creek Water District and in particular the Pure Water Soquel project which is coming on line soon. He explained the reasons for the progressive rate increases we will see- the Sentinel had an article about it on Friday,

Pure Water Soquel will recycle water, purify it via microfiltration, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet light with oxidation then put it into the water system- as Kelly said, “drinking our own waste.” It does pass all tests for safety, The same technology is being used in many areas in Monterey and Southern California.

The water will also be pumped back into the aquifer which is being overdrawn and resulting in seawater intrusion, this pumping should reverse that.

The $145 million project was funded in large part by low interest loans from the state and federal government and grants.

Bruce also explained the new rate structure that is designed to incentivize water conservation.

Kendra questioned the need for such high rates- she lives in Santa Cruz now and her water bills are a fraction of what she paid when she was on Soquel Creek water. She unnecessarily confessed to being a water glutton and taking long showers- just to prove the point? Bruce was interested in that and offered to look into that- the water bills, not the shower.

Thanks for Kate and her phone for the occasional musical interludes during Bruce’s talk- it filled in the quiet times between questions.

*For more budget information see https://www.santacruzcountyca.gov/VisionSantaCruz/Budget.aspx

The raffle pot is down since Michele claimed it last week- winner wasn’t present this week.

Ken has not offered to lead hikes through Nisene Marks lately because it’s muddy, slippery, trees are down and the trails have been closed (to those who don’t know the back entrances) because of the dangerous conditions. He will let everyone know when conditions permit.

Instead, how about going to the men’s gymnastics meet at Stanford March 16, 4pm, vs. Oklahoma. Those are the top 2 teams in the nation and have half the Olympic team on them. There’s a tailgater at 2. Let Ken know if you want to go and he will try buy or reserve tickets. Usually $0-10. As Jack can now attest- best gymnastics this side of the Olympics- and there will be 80+ Olympic level routines in 2 hours- no commercials.

See everyone Thursday!!!

The Hub || February 8th, 2024

Cap-Aptos Rotarians:

Our February 8 lunch meeting at Seascape had 32 attendees in person- and that was with only 1 guest- our speaker, Sue Lawson also joined us on zoom
Great turnout!- let's keep that up!

Michele brought a gift basket for the crafty! It was full of goodies like candles, chalk paint, incense and wine

Sam did double duty as troubadour and jester- leading us through his Chuck-Berryish versions of the Welcome Song and 4 Way Test song

He read his joke from his phone: A couple was arguing in public- he got there late and so didn't know whose side he was on.

Lowry led us through the meeting with his usual polish.

Kendra gave an impromptu QR code tutorial, which may become the plot line for the next Geico commercial starring Dr. Rick teaching people how not to turn into their parents, like "Now we're going to learn how to convert a Word Document to PDF"

Becky and Lowry reminded us about the Fundraiser for Treasure Cove
Lowry reminded us about the Speech Contest

Karen was the Detective.
The timely topic was the Superbowl
But she threw us a curveball by announcing that the questions would mostly be "softball questions." Confusing!

Other than knowing the roman numerals for 58 we did fairly well;
Tickets were starting at $5,000!? For the cheapest seats?
We are so hip- QR codes notwithstanding- we knew that Reba McIntyre was singing the national anthem and Usher was leading the halftime show. Was it just me or did halftime take longer than the game? Or seemed like it....
Rick confessed he was so uninterested in football he did not know which teams were in it.
Gratefully only 1 Taylor Swift question
Too bad about the outcome of the game.....

Our guest speaker was John Ryan from the Monterey Bay Aquarium
His topic was sounds or marine mammals- mostly whales but also others like dolphins, orcas and seals.
His presentation was a "show and hear and tell" with slides and very cool audios of the different marine mammals. Whales can be heard for thousands of square miles. He sped some of the songs up so we could discern the rhythm and "melody" easier. He explained how the technology for listening and identifying the animals works, the "highways" the migrating whales use and how their feeding and travel patterns are driven by winds and upwelling. Whale pods have their own songs which change over time, and sometimes are shared with other pods. Humans have not been able to translate the songs.

He also spoke about the need to protect whales. Worst is the Southern hemisphere blue whale population is down to 1%. While some improvements have been made in whale populations since whale hunting stopped in the late 20th century, many whales are still being killed by shipstrikes. Efforts to slow that are underway- curious that despite their incredible senses they don't duck all the way under approaching ships...

Michele won the raffle!

Line of the day-
Y'all may have noticed that we got an un-predicted rainfall in the middle of lunch- also drenched some of the golfers.
As Dr. Art and I walked out into the rain with Stan Abrams, I asked Stan, "Don't you have some pull with a higher power about these things?" and he said
"You mean my wife?"

See everyone Thursday!

March 22nd Dinner Ticket Link

Get your Tickets for our March 22nd Dinner event here!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/819329545727?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Hub || January 25th, 2024

Dear fellow Cap-Ap Rotarians:

Our January 25 meeting was lunch at Seascape

We had about 22 attendees in person and 3 on zoom

Including your author who had audio problems for the first ten minutes and so missed the thought and joke

Lowry ran the meeting- smooth and funny

Al did welcome song solo and of course rocked it.

Sue was the detective

She had many members tell when and why they joined Rotary. Always fun to learn how our fellow (what’s the feminine for fellow?) members were inspired/cajoled/tricked into joining Rotary and inspiring to hear why they have stayed and the true spirit of Rotary. We really have an outstanding group of people.

Jeffrey Brouillette from SCPD was our guest speaker

His topic was Protecting Ourselves

He’s been on the force 11 years and has learned much about relatively simple ways to minimize the risks of property crimes.

He told a funny anecdote about a case he was on where his team had staked out a parking lot which had many break-ins. They saw a guy smash a car window and take the contents off the seat and when they stopped him he said, “The window was already broken man!” (Remember President Carter’s joke about the drunk who was charged with public drunkneness and arson after he was pulled from a burning hotel room, “I plead guilty to being drunk but the bed was on fire when I got in it”)

Det. Brouillette explained the difference between robbery, burglary, shoplifting and larceny- something all the lawyers in the room know and cringe at whenever they are used improperly/interchangeable. That may be a subject of inquiry for one of our next Rotary detectives….

Not to be proud of or on a bumper sticker: Santa Cruz County has the second highest per- capita property crime rate on the state-2,500 property crimes per 100,000 residents. Alameda County is worst.

Det Brouillette home has been burgled twice. Ouch. Like the fire house catching on fire?

Det Brouillette gave a power point presentation as he explained: the four D’s- Deter, Detect, Delay and Deny (no, not stolen from a certain former President’s litigation strategy). Deter would-be criminals with surveillance systems and signs advising that the property is protected; Detect them with those systems, floodlights and alarms, Delay with locks and other obstacles to gaining entry to property, and Deny by safely securing property so that it is essentially unreachable. Good tips for minimizing the risks.

Footnote- Det. Brouillette was a key witness in your author’s successful defense of a wrongful death case last year- very professional, very well spoken.

Remember: no lunch meeting this week- our Feb. 1 meeting is the social (meaning alcohol and food) at Cantine in Aptos 530-7ish.

See everyone there!!

2024 RYLA Applications Link LIVE!

Posted by Trish Glassey on Jan 25, 2024

Hello potential RYLA Campers!

The application link is open and we are now accepting submissions to apply to attend Camp RYLA sponsored by Capitola-Aptos Rotary Club!

You can complete the form via this link:

https://forms.gle/yuFguCuoNUZD4G9RA

2024 Community Grants Application Link

Posted by Sandra Wallace on Jan 25, 2024

The 2024 Capitola-Aptos Rotary Club's Community Grants Program Application Link is now live.

You can access it via:

https://forms.gle/Ew7dQVofSTMLWw9o7

**Please note that due to our club's major initiative to be a premier sponsor of the renovation of Treasure Cove at Jade St. Park project, our 2024 Community Grants budget is significantly smaller than in other years. To this end we are requiring the non-profit applying to have a direct connection to our club and a club member in good standing, in order to be considered as a 2024 Grant Recipient.**

The Hub || January 11th, 2024

Our January 11 meeting was lunch at Seascape
We had 23 attendees in person and e on zoom.

Lowry ran the meeting with the grace and humor of a seasoned talk show host- kept everything moving and fun
Our guest speaker was Kimberly Deserpa, She brought her daughters Kristin and Indra for tech support and guest Gigi Kelbert

Dr. Art's thought of the day ended with a Crocodile will eat him last

Rich's joke: if two vegans get in an argument do they still call it a beef?

Help, lettuce out!

We paused in memory of Becky’s mom, who recently passed. Godspeed.

Mac Erickson made his first meeting as an official member, Yay!

Lowry went through the upcoming events- they are also on our website AND he put paper calendars on the table-no excuses for anyone now...

Sandy is running the grants committee - we need volunteers - talk/email her about it.

Craig was the detective- the subject was famous quotes- we had to identify/guess the speaker. Some of them:

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake- Napoleon

Either that wallpaper goes or I do- Oscar Wilde on his death bed

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the rest- Winston Churchill

A thief stole y wife's credit card. But I didn't turn him in because he's spending less than she did.
Could be Rodney but it was Henny Youngman. "Take my wife's credit card, Please?"

80% of success is just showing up- woody Allen

First thing, we kill all the lawyers- Shakespeare Henry the 6th- and the rest of humanity until they need one

Sorry for the length of this letter, I didn’t have a lot of time to write a short one
Mark Twain

Speaker Kim told us about her life. She is a candidate for supervisor but tried not to make it a campaign speech.

She was raised in poverty- her mom was widowed. She was the first in her family to go to college.

She has been/is a member of many charitable causes. She showed a power point about her life.
She worked in social services at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital during the covid outbreak- 350 people died there. She talked to the families of patients to assure them of care and began mental health counseling for the hospital staff for the trauma they were enduring. She got a grant to support for Spanish speaking counsellors and that turned into a very successful program. Kim played a KSBW report on the program,
She has been on the board of PVUSD for over 20 years.
She has also worked at hospice of Santa Cruz

She reminded us that she visited us in 2008 and had photos to prove it.
One of her projects was to raise money for the Valencia school all access playground, which was the first such playground in the area. She raised the money by phone calls. She passed the contact info for her donors to the fundraisers for Leo's Haven,

She gave a shoutout to Sandy Wallace for founding the Kids Foundation Monterey Bay.

Kim's husband is neonatologist at Stanford who is retiring- let's get him to join our Rotary !

Her talk concluded with a power point about her winning a Texas Hold 'em contest- she was against over 300 other players and won even though she was a novice. Luck? Skill? Intuition?
We let her pick the raffle number but the winner wasn't there.

The Hub || January 18th, 2024

Dear fellow Rotarians:

Our January 18 meeting was lunch at Seascape. We are going to continue to have our meetings there rather than going to other locations.

President Lowry presided.
We had 20 attendees in person and Several on zoom.

Sam did the welcome song and 4 way test song. Rich McAdams played air bass.

We had a guest -Dana Stein from Cupertino

District Governor Hung Wei was our guest speaker
Before her presentation she presented awards to Doug, Julie, Bill and Lowry in recognition of their donations.

Dr. Art's thought for the day: We never learn from history

Sandy told us that the grants committee is staying in the club this year

The speech contest is Feb 29- those who are interested in volunteering contact Lowry

We are having our social Feb 1 at Cantine at 530. For those who haven't made it there yet- it's a very nice setting with a great selection of wine and beers and the socializing is great fun.

Sandy was the detective- her subject was weather
Some things we learned (or already knew?)

A storm is a classified as a hurricane if its wind speeds are 74 mph. right, not 75. Why? Unknown.
(Why is weather called meteorology anyway? That name should go to the study of meteors, not weather)

Thunder is created by the sudden separation and return of large volumes of air (from lightning)

Golf ball hail sized hail is ...golf ball size? 1.68 inches, 42.7 centimeters (does that include the dimples?)

District Governor Hung Wei spoke about her Rotary experiences and Rotary motivation

She moved to the Bay Area from LA, settled in Cupertino, became a councilmember and mayor

(She was a little fuzzy on her geography quiz, saying Livermore was the western most part of 5170. Hmm, I think we are- any further West and you are in the Pacific Ocean)

Hung Wei loves her work. She has many different occupations and activities and said she manages her schedule by doing one thing at a time.

She said she is a happily married single -her husband works in Taiwan. She used a fun acronym- IPO; Income Producing Offspring- something all parents aspire to have

She told a story about a young boy who had a troubled homelife and was struggling to get what he needed for school. Every year he would receive a backpack, a jacket and school supplies from an anonymous source. That enabled him to complete school and eventually have a successful career. The anonymous source for his things was a Rotary program called Back to School Backpacks. Hung Wei thanked Rotary, and us, for being that invisible person(s) who helps change lives.

Another theme she spoke of was to be a happy Rotarian- our club doesn’t need much improvement in that area...

She told us of the tragedy of her 19 year old daughter who killed herself in New York. Rotary International President Gordon McInally's brother also killed himself. Hung Wei is urging Rotarians to get involved in mental health programs,

She said that her daughter lives in her heart, and she has a double happy life- her daughter is with her sharing all of her joys.

The District conference theme is the Family of Rotary- inspired in large part by President McInally's experiences, much like Hung Wei's. The meeting is in April and all are encouraged to attend.

On March 16 there is a district leadership meeting in Santa Cruz at 430 then going to the SC Warriors game.

The Hub || December 14th 2023

Dear fellow Capapp Rotarians:
Happy Holidays!
For those of you who couldn’t, and otherwise didn’t make our December 14 meeting:
We had lunch at Seascape. We had 24 attendees in person, with Sue Lawson on zoom.
President Lowry ran the meeting with grace and efficiency
Konstantine was our guest, dressed in a stylish winter trench coat befitting a Northern European Winter.
UTI led off with Jingle Bells followed by the Welcome Song and 4 Way test song
Dr Art's thought for the day:
No greater mistake is made than doing nothing because you can only do a little.
Well said, that wisdom will have to last a few weeks
Brett Fried attended- we hope he will join- very personable. He also joined us at the wine wander. Also not eligible for Social Security so we like that age group.
Mac Erickson attended. He has completed his membership application and will join effective January 2024.
Nice to see Stan and Kate!
Jack Hunt, our sergeant at arms, finally did not wear a Cal hat. Presumably coincidentally, he did a great job as detective, with questions like which came first - the vending machine or double entry accounting?
Sam did not tell a joke, but his Santa Claus baseball cap substituted well.
Club members approved the officer nominees:
President 24/25: Nelson Crandall
Secretary 24/25: Jack Hunt
President 25/26: Julie Lambert
Treasurer 25/26: Lowry Fenton
The Sentinel also published doctor Art’s letter chastising the paper for getting rid of Dilbert, and replacing it with the far less humorous and insightful comic strip, because of one panel that some people found offensive. Author's opinion – a third of the comics the Sentinel haven’t been funny in years.
Ken was the speaker and told the Readers Digest Speed story of his case against the family of devil worshipping drug dealers from Marin who killed his client’s father in St Croix to get his property and boat, the 7 years it took to get the property back and 20 years it took for the satanic matriarch to stay confined in prison and the tragicomic events that occurred along the way. Nobody else had a secretary ever tie herself up and pretend a hit team came to kill her boss?
We will not be meeting again until January. Happy holidays to all.
We are having our social at Cantine at 530 on Thursday, January 4th

Dec. 9, 2023 Aptos Wine Wander & Makers Market

Posted by Kendra Cleary on Dec 01, 2023

A portion of the proceeds support the Capitola-Aptos Rotary Club's Grants Program through our Club's Foundation!

To get more details or to purchase your ticket ($45 if purchased in advance!) visit this link!

Also Rotarians and friends of Rotarians can use the discount code 6GK9W2CR to receive $10 off when they purchase tickets.

https://winesofthesantacruzmountains.com/events/2023aptosww/

Join us in the heart of Aptos for an afternoon of wine tasting. Discover local Santa Cruz Mountains wineries, while strolling through Aptos Village businesses and this event will also have a Makers Market. The Wine Wander is a partnership with the Capitola-Aptos Rotary, Wines of the Santa Cruz Mountains and Aptos Village Businesses.

Tickets are $45 in advance. $50 day of.

Participating Wineries:
Aptos Vineyard
Bargetto Winery
Big Basin Vineyards
Doon to Earth
El Vaquero Winery
Integrity Wines
Kings Mountain Vineyards
Lester Estate Wines
Muns Vineyard
Sandar & Hem
Sante Arcangeli Family Wines
Silver Mountain Vineyards
Windy Oaks Estate Vineyards & Winery
Wrights Station Vineyard & Winery

Participating Businesses:
Beklina
Betty Burgers
Calicoastal Boutique
Cantine Winepub
Caroline’s Thrift Shop
Magnolia Fine Gifts & Gallery
New Leaf Community Market
Pelican House Swimwear
Penny Ice Creamery
Sarah’s European Skin Care
Warmth Company

Makers Market:
Andromacha Beads
Ashby Confections
Bee Happy Today
Fiddlebug Leather Goods
Summer Salt
Scout and Sea
The Lilypad Project

DETAILS:

Tickets:
Includes wine glass and wrist band and map of all the tasting locations.

Check-in:
Check-in for the event will open at 12:45 pm (event begins at 1:00pm). Check-in location will be at: Aptos Village Green. Please bring your ticket confirmation and ID. We will check ID for ALL attendees. Upon check-in you will receive a wristband, wine glass and a map to all of the tasting sites.

The Hub || October 19th, 2023

Dear Cap-Ap Rotarians:

Our October 19 meeting was lunch at Seascape. We had 20 attendees in person.

Pam ran the meeting- smooth as silk.

She brought her childhood friend Art Stein from Los Altos as a guest.

Dr. Art’s thought was a quote from Dr. King: along the way we must learn that there is nothing greater than doing something for others.

Sam and Rich rocked us out on the Welcome Song and 4 Way Test.

Konstantin added some rousing tableware percussion-it seems we now have Ginger Baker to Sam’s Eric Clapton and Rich’s Jack Bruce. Maybe a Rotary song set to Sunshine of Your Love?

Logistics suggestion- Kelly should have a seat reserved by the loudspeaker

Doug and Bill are our foundation chairs for Rotary International

We routinely get 100% contribution from our members. The rumor that “Boston” Bill Whitmer was Whitey Bulger’s inside muscle has not been confirmed but it does help with collections.

Lowry had some announcements which are on the website and in his emails, but, as fast as your author could type between bites of lunch:

The first meeting of the month will be an evening social- nothing structured, just getting together to enjoy the company of our wonderful group and friends

When we have 5 Thursdays in a month the last one will be a service day

We are having our next social at 530 on November 2at Cantine on the West side of Aptos Village near Starbucks. It’s a charming venue with a great selection of wines and beers and lots of choices for hors d’ouvres.

Laura announced that we had a great signup for the pickleball tournament for the benefit of Cabrillo Veterans. (It will still be called Cabrillo for at least the next 5 years-Keep lobbying for Wettstein U)

Nelson reminded us of the litter cleanup on Park Ave. to stop trash from washing into New Brighton Beach

The pumpkin painting is 10/28 2-4 also announcing new name of Park Treasure Cove

11/9 service day loaves and fishes at 105 Second St Watsonville- 9 am start to 1130 then lunch

Our guest speaker was Orrin Mahoney who is the district chair for Rotary International.

Before he spoke he gave out Paul Harris awards to Doug and Kelly, after figuring out that Lowry was not Kelly.

Congrats and thanks to Dough and Kelly!

Bill was the Detective

Since one of Rotary International’s missions is the eradication of Polio he asked about and educated us about polio, and raised money via fines.

Some of the facts: there have been 2.5 billion polio vaccines administered; there are 2 countries with wild polio- Pakistan and Afghanistan. The cases are in the mountain range between those two countries. In a sign of progress, Pakistan has made it illegal to refuse the vaccine and the Taliban is actually cooperating with vaccinations.

Our guest speaker Orrin Mahoney has quite a resume-Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, management at HP and mayor of Cupertino, as well as decades of service in Rotary and Rotary International.

He had a power point presentation and spoke about Rotary International’s 7 areas of focus, structure, financing and activities.

He said that our district very generous, donating $2.5 million.

His power point showed a number of RI projects including a women’s shelter in Puerto Rico, water purification and an oxygen generator in Ethiopia, Cleft palate and eyecare, in India

Three basic elements of RI’s financing are the annual fund, the polio fund and endowments. Owen explained Explains DDF district designated funds and Global grants

The Gates foundation matches RI’s donations 2-1. Dr. Dover has donated $1 million considering that.

Dr Art also has earned the RI triple crown for his donations- standing ovation please for Dr. Art!!!

Our next meeting is 10/26 noon at Seascape. Nelson will be our in-house guest speaker- the subject will be Harper’s Ferry.

The foundation board meets at Seascape at 1045- all members are welcome.

Let’s make this a great turnout!!

The Hub || October 26th 2023

Dear Cap-Ap Rotarians

Our October 26 meeting was lunch at Seascape
We had 21 in person attendees

Lowry ran the meeting. He is going to be assuming full presidential powers.
Pam is going to be coordinating speakers and helping organize our major fundraiser - she has already contacted honorees and picked March 22 at Seascape for the date - please put in your calendars.

Nelson brought his wife Betsey and gave her a touching tribute about how she exemplifies the Rotary motto of Service Above Self. And she's not a member because...? too many other commitments? Including being in charge of Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts? Fabulous.

Marcia Dasko was a drop in visitor- new to the area- let's recruit her?
Ana Matheson also joined us - sign her up too!

Lowry reminded all about the Jade street park pumpkin painting which was held 10/28.

We had 80 people at our Cabrillo veterans' benefit pickleball tournament! Awesome. Let's try to get half that many at our meetings. Maybe just a coincidence that the Sentinel ran a big article about pickleball last week, but your author thinks that now that CapAp Rotary has been doing it everyone is joining in.....trendsetters that we are.

And not just trendsetters in sports- we have new Aprons! Look for the Kardashians to be modeling the knock-offs soon.
Will we soon be developing a line of under-apron garments? Accessories?

The Holiday party will be at Sam Nigh's house in Soquel again. Last year's party was full of Rotary spirit, holiday spirit and many of the attendees got full of alcoholic spirits. Ample and delicious food, and the Nigh's house and property are gorgeous!!

Pam was the detective and on topic, the subject was Pickleball
But first there was a well-deserved shoutout to Lowry and Laura for their work putting the tournament together; it took a year to plan which means we are already starting planning for the next one....soon to rival our country's never-ending cycle of presidential campaigns but many would argue- much more utility.....

Some of the vital facts we learned:
Players are called Picklers
"Been pickled" means lost the match
The kitchen is the non volley zone
A "Dink" is a short shot- hopefully someone recorded Karen running in place to simulate the effort entailed

Also hoping someone else noticed that Michele stood up to answer her question like she was still in catholic middle school answering a history question from Sister Mary Elephant?
There are 400,000 players nationwide
Florida has the most picklers and the densest (pickleball) city- Naples

Did anyone else notice that Sgt Jack collects fines with a Cal hat? It is so hard for the Stanford grads to put anything in that....

Nelson was our "guest" speaker.
He provided a very informative speech and slide show on Harper's Ferry, which he and Betsey visited recently. It's much more than just the site of John' Brown's infamous raid (which many people, including Frederick Douglass, see as the real start of the Civil War). It was the 2d armory founded in the USA and is at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers in what is now West Virginia, in 1799. It became a mechanized manufacturer of firearms at a rate far greater than hand-built weaponry. It had a series of canals that provided water power to run the machinery.

In addition to Mr. Brown's raid- which resulted in many deaths including a freed slave who tried to stop the raiders, many others were killed- some in combat, the mayor was shot trying to broker a peace deal others were hanged after the fort was re-taken.
When the Civil War began the armory was targeted by the Confederacy which took control of the armory in April 1861 after the small defending union forces retreated and torched the buildings so- much of the original site was destroyed.

The site is a now a national park.

2nd Annual Pickleball Tournament Photos!

Posted by Kendra Cleary

Today's Pickleball Tournament was a blast, and we raised money for two needy causes; for the Cabrillo College Veterans Center and the Community Grants Program that our club operates annually. ALL funds raised stay LOCAL!

The first batch of photos are ready for viewing and download, the rest of the "action" shots were uploaded on 10/23/23!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-0lCFmfqEovgTAEOGL2TGhJM808wHWCw?usp=sharing

The Hub || October 12th, 2023

Dear Rotarians:

Our October 12 meeting was held just in time to avoid Friday the 13th
We had dinner and no-host wine and bubbles at Fairfield Inn
22 attendees in person

Michele brought 2 guests, Zoe Carter-a visiting Rotarian and head of the Santa Cruz County Business Council, and Tracey Weiss from O’Neill Odyssey. Tracey spoke to us awhile ago- they are both brilliant and charming like Michele and we were lobbying to make them members....

Al rocked us through the Welcome Song- our visitors were impressed.
Side note from the author- 2 of my neighbors heard I was in our Rotary and asked me if we still had that "amazing keyboard player." YES WE DO. They also said they'd been to several Rotary and other club meetings, outs was by far the most fun. Great- spread the word!!

Lowry ran the meeting with his great mix of good humor and efficiency. There were several announcements about upcoming events which are on our website-
Pickleball tournament, Street Cleanup and Pumpkin painting

The name for the all-access park at Jade Street has been chosen-Treasure Cove

We are having a evening meeting Thursday November 2nd at Cantine - details tbd

Trinity, the Interact Club President at Aptos, came in her tennis outfit having just won her match, talked about RYLA, and said she has been to other rotary clubs but now likes ours best (of course?).

We also had two RYLA speakers from Soquel Gabriella Huddelston and Hannah Heitmeyer who spoke and had a power point (like a slide show?).

They loved the experience and described their time at RYLA as being an encapsulated environment of love, support and empathy where they were taught to be a leader now and beyond, and where they experienced personal development and made personal connections they hope will last far into the future.

They showed a video of the event which is so good it is being used nationally to promote RYLA

Our guest speaker was our state assemblywoman Dawn Addis, who came with her assistant Alexis Garica- Arrazola. Dawn is a former teacher from SLO. She has her MA in special Ed. She is a Rotarian in Los Osos and she spoke about how she tries to incorporate our motto of "service above self" in her work- its her job, assisted by her staff, to help people in need. Her district starts at about Santa Cruz Harbor and goes down to SLO County, 3 counties and 15 cities.

She gave examples such as helping people get EDD, working to get the Capitola Rec Center completed, the recent effort to get the just-signed bill to expedite relief for the Pajaro River flood victims.

Dawn is very approachable, very dedicated to her work and obviously working to help her constituents, which include us, in a wide variety of issues.

Our next meeting is Thursday October 18 at Seascape

Let's have a good turnout!

The Hub || October 5th, 2023

Fellow and Female Capitola Aptos Rotarians:

For the many of you who missed it:

Our 10/6 meeting was lunch at Seascape.

Pam led us with her iconic charm and organizational efficiency.

We had 18 attendees- folks- please show up!!!

Dr. Art was absent so we were thoughtless.

Sam was there but no (intentional) joke so we were also humorless.

But what we missed in those we made up for musically: With Rich McAdams on bass and Sam on lead guitar, listeners on the Seascape porch could not have been faulted for thinking Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton were having a Cream revival show, though not sure if Cream ever played the Welcome Song or 4-Way Test song. Maybe we can adapt one of those to Sunshine of Your Love?

Nice to see Kate!!!
Kate told us there's a free symphony audience social picnic at Paradise Park (off Hwy 9) on October 13 from 4-6. Meet other music lovers, enjoy food, and learn about the upcoming season from Maestro Daniel Stewart.

We are volunteering at Loves and Fishes Nov. 9 at 9am- Dr. Art is coordinating,

Win was the detective. He denied it but his questions about Fall seemed taken from one of his wife's elementary school quizzes.
A few things that we learned - pumpkins are native to South America, the Egyptians were the first to use scarecrows
Win had great questions but might want to study up on the names of our members.....

Our guest speaker was Kristen Brown, the Vice mayor of Capitola.
She is quite a good speaker and handled the crowd well.
She is a 4th generation local and is now running for the seat that Zach Friend is vacating. But she didn't do any campaigning. She gave a very informative presentation on the many projects going on in Capitola.

Thanks to a concerted effort by many and $10million in funding, the Capitola wharf rebuild is expected to be completed in the Spring of 2024- weather etc permitting. The renovations include widening the wharf and adding new concrete coated fiberglass pilings. Kristen diplomatically handled questions about the Coastal Commission's role.

Kristen also reported that the library was completed, the roadworks in progress include a pedestrian overpass at Chanticleer, and auxiliary lanes; Santa Cruz Metro is adapting its routes to accommodate the changes in ridership and is purchasing about 60 hydrogen powered buses. Nelson volunteered that he rode the bus recently and greatly enjoyed it. He lied about his age to get the senior discount though...

The name of the all-access park at Jade Street has been selected- Treasure Cove. Pam noted that Leo's Haven is already crowded so there's already a need for additional facilities.

Rick Klevins won the raffle but wasn't in attendance to collect
Our next meeting is Thursday at Fairfield. The meeting starts at 5- bring beverages. Dinner starts at 530. At 6 our RYLA members will give presentations and at 630 Assembly member Dawn Addis will be our guest speaker. We are greatly looking forward to hearing from our leaders of tomorrow and today.

The Hub || September 28, 2023

Hello Capitola Aptos Rotarians:

For the majority of our members-who did not make it to our September, 28 evening meeting at Fairfield Inn

For a change of palate pleasing we had a pizza and salad dinner at a reduced price.
The 18 in-person attendees seemed to enjoy it. Mardi was on zoom.

We finished most of the wine and champagne the members brought- waste not...
Kelly got a jump on the rest of us at the golf course

We had red solo cups for Rotacare - that is very millennial of us

Lowry ran the meeting

We had no musicians so no songs

Dr Art quoted Natalie Wood- "The only time you can change a man is when he's a baby."

Mark Twain said "the only person who really wants change is a baby with a wet diaper."

Dostoevsky said "Everyone thinks about changing the world but nobody thinks about changing themselves."

So, if we put those 3 together- are we blaming baby boys for not changing their own diapers?

Check out the calendar for online events. Some of them:

Pickleball tournament Oct. 21st

Park Street cleanup Oct. 22d

Nelson spoke for a few minutes on why/how important this is not only for keeping the street clean but for keeping the trash from washing onto the beach and into the ocean

Pumpkin painting is Saturday the 28th

The memorial of life for Suzy Hamlin was at the big room at Seascape on September 17- many Rotarians were among the hundreds who filled the room to honor and remember Suzy. Rich gave a heartwarming and tearjerking tribute to her. She was truly a blessing to the world and was truly loved by many.

Joanie Stokes' 90th (really?) surprise party was at the Seascape porch (our room) on Sept. 24. There were at least 40 attendees and the surprise was complete....despite the tables of women unable to keep quiet while Joane approached the room and Eric and Ken were trying to shhhhh them so they wouldn't spoil the surprise. A great time for a great woman.

Joanie's husband Graham was the Detective at our 9/28 meeting
We got a historical geography lesson
We learned : Ethiopia was formerly Abyssinia; Ghana was formerly the Gold Coast, Thailand was formerly Siam.

Nelson quipped, " I met a guy and asked him if he was from Thailand. He said Yes-siam'" (say it).....

Our guest speakers were Brian and Jamie King who run the non-profit group Mountains to Sea. Brian is a former teacher who dedicate his skills to helping kids with problems - Jamie is his life and business partner.

They run the program through local high schools. They take groups of 10 kids once a week for 12 weeks into nature in a supportive environment and do activities like sailing, hiking and climbing, all tech-free. For most of the kids it is their first meaningful "outdoor" experience.
They encourage group participation, trust building and being non-judgmental. They set small goals that are challenging but achievable.
The responses from the students and the schools are very positive- their program is very successful.

A great organization doing great things for the youth in our communities.

See everyone Thursday at lunch at Seascape!

The Hub || September 21st, 2023

Dear Rotarians:

Our September 21 meeting was lunch at Seascape.

We had a good turnout- 32 attendees

UTI was fully present and joined by our guest speaker Diane Syrcke on banjo for the Welcome Song- one of the best renditions ever.

Sam got his jokes from his phone again - punchlines were attire (a tire); checkmate and toad (towed).

Dr Art’s thought of the day was: if at first you don’t succeed, hide the evidence. Alternate punchline- maybe skydiving isn’t for you

Konstantine was back and brought his friend Donald who is an attorney traveling the world. We did not talk shop.

Anders was also back from Europe and promoting Swedish rain gear

Siegfried was a visiting Rotarian from Sunrise

Nice to see Dr. Matt again- with a 5 year reprieve from the “Name That College” maelstrom that he is unavoidably in. Wettstein College is seeming more and more like the best choice?

Also wonderful to have Becky with us in person again

Also good to see Judge/Justice/bass guitarist McAdams and to hear his confession about having his fingerprints rejected….unclear why that happened but the irony abounds

Lowry reminded us of the pumpkin painting

We will also be doing a trash cleanup headed by Nelson

Eric was the detective and asked several questions about football. We did pretty well considering Eric fumbled one question- he didn’t know where the first Super Bowl was played—he can be forgive- it was before he was born

Nelson reminded us that actually the first two games between what was the NFL and AFL were not called Super Bowls

Anissa is taking a leave of absence because of the demands of her new job, she will be sorely missed

Our guest speaker Diane Syrcke is the head of Hospice of Santa Cruz. She has an MBA and an MS in music and showed her talents in both. She started with the banjo and UTI, gave an outstanding presentation and finished with a song in her operatic voice. Quite the Renaissance woman.

Diane spoke and gave a power point about the basics of hospice caregiving and the particular qualities and programs that Hospice of Santa Cruz offers. As a non-profit it provides more services than for-profit organizations and it continually ranks highest in reviews.

Hospice of Santa Cruz started in 1978. It offers transitional care, hospice and pediatric care. The hospice component is to provide palliative and transitional care and grief support for the family.

Services are provided to anyone who needs them. Medicare pays for hospice and nobody is ever turned away.

They have recently begun a program called Kid wise - for kids up to age 20 who have medically limiting conditions. The program was made possible by the Affordable Care Act. They also have a youth grief camo for kids 7-17.

Obviously close to her heart, they also provide music therapy which has been extremely helpful.

Sharing also a bit of what it was the Aptos Chamber Business Showcase

Pam, Lowry, Nelson and Doug, represented the Club at the table interacting with many. The surprise of the Event was Lowry winning the raffle, not once but TWICE!! That's a Champ!

Our next meeting is Thursday September 28 at the Fairfield Inn on 41^st Ave. at 5 pm. Let’s have another big turnout!

The Hub || September 7th, 2023

Our September 7 meeting was lunch at Seascape. We had 16 members in person and two on zoom. Folks: let’s try to get more people attending in person. If you need help with transportation or zoom please ask. One of the strengths of rotary is development of friendships and teamwork. The in person meetings are the best way to develop and maintain those.

There was a dearth of music- no Al, Sam Welcome Song or 4 way test song. In fact we didn’t even have a bell. Ken offered to have his bell rung but since none of the attendees were his clients there were no takers.

Pam brought guest Bob Gloye. They went to junior high together. Bob is retired and a member of the Almaden Valley Rotary.

Dr Art had the thought of the day: Righteous indignation is jealousy with a halo

Rich’s humor was telling an anecdote and having members guess the jokester- Bill knew it was Rodney Dangerfield who said he joined AA with the caveat, “I still drink, but do it using a different name”

The county fair starts Wednesday and we have some members participating so let’s get out there and show support. Laura’s baked goods will be on display Saturday morning

We’re looking to reschedule the beach cleanup

We’re going to be sponsoring pumpkin painting in late October – no kids with knives. Details to develop.

December 9 will be the next Wine Wander in Aptos – a good opportunity to raise money and drink wine- doesn’t get much better than that.

Dr Art was the Detective. He subject was the month of October. We learned that October is Cat month, blueberry popsicle month, self-improvement month, whole grains month and Hispanic International Dancing month. To show our support we will be having a self-improvement day where we will be learning Spanish dancing with a meal made from whole grains followed by dessert of blueberry popsicles. The cats were invited but declined saying they are already perfect and will scratch anyone who tries to make them dance.

Our guest speaker was Brenda Birrell of the Global Uplift Project. Brenda has degrees in physics and education from Cambridge. She was a pioneering woman in Silicon Valley tech but moved to education as a counselor at Los Altos HS in 2007. They generated the idea of raising money for beneficial projects via many small donations by starting with getting donations from kids in high school. The program has been a great success. It raises funds for projects like schools, wells, birthing centers and sewing centers in poor countries. Kenya, Nepal, Cameroon, Nicaragua, Indonesia and Tanzania. Rotary clubs helped fund the projects in Kenya, Indonesia and Nicaragua.

Brenda spoke about the Save A Girl Project which provides washable sanitary pads and accessories so menstruating girls aren’t kept home from school or embarrassed. She noted that misconceptions about menstruation also contribute to young girls becoming very young mothers or forced to marry- the project seeks to end those.

2023 Second Annual Pickleball Tournament | REGISTRATION OPEN!!

Posted by Kendra Cleary

The Second Annual Pickleball Tournament hosted by Capitola-Aptos Rotary Club's registration link is live on Eventbrite!

Register today! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pickleball-tournament-benefits-cabrillo-veterans-and-capitola-aptos-rotary-registration-695511021187

ALL proceeds raised from this event benefit our local non profits and youth scholarship programs as well as the Cabrillo College Veterans.

Want to see the fun we had at the 2022 Pickleball Tournament? Watch the video on our YouTube via this link: https://youtu.be/3XFsEdG2vWI

Or on our TikTok or Instagram!

The Hub || August 24th, 2023

Posted by Ken Gorman

Dear fellow Rotarians:

Our August 24 meeting was at the Fairfield Inn at 5pm.
We had 20 ish attendees.

Pam ran the meeting with her usual panache.

Since this next meeting happens on the 5th Thursday of the month there is no meeting- it is a service day. We are helping at Second Harvest at 10 am, Aug 31st, 2023.

Anissa brought guest JM Brown, chief of staff to Bruce McPherson- great guy with lots of insights and sense of humor

Nelson brought his sister Tracy who is charming and also got the hair and looks in the family.

President Pam repeated that we need more attendees at the meeting- Hey- NON ATTENDEES: WTH? (WTH means What The Heck?!) a big part of Rotary is camaraderie, as well as participation in our events. Start showing up!!!

Dr Art had the thought for the day : if at first don’t succeed don’t tell anyone.

Long-ago deposed Prez. Ken is hosting a hike through Nisene Marks forest this Saturday September 2nd. Meet at his house at 365 Danube drive by 10 am if you want to go. Hike will be about 3 miles, 90 minutes. A hill or two and the trails are getting a little dusty so wear shoes/sneakers with a good tread. There will be a rehydration meeting on Ken's front lawn starting 11:30-noonish. Folks are welcome to attend that even if they miss the hike. Guests are welcome.
If the weather cooperates Ken will also open his pool. Beverages are free but all Rotarian attendees are expected to donate to Rotary.

Our next beach cleanup is September 9th

Pickleball clinic is at Win's September 10th. See him or Lowry for details.

Mardi spoke about a school in Africa that she is helping fund raise for. The Event is held September 23rd at Common Roots Farms 11am to 3pm.

Lowry said there will be an event on 10/28 for the reveal of the playground design for the new Jade Street park- pumpkin painting? maybe a Rotary booth?

He also reminded us that signups for all the events are being sent on line.

Mardi was the detective. She ransomed Ken’s wallet back to him.

Our guest speaker was Doron Comerchero from Food What. He is from the Bronx but is a Mets fan.