March 19th Bulletin (Mar. 21, 2026)

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Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks

Here's what Happened at the

March 19th- Meeting

--------------------------------------------------------------------UPCOMING PROGRAM -March 26th

Offsite Meeting at Stagecoach Museum

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President

Darin Arrasmith

President-Elect

Michelle Nash

Past President

Pat McCoy

Secretary

Rich Folsom

International Serv

Vicki Arndt

Community Service

Ean Kleiger

Vocational Service

Sara Collins

Public Relations

Nancy Wohl

New Generations

Victor Hayek

Family of Rotary

Monica Murrietta

The Rotary Foundation

Laura Conway

Club Administration

Michael Pruner

Executive Treasurer

Chris Steele

Executive Secretary

Jeff Borenstein

Peace Chair

Mike Ladd

Program Chair

Dominic Pino

Member Birthdays

Marc Feigen

March 17

Pieter Heerma

March 18

Don Moors

March 26

Michael Magasinn

March 28

Anniversaries

Michael Magasinn

Andrea Lawson

March 4

Teresa Horvet

March 12

Cherry Wang

Ye Shen

March 13

Susie Engler

Bob Engler

March 28

2025-2026 Rotary International Theme

Karen Albaum-Happy Cup

March is water, sanitation and hygiene month

Thought for the Day

Jessica Sasslalos- Fine Master

Funny for the Day:

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MANDATORY PARTICIPATION EVENTS FOR ALL THOUSAND OAKS ROTARIANS:

CHILI COOK-OFF- May 3, 2026- SEE MARISSA BUSS

WINE FESTIVAL-June 14, 2026- SEE DAVE MASCI

STREET FAIR -3rd SUNDAY in OCT 2026 SEE CRYSTAL EVANS

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The Thousand Oaks Rotary Club is proud to be a Peace Builder Club.

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BECOMING A ROTARIAN IS A MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE....

Invite a friend, family member, colleague to join Rotary.

Encourage Them to Be Part of Something GREAT!!!

Why wouldn’t you want them to be part of an organization that feeds the hungry, cures the sick, provides education to women and children, provides clean water and sanitation. And now is taking on the environment.

See Susan Murata for Membership Information

susanmurata9@gmail.com

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Program Chair- Dominic Pinos Introduced Guest Speaker

SCE Govt' Relations Manager- Ian Anderson

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Seven Areas of Focus:

Promoting Peace and Conflict Resolution
Fighting disease and treatment
Providing clean water/sanitation
Saving Mothers and Children
Education and Literacy
Growing Local Economies
Protecting the Environment

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President Darin Arrasmith

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President Darin Arrasmith started the meeting by telling everyone about a new idea President Elect Michelle Nash came up with to recycle the Rotary magazines we all receive every month. The idea is to use the magazines as a means to introduce people to what Rotary does around the world. Darin asked everyone to bring in their old magazines for this new program idea.

INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT: Victor Hayek said as he was trying to come up with his theme for his Inspirational Moment it dawned on him just how many inspirational things are going on in our community and district. RYLA, the city's Youth Council, our 4-Way Essay contest, Youth Citizenship Awards, and so many other worthy causes/projects right here. He said we, as Rotarians, do not wait for the big moment...... we create it. We have helped change our community for the positive with all the small acts we do. He is proud to serve with his fellow Rotarians.

After he led the Pledge of Allegiance, Jessica Sassalos led the room in God Bless America.

GUEST INTRODUCTIONS. Michael Ladd handled the introductions: From Simi Sunrise- Janice Wise and Kim Monitor, Gary Siegel's friend-Rocky and Matt Lallo's wife- Teresa

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Victor Hayek Inspirational Moment/Pledge

Jessica Sassalos God Bless America

Michael Ladd Guest Intros

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Announcements:

Vicki Arndt came forward to talk about our Polio Fundraising campaign. Need to make our donations this week. We will be presenting a check to RI for the total funds collected. She told a story about the woman who invented a game for children who were hospitalized with Polio. That game became the famous Candy Land game.

Darin Arrasmith told everyone to check out our Rotary Thousand Oaks Shirts (see below) that lists all of the non-profits T.O. Rotary supports. Its pretty amazing how many we are able to help.

Kim and Janice from Westlake Sunrise announced a fundraiser $5 Friday at Art Trek. The proceeds will go to put 33 Ugandan children in school. This school not only provides education, but also a roof over their heads and food/water. Event is April 17th 5:30 pm-9:00 pm.

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Vicki Arndt

Darin Arrasmith

Kim and Janice from Westlake Sunrise

T.O. Rotary T-shirt displaying all of the local non-profits the club supports

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HAPPY DOLLARS: Cup carried by Karen Albaum and started the Happy Dollars telling everyone to sign the cards on the tables- They will be given to Seniors who are receiving Meals on Wheels.

Monica Murietta's happy dollar was to announce fireside chats. Asking everyone to sign up for either April 9th or 10th.

Michelle Nash said the club is making 50 lunches for Harbor House at 10 am this Saturday.

Gary Seigle was happy to have his neighbor Rocky join him at Rotary.

Janice was happy that her daughter's bridal shower was this coming weekend.

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Monica Murrietta

Michelle Nash

Gary Seigel

Janice Simi Sunrise Rotary

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FINE SESSION-by Jessica Sassalos' fine session was about children's T.V.-Nickelodeon which she used to help produce.

Sara Collins Nickelodeon launched on April 1, 1979, what Holiday is that? Answer is April fool's day. Sara got it WRONG

Darin Arrasmith the name Nickelodeon was borrowed from something else-What? Answer a small 5 cent movie theater popular in the early 1900's Darin got it RIGHT

Michelle Nash in 1995 Nickelodeon became the #1 network, how many years did it hold that position? Answer-10 Years. Michelle got it Wrong

Jody Wintermute what was the trigger that got someone fired? What did they say"? Answer "I don't know" She got it Wrong

Dorothy Sullivan What make a show multi-Cam format, the cameras or something else? Answer-Having a live studio audience. She got it WRONG

Karen Furnari What year was Kermit the Frog introduced? Answer 1955 She got it wrong

Laura Conway Who created Sponge Bob? Answer Stephen Hillenburg. She got it RIGHT

Herb Gooch What Kid' Choice Award did Thundermans win in 2016? Answer- Favorite Kids Program. He got it Wrong

Nancy Wohl Why was a 4th camera added to a famous sitcom? Answer it was Mork and Mindy and Robin Williams could not stay on his marks. She got it Wrong

Carol Freeman What other job did Mr. Rogers have before becoming Mr. Rogers? Answer he was a Presbyterian Minister. She got it Right.

Trevor Tylock What law was created after child actor Jackie Coogan's parents stole all of his money? Answer-The Coogan Act. He got it Right

Noone how long can an infant "work" on a TV project? Answer 20 minutes. Noone was asked because she had revealed the answer

Keith Wintermute How many households does Nickelodeon reach today? Answer 70 million, at it's peak it was 201 million. He got it Right

Pat Hanley How much does the average household spend on streaming services? Answer $169 month. She got it Wrong

Pat Mc Coy How many PSA's did Mr. Rogers do following 911? Answer - 4 Wrong

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Sara Collins Wrong

Darin Arrasmith Right

Michelle Nash Wrong

Jody Wintermute Wrong

Dorothy Sullivan Wrong

Karen Furnari Wrong

Laura Conway Right

Herb Gooch Wrong

Nancy Wohl Wrong

Carol Freeman Right

Trevor Tyloch Right

Keith Wintermute Right

Pat Hanley Wrong

Pat Mc Coy Wrong

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SERVICE ABOVE SELF.....Things to do and/or help in our Community..

Rotary Board Meeting - 4th Tuesday of Every Month 5pm Cancer Support

Community office 4195 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd.

District Assembly March 21st Via Zoom-Click Button on the left to register

Thousand Oaks Rotary Blood DriveMoved to April 2nd - Los Robles Greens

T.O. Rotary Mystery Night- March 29th- See Jeff Borenstein for details and to sign up. Hurry only 6 spots left.

Fireside Chats- April 9th and 10th- See Monica Murrietta

April 17th Art Trek- 5:30-9:00 pm. $5 Friday fundraiser- proceeds will help Ugandan children attend school

America Supporting Americans Flag Day Salute to Our Troops- Janss Marketplace June 14th 10:30 am. To support- click button on the left

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PROGRAM: Dominic Pinos introduced the guest speaker from So Cal Edison- Ian Anderson their Government Relations Manager.

Ian spoke about the electrification Revolution going on globally and reiterated the United States is way behind many other countries. China, by far, is leading the charge.

A.I is accelerating change; it requires a LOT of electricity. SCE says they are cautious because safety trumps efficiency.

Investments in electrification is more than double the fossil fuel investment. He said learning beats digging, meaning look at the market and do what the trends tell you to do, and electrification is the trend.

Solar is the cheapest and easiest to provide the power we need.

He said Southern California Edison's job is not to generate energy, their job is just to move it from where it is generated to the consumer.

President Darin had to stop him before he could continue because it was already 1:30, but thanked Ian for his presentation and had him sign a book that will be donated to at title one school in his honor.

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It Takes a Village to Run our Rotary Meetings.....Thank you to those who helped.

Club Administrator: Mike Pruner

Greeters:

Guest Introductions: Michael Ladd

Pledge/Inspirational Moment: Victor Hayek

Song: Jessica Sassalos

Happy Dollars: Karen Albaum

Fine Session: Jessica Sassalos

Photos: Rich Folsom

Note Taker/Bulletin: Notes Susan Murata

Tech Support- Ean Kleiger, Trevor Tyloch

Sgt. At Arms: Jason Corey, Anthony Linquata, Mike Pruner

Check In Table: John Bradley, Dorothy Sullivan

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PAST PRESIDENTS

58-59 Don Odell

59-60 John Heywood

60-61 Marv Burrow

61-62 Ross Duskin

62-63 Roy Mc Comber

63-64 Paul Pace

64-65 John Conlon

65-66 Carlos Scuria

66-67 Merrill Darling

67-68 Phil Ozab

68-69 Wm Vanderwann

69-70 Alvin J Hotz, Jr.

70-71 Ben Cranmer Jr

71-72 Glenn Goodwin

72-73 George Vasliff

73-74 Henry Still

74-75 John Tuel

75-76 Kenneth Hanson

76-77 David Huang

77-78 William Haas

78-79 Felix Masci

79-80 Harland Jones

80-81 Dave Wender

81-82 George Gibb

82-83 Norman Nagel

83-84 Bill Peterson

84-85 Mike O'Bierne

85-86 Marv Sosna

86-87 Fred Ferrarni

87-88 Doc Needham

88-89 Kenneth Roberts

89-90 Jeff Borenstein

90-91 Dennis Gillette

ROTARY CLUB T. O.

91-92 Merv Kopp

92-93 Tom Glancy

93-94 Hugo Roche

94-95 Brian Back

95-96 Tony Kourounis

96-97 Dick Wieler

98-99 Judy St. John

99-20 Mike Gonzales

00-01 Neil Scribner

01-02 Bob Biery

02-03 Harry Selvin

03-04 Rick Lemmo

04-05 Doug Tapking

05-06 Kathy Hill

06-07 Pete Turpel

07-08 Vicki Arndt

08-09 Martin Anderson

09-10 Keith Parks

10-11 Frank Corrigan

11-12 Richard Williams

12-13 Susan Murata

13-14 Carol Freeman

14-15 Nate Harimoto

15-16 Mike Murphy

16-17 Robert Bianchi

17-18 Tim Weaver

18-19 Karen Furnari

19-20 Herb Gooch

20-21 David Stowell

21-22 John Bradley

22-23 Paul Dryman

23-24 Patricia Jones

24-25 Pat Mc Coy

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