President Darin announced at the end of the meeting:

 

 

Judy St John said it was nice to be back; she missed everyone and is grateful for everyone that reached out with cards, texts, emails 

 

Lee Ladd was happy and honored to be sitting at a table with one of the student honorees.

 

Michelle Nash is proud of her daughter Abby who just received her MBA from CLU and she thanked Regina for helping her daughter.  She is also proud of her daughter Cloe who just graduated law school and is heading back to practice in this area, where she hopes she will be able to join the Rotary club of T.O.

 

Jody Wintermute thanked Jeremy Paris, Monica Murrietta and Anthony Linquata for spending time showing her their businesses- as part of her new member duties.

 

Somer Barwick was proud of the TOHS Interact club that raised over $600 in their fundraiser to send sports equipment to kids in Costa Rica.

 

Paul Dryman thanked Gary Seigle for donating an archive to the Reagan Library, where Paul is a new docent.

 

Kyle Lundberg was happy to see Judy St John back and also put in $23 for his 23rd wedding anniversary.

 

Guest Bernice said she is the grandmother of one of the student honorees and said her dad was a Rotarian in Alberta and it's nice to be visiting a Rotary club.

 

Jeremy Paris what movie did the scuba meme come from? Wrong, but the student answered correctly- Zootopia

 

Ean Kleiger How many 1,000's are in one million?  WRONG.  but student answered correctly- 1,000

 

Anthony Linquata how much does the game Roblox cost?  Wrong  Student answered its not a game  it's a gaming platform

 

Karen Albaum what is the perimeter of a rectangle that is 8x5 units?  Wrong.  student answered correctly 26.

 

Michelle Nash how many time zones does Russia have?  Wrong  student answered 11 correctly.

 

Victor Hayek how many countries are in North America  Wrong student answered correctly-23.

 

Nelson Buss name the main character in the book the Wonder.  Wrong.  student answered correctly the Lion

 

Laura Conway main character in Chronicles of Narnia  Wrong..... student answered correctly- Oggie

 

Somer Barwick names of 3 girls in Despicable Me.  Wrong  student answered correctly  Margo, Agnes, Edith.

 

Darin Arrasmith  was asked how many syllables were in a word and got it wrong. student answered 3 correctly

 

Susan Murata  answered a question wrong about Harry Potter.

 

Lee Ladd didn't know the Pacific Ocean was the largest ocean.

 

Ken Warner didn't know what "6-7" meant.

PROGRAM: David Masci began the program by telling everyone about Rotary saying there are 1.3 million Rotarians globally, the T.O. Rotary club puts on fundraisers each year, the Chili Cook off, Street Fair, Wine Event and Economic Forecast; all of the money raised goes to help those less fortunate.  Over 160K each year to support veterans, pay for mammograms for those that can't afford one, the Conejo Free Clinic, equipment for a cancer hospital in Tijana and more.  He also said Rotarians have put in over 2.5 million hours of volunteer time to fight polio.

 

He then explained that each elementary and Jr. high school in the Conejo Valley was represented today.  The teachers and admin staff chose a student from each of those schools to receive the Thousand Oaks Rotary Citizenship Award.  Each school wrote why their student was nominated.  The students were described as leaders, kind, helpful, incredible human beings, compassionate, positivity, considerate, positive example, caring, respectful.... they are an AMAZING group of young people.

 

 

Three Rotarians Regina Biddings-Muro, Dorothy Sullivan and Nelson Buss took turns reading a short bio on each student as that student came forward to receive awards from the TO Rotary Club (Darin Arrasmith), The Conejo Unified School District (Dena Sellers, Shane Frank and Karen Sylvester), Supervisor Jeff Gorell's office, and the City of Thousand Oaks (Mayor Mikey Taylor),

 

The students honored were:

 

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