Apr 14 2015 - Rotary Forum

Posted by Dick Dannells 
 
Program April 14, 2015: Jeri Roberts -“Pacific Wildlife Care Outreach”
By Dick Dannells
Pres. Michael opened the meeting at 12:15 PM by immediately calling Anya Stanley to the podium to introduce our speaker.
PROGRAM:
Jeri’s group is dedicated to the rescue of injured wildlife and education of the public about living with wildlife in their area. Although they treat mostly birds, they do receive an occasional sea life creature. They depend primarily on donations from the public, but received a federal grant recently that enabled them to hire a veterinarian specializing in wildlife. Their group started in the 70’s. Jeri had asked Pres. Michael to give her presentation before our normal lunch because the wild life specimen that she had in a closed cage required quiet. She reached in with her gloved hand and removed from the cage a very rare, long eared owl tethered to her arm. The owl was noticeably agitated at first. Finally, when she had it calmed down, 2 ear-like protrudances arose on its head, which is the reason for its name. In fact, it actually has one ear on one side of its body and one ear on a lower part of its body so that it is able to triangulate sound. It mainly hunts on mice and insects. It is very rare and the one that she used in her demonstration was rescued by their group with two broken wings. After it healed, it was nonreturnable to the wild because it could only fly a few feet off the ground making it very vulnerable to predators. The females are one third larger than the males, sequentially lay their eggs, and set on them for 30 days until the chicks are hatched. During this time the males must bring in 2 to 3 mice a night.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pres. Michael reminded everyone that next week’s meeting will be held at the Pismo Beach Vet Center that features Carolyn Jones, Past Trustee Rotary Foundation, as our guest speaker. All of the local clubs are invited and the attendance is expected to be between 100-180 people. The annual Paul Harris Fellow event will be held at Bruce Beaudoin’s on Tuesday evening, May 31. Linda Osty reported that the Hoosegow Park has been completed and the grand opening will be on April 25. Pres. Michael reported that we have a new committee called The Pinot for Polio and the first meeting will be after this meeting. Montisa Phelan Lopez was called forward to hand Lynn Dorland of the Breast Cancer Fund at Arroyo Grande Hospital with a check from our Community Giving Program. Martha Murphy announced that this evening at 5 PM, she and a few volunteers will be grading the Four-Way Essays. She also stated that her husband John is recovering from back surgery and has a $50 ticket for the golf tournament banquet at the San Luis Obispo Country Club. She encouraged others to buy banquet tickets and enjoy the open bar and dinner, which includes prime rib and or halibut. Ashlea Boyer took the podium to plea for much-needed raffle items which are due now. Greg Baker and Mark Olson made their pitch for golf tee sponsors for this tournament.
Spotlight on Mike Frederick
Mike was born in 1978 in the Yorba Linda-Fullerton area. His dad taught agriculture and had a family owned business raising and selling livestock. He graduated from Cal Poly in 1978 with a degree in horticulture. He went into the family business of growing and selling Christmas trees while attending Cal Poly and continued in that business for a number of years after graduating. He moved to this area in 1993 after the Southern California property was sold. He continues to be involved in managing the residential, commercial and industrial properties owned by he and his family. He and his wife of 36 years, Jeannie, have two daughters and a son. Erin who is an OR nurse at French Hospital, Brianne who is a kindergarten teacher at Dorothia Lang Elementary School, and Andrew who currently works for REC Solar in San Luis Obispo.
His motto is “Live within your means.”
THE DAY BY PAUL JONES:
"An understanding word is salve for the fasting soul."
 
Program April 14, 2015: Jeri Roberts -“Pacific Wildlife Care Outreach”
By Dick Dannells
Pres. Michael opened the meeting at 12:15 PM by immediately calling Anya Stanley to the podium to introduce our speaker.
PROGRAM:
Jeri’s group is dedicated to the rescue of injured wildlife and education of the public about living with wildlife in their area. Although they treat mostly birds, they do receive an occasional sea life creature. They depend primarily on donations from the public, but received a federal grant recently that enabled them to hire a veterinarian specializing in wildlife. Their group started in the 70’s. Jeri had asked Pres. Michael to give her presentation before our normal lunch because the wild life specimen that she had in a closed cage required quiet. She reached in with her gloved hand and removed from the cage a very rare, long eared owl tethered to her arm. The owl was noticeably agitated at first. Finally, when she had it calmed down, 2 ear-like protrudances arose on its head, which is the reason for its name. In fact, it actually has one ear on one side of its body and one ear on a lower part of its body so that it is able to triangulate sound. It mainly hunts on mice and insects. It is very rare and the one that she used in her demonstration was rescued by their group with two broken wings. After it healed, it was nonreturnable to the wild because it could only fly a few feet off the ground making it very vulnerable to predators. The females are one third larger than the males, sequentially lay their eggs, and set on them for 30 days until the chicks are hatched. During this time the males must bring in 2 to 3 mice a night.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pres. Michael reminded everyone that next week’s meeting will be held at the Pismo Beach Vet Center that features Carolyn Jones, Past Trustee Rotary Foundation, as our guest speaker. All of the local clubs are invited and the attendance is expected to be between 100-180 people. The annual Paul Harris Fellow event will be held at Bruce Beaudoin’s on Tuesday evening, May 31. Linda Osty reported that the Hoosegow Park has been completed and the grand opening will be on April 25. Pres. Michael reported that we have a new committee called The Pinot for Polio and the first meeting will be after this meeting. Montisa Phelan Lopez was called forward to hand Lynn Dorland of the Breast Cancer Fund at Arroyo Grande Hospital with a check from our Community Giving Program. Martha Murphy announced that this evening at 5 PM, she and a few volunteers will be grading the Four-Way Essays. She also stated that her husband John is recovering from back surgery and has a $50 ticket for the golf tournament banquet at the San Luis Obispo Country Club. She encouraged others to buy banquet tickets and enjoy the open bar and dinner, which includes prime rib and or halibut. Ashlea Boyer took the podium to plea for much-needed raffle items which are due now. Greg Baker and Mark Olson made their pitch for golf tee sponsors for this tournament.
Spotlight on Mike Frederick
Mike was born in 1978 in the Yorba Linda-Fullerton area. His dad taught agriculture and had a family owned business raising and selling livestock. He graduated from Cal Poly in 1978 with a degree in horticulture. He went into the family business of growing and selling Christmas trees while attending Cal Poly and continued in that business for a number of years after graduating. He moved to this area in 1993 after the Southern California property was sold. He continues to be involved in managing the residential, commercial and industrial properties owned by he and his family. He and his wife of 36 years, Jeannie, have two daughters and a son. Erin who is an OR nurse at French Hospital, Brianne who is a kindergarten teacher at Dorothia Lang Elementary School, and Andrew who is employed by REC Solar in San Luis Obispo.
His motto is “Live within your means.”
THE DAY BY PAUL JONES:
"An understanding word is salve for the fasting soul."