mar 27 2017-Rotary Forum
Posted by Dick Dannells on Mar 28, 2017
PROGRAM: March 28, 2017: Steve Curry-“Succulent Gardens”
Pres. Greg Baker opened the meeting with his usual this day in history: March Madness was born on March 27, 1939; John Wooden won the Final Four at the San Diego on March 27, 1975; and the last U.S. troops left Vietnam on March 31, 1973.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Linda Osty reminded everyone of the Pismo Beach 5 Cities Rotary Foundation $40 per person fundraiser on May 5 at the Melodrama featuring Mark Twain’s Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Paul Holden again circulated the sign-up sheet for members to take part in the $50 raffle to win a Paul Harris Fellow. Membership chair Joel Conn announced that a suggestion box will be placed at the front desk for any complaints we might have. Pres. Greg reminded everyone of the service to be held at Beth David in San Luis Obispo in memory of Joel’s father David Conn. Linda Curry asked that we send our thoughts and prayers to Jack Hardy’s family for the loss of his wife Sheila’s dad. Steve Curry had Erik Mund report that we received a $1200 major golf tournament sponsorship from Rabobank. He also announced that the price of a dinner ticket at the golf banquet has been reduced to $50 for those not playing in the golf tournament, a bargain for such a fine prime rib and halibut dinner. Jeff King invited anyone that would like to come along to the District Training Assembly from 6:45 AM to 12:30 PM in Oxnard California. Don Weber announced that 7 members have made a bequest in their trust or will to the Pismo Beach Rotary Foundation. Forms will be circulated among the members for others to join this worthwhile cause. Scott Astrosky reported on next week’s August 12 Summer Sizzle organizational meeting and asked that we have 100% member participation in this event. Deenie Dotson requested volunteers to prepare a new club display banner that will require sewing in the individual club banners we have collected from around the world. Jim Lewis announced that next week the City Engineer for Pismo Beach will talk on the plans for the Pismo pier.
FINES:
Fine master Jim Lewis recognized Connie O’Henley for her birthday today with a fine of $50. He fined Ashlea Boyer $10 for accompanying Connie at the ladies get-together in Napa Valley. Mike Frederick’s wife Jeannie was recognized without a fine. Erik Mund donated $100 for his first anniversary with the club. Charla Anderson was fined $15 for not wearing a name tag. Jeff King was fined $25 for looking so fabulous. Frank Montesinos was not fined for making an appropriate remark Paul Holden and Bruce Beaudoin on were fined $50 each for their recent Arizona spring training and golf outing. Michael Boyer and Chuck Nagler were fined $50 and $25 respectively for the fact that South Carolina and Oregon are in the final four. Chuck went to South Carolina and spent many years in Eugene Oregon, home of the the Oregon Ducks, Michael’s alma mater.
PROGRAM: Steve Curry-“Succulent Gardens”
Jim Lewis introduced Steve who needs no introduction. Steve began by saying his interest in gardening came from his father who had a large vegetable garden when his father was a boy. When Steve outgrew his 10’ x 20’ sandbox, his dad planted a vegetable garden in that space and after two years of vegetables they switched the flowers. To Steve that was a much more interesting use of the space. When Steve moved to Arroyo Grande, he built a planter box along two sides of a chain-link fence and filled them with flowers from flats discarded by the nursery at which his brother worked. Steve soon had a planter box filled with every variety of flowers imaginable. He received his first succulent named hens and chicks from a friend that lived in Cayucos and worked at Hearst Castle. He then began exchanging succulents for the flowers in his planter because by that time keeping it filled with flowers get very expensive as his brother no longer work for the nursery. Besides succulents, one year he planted a quarter of an acre of corn with a sunflower planted at the end of each row of corn. He wound up with 2000 ears that he gave away during Rotary meetings back in the old days when we were at Mclintocks in the late 80s and early 90s. He then turned that quarter acre of corn into sunflowers with all the seeds left over for that year of corn growing. Since then he has concentrated on caring for the succulents in various containers, planters and the like around his yard. Every year he donates succulents to the Summer Sizzle silent auction. He then ended his presentation with a slideshow showing his succulents in his yard and he gave out succulents to each member that rose to give their gardening stories.
PROGRAM: March 28, 2017: Steve Curry-“Succulent Gardens”
Pres. Greg Baker opened the meeting with his usual this day in history: March Madness was born on March 27, 1939; John Wooden won the Final Four at the San Diego on March 27, 1975; and the last U.S. troops left Vietnam on March 31, 1973.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Linda Osty reminded everyone of the Pismo Beach 5 Cities Rotary Foundation $40 per person fundraiser on May 5 at the Melodrama featuring Mark Twain’s Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Paul Holden again circulated the sign-up sheet for members to take part in the $50 raffle to win a Paul Harris Fellow. Membership chair Joel Conn announced that a suggestion box will be placed at the front desk for any complaints we might have. Pres. Greg reminded everyone of the service to be held at Beth David in San Luis Obispo in memory of Joel’s father David Conn. Linda Curry asked that we send our thoughts and prayers to Jack Hardy’s family for the loss of his wife Sheila’s dad. Steve Curry had Erik Mund report that we received a $1200 major golf tournament sponsorship from Rabobank. He also announced that the price of a dinner ticket at the golf banquet has been reduced to $50 for those not playing in the golf tournament, a bargain for such a fine prime rib and halibut dinner. Jeff King invited anyone that would like to come along to the District Training Assembly from 6:45 AM to 12:30 PM in Oxnard California. Don Weber announced that 7 members have made a bequest in their trust or will to the Pismo Beach Rotary Foundation. Forms will be circulated among the members for others to join this worthwhile cause. Scott Astrosky reported on next week’s August 12 Summer Sizzle organizational meeting and asked that we have 100% member participation in this event. Deenie Dotson requested volunteers to prepare a new club display banner that will require sewing in the individual club banners we have collected from around the world. Jim Lewis announced that next week the City Engineer for Pismo Beach will talk on the plans for the Pismo pier.
FINES:
Fine master Jim Lewis recognized Connie O’Henley for her birthday today with a fine of $50. He fined Ashlea Boyer $10 for accompanying Connie at the ladies get-together in Napa Valley. Mike Frederick’s wife Jeannie was recognized without a fine. Erik Mund donated $100 for his first anniversary with the club. Charla Anderson was fined $15 for not wearing a name tag. Jeff King was fined $25 for looking so fabulous. Frank Montesinos was not fined for making an appropriate remark Paul Holden and Bruce Beaudoin on were fined $50 each for their recent Arizona spring training and golf outing. Michael Boyer and Chuck Nagler were fined $50 and $25 respectively for the fact that South Carolina and Oregon are in the final four. Chuck went to South Carolina and spent many years in Eugene Oregon, home of the the Oregon Ducks, Michael’s alma mater.
PROGRAM: Steve Curry-“Succulent Gardens”
Jim Lewis introduced Steve who needs no introduction. Steve began by saying his interest in gardening came from his father who had a large vegetable garden when his father was a boy. When Steve outgrew his 10’ x 20’ sandbox, his dad planted a vegetable garden in that space and after two years of vegetables they switched the flowers. To Steve that was a much more interesting use of the space. When Steve moved to Arroyo Grande, he built a planter box along two sides of a chain-link fence and filled them with flowers from flats discarded by the nursery at which his brother worked. Steve soon had a planter box filled with every variety of flowers imaginable. He received his first succulent named hens and chicks from a friend that lived in Cayucos and worked at Hearst Castle. He then began exchanging succulents for the flowers in his planter because by that time keeping it filled with flowers get very expensive as his brother no longer work for the nursery. Besides succulents, one year he planted a quarter of an acre of corn with a sunflower planted at the end of each row of corn. He wound up with 2000 ears that he gave away during Rotary meetings back in the old days when we were at Mclintocks in the late 80s and early 90s. He then turned that quarter acre of corn into sunflowers with all the seeds left over for that year of corn growing. Since then he has concentrated on caring for the succulents in various containers, planters and the like around his yard. Every year he donates succulents to the Summer Sizzle silent auction. He then ended his presentation with a slideshow showing his succulents in his yard and he gave out succulents to each member that rose to give their gardening stories.