Jan 17 2017-Rotary Forum

Pres. Greg Baker opened the meeting at 12:34 PM, with his usual this day in history: the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes,” is ratified on January 16, 1919; the Volkswagen Beetle arrives in the U.S. on January 17, 1949; and Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer of Our Game and Little Rascals was murdered in Mission Hills, California at the age of 36 on January 21, 1959. Pres. Greg presented Owen Schwaezeree with his blue membership badge. Anya Stanley had Don Weber and Sandy Lubin come forward as sponsors of Coastal Christian and the Clark Center respectively, while checks were handed out as part of our Community Giving program.

Steve Curry stated that his mother passed away on Friday. He also stated that a golf committee meeting will be held immediately after our regular meeting. Connie O’Henley, Eric Mund and Karen Ziegler each gave a brief report on the progress being made on the golf tournament. Michael Boyer reported that 24 RYLA applicants have been submitted of which our club will sponsor 6. He also was also pleased to report that during the past 6 months, he has been working on and was successful in the acquisition of a telephone services company. He also reported that Pismo Beach Rotary Foundation meeting will be held tomorrow January 18 at Linda Osty’s home. Pres. Greg encouraged members to attend the STEPS conference on Saturday January 28 from 9 AM to 3 PM at the Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. Shannon Bowdey announced that a Rotary social will be held this Thursday at the Shell Beach Brew House.

Fine master Mark Olson fined Shannon Bowdey for her less than stellar introduction. Michael Boyer received a total of $75 in fines for his 15^th club anniversary and advertising his acquisition. Connie O Henley and Greg Baker were fined $25 each for their club anniversaries; her 12^th and his 7^th clubs. In the trivia quiz, the following were fined $20: Charla Anderson, Bruce Beaudoin, Ashlea Boyer, and Dick Dannells.

Jim Lewis introduced Kristin Alexander, a physical fitness trainer at the Avila Bay Athletic Club and Spa.  She began by saying she enjoys scrolling down Facebook to see the before and after photos of people who have lost weight. She then related the following 4 stories: story 1 concerns a 45-year-old man who looked like he was 35 when he came in for training. He had read a book called “Great Younger Year” when he was a successful businessman at the age of 35 and realized his priorities were all mixed up. So he changed his ways, got in the physical fitness and now is in the best shape of his life. Story 2: a female client came in who was just out of physical therapy after knee surgery. She too looked much younger than her 83 years and said that fitness had been a part of her whole life. Story 3: when she was running a studio in Pismo a woman came in with her sister Lisa who looked very uncomfortable. Her sister said that she wanted to get in shape and wanted to start with the fitness video called “Insanity”. Lisa made it through the entire video and then continued taking classes until she had dropped 4 to 5 clothing sizes. Story 4: Kristin didn’t think much about physical fitness until she was 30 years old and went to a gym. She felt so good after workouts that she became an instructor and passed a number of physical fitness certifications. At 40 she developed breast cancer, but with chemotherapy and many surgeries she recovered rapidly, and opened her own gymnasium. Kristin is now 47 and never felt better in her life

“Get out and go work out.”