Jul 21 2015 - Rotary Forum
Program July 21, 2015: Melanie Angeles – “Zoo to You”
By Dick Dannells
Pres. Joel opened the meeting of at 12:37 PM by explaining that he has been a communication with our guest speaker and that she is on her way with a few exotic animals.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Mark Olson announced that tomorrow, Wednesday, July 22 from 5:30 to 9 PM, we are encouraged to come down to the end of 4th Street, adjacent Fin’s Restaurant, for the United Arab Emirates Special Olympic athletes’ barbecue and beach bonfire. The Arroyo Grande Rotary Club is offering $20 raffle tickets for a chance to win a Harley-Davidson motorcycle at a raffle drawing to be held on August 22, 2015 at the Santa Maria Harley Davidson. Greg Baker urged all members to sign up to work on the August 15 Summer Sizzle. Connie O Henley stated that 38 Summer Sizzle tickets have been turned so far. Jeff King encoraged all teams to come up with 2 Summer Sizzle sponsors in the next few short weeks. A question came up as to the meaning of PolioPlus that Rotary launched in 1985. The following is a quote from the R I official webpage: “the “plus” signaled the belief that the polio eradication effort would increase immunizations against five other diseases prevalent in children: measles, tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus.” Steve Curry won the auction for a Japanese print, supposedly translated to mean 'Pismo Beach/5 Cities Rotary Club', with a winning bid of $60. Jerry Brewer, a former member of this club and now a member of the Novolato, Mexico Rotary Club, exchanged his club’s flag for one of ours.
Program- Melanie Angeles – “Zoo to You”
Melanie is the CEO of Zoo to You, a non-profit organization that rehabilitates injured animals. She began by explaining that they have presently over 350 non-releasable mammals and raptors. For example, they have a bald eagle that had been injured and couldn’t be returned to the wild. They will take such raptors in for life as well as injured raccoons, foxes and other local mammals. They also take in animals that have been maintained as pets, often illegally such as alligators, monkeys and the like. They also have former pets that have grown too large to handle, such as pythons. A number of their animals have appeared on Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures and also on the David Letterman show. She then proceeded to bring out one at a time the following animals: a three banded Amarillo from Brazil that rolls into a solid ball and that was mistaken for cantaloupe when someone tried to smuggle it through customs at the LAX airport; a fruit eating kinkajou, also known as a honey bear, also from Brazil; and an endangered black-and-white ruffed lemur from Madagascar that also loves fruit. The latter has a long bushy tail, but not as commonly believed, a prehensile tail. The tail is used to attract the opposite sex. She stated that on July 25 through the 29th Zoo to You will be at the Paso Robles Midstate Fair.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY BY PAUL JONES:
"The tongue has no bones, but it is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful what you say.”
"The tongue has no bones, but it is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful what you say.”
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Program July 21, 2015: Melanie Angeles – “Zoo to You”
By Dick Dannells
Pres. Joel opened the meeting of at 12:37 PM by explaining that he has been a communication with our guest speaker and that she is on her way with a few exotic animals.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Mark Olson announced that tomorrow, Wednesday, July 22 from 5:30 to 9 PM, we are encouraged to come down to the end of 4th Street, adjacent Fin’s Restaurant, for the United Arab Emirates Special Olympic athletes’ barbecue and beach bonfire. The Arroyo Grande Rotary Club is offering $20 raffle tickets for a chance to win a Harley-Davidson motorcycle at a raffle drawing to be held on August 22, 2015 at the Santa Maria Harley Davidson. Greg Baker urged all members to sign up to work on the August 15 Summer Sizzle. Connie O Henley stated that 38 Summer Sizzle tickets have been turned so far. Jeff King encoraged all teams to come up with 2 Summer Sizzle sponsors in the next few short weeks. A question came up as to the meaning of PolioPlus that Rotary launched in 1985. The following is a quote from the R I official webpage: “the “plus” signaled the belief that the polio eradication effort would increase immunizations against five other diseases prevalent in children: measles, tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus.” Steve Curry won the auction for a Japanese print, supposedly translated to mean 'Pismo Beach/5 Cities Rotary Club', with a winning bid of $60. Jerry Brewer, a former member of this club and now a member of the Novolato, Mexico Rotary Club, exchanged his club’s flag for one of ours.
Program- Melanie Angeles – “Zoo to You”
Melanie is the CEO of Zoo to You, a non-profit organization that rehabilitates injured animals. She began by explaining that they have presently over 350 non-releasable mammals and raptors. For example, they have a bald eagle that had been injured and couldn’t be returned to the wild. They will take such raptors in for life as well as injured raccoons, foxes and other local mammals. They also take in animals that have been maintained as pets, often illegally such as alligators, monkeys and the like. They also have former pets that have grown too large to handle, such as pythons. A number of their animals have appeared on Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures and also on the David Letterman show. She then proceeded to bring out one at a time the following animals: a three banded Amarillo from Brazil that rolls into a solid ball and that was mistaken for cantaloupe when someone tried to smuggle it through customs at the LAX airport; a fruit eating kinkajou, also known as a honey bear, also from Brazil; and an endangered black-and-white ruffed lemur from Madagascar that also loves fruit. The latter has a long bushy tail, but not as commonly believed, a prehensile tail. The tail is used to attract the opposite sex. She stated that on July 25 through the 29th Zoo to You will be at the Paso Robles Midstate Fair.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY BY PAUL JONES:
"The tongue has no bones, but it is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful what you say.”
"The tongue has no bones, but it is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful what you say.”