June 3 2014- Rotary Forum

Program for June 3, 2014–Rotary Scholarship Winners

By Dick Dannells

Pres. Linda Osty opened the meeting at 12:30 PM and began by auctioning off the fine-free badge to Steve Curry for $40.

FINES:

As it is the end of the Rotary year and fine master Jack Hardy was not present, Pres. Linda was in a fining mode. She began by fining Greg Baker $25 for a bad introduction. Then she levied $25 fines on each of the following Rotarians for not knowing the answers to practically impossible questions: Chuck Andrews, Charla Anderson, Deenie Dotson, Sharon Ellis, Paul Holden, Montisa Phelan-Lopez, Harlan Silva, Abby Silverstone, Brendan Reitsma, and Tommy Thompson.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Pres. Linda Osty announced that Steve Curry is a Rotarian of the month.  New member Anye Stanley and Dick Dannells presented gifts to Pres. Linda from their recent travels

PROGRAM: Rotary Scholarship Winners

Joel Conn came forward to present this year's Rotary scholarship winners:

Aiysha Mahmood  was awarded the Interact Scholarship. She has been in Interact for 2 years and is currently serving as the Senior Vice President. She is also active in the Speech and Debate Club, Key Club, National Honors Society, Water Polo and Swimming, as well as spending many hundreds of hours of community service. She has done this while maintaining over a 4.0 GPA and plans to attend CalPoly in the fall.

Brittany Schiro is the FFA scholarship winner. She has not only taken on a rigorous course load including AP classes, but has also pursued her love of animals by working as a horseback riding instructor, groomer, a kennel technician.  In particular, she has spent the last 18 months working with autistic children, helping them to cope with their disease by learning to ride horses. She will be attending  Sonoma State University in the fall, with a major in Biology.

Travis Jamerson received the most improved student scholarship. Travis is an extraordinary individual and in his 4 years of high school, he has completely turned his life around.  It all began with his love for Taekwondo and soon he began to extend that discipline into other parts of his life, taking control not only of his temper and academics, but also his diet and health.  In the process he lost over 100 pounds.  He is also an accomplished musician, and his band has played many gigs throughout the year as well as founding a music club on campus. He has a love of neuroscience and is pursuing a degree in psychology at Cuesta College in the fall.

Joel Conn then presented a video of a portion of a speech given at a president- elect PEPS course.