March 13, 2018-Rotary Forum

By Dick Dannells

Pres. Jeff King opened the meeting at 12:30 PM to provide plenty of time for Jack Hardy and the speaker. Jack Hardy reported that the Rotary Board has signed a contract with Thousand¶ Hills Ranch in Pismo Beach as the site of the next Summer Sizzle to be held on July 21. This will enable us to sell more tickets since this venue has more acreage than the Edwards Barn, which had been difficult to find a mutually acceptable date for the event. All members were requested to sign as volunteers for this event on the sheet that was circulated.

The Rotary Forum of March 6, 2018 incorrectly spelled Chuck Nagler and the editor was fined $25. Steve Curry’s club anniversary of March 15, 1984, the date this club was founded, was required to spin the wheel resulting in no fine. Harlan Silva’s club anniversary on March 16, 1984 was recognized with a $34 fine. Jack Hardy and Don Weber failed to update Club Runner which resulted in $40 and $100 spin-the-wheel fines, respectively

Scott Astrosky stated that 6 of his board members received board member training this past Saturday. Michael Boyer said another training session is coming up for those that missed last Saturday. Steve Curry reported that a short golf committee meeting will be held after this meeting. So far 19 teams have signed up for the May 7 tournament. The Pitches & Pints for Polio baseball game fundraiser will be held from 1 to 5 PM on Sunday, April 22. We need somebody with umpire experience and to help with the refreshments and sale of the beer. We also need baseball gloves.

Ashlea Boyer introduced Taylor who has been in the business of providing drought tolerant landscaping for the past 2 years. His mission is to enable you as a homeowner to spend more time enjoying the outside in your yard listening to the songbirds and watching the butterflies that are attracted to your landscaping while sipping a glass of Chardonnay. He believes in native touch landscaping and the watershed approach. 60% of the municipal water that we use goes toward landscaping. There are 4 main steps to achieving this goal. (1) You want your irrigation water to go into the soil that acts as a sponge not as a brick, which will happen if it’s not properly mulched. So add compost or topsoil to achieve a more healthy soil. (2) Use rainwater as a source of irrigation water. You can provide a 10 foot high by 2 inch thick rain tank along a wall or use an underground tank. (3) Use Pismo Beach native plants in the Five-Cities because require less water. Cool season turf requires 52 inches of water/year to keep growing. 17 inches/year are all that our required for water tolerant native plants and 25 inches/year are needed for plants between grass and water tolerant plants. (4) Use a drip irrigation system so that the flow is in the less than gallons/hour range rather than gallons/minute for above ground sprinkler systems. You can use the latest soil moisture meters and GPS control irrigation systems, which enables you to use your ZIP Code so that it automatically keeps up with the latest weather forecast. One of the specialties is to provide the homeowner with a irrigation audit to determine what is the optimum irrigation system for given budget.

"A Rotarian saw a handicap child, and cried out, “why doesn’t someone do something about this?” In a voice from above said—“I did; I created you.” Without going so far as to claim a divine mandate, we can certainly recognize that Rotary has a unique opportunity to be of service to mankind. Through Rotary, we have collectively undertaken a multitude of humanitarian and educational projects." Frank Deaver of the Rotarian Clubb of Tuscaloosa, Alabama

By Dick Dannells

Pres. Jeff King opened the meeting at 12:30 PM to provide plenty of time for Jack Hardy and the speaker. Jack Hardy reported that the Rotary Board has signed a contract with Thousand¶ Hills Ranch in Pismo Beach as the site of the next Summer Sizzle to be held on July 21. This will enable us to sell more tickets since this venue has more acreage than the Edwards Barn, which had been difficult to find a mutually acceptable date for the event. All members were requested to sign as volunteers for this event on the sheet that was circulated.

The Rotary Forum of March 6, 2018 incorrectly spelled Chuck Nagler and the editor was fined $25. Steve Curry’s club anniversary of March 15, 1984, the date this club was founded, was required to spin the wheel resulting in no fine. Harlan Silva’s club anniversary on March 16, 1984 was recognized with a $34 fine. Jack Hardy and Don Weber failed to update Club Runner which resulted in $40 and $100 spin-the-wheel fines, respectively

Scott Astrosky stated that 6 of his board members received board member training this past Saturday. Michael Boyer said another training session is coming up for those that missed last Saturday. Steve Curry reported that a short golf committee meeting will be held after this meeting. So far 19 teams have signed up for the May 7 tournament. The Pitches & Pints for Polio baseball game fundraiser will be held from 1 to 5 PM on Sunday, April 22. We need somebody with umpire experience and to help with the refreshments and sale of the beer. We also need baseball gloves.

Ashlea Boyer introduced Taylor who has been in the business of providing drought tolerant landscaping for the past 2 years. His mission is to enable you as a homeowner to spend more time enjoying the outside in your yard listening to the songbirds and watching the butterflies that are attracted to your landscaping while sipping a glass of Chardonnay. He believes in native touch landscaping and the watershed approach. 60% of the municipal water that we use goes toward landscaping. There are 4 main steps to achieving this goal. (1) You want your irrigation water to go into the soil that acts as a sponge not as a brick, which will happen if it’s not properly mulched. So add compost or topsoil to achieve a more healthy soil. (2) Use rainwater as a source of irrigation water. You can provide a 10 foot high by 2 inch thick rain tank along a wall or use an underground tank. (3) Use Pismo Beach native plants in the Five-Cities because require less water. Cool season turf requires 52 inches of water/year to keep growing. 17 inches/year are all that our required for water tolerant native plants and 25 inches/year are needed for plants between grass and water tolerant plants. (4) Use a drip irrigation system so that the flow is in the less than gallons/hour range rather than gallons/minute for above ground sprinkler systems. You can use the latest soil moisture meters and GPS control irrigation systems, which enables you to use your ZIP Code so that it automatically keeps up with the latest weather forecast. One of the specialties is to provide the homeowner with a irrigation audit to determine what is the optimum irrigation system for given budget.

"A Rotarian saw a handicap child, and cried out, “why doesn’t someone do something about this?” In a voice from above said—“I did; I created you.” Without going so far as to claim a divine mandate, we can certainly recognize that Rotary has a unique opportunity to be of service to mankind. Through Rotary, we have collectively undertaken a multitude of humanitarian and educational projects." Frank Deaver of the Rotarian Clubb of Tuscaloosa, Alabama