Also on this day in 1831, Victor Hugo finishes
writing Notre Dame de Paris, also known as
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Distracted
by other projects, Hugo had continually postponed
his deadlines for delivering the book to his
publishers. Once he sat down to write it, he
completed the novel in only four month.
Kim King from H&H Nursery spoke to us about drought resistant plants that are indigenous to California and how to care for them. She brought many samples explaining how birds, animals, and Native Americans were dependent on these plants for many things. She also brought special soil amendment fungus that adheres to the roots and helps them grow. With the drought we are faced with, and an average sized lawn using 65% of the water on an average households water bill, many people are exploring options like these.
On this day in 1835 the U.S. National Debt is '0'
for the first and only time!!!
Raymond Biel, is 92 and a retired dentist living in Artesia,
had no idea what he was getting into when he copiloted the
“Full House” in 1945 as part of the U.S. Air Force, 509th
Composite Group. Ray told us how his and three other ships
flew over the possible target cities in Japan ahead of the
"Enola Gay." They were checking weather to decide which
city would be the target.
So many lives on both sides were saved by ending the war
at that time.
Ray is the only living pilot left from those B29's.
A truly wonderful event for the underprivileged
children and their parents.
The Rotary Club of Bellflower along with Hollywood
Sports Park provided a pancake breakfast, a visit
from Santa with toys, and a great food basket as
they left.
The event was attended by US Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allrad, Assemblymember Cristina
Garcia, Bellflower City Councilman Ron Schnablegger,
LA County Fire and Sheriff Departments, Carolers,
Miss Teen Bellflower Court, Bellflower High Cheer
Leaders, and the Monster Kids.
Everyone had a great time and we have ideas to make
it even bigger for next year.
Well don't come to our events if you don't want to
have fun. Lunch and Showtime Cabret's "Fabulous
Holiday Spectacular" was no exception. It was filled
with great food, Broadway & Opera Holiday Sing Along.
We even had a special dance number by member Steve Litzinger.
What a great evening we had with the ladies and their kids!
Going over to Angel Step 2 is always such a warm
and fun filled night.
We start by sharing dinner with them that we brought.
Then we move on to presents brought for them and
their kids. We finish up by singing many Christmas
Songs and laughing a lot.
Today we were at Washington Elementary School
pre-screening all the kids the school nurse didn't
last month for our "Vision To Learn" event next Month.
It was so hard to send some kids back to class
knowing they could not see the charts.
Thanks to "Bellflower Rotary Brings Vision To
Learn To Bellflower" next month we are going
to bring an end to that at this one school.
All the kids that we failed as well as the ones
the school nurse failed and some head start
kids will be tested by Vision To Learns optometrists
and opticians. Those that need eyeglasses will
get them. The glasses will be guaranteed for
a full year.
