IT HAPPENED THIS WEEK
By Dannie Cavanaugh
We were a tuckered out bunch after the hard work that everyone put in on the 85th Anniversary and Casino Night that took place last Saturday night.
Although everyone in the Club pitched in and helped, special recognition goes out to Carmela Raack, Adriana Bieschl, and Phil Tangalakis who worked tirelessly to make this event a success. A big thank you goes out to Wendy Taylor who got us great coverage in the Culver City News. There should be lots of good "fining" material in the next issue of the paper.
One of the very nice elements of this event was the opportunity to recognize and salute four of our members for their long commitment to Rotary. Chuck Perelman, Bob Thompson, Bruce Jagger, and Harold Hanslmair were awarded Lifetime Achievement Awards for their years of service to Rotary.
Our meeting began with words of inspiration from Wendy Taylor, the Pledge as led by Chuck Perelman, and a Patriotic Song with Dannie Cavanaugh. Wendy Taylor gave the one-minute craft talk telling us about her line of work which is providing communication services for busy people by doing such things as document editing, proof reading, and public relations tasks.
The Book is at Culver City Police Department – please stop by and sign it.
President Joel reminded us of a few District events that are coming up soon. On March 21st there is the District Picnic that will be combined with a 5K Run and Joel would like attendance by our Club members. The picnic will be held at Griffith Park and will start at 9:00 AM. Contact the District or call Joel to make a reservation. The next District Breakfast will be held on March 31st at 7:30 at the City Club in Downtown LA. The District Conference will be held May 14th through the 17th at Loew’s Coronado on lovely Coronado Island in San Diego.
Our next big project will be the 5K race that is slated for April 26th at West LA College. More details to follow. Also, our meeting on March 25th will be held in the evening with a joint meeting with Latinos Unidos at the Mar Vista Center.
Our Rotarians of the Month were co-winners for February with Adriana Beischl and Carmela Raack being deservedly honored. Two fines were doled out with Chuck Perelman being recognized for his three week tour of the Caribbean and Kate Rozloff receiving a fine for her work with the Rotary Float that was highlighted in the most recent issue of The Rotarian magazine.