Vol. 101, No. 23 December 11, 2014 SAN DIEGO ROTARY CLUB

Hizzoner’s One San Diego

December 18

Annual Holiday Program

“A Twinkling Holiday”

OMNI Hotel, San Diego

NEXT MEETING

The Annual Holiday Program is

next week. Come join the festivi-

ties! There will be plenty of holi-

day music to celebrate the sea-

son... and Santa will be there for

the young and young-at-heart!

We are looking forward to seeing

all of you at this yearly event.

On a scale of one to a

thousand… how much

will you weigh after the

holidays?

Desserts provided by the

Culinary School at San

Diego’s Art Institute were

hard to resist. Pat Crow-

ell ate three. Thanks, AJ Antun, for the

yummy treats!

Today at San Diego Rotary, the Honorable

Kevin Faulconer, San Diego’s 36th mayor,

addressed a full house on his vision for

One San Diego. Focused on building a

thriving, healthy economy and innovation,

Kevin announced “San Diego is open for

business!” Delivering results for San Die-

gans, efficiency, fiscal discipline, and per-

sonal accountability top his agenda. Priori-

ties the mayor revealed: street repairs, in-

frastructure improvements, on-line access

to building permits and better partnering

with corporate employers.

Watch for “San Diego Works,” Kevin’s

employee incentive program to streamline

processes in City Hall. Kevin previewed

plans for Balboa Park’s centennial cele-

brations in 2015 before answering ques-

tions on water, the stadium, unions and the

One San Diego Foundation.

Visiting Rotarian Lee Ann Hvaglin-Smith

from Valparaiso, Indiana, was impressed

with our forward-thinking Mayor speaking

to a forward-thinking club. Chair of the

Day Jim Madaffer gave her cigars and a

bottle of Scotch.

Preceding today’s informative program

were several important announcements

and accolades:

President Michelle reported good

news that Amnon Ben-Yehuda is

recovering from brain surgery

John Wertz hawked tickets to the

Holiday Bowl games

Jenni Prisk updated us on the Peace

Committee

Bill Earley inspired us to recruit

more Rotarians on the “March to

50”

Jim Jessop distributed tokens to all,

2015 wallet calendars (in 2-font

print)

Mike Conner and Judy Thompson

generously presented PHFs to their

grandkids Tiffany and Jacob Serna

New Members Stephanie Saathoff

and Chris Deal shared their enthusi-

asm about joining Club 33. Chris is

a fourth generation San Diego Ro-

tarian, the grandson of our late Past-

president Shelly Brockett

Please extend your thanks to these Club

33 Rotarians who supported our pro-

gram today:

Badge: Bill Herrin and Evan Wahl

Registration: Randal Densley, Jan

Driscoll, Rich Garcia, and Glenn

Younger

Greeters: Gil Johnson, Sue Gold-

stein, Chuck Pretto and Nancy

Scott

Music by Larry Showley

Inspirational Moment by John Neu-

hart, recognizing WW2 veterans

$150 The News sponsor, Jim Jessop

of Jessop Jewelers

Our dedicated professional staff,

Paul Devermann and Mary Ra-

dovan

Bert Wahlen’s politically incorrect

joke: “A new poll says 54% Americans

would repeal Obamacare. Kathleen Si-

belius, acknowledging that Obamacare

is having some rough times, suggests the

solution is to change the name.”

Jo Dee Jacob

Editor

Steve Hubbard

Chair of the Day

Volunteers needed for the holi-

day luncheon to:

Help direct and escort 100 visiting

seniors upon their arrival to the

Holiday program at the OMNI

Hotel. Volunteers are needed to

help direct the seniors from the

lobby to the ballroom , to help

pass out their gift bags, and to es-

cort them to their tables. If you

would like to volunteer, please

arrive by 11:00 and report to

Cheryl Wilson. Rotarians are also

needed to sit with the seniors for

lunch as table hosts.

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COMMITTEE NEWS: FISH

ACROSS THE BORDER TRIP

The next Fish Across the Border

committee trip will be Friday,

January 9th thru Sunday, Janu-

ary 11th, 2015. Everyone will

gather at the Hotel Coral in Ensena-

da on Friday afternoon between 4-5

pm. At 6 pm, we'll follow an Ense-

nada Rotarian to their warehouse

where we will assist in filling food

bags. On Saturday morning, we'll

have breakfast together then split up

and distribute food, blankets and

toys to the needy. That afternoon,

we'll gather at the home of Rotarian

Dr. Eloy Perez and enjoy a fiesta to

celebrate another year (San Diego

Rotary's 21st!) We'll return on Sun-

day morning, having enjoyed a

great weekend of Rotary fellow-

ship! Please contact Bob Fletcher

for more information or if you

would like to participate.

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ALL MEETINGS ARE HELD AT

LIBERTY STATION CONFER-

ENCE CENTER UNLESS OTHER-

WISE NOTED

Dec

18 Holiday Party at the

Omni Hotel (adjacent to

Petco Park)

25 Dark - Merry Christmas

Jan

1 Dark– Happy New Year

8 Economic Forecast with

Dr. Lynn Reaser

15 ULI Real Estate Panel

22 Port of San Diego

Real Estate

Meetings: Every Thursday at Noon, Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, 92106 Michelle Candland, President Paul Devermann, Executive Director

San Diego Rotary 2247 San Diego Avenue, Ste. 233, San Diego, CA 92110-2943

Phone: 619/299-3309 Fax: 619/299-3340 e-mail: paul@rotary33.org website: http://www.sandiegorotary.club

President Michelle wanted to share with you the

following note she received from Quench and

Connect. We joined with five other clubs to build

this much needed project.

Dear Ms. Candland --- We at Quench and Con-nect are so grateful to the Rotary Club of San Die-

go Foundation for the donation of $4500 to help fund a borehole well at St. Kirigwajjo Secondary

School in Kibaale,Uganda. Your grant stimulated

our other donors to give the balance of funds needed for this well. The borehole has now been

ordered, and will be drilled on the school campus soon after the first of the year. This borehole will

provide desperately needed clean water for nearly

1000 students at the school as well as members of the local community. I realize that this grant fits

nicely with Rotary’s current priority theme ‘Clean

Water’. I look forward to giving you a full report after the access to clean water is provided to these

students. The Head Teacher and staff at the school send you and your fellow Rotarians greet-

ings and many thanks. Best wishes ---Kathryn

Kathryn R. Ely, Ph. D.

Executive Director Quench and Connect

Club Project News

BIRTHDAYS

International Assembly 2015—

Hosts needed

If you are interested in signing up

to host District Governors-elect

from around the world for dinner

during their week of training here

in January, please visit the link be-

low for more information and to

sign up. http://www.clubrunner.ca/

portal/Events/

EVPEventDetails.aspx?

Hojo Johnson Dec 15

Skip Hymes 15

Debbie Day 15

Dick Murphy 16

Claudia Obertries 16

George Alexander 17

Martha Dennis 17

Scott Wilson 18

Stan Lawrence 18

John Van Deusen 18

John Anewalt 21

Marc Tarasuck 21

Annual Holiday Program

December 18 at the OMNI Hotel

675 L Street, San Diego 92101

Guest cost is $30.

Kids meals are available at $17. (Please let

Mary know by Monday, Dec 15 if you need

to order one).

Parking is available at the ACE 6th & K

Parkade.

Complimentary 3 hour parking vouchers will

be available for this parking structure only.

You can pick them up at the registration ta-

ble.

Please consider bringing some items from the

Monarch School’s holiday wish list for the

donation drive we are doing for them. Click

here for the list of suggested items.

Lunch begins at 11:45, program begins at

12:30

*There will not be a meeting at Liberty Sta-

tion*

QUICK BITS CALENDAR

FACES IN THE CROWD

President Michelle with guest speaker Mayor

Faulconer and Chair of the Day Jim Madaffer.

The Mayor discussed his accomplishments in his first

8 months of office. Judy Thompson and Mike Conner presented Paul

Harris Fellows to their grandchildren to inspire in

them to give back to a cause of their choice.

Mayor Faulconer took some time to visit with many

friends in the crowd.

Photos courtesy of Paul Nestor

A.J. Antun and the

culinary students at

the Art Institute of

California-San Die-

go provided the

delicious desserts

for today’s meeting.

Even President

Michelle , who nor-

mally passes on

dessert, couldn’t

resist them!

Jim Jessop handed

out his new 2015

wallet calendars.

FACES IN THE CROWD

Photos courtesy of Paul Nestor

CAMP ENTERPRISE 2015-LEGACY NOMINATION

NEW MEMBER NEWS

Camp Enterprise is March 19-21 2015

We are looking for Legacy Participants (high school juniors) from our members.

A Legacy Participant is a son or daughter of a Rotary member or relative, close personal relationship with your

family, neighbor, church or someone you mentor.

Please consider giving the Gift of Rotary to a high school junior you know.

Contact Michael Anderson michael@blackslate.com if you have any questions or for the

Legacy Nomination REC 2015 form.

Legacy enrollment begins NOW through Jan 31, 2015.

The nominating Rotarian needs to discuss their nomination with the high school junior AND the parents and

consider the following very important questions before submitting a nomination:

Are they even interested?

Are they available to attend the specific days in March?

Are there any school, sports or other activities that are in conflict with the camp date?

Will their school approve the time away from classes?

Finding this information out before submitting a nomination will save the Camp Enterprise Committee plenty of their

valuable time. Thank you!

Stephanie Saathoff was introduced to the

Club today. Her classification is

“Government Relations Consultant, Addi-

tional Active”. Stephanie is the President

and owner of The Clay Company, Inc., a

government and community relations con-

sulting firm. Her sponsors were Nikki

Clay, Bill Earley and Ben Clay.

Email: ssaathoff@theclayco.com

Bus: 619-234-0607

Cell: 619-804-4422

Chris Deal was introduced to the Club to-

day. His classification is “Healthcare Fi-

nance Management”. Chris is Senior Direc-

tor of Patient Registration Operations for

Optum360, LLC, a company that provides

financial administrative services for hospi-

tal systems and large medical groups. His

sponsors were Ann Hill and Chuck Pretto.

Email: chris.deal@dignityhealth.org

Bus: 323-512-5151

Cell: 310-403-6176

STEM

This past Saturday students from Rosa Parks Elementary and Adams Elementary took part in Botball robotics

at Hoover High School. This is one of the four STEM related activities that Bink Cook and her committee are

supporting for the 12 middle and elementary schools that are part of the Hoover High School cluster. A teach-

er who was there observing from Cherokee Point Elementary was heard to say, “I don't know who at Rotary

came up with this idea, but it is fantastic. I have 23 students already signed up to participate.” Congratulations

to Bink Cook and her committee. The committee is always looking for more members to help out. Contact

Bink if you can spare some time for this worthwhile undertaking that truly does change lives of the youth.