1639 South Palos Verdes Street, San Pedro, CA 90731

Office Voicemail: (310) 831-2629 RSVP: (310) 223-6970 FAX: (310) 831-9355 Email: info@dacsp.com

Web Site: www.dalmatianamericanclub.com

President: Hon. Rudy Svorinich, Jr. 1st Vice-President: William C. “Bill” Brownell, 2nd Vice-President: Don Matulich

Secretary: Nicholas A. “Nick” Mardesich, Treasurer: Gene Gimenez Directors: Gojko Spralja, Dinko Bozanich, Frank Antolos

Nikola Bumbak, Mike Sestich and John Brunac Club Bulletin Processor: Deann M. Svorinich

Executive Chef: Tony Pielin Assistant Chef: Jose “Chuey” Navarro Facility Manager: Juan Lumbreras Finance Manager: Genevieve Robinson

Banquet Manager: Renee Orefice

Monthly Bulletin March 2017 les, Dr. Sinisa Grgic for presenting two won-

derful videos of Croatia. The 50/50 drawing for $200.00 was won by guest Steve Switzenberg who donated $100.00 back to the Club’s Schol-arship Fund! Thank you, Steve! The monthly Board of Directors meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 7:00 PM. Members wishing to have an issue dis-cussed by the Board should forward their re-quest in writing to the club mailbox no later than Monday, March 13th for consideration or email it to the Club’s email address.

ACTIVITIES Retired Elks Monthly Luncheon: Wednes-day, March 8, 2017. Social hour: 10:30am. Lunch: 11:30am in the Grand Ballroom of our Club. Many of our members are also members of the San Pedro Elks Lodge and have been asking – “where do the Retired Elks meet?” – so, the answer is… at our Club! Please join them for a great St. Patrick’s Day themed lunch and some very nice entertainment. Tickets are $20.00 each. Please call brother member and Retired Elks President John Brunac to RSVP at (310) 831-9991 if you would like to attend and let your choice of a meat or fish lunch be known. Everyone would love to see you and you will have a great time! Club members and guests are most welcome!

MEETINGS Our monthly General Membership Dinner and Annual State of the Club and Report to the Membership will be held on Friday, March 10, 2017. Social hour will begin at 5:30 PM with dinner at 7:00 pm. A great menu will be pre-pared consisting of the following: Bruschetta appetizer, Green Salad, Red Clam Chowder, Mostaccioli Pasta with Meat or Marinara Sauce (due to Lent), a delicious fish, mixed vegetables, rolls and butter and a great dessert. All members - regular members, associate mem-bers, and auxiliary members are invited to attend hear the annual report on our Club’s present sta-tus presented by our President – Rudy Svo-rinich, Jr. If you are interested in our Club’s well-being, this is the one meeting of the year that you will most want to attend. Tickets are $25.00 each and members are kindly requested to RSVP by Thursday, March 9th if you plan to attend as this helps with meal plan-ning and ordering of food. Tickets will also be sold at the door on a first-come, first served ba-sis, but RSVP is preferred by calling (310) 223-6970. Last month, our attendance was 120 members and guests at our annual Ladies Night. That’s fantastic! We would like to thank the Consul General of the Republic of Croatia in Los Ange-

San Pedro Chamber of Commerce “State of the City Address” and Luncheon Re-Cap: This wonderful community event, featuring Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino, was held on February 16th. Over 280 persons attend-ed! Our President was requested to give a greet-ing on behalf of the Club and he also stood at our front door at the event’s conclusion and shook hands and thanked every person who at-tended! Special thanks to our Banquet Manager Renee Orefice for coordinating this event with the Chamber. A great time was had by all! Community Fish Luncheon: Our next fish luncheon is on Friday, March 31, 2017. As some attendees will be observing Lent, our mostaciolli pasta will be served with both “marinara” and “meat” sauce varieties. In January, our attend-ance was 152 guests! Tickets remain $25.00 per person. Please RSVP early to (310) 223-6970. Our March luncheon is always well attended! Easter Sunday Family Brunch: Sunday, April 16, 2017 – 10am – 1pm. Tickets are $25.00 per adults, $15.00 for kids 4-13 and children 3 and under are free. Reservations are a must! Please call (310) 223-6970. Last year. Over 200 persons attended and we sold out! We have the best brunch for the money anywhere in the South Bay! And yes, by popular demand, we will have both a carved turkey and ham, waffle, and omelette stations! Please plan to attend with your family and friends! Monday Night Kolo Dancing: Due to the ma-jority of our kolo dancers having reached the “Golden Years”, quite a few passing away and not many new participants joining them, our Monday night Kolo dancing has sadly been dis-continued at their request. Thursday Night Chess Club: Every Thursday night at 7:00pm in the Patio Room. New Activity Ideas: The Club is always open to new ideas for member activities. If you have an idea for a new Club activity for members and/or members and their families and guests, please call the Club office at (310) 831-2629 or send us an email at: info@dacsp.com. Thank you!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

New Outdoor and Indoor Ceremonial Flags: The Club remains in need of monetary donations to purchase some new flags for in-door display. We have quite a proud tradition in our Club of veteran members who have served our country in the armed forces. We would like to purchase indoor service branch ceremonial flags for permanent display. We would appreciate monetary donations to pur-chase these ceremonial flags. Full or partial contributions to this cause can either be in memory of a loved one (living or deceased) or by a member who served in a particular service branch. Donors (and/or their loved one) will be listed on a commemorative wall plaque in proximity of the flags. Each armed services flag set costs $200.00. We would like to un-veil our Armed Services flags for Armed Forc-es Day in May. Your generosity would be greatly appreciated to honor our veteran mem-bers. Thank you to the following members for their contributions to our military flag display: Army (full donation) – Councilman Anthony and Chris Misetich in honor of their son Jona-than who is serving in the United States Ar-my and is the only Club member presently on active duty. Navy (full donations) – Jerry Lovarov and the Svorinich Family in honor of Rudy, Sr. and Anton (Zrini) Svorinich, Stel-la Rukavina in honor of Anthony Rukavina (partial donation). Marines (full donation) – Nick Biazevich in memory of Pete Zankich. Coast Guard (full donation) by the Svorinich Family in honor of Andrew Svorinich, Mar-ion A. Rafkin, Dr. Joe Mardesich and Dr. Gerald N. Felando. We remain in need of a donor(s) for the U.S. Merchant Marine Flag. The purchase of our outdoor American, Croa-tian and California State flags were made pos-sible by the donations of Past-President Lou Malnar, and brother members Mario Bijelic and Mike Medak. Our President also donated an outdoor Los Angeles City Flag for Club use at appropriate occasions (such as the Chamber luncheon last month where it looked great!). Thank you all for your generosity.

New Club Email Address: To make com-municating with the Club easier, our new email address is: info@dacsp.com Please make a note of it. Thank you. Club No Smoking Policy: Recently, the Board of Directors have received reports of some members and guests smoking within our Patio Room and with 20 feet of entrances. Cal-ifornia State Law strictly prohibits such behav-ior. Club staff has been authorized to rigorous-ly enforce the law with zero tolerance for of-fenders. Members and guests that exhibit poor judgement in regard to smoking within or too near Club buildings will first be asked to cease their activity – and if they refuse, asked to leave the premises. Our Club, as all buildings in our state, are smoke free areas.

MEMBERSHIP PROPOSALS We have two new members that were sworn in last month – Jack Susnjar (father ) as a reg-ular member and Jakov (Jack) Susnjar (son) as a junior member. Both gentlemen were spon-sored by board member Mike Sestich. They are the son-in-law and grandson, respectively, of Past Auxiliary President Anna Velickovic. We welcome them both! We would also like to welcome the following spouses of members who have joined our Club as associate members for 2017: Deanna Pope, Pauline Klak, John Carrolle, Roxy Vitalich, Mirjana Jaksic, Victoria Laraneta, Frances Sharar, Elli Bumbak and Janice Histon.

MEMBERSHIP NEWS Congratulations once again to brother member Joseph P. Mardesich, MD (our beloved “Dr. Joe”) – 92 ½ years young on being bestowed our Club’s highest living recognition – our “Award of Honor”. Dr. Joe was unanimously awarded this special recognition by the Club’s Board of Directors. A special presentation was recently made at our January Community Fish Luncheon and we made a similar presentation at last month’s February dinner meeting. Dr. Joe was recognized for over 20 years of ser -vice to the Club as a Director, Secretary and

Treasurer. Our hearty congratulations, best wishes and profound gratitude are extended to our Dr. Joe! Please note that The Board of Directors has vot-ed to have membership dues remain the same for 2017 as they were for 2016. Regular mem-ber with an emailed Bulletin = $125.00, Regu-lar member with a mailed Bulletin = $137.00, Associate Member = $35.00 and a Junior mem-ber = $25.00. Auxiliary member’s dues are $25.00. Club dues notices were mailed in mid-December and were due by December 31st. If you have not mailed in your dues, please do so asap. Membership cards for paid members and Second Notices for non-dues payment will be mailed out next week.

MEMBER WELFARE The Club is saddened by the recent passing of brother member Andy Kustich. May brother Andy rest in peace. Please let the office know of any member who is ill or has passed away so we may mention them in this Bulletin by calling (310) 831-2629. Thank you.

MEMBER BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the follow-ing members who are celebrating their Birthday in March: Pete Favazza, Jasna Penich, Mel Bobich, Anthony T. Rukavina, George Swa-de, Nick Boskovich, John Sestich, Mike Ses-tich, Slavko Antolos, Judy Kamholz, Jack Bozanich, Stephanie Enright, Sal Spinosa, Steve Napolitano, Ron Misetich, George Medak, Ted Sadlowski, Rudy Kutlesa, Roy Cootes, Frank Kostrencich, Victor Sorich, Alexis Solaro, Frank Gargas, Mario Fizulich, Ken Getzin, Rudy Morris, Susan Brooks, and Joseph R. Radisich. The oldest members this month are Rudy Kutlesa at 91 years young and Mel Bobich at 90 years young! Our youngest member this month is Alexis Solaro at 25 years old. They each receive a complimentary dinner at our March membership dinner.

If we missed your March birthday, please let the Club office know by calling (310) 831-2629. The “Random Winners” for a FREE BIRTH-DAY DINNER at our upcoming March membership dinner meeting are: Slavko An-tolos, Frank Gargas and Mario Fizulich. Congratulations!

MEMBER BENEFITS Members and their families are kindly re-minded of our Club’s courtesy policy in the form of a significant discount when renting the Club for either a joyous (wedding, anni-versary, birthday party, showers) or solemn occasion (memorial luncheons) for them-selves or members of their immediate family. The Club’s Grand Ballroom, Upstairs Harbor View Dining Room, Main Bar or Patio Room are available for rent. Please note that the Club must provide all food and beverage ser-vice on our premises. We do not allow “pot-luck” or outside food, beverages or alcohol to be brought onto Club premises under ANY circumstances. Our staff would be pleased to accommodate our members’ needs for Club rental. Please call (310) 831-2629 for rental details when a need arises.

MEMBER THANKS The Club would like to thank the following members for their recent donations: Scholarship Fund: Joe and Marian Marino in memory of Frances Misetich, the Pappas Family in honor of Frances Misetich and dues envelope donations by Laura Hubber, John Brunac and Lina Cavedoni.

MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT The President, Officers and Directors of the Club are pleased to present the following Fi-nancial Report to the Membership as of March 1, 2017:

General Operating Checking: $35,644.45 General Savings: $80,693.11 Operating Cash: $1,600.00 Scholarship Account: $9,825.00 Building Fund: $1,161.51 Auxiliary Checking: $9,799.63 Auxiliary Savings: $2,518.68 TOTAL ALL ACCOUNTS = $141,242.38

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Members of our Club Family: We hope the writing of this Bulletin finds you and yours well! As you can read from the previ-ous article, our Club is in a better financial con-dition that we have been in a long time. It takes a lot of work by a dedicated Board, Auxiliary, active Membership, and professional staff. We are all part of a great team with a great tradition of hospitality. But, we must also be aware of the loan payable in the amount of $119, 500.00 for Club improvements that we made in 2015. Pay-ing off this loan asap is a top priority for us. Every member is cordially invited to our March member dinner to hear of the present status of the Club. Again, a special thanks to 1st Vice-President Bill Brownell for overseeing and tak-ing charge of some very much needed improve-ments and repairs to the Club over the past month. Our offices have new paint and carpet, a wide-screen TV to scroll Club events for poten-tial clients to view and both main building re-strooms have been painted a lighter tone. Basi-cally, our Club looks great! Our office receives twenty (yes, twenty!) calls a day for rental in-quiries. That’s impressive! We have a great Club, with a great history, great traditions, and most importantly – great people! It remains an honor and privilege to serve as your President. We hope to see you at our Club real soon! God Bless you, your loved ones and our Country! Sincerely yours,

Hon. Rudy Svorinich, Jr.,

President

Dalmatian-American Club of San Pedro, Inc. 1639 South Palos Verdes Street San Pedro, CA 90731

Monthly Bulletin March 2017

DALMATIAN-AMERICAN CLUB CALENDAR OF EVENTS: RSVP Line: (310) 223-6970

Tuesday, March 14th – Board of Director’s Meeting – 7:00pm Tuesday, March 21st – Women’s Auxiliary Regular Meeting – 7:00pm Every Thursday Night – Chess Club – 7:00pm – Patio Room Weekdays: Patio Room open – 11:00am – 4:00pm

Wednesday, March 8th – Retired Elks Luncheon – 11:00am Friday. March 10th – “State of the Club” Membership Dinner – 5:30pm/7:00pm Saturday, March 11th – Auxiliary Board Meeting – 1:00pm Sunday, March 12th – Daylight Savings Time Begins @ 2:00am - 1 hour ahead

Auxiliary Monthly Bulletin March 2017

Monthly Meeting: The regular monthly Auxiliary meeting will be held on Tuesday March 21, 2017 at 7:00 pm at the club. Board Meeting: There will be an Auxiliary board meeting on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 1:00pm at the club. Hostesses: Lillian Felando and Liljana Stanojevich will host the March meeting. Birthdays: Jackie Bologna and Liljana Stanojevich will be celebrating their birthdays in the month of March. Wishing you ladies a very “Happy Birthday”. May your birthday and the year ahead be as special and wonderful as you are! Anniversaries: There are no Auxiliary members cele-brating their anniversaries in the month of March. Get Well: Our best wishes for a speedy recovery are extended to Auxiliary member Lu Kusar. May your days ahead be sunny and bright. 50/50 Drawing: Last month President Emily Manestar was the lucky winner of the 50/50 drawing. 2017 Annual Dues: If you are unable to attend the March 21, 2017 monthly meeting to pay your annual dues of $25.00 you may mail your dues to the club office in attention to Auxiliary Vice President Lillian Felando. Senior Citizens Prom: Each year San Pedro High School has a Senior Citizen Prom held at the school. Everyone who has attended in the past years has had a great time. Why not join in on the fun this year? This annual event will be held on Friday March 10, 2017 at 5:00 pm. For reservations and fur ther information contact Kathy Carcamo 310-833-1208. Activity/Fieldtrip: The Auxiliary would like to plan an outside activity/fieldtrip and we need your help in planning it. Where would you be interested in going or doing? Bring your information to the March meeting so it may be discussed and voted upon.

New Members: New members and guests are al-ways welcome to the Auxiliary meetings and events. Why not bring a friend to our next meeting and let them see what the Auxiliary is all about. Any mem-ber wishing to sponsor a new member may pick up an application from President Emily Manestar. Guest Speakers: The Auxiliary welcomes guest speakers to our monthly meetings. If you know of a guest speaker who has an interesting topic that can be presented to our meeting please contact President Emily Manestar so she can schedule them on the calendar. Up and Coming Auxiliary Events: Another year has come and gone and the Auxiliary once again will be planning new events for 2017. Watch the bulletin for the New Year and its activities as they are being planned. A big thank you goes out to all those who helped and supported our activities and we look for-ward to seeing you at our future events. Garage Sale. To Be Announced Stanojevich Home Easter Family Brunch. Sunday, April 16, 2017 The Club Mother’s Day Luncheon. May 7, 2017 Think Café Scholarship Awards. Friday, August 11, 2017 The Club Fashion Show. Sunday October 8, 2017 The Club Christmas Dinner. Saturday December 9, 2017 Think Café Thank you: Thank you Robin Bender, President Emily Manestar and JoAnn Manestar for hosting the February meeting and providing us with the deli-cious treats.

Dalmatian-American Club of San Pedro Womens’ Auxiliary Founded May 1962 – Celebrating our 53nd Year

1639 South Palos Verdes Street, San Pedro, CA 90731

President: Emily Manestar Vice-President: Lillian Felando, Secretary: Jackie Bologna, Treasurer: Roxy Vitalich,

Historian: Lilijana Stanojevich, Parliamentarian: Anna Velickovic, Publicity & Bulletin Chair: Cheryl Utovac, Sunshine Chair: Mary Vidovich, Activities: Vivian Pesic, Ter r i O’Donnell, JoAnn Manestar,

Telephone Committee: Dora Marovich, Violett Moretti, Mary Tamburovic