| Posted by Cathy F. Cachu
Presidents Message, March 3, 2012
 Dear Members: We are updating our look on our website (www.nipomorotary.org) and on facebook (like us on facebook if you have an account). Big big thank you to Colette for researching the "Clubrunner" program which we have upgraded to. Also thank you to Guy Murrary for keeping us current with Facebook. Please check out these sites for a lot of fun pictures and information!! Other Business . . . - Reminder that we have our Group 12 JOINT Rotary Meeting this Thursday at the Radisson in Santa Maria. Therefore we will be dark on Wednesday (no meeting).
- There is a Board Meeting today at 5:30pm at Richard Simon's Barn. Board Members should have received the board minutes and agenda. Members are welcome to attend (counts for a make up).
- Our regular meeting on 3/28/12 will be at Monarch Dunes Golf Course (Butteryfly Grill). We will have a regular guest speaker (Jerry Hilbreth - the Manson Family Story), but we will also have a special golf sign up for those that would like to golf after the meeting that Wednesday. We will have a sign-up sheet routed as we will need a headcount for this breakfast and for golf.
See you all on Thursday!! (ps go to our website for more pictures from the "Not So Newly Wed" Game)
Cathy F. Cachu
Rotary Club of Nipomo |
| Posted by Cathy F. Cachu on Mar 12, 2012
The Rotary Club of Nipomo enjoyed a fun-filled breakfast meeting hosting the "Not So Newly Wed Game" the day after Valentine's Day!!!
  
Winning Couple: Cees & Ilona
Cees whispering "sweet nothings" to Ilona!? |
| Posted by Henry Webb
Dear Members:Somewhat quiet weekend for our club. Here's what's happening this week . . . 1. Program Speaker: Ben Coombs (our visiting Rotarian from Washington). Topic – “Getting Older Happens”. ("No comment" . . . from the youngest member in our club) 2. March 7th (Wed): The 18th Annual San Luis Obispo International Film Festival event is scheduled for this week at the new Cuesta College Theatre. Opening night this Wednesday is sponsored by various Rotary Clubs on the Central Coast (including Nipomo) and will be the new documentary “The Shot Felt ‘Round the World” . . .the surprisingly riveting story behind the development of the polio vaccine. Tickets to the event are $25. First showing is at 6:30pm. Sorry for the late notice. If you are interested, I can send you the attachment. 3. Don’t forget our Joke Challenge. In lieu of our Rotary Moment this week, we will open it up to our joke challenges . . . as we will need to decide which one we are going to use at the JOINT MEETING the following week! Other notes . . . check out our Rotary display at the Nipomo Library. Also check our Rotary Website for updates: www.nipomorotary.org. See you all Wednesday! YIRS,
Cathy F. Cachu
Rotary Club of Nipomo
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| Posted by Cathy F. Cachu on Mar 02, 2012
Mark your calendars for Friday, May 4, 2012.
The Rotary Club of Nipomo is hosting its Mesa Oaks Charity Golf Classic at the beautiful Monarch Dunes Golf Course in Nipomo. This event is the Club Foundation's major fundraiser with proceeds raised to benefit the local youths, seniors, and other worthy causes in the community.
If you would like to participate in the event or become a sponsor, the forms are readily available and can be downloaded from our website. For more information, you may contact Golf Tournament Chair, Mike Streator, at (805) 896-2196. |
| Posted by Henry Webb
Fellow Rotarians: Another exciting week in Rotary. · The Renaissance Program Pancake Breakfast went off without a hitch. Over 400 students and 800+ pancakes (plus a few works of art). Thanks to all who helped out! It was very much appreciated. · We Rotarians hit the front page of the Adobe News with our Dana Adobe Work Day!!! Thanks again Lou for working the media! · Thanks to Richard Dale, Special Projects Chair, we have a nice coat rack to be installed at the Kindergarten Class, Rm #2 at Nipomo Elementary School. For those that can be present for the presentation and installation, it will be Monday (2/27) at 1:30pm. · NHS Interact Installation & Celebration – reschedule for TUE 2/28 @ 12:00pm Nipomo High School. In lieu of an evening event and having to coordinate with student schedules, we will be presenting Interact Officer Pins and Member Certificates at a special Interact lunch meeting presentation. For those Rotary Members that would like to attend, please check in at the front office at the high school. · Received a text from our President Elect, Mike Streator who is attending PETS (President Elect Training Seminar) this weekend. It “appears” (based on photos sent) that he is learning (?) some team building skills. We will have Mike give us his report on Wednesday. This should be good!
YIRS,
Cathy F. Cachu
Rotary Club of Nipomo
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| Posted by Cathy F. Cachu on Feb 25, 2012
Move over I-HOP . . . there's a new player in town.
The Nipomo Rotary Club has found a new talent . . . the art of making pancakes. With over 400 NHS students being rewarded with a Pancake breakfast for earning GPAs of 3.0 or higher, the Nipomo Rotarians were tasked with cooking & serving over 800+ pancakes. Our Pancake Crew started the morning at 6:15am and were ready to serve the students by 8:00am. Great Job Rotarians!
Photo gallery below includes some of our
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| Posted by Cathy F. Cachu on Feb 19, 2012
A collaboration of efforts from the Rotary Club of Nipomo and the three Santa Maria Clubs made for a successful "Group 12 Rotary Work Day" at the Dana Adobe. A surprise visit from DG First Lady Roxanne Nomura was well received, especially with her homemade chocolate chip cookies! Thanks to PR Director, Lou Gomez, the SM Times and KSBY were there to capture over 40 Rotarians at work! A Thank you to our BBQ Crew for providing the food and to Sunni Mills for the wonderful potato salad! View more Work Day pictures on our Rotary Club of Nipomo Facebook!
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| Posted by Henry Webb on Feb 07, 2012
Well it looks like President Cathy and Judy Henbury have lured a new victim into the web of fun which is Rotary Club of Nipomo. We are certainly on a growth path this year, thanks to all! |
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| Posted by Henry Webb on Jul 07, 2011
A new slate of officers will lead the Rotary Club of Nipomo as it begins its 15th year of service to the community. Chartered in April 1997, the club has been a committed source of help to the area as members support charitable activities, youth and senior groups and other worthy causes both locally and throughout the world. More.. |
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| Posted by Henry Webb on Jun 27, 2011
It was a beautiful afternoon in Nipomo, and all was well with the world. Until... 5 PM, the Simons barn when the best and the beautiful of Nipomo Rotary started arriving to applaud, bless themselves and be thankful for the removal of our current dictator, the X president formerly know as Ingmar. Fun was had by all with Sheriff Simons and at least 6 deputies keeping a vigilant accounting of the movements of our former fallen President. After a great dinner and a few libations during the evening the "Step Down" officially started with the arrest of the varmint Ingmar. Nipomo is certainly not south of Pecos, we do however have a hanging Judge, a prosecutor, a sheriff, a Nun in a brown bear suit and of course the defense lawyer, our very own young and vibrant new president Cathy. As an unbiased observer, I have to say Cathy was no less than hot in her boots. I digresses. As the crowd was calling for the lynching of the hand cuffed rascal Ingmar, cooler heads prevailed and X president Ingmar is still with us today, it was a close decision though and will probably be debated for years to come. Take a look at the pics on the net, thanks to Guy For those not in attendance, you missed a great party and send off of President Ingmar, his emotional hand shake with the X First Lady brought tears to, well, I'm sure brought tears someone's eyes. |
| Posted by Henry Webb on Jun 13, 2011
It's that time of year again when we celebrate, finally, the stepdown of our current fearless leader Ingmar. This evening will be marked with frivolity, libations and of course long boring speeches. In a effort to mitigate any misgivings by our current president, he has appropriately been left out of the planning for this event, well, honestly we wanted to make sure it was a success. Bill Bettencourt, planner, ex President, world traveler and pole dancer will be the MC for the evening as well as our token portage. Lets say thank you now to Richard Simons, he has generously agreed to host this swore at his luxury barn and sometimes cat house in Nipomo. Remember since Ingmar is the closest thing we have to a real cowboy, western duds will be mandatory for all you bulls, heifors and Paul Texeria. This event will be on Sunday June 26th, the evening will start at 5:00 with a much needed attitude adjustment and then at 6:00 a buffet dinner featuring, Prime Rib, Chicken Marsala and Cajun Salmon. Please RSVP to very own pole dance, Bill Bettencourt at; betnqt61@charter.net or 805-473-2849 |
| Posted by Henry Webb
Joint meeting Tuesday nite. 6 is cocktails, dinner at 6:30 at the Airport Hotel in Santa Maria.Thursday - Board Meeting at Bill Bettencourts 5:30 he will tell the gate guard t let you in, but not them. Discuss scholarships ?FRIDAY - Nipomo High School pancakes for Renaissance, early crew 6:30? servers needed 7:30 ? Cees is checking on times etc. Saturday- Ricard Simons is BBQ chief for Chamber Casino night he may need some help.Wednesday- sleep in or better yet, get what Ken Whittle got last week, no regular meeting !Ingmar LauringsonRotary Club of Nipomo |
| Posted by Ingmar Lauringson
"Light the Night" is big success for Nipomo Rotary and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society |
| Posted by Ingmar Lauringson
By 1pm and 90 plus degrees the lunch tables boards were replaced, the tetherball was welded. Mike Streators dad Jack showed up and helped with the welding. Mike, thank you for loading and bringing out the welder and doing the job working off the ladder in the front of the school while the rest of the crew was in the back. The lunch tables boards were replaced by a crew that included members with Valley Fever, one with a bad back and another who dangerously overheated, all of whom had other things to do that day. Jim Harrison provided some of the boards, Lucia Mar provided the rest plus the paint. Thank you to Mike E. and Jim for routing, priming and painting the boards ahead of time. The Principal Brett Gimlin was there the entire day and worked very hard to improve the things for the kids at the school. A big thank you to Mike Eisner, Jim Harrision, Mike Streator and Jack, Lou Gomez, Jerry Arseneau, and Doug Marohn for quite a day. Ingmar LauringsonRotary Club of Nipomo |
| Posted by Henry Webb
The Hospice BBQ was a great success again this year under Richard Simons loving care.28 Rotarian's and spouses worked long hours taking care of the Hoe Down guests at the Historic Hearst Ranch this past Saturday. Owner, Steve Hearst came by and was awed by the scope of our BBQ prowess and the dedication of our club to this project.Let's give all who participated a big hand for their time and dedication to this project. |
| Posted by Henry Webb
Well it's official, Bill is out and Ingmar is in.Bill had his tail burned off by his very close friends as we all enjoyed a great dinner and fellowship with our brothers and sisters Rotarians.Lou did a great job in organizing the affair and had support from many in the club in preparation and clean-up. |
| Posted by Henry Webb
Another huge success this year at our largest fund raiser. |
| Posted by Henry Webb
What a group, we came, we conquered, we drank beer and cooked over 300lbs of choice beef. This project was a great success for the 4th graders at Dorothea Lang as well as our club participation. |
| Posted by Jim Harrison
The following personnel worked today from 09:00 untill 12:30 or so on the Senior Center. 1. Mike Eisner 2. Richard Dale 3. Rich Minero 4. Mike Streater 5. Jim Harrison Again today Doug Marohn provided the tools and worked for a couple hours. We finished the project at the Senior Center three pictures of the finished product is inclosed. If you were there helping and I missed you please let me know. Thank you for all the help... Jim |
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We all had fun this last Sunday at Judy's home for our annual Super Bowl Party. The cook was very happy BBQ'ing some of the best Baby Back ribs ever, the port helped also... |
| Posted by Henry Webb
What a great night planned for our annual Awards Dinner, May 12th at the Cypress Ridge Pavilion. Be sure to be there at 5:30 for a no host bar for cocktails and then a fabulous Mexican Buffet starting at 6:30. The awards presentations will start immediately after dinner. Remember, our meeting the morning of the 12th will be cancelled in lieu of the Awards Banquet. You can register on line for this event.
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| Posted by Jim Harrison
Thanks to the following Rotarians who worked January 16, cleaning Gene Score's yard, Bill Bettencourt, Mike Eisner, Mike Streator, Richard Dale, Cees Dobbe, Harry Walls, Tom Geaslen, Peggy Hesse, and Shawn Sure from Pismo Beach club. And a big thank you goes to, Judy Henbury, Kathy Cachu, and Bonnie Eisner who prepared a great lunch for all of us, Work was scheduled for ten to noon, a couple came early and all of us worked for three hours raking, chipping, loading, and hauling off leaves and droppings form Eucalyptus trees. A good time was had by all, Again Thanks Jim Harrison Community Service Director. Rotary Club of Nipomo |
| Posted by Henry Webb
Be there for all the festivities associated with Judy's home and to a lesser degree the Super Bowl. |
| Posted by Bill E. Bettencourt
The Christmas Party is Coming... |
| Posted by Guy Murray
The Nipomo Rotary Club has now increased its Internet presence.
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| Posted by Henry Webb
The moment we have all been waiting for has finally come, we may regret loosing the sweet and I might say the innocent Lou, but big Bill is on the way. Bill's motto; I Will Pass the Buck! |
| Posted by Henry Webb
Great tourment this year, many thanks to Cathy and Jim for all they did to promote the success of the tournament this year. Check out these pics! More Pics! |
| Posted by Henry Webb
Take a look at the Events Callender for all the up comming McGruffs locations and times. |
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For any of our fund raising, our Tax ID# is 77-0407204 |
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Take a look at all the new Auction Items on this fund raising site and share with all your friends. C-Market Auction |
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Rotary International Convention |
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We did great on our first try at C-Market. We learned a lot and we still have the next 8 monthes to continue marketing. Thanks to everyone who helped by donating items, became sponsors and sent the auction by email to their friends and neighbors. |
| Posted by Henry Webb
December 14th at Cypress Ridge Community Room 5:PM For only $49 per person you will have the best meal, best entertainment, best fellowship and Bill Pucciarelli. What more would want from a Rotary Christmas Party. Black tie optional! Ho Ho Ho... |
| Posted by Bill E. Bettencourt
Lets get ready for C Market auctions, next to the Mesa Oaks Charity Classic, this will be our next largest fund raiser, so, get your email lists together, your auction items together and lets make this fundraiser a mind blowing success. |
| Posted by Lee Wainscott
Keep the 25th of October open to perform club service at the Nipomo Senior Center. We will be patching Drywall and painting it, Fixing PVC Piping, Removing some existing Copper and Galvanized Pipes, Repairing Screens and patching Floors.: Washing down walls and doors on the exterior of building and capping off unused electrical wires. Checking out existing circuits to find out why they are not working and repairing Faucets in Kitchen. So please keep this date open. Thanks Lee Wainscott Community Service Director.
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| Posted by Henry Webb
2009 RI Convention in Birmingham, England, 21-24 June Be a part of history and celebrate the 100th Rotary convention, which will take place in Birmingham, the heart of England! |
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| Posted by Henry Webb
After the Chinese wushu team invited Bernardo Garcia to train with them for the Wushu Tournament Beijing 2008, the Argentine Rotaract club member and the Rotary Club of La Rioja, La Rioja, Argentina, reached out to Beijing Rotarians for support.
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| Posted by Lou Gomez
Well, I survived my first Club meeting on July 2 nd as well as my first whole month - even though it seemed like July would never end - but it did. I want to thank each club member for seeing me through it. |
| Posted by Henry Webb
Major Donor Richard Barton cheers on runners during a race to support a cancer care center in Hinsdale. |
| Posted by Henry Webb
Your voice, your solution for member retention |
| Posted by Philip Henry
Two clubs in Korea have set stellar examples for how to achieve the ambitious membership goal set by RI President Dong Kurn Lee this year. The Rotary clubs of Gwangju-Ibseog in Gwangju and Iri Dong in Jeonrabug held activities outside of club meetings to reach potential -- and in some cases, younger -- members. Both clubs exceeded their membership goals for the 2007-08 Rotary year. The Gwangju-Ibseog club nearly doubled its membership, from 69 to 132 members. During 2007-08, club president Sang Kwon Kim emphasized the importance of recruiting new members at every meeting. He asked members to promote Rotary to other organizations they were affiliated with, such as chambers of commerce. Once qualified candidates were identified, the entire club pitched in to support recruiting efforts. Members who brought in three or more new members received special recognition. The club also targeted younger members by organizing with golf and hiking groups. Informal fellowship events held after weekly meetings provided an additional opportunity for members to bond. Focus on fellowship With a similar focus on fellowship, the Iri Dong club grew from 112 to 152 members in 2007-08. Club leadership sponsored committees dedicated to golf, soccer, hiking, and other athletics. Both clubs also encouraged members to participate in each other's family events, such as weddings, to promote unity. "It is not easy to manage a club with 132 members," Kim says. "However, with the help from past presidents and members, we continue to develop new management techniques for larger clubs. It was a very rewarding year." Lee aims to increase membership worldwide from 1.2 to 1.3 million members in 2008-09. |