Rotary Club
of Montecito
Tuesday’s @ Noon at the Montecito Country Club
P.O. Box 40218, Santa Barbara, CA 93140
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3/27/14
Good Afternoon,
Bill Gates just announced on Facebook that the World Health Organization
has certified Southeast Asia as polio free.
Here is part of the article:
Rotary International
Ron D. Burton
RI President 2013-2014
District 5240
Jack McClenahan
District Governor 2013-2014
Rosslyn Ray
Assistant District Governor
2013-2014
John Glanville
President 2013-2014
Marc Fleischman
Secretary & President Elect
2014-2015
Tomorrow (3/27), the World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to
officially certify that south-east Asia, formerly one of the regions with the
worst levels of polio, has eradicated the disease, after India found new no cases
in the previous three years. (The WHO counts India as part of south-east
Asia.)
The news comes at a key time for the people trying to stop polio for good:
They’ve missed their deadline several times and need a global push to make
polio the second human disease, after smallpox, to be eradicated outright.
Here is the link to the full article:
http://qz.com/191860/why-its-worth-it-to-eradicate-polio/#b03g27f20b14
Good Times Doing Good!
Joseph Kirkland
Treasurer
Murray Ray
Past President
Directors
Lynda Nahra, Membership
Mark Magid, Service
Robert Mislang, Programs & Youth
Aaron Clark, Public Relations
Paul Kresmer, Grants & RI
There were 406 cases of polio world-wide in 2013.
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President's Message April 1, 2014
Back from the mountains of Sun Valley with more videos and pictures of my son skiing, tobogganing, tubing,
and more! And it is great to know the Club is in great hands with Carolyn at the podium and Lynda running the
program last week! Thank you! Following an invocation by Sherry Melchiorre and flag salute, Del Heglund
led the Rotary Club of Montecito Choir in “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain” in honor of anything and
everything civic related and specifically our guest speaker Mayor Helene Schneider.
We want to thank those members who have invited guests to join us today… and our visitors from afar
including Clas from Stuttgart (on his way back to Europe this week!), Bill Lindberg (yes, there is less snow here
than in Minnesota… and Bill appreciates being here!), and Murray & Ross’s friend from Down Under! Quite
the international crowd visiting!
A number of Happy Bucks and Fines received this week: President John paid for skiing in Sun Valley last
week, John Brinker paid for mention of the Botanical Gardens, Jim Bechtel paid for a color photograph of
himself and his Wells Fargo colleagues, and we passed on fining Jennifer Goddard for her Montecito
Journal “Rotarian of the Month” article that ran last week! Lots and lots of other Happy Bucks… this is a very
“happy” Club! Thank you for your support!
Bill filled us in on this week’s “ABCs of Rotary” with a note that April is Rotary “Magazine Month”. All of us
receive a copy of the Rotary International magazine with articles, news, photos, and more; this is great
information you can use on Rotary’s purpose and impact!
The Top 10 Reasons for joining Rotary are included in this AXIS for your reading pleasure. There will be more
to follow on Membership, the Ignite Report, and an upcoming New Member Breakfast. In the method of David
Letterman a la “The Top Ten...” the next reason to join our Rotary Club is: Reason #3. “For the camaraderie
and new friendships.”
JT is missing in action… but we celebrated Emily’s Birthday and Larry’s anniversary!
Polio Plus Goal of $3,500
Surpassed!
With great appreciation to the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara including Carolyn
and her colleague Tyler and all the boys and girls who worked the car wash this last
Saturday, we are officially complete with our Polio Plus Goal for 2013-2014! The
$440 raised by our friends at Interact brings our total for this effort to $3,563 and the
$2 for $1 match from the Gates Foundation means we are at $10,689 in support of the
Polio Eradication Effort that Rotary International has spearheaded for the last 25
years! Thank you to all our donors, contributors of auction items, and supporters in
this great effort for our Club!
Mark brought us up-to-date on the Golf Tournament and Raffle Tickets; get your
foursomes ready and help us make this a fun and successful effort for our Club!
Kati and Carol discussed the upcoming SBCC Vocational Scholarship Awards
luncheon at SBCC; note we will be meeting at SBCC Cafe on Tuesday April 22. We
will send parking instructions when they are available.
John, Tyler and Carolyn
Murray reminded us to get our local non-profits to submit their grant applications to
the Foundation on or before April 8, 2014; the grant application is located on the
Club Web Site under “Downloads”.
Continued on the next page...
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President's Message Continued...
Our speaker this week is well known to the Montecito Club, Mayor of Santa
Barbara, Helene Schneider. As necessary for a speaker on April Fool’s Day,
Helene started with news that Montecito had been incorporated into Santa
Barbara… and I think she caught a few members! Well done!
The Mayor then reviewed Santa Barbara’s finances noting revenues from Bed
Taxes has recovered from pre-recession levels, provided an update on the drought
including aspects of the regional approach, desalination, efforts the City is taking
Mayor of Santa Barbara,
SantaSchneider
Barbara Mayor,
Helene
and John
to limit “outdoor” water use, and provided the interesting data point that the City
Helene Schneider and John
is using 20% less water today than it was during the previous drought. Amazing
how much information a Mayor needs to know about critical developments like water supply and drought. On
to discussions of sustainability (how much energy can you save upgrading the water heaters at Los Banos
pools?), various projects large and small throughout Santa Barbara including major infrastructure projects, a
review of services and progress on homelessness, youth programs, gangs and at risk youth, and the Art
Alliance, and City connections, engagement, and support with Business. Amazing the Mayor was able to fit all
that in within our limited speaking time and manage to field a few questions at the end as well! Thank you to
Chris DeVries for the introduction and to Emily for lining up this speaker.
I am looking forward to seeing you next Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 12noon at the Montecito Country Club. Next
week’s program is David Fields with the Society of St. Vincent De Paul and a return music program with the
Montecito Union Choir! Not to be missed!
Good Times Doing Good!
John-
Sidebar: She'll be Coming 'Round the Mountain!
Although the first printed version of the song appeared in Carl Sandburg’s The American Songbag in 1927, the song is
believed to have been written during the late 1800s.
The song was based on an old spiritual titled “When the Chariot Comes”, which is sung to the same melody. During the
19th century it spread through Appalachia where the lyrics were changed in their current form. The song was later sung
by railroad work gangs in the Midwestern United States in the 1890s.
The song’s style is reminiscent of the call and response structure of many folk songs of the time, where one person
would shout the first line and the others repeat.
She'll be coming ‘round the mountain when she comes
(when she comes)
She'll be coming ‘round the mountain when she comes
(when she comes)
she'll be coming ‘round the mountain,
she'll be coming ‘round the mountain,
she'll be coming ‘round the mountain when she comes!
(when she comes)
Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when she comes
(when she comes)
Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when she comes
(when she comes)
Oh we'll all go out to meet her
Oh we'll all go out to meet her
Oh we'll all go out to meet her when she comes
(when she comes)
She'll be wearing pink pajamas when she comes
(when she comes)
She'll be wearing pink pajamas when she comes
(when she comes)
She'll be wearing pink pajamas
She'll be wearing pink pajamas
She'll be wearing pink pajamas when she comes
(when she comes)
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Geo Query: When and Where did April Fool's Day originate?
April Fools' Day (sometimes called April Fool's Day or All Fools' Day) is an old custom celebrated every year on the first
day of April. Popular since medieval times, the day is not a national holiday in any country, but it is widely recognized
throughout European cultures and celebrated as a day when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other, both
the jokes and their victims being known as "April fools". Hoax stories may be reported by the press and other media on
this day and explained on subsequent days. A popular theory for the origin of the holiday holds that those who continued
to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1st after the 1582 implementation of the Gregorian Christian calendar were mocked
as "fools" or "fish". In several countries, the fish is a common symbol of the tradition.
Origins:
This is an 1857 ticket to "Washing the Lions" at the Tower of London, in London.
No such event ever took place.
A variety of explanations have been given for the April Fools tradition, many
associated with early Christian practice. The custom of setting aside a day for the
playing of harmless pranks upon one's neighbor is almost universal, and yet
nothing positive seems to be known of its origin. Precursors of April Fools' Day
include the Roman festival of Hilaria, held March 25, and the Medieval Feast of
Fools, held December 28, still a day on which pranks are played in Spanishspeaking countries.
One belief is that the reason All Fools' Day now falls in April is related to the 1582 implementation of the Gregorian
calendar reform in France, which shifted the marking of the arrival of the new year from a week-long gift-giving celebration
spanning March 25 to April 1 to a single-day observance on January 1. "When some people, whether out of stubbornness
or lack of information, persisted in celebrating the new-year at the end of March, others started to mock ... with gag gifts
and other teasing gestures". In France an April fool is called a poisson d'avril, an "April fish," perhaps because young fish
that appear in streams around this time of the year are more easily caught than older, cagier fish. French shops sell
chocolates shaped like fish for the occasion. People try to pin paper fish on each other's backs as a joke, and the
perpetrator cries out triumphantly, "April fish!"
Other accounts go back to the time of Noah and the ark, the London Public Advertiser of March 13, 1769, published the
following paragraph concerning this theory: "The mistake of Noah sending the dove out of the ark before the water had
abated, on the first day of April, and to perpetuate the memory of this deliverance it was thought proper, whoever forgot so
remarkable a circumstance, to punish them by sending them upon some sleeveless errand similar to that ineffectual
message upon which the bird was sent by the patriarch."
Other accounts argue that April is the time of the year, around Easter when the passion of Jesus took place and Jesus
was sent back and forth from one official to another — from Annas to Caiaphas, from Caiaphas to Pilate, and from Pilate
to Herod to be mocked and tormented, and that from this arose our present custom, "by which we send one place to
another such persons as we think proper objects of our ridicule".[6] The French name for an April fool (poisson d'Avril) is
offered as support for this on the supposition that "poisson" is a corruption of "passion."
In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1392), the "Nun's Priest's Tale" is set Syn March bigan thritty dayes and two. Many
modern scholars believe that there is a copying error in the extant manuscripts and that Chaucer actually wrote, Syn
March was gon. Thus, the passage originally meant 32 days after April, i.e. 2 May, the anniversary of the engagement of
King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia, which took place in 1381. Readers apparently misunderstood this line to
mean "March 32", i.e. April 1. In Chaucer's tale, the vain cock Chauntecleer is tricked by a fox.
In 1508, French poet Eloy d'Amerval referred to a poisson d’avril (April fool, literally "April fish"), a possible reference to
the practise of pranking. In 1539, Flemish poet Eduard de Dene wrote of a nobleman who sent his servants on foolish
errands on April 1. In 1686, John Aubrey referred to "Fooles holy day", the first British reference. On April 1, 1698, several
people were tricked into going to the Tower of London to "see the Lions washed".
In the Middle Ages, up until the late 18th century, New Year's Day was celebrated on March 25 (Feast of the
Annunciation) in most European towns. In some areas of France, New Year's was a week-long holiday ending on April 1.
Many writers suggest that April Fools originated because those who celebrated on January 1 mocked of those who
celebrated on other dates. The use of January 1 as New Year's Day was common in France by the mid-16th century, and
this date was adopted officially in 1564 by the Edict of Roussillon.
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News and Notices
Committee News: You will note increased
activity on our Club’s “Signature Programs” like
the “Public Safety Awards” (thank you Lynda!),
the “SBCC Vocational Scholarships” (thank you
Kati and Carol!), and our "Annual Golf
Tournament & Dinner" (thank you Carolyn, Bill,
and Team!). These events seem to magically
happen but actually take a lot of effort by dedicated
Rotarians willing to pitch in and make things
happen! Please thank these Rotarians the next time
you see them for their efforts on behalf of our Club
and Rotary!
Also, please extend a hearty "Thank You" to our
Board and Committee members for their service to
the Club this year. We would not be Club we are
today without their efforts!
The process of updating the Paul Harris Fellow
program awards credit for each Rotarian in the
Club continues; please extend a hearty thank you to
Joe Kirkland and Marc Fleischman for taking this
on. In addition to sorting out what qualifies for
PHF credit at TRF (The Rotary Foundation) we
will be clarifying what each item on your quarterly
invoice is and where your dollars go!
PRLS stands for
Potential Rotary Leaders Seminars
It is a program of District 5240 / Upcoming Conferences
include: The schedule and registration information can be
found here: http://www.prls.org/calendar.html
MASTER PRLS 3 Facilitation Skills
Saturday, 4/5/14
East Courtyard Bakersfield
Quote of the Day: "No matter what
accomplishments you achieve, somebody
always helps you." - Athlete, Althea Gibson
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News and Notices
You are receiving this as a Club President, RYLA Coordinator or past Counselor of RYLA
April 24 - 27, 2014 - Only 69 Days To Go!
Let’s Go to Mexico !
April 7-10, 2014
RYLA is looking for some great Volunteers
Please PRINT & SHARE at your next Meeting
& Forward to Your Membership List
Click to Download Color Version
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Join us on a Rotary Project Safari to
Queretaro, Mexico
Projects are planned with DG Jack’s attendance at the D4160 District
Conference. Last year, about 20 of us accompanied the DG,
bringing successful projects to distribute solar lights, fabricate
reading glasses and work on a school. Homestays are being
arranged. Volunteers are needed, so bring along your family and
friends.
105th Annual Rotary International Convention
1-4 June 2014
You can take advantage of special travel discounts to make it easier to get to - and
enjoy - Sydney, which is packed with family-friendly activities. Save on
international and domestic travel to Sydney offered by our official airlines,
Emirates Airlines and Qantas Airways. The New South Wales Government is
offering convention-goers free transit passes for travel on ferries, buses, and trains
in the greater Sydney metropolitan area from 29 May through 5 June. Learn more
about the discounts and the other details for this year's event at
www.RIconvention.org.
For more information visit the District website at: http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/Home.aspx?did=5240
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The Top 10 Reasons to Join the Montecito Rotary Club One person can make a difference and together as Rotarians we can
have a stronger impact. (I am one‐Rotary is many.)
2. For camaraderie, and new friendships.
1.
3.
To serve locally, nationally or internationally.
4.
5.
6.
To learn more about other cultures.
For a way to share your talent and resources effectively.
To have a place to go each week to connect with like‐minded people who
motivate you.
To make life‐long relationships.
7.
8.
9.
To be part of something bigger than yourself.
To hear an interesting speaker each week and learn what is going on in the
community.
10. To be able to take advantage of the true “family” of rotary while
traveling nationally or internationally.
Please visit our club website at: www.montecitorotary.org
Update your roster listing information including Photo!
Visit Rotary International site at: www.rotary.org
update your access information and register
We need your Pictures and Comments for Axis!
Going on a trip ?
Visiting Friends?
Most Fun you had last Week?
Doing Good While Having a Good time ?
All are worthy contect for our weekly newsletter!
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Weekly Updates
Upcoming Programs
PLEASE NOTE: Please have submissions to
Maggie Garey at [email protected], by
Wednesday morning following the meeting.
Thank you!
April 8 Society of St. Vincent De Paul / David Fields
MUS Performance at Noon
April 15
Hannah-Beth Jackson
April 22 Vocational Scholarship Awards Luncheon / Gretchen A. Hewlett
Visit www.montecitorotary.org for a full calendar list of speakers and events!
FOUR WAY TEST
1.
Is it the TRUTH?
2.
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3.
Will it build GOODWILL and better FRIENDSHIPS?
4.
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Weekly Assignments
Invocation / Flag Salute: Rob Mislang
Backup: Diane Gabriel
50/50 Raffle: Jerry Horan
Greeter: Seth Gewirtz
April is the YELLOW Team!
Setup / Breakdown Team - The Yellow Team includes:
James Bechtel, Andrew Berwick, John Brinker, Carolyn
Brown, Kati Buehler, Aaron Clark, Chris DeVries
Missed a Meeting? Make it Up!
Day:
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Any Day at all,
24/7/365!
Club:
Goleta Noontime
Place:Time:
Frog Bar (Glen Annie Golf Course) 11:45 am
Frog Bar (Glen Annie Golf Course) 06:30 pm
Silvergreens on Chapala
06:30 pm
Carpinteria Women’s Club
07:00 am
Santa Barbara Club
07:00 am
Harry’s Plaza Café
12:00 Noon
Lion’s Community Park
11:45 am
Fess Parker Double Tree
12:00 Noon
http://www.oneworldrotary.org/
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President’s Message
April 2014
Dear fellow Rotarians,
Ron D. Burton
Like attending a Rotary club meeting, reading Rotary magazines is an essential
part of the shared experience of being a Rotarian. When you pick up a Rotary
publication, whether it's Rotary Down Under in Australia and New Zealand, or
The Rotary-No-Tomo in Japan, you'll find that every single one does just what
it's meant to do: It informs, and it inspires. It keeps you up to date with Rotary
news, brings you new ideas for your Rotary service, and tells stories that are
relevant and meaningful to you. To me, these publications around the world are
a tangible representation of Rotary's greatest strength: that each club is a local,
community-based entity, engaged in a truly global network.
This organization is incredibly large and diverse, and as much as we all have in common in Rotary, we
are not a place where one size fits all. Our expectations of a magazine, both culturally and
linguistically, are naturally going to be different. With our regional publications, Rotarians in Bulgaria
can find out what's going on in Rotary in Bulgaria, and what's going on elsewhere in the Rotary world,
along with the latest news from Evanston. Because each one of our Rotary publications belongs to the
family of Rotary magazines – each one is, like every Rotary club, both fully local and fully part of our
international identity.
One of the greatest privileges of being RI president is the ability to speak directly, every month, to
every one of our 1.2 million Rotarians. It's awe-inspiring to me, as I write this, to think of all of you,
sitting down in your living rooms or at the breakfast table or maybe on the train to work, reading these
words, and then turning the page to find out what's new in Rotary. And overwhelmingly, that is
exactly what each of you does. Not just because your Rotary magazine turns up in the mailbox, or
because you feel you have to – but because Rotary magazines are good magazines. I hope that when
you pick up your publication – whichever one you're reading right now – you get the same feeling of
pride, and ambition, that I do.
Rotary magazines remind us that as Rotarians, we are all part of something
larger than ourselves. They show us just how much we can achieve through
Rotary. Through them, we see what our Foundation dollars do, we see what
our fellow Rotarians are doing, and we are inspired to Engage Rotary,
Change Lives even more.
Ron D. Burton
President, Rotary International