... official publication of Bakersfield Breakfast Rotary Club District 5240, Club 654, Bakersfield, California, Chartered 12/13/82 Volume 28 February 22, 2006 CECIL MARTIN, President, 2005-2006 - Think Globally, Act Locally P resident Cecil Martin returned to his flock on this chilly morning. He drew everyone s attention to his business attire advising that he would be attending to some business later in the day. He added, I m afraid I ll be buried in work today! Greeters Jerry Starr and Mike Stepanovich were acknowledged for arriving early and meeting everyone, including a few visitors, with a firm BBRC handshake. Lori Hobmann was hosted by Dan Johnson, Emily Cox came with her dad Tim, and Becky Smith brought her friend, Jen Plotnick. Our visiting Rotarians were Jerry Arseneau from the Nipomo Club, and Wayne Swanson from Dallas, Oregon. DeAnn Straub has learned well from her sponsor as she did a truly magnificent job introducing Jerry and Wayne. Neil Walker did double-duty filling in for absent Jason William- Neil Walker Editor Website: www.bbrc.org son on the invocation. Julie Stewart led us in the pledge after which we sang on-key under the always vigilant tutelage of Secretary Carol Smith. One song was directed at birthday boy, Darin Blunt. Kay and Brian Pitts were recognized for 25 years of marriage. Two out of three new members who were intended recipients of their cherished blue badges could not come up with the requested roster that should have been signed by all members. The presentations to Chad Sorensen and Denise Haynes, therefore, were held until later. Sam Kemper, however, sprinted happily to the podium waving his signed document WEEKLY PROGRAMS 1 Mar One Book One Bakersfield Author - David Mas Matsumoto 8 Mar What Is New with the Gleaners Sue Benham 15 Mar CSU System Allen Carden 22 Mar Boys and Girls Club Impact Zane Smith 29 Mar Club Assembly 5 Apr Skyline Cabinets (Off Site) South from 58 on Mt. Vernon Dave Spalinger President Cecil Martin and OES speaker, Georgiana Armstrong. IMPORTANT UPCOMING EVENTS DATE 1 Mar 8 Mar 15 Mar GREETERS Blunt/H. Bryant Burns/Cervantes Eaton/Duerksen WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS INVOCATION PLEDGE INTROS Biggar R. Bryant Buoni Cooke Cooper Callagy Cox Cross Daniel Feb 28 - KHSD Leadership and Ethics Conference - Carl Leech Mar 11 - Tree planting project. Mar 14 - Diners Club Great Castle Restaurant. 4th & Union 22 Mar Frase/Foster Fachin Fong Fonseca 29 Mar Hanson/Guerard Fulton Fussy Grabert 5 Apr D.Johnson Hayden D. Haynes J. Haynes
Page 2 (Continued from page 1) proudly in the air. A few neglect members had not yet met Sam and signed his roster - - each of these members was publicly humiliated by Cec. Treasurer Denise Knudson logged in $25 assessments for each faux pas. Congratulations to Christina Pavletich who announced that the stork will be making its 3 rd round trip to the Pavletich home. The Fine Marshals were honed and ready for action. Trouble is, they once again turned on themselves. Bob Bryant was fined because Restaurant Reviewer, Pete Tittl visited the Lie-N-Den. Jim Bell bought yet another vehicle, a Ford truck President Martin is shown studying the roster sheet of the newest Blue Badger, Sam Kemper standing). Seated left to right Ed O Donnell, Neil Walker, Georgianna Armstrong, and Kay Pitts. from none other than PP Paul Cooper - Paul split Jim s $20 fine. Gina Hayden bought a new home. Cherryl Biggar went to the Aloha State with both her father and her hubby, Bruce. Karen Wass once again worked the system. By presenting Prez Cec with a five dollar T-shirt showing Mickey Mouse sitting astride a blown hemi engine, Cecil became so preoccupied goo-gooing over his new shirt that he failed to fine the blazes out of the Wasses for their trip to the Daytona 500. Oft-fined Mike Stepanovich should take fineavoidance notes from Karen. PP Howie was still visibly miffed at Jerry Saba for the midnight phone call that roused Howie from dreamland. Seems that Jerry needs some geography lessons and a tutorial on Greenwich Mean Time and Zulu. (Continued on page 3) BBRC PAST PRESIDENTS 2004-2005 - Michael O Doherty 2003-2004 - Neil Walker 2002-2003 - Harley Pinson 2001-2002 - Susan Eaton 2000-2001 - Don Trybul / Mike Daniel 1999-2000 - Paul Cooper 1998-1999 - Mike Daniel 1997-1998 - Ray Geigle 1996-1997 - Bonnie Crawford 1995-1996 - Carl Leech 1994-1995 - John Tait 1993-1994 - Greg Smith 1992-1993 - John Vasinda 1991-1992 - Bill Jones 1990-1991 - Glenn Ray 1989-1990 - Mike Kirkwood / Howie Wass 1988-1989 - Howie Wass 1987-1988 - Craig Holland 1986-1987 - Anil Mehta 1985-1986 - Bob Bryant 1984-1985 - Sid Chapin 1983-1984 - Jerry Starr 1982-1983 - John McWhorter WHERE TO MAKE UP Meeting Day Rotary Club Meeting Place Time Monday Bakersfield South Holiday Inn Select Noon Monday Inyokern Homestead Restaurant 6:30 a.m. Monday Wasco Valley Rose Golf Course Noon 1st & 3rd Mondays Bakersfield College Rotaract B.C. Executive Board Room 6:00 p.m. Tuesday Bakersfield North Holiday Inn Select Noon Tuesday Foothill High Interact Club Foothill High 7:15 a.m. Wednesday Bakersfield West Stockdale Country Club Noon Wednesday China Lake Heritage Inn Noon Wednesday Shafter Minner Air Field Cafe 6:30 a.m. Wednesday Bakersfield Breakfast The Petroleum Club 6:45 a.m. Wednesday Taft Jo's Restaurant Noon Wednesday Interact Bakersfield High School 2:40 p.m. Thursday Bakersfield Downtown Bakersfield Art Museum Noon Thursday Tehachapi Kelcy's Restaurant Noon Thursday Delano Mary s Heavenly Bites Noon Dream Castle Café & Bakery Thursday Frazier Mountain Communities 7:00 a.m. (Frazier Park) Thursday Kern River Valley Ewings (Kernville) 7:00 p.m. Friday Bakersfield East Veteran's Hall Noon
Volume 28 Page 3 (Continued from page 2) THE PROGRAM Kay Pitts introduced Georgianna Armstrong, a UCLA graduate with a bachelors in Economics. She has18 years experience working within the private sector in Southern California, and 2 years experience as the Office of Emergency Services Planner in Kern County. She was appointed as OES Emergency Manager in January 2005 Georgianna is the lynchpin in Kern County emergency planning - she makes sure that first responders have the equipment and tools they need to handle emergencies. She is responsible for the Homeland Security funding that comes to Kern County. Emergency Services Manager for the OES division of the Kern County Fire Department. Georgianna gave the club an excellent presentation on family emergency preparedness. Her anecdotes were right on the mark and kept the audience captivated. She described The List - a punch list of all the steps and supplies that Kern County residents should have readily available in case of fire, flood, earthquake.... volcano eruption!! Georgianna highly recommended that we visit an emergency website for more particulars. Agencies such as the Red Cross, Fire Department, OES, Homeland Security, and many others have this information on their websites. Several members including Mary Jo Pasek and PP Carl Leech publicly and privately spoke to Georgianna specifically complimenting her excellent program. THANK YOU FROM ROTARIANS OF THE YEAR Dear Fellow Rotarians, Ed and I wanted to take just a moment of your time to say thank you for the honor the club presented to us on Charter Night as Rotarians of the Year. At the time I was crying and speechless (hard to believe, but it s true), and just beyond words to express my feelings. BBRC is very near and dear to our hearts. We had only lived in Bakersfield a short time when we became members of BBRC. The way BBRC welcomed us into the BBRC family was amazing. We love how BBRC is very active financially and physically in helping others. The members of BBRC are just awesome, and to be honored as Rotarians of the Year out of all these wonderful people is just. Wow! Thank you very much for this honor and for letting us be a part of the BBRC family. WHO IS THIS FUTURE ROTARIAN? Shown here at the junior high age of 12 or 13 (Identity will be revealed at the next meeting.) Bakersfield Breakfast Rotary Club P.O. Box 2568 Bakersfield, California 93303 Email editor: nwalker1@bak.rr.com
Guests and Hosts - February 22, 2006 Tim Cox and his daughter Emily Board of Directors Jen Plotkik and Becky Smith Dan Johnson and Lori Hobmann President Cecil Martin Vice President Michael O'Doherty President Elect - Larry Mueller Secretary - Carol Smith Treasurer Denise Knudson Club Service Cheryl Scott International Service Shaun Kelly Fund Raising Jim Bell New Generations - Mike Stepanovich Membership Harry Bryant Vocational Service John Guerard Community Service DeAnn Straub Committee Chairs Sergeant-At-Arms Chris Rogers Fellowship Carl Leech, Mike Daniel Fireside Chats Jerry Starr Rotary Information Howie Wass Bulletin / Web Editor - Neil Walker Programs Kay Pitts Club Awards Vincent Fong Music Carol Smith Publicity Becky Smith Family of Rotary - Sister Judy Morasci Foundation President Larry Mueller President Elect Nominee Ed Knudson
BARC SENDS ITS THANKS TO BBRC
GARY FACHIN EXPRESSES HIS GRATITUDE FOR HIS PAUL HARRIS FELLOW