Rotagram for Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Jim Ripley welcome us to Rotary on another beautiful day. The kittens are doing great. Monica Fernandez doing our flag salute and Sueling Chen we'll be doing our invocation.

Sueling acknowledged the earthquake in Taiwan.

Guests included perspective Rotary transfer Dave Cardenas.

Theresa Harvey did recognitions. Marty Burbank, 16 years in Rotary. Now it'll be $5. Randy MacFarland you have something coming up to share with your wife. Congratulations. That'd be five bucks.

Jim Ripley moved his office it down the block - That'll be five bucks.

Mike Oates bragged about his 3 grandsons: one received his acceptance to Edinburgh University in Scotland as a Rhodes scholar; Riley, his brother has been accepted to Berkley School of Music. Jackson, John's oldest one was accepted to Biola with a full ride, academic scholarship and a full live music scholarship.

Theresa recognized the charitable awards sponsors; fine today $5 and congratulations to your organizations.

Aaron Gregg announced that with Uncorked is coming up on May 4, we need wine pourers. Please sign up now.

Pat Hartnet announced demotion night. We are looking for writers, dancers, creative people, anybody that can make folks laugh, if you could maybe see me or Jim Williams. but it's Wednesday, June 30,

Miko Krisvoy: announced the success of the Top 100 Sunny High School. Thank you goes to Cathy Gach, Judy Atwell, Jordan Garcia, Matt Howells, Jeff Hutchinson. Bob Jahncke for all these years, he's been always sending me the certificate for many, many years. Bill Mathy and Robin Mathy, ROCCO, Randy, Jim Williams. The next Top 100 will be the 25th of this month, Fullerton High School we are going to do it in Plummer Auditorium this time.

Rick Crane: Two weeks from tonight, Jim will be throwing out the first pitch at Cal State Fullerton baseball. If you want to go it's $30 per ticket, which includes admission to the ball game, and the food in the VIP room as well. That $30 per ticket if you would get your money to Cathy Gach.

Matt Howells announced that on May 6 Tara’s Chance is having our golf tournament the Ryan Nolan Memorial golf tournament.

Dick Ackerman, introduced today's speaker. Charlie Wilson: All about water.

Our speaker today is Charlie Wilson, who is the Executive Director of the Southern California Water Coalition.

Mr Wilson explained in great detail how for the last 150 years we have taken the rain and snow from the mountans, down the rivers, and created one of the most fertile food basins in the world, and the 5th largest economy n the world, but with the climate transitions, we must change. The distribution systems for our acquaducts are not sufficient to continue as we have to date. Politics have complicated our systems. Bonds have been approved, but continuing disagreements have complicated the use of the funds to complete the propoals.

With the California acquaduct completed, we have not been able to move past the progress of the 1980s. Mr. Wilson’s task is to bring together the diverse users across the state, and to compelte the delta projects. He touched on desalination and other sources of water; to summarize that the least expensive water is from traditional sources - conservation, recycling, and storage.