Welcoming - Prez J Richey – Invocation

Dr. Mitch Hovey Song Master

Dr. Leroy Fulton and Accompanist Don Ludwig - Songs - America the Beautiful and Smile.

Introduction of Rotarians and Guests - Pastor Gregg Hickman

Rotarians: Vimal Seth introduced O.P Mazhotra who is a 25 year member of Rotary and who is the President Elect of the oldest Rotary Club in Asia - The Rotary Club of Calcutta. The club was founded in 1919 and is the sponsor of 28 additional clubs in India. There are 130 clubs in their district.

Lois Bergman visited us from her home club of Orange, CA

Guests: Joe Arnold - Bill Klinghofer
      - Bill Dunton - Larry Bennett
      - Joe Felz - Rick Crane
      - Barbara Kilponen - Larry Bennett
      - Dr. Anil Puri - Daniel Kang.

Announcements: Dr. Jim Young started us off by reciting a special and excellent poem about God. Vern Andrews presented Prez Richey with his own branding tool, made from two toilet plungers, to use on his Heifers. Rotary Foundation Award applications are available - Vern Andrews. Pat Hartnett informed us that the annual pledge form for the Rotary International Foundation will be sent out soon. He also said we had a good response on the Polio-Plus / Jog-A-Thon. Theresa Harvey informed us of an event of dinner and dancing at Angelo’s and Vinci’s on Wednesday, Sept. 22. Bob Radde let Fred Johnson know that USC was 2-0 in football so far this season and UCLA is 0-2. Kim Barlow is selling T-shirts for the WTLC for $20 each.

Membership - Scott Dowds: First, Bob Clark gave a nifty presentation on “What it means to be a Rotarian.” Terri Prado and Scott presented our newest member Terry Ott. Terry gave an awesome acceptance speech. He exemplifies the character of a Rotarian.

Recognition Master - Scott Dowds (double duty)

      - The following were fined: Deborah Sanchez - spouse Phillip’s Birthday, Kathy Allred BD, Sandy Hayes BD. Special Recognition went to Ray Hansen for his efforts in presiding over the Rotary Orientation for 28 years.

     - Other fines: $5 fines for Carole Tormey and Terri Prado - not sure why - maybe for being women or talking too much! Pastor Greg Hickman fined for upsetting Scott Dowds by saying we need some good bankers in our club when introducing a Rotarian banker from the Orange Rotary Club. Joe Lins fined for being stopped by a policeman for a cell phone violation while driving. The officer let him off because Joe said it was a mistake and the officer liked his bow tie. J Richey fined for having two gavels.

Program - Introduction by Larry Bennett

      A wonderful program titled Comfort Zone Camp was presented by Pete Shrock and Courtney Donrico. CZC is a weekend camp that serves children from ages 7 to 17 who have lost one or more parents. The children often grow up with the feeling that they are the only ones who suffer from this tragedy. They have an overwhelming feeling that the world is unfair and everything can be taken away from them at any time. In the camp they learn that they are not alone in this experience. They learn to share their fears with other children who have had similar experiences and are matched up with adult volunteers who understand their plight. A major goal of Comfort Zone Camp is to provide a fun and safe place for children by providing exercises and events for them so they can learn that the world is not so bad.

There are camps in 47 of the states in the USA. There is no charge for the grieving children and they can attend several times. CZC came to California two years ago and has served about 660 children here. They recently moved to Orange County and O.C. has 130 carefully screened and trained volunteers to help the children. There are 8 camps in California and O.C. has 4 of them.

You can learn more at the www.comfortzonecamp.org website.

What a great presentation!

Prez J. closed the meeting by thanking the Rotarians and guests for attending, and leaving us with these words of wisdom, Planning without action is futile. Action without planning is fatal.