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Volume 82 Issue 14 Wed Oct 5, 2022

Rota-Scribe: Gerardo Chagolla

Proposed New Member: Theresa (Taz) Stachelski, Guild Mortgage, Fullerton, by Susan Ouweleen
Billie Edman, Aflac & Covered California, (Health Insurance), Fullerton, by Dan Ouweleen
Steve McLaughlin, Fullerton HS Superintendent, by Dan Ouweleen
Carl Zener, Fullerton HS Administator, by Dan Ouweleen

Fullerton Rotary Club- Intercultural by Sheinina Lolita Raj

Meeting was called to order by club President Joe Lins. He thanked the Coyote Hills Country Club Chef and its waitstaff. He shared a Frank and Ernest cartoon funnies, with the club that received a good reaction. President Lins is impeccable with the jokes today. “Little known fact. Our eyeballs are our last thing to stop working. They die late (dialate).”

“Elon Musk said he is going to buy Twitter after all. He is paying $44 billion. He lives by the golden rule, tweet others as you want to be tweeted.” Update on the CIA’s, “50 percent of us have donated. Thank you to everybody for your contributions. We are on our way.” On This Date, the Los Angeles Rams this season are in first place of the division. “They have a good week in front. They face the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday.”

For our commencement ceremonies, Teresa Harvey led us in our invocation. Wednesday’s prayer was inspired by her recent extended road trip to Canada and Alaska. Captain Dick Daybell led us in our Pledge of Allegiance. He finished it off with a football chant, “Beat Army.” Today’s guest in attendance, Amy Choi-Won, guest of immediate past President Zoot Velasco. Lisa M. Berman and Sheinina Lolita Raj, our special speaker, are guest of Farrell Hirsch, CEO of The Muckenthaler.

Our Rotary Minute was given to us by Robert Sattler. Bob remembers the year 1981. It was a special year for him, “I joined Fullerton Rotary Club in 1981. Back then, there were 120 members. Bill Kincaid was the club’s president and he wanted to do a fundraiser,” he remembers. “It’s been 40 something years. It’s been great to be in Rotary. I recommend new members to be part of the Board.”

Our Songmaster filling in for Bud “Woody” Lang, was Kim Barlow. Kim sarcastically felt the club was not being patriotic enough so she went with two songs. The traditional Rotary song, “Smile,” and “My Country ‘tis of Thee.” Great job!

Todays Announcements started off with Leslie McCarthy. She wanted to remind people that when making reservations to RSVP for the 100th Annual Celebration, to please fill out the response cards as well. “We don’t know what you want to eat if you don’t fill out the response cards.” She is still looking for memorabilia for the event as well, “if someone has an old fashion dvd/tv combo, please bring it in. Also, October 12 is the last day to RSVP for the 100th Anniversary.”

Our Recognition Master and Finemaster, was “Show No Mercy” Monica Fernandez. “Cathy Gach, is the only person with an anniversary today. She is not present. People that were fined last week will not be fined today.” She asked for any member in attendance to share some humble brags. Christian Esteban stood up and announced that his wife and him are expecting a future Rotarian. Congratulations Christian! Kim Barlow humbly bragged that her granddaughter turned one year old last week. Rebecka Forrester humbly bragged that her husband’s film company just won an Emmy award. Matt Howells bragged on how successful Tara’s Chance event was. Bill Mathy took the time to comically break down his 48th wedding anniversary in hours, minutes, and seconds. Monica shifted gears into a fun game where the prize was a Retro Jog-A-Thon T-shirt. “I’ll start charging $5 as a fine for each table member, but the table’s representative can choose to keep the t-shirts and not pay the fine.” First table to play decided to pay the $5 fine. Next table up decided to pay the fine as well. The third table kept the same trend going and paid the fine. “We have large and extra-large t-shirts available!” said Monica. Jim Williams’ table did not fall in the trend. “We are going to keep the t-shirts, cut them and sew them in to diapers for the newest Rotarians.” Kim Barlow’s table decided to pay the fine instead of keeping the t-shirts. Marty Burbank’s table went against the grain and decided to keep the t-shirts. Marty himself said he has two Retro Jog-A-Thon T-Shirts. The last table to play the game held the members in attendance on suspense. After a couple of minutes, the table representative made the decision to keep the t-shirts. Monica Fernandez did a great job as a Finemaster.

Our Program at hand was introduced by Farrell Hirsch. Farrell first acknowledged Yom Kippur. “Today is the holiest day in the Jewish Calendar. Yom Kippur means day of atonement. It’s the end of 10 days of reflection and penance. During 10 days, we take the time to think about the transgressions in our lives. Not unlike Ramadan, were people fast for something. Or Lent, in Catholicism. All these traditions and practices are the ways we are all alike, all the same but different. All practices have the same meaning, but unique. With that being said, our guest speaker’s show, ‘Intercultural’ opens tomorrow at The Muckenthaler Cultural Center. Her show touches on different cultures and practices through the eyes of a woman. Please welcome Sheinina Lolita Raj.” Sheinina receives a warm welcome as she takes the stage. She thanks Fullerton Rotary Club for allowing her to share insight on her award winning critically acclaimed art exhibition. “I portray a woman from 25 nations. I worked with so many people to help me prepare for this role.” To start, she gave us her brief ancestral history. “My own history starts in 1896 with my grandma. She was kidnapped by British Officers from Fiji as a slave. My family is from Fiji. I was born in the UK but was raised in Canada.” She began her presentation with Indian Woman wearing a traditional wedding saree, “in India, they wear red for weddings. An interesting takeaway, in India, Hinduism is the form of religion practiced. It is a monotheistic religion. God is everywhere, always present.” Mexican Woman, “living in L.A., I was often mistaken for a Mexican woman. At restaurants, I was mistaken as the waiter or the help. The way I was treated led me to appreciate the diversity in Mexican culture.” Navajo Woman, “largest federally recognized Native Tribe in America. I was told it was impossible to portray a Navajo woman but I found someone within the culture that I was able to trade services and help me have a show of unity with a global peace message.” Moroccan Woman, “Desert Princess is an offensive term started by the Spanish. Morocco was invaded by Arabia. Tattooing faces was a common practice but was outlaw by the Muslims. In this culture, a smile is always welcoming.” Saudi Arabian Woman, “I couldn’t help for the pursuit to learn more about this culture. Back in the day, women weren’t covering their faces. Shira Law changed that. Covering up shows’ modesty.” Hawaiian Woman, “I was so excited to portray and celebrate another indigenous culture in America. Being in a natural state is a connection that embodies mother nature.” Israeli Woman, “It took me two years to make this portrait. It was very difficult to obtain clothing from the 1970s. Women and men are honored equally in Israel. The reason that women are military trained is to be able to protect themselves and to obtain national peace.” Armenian Woman, “Armenia is the first country in the world to identify Christianity as part of their constitution. The Armenian woman was the first portrait I researched.”

Fijian Woman, “this is my ancestry. My family does identify as Fijian. There are 3 generations of my family born in Fiji. I am very proud of my ancestry.” Japanese Woman, “the Kimono, the traditional Japanese garment and Japan’s national dress. It took me some time to learn how to put it on. Today, it is not considered that practical to wear these days.” Brazilian Woman, “the portrait is the Brazilian embodiment of the Sun Goddess. Each bead shows how honored she is in her community.” Inuit Woman, “Indigenous tribe and founders of Canada. They worked alongside the British Crown.” Palestinian Woman, “this portrait shows unity. The healing of ancestorial wounds.” The last portrait was Iranian Woman, “Iran is going through a lot of civil unrest. In the 1970s women lived freely until the 1979 revolution. The Ayatollah of Iran changed everything when he passed a law that legislates how women must dress.” Her show opened Thursday, October 6th, at The Muckenthaler Culture Center. Sheinina uses art as a pathway to have a positive transformation in people’s lives, “I am very excited. This is something I’ve been working on for 6 years now. I am passionate about this exhibition. Thank you.” President Lins thanked Sheinina for her presentation and awarded her with the highly coveted speakers gift, “and the highly coveted Retro Jog-A-Thon T-Shirt.” Save the Date, October 14th, is the District 5320 Foundation Dinner at the Old Ranch Country Club in Seal Beach. October 26th, is our clubs 100th year anniversary, AKA the Rotary Party of the Century at the Summit House. Invitations went out so make sure you RSVP. If you have not received your invitation in the mail, please let us know. If you have any Rotary Memorabilia bring it in and give it to

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Last thing on the agenda was the 50/50 drawing for $31 and 2 free t-shirts. Lucky ticket holder 6369290 wins the money. Kim Barlow with the big celebration. Congratulations Kim! Ticket holder 6369284 wins a t-shirt. Thad Sanford, congratulations. Before meeting was adjourned, past President Zoot Velasco encouraged members to attend the upcoming District Gala, “please go and support Dan.” Next week’s program, Randy Otto as Winston Churchill. “Thank you for coming today, we look forward to seeing you next week. If you need anything between now and then make sure we know. Charge on! Meeting is adjourned.”

Invite a Friend and Share Rotary

10/12/22 Winston Churchill - Live
10/19/22 ELECTION CAMPAIGN ISSUES AND PREDICTIONS
Professor Barbara Stone Informs and Entertains
10/26/22 FULLERTON ROTARY CELEBRATES OUR 100TH ANNIVERSARY
Join the Evening Celebration at the Summit House @ 5:30
11/2/22 DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN E.R. - Andrew Krieger, MD and Julie Kim
11/9/22 Veteran's Day Celebration
Rotary Members Invite Veterans to join us for Lunch
11/16/22 Launching New Frontiers in Space Science
JPL / NASA Representative & Story Teller Paul Prosper
11/23/22 THANKSGIVING – SHARING THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE
Joyce capelle is in charge of our thanksgiving program
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