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Verandas Beach House

401 Rosecrans Avenue, Manhattan Beach CA 90266 7:15 AM

Happy Dancers It was Monday, May 14, 2018, and President Mark Burton stepped aside as Sgt-at-Arms John Osten introduced new member Kelly Stroman, who laid out quite a large number of high standards for us to meet, including being forgiving, kind, successful, honest, constructive, happy, beneficial and generous…..Angela Silverman, the wife of our recently deceased club member, Les Silverman, thanked us for our support, calling us family….Mark Lipps led the May birthday boys and girls in a Happy Dance that won’t be getting anyone on television or even SnapChat…..And with that, we dived right into two new-member craft talks.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.” Aristotle

Today’s Program – Teacher Awards. MB Principals present our Teachers of the Year and we’ll award the Sandy Casey Memorial Scholarship.

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Annie Hendrickson Born in Taipei, Annie Hendrickson’s real home is Paris, Tennessee, where the family had a farm and horses and a restaurant, and where she was a flag girl, a rollerskater, and a mudder. Small town life yielded to Nashville and then New York City, where she attended Columbia as a rural Chinese girl with a Southern accent, studying psychology. She worked at a law firm and then Lehman Brothers (presumably before 2008), then earned a Syracuse MPA and a Michigan MBA, where she became a college football fanatic—she goes Blue, but also goes with her husband’s (Jonathan) Trojans. She did corporate finance, kept

Kraft in macaroni, married in 2009 in Chicago, and delivered daughter Lucy and son Nathaniel (now 5 and 7, destined to be Pacific Panthers). Annie retired from the corporate world to work in the maternal world, and the family moved to Manhattan Beach in 2014, where she may or may not find that her ability to speak Mandarin comes in handy. She was in the LMB Class of 2017 (President Mark says she made the Santa Float happen) and then joined Rotary. She is a country music fan and a “Southern belle at heart.” John Clough Former Naples, Florida Rotarian John Clough (as in rough, tough and enough) is an only child who made up for it by marrying into a huge family. His grandfather and his Baptist minister father were Rotarians. He worked at UPS to help earn his way through George Mason University, then lived on a boat in San Diego (he’s an avid sailor). He taught English in Japan for two years, then attended law school at Miami and is still a Hurricane fanatic. He married fellow law student Rebecca in 2000 and made President Mark happy by serving as a prosecutor—in Naples, Florida. He worked briefly as an NFL agent—Ray Lewis was a client. He noticed that Florida is really humid. He moved on to business and commercial litigation, with some corporate transaction work. Rebecca carried a high net worth family law practice in Florida, and wrote a book based on it (“Breaking Free”), but, unlike him, declined to take the California Bar when they moved here last year. They have raised Alex (New York Law grad), Nick (Naples firefighter), Emma (Mira Costa) and Danielle (a Psychology doctoral candidate in South Dakota), along with two grandchildren and Sebastian the Dog. He marathons, drinks Scotch, and shoots clay. I’d Never Join A Club That Would Accept Me As A Member President Mark closed the meeting by mentioning that our growing list of new members is not only a large list, but consists of incredibly talented people. Many of us old guys, from back in the days when this was a very small club, listen to these craft talks and have to consider the possibility that we’d never get into this club now. But Groucho Marx aside, it’s good to be a member of a club that attracts the Annie Hendricksons and John Cloughs of this world. Yours in Rotary, Jim Hallett

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Programs June 4 – Education Leader. Superintendent of Los Angeles Catholic Schools Kevin Baxter will describe “Leading 269 Schools with over 80K Kids.” June 11 – Interfaith Dialogue. Father James Heft, president of the Institute of Advanced Religious Studies at USC, will share his research and experience. June 18 – Craft Talk Duo. New members Rod Spackman and Kelly Stroman will tell us about their past and present.

Save the Date

June 11, Monday – Rotary Book Club will meet to discuss “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” by Neil deGrasse Tyson, moderated by Herb Trachtenberg and hosted by Duke Winser.

June 30, Saturday – Demotion - Out with the old and in with the new. Location: O’Donnell’s

Hall at American Martyrs Church. Time: TBA.

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CELEBRATE MANHATTAN BEACH See all the pictures at https://rotaryclubofmb.smugmug.com/201718-Rotary-Year-Mark-Burton-

President/5-4-18-Celebrate-Manhattan-Beach-Heather-Leyse/

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Local Rotary Make-Up Clubs

Rotarians Participate at Weekly Meetings

Tuesday • Hermosa Beach – 12:15 pm • Hawthorne LAX Lennox – 6:30 pm • Palos Verdes Sunset – 7:00 pm • Torrance Del Amo – 12:10 pm

Wednesday • South Bay Sunrise – 7:15 am • Redondo Beach - 12:15 pm • Westchester - 12:15 pm

Thursday • El Segundo - 12:15 pm • Lawndale – 1st Thu 7 am 3rd Thu Noon

Friday • Palos Verdes - 12:15 pm

Meals on Wheels Schedule

May 22 Loli Ramezani May 29 Don Redman June 5 Jan Rhees June 12 John Rhind

Birthdays

May 21 Joel Ruben May 26 Jim Lambert May 26 Erin Rothner May 29 Gerry Morton

Anniversaries

May 23 Lincoln & Amy Stone May 24 Geoff & Chris Bremer June 4 Deb Robertson & Tom Chwalek June 8 Jim and Joanne Hunter

Officers & Directors 2017-2018

Mark Burton

President Ken Deemer

President-Elect Shannon Ryan

Past President Russ Samuels

Secretary Jay Harkenrider

John Rhind Treasurers

Gerry Morton Director Club Service – Programs/COO

Mark Lipps Director Club Service – Social

David Gendron Director Community Service

Bob Lanahan Director International Service

Loli Ramezani Director Vocational Service

Tim Hageman Director Youth Service

John Osten Sergeant At Arms Ian Jackson Membership Chair Dave Peters Rotary Foundation

Kathleen Terry Peace Chair

Cozette Vergari, Governor District 5280

Ian H.S. Riseley, President Rotary International

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Dennis Ridge – Honorary Publisher www.mbrotary.org

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Manhattan Beach Rotary – 113 Active Members Strong

Serving Manhattan Beach Since 1950 † Past President, †† Past District Governor

John Acker – Financial Planner Kathleen Adams – Financial Advisor Susan Adams – Aerospace Paul Allman – Personnel Training † Deborah Arnold – Business Software Consultant Tim James Auringer – Automotive Dealer Wade Austin Jr. – Photography Harris Bass – Business and Tax Law Bill Bloomfield – Commercial/Laundry † David Boochever – Consultant/Computer † Geoff Bremer – CPA † Monica Farrell Bringleson – Non-profit Development Jan Buike – Social Worker Mark Burton – City Attorney Jamie Cappetta – Religion/University Marc Castellani – Wealth Management Richard Chase – College Professor John Clough – Business Law Roger Cox – Business Consultant † Mark Danaj – City Manager Steve De Baets – Truck Refrigeration Ken Deemer – Private Investor Steve Delk – Restaurant Michael Dobak – Advertising Mike Doell – Moving & Storage † Donn Ennis – Oil Refinery Engineer † Robert Espinosa – Fire Chief Patrick Fard – Martial Arts Richard Farrell – Video Production (ret) Vinny Fazzino – Builder/Engineer David Gendron – Specialty Finance Nelson Gray – Education † Bruce Greenspon – Aerospace Robert Guilford – Business Consultant Tim Hageman – Police Officer Jim Hallett – Criminal & Family Attorney † Richard Ham – Aerospace Engineer † Jay Harkenrider – Real Estate Residential † Brendan Harrington – Automotive Dealer Dave Harris – Wealth Advisor † Jason Hearne – Computer Animator Lisa Hemmat-Lupercio – Restaurateur Annie Hendrickson – Corporate Finance Jordan Holbert – Graphic Designer Ivan David Hornbecker– Honorary Member † John Hugunin – Community College Professor Jim Hunter – Property Management † Eric Iverson – Web Designer Ian Jackson – Mortgage Banker † Tom Jeffry – Attorney – Health Care † Dan Jensen – Real Estate Lawrence Johnson – Investment Banker † Don Jung – CPA Business Manager James Kennedy – Energy Consultant Brad Koppel – International Trade Ed Kushins – Retired Jim Lambert – IT Consulting Bob Lanahan – Systems Engineer

Norm Levin – Business Theatre Mark Lipps – Chamber Manager David Long – Executive Recruiter Steve Lore – General Contractor Barbara Matles – Travel Agent Mike Matthews – Education Jim McFarland – Title Insurance Richard Montgomery – Advertising Dennis Morehead – Property Management † Gerry Morton – Nutritional Products Steve Murillo – Mortgage Broker † Kathleen Murphy – Aircraft Leasing Lindy Murrell – Communications Wayne Nelson – Marketing John Osten – Commercial Publishing Dr. Ray Padilla – Dentist Dr. Patricia Panucci – Orthodontist Matthew Peck – Accounting Dave Peters – RE Investments/ Development /Mediation Dan Quisenberry – Attorney Loli Ramezani – Senior Services Don Redman – Manufacturing Executive (ret.) Jan Rhees – Residential Real Estate † John Rhind – CPA Accounting † Dr. Deborah Robertson – Veterinarian Roger Rombro – Attorney – Family Law Erin Rothner – Interior Design Joel Ruben – Attorney – Real Estate & Business Lit John Russo – Retired Shannon Ryan – Financial Planner † Daniel Saks – Insurance Russ Samuels – Fitness & Personal Trainer Ronald Sokol – Attorney Rod Spackman – Energy Company Charlie Steinmetz – Investor – Real Estate Bob Stephenson – Accountant Corporate † Lincoln Stone – Business & Immigration Law Kelly Stroman – Civic/Non-profit Keith Sultemeier – Financial Services Kathleen Terry – Management Consultant † Herb Trachtenberg – Aerospace Engineer† Cedric Tuck-Sherman – Marketing Dr. Chris Ullman – Chiropractic † John Van den Akker – Property Management/Investments † Sue Vogl – Journalism Megan Walker – Caterer Lee Walker – Insurance – Casualty Jason Wallace – Attorney – Real Estate Ingo Werk – Manufacturing †† Don Whinfrey – Commercial RE - Retired Duke Winser – Honorary Member † Larry Wolf – Real Estate Broker/Owner Scott Yanofsky – Contractor Alexander Yoffe – Attorney Tom Zimmerman - Finance