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Membership: Remembering Ray Wirth

by Wade Nomura

Being the “New Kid” on the DG block, I had a short opportunity to meet PDG Ray Wirth and spend time with him and his wife Rosie. Ray was a man of few words, but could make his point quickly, and had a great sense of humor. This mixture of traits made him very unique, and I have never met anyone that could keep you captivated with what they were saying. His wife Rosie is very sincere and warm, and Roxanne and I spent an entire evening captivated ... more »

Touring the District: Band Standing Arroyo Grande Style

Arroyo Grande Rotary Club President Janet Wood emailed me and asked if I wouldn’t mind “going casual” for my official visit to her club. “I can do casual! but don’t tell RI!” Well, when I arrived I was greeted with a beautiful park setting with picnic tables, chairs, and the Arroyo Grande Bandstand in the background set up for our board meeting, all on a beautiful sunny summer day!  ... more »

New Generations: September is New Generations Month

September is New Generations Month which is a Great time to focus on our future generations. You may want to highlight the month with programs specific to your club’s support of the many Youth programs being done by your club. Invite your scholarship winners, RLYA participants, Rotaract and Interact members, Ambassadorial Scholars, GSE members, 4 Way Test Essay Contest participants ... more »

International Service: Sri Lanka GSE & Opportunities

Thanks to DGE Frank Ortiz and some very fortunate communications, the Rotary Club of Morro Bay may well be on their way to some great projects in Sri Lanka.  Frank Ortiz invited his DGE counterpart and GSE partner for 2012-2013 Dharshan John of District 3220 of Sri Lanka to tour our District. The Rotary Club of Morro Bay has been trying to organize a project in Sri Lanka ... more »

Touring the District: Westlake Village has a Lake!

Roxanne and I had a great time floating around Lake Westlake, thanks to President Gloria Rocca and the members of the Westlake Village Club. With three boats awaiting us, Gloria selected Bill Notthoff’s boat for us to ride on, and AG Evie Greene went on Marty Blumenthal’s boat.  About halfway around the lake, our boat lost power ... more »

MASTER PRLS Series Completed in Africa

PDG Chris Molam of Zimbabwe, District 9210 and long time PRLS Champion/Instructor, realized the benefits of our PRLS program and has spent years promoting and teaching PRLS there. With all his hard work Chris has just completed their first Master PRLS series on the African ... more »

International Service: Our Grants Committee is Making a Difference

With the new direction of the Grants Committee to set their priority on getting ALL grants submitted approved, we have gone through our District Simplified Grant Funds (nearly $60,000 in District Designated Funds) in record time. We actually ran out on August 25th, or in less than 2 months! I am very pleased to say that there were a number of clubs that wrote grants for the first time and we are pleased to see you taking advantage of this ... more »