Rotary Club El Centro, California

7Frank Miranda, President 2014-2015 Celebrate Rotary Number 28 for the Week of January 29, 2015

Imperial Valley College ‘Making a Difference’ was the topic of the day. Todd Evangelist touted the ben-efits of a community college and some the current demographics at IVC. Per-student spending in Cali-fornia as at a community college is $6000 compared to $22,400 at a UC campus. Also mentioned was the role of the IVC Foundation. The foundation raised and distributed over $200,000 in scholarships and awarded 322 IVC student scholarships. A total of 4,423 units paid through scholarships. Next Todd introduced Mr. Ed Wells IVC P.O.S.T. Coordinator who is the Administration of Justice pro-

gram director. This program prepares students in all aspects of law enforcement. Prior to this students had to travel out of town for this type of instruction. Mr. Wells mentioned that the majority of the students enrolled in the program wish to remain in the Imperial Valley to fill law enforcement positions.

The El Centro Rotary Club meets on

Thursday noon at the PAL facility located at 1100 North

4th Street. Visitors are welcome!

If you miss Rotary meeting,

4-WAY TEST

Do You Know The 4-

Way Test?

IVC POST

POT

Richard Acosta won the raffle $42 but failed to pull the blue chip for the big bucks.

Karina Alvarez is being proposed for mem-bership into our Club by Rudy Rodriguez. Karina is a Certi-fied Public Accountant. She serves as a member of the Work Force training Board and is on the finance committee. Kariina is active as a member of the McCabe School Site Counciil and serves as the Children’s

Liturgy Ministry for St. Mary’s Church. Please take time to

Membership Proposal

ANNOUNCEMENTS 4-Way Speech Contest next week – President Frank encour-aged attendance Ron Griffen announced a Mystery Dinner to who knows where. Plan on being some-where

between 5-10PM on Tuesday February 17th. No Rotary on the 19

th to give us ample time for

a full recovery. Michael Rood and Kris Becker will participate in “Dancing with the Stars” on May 1

st. This

I gotta see! Dan Williams announced a HWY clean up to take place Saturday Feb. 7

th; meet at 7:30

AM at the In & Out Burger parking lot. Larry Bratton and the bbqcommittee are organizing the annual Tri-Tip Fundraiser to take place on March 26

th. Mark that day on your calendar as everyone’s participation is encour-

HARVEST TIME aka WHINING AND FINING Mike Dessert has planned a trip to Iran once he secures a

travel VISA. President Frank made him leave a $50 deposit with more to come. “What goes like hell and red all over”? Ron Griffen’s new car, worth $60 to Rotary and $100 to mother-in law’s PH Several Rotarians placed bets on the upcoming NFL Super Bowl. Fines will be determined next week. Stay tuned. Art Benavent was the lucky recipi-

ent of a fresh bag of baby broccoli fresh out of the President’s farm.

Visiting Rotarians and Guests of Rotarians

Jack Tyler introduced our visiting Rotarians: All the way from the carrot capi-tol of the world hailed Rich-ard

Acosta, Ron Smart from Imperial Break-fast Burrito Club joined us and Pepsi-Cola man Sal Ortiz came down from Brawley to witness

January Birthdays

Once again Dan Nuffer did a fine job of totally embarrass-ing Rotarians, who celebrated a birthday in January, Art Benavent, Cliff Caldwell, Rudy Rodriguez and Don Thompson