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THE ACORN A weekly publication by the Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks

http://thousandoaksrotary.org

Board of Directors

2016-2017

Robert Bianchi

President

Tim Weaver

President-Elect

Mike Murphy Past President

Greg Kusnierek

Secretary

Trevor Tyloch Youth Service

Barbara Cornwall

Community Service

Marc Feigen Director-At-Large

Meghan Lopez

Vocational Service

Bob Lewis Club Service

David Stowell

International Service

David Masci Foundation Chair

John Bradley

Treasurer

Karen Furnari Family of Rotary

EX-OFFICIO

Mike Hebert

Executive Secretary

Larry Baker

Executive Treasurer

“Inspire others with your story.”

Volume 59, No. 41 Week of May 29, 2017

Program: June 1st

Kevin DeMoff,

EVP, Football Operations

LA Rams

Program: May 18th

Youth Citizenship Awards

David Masci

As Chair, David Masci introduced the program and Karen Furnari,

Michelle Nash, and Doug Messner read the inspiring tributes that

were written about each student as they came up to receive mul-

tiple certificates, plaques, and awards from the local dignitaries

and President Bianchi.

One student was awarded this honor from each of the elemen-

tary and middle schools in the Conejo Valley Unified School Dis-

trict. These children are our future leaders and we are in good

hands.

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THE ACORN A weekly publication by the Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks

http://thousandoaksrotary.org

BIRTHDAYS

Jun 01 Turpel, Pete Jun 02 Hardy, Jason Jun 02 Stanley, Steven Jun 10 Stowell, David Jun 17 Donley, Heather Jun 17 Friedman, Betsy Jun 19 Back, Brian Jun 27 Bloom, Denny Jun 27 Buss, Nelson Jun 29 Freeman, Carol

ANNIVERSARIES

Jun 01 Kimball, Chris & Elizabeth Jun 02 Masci, David & Kathryn Jun 18 Khodabakhshian, Sevak & Tyaga Jun 18 Spoto, Russ & Michele Jun 20 Borenstein, Jeff & Judy Jun 21 Renshall, Sharon & James Jun 22 Folsom, Rich & Diane Jun 24 Caligiuri, Tanya & Joe Jun 27 Friedl, Jim & Tracy Jun 27 Lazar, Judy & Roger Jun 29 O'Beirne, Mike & Jo-Ann

Thousand Oaks Rotary

Minutes of Meeting

May 11, 2017

Carol Freeman shared an inspirational Mo-

ment about spending time with with some

good friends, having a wonderful time and

laughing a lot. Her message was the im-

portance of laughter. Laughter is some-

thing we do a lot of in this club, and it is

something that is so important in our lives.

Although we do a lot of serious things,

laughter is great medicine, and truly inspi-

rational. After the Pledge to the Flag, Nel-

son Buss led us in My Country Tis of Thee

President Robert Bianchi introduced Tan-

ya Caligiuri, who introduced Matt Lallo’s

guest, his wife Teresa.

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PAUL HARRIS FELLOWSHIP RECOGNITION

The current and incoming presidents of the Rotary Club of

Tijuana presented President Bianchi with a Paul Harris recog-

nition given in his honor for the service our Club has provided

and the friendships fostered in Tijuana. He was presented

with a Paul Harris pin with a ruby.

David Masci then explained to our guests what a Paul Harris Fellow is, where a person has either donated

$1000 to Rotary Foundation, or someone has donated $1000 is someone’s honor.

He then announced Karen Furnari and Patricia Jones 4th Paul

Harris Fellow achievements. Special recognition was given to

Steven Stanley, as he received acknowledgement as a Paul

Harris Major Donor, with $10,000 in donations.

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THE ACORN A weekly publication by the Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks

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HAPPY $$$$$$

Chris Hanner carried the cup.

Program: July 8th

Water Policies: With And Without a Drought Matthew Fienup

Executive Director of the Center for Economic Research & Forecasting at CLU

Cary Runnells celebrated his daughter, Zoey, graduating from CSU Fullerton with a degree in Pub-

lic Relations. She is working for a fashion PR firm in Beverly Hills.

Tanya Caligiuri pointed out the article in Science News about a new de-

vice that harvests water from the air, and is solar powered; great for are-

as needing fresh water in undeveloped countries. She also had polished

the Happy Dollars cup this week, pointed out that the surface is wearing

thin, and suggests that it may be time to get another one.

In honor of the Youth Citizenship program, Kate Potter, Administrative

Assistant to Jeanne Valentine, Director of Elementary Education, pre-

sented a Happy Dollar stating how wonderful this program is and how

proud she is to see these students recognized.

FRIENDLY FIRESIDE FUN!

Sharing pot-luck with one another at a host’s house birngs so

many of us together.

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THE ACORN A weekly publication by the Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks

http://thousandoaksrotary.org

The ACORN is a weekly publication of the Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks.

Editor K.T. Connor, notes by Nancy Wohl, photos by Rich Folsom

58-59 DONN ODELL

59-60 JOHN HEYWOOD

60-61 MARV BURROW

61-62 ROSS DUSKIN

62-63 ROY McCOMBER

63-64 PAUL PACE

64-65 JOHN CONLAN

65-66 CARLOS SCURIA

66-67 MERRILL DARLING

67-68 PHIL OZAB

68-69 WILLIAM VANDERZWANN

69-70 ALVIN J. HOTZ, JR.

70-71 BEN CRANMER, JR.

71-72 GLENN GOODWIN

72-73 GEORGE VASLIEFF

73-74 HENRY STILL

74-75 JOHN TUEL

75-76 KENNETH HANSON

76-77 DAVID HUANG

77-78 WILLIAM HAAS

78-79 FELIX MASCI

79-80 HARLAND JONES

80-81 DAVE WENDER

81-82 GEORGE GIBB

82-83 NORMAN NAGEL

83-84 BILL PETERSON

84-85 MIKE O’BEIRNE

85-86 MARV SOSNA

86-87 FRED FERRARINI

87-88 DOC NEEDHAM

88-89 KENNETH ROBERTS

89-90 JEFF BORENSTEIN

90-91 DENNIS GILLETTE

91-92 MERV KOPP

92-93 TOM GLANCY

93-94 HUGO ROCHE

94-95 BRIAN BACK

95-96 TONY KOUROUNIS

96-97 JACK CAINE

97-98 DICK WIELER

98-99 JUDY ST. JOHN

99-20 MIKE GONZALES

20-01 NEIL SCRIBNER

01-02 BOB BIERY

02-03 HARRY SELVIN

03-04 RICK LEMMO

04-05 DOUG TAPKING

05-06 KATHY HILL

06-07 PETE TURPEL

07-08 VICKI ARNDT

08-09 MARTIN ANDERSON

09-10 KEITH PARKS

10-11 FRANK CORRIGAN

11-12 RICHARD WILLIAMS

12-13 SUSAN MURATA

13-14 CAROL FREEMAN

14-15 NATE HARIMOTO

15-16 MIKE MURPHY

PAST PRESIDENTS

ROTARY CLUB OF THOUSAND OAKS

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