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THE ACORN
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2019-2020
President
Herb Gooch
President-Elect
David Stowell
Past President
Karen Furnari
Secretary
Rich Folsom
Treasurer
Chris Steele
Club Service
Bob Lewis
International Service Director
Michael Jansen
Community Service Director
Jim Friedl
Vocational Service Director
Patricia Jones
Youth Service Director
Andrea McClellan
Director at Large
Adam Antoniskis
Membership Chair
Carol Robinson
Family of Rotary Chair
Maria Prescott
Rotary Foundation Chair
K.T. Connor
Executive Treasurer
Larry Baker
Executive Secretary
Jeff Borenstein
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Program: December 9th
T.O. CITY PLANNING
Haider Alawami
Haider Alawami, Economic Development Manager for the City of Thou-
sand Oaks, and 32 -year employee of the City of Thousand Oaks, spoke
of the city being one of the top safest cities with a population over
100,000 in the country, ranking as one of the top 100 US cities in which
to live. 96% of the residents rank Thousand Oaks as excellent or good.
The City has a balanced budget, as it has during all the years Haider has
worked for the City. They only spend what they have, he said, indi-
cating where sales taxes come from. He noted that the City is fortunate
to partner with the Auto Mall, as it provides 1/3 of the City’s sales tax,
and added that 1790 new cars were sold just in November.
The environment and jobs are doing well, but the City needs more hous-
ing. The median age in Thousand Oaks is 43.5. They are working on
plans to attract and retain younger residents. In the next 8 years, 2500
new homes (either apartment, mixed use, attached, or single-family
dwellings) will need to be built as part of the state plan. A portion of
the housing must be affordable, all of which invites residents and work-
ers here to be engaged in the discussion about housing.
Haider spoke of components that bring much to our community, includ-
ing biotech companies, CAP Campus Master Plan, enhancements to
downtown Thousand Oaks, Rancho Conejo industrial areas, finding a
permanent location as a home for the Rams, and more.
Haider showed renderings of plans for the “Main Street Concept” of the
Civic Arts Plaza. Lots of exciting projects in the works, and a wonderful
place to live! Haider’s talk was applauded as a great job! His power-
point presentation is available to those who wish it.
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Program: December 19th
Holiday Program
Rotary Choral and the Degenerates
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Thousand Oaks Rotary Meeting
December 12, 2019
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pat McCoy was holding a brief meeting for the Economic Forecast
Committee after the meeting.
Maria Prescott reminded everyone about the Club Social at Mike and
Jodi Jansen’s that night.
Chris Steele reminded those who were volunteering for the 5 Star Theatricals’ perfor-
mance at Port Hueneme when to meet on Friday night. Chris also asked everyone who
hadn’t already done so, to sign-up for themselves and any guests who will attend the Holi-
day Show on Dec. 19th.
President Gooch announced the District Foundation Gala to be
held on January 11th at Sherwood and encouraged members to attend. On the
same day, there will be a celebration in Tijuana for Los Tres Reyes. See Matt Lallo
for more details. President Herb then reminded all about Past President Karen
Furnari’s husband Steve’s Funeral at St. Jude Catholic Church on Saturday the 12th.
Karen is in everyone’s thoughts and prayers.
President Herb Gooch opened the meeting and introduced Past
District Governor, Felix Masci to present the Inspirational Mo-
ment. Felix asked us each to recall a special memory while gath-
ered with friends and family and how it impacted our lives. He
encouraged us to help others create those special moments
and memories when thinking about service above self, and in our everyday
lives. After the pledge to the flag, Joani Pappas,
led us in America the Beautiful
President Gooch thanked our wait staff on be-
half of the club for their service throughout the
year, presenting each with a card and gratuity.
Nelson Buss then introduced visiting Rotarians Susana and Jim Brown,
from Boston and Needham Clubs respectively, Darin Arrasmith’s guest
Kelly Dooley, Matt Lallo’s wife Teresa, Mike Jansen’s guest Shane Ahern,
and Judy Lazar, who is returning to the club.
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Birthdays
Dec 04 Baker, Larry Dec 09 Handler, Jonathan Dec 17 Evans, Crystal Dec 18 Wender, Dave Dec 22 Murata, Susan Dec 25 Khodabakhshian, Sevak Dec 26 Doyle, Christal Dec 28 Roberts, Skip Dec 30 Friedl, Jim
Anniversaries
Dec 03 Corrigan, Frank & Kathleen Dec 23 Humphrey, Bill & Sandy Dec 30 Teasdale, Michael
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Happy $$$$
Martin Anderson carried the cup.
After a 10-minute announcement session, Martin suggested changing the name to 5-minute announcements.
Paul Dryman said he’ll be attending the Holiday Program along with his favorite sister who is flying in from De-
troit (incidentally, his only sister!)
Michael Teasdale thanked Darin Arrasmith for his enthusiasm in getting members on board for the Big Broth-
ers/Big Sister’s Holiday Angels Project.
K.T. Connor noted that she was using her points for the Marriott Resort at the Beach in Honolulu. She would
be happy to transfer her and Jere’s RI reservation there to someone who was finding the best hotels were no
longer available (She did receive an immediate request for it.)
Judy Lazar said it’s great to be back.
Jeff Borenstein said he’s now in charge of the vetting process for the club… “Judy?”
Patricia Jones invited members to sponsor a pair of socks for seniors for $5.00/pair. She also thanked Mike and
Jodi Jansen for hosting the Club Holiday Social.
Susan Murata was happily able to visit her grandkids in Oklahoma, where they celebrated her granddaughter’s
21st birthday. She also announced the success of the Hospice of the Conejo’s Christmas Tree event at the Oaks
Mall, where they were $5,000 over last year’s sales.
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5-STAR THEATRICAL -- Reaching out to the military families!
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Family of
Rotary
Reaching
out to each
Other!
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DECEMBER ROTARY THEME:
DISEASE PREVENTION
AND TREATMENT
FINE SESSION
Cary Runnells took January 1st as his topic. Since he is embarking on a
new career and has been knee-deep in all the federal and state licensure
and regulations necessary to conduct business in California, he thought he
would share the headache of figuring out arcane facts. As such, his
theme was “Tax Regulations in Other States”.
Those fined were: Barb Cornwall, Steve Stanley, Paul Dryman, Kyle Lundberg, Pat McCoy,
Haider Alawami, and Ean Kleiger.
THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND RIGHT NOW
Consider registering for the Foundation Gala Jan. 11th
at Sherwood with RI PP Ravi (Register online at: http://bit.ly/D5240Gala )
Consider registering for the Rotary World Conference Jan. 17-18th in Ontario www.PeaceConference2020.org
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PRESIDENT’S CORNER
• Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes. • England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool . • I tried to catch some fog, but I mist. • They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a Type-O. • I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now. • Jokes about German sausages are the wurst. • I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me. • This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore. • When chemists die, apparently they barium. • I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down. • I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words. • I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me. • Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils? • Broken pencils are pretty much pointless. • What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus. • I dropped out of the Communism class because of lousy Marx. • I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.
OW! OW! OW! OW!!!!!
• Venison for dinner again? Oh deer! • A cartoonist was found dead in his home. Details are sketchy. • I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.
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Let President Herb know if you want to join our club table.
We’d love to have you!
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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 (SKIP) 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
16-17 ROBERT BIANCHI
17-18 TIM WEAVER
18-19 KAREN FURNARI
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