Hi-Jinx Bulletin of Mar 25 2024 Mtg

DARK April 1, 2024  
Next Meeting April 8, 2024   
In person at The Westin and on Zoom  
Volume 5, Issue 30  
Reporter: Julie Walker   
Photographer: Nancy Starling  
 
Carlsbad Hi-Noon
Rotary President
Jeff Segall
 
President Jeff Segall opened the meeting, and Ken Clark, in person, led the club in the Smile Song and America. Pres. Jeff shared Words from Robert F. Kennedy: “The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to make things easier.”
 
IMPORTANT DATES
• Mon. Apr. 1: DARK - Easter
• Wed. Apr. 10: Brother Benno's Food Service
• Apr. 12-14: RYLA Conference
• Wed, Apr. 18: North County Food Bank
• Fri. Apr. 19: AVID Conference
• Mon. Apr. 22: Scholarship Raffle Drawing
• Sat. Apr. 27: Rotarians at Work Day
• Mon. Apr. 29: DARK - due to Rtns at Work event
• Mon, May 6: Offsite lunch meeting at Carlsbad Police & Fire Training Center (info below)
• Mon, Jun. 10: Offsite lunch meeting at One Safe Place (info below)
 
2 FIELD-TRIP ROTARY MEETINGS
Pres. Jeff has scheduled two off-site Rotary lunch meetings, for Mon. May 6 and Mon. June 10. The former will take place at the Carlsbad Police and Fire Training Center, focusing on active-shooter survival. The latter will take place at One Safe Place, operated by SD County and the county DA’s office. Lunch will be offfered for each of these field-trip meetings. Do not show up at the Westin on those dates—and no Zoom.
 
NEW PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS
Mimi Gaffey presented Richard Weston with his 9th Paul Harris fellowship, recognizing his latest $1,000 donation to the Rotary Foundation. Gaffey also presented Bob Stonebrook and Julie Gibbs with their first Paul Harris fellowships, attained due to anonymous donors.
Paul Harris fellows Bob Stonebrook, Julie Gibbs
and Richard Weston
 
POLIO PLUS SOCIETY MEMBERS
Beth Garrow recognized Richard Weston, who like her, is a District 5340 Polio Plus Society member, and introduced Tommy Hersant and Tom Applegate as new members after Garrow put out a recent invitation to CHNR members to consider pledging $100 per year until polio is completely eradicated in the world. Only two countries left. This is a district society that is endorsed by Rotary International. Anyone interested in info can contact Garrow: bethgarrow@comcast.net
Polio Plus Society members Tom Applegate,
Beth Garrow, Richard Weston and Tommy Hersant
 
SCHOLARSHIP RAFFLE:
Not even halfway yet--HELP!
JoAnn Ross reported $20,000 collected so far, via the club’s raffle for scholarships (to academic and trade schools). The goal is $50,000, with the drawing to be held April 22. Ross recognized Bob Kreisberg, who collected $500 just by visiting his neighbors. Ross also had a message from the Easter Bunny: “Give away one ticket that you paid for in the coming week. Everybody needs money, and we have some!”
 
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
Christian Chapman and his committee have been accepting applications for CHNR scholarships and soon will begin an applicant review, then schedule interviews. The amount and number of scholarships we can give depends on the success of our Scholarship Raffle ticket sales (see above).
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
         • Reminder: DARK Mon, Apr. 1 (no joke!)
         • CHNR and the Carlsbad Rotary clubs received Distinguished Warrior awards from the Army Navy Academy last weekend.
         Member Rachel Ivanovich, who is a tax consultant, advised that due to SD County being declared eligible for disaster assistance (Feb-Mar flooding), that the IRS has delayed the date for county residents' 2023 tax year payments and 2024 first-quarter estimates to June 17.
 
COMMUNITY SERVICE
    • Brother Benno’s Food Service—Wed, Apr. 10, 6:15-8am at Brother Benno’s Center, 3260 Production Ave, Oceanside. Join the CHNR team working the breakfast line by contacting Beth Garrow: bethgarrow@comcast.net
    • North County Food Bank—Wed, Apr, 18, 1-4pm. Join the CHNR team packing foods for distribution to those in need. Each participant must register in advance. See emails from Beth Garrow or contact her at bethgarrow@netcast.net
    • Rotarians at Work Day—Sat., Apr. 27, 8am-noon at the Army Navy Academy. A barbecue on the beach will follow. Beth Garrow has 34 signed up, but sure could use more. The academy will do the prep work; Rotarians (family and friends welcome!) will be doing brush work and spray painting on five historic cottages—and some planting. All tools will be provided. Contact Garrow: bethgarrow@comcast.net
 
YOUTH SERVICE
    • RYLA Weekend: Apr. 12-14 in Idyllwild. Contact Mike Metts if interested in being a team leader for the high school juniors attending this leadership conference. Metts: mmetts@dudek.com
    • AVID Conference for middle school students: Apr. 19. For info/or to assist at this leadership event, contact Bob Kreisberg: bob@opusproductivity.com
    • Kreisberg gave and update on the regional youth music competition held at Carlsbad-by-the-Sea recently, as well as on the Model UN event.
    • Mo Taylor reported students using the pickleball courts with paddles and nets we provided are very appreciative and having lots of fun. She then shared a few of the thank-you notes received from Jefferson Elementary students regarding our Book Fair. One note said: Thankyou for letting us buy books for a quarter. I really like the book I got. It is really nice to get cool books. Thank you for giving us new really cool books. Thank you!!”
 
PROGRAM
Hi-Noon Rotary’s E-x-p-a-n-d-e-d
International Service Reach
 
Speakers: Rick Huenefeld and his team
 
Team members Ed Rouquette, Joan Boughton,
Tommy Hersant, Rick Huenefeld, Vince Ponce
and Bob Stonebrook (missing: Phil Urbina)
 
Rick Huenefeld, CHNR’s International Services Director, and his team have reassessed how the club reaches out globally and has already made a bigger impact, with their focus being on water, sanitation and hygiene issues, youth education and sheltering.
 
Huenefeld said, “We have really upped our involvement this (Rotary) year. We have done a lot of great projects in the past, but they were large projects that ate up a lot of the budget” and limited the club to one or two areas of need per Rotary year. “This year, we have a slightly different focus, ensuring that we impact, in some little way, the lives of 1,000 people. We are already well over that number,” he said.
 
He has built a team with varying skillsets and contacts, but who also have a common goal of developing relationships with Rotary clubs in different parts of the world to expand our assistance now and provide even more meaningful support in the future.
 
Huenefeld and team member Joan Boughton provide general support to the rest of the team, whose members are focused on a different area of the world: Phil Urbina, Mexico; Ed Rouquette, South and Central America; Tommy Hersant, Europe; Bob Stonebrook, Africa; and Vince Ponce, Asia.
 
Already CHNR’s 2023-24 International Services team has expanded the club’s reach:
         1. CHNR has partnered with Club Rotario de Tijuana on an event that provided $2,000 plus toys and blankets to 400 disabled children in the Tijuana area.
 
         2. Ed Rouquette, with the help of his wife, Carmen, connected us with Club Rosario de Santa Ana in El Salvador. That club is close to completing its Camones Water Project (total cost $350,000), and CHNR helped close the $10,000 final funding gap for that project.
 
         3. In Europe, in connection with Lubin Rotary Club in Poland, our club provided $2,000 to support Ukranian refugee children. Carlsbad Rotary Club (evening) member Kasia Trojanowski has been a source of information for this area of the world.
 
         4. CHNR is in the early stages of developing relationships with African clubs, including providing our allocation of a $10,000 global grant for a pediatric orthopedic surgery program in Rwanda (with matching funds from the Del Mar Rotary). CHNR also participated in the Ghana
Water Project global grant project.
 
         5. Also, $2,000 has been allocated, but not obligated, for a project in Asia. CHNR has been in contact with Rotary clubs in Nepal, India, Bali and working on Vietnam to find a connection.
 
The goal is for the connections and relationships being developed to make it possible for CHNR to have an impact in more areas of the world. “We want to do things we believe you all will be proud of,” Huenefeld said . . . “and we want to do it for the greatest need . . . We’re working on connecting to other clubs, identifying opportunities.”
 
Anyone interested in joining the team can contact him. “We’re looking for a few more members. There is a lot of research that goes on. This is a widely traveled group: You have been places and know people where there might be an opportunity to connect.”
 
Rick Huenefeld: rick.huenefeld@gmail.com
 
 
 
DARK April 1, 2024
Next Meeting: April 8, 2024
Swedish American Chamber of Commerce
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Joker Jackpot

Posted on Mar. 25, 2024
Tommy Hersant, winner on hold, won $5. This meetings winner was Nate Cobb, who won $10.
The Jackpot is now at $360.
Joker Jackpot Julie Walker 2024-03-25 07:00:00Z 0

Welcome to Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club

 Welcome to Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club!


The Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club (CHNR) welcomes Rotarians and other visitors to its Monday meetings. The club is now meeting in-person at the Westin.  Additionally, the meeting will be broadcast via Zoom as an option.  Please refer to President Jeff Segall at jeffsegall@me.com for Zoom access. The club meets at the Westin Carlsbad Resort and Spa, 5480 Grand Pacific Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008.  A buffet lunch with salads and hot entrees is open at noon, with the business meeting beginning at 12:10 pm. 

The Club, chartered in February 1980, has over 70 members. The membership is very active and committed to the Rotary principle of "Service Above Self."  The club sponsors an energetic Interact Club at Carlsbad High School and each year sends both facilitators and students to the annual RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) conference for high school juniors and the Rotary LEAD symposium for eighth graders. The club sponsors Oktoberfest a Family Fall Festival--Oktoberfest 2023 was NUMBER 41. There was German food, German music, costume contests, games and a beer garden.  Check out the website for event specifics: www.RotaryOktoberfest.org. This event has been designed and implemented since its inception by BOTH Rotary Clubs in Carlsbad:  Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary and Carlsbad Rotary. Proceeds from Oktoberfest are shared with Carlsbad charities and used by each club for its many local community service projects.

Additionally, CHNR also supports our Carlsbad students via the AVID program at Carlsbad High School with a business and ethics conference plus college and trade school scholarships, a literacy project and book fair at Jefferson Elementary School, Junior Achievement and What Grown-Ups Do For Work, music instruction and a competition for middle school students, an essay contest for middle school students, a speech contest focusing on the Rotary Four-Way Test for high school students. CHNR members provide service every weekday through meal delivery to seniors, once a month to the North County Food Bank, a massive 20,000 food packaging challenge to assist the Food Bank and financial support to a variety of organizations in Carlsbad assisting food insecurity, the homeless, Solutions for Change, the Carlsbad Educational Foundation, Hospice of the North Coast, Casa de Amparo, the North County Food Bank, the Veterans Association of North County, La Posada, Stand Up for Kids, the Carlsbad Boys and Girls Club.

In addition to all the service members provide, they also have time to socialize and enjoy one another.  During the 2022-2023 Rotary year, members had an opportunity to attend over 28 separate social events.  

Guests are always welcome at Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary . . . come to a meeting and learn more about the activities (service and social) that members enjoy.  

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THE PROGRAM OF THE DAY

Allison Henderson
SD Natural History Museum
aka “The NAT”
 
Allison Henderson
 
Allison Henderson provided background and a brief overview on “The NAT,” which originally evolved from a conversation in 1874 between two members who loved to collect local flora and fauna. It started in two rooms in what was The Hotel Cecil in downtown San Diego and is now a 150,000-square-foot facility in Balboa Park. During Covid shutdowns, it has operated virtually and continued its many scientific activities and research projects.
 
Henderson likes to think of “The NAT” as a trifecta made up of a visitors’ center, a museum and a lab. The visitors' center involves special exhibits, including the current Fossil Mysteries and Coast-to-Cactus exhibits. The museum portion features collections—with more than eight million specimens—and a research library. The lab involves scientists working in the lab and out in the region: surveying, making and researching discoveries and trying to understand the effects of fires, climate change, etc. on the environment.
 
“The NAT” has been closed due to Covid restrictions, but virtual visits are welcome and there is a large inventory of online lectures done by the museum’s scientists. The Nat has speakers such as Henderson available to visit school classrooms and organizations—now done virtually, but usually an in-person visit. Also, adults may check out physical elements of “The NAT” (think dinosaur bones, etc.) for “all you grandparents to share in classrooms, too.”  Check out “The NAT” at www.sdnat.org.
The NAT
The NAT in Balboa Park
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ROTARIAN MOMENTS

Wendy Wiegand talked about the club’s annual Mexico House project—building a home for a family in Mexico in one day. She was especially happy when she participated last year because she got to hand the house keys to the family.

Mike Metts talked about his longtime leadership with the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards program (RYLA). He said friendships, giving back and RYLA have made Rotary very important in his life. Because of the pandemic, RYLA was not held in 2020, nor will it be held in 2021. However, a new Zoom program is being created for RYLA.

 

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ROTO-ROOTER

Roto-Rooter Mary Fritz-Wilson recognized December and January birthdays. December: Jani Jackson, Jos Magaña, Lisa Walsh, Randy Ferren and Mike Metts. January: Bob Kreisberg, Tom Applegate, Rocco Ciesco, Justin Peek, Alan Cobb, Alesia Clark and Jim Brubaker.

 Holiday Happenings: Wendy Wiegand had good and bad news: Her new Tesla arrived on Christmas Eve, earlier than expected. Alas, her Mercedes was damaged when it was hit by a red-light runner. Nancy Starling’s son and grandson also were in a car hit by a red-light runner; both are okay. Dave Dana’s extended family celebrated Christmas together, as did Harry Peacock’s. Mimi Gaffey’s granddaughter left for Germany for her college studies. Yvonne Finocchiaro’s grandson graduated from college virtually, so the family created a full graduation ceremony at home.

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PAUL HARRIS FELLOWSHIPS

Paul Harris Fellow: Mimi Gaffey, the club’s liaison with The Rotary Foundation, provided Neal Stehly with his PHF + 5 pin and thanked him for his continued support of TRF and the worldwide work it does. 
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AVID Seminars

AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a college prep program targeting students who will be first generation college attendees in their families. Students and parents make a commitment to participate in the program for all four years of high school by choosing to take the AVID Class as an elective all four years of high school. The AVID class supports students in succeeding in challenging academic programs using peer coaching strategies and study skills designed to support student learning and achievement.
 
Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club (CHNR) began their support of the AVID program in 2008. Working with other Rotary Clubs, a Conference was put together for Senior AVID students from Carlsbad, Oceanside, El Camino and Vista High Schools. Students joined Rotarians for breakfast and panel presentations from Rotarians and representatives from potential career areas. The next year, CHNR decided to focus on Carlsbad High students. The Club invited the Junior and Senior AVID students and followed this format until 2013. At that point, the event was renamed the AVID Seminar and the focus was changed to engage the students in an interaction with successful Rotarians and successful former AVID students. Rotarians became facilitators during Breakfast and talked to students about their goals and shared their struggles and successes. Then, in smaller groups, selected Rotarians and former AVID students shared their experience and offered ideas for building success in life through a small-group format. A debrief of the small group work and a keynote presentation on a specific leadership skill closed the seminar. A highlight of the event is the recognition of the top Senior AVID Students by their teachers.
 
March 22, 2019 marked the Twelfth Seminar. This year Hi-Noon Rotary reached out to Sage Creek High School to involve their AVID Juniors and Seniors. There were 44 students from Carlsbad High and 24 from Sage Creek. The 68 students were supported by their teachers, school and district administrators, counselors and 20 Rotarians.
 
To support the student experience, the Club began to collect “Words of Advice” from members in 2016. A group of students created a set of questions that were then asked of all members of the club. The responses were recorded and presented to the students. The documents are used as reference materials in the AVID classes and have documented the variety of experiences that Rotarians bring to our Club. Each year the students select a different set of questions to ask the members.
 
April 3, 2020 was to be our 13th AVID Seminar. Unfortunately, 13 did not end up to be our lucky number. Along with many other activities, this event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic and a wonderful experience for students and our members was lost. However, we did continue to recognize the Top 5 AVID Seniors for 2020 from each school. Their pictures are attached as are several years of pictures of the Top 5 and group pictures from past events.
We want to take a moment and express our deep appreciation to the AVID Teachers on each campus. They are: Jeff Spanier and Laurie Britton at Carlsbad High School; and Aida Salah and Allison Williams at Sage Creek High School.
For 2021 we are going to move forward to the 14th Seminar!       
 
Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club
Top 5 AVID Seniors
Class of 2020
 
Carlsbad High School
                            
    Analaura Flores            Makella Nordquist             Jasmyn Lemus                Christen Opp               Bianca Herrera
 
Sage Creek High School
                          
       Angelica Venancio               Cavaughn Higgs              Destini Perkins                 Hayat Sherif                Roxana Dominguez
 
The Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club would like to thank the following people for their continued support of the AVID Program:
AVID Teachers, Jeff Spanier, Laurie Britton, Aida Salah and Allison Williams,
Principals, Dr. Brian Brockett and Jesse Schuveiller,
Superintendent, Dr. Ben Churchill, the District Leadership Team, and the Carlsbad Unified School District Board of Trustees
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