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Rotary This Week  Flag: Christine Auda  Song: Brad Ormsby led us in the familiar God Bless America.  Invocation: Karen Quigley led us in prayer. .gif) Guests: Randy Strong from the Westlake Sunrise Club, and the lovely Joy Lupanow.  Fines: Fine Master Charles warned everyone that members can be fined for not wearing their Rotary pin to our meetings. Also, he stated that if he feels it has taken too long for ew members to move on from their red badge, he might assess a fine. “Too long” is determined solely at the discretion of the Fine Master and is beyond dispute and reproach. The Fine Master said fines would "Make Rotary Great Again." - Mike Dutra fined $100 for his company, Candu Graphics, being named Top Quarterly business in Westlake Village. Article from the Acorn is here: https://www.theacorn.com/articles/chamber-names-candu-graphics-top-quarterly-business-in-westlake/.
- Aaron Guerrero fined $5 for getting a shiny, new Mercedes Benz – E350. The fine is $10 per wheel (4 wheels plus spare = $50). $45 discount applied because Aaron is our photographer for The Flag.
 Announcements: President Lee brought the meeting to order and once again, no one listened. Ken Snow passed around a sign-up sheet to order rotary polo shirts. Lee tried on a women's extra small and it fit perfectly. Happy Dollars: Andy Lupanow did Happy Dollars. Just so everyone knows where the money goes for Happy Dollars, Andy had everyone tape their their money on President Lee, like a “Pin the tail on the Donkey” game.
Dapper Spar gave $20 because USC football is upon us.
Brad Ormsby gave a $1.00 but Dapper the noteaker forgot why. Probably because USC football is upon us.
Nida Brown gave $5 because she saw Lee at Macy’s shopping for vacumn cleaners.
Harrison Reed gave a buck because he figured out how to change his daughter’s radiator fluid.
Charles Bloomquist gave money because he ran into Irene Agnew and she is doing great at age 91.
Mel Le Vine gave $5 because he was too young for the last Korean war and too old for the next one.
P.E. Bob Marshall gave money because he was successful in cooking dinner for his beautiful wife.
Elliot Blinder gave some dollars to celebrate our Dodgers historic run.
Mike Dutra gave money because he finally gets a discount at Do-It-Center.
Andy Lupanow gave money to celebrate Joy being at the meeting.
Audrey Brown gave $3 because they were able to clean out three of our storage units, reducing storage to one unit.
 Speaker Our speaker was Alan Salazar, curator of the Chumash Indian Museum. Our speaker today has worked in several different areas during his life. A traditional storyteller, a Native educator, a Native American monitor/consultant, a spiritual adviser, a traditional paddler of Chumash canoes (he helped build the first working traditional Chumash tomol), a preschool teacher, a juvenile institution officer and a journeyman plasterer.
His family has traced their ancestry to the Chumash village of Ta’apu, now known as Simi Valley and the Tataviam village of Chaguayanga near Castaic, Ca. They are Ventureno Chumash and Tataviam. His ancestors were brought into the San Fernando Mission starting in 1803. He has been actively involved with several Native American groups. He is a founding member of the Kern County Native American Heritage Preservation Council, a member of the Chumash Maritime Association, a member of the California Indian Advisory Council for the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. He has also been a community advisor with the Ventura County Indian Education Consortium for over 19 years. Currently, he is on the Elder’s Council for the Fernandeno Tataviam and a member of the Environmental Review Board for the city of Malibu.
His presentation focused on the Chumash Indians redwood plank canoes which is called a “Tomol.” The tomols were hand made for over 3000 years here in the Conejo Valley. The Chumash Indians were highly skilled workers and were able to carve and build these tomols out of local trees. They would use the tomol to travel to the Santa Cruz islands and fish for food. He said the Mission period here in California was the worst for the local Indian tribes because they were enslaved by the Spaniards to do the farm work at the missions. What's Coming up! Next week our speaker will be Patrick Yarrow, who will speak on all things YMCA. Thank you to Dapper Spar, our note taker this week. Kelly Honig is still looking for note takers for the meetings. Trivia Question!  Our first category of trivia will be "Baseball Movies," in honor of the Dodgers' historical winning streak. Please email your answers to Kelly Honig at kelly@kellyhonig.com. No "Googling" allowed! Answer and winners will be announced next week. Question: What was the name of Kevin Costner's character in the movie Bull Durham hold? Bonus Question: What baseball record did Kevin Costner's character in the same movie hold? |
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