Temecula Rotary - Rotary Club of Temecula

President Debbie's Last Meeting

President Debbie’s last meeting began with absolutely no one getting fined for not wearing their pin, because everyone was wearing one!

Karen Schneider announced our annual Del Mar Races trip is set for August 3^rd. If you signed up please pay Susie in advance as we won’t be billing for the tickets.

Kim Kelliher confessed to having taken vacation in Maui and brought Debbie some Rum and a shot glass. She also began buttering up incoming President Rachel with a gift.

Mark Van Dinter brought a shot glass from his trip to Canada; he said it was custom made for Debbie with the saying “crazy as a loon”.

Sandy Villella presented Debbie with a Hard Rock New York shot glass for her very special collection, and Howard confessed to taking a trip to New England for his 47^th wedding anniversary. Allen Orr returned from a trip to Turkey and surrounding areas, celebrated his 32^nd wedding anniversary and brought a shot glass from Budapest.

Pete Olhasso was ratted out by Jon Lieberg for taking a trip to Africa.

The gavel was passed from President Debbie (now Past President) to President Rachel. The old board was thanked for their service and the new board inducted by AG Dave Thompson.

Your new board members are:

Rachel Mason - President

Kim Kelliher – President Elect

Mike Noon - Secretary

John Dubots – Treasurer

Chad Harris – Vice President

Allen Orr - Foundation

Debra Johnson - International

Monique Lambert – Community Service

John Panique - Membership

Karen Schneider – Club Service

Karie Reuther – Ways and Means

Barbara Rubin – Public Relations

Debbie Herrera – Immediate Past President

Tribute To Our Troups

2011-12 Club Awards

At the Demotion party on Friday night President Debbie presented the following Club Awards:

Club Angel – David Lerma

Club Mentor - Walt Allen

Unsung Hero – Terry Whitington

Humanitarian Award – John Panique

Service Above Self – Chad Harris

Rising Star – Raj Narayanan

Mike Donaldson Big Heart – Joan Sparkman

Rookie Rotarian of the Year – Mary Winter

Rotarian of the Year – Monique Lambert

District 5330 Governor presented Kent Demuth with a Rotary District 5330 Service Above Self Award.

President Debbie with present additional club awards at the club meeting on June 27th. The new board will be inducted also.

Meetings 5/30, 6/6, 6/13

Here's a summary of what happened in the last three meetings:

Pledge 5/30 Esther, 6/6 Dave T, 6/13 John Panique, Jr.
4 way test 5/30 Doug E., 6/6 Alyson D, 6/13 Tina G and Allyson T

Fines for no pin: 5/30 Liz S, 6/6 Mark VD, Len F, 6/13 none

On 5/24 our club presented Adam Ruiz, President of the New Gen's club with a Paul Harris using our points, this was done to thank Adam for all the hard work he has done getting their club chartered and the support they have given our club.

Don’t forget the demotion party is June 22nd, it takes the place of our Wednesday meeting, so we will not meet on June 20th. If you wish to bring a guest the charge is $15 but needs to be prepaid - if you have not paid please contact Susie to make your payment, her email address is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . If you do not prepay, the charge will be $25 at the door. The Theme is 50's so if you've got em, wear em. The bar opens at 5:30.

May 23rd Meeting Notes

May 23^rd marks week 47, the end is near for the reign of President Debbie and her board! No one was caught without their Rotary pin, congratulations to all!

Big reminder – our meeting scheduled for June 20^th has been moved to June 22^nd at 5:30pm when the demotion party will take place. No extra charge for members, just your regular meal charge; guests get the special price of $15. Please RSVP so we know how many meals we need.

Town Crier Dave Thompson announced that the Lake Elsinore Boys and Girls club is having a fundraiser on June 16^th at the Storm Stadium, please come out and support them if you can.

Gary Thornhill is asking for more volunteers for our military appreciation concert on June 30^th. He’d like help to do the set up on Saturday at 11am for 2 hours or so. Also after the event to help with tear down and during the event we need people to work in the kid’s area. If you have not been Live Scanned for Rotary you will need to do that before helping with the kids. We will make arrangements for anyone who needs to get the Live Scan, please see Debbie Herrera.

May 16th meeting

Pledge by Susie, 4 Way Test challenge by Tena. No members were fined for not wearing their pin – thanks for looking good for District Governor Steve!

Alyson Drago’s children Jaden and Cameron received club pins for helping out at the Rotarians at Work day at Canine Support Teams.

President Debbie announced that our June 20^th meeting is being moved to Friday June 22^nd at 5:30 pm, which is also her Demotion Party. This will count as our regular meeting so there is no extra charge to members, just your regular meal charge and guests will only be $15.  We really want to have a good turnout to say Thank you and goodbye to President Debbie.  

Mark Van Dinter is keeping the Polio Pig one more week with the promise he will bring it back full! Governor Steve is asking for volunteers at the Oak Grove Interact carnival on June 9^th from 10:30 to 12:30. Governor Steve and Vicky will be there and are hoping to have lots of our members help out as well.