Dear Fellow Rotarians:

Celebrity Golf Classic

Laguna Niguel Rotary's next big fund raiser is the Celebrity Golf Classic at Mission Viejo Country Club. The date is Monday August 27, 2007. The event will raise funds for South County Outreach and our Club’s charities and scholarships. Our Golf Committee is busy getting this major event put together and they need your help.

They need all Rotarians to pick up the phone and sell corporate sponsorships for this event. Please don't say “no” when they ask for your help. Being a good Rotarian is never saying no to another Rotarian when they ask for your help.

Even if you don't feel comfortable making these kinds of calls, make the commitment to call or visit someone who might help us with this event. Even if they turn you down, at least you will have asked and you'll discover it wasn't that difficult.

Please make the effort to make this fund raiser a huge success. Remember, we are in Rotary to do service.

Sincerely,

Prez Ken

Member Neil Bloom to Teach at UCI

Neil Bloom, B.S.M.E., wrote“Reliability Centered Maintenance Implementation Made Simple” and will teach “Reliability-Centered Maintenance: Planning, Design and Implementation,” a 3-day class May 17-19 at UCI. The class is designed to help Facilities/Plant Managers increase efficiency.

Neil is an expert in Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and has worked for more than 30 years with the FAA and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), two Federal agencies

responsible for reliability and safety. He is responsible for developing and managing a comprehensive RCM-based preventive maintenance programs that analyzed more than 125,000 components at one of the largest nuclear generating facilities.

Neil serves as Co-Chairman of our Club’s Celebrity Golf Tournament to be held at the Mission Viejo Country Club on August 27 to support South County Outreach and 20 other local Charities.

BreezeApril 30, 2007

The President’s Message

The Ocean

The Rotary Club ofLaguna Niguel

P.O. Box 6281Laguna Niguel, CA 92607

www.rotarycluboflagunaniguel.org

Programs

Note: No Board Meeting in May1-6 District Conference,

Orange Doubletree01 OC Sheriff Dept.

Assistant Laura Ashley, All About Identity Theft

08 Rick Vander Kam, The Form of Education Reform, - What Success Will Look Like

10 President’s Meeting 15

22 Dr. David Ashkenaze, MD orthopedic surgeon

29 Dennis Mulvaney, Excellence in Education and Community Service Awards

5 Linda Solorza and Deputy Mioles Schuller, Top Cop and Fire Fighter and Character Counts student speeches

12 Joe Brown, Update on Terrorism

12 Joint Board Meeting

May

June

Ms. Robin Sinclair, Habitat for Humanity

Paul Russell, delivered a great presentation on the City of Laguna Niguel Emergency Preparedness Program.

Looking at the faces of our members, it appears everyone enjoyed it.

Afterwards, Prez Ken presented Paul with a certificate showing a contribution was made in Paul’s name to Polio Plus.

The Rotary Club of Laguna Niguel, CA www.rotarycluboflagunaniguel.org The Rotary Club of Laguna Niguel, CA www.rotarycluboflagunaniguel.org

We met in Club 19 for the first time in my Presidency. It was a little cool, but we had a nice ocean view.

The inspiration was given by Ron Sinclair and the pledge was led by Prez-Elect Robert Ming and Robie Robeson led the singing.

Announcements: We had several distinguished guests in attendance. A new member was inducted today, Bill Leber, who was sponsored by Rod Hatter. Bill is a “Reverse Mortgage” specialist. He is a 20-year Laguna Niguel resident and a Harley riding buddy of Rod’s. In a previous life, Bill was the GM for the Flatibeau dealership in the Irvine Spectrum.

Rod also introduced two Laguna Beach Rotarians, Andy Turner and Harry Bithel, who donated $1000 to the Bob Margolis Scholarship, which were proceeds of a golf tournament that they hold in Bob’s memory each year.

Happy Bucks: Ed Gowen was Sgt. at Arms. Birthdays were celebrated by Jeanette Krembas and Ellen Fine who celebrated her birthday with an 8-day trip to Japan (she must have worn out several passports by now!). Joe O'CONNOR had a nice trip up to Big Sur. Ed Gowen and wife, Alice, took a trip to Westlake Village (no passport required) and stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel. Craig Thomas had the wedding tax blues, the cheapest cost per head for a wedding dinner or lunch is $150, ouch! Alex (Bob Brown’s partner) gave bucks for a good market. Rod Hatter gave “Excuse Me” bucks for hosting his Rotary group dinner, but forgetting to set a place for Vito Ferlauto and Karen, but they recovered. Vito said Rod was a BBQ Master. Sue Bialek gave “Brag” bucks for her workout program that has led to a 9 lb fat loss and a 7 lb muscle gain and her cholesterol is down 20pts (and she looks good too!). Cassie DeYoung gave “Late” bucks, but we were glad to see her and she gave bucks for her son, Scottie, who is recovering from knee surgery.

Program: Joe Davis introduced our speaker, Laguna Niguel Librarian Loretta Farley. Loretta told the Club about the upcoming Library expansion, which is being mostly funded by the City. The building will be expanded from 10,900 square feet to 13,945 square feet. The library has run out of room for books and have carts in the aisles to store books.

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April 23

Meeting

Photos by Ron Perrella

April 17 Meeting

By Prez Ken

Paul Russell, delivered a great presentation on the City of Laguna Niguel Emergency Preparedness Program.

Looking at the faces of our members, it appears everyone enjoyed it.

Afterwards, Prez Ken presented Paul with a certificate showing a contribution was made in Paul’s name to Polio Plus.

The Rotary Club of Laguna Niguel, CA www.rotarycluboflagunaniguel.org The Rotary Club of Laguna Niguel, CA www.rotarycluboflagunaniguel.org

We met in Club 19 for the first time in my Presidency. It was a little cool, but we had a nice ocean view.

The inspiration was given by Ron Sinclair and the pledge was led by Prez-Elect Robert Ming and Robie Robeson led the singing.

Announcements: We had several distinguished guests in attendance. A new member was inducted today, Bill Leber, who was sponsored by Rod Hatter. Bill is a “Reverse Mortgage” specialist. He is a 20-year Laguna Niguel resident and a Harley riding buddy of Rod’s. In a previous life, Bill was the GM for the Flatibeau dealership in the Irvine Spectrum.

Rod also introduced two Laguna Beach Rotarians, Andy Turner and Harry Bithel, who donated $1000 to the Bob Margolis Scholarship, which were proceeds of a golf tournament that they hold in Bob’s memory each year.

Happy Bucks: Ed Gowen was Sgt. at Arms. Birthdays were celebrated by Jeanette Krembas and Ellen Fine who celebrated her birthday with an 8-day trip to Japan (she must have worn out several passports by now!). Joe O'CONNOR had a nice trip up to Big Sur. Ed Gowen and wife, Alice, took a trip to Westlake Village (no passport required) and stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel. Craig Thomas had the wedding tax blues, the cheapest cost per head for a wedding dinner or lunch is $150, ouch! Alex (Bob Brown’s partner) gave bucks for a good market. Rod Hatter gave “Excuse Me” bucks for hosting his Rotary group dinner, but forgetting to set a place for Vito Ferlauto and Karen, but they recovered. Vito said Rod was a BBQ Master. Sue Bialek gave “Brag” bucks for her workout program that has led to a 9 lb fat loss and a 7 lb muscle gain and her cholesterol is down 20pts (and she looks good too!). Cassie DeYoung gave “Late” bucks, but we were glad to see her and she gave bucks for her son, Scottie, who is recovering from knee surgery.

Program: Joe Davis introduced our speaker, Laguna Niguel Librarian Loretta Farley. Loretta told the Club about the upcoming Library expansion, which is being mostly funded by the City. The building will be expanded from 10,900 square feet to 13,945 square feet. The library has run out of room for books and have carts in the aisles to store books.

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April 23

Meeting

Photos by Ron Perrella

April 17 Meeting

By Prez Ken

2006-2007Officers DirectorsPresident: Ken Montgomery Louis Portillo, InternationalPresident-elect: Robert Ming, Club Service Glenn Shaffer, Membership Vice President: Joe Davis Doug McDaniel, CommunitySecretary: Betsy Sater Ron Sinclair, VocationalTreasurer: Elliot Katz Diana Antoun, FellowshipPrograms: Joe Davis Ron Perrella, Editor and PhotographerPast President: Mike WhippleSergeant-at-Arms: Dave Koontz

Laguna Niguel Foundation: Gary Capata

President Rotary International President: Governor District 5320: Lane Calvert

William B. Boyd

www.rotarycluboflagunaniguel.org

The Object of

RotaryTo encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.

High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to service society.

The application of the ideal of service in every Rotarian’s personal, business and community life.

The advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

FIRST:

SECOND:

THIRD:

FOURTH:

The 4-Way Test

1. Is it the TRUTH?

2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3. Will it build GOODWILL and FRIENDSHIPS?

4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all

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The Rotary Club of Laguna Niguel, CA www.rotarycluboflagunaniguel.org

May Meeting Reminder

Celebrations!

DateGreeter Pledge Inspiration01 Diana Antoun Bob Aston08 Glen Shaffer Sue Bialek15 Bob Aston David Weiss Robert Ming22 Craig Thomas Dick Ashworth Doug McDaniel29 Paul Glaab Craig Thomas Ed Gowen

DateBirthday Wedding Anniversary Rotary Anniversary08 Jack Biggar 02 Leigh Collins 02 Jacline Evered08 Betsy Sater 02 Jacline Evered 03 Dale Klein20 Diana Antoun 03 Ron Sinclair 04 Ellen Fine27 Bob Sinclair 04 Roy Woehrman 10 Jim Peterson31 Diana Antoun 05 Ed Gowen 11 Bruce Birkeland

05 Robert McCormick 19 Dennis Mulvaney17 Doris Zwack 19 Cassie DeYoung21 Dick Glassock 21 Carlos Saenz25 Joe Brown30 Robert Ming

April 17 Meeting (contd.)The Community Room will also be expanded. There will be a tutoring area and a very quiet study area.

The expansion will start in April 2008 and will take about 12 months to complete. The Library will be closed for a portion of the work.