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THE ACORN weekly publication by the Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks

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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

Program: December 19th

Holiday Program

Rotary Tones and the Degenerates

President Herb Gooch introduced Dave Kriebel and his spouse Betsy Fried-man to start the Holiday Program with Santa Clause is Coming to Town, sung by the Rotary Tones. According to Betsy, they had countless rehearsals and lots and lots of wine preparing for this holiday show. Among the other songs presented were the #1 Christmas song this season, Mirah Carrie's "All I Want For Christmas is You," plus First Hanukkah Night, and The Hat I Got for Christ-mas is Too Big, sung by Tony Kourounis, who was for some reason wearing big-sombrero and Fred Lindberg. At the break, instead of Santa coming into the room, Patricia Jones showed up saying that Santa is starting to 'lose it.' Her expert senior assessment had determined that Santa was no longer competent to perform his duties so he and Mrs. Clause retired to Palm Springs. In his place two 'elves' showed up (Christal Doyle and Darin Arrasmith) saying that things are being done differ-ently and more efficiently now by doing everything electronically. They then introduced Santa's replacement (Jason Cory) as qualified to replace Santa, because he is the top Amazon Fulfillment Specialist. As such he knows how to deliver a LOT of gifts in a timely manner. The Santa replacement proceeded to pass out gifts to Herb Gooch , to Jeff Borenstein, and to Monica Fuller. Patricia Jones got an award for pro-moting the raffle for a chance to ride on the Rotary Rose Parade float. She then said the raffle was over and low and behold SHE WON! She then pre-sented her ticket to Karen Furnari. Other songs included Jingle Bell Rock,Oh Hanukkah, Silver Bells, and White Christmas. This last song was sung by Pat McCoy. Other members in the Tones included Nancy Wohl, Carol Robinson, Karen Furnari, Joani Pappas, Chris Steele, and Teresa Seeley. The Degenerate script writers were David Masci and Vicki Arndt .

Program: January 9th

Senior Housing Crisis

Andrea Gallagher

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Thousand Oaks Rotary Meeting

December 19, 2019

Birthdays

Jan 01 Harimoto, Nate Jan 03 Irwin, Jacqui Jan 03 Prescott, Maria Jan 05 Kleiger, Ean Jan 06 Lindberg, Fred Jan 08 Caligiuri, Tanya Jan 12 Jones, Patricia Jan 15 Robings, Jere Jan 17 Roberts, Aline Jan 18 Corrigan, Frank Jan 22 Borenstein, Jeff Jan 22 Humphrey, Bill Jan 23 Anderson, Martin Jan 23 Boggs, Steve Jan 28 Buss, Marissa Jan 29 Sellers, Mark Jan 30 Williams, Richard Anniversaries Jan 06 Fuller, Monica & Mark Jan 17 Warner, Ken & Laurel Ward

President Herb Gooch introduced David Masci for the Moment of Inspira-tion. David expressed how impressed he was as he thought of his fellow Ro-tarians. He mentioned, for example, how many Rotarians supported beloved Rotarian Karen Furnari as they were there for Steve’s funeral. He reflected on the Rotarians he saw bringing in gifts for children that do not get gifts be-cause of poverty. He added that, even though these Rotarians, do not know these children, yet they are still excited to give. He said he was moved by how our club members give their time and treasure to help people with their medical and dental problems through the free clinics, those with hunger by supporting Manna, expanding literacy by supporting the reading project, re-ducing despair by supporting the story book Project at the Todd Road jail.

Moreover, he said he was inspired by Rotarians all around the world doing these projects in their communities and communities far away from them as we as a club try to wipe out polio and save and improve the lives of hun-dreds of thousands of people.

David ended his reflections by saying, “I am so thankful I get to share this journey with you and 1,200,000 other Rotarians. So as you gather with those close to you to celebrate the holidays, think about the amazing things you been involved with, be thankful for the opportunity do it and be inspired to do more.”

After the pledge to the flag, President Herb welcomed the many guests that were present. Then President Herb had Michelle Nash present the Blue Badge to new member Heather Cousins.

Program: January 16th

Jim Fryhoff

T.O. Chief of Police

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ROSE PARADE PREPARATION DINNER

PP Karen enjoys our DG, the RI President (and Jere),

and the bag full of goodies she’s to wear in the parade!

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Thursday, Feb. 6 - 10:00 AM to 1:30

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Happy $$$$

Niki Richardson carried the cup.

Susan Murata thanked Rotarians for stepping up to buy gifts for all 80+ kids from Big Brothers/Big Sisters.

Mike Hebert said he and his family were visiting from the longest distance.....as they are now living in Chi-na. He also was happy for his and his wife Diane's 46th Wedding Anniversary

Tony Kourounis was happy because his wife, for the past 20 years, has not been able to attend the Rotary Christmas show because she was a teacher and working . She’s now retired so she could be there.

Karen Furnari thanked everyone for the tons of cards she received and for everyone who attended Steve's funeral. She was so grateful and said Rotary is her “family.”

KT Connor thanked Chris Steele for the Military Night and also Maria Prescott for the Rotary Social even-ing. She added that those who attended might want to check the bulletin to see if they show up in the photos.

Tanya Caligiuri said she has the contact info for the speaker we had three weeks ago if anyone would like him to speak at another engagement.

Betsy Friedman was happy because the Rotary Tones performed part of the Christmas show at two senior board and care facilities.

January Rotary Theme: VOCATIONAL SERVICE

Serve others using our unique skills to address community needs

Empower others through training and skill development

Inspire others to act with integrity by following Rotary’s

guiding principles

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PRESIDENT’S CORNER As Australia burns in the greatest natural s in the recent climatic history, they need help

and a steady sense of humor. These are actual questions that were sent to the Australian

Tourism web site with some answers suggested by a bright spark there...

Q: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? (USA) A: Depends how much you've been drinking Q: I want to walk from Perth to Sydney - can I follow the railroad tracks? (Sweden) A: Sure, it's only three thousand miles, take lots of water... Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Australia? (Sweden) A: So its true what they say about Swedes. Q: Are there any ATMs (cash machines) in Australia? Can you send me a list of them in Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville and Hervey Bay? (UK) A: What did your last slave die of? Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Australia? (USA) A: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe. Aus-tra-lia is that big island in t he middle of the pacific which does not... oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is every Tuesday night in Kings Cross. Come naked. Q: Which direction is North in Australia? (USA) A: Face south and then turn 90 degrees. Contact us when you get here and we'll send the rest of the directions. Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? (USA) A: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y, which is...oh forget it. Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays every Tuesday night in Kings Cross, straight after the hippo races. Come naked. Q: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth. Can you tell me where I can sell it in Australia (USA) A: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather. Q: Can I wear high heels in Australia? (UK) A: You are a British politician, right? Q: Can you tell me the regions in Tasmania where the female population is smaller than the male population? (Italy) A: Yes, gay nightclubs. Q: Do you celebrate Christmas in Australia? (France) A: Only at Christmas. Q: Are there killer bees in Australia? (Germany) A: Not yet, but for you, we'll import them. Q: I have a question about a famous animal in Australia, but I forget its name. It's a kind of bear and lives in trees. (USA) A: It's called a Drop Bear. They are so called because they drop out of gum trees and eat the brains of anyone walking underneath them. You can scare them off by spraying your

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Editor K.T. Connor, notes by Susan Murata, 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

PAST PRESIDENTS — Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks

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