May 9, 2012 Volume 95 Issue 44

Hello Fellow Rotarian [memname], If you missed last week's InterService Club meeting at The Grand, you missed hearing a lively presentation by ABC7 Weathercaster Danny Romero as he regaled us with stories of his youth, his career and how he works with inspirational and amazing young people in our communities today. Our next program on May 9 will feature Diana Hendel, CEO of Long Memorial Medical Center, Community Hospital LB, and Miller Children's Hospital. Invite a guest to join us for lunch and make a reservation on our website. Also plan to attend Rotary 101 at 11:30 am with Past President Whit Latimer. [ here ].

Blake Christian, President

MEETINGS

Wednesday, May 9 at 12 noon, Diana Hendel, CEO of Long Memorial Medical Center, Community Hospital LB, and Miller Children's Hospital. They are all part of MemorialCare Health System, a leading Southern California not-for-profit integrated health care delivery system with $2 billion in annual revenues, 11,000 employees and 3,000 affiliated physicians. Under Dr. Hendel's leadership, the LB hospitals have experienced unprecedented growth and financial performance and grown in prominence regionally and nationally. In recent years, she has spoken at national and regional conferences, appeared on the cover of business magazines and journals and was one of a handful of CEOs, primarily from multi-national corporations, tapped by Chief Executive Magazine to share business predictions for 2012. Invite a guest and make a reservation in our website. [ here ]

Wednesday, May 9 at 11:30 am - Rotary 101 class with Past President Whit Latimer. We will learn from A Century of Service book more about A Day in the Life of Rotary International and Rotary's Dream for the Future from Chapters 21 and 22, as well as the history of Rotary International mixed with some of our own local Long Beach Rotary lore. Come and hear about Rotary's great history. [click here to learn more or to register]

EVENTS

Saturday, May 12 - Keep It Clean Day 8 am Coffee, 8:30 am Clean-Up Come and enjoy spending time with fellow Rotarians, family members and friends and help keep our rotary Centennial Park pristine and beautiful! The entrance is on Pacific Coast Highway between Cherry Avenue and Junipero Street. This event counts as a make-up and is one more opportunity for newer members to earn their blue badge. [click here to learn more or register]

Tuesday, May 22 - 6 - 7:45 pm - Rotary Information Meeting at the home of Tammy Newland. Join us and bring a prospective new member and come find out all the things anyone ever wanted to know about Long Beach Rotary - our Avenues of Service, community projects, Camp Enterprise, international projects, our various foundations, 5th Avenue and networking. Please RSVP to the Rotary office at 562-436-8181 or make reservations online in our website. [ here ]

Michele Dobson, Community Project Committee chair, is looking for a few generous Rotarians. On Wednesday, May 30, we will again be presenting Service Above Self Awards to high school juniors and seniors for their community volunteer work. We need Rotarians to sponsor a student and his/her parent for lunch for a total of $50. Call the Rotary office at 436-8181 or sign-up at this week's meeting to sponsor one of these outstanding students.

CALENDAR at a GLANCE

May 2012

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6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

May 9: Diana Hendel, CEO, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
May 12 Centennial Park - Keep It Clean Day
May 16: Sandra Hutchens, Orange County Sheriff
May 22 Rotary Information Meeting at 6 pm
May 23 Michael Young, Chief Revenue Officer, LA Dodgers
May 30: Patrick McClenahan, Pres/CEO 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games and Service-Above-Self Awards
June 1-3: District Conference (see all events here)
June 29: President's Party at the CSULB Japanese Garden

More information about upcoming events [ here ]

LAST WEEK

If you had been there . . . You would have truly enjoyed the InterService Club Luncheon at The Grand and appreciated Danny Romero’s perspectives on the importance of service clubs in helping and encouraging the youth of today. Romero is the weatherman at ABC7 TV and hosts the show Cool Kids, which highlights examples of outstanding achievements and initiatives by the youth in our communities. Romero shared some stories of the kids he has interviewed on his show, along with recounting some of his own youthful struggles growing up in East LA. He pointed out that “kids do what you expect them to do,” so it’s critical for all members of the community to be good role models and have high expectations for them.

The Annual InterService Club Luncheon was called to order by George Miller, president of Downtown Long Beach Lions Club (host club this year); Jim Choura of Optimist Club led the invocation; Brian Rossney of Kiwanis Club led the pledge; and Tracy Halter of Exchange Club led us in God Bless America.

George Miller briefly spoke about the history of the Inter Service Club meetings and the importance for all our service clubs to work together to jointly serve the community. He also introduced each club president, who introduced special guests and asked all members of their club to stand and be recognized. President Blake was very proud to see that Long Beach Rotary was very well represented, with an overwhelming majority of participants at the event.

George Miller introduced Jim Choura of the Optimist Club, the host club for 2013. Choura thanked the Lions Club for a great event, and promised to carry on the tradition.

by Bob Bond

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK

Sumer Temple – 5/11 Office Manager, U-Store and Lock (Self Storage)
Greg Owen – 5/12 Head Coach, Ability/Tri-Modal Distribution Service (Transportation-Motor Freight Service)
Josh Owen – 5/13 President, Ability Transportation Services, Inc. (Transportation-Freight Service-Interstate)
Charlie Stuart – 5/13 Columbia Pharmacy (Pharmacy-Retail)
Larry Jackson – 5/14 President, Long Beach Transit (Transportation-Public Transit)
Doug Shea – 5/14 President, Brokerage Division, INCO Company (Real Estate-Commercial-Sales & Leasing)