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A Weekly Publication by the Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks

THE ACORN

Board of Directors 2017-2018

President

Timothy Weaver

President-Elect Karen Furnari

Past President Robert Bianchi

Secretary

Martin Anderson

Treasurer

Chris Steele

Club Administrator

Dave Friedl

International Service Director

David Stowell

Community Service Director

Pat McCoy

Vocational Service Director

Nancy Wohl

Youth Service Director

Trevor Tyloch

Director at Large Jennifer Strong

Membership Chair

Carol Robinson

Family of Rotary Chair

Paul Dryman

Rotary Foundation Chair

David Masci

Executive Treasurer

Larry Baker

Executive Secretary

Mike Hebert

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and

write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." Alvin Toffler

Program: August 24th

WINE PANEL

Karen Furnari, Moderator

Program: September 7th

DG John Weiss

District Governor

Annual Visit

Karen Furnari introduced members of our first ever wine panel. The

panel included John Gress, Manager from Mastro’s, Lori Lafferty, Wine

Director at Mastro’s, Jeff Borenstein, Martin Anderson and Steve Fur-

nari. Jeff and Martin wondered how they were selected to serve on the

panel, but went along with it and provided light-hearted humor through-

out the conversation. Karen initated some questions of the wine panel,

and the open the mike for questions from the members.

The first question was posed to Steve Furnari; “Who introduced you to

wine?” He responded by saying he was born into an Irish Catholic, Italian

family in Brooklyn where his grandfather made 300 gallons of wine each

year. Steve was certainly qualified to serve on the panel.

Another question was posed to our former club member John Gress on

recent wine trends. Surprising enough, John responded by saying that

the current trend is drinking rose. He continued by saying there is a high

demand for rose, especially in the Summer.

Answers from all were highly informative, awfully amusing or both!

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BIRTHDAYS

Sep 01 Holmes, Janeen Sep 05 Hill, Kathy Sep 06 Jones, Ed Sep 12 Kniss, Deborah Sep 17 Folsom, Rich Sep 18 Sandlin, Ernie Sep 23 Cabral, Robert Sep 26 Bradley, John Sep 28 Lazar, Judy Sep 28 Warner, Ken

ANNIVERSARIES Sep 06 Sellers, Mark & O'Hirok, Linda Sep 15 Back, Brian & Kathleen Sep 16 Roberts, Aline & Skip Sep 17 Cornwall, Barb & Russ Sep 21 Lewis, Bob & Kathy Sep 21 Robinson, Carol & Bill Sep 25 Williams, Richard & Elaine

Thousand Oaks Rotary

Minutes of Meeting

August 24, 2017

In the absence of President Tim Weaver, Past President Vicki

Arndt opened the meeting with a wino joke. Lots of laughs

from the group followed.

For the Moment of Inspiration, Karen Furnari reminisced about

some inspiring contributions of past Rotary Presidents.

Fred Lindberg introduced visiting Rotarians Niki Richardson , Mason Babaeinn,

and Ron Yamashiro, all from the Camarillo club. He then introduced Nate

Harimoto’s guest, Tony Guevara, Mike Hebert’s guest Peter Girolamo, and vis-

iting Rotarian Niki Richardon’s guest, Dayna Manning.

NEW MEMBER

Jonathan Handler, web-designer and marketer,

was inducted as a new member.

Program: September 14th

Jane Wells

CNBC Special Correspondent

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Bob Lewis reminded us about Fireside

Chats. He noted that several hosts

agreed to take extra guests for Thursday

evening and he thanked them.

• Nate Harimoto reminded all about left

over silent auction items from Wine

Event.

• Richard Williams auctioned off an Ency-

clopedia of Baseball. Congratulations to

Judy Lazar who bid twice in a row and

thus outbid herself with the winning bid.

• Vicki congratulated Richard Williams and

Carol Freeman for a successful wine

event. Final figures are still being tallied.

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HAPPY $$$$$

Nancy Wohl carried the cup.

• Martin Anderson put in a Happy Dollar for Vicki “losing the club’s attention within 1-minute of opening

the meeting.”

• Jeff Borenstein announced how happy Martin was that Karen remembered him during her inspiration

moment. Martin was worried Karen would forget about him inspiring her.

• Nate Harimoto noted that another Canine graduated and we are adopting a 4th Canine Dog

• John Bradley said he was celebrating his 50th wedding anniversary

• Ron Yamashiro of Westlake Sunrise made an announcement on behalf of their club.

• Ed Jones announced the passing of Ed Boyken of Boyken Auto and his

• Dave Burns commended Jeff Borenstein for donating $500 for book signed by R. Johnson .

• Roger Benson is celebrating his “40th anniversary and 39th birthday. “

FINE SESSION

Fred Lindberg was Fine Master. The following Rotarians

were asked multiple choice questions about the Conejo and

Westminster Free Clinic. Those fined included: Tony Kouro-

unis, Greg Kusnierek, Lee Ladd, Chris Lamia, Judy Lazar, Bob

Lewis, Kyle Lundberg, Michael Magasinn, and Felix Wang.

WHAT IS GROUP 4? CLUB PRESIDENT MEMBERS

Conejo Valley Claudine Schooley 26

Newberry Park Ragnar Storm-Larsen 30

Thousand Oaks Tim Weaver 117

Westlake Noon Lee Ginsburg 57

Westlake Sunrise Mike McGlashen 37 Total Rotarians in the Conejo Valley 267

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THE FINE FUN OF FIRESIDE CHATS

A CHANCE FOR BOTH OLD AND NEW MEMBERS TO GET TO

KNOW ONE ANOTHER BETTER AND

A CHANCE FOR ALL TO ENJOY THE COMPANY OF SOME GREAT

SERVICE ORIENTED PEOPLE!

SEPTEMBER ROTARY THEME: A Word from the District

The monthly theme for September is Basic

Education and Literacy. Think about the educa-

tion programs we as a district support. We pro-

vide scholarships to high school graduates for college or

trade schools. We support RYLA. We support schools for

girls in India (PACE). We support the schools in our

communities. Perhaps your club might consider inviting

local educators and literacy organizations. Perhaps invite

your own club educators to provide a “Craft Talk”.

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The ACORN is a weekly publication of the Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks.

Editor K.T. Connor, notes by Patricia Jones, 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 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

PAST PRESIDENTS — Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks

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