Happy September Rotarians!!
Prospective New Member
We are pleased to present the nomination of Dr. Cesar Morales, Superintendent of the Oxnard Elementary School District, for membership to our club. Dr. Morales has been proposed for membership by Gary Davis, and approved by the board. His designation will be “Elementary School District Superintendent.” If any member has questions or concerns prior to Dr. Morales’ induction, please direct them to President Cris.
Today’s Pledge and Invocation
Our pledge today will be led by Gabe Soumakian, and Nancy Lindholm will present our invocation.
Pacifica High School Interact
Jaimene Nichols stopped by to visit the club last week, and filled us in on Interact for the upcoming 2013/2014 school year. Jaimene has identified a teacher to take over as advisor for Interact at Oxnard High School, and the students are planning to carry on many of their activities for this year, as they did last year. Jaimene is starting an Interact club at Pacifica High School from the ground up, and has lots of students with enthusiasm and ready to serve. She has already made contact with Brekke Elementary School nearby Pacifica . . . we look forward to hearing more from Jaimene this year.
Craft Talk
We heard last week from Bert Partida. Bert has been practicing Intellectual Property for the last 7 years. Bert got his career started off on an intense foot, with an appellate case that went right to the 9th Circuit Court of appeals. With an off-the-cuff craft talk, we learned about construction litigation, appeals, civil procedure and many other things! Bert’s work and family keep him busy, and we look forward to hearing more from him as part of our Rotary family.
This Day in History
On this day in history in . . .
1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany, responding to Hitler’s invasion of Poland. The first casualty of the declaration of war was not German, but British — the ocean liner Athenia, which was sunk by a German U-30 submarine that had assumed the liner was armed and belligerent. There were more than 1,100 passengers on board, 112 of whom lost their lives. Of those, 28 were Americans, but President Roosevelt was unfazed by the tragedy, declaring that no one was to “thoughtlessly or falsely talk of America sending its armies to European fields.” The United States would remain neutral.
Almost six years to the day later — September 2, 1945 — Japan formally surrendered to the United States aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, bringing an end to World War II.