Today’s Meeting
At today’s meeting, Lalaine Braime will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance, and the invocation will be offered by Gabe Soumakian. As President George cruises down the Danube River, your brave Bulletin Editor will lead the meeting. Be nice.
Important Date Change!!
Due to a scheduling conflict at the venue, our annual Golf Tournament has been rescheduled. The new date is September 12, at 1:00 p.m. That is also a new time, which promises to be a plus for the tourney! See Tim Laubacher or Gary Trow for sponsorship and volunteer opportunities. Brochures are upcoming soon.
District Conference
October 3 - 5, 2014 in beautiful Monterey. Register and get lots of other information at rotarydistrict5240.org. Check out a tentative schedule here. John Clay, Jr. is our point person for the EPiC Challenge Bike Ride for Polio Plus . . . Pep Rally ahead!
Last Week’s Meeting
Our speaker last week was the City of Oxnard Disaster Preparedness Coordinator Susan Duenas. Susan is new the Oxnard department — just four months — but had 14 years in disaster preparedness with the County of Ventura before that, and has experience in the area of disaster preparation going back to the Los Angeles riots. Susan explained how emergency management systems are coordinated, from the city level right on up to the federal resources that might be needed if the event grows beyond the local jurisdiction’s ability to handle it.
Since September 11, Ventura County has received $25 million for emergency preparedness services. Additionally, the City offers CERT (Community Emergency Response Training) throughout the year, where local citizens can be trained to be first responders in the event of an emergency. The next class is slated for the fall, or early 2015. The classes are 3 hours, once a week for six weeks. Check out the city’s website and social media for information about the next class.
On This Day In History
In 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her home in Los Angeles . . . in 1981, President Reagan fires over 11,000 air traffic controllers . . in 1963, representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain sign the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in Moscow.