Rotary Club of Ventura-East

Bill Hicks
Joe Chrisman
Bill Hicks and Joe Chrisman gave today’s program, talking about Coach John Wooden and their experiences playing under him at UCLA.
Bill said playing for Coach Wooden was like hitting the lottery!  They have a pyramid at UCLA with 167 names on it – the only players from UCLA that played under Coach Wooden.  [...]

Shannon Coyner
Shannon Coyner, a dog trainer for over 18 years (and Jeff Coyner’s wife), holds a Biology degree, specializing in Zoology, from Sonoma State.  She is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, among other things.  Shannon’s experience includes working as a handler and trainer for an [...]

JAZZ WITH AN OPEN MIND
 Toni Jannotta, a jazz musician who has performed locally and abroad for the past 18 years, started her career as a dancer and actress.  In 1989, tired from the struggles as a full-time artist, Toni took her first day job.  She was very excited to finally have health benefits and paid [...]

Today we heard an update on the construction plans for Community Memorial Hospital.  CMH is now part of the Community Memorial Health System which now includes the Ojai Valley Community Hospital.  Michael Ellingson, VP of Marketing & Development, gave the excellent presentation.
There is a two-fold need for rebuilding this hospital.  First, the State of California [...]

Colonel John Woolley is the Museum Director of the Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force.  The museum seeks to honor American military aviation and to keep such history alive.  It is home to ten World War II vintage aircraft, a museum, and a gift shop.  The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from [...]

THE ART OF SURVIVAL
Charles Pierce, a prisoner in the Nazi concentration camps from 1939 to 1945, shared with the Club his experience as a young Jewish man living in Poland during the Holocaust.  Mr. Pierce’s words were read by his son, Mark Pierce, while Mr. Pierce and his wife held hands.
Shortly after the Nazis occupied [...]

In January 2010, our own John Borneman went on an exciting bird watching expedition to Guyana in South America. Guyana borders Venezuela and surprisingly, its official language is English and there is over a 98% literacy rate. The rain forest in Guyana is even more protected than the rain forests in Brazil.
 
On John’s expedition, he [...]

Dr. Kathleen Roos, Director of the Navy’s Environmental Training Program, joined us today to discuss her role as a civilian to drawn down the military bases in Iraq after Operation Iraqi Freedom. Dr. Roos is employed by the Navy as a civilian to define and advise the Navy on how to operationally and environmentally drawn [...]

Eva and Rachel of the Ventura County American Red Cross presented important information regarding disaster preparedness to our Rotary club today. The American Red Cross provides emergency response across the world for a variety of disasters including home/ wild fires, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes. In fact, the Red Cross was instrumental in providing over $418 million [...]

“The mission of Rotary International, a worldwide association of Rotary clubs, is to provide service to others, to promote high ethical standards, and to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.” As such, each year districts send a select number of non-Rotarian community leaders to visit their [...]