Week

of December 8, 2014

Vol 57 No. 19

THE ACORN
A weekly publication by the Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks

This Weeks Program

Martin Anderson introduced our speaker, Sheriff Geoff Dean of the Ventura County Sheriffs Office. Martin also
thanked Don Aguilar for setting up for todays presentation. Sheriff Dean gave us an overview of the Sheriffs Office
and the many aspects of its mission. Since 1873, the Sheriff's Office has honorably served Ventura County and, in
partnership with our citizenry and other public agencies, has made our county one of America's safest.
Sheriff Dean shared important information regarding the jails and their populations; recent challenges with Proposition
47; pharmaceutical crimes task force; increasing opportunities and challenges with use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs) in search-and-rescue and suspicious device roles and recent discussions on the use of military equipment in
law enforcement. Importantly, Dean also shared fond memories of fallen Officer Eugene Kostiuchenko who was killed
by a drunk driver last month.

Introductions
Dave Stowell opened the meeting and introduced Chris Lamia for the Inspirational Moment and salute to the Flag.
Chris is President of Lamia Financial Group, investment advisors. He is a Certified Financial Planner, and was
president of the Ventura County Chapter of the Financial Planning Association for two terms. He earned a degree in
political science from UCSB, and is a Distinguished Military Graduate from ROTC. He has been a member of our club
since 2004, is involved with the International Committee, a Paul Harris Fellow, and a member of the Bequest Society.
He has been playing the base guitar since he was 12 years old.
Carol Robinson introduced a video by Irish tenor Frank Petterson, which served to direct the clubs singing God Bless
America
President Nate Harimoto introduced Carol Freeman, the Nominating Committee Chair, to conduct the election of four
Directors coming onto the Board in July 2015, to serve for two years. Carol introduced the candidates: John Bradley,
Haider Alawami, Karen Furnari, Chris Steele, Ernie Sandlin, Greg Kusnierek and Tim Weaver.
Nate Harimoto awarded a Perfect Attendance pin to Nancy Wohl: 6 years in Rotary, and 6 years of perfect
attendance.
Rick Hand introduced our guests. The visiting Rotarian was Harold Hyman from the Rotary Club of Lahaina, Hawaii.
Guests included Wendy Meuser and Don Aguilar, guests of Keith Parks; Marc Feigen, guest of Carol Robinson;
Jennifer Schwabauer, guest of Nate Harimoto; Andrea McClellan, guest of Larry Baker; John Prescott, guest of Maria
Prescott; and Heather Rogers, guest of Tammie Helmuth.

Announcements
Nate announced that Phil Sheridan will be celebrating his 92nd birthday on Monday, December 8th. The Club gave
Phil a standing ovation to congratulate him on his special day.
Nate announced that the Group 4 project to raise funds for the K9s for Warriors (learn more here) will culminate with a
gala at the Reagan Library on Saturday, May 2. Please SAVE THE DATE.
Military Night at Pt. Hueneme will be Friday, December 12th.

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Vol 57 No. 19

THE ACORN
A weekly publication by the Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks

Nancy Wohl said that the Westminster Clinic is having a distribution of toys for 400 children on December 10th, and
packaging of foods from Foodshare. They need volunteers; 4:30 7:30 on the 10th.
Susan Engler announced that the Reading is Fundamental program is December 15 19. They are looking for people
to read to students at Conejo Elementary School. Signup sheets are on the table.
Darin Arrasmith pointed out that Susan Murata is passing out the forms to select a child (who is homeless or in foster
care) for whom to buy a gift, wrap it, and bring it to our meeting next week (offsite, at the YMCA).
John Bradley pointed out the flyers on the table to save the date of January 31st, for the upcoming STEPS conference
to be held at CLU.
Lois Curran-Klein is passing out names of children at the Children of Promise orphanage of Tijuana, to those who
would like to donate a $50 gift card from Walmart for Christmas, in conjunction with their local Rotary club. As the
Walmart stores in Mexico operate independently from US stores, the committee has to purchase the cards locally.
Felix Wang reminded us that next weeks meeting will be held at the Conejo YMCA. Please sign up and/or email Felix
for planning purposes.

Happy Dollars
Steve Boggs carried the cup for Happy Dollars.
Jill Lederer gave a welcome to Sheriff Geoff Dean, our speaker today. She also reminded us that the State of the City
address, by Mayor Andrew P. Fox, is on December 9th at CLU.
Don Moors thanked our club for being one of the sponsors for the Turkey Day Dash. He also thanked Chris Kimball
and CLU; and Dave Burns for the music and commentary.
Joani Pappas thanked everyone who has come forward to participate in the Storybook Program at the Todd Road Jail
on Friday December 5th; they have a full cast.
Martin Anderson is happy UCLA won over USC in football on Nov 22nd.
Barbara Murrays (1) oldest son just got married and is expecting a baby; (2) her youngest son proposed to his fianc
at the Lakers game last Friday; (3) she and Russ moved from Newbury Park to a home on the lake; and (4) their firm
Cornwall Security just signed a contract with the City of Thousand Oaks.
Paul Dryman thanked Stephen Hoffman for a refresher course on CPR and the Heimlich maneuver. When his
girlfriend was choking at a restaurant last week, he gave her the Heimlich maneuver and it works.
Richard Williams (1) said that the Curry College Colonels won 3 games in November were invited to be in the playoffs,
and (2) his grandson decided not to continue his career as a college coach because it still pays only $1,000 a month
for working 80 hours a week. So hes returning to California to go into the movie business.

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Vol 57 No. 19

THE ACORN
A weekly publication by the Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks

Felix Wang (1) is looking for a new financial advisor he indicated perhaps Chris Lamia; and (2) the Walgreens in
Newbury Park has a new manager who is involved in CHiPS for Kids, so they moved the event into our area this year
where it was filmed and aired on KABC and KCAL.
Lois Curran-Klein (1) is happy to report that she gets the cast off her hand in two weeks, and (2) she is happy to be
working with Nate on the K9s for Warriors fundraiser, which is a great cause.

Charity Fine Session

Finemaster Darin Arrasmith did Taking Your Money Using Anagrams. A phrase was displayed on the screen, and
the object was to determine the members name re-arranged from it. Those fined were Mike Hebert, Meredith Jordan,
Chris Lamia, Martin Anderson, Pete Turpel, Herb Gooch, Steve Boggs and Neal Scribner.

Key Events
Carol Freeman announced the results of the earlier voting for the next four Directors who will begin their 2-year term
on July 31st under President Mike Murphy. They include John Bradley, Karen Furnari, Chris Steele and Tim Weaver.
They will join returning Directors Darin Arrasmith, Felix Wang, Carol Schreiber and Jeff Borenstein.