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Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead Celebrates 70th Anniversary
   as Rotary International Celebrates 114th Anniversary
   Chartered in 1949, the Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead will celebrate its 70th anniversary this year. Special events and projects are being planned at the time
of press. Current club president, Peter Venturini, will serve a second term beginning this July. A special President’s message is on page 2 of this publication.

                                                               THE HISTORY OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
                        Rotary members have been addressing challenges around the world since 1905. Grassroots at the core, Rotary links 1.2 million mem-
                    bers to form an organization of international scope. It started with the vision of one man — Paul Harris. The Chicago attorney formed the
                    Rotary Club of Chicago on 23 February 1905, so professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas, form meaningful, lifelong
                    friendships, and give back to their communities. Rotary’s name came from the group’s early practice of rotating meetings among the
                    offices of its members. Whatever Rotary may mean to us, to the world it will be known by the results it achieves.
                        Rotary members have not only been present for major events in history — we’ve also been a part of them. Three key traits have
                    remained strong throughout our history: We’re truly international. Only 16 years after being founded, Rotary had clubs on six continents.
                    Today, members in nearly every country work to solve some of our world’s most challenging problems.
                        We persevere in tough times. During World War II, Rotary clubs in Austria, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Spain were forced to disband. Despite
                    the risks, many continued to meet informally, and after the war, Rotary members came together to rebuild their clubs and their countries.
Paul Harris
                        We’re committed to service, and we’re not afraid to dream big and set bold goals. We began our fight against polio in 1979 with a
Rotary founder      project to immunize 6 million children in the Philippines. Today, polio remains endemic in only three countries — down from 125 in 1988.

                 The 2019-20 Theme - Rotary Connects the World
                                           Rotary International President-elect      are more like us than we ever could have known. It connects us to our com-
                                        Mark Daniel Maloney explained his vision     munities, to professional opportunities, and to the people who need our
                                        for building a stronger Rotary, calling on   help.”
                                        leaders to expand connections to their           Maloney also called on every Rotary and Rotaract club to identify seg-
                                        communities and to embrace innova-           ments of their community not represented in their club by creating a mem-
                                        tive membership models. RI President-        bership committee with diverse members. “Through Rotary, we connect to
                                        elect Mark Daniel Maloney announces          the incredible diversity of humanity on a truly unique footing, forging deep
                                        the 2019-20 presidential theme, Rotary       and lasting ties in pursuit of a common goal,” he added. “In this ever more
                                        Connects the World, to incoming district     divided world, Rotary connects us all.”
                                        governors.                                       Maloney urged leaders to offer alternative meeting experiences and ser-
                                           Maloney, a member of the Rotary           vice opportunities to make it easier for busy professionals and people with
                                        Club of Decatur, Alabama, USA, unveiled      many family obligations to serve in leadership roles. “We need to foster a
                                        the 2019-20 presidential theme, Rotary       culture where Rotary does not compete with the family, but rather comple-
                                        Connects the World, to incoming district     ments it,” Maloney said. “That means taking real, practical steps to change
                                        governors at Rotary’s annual training        the existing culture: being realistic in our expectations, considerate in our
   event, the International Assembly, in San Diego, California.                      scheduling, and welcoming of children at Rotary events on every level.”
       “The first emphasis is to grow Rotary — to grow our service, to grow the          Maloney said many of the barriers that prevent people from serving as
   impact of our projects, but most importantly, to grow our membership so           leaders in Rotary are based on expectations that are no longer relevant. “It
   that we can achieve more,” Maloney said. Maloney believes that connection         is time to adapt, to change our culture, and to convey the message that
   is at the heart of the Rotary experience. “(Rotary) allows us to connect with     you can be a great district governor without visiting every club individually,
   each other, in deep and meaningful ways, across our differences,” Maloney         and a great president without doing everything yourself.”
   said. “It connects us to people we would never otherwise have met, who                                                                           www.Rotary.org

                                                          Published by   Mountain News • February 2019
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2            Lake Arrowhead Rotary Club | 2019

    President’s Message
        This year marks the 70th Anniversary of the                                                            of our members who willingly volunteer to help
    Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead. From its incep-                                                             make our events successful. In the rest of this
    tion in 1949, we have been serving our mountain                                                            magazine, you will read in more detail about our
    communities ever since. As Rotarians we live by                                                            many activities and events. And importantly, vir-
    our credo, “Service above Self”.                                                                           tually all the monies we raise for our Foundation
        As Club President, I am honored and privi-                                                             go right back into our Community. Beyond our
    leged to work alongside our 60 members. Each                                                               community, we also support major international
    one of our members is dedicated to helping                                                                 Rotary Efforts, such as Ending Polio.
    where needed in our mountain communities,                                                                      And while we have a habit of talking about all
    through their time, talent, and treasure. We are                                                           the big things, there are also little things that we
    a Club of action and we enjoy serving our com-                                                             do. Just this last month we started a program
    munity.                                                                                                    called “Little Blessings”. Each week we bring
        These first six months of the year are always                                                          items to our meetings that are needed and can
    a busy time for our Club. Our three signature          President Peter Venturini with his wife Jeannie     help others in our community. This last month
    events all take place between January and the                                                              we collected baby items. Each month we will
    end of July. First up is our PolaRotary Plunge,           And what about after July. Well we “crash”.      focus on a different “Little Blessings” to help out
    on February 2nd. This is our 11th year. By the         Time for a break. Well not really, but we do        in our community. We also read books to ele-
    time you read this, jumpers will have taken their      take some time to recover from our first six        mentary school students, provide scholarships,
    leap into the cold lake waters, and raised tens of     months. Putting on these events involves all of     and the list continues. And we are working with
    thousands of dollars to support local charities.       our members for many hours and days. We also        our sister Rotary Clubs on the Mountain to part-
    Since its inception over 550 jumpers raised over       get help from other groups from around the          ner to better serve our community.
    $260,000 in support of 62 charities.                   Mountain. From Rim High School Athletes, to             Even this magazine, is the work of one of our
        Up next is the 38th year of our Annual Art &       members from other Clubs and organizations,         Rotarians, Angela Yap, with the Mountain News.
    Wine Festival on May 18th and 19th. The festival       we are a community.                                 Thank you, Angela, for allowing us to share what
    brings together exceptional artistic talent, craft        New this year is our program, Rotary Action      we do within our community.
    beer drinking, fine wine tasting, entertainment, a     Partners in Disaster Relief (RAPID). The brain-         Finally, if you are not a Rotarian, please join
    silent auction and the ever-famous rotary dogs.        child of member Dan McAllister, this program        us. Join a group of dedicated individuals who
        Finally, at the end of July, we will be hosting,   allows Rotary Clubs located in areas affected       are giving back to their community in a spirit of
    along with the Lake Arrowhead Village, the 8th         by disasters to reach out to other clubs for        service and friendship. We meet every Tuesday
    annual Classic Car and Motorcycle Show. This           help. Please read Dan’s article elsewhere in this   at 12 noon, at the Sky Forest Inn. Come by and
    event benefits the Gavin R. Stevens Foundation         magazine.                                           introduce yourself, and become a Rotarian.
    and our Rotary Club. Over 100 cars and motor-             I cannot say enough about my fellow
    cycles spread out throughout the village to be         Rotarians who chair the various committees that        In Rotary Service,
    enjoyed by exhibitors and the public.                  make these events possible. And of course, all         Peter Venturini, President

    Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead                                      2018–2019 Board of Directors and Chairs
    Peter Venturini - President                            Terry Ebert - Foundation Chair                         OTHER
    Peter Venturini - President Elect                      Sheila Ben-Hur - Program Chair                         Aylene Popka - Vocational &
    Bob Gladwell - President Nominee                       Bob Gladwell - Membership Chair                         Youth Service Chair
                                                                                                                  Stacey Lippert - Fine Master
    Cheryl Moxley - Immediate Past President               Angela Yap - Publicity Chair
                                                                                                                  Alena Calderon - International Chair
    Cheryl Moxley - Secretary                              Norton Marks - Presidential Advisor
                                                                                                                  Teri Ostlie - Community Service Chair
    Barry Hoy - Recording Secretary                        Peter Venturini - Webmaster                            Dan McAllister - Club Chair
    Dennis Brown - Treasurer                               Richard Lavin, Dave Roughton - Director                 (Activities and RAPID Relief)

    Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead                                      2019–2020 Board of Directors and Chairs
    Peter Venturini - President                            Angela Yap - Publicity Chair                        Dennis Brown - Director
    Bob Gladwell - President Elect                         Norton Marks - We Care Chair                        Richard Lavin - Director
    Barry Hoy - Secretary                                  Stacey Lippert - Fine Mistress                      Sheila Ben-Hur - Speaker Program Chair
    Kevin Stec - Treasurer                                 Dan McAllister - Rapid Relief Chair                 Betty Marzec - Webmaster
    Terry Ebert - Foundation Chair                         Teri Ostlie - Giving Program Chair                  Aylene Popka - Vocational & Youth Service Chair
    Bob Gladwell - Membership Chair                        Bob Buhrle - Director
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                          Rotary Art and Wine Festival
May 18-19, 2019, ALA’s Tavern Bay Beach Club
                       By Bob Gladwell                                            work, jewelry, mixed media,
                          The Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead’s 38th Annual         sculpture, painting, photogra-
                       Art & Wine Festival will be held on Saturday & Sunday,     phy, textile and wood media are
                       May 18th and 19th, lakeside at the at Arrowhead Lake       all represented, providing an
                       Association’s Tavern Bay Beach Club.                       enjoyable, unique opportunity
                           The wonderful weather in May really enhanced           to browse the many booths and
                       participants’ enjoyment of the fabulous Art, Wine, and
                       Entertainment at the Festival.
                           “We expect an excellent variety of artists, wine,
                       food, entertainment, and classic show cars again this
   Bob Gladwell        year. We appreciate all those that contribute to the
                      success of Rotary Art & Wine Festival, which funds many
                      charities and community enhancements for our moun-
tain,” stated Festival Co-Chair, Bob Gladwell.                                                                                         Lucky guests with thier art
    The Tavern Bay Beach Club, which is normally open only to Beach Club                                                               and wine glasses at last years
members, is located on the north shore of Lake Arrowhead, directly across
                                                                                                                                       festival.
from the UCLA Conference Center.
    Admission to the festival includes a commemorative wine glass, and is
only $10 for both days.

    Admission to the exclusive VIP Patio is $65, and includes a specialty gold-
rimmed wine glass, excellent wines and expertise provided by the vintners,
and various “small plates” for attendees enjoyment. The VIP Patio’s lakeside
location, wonderful decor and shady table and chair seating makes for a           VIP Patio featured appetizer plates
tempting respite during the Festival.                                             from Bin189 — May 2018
     Boat Shuttle from Lake Arrowhead Village and Saturday Concert
    You can take a free, fun boat ride from Lake Arrowhead Village back and       purchase a unique, one-of-a-kind
forth to the festival, which is included with the $10 admission.                  gift for yourself or someone special.
    After attending the Festival, guests can spend the evening shopping, din-          Are you a fine artist, or know of
ing and listening to a Free Classic Rock Concert at Center Stage in the Village   an artist that wants to become part
on Saturday night.                                                                of the Festival? See the contacts
    If you are planning on taking the free boat shuttle to the Art & Wine         below; we’d love to have you join
Festival, please park in the upper levels of the multi-level Village Parking      us.
Structure.                                                                             Huge Silent Auction with
    Craft Beer “Flights” on the lawn and under the trees                          Unique Sports and Celebrity                 Four different unique Silent Auctions
    The Craft Beer pouring booth will be adjacent to the wine tasting booths      Memorabilia                                 provide  bargains and exciting gifts
next to the beach at Tavern Bay.                                                       The Silent Auction features art
    A giant Jenga                                                                 donated by each of the artists par-
game, corn-                                                                       ticipating in the Festival. In addition, very unique sports and celebrity mem-
hole toss and                                                                     orabilia, baskets, wine, and all sorts of bargains are available. There are four
other fun food                                                                    different silent auctions: Two on Saturday and two on Sunday, so it always says
and activities                                                                    exciting!
are available to                                                                       Festival Sponsorships Available
Festival guests.                                                                       Mountain News is once again a major sponsor of the Rotary Art & Wine
                                                                                  Festival. If you or your company is interested in becoming a tax-deductible
   Artists at this                                                                sponsor, please contact calling Bob or Diane Gladwell, Art & Wine Festival
Year’s Art &                                                                      Chairs, at (909) 337-3516.
Wine Festival                                                                          This event raises funds that are used to support many local charities and
    Among the                                                                     charitable contributions in the mountain communities.
Artists accepted                                                                        Tickets Now Available On Line
into this year’s                                                                       Tickets can be purchased on line now at http://www.rotaryartandwinef-
Juried Art Show                                                                   estival.com, on site at the Festival, or at various retail locations as the festival
are many new,                                                                     nears.
unique artists.                                                                        More information about the Art & Wine Festival can be found at http://
    Ceramics,                                                                     www.rotaryartandwinefestival.com or by calling Bob or Diane Gladwell, Art &
drawing, glass-      Craft Beer is served by a team of experts                    Wine Festival Chairs, at (909) 337-3516.
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    PolaRotary Plungers
     Help Fund Youth
         Projects
By Heidi Fron

     February 2 found crazy locals waiting on The Resort’s beach for the chance
to jump into near-freezing Lake Arrowhead water to earn a buck for a good
cause. Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead’s annual PolaRotary Bear Plunge is one
of the ways the club raises funds to support its many youth programs, such as:

•    sending 7th graders to PRYDE (Personal Rotary Youth Development
      Experience) leadership camp
•    funding approximately $20,000 in annual scholarships to graduating seniors
•    sponsoring 11th graders to RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award)                                              It was a cold, rainy winter day, but
     conferences                                                                                                  that didn’t stop jumpers for the
•    donating dictionaries to 3rd graders and thesauruses to 5th graders in                                       UCLA Bruins Scholarship Fund.
     cooperation with the other mountain Rotary and service clubs
•    giving books monthly to local preschool age children                           PolaRotary Plunge Founder
•    donating books annually to Lake Arrowhead Elementary School library                 Dr. Patrick Rains
•    contributing books to other school libraries in honor of our club meeting
     speakers
•    funding scholarships to promising young musicians
•    sponsoring a Rotary “The Four-Way Test” Speech Contest for high school
     students
•    collaborating with all other local Rotary Clubs to stage an annual Rotary
     Music Competition for high school age students
•    Providing dental screenings at all Rim District elementary schools
•    funding part of Arrowhead Arts Association’s youth instrumental music
     program
•    sponsoring Interact Clubs at MPH Intermediate (with co-sponsorship from
     Lake Arrowhead Mountain Sunrise Rotary Club) and Rim High

   The list doesn’t end there, but one point of this story is to highlight
another benefit of the PolaRotary Bear Plunge. Our communities’ needs               Princess Leia (Bethany Evans) who
increase. Opportunities for service organizations to raise funds to ease those      plunged fearlessly into the 40 F water?
challenges decrease. Knowing that, Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead invited
other individuals and organizations to “Go Jump in the Lake!” to get pledged        Or Luke, who came to a complete hault
money for Lake Arrowhead Rotary Foundation and their own charities. See more        when his belly hit the cold water?
details in another article in this publication. There’s room in the lake for many
more jumpers! Look for announcements next fall, join in the fun, help our moun-                         The three mermaids. Cathy Kay, Nancy Buecheler
tain area youth through Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead, and help a local service                       and Lauralea Hopper dove into Lake Arrowhead for
organization of your choice.
                                                                                                  Soroptimist International, empowering women and girls.
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                     Rotary Supports Youth Literacy
By Aylene Popka                                                                 preschoolers each
                                                                                month through-
                                For 25 years, Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead     out all mountain
                             has donated books to elementary school librar-     communities. The
                             ies. This year our club will buy books valued      intent is to reach
                             at approximately $2000 for Lake Arrowhead          families that don’t
                             Elementary School. Club Rotarians hold a reg-      have books at
                             ular club meeting at LAE and read one of the       home, encourage
                             new books in each classroom. Counting Lake         those families to
                             Arrowhead and the now-closed Grandview             read to their young
                             Elementary School, more than 3200 hard cover       children, and give
                             books have been donated this way over two          those kids a boost
                             decades.                                           toward kindergar-
                                   Instead of gifts to speakers at club meet-   ten readiness. Our
       Aylene Popka          ings, new books are presented to school librar-    mountain popula-
                            ies in the name of the speaker. Bookplates with     tion has decreased but 140 3- and 4-year-old children are now getting a
Rotary’s The Four-Way Test are put into each book. After speakers write         new book each month.
an inspirational comment about reading in the book, the books are given              Lake Arrowhead Rotarians had so much fun giving out several hun-
to Rim district schools.                                                        dred books to children along the Blue Jay Parade route in 2012 that we
      With other mountain Rotary clubs, Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead           continue this project! We delivered more than 800 books into eager hands
buys and distributes dictionaries to all third graders and thesauruses to       last December.
all fifth graders in Rim of the World School District. These resources now           A newer project is the building of mini lending library boxes, such as
belong to the students and are sure to help them comprehend their               the ones in Mountains Community Hospital’s entrance and by the post
reading and increase their writing skills throughout their education and        offices in Cedar Glen and Twin Peaks. We put new and gently used adult
beyond.                                                                         and youth books into the boxes for anyone to take, read, share with oth-
      Two years ago we restarted an early childhood literacy program            ers. Replacing the book when you’re done, or adding a different one, is
that’s important to our members. For many years, we gave books to 200           encouraged but not required.
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                       Four-way Test Speech Contest
   Every Year, The Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead provides an opportunity           young people in our mountain community who have spoken on topics as
for our local High School students to speak out about topics that are import-      diverse as the criminal justice system, loss of privacy in our technological age,
ant to them. This opportunity is available to any high school student residing     environmental issues, the benefits to oneself by helping the community, the
within the boundaries of the Rim of the World school district, whether attend-     importance and benefits of education and many other subjects.
                              ing Rim High, being home schooled, attending             By taking advantage of this speech competition students are able to
                              a private school or attending Mountain High          express themselves on issues that are important to them, but also enhance
                              This opportunity is the Rotary Four-way Test         their college applications and job resumes by listing their participation in the
                              Speech Contest of the things we think, say           speech competition, earn a bit of money as they are awarded cash prizes and
                              or do 1. Is it the truth? 2.Is it fair to all con-   also go on to compete against students from other locations if they advance
                              cerned? 3. Will it build goodwill and better         to district competition. This year our Club competition will take place on
                              friendships? and 4. Will it be beneficial to all     Tuesday, March 26th, at the Skyforest Inn on Highway 18. Recent Speakers:
                              concerned? These questions are the backbone          Dr Van Martin, the new general surgeon at Mountain Community Hospital.
                              of Ethics and Rotarian’s attempt to abide by         Michelle Murphy, Superintendent of Rim of the World Unified School District
                              them in their business, professions and every-           The student and a parent or guardian will be the guest of the Rotary Club
                              day life. The Four-way test speech contest asks      of Lake Arrowhead for lunch. Students at Rim High or Mountain High need to
                              students to speak on any topic that they care        listen for the contest announcement in their bulletin, sometime during the first
                              about and is important to them, but throughout       week of March Other students can email sheilabenhur@gmail.com to receive
                              their speech they need to refer to the tenets        contest rules and to sign up to participate.
       Sheila Ben-Hur         of the Four-way test. We have some amazing

   Past President Cheryl Moxley, Louise Bill, Anna Buechler, Amanda Sola, Tarin Martinez, Sheila BenHur, 4-way test chair.
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                            The Rotary Speaker Program
By Sheila Ben-Hur                                                                        exchange student living and going to
    Most Rotary clubs have a program of some type at every meeting. The                  school in another country, what’s happen-
Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead is no exception. Our club is made up of a                  ing at our hospital and its future vision,
diverse group of people with diverse interests and backgrounds. Our com-                 an update on one of our international
monality is that we all care about our Local community, our National com-                projects in Zambia, ”Action for Children”,
munity and the World community. We want to improve lives and make the                    Emergency Communication for San
world a better place and we do this by living the Rotary Motto of “Service               Bernardino County, The AVID and ROP
Above Self”.                                                                             programs in our schools, what’s available
    Since we are a diverse group of people, both men and women, business                 at our Library, the latest trends in tech-
people, health professionals, engineers, scientists, artists, teachers, educa-           nology and our individual members tell-
tors, contractors, secretaries, stay at homers who help at school libraries or           ing us about themselves.
on the playground, our programs have to consider the interests of our dif-                  Our upcoming programs can be
ferent members. For this reason, our programs cover many different top-                  found on our website, lakearrowhead-
ics, all of which ultimately provide insight into how we can help improve                rotary.net and in the Mountain News. If
lives by addressing real needs, enriching someone’s world, providing                     a program catches your interest, stop
financial aid for education, helping discover a skill and means of acquiring             by our meeting at The Skyforest Inn on
income, improving our environment or finding a road to happiness.                        Highway 18, east of Kuffel Canyon at                   Jo Bonita Rains and Rory Balmer
    Topics that have been covered in past programs include: water conser-                noon on Tuesday.                                       were our speakers this year
vation, community transportation services, the experience of a high school

  Do You Pass The Four-Way Test of Ethics?
      Ethical behavior is a core value of Rotary and Rotarians. Rotary                       Dilemma 1:
  International’s The Four-Way Test, mentioned many times in this special                     Your car is rear-ended by another car, damaging your bumper. The
  Mountain News insert, is a guide that’s helped Rotarians make ethical deci-            other driver is injured and clearly at fault. His insurance company will pay
  sions and actions for seven decades.                                                   to repair your car. When you take your car to the shop for an estimate, the
      It’s interesting to note here that before The Four-Way Test’s creator,             shop owner says he can also fix a dent you had before the accident. He tells
  Herbert Taylor, required his Club Aluminum employees to use it, he followed            you to claim the damage was caused by this collision. Otherwise, it will cost
  it to guide his own decisions for 60 days. As the story goes, he tossed it in          $495 to fix the earlier dent. He assures you that he has done this many times
  the trash a couple times because it was SO hard to follow day in and day               before and that the insurance company will pay. What would you do?
  out.                                                                                       Dilemma 2:
      See what you and your kids think. Below, find some ethical dilemmas.                    While shopping at the mall, you see your next door neighbor, a very good
  In past years, we included scenarios for adults. This year we have some for            friend, shoplifting a very expensive watch. You look around and see that no
  children or teens so you can give the whole family a chance to tell what they          one else has seen your friend steal the watch. Also, your friend does not see
  would do. For adult situations, tell what you would do and see if kids think it        you. Many thoughts race through your mind but what will you actually do?
  should be handled a different way.                                                         Dilemma 3:
      These are situations that can be solved in different ways. Think of how                 Over the intercom at school, the principal announces that a teacher’s
  you would solve each one. Can you find a solution that passes each question            laptop was stolen from her classroom. If it’s not turned in by 2:00, all lockers
  of The Four-Way Test?                                                                  and backpacks will be searched. You saw someone stuff what looked like a
      If you use The Test for these dilemmas -- as well as with the dilemmas you         laptop into her backpack. Do you tell the principal? Do you ask the girl about
  face in your own life -- you may not make your favorite choice but you’re likely to    it? Do you just keep quiet? What else could you do? What WOULD you do?
  choose the best possible action for the benefit of people affected by your decision.        Scenarios are newly created or taken from Living The Four-Way Test: The Rotary Ethical
                                                                                         Leadership Framework for Youth, a joint production of Rotary Zones 25/26 and Josephson
                                                                                         Institute, © 2009.
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               Membership in the
    Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead, Join Us!
    Submitted by Bob Gladwell                                                       What are the benefits?
       Join and help change the world. At Rotary club meetings in communities          Becoming a Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead member connects you with
    across the globe, people of action come together to strengthen their con-       a diverse group of professionals who share your drive to give back. At our
    nections to friends and neighbors and their commitment to improving lives.      regular meetings and events, you’ll:
    Our meetings are Non-Political and Non-Religious, Everyone is welcome.             • Discuss our community’s needs and develop creative ways to meet them
                            Who can join?                                              • Connect with other leaders who are changing the world
                                The Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead is looking           • Expand your leadership and professional skills
                            for people who want to give back to their commu-           • Catch up with good friends and meet new ones
                            nities.                                                 What’s expected of me?
                            How can I become a member?                                 As a club member, you will be asked to:
                                Come to one of our Tuesday at Noon week-               • Pay club dues
                            ly meetings at Woody’s Boat House Restaurant,              • Attend meetings and events
                            Dockside at Lake Arrowhead Village. Meet people            • Use your professional skills and talents to make a difference
                             who are enthusiastic about improving people’s lives.
        Bob Gladwell                                                                   Come and visit, you can help change the world.

                            Interact Club                                                                End Polio Now
Story by Angela Yap                                                                                        Rotary has been working to
   It has been an annual tradition for mem-                                                            eradicate polio for more than 30
bers of the Lake Arrowhead Rotary Club
                                                                                                       years. Our goal of ridding the
and the Rim High Interact Club to bring
                                                                                                       world of this disease is closer than
Christmas joy to the local seniors residing
at the Grandview Senior Center in Twin                                                                 ever. As a founding partner of the
Peaks by hosting a Christmas luncheon for                                                              Global Polio Eradication Initiative,
them. “Thirty seniors participated at our                                                              we’ve reduced polio cases by 99.9
Christmas luncheon last weekend,” said                                                                 percent since our first project to
Teri Ostlie, community service chair of                                                                vaccinate children in the Philippines
                                               Interact student, Erika Reyes, with residents
Lake Arrowhead Rotary. “I feel so blessed Jacquelin Murphy, Christel Cress and Virginia                in 1979. We’ve helped immunize
to be able to share Rotary’s generous giv- Jacks-Wright                                                more than 2.5 billion children in 122 countries. So far,
ing heart with these sweet seniors. Seeing                                                             Rotary has contributed more than $1.8 billion toward
their joy at this party was one of the highlights of my Christmas season.” Representing                eradicating the disease worldwide. Today, polio remains
the Rim High Interact Club were Erika Reyes and Carissa, Rotarians Tom and Mary                        endemic only in Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan. But
Kay Bachman, and Chair Teri Ostlie. “Food was catered by The Cottage and delivered                     it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries
by the owner, Sandra De Leon and one of her cooks, Minor Esqueval,” added Ostlie.                      polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within
“We served roasted turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, and                       10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children
for dessert I made holiday cupcakes. Everyone got a wrapped gift ,which was a hot                      each year. Interested individuals, businesses or founda-
beverage cup filled with candy, an umbrella and a big shopping bag.”According to                       tions are welcome to make a donation to help eradicate
Ostlie, the Christmas party was funded by Rotarian Wallace Jones Grant.                                polio through Lake Arrowhead Rotary Club.
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                                               International Projects
    The Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead (RCLA) is a proud supporter of inter-             The Rotary Club of Lake
                       national projects. In 2018, RCLA partnered with the          Arrowhead also partnered
                       Children’s Health International Projects (CHIP’s) to spon-   with another Rotary dis-
                       sor the purchase of over 200 mosquito nets. This pre-        trict (District 3020) on the
                       ventative health project was submitted by the African        south east coast of India.
                       Orphan Outreach (AOO). AOO is the sole supporting            Working together, our two
                       entity for both the Ushindi Children’s Home and Rafiki       districts were able to pur-
                       Baby and Toddler Cottage located in Western Kenya            chase brand new mattress-
                       near the town of Kakamega.                                   es for over 750 school aged
                          Currently 220 children and teens are supported            children. These students
                       through the AOO Sponsorship Program. Included in             currently sleep on metal
                       this number are 21 little ones at Rafiki, 128 children in    bunkbed frames with no
  Alena Calderon       primary school, 64 high school students and 7 students       mattress. When they get
                      in special programs.                                          ready to sleep, they dress
    Mosquito season in Western Kenya brings an increase of malaria out-             as though they are going to school and lay down at night. Some of the chil-
 breaks. The last acquisition of new nets was in early January when 21              dren living at these orphanages had never before slept on their own mattress.
 were purchased for the Rafiki children. 183 nets were also purchased last              The contribution supplied by RCLA was generously matched by Manzoor
 September 2017. Ideally the children should have new nets every 6 months           R. Massey, Ph.D. and his family. Dr. Massey is the immediate past District
 as a preventive measure; an expense AOO was not able to meet alone.                Governor for the local Rotary District 5330 and submitted this project to the
    To learn more, please visit: https://www.africanorphanoutreach.org/             Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead for consideration.

 Rotary Action Partners in Disaster Relief (RAPID)
                            The Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead has launched          unique advantage to the affected communities. “They are typically the ones
                        their new program, Rotary Action Partners In Disaster       who have their boots on the ground and know the needs of their communi-
                        Relief, which allows Rotary Clubs located in areas          ties,” McAllister said. One example of this advantage is the Rotary Club of
                        affected by disasters to reach out to other clubs for       Napa Valley, who used the fundraised
                        help. The new program, referred to as RAPID, began          money to help restore small busi-
                        around a year ago when Dan McAllister, chairman             nesses and people who had worked
                        of the Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead, heard about           from their homes, an area that was
                        a friend and rotary club member in the Santa Rosa           not assisted by other relief avenues,
                        area who was affected by a fire. McAllister has been        McAllister said. The website provides
                        involved in the Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead for           links to disaster preparedness tools for
     Dan McAllister
                        around two years, but was also involved in Rotary Club      families and small businesses or orga-
in Huntington Beach since the 1980s. McAllister said he went online to find         nizations. Helping to alleviate some
ways that he could effectively help the Santa Rosa victims through Rotary           of the destruction of the Camp Fire in
Club but was unable to find any efficient way of lending aid. “We didn’t            Paradise, CA, is their most recent fund-
have a mechanism to get quick resources,” McAllister said. “I am trying to          raising project on the website. They
fill that gap.” RAPID Relief is McAllister’s response to that gap. The website      are more than 75 percent of the way
is dedicated to connecting Rotary Club relief projects to people around the         to their $250,000 goal. “We will use
world who are looking to provide financial assistance to those affected by          this money to help people get back on
disasters. McAllister said donating the money through Rotary Club provides a        their feet.

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                   Rotary Rewards Deserving Grads
By Aylene Popka                                                                     grade point average of 4.0 or better with a personal check for $100. In 2018,
                           Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead has a long history         18 dedicated students received those checks. This amount won’t buy much in
                        of awarding scholarships to local graduates, giving         today’s economy, but it’s a symbol of their excellence. We hope they use it to
                        approximately $20,000 away each year in recent years.       celebrate their success.
                        We enjoy recognizing mountain community graduates              Although most scholarship recipients are college bound, some plan to fur-
                        for their accomplishments and giving them a boost as        ther their education at technological or vocational schools. One scholarship,
                        they continue their education.                              the MPH Incentive Grant, identifies eighth grade students who experience
                           Applicants for most Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead        conditions that may interfere with graduation. The grant will them begin their
                        scholarships must write an essay on Rotary’s The Four-      post-graduation life when they earn their diplomas.
                        Way Test (see article in this issue about The Four-Way         Again this year, we gave Lake Arrowhead Rotary Blue Jay Jazz Foundation
                        Test) applied to their own lives. Other seniors are asked   Scholarships to three youth musicians selected by Blue Jay Jazz Foundation.
   Aylene Popka         to describe how they would provide community service           When long-time mountain resident Jeff Powell’s sister died tragically, he
                       through their future profession or business. A few recip-    and his mother established a Lake Arrowhead Rotary Foundation fund to
ients, including those receiving the Mountain High School Incentive Grant and       award annual scholarships to students who plan to teach. It’s a wonderful way
the Fine Arts Scholarship, are chosen by school faculty. We also give a special     to honor his sister who had a passion for teaching elementary school youth.
scholarship to a student who has actively given service to Rim High and our            Anyone interested in adding to the reach and impact of these Rotary Club
communities through Rotary-sponsored Interact Club.                                 of Lake Arrowhead scholarships may make a tax-deductible donation (specify
   Usually, scholarships range from $300 to $2000, but our club also recog-         the Scholarship Fund) to Lake Arrowhead Rotary Club Foundation, P.O. Box
nizes each Rim of the World High School student who earns a cumulative              686, Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352.

    Community Service - Making A Difference
By Teri Ostlie                                                    Our donations in the past year have included:
    Solving real problems takes real effort, commitment,           • Operation Provider
and vision. Rotarians work to protect communities from             • Mountain Communities Boys & Girls Club
preventable disease, keep women and children healthy,              • Mountain Pregnancy Center
improve education and economic outcomes, create safe               • Boy Scouts
water and sanitation infrastructure, and make our com-             • Mountain Arts Network
munity and the world a more peaceful place.                        • Lake Arrowhead Classical Ballet
    We are working on the following projects:                      • Rebuilding Together
    Literacy in Our Community - From donating thou-                • Lake Arrowhead Elementary
sands of reading books in local elementary school                  • Rim Educational Foundation
libraries, to giving out 700 books annually at the Blue            • Blue Star Moms
Jay Parade, to providing early childhood bilingual read-           • Rim High Girls Basketball
ing books for families in the community, promoting the             • Rim High Wrestling
power of literacy is our passion. Rotary Centennial Park           • Citizens on Patrol
- Part of the Twin Peaks Recreation Complex including,             • San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department
Dog Park, Community Garden, Playground, and Picnic                 • Camp Paivika
Shelters.                                                          • Rim of the World Historical Society
                                                                  Just to name a few.
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Rotary Commitment to Vocational Service
                          By Aylene Popka                                                       Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead members encourage students to increase their
                              One of the first areas of service established in Rotary       career opportunities by going to collage or trade schools. Through Lake Arrowhead
                          was service through one’s business or profession. Rotarians       Rotary Foundation, the club awards approximately $20,000 each year in scholarships
                          are expected to use their unique skills to benefit people         to deserving graduates. Funds for schol-
                          and organizations in their communities and throughout the         arships are donated often to assist other
                          world. Vocational service also requires ethical practices in      community organizations, such as Blue
                          business and personal relationships as guided by principles       Jay Jazz Foundation and Rim of the World
                          in Rotary’s The Four-Way Test (see article in this issue on       Communities Scholarship Council, to award
                          The Four-Way Test).                                               students.
                              Any project that prepares youth and adults for careers,           The many
                          guides them to behave ethically, or recognizes individuals        literacy projects
    Aylene Popka          and organizations for vocational excellence and upstanding        our club funds
                         character fits into the Vocational Service arena.                  are also part of
    Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead kicks off its focus on vocational service by rec-         vocational ser-
ognizing Rim of the World Unified School District’s new teachers and administrators         vice. Readers
with an invitation to lunch and a “Welcome New Teacher” goody bag of items                  are referred to
donated by local Rotarians and businesses. Past club presidents Bob Gladwell and            a more detailed
Terry Ebert ensure that these new folks feel truly welcomed. Our welcome to new             literacy article in
teachers comes a little later this year, planned for a spring celebration. Other annual     this publication.
vocational service project descriptions can be found in separate articles in this spe-          Rotary District
cial publication: RYLA and PRYDE leadership training, multiple literacy projects, and       5330 holds a dis-                                           Cleaning up a yard
scholarships to help local graduates continue education beyond high school.                 trict-wide Music
    Vocational Training Team exchange is another facet of vocational service. Five          Competition for
years ago, a team of Rotarian adults under leadership of our past club president,           high school vocal-
Cheryl Moxley, traveled to India to study that culture and the advise them on lit-          ists, pianists, and
eracy projects. Then a team from India visited our Rotary District, including our           instrumentalists.            Staining a
mountain area, to do the same. More recently, a Rotary District 5330 Vocational             All local Rotary clubs        windowsill
Training Team participated in Brazilian and African vocational exchanges. Rotarians         work together to spon-
house group members in these exchanges on both sides of the globe. In our area,             sor our mountain com-
Rotarians entertain team members and plan activities to show off our mountain from          munities’ competition with prize
Crestline to Big Bear. More recently, one Vocational Training Team project helped           money and opportunity to move
Nicaragua develop strategies to deal with childhood and adult Type 1 diabetes. The          on to Rotary District final con-
Nicaraguan team then visited our Rotary District.                                           tests in each musical category.
    Rotarians in our Lake Arrowhead club also participate in Rotarians-At-Work Day,             We also enjoy recognizing
a time when Rotarians take a break from their normal jobs and donate a day to               community members whose
community improvement projects. Since Rebuilding Together Day (aka Chrismas in              business practices and per-
April Mountain Communities) falls during that time, Lake Arrowhead Club Rotarians           sonal character show respect                                     Tom and Mary
are again sponsoring a “Rebuilding” home and volunteering as workers.                       for ethics and the values                                      Kay Bachman from
    With many Rotary clubs around the country, we encourage high school students            inherent in The Four-Way                                        Lake Arrowhead
to develop public speaking skills and think about ethical issues by holding The             Test of what they think, say,
Four-Way Test Speech Contest. Selecting any topic of their choice, students apply                                                                             Rotary with
                                                                                            and do.
The Four-Way Test to it to create a 5 – 8 minute speech presented to Rotarians.                                                                                residents
Participants win monetary awards and have a chance to move on to regional rounds                  First-place vocalist
of competition. Interested high school students can contact Rotarians Aylene Popka                 Josie Marganian
or Sheila Ben-Hur for details on next month’s club competitions. Rotarian Sheila                   performed during
Ben-Hur coordinates this year’s contest.                                                    a Rotary Music Competition.

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  The Rotary Foundation                                                                             Rotary Club of
                                                                                           Lake Arrowhead Members who are
                               The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into
                           service projects that change lives both close to home
                                                                                           Paul Harris Fellows
                                                                                                         Richard Lavin - PHF+1
                           and around the world. During the past 100 years,             Wayne Austin - PHF
                                                                                   Thomas E. Bachman - PHF+6       Sidney Lewis - PHF+1
                           the Foundation has spent $3 billion on life-changing,                                  Stacey Lippert - PHF+1
                                                                                       Michael Beavers - PHF
                           sustainable projects.                                    Spencer Beeman - PHF+6         Norton Marks - PHF+4
                               With your help, we can make lives better in your       Sheila Ben-Hur - PHF+3        Betty Marzec - PHF
                           community and around the world.                           Hugh A. Bialecki - PHF+2      Grant Mayne - PHF+5
                               Our mission                                             Derek Bobadilla - PHF     Daniel R. McAllister - PHF
                               The mission of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary         Dennis Brown - PHF+1        Robert McConnell - PHF
                            International is to enable Rotarians to advance         Randy Buecheler - PHF+3         Jane McNairn - PHF
                                                                                     Robert J. Buhrle - PHF+2       Nick Mitchell - PHF
                            world understanding, goodwill, and peace through                                      Cheryl Moxley - PHF+2
       Terry Ebert          the improvement of health, the support of                Kieth J. Burkart - PHF+1
                                                                                     Alena Calderon - PHF+1           Teri Ostlie - PHF
                            education, and the alleviation of poverty.                                           Aylene W. Popka - PHF+5
    Why should I donate to The Rotary Foundation?                                        Ben Cardell - PHF
                                                                                    Keith W. Douglas - PHF+4       Patrick Rains - PHF+8
    Your donation makes a difference to those who need our help most.                  Ronald Doutt - PHF+5      Jeanne V. Ramos - PHF+6
More than 90 percent of donations go directly to supporting our service                 Terry Ebert - PHF+2       Joseph Ramos - PHF+8
projects around the world.                                                                Mac Elliott - PHF            Rick Ray - PHF
    How does The Rotary Foundation use donations?                                       Bruce Field - PHF+2       Dave Roughton - PHF+5
    Our 35,000 clubs carry out sustainable service projects that support our         Robert A. Geer - PHF+2          John Rynda - PHF
six causes. With donations like yours, we’ve wiped out 99.9 percent of all             Bob Gladwell - PHF+4         Ronda Rynda - PHF
                                                                                   Diane Ruth Gladwell - PHF+2       Polly Sauer - PHF
polio cases. Your donation also trains future peacemakers, supports clean                                             Kevin Stec - PHF
water, and strengthens local economies.                                               Mike Gladwell - PHF+1
                                                                                        Dale Gregory - PHF         Chris Trulove - PHF+1
    What impact can one donation have?                                                                              Dennis Upton - PHF
    It can save a life. A child can be protected from polio with as little as 60     Clark H. Hahne - PHF+3
                                                                                         Barry R. Hoy - PHF       Peter Venturini - PHF+8
cents. Our partners make your donation go even further. For every $1 Rotary         Robert J. Ippolito - PHF+1     Peter Wesch - PHF+2
commits to polio eradication, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has                    Geneal Kerr - PHF       Andrea L. Willerth - PHF+8
committed $2.                                                                                                       Angela Yap - PHF+3
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                               Rotary Builds Youth Leaders
By Aylene Popka                                        • To demonstrate further Rotary respect and              and a commitment to service, but the focus is on
                                                           concern for youth                                    leading oneself and making good decisions rath-
                     Rotarians worldwide are com-      • To encourage and assist selected youth leaders         er than leading others. PRYDE participants work
                  mitted to helping others learn           and potential leaders in re¬sponsible, ethical,      together to learn skills that will lead to individual
                  the value of following ethical           and effective voluntary youth leadership by          success such as
                  principles in business and per-          providing them with training                          • developing the courage to step out of their
                  sonal lives. One way they reach      • To encourage continued and stronger leader-                comfort zones to take healthy risks without
                  out to youth with this message is        ship of youth by youth                                   worrying how other teens might judge them
                  through leadership conferences       • To publicly recognize the high qualities of             • resisting peer pressure
Aylene Popka       fully funded by Rotary clubs.           many young people who serve their communi-            • appreciating themselves and others for their
                                                           ties as youth leaders                                    inner strengths rather than outer appearance
                      RYLA                                  Rotary clubs pay all expenses for this potential-    • setting personal goals and creating ethical
     Local high school juniors will join hundreds     ly life-changing experience. This year, Rotary Club           steps to reach those goals
of students from all over Riverside and San           of Lake Arrowhead, Mountain Sunrise Rotary Club,
Bernardino counties at Rotary Youth Leadership        and Crestline – Lake Gregory Rotary Club will                More than 200 12-year-olds from Coachella
Awards (RYLA) conferences. Youth interest in RYLA     sponsor 20 teens.                                         Valley to Fontana and Temecula to Big Bear
– and the visible benefit to students – is so great         Applications for 2020 RYLA conferences will be      attended the PRYDE conference last November.
that Rotary District 5330 is operating two confer-    available next January for high school juniors inter-     Like RYLA, trained Rotarians facilitate small dis-
ences again this year.                                ested in leadership training next year.                   cussion groups to help these preteens apply skills
     Originated by Rotary International in 1971,                                                                they learn to their own lives. High school mentors
RYLAs are designed to help young adults develop                             PRYDE                               – “PRYDE Guides” – run many of the activities.
skills needed to be leaders in their communities,         Local seventh graders also have a chance              Most participants leave PRYDE exhausted but
schools, careers, and everyday life. RYLA pro-        to develop leadership skills through Rotary               with heightened confidence, sense of purpose,
grams are found all over the world. In Switzerland,   District 5330’s weekend Personal Rotary Youth             and personal commitment to serve others. Next
Swaziland, or Southern California; all RYLA pro-      Development Experience (PRYDE). Patterned                 year’s seventh graders can look for PRYDE appli-
grams share the following objectives:                 in part after the enormously successful RYLA,             cations at their schools next fall or contact any
                                                      PRYDE’s main goals are to build leadership skills         local Rotary Club.

       Little Lending Libraries are Popping Up All
                    Over the Mountain

Cheryl Moxley places new books in the Lending Libary in front of the Cedar Bob Mc Connell, Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead and his wife Lucina have built
Glen Post Office.                                                          and supplied several Little Lending Libraries in our community and local areas.
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