The 2nd Annual Charity Golf Classic, “Tee It Up for Veterans” will take place on Veteran's Day, Friday, November 11th at the exclusive and private Santa Maria Country Club. This fundraiser will support two local, non-profit veterans organizations, Echo Group-Band of Brothers and Welcome Home Military Heros. The tournament will increase their support across our Central Coast Veteran Community.
For more information:
https://www.veteransgolfclassic.org/
The Rotary Club of Santa Maria/Noontime
sponsored the SMBR in 1984
Centennial Celebration
November 12, 2022
Save the Date
Kathy Simas shared an upcoming project for more Tree Planting. This time the trees will be planted by our host Club, the Noontimers, and our part of the project is to tend to the trees following planting.
Save the Date: November 12
ROTARY DISTRICT CONFERENCE
November 18-20 / Santa Barbara Hilton.
Mark your calendars for Saturday December 3rd, that's when the parade will happen this year. All Rotarians are needed to make sure that we turn out another successful event. Clipboard sign ups will be appearing as the event gets closer.
ROSE PARADE ROTARY FLOAT
Plans are underway to help fund and assemble the New Year's Day parade float. Contact Suzanne Levy for more details.
PCPA Cinderella Performance
Friday December 2, 2022 / 7:00 PM
SMBR Interact Coordinator Michele Jensen escorted Evan Troesch and (Homecoming King) Vignesh Neer to our meeting this morning. The Interact Club has been busy each and every weekend supporting our community on projects for the Food Bank, Shoes for Students, Chalk Festival, Trash Patrol and many more.
Au Revoir, Adios, Arivederci!
Chris HastertPresident 2012-2013
A member since 2009, multiple PHF awards, and past-president of the Rotary Club of Santa Maria-Breakfast is leaving the Santa Maria Airport (SMX) and will become the Airport Director for the Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), effective October 1, 2022. Chris served SMX as the GM for 14 years and has been instrumental in promoting and attracting additional airlines to the airport. He is also responsible for a number of significant advancements, including a return of the Airfest, completion of a 20-year master plan, designation as a US port of entry, lengthening the runway to allow expanded use of the airport facilities for fire fighting and package delivery. We wish you and your family well, Chris!
BRAGS
Chris Hastert announced (9/22) his departure from the Santa Maria Airport to become the Airport Director for the Santa Barbara Airport and, as such, will be departing SMBR. $100
Holly Edds proudly announced the Chalk Festival was a rousing success, complete with some surprise benefactors helping kids that otherwise would not have participated. $50
Fr. Peter Kang and family celebrated son Simon's 3rd birthday, complete with a tour of the airport and firefighting equipment by Chris Hastert. $50
Jim Bray celebrated wife Denise's birthday...with a little help from his friends! $35
Dr. Jim Peterson bragged about the wonderful Rotating Dinner hosted by Kevin Walthers and his wife. $50
Tanya Astrosky happily drove the beer cart during the VTC Grennan Family Golf Tournament. $50
Randy Wise and his wife and one other person from the SMBR attended the Concert at the Park event featuring Steppin' Out. The evening club had 5 members attend, while the Noontimers couldn't come up with even 1. Also, he shared an email reply from former member Jerry Walsh. Their house on Amelia Island, near Jacksonville, FL is now under construction and the weather sucks & varieties of man-killer amphibians make evening walks thrilling! $50
Mark Jackson thanked departing member Chris Hastert for being such a good sport for his Step Down celebration. Must've been a good one, since it occurred nearly 10 years ago. $50
Terry Dworaczyk (you try spelling this phonetically) and his family did a motor home tour of the Northwest and Glacier National Park in celebration of his birthday! $150
FINES
Berto managed to have a picture of Jim Peterson & Mike Moats during one of recent meetings. Apparently, they were not paying much attention to the subject matter. Mike shared that the back of Dr. Jim's head was quite interesting! $30
Jim Bray should have proudly fessed up to being mention in Rona Barretts magazine. $30
Dr. Jim recently attended a Rona Barrett program. Berto looked and looked and looked, but couldn't see a Rotary pin on the good doc. $30
Only those who risk going too far
can find out how far one can go.
– T.S. Elliott
PROGRAM
The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) was established as a joint powers agency in 1966. This association consists of each city (8) and county governments in Santa Barbara County. Many of the issues that face local governments and the people they serve such as traffic, housing, air quality, and growth extend beyond jurisdictional boundaries. SBCAG’s primary purpose is to assist local governments in solving common problems and addressing public policy issues that are regional or multi-jurisdictional. SBCAG distributes local, state, and federal transportation funds and acts as a forum for regional collaboration and cooperation between agencies and addressing regional and multi-jurisdictional issues.
SBCAG has federal and state-legislated responsibilities to provide regional and transportation planning. Significant planning areas include the Regional Growth Forecast, Census Information, Regional Transportation Plan, and the Regional Housing. The association also serves as the lead agency on regionally projects in coordination with Caltrans and local agencies.
MARJORIE "MARJIE" KIRN, as theExecutive Director of the SBCAG since 2017, is responsible for working with the 13-member Board of Directors to bring to focus regional and multi-jurisdictional transportation priorities for all eight cities and unincorporated areas in Santa Barbara County. Kirn oversees a $66 million annual budget and 19 employees. Prior to joining SBCAG, Kirn was Executive Director for the Merced County Association of Governments. Kirn holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication from the University of California, San Diego. She is married with three adult children and is an avid tennis player.
Lauren "Bianchi" Klemann is the government affairs and public information manager of the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) since 2019. Prior to joining SBCAG, Bianchi Klemann worked for Santa Barbara Unified School District and served the County of Ventura for more than a decade. She graduated from Westmont College in Santa Barbara with a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and Religious Studies and completed academic programs in the Middle East, Washington DC, and New York. Active in the community, she is on the Board of Directors for the Association of Women in Communications – Santa Barbara Chapter and is proud of her previous service as a National and Community Service Americorps volunteer with the American Red Cross. Outside of her professional career, Bianchi enjoys spending time with her family, complete with a rapidly growing 9-year old daughter and a one brown/one blue eye dog named Lea.
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