Mike and Kate were able to attend and see the program for the Central Coast Honor flight.  They made a $1,000 check presentation on behalf of our club to the Veteran’s that are going to be on the flight. 

He recently welcomed new baby Benjamin, then.... He was biking in Drum Canyon and went to grab some food, and went down.  A lovely couple drove them back to his house, and then his wife took him to the ER.  His wife now has two to care for.

Ryan bragged on his kids.  They are amazing people, and amazing little guys.  He is proud of his family and how his boys are growing up. 

Roberto Rodriguez bragged $25 on the club and their support of the great B&G Club Gala last weekend.  He really appreciated the Rotary support, but said Mike owes him big time. 

Andy Caldwell bragged $50 on the 28^thannual COLAB dinner. It was the best event they have ever had.  

Laura Tamura wanted to thank Ted Ortega for the rotating dinner at this house.  It was a full weekend, with the COLAB dinner on Saturday, and then the  Rotating dinner on Sunday - $50

Mark Jackson bragged a $50 “ditto on the rotating dinner” and plead guilty about bringing Pepsi to the move-in party.

Jim Peterson bragged $50 to the Compassion Fund, in memory of his mother-in-law who passed away.  She was a great lady who lived to be 92 years old.  Thanks for the cards and wishes.  

John Wesner bragged $50 on his first international trip. They took the kids to Italy for 2 weeks. The travel on the train, was a great experience for the kids.  They also discovered gelato. 

Martin Testa celebrated his birthday for a $65 brag.

Jerry Schmidt bragged $50 on his wife taking a week off to visit her mother, when they have a new puppy at home… sounds like fun to me?  He also went on a fishing trip last week.  His wife wasn’t catching any fish, so he gave her his rod, and used hers.  He then caught a 3.5 lb. trout and had to explain that he caught it with a sparkly, girly, lure.

Greg Gorga, from the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, provided our program.  Greg has more than 15 years experience working with non-profit agencies, as well as operating a private business.  He is a past president of the American Council of Maritime Museums. 

Greg shared with us one of the  museum’s upgraded exhibits, Tragedy at Honda, which honors the lives of those brave sailors who lost their lives, and those who struggled courageously under extreme conditions to keep the loss of life at a minimum. The exhibit features artifacts from the destroyers, photos and aerial footage of the wreck site, and interviews with Gene Bruce, the last living survivor of the tragedy (now passed away) and a telegraph operator working the night of the disaster.

On a foggy night in September 1923 twenty-three U.S. Navy sailors lost their lives as seven Clemson-class destroyers crashed into the jagged rocks at Honda Point, just above Point Arguello. To this day, it is considered the largest naval disaster during peacetime in United States history. This tragedy caused great embarrassment to our Navy, which just fifteen years before had sent the Great White Fleet around the world to demonstrate our naval superiority.

That day Destroyer Squadron Eleven, consisting of fourteen destroyers, was headed from San Francisco to their home base in San Diego. A series of events led to their fate upon the rocks, including the sinking of the SS Cuba at 4:00 a.m. the same morning on San Miguel Island. The destroyer captains feared turning too late, thereby missing the entrance to the Santa Barbara Channel and experiencing the same fate as the Cuba. In addition, the navy had just begun using radio navigation technology, but the lead commander, Captain Watson, did not trust the readings he received, and instead relied on “dead reckoning” to calculate his position. All of this and more led to the fateful decisions made that evening.