Escondido Sunrise Rotary; Meeting to Serve our Community in Person and via Zoom; and “An Update from County Supervisor, Jim Desmond”… April 21, 2022
As we all try to conduct our professional pursuits in new ways, it’s appropriate to remind ourselves of who we are as a Serving Organization… Our accomplishments, our fellowship and the reminder of our many successes is valuable as we seek new opportunities to serve…
We met again in person at the Chamber of Commerce… Great to enjoy the fellowship again and see all your smiling faces…
As a Club, we honored our nation with a salute to our Flag led by SGT at Arms, Gloria Lefler…
And, an invocation was offered by Past President, Jack Anderson…
Guests and Visitors:
Danny Sherlock from the Escondido Rotary Club…
Joe Garcia, City Council Member from Council District 3…
Kristal Jambara, Staff Member for Supervisor Desmond…
Welcome to all of you!!
Now, some Sunrise Rotary member milestones…
Birthdays:
April 22: Past President, Jim Ponder
26: Past President, George Beitner
27: Kim Henson
Happy Birthday Blessings to all of you…
Anniversaries:
April 24: Future President, Andy and Dana Ommen…15 Years… Congratulations!!
Rotary Anniversaries:
None this week…
Sunrise Rotarians Serving, and Announcements:
Mark you Calendars…
Note some service opportunities coming up…
Special Club Meeting on Wednesday May 4, 7:00 AM at the California Center for the Arts…
On Wednesday May 4 at 7:00 AM, our meeting will be part of the Palomar College event at the Arts Center. As part of the morning’s event, John Masson, Past President of Sunrise Rotary and a City Council member, will be posthumously honored with the 2022 Comet Award from the Palomar College Foundation…
Plan to attend…
There will not be a regular Sunrise Rotary meeting on Thursday morning, May 5…
Neighborhood Health to Become a Regular Part of “Feeding San Diego’s” Efforts to Support Community Hunger… Volunteers needed…
President Elect, Tina Pope shared that food distribution from Feeding San Diego, through the efforts of Neighborhood Health will take place on the 1st and 3rd Saturday’s… The events take place at Neighborhood Health offices at 425 North Date St. …
Volunteers are needed to help with food distribution.. The events run from 12 Noon to 3 PM on those Saturdays… Look for an email from Tina with details…
Escondido Sunrise will engage with this support effort as our “Rotarians at Work Day” on Saturday May 7… Rotary at Work Day will be from Noon to 3:30 PM… Confirm your participation with President Elect, Tina Pope or Past President, Rich Aeling…
“Be There”…
Special Multi-Club Meeting to be Held on May 24 at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park…
More information will follow, but mark your calendars for this meeting with all of the Escondido Rotary Clubs…
District Rotary Golf Returns…
A District 5340 golf event will take place on Tuesday April 26 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn… Past President, Scott Putnicki is taking signups for the event…
Rotarians Having Fun and Serving…
All kinds of fun and service and fun…
Pictures are worth a thousand words…
A New Puppy in the House…
Past President, Brian and Nancy Murphy have a new member of the family… Shiloh joined the family recently, making Nancy very happy…
Brian explaining his new duties as Shiloh’s caretaker…
Exploring Caves…
John and Marie Schwab were recently ‘underground’ in a water-filled cavern…
Hi-Fives…
A Three-Week Cruise in the Caribbean…
Past President, Mike Dunlap recently cruised all over the Caribbean, bringing a ball cap and a mug to President Richard… Amazingly, the mug has a photo depiction of Mike’s ‘mug’ for the prez…
A Trip to Nashville to see the Grands…And, Explaining ‘Death by Carwash’ in Escondido…
Past President, Rich Aeling and Donna enjoyed some respite in Nashville visiting their daughter and one-year-old granddaughter… A fun time and he brought a gift of “Rooster Sauce” to President Richard…
While in Nashville, Rich saw a news cast about a man dying at a self-serve carwash in Escondido… And, SGT Chris Leso being the responding officer…
Chris tried to explain the incident to his fellow Sunrise Rotarians… You can imagine the application of the Rotary ‘Four Way Test’ to Chris’ comprehensive explanation…
Feeding San Diego Project Supported by Council-member Tina Inscoe…
Sunrise Rotary member and Deputy Mayor, Tina Inscoe encouraged Sunrise Rotarians to all pitch-in on the Feeding San Diego and Rotary Work Day with Neighborhood Healthcare… Tina also reminded Sunrise Rotarians of the Transportation Expo set to take place on Saturday the 23rd at Westfield Mall and sponsored by the Greater Escondido Chamber of Commerce…
Rising Star Education Awards Wraps up the Year with Honoring Some Very Worthy Students…
Past President, Jim Ponder shared that he attended the final Rising Star Awards breakfast this past week… He commented on the quality of the students receiving the awards; “not necessarily college bound”, but all achieving at their schools, and ready to contribute to the community…
Program
County Supervisor, Jim Desmond was our guest speaker. With District boundary changes to District 5, Supervisory Desmond recently became responsible for Escondido along with all of the cities along the Route 78 Corridor… Supervisor Desmond served previously as the Mayor of San Marcos, and managed his elected positions while still actively fulfilling his career as a Delta Arlines pilot…
Supervisor Desmond shared the depth and variety of services managed by the County to benefit residents of the County unincorporated areas and the Cities… He spoke about the importance of his role representing all of the cities and the county areas along State Highway 78… And, the importance of that transportation corridor, both for traffic, but also the economic strength of the North County region…
County Supervisor, Jim Desmond speaking to Sunrise Rotarians…President Richard speaking to Sunrise Rotarians…
The Supervisor spoke about the challenges of dealing with the homeless issue in our region. He shared that much of the issues relating to homelessness are of a mental health origin… There is more to dealing with the issue than just providing residential support… He commented that State law affects the way local governments can deal with the homeless… And, he shared about efforts to enhance the custodial support that is needed…
He spoke about efforts, coordinated with law enforcement and local hospitals to created “crisis stabilization” centers to deal with mental health issues that can lead to violence… There are five such centers in the County, and he was proud to share that there are three in the North County region…
Supervisor Desmond also spoke about the need for housing; especially, affordable market rate housing for seniors. The County owns property just east of the former Palomar Hospital site on East Valley Parkway, and there will be plans forthcoming to created affordable senior housing on that site…
One of the critical concerns facing the County, especially law enforcement, is the easily available fentanyl… So available, that it has become the leading cause of death in overdose situations… in 2021, there were 800 deaths in the County from fentanyl overdoses, up from 300 in 2018…
Another topic of great concern for him and elected officials in North County, are the recent SANDAG actions to neglect the promise to use transportation sales tax funds for widening major highways in North County. SANDAG had brought forth a plan to get drivers out of their cars via ‘miles-driven’ taxation… Basically forcing people into mass transit modes… To quote the Supervisory, “North County is getting screwed”…
Supervisor Desmond closed his remarks by strongly encouraging all North County residents to familiarize themselves with the issues relating to transportation so that we can stop additional tax increases intended to get us out of our cars and to use our approved tax funds for transportation modes that will not benefit the large majority of County drivers…
Supervisor Jim Desmond pictured with Sunrise Rotary President, Richard Agnes…
The Opportunity Drawing…
Big Opportunity this week was $177… Mark Quick had the ‘lucky’ ticket, but drew the unlucky card…
Past President, Mike Dunlap held the consolation ticket, claiming the second prize of $16… A nice, modest lunch awaits…
See you in Person or on line on April 28…
Next Week’s Meeting:
Will be in person and on line… We will meet at 7:30 AM at the Greater Escondido Chamber of Commerce, 720 N. Broadway…
Our program will be Jim Ambroso of Escondido Disposal, speaking about the composting and anaerobic digestion project…
Thanks for Attending Today’s Meeting…
Support for our Escondido Community …
Our great community and the success of its businesses is all of our responsibilities… Support the businesses that are doing all they can to survive during this challenging time… Take out some chow… Be ready to support them when the economy begins working again…
The ‘Giving Arch’ on Grand Avenue and Centre City Parkway reminds us that Escondido is a caring, giving community…
To all; be safe and be well…. God Bless those men and women that carry the load at our medical facilities, and God Bless our first responders… May our governmental leaders be wise, thoughtful and smart as this pandemic is overtaken by our hard work and collective support…
Online Meetings:
Technical Support for Online Meetings:
Our meetings will begin as a hybrid setting with in-person and on-line opportunities…The meetings will be technically managed by President Richard Agnew… Thanks for that Richard… And, Richard is prepared to support all of our attempts at joining the on-line meetings… Look for his email with details and links to log on to the upcoming Zoom meetings…
Watch for emails defining the next meeting. The system works fine, dependent upon your technical support available through your PC or laptop…
SEE YOU SOON…… In Person or ONLINE… Next meeting; Thursday, April 28; 7:30 AM… Check President Richard’s email for the Zoom Link…
