Bulletins - 2009 - 10/28/2009
This
Week's Bulletin Was Written
By Claire Remillard
This week’s invocation was delivered by Mike Jones. Mel Gallegos led our club in the Pledge of Allegiance followed by “You’re a Grand Old Flag” conducted by Jim Mulvaney.
Sergeant at Arms, Scott Carr, presented the weekly raffle, sold Frank’s veggies, and invited members to share bitches and brags. Dr. Paul Marsh announced thirteen years of practice. Tom Sayer celebrated his twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Chris Carstens gave Scott Carr a salute for being up late the evening before and still being at our breakfast meeting early. Bobbi Spinner-Flack and Mike Whitehurst celebrate the same birthday. Gary Green shared that he took his lovely wife to the Bette Midler concert in Vegas. Martin Blair told of his recent trip home to Kansas. Melissa Trew announced a successful Red Badge Event. Maureen Eberle shared that Soli of Afghanistan will be returning to San Diego at Christmas. Jenny Goodman sadly shared that her pug, Bailey, was recently put down.
One visiting Rotarian, April Langwell of Club 33, joined our breakfast. Other guests included our speakers Ginny Uybungco and Victoria Haiseiu, Caroline Wessel of Catholic Charities, Peter Mackey guest of Melissa Blackburn-Joniaux, David Hughes, Hilda Thompson, Audrey Coleman guest of Sandee Rugg, Wendy Patrick guest of Scott Car, Tom Larimer, Sally Ann Zoll of United Through Reading, and Phil Landis of Veterans Village San Diego.
Our Community Committee made a $3,200 donation to Catholic Charities to purchase 400 turkeys for Thanksgiving. Caroline Wessel of Catholic Charities accepted the check. The donation was also delivered with a promise to lend a hand to create food baskets on Saturday, November 21st. Sign up with Chris Carstens – it should be a great time!
 Dave Ferguson and Jonathan Stone presented donations raised through the annual Holes for Heroes golf tournament. Phil Landis of Veterans Village of San Diego and Sally Ann Zoll of United Through Reading accepted the donation of $7,000 to each organization. Also related on the annual golf event, Martin Blair was presented with a special thank you for donating $1,000 to support the fundraiser.
 Our speaker this week was Virginia “Ginny” Uybungco, Executive Director of the Marine Mammal Park Conservancy. She is a local San Diegan who attended Patrick Henry High School and USD Law for Environmental/Conservation Law. The Marine Mammal Park Conservancy is a recently formed organization of all volunteers. The Park is located in La Jolla, in an area commonly called the Children’s Pool. Uybungco presented the history of the Children’s pool, from the construction of the wall in 1931 to today, when it has recently become an eco-tourism center. She shared five key points that support the usage as an eco-tourism sight.
1. Save Tax Money (Removing the seals would cost $866,000 per year)
2. Restore and represent the values of San Diego as a conservation community
3. Sustainable visitor attraction
4. Green & Blue movement/industries
5. Scientific and educational opportunities
Uybongco also shared interesting facts about the harbor seals we can observe on this beautiful stretch of coast. This seals do not migrate and their life span is 20-25 years. When seals hang out on the beach it is called “hauling out.” In 1999, the seals began to give birth on the beach which classified the site an a protected wildlife area.
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