Paul Harris x 3

Meet the three newest Paul Harris Fellows from the Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club.

At this morning's meeting we met Jim Stewart (Left - Paul Harris x3), Nasrin Barbee (Center - Paul Harris x5) and Alison Farrin (Right - Paul Harris x3).

The Paul Harris Fellowship Award is one of the highest honors Rotary can bestow upon an individual. Recipients are typically Rotarians, professionals and community leaders who are recognized for their outstanding contributions to those around them.

The honor and recognition accompanies a donation of $1,000 or more in the name of the recipient to Rotary International’s Paul Harris Fund in support of Rotary’s world-wide programs.

RB Sunrise Rotary Announces Meeting Speakers for March, 2012

The RB Sunrise Rotary Club has announced the following lineup of for March, 2012. Their meetings are a MUST for anyone interested in camaraderie and community insight. The schedule includes:

· March 6 State Assembly member and Mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher will address the state of the community and field questions regarding the future.

· March 13 The Rancho Bernardo High School Madrigal Singers will provide a special, one-time only, Spring concert.

· March 20 Rick Coburn, president of Coburn Restoration, will speak about the challenges associated with Huntington’s Disease.

· March 27 The annual Four-Way Speech Contest - Sub-regional finals for Rotary District 5340 (San Diego/Imperial Counties) - will be held at the RB Sunrise Rotary Club.

The meetings start promptly at 7:15 am at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo, 12280 Greens East Road, San Diego, CA 92128. Speakers begin their presentations at 8:00 am. Members of the public are invited to attend these meetings at no charge if staying for just the speaker. A $15 fee will be charged to those staying for breakfast.

The Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary club itself can be found online at http://www.rbsunrise.org/.

RB Sunrise Rotary Catches Kids Being Good

Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary played “Gotcha” with three students from Painted Rock Elementary School at this past week’s breakfast.

The students were honored at the club’s semi-annual “Service Above Self” awards.“He took his lunch period to help me with my homework’ is typical of the kinds of things these kids do” read Rotary project coordinator Mike Miller from a list of recommended winners submitted by the students’ peers.

“Your good deeds in daily life do not go unrecognized.” Miller continued. “Because though virtue may be its own reward, getting the occasional public pat on the back doesn’t hurt either.”

All winning students receive a Certificate of Achievement and a gift certificate to a local merchant, donated by the RB Sunrise Rotary.“These kids are our future, and they need to know that the community at-large appreciates when they’re helping make the world around them a nicer place to live,” said club -president Rick Coburn.

Added Rotary president-elect Paul Sullivan “We run this program twice each year to help kids throughout RB understand their good deeds are like dropping a rock in a pond. These certificates and gifts are just part of the ripple effect.”

Kids caught doing good deeds (from L to R) Kylie Kim, Karli Gigstad and Catherine Johnson stand with RB Sunrise Rotarian Mike Miller.

RB Sunrise Rotarians Get Ink!

From the North County Times, 1/28/12 - Margot Jackson's column (http://m.nctimes.com/mobile/article_7725b9ed-1b50-5b98-84bb-31f96bb083e3.html)

Older memories change: Join the Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary meeting at 8 a.m. Tuesday, when a representative from Brain Gain will talk about how memory changes as we age. The meetings are always held at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo so try to keep that firmly in mind.

And more Rotary: On Feb. 7, Jonathan Smith, MD, MBA, will combine insights into human behavior to provide answers to many of today's personal and business issues. His topic? Healthier is wealthier. An anesthesiologist for almost 40 years, Dr. Smith should know the answers.

On Feb. 14, Mel Robinson of Identity Theft Solutions, LLC will discuss identity theft and how businesses can become compliant with FACTA (the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act).
On Feb. 21 there will be the Rotary's District 5340's Four-Way Speech Contest.

And on Feb. 28, Gary Rossi will discuss strategic planning working with the Malcolm Baldridge School of Performance Excellence.

All meetings start promptly at 7:15 a.m. Tuesdays at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo, 12280 Greens East Road. Members of the public are invited to attend meetings at no charge if staying for just the speaker. If staying for breakfast, a $15 fee will be charged. The RB Sunrise Rotary club can be found online at www.rbsunrise.org.

Abraxas' Joe Radovich visits to say goodbye

After working together for 17 years, Abraxas principal Joe Radovich (second from left) and Rotarian Rex Teets (left) bade each other a fond farewell at this week's RB Sunrise Rotary meeting at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo. Radovich is retiring after 34 years. Joining them for the send-off were Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotarians Trudy Armstrong, Jim Roth, Andy Patapow, Rick Coburn and Joe Giamanco.