John was born in Los Angeles and raised in Lynwood and still lives in Southern California. He began a career in manufacturing in 1961 and continues to do so. He joined the Rotary Club of Paramount in 1990. John is also involved with the community as an active member of the Paramount Chamber of Commerce, serving as Treasurer in 1989-1990. In 1998 John was selected as Businessman of the Year. John is a Director for the Los Cerritos YMCA.
In Rotary John has been Club President, Secretary and was chosen Rotarian of the Year in 1995. John is a Benefactor and a Major Donor. He served on the Paul Harris Celebration Committee from 1998 thru 2002, the District Conference Committee from 1999 thru 2002 and was an Assistant Governor in 1999-2000. He has attended three Zone Institutes, four Presidential Conferences and the past seven R.I. Conventions.
Barbara is also involved in her community as a member of the Montebello Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and past Chairwoman. She was also the Chairwoman of the Montebello Chamber Ambassadors. Barbara is a member of the Beverly Hospital Foundation Board of Directors and a Beverly Hospital guild member.
Barbara and Greg were married in 1982 and have 4 children, Nathan, Zachary, Kaylie and Jenna ranging in age from 4-13 years. As a family they enjoy snow skiing, water skiing and wakeboarding. She also enjoys playing tennis, running and scrapbooking.
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A young girl watches as her paper airplane is flown in a small wind tunnel during the USA Science and Engineering Festival, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, at Freedom Plaza in Washington. NASA, joined with more than 500 science organizations this weekend to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers during the first national science and engineering festival held in the nation’s capital. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)
As a City Administrator, Arnie has developed many skills that are very useful for a District Governor. His leadership style is to handle stress with humor, to promote bottoms up solutions, to anger slowly and forgive quickly. While he emphasizes that the major role of a governor should be to support the club, which he will do, he is also going to actively promote and encourage clubs to become more involved with the youth of their communities.
After receiving his Governor Nominee Pin from Governor Brenda and Governor Elect Marc, he introduced the First Lady Nominee, his wife Maria. They will both be retired during his year as Governor so that they can devote 100% of their time to the service of Rotary. Congratulations to a wonderful couple, Arnie and Maria.
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Two people attached by a tether attempt to "dock" the Space Shuttle as they participate in a demonstration at the USA Science and Engineering Festival, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, at Freedom Plaza in Washington. NASA, joined with more than 500 science organizations this weekend to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers during the first national science and engineering festival held in the nation’s capital. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)
Arnie has a long history of commitment to Rotary on a club, district and international level. He served as President of the Five Cities / Pismo Beach Rotary Club in 1987-88, where he was a charter member, and he also served as President of the Rotary Club of Santa Paula in 1996-97. He has been involved in our district as Group Rep, Deputy District Foundation Chair and Assistant Governor. He had also been asked by Gov. Elect Marc Vertin to serve as his Administrative Assistant next year. He is a PRLS and Master PRLS graduate, a Rotary Foundation Benefactor and a multiple Paul Harris Fellow.
Arnie has been active in Rotary International’s Polio Eradication Initiative. During his year as President in Pismo Beach the club completed their three-year commitment to the PolioPlus fundraising effort in only three months time. He recently went to India to help with their NID and their fight against polio. He has already attended 8 different Rotary International Conventions and is looking forward to developing a District International Project where our members can unite and become involved at all levels.
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Flags at Tet
Flags at Tet
Rod has attended four Rotary International Convention – Portland, OR, USA; Taipei, Taiwan, REpublic of China; Barcelona, Spain and Brisbane, Australia.
A native of California, Rod and his spouse Nancy make their home in the foothills between Salinas and Monterey. He is a general-partner in the telecommunications form of TOTLCOM Inc. and fulfills responsibilities of administration and finance. His hobbies include mastering computers, gardening, camping, photography, and caring for their rare Anatolian Shepherd dogs. In February 2004 Rod and Nancy will celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. They have two grown daughters, Brooke age 26 and Seasha age 23.
Rod and Nancy are Paul Harris Fellows, Rotary Foundation Benefactors and Sustaining Members of The Rotary Foundation.
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American Flag flying on federal hill, baltimore, MD
Rod was invited to join The Rotary Club of Salinas Steinbeck in January 1989. His classification is Telecommunications. He served as Club President in 1994095.
Rod has served his club in numerous Club committees, director and officer positions. In 1992-93 he received the club’s “Order of the Red Sock” – not an annual recognition, but given by the Club President to recognize an individual Rotarian who exemplifies the Rotary motto of “Service Above Self.” During his year as Club President, the Salinas Steinbeck was recognized as the district’s “Club of Excellence” and Rod was recognized as the “Most Outstanding President” in District 5230. In 1995-96 he received the club’s “Rotarian of The Year” award.
At the District level, Rod has served as Assistant Governor, as District Information Officer, as District Secretary, as District Newsletter Editor, as District Conference Chair, and as an Area Representative. He has served on fourteen District Committees; chairing or co-chairing ten.
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America Sings in Tomorrowland
America Sings in Tomorrowland. (Skyway and Monorail also visible)
Photo taken in 1984 or 1985.
In 1968 Nick began his career in commercial insurance after working in the trucking industry and farming. He started as a payroll auditor in Redding for workers compensation insurance, and worked his way up to sales and sales management. He then went on to two other insurance companies where he furthered his career in key management positions.
Nick is a native Californian born in Martinez and educated in Concord where he graduated from Mt. Diablo High School. In addition to completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Marketing at Chico State, Nick also achieved the professional designation of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter and is a lifetime member of the Society of CPCU.
Nick met and married his wife Cathy while still in college. This year they will be celebrating 41 years of marriage. They have three daughters and four grandchildren. Cathy enjoys spending much of her time as a volunteer for the American Cancer Society and Nick enjoys golf in his free time. Getting away to the mountains is something they both look forward to.
America
"To the immediate left of the entrance rests not a continent, but instead the representation of the Western Hemisphere—both North and South America. The seated, alert young woman holds the torch of Liberty, while stalks of corn lie in her lap. The figure of Labor crouches at her side, setting in motion a winged wheel of Fortune. In his other hand, Labor holds mechanical tools of knowledge: a magnet and a prism. Although intended to represent the whole hemisphere, the sculpture does not reference other nations and cultures in a positive manner, and mainly portrays the prosperity of the United States."
- U.S. Custom House website
In 1986, soon after moving to Modesto for a career opportunity, Nick was invited to join Modesto Sunrise Rotary. He saw this as a way of getting involved in the community and meeting other business people. After serving on various club committees, Nick became club president for the 1993 -1994 year. He then went on to become involved in District 5220 operations as well. Today after stints in 1998-1999 as Assistant District Governor and in 2001 as Club Service Team Captain, he serves as 2003-2004 District Governor.
Over the years Nick has also devoted time to Rotary as District Insurance Chairman, Area representative for Area 6, Chairman of the 1997 and 1998 District Assemblies, Chairman of the District Disaster Relief Committee, Chairman of the Foundation Alumni Committee, and Chairman of the International Friendship Exchange Committee. Nick has volunteered in his community and in World Community Service eye clinics and projects in Mexico and Honduras. Now in 2003/2004, Nick will follow PDG Leonard Bartlett 1980/1981 as the second District Governor from Capax/Giddings, Corby, Hynes, the Modesto insurance brokerage firm where Nick is a commercial insurance broker and partner serving as senior vice president and director.
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AMERICA (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
AMERICA
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.16409
Call Number: LC-B2- 3123-4
“Service above self” is a way of life for Bob. He is currently Chairman of the Citizen Oversight Committee for the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District as well as being a member of many civic organizations. In Southern California he was a Trustee of the South Pasadena Unified School District for 12 years, serving two terms as President. He was also active in many leadership roles including Boy Scouts, Little League, PTA Booster Clubs and various scholarship programs. Bob was South Pasadena’s Distinguished Citizen for 1993.
Marge, Bob’s wife, has also been very active in community and youth activities. She was a special education teacher for over twenty years. Marge was honored by the Tahoe City Rotary Club with a Paul Harris Fellowship for her civic activities. The Hartsfield’s have four children and 15 grandchildren.
America Sings Exterior
America Sings, as seen from the second floor of the Space Mountain Pavilion outside the Starcade.
Photo taken in 1984 or 1985.
Bob Hartsfield has been a Rotarian for over 35 years with three Rotary Clubs. For the past four years he has been a member of the Tahoe City Rotary Club where he served in many leadership roles which includes being club president for 2001-02 year. Bob started his Rotary experience with the Hermosa Beach Rotary Club. In 1970, he joined the South Pasadena Rotary Club and was president of their in 1989-90. Bob’s District 5190 activities include District Conference Chairman in 2000 and District Award Chairman in 2001. Prior to moving to Tahoe he was active in many District 5300 positions in Southern California.
Bob is a graduate of the University of Colorado with a degree in finance and accounting. After a short experience in banking and being a controller of a small company, he spent 30 years as assistant controller of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) where he handled all their Federal Financial activities. After retiring in 1998, he moved to Tahoe and continued his community activities.
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America’s Poor
Saw this man by the local $ store today and decided to take his picture. Also wanted to make a point that unlike what people may think elsewhere in the world, America "does" have some poor. Whether they choose to be poor or really are, I do not know as there are more opportunities in this country (I am talking about the USA) than elsewhere. That might be changing however with the world becoming flatter and the opportunities shifting to other places. Anyway, I am not going to go too much into that as we all know the state of the economy today. Regardless of what it is though, we have to open our hearts and give what we can when we can. I gave him a $ that is crumbled up in his hands if you look closely.
After Graduating from the California Military Academy as a 2d Lieutenant his career included assignments in the Infantry, Artillery and Ordnance Corps. Included was a stint at the Pentagon and numbers of years in the Missile program. In between he worked on Special Task Forces for two California Governors. Upon retiring in 1993 Jim was placed on the California National Guard Retired List as Brigadier General. That’s why many of his Club members call him General Jim. He and his current wife Marjory Mary (Prefers to be called Maggie) of 18 years live in Fair Oaks and between them they have 4 daughters & one son, and five grandchildren. They like to travel at ever opportunity when Maggie can get him away from hunting and fishing.
Jim joined Rotary in 1990 and is Past President, Vice- President, Secretary, Treasurer & Community Service Chair for Arden Arcade. Past Community Service Chairman & Public Relations for District 5180.
He is a multiple Paul Harris fellow.
When asked why he wanted to join Rotary his response was, “To make friends and return something to my community”. Although not mentioned He started the process of returning something to the community by coaching Pop Warner football 17 years before joining Rotary.
“America” (airplane) (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
"America" (airplane)
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.16401
Call Number: LC-B2- 3122-3
Returning to California in the early fifties Jim Graduated from Pittsburg Senior High School in the Bay area. Interestingly enough upon Graduation he was recognized by receiving the American Legion Award for Citizenship. and Leadership. Which fits the pattern already established as he joined the California National Guard in his senior year in High School.
Modesto Junior College was his next stop, followed by Marriage to his first wife who passed away after 27 years from lung cancer. He decided that marriage was more important than achieving his goal of an appointment to West Point, but the military was in his blood so he elected to apply and was accepted as a full time technician in the National Guard. Jim’s military Schools, and assignments are lengthy culminating in Command & General Staff College, B.S. Degree from Hope University in Administration and says he plans on completing his Masters Degree in Management if Rotary Commitments will allow.
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Washington Monument
Connie belongs to the Rotary Club of Dunsmuir, District 5160, classification Secondary Education – (Retired)
Connie Crawford is a passionate Rotarian and retired educator who lives in the small, rural mountain community of Dunsmuir in far northern California. She joined the Rotary Club of Dunsmuir in 1994 and became club president in 1998. That year her club tied for District 5160 Outstanding Small Club, living up to their motto, “We may be small, but we do it all.”
Rotary District highlights for Connie include serving as the District Youth Exchange Chair, Assistant Governor, and Membership Director. She recalls particularly heartwarming experiences while working at a medical clinic in Costa Rica and raising money that she took to Mexico City to be used to purchase equipment for a hospital. The trip to Mexico City and the subsequent hospital project were the direct result of a GSE Team Leader stealing her Club’s bell and the Club’s heart. Connie traveled to Mexico City to retrieve the bell, resulting in the beginning of a wonderful friendship.
Connie is a Paul Harris Fellow and a Foundation Benefactor.
Washington Monument
Washington DC
Mike and his wife Nancy have been married 33 years. They met in San Diego County in 1967 while attending college after Mike was discharged from the Army. They have two children Nickie (30) and Michael (27). Both kids are graduates of the University of California and have real jobs! Son Mike is in Dallas, TX working for the JC Penney’s Corp. while daughter Nickie (a charter member of the Tulare Sunrise Rotary Club) owns two Quiznos restaurants and just presented Mike and Nancy with their first grandchild “Jacob”. Nancy is also a member of the Fairfield-Suisun Rotary Club. Mike and Nancy are busy with their new role as Grandparents and are now planting a vineyard at their home in Suisun Valley.
Rotary is a way of life with the Garvers. Mike’s Dad is a former Rotarian. At age 85 (with his memory slipping) he still takes pride telling you how he became “Rotarian of the Year” in 1957.
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Cruise ship – Holland America Amsterdam
Cruise ship – Holland America Amsterdam docked in Ketchikan, Alaska
He was recognized by the Rotary Club of Quilmes-Oeste in Argentina with an Honorary Membership of that Club for his work on numerous projects carried out by Belmont with the Quilmes Club, their most recent being the delivery of some 300 wheel chairs in conjunction with The Wheel Chair Foundation.
Fred is also on the Board of Directors for “Beating the Odds” a program founded and directed by San Francisco TV Newscaster Wendy Tokuda of KRON TV Channel 4. This program assists Bay Area students who have managed to overcome incredible obstacles and to excel in both their scholastic and personal lives.
He is a licensed pilot and for many year flew his own plane along with a number of other fellow Belmont Club members, who also had planes. Fred said he wasn’t sure at the time if they were all going through “change of life” or “second childhood”. He enjoys fishing, occasional golf, and woodworking out of his well-equipped workshop, although he says he still has a way to go to catch up with Norm Abrams. His most recent “work of art” was a Rocking Horse for AJ that he expects one day will end up in the Smithsonian.
Cruise ship – Holland America Amsterdam in Alaska
Cruise ship – Holland America Amsterdam docked in Ketchikan, Alaska
Fred is a “middle child” with a sister Pam and a brother John, who both live in Ontario Canada. Pam’s husband David is a Rotarian, Past President of the Palgrave Club and is now an Assistant Governor. John is retired and lives in Dunedin with his wife Anick. Their mother Betty is a sprightly lady having celebrated her 90th birthday in February 2002 with all of her family both living in Australia and here in North America. Those of you who join Fred’s Australia Tour after the Convention will get the chance to meet the “matriarch” of this pretty nifty family.
Fred joined Belmont Rotary in 1975 and has had perfect attendance since then. He was President in 1979-80. Was an Area Rep in 1980-81 and held various District positions over the years. He is a Multiple Paul Harris Fellow, Major Donor, Benefactor and Bequest Society Member. He has a passion for Rotary Foundation perhaps born of his many years as the District Chair of the Rotary Foundation Scholars Counseling Committee. He has worked on numerous International Projects with his club and Matching Grants from the Foundation.
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Norm is the Chair of the California Governor’s Committee for the Employment of Disabled Persons. Has served on the Disabled Youth Leadership Forum (a state wide youth leadership forum for high school, juniors and seniors with disabilities). He has also served on Rotary’s Support our Students, the President’s Council, the Concourse de Elegance, and many other Rotary committees.
Chair of National Barrier Awareness Day, Washington, DC in 1992, a collaborative effort of the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa, the National Barrier Awareness Foundation, the California Department of Employment Development and Disability Services and Phi Alpha Law Fraternity International (wrote, directed, edited, and produced a 19 minute video of Washington, DC program events of dissemination to Rotary Clubs and to 174 Law Schools and 120 pre-law clubs in undergraduate schools across the US.
Norm is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow (four sapphires) a Rotary Foundation Benefactor and a Bequest Society Member. He is also the founder of the Santa Rosa Rotary Club Foundation.
Beverly is an award winning artist and photographer and Norm enjoys photography, wood carving, and masonry work around the house.
USA Science and Engineering Festival (201010230003HQ)
Participants look through telescopes to observe the Sun during the USA Science and Engineering Festival, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, at Freedom Plaza in Washington. NASA, joined with more than 500 science organizations this weekend to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers during the first national science and engineering festival held in the nation’s capital. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)
Born in 1938 and married for 43 years, Norm and Veb live on a quiet country style cul-de-sac in Santa Rosa Sonoma County, California in the southern end of District 5130 which stretches from Petaluma on the south to Crescent City on the North through six counties along the northern California Coast.
Bev is a legal Assistant/Bookkeeper. Norm is an attorney. The legal practice encompasses transactional real estate, business and estate planning. He has been a civil litigator in these areas of the law for thirty years. He is licensed to practice in California, Hawaii and Ohio.
A member of the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa for 25 years, he served as President in 96-97. He has been involved in The Rotary Foundation for many years, presenting programs and chairing District Foundation events. He has received the Club Rotarian of the Year, International Four Avenues of Service Citation, District Foundation Services Award, and Club Harold Bostock Lifetime of Service Award.
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Baltic Flags (Europe 1987)
Flag pole on the Baltic sea ferry from Denmark to the then East Germany (DDR), December 1987.
Throughout his career, Hans has been active in community and professional society volunteer work. Professionally, he represented CH2M HILL on the Board of Directors of the Western Electric Power Institute, an organization that serves private and public power companies in the 11 Western States and 3 Provinces in Western Canada. In 1998 Governor John Kitzhaber appointed Hans to the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council for a 4 year term. In 1992, the Oregon Senate reconfirmed Hans for a second 4 year term
Hans joined the Corvallis Rotary Club in 1982, served as President in 1998/99 and chaired several club service and special project committees. He is a graduate of the District 5110 Leadership Academy. He and his wife Adele are Paul Harris Fellows, Rotary Benefactors and Major Donors. He served as Assistant District Governor for the year 2001-2002 and was selected as Governor for Rotary District 5110 for the year 2003-2004.
Flag Pole on a windy afternoon
Petoskey waterfront parkway is lined with flag poles. Here is a sample of one of the flags.
Hans Neukomm grew up in Burgdorf, Switzerland. He graduated with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the Ingenieurschule Burgdorf in 1959. He served in the Swiss Army as a commissioned officer and commander of a Combat Engineer Unit. Following his military service, he joined the Power Company of the State of Bern and immigrated to the United States in 1963. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1968.
After two years with the Pacific Gas and Electric Company in San Jose, California, he joined CH2M HILL in Corvallis in 1965 as a project engineer. He held a number of positions of increasing responsibilities as Project Manager, Department Manager and Director of Electrical Engineering. In 1983 he was appointed Vice President and Director of Electric Utility Services with nationwide responsibilities for electric power system projects such as power plants, high-voltage transmission and distribution systems.
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