Guests:  From the Sunrise Club:  Mervyn Lawrie and Matt Gregory, Sandy Feicht, Ed Chesley, Lia Ladas, student of the month: Dakota Day and his wrestling coach: Mark Calentino.

Gifts for next week provided by:  Eric Hedborg, Paul Henry and Doug Hughes 

• Announcements: Paul presented John Minnott with a well-earned plaque as he moves to becoming an Honorary Member.  John, we appreciate all your hard work, and hopefully we will see you often.  Thank you

• Pete Woll is now in re-hab in Capo Beach.  He would love your phone calls:  496-5786.
• Saturday, March 12^th is the District Assembly: “You are the Heart of Rotary”.
• April 29-May 1^st. is the District Conference at the Irvine Hilton.
• Sunrise Rotarians announced an upcoming fundraiser, “Dancing for a Cause”.  There will be one dancer from each organization involved.  Bob Burns is our star.  Each organization is raising money for their own club.  $85 is for the dinner and dance entertainment at the Casino, starting at 6 p.m. Other groups:  Sunrise Club, Laura’s House, SC Parks n Recreation and Fullerton Rotarac.
• Remember, this Wednesday is our Valentine Party with the vocal contest.  If you have not notified Bettie that you will be there, call her now!

• Student of the Month: Dakota Day.  The wrestling team has 11 wins/1 loss.  There are 13 students on the team, 12 have qualified for the C.I.F. championship.  Dakota is a senior on the wrestling team and an Eagle Scout.  Dakota participates in Ironman competitions, and is planning on attending B.Y.U in Idaho.  Another wonderful, deserving student.

Guest Speaker: Lia Lada, is a teacher and librarian with 15 years in the education field.  Lia talked to us about the Library Team Globally: The Meaning in Your Life – and Sharing that Power.  She talked about visits countries to start libraries to get kids reading books.   She shared with us her trip to Africa, talking on the topics of:

• Meaningful experiences
• Emotions it evoked
• Opportunity for learning
• Actions the experienced created.
• February 16 Valentine’s Lunch and Vocal Competition

Very interesting talk!  Further information:  www.afkinc.org American Friend of Kenya, or lialadas@hotmail.com

Guests:  We had a walk-in visiting Rotarian from Nebraska: Mark Johnson.

Gifts for next week provided by:  Fergie, Bill Fyock and Bob Hayden

• Announcements: Pete Woll was in the hospital – I have not heard if he is out yet.
• Ed Whiffen’s significant other, Betty Overton passed away last weekend. There will be a memorial service and open house on Saturday, the 12^th at 1 p.m.  Please send thoughts and prayers to their family.
• Paul Henry is organizing a group to clean out the storage unit at the end of the month.  He is also looking for a 4-drawer file cabinet if anyone has one to donate.  Please contact Paul on these points.
• Bettie passed around the sign-up sheet for our Valentine’s Lunch and Vocal Contest on February the 16^th.  Be sure you sign up.  If you pay quarterly, your lunch is free. All others pay $20. for the lunch.
• Club Assembly: Lee VanSlyke reviewed membership.  We are still driven to find new, qualified members.  At this time there are 12 approved Special Guests.  Also, point of order, there is no longer an “Active Class”, only Regular and Honorary.  If your badge says anything other than these two classes, contact Bettie and she will order you a new badge.   (We do have a couple Visiting Rotarians: Fred, and Bill Arnold.)
• Lengthy discussion on our club becoming 100% PH and loaning points.  Any questions, contact the Board.
• Tony reviewed Club Service.   Tony also mentioned about donating to the Red Cross (blood that is…)  They are very low.  Call:  452-3158 in Laguna Hills.
• Wendy reviewed Club Service.  She sent out an e-mail for the next charity visit with George Brown at the Armed Forces YMCA. Because of schedules, the best day for us was Monday February 14th at 10AM.   Contact Wendy if you would like to attend.   Wendy will keep track of fines and proposed donations so we can track your total for the year.
• John Ezell mentioned that for our Swing Night fundraiser the band is officially booked.
• Olga did a quick review of the finances.  The credit card is paid off (great job to Olga and I believe Klaus.)  We need everyone to pay up as soon as possible on the dues and lunch bill.

For the next few weeks, our speakers lined up are:

February 9: Lia Ladas, Africa, Making Meaning of our Experiences

February 16  Valentine’s Lunch and Vocal Competition

February 23  Paul D’Auria, San Clemente Chief of Police

March 2        George Duarte, San Clemente High School

So there you have it for the next month.  Please make every effort to be at the meeting for networking, fellowship and to hear a great speaker.

Leslie Mowers