Rotary Club of Santa Clarita

Rotary 5260 District Governor Connie Cashin Visits Santa Clarita Rotary Club

Rotary District 5260 Governor Connie Cashin visited our Club last week, as part of her tour of the District's 36 Clubs.  She joined Santa Clarita president Doug Sutton at the podium as she spoke of "Making Dreams Reality" during the 2008-2009 Rotary year. She also spoke about the role of women in Rotary, and how it has changed since women first became members of Rotary Clubs throughout the world.

We were also honored to have District Governor Cashin present as we inducted our newest member into the Club. He is Chris Clark, the director of the YMCA here in Santa Clarita. Rotarian Ed Bolden sponsored Chris, and presented him with his Rotary pin and plaques. Chris responded enthusiastically when he was inducted and looks forward to serving our Club, and continuing to live by the 4 Way Test.

Santa Clarita Mayor Bob Kellar Joins Rotarians For Freeway Cleanup Project

The Rotary Club of Santa Clarita adopted a section of Highway 14 several years ago. Every few months a group of Rotarians meet at the Park and Ride on the Golden Valley exit and begin our cleanup of the parking lot and the sides of the freeway between Golden Valley and Placerita Canyon.

This past Saturday we were pleased that Santa Clarita Mayor Bob Kellar decided to join us for this community project. We worked side by side with the Mayor, collecting almost thirty bags of trash and debris. The Mayor spoke to us about the importance of keeping our community clean, including the area along the side of the freeway. We want people to know that we care about Santa Clarita, even if they are just passing through at 60 miles an hour.

In the photo above, Mayor Bob Kellar is joined by Rotarian Wayne Archie on the left, and Rotarian Bart Aikman on the right.

Santa Clarita Rotary President Says "Where'd They Go?"

Santa Clarita Rotary Club president Doug Sutton looked up from his salad at the meeting today to find that he was almost all alone. While he was separating the avocado from the bleu cheese in his salad, almost all of the Rotarians had disappeared. Now he is without the bell, which has been missing since the demotion party on June 21, and without anyone to fine. This does not look good for the coming year, Doug.

Santa Clarita Rotary President Doug Sutton Begins His Year

The Santa Clarita Rotary Club has a new president. Doug Sutton officially began his year on July 1, and held his first Board Meeting soon after.

It appears that Rotarian Greg Nutter will be keeping a watchful eye on Doug this year.

Doug has many plans and goals for his year as the Rotary president, including his desire to complete a medical clinic in the Philippines and to raise money for the foundation at next April's Luau, to be held at the estate home of one of our members. Mayor Bob Kellar and Kathy Keysor Smith will reside over the festivities as the emcees for the evening.