Weekly Bulletin - April 10, 2013

Posted by David Whitehead 
on Apr 15, 2013
 

Photos By Rick Mendoza
Written by Bill Paul

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PE Karen & Jeff Weigel
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(REDONDO BEACH) April 10, 2013 – This week’s club meeting was an evening meeting rather than our traditional noon luncheon. We had a great turnout with numerous visitors.
 
Visiting Rotarians:  Larry King from the Del Mar Rotary Club, Alice Gavivz from the Greater Van Nuys Rotary Club, and from far-away England, Robin Croslesm, from the Bideford Rotary Club in District 1170.

Our guests today included  Roy Bolling, Donna Dawick, Liz Scerra, Kevin Andrade, Kimberly Allison, Stacy Hashimoto, Jeff Weigel, Pam Aspel and Odella Goncalves.

 

 
President Nancy Campbell announced:
  • April 18-21: Springfest in North Redondo.  See Jim Chen.
  • April 19:  Go-Kart racing for the annual Grand Prix prize.  See Scott Fellows.
  • April 24th: The Salvation Army is hosting a shoe drive.  See Galina Gilman.
  • May 2-5:  District 5280 annual conference at the Fess Parker Ranch in Santa Barbara. Click HERE to learn more about this exciting event.
  • May 9:  The Club will join with the Molina Foundation to deliver books to Fry Elementary in Wilmington.  See Terry Bichlmeier.
  • May 18:  District Assembly at the Carson Center in Carson. All board members for the 2013-14 year are encouraged to attend. 
  • She also announced that next week (April 17) our club will announce, RBHS Scholarship Awards and Art Contest Winners.  Our luncheon speaker will be our own Jean Scully who will make a Redondo Beach library presentation.  
Our speaker today was Jeanne Peters, a registered dietician.  Jeanne is the wife of Rotarian Allen Peters.  She and Allen, a medical doctor, own a medical wellness clinic here in Redondo Beach Her topic was the “Benefits of Backyard Gardening from a Passionate Gardner.”  As we learned, intelligent backyard gardening can lead to numerous health benefits.

She spoke about the nutritional benefits of gardening and how it could benefit our health in many ways. She shared five steps to a happier and healthier garden. (1). start small, (2) supports a healthy soul, (3) mulch more, (4) use a raised garden bed or pots, and (5). support your spoil: feed it 
 
Here are some additional recommendations for home gardening. Cook up some compost: this increases the PH balance. Add compost to your plants. Mulching also helps the life of the plants. Temperature also plays a big role. Companion gardening: some plants to well with certain other plants. 
 
Mrs. Peter's was gracious enough to give away a beautiful array of plants that she created. Steve Scerra was the lucky recipient of this pot of plants.