Chartered April 4, 1980 Meets Tuesday at 7:00 A.M., Cultural Center of Charlotte County, Port Charlotte, Florida

Rotary Club of Charlotte Harbor

OFFICERS AND

DIRECTORS

2011-2012

PRESIDENT Sherry Penfield

PRES-ELECT Carl Rehling

SECRETARY Darryl Keys

TREASURER Steve Vollmer

PAST PRES Bob McDuffie

SERGEANT

AT ARMS Don Helt

DIRECTORS

Cheryl Bowman Stephen Carter Rick Hayman Vibha Kumar

Joe Rezek Don Roll

Club #4308

Official Publication of the April 3, 2012 Volume 32 - Issue 39

Rotary International President: Kalyan Banerjee District Governor, District 6960: Denise Hearn

Assistant Governor, Area 7: Mark Zehr

The Conquistador The Conquistador

It looks like Jim Hageman is having a good time at our meeting, reminiscing with old friends and meeting new ones like Larry Howell. Don’t wait so long before joining us again, Jim!

Above, President Sherry presents José Basilio with a token of appreciation for his presentation on the Spanish exploration of Florida. At right, Bob Clendenin returns his worn, 15 year old Charlotte Sun umbrella to Dave Pow-ell, in hopes of having it repaired or replaced in time for the rainy season; lots of luck, Bob!

Sergeant Don counts empty squares on the Paul Harris Board; about 35 remain.

Happy 32nd Anniversary,

Charlotte Harbor Rotary!

News Cameras and Ponce de Leon By Guest Editor Mike Colgan

Invocation May each of us assembled here today enjoy the many offerings of Rotary.

May we abide by the rules we have established - those of trust, fellowship and ethics.

May we place Service above Self, in our daily endeavors.

May we always test ourselves and our efforts to be sure they are the truth, good for all concerned, of benefit to man-kind, and provide peace and under-standing.

Amen

Club Breakfast Calendar

Program Cheffy Bowman Stephen Carter Bob Clendenin Mike Colgan

Greeter Meera Adhi José Basilio Stephen Carter Bob Clendenin

Guest Editor Larry Howell Vibha Kumar Nancy Lisby Bob McDuffie

Today April 10 April 17 April 24

Happy Anniversary to us...

Early morning, at my table was José, always one of the first to arrive, then John along with fellow Northerner Leo. We will have the com-pany of Leo for an-other month, but John is leaving; we wish him well and look to his return next year. News cameras from WINK are at the Cul-tural Center for the Million Dollar fund raising challenge, bringing a Jim Hageman sighting!

Besides our nor-m a l visitors J o e R e z e k brought a guest, M i k e

Paz, a financial planner with Edward Jones. Birthday notes were from Carol W. for her Grand-daughter Jenifer, Mike Moody’s actor son Kevin, Leo’s Daughter and son-in-law Kelsey and Ryan, Sherry’s Grandson and Laura, not sure who she belongs to. Bob McD gave an Anniversary dollar for Polio vaccine. He also proclaimed this was the an-niversary of Ponce De Leon landing in Florida. José said, “No way José!” Happy dollars: Carol W. for her Grand-daughter in her first play, Rick for the Buck-eyes, Tom for his stress test, Bob C. happy to return a medal left behind last week by Larry. With all his athletic achievements, Bob stated, he likely did not miss this one, but Larry re-ceived it gracefully. Then Bob brought out an

old Sun Herald umbrella for David Powell, to see if the Sun would fix it. Good luck with that, as it looked to be 15 years old and certain be out of warranty! One last dollar from Dar-ryl, proud to have his daughter sing the Na-tional Anthem at Special Olympics. The club went into auc-tion mode as John donated two Rays tick-ets for April 2nd. After back and forth be-tween Don V. and Rick, Rick won with a bid of $30. Suddenly realizing he couldn't make it, the tickets, by default, went to Don for $25. After announcements for Quiz Challenge, Farmers Market and Bingo, we were treated to a history lesson from José.

José spoke about Ponce de Leon. He (Ponce, not José) came to our shores in 1513. Florida is Spanish for Easter, Pasua Florda, because of the time of year. We learned Ponce settled the island of San Juan where he built a

house, still standing today, and became the first Governor. He returned to Florida with Her-nando de Soto, going to the West Coast, land-ing North at Tampa Bay. Ponce was injured by Indians and brought to Cuba where he died, José tells us. His remains were taken to San Juan, his final resting place. With Joe Rezek leading us in the 4-Way Test, we concluded another week in the life of Charlotte Harbor Rotary.

THE

FOUR-WAY TEST

Of things we

think, say or do

First, Is it the TRUTH?

Second, Is it FAIR to all concerned?

Third, Will it build GOODWILL & BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

Fourth, Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Charlotte High School Advisor

Todd Helt

Port Charlotte High School

Advisor Rick Hayman

From high school teacher to freelance broadcaster in the Tamil language. From advertising agency executive, to managing a paint manufactur-ing business, and then to operating a passenger ferry service between India and Sri Lanka.

Because of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka, I gave up everything and moved with my family to Chennai, on the Southeastern coast of India, for safety. Since my mother and sisters were US citizens living in Cleve-land, Ohio, we were sponsored to get permanent visas to come to the USA. I worked for the Cleveland Sun Newspaper as an advertising ex-ecutive for about a year. Moving to Florida, I was hired to manage the Ramada Inn in Port Charlotte. In one year the property was sold and I was jobless.

Then the Punta Gorda Herald hired me. This was short-lived as The Charlotte Sun bought that paper. I worked for the Sun for about three years. I managed all the medical and bank advertising accounts, and was making good money when one Friday afternoon I got the pink slip.

With the help of my good friend, David Hill (Rotarian now deceased), I went into the travel busi-ness. This was only for perks and not to make a living. One day I was offered an interpreter job by the Department of Immigration, to interpret from Tamil to English and vise versa. With my teaching experience I thought I could do it. Now for over 12 years I have been an Immigration Court Interpreter, traveling all over the country.

Last year I was contacted by another agency to interpret for Herbalife, in California, which I willingly accepted. To-day, I work for Immigration and Herbalife. I do telephonic interpretation as well.

Selva at work recently in Los Angeles, translating at the Herbalife Conference

Rotary Club of Charlotte Harbor, Chartered on April 4, 1980!

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone” Neale Donald Walsch

I Didn't Know That About… Selva !

April Charity Quiz - Spread the word!

Happy Birthday Tomorrow!

District 6960 Web Site www.rotary6960.org

Rotary International Web Site www.rotary.org

TheThe ConquistadorConquistador

Editorial Team: Bob Clendenin, Chris Gover,

Darryl Keys

Printed by the Cultural Center of

Charlotte County

Visit Bob Clendenin’s website: www.bobclendenin.com

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Club mailing address: P.O. Box 510391, Punta Gorda, Florida 33951-0391

Revised 3 April 2012

Charlotte Harbor Roster

Murdock 7:15 am - Perkins Restaurant

Breakfast at 7:00 am

North Fort Myers 8:00 am - Capt’n Fishbone’s

at the Shell Factory

Punta Gorda Noon - Isles Yacht Club

Punta Gorda Isles

Friday Cape Coral Goldcoast

11:45 am - Gulf Coast Village

North Port 7:15 am - Old World Restaurant

Nearby Rotary Clubs For Make Ups Cape Coral North

6:00 pm - Palmetto Pine Country Club 1940 SW 9th Court

Fort Myers East

7:30 am - Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Verandah Plaza

Harbor Heights - Peace River

7:00 am - Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club Except first Wednesday - 7:00 pm

Placida

7:00 am - Rotonda Hills Golf Club

Thursday Englewood Lemon Bay Sunrise

7:00 am - Englewood Hospital

Monday Fort Myers South

12:15 pm - Crowne Plaza Bell Tower Shops

Tuesday Arcadia

Noon - DeSoto Memorial Hospital

Englewood Noon - Englewood Hospital

North Port Central

Noon - Heron Creek Country Club

Wednesday Cape Coral

8:00 am - La Venezia Ballroom