LAST WEEK Kurt Burmeister, General Manager and COO of the Redlands Country Club has a long history with that establishment, having played golf there with his member grandparents since childhood. In a case of rebellion against parental authority, Kurt entered the hospitality and facilities vocation and...
LAST WEEK The non-profit Dibble Institute uses statistical data and sociological studies to analyze trends in attitudes and behaviors, then uses their findings to promote productive and positive relationships in young people. Last week’s presenter, President and Executive Director Kay Reed, cited Redlands resident and engineer...
LAST WEEK Dave Byers is the International Relationship Manager for esri. He was the 466th person hired at Environmental Systems Research Institute in 1988, and esri now employs or contracts with more than 8,000 people across the globe to deliver geographical mapping software to a wide...
LAST WEEK Club members assembled at the Lincoln Shrine for the World Premiere run of the long-awaited, multi-media presentation of “Reflections of the Face of Abraham Lincoln,” created by Garner Holt Productions, Inc. To say that the presentation was fantastic is an understatement, as cutting-edge technology...
LAST WEEK We learned from dedicated humanitarian CYNTHIA MCGUIAN about one of our local nonprofit organizations, Steps 4 Life. Steps 4 Life is helping our community tackle its issues with homelessness by empowering individuals and families to receive the necessary training, education and life-skills that will...
LAST WEEK We were dutifully ushered into a new year of Rotary with the plate spinning stylings of our distinguished club members. Newly minted PRESIDENT JOE HORZEN outlined his major focuses for the year ahead and invigorated us all to put “Service Above Self” to make...
LAST WEEK We were finally able to get some justice in our club as we bid adieu to EX PREZ AJ BEECHKO. Ex- ex-prez JAN HUDSON put together a crack team of legal experts to get to the bottom of how EX PREZ AJ executed his...
LAST WEEK Our own BEVERLY NOERR, Executive Director of the Redlands Community Music Association provided us with a glimpse of what promises to be excellent Bowl Season. She expressed appreciation to several Rotarians who made extra efforts to support individual concerts: DARWIN BARNETT and the YMCA,...
LAST WEEK JOHN BULINSKI, District 8 Director for Cal-Trans presented a very interesting program and provided a printout of the 15 upcoming road projects affecting every known highway in his/our area. In order to avoid these road delays which are forthcoming, it will be necessary to...
LAST WEEK SCOTT WELSH representing the Redlands Chamber of Commerce and their “shop locally” initiative helped us understand why it’s important to shop local businesses. He emphasized the campaign by stressing the various bene ts which come to our area from the following types of purchases:...