Rotary Club of Wahiawa-Waialua

Volume 8 Issue 17 – February 18th, 2021

The Hulali“The Reflector”
District Governor
Naomi Masuno

Club President
Keoni Ahlo

“Making a Difference in our Communities”

The strength of our Club lies in its members“Rotary is not just a club that you join; it is aninvitation to endless opportunities.”
RI President Holger KnaackFebruary is Rotary Peace andConflict Prevention-Resolution
MonthRotary’s Four Roles in Promoting
Peace. Rotary and its members are:

Happy 116th Birthday
Rotary International!
Editor – PP Geoff HorvathService Above Self – Making a Difference•

government, education,organizations.

•Mediators: Our members have negotiatedhumanitarian ceasefires in areas of conflict toallow polio vaccinators to reach children who areat risk.

•Advocates: Our members have an integral role as
respected, impartial participants during peace
processes and in post-conflict reconstruction. We
focus on creating communities and convening
groups that are connected, inclusive, and resilient.

andinternational

Rotarian’s Pledge to Promote Peace
I believe that when people work to create peacein their families, clubs, businesses, andcommunities, change can have a global effect.
That change starts with me on a daily basis.
To advance peace and harmony in my personal,professional, and social life and in the world, I
affirm the following:

Peace begins With Me Each Day.
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Practitioners: Our work fighting disease,providing clean water and sanitation, improving
the health of mothers and children, supporting
education, and growing local economies directlybuilds the optimal conditions for peaceful societies.

I will create peace in my world every day as I
endeavor to:

Educators: Our Rotary Peace Centers havetrained over 1,300 peace fellows to become
effective catalysts for peace through careers in

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•nurture and foster peace within myself•

acknowledge the worth of all people, all life, andall perspectives•

respect the diversity of ways people pursue theirindividual ideals and views•

treat everyone with kindness, aloha, & compassion

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listen first to understand, and then speak to beunderstood•find common ground with others and practicepeaceful problem- solving strategies•

seek mediation to resolve conflicts before utilizing
the legal system•apply the 4-way Test of the things I think, say, anddo•

support fairness and justice in my community•

become an instrument of peace and aloha
wherever I am

the Paul Harris 711 Club dismantled the office; today it’sat One Rotary Center

Happy 116 Birthday, Rotary!!
Building the DreamIn 1905, Gustavus Loehr, a mining engineer, and his officein Room 711of the 16-story Unity Building. Paul Harris,(who at one time also had his law office in the building),
Loehr and the two other original members of rotary –Silvester Schiele and Hiram E. Shorey – Held their firstmeeting on 23 February of that year. In anticipation of1980 Rotary International Convention in Chicago, Rotarians
Leased Room 711 and restored it to its early 20th-centruy
appearance. Before the building’s demolition, members ofRI President: Holger KnaackDistrict: Naomi Masuno
Asst. Dist. Govt: Wesley Mun
Club President: Keoni Ahlo
PP: Alex Kanamu
President Elect: Keoni Ahlo
Exec Secretary: Alison Kanamu
Recording Secretary: PP Lilette Subedi
Treasurer: (Vacant) Kate Butts
Sergeant-at-Arms: Dr. Carver Wilcox
Asst. Sergeant-at-Arms: Austin
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PP Geoff Horvath

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The Rotary Peace Centers
Professional Certificate Program
The Rotary Peace Centers program presents a unique
opportunity for all Rotary districts to participate in a
major educational and peace priority of The RotaryFoundation. Rotarians will find this program guideuseful when working with their fellowships
subcommittees to select candidates for Rotary PeaceFellowships.

Hawaii Rotary YouthFoundation (HRYF)
Club HRYF Chair, PP Geoff Horvath, provided an
update to our HRYF Club interviews held on February
13th. Our finalist will be going to the Area Interview
on March 13th. The top candidate’s name will be
forwarded to HRYF for final selection. This year
selections will be made after holding Zoom interviews
with all the finalists. PP Geoff Reported that District
5000 had a total of 262 HRYF applicants!

HIPresident Keoni Ahlo gave two HI $5s. One for Marie
Abatayo scheduling and completing delivery of
dictionaries this week with Aaron Agsalda and KateButts. PP Doc McKenzie made deliveries to North
Shore elementary schools. and the second one is four
us meeting in person!
Kate Butts gave a HI $5 for Marie Abatayo calling allschools not once time, not twice, but three times,
scheduling delivery of our dictionaries. Also, for PP
Geoff’s work in scheduling and arranging out HRYF
interviews with our amazing students
PP Geoff Horvath gave a HI $5 for the successful HRYF
interviews and the great support by President Keoni
Ahlo, Marie Abatayo and Kate Butts.
Paulette Fukumoto-Kitchell gave a HI $5 for ourDictionary project and for Marie Abatayo calling allthe schools.

Recognitions for the week ending February 28, 2021.

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@*#$! Fines @*#$!

No fines

DICTIONARY PROJECT

The object of the Rotary Dictionary Project is toprovide third grade students a personal dictionary of
their very own that will serve them at least throughelementary and middle school. Many educators andresearchers see this as a key to better reading, speech,and writing. These skills will improve student
performance in other subjects as well.
This week we had the fun task of delivering dictionaries
to three elementary schools.
• Eliahi Elementary• Ka’ala Elementary• Wahiawa Elementary
The dictionaries were prepared for deloivery by Marie
Abatayo, Aaron Agsalda and Kate Butts, and weredelivered on Wednesday, February 24th. PP Doc
McKenzie also made deliveries to elementary schools
in the North Shore area

Iliahi Post

Delivery to Wahiawa Elementary School

Aaron Agsalda attaching Club stickers to dictionaries

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Delivery to Ka’ala Elementary Schoolexpenses would be paid from $.50 fines. In today'sdollar, that fine would be just over $13.

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Thankful teachers!

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of thesoul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feelingand breathing thoughts of unity at every
moment of life. Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse

Hermann Karl Hesse (German (listen); 2 July 1877 –9 August 1962) was a German-born Swiss poet,novelist, and painter. His best-known works include
Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass BeadGame, each of which explores an individual's search
for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality.

Mar 4 - Mark Spain, US Small Business
Marh 11 – John Leong and Kawika Riley, KUPU –Hawai’i Youth Conservation Corps
Mar 18 – Brian Cunningham, Wahiawa General
Hospital

Feb 24 – Dictionary deliveries to Wahiawa
elementary schools.
Mar 4 – Meeting will be at 6:00 pm
Mar 5-7 Far West President Elect Training Seminar(PETS)
Mar 13 – RC of Hickam – Pearl Harbor Virtual
Takeout!
Mar 27 – Tree planting at Gunstock Ranch, North
Shore, around 12:00 pm 0 4:00 pm. See Kate Butts
for more information.
April 24 – “Ridge (Mauka) to Reef (Makai)”Rotarians at Work Day, Waialua, near PP Doc
McKenzie’s home. Bring a dish to share withmembers. Bar-B-Q – See Kate Butts for more
information

ROTARY MINUTENo Club Dues?!
Did you know that the very first Rotary Club in1905 had no dues? Instead, they agreed that all club

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Rotary Club of Hickam-Pearl Harbor is having afundraiser, Virtual Trivia Takeout!

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THANK YOU TIER 3!!
It’s for a worthwhile cause! For tickets:
http://bit.ly/HPHevents

In anticipation of Hawaii going to Tier 3, our Club
management took a chance and scheduled ourThursday meeting at the Smoking Boar and TheCoconut, in Waialua, just before the main intersection
between Waialua, the backway to Hale’Iwa, andMokulēia.

“A good plan violently executed now is better
than a perfect plan executed next week.” GenGeorge S. Patton

The Smoking Boar & The Coconut
Menu - https://www.thesmokingboarthecoconut.com/eat67-456 Goodale Ave. — Waialua, Hawaii —808-282-8162

The atmosphere, food, staff, service, and prices were
Fantastic! We had more than enough to eat too!

Gen George S. Patton

George Patton, in full George Smith Patton, Jr. (bornNovember 11, 1885, San Gabriel, California, U.S.— died
December 21, 1945, Heidelberg, Germany), U.S. Army
officer who was an outstanding practitioner of mobile tankwarfare in the European and Mediterranean theatres
during World War II.

Who was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in abarrel?

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Marie Abatayo, PP Doc McKenzie, President Keoni Ahlo,
Paulette Fukumoto-Kitchell , Aaron Agsalda, PP GeoffHorvath, and Kate Buts enjoying an in-person meetingwith terrific food provided by the Smoking boar and theCoconut.

It was a perfect setting to have our monthly board
meeting.
We had the opportunity if meeting Greg Lee, Senior
Sales & New Customer Development for Garden &Valley Isle Seafood, Inc. He had a great sense ofhumor and we enjoyed our conversation with him!

Greg LeeOur meeting was called to order by President Keoni
at 12:09 pm.
Review and Approval of Minute. We reviewed andapproved the meeting minutes from our January 28
meeting, with revisions.
Financial Report. Treasurer Paulette FukumotoKitchell will provide her report at a later date.
Membership Update. Marie Abatayo and Aaron
Agsalda reported that we have one person ready to
be inducted into our Club. James Thompson from RCof Laramie Sunrise, WO, will becoming a member ofour club soon.
There were discussions on discounting dues or waiving
dues for the first year for relatives and others
becoming new members, as a way to increase
membership.
We also discussed an auto pay plan so members
wouldn’t have to worry in making one of two bigpayments each yer.
Scholarships. PP Geoff gave an update on this year’s
HRYF Scholarships. We had 262 students, District-wide
apply for the HRYF Scholarships. We completed ourinterviews, with our top Scholar, Ashlie Ferido fromLeilehua High School. She will be advancing to theArea Interviews scheduled for Saturday, March 13th.
Community Projects. Two upcoming projects.
1. Tree Planting at the Gun Stock Ranch, March 27th.
2. “Ridge to Reef” Rotarians at Work Day, April 24th.
Fundraisers. PP Doc McKenzie and Marie Abatayoreported back on their fact-finding mission regarding
holding a virtual golf tournament, but being a small

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club, wouldn’t be cost effective. PP Geoff Horvathreported that, while attending a Zoom meeting with theRC of Kapolei, he learned about a virtual 5K-run
fundraiser. He will ask President Arlene Estrella on
how it is done and report back.
Thoughts were shared on when to hold work days, someduring the week for the retired members and others on
the weekend for those members that still work.
Strategic Plan. We are moving along with our plan, butmuch work has to be done to complete it. We diddiscuss having in-person meetings in the future, such as
at Helemano, as well as having Zoom meetings in theevening for members that work during the day who areunable to attend, can attend .
Having concluded the meeting, we adjourned at 1:40
pm.
2021 Updated Meeting Schedule and Time
(Thursday, Hawaii Standard Time
February 25 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm
March 4, - 12:00 – 1:00 pm
March 11 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm
March 18 – 12:00 – 1:00 pmMarch 25 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm
April 1 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm
April 8 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/91954669065?pwd=d1dHTGwzUkJYVDhaWGNwRlQ3zddTUFmdz09

Answer to the Quiz of the Week. Annie EdsonTaylor!

Annie Edson Taylor

Annie Edson Taylor (October 24, 1838 - April 29,1921) was an American schoolteacher who, on her
63rd birthday, October 24, 1901, became the first
person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

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Her motives were financial but she never made muchmoney from her adventure.
(Go to our Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/groups/96286297
3749303/ to view all pictures.)

Paulette Fukumoto-KitchellPresident Keoni arriving at our meeting

Aaron Agsalda and President Keoni

Aaron Agsalda arriving for our meeting

The Smoking Boar & The Coconut

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Aaron Agsalda, President Keoni, and Paulette FukumotoKitchellHere we are again!

Kate Butts, Aaron Agsalda, PP Geoff HorvathShaelyn, Ashley Petschow, Owner, and mystery serverThe Group one more time!

Greg Lee talking with President Keoni

Dictionary Queens, Marie Abatayo and Kate Butts!

Greg Lee with his van, again!

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President Keoni getting ready for our meeting
Shaelyn, and owner, The Smoking Boar & The Coconut, Ashley
Petschow

Aaron Agsalda’s Roast Pork with gravy plate lunch
PP Doc McKenzie enjoying his Shoyu Chicken and Marie Abatayo
enjoying her Hawaiian Teriyaki Sauce Chicken, diclinous, massive platelunches

Aaron Agsalda after finishing his Roast Pork with gravy plate lunch
President Keoni’s Furikake Ahi plate lunch

Our efficient Mystery server, with the extensive menu!

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Kate Butts enjoying her Kalbi Rib plate lunch

PP Doc McKenzie getting ready to eat his lunch

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PP Doc McKenzie spying Aaron Agsalda plate lunch!

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