Rotary Club of Wahiawa-Waialua

Volume 8 Issue 27 – April 29th, 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 Knaack

The First Rotarians At Work Year:2006
In 1911, Rotarians enthusiastically adopted the motto"Service Above Self" because it so aptly articulated theideals that the fledgling organization was in theprocess of developing. Past RI President Carl-WilhelmStenhammar, selected this theme for 2005-2006. For
95 years, this motto served as the underlying motif ofour efforts to carry out humanitarian service, promotehigh ethical standards, and work for international
understanding and peace. As with anything that has
become an innate part of our lives, it is easy to takethis motto for granted.

PDG Robert “Bob” Watson

Through the vision of Past District Governor Bob
Watson from District 5340, and the Rotary Club of La
Jolla Golden Triangle, every Rotarian in the world hasthe opportunity to renew our commitment to this timelessmessage of compassion and generosity of spirit byparticipating in Rotarians At Work Day. April 29,2006, each of the 60 clubs within his District cameforward and identified one or more projects that they

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Honoring our ClubHRYF Scholars!
Service Above Self – Making a Difference

Editor – PP Geoff Horvath

performed. Indeed, several clubs chose two or more
projects because of the diversity of their members.
Many clubs partnered with other clubs including thosein Mexico, and nearly all of the clubs integrated othergroups to assist such as Rotaract Clubs, Interact Clubs
and the Family of Rotary.

Rotarians planted trees, performed much needed
maintenance to our communities’ highways, seniorcenters, a variety of public buildings such as schools,
parks and even the facility which hosts RYLA each year.
In Mexico, Rotarians did maintenance at a medical
mission, build a new school kitchen and computer lab,
undertook a literacy project, implemented various
public health programs, including building prostheses
for the needy. Some clubs hosted those less fortunateand provided clothes, books and meals. All in one day!
In 2007, more Districts across the Rotary World
participated to help this project grow. At this point intime, there are at least 14 Districts spanning 8
countries have agreed to participate in the comingyears.

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Imagine the result when 32,000+ clubs around theworld bring together members on Rotarians At WorkDay to perform a variety of hands-on community
service projects. One cannot help but be awed by ourpotential. We cannot begin to speculate how many
hundreds, maybe thousands, of people who willbenefit, both directly and indirectly, from our one-dayefforts. The sense of accomplishment andempowerment to those in need will be astounding.

The Rotary Club of WahiawaWaialua Joint
Rotarian Work Day

Marie Abatayo suited up andrearing to go!

It was a great day for this project, sunshine with a bitof overcast with gentle breezes blowing to keep all ofus cool.
The day started with fellowship, coffee doughnuts, andother morning snacks, to build up our strength for thetask ahead.

Heading to the beachMembers from the three Clubs with Interact Students

April 24th is the Day Rotary Clubs around the Worldcelebrate Rotarian at Work Day!
It gives clubs that extra day to provide “Service AboveSelf” projects within the community by selecting asignificant project that benefits an entire community.
This year, the Rotarian Work Day held in District 5000
was, “Ridge to Reef” better known as, “Mauka toMakai!”
Around 30 members from our club along with the RCsof Mililani Sunrise and Pearl Harbor join forces tomake this a mega-Ridge to Reef clean up! What madeit that more special is, the RC of Pearl Harbor brought
along their Interact Club students.

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We all marched to the beach near Mokuleia Beach,next to the Salvation Army Camp Homelani. As wewalked down to the beach, beach goers asked us what
we were doing. We told them who we were, that weare a part of a Rotary International worldwide workday, giving back to our communities with projects
related to the environment. They thanked us for what
we were doing.

President Keoni, from the Rotary Club of Wahiawa-Waialua
giving the nuts and bolts of beach cleanup!

Looking for micro-plasticsIt took us two hours to complete the task. The area
residents do a pretty good job of keeping their beachclean. The majority of debris were natural material
such as leaves and drift wood. Some having bolts going
through them! Other material found were rusty nails,
micro-plastics, paper cups, and rusty I-beams.

PP Paul Nakachi and PP June Kasaoka picking up debris

Beautiful work site

We got down to business with our group splitting up,
going in opposite directions, for maximum beach area
coverage. We took advantage of all the opportunitiesof talking to beach goers, telling them all about Rotary,
our Clubs and all the different projects and programs
Rotary has. Again, we were thanked many, many times
by those walking on the beach, swimming, surfing, andsun-bathing.
The work site was so beautiful, it was hardconcentrating on what we were supposed to be doing!
One of our group did take time for a quick swim whileothers of us shared our experiences during the cleanup.

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RC of Pearl Harbor Interact members hard at work

The Rotary Club ofWahiawa-WaialuaWe headed back to PP Doc McKenzie’s place for a
BBQ of hot dogs, hamburgers, and ribs, supplemented
with Hawaiian spare ribs and potato-mac salad fromMarians Catering, homemade desserts, and otherdelicious side dishes that members brought to share.
President Keoni brought along Teaspresso iced tea
with lilikoi jelly in a green tea-guava mixture, acreation by Paige Ahlo, Keoni’s Daughter. The tea
went like wild fire.

Members from the RC of Pearl Harbor enjoying a refreshing
Teaspresso ice tea

The results of our cleanup will be provided in May.

Teaspresso ice tea being served on the veranda!

Thanks to Derek Conselva our primary chef who
cooked up mean hot dogs, burgers and ribs, with Doc’ssecret rub from his Grandfather, all cooked toperfection and enjoyed by all!

President Keoni and others getting lunch

Chef Derek Conselva

RI President: Holger KnaackDistrict: Naomi Masuno
Asst. Dist. Govt: Wesley Mun
Club President: Keoni Ahlo
PP: Alex KanamuPresident Elect: Keoni Ahlo
Exec Secretary: Vacant
Recording Secretary: Kate Butts
Treasurer: Paulette Kitchell
Sergeant-at-Arms: Dr. Carver WilcoxRotary – 116 Years of Service to the World!

AgsaldaWe recognized our 5 HRYF Scholars during ourmeeting today (See below Program).

The Club and Guests

Recognition for the week ending May 2nd, 2021.

Derek Conselva
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Spouses’Outside D5K
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Within D5K

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Anniversaries

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Ashlie Ferido – $5,000 Scholar graduating from
Leilehua High School
Jasmin-Faith Lacar - $1,000 Scholar graduating from
Waialua High School Scholar graduating fromXavier Lopez - $1,000 Scholar graduating from
Mililani High School
Jenny Peters – $1,000 Scholar graduating from
Waialua High SchoolJanine Riviere - $1,000 Scholar graduating fromWaialua High School

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Aaron Agsalda was inducted into our club one year
ago on April 30th, 2020

HINoneDoing Good in the WorldYour year-end gift to Rotary’s Annual Fund supports
projects that help create lasting change in yourcommunity and around the world. Give today athttps://www.rotary.org/en/donate.

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Hawaii Rotary YouthFoundation (HRYF)
HRYF Full Board meeting is scheduled for May 7th.

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“The Pessimist Sees Difficulty In
Every Opportunity. The Optimist Sees
Opportunity In Every Difficulty.” –Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG, OM, CH,TD, DL, FRS, RA was a British statesman who was thePrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to1945, during the Second World War, and again from1951 to 1955.

After a thorough analysis of our operations and withthe loss of our Kapolei and Castle locations,we areadjusting our hours of operation to increase
efficiencies, better service our donors and fulfill ourmission of ensuring a safe and adequate blood supplyto save patients’ lives in Hawaii. These new hours will
go into effect May 2. Please view our new hours in theattached PDF or anytime on the locations page of ourwebsite, which will be updated May 2, when these newhours launch.NOTE: There are no changes to YSDC daysor hours.
I’ve also attached (as a reminder) the upcoming blood
drives in Waialua and Wahiawa.
Please share this new flyer with your network toupdate everyone on the changes. Your group code ison the flyer to let them know to credit their donations
to your Lifesaver Club. Let me know if you have anyquestions.
Traci Takehara
Blood Bank of Hawaii | Donor Recruitment AccountManager
2043 Dillingham Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96819
Cell: (808) 690-7772
IG (follow me J): 808lifeline
https://www.bbh.org/ | @bloodbankhawaii

ROTARY MINUTE

Why Did You Leave?
In 2019, Rotary International conducted a survey ofcurrent, prospective, and former members of Rotaryand Rotaract clubs as well as program participants.
22% of former members said they felt uncomfortable
at their clubs at the time they left
33% said they left because of the club environmentand culture.
35% said they did not feel included

All Blood Types Needed
Young Street
Donor Center

1907 Young St
Honolulu HI 96826

MON – THU
6:30 AM –6:30 PMFRI – SUN
6:30 AM –4:30 PM

Dillingham
Donor Center

2043 Dillingham Blvd
Honolulu HI 96819

TUES/FRI/SAT
8:00 AM –3:00 PMWED/THURS
12:00 PM –6:00 PM

Waikele Center(bloodmobile)

94-849 Lumiaina St.
Waipahu HI 96797

MON/TUES
8:00 AM –2:00 PMWED/THURS
12:00 PM –6:00 PMFRI – SUN
7:00 AM –3:00 PM

MON/TUES
9:00 AM –3:00 PMWED/THURS
12:00 PM –6:00 PMFRI – SUN
9:00 AM –4:00 PM

Windward Mall 45-056 Kamehameha Hwy(bloodmobile)
Kaneohe, HI 96744

Operations are subject to change.

Received from Tracy Takehara, Blood Bank ofHawaii, April 29.
Dear Geoff and Keoni,

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Please visit our website for the most up-to-date locations, days and times nearest you.

Please provide The Rotary Club of
Wahiawa-Waialua group code (2990)
when you arrive for yourappointment at any location.

Donations by appointment only.
Visit bbh.org or call (808) 848-4770

May 20 – April Bullis – April 24th Ridge to Reef
Results

May 8 – Last tree planting project at the Gunstock
Ranch. It will start at 8:00 am and end at 12:00 pm,weather permitting!

Waialua High School
BLOOD DRIVE
The Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-Day Saints Waialua

None66-842 Kaukonahua Road

Wednesday, May 12, 2021
8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Donations by appointment only.
To schedule an appointment,
visit bbh.org or call (808) 848-4770“The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in notreaching your goal. The tragedy lies inhaving no goal to reach.” – Benjamin Mays

Benjamin Mays

Leilehua High School
Class of 2024
BLOOD DRIVE
Dot’s Wahiawa Pineapple Showroom
Sunday, May 23, 2021
8:00 am – 2:00 pm

Benjamin Elijah Mays was an American Baptist
minister and American rights leader who is creditedwith laying the intellectual foundations of the American
civil rights movement.

When was sliced bread first manufactured bymachine?

Donations by appointment only.
To schedule an appointment,
visit bbh.org or call (808) 848-4770

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Celebrating Our HRYF Scholars
We had the pleasure of hosting five of our HRYF ClubScholars during our meeting today. They are all busy
getting ready for the end of the school year andpreparing for college, some on the mainland, somelocally. We were able to squeeze them in during theirlunch hour, so the meeting moved along quickly. We
gave each an opportunity to give us an idea of what
they will be doing after graduation.
First up was our Club’s HRYF Top Scholar, recipient ofa $5,000 scholarship, awarded to Ashlie Ferido.

extracurriculars, to finish the year off with integrity.
Robotics has kept her busy with virtual judged
interviews just like she would during their travelingseason to participate in regionals. Also, sports have justbeen brought back so tennis conditioning has been
keeping her busy during the afternoons. As a classofficer, graduation planning for their in-personcommencement has also been super hectic making surethey account for all students and the state’s COVID-19
guidelines.
In the coming week, seniors will also be having their
Senior Awards night on April 30th. Jasmine is proud tosay that she has been recognized as one of the 18
valedictorians of the Class of 2021, the highest in theschool’s history! In the coming fall, Jasmine is looking
forward to attending Pacific University in Forest Grove,Oregon. There she plans to participate in their prepharmacy program.
Next was Xavier Lopez, winner of our Club’s $1,000
HRYF Scholarship.

Xavier Lopez

Ashlie Ferido

Ashlie is a driven person who is passionate about law
enforcement and is very fond of judo. She’s stillundecided on which college she will attend, but will bemajoring in Criminal Justice. Post-college, she will bejoining Hawaii’s finest by becoming a Honolulu Police
Officer with the hopes of moving up to the federal leveland working for the FBI in the Counter-Terrorism
Division.
Up second was Jasmin-Faith Lacar, winner of ourClub’s $1,000 HRYF Scholarship.

Xavier is the son of an Army Sergant on Schofield. He
arrived in Hawaii in his senior year, after attending twoother schools in Texas. He had to make new friends andsettle in to a totally different environment. He did andexcelled in school.
Xavier plans to pursue a career in Computer Science,learning all he can about computer software
engineering, a specialized path in computer science.
Xavier feels he can change career paths easy in thisbroad field.
Next was Jenny Peters, winner of our Club’s $1,000
HRYF Scholarship.

Jenny Peters

Jasmin-Faith Lacar

It has been pretty stressful these past few weeks doing
her best to stay on top of schoolwork andRotary – 116 Years of Service to the World!

Jenny has officially committed to Harvard College andplan to major in East Asian Studies or Government. She
intends to participate in Air Force ROTC, which meansthat she will serve a mandatory four years of active
duty after graduating college. After active duty, Jennywill then decide if she would like to continue hereducation at graduate school or go into thereserves, but ultimately with the hopes of becoming aforeign service officer. She also looks forward tojoining Harvard's Rotaract Club and otherorganizations/clubs that aspire to give back to thecommunity.
Next to be honored was Janine Riviere, winner of ourClubs $1,000 HRYF Scholarship.

Answer to April Fool’s Quiz. 1928
Bread is one of the world’s oldest preparedfoods. There is evidence that humans werewhipping up a crude form of the stuff some
30,000 years ago. Sliced bread, however, hasbeen around for less than a century. The first
automatically sliced commercial loaves wereproduced on July 6, 1928, in Chillicothe,
Missouri, using a machine invented by Otto
Rohwedder, an Iowa-born, Missouri-based
jeweler. Rohwedder’s quest to make sliced

Janine Riviere

Janine told us she was very honored and thankful tohave received this scholarship. She is currently
attending Waialua High. It has been quite a year as
they have now been doing both in-person and onlineschool. During the school year, she participates in manyclubs such as Pacific Asian Affairs Council Club, Eco
Club, and she is a part of the Waialua Robotics Team.
Janine also play tennis for her school’s Varsity Teamand since sports have been brought she has been busy
conditioning and practicing for upcoming matches.
In her free time, Janine enjoys going to the beach,playing tennis, and hanging out with friends. She alsoworks part-time job at Banzai Bowls. ForFor her future plans, Janine has recently committed toSan Diego State University and plan to attend there in
the fall to major in elementary education.

2021 Updated Meeting Schedule(Thursday, Hawaii Standard Time )andTimeMay 6 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm
May 13 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm
May 20 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm
May 27 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm – Great Wall of China
Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/91954669065?pwd=d1dHTGwzUkJYVDhaWGNwRlQ3zddTUFmdz09

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The first bread slicer machinebread a reality was not without its challenges.
A 1917 fire destroyed his prototype andblueprints, and he also faced skepticism frombakers, who thought factory-sliced loaves would
quickly go stale or fall apart. Nevertheless, in
1928, Rohwedder’s rebuilt “power-driven,multi-bladed” bread slicer was put into service
at his friend Frank Bench’s Chillicothe Baking
Company. https://www.history.com.

Slicing bread on the new bread slicer

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Kate Butts with a sifter for micro-plastic recovery

Paulette Fukumoto and President Keoni Ahlo enjoying
doughnuts that Paulette brought to share

Jason Butts fabricating a sifter for micro-plastic recovery

WORK

Hi ho, Hi ho, it’s off to the beach we go!

DAY

A close up of the sifter

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Busy footprints in the sand!

Some of the natural art along the way

This is who we are!

Two interact students with their catch

Jason Butts with his portable sifter

RC Peral Harbor Interact Student with his catch!

Dr. Lynn Goya, RC Mililani Sunrise, Kate Butts and Marie
Abatayo enjoying fellowship

Interact Students and Rotarians hard at work

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Burgers to order!

Jenny Peters

PP Geoff Horvath

Xavier Lopez

President Keoni Ahlo
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Ashlie Ferido

Jasmine-Faith Lacar and Janine Riviere

Zooming along!

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