A Weekly Publication of the Rotary Club of Downey,

February 22, 2011 Volume 87 Issue 31 Downey History As far as the history of Downey we have all lived a little of it, but do we really know our roots? The or- gins of Downey as we know it today, came from a land grant and partitioning of the Rancho Los Nietos. The Rancho was divided in 1834 into five smaller ranchos; being one of them, which included what is now Downey and Santa Fe Springs. In 1851, in the post Mexican-American War era, Lemuel Carpenter acquired the rancho. After Car- penter’s untimely death, John G. Downey and James P. McFarland acquired the land at auction in 1859 for a mere $60,000, and the subdividing began. Downey & McFarland made their money by having the only drugstore between San Fran- cisco and San Diego. Later, M.D. Crawford acquired land from New St. to the Rio Hondo River. The two settlements, Gallatin to the north and College to the south, were serviced by the railroad that ran right between the two settlements. The area became known for its citrus, and Ball & Tweedy built a packing house. The schools of Old River, Gallatin, Alameda, and Downey along, with the Los Nietos Valley Union High School, later formed the Downey Unified School Dis- trict. Thanks, Larry, for a look at the Downey rarely seen.

Right: Larry Latimer, Author of Images of America Downey Left: Larry gets some living history from Chuck Hutchinson. So how are you going to Get your hands dirty?

Painting a House—I was asked by Andy, who is in the Rotaract club, if we would help out in painting a house for a person that he knows that has cancer. They are to purchase the paint and we would furnish the labor, rollers, brushes, buckets, ladders etc. If you can participate in this event, send me an email, and I will let him know. The date is Saturday, March 12th. Thanks, Larry McGrew

Downey City Library Reading Program— contact Lorine Parks

RYLA: Rotary Youth Leader- ship Awards Weekend—April 15th thru 17th will be held on Catalina Island this year. If you would like to be involved. Contact Ingrid or Diane for more details.

President’s Dinner Blood Drive on March 8th See Willie Medina for details

District Activities

February 25-27 PETS (Send your regards to Diane) March 12th Wheelchair Day or House Painting April 15-17 RYLA April 30 END Polio NOW Dodger Game May 12-15 District Conference

Interested in donating blankets for the homeless? Bring them to Bob Flynn at club! Have you brought one yet?

Do you know a Rotarian-type person? Ask him or her to join Rotary Alex Lopez did and proposed for membership Russell W. Skersick, Realtor Ray Klinginsmith, RI President Doug Baker, District Governor and RI Prez

Rotary Club of Downey Officers 2010-2011 President ……………………………………...……….. Ingrid Martin President-Elect ………………………………………… Diane Davis Vice President ………………...………………………Ray Andazola Secretary ….…………………Heather Conwell & Patricia Megallon Treasurer …………………………………..……………Paul Velasco Club Service ………………………………..………. William Medina Community Service ………..……….…. Larry McGrew & Dale Self International ……………………………………….…….. Alex Lopez Youth Service/Interact………………………….…….…Jeff Orlinsky Vocational Service ……………………………..….… Javier Moreno Past President……………………………………………....Jim Boyd Membership…………..…………………………...Kevin MacDonald Foundation…………………………………….……….Wayne Wilcox Website Director………………………………...….……Ingrid Martin

“A Look Ahead”

*February 17th District Trip to Dominican Republic February 22nd Kathleen McFee—Internship in Rwanda March 1st Darren Dunaway—Alzheimer Program March 8th Capt. Michael Gwaltney—Voodoo Trial March 15th Rotary at Arc *April 15-17 RYLA *April 30 END Polio NOW Dodger Game *May 12-15 District Conference *Not a regular club meeting The Finemaster this week was nonexistent to give our speaker more time and the Hub-Bub editor the opportunity to be crea- tive filling the space left by having no fines. So here you have it, “When Rotarians Get Bored” a photo expo of the process that occurs when Rotarians get bored...

...they blame each other.

..they shoot at large ...they shoot at small targets that cause more targets that are difficult boredom because and rarely hit they’re to easy. successfully.

...they pray they don’t ..they shoot at distant targets get caught which are hit with the least success, but is great fun as they annoy the Rotarians at the next table.

Need a Make Up? How about one of these local clubs Or find a club anywhere in the world at www.rotary.org and click on the Club Locator

Monday Cerritos-Artesia 1215 Hometown Buffet 562-404-1993 Dist. 5320 Tuesday Downey 1200 Rio Hondo Event Ctr. 562-413-4001 Dist. 5280 Del Amo (Torrance) 1210 The Depot Rest., Torrance 310-793-7070 Dist. 5280 Paramount 1210 Progress Park Plaza 562-822-7000 Dist. 5280 Wednesday South Gate 1215 SG Municipal Auditorium 951-855-6095 Dist. 5280 La Mirada 1215 Clearman’s Northwood Inn 714-994-4299 Dist. 5320 Montebello 1200 Montebello C. C. 626-524-1962 Dist. 5300 Norwalk 1200 Sizzler Rest., Norwalk 562-477-6121 Dist. 5320 Thursday Bellflower 1730 Sports Park 562-412-5104 Dist. 5280 Pico Rivera 1200 Dal Rae Restaurant 562-467-8900 Dist. 5300 RioHondo-Vernon 1200 Stevens Steak House 562-928-2118 Dist. 5280 Friday Whittier 1200 Radisson Hotel, Whittier 562-696-1643 Dist. 5320