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COMMUNICATOR UNITED SOCIETY OF BAJA CALIFORNIA The Monthly Newsletter of the Sociedad Unida de Baja California Vol MMXXI No 07 P.O. Box 439030 #168 July 2021 San Ysidro, CA 92143 www.unitedsocietyofbaja.org USBC Events USBC October Events Social, Summer Solstice, and Tour Member BBQ June was a busy month with several events. The USBC monthly social and restaurant tour events allowed members to savor the delicious food of Rosarito. The USBC/IMAC Summer Solstice fundraiser was a huge success!! This month’s social events will be held at Los Amigos on Saturday, July 17th and Luigi’s Ristorante on Monday, July 26th. USBC in-person General Meetings resume on August 7th at the Rosarito Beach Hotel. Page 02 July 2021 USBC Communicator EXECUTIVE OFFICERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Wayne R. Denniston, President (2021) Amy Valenzuela (2021) (951) 295-5148, [email protected] (619) 205-9189, [email protected] Anita Olson, First Vice President (2021) Arlene Sieman (2023) (661) 100-6800, [email protected] (661) 612-1081, [email protected] Mona Jean Smith-Middleton Danielle Williams (2023) Second Vice President (2021) (619) 955-7192, [email protected] (664) 631-3291, [email protected] Dee Dee Martinson (2021) Linda Denniston, Secretary (2021) (661) 100-6800, (951) 295-5148, [email protected] [email protected] Milo Goehring, Treasurer (2021) Jo Flowers (2021) (661) 100-6653, [email protected] (661) 613-9355, [email protected] Judy WestphaI Larry Kolisnyk (2021) Immediate Past President (2021) (664) 631-3291, [email protected] (661) 614-1113, [email protected] Paul Flowers (2023) (661) 613-9355, [email protected] ALTERNATES Diego Knight (2021) Robin Bell (2021) (661) 117-9791, [email protected] (619) 467-6297, [email protected] Laura Orange (2021) Alexander Magnum (2021) (661) 106-5872, [email protected] (664) 501-4321, [email protected] Kathy Hutzler (2021) (661) 100-6060, [email protected] Amy Valenzuela Jo Flowers Education/Sunshine & Spanish Speaking Ambassadors Membership Table (664) 631.-2092, [email protected] (661) 613-9355, [email protected] Anita Olson, Sergeant-at-Arms Laura Orange, Greeter (661) 100-6800, [email protected] Paul Flowers, Greeter Bill Clark, Nominating Milo Goehring, Membership (661) 110-9047, [email protected] (661) 100-6653, [email protected] Danielle Williams, Speaker Chairperson Raymond Bell, Website I Communicator (619) 955-7192, [email protected] (303) 775-5281, [email protected] DeeDee Martinson, Socials & Events (661) 100-6800, [email protected] United Society of Baja California (USBC) General Meetings: 1st Saturday of the month, 10am, th Rosarito Beach Hotel, Rosarito, B.C. (Starting August 7 2021) Board meets Wednesday prior to the 1st Saturday, 10am, at La Maroma. USBC is a social charity group serving as the hub for social, charitable and special interest groups in the Rosarito area. www.unitedsocietyofbaja.org USBC Communicator July 2021 Page 03 TREASURER'S REPORT BY MILO GOEHRING Financial Report (June 2021) Total Income $ 2,269.00 Total Expenses $ 1,646.00 Year-to-date Income $ 1,002.00 Membership Report (June 2021) New Members 6 Renewals For The Month 3 Total Active Members 132 Page 04 July 2021 USBC Communicator PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Wayne Denniston [email protected] ello members, USBC’s monthly socials and restaurant It is a very fulfilling job to help others in our tours are back and everyone is having a great community and we are a great vehicle for time. Thank you Judy for June’s restaurant tour meeting other ex-pats as well as educating at Kraken. Remember: Our restaurant tours are ourselves on various topics and organizations. held the last Monday of each month. Our socials are the third Saturday of each month at It’s not too late to join us on our cruises in Los Amigos. March 2022. We always have a great time on these cruises; thanks to Larry Norman, our Our first fundraiser in over a year was on June cruise director. Check it out on our website. 20th at IMAC Park. There was lots of food, drinks and entertainment. It was a lot of fun and Since 1983, USBC has been the original a great success. This was a celebration for umbrella organization for all charity and non- Fathers’ Day and Summer Solstice. A special profits. We are proud to be a valuable and thank you to Danielle, DeeDee, Maribelle and all important part of our Rosarito community. the wonderful volunteers who helped make this event possible. And a huge thank you to IMAC Our monthly Communicator is sent out to each for their great support. member. Each edition includes all the names of your board as well as their contact information. General meetings with speakers will begin It is also available on our website at again in August. Mark this on your calendar. It www.unitedsocietyofbaja.org. A very special will be on the first Saturday of every month. The thank you to our amazing web master and first meeting this year will be on August 7th at Communicator editor, Raymond Bell. 10:00am, at Rosarito Beach Hotel. Breakfast can be ordered from 9:30am to 10:30am. We USBC will continue to follow all safety protocols would encourage all of you to get breakfast as it for COVID for our events and we look forward to offsets the cost of using the hotel. Our first seeing you soon. speaker will be announced soon. Submit your suggestions for speakers and topics to Danielle, Please continue to be safe and aware. As our speaker chairperson. always, Linda’s and my prayers are with you all. Your board is working hard to get things God bless, happening again. Send us your suggestions Wayne Denniston, President and ideas for fun. Even better, run for a position on the board and get involved. Elections for all positions on the executive board and board of directors are up for election. Voting will start in November and if you are interested in running for any of these positions, please let me know. USBC Communicator July 2021 Page 05 USBC Community – This and That… by Danielle Williams Accompanied by Wayne Denniston, our president, I attended the 5th annual Rosarito Historical Congress at the Rosarito Beach Hotel on June 23rd. I was shocked to find out that USBC pre-dates the creation of the municipality of Rosarito by 15 years. The morning program was two-fold: announcing the classification of he Rosarito Beach Hotel as a historical monument (it was inaugurated in May 1925), and rendering homage to Hugo Torres, the lightning rod for the creation of Rosarito. In his acceptance speech, senor Torres described the process in some detail, stating it was a long, arduous process of demonstrations, plebiscites, and much work before Rosarito broke off from Tijuana and was finally granted a charter as a city whose official name is Playas de Rosarito in 1998. Old timers in Tijuana still refer to Rosarito as “Playas” causing total confusion with Playas de Tijuana which most people in Rosarito nowadays shorten to “Playas”. Kit Kaplan, one of our long-time member, remembers vividly the civil unrest of those days. The confusion notwithstanding, the fact remains that Rosarito was born of strife in 1998, while in 1983 USBC was quietly born of the goodwill of a handful of expats wanting to do good for their host community. One is now a vibrant entity growing by leaps and bounds while the latter plods along basically unknown of Mexicans and ex-pats alike. Although I came to Rosarito in 2008 and was aware of its existence, it took me a long time to join USBC. My realtor had told me the organization was not worth my time. I joined at some point, years later, during Judy Wesphal’s tenure when I became aware of the myriad charity organizations USBC supported. While I have been a fan ever since, I deplore the lack of exposure USBC suffers. It is to alleviate the problem that I came up with the idea of a major public event: the Father’s Day and Summer Solstice Feast at IMAC this last Sunday. Thanks to massive advertising both in Spanish and English as well as media coverage, USBC did benefit from the exposure. By all accounts, the event was a success with a total of some 300 attendees, mostly Mexican, who enjoyed the varied program. It was an enjoyable feel-good sort of affair with a fair amount of networking with Mexican folks. It is my sincere hope that USBC can continue to reach out and spread the good will generated on June 20th. There are many opportunities out there to make ourselves more visible. For a long time, I have toyed with the idea of a historical project. It is worth researching whether some folks who arrived in Rosarito before 1983 are still around. Who were these USBC founders? I am more than mildly curious. Would it not be worth joining forces with the Rosarito Historical Society to document our mutual history? This new and different story could be told through different outlets: radio, TV, articles, exhibits, and performances. This would culminate in a bi-national reception honoring our interviewees. This is just one idea. I am sure we can come up with more projects if we put our heads together. Page 06 July 2021 USBC Communicator USBC Cruises -- Holland America Cruise (March 2022) As part of the USBC Fundraising Events, there are two 7-day cruises to choose from, both in March 2022. Please contact Larry Norman, our vacation and cruise coach, at [email protected] (619) 930-9677, for more information and to book your cruise.