Owens Valley Bishop, Bishop Sunrise, Mammoth Lakes, Antelope Valley and Mammoth Lakes Sunrise Antelope Valley Sunrise, Lancaster, Lancaster Sunrise, Lancaster West, Palmdale, Santa Clarita Valley and Rosamond Santa Clarita Sunrise and Santa Clarita Valley San Fernando Valley Burbank, Burbank Sunrise, Calabasas, Crescenta Canada, Glendale, Glendale Sunrise, Granada Hills, Mid San Fernando Valley, North East Los Angeles, North San Fernando Valley, North Hollywood, Northridge/Chatsworth, Sherman Oaks Sunset, Studio City/Sherman Oaks, Sun Valley, Sunland Tujunga, Tarzana/Encino, Universal City Sunrise, Van Nuys, West San Fernando Valley and Woodland Hills History of District 5260 Most of us know the early story of Rotary, founded by Paul P. Harris in Chicago Illinois on Feb. 23, 1905. The first meeting was held in Room 711 of the Unity Building. Four prospective members attended that first meeting. From there Rotary spread immediately to San Francisco California, and on November 12, 1908 Club # 2 was chartered. From San Francisco, Homer Woods, the founding President, went on to start clubs in Oakland and in 1909 traveled to southern California and founded the Rotary Club of Los Angeles (LA 5) In 1914, at a fellowship meeting of 6 western Rotary Clubs H. J. Brunnier, Presi- dent of the Rotary Club of San Francisco, awoke in the middle of the night with the concept of Rotary Districts. He summoned a porter to bring him a railroad sched- ule of the United States, which also included a map of the USA, and proceeded to map the location of the 100 Rotary clubs that existed at that time and organized them into 13 districts. District 13: 1915-1918 District 13 came into existence in 1915 with H. J. "Bru" Brunnier of San Francisco as its first District Governor District 23: 1918-1922 In the redistricting of 1918, our District was renumbered to 23, but its geographical area remained the same. Clinton E. Miller of Los Angeles served as the first governor of the newly renum- bered District in 1918-19. He was followed by Alex Sheriffs of San Jose in 1919- 20, Leslie S. Everts of San Diego in 1920-21, and Charles B. Bills of Sacramento in 1921-22 2 District 2: 1922-1937 As a result of the third redistrict- ing effort by Rotary, our District lost territory and was given a new number. District 2’s territory became the States of Nevada, California, and the territory of Hawaii. John R. Williams of Long Beach was the first District Governor of the new District District 107: 1937 - 1949 In 1937 the size of District CLARK, NV 2 was greatly reduced as INYO Rotary Clubs spread through out the western US. This was the birth of the boundaries of our district which then included Inyo County, LA County north of Artesia Los Angeles Street (excluding Santa Catalina Island) and the Nevada County of Clark. The first District Governor- for District 2 was Marvin C. Park and Kenneth M. Payne from the Glendale Club was the First Governor to serve from our area, and L. Thurston Harshman was the Second. 3 District 160: 1949 -1953 During this period of our history we regained Santa Catalina Island and picked up additional Counties in Southern Nevada. This arrangement lasted just four years and Rotary’s growth led to another restructure of territories. E.W. Hiestand was the first District Governor to serve this area and our own Elmer C. Franzwa of the San Fernando Valley Club was its last. INYO Nevada District 160-B: 1953 -1957 Los Angeles With the split of district 160 we lost Nevada and most of southern LA County but, retained Inyo County and our Southern border was finally established- as the Ridge line of Santa Monica Mountains and the Southern boundaries of the territorial limits of the Glendale and North East L A clubs. The first District Governor to serve this new area was Mark Hana Bloodgood of the Glendale Club. He was followed by Russel Quisenberry (North Hollywood), Harry R. Morrill (Toluca Lake) and finally Leland R. Smoot the North East Los Angeles Club INYO 4 District 526: 1957 -1991 In 1957 we lost the Griffith Park Hills (southern part of Griffith Park) while the balance of our territory remained the same. This slightly revised territory was then christened District 526. First to serve as head of the newly named District was Bjarne L. Larson of the Van Nuys Rotary Club, and the last Governor to serve was Dave Woods of the Woodland Hills Club Mammoth INYO Los Angeles In 1981 under the leadership of PDG Elton Cherry, we expanded our northern border by chartering the Rotary Club of Mammoth Lakes, and in so doing picked up the area along US 395 to the northern most intersection of the June Lake Loop, then east to the Nevada border. District 5260: 1991 - 2012 In 1985 Rotary International renumbered the Rotary World and went to 4 Digit District numbers and we finally became District 5260. Eliseo D. W. Gauna of the North San Fernando Valley Club stepped forward to serve as the first Governor of the now 4 digit District. The last Governor to serve district 5260 is Tom Hardy of the Bishop Sunrise Club. On July 1, 2012 our district will be divided into 3 parts and relocated as follows: Owens Valley Clubs and Mammoth Lakes will join District 5190. Antelope Valley Clubs will become part of District 5300. San Fernando Valley and Santa Clarita Valley Clubs will return to District 5280 5 Past Officers of Rotary International from District 5260 Rotary International Past Director Elmer R. Jordon Zone 24 and 25 Served 1991 to 1993 2011 - 2012 Tom Hardy - Bishop Sunrise RI President: Kalyan Banerjee RI President’s Theme: Reach Within to Embrace Humanity Silver Bell Winners: Large - Lancaster West Medium - Lancaster Small - Burbank Sunrise Oscar: The Artist Billboard: Rolling in the Deep (Adele) 2010 - 2011 Andrew Frohlich - Granada Hills RI President: Ray Klinginsmith RI President’s Theme: Building Communities - Bridging Continents Silver Bell Winners: Large - Glendale Sunrise & Lancaster West Medium - North Hollywood Small - Lancaster Sunrise Oscar: The King’s Speech Billboard: Tik Tok (Kesha) 2009 - 2010 Jay Saltzman - Woodland Hills RI President: John Kenny RI President’s Theme: The Future of Rotary is in your Hands Silver Bell Winners: Large - Lancaster West Medium - Lancaster Small - Burbank Sunrise Oscar:The Hurt Locker Billboard: Boom Boom Pow (The Black Eyed Peas) 2008-2009 Connie Cashin Sherman Oaks Sunset RI President: Dong Kurn Lee RI President’s Theme: Make Dreams Real Silver Bell Winners: Large - Woodland Hills Medium - Sherman Oaks Sunset Small - Crescenta Valley Oscar: Slumdog Millionaire Billboard: LOW (Flo Rida featuring T-Pain) 6 2007 - 2008 Larry E. Jernigan Lancaster Sunrise RI President: Wilfrid J. Wilkinson RI President’s Theme: Rotary Shares Silver Bell Winners: Large - Glendale Sunrise & Lancaster West Medium - Bishop Sunrise Small - Antelope Valley Sunrise Oscar: No Country for Old Men Billboard: Irreplaceable (Beyonce) 2006 - 2007 Prakash Shrivastava - La Canada Flintridge RI President: Bill Boyd RI President’s Theme: Lead the Way Silver Bell Winners: Large - Lancaster West Medium - Granada Hills Small - Santa Clarita Sunrise Oscar: The Departed Billboard: Bad Day (Daniel Powter) 2005-2006 Les Grossman - North San Fernando Valley RI President: Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammer RI President ’s Theme: Service above Self Silver Bell Winners: Large - Lancaster West Medium - Lancaster & North San Fernando Valley Small - North East Los Angeles Oscar: Crash Billboard: We Belong Together (Mariah Carey) 2004-2005 Kermit Floyd - Burbank RI President: Glenn Estess, Sr. RI President’s Theme: Celebrate Rotary Silver Bell Winners: Large - Lancaster West Medium - Lancaster Small - Lancaster Sunrise Oscar: Million Dollar Baby Billboard: Yeah! (Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) 2003 - 2004 Erich E. Moreno – Crescenta Valley RI President: Jonathan Majiyagbe RI Theme: Lend A Hand Silver Bell Winners: Large - Santa Clarita Valley Medium - Tarzana / Encino Small - Atwater/Silverlake Oscar: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Billboard: In da Club (50 Cent) 2002 - 2003 Ken Banks - North Hollywood RI President: Bhichai Rattakul RI President’s Theme: Sow the Seeds of Love Silver Bell Winners: Large - Lancaster West Medium - Tarzana / Encino Small - Antelope Valley Sunrise Oscar: Chicago Billboard: How You Remind Me (Nickelback) 7 2001 - 2002 Nancy Schmidt - North Hollywood RI President: Richard King RI President’s Theme: Mankind Is Our Business Silver Bell Winners: Large - Woodland Hills Medium - Lancaster Small - Atwater Silverlake Sunrise Oscar: A Beautiful Mind Billboard: Hanging by a Moment (Lifehouse) 2000 - 2001 Emilio M. Basile - Mid San Fernando Valley RI President: Frank J. Devlyn Sunrise RI President’s Theme: Create Awareness, Take Action Silver Bell Winners: Large - Santa Clarita Valley Medium - Burbank & Mammoth Lakes Small - Burbank Sunrise & Chatsworth Oscar: Gladiator Billboard: Breathe (Faith Hill) 1999 – 2000 James Domine - Canoga Park / Winnetka RI President: Carlo Ravizza RI President’s Theme: Act with - Consistency, Credibility, Continuity Silver Bell Winners: Large - Lancaster West Medium - Mammoth Lakes Small - Burbank Sunrise Oscar: American Beauty Billboard: Believe (Cher) 1998 – 1999 Dan Tynon - Eagle Rock / Highland Park RI President: James L. Lacy RI President’s Theme: Follow Your Rotary Dream Silver Bell Winners: Large - Lancaster West Medium - Glendale Sunrise Small - Santa Clarita Sunrise Oscar: Shakespeare in Love Billboard: Too Close (Next) 1997 – 1998 Lewis J. McConnell, Sr. - Bishop RI President: Glen Kinross RI President’s Theme: Show Rotary Cares Silver Bell Winners: Large - Glendale Sunrise & Lancaster Medium - Bishop Small - Tarzana/Encino Oscar: Titanic Billboard: Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight (Elton John) 1996 – 1997 Leo Levy - Woodland Hills RI President: Luis Vicente Giay RI President’s Theme: Build the Future with Action and Vision Silver Bell Winners: Large - Glendale Sunrise Medium - Universal City Sunrise Small - La Canada Flintridge Oscar: The English Patient Billboard: Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) / Los del Río (Lifehouse) 8 1995 – 1996 Howard Durbin - Tarzana / Encino RI President: Herbert G.