Rotary Club El Centro, California Eusebio Arballo, President 2013-2014 Celebrate Rotary Number 19 for the Week of November 7, 2013 The El Centro Rotary Club meets Thursday, noon at the PAL Facility, located 1100 North 4th Street. If you miss Rotary, you Dale Carnegie Trainer President Sebio introduced Paul McManus, CEO of El Centro Office Supply and a certified Dale Carnegie trainer who shared some principles and techniques to help expand our poten- tial and achieve success. Paul showed how a unique memory technique that creates number, word and image com- binations could heighten our ability to remember all kinds of things, including the keys for success. In the system, numbers and their corresponding words rhythm, which makes them easy to permanently remember. For instance; 1 goes with run, 2-zoo, 3-tree, 4-door and so on. Paul then gave each number-word combination an image to create an indelible memory. For in- stance, the 1-run combination was pegged with the image of a racehorse running backwards on a racetrack with its saddle carrying the object you need to remember. For his talk, Paul put the letter C in the saddle three times, to help us remember the first of nine Dale Carnegie human relations principles, which is “Don’t criticize, condemn or com- plain.” It was a good talk – and good words to live by. ANNOUNCEMENTS President Sebio launched into an assortment of an- nouncements by complet- ing the delivery of a certifi- cate brought to the club last month by District Governor Carl Kruse. The governor’s award honoring “the enthu- siasm and use of the power of Rotary to change lives…” went to a very deserving Ed Snively. Mike Rood and his wife, Nancy, have graciously offered their home for the Rotary Christmas party that will be held Dec. 12. The normal, routine course of the announcements was interrupted by Lee Hindman, who along with the other past pres- idents, invoked what he called the “Past President’s Prerogative.” With that, they took Pres. Sebio to task for appearing a recent coat-and-tie event in attire more suitable for a Lee Hindman appearance – In other words, shorts. Our model president agreed to make up for his impropriety by contributing $100 to the club. Dan Williams announced the arrival of a grandson, Hunter Daniel. And, George McFaddin announced that he and his wife were celebrating the arrival of a great-grandson. Club members contributed funds to start savings accounts for both future Rotarians.