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Ojai Valley Rotary Living Treasures
1998 Treasures
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Steve Frank
Business/Health
The first few minutes of an emergency situation may mean the difference between life and death. Your group will learn how to identify a medical emergency and how the Emergency Medical Services system operates within the Ojai Valley.
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Steve Olson
Community Service/Youth
Through the Youth Master Plan, the School Links Summit will create an on-site after school enrichment program utilizing Living Treasures in their field of expertise. By making these talented members of your community easily accessible to the students, new interests and activities will be explored.
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Wilma Melville
Community Service
Out of an Oklahoma bombing came the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation, an Ojai based program to train dogs and handlers in the art of finding people in collapsed buildings. Learn what it takes to train each dog pair - dog and trainer - and how you can raise a Disaster puppy.
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Terry Mitchel
Community Service/Youth
Become involved in promoting youth communication by helping to create a Web page for kids. By implementing part of the youth Master Plan, across-generational team will create chat rooms, bulletin boards and page links that wil provide youth, and their parents, with fun and revelant information and up-dates on activities of interest.
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Janice McCormick
Education/Science
Sea Life will be explored through the eyes of a teacher and owner of an marine faacility. Students will discove the exciting world of science through the fascinating classes that teach about marine life, including the newly discovered blood sucking vampire fish.
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Pat Clark-Doermer
Education/History
How did we get to be who, what, where and how we are in Ojai and Ventura County? Journey back in time with 4th-generation Ojai Historian to discover the origins, hardships and triumphs of coloeful pioneer famalies. Slide/music presentations vary to accomodate different audiences. Programs on Ireland and Germany too!
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Claire Hill
Education/Pre-School Parenting
Are you, Mr. & Mrs. Jones, ready for kindergarten? Discover what it feels like to view the world as a little person. See for yourself how strange letters and new faces can be confusing and frightening. By attending this workshop, you will learn simple and fun activities that will prepare your child for school.
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Paul Blatz
Education/Legal
A Ventura County trial lawyer will help high school students better understand the legal ramifications of their actions before it's too late. Questionss like "I I get pregnant, who supports the baby? Do I have to pay alimony if I break up with my live-in girl friend? What are my visitation rights if we have children. How does custody work?" will be addressed.
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Lloyd Fellows, Ph.D.
Human Relations
Helping Others can be very rewarding if you know what to do. A Youth Disaster Team will be formed and trained by a phychologist and past chairman of the local Red Cross chapter. Disaster is chaos, and he will show how to develop a system out of the chaos to serve the community BEFORE the service is needed.
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Barbara Neighbors-Deal, Ph.D.
Visual Arts
A two-fold program; 1. Through a quarterly column in the Ojai Valley News a professional writer, editor and agent will inspire others to record their stories through the art of writing. 2. Lectures to groups on the mechanics of writing and getting published.
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Kim Maxwell Brown
Performing Arts
Turn the community on to the arts! Workshops will be presented to all ages by a professional actress to develop self-confidence and self-responsibility. Learn how to be a creator of your dream, not just a by-stander. Gain respect for the creative process and become a "doer" rather than a watch
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Carol Topalian
Visual Arts
A visual portrait of a community - its people, its landscape - will be the result of "A Day In The Life of Ojai." By organizing and directing one hundred people, this world-class photographer will orchestrate a twenty-four hour photo shoot and community exhibit to capture the essence of life in our valley.
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