Happy President’s Day my Fellow Rotarians.
We have a meeting this Friday, with guest speaker John McKinney. For those of you who love to hike or walk in the outdoors, I think you will find John an amazing resource about everything hiking. He has written several books about local hiking spots, and wrote a column for many years for the Los Angeles Times. Hope you can make it.
I am happy to report that we have solved the mystery of the Science Fair Trophy that was returned to us by San Marcos High School. Thanks to Margo Byrne, our Youth Services Director for helping to unravel the mystery. The trophy dates back to the 1950s and was sponsored by our Rotary Club. The trophy is named after the long time director of the Fair, Charles Peters, who was involved with the fair for fifty years. It’s a perpetual trophy that is given to the winner’s junior high or high school to hold for a year, and then passed on to the next school. Apparently, in 2012 the trophy was never returned by San Marcos High School and it remained with the school until just recently.
Margo was able to contact the current Science Fair organizers and they were ecstatic that the missing trophy has been found. So today, I was able to return the trophy to one of the Board Members of the Science Fair, Bob Hamber. Bob was actually a recipient of the award in 1968, and has been a member of the Board for over twenty years. Bob went on to become an engineer, and told me how much the award meant to him over the years. And most importantly, how the award helped motivate him to stay in the science and math area as a career. Here’s a photo of Bob in front of his house (notice the solar panels), holding the trophy and pointing to his name.
Margo was able to contact the current Science Fair organizers and they were ecstatic that the missing trophy has been found. So today, I was able to return the trophy to one of the Board Members of the Science Fair, Bob Hamber. Bob was actually a recipient of the award in 1968, and has been a member of the Board for over twenty years. Bob went on to become an engineer, and told me how much the award meant to him over the years. And most importantly, how the award helped motivate him to stay in the science and math area as a career. Here’s a photo of Bob in front of his house (notice the solar panels), holding the trophy and pointing to his name.
Have a great week and hope to see you Friday.