Ted and Cheryl Maddux ended up the recipients of the ‘Don Melby Ethics in Business enterprise Award’ at The Rotary Club of Santa Maria’s latest Centennial Celebration.
The much more than 140 visitors in attendance stood to congratulate the Madduxes on getting the award for the duration of the Nov. 12 occasion at the Santa Maria State Club.
The few are 3rd generation McDonald’s proprietor/operators in the Santa Maria place, and are famous local community supporters. Several region nonprofits huge and smaller are indebted to their generosity such as the Santa Maria Symphony, Discovery Museum, Purely natural Heritage Museum, Dignity Overall health Care Middle, Exclusive Olympics, Allan Hancock Higher education, Buena Vista Beautifiers and numerous, many other individuals.
As hands-on proprietors, they have handled and trained their workforce numbering in the countless numbers with kindness and treatment as they are frequently entry stage businesses.
Ted “allowed” Cheryl to retire from the gardening chores at industrial destinations when she was just about ready to deliver one particular of their children in accordance to Cheryl at the celebration, to the delight of the audience.
Rotarians Jessa Brooks and Mayor Alice Patino introduced the award to the pair, who have been companions in business enterprise and in life for in excess of 50 decades.
The Rotary Centennial Celebration benefited two region nonprofits: Boys and Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coastline and Rescue Mission, Women’s Dwelling.
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Club President Dr. Bob Curry presided in excess of the method, introducing dignitaries like Mayor and Honorary Rotarian Alice Patino and 4th District Supervisor Bob Nelson, who each presented the Club with Centennial Proclamations.
Dignitaries incorporated Previous Rotary District 5240 Governor Frank Ortiz and Past President of Allan Hancock Faculty Dr. Ann Lewellen. Rotarian Presidents from area Clubs sponsored by The Rotary Club were being also honored friends: from Breakfast Rotary President Berto Rodriguez and from Rotary South, President Joe Gruba.
Noontime Previous President Fred Donati offered a method which paid out hommage to Club history which include Founding Club President Jesse Chambers in 1922, visits by Paul Harris Rotary Global Founder (1905) from Chicago, Illinois and Cecil B. DeMille whilst making a movie in the Guadalupe dunes.
The contents of the not long ago opened Rotary Club Time Capsule were on show and involved letters from the 50th and 75th anniversary presidents. “Has a man landed on Mars nevertheless?” was requested by 75th Anniversary President Ron Nanning, who attended the celebration.
Curry will include his letter, like new queries, to the Time Capsule Suitcase and will seal it right until 2047.
Dancing to the Crisptones was complemented by gifted vocalist and Midday Rotarian Erinn Dougherty doing a excellent Janis Joplin deal with to wow Rotarians and company.