(l-r) Rotary Club members Jerry Peterson and Ari Larson with Sue Zeider and Martha Gentry. Sue and Martha will be speaking at the St. Francis Dam 90th Anniversary this coming March. Photo courtesy Ari Larson.

Martha Gentry and Sue Zeider from the Fillmore Historical Museum gave a presentation to the Rotary Club of Fillmore on the upcoming 90th Anniversary of the St. Francis Dam Disaster. They invite the public to attend the commemoration in Fillmore on Sat. March 17th. An opening ceremony and dedication of a plaque will start the day at 9:00 am in front of Fillmore City Hall. There will be a guided bus tour to the site of where the dam was located, leaving from Fillmore at 12:30 pm and return at 5:30 pm. Speaker Jon Wilkman, author of Floodpath: The Deadliest Man-Made Disaster of the 20th Century and the Making of Modern Los Angeles will be speaking at 10:00 am. Exhibits will be on display at the Fillmore Historical Museum. Seating is limited on the bus tour so the public is encouraged to RSVP ($30 per person) as soon as possible. For tickets call The Fillmore Historical Museum 805.524.0948 or for information on other commemoration activities in the Santa Clara River Valley, go to www.saintfrancisdam.com