Pictured (l-r) is President Elect Scott Beylik and Rotarian Ernie Villegas. Courtesy Rotarian Martha Richardson.

The speaker was Fillmore Rotary’s own Ernie Villegas. He has recently been appointed to the Fillmore/Piru Memorial District Board. As you all know the Memorial Building and Youth Building are completely closed due to the many repairs needed. Ernie has been working diligently looking for funding and they have been approved for two grants totaling $2.1 million. While that is amazing it will not be enough for the entire renovation. After the complete inspection of the two buildings, a priority list was compiled, and the roof will be the first repair made. Ernie is now researching who can do the work. He has also been talking to the county about making the Memorial Building an Emergency Service Operation Center.