|
Click Here for Photo & Newsletter Archive
|
The La Kiwanian
The Weekly Bulletin of the La Cañada
Kiwanis Club
Serving the Children of the World |
|
Wednesday, November 1, 2006 |
|
|
|
The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada meets
every Wednesday at Noon
Visitors
Welcome
Van
de Kamp Hall in Descanso Gardens
1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada, CA
91011 |
Upcoming Events
|
November 2, 2006
CLUB AND FOUNDATION BOARD
MEETINGS
7:30 PM on Thursday Evening @
CitiBank in La Cañada
November 8, 2006
THE WAY TO HAPPINESS - Lance
Miller
Lance Miller, president
of the Glendale based The
Way to Happiness Foundation
International will speak on
the Foundation’s work. The
Foundation provides programs in
over 100 countries and provides
programs in 95 languages that
teach how success and happiness
depend on self respect and the
application of sound principles
of conduct such as honesty,
integrity, tolerance and
competence.
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall in Descanso
Gardens
November 15, 2006
Lynn Soeft will speak on
Kiwanis International projects
focusing on recent news from
Rumania.
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall in Descanso
Gardens
November 18, 2006
TRAVEL ADVENTURE
Cruising the Orient on the QE2
7:30 p.m. Saturday at Flintridge
Prep School Auditorium
November 22, 2006
L.A. OPERA "HANSEL AND GRETEL" -
Rody Stephensen
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall in Descanso
Gardens
November 29, 2006
UPDATE ON DESCANSO GARDENS -
David Brown
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall in Descanso
Gardens
December 10, 2006
Kiwanis Holiday/Christmas Party
Bill & Margaret Watts Home –
5:30 to 9 p.m.
Sign up before December 4th
Click
on the following button to view
the long term calendar
|
|
|
The Prez sez . . .
Let the good times roll: (The
Meeting)
Ed
Moulton (sporting a
wicked tie) led us in “God Bless America”, Paul Westmoreland
helped us salute the flag and Jim Ackland advised us
to sit down for his extended invocation. Melodic Music by Tom
Burrows filled the room before the meeting and of course
with each song.
The
Prez sez . . .
BE
SURE TO VOTE NEXT WEEK! And bring proof of voting to the
meeting or you will be fined ($250???)
He also
welcomed an Interclub from the L.C. Kiwanis A.M. club.
Guests:
5
Members of the A.M.Club were introduced. Anthony Portantino
introduced his daughter Sofia; Pat Anderson had us greet
her guest April Kelcy of Earthquake Solutions; Diane
DellaValle introduced
prospective member Shree Ingram and the sister of new
member Michael Abounassar, Micha.
Ken
Lowe introduced the largest contingent of Key Club members
we have ever had, 13 Key Clubbers., including their district
Lieutenant Governor: Andy Park.
All were
greeted of course by Hi Neighbor and lots of noise.
Birthdays &
Anniversaries:
Glen
Pettit said he was indeed born only 89 years ago but he
joined the Century Club.
Tom
Stafford said he’s been married to Helen for only 52
years. They’ve been celebrating up in Sun Valley and he also
joined the Century Club (that’s 100 big ones for you new
members)
Mary
& Daryal Gant did a joint Century Club to celebrate their 50th
Anniversary.
Happy & Sad
Bucks: (with
Linda Magarian at the cash box)
Pat
Anderson Had sad bucks for the local water district.
Something about their 50th anniversary??
Mary
Gant Was sad of course for UCLA.
Clyde
Hemphill had 3 Happy bucks. One: because Rutgers won again,
two: a buck for Jeb Long as University of Texas was still winning
and is now #4 in the polls, and
Three: a buck for Ellie Wildermuth to celebrate Ohio
States win.
Jack
Dawson was happy he got finished putting a 1934 Ford back
together but wondered what he was going to do with all the
leftover parts.
Elizabeth C. Georgeon was Happy about something (that I
missed)
Bachy
Bachmayer was happy for family Birthday party celebrations
as well as the Kiwanis one last week.
Jim
Ackland had a happy 6 bucks which I believe was for his
chemo being over and said “Life is Good”
Paul
Westmoreland had sad bucks for UCLA. He used the time to
hand out a couple of awards for service to the club while he was
President (that he hadn’t handed out yet) they went to Pat
Flynn & Nick Berkuta.
50/50 Raffle:
The
Winner our President Steve Haggerty (will he sell tickets
next week)
Announcements:
Anthony
Portantino said something about the election and don’t
forget to vote. He’s running for Assemblyman you know.
Bachy
Bachmayer gave his plea for bucks for the table tubs for the
Children’s Hospital
Pat
Flynn asked for help with the Terrific Kids who will be
attending next 2 weeks
Clyde
Hemphill reminded all to sign up for the Christmas Party
on December 10th
Frosty Boyd said Joan Peters was still improving;
Dick DeGrey was still having problems.
OUR
SPEAKER:
Carl
Christensen gave a rousing introduction to our speaker
Harry Truman, the 31st President of the United
States. In reality is was Peter Small, an impersonator
of historical figures. Peter has performed nationally for a wide
range of audiences, including Ronald Regan, George Bush, Richard
Nixon etc. While teaching history in the greater Los Angeles
and Washington D.C. areas, he developed his program with
costumed presentation for his classes which became memorable and
enjoyable lessons for his students.
His
presentation today as Harry Truman brought back memories
to all of this period in our history. He looked and sounded
like Harry “the buck stops here” Truman and was readily received
by Kiwanis. One thought it was Harry himself who was giving a
speech about his terms of office. Do you remember when the
headlines read: “Dewey Defeats Truman”? A standing ovation was
given to our guest.
THE END:
“Hail
Kiwanis” rounded out the meeting
THIS WEEKS
EDITOR: Bill Watts
The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada meets every Wednesday at Noon
Van de
Kamp Hall in Descanso Gardens
1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada,
CA 91011
P.O. Box
33, La Cañada, CA 91012
Website:
http://lacanadakiwanis.org
|
