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The La Kiwanian
The Weekly Bulletin of the La Caņada
Kiwanis Club
Serving the Children of the World |
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 |
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The Kiwanis Club of La Caņada meets
every Wednesday at Noon
Visitors
Welcome
Van
de Kamp Hall in Descanso Gardens
1418 Descanso Drive, La Caņada, CA
91011 |
Upcoming Events
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July 25, 2007
RECORDING ACTORS & ANNIMATION IN
MOTION PICTURES - Doc Kane
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall in Descanso
Gardens
August 1, 2007
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE KIWANIS
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall in Descanso
Gardens
August 2, 2007
BOARD MEETING FOR CLUB AND
FOUNDATION
7:00 p.m. on Thursday Evening @
CitiBank, La Caņada
August 29, 2007
APPLE FOR THE TEACHER - Day
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall in Descanso
Gardens
September 9, 2007
WINE & GOURMET FOOD TASTING
3 - 6:00 p.m. on Sunday at La Caņada
Memorial Park
September 12,
2007
CLUB TALENT SHOW - Tom
Burroughs, Coordinator
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall in Descanso
Gardens
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The Prez sez . . .
Our Prez
Steve Hagerty was out-of-town which gave Prez Elect Diane
DellaValle a chance to practice running a lunch meeting.
Diane's warmth and gracious manner kept her afloat even
though she had to take off her shoes to keep from falling
through the cracks.
The Prez Elect sez . . .
It was an honor to present Gigi
Schleuter with her permanent Club Badge and welcome her with
a big hug!
Gigi and Diane
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Tom Burroughs is still
looking for talent for the Talent Show on September 12.
Mary Gant reminded everyone
the Wine and Gourmet Food Tasting is coming up on September 9.
A big boost for us this year ... the LCF Education Foundation
has already taken a block of 350 tickets they intend to sell.
Silent Auction items are still needed and as well as suggestions
for good restaurants.
Karl Johnson is still
collecting used printer cartridges, eyeglasses, and the tops
from soda cans. This collection/recycling effort is one of our
ongoing fundraising projects, and the dollars do add up.
Secretary Bill Scherkey
encouraged members to consider attending the Cal-Nev-Ha
convention in Reno on August 23-26. Contact Bill for a
registration form.
Bachy Bachmayer reminded us
to support Children's Hospital by contributing to the cannisters
on our lunch tables.
Frosty Boyd gave his SLA
report; Dick DeGrey still really enjoys a call during the
afternoon - as he spends almost all of his time at home taking
care of Shirley. Julia Thomas recently had a fall
and broke her hip.
THE PROGRAM
Arthur Cobery was introduced
by former student Carl Christensen. Art was a
teacher in Burbank for over 30 years and is now very involved
with the Historical Society of Crescenta Valley. The background
on the Flood of 1934 is most connected to the unique geography
of our San Gabriel mountain range. Some interesting statistics
about the San Gabriels: it is one of the fastest growing
mountain ranges in the world (about 1/10th inch per year), it is
disintegrating faster than almost all other mountain ranges in
the world, and it has some of the steepest slopes. It isn't the
water per se but the flood debris that creates the extremely
dangerous and unique nature of our local floods.
Art Cobery
The 1934 rainfall was fairly normal
until the last week of the year. Winter storms dropped over 14
inches of rain that week, but there was very little damage even
though there had been a fire in November that burned the lower
portion of the San Gabriel Mountains from Tujunga to the
Arroyo. New Year's Eve celebrations were held on schedule, but
toward the end of the evening there were two cloudbursts in the
mountains, which precipitated a terrible flood. Dirt and rock
were pushed by water from Pickens Canyon and many lives were
lost in the La Crescenta/Montrose area. Forty-nine homes were
demolished, 50 homes were washed away and at least 28 people
died. Twelve of those people were celebrating New Years in the
American Legion Hall at the corner of Rosemont and Fairway (one
block above Montrose Avenue). A memorial has been built and
dedicated by the Historical Society at that corner.
The Historical Society of Crescenta
Valley has meetings on the third Monday of every month at 7:00
PM at the La Crescenta Church of Religious Science located at
the intersection of Dunsmore and Santa Carlotta. Each monthly
meeting features a different speaker; the public is welcome.
HAPPY & SAD BUCKS
Sheree Ingram had some
Happy Bucks ... something about selling tickets last
week.
Sheree
Mary Gant had a Happy
Buck for the wonderful Summer Social on Sunday that was
chaired by Harriet Hammons.
Mary
Harriet Hammons had lots of
Happy Bucks: for the opportunity to attend the
terrific Kiwanis International Convention in San Antonia in
early July; for all the help putting on the Summer Social at the
Toffels house on Sunday (including helpers Clyde
Hemphill, Clyde's son (the chef), Mary Gant,
Gigi Schleuter, the Toffels - just to name a few);
for her upcoming trip to London to the Boy Scout World Jamboree.
Harriet
Paul Westmoreland had
Happy Bucks - but his reasons became a little muddled as
Mary Gant tried to take over his camera and had it turned
upside down - something about Arizona and the good weather here
in Southern California. Paul also had a very Sad
Buck for a 42-year-old nephew who died suddenly.
Paul
Ed Moulton had a Happy
Buck because he bought a Thank You card to send to the
Toffels that he intended to bring to the meeting to have
everyone sign. His Sad Buck was because he and
his lovely wife, Connie, both signed the card, addressed it and
put a stamp on it ... and then accidentally stuck the card in
the mail instead of bringing it to the meeting.
Ed Moulton
Clyde Hemphill was the proud
dad and had a Happy Buck for the Summer Social and
the well-cooked food. He also had a Sad Buck
because less than 20% of our Club members were able to attend.
Clyde
Dave Spence had a Sad
Buck because he forgot to lock his car while in a LCF
parking lot and had his checkbook (which was on the seat)
stolen. Dave's Happy Bucks were due to the call
from the bank that recognized a bad check had been written on
his account and due to the quick arrest of two suspects who
turned out to be drug dealers/users with previous arrest
records.
Dave
Karl Johnson missed our
meetings recently but had Happy Bucks for
traveling he has been doing with his family climaxed by a
camping trip with his five year old daughter.
Karl
FACTS AND FICTION
Music: piano tunes by Tom
Burrows and Ed Moulton leading us in America the
Beautiful, Welcome Back, Hi Neighbor, Happy Birthday
and On Kiwanis
Opening:
flag
salute by Bob Martin
and
the inspiration by
Frosty Boyd
Guests: Pat Anderson
introduced La Caņada resident
Jerry Beckman and
Jack Dawson introduced a tennis partner, Nino Dombre. Jack volunteered $25 if
anyone could guess Nino's
age (within two years); he had
to pay up when someone guessed "92." Nino
looked about 70, so that was a
lucky guess!
Welcome Back: Karl Johnson
Birthdays: Pat Flynn
volunteered that his birthday was last month, and he was also
celebrating his birthday from last year. He doubled his age and
donated $156. What a great way to support our La Caņada Kiwanis
Foundation!
Pat
Secret Greeter: Dave Spence
Fifty-Fifty Drawing: Mel
Wilson had the right number this week and will be selling
tickets next week starting at 11 a.m. (That is the normal time
Mel arrives every week to set up the room for our
meeting. He certainly deserves our thanks every week!)
Master of the Cash Box: Mark
Alexander
Mark
This Week's Editor: Melinda
Thompson
This Week's Photographer: Paul
Westmoreland
Webmaster and Coordinator: Jeb Long
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