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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 25, 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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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 8, 2007
THE CONVALESCENT AID SOCIETY -
Randy Votsch
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall in Descanso
Gardens
August 29, 2007
APPLE FOR THE TEACHER - Day
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall in Descanso
Gardens
September 5, 2007
CLERGY RECOGNITION 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 . . .
 "Tom's
Tunes" are wonderful entertainment before lunch each week, and
Prez Steve Hagerty had us all thank Tom Burroughs
with a big round of applause. Next, the Prez thanked
Diane DellaValle for running the lunch meeting last week.
Diane filled in for the Prez while he was at the
Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio with his son. The Prez
promised to write more about his week at the Soap Box Derby, but
in the meantime gave us a few details and had one special
announcement. Joel Smith, who has been chairman of our
Soap Box Derby committee for several years, was one of only six
people nationwide to receive a Local Race Director award. (The
Prez thought such a high honor should automatically
appoint Joel to a lifetime position with our Club.)
About two out of three racers at Akron are eliminated after
their very first race, but one of the contestants we sent to
Akron came in second in the Superstock division.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mary Gant announced that Bill
Scherkey is providing each Club member with four tickets to
the Wine and Gourmet Food Tasting event. Any member who sells
more than ten tickets will receive a complimentary ticket. Last
year the individual who sold the most tickets (20) was Bill
Scherkey's daughter, Jean Scherkey. In honor of her
dedication, she will also be awarded a complimentary ticket for
her success last year. (She has already picked up 20 tickets
she plans on selling this year.)
Tom Burrows put out the call again for
Club Talent for our Talent Progarm on September 12th.
Bachy Bachmayer encouraged everyone to
support Children's Hospital Network by putting some green stuff
in the cans on our lunch tables.
Diane DellaValle told us there were
three clubs left to visit this year for InterClub meetings.
Glendale Gateway Kiwanis Club meets the same time as we do, and
there will be an InterClub with them on August 22. A sign-up
sheet was passed around.
Frosty Boyd gave his SLA report.
Dick DeGrey enjoys phone calls; it helps break up his
afternoon since he must be at home all the time now to take care
of Shirley. Jeb Long's daughter, who is fighting
cancer, is holding her own. Hal Thomas and Julia
have stabilized and are getting along at their new home.
THE PROGRAM
Carl Christensen introduced Doc
Kane who is a Sound Engineer for films and TV. Doc
went to Disney on a one-day work assignment twenty years ago and
has been there ever since. Doc has worked with hundreds
of actors and actresses and many directors, and he had lots of
short anecdotes and insights regarding work style, abilities,
and personality. Currently, the TV show "Lost" is one of
Doc's "babies" and he told us "Lost" has extremely
sophisticated sound design. Doc had a very interesting
video he used to illustrate how sound design works. Sometimes
he has as many as 156 tracks running at the same time.
Doc Kane
HAPPY & SAD BUCKS
Clyde Hemphill had a Happy Buck
because he thought Joel Smith deserved his Soap Box Derby
award.
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Clyde
Ed Moulton "seconded" Clyde's
commendation for Joel with another Happy Buck.
Ed
Ellie Wildermuth had a Happy
Buck for a wonderful time with out-of-town friends who
came to visit.
Ellie
John Landrum was finally allowed to
hook up to the new sewers on his street; that was worth a
Happy (and Sweet Smelling) Buck.
John
Gigi Schleuter had a Happy Buck
for Jack Dawson who made the first Silent Auction
contribution for the Wine and Gourmet Food Tasting (coming up on
September 9). Many more Silent Auction items are needed!
Gigi
Pat Anderson's Happy Buck was
for Greg Powell who plans to join our Club.
Pat
Daryal Gant also had a Happy
Buck for Greg and another Happy Buck
so he could brag about Dinuba. (Anthony Portantino
reminded us that Cruz Bustamante is from Dinuba.)
Dinuba Daryal
Diane DellaValle added her
Happy Buck as a welcome to Greg Powell. Frosty
Boyd had a Sad Buck because the air
conditioning was so strong, Bill Watts had to put his
linen napkin across his shoulders to keep from freezing.
Frosty and Bill
Prez Steve Hagerty had twenty
Happy Bucks for all the fun he had at the week-long Soap
Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. The Prez said the announcers
never got it right, so the name of our city was always
pronounced like the country to the north of the USA.
Steve
Anthony Portantino (our local
Assemblyman) was proud the California Assembly passed a budget
at 4:15 a.m. on Friday. (The Senate still hasn't and may have
to meet the rest of the summer.) Anthony said it was
Great To Be Back, and that was the real reason for his
Happy Buck.
Steve and Anthony
FACTS AND FICTION
Music: piano tunes by Tom Burrows
and Ed Mouton leading us in This is My Country, Hi
Neighbor, Happy Birthday/Anniversary and Come On
Kiwanis
Opening:
flag
salute by Anthony
Portantino
and the
inspiration by Jim
Ackland
Guests: Mark Alexander
introduced Matt
McGlashew, a LCHS incoming
senior who is interning this summer at City Hall as a
volunteer.
Mark and Matt
Anthony
Portantino was happy to be home
from Sacramento and introduced his daughter, Sophia,
who will be a junior at LCHS
and just returned from four weeks at a summer camp in Minnesota
where she was totally immersed in the Spanish language and
didn't speak any English.
Daryal Gant
introduced Greg Powell
who is an architect here in LCF. Greg
attended a lunch meeting last
year and showed up today with an application to join our Club.
What a great surprise!
Sophia and Anthony
Anniversaries: There have been many
July anniversaries and today there were lots of contributions to
our La Caņada Kiwanis Foundation. Glen Pettit had an
anniversary this week but must have been out-of-town
celebrating.
Mel Wilson's anniversary was on
July 17th; Mel and Dee have been married 58 years,
and Mel contributed a dollar for each year.
Mel
Al Restivo and Diane
celebrated 44 years of marriage on July 7.
Al
Mike Leininger and Nancy
celebrated their July 1 anniversary by going back to the Hotel
Del Coronado ... where "it" all started; Mike contributed
$35 - one for each year.
Mike
Diane and John Landrum reached
their 56th anniversary this month and Diane also
celebrated her birthday on the 13th. Since the sum of both was
greater than $100, they joined the Century Club with a $100
donation.
John and Diane
The Prez overlooked Howard Backer,
whose 27th anniversary is coming up in a few days. Howard
said his successful marriage is partially due to his ability
to say "Yes, Dear." He joined the Century Club too.
Howard
Birthdays: Frosty Boyd celebrated his
birthday on July 5th; he wouldn't divulge his age but generously
contributed a "C" note (Century Club) to our Foundation.
Joel Smith had a birthday on July 12 and matched Frosty's
pledge. Tom Burrows just celebrated his birthday on
July 20; although he's not quite 80 years old he contributed $80
big ones.
Frosty and Joel
Tom
Fines: for not wearing your Kiwanis
pin (some people never learn, or just like parting with a buck
every week)
Secret Greeter: Bill Scherkey
Secret greeter Bill
Fifty-Fifty Drawing: Bea Cirar ...
who will be selling the raffle tickets next week
Master of the Cash Box: Anthony Portantino
This Week's Editor: Melinda Thompson
This Week's Photographers: Paul
Westmoreland
Webmaster and Coordinator: Jeb Long
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