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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
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The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada meets
every Wednesday at Noon
Visitors
are Welcome
Van
de Kamp Hall in Descanso Gardens
1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada, CA
91011
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Upcoming Events
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May 7, 2008
La Cañadan of the Year
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @
Van de Kamp Hall in Descanso
May 12, 2008
Les Tupper Awards
7:00 p.m. on Monday Evening
@ JPL Von Karman Auditorium
Honoring our own Clyde
Hemphill
May 14, 2008
Ken Lowe - La Cañada High
Key Club take-over
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @
Van de Kamp Hall in Descanso
May 21, 2008
Barry Fisher - Director of
the Sheriff's rime Lab
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @
Van de Kamp Hall in Descanso
May 28, 2008
Joan Peters - Flintridge
Prep take-over
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @
Van de Kamp Hall in Descanso
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on the following button to view
the long term calendar
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The Prez sez . . .
Don’t forget La Cañadan of the Year and the
Les Tupper Awards! She also apologies for absconding with club
funds and promises to repay all.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bob Wallace reminds us that we will
vote for our new slate of officers in two weeks (Carl
Christensen, Nick Berkuta and Bill Watts for Pres,
Pres-elect and VP; also Paul Westmoreland and Helena
Harrison are new directors)
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
We had a Wet Tee-Shirt Contest, by Daryal
Gant in appreciation of the large number of guests and the
new members – it was a stand-off between Nick Berkuta,
Paul Westmoreland and Tom Burrows, and looked like a
set-up, but at least it was in better taste than anyone thought
it would be.
Tom, Nick and Paul
THE PROGRAM
Linda Magarian & Harriet Hammons
reviewed our club’s Literacy Program at Union Avenue Elementary
School with school Literacy Coach Beth Miller. A classy
presentation by the three showed the school to be 85% ESL and
100% free lunch – a neighborhood primarily of poor Hispanic
immigrants, but strong on parent support, with strong school
effort to get the kids to read better and read English and to
comprehend what they read. We donate books and use them to help
achieve our goal, which is to instill a passion for reading.
They need us to go there and read to the kids. A sign-up sheet
is available and waiting for you.
Linda and Harriet
Beth Miller
HAPPY & SAD BUCKS
None
FACTS AND FICTION
Music: piano tunes by Tom Burrows
with Ed Moulton leading us in America the
Beautiful, Hi Neighbor, and On Kiwanis
Opening:
flag
salute by Lloyd Welch
and the inspiration by
Ellie Wildermuth (See Below)
Guests:
Captain Dave
Silversparre
of the La Crescenta Sheriff’s Office,
brought by Mark Alexander
Rolando
Morales
of the new Gilmore Bank in La Cañada,
brought by Diane Della Valle
Arlene
McAulfee
who attends St. Bede’s Church with Norm
Johnson, brought by Norm
Eric
Goldberg,
a retired reference librarian in La Cañada,
brought by Carl Christensen
Megan
Nordvedt,
Executive Director of the Community Center of
La Cañada Flintridge (who also turned in her application for
membership), brought by Joel Smith
Rosanna
Robottini of ReMax,
brought by Clyde Hemphill
Elaine
Harada,
Advisor to the Franklin High School Key Club,
brought by Ken Lowe
Yvonne Dickie
of the AM Kiwanis Club, brought by
Linda Magarian
Barbara
Dawson who is the friend, lover and wife of Jack Dawson,
brought by Jack, who thought today was for the La Cañadan
of the Year.
Anniversaries: Jim Reynolds
Birthdays: Helena Harrison and Jack
Dawson
Jack
Helena
Fines: None except for secret
greeter
Secret Greeter: Bill Watts
Fifty-Fifty Drawing: Joan Peters
Master of the Cash Box: Karl Johnson
This Week's Editor: Joel Smith
This Week's Photographers: Paul
Westmoreland
Webmaster and Coordinator: Jeb Long
Inspiration
by Ellie Wildermuth
I’ve learned....
That life is like a roll
of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster
it goes.
I’ve learned....
That we should be glad
God doesn’t give us everything we ask for.
I’ve learned....
That money doesn’t buy
class.
I’ve learned....
That it’s those small
daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
I’ve learned...
That under everyone’s
hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
I’ve learned....
That the Lord didn’t do
it all in one day. What makes me think I can?
I’ve learned....
That to ignore the facts
does not change the facts.
I’ve learned....
That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only
letting that person continue to hurt you.
I’ve learned....
That love, not time,
heals all wounds.
I’ve learned....
That the easiest way for
me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people
smarter than I am.
I’ve learned....
That everyone you meet
deserves to be greeted with a smile.
I’ve learned....
That there’s nothing
sweeter than sleeping with your babies and feeling their
breath on your cheeks.
I’ve learned....
That no one is perfect
until you fall in love with them.
I’ve learned....
That life is tough, but
I’m tougher.
I’ve learned....
That opportunities are
never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
I’ve learned....
That when you harbor
bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
I’ve learned....
That I wish I could have
told my Dad that I love him one more time before he passed
away.
I’ve learned....
That one should keep his
words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to
eat them.
I’ve learned....
That a smile is an
inexpensive way to improve your looks.
I’ve learned....
That I can’t choose how I
feel, but I can choose what I do about it.
I’ve learned....
That when your newly born
child holds your little finger in his little fist, that
you’re hooked for life.
I’ve learned....
That everyone wants to
live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and
growth occurs while you’re climbing it.
I’ve learned..
That it is best to give
advice in only two circumstances; when it is requested and
when it is a life threatening situation.
I’ve learned....
That the less time I have
to work with, the more things I get done.
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