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Wednesday, June 25, 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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July
2, 2008
Megan Nordvedt - Director of
the Community Center
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall in Descanso
July 20,
2008
SUMMER SOCIAL
Sunday Afternoon
- Home of Bill Watts - 1 - 4 PM
September 14
2008
WINE AND GOURMET FOOD TASTING
Sunday Afternoon at LCF Memorial
Park
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Kiwanis Meeting
Begins
Vice President
Nick Berkuta
presided over the meeting since both President
Diane Della Valle
and President-Elect
Carl Christensen
were representing our Club at the Annual Kiwanis International
Convention in Florida.
Patriotic Song:
God Bless America was led by
Ed Moulton
and accompanied on the piano by
Tom Burrows.
Flag Salute:
Sean Stathatos,
a Boy Scout, led us in the Flag Salute
Inspirational:
Norm Johnson
gave us a wonderful inspiration.
Call to Order:
Nick thanked,
Reverend
Skip Lindeman,
Pastor of Church of The Lighted Window, for allowing our club to
hold the meeting in their church hall today. Reverend Skip, in
good humor, suggested we all leave a $10.00 tip on the tables.
He also thanked Pat
Anderson for buying
his lunch.
Introduction of Guests:
Jack Dawson
introduced our newest member,
Harv Nelson
who became a member two weeks ago.
Due to a full program this
week, Harv will be inducted next week.
Nick Berkuta
introduced
Jennifer
Berger
who is Director of Annual Giving at Verdugo Hills Hospital.
Paul Westmoreland
introduced
Corey Stevens,
a recent retiree from JPL, who is one of our most recent new
members and has just filled out her form. Welcome Harv,
Jennifer and Corey!
Welcome Back Song:
Ed Mouton
led us all in song as we welcomed back
Frank and Violet Ragazzi.
Frank and Violet’s great niece,
Nicole Morrison,
was one of the Girl Scouts being honored today.
Master of the Cash Box:
John Landrum
Anniversaries and Birthdays:
Pat Flynn’s
birthday was on June, 24th. He contributed the
second half to being part of the Century Club.
Nick gave
recognition to Karl Johnson whose anniversary is on June 26th.
Karl Johnson
joined the Century Club
last week in celebration of both his birthday and anniversary
which are both in June.
Fines:
Fines were imposed on any
member who was not wearing their Kiwanis Pin to the meeting
today or who did not shake the hand of our secret greeter,
Ken Lowe.
Happy/Sad Bucks:
Frank and Violet Ragazzi
both gave Happy Bucks for being able to be at the meeting
today. They have been away for a while and were delighted to be
back.
Pat Anderson
gave a happy buck for the wonderful job that
Jennifer Berger
did this morning in the ribbon cutting for the new Mammography
Unit at Verdugo Hills Hospital.
Pat also gave a happy buck
because the Church of the Lighted Window voted to go back to its
original name. The new name, which dates back to 1897, will be
the La Cañada Congregational Church. Pat also gave a happy buck
for the upcoming ribbon cutting event for the new Sport Chalet
Store which will be held on Friday, August 8th at 9
am. Anyone interested in attending the ribbon cutting needs to
call Pat Anderson so that she can put your name on the list.
Howard Backer
gave a happy buck because
Frank and Violet
Ragazzi attended the
Kiwanis Meeting today. Howard hopes that they will become
faithful attendees again.
Emilita Bituin
gave five happy bucks for the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
Clyde Hemphill
gave a happy buck because our meeting came together so well.
Great facility and Nick is doing a great job.
Elizabeth Georgeon
gave a happy buck because she went up to Santa Cruz for her son
and daughter-in-laws annual Crawfish Boil. Elizabeth’s
daughter-in-law is from Louisiana and they get about 300 pounds
of Crawfish. The temperature in Santa Cruz was around 105
degrees and they experienced rain, thunder, lightening and even
some hail. It felt as if they were in Louisiana having their
Crawfish Boil.
Helena Harrison
gave a happy buck for the cooler weather. Helena gave a second
happy buck because she was happy that she went to our regular
Descanso Meeting place this morning because she bumped into a
fellow Kiwanian and was able to direct the member to where we
were having the meeting today.
Reverend Skip Lindeman
gave five happy bucks because of the generosity that he saw in
so many people giving money for the happy/sad bucks.
Mary Ann Berkuta
gave one happy buck because her husband, Nick, is doing such a
good job as acting president today and one happy buck because
she is the First Lady for a day.
Dinuba Report:
Paul Westmoreland
gave happy bucks for the success of the Soap Box Derby, the
wonderful coverage of the event in the Valley Sun and for
John Torrey
who photographed the event and provided the photos to the
newspaper. Paul then gave a happy buck for the article written
in the Dinuba Signal Newspaper about the Mayor of Dinuba and his
wife riding in our Fiesta Days Parade.
Daryal Gant
gave a sad buck for what is now happening in Dinuba,
California. Dinuba advertises that there are 32 churches in
town and no bars. Two property owners in downtown Dinuba want
to open up a Sports Bar and nightclub. Daryal sent a letter to
the editor of the Dinuba Signal Newspaper telling them what he
thinks of that idea. He would not tell us exactly what he wrote
but if his letter gets published, he will let us know!
Jack Dawson
gave a buck because he is tired of hearing about Dinuba. He
referred to a recent article in a magazine that showed all the
areas around Fresno where you could buy fresh summer fruit and
there was no mention of Dinuba as a place to go.
Club Announcements:
Pat Anderson
announced that the next Chamber’s Mixer will be held on July 17th
at LeeAnn’s Place. There is no mixer in August. The mixer in
September will be on the 18th in Olberz Park and will
be hosted by the City of La Cañada Flintridge. The park does
not exist as of today but will be the park in the new town
center. The Town Center’s grand opening will be on Labor Day
Weekend.
Megan Nordvedt
announced that she put two flyers on the tables. One flyer is
for possible Gold Award or Eagle Scout Projects that can be done
at the Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge. The second
flyer is regarding the Angeles Forest Institute which is
available for students entering 10th-12th
grade.
Tom Burrows
announced that our annual Talent Show will be on the 10th
of September. Anyone interested in being in the Talent Show,
please contact Tom Burrows.
Joel Smith
announced that our Summer Social is scheduled for July 27th
and there is a sign up sheet going around.
Daryal Gant
announced that
Reverend Skip Lindeman
is a natural born Kiwanian. Skip was very nice to loan us his
facility and he made a donation to our club and therefore Daryal
suggested that Nick give him a membership application. Skip
announced that he is an interim pastor although he has been here
for five and one half years. He said he should not join Kiwanis
because he may be gone in another year. Nick said he knew how
Daryal thinks and that Kiwanis is international and that he
could just transfer his membership to another club. No further
comment was made from Skip.
Frosty Boyd
brought us up to date on the
sick, lame and ailing members.
Dick DeGrey’s
wife is about the same. Dick does appreciate phone calls.
Hal Thomas
also appreciates any phone calls. Frosty commented that
Jim Ackland
looks good. Call Frosty if you know of anyone who is not doing
well.
The Program:
Today we honored the commitment
and hard work to achieve the top awards in scouting by the youth
in our community.
Ken Lowe
led us in our annual Scout Recognition Day. We had seven Eagle
Scouts and three Gold Award participants attending. Each scout
was introduced and then they introduced their parents. The
Scout Leaders were introduced and each gave a brief overview of
what their particular troop is doing.
Dave Cardenas,
Field Director for the San Gabriel Valley Council gave an
informative overview about the Boy Scout Program.
Dave Cardenas
Anne Tryba,
a former Service Unit Manager for the Girl Scouts and this
year’s Event Director for the Gold, Silver and Bronze ceremony
gave us an informative overview about the Girl Scout Program.
Each scout then told us about the project they worked on to
obtain their Eagle Scout Rank or Gold Award.
Anne Tryba
The Boy Scouts in attendance
were: Dan Stathatos,
Sean Stathatos,
Brian Marsh,
Chris Chafin,
Eric Andersen,
Daniel Jessee,
and Eric Shaw. The Girl Scouts in attendance were
Nicole Morrison,
Alison Roybal
and Daniela Dykes.
The scouts who attended today’s
meeting were only a fraction of those who received this ultimate
award in scouting. We extend our congratulations to these
scouts and their parents.
Literacy
Program Update
Linda Magarian & Harriet Hammons
represent our club’s Literacy Program at Union Avenue Elementary
School by presenting students with Liberacy Achievement awards.
Closing:
Nick thanked the House
Committee, Mel Wilson,
Chuck Gulick and Clyde Hemphill,
for “going the extra mile” with
all the extra work needed due to our alternate meeting site.
Nick also thanked our music crew, Ed and Tom who then led us in
our closing song, Hail Kiwanis.
This week’s Editor: Mary Ann
Berkuta
Photographer:
Paul Westmoreland
Webmaster and Coordinator:
Jeb Long
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