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Wednesday, January
21, 2009 |
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The Kiwanis Club of La Cańada meets
every Wednesday at Noon
Visitors
are Welcome
Van
de Kamp Hall in Descanso Gardens
1418 Descanso Drive, La Cańada, CA
91011
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Upcoming Events
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January 24
Travelogue – Through The Lens Of
Adventure:
Hidden Jerusaleum – David Banks
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall in Descanso Gardens
January 28
Robert Mehnert – The Super
Secret
SR–71 Blackbird Aerial
Reconnaissance
Plane. Flies at
mach 3 And above 85000 feet
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall in Descanso Gardens
Kiwanis Board Of Directors Meet
The First Thursday Of Each Month
At The La Canada Community
Center– 7:00 Pm
February 5, March 5, April 2,
May 7, June 4, July 2, August 6,
September 3
Click
on the following button to view
the long term calendar
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OPENING
Piano tunes by Tom
Burrows. Ed Moulton
led us in This
is My Country, Welcome
Back, Hi Neighbor, and On
Kiwanis
The Flag Salute was led by
Rolando Morales.
The invocation was given by
Bill Scherkey.
Nick Berkuta,
President-elect, was at the helm in President Carl Christensen’s
absence.
Nick announced
the passing last Sunday of our member, Fran Boyd. Fran
was the beloved wife of Frosty Boyd. She will be missed
by all.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nick
announced, for those who didn’t already know, that our club was
honored as Organization
of the Year by
the La Canada Flintridge Chamber of Commerce at their Annual
Installation of Officers and Awards Dinner last
Thursday at the Oakmont Country Club. The
event was well attended by our club with 22members and guests. Nick
stated that we received numerous certificates of recognition
from various dignitaries and one from the Chamber. He suggested
that since our member and CEO of the Chamber, Pat Anderson,
had forgotten to sign our award that she should be fined. She
countered with a fine of equal amount for Nick because he had
failed to bring the certificate with him so she could sign it.
Pat Anderson
Ellie Wildermuth,
Club Historian, announced that the 2008/2009 book was
circulating around the room.
Pam Feterl
reminded everyone that our Travel Adventure Series will continue
this Saturday, January 24, at 7:00 PM, at the Flintridge Prep
Auditorium, with the much-awaited “Through the Lens of
Adventure: Hidden Jerusalem with
David Banks.
Howard Backer
asked everyone to please contribute to our Pediatric Trauma
Doctor Training program by putting a donation in the can in the
center of each table.
Bob Wallace
announced that the Kiwanis Mid-Year Conference will be held in San
Diego on
Saturday, February 28. See
Bob to sign up for this event.
GUESTS
Paulette Keating
was introduced as a transferring Kiwanian member.
Dr. Ryan Zimmerman,
a La Canada Chiropractor, was with us again as Tom
Slaughter’s guest.
Lloyd Welch’s
son-in-law, Tim Towery joined us.
Skip Boyd, M.D.,
and son of Frosty Boyd joined us.
Ellie Wildermuth
was joined by her husband Bob.
Terrific Kids
Pat Flynn
introduced our Terrific Kids from La Canada Elementary
and they in turn introduced their family members:
Natalia Dudek
was accompanied by her mother, Anna Dabrowska.
Michael Seuylemezian
was accompanied by his mother Kathy and his grandfather
Ray.
Sabine
was accompanied by her mother and father, Kaitzer and
Joseph.
Travis Martinez
was also accompanied by his father and mother, Sergio and
Darci.
MEMBER RECOGNITION
Birthdays
Steve Hagerty, Jim
Ackland, Bill Scherkey
and Jim Edwards all joined the Century Club in
celebration of their respective birthdays.
Steve
Bill
Jim Ackland
Jim Edwards
Anniversaries
Melinda joined
the Century Club for her and Bill’s anniversary even though he
had just joined for his birthday. Ellie
joined the Century Club to celebrate her anniversary with Bob.
Fines
Members willingly
coughed up fines for not wearing their pins and for not shaking
hands with the Secret Greeter, Pat Flynn.
HAPPY & SAD BUCKS
· Tom Burrows
was happy
because his granddaughter Michele was named Miss La Canada.
In fact, he
was so happy
that he joined the Century Club.
· Paul Westmoreland
was happy to announce that JPL was recognized for 50 years in
the U.S. Space
Program at the awards dinner.
· Pete Palermo
contributed $10 happy bucks to celebrate his healed femur.
· Steve Hagerty
was happy about something I didn’t catch.
· Clyde Hemphill
had a happy buck to see Daryal with no bruises after everything
he said about his absent wife last week. (But we should check
him out again next week after that remark).
· Tom Slaughter
had a sad buck for Howard Backer because Howard thinks he can
get away with putting his pin on his badge so he never forgets
it.
· Howard
Backer
had a sad buck for Tom because he was jealous that he didn’t
think of it first.
· Daryal
Gant gave
a happy buck.
· Pat
Anderson
gave a
happy buck because Nick forgot to bring the La Canada Kiwanis
certificate that she forgot to sign..
THE PROGRAM
Roddy Stephensen
The program was
presented by Rody Stephensen, whose Doctorate in
Mechanical Engineering didn’t help him in his presentation of
Wagner’s four famous Ring Operas, which
go together and were described by Doctor Stephensen as a
‘massive work of art’. These
operas will be presented at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, and
will also be broadcast in High-def in locations in Burbank and Alhambra. The
four operas depict the four cycles of life. The
first relates the creation of space, and the last illustrates
the end of the earth, with incest, adultery, and murder in
between. The series
of operas if often referred to as “Star Wars for Adults”. They
will first be presented separately, and then again as a cycle
with all four operas being presented in the space of six days. The
operas are presented in their original German, but the words are
projected in English on stage. Dr.
Stephensen belongs to a group called “The Ring Heads” which, as
you can imagine, is a group of fans of Wagner’s Ring Operas. Jack
Dawson invited all who are interested to his home next Tuesday,
January 27, for refreshments and to hear more about the Ring
Operas from the Doctor.
OTHER STUFF
Nick
reminded everyone
who was signed up for the Interclub with Eagle Rock that it is
tonight at Columbo’s restaurant
on Colorado Blvd.
Winner of 50/50 Drawing
Jim Edwards
won the 50/50 drawing, which means we’ll see him two weeks in a
row
Master of the Cash Box
Beatrice Cirar
helped
Nick by managing the cash box.
This Week’s
Reporter: Diane M.
DellaValle (pronounced like “valley”)
This Week’s
Photographer: Paul
Westmoreland
Webmaster and
Bulletin Coordinator: Jeb
Long
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