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Wednesday, March
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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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March 25,
2009
ED MOULTON DAY
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall,
Descanso Gardens
Kiwanis Board Of Directors Meet
The First Thursday Of Each Month
At The La Cañada Community
Center– 7:00 Pm
February 5, March 5, April 2,
May 7, June 4, July 2, August 6,
September 3,
October 1, November 5, and
December 3.
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TRAVELOGUE
SCHEDULE
April 28
Corscia and the Riviera Stan Walsh
May 16 Cruising Russia Clint Denn
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OPENING
The meeting began with the singing of This Is My Country,
led by Ed Moulton with piano accompaniment by Tom Burrows.
Pat Flynn led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Charles Broberg gave
the invocation.
GUESTS
Irene Christensen,
wife of Carl Christensen, attended the meeting. Carl was absent
due to flu symptoms.
Nick Berkuta
introduced his guest, April Kelcy. April is Chair of the La
Canada Chamber of Commerce Emergency Preparedness Committee.
Wendy Smith
introduced her husband, Jim Smith.
Ann Ransford
attended as a guest of the program speaker. Ann is a candidate
for the Glendale Community College Board of Trustees. She
encourages everyone to get out and vote on April 7th.
Chuck Gulick
introduced his guest, Pat Hutchins.
Ken Lowe introduced
seven members of the La Canada High School Key Club including
Julie Yu, Key Club
President, Steven Lee, Robert Ho, Eric Cho, Katherine Propper,
Christophe LaBelle, and Yenmin Young. Julie announced the
upcoming Servathon Project to clean up the high school on
Saturday, March 28th from 8 to noon. Volunteers are
needed.
Christopher LaBelle
Eric Cho
Katherine Propper
Robert Ho
Steven Lee
Yenmin Young
Julie Yu
Pat Anderson
introduced Starr Frazier who works at the La Canada Chamber of
Commerce.
Liz Barkhordarian
and Patricia Phillips, guests from the Glendale Kiwanis Club,
also attended.
Liz Barkhordarian
Patricia Phillips
Andrea Jacobs
accompanied the program speaker, Kiwanis Division 3 Lieutenant
Governor, Richard Slavett
Lt. Covernor Richard Slavett and Andrea Jacobs
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nick Berkuta
reminded attendees that Ed Moulton Appreciation Day is scheduled
for next Wednesday, March 25th. Since a large
attendance is anticipated on that day, the buffet will be opened
at 11:45 a.m.
Reminder from Nick
Berkuta:
ONE DAY FIRE SALE &
OPPORTUNITY FOR KIWANIS SERVICE ON ED MOULTON’S DAY MARCH 25,
2009
HAVEN’T
YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BE IMMORTAL?
Our cost of
immortality is normally $1,000.
But on March 25, 2009, a member’s $500 donation to the Ed
Moulton Endowment Fund before 2 p.m. will be matched by an
unknown contributor and the member donor will be given
immortality status on the Ed Moulton Plaque displayed at every
meeting. Further, the member donor will receive:
1.
the title “Ed Moulton Endowment Colleague” and
2.
an income tax deduction, and
3.
the satisfaction of knowing that his or her donation will
never be spent, but the interest and dividends earned on his or
her contribution will support numerous La Canada Kiwanis
charitable causes.
The donation of $500
is to be paid with a personal check written to the La Canada
Kiwanis Foundation with the Ed Moulton Endowment Fund specified
on the lower left. The check is to be given to and recorded by
the Finance and Investment Committee Chairman before the 2 p.m.
deadline on March 25, 2009.
Nick Berkuta
encourages attendees to bring guests who are potential members
to the meeting as growing membership is a Kiwanis goal.
Pat Flynn reminded
members that volunteers are needed for the Children’s Literacy
Project at the Union Street Elementary School each Thursday.
Volunteers meet for carpooling at the Descanso parking lot at 10
a.m.
Pat Anderson
announced the March Mechanical Mixer will be held at La Canada
Auto Repair on March 19th from 5:30 to 7:30 with a
Mexican fiesta theme. Pat also discussed Fiesta Days activities
that are scheduled for the Memorial Day weekend.
Mike Leininger
reiterated the need for volunteers for the upcoming Servathon
Project to clean up the La Canada High School on Saturday, March
28th from 8 to noon. Please let Mike know if you can
volunteer so that he can record service hours. Also, drivers
and vehicles with trailer hitches are needed at the Soap Box
Derby, scheduled for May 30-31, to tow race cars up the hill.
If you can help, please contact Mike.
Diane Dellavalle
announced that the officers nominating committee meets after
today’s meeting.
HAPPY & SAD BUCKS
Fred Schooley gave 1 happy buck for Nick Berkuta donating $500
to the Ed Moulton Endowment Fund. An anonymous donor will match
Nick’s donation and he will become an Ed Moulton Endowment
Colleague.
Jack Dawson gave 2
happy bucks – one for Tom Slaughter leading him toward the 21st
century of home computer technology and one for Rion Zimmerman
making significant progress to alleviate his chronic back ache
after only two treatments.
Tom Burrows gave 5
happy bucks for the success of the Trojan basketball team.
Pat Hutchins gave 1
happy buck for the La Canada Valley Beautiful Spring Garden
Tour, scheduled on Sunday, April 26th, from 1 to 4
p.m. ($10 admission). Pat is also selling See’s Candy
certificates for $13 to support the La Canada Tournament of
Roses.
Ellie Wildermuth
gave 1 happy buck hoping that the Ohio State basketball team
goes all the way in the March Madness competition.
Mary Gant gave 5
happy bucks, which she found at the gas station; however, she is
in the hole since she was fined for not shaking hands with the
secret greeter, Paulette Keating.
Windy Smith gave 1
happy buck for Diane showing up at the meeting and 1 for her
wonderful husband, Jim, who also attended.
Elizabeth Georgeon
gave 1 happy buck for UC Berkeley’s success in the March Madness
Tournament.
Linda Magarian
acknowledged new member Rion Zimmerman for bringing a guest to
last week’s meeting.
PROGRAM
Richard Slavett
Nick Berkuta
introduced Kiwanis Division 3 Lieutenant Governor Richard
Slavett. Richard was first introduced to Kiwanis in high school
and became president of the Glendale High School Key Club.
While attending Glendale College, he became the Charter
President of the Circle K Club. He is also a graduate of USC.
He joined the Kiwanis Club of Glendale in 1982 and was Club
President in 2004-2005.
In addition to
providing his personal account as a survivor of the Metrolink
train crash, Richard also provided insight into his role as a
Kiwanis leader. He discussed the goals of the Cal-Nev-Ha
District Governor, Dan Connolly, specifically, team work,
generating enthusiasm, taking action, increasing membership, and
giving support to all Kiwanis organizations and the foundation.
He stressed that nothing is impossible, if we put our minds to
it.
In his talk, “Story
of Survival,” Richard described the events leading up to his
decision to take an early train home on the afternoon of
September 12, 2008. This was the ill-fated Metrolink train that
crashed with a Union Pacific freight train leaving 25 dead and
135 injured, 40 of them critically. Richard described his own
emotional response to the devastation, the heroic actions of the
emergency response teams who performed the grueling work of
extracting the dead and injured from the tangled mountain of
steel, and his life changing response to these events.
Fortunately, Richard’s physical injuries from the accident are
healing well.
FACTS AND
FICTION
Music: Tom
Burrows
Fines:
For those
not wearing their Kiwanis pin.
Fifty-Fifty
Drawing:
Starr Frazier, guest of Pat Anderson.
Master of the Cash Box: Bryan Schwartz
Secret Greeter:
Paulette Keating
This Week's
Reporter: Cory Stevens
This Week's
Photographers: Paul Westmoreland
Webmaster and
Coordinator: Jeb Long
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