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Wednesday, April
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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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April 15, 2009
David
Dreier- US House of
Representatives
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall,
Descanso Gardens
April 22, 2009
Debby Lovett on Reverse
Mortgages
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall,
Descanso Gardens
April 29, 2009
Flintridge Prep Key Club
Takeover
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall,
Descanso Gardens
May 6, 2009
La Canadian of the Year
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall,
Descanso Gardens
May 13, 2009
LaCanada High School Key Club
Takeover
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall,
Descanso Gardens
May 7, 2009
Club Board Meeting, LCF
Community Center-
7:00 PM
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.
Click
on the following button to view
the long term calendar
TRAVEL
ADVENTURE
SCHEDULE
April 18 Corscia and the Riviera Stan Walsh
May 16 Cruising Russia Clint Denn
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OPENING
MUSIC
Ed Moulton
led the group is a rousing rendition of “God Bless America” with
Tom Burrows on piano.
OPENING
Brian
Schwartz led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and Cory Stevens
inspired us with a beautiful prayer.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nick Berkuta, interclub chair, announces Congressman David
Dreier will be our guest speaker on April 15.
This is a collaboration with the
La Canada Chamber of Commerce. Please sign up if you plan to
attend.
Pam reminded us of the upcoming Travel Adventure Series on
Corsica & the Riviera on April 18th.
Ed
Moulton was very gracious and thanked everyone for the lunch
last week in his honor.
Diane DellaValle announces the nominating committee meeting
being held today (4/8).
Brian Fuller announces a tea party rally to be held on the steps
of city hall in Pasadena on Saturday, April 11, 12:30pm -2pm.
Guest speakers include Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, former talkshow
host John Zieger, and Brian Fuller himself.
Pam Anderson announced the upcoming mixer on April 16th @ La
Canada Liquor. This is the first time La Canada Liquor is to
host a mixer – please join us!
Linda announced the Kiwanis Club Happy Hour on Friday, 4/17
Ocean View Bar & Grill @ 3826 Ocean View Blvd., Montrose
starting @ 5:00 PM (Happy Hour starts @ 4:00 pm if you would
like to get there early and get happy!).
The Union Street
School reading will be canceled this week for Spring Break. They will be back
on schedule next week.
Frosty Boyd provides us an update on members of our club.
Karl reminded us of the Board Meeting being held tomorrow 4/9 @
the Community Center.
GUESTS
Warren Jacob – guest of Ed Moulton
Tristan Towery guest of Lloyd Welch
Mike Mahoney (a Lion) guest of Nick Berkuta
HAPPY
AND SAD BUCKS
Fred Schooley gave a happy buck for getting a tax refund.
Carl Christensen gave a happy buck
Clyde Hemphill gave a sad buck and announced he will be taking a
3 month leave of absence for personal reasons – we will miss you
Clyde.
Pat Anderson gave 5 happy bucks for the outstanding leadership
of Mayor Olhasso and the La Canada City Council in the wake of
the accident last week and for their tireless efforts to make
our streets safer.
THE PROGRAM
Bill Watts was our Program Chair.
This week we were pleased to welcome back Rody Stephenson. Rody
joined us back in January and gave us a very passionate
presentation on Wagner’s four famous Ring Operas. This week he
was here to give us his views on a very different subject matter
– he told us about the potential role of hydrogen fuel cell
cars.
He
was selected by GM to drive an experimental Equinox for a two
month period for evaluation. He provided the club with his
personal views on the vehicle, hydrogen fuel and the role he
thinks they will play in the future. Overall he has enjoyed
driving the car. It is very “peppy” with good accelerating power
and is fully appointed with all the latest gadgets including On
Star and a navigation system. The downside – not enough fueling
stations available and the range is too short – current range is
about 60 miles. He does believe hydrogen and electric vehicles
are a good policy for the post fossil fuel era.
For more details on the Equinox and how you might be able to
participate in the program, go to chevy.com and click on “Fuel
Solutions.”
OTHER STUFF
Spotlight of the Week: Brian Schwartz
Brian told us of his passion for classic cars, he has never had
a cavity or a broken bone; he had the opportunity to shake the
hand of Ronald Reagan when he was a kid and he enjoys deep sea
fishing. He will save more details for later….
Winner Of 50/50 Drawing: Bill Phillips
Secret Greeter: Pam Furtell
Master Of The Cash Box: Karl Johnson
This Weeks Reporter: Susanne Passantino
These Weeks Photographer: Paul Westmoreland
Webmaster and
Coordinator:
Jeb Long
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