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Wednesday, June
24, 2009 |
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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
1, 2009
Special Guest Day - So Bring a
Guest for this Interesting
Program
Midnight Mission - Ana Salazar
(tour of Mission at 2:30)
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall, Descanso Gardens
July
8,
2009
Capt. Dave Silversparre -Sheriff
Dept - "Keeping La Canada Safe"
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall, Descanso Gardens
July 9, 2009
Kiwanis Board Meeting, 7:00 PM,
LCF Community Center
July
15, 2009
Barbara Swartz - Balanced Brain
Body Health
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall, Descanso Gardens
July 22, 2009 and July 29, 2009
Nick Berkuta -"All You Wanted To
Know About Our Clubs
Committees or How Does Our Club
Do it"?
JUNE 25-29
Kiwanis International
Convention, Nashville
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall, Descanso Gardens
JULY 26, 2009
SUMMER SOCIAL
5:00 PM at the home of Daryal
and Mary Gant
2425 Cross Street, La Crescenta
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
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WEEKLY MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
MUSIC
While Tom Burroughs was
providing the lovely background music before lunch, one piece
inspired Wendy Smith and Harriet Hammons and the
two of them briefly broke into song. Ed Moulton led the
singing. We started the meeting with God Bless America
and ended the meeting with America the Beautiful.
OPENING
Paul Westmoreland
opened the meeting today,
filling in for our club officers who were on their way to the
International Kiwanis Convention in Nashville. Past Prez
Paul hasn't lost his touch, and the meeting proceeded
without a hitch. Paul asked Eagle Scout Dan Warren
to lead the flag salute and Bill Scherkey gave the
invocation.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Next Wednesday
will be SPECIAL GUEST DAY. Linda Magarian encouraged
each of us to bring a guest to hear the interesting program
about Midnight Mission. Linda will need
to give our caterer, Patina, a head count on Monday morning, so
please send Linda an email by Monday morning to let her
know how many guests you are bringing. (Linda's son is
getting married this weekend, so don't try to call her!)
Ø
Jennifer Berger
alerted us to an upcoming meeting at
Verdugo
Hills Hospital focusing on
resources for students leaving for college and their parents.
Call Jennifer for details: 818-952-2226.
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The 2009-2010
Travel Adventure films have been scheduled, and Jim
Ackland let us know more information will be available soon.
Ø
Frosty Boyd
gave his SLA report.
GUESTS
Bill Hackett
joined us again. He was
representing Anthony
Portantino in two
roles today - as his Assembly Field Representative and also as
pseudo dad. Anthony's
daughter,
Sofia,
was one of our Girl Scout Gold Awardee guests today.
HAPPY & SAD BUCKS
·
Cory Stevens
had a Happy Buck for
Linda Magarian because Linda's son is getting
married this weekend.
·
Mark Alexander
announced the LCF
City Council completed the budget hearings and adopted a
balanced budget. Definitely worth a Happy Buck to Mark.
·
Pat Anderson
gave a Happy Buck in
honor of the excellent work being done by Mark Alexander
and the City Council.
·
Jack Dawson
used his Happy Buck
as an excuse to suggest that Mark Alexander should run
for governor.
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
 Paul
accused George Lutes of
having a birthday, but George responded that someone
should be fined for giving Paul that misinformation.
Actually, George celebrated his anniversary this month.
Then Pat Flynn offered
that he did have a birthday this month - even if that info
wasn't given to Paul. In spite of the oversight, Pat
joined the Century Club.
TERRIFIC KIDS
Tom Slaughter
helped us celebrate the accomplishments of the four Terrific
Kids who joined us today from Palm Crest. These sixth graders
were selected by their teachers for their Terrific
self-discipline, cooperation, and community spirit. The four
boys had a chance to introduce their parents, and then Tom
provided special details.
v
Jared Garcia
enjoys
school and working with his classmates and teachers. He likes
all subjects but perhaps likes reading best.
Jared
enjoys music and plays the trumpet in the school band. He
enjoys playing soccer at Y Camp and is working out in
wrestling. Jared
is a Boy
Scout and is working on his merit badges and wants to be an
Eagle Scout.
v
Albert Han
is working
hard at becoming familiar with
Southern California and improving his English. He enjoys school and his
favorite subject is math. In January he received the Martin
Luther King Jr. Essay Award!
Albert
studied car design at
Pasadena Art
Center. He is fascinated with rock music, plays the piano and
sings. He likes spending time with his classmates and
volunteers to help his teachers.
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Christopher Harb
likes
supporting his schoolmates and is a friend with everyone he
meets. His favorite subjects are science and marine biology.
Christopher
plays football for the Gladiators and has earned a red belt in
Tae-Kwon-Do.
v
Josh Cabello's
favorite subject is math, but he also enjoys art, likes to draw,
and likes to write stories. He enjoys sports - especially track
- and likes to hang out with his friends and help his teachers.
Josh
plans on
running on the Middle School team next year.
v
Olivia Markowitz
was
unable to join us today. However,
Pat Flynn
found out that Olivia
enjoys
reading and helps her teachers and her classmates. She plays
soccer and is a member of the Villa Park AYSO team.
Olivia
"bridged"
with her Girl Scout troop by walking across the Golden Gate
Bridge and is working toward her Silver Award. She plays the
guitar and is a member of the Spartan basketball club.
It was great
to have these Terrific Kids join us for lunch today, and we
applauded their Terrific Parents!
THE
PROGRAM
 Ken Lowe
was the master of ceremonies as
we honored a large group
of Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts today for their special
accomplishments. Each of the Girl Scouts had earned her
Gold Award and all the boys were Eagle Scouts. Girl
Scout leader Christy
Francis presented
our Kiwanis Club with a certificate from the Girl Scouts of
Greater Los Angeles recognizing our
club as a Benefactor of Girl Scouts. Christy
told us there are
over 1,000 Girl Scouts in La Canada and 54 girls earned their
Gold Award this year! Club member
Carlos Cortez
is also the Executive Director
of the San Gabriel Boy Scout Council, and he provided an
overview of local Boy Scout activity and mentioned the San
Gabriel Boy Scout Council will be 90 years old. Twenty boys in
La Canada became Eagle Scouts this year. Club member
Harriet Hammons
is very active in both Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, and she gave
everyone a warm welcome.
Ken
had each Scout explain their
community service project, and the variety of projects was
fascinating and admirable. It was also very interesting to hear
what each Scout felt was their most memorable scouting
activity.
OTHER STUFF
Winner of the 50/50 Drawing:
Chuck Gulick
Secret Greeter: Cory
Stevens
Master of the Cash Box:
Diane Della Valle
This Week's Reporter:
Melinda Thompson
This Week's Photographer:
Wendy Smith
Webmaster, Newsletter
Reporter/Coordinator: Jeb Long
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