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Wednesday, August
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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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August 12, 2009
Louise Ghandi
Verdugo Young Musicians
Association
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @
VanDeKamp Hall, Descanso Gardens
August 19, 2009
Skip Boyd, Rion Zimmerman, Jim
Philips
Craft Talks
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @
VanDeKamp Hall , Descanso
Gardens
August 26, 2009
Jim Stratton
“Apple For The Teacher Day”
Wednesday Lunch Meeting@
VanDeKamp 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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the long term calendar
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WEEKLY MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
MUSIC
Tom Burrows
on piano. Ed Moulton started us off with “God Bless
America”. We had ourselves some interclubs from Key Club,
Glendale and La Crescenta-Montrose and two rousing renditions of
“High Neighbor” were thus called for. Closed out with Ed once
again leading us this time to “Hail Kiwanis”.
OPENING
Carl Christensen
was away and thus the illustrious Nick Berkuta held the
gavel.
Daryal Gant
gave us an
invocation that spoke highly of the golden rule, “do unto others
as you would have them do unto you.” Great men of the past
such as Abraham Lincoln and John Wesley spoke of the power of
helping others and that it is a calling that must be heeded.
“Life is what happens while making plans.” “Humans tend to make
life complicated.”
Special guest for this meeting is the presence of our Lt.
Governor, Richard
Slavett
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Daryal and Richard
Slavett
ANNOUNCEMENTS
District magazine highlights our soap box derby with a great
photo.
Mary Gant
reminds members of our upcoming Wine and Gourmet Food event
where a silent auction is also taking place. Linda Magarian
was pressed into service to model a silver piece of jewelry that
is part of the auction.
Mary and Linda
Linda Magarian
tells us of the next Happy Hour function to take place a the
home of Wendy and Jim Smith on August 21st. It is a
pot luck of sorts.
Reissuing of Blue Books so if you need to update your
information please do so sooner rather than later.
Howard Backer
reminds all to make a donation to the Kiwanis Doctors program.
Today is especially significant as our guest represents the
Kiwanis Doctors.
Diane DellaValle
reminds of the upcoming Installation Dinner.
Harry Hull,
past lt. governor, presents our club with a certificate and
patch designating Kiwanis Club of La Cañada, “A Distinguished
Club”. Nick Berkuta is himself honored as a
“Distinguished Kiwanian”.
Dick DeGray
and Hal Thomas are reported to be ailing.
GUESTS
Al Restivo:
Nick Koeppen
Harriet:
Darlene Hoops
Pat Anderson:
Assistants Starr Frazier and June Beamer
Emilita:
St. Francis grads Jose, Rob Allman
Rod and Kathy Allman
Bill:
Jack Baghum
Jack Baghum
Interclubs
represented: Glendale, La Crescenta-Montrose
Skip Neville and Pat Lidell
HAPPY & SAD BUCKS
Daryal Gant
and Clyde Hemphill throw happy and sad bucks into the
coffers over a dispute as to who sponsored Clyde.
Al Restivo
has happy bucks for his guest Nick Koppen who is a
candidate for LCUSD School Board.
Emilita
has sad bucks on the passing of Corazon Aquino, former
president of Philippines. Happy bucks though for the freeing of
the American reporters captured by North Korea.
Harriet
notes National Night Out.
Howard Backer
gives 20 super happy bucks for the Doctor program.
Ellie Wildermuth
gives happy bucks as she spent 8 days with her granddaughter.
Tom Slaughter
showed pictures of a Kiwanis club thrift shop in Washington
state while on vacation.
THE PROGRAM
Bob Ericson, Dr Thorpe, and Wendy Smith
Bob Erickson
introduces us to Dr. Andrea Thorpe, Pediatrics of Loma
Linda Hospital. She is the Asst. Program
Director for Kiwanis Doctors. Emergency Pediatrics is the
focus. Dr. Thorpe expresses her excitement at her involvement
with the program. Just this past month the Kiwanis Doctors have
graduated themselves a second doctor from the program, Dr.
Timothy Young on July 1st. The program is one to
build upon success where graduates can lead new entrants to
their own completion. July is a month of change. Residences
start and end. Where just a month ago a protégé is under a wing
of a senior, now they are put in full responsibility. Dr.
Thorpe tells of the story of how children as patients are a
different read than adults. One child in particular was a
challenge for a less than seasoned doctor and could not
ascertain the exact location of an injury. Dr. Thorpe noted the
patient’s fascination with Disney characters as evidenced by her
clothing. Once a connection was established she was able to
gain the trust and establish a dialogue with her patient to
where she correctly diagnosed injury as being to her foot.
Emergency care is not only a concern for adults but also for
children. Heart-wrenching stories are a common occurrence. One
was of a distraught mother who had accidentally run over her 22
month old child. Fortunately the injuries were not as
devastating as initially believed. The professionals at Loma
Linda did their job with much care for the patient’s well-being
and that of the mother’s. The program is demonstrating a great
return from the investment on the part of Kiwanis. Bold efforts
have yield bold results. And yes they continue to look into
bringing into the fold more members but they want quality not
quantity. A passion on the part of the applicants is a must as
they have had to pass on a couple of final applicants that
otherwise would have qualified. Rather they waited for the next
season. Dr. Thorpe believes she has found one in this season’s
pool of applicants.
Dr Andrea Thorp, MD
OTHER STUFF
Winner of the 50/50
Drawing: Diane DellaValle
Secret Greeter:
Jack Dawson
Master of the Cash
Box: Mary Ann Berkuta
This Week's
Reporter: Brian Fuller
This Week's
Photographer: Wendy Smith
Webmaster,
Newsletter Reporter/Coordinator: Jeb Long
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