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Wednesday, Sept
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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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September 3, 2009
Kiwanis Board Meeting
LaCanada Community Center, 7:00
PM
September 9, 2009
Jim Phillips
Dancing With The Stars
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @
VanDekamp Hall,
Descanso Gardens
September 16, 2009
Jayasri Majumdar Hart
Producer-Editor Director
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @
VanDekamp Hall,
Descanso Gardens
September 20, 2009
Wine & Gourmet Food
Tasting - Memorial Park
September 23, 2009
Carl Christensen
President’s Swan Song
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @
VanDeKamp Hall @
Descanso Gardens
September 30, 2009
INSTALLATION DINNER
Oakmont Country Club –6:00 PM
(THE CLUB IS DARK AT LUNCHTIME)
October 15, 1, 2009
Sunshine Kids Foundation
Wednesday Lunch Meeting,
VanDeKamp Hall @
Descanso Gardens
TRAVELOGUE SCHEDULE:
October 17, 2009-
Buhtan: The Cloud Kingdom
November 21, 2009 – Crossing the
Mediterranean
February 20, 2010 – Egypt and
the Nile
March 29, 2010 – Inside
Iran
Today
April 17, 2010 – Burma
May 15, 2010 – Great Rocky
Adventure
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
Ed Moulton
led the singing of “God Bless America,” accompanied on the piano
by Tom Burrows.
OPENING
Pres Carl opened the
meeting and introduced
Jim Edwards
to lead the flag salute. Jim also recognized the heroics of the
two fallen fire fighters who parishes in the Station Fire.
Howard Backer
provided the inspiration and gave thanks for the outstanding
community support services during the Station Fire.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Megan Nordvedt
announced that signups for the Community Center Fall Programs
have begun; September 27 is e-Waste Collection Day (bring
unwanted electronic items to the Community Center) and a special
memorial service will be held this Saturday, Sept. 12th at 10am
for the fallen firefighters during the Station Fire at Dodger
Stadium. The Community Center parking lot has been offered as a
place for anyone interested in car-pooling to the event. Please
arrive at 9am to depart at 9:15am.
Howard Backer
reminded members to donate to the Doctors Program (donation cans
on the table).
Both Jim Ackland and Nick Berkuta
encouraged members to support the Travel Adventure Series (see
Upcoming Events above for schedule). Nick also reminded
attendees that the last Inter Club will be at the La Canada A.M.
Kiwanis Installation scheduled for Sept 23, at
7:30 a.m.
Fred Schooley
announced that the Ed Moulton Endowment Fund has reached
$18,875. Seven names are being added to the recognition
plaque. He announced that Karl Johnson has also made a
generous donation of $800, which will be augmented by Fred to
reach the $1,000 mark.
Pat Anderson
announced the following community events: Foothill Community
Business Expo on Wednesday, September 9, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at
the Verdugo Hills Hospital, 4th floor; Chamber Mixer
on Sept 17th 5:30 at the Verdugo Hills Hospital
(western attire); and Pay it Safe, on September 26th,
10 to 3 p.m. The Kiwanians will barbeque hamburgers at the last
event.
Wendy Smith
announced a fund raiser to help victims of the Station Fire will
be held on Saturday, September 12, from 9 to 6, at her home.
Donations are needed. Food and refreshments will be provided.
Wendy
also announced that the new K-Kids will begin in November at the
Community Center. Megan
Nordvedt
and George Lutes are on the sponsoring committee.
Frosty Boyd
provided an updated on the status of Hal Thomas and
Dick DeGrey.
GUESTS
Mark Alexander introduced Kevin Chun, who
performed as Acting City Manager during Mark’s absence, which
coincided with the Station Fire. He also introduced Arabo
Parseghian, a USC graduate, who was recently promoted to the
position of Management Intern.
Jeb
Long introduced his guest, Ben Buttler.
Carl Christensen
introduced his lovely wife, Irene Christensen. Irene’s
induction into Kiwanis will take place in the next few weeks.
Emilita Bituin
introduced her guest, Linda Barry.
Paul Westmoreland
introduced his guest, Elaine Alexander.
Jim Phillips
introduced his wife, Peggy Touchstone.
Carl Christensen
also welcomed Bill Hacket.
To
recognize all guests and visitors, a rousing “Welcome Neighbor”
was lead by Ed Moulton.
HAPPY & SAD BUCKS
Ellie Wildermuth, Melinda Thompson
and Mark
Alexander all gave have bucks.
THE PROGRAM
Jennifer Berger,
who was
sponsored by Nick
Berkuta, gave
a Craft Talk outlining her life history and experiences.
Jennifer moved to Pasadena from Chicago shortly after the
Chicago blizzard of 1980 with her family. She attended Chandler
School and then
Westridge. After
high school graduation, she attended college at Duke University
in North Carolina, where she became an avid basketball fan and
majored in English. She also became a reporter/writer for the
school newspaper and developed an interest in nonprofits after
getting involved with her sorority. She began her nonprofit
career in Washington, D.C., where she worked for five years.
After moving back to
Southern California,
she worked at
USC in
development and attended the
USC School of
Policy, Planning & Development, receiving an
MPA in 2004.
Currently, she is Director of Annual Giving and Special Events
for the
Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation.
Jennifer
is married and has two girls, ages 4 and 7. Her husband, John,
works in Commercial Real Estate. Jennifer and her husband are
very active at Chandler School
and Jennifer also serves in leadership roles with
Kidspace
Children's Museum Circle of Friends. Professionally, Jennifer is active, and
serves on committees, with the
Los
Angeles
chapter of the Association of
Fundraising
Professionals. Jennifer
enjoys volunteering, reading, walking, traveling, book clubs,
and has been known to crash a few cars. Her passion is reading
People Magazine with a nice glass of white wine. She says she
is not “crafty” and, therefore, likes to delegate to others more
talented in this area.
Jennifer received a warm welcome and applause from her fellow
Kiwanians.
Jim Phillips
and Peggy Touchstone’s production of “Dancing with
Kiwanis” was debuted at the meeting and stared
 Jim
Phillips as Host
Jim Bergeron, Mary Gant as Co-Host Samantha Harris-Gant,
Cory Stevens as Judge Cory-Ann Inaba, Paul
Westmoreland as Judge Len Westmoreland, and Bill Scherkey
as Judge Bruno Scherkey. Tom Burrows once again
demonstrated his musical versatility by providing piano
accompaniment to the production.
Megan Nordvedt warmed up the crowd with a rousing “Hokey
Pokey.” The judges scored dance numbers by Gigi and Jim
Schlueter performing the Waltz, Emelita Bituin and
Limwell Tiu performing the Jive, and Nick Berkuta and
DeeGee (Daryal) Gant performing the “Akie Breakie.”
Daryal and Nick
After a critical critique by the judges, the audience awarded
the prize to Emilita and Limwell. The show demonstrated
the fun of belonging to a dance club like the Stardusters. For
more information in becoming a member of Stardusters or
receiving a guest invitation to one of their dances, contact
Gigi and Jim Schlueter.
OTHER STUFF
Winner of the 50/50 Drawing:
Emilita Bituin
Secret
Greeter: Glen Pettit
Master of
the Cash Box: Megan
Nordvedt
This Week's
Reporter: Cory Stevens
This Week's
Photographer: Wendy Smith
Webmaster,
Newsletter Reporter/Coordinator: Jeb Long
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