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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 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
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MOULTON & TOM BURROUGHS gave rousing renditions of God Bless
America, Hi Neighbor, Welcome Back (to LLOYD WELCH & DORIS
HORWITH) and Hail Kiwanis.
OPENING
 CARL
CHRISTENSEN gave special thanks to WENDY SMITH for
all of her efforts in fundraising for the fire victims.
Happy Anniversary to LLOYD WELCH.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MARY
GANT
announced the Wine & Gourmet Food event this Sunday from 2:00
to 5:00 in Memorial Park. Please come at 8:00 am that morning to
help set up. You will be done between 11:00 – 12:30 so you can
go home and change. This year, there are 24 restaurants
participating and 90 wines and 20 beers. Trader Joe’s donated
non alcoholic beverages and Ralphs donated water.
PAT
FLYNN The
reading program in starting up again at the first of October.
It’s the second grade at Union Elementary School. The first day
is Oct 1st. Meet in the Descanso parking lot at 10:00
am to carpool down to the school.
PAT
ANDERSON 1.
The Chamber Mixer is September 17th from 5:30 – 7:30
at Verdugo Hills Hospital. Attire is Western wear. 2. Saturday,
Sept, 19th from 5:00 – 8:30 is An Evening of
Entertainment at Memorial Park. It is a firefighter benefit. It
is free to attend but donations are accepted. 3. The Play it
Safe Emergency Expo is Saturday, Sept. 26th from
10:00 – 3:00 at Verdugo Hills Hospital.
HOWARD
BACKER asks
that we put dinero in the doctor’s cans on the tables.
MEGAN
NORDVEDT
announced the Electronic Waste collection Event on Sunday, Sept.
27th from 9:00 to 3:00 at the Community Center. They
will take any electronic discards.
BRIAN
FULLER will
be the newest person to coordinate reporters beginning October.
BILL
SHERKEY says
he began with 2000 tickets for the Wine and Gourmet Food event.
He still has some left. If anyone would like more please either
call or email him.
NICK
BERKUTA
passed around a sign-up sheet for the last interclub of the
year. It is for the AM LCF group.
DIANE
DELLA VALLE
reminded us that we are dark on September 30th
because the installation is that night at 6:00 at the Oakmont
Country Club.
WENDY
SMITH asks
that we donate $18 for a turkey (or more!). Our club has
committed to supplying the Midnight Mission with turkeys for
Thanksgiving. We also need 4 corporate sponsors to donate $300
each.
FROSTY
BOYD and the
SLA committee reports everyone is status quo.
GUESTS
MELINDA
THOMPSON—her
business partner, Glen Chafin and Michael Small, the Assistant
VP at Cal National Bank in La Crescenta.
DARYAL
GANT—Boon
Sieng—he will fill out an application. Hooray!!!
BRIAN
FULLER—Carl
Kozlowski who has a talk show on the internet.
AL
RESTIVO—Ernest
Kuppen and Tom Passanisi (if I mis-spell this again, I’m in big
trouble—I know there are watching eyes). Tom is being installed
today as a new member.
Ernest Kuppen and Al
Tom Passanisi and Al
CARL
CHRISTENSEN—Irene
Christensen, his wife.
HAPPY & SAD BUCKS
MARY
GANT--$5
happy bucks for Boon Sieng being here, $1 happy buck for the
UCLA win, and $2 sad bucks for the quarterback’s jaw getting
broken.
AL
RESTIVO--$1
happy buck for being appointed by the Bishop of Peoria.
BRIAN
FULLER--$1
happy buck for the Trojans win and $1 ‘unsure’ buck for having
to go to the Bruin game with a date this week.
HARRIET
HAMMONS--$1
happy buck for Tom joining Kiwanis, she also knows of a guest
house available for rent.
ELLIE
WILDERMUTH--$1
happy buck for her grandson who won President of his student
body and $1 happy buck for Ohio State doing a good job.
PAT
ANDERSON--$1
happy buck for Bill Sherkey.
THE PROGRAM
Joyce Park
BILL
WATTS
introduced the guest speaker, Joyce Park. She is an educational
film maker from India. She tested a new trailer on us. It was
about St. Francis’ life. It was entitled The Battle for
Damietta. It will be aired on PBS.
OTHER STUFF
Winner of the 50/50 Drawing:
BOB
WALLACE
Secret Greeter:
RHODA BACKER
Master of the Cash Box:
NONE
This Week's Reporter:
GIGI
SCHLUETER
This Week's Photographer:
WENDY SMITH
Webmaster, Newsletter Reporter/Coordinator:
Jeb Long
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