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Wednesday, November
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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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November 4
Z. Nagin Cox, JPL scientist,
on Mars exploration
Wednesday Lunch Meeting,
VanDeKamp Hall @ Descanso
Gardens
November 11, 2009
Kiwanis Talent Show
Wednesday Lunch Meeting,
VanDeKamp Hall @ Descanso
Gardens
November 18
Linda Greenwood, Verdugo
Hills Hospital Infection Control
Nurse, on H1N1
Wednesday Lunch Meeting,
VanDeKamp Hall @ Descanso
Gardens
November 25
Jason VanderPal, Los Angeles
businessman
Improving your public speaking
style
Wednesday Lunch Meeting,
VanDeKamp Hall @ Descanso
Gardens
TRAVELOGUE SCHEDULE:
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
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the long term calendar
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WEEKLY MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
MUSIC
Ed Moulton
and Tom Burrows opened the meeting with the patriotic
inspiration of “God Bless America”
OPENING
Bill Scherkey
led us in the flag salute and Norm Johnson graced us with
the inspiration. Norm reminded us of the ways we can follow the
golden rule with examples such as “If you open it, close it. If
you turn it on, turn it off. If you break it, fix it. If you
borrow it, return it. If you move it, put it back. And,
finally, if it’s none of your business, don’t ask.”
BIRTHDAYS/ANNIVERSARIES
Clyde Hemphill
joined the century club celebrating a new century himself.
Congratulations, Clyde!
Ed and Connie Moulton
celebrated their wedding anniversary of many, many happy years.
Way to go!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
$1,814.12 to Anna Salazar and Rick Krulish from
the Midnight Mission for over 100 Turkeys for their thanksgiving
dinner for the homeless and in need.
Rrick Krulish and Ana Salazar, Wendy Adare,
Nick Berkuta, and Susan Pasantino
Rick and Anna
Nick Berkuta
gave Kudos to Bob Wallace for the great job he is doing
taking over the Treasurer job. He also gave Kudos to Wendy
Smith for her food for the poor programs.
Wendy and Nick
Paul Westmoreland
announced he had extra member directories available.
Pat Flynn
reminded all of the Union Street reading tomorrow. All are
welcome to attend to help young students learn to read.
Mary Gant
announced an opportunity for Rosebowl parade and game tickets.
Bill Watts
commented on the successful interclub with the Kiwanis AM club
and the need for more people to sign up for the upcoming
Glendale Kiwanis club.
Cory Stevens
reminded all of the upcoming Holiday social. It will be on
Sunday, December 14th, starting at 5:00 pm, at the
Angeles National Golf Course. The La Canada Chorus will be
there to entertain us.
Brian Fuller
asked for volunteers for reporters. December is all open, get
your spot while it’s hot!
Carl Kozlowski invited all to the comedy show at the ice house.
Tickets are $15 at the door and $10 through him.
Rick Krulish let everyone know they can support the
Midnight Mission Family Housing Facility by bowling at the Lucky
Strike Bowling Alley in Torrance this Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00
pm. For more details, go to
www.midnightmission.org.
Tom Burrows
reminded all of the talent show next week. Alert the media and
the Hollywood talent scouts as we are sure to discover America’s
next sensation!
Megan Nordvedt
announced that the Community Center will be having the
Thanksgiving Day Run and Food Drive starting at 6:00 am on
Thanksgiving day in Memorial Park. They are looking for
sponsors and:
Everyone is encouraged to bring a can of food to the next
meeting.
Clyde Hemphill
reminded us to donate to the tub on the tables for the Pediatric
Support.
Susanne Passantino
reminded all of the annual fall cleanup where you can put
anything you want hauled away on your curb on the day of your
normal pickup between November 16th and 20th.
Frosty Boyd’s
SLA Report: Dick Degrey and Hal Thomas are doing
well. Ellie Wildermuth is very grateful for the
outpouring of support over the loss of their house to fire.
They have moved into their new, temporary home.
GUESTS
Brian
Fuller
introduced Carl Kozlowski. Carl was named America’s funniest
reporter.
Paul
Westmoreland introduced Jason Sarendo, the owner of
PrintSmith.
Dr Charles Broberg introduced his pal, best friend, and
wife, Jeanne.
Wendy Alane Smith introduced Anna Salazar and Rick
Krulish from the Midnight Mission.
HAPPY & SAD BUCKS
Jeanne
Broberg
had a happy buck for the new school board.
Paul Westmoreland
had a sad buck for the SC football game. “They played like
UCLA” he commented.
Jeb Long
had a happy buck for University of Texas moving to the number 2
spot with their win over Oklahoma State.
Lloyd Welch
had a sad buck for the ordeal he had to go through to upgrade
his computer to Windows 7.
Al Restivo
had a sad buck. He ran into Tom Passanisi and Pat
Flynn and neither had their Kiwanis pin on.
FROSTY CHALLENGE
Dr. Frosty Boyd:
A woman brings her baby to the Doctor and he says “What a cute
baby!” She says “I bet you say that about all the baby’s you
see.” “No I don’t” says the Doctor. “What do you say when you
see a really ugly one, then?” “I say “He looks just like you.””
Dr. Skip Boyd
told a joke about an ugly baby on a plane. I couldn’t hear the
joke, but the punchline was “.. and give a banana to the
monkey.” Just the punchline alone is worth at least a modest
laugh.
Bill Watts:
An Irishman get’s off the plane and get’s his luggage. He
begins to sob uncontrollably. A flight attendant comes over to
try to comfort him. “What is the matter?” she says. “They
lost my luggage!” he exclaims. “But, sir, your luggage is
right here.” She says. “No, they lost it.. the cork came out.”
The winner was Dr. Frosty Boyd.
THE PROGRAM
Our
program for the meeting was presented by Nagin Cox,
engineer for JPL. She gave a brief overview of NASA and it’s 12
centers around the corner. JPL, it’s La Canada facility, was
private until 1958 when it was turned over to NASA as the center
for robotics.
She then spoke of the various phases of voyages. Phase I is
where the space vehicle takes a brief glimpse of it’s target and
returns. Phase II is where the space vehicle orbits the target
for a period and returns. Phase III is where the space vehicle
takes samples of the target and Phase IV is human exploration.
Much of space exploration has focused on Mars in the quest to
“follow the water”. The big questions are: “Is there water on
Mars?”, “Has there been water on Mars”, and if so, then perhaps
it could have sustained life.
The year 2003 was a significant year for Mars exploration
because Mars was closer to earth than it had been in thousands
of years. Several countries mounted exporation projects to Mars
that year. The United States sent two rovers, “Spirit” and
“Opportunity”. They made their landing early 2004. Both of
these rovers were dropped onto the surface of Mars using giant
airbags. The rovers literally “bounced” off the surface of the
planet over 25 times before coming to a stand-still. One of the
rovers bounced into a crater and into the holy grail. By
landing in a crater with exposed bedrock revealing many layers
of the planet’s surface, they were able to determine that indeed
there was, at one time, water on Mars. The second Rover
confirmed the same.
The next Mars launch is scheduled for 2011 with a projected
landing in 2012.
Nagin Cox closed the presentation with the following quote from
Ralph Waldo Emerson:
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail.” -- -Ralph
Waldo Emerson
Thank you Nagin Cox for a very inspiring view into the
galaxies.
OTHER STUFF
Winner of the 50/50 Drawing: Carl Christensen
Secret Greeter: Jim Reynolds
Master of the Cash Box: Melinda Thompson
This Week's Reporter: Karl Johnson
This Week's Photographer: Al Restivo
Webmaster, Newsletter Reporter/Coordinator: Jeb Long
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