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Wednesday, December
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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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December 13, 2009
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Angeles National Golf Club
December 16, 2009
Judy Reilly – Guide Dogs of
America services
Wednesday Lunch Meeting,
VanDeKamp Hall @ Descanso
Gardens
December 23, 2009
Rose Queen & Court
Wednesday Lunch Meeting,
VanDeKamp Hall @ Descanso
Gardens
December 30, 2009
International President’s
Interclub Luncheon
University Club of Pasadena
(Wednesday Lunch Meeting at
Descanso Gardens is dark)
January 6, 2010
Byron Walls—California Crime
Fight
Wednesday Lunch Meeting,
VanDeKamp Hall @ Descanso
Gardens
TRAVELOGUE SCHEDULE:
January 23, 2010 – Crossing the
Mediterranean
Mary Lee and Sid Nolan
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
Click
on the following button to view
the long term calendar
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WEEKLY MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
MUSIC
To start the meeting, Ed Moulton led the club in “God
Bless America” while Tom Burrows accompanied. At the end
of the meeting, Ed reminded us of all the important service we
provide as a club as we sang “Hail Kiwanis”.
OPENING
Fred
Schooley
led the club in saluting our great flag and Carl Christensen
gave the inspiration drawing from words of wisdom from legendary
coach, John Wooden, who still is with us at 99 years.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Announcements were put off to the following Wednesday as time
was limited.
GUESTS
Gigi
Schlueter
brought her mother-in-law, Lorraine, from South Dakota.
Jennifer
Berger
brought Kevork Aposhian of Estate Jewelry.
Anthony
Portantino
brought his daughter Sophie who completed a quarter
at UCSB.
Dr.
Broberg
brought his wife and his extended family, three generations
deep.
Ken Lowe
and the La Cañada H.S. Key Club were his guests. They include
Esther Hong, Rachel Kim, Kelly Han, Megan Han, Anjali Jane, and
Henry Chung.
Tom
Slaughter
and a slew of Terrific Kids were in attendance: Paul Broberg,
Gianna Caribbio, Deborah Oh, Sean King, and Gabriela “Gabi”
Giancala.
HAPPY & SAD BUCKS
None asked or offered as time was limited.
THE PROGRAM
 Judy
Reilly of Guide Dogs of America was our guest for today. She
brought with her a very special friend, Dibo. Dibo is a soon to
be four month old purebred Labrador Retriever. One unique trait
of Dibo is his rather rare color. Most people are familiar with
the yellow, black, chocolate, and perhaps silver coats but Dibo
is a brindle. Yes, he is black and tan much like that of a
German Shepherd or Rottweiler. One out of 500,000 Labs exhibit
this color. While Dibo was enjoying his bone,
 Judy
told us of what
she and
Guide Dogs of America are all about. First of all, Guide Dogs
of America does not take any public funds whatsoever. It is all
private donations. It is amazing in light of the fact that
training each dog runs approximately $38,000. And that is in
the scope that only 40% of dogs become fully qualified guide
dogs to the blind. But the training is not only for the dogs
but for the people who will benefit greatly from these wonderful
assistants. People who have been accepted into the program will
spend 28 days at Guide Dogs of America’s facilities in San
Fernando Valley to get to know how to work with their future
partners. Dibo is on his way to
 becoming
such a partner. Judy first has to get Dibo to be a properly
trained dog in the first place. Once he has been able to
accomplish that task he is then sent off to the handlers at
Guide Dogs of America. Now if he is unable to handle it he will
be returned to Judy if she wishes to adopt him. There after he
is available for adoption to folks who have put down $450 to
come home with a fully trained dog. You may have to wait though
as it is a seven year waiting list. But perhaps you wish to
express your support by naming one of the dogs. In fact Dibo is
one such dog. The Dibonetto family lost a young son this year
affectionately known as Dibo. Dibo lives on with a guide dog
sporting the Guide Dogs of America cape. One of our more
popular guests, Dibo, was a good sport entertaining photos and
oohs and aahs from the Key Club of La Canada High School. We
thank Judy Reilly and present to her a Kiwanis coffee mug for
coming to our meeting and introducing us to wonderful Dibo.
OTHER STUFF
Winner of the 50/50 Drawing: Nay Leuk
Secret
Greeter: none due to time
Master of
the Cash Box: none due to time
This Week's
Reporter: Brian Fuller
This Week's
Photographer: Melinda Thompson
Webmaster:
Jeb Long
Newsletter
Reporter/Coordinator: Brian Fuller
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