OPENING:
Although many were still relishing the delicious salmon
lunch, Pres Jim Ackland rang the bell to start the meeting
shortly after
12:30 p.m.
Frosty Boyd
was our choir master and Ed Moulton played the piano while
we sang America the Beautiful.
Frank Ragazzi led the flag salute; Don Davidson
gave the invocation.
INDUCTION
OF NEW MEMBER:
Although Harriet Hammons has attended many Kiwanis
events over the years as a spouse and guest, she made the final
commitment today and joined our ranks.
Howard Backer was her sponsor, and Paul
Westmoreland handled the formal induction.
Harriet just retired from a lifetime teaching
career, so she will have plenty of time to get involved.
Don’t think that Harriet is a newcomer to
volunteerism, though. She
has been very involved in scouting for 25 years and is an active
member of the
Methodist
Church
. Harriet has
a son, daughter, son-in-law and very young grandchild.
I bet she does some non-profit volunteer babysitting, too.
Paul
Westmoreland, Harriet Hammons, and Howard Backer
GUESTS:
Mark Alexander introduced
sheriff’s deputy Charles Deacon from the CV station;
Charles was accompanying our program speaker.
Pat Anderson introduced her two Chamber of Commerce
staff assistants, Wendy Gaynor and Stephanie Levy.
Joel Smith introduced his wife, Nana.
Patsy Christensen asked us to greet Anna Ghermezian and
make a good impression on her.
Anna is the owner of Pzzaz and Patsy is
encouraging her to consider becoming a member.
Pres Jim introduced our Kiwanis Division Lt.
Governor, Joe Thompson. Joe
had just returned from the Kiwanis District Convention in
Las Vegas
, and Howard Backer announced that Joe was one of
only six Super Distinguished Lt. Governors (out of approximately
35 in the CalNevHa District).
It was a great convention attended by 2,400 Kiwanians from
Hawaii
,
California
and
Nevada
– including Howard Backer and Melinda Thompson from
our own club. Joe encouraged
all members of the club to attend the DCM (Division Council
Meeting) at
Verdugo
Hills
Hospital
next Monday evening. Paul
Westmoreland introduced Bruce Campbell from the
NewsPress. We sang Hi
Neighbor to welcome everyone.
HAPPY/SAD
BUCKS: :
Violet Ragazzi was marketing our
Kiwanis Travelogue tickets at another event and missed our meeting
today (good hustle, Violet!); Frank Ragazzi gave sad
bucks for her reaction when she finds out she missed one of her
favorite foods – salmon – at lunch today; it was delectable!
Pres Jim asked Frank about the rumor that he
does 180 pushups every day. Frank
said it wasn’t as impressive as it sounds, since he ONLY
does the pushups in sets of 30!
He started this routine in the Army and has never stopped.
Harriet has a birthday tomorrow, followed a few days
later by a big retirement party at The Castaway in
Burbank
. Joel Smith had
happy bucks because he is retiring from JPL after 35 years; Nana
had some sad bucks because Joel is retiring (marriage
for better or worse but not for lunch).
Mary Gant gave $5 for the complimentary full page ad
in the Outlook for our Wine and Gourmet Food Tasting
event. She was
very careful to make sure our guest from the NewsPress saw
the ad and heard the part about “complimentary.”
Paul spent the weekend at the Pageant of Masters
in
Laguna Beach
, which was worth several happy bucks.
GENERAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Our
Club Standing Rules are being revised and clarified; contact
Clyde
if you are interested in reviewing or commenting on the
changes. Karl
Johnson reminded us to keep saving aluminum pull tabs, printer
cartridges, eye glasses, and newspapers.
Karl Johnson also was soliciting business ads from
our club members for the Wine and Gourmet Food Tasting booklet,
which every attendee at the event will receive.
Diane DellaValle announced it wasn’t to late to
sign up for the Summer Social on August 22; there are
already 64 club members and guests on the list.
Bachy put in a good word for Children’s Hospital
and requested we stuff a few bucks in the collection tubs on our
tables.
FROSTY’S
SLA UPDATE: Dick
DeGrey is continuing to improve and
continues to walk outdoors when it is not too hot.
Unfortunatley, Shirley is about the same and is
still in the hospital. Frosty
also talked to Pat Flynn.
Pat’s wife, Judy, has been quite ill, but Pat
was happy that she was “doing pretty well.”
We miss you, Dick, Shirley and Pat!!!
FROSTY’S
CHALLENGE: No one
was up to the challenge, so Frosty won the bag of peanuts
for a joke about someone whose ancestors were half male and half
female.
PROGRAM:
Our program chair, Ed Moulton,
introduced deputy sheriff, Cole Speer, who is in charge of
Crime Prevention at the CV station.
Cole spoke about Identity Theft and gave
everyone lots of good suggestions.
He had plenty of examples to illustrate how identity theft
can occur, and his dry sense of humor kept us laughing –
although we were often slow to “get it.”
Guest
Speaker, Cole Spear
50/50
DRAWING: Frosty was
the winner of the drawing.
CLOSING:
After Pres Jim gave Deputy
Speer a Kiwanis mug as thanks for being our speaker, we closed
with a song.
UPCOMING
WEDNESDAY PROGRAMS:
-
August
18 MUSIC
- Excerpts from Annie Get Your Gun
-
August
25 TEACHERS
- Apples for Teachers
-
Sept.
1
POLITICS - Harry Jacobs,
California
Election Board
Precinct Workers – A Fund Raiser!
-
Sept.
8
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL – Elizabeth Bachmayer
-
Sept.
15
FOUNDATIONS – Gene
Stoeckly, La
Canada
Scholarship Foundation
-
Funding
for the Future
-
Sept.
22
SWAN SONG by
President Jim Ackland
-
Sept.
29
INSTALLATION BANQUET – Evening
Meeting
-
Induction
of Club Officers and Board Members for 2004-2005
OTHER
SPECIAL KIWANIS DATES:
