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The La Kawañian

The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada’s Weekly Newsletter

Melinda Thompson, Editor

 

The La Kiwanian

Wednesday, January 26, 2005

 

COMING UP NEXT:

 

COMING UP NEXT:

                                                                                                               

Feb 2 

THE BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE  -  Jim Knisely

Wednesday – Lunch Meeting at Descanso

 

 

Feb 3  

BOARD MEETING  -  Kiwanis Club and Foundation

Thursday at 7:00 p.m., La Cañada CitiBank

 

 

 

Feb 8 

LCF CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES FORUM

Tuesday Evening

 

 

 

Feb 9 

ROSE QUEEN AND COURT

Wednesday – Lunch Meeting at Descanso

 

 

 

Feb 12  

KIWANIS CAL-NEV-HA MID YEAR CONFERENCE

Saturday – Riverside

 

 

 

 
The Prez sez . . .

 

*      Kiwanis Family Day at the Races will be a one of-a-kind event!  Valet parking, paddock tour, backside tour, private club Plaza Room with our own buffet, wet bar, tellers and private handicappers.  Five of our Club Members have already signed up.  Join the fun!  Sign up with Howard Backer.

 

*    Plan on attending our Board Meeting next Thursday evening.  Committee Chairs are strongly encouraged to attend.  (The Prez intends to end the meeting at 8:30 p.m.  His new system worked quite well last month.)

 

 

*      Plan on attending the LCF City Council Candidates Forum on Tuesday, February 8.  Our Club is one of the sponsors of the event.

 

*      Kiwanis Bucks are available from Howard Backer.  These are $2 bills and can be used for Happy or Sad Bucks.  (Our Club Members in the 1950s were giving Happy/Sad Bucks.  This is a small attempt to offset the inflation gap.)

 

*       A week or two ago Jack Dawson suggested we consider contributing to a recovery effort in the La Conchita mudslide area.  We checked with the Ventura Kiwanis Clubs and found out they did not have any special activity set up to provide assistance. 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1 -  Al Restivo needs volunteers for the invocations.  The sign-up sheet is on the back table.

 

 

2 -  Paul Westmoreland announced an InterClub with the Glendale Club on Friday, February 18 at noon.

 

 

3  -  Ken Lowe reported there will be a LCHS Key Club fundraiser at Round Table Pizza on Wednesday evening, February 2 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

 

 

4  -  Ed Moulton is looking for good Kiwanian TALENT for our Talent Show on March 30, but he will settle for questionable talent.

 

5  -  Bob Wallace reminded us that Membership Matters (the M&Ms were on the table), and we all need to be scouting for new members and bringing those potential members to our Wednesday meetings as guests.  Turn the M&M upside down, and you get Willing Workers!

 

 

6 -  Bachy Bachmayer  reminds us to contribute to the Childrens' Hospital

 

 

 7. Bill Watts announces that Super Bowl Pool is a fun fundraiser, so buy a $5 square or two if you haven’t done so already.  Our Foundation will get 50%.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROSTY’S SLA REPORT

Dick DeGrey is feeling much better and would love a phone call.  Of course, timing is everything – so call late in the morning or later in the afternoon.  Theo Abelmann is recovering from her bad fall and also enjoys our phone calls.  Doris Horwith recovered very quickly from her gall bladder surgery several weeks ago and was back to work in three days.

 

 

THE PROGRAM

Vic Legerton is the current president of the Glendale Kiwanis Club and had been one of our Kiwanis Lt. Governors.  He has worked hard to upgrade our Kiwanis use of the internet.  The internet saves a lot of mailing costs and is also the fastest and easiest way to communicate and share information.  Vic believes their Glendale Club’s upgraded website helped attract fifteen of their recent new members!  He believes using the internet can really reduce the administrative duties in a club and allow much more real time for the volunteer work we do so well.  Vic invited us to attend their Glendale Club’s Friday meeting  on February 4th; their speaker will be Larry Wilde who has written and published 55 books on humor.

 

 

Guest Speaker Lt Gov. Vic Legerton demonstrating
 how to connect lap top to the projection TV

 

 

HAPPY & SAD BUCKS

 

President with his reward purse

 

Mark Alexander … Happy  because USC won it’s 11th National Championship.  Mark gave $12 – one for each Championship so far and one for next year’s  National Championship.

Prez Daryal … Happy because UCLA shared the National Championship in 1954.  The Prez put a Kiwanis $2 Buck in the Cash Box

Paul Westmoreland … Happy that Mark Alexander and his permanent badge were both at the meeting on the same day.

Pat Anderson … Happy that Mark Alexander finally got his permanent badge, and Sad because

 Johnny Carson died.

Jack Dawson … Happy and impressed that our LCF City government responded within five minutes to a dangerous situation in the city on two different occasions last week.

Glen Pettit … Happy to the tune of $5 because he had a physical and the report was … he should be

around for at least another year.

Ed Moulton  … Happy  for the good publicity and good picture of  the Prez on the front page of the Valley Sun last week.  In fact Ed was really happy and gave $100 Happy Bucks.

Howard Backer  … Happy for his marriage to Rhoda  and contributed $75 Happy Bucks.

Frank Ragazzi  … Happy because we had a great turnout at the Travel Adventure on Saturday night.

Jim Reynolds  … Sad because the Prez keeps hassling him about sitting at the same seat/table every

week. 

 

FACTS AND FICTION

Music:  We missed Martha Crockett’s music, but Ed Moulton lead This Is My Country , Hi Neighbor and  …  the last song in the songbook instead of Hail Kiwanis.

Opening: Our program speaker, Vic Legerton, led the flag salute and Al Restivo gave the invocation.

Guests:  George Lutes introduced another JPLer, Shiela Chatterjee.

We’ve Missed You and We’re Glad To See You:  Mark Alexander

Master of the Cash Box:  Paul Westmoreland

Anniversaries:  Don Corbett finally acknowledged his anniversary and joined the Century Club to celebrate 15 happy years.

Fines:  the Secret Greeter was Bob Martin

Jelly Roll Revelation:  Jelly Roll recommended Jack Dawson support the Children of the World by chipping in $20 in honor of Scotland’s Bobby Burns.

Frosty’s Challenge:  George Lutes, Elizabeth Calcianno, and Bill Watts all took up the challenge.

Knock Knock Joke:  The Prez offered an Iraq  KKJ.  There was a lack of consensus on “thumbs up.”

Fifty-Fifty Drawing:  Clyde Hemphill thought he won, but he was looking at Joel Smith’s ticket.

Presentations:  Mark Alexander received his permanent badge from Bob Wallace.

 

OFFICERS for 2004-2005

Daryal Gant, President     Paul Westmoreland, President-Elect      Frank Ragazzi, Vice President

Bill Scherkey, Secretary     Howard Backer, Treasurer     Jim Ackland, Immediate Past President

 

DIRECTORS for 2004-2005

Carl Christensen, Diane DellaValle, Clyde Hemphill, Jeb Long, George Lutes, Bob Martin,

Melinda Thompson, Bill Watts, Lloyd Welch

 

CLUB COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN for 2004-2005

Attendance – George Lutes,  Finance & Investment – Open,  Hospitality & Welfare – Frosty Boyd, House – Mel Wilson,  Interclubs – Paul Westmoreland,  Membership – Bob Wallace,  Music – Ed Moulton,  Newsletter – Melinda Thompson,  Parliamentarian – Clyde Hemphill,  Programs – Frank Ragazzi,  Publicity – Diane DellaValle,  Social – Harriet Hammons,  Web-site – Jeb Long

 

FOUNDATION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN for 2004-2005

Community Services – Carl Christensen and Mike Leininger,  Fund Raising – Sylvia Kirkorian,

Human and Spiritual Values – Al Restivo,  International Understanding – Hal Crockett,

Soap Box Derby – Joel Smith,  Sponsored Youth:  LCHS Key Club – Ken Lowe,  Flintridge Prep Key Club – Joan Peters,  Builders Club – Open,  K-Kids – George Lutes,  Terrific Kids – Open,  Travel Adventures – Frank & Vi Ragazzi,  Wine and Gourmet Food Tasting – Don Corbett and Joan Peters, Youth Services – Bachy Bachmayer

 

The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada meets every Wednesday at Noon

Van de Kamp Hall in Descanso Gardens – 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada, CA  91011

P.O. Box 33, La Cañada, CA  91012

Website:  http://lacanadakiwanis.org

 

 

LONG-TERM CALENDAR

  • Feb. 2 Wed. Lunch Meeting -  Battle of Chancellorsville  -  Jim Knisely

  • Feb. 3                   Thur. Evening  -  Board Meeting

  • Feb. 8                   Tues. Evening  -  LCF City Council Candidates Forum

  • Feb. 9                   Wed. Lunch Meeting -  Rose Queen and Court

  • Feb. 12       Sat. Evening  -  Travel Adventure – Exploring the Ancient Southwest

  • Feb. 16       Wed. Lunch Meeting –  Flintridge Key Club

  • Feb. 21       Mon.  Noon  -  Kiwanis Family Day at the Races

  • Feb. 23       Wed. Lunch Meeting –  Jagun Country  -  Jack Dawson and Bob Martin

  • Mar. 2                   Wed. Lunch Meeting -  Highway Signs  -  Ed Kline

  • Mar. 3                   Thur. Evening  -  Board Meeting  - 

  • Mar. 9                   Wed. Lunch Meeting  -  Griffith Park Observatory  -  Mark Pine

  • Mar. 16       Wed. Lunch Meeting – The River Project - Melanie Winter

 
 

Van de Kamp Hall in Descanso Gardens – 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada, CA  91011

P.O. Box 33, La Cañada, CA  91012

 

 

 

 


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