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The La Kiwanian
The Weekly Bulletin of the
La Cañada Kiwanis Club
On the web (with pictures):
http://lacanadakiwanis.org/news.htm |
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Serving the Children of the
World |
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November 9, 2005 |
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Wednesday |
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Kiwanis is a global
organization of volunteers
dedicated to changing the
world, one child and one
community at a time. |
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The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada meets every Wednesday
at Noon – Visitors Welcome
Van de Kamp Hall in Descanso
Gardens – 1418 Descanso
Drive, La Cañada, CA 91011 |
COMING UP
NEXT:
TRAGEDY
IN GUATEMALA - Don Corbett
Wednesday – Lunch Meeting at
Descanso
TRAVEL
ADVENTURE - Europe’s Alps
Saturday Evening – Flintridge Prep
High School at 7:00 p.m.
OUR KIWANIS DIVISION 3 LT. GOVERNOR
LAUREL PATRIC
Wednesday – Lunch Meeting at
Descanso
CANALS OF
AMERICA - Jack Dawson
Wednesday – Lunch Meeting at
Descanso
BOARD MEETING
Thursday Evening – La Cañada
CitiBank at 7:00 p.m.
HOLIDAY
PARTY
Sunday – 5 p.m. at Madeleines
Restaurant in Pasadena
“A life not lived for others is
not a life.”
John Wooden
The Prez sez . . .
Next week: Flag Salute by Mel
Wilson and Invocation by Diane DellaValle
ANNOUNCEMENTS
* Daryal Gant
presented the nomination of Mike
Leininger to fill the empty seat
on the Board of Directors. Voting
will be next week.
*
Due to the rain, the lights will be
installed in Glenola Park next
Thursday (11/17) at 9 a.m.
* Pat
Anderson
announced
the upcoming Chamber Mixer on
November 17. It will be held at the
Roger Barkley Community Center in
celebration of the Center’s 12th
Annual Run for the Hungry.
*
Aaron Solomon mentioned the
Health Screening at the Barkley
Center on December 12. Orange
flyers were on the lunch tables.
Screening is available for Carotid
Artery blockage, abdominal aortic
aneurysm, peripheral arterial
disease, and osteoporosis.
*
Steve Hagerty was promoting
the next Kiwanis InterClub that will
be held next Thursday at lunchtime.
This is an InterClub is with our own
LCHS Key Club.
*
Bachy Bachmeyer reminded us
to contribute to the Children’s
Hospital.
*
Harriet Hammons said the
invitations to our Holiday Party
have been delivered. Harriet
needs your RSVP no later than
December 7. The party will be held
on December 11.
FROSTY’S
SLA REPORT
Carl
Christenson’s
mom
passed away, and Carl is in
San Diego. A card for everyone to
sign was on the back Info Table.
Dick DeGrey is having a hard
time getting around and enjoys all
phone calls. Carl Giesecke
still enjoys phone calls in the
afternoon, even though he is really
starting to get mobile now.
SPECIAL
PRESENTATION
Bob Wallace,
chair of Membership Records, was
pleased to present permanent badges
to
Tom Burrows,
Linda Magarian,
and
Aaron Solomon.
Bob
also had a Past President
Kiwanis pin for
Daryal Gant,
who quipped “No one has been looking
forward to this more than me.”
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THE PROGRAM
Our own
Bob Martin helped us
celebrate Armistice Day (and
Veteran’s Day) with a wonderful
presentation on the events of World
War I as illustrated through the
songs of that time. Bob
looked handsome in his wide brimmed
World War I military hat. He had an
entire bulletin board covered with
sheet music from that era and played
excerpts of many of the WWI songs as
he gave us an overview – with many
insights – into the events from 1914
through 1918. Bob’s father
fought in WWI and was very
patriotic. Bob grew up
spending every November 11th
with his dad, watching the local
parade and visiting veterans at the
Veterans Hospital. Each year, in
the evening, his dad would dress up
in his WWI uniform and his mom would
wear a pretty dress; they would roll
up the carpet, put a candle in the
middle of the floor, turn off the
lights, turn the music on, and dance
around the candle. Such a lovely
story! No wonder Bob has so
much enthusiasm for the history of
our country. Thanks, Bob,
for such a great program.
HAPPY & SAD BUCKS
Joel
Petersen …
was very
Happy he was elected to
the LC School Board and thought it
was worth a Century Club. He
admitted he voted for himself but
didn’t know how his wife voted.
Don
Corbett …
offered
two Happy Bucks for
the University of Arizona.
Mary
Gant …
was
Sad about UCLA but $20
Happy over Joel’s
election to the School Board.
Daryal
Gant …
was so
Sad about UCLA football.
Pat
Anderson …
was very
Happy about the School
Board results.
Dave
Spence …
had a
Sad Buck for Daryal
Gant. Something about a
fundraiser they both attended, two
women at Daryal’s knees, and
Daryal didn’t remember a
thing.
Tom
Burrows …
was
excited and Happy to
discover that Bob Martin’s
guest, Professor Paul Hadley,
had been his band instructor at USC.
Harriet
Hammons …
was
thrice Happy. Her
first Happy Buck
was for Joel Peterson’s
election to the School Board. Her
second Happy Buck was
for the help Dave Spence
provided regarding a neighborhood
matter. The third, and biggest
Happy Buck was for her
son, John, who is just
starting an electronics course;
Harriet asked for our good
thoughts and support.
Paul
Westmoreland …
had five
Happy Bucks for the
USC win.
Joel
Peterson …
had
another Happy Buck for
his son’s recent success during a
horse back riding competition; he
won four ribbons. Joel said
his son can’t do anything with a
ball but is poetry in motion on a
horse.
FACTS AND
FICTION
Music:
piano
tunes by Tom Burrows, Ed
Moulton leading This is My
Country, Happy Birthday,
Hi Neighbor and Hail
Kiwanis
Opening:
flag salute by
Harriet Hammons
and inspiration by
Diane DellaValle
Guests: Bob Martin’s
USC professor,
Paul Hadley
and his USC “college friends”
Betty Ho
and
Dr. Val Clark.
Spouses (spice?)
Martha Crockett
and
Marilyn Corbett
also joined us. Ken Lowe had the
President of the LCHS Key Club
introduce the seven other Key Club
members in attendance. The Key Club
recently held a dance at the YMCA to
raise money for the victims of the
Pakistan earthquake. The dance was
a huge success. Key Clubbers from
eight other high schools were
invited, 183 kids showed up, and
they raised almost $1,200! The LCHS
Key Club also provided a lot of help
at the recent Friends of the
Library book sale.
Master of the Cash
Box: Nick Berkuta
Birthdays:
Aaron Solomon had a
birthday on Oct. 17 and contributed
his age plus $4 for a total of $40.
Clyde Hemphill celebrated his
¾ century b.d. and thought that was
worth a Century Club. Mel Wilson
said he had the opportunity to
pay his property tax by reaching
another year of age; he is donating
a $1 for each year – which came
close to a Century Club.
Fines:
It cost
$1 if you weren’t wearing your
Kiwanis pin or didn’t have your
voting stub. Those who voted by
absentee ballot cried foul. An
additional $1 for not shaking the
hand of the secret greeter, new
member Karl La Masa.
Fifty-Fifty Drawing:
Guest Val Clark
OFFICERS for
2005-2006
President – Paul
Westmoreland ~ President-Elect –
Steve Hagerty
Vice President –
Diane DellaValle ~ Secretary –
Bill Scherkey ~ Treasurer – Howard
Backer
Immediate Past
President – Daryal Gant
DIRECTORS for
2005-2006
Nick
Berkuta ~ Carl Christensen ~
Clyde Hemphill ~ Jeb Long ~
George Lutes
Linda Magarian ~
Melinda Thompson ~ Lloyd Welch
CLUB COMMITTEE
CHAIRMEN & ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
for 2005-2006
Attendance – George
Lutes ~ Finance & Investment –
Karl Johnson ~ Historian – Bob
Martin Hospitality & Welfare –
Frosty Boyd ~ House – Mel
Wilson ~ InterClubs – Steve
Hagerty Membership Acquisition and
Retention – Jim Ackland ~
Membership Records – Bob Wallace
Music –
Ed Moulton ~ Newsletter –
Melinda Thompson ~
Parliamentarian – Clyde Hemphill
Programs – Diane
DellaValle ~ Publicity – Open
~ Sick-Lame-Ailing - Frosty Boyd
Social – Harriet
Hammons ~ Spiritual Aims and
Human Understanding – Charles
Broberg
Web-site – Jeb Long
FOUNDATION COMMITTEE
CHAIRMEN for 2005-2006
Children’s Literacy
Project – Harriet Hammons ~
Community Services – Mike Leininger
Fund Raising – Open
~ International Understanding –
Hal Crockett
Soap Box
Derby – Joel Smith ~ Terrific
Kids – Deborah Weirick
Travel Adventures –
Bob Wallace ~ Wine and Gourmet
Food Tasting – Open
Youth Services –
Bachy Bachmayer
- Sponsored Youth -
LCHS Key Club – Ken
Lowe ~ Flintridge Prep Key Club
– Joan Peters ~ Builders Club –
Open
K-Kids – George Lutes
& Steve Hagerty ~ Terrific Kids –
Deborah Weirick and Pat Flynn
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
Nov. 16
Wed. Lunch Meeting - Tragedy in
Guatemala
Nov.
19 Sat. Evening - Travel
Adventure: Europe’s Alps
Nov.
23 Wed. Lunch Meeting -
Kiwanis Division 3 Lt. Gov. Laurel
Patric
Nov.
30 Wed. Lunch Meeting -
Canals of America
Dec.
1 Thu. Evening - Board
Meeting
Dec. 7 Wed. Lunch Meeting
- To Be Announced
Dec.
11 Sun. Evening – Holiday
Party
Dec.
14 Wed. Lunch Meeting - Jazz
from A to Z
Dec.
21 Wed. Lunch Meeting -
Flintridge Prep Girls’ Choir
Dec.
28 Wed. Lunch Meeting -
Craft Talks
Jan.
4 Wed. Lunch Meeting - CV
Sheriffs Captain Tim Peters
Jan.
5 Thu. Evening - Board
Meeting
Jan.
11
Wed.
Lunch Meeting - Marvin of the
Movies (Old Classic Films)
Jan. 18
Wed. Lunch Meeting - Mayor Anthony
Portantino on State of the City
Jan. 25
Wed. Lunch Meeting - The Alex
Theatre
Jan. 28
Sat. Evening - Travel
Adventure: Hawaii Paradise
Feb. 1
Wed. Lunch Meeting - History of
the LCF Chamber of Commerce
Feb. 2
Thu. Evening - Board Meeting
Feb.
11 Sat. Evening - Travel
Adventure: Wine Regions of France
Mar. 25 Sat.
Evening - Travel Adventure:
Natural Wonders of the SE Seabord
Apr.
29 Sat. Evening - Travel
Adventure: Italy
Aug.
30 Wed. Lunch Meeting – Apple
for a Teacher Day
