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The La Cawañian La Cañada, CA – May 17, 2000 Meghan Serwin, Editor It was a beautiful spring day, almost too pretty to spend indoors. Inez Pickering played what seemed to me to be Andy Williams’ greatest hits (I identified The Shadow of Your Smile and Moon River, which I think was the first song I ever learned all the words to). With a sizeable contingent of Glendale Kiwanians singing heartily along, Ed Moulton led us in a particularly soulful round of America, the Beautiful, which was followed promptly by Phil Hammonds’ moving invocation. Daryal Gant led the flag salute. Our many guests included the above-mentioned Glendale Kiwanians (Richard Dell, Tom Miller, Loren Person Sr., Loren Person Jr., Chuck Moore and Amy Navarette); Key Clubbers Grace Kim and Nikki Arboletta (my apologies to Nikki for my almost-certain misspelling of her name); Descanso’s own Don Graf, from the A.M. club; and Daryal Gant’s colleague and classmate Paul Westmoreland. Announcements, many of them time-sensitive, came from our esteemed leader Jim Reynolds, who held up today’s Foothill Leader to show off the front page coverage our upcoming Soap Box Derby received, and then reminded us of the Board Meeting next Monday, May 22 at 7 p.m. Anthony Portantino reminded us to plunk our cash into the Children’s Hospital buckets (that mysterious $100 was mine, by the way, Anthony). Dick DeGrey sought volunteers to cook and serve hamburgers at our stand in Memorial Park on Memorial Day. Tom Smith had a card circulating for Roger Gurley’s 72nd (or maybe 77th?) wedding anniversary, and also a sign-up sheet for the prayer breakfast at the YMCA this Friday at 7 a.m. Don Graf invited us nooners to join the A.M. club at a taping of The Price is Right next Wednesday (and later agreed to pay $1 per head for those of us who blow off our meeting to go along). Matt Regan had a sign-up for the June 4 Governor’s visit at the Gene Autry Museum (registration for that event begins at 2:30 p.m., with free museum tours available from 3 until 5, a no-host bar from 5 until 8:15, dinner at 6:15, and the program at 7:00). Hizzoner Mr. Reynolds challenged us to exceed the A.M. club’s attendance at that event (they’ve currently got 34 signed up to go, while we’ve only got 25 – unacceptable!), and also asked for donations of old cellular phones to be transformed into emergency devices (dialing 911 only) for at-risk women. Ed Moulton, who apparently is Mr. Soap Box Derby as well as Mr. Kiwanis, is seeking donations of frequent flyer miles to help send our Derby winners to the championship in Akron. Joel Smith, Mr. Soap Box Derby Pro Tem, needs volunteers to staff the Derby events and to transport Derby drivers and their cars back up the hill. Bob Wallace reminded us that there is life after the Derby, which life includes our annual Pet Clinic on June 14. Pat Anderson encouraged us all to attend the June 7 program featuring Chilean Consul General Gonzalo Mendoza. Happy Bucks flowed freely as Jack and Sharin Orr celebrated their return from a wonderful 3-month trip to New Zealand with his-and-hers memberships in the Century Club. Ed Moulton was happy to have the Orrs back (he's tired of picking up their newspapers). Matt Regan celebrated his own trip back east, which included two Yankees games and a stop at Arizona State for his brother’s graduation. Dave Spence was with Harold Arman at Harold’s Older American of the Year shindig last week; Dave said Harold enjoyed some female dancers so much that Dave had to apologize for him. Harold told a different version of this story (he said the dancers, who call themselves the Boogie Woogie Mamas and average 68 years of age, were too far away for him to have enjoyed them in the manner that Dave claims he did), but in the end he and Dave both pledged $1 for each of the 12 afore-mentioned Mamas. Frosty Boyd told a story about a pesky younger brother and a Shriners parade, while Don Graf toasted Albertson’s markets for providing the A.M. club’s soup kitchen detail with a great deal on Easter candy. Our program speaker was our own Sharon Collins, who told us about a organization called Leave a Legacy that encourages charitable contributions in estate planning. I learned a lot, and came home more committed than ever to drawing up a will. Next week: Elizabeth Georgian will do the invocation; Bob Wallace will lead the Flag Salute; Paul Westmoreland and/or his host, Daryal Gant, will sell raffle tickets; and Mike Stokes will continue as sergeant-at-arms. Speaker Gus Gonzales will present a program entitled "Tomorrow May Be Too Late."
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