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POGGIO, & KAM WONG D.P.M.’S
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2007 - 2008 OFFICERS
President
THOMAS McGOWAN
Vice President
Karen Nierlich
President
Elect
To be named
Secretary
John Hoagland
Asst. Gary Aguiar
Treasurer
JACK FREETHY/DON FARQUHARSON
Asst: Keith Alm
Sergeant
at Arms
Kevin Stong
Comptroller
CHARLIE WEAVER
Immediate Past President
Gary Aguiar
Senior Advisor to President
Don Farquharson
DIRECTORS
International Service
ERIC HODGE
Community Service
TRACY GILES
Asst: Kathleen Hunt
Vocational Service
MARTY KALISKI
Asst: Gary Buffon
Club Service
JANE DEL SIMONE
Membership Service
ILHAMI KARACA
Bulletin Editor
Gary Buffon
District Governor
Stan Smalley
Rotary International
President
Wilfred
Wilkinson
El Cerrito Rotary
The Wheel
Bulletin Editors: Gary Buffon
Week of Oct 12th
to Oct 18th
(www.rotary5160.org)
www.elcerritorotary.org
Programs/Events
Calendar:
October 18 Stan Smalley – DG will pay his official visit to our club
October 25 Peter O'Hanrahan an Enneagram teacher - a personality profiling process
Nov 1 Bill Soto-Castellanos will speak to us about the SF Seals Baseball League in
the 30's and 40's
Nov 8 TBA
Nov 15 TBA
Dec 14 Our Rotary Holiday party at Salutes –
7p to ?
President Thom
(back at his duty station) welcomed everyone to the friendly El Cerrito
Rotary Club. Charlie led the flag salute
and Don provided a very thoughtful invocation.
President Thom back at his post!
Introduction of
Guests and Visiting Rotarians by Sec Dr. John introduced our visiting
Rotarian from the New Forest Rotary club in England. Our guest today John Charvet was hosted by
Jack who introduced him. John owns the
coin store across from Charlie Weaver’s office.
Announcements:
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Michael D reminded us of the Reno
Fun trip and encouraged us to get the info to him ASAP
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Jane announced our club Christmas
(holiday)party will be on Friday Dec 14th at Salutes in Richmond.
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Karen announced the expansion of
the PR committee. She wants anyone who
is willing to contribute to this committee to spend 30 minutes with her and
learn what happens. Great idea so who is
it going to be?
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Gary B announced the District 5160
Interact Conference will be held November 10th at Liberty
High School in Brentwood. He may need some help from Rotarians to
provide transportation for Interact members.
This is a great opportunity for Rotarians to learn more about what is happening
in the fastest growing segment of Rotary.
Contract Gary with
questions.
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Tracy
gave a report on the community service project for this year. It is to help project STAND which operates
two shelters for battered women. The
largest one is in Contra Costa
County. What our club will do is provide a number of
“Welcome Buckets” which are given to the women when they check into the
facility. They also are given gift
certificates to Target. Our club will
make a contribution for purchasing a number of these. This a great project that will make a big
difference in these women’s lives. It
will also be possible for the Interact Club to assist us in this endeavor.
Happy dollars: Dr. John is happy about Cal Football being #2
in the country. Nobuko is happy about
the fantastic scenery on her autumn tour of New England. Rod is happy about Stanford beating USC in
football and $5 for his jazz group playing at Central Perk on the 14th.
Jack is happy about his newest grandson Jack Freethy. He is not sure of the middle name but he
knows it is not hammer. Gary B is happy
about wife Norma’s Desert Heat Dance Troupe’s fifth annual Desert Dance
festival at the Veterans Hall in El Cerrito
this Saturday night. Jane is Happy about
her son getting married. Tracy
is happy about daughter Sarah being in the production of Annie which will be in
Dec at the CC theatre in El Cerrito. Don is sad about his guest speaker not being
here today but happy the great three week vacation he and Mary had to Granada
and Barbados. Sil is happy to be grandpa for the sixth
time. Kevin is happy he survived the
offloading of the walk in refrigerator for his new restaurant. Karen is happy about the great summer for her
business and the new book that she and Todd have completed and will be offering
for sale. Charlie is happy to be back
and for being able to get around better.
Thom is $5 happy for being ambulatory and back at Rotary (so are we!)
Sgt at Arms: - Kevin
was not on duty today
Today’s Program
Since Don’s guest
speaker was a no show today he had the opportunity to share with us a bit of
his history and experience of Granada and Barbados.
Don’s wife Mary is from Granada. As
many of us remember the US rescued Granada from the clutches of communism in 1983 when
the USSR and Cuba were in the process of turning the island into an airstrip for
re-supplying Angola. The people of Granada remember what the US did and are thankful. This is another of the actions Ronald Regan
took to make the world a better place that many don’t know or lack
understanding of the real facts.
Don explaining
the beauty and reality of Granada
and Barbados
Don shared with us
just how beautiful the island
of Granada is and what a wonderful place it is to
vacation. He also told us about his
experience in 1981 of sailing with friends to the island and seeing first hand
what was happening. Today the island
shows no signs of the 1983 situation.
The main industry of the island is nutmeg trees.
Those of you who
missed this presentation really lost out.
It proves one of the things that Jack Freethy always says: “The best presentations are given by fellow
Rotarians.” In this case that is true
with a lot of exclamation points!!!!
Lottery Winner: Nobuko
had her ticket drawn and selected a
cat’s eye marble for a free lunch. She
also won the basket of goodies. Next
week the drawing will be worth $75.
Interact Corner by
Gary Buffon – Rotary club advisor to Interact:
The October Board meeting is on Saturday and I will give
you an update in the next issue.
Thought for Week:
A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth
you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up. --Winston Churchill