Kiwanis Kronicle - Rancho Murieta Kiwanis

Kiwanis Kronicle
Rancho Murieta, California
Published by the Kiwanis Club of Rancho Murieta, Inc.
Volume 14 Number 5
Super Bowl Edition
Inside this issue
Who attends what
2
Women in Kiwanis
11
From Ukraine with love
25
Kiwanis Cuisine
26
Kiwanis Kalendar
27
Mar 7
By
Ginny Macko
vs.
Bev Powell
Mar 9
Bobbie Fite
Mar 11
Phil Fitch
Mar 22
Mary Carbrey
Mar 23
Teresa Field
Mar 28
Thomas Eaton (Twins?)
The final score of Super Bowl
XLV11 was Baltimore Ravens 34 and
San Francisco ‘49’s 31.
But this has nothing to do with
our Super Bowl Pool. Frank Hashorva reported it took longer for
him to draw and color the chart (for
the pool) than for him to sell it out
at our quarterly evening meeting.
Mar 28
Al Swan (Twins?)
Question box???
Question:
How many footballs can you
get from one pigskin?
Answer: See page 5.
President’s Corner
The Time Is
Now – To
Lend a
Helping Hand
19-22
Interclub information
Editor: Daniel Eros
February 2013
Frank reports the winners:
 1st quarter:
Randy Todd
 2nd quarter:
Louise
Gumbinger
 3rd quarter:
Frank Hashorva
 4th Quarter: Bill
Batchelder
As I always do about this time of
the month, I ask myself where the
month went and how it could go so
fast.
We've come from a
month of hearts, valentines and Presidents to looking forward to shamrocks,
leprechauns, baseballs, bunnies and eggs.
Another busy month for our
seemingly tireless Kiwanis members. We start the month off with
our March in March at the Kiwanis
family house that includes a delicious pancake breakfast.
Then we are ready to be taken
out to the ball game on March 16th
by Carrol Cartwright. Lot's of
hamburgers to cook and wrap, but
far more fun than work.
The month ends with
lots of eggs and smiling children at our
annual Easter event
under the watchful
eyes of Jarvio Grevious, Sally Parker,
and their committee.
I would like to give a big thank
you to our program committee for
continuing to provide us with excellent programs and speakers. J-E
Paino provided us with a very good
look into the history of the Ruhstaller family and beer.
After Dan Germain's presentation, I had a much better under(Continued on page 2)
President’s Corner
The Time Is
Now – To Lend
a Helping Hand
By
Ginny Macko
(continued)
something.
This is just one of the many reasons that I am proud to be a member of Kiwanis and especially our
Rancho Murieta Kiwanis club.
I'm looking forward to an exciting
month ahead of us.
Remember –The time is now to
lend a helping hand.
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standing of who the Kiwanis Family
House serves.
To read the stories of these people
is one thing, but to hear them tell
their stories of how much help and
love they received from KFH was quite
Kiwanis Kronicle is a monthly newsletter
published by the Kiwanis Club of Rancho Murieta, Inc. Club was chartered
May 21, 1996. The address of the club
is P.O. Box 855 Rancho Murieta, CA
95683-0855 (916) 354-0538
Club meetings are on the 1st and 3rd
Thursdays of every month at the Villas
Recreation Center 7083 Murieta Parkway (Enter North Gate) Rancho
Murieta, CA 95683.
Boards of Kiwanis Club of Rancho
Murieta Inc. and Kiwanis Club of Rancho Murieta Club Foundation Inc. meet
on the 3rd Thursday of each month
after the board meeting at the Villas
Recreation Center.
President…………………...……..Ginny Macko
Imm. Past Pres….…………....John S. Holm
President Elect………………..Jarvio Grevious
Secretary………………………..Beverly Powell
Treasurer………………………….Virginia Wolfe
Director………….…..Bill Batchelder (2014)
Director……………Richard Gilmour (2014)
Director…………………Carol Kramer (2013)
Director……….………….…Dan Leahy (2013)
Director………….……… Sally Parker (2014)
Non-Voting Members
Assistant Secretary……………Linda O’Brien
Assistant Treasurer…..…….…Marge Bowes
Editor…………….....…………..John W. Seigal
The editor is solely responsible for the
content. It is the intent to be 100% accurate. Articles labeled as Editorial represent the opinion of the editor and may not
represent the opinion of the Kiwanis Club
of Rancho Murieta, Inc. nor Kiwanis Club
of Rancho Murieta Club Foundation, Inc.
The address of the editor is P.O. Box
1131 Sloughhouse, CA 95683-1131 or
email at:
[email protected]
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Invitation from Bernie
Bowes
We had a great presentation about
the Kiwanis Family House at our
meeting on February 21st. Seeing it
is better than hearing about it, so
we have set up a special tour on
Friday April 19th at 11:00 a.m.
We have nine people set up… if
anyone more is interested call me at
354-0224. We can meet at the Plaza
and go together.
Official Notice
Annual Meeting Set
 Annual Meetings for the Kiwanis Club of Rancho Murieta
and Kiwanis Club of Rancho
Murieta Foundation will be
held Thursday May 2nd 7:00
a.m. at Villas Meeting Room.
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Who attends what?
As a Kiwanian (new or old) think about
who attends what meeting?
Club meetings (1st and 3rd Thursday
7:00 am) all members are expected to
attend. There is a program at each meeting. Meet at Villas Recreation Center.
Committee meetings Set by committee chairs. The committees meet to conduct business and to prepare proposals to
the board meetings on the third Thursday
each month.
Board meetings Immediately after the
second club meeting in the Villas Recreation Center. One board is for the Kiwanis
Club and the other is for the Kiwanis Club
Foundation. Separate organizations but
the same board members.
Committee chairs and other club
members are invited to attend board
meetings and see how the club and foundation is administered.
Service projects Club members are
expected to participate in the service projects of our club.
Interclubs These are meetings when
four or more attend another Kiwanis Club
meeting. Generally it is an eye opening
experience. You get a chance to see how
others do it. Some things you can adopt
and use, and some things… well let us
generally leave it unsaid.
Socials Special events just to have fun
and socialize.
Mid-Year Conference A one-day educational and motivational conference designed for all club officers, committee
chairmen and members. It is planned so
Kiwanis members can drive to the conference together, participate in an InterClub, attend a few workshops and then be
back home the same day. The conference
promotes fellowship as well as provides an
opportunity to learn more about Kiwanis.
A Division Council Meeting (DCM) is
a meeting in which the clubs within the
Division come together and are given the
opportunity to network; share experiences
and best practices; and promote upcoming
club events.
Conventions: The Kiwanis family is too
large to gather at one time. So representatives from the Kiwanis family meet at
conventions to conduct organizational
business, elect board members, amend
bylaws and conduct leadership training
etc. These conventions are generally held
annually at the district and International
levels.
Shavings for the
board meetings
Easter 2013
The dates of Easter are tied to
the full Moon and the vernal equinox (not the civil calendar).
Easter 2013 is the greatest feast
day in the Christian calendar, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
Christ.
Christian churches that follow the
Gregorian calendar celebrate Easter on the first Sunday after the
paschal full moon on or just after
the vernal equinox. For simplicity,
the equinox is considered March
21.
The paschal full moon always
falls on the 14th day of a lunar
month; because ancient calculations did not take into account certain lunar motions, this date may
be slightly off from the astronomical full moon date.
Eastern Orthodox churches follow
the Julian calendar. Due to these
different methods of calculation,
the Eastern and Western churches
often celebrate the feast on different days.
In Western churches, Easter can
never occur before March 22 or
after April 25.
In Eastern churches, Easter can
occur between April 4 and May 8
(using Gregorian calendar dates).
For 2013, Western
churches celebrate
Easter on Sunday
March 31st, 2013.
For 2013, Eastern
churches celebrate
Easter on Sunday
May 5th, 2013.
There was a quorum at the January board meetings for our club and
foundation.
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Looking ahead!
2013:
 Sat. Mar 2 Cal-Nev Ha MidYear Convention (South)
Los Angeles Marriott Burbank
Airport, Burbank, CA
 Sat. Mar. 16 Little League
Club rosters are about ready to
be reproduced and distributed to
club members.
All Financial Reports were approved and club and foundation
bills have been paid and both corporations are solvent.
Hunt-Chair Jarvio Grevious
New standard form of bylaws sent
by Kiwanis International have been
approved for the club. The foundation’s bylaws are not effected by
the new forms. Final approval by
Kiwanis International is in progress.
 Sun. April 21 Kids’ Fishing
Nominating Committee Chair
John Holm reports he has a committee and will have the new slate
of officers and directors for the club
and its foundation by April 18th
board meetings.
Opening Day- Chair) Carrol
Cartwright
 Sat. Mar. 30 Easter Egg
Day– Chair Joe Mazzoni Sr.
Annual meeting for club and foundation is set for Thursday May 2nd.
Easter Egg Hunt plans discussed
with stressing on family picnics and
no hot dog sales. Entrance is free
but $1.00 tickets for the events.
Dictionaries ordered for Dictionary Project 2013.
 Sat. May 18 Casino CorralChair Susan Sozzi
 June 27-30 Kiwanis International Convention. Vancouver, British Columbia
 July 27-28 Relay for Life
Stonehouse Park
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Participation in Relay for Life will
be addressed by club membership
in a future meeting.
Next board meetings: March 21st.
Kiwanis Kronicle
Pun of the month!
Pamela Haines also has information.
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70 years and counting
Every throw, every kick, every
touchdown and every point in every NFL game has been with a Wilson football.
Wilson and the NFL were brought
together in 1941 by George
Halas and Tim Mara.
George Halas
Tim Mara
The quality craftsmanship, including top leather, hand-sewn,
lock-stich seams and performance
of the ball were recognized by the
NFL and it adopted the Wilson football as the official ball of the NFL.
The Official football of the NFL "The Duke"
In honor of the late New York
Giants owner, Wellington Mara,
one of the most beloved and respected figures in professional
sports history, the Official Football
of the NFL is called "The Duke".
Wellington Mara, who spent 81
years with the New York Giants and
made numerous contributions to
the NFL, was named Wellington by
his father, Tim Mara, after the
Duke of Wellington. He was given
the nickname "The Duke" as a
youngster by Giants players.
The NFL first used a ball in honor
of Wellington Mara called "The
Duke" in 1941 at the suggestion of
George Halas, as Tim Mara
(Wellington's father) had helped
him arrange for Wilson Sporting
Goods Co. to become the league's
official supplier of game balls.
"The Duke" ball was used through
1969 but was discontinued prior to
the 1970 season, the first to be
played post NFL-AFL merger. The
NFL and AFL continued using a Wilson football, but with a new design
and no official name. In 2006, the
NFL returned the name of "The
Duke" to the ball, after Mara's passing in October, 2005.
Wilson has been the Official Ball
for nearly 70 years and this is believed to be one of the longest partnerships in sports history.
The World’s Only Dedicated
Football Factory
In 1955, Wilson opened the Wilson Football factory in Ada, Ohio, to
ensure that Wilson footballs would
not only be American made, but the
highest quality footballs ever produced. To this day, the world leader
in football continues to produce all
of its footballs right here in America
in the world's only dedicated football factory.
In fact, since 1941 every NFL
game ball that's appeared in Super
Bowl competition has been made at
the Wilson Football Factory.
That means every Super Bowl
touchdown pass caught or extra
point kicked has been scored with
an American-made football. The
quality of the Official NFL Football is
a direct result of the professional-
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ism and skilled craftsmanship of the
workers in Ada. Whether you cut
pants, sew the footballs or turn them
right side out, everyone at the Wilson Football Factory shares the goal
of producing the highest quality football in the game. That dedication to
quality has made Wilson a big part of
American football lore.
Producing 4,000 footballs a day
and over 700,000 a year, the plant
employs 120 people that truly display a pride in craftsmanship. Nothing is automated on the factory floor.
Production is done by hand as they
cut the highest quality cowhide panels, sew the panels inside out, steam
them soft enough to turn, and lace
precise enough to throw tight spirals.
The National Football League is the
only major sports league whose balls
are manufactured in the United
States. The footballs get their start
on the backs of cows taken from
feedlots in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. Young, lean steers are preferred
over fat dairy cows because the
leather is more resistant to stretching. When the cowhides arrive in
Ada, they are received from our tannery that treats them with the Wilson exclusive recipe and are
stamped with the Wilson 'W' to authenticate our NFL leather.
A football is an inflated ball used to
play one of the various sports known
as football. The first balls were made
of natural materials, such as an inflated pig bladder, sometimes inside
a leather cover, which has given rise
to the United States slang-term
"pigskin”.
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70 years and counting
Think ink!
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Wilson can manufacture approximately 15-25 footballs from one
hide (both sides of the cow).
 First year Wilson began making
the Official NFL Game Ball: 1941
 First year that the Wilson Factory
in Ada, Ohio, began producing
Official NFL Footballs: 1955
 Total number of workers employed by the Wilson football
factory in Ada, Ohio: 130
 Average number of years employed by Wilson for Ada Football
Factory workers: 20
 Pounds of air pressure in an NFL
game ball: 13 psi
 How many game balls does each
team receive? Each team is
shipped 108 game balls - 54 for
practice and 54 for the game.
 Total number of game balls used
during the Super Bowl: 120, including 12 Kicker Balls
 Number of laces found on an NFL
game ball: one
 Total number of lace holes on an
NFL game ball: 16
K.A.N.E.
Scoreboard
Visit Kiwanian Greg Nelson at:
7238 Murieta Drive Suite A2A
Rancho Murieta, CA 95683
While there, drop of used cartridges at the Business Center to
be recycled by the Kiwanis Family
House.
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K.A.N.E. is our Kiwanis Club’s
program to provide adaptive devices, delivery of noon meals, and
other services.
For the first four months of this
Kiwanis Year, 419 meals were delivered. This is an increase of 87%
of the meals delivered in the first
four months of last year.
Another way of figuring this, in
the first four months (1/3 of this
year) 64.7% of last years total
meals were delivered.
Plaza Foods is our partner in
this service since it prepares the
meals in its deli.
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 Total number of panels on an NFL
game ball: four
 Difference between the regular
NFL game ball and NFL kicker
ball: Letter "K" is inscribed on the
kicker ball, sealed in boxes (with
anti-tampering tape), sent to the
NFL official hotel one week before
the game and then delivered to
the officials' room approximately
2.5 hours prior to kick-off.
 What is the difference between
the regular season Wilson NFL
Game Ball and a the Super Bowl
Game Ball? The Super Bowl ball
has the Super Bowl logo stamped
on the ball, along with the names
of both teams, date and location.
Membership
Scoreboard
Kiwanis Club
of Rancho Murieta
 Beginning of the year:
October 1, 2012……………...74
 As of January 31, 2013…....73
Results as per Kiwanis
International records.
Ruhstaller Building
900 J Street
Sacramento
Guest speaker
J-E Paino
A Sacramento entrepreneur is
looking to bridge past and present
with the resurrection of one of Sacramento’s most-recognized names
in beer: Ruhstaller.
Jan-Erik “J-E” Paino, a native
San Franciscan who grew up in
Houston before moving to Davis for
college, settled on the idea of marketing new, California-grown and
brewed beer under the classic
Ruhstaller name about two years
ago.
“As I researched Sacramento’s
brewing history, the guy that kept
coming up over and over again was
Ruhstaller,” Paino said.
Frank Ruhstaller left Switzerland for the United States in the
mid-1800s, and he made his way
to Sacramento, setting up his
brewery in the old City Brewery in
1881, Paino said. Shortly after, he
became a partner in the Buffalo
Brewery.
Paino said Sacramento was a
natural site for brewing around the
turn of the century, with hops
growing from the area of Campus
Commons out to Sloughhouse, and
the rivers provided ready access to
ship all over the region, as well as
Asia.
Dia Utterback reported, “J-E
David Utterback
he does not yet have a commercial
facility.
“There were 17 or so breweries
within the grid, total, before Prohibition,” he said. “People are realizing
our history is marketable. For a long
time, people assumed no one would
have any interest after the Gold
Rush and the Transcontinental Railroad, but there is a rich industrial
history here.”
“When Ruhstaller came to Sacramento, it was a place where you
didn’t need to be someone to become someone,” Paino said. “And
that’s something that hasn’t
changed.”
Below are pictured two of
Ruhstaller’s brews as sold by Plaza
Foods.
encouraged David Utterback (my
husband) to stop growing grass
and grow more hops. J-E referred
to Sloughhouse as the ‘epicenter’
of Hop Growing area.”
Paino said he has been producing
the beer for about four months,
and he has had to brew it at local
breweries – including Hoppy Brewing Co. – when they have space, as
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Built in 1898, the 20,000 square
feet building was built by the behest
of Frank Ruhstaller and housed The
Ruhstaller Brewery offices.
Ruhstaller also managed Buffalo
Brewery and made the building its
headquarters as well.
One of the new technologies the
building featured was air conditioning
that functioned with water pumped in
from the Sacramento River.
This eclectic Queen Anne Victorian
incorporates Classical Revival and
Romanesque Revival elements. It is
built of brick and faced with concrete,
stone and tile.
Editorial…
Touching
After the shooting at Sandy Hook
Elementary School in Newtown,
Connecticut, I wrote we should hug
our children, grandchildren and if
appropriate our great grandchildren.
There is a power in touching.
The following is
taken from Rabbi
Daniel Lapin.
Rabbi Daniel Lapin is an American
Orthodox rabbi,
author, public
speaker, and
heads the American Alliance of
Jews and Christians.
“Sweet Caroline sung Neil Diamond, and like any newly dating
couple, he knew
that something significant changes the
instant he touches
her hair or she
touches his
arm. Even a respected associate’s
hand on the shoulder or the social kiss on the cheek
sends a subtle signal of intimacy. We should understand both the
potency and the peril found in this
powerful tool of human connectivity.
“When a sperm touches an egg,
the limitless potential of a human
being is triggered. The chromosomes carried by the sperm and egg
combine and soon the tiny zygote
starts multiplying. Nine months
later a bouncing baby completes its
journey into the world, a journey
that began when a sperm touched
an egg.
“When toxic sodium and chlorine
atoms touch, they combine into sodium chloride, otherwise known as
common table salt, without which
no plate of fries can be considered
complete. The power of these two
atoms touching produces an energy
gradient that transforms two poisonous substances into a vital and
tasty condiment.
“Each time you start your car or
turn on a light you are utilizing the
amazing power of touch. That starter button or switch is nothing more
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than a mechanical device that makes
one electrical conductor touch another.
“That touch allows an electrical
current to flow from the battery to
the starter motor or from the power
source to the light bulb. The car
surges to life or the dark room lights
up due to the magic of touch that
allowed energy to flow.
“Nothing much would happen to a
big, lonely ball of uranium. However,
if another twenty-five pound ball of
uranium touched it, critical mass
would be instantaneously achieved
and the fifty pounds of radioactive
metal would begin a nuclear fission
process that could produce enough
energy to light a town. It could also
unleash sufficient energy to destroy
that same town.
“Touch causes creativity, transformation, and energy. Touch is an
immensely powerful force in the universe and like all powerful forces it
can produce positive change but it
has just as much potential to devastate and destroy.
“Touch is a waypoint on the road
to intimacy and as anyone who has
loved knows, intimacy can release
rapture and joy but it can also cause
anguish and despair. Like all powerful forces, to make it safe and productive, intimacy must be harnessed
and channeled. Unrestrained intimacy can burn itself out like a plunging
meteorite. Intimacy without structure can result in embarrassment
and awkwardness.
“Not for nothing does royal etiquette in the United Kingdom prohibit any touching of Her Majesty the
Queen. Even a handshake has to be
initiated by the monarch. Extending
one’s hand or taking her elbow to
guide her, not to mention an unthinkable hug counts as a colossal
breach of etiquette. No anachronistic
court custom, this recognition of the
power of touch is a wise determination to keep it strictly under control.
“As long time Thought Tool students know, many key words in the
Lord’s language have the opposite
meaning when read in reverse.
“Reversing NaGO, the Hebrew
word for touch, we obtain OGeN
(anchor) as when Naomi urges her
daughters-in-law to stay behind, ra-
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ther than being anchored to a barren future (Ruth 1:13).
NaGO
OGeN
The implication is that an anchor, by design, prevents you from
moving. It keeps you anchored
exactly where you are! By contrast, NaGO (touch) does the opposite. Right! It prevents you
from remaining exactly where you
are. In almost any context, touch
is a propellant of change. Be
aware of its potency and monitor
its application in your life so that
you use it in a safe and wise way.”
jws….
By Susan Sozzi
The Murieta Equestrian Center
has assigned Saturday May 18th
as our Casino Corral for 2013.
Together in partnership with the
Rancho Murieta Optimist Cub, Casino Corral has become the social
event of the year for greater Sacramento.
There are Monte Carlos style
games, gourmet dinners, and other fun events.
Kiwanis Casino Corral Chair for
2013, Susan Sozzi, reminds everyone to mark their calendars for
this date.
The continued success of this
event is dependent upon the efforts of the entire membership.
This is our foundation’s major
fund raiser.
The Dictionary Project, Kids’
Fishing Day, K-Kids, Key Clubs,
K.A.N.E., and other projects need
this financial support.
Kiwanis Division 44 in a nutshell
A brief history
When one wants to look at the
history of Division 44 which was
organized in 1975, you must look
back further to Division 7. That
Division 7 was spun off from Zone
7 back in 1925.
Since 1974 until 2011 there have
been 39 terms of office for the Lt.
Governors. Because some Lt. Governors served multiple terms there
have been 35 Kiwanians who has
stepped forward to serve.
Kiwanis International in 1987
opened the doors of membership
to women.
 Currently the Kiwanis membership is 74% men and 26%
women, overall. Look at page
11 for a breakdown of various
Kiwanis Districts.
 For Cal-Nev-Ha District it is
66.8% men and 33.2% women.
 For our Kiwanis Club of Rancho
Murieta it is 52% men and
48% women
Division 44 has had two female
Lt. Governors: Muriel Brounstein
from Folsom 1993-1994; and
Karen Borman from Carmichael
2009-2010.
There are 15 Kiwanis Clubs in
Division 44. Fourteen Kiwanis Club
have provided Lt. Governors to
serve.
The Top 3 clubs are: the Kiwanis
Club of Sacramento-Suburban with
eight; the Kiwanis Club of Citrus
Heights with six; and the Kiwanis
Club of Carmichael with five.
Note: The Kiwanis Club of Sunrise-Citrus Heights, changed its
name some years ago to the Kiwanis Club of Citrus Height.
Original Clubs
when Division 44 was
organized in 1975
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Amador County
Auburn
Carmichael
Grass Valley-Nevada City
Placerville
Rancho Cordova
Roseville
Roseville Suburban
Sacramento-Suburban
South Placer
Sunrise-Citrus Heights
Kiwanis Clubs current
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
Amador County
Auburn
Carmichael
Citrus Heights
Folsom Lake
Gold Country-Nevada City
Granite Bay
Greater Colfax
Lincoln
Placerville
Rancho Cordova
Rancho Murieta
Rocklin
Roseville
Division 44 sponsors all five of
Kiwanis International’s Service
Leadership Programs.
Kiwanis Clubs by
membership
Greater Colfax
10
Amador County
13
Rancho Cordova
18
Folsom Lake
19
Granite Bay
23
Rocklin
28
Auburn
35
Citrus Heights
40
Roseville
46
Sacramento Suburban
47
Gold Country, Grass Valley
51
Lincoln
60
Placerville
63
Rancho Murieta
72
Carmichael
89
Charter (Birth) Dates
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Greater Colfax
Lincoln
Rancho Murieta
Rocklin
Folsom Lake
Gold CountyGrass Valley
Granite Bay
Citrus Heights
Rancho Cordova
Amador County
Carmichael
Placerville
SacramentoSuburban
Auburn
Roseville
1/22/2004
5/15/2001
5/21/1996
3/3/1994
9/25/1990
8/12/1990
9/7/1985
7/25/1972
5/4/1972
7/13/1965
8/15/1962
4/4/1956
4/29/1952
4/17/1952
6/22/1949
Kiwanis Division 44 in a nutshell
Division 44 Lt. Governors and home clubs
1974-75
1975-76
1976-77
1977-78
1978-79
1979-80
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84
1984-85
1985-86
1986-87
1987-88
1988-89
1989-90
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
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Robert D. Easter (Roseville)
Lawrence F. Girolami (Sacramento Suburban)
Lawrence F. Girolami (Sacramento Suburban)
Duaine Thompson (Sunrise-Citrus Heights)
Robert J. Dings (Auburn)
Odin H. Bohlander (Carmichael)
John Roger Vaught (Sacramento Suburban)
Max Strawser (Auburn)
Elmer C. Fulton (Sunrise-Citrus Heights)
Edward L. Matney (Sunrise-Citrus Heights)
Jerry Skou (Sacramento Suburban)
Stanley Paolini (Placerville)
Shane L. Layher (Rancho Cordova)
Edwin C. Gipson (Carmichael)
Roy Rosendahl (Sunrise-Citrus Heights)
Laurence W. Rankin (Grass Valley-Nevada City)
Wayne D. Heple (Sacramento Suburban)
Rodney W. Hunt (Carmichael)
Harold Snow (Carmichael)
Muriel Brounstein (Folsom)
James E. Chambers, III (Granite Bay)
E. Walter Libal (Sacramento Suburban)
Rev. Andrew Howard Webb (Sunrise-Citrus Heights)
James R. Johnson (Sacramento Suburban)
Thomas McClelland (Rocklin)
Jim Phillips (Auburn)
John Thurston (Rancho Murieta)
Edwin C. Gipson (Carmichael)
Richard M. Anderson (Amador County)
Wayne J. Pluckhan (Folsom)
Michael F. Storz (Lincoln)
William L. Hooper (Sunrise-Citrus Heights)
Jim Wunschel (Sacramento Suburban)
Jim Legler (Rocklin)
James E. Chambers, III (Granite Bay)
Karen Borman (Carmichael)
Rev. Andrew Howard Webb (Citrus Heights)
Bernard W. Bowes, Jr. (Rancho Murieta)
Richard Kocher, (Sacramento Suburban)
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Once each quarter (y)our Kiwanis
Club conducts an evening social.
The location is the Villas Recreation
Center meeting room.
The food served is Pot Luck with
Jackie Strain coordinating who
brings what and in what quantities.
What a marvelous job she does.
Winners of the Super Bowl Pool
are announced on page 1.
During January’s social, several
recognitions were presented.
2012 was indeed a very good
year.
People made it a good year.
Let’s take a look at the Polar Express, the 6th annual production of
the California State Railroad Museum.
Newest member Mary Carbrey
(second from the left) was formally
installed by Membership Chair
Frank Terzolo (third from the left).
2012 was indeed a very good
year.
An evening event allows the opportunity for members who cannot
make a morning meeting and also
for Honorary Members to visit.
Member Priscilla Dunn.
Kiwanian Frank Hashorva prepared a chart for the Super Bowl
game. Shown is Frank hustling Kiwanian Rosie Blawat.
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Shown above are Louise
Gumbinger and Paul Gumbinger.
The California State Railroad Museum presented Cocoa/Cookie Server Louise Gumbinger and Narrator
Paul Gumbinger with a special
Polar Express Pin and Certificate.
As in the past, it sold out in 2012
as it did for the previous years. For
2012 there were 19 days of Polar
Express with four trains every day.
The passengers totaled 21,000.
Passengers ranged in ages from
toddlers to great-grandparents.
Some families make it a tradition
and come every year.
It takes special volunteers such as
cocoa and cookie servers. There are
narrators on each train that tells the
Polar Express Story.
Past President John Holm (who
was Kiwanis Club President in 2012)
was presented a plaque, that came
to our club since we sponsored the
Little League and Girls’ Softball
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Team.
2012 was indeed a very good
year.
Kiwanian Bernie Bowes Jr. was
the Kiwanis Lt. Governor for Division 44 during 2012.
He is shown holding a directory
of Division 44 clubs listing his
achieved goals. Two of which was
an increase of membership and
having fun along the way.
2012 was indeed a very good
year.
In 2007, John Holm, brought
up the subject of the USMC’s project, Toys for Tots.
The then President Clint Souza
charged John to go forward. Since
then thousands of toys have been
collected.
2012 Santa Claus was flown in by
a helicopter to obtain the toys.
In the Kiwanis Kronicle, John
Holm wrote: “Also, I want to
acknowledge: Marines- Corporal
Vargas, SSgt. Lango, 1st.Sgt.
Luna, and M.Sgt. Ruiz, CRES KKids, Teacher Kristi Hall and Principal Michael Gulden and so
many others who made a spectacular effort to make it a Merry
Christmas for kids who might not
otherwise have one.”
But the US Marines, wanted to
acknowledge the leadership and
support that John Holm provided
with a personally autographed
framed poster shown above.
2012 was indeed a very good
year.
Honorary Member Art Sims told
the story about “Spot”.
Others including Ginny Macko
and Ginny’s mother, have helped
Art stuff these washable toys to be
distributed by the thousands to
sick children in Children’s Hospital
Central California and our Kiwanis
Family House.
Art Sims told a story about Spot
which enraptured the audience. He
told how Spot keeps secrets and
scares away monsters from under
the bed and from dark closets.
“Spot” began life as a cookie
cutter. But he was morphed into a
pattern for stuffed toys.
Photo credit: To pictures taken
at the event: Peter Telfer.
For Toys for Tots… 2012 was a
very good year. The River Valley
Times, our newspaper of record
had a special article. In fact in
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Collections at CRES
Kids collect things. MerriamWebster Dictionary defines collection as, “...an accumulation of objects gathered for study, comparison, or exhibition or as a hobby”.
When I think back in my generation, kids collected stamps, comic
books, spoons of various vacation
sites, and baseball cards.
Now, kids collect different things.
In our club’s donated display case
at Cosumnes River Elementary
School (CRES), collections have
been displayed from various students. Perhaps you saw a recent
article about collections in the River
Valley Times.
CRES Principal, Michael Gulden,
writes: “The displays are changed
each month. The displays of kids’
collections and activities allow the
kiddos to share a small part of their
lives outside of school, shining a
spotlight on something that holds a
special place in their hearts and
their lives.
“The kids themselves seem to
love it. Kids who come through the
office – of the child and adult varieties alike –are drawn toward the display. It has been a pretty popular
idea thus far. Student displays run
for a month. This month there are
four students displaying collections
and we are already lining up more
for March.”
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K-Kids at CRES are extraordinary
by Kitty York
Wow! The K Kids at CRES are
Extraordinary!
They did a great job collecting
presents for the Toys For Tots project.
Students that donated gifts attached an ornament, made by the
K-Kids, to a school tree.
Last year they raised around
$300 for the Pennies for Patients,
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
(LLS), but so far this year they
have collected over $1592.
They still have until Valentines
Day, and plan a big push to that
deadline.
They had a great way to handle
the money but they spent over
two hours running the change in
the Coinstar® Machine. They selected the funds going to charity,
and the first one on the list was
Pennies for Patients so there was
no collection fee and the money
went directly to the charity.
Each class got a print out of
their contribution.
This year, they added a great
pep rally with a sports star, a contest with a prizes for classes and
grades raising the most funds, and
The Valentine Card Project.
At their pep rally, they might
have gone over the top with the
prizes promised! The top prize, A
Pizza Party for the highest class
will cost $32.25 (Costco three
pies at $10.75). The winning
class, so far, has raised $211.
I don't have an exact cost on
the ice cream sandwiches for the
top class in each grade. I'm thinking, seven grades with about 27
students each is about 189 sandwiches, rounded up to about 200
will cost about $200.
There was a serious discussion
about the prize funds needed. The
K Kids can raise money for projects and this might be a gray
area. I am making small candy
cotton cones after one of their
lunches the following week, perhaps Friday the 22nd.
England has no kidney
bank…
but it does have a Liverpool.
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May 1 is a celebration of spring –
and a day dedicated to celebrating
labor – though usually, not together.
The original May Day, a pagan
holiday, predating the birth of Jesus, became an important day of
celebration for British Isle Druids,
Scandinavians and Germanic tribes.
On May Day, towns and villages
traditionally erected a tree-like totem, a maypole, with men, women
and children celebrating spring with
folk ribbon and circle dancing.
The May Day celebration, naturally, was brought to America with the
earliest European settlers.
Customs varied from country to
country, but in some places people
made May Day baskets filled with
flowers, leaving them on a neighbor’s doorstep. According to the
legends, if a person was caught
placing a May Day basket in front
of a home, then a kiss was to be
exchanged.
It was Kiwanian Pamela Haines,
who brought this May Pole tradiditon to Rancho Murieta 20 years
ago.
Mark your calendar now. It will
be across from the Gazebo on
Wednesday May 1st. Details later.
Cub Scout Pack 633 Pinewood Derby
The story of the pinewood derby
starts with Don Murphy, Cubmaster
for Pack 280C (of Manhattan Beach,
California. In 1952.
Don Murphy wanted to create a
new father-son Cub Scout activity he
could do with his 10 year old son
who was too young to race in the
Soap Box Derby, which requires the
boy to drive a home made car down
a hill. Don's young son couldn't wait
two years to race in the Soap Box
Derby, so "Dad" Murphy wanted to
invent another activity to do with his
son and the younger boys in his Cub
Scout Pack.
Don had been a model maker all
his life, so the idea of racing small
cars down a track came natural to
him. It would be a fun and safe father-son activity for younger boys.
Cub Scout Pack 633 is sponsored
by our Kiwanis Club of Rancho
Murieta. It ran its Pinewood Derby
Races at Cosumnes River Elementary School (CRES) on Friday evening January 25th.
Cub Scout Pack Committee Chair
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Alicia Correia, provided the picture
above and the results below.
The overall Pack winners are:
1. Ryan Fong
2. Will Kessen
3. Alexander Petro
Kiwanis Help Line
(916) 354-0538
Need help?
The Cub Scouts start with a Pinewood Derby Kit (shown above) and
fashion their racers as seen below.
 Want to know where to
get a wheel chair?
 Want meals delivered
during lunch?
 Want to know about how
to join Kiwanis?
 Want to know about
Kiwanis sponsored
activities?
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From Ukraine with love…
Exclusive to Kiwanis Club of Rancho Murieta
The following is an email
from the Kiwanis Club of Kiev,
Ukraine. This club has been
corresponding with us for
some years.
Allow me to tell you about our
Christmas celebrations on January
20.
We were very busy, and completed many programs. We visited
families who have disabled children.
Each child received a gift and
attention.
This year, many organizations
have refused to carry out programs for children – because of
the crises. Almost every day we
are asked to come and spend a
holiday. For many children, it was
the only holiday for Christmas.
I would tell a little about some of
the Projects.
We started our program with
Christmas party "Little Princesses".
We were invited 20 girls from
poor families and those who do not
have parents. Girls played and
studied dancing with professional
dancers. They were decorated with
aqua makeup and made jewelry
with beads.
At the end of program each girl
received a gift, a medal and a diploma that she became a Princess.
After the party girls were invited
to a table with cake, fruits and
sweets.
Another one program, we have
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invited a circus. It was a festive
appearance with animals - snakes,
birds and dogs. There were a magicians and jugglers, clowns. We
invited 60 children to see this performance.
For holiday baked cakes and
each child received a gift of chocolates.
There were many programs for
children with disabilities. Programs
run by our puppet theater.
For each program, we made a
new script. Children were different
- with cerebral palsy and autism.
We visited the disabled children
at homes too. We bring them a
gifts and a festive meal. Our teenagers collected food and medicines
for 400 disabled.
They also collected a lot of good
clothes.
Our volunteers were talking
about this in projects at colleges
and schools. The children and their
parents brought help.
We agreed with the Water Park
and 40 children from poor families
first has been in water park and
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swimming.
We have created a children's
theater -nine children. Our children went to the first act in children's programs. They also sang
and danced. Now we are preparing children's theater program at
Easter.
Our volunteers spent many
master classes in which children
and learned how made gifts for
friends.
They did not have the money to
buy a gift and they was happy to
make a gifts by hands.
Here in Ukraine is a special holiday called Old New Year on January 14. On this day, we invited
young families with small children.
The children were from one year
old.
We conducted a special program
where each family could show
their talents, giving gifts, shared
food which everybody brought. At
the end all children received dairy
products.
For us the holidays were special
because many children were not
just gifts, they saw the people
who love them and who want to
give them joy. Thank you for your
support, for your prayers and for
the love.
Our whole family celebrated
Christmas .In our house in the
evening we gathered families with
children. We sang Christmas
songs, learning to prepare Christmas cookies. Christina is growing
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up and learned to sing a few songs
too. She learned the musical scale,
counts to 10, and teaches syllables in
words.
In February she will be two years
old. God has given us great joy and
reinforced in our granddaughter.
At the last meeting I had sprained
my foot and hurt my back. One week I
could not get up. Valera conducted the
final programs alone. He was at the
holidays Santa Claus* who gives gifts.
Thank God we are good family and
God loves us. Pray for us, for strengthening in our ministry, for my health
and also that we can this year to have
a rest.
Love, Lora, Valera, Renata, and Christina
*Here in Ukraine Santa Claus is
called Ded Moroz (Дед Мороз)
Grandfather Frost.
He can not come to the children
alone. He comes with his granddaughter Snegurochka (Снегу́рочка) Snow-Maiden. It's a tradition.
Every year we have Santa Claus,
Valera, my husband, (president of our
club) played this role this year.
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Editorial...
Keep it simple…
Simple is beautiful
Citrus Heights has a board mtg. on the 1st Wed in lieu of a club mtg.
Did you get the Winter Issue of the
California-Nevada-Hawaii District in
the mail? Probably not, because it is
sent electronically.
Recently I received an email for the
district as to how to sign up to get it
to my email address.
To me it was not a simple process. I
filled the blanks and got this email
back which read:
“Please click the link below to join
Issuu. Join Issuu Didn’t ask for
this? Just ignore this email or go to
Issuu to see what the fuss is about.”
This is more than I wanted to deal
with… To get the District Magazine
access www.cnhkiwanis.org and go to
Member Resources and the Winter
Issue is listed under CNH District
Magazine.
Simple is beautiful or so it seems to
me….jws.
Collect labels!
Support
Cosumnes River
Elementary School!
Deposit items at collection
boxes at Plaza Foods and
RMA
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What is an inter-club?
With The Eliminate Project, Kiwanis International and UNICEF
have joined forces to eliminate
maternal and neonatal tetanus.
This deadly disease steals the
lives of nearly 60,000 innocent
babies and a significant number of
women each year. The effects of
the disease are excruciating —
tiny newborns suffer repeated,
painful convulsions and extreme
sensitivity to light and touch.
To eliminate MNT from the
Earth, more than 100 million
mothers and their future babies
must be immunized.
When you see the baby bottles
being passed around at our club
meetings, put your lose change
(or paper bills) in them for Eliminate.
This requires vaccines, syringes,
safe storage, transportation,
thousands of skilled staff and
more.
It will take US$110 million —
and the dedicated work of UNICEF
and every member of the Kiwanis
family.
An inter-club meeting is a
meeting staged by two or more
Kiwanis clubs (including clubs in
formation), or by a Kiwanis club
and any K-Kids, Builders Club,
Aktion Club, Circle K Club, or Key
Club.
Clubs with 20 or fewer members need a minimum of two
members in attendance to constitute an interclub meeting.
Clubs with 21-30 members need
three members, and clubs with
31 or more members need at
least four members in attendance.
Visiting groups shall be composed of a minimum of two Kiwanians’ plus members of KKids, Builders Club, Aktion Club,
Circle K Club, and/or Key Club
must be in attendance (a lieutenant governor can only be included if he/she is a member of
the participating club).
Inter-clubbing is a means of
supporting Kiwanis’ fifth Object,
which is “To provide, through
this club, a practical means to
form enduring friendships, to
render altruistic service, and to
build a better community.”
This wider scope of Kiwanis
can be achieved by arranging
visits between clubs in the same
town, division, and district, as
well as inter-district gettogethers.
Kiwanis protocol is to have
the visiting club call the host
club to advise it how many
people are coming and when.
Interclub Calendar
Report from Interclub Chair
Rosie Blawat:
Please add to calendar and
plan on attending!
 Mar. 11 Mon 5:30 p.m.
Division Council Meeting
Oak Ave. Free Methodist
Church 8790 Oak Avenue,
Orangevale
 Mar. 13 Wed. 7:00 a.m.
Carmichael
 Apr. 23 Tues. Noon Folsom
Lake
 May 8 Wed. 6:30 p.m.
Auburn
 May 23 Thurs. Noon
Roseville
 June 12 Wed. 7:00 a.m.
Granite Bay
 June 27 Thurs. 11:45 a.m.
Rocklin
 July 11 Thurs. Noon Gold
Country
 July 24 Wed. Noon
Placerville
 Aug. 13 Tues. 7:00 a.m.
Lincoln
 Sept. 5 Thurs. 6:30 p.m.
Greater Colfax
Kiwanis Kronicle
Kiwanis Kronicle is emailed
to members who have email
addresses.
It is also emailed to some
Kiwanis Division and District
addresses.
If you want a copy emailed
to you, email editor:
[email protected]
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Venison for dinner again
tonight?
Oh deer!
Kiwanis Cuisine
By Sondra Schulz
Since Chef Sondra is out sick
this month… let’s look forward
to March.
In March the asparagus crop from
Davis Ranch should be coming in.
History of Asparagus
Asparagus is a perennial plant
that is native to the eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor areas.
The name “asparagus” comes
from the Greek language meaning
“sprout” or “shoot” and it is a member of the lily family as are onions,
garlic, leeks, turnips and gladioli.
The ancient Greeks loved wild
asparagus but it was the Romans
who first cultivated it.
Widely cultivated for its tender,
succulent, edible shoots, asparagus
cultivation began more than 2,000
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years ago in the eastern Mediterranean region.
Greeks and Romans prized asparagus for its unique flavor, texture
and alleged medicinal qualities. They ate it fresh when in season and dried the vegetable for use
in winter.
In the 16th Century, asparagus
gained popularity in France and
England. From there, the early colonists brought it to America.
Asparagus is often called the
“Food of Kings.” King Louis XIV
of France was so fond of this delicacy that he ordered special greenhouses built so he could enjoy asparagus all year-round.
The Emperor Augustus coined
the phrase ‘velocius quam asparagi
conquantur’, meaning to do something faster than you can cook asparagus. Julius Caesar first ate it
in Lombardy and wanted it served
with melted butter.
The asparagus growing beds in
Northern Italy were famous during
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the Renaissance period. These
graceful spears of the asparagus
plant have always been a sign of
elegance and in the past asparagus was deemed a delicacy only
the wealthy could afford.
Roman emperors were so fond
of asparagus, that they kept a
special asparagus fleet for the purpose of fetching it.
Today asparagus remains loved
for its versatility, unique herbaceous flavor, distinctive shape and
health giving properties and food
lovers around the world - from
Europe (where white asparagus is
‘king’) to North America, Asia and
Australia - feast on asparagus
when in season.
Ag Report
Farmer's Words of Wisdom:
“Words that soak into your
ears are whispered. ..not
yelled.”
“Asparagus season starts in
March, watch for it.”
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated
to changing the world one child and one community at a time.
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Meeting
Program:
Chris Green
(Walgreens)
Medicare D
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Interclub
Carmichael
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League
Opening Day
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Spring begins
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Meeting
Program: Arnie Billingsley
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March in present time is the third
month of the year in both the Julian
and Gregorian calendars. It is one of
the seven months which are 31 days
long.
March in the Northern Hemisphere
is the seasonal equivalent of September in the Southern Hemisphere.
In the Northern hemisphere, the
beginning of the meteorological
* The board meetings for
the club and foundation follow the meeting on the 21st
after at the Villas.
spring is 1 March. In the Southern
hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological autumn is 1 March.
March starts on the same day of
the week as November every year
and February in common years only.
March ends on the same day of the
week as June every year. In leap
years, March starts on the same day
as September and December of the
previous year. In common years,
March starts on the same day as June
of the previous year.
The name of March comes from
ancient Rome, when March was the
first month of the year and named
Martius after Mars or Ares, the
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Greek god of war.
In Rome, where the climate is Mediterranean, March was the first month of
spring, a logical point for the beginning
of the year as well as the start of the
military campaign season.
January became the first month of the
calendar year either under King Numa
Pompilius (c. 713 BC) or under the
Decemvirs about 450 BC (Roman writers differ).
The numbered year began on March 1
in Russia until the end of the 15th century. Great Britain and its colonies continued to use March 25 until 1752,
which was when they ultimately adopted
the Gregorian calendar. Many other cul-