April 11, 2006 - Alhambra Rotary

Rotarette
Official Publication of the Rotary Club of Alhambra – Chartered 1924 – No. 1744
Web Site: www.alhambrarotary.com
“The World’s Friendliest Rotary Club”
Volume 81, Issue 40
April 11, 2006
Last Week – Chris lays out the agenda!
The meeting started right on Ziad time. The club serenaded the
Prez with a beautiful rendition of America, just to prove to him
we knew the words. He calmed the group down with not one but
two of his jokes, something about dogs playing chess and a frog
consulting a psychic healer. The guy really knows how to quiet
a crowd.
The announcements made it clear that we are getting in to a
busy season as the promotions were coming one after the other
including PP Peppy for the Heart Walk, PP Frances for the
Friendship dinner, PE Lee for the District Assembly and Ziad for
the District Conference, not to mention the Peace Conference
and the Easter Basket distribution. More details in the upcoming
events section.
Our Governor Elect Chris Montan gave the club a preview of the
agenda that she will present to the District Assembly this month.
It was clear to everyone in the room that Chris has laid out an
aggressive plan for District 5300 and has chosen a team of
amazing Rotarians to help her deliver on that plan. Like all great
leaders, she understands that only through the efforts of her
leadership team, the leaders in each club, and every one of us
will she be able to accomplish her objectives.
Chris especially wanted to thank the Alhambra Rotary Club for
giving her the opportunities that have transformed her from a
wide-eyed youngster (pictured at the right at the time of her
induction) into the accomplished confident Rotary leader who
will guide District 5300 and all of its clubs in the new Rotary
Year. Chris will be devoting her 20th year in Rotary to her work
as District Governor and will be celebrating the anniversary of
her induction at about the same time as her District Conference,
Lastyears
Week’s
– 1/24/06 – “401K
and what a twenty
it has Meeting
been!
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Retirement Plans”
This Week – April 11th – The Ramona Rampage!
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and
Technology) is an organization that aspires to make science,
technology, and engineering fun and cool for kids. The FIRST
Robotics Competition has teams of high school students, design,
build, and test a robot capable of performing a specific task in a
competition against other robots. This year’s teams played three
on three games which were a combination of basketball and
soccer. Robots had to play offense and defense. FIRST
programs are now in operation on the international scale, with up
to 70,000 children and teenagers involved. This year there are
33 regional competitions, as well as the “Nationals” in Atlanta
Georgia.
For six weeks in January and February, the Ramona Rampage
Robotics Team wakes up early on Saturdays and Sundays to
work on the robot. We must build during the weekend because
we do not have a class devoted to robotics. Our moderator Mrs.
Flagan has opened her home to the team because our school
lacks the facilities to accommodate us. Despite our tight
situation, Ramona Rampage has been able to complete a robot
ready for competition the past four years.
We have a close relationship with the Caltech Robotics Outreach
Group (CROG) who has mentored Ramona Rampage every year
since the team started in 2003. Members of Ramona Rampage
in turn participate in various events that CROG hosts, such as
the annual Middle School Robotics Conference.
We welcome members of the Ramona Rampage and their
teacher Mrs. Aulikki Flagan to our club meeting where they will
tell about their recent competition in Las Vegas. With luck
Tigerbot IV will have also returned from Las Vegas, and the girls
will be able to give a live demonstration. Ramona was the only
all-girls school at the Las Vegas competition.
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Milestones
UPCOMING EVENTS - ROTARY
BIRTHDAYS:
CARMELITA HALTOM SAM KNOWLES
EASTER FOOD BASKETS
DATE:
APRIL 14, 2006
LOCATION:
AROUND TOWN
Time:
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
OLOV LINDBERG
JEFF OWEN DAVID VAZQUEZ
BARBARA STEED
LORRETTA PLACIDO ROGER GIBBS
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES:
This is a great heart warming project. Help our needy citizens
JOHN & LAURALYN EIMANS
in advance of this important day for many of our religions.
Contact John Eimans for more information.
CHRIS MONTAN’S DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
EVENTS
DISTRICT 5300 FRIENDSHIP DINNER
DATE:
APRIL 21, 2006
LOCATION:
BRASSERIE ASTUCE, POMONA
Time:
6PM
Sponsored by our club for our new District Governor. Get your
check to Frances Moore ASAP! Flyer is at the end of today’s
edition.
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
DATE:
APRIL 22, 2006
LOCATION:
ETIWANDA GARDENS
Time:
TBA
You can take the pilot out of
Texas, but…!!
Mark your calendar! Be there to show what kind of club
generates people of the caliber of our Governor Elect. Talk to
Lee Lieberg if you want to go.
- DCA clearance delivery responded to a
request for an IFR clearance with a rapid-fire
clearance that went on and on, with various
VORs, fixes altitudes, etc. After a pause, a
voice came back, in a slow Texas drawl, OK,
now why don't you'all say that again, real slow,
as if it mattered.
PEPPY’S HEART WALK
DATE:
MAY 6, 2006
LOCATION:
TRI-STAR VENDING
Time:
9:30 AM
Get your checks in early or else it will be all Peppy all the time
at the next few meetings. Flyer is attached on the next page of
- A pilot was attempting to deal with New
York, and the controller shot everything out a
mile a minute. The pilot came back with "New
York, you hear how fast I'm a-talkin'? Well,
that's how fast I'm a-listnin'".
- Another pilot obtaining a clearance from the
Trenton controller who shot back "Trenton, you
can repeat that, oh, about ten times. Or you
can say it again once slowly."
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PEPPY SCIARRA HEART WALK
aka
ALHAMBRA ROTARY'S
“MANY FEETS FOR LITTLE HEARTS”
♥ 5K ♥
SATURDAY, MAY 6, 2006
REGISTRATION - 9:30 a.m.
WALK - 10:00 a.m.
Starting/Finishing Line
TRI-STAR VENDING
690 South Date Avenue, Alhambra
the PROCEEDS of which will BENEFIT
THE HEART INSTITUTE
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES
For up-to-date information on Rotary Club of Alhambra, Please visit our web site @ www.alhambrarotary.org
OR contact Dr. David Snyder at (626) 282-8493
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------REGISTRATION/RESERVATION FORM
NAME: ____________________________________________
PHONE:_____________________
ADDRESS: ______________________________________________________________________________
CITY: _____________________________________________
ZIP: ________________________
WALKERS:
______________ @ $25 EACH totaling
Add’l DONATION (most useful for the “Little Hearts”
TOTAL
$_____________________
$_____________________
$_____________________
Enclosed is my check payable to the ALHAMBRA ROTARY CHARITIES FOUNDATION. Please
mail by no later than Tuesday, April 25, 2006 to
Rotary Club of Alhambra, P. O. Box 142, Alhambra, CA 91802
♥♥♥♥♥
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Sergeant-at-Arms Report
Responsible Team for Next Meeting
4/11/06
It was a dreary day in the fining department.
Roy Stead - $86. A dollar a year for his
birthday.
Australia
Job
Team Captain
Dunagan, Robert
Amor, Victor
Arguello, Dan
Daley, Dave
Glenn, Mary
Hudson, Jim
Hundshamer, Cathy
Loong, Quyen
Maase, Robert L.
Paulson, Mark R.
Sciarra, Joseph
Thomas, James B.
Vazquez, David
Wong, David N.
Stan Yonemoto - $100. For Sheila’s
birthday and his unwavering support of
UCLA.
Stan Yonemoto - $5 credit for the
Monterey whale socks for Pres. Ziad.
Bill Kinman - $10 credit for his Malta “evil
eye” gift to the Pres.
See you in two weeks! (Aloha!)
PP Mark Paulson
Write Up
Introductions
Cashier
Invocation
Raffle Tickets
Pledge
Set Up
Rotary Club of Alhambra
2005-2006 Leadership Team
President
President Elect
Ziad Abughazaleh
Lee Lieberg
Secretary
Treasurer
Sharon Gibbs
Victor Amor
Board of Directors
Walter Tang
Dr. Steve Placido
Bill Downer
Denis Kerechuk
Art Narvaez
Mary Glenn
Dennis Mc Fadden
Lee Lieberg
Chuck Reyes
Sharon Gibbs
Club Chairs and Leaders
Community Service -Mary Glenn
Foundation - PDG Tim Siu, Fred Wong
International Service - Denis Kerechuk
Vocational Service - John Eimans – Advisor PP
Vince Kemp
Membership - Jim Hudson
Program - Dr. Lee Hamby, Dennis McFadden
Newsletter - Dave Daley
Club Service - Bill Downer, Jeff Owen
Advisors - DGE Chris Montan, PP Walter Tang, PP Bill Kinman
Ex-Officio IPP Stephen Sham
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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT 5300
INVITES YOU
to JOIN US at OUR ANNUAL PRE-DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
FRIENDSHIP DINNER
aka
“CRUISIN’ WITH CHRIS”
“Navigating Rotary” is the theme for the April 22 District Training Assembly, and we can’t think of a better CAPTAIN to
NAVIGATE our 2006/2007 SHIP than DISTRICT GOVERNOR ELECT CHRISTINE MONTAN – but, before the cruise leaves
the Etiwanda Gardens harbor on April 22, CAPTAIN CHRIS has INVITED you all to HER TABLE . . .
FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2006
FELLOWSHIP - 6:00 p.m., DINNER - 7:00 p.m.
at
BRASSERIE ASTUCE RESTAURANT
510 East Foothill Boulevard (btwn Garey & Towne)
Pomona – (909) 621-4954
For Directions, Please visit their web site @ www.brasserieastuce.com/location.lasso
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLS. CALL PHYLLIS MURPHY – (909) 967-2003
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RESERVATION FORM
NAME: _____________________________________________________________________________
PHONE:_____________________
ROTARY CLUB: ______________________________
ADDRESS: __________________________________________________________________________
CITY: _____________________________________________
Chicken Brasserie Astuce
Sand Dabs
Vegetarian: “Where’s the
Beef?” Wellington
ZIP: __________________
________ @ $30 EACH totaling
$__________________
________
$__________________
________
@ $30 EACH totaling
@ $30 EACH totaling
TOTAL
$__________________
$__________________
Enclosed is my check payable to DISTRICT 5300. PAYMENT MUST ACCOMPANY
RESERVATION. Please mail by no later than Monday, April 3, 2006 to
FRANCES MOORE, Alhambra City Clerk
111 South First Street, Alhambra, CA 91801
Seating is limited so “first come – first served”
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