April 10, 2007
OPENING
Incoming-President Dick Short opened the meeting and asked Bob Crossett to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. We then broke for fellowship and food. President-to-be Short then brought us back together and had Mark Wodyka lead us in the Four-Way Test followed by Bruce Johnson with prayer..
PROGRAM NEXT WEEK
NO MEETING - WE ARE DARK NEXT WEEK
Ceta took the week off, so we did, too.
VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS
Visitors today included Bonnie Best from CV/Hayard
Rotary.
HELLO SONG
The Hello Song was led magnificently by the
all-time great Sal Tedesco!
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
From KJ: “Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes; so when you criticize them, you will not only be a mile away from them, but you will also have their shoes!”
AFRICAN FACTOID(S) FOR THE DAY FROM OUR PRESIDENT
The Late Great Roman (23-79 A.D) officer and encyclopedist, author of the Natural history., Pliny the Elder Opined’ “There is always something new out of Africa or in Latin….Ex. Africa semper aliquid novi.
President Bernie was not here today so we did not have an African Factoid, but we did get a glimpse into President-to-be Dick’s mind as he told a wonderful story about his rescuing a little duckling that lay dieing near his carport who he immersed into warm water and revived. It was a really cute story . . . and then he hit us with his “rest of the story” which was that “as Rotarians, we have the opportunity to assist the weak and those without hope.” Great message . . . Great reminder.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
None today.
REPEAT OF ANNOUNCEMENTS PREVIOUSLY MADE
Rotary District Conference 5170 is April 20-22 in Monterey . . . save the dates . . . more information and registration info available on www.rotary5170,org . . . Speech Meet finals will be Sunday morning of conference.
May 10 Let’s Go Fishing (for pictures, go to http://www.castrovalleyrotary.org/MemoryLane/LetsGoFishing/2006/Page1.html)
May 29 Lifescan Fingerprinting for Youth Protection . . . $17 per person . . . we need three to have them come out . . . more info to follow
June 3 Foundation Cruise - more info to follow or email Dwight Perry at dwight@pinthis.com . . .
June 17-20 Rotary International Conference in Salt Lake City, UT - visit www.rotary.org
August 4 Rotary Day at the A’s - ,more info to follow
RECOGNITTIONS
Spared (today)
PROGRAM
KJ introduced Leslie Rothwell who distributed
flyers for Castro Valley Education Foundation
Masquerade Ball on
April 28, 2007 (click here) and
Castro Valley High Schools upcoming
50th Anniversary on May 6, 2007 (click here).
Leslie spent the remainder of the program
reviewing the recently published “Resource Guide for Parents” - a
forty-plus page booklet packed with great information for parents
regarding the sensitive areas of alcohol and drug use and sexual
activity of teens. The publication was the result of the Castro
Valley Unified School District and Castro Valley Community Action
Network (CV CAN).
Leslie did a great job . . . if you would like
a copy of this publication, please ask for one from Leslie or Bruce
as we have some stored a few in our container at Willow Park.
SEARCH FOR THE CORRECT MARBLE
Leslie Rothwell reached into the Lasagna
container (yep, that’s right) and pulled out Dick Short’s name and
with $174 at stake and 7 marbles in the sack . . . . reached into it
and . . . won . . . $5.00 . . . Congratulations!
FUTURE PROGRAMS
Coming soon!
See you on April 24 . . . remember, we are DARK next week!
