June 19, 2007
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Reminder from Walt Schneider - Tickets for Bernie’s “Can’t Miss” Demotion (aka Kick-out Party) are on sale for $35 each! The Demotion will be at Chouinard Vineyard, 33853 Palomares Road, Castro Valley, on Wednesday June 27, 2007, from 6:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. The attire for the evening is “Jogging Suits” (hey, don’t question the Scribe, ask KJ!) . . . tickets are on sale NOW and we must get a number to our caterer soon . . . please email KJ directly at kj_page@hotmail.com . . . this is another “can’t miss” party . . .
OPENING
President Bernie Kempen opened the meeting and asked Dick Short to recite the Four-Way Test followed by Walt Schneider leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance and, then Bruce Johnson was asked to pray a blessing to open the meeting.
PROGRAM NEXT WEEK
June 26: DARK (see special announcement above!)
JOHN A IS A RED BADGER
President Bernie presented John Aufdermauer with his Red Badge! Welcome . . .
VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS AND DO YOU WANNA BUY A BRICK?
Visitors today included Athena Stanford (Dublin Rotary: “Come to our fireworks sale in Dublin on Dublin Boulevard and get 10% off for being a Rotarian!”), Julia Joung (intern at the CV Chamber), Linda Johnson, Pierre Rusconi, Kevin Fortner and Jennifer Oliver of the Castro Valley Sports Foundation, who was selling BRICKS to “commemorate the past, enhance the present and inspire the future” for the entry of the NEW Castro Valley High School Sports Stadium! Do it by June 20 and it will be engraved and in place in time for the opening ceremony in September 2007! Act NOW using the website www.cvsportsstadium.org or by emailing Cliff Eldridge at cvcliff@comcast.net . . .
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 spoke on the life and works for Phiny the Elder stating that the “out of Africa” statement actually goes back to Aristotle. Phiny the Elder wrote 37 volumes on natural history and other topics. He died when Mount Vesuvius erupted when he was but 56 years old.
Depressing Factoid: Brazilians are claiming that the Amazon is, in fact, the longest river in the world and NOT the Nile! (Yes, President Bernie was in de-Nile about the announcement!)
DID YOU MISS ANY OF THESE EVENTS? IF SO, GO TO WWW.CASTROVLLEYROTARY.ORG FOR PICTURES
May 10 Let’s Go Fishing
May 11 Chili Cook-off
May 12 Rowell Ranch Rodeo Parade
REPEAT OF ANNOUNCEMENTS PREVIOUSLY MADE
August 4 Rotary Day at the A’s - ,more info to follow
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM DR. DARRELL RE CV ARTS FOUNDATION
“Get your tickets . . .” Coming to Castro Valley September 14-23 is Oklahoma! featuring our soon to be departed President Bernie! Then SoVoSo a cappella jazz comes in October 20 followed on February 1&2 by Side by Side by Sondheim, then the San Francisco Girls Chorus Chorissima on April 26 and finally, the Rowell Ranch Rodeo Kickoff on May 8! Tickets are priced to sell so buy your series subscription now . . . o to www.cvartsfoundation.org . . .
RECOGNITTIONS
$50 Mark Poniatowki joined the “big boys” by turning the big 5-0 . . . although he still looks like he could be in high school!
PROGRAM
President Bernie introduced Suzan Bateson, Executive Director of the Alameda County Community Food Bank. Suzan shared that two images drive her daily to serve in her position: the first is of a child going hungry and the second is of a senior citizen standing in a food line. Starting with that illustration, Suzan provided story after story and fact after fact about the Alameda County Community Food Bank. She stressed that they desire to provide fresh produce for those they serve (40,000 each week, including 14,000 children and 7,000 seniors!) and other healthy food. They distribute ovver 250,000 pounds of food each week, and work hard to encourage folks who are eligible to participate in the Food Stamp Program and feed their families fresh food. They have received a lot of interesting donations through the years, including Chocolate Chip Cookies for Dummies (true!) and Reese’s Pieces cereal . . . The ACCFB is always looking for volunteers . . . and donations are always welcome! Do visit http://www.accfb.org/ and catch what you missed, and if you wish to get involved, please call Suzan directly at (510) 635-3663, ext. 301 . . .
SEARCH FOR THE CORRECT MARBLE
Get this: Our speaker, Suzan, reached into the marble sack and pulled out HER OWN TICKET and with $62 at stake and 18 marbles in the sack . . . . reached into it and . . . won . . . $5.00 . . . Congratulations!
FUTURE PROGRAMS
June 26: DARK
June 27: WEDNESDAY Chouinard Vineyards 6-830 PM
Demotion and Kick Out Party
Tickets $35.00 Buffet Dinner and Wine
July 3: DARK
See you next week!
