May 22, 2007
OPENING
President Bernie Kempen opened the meeting and
asked John Aufdermauer to recite the Four-Way Test followed by David
Fleser leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance and, then after
President
Bernie did a tremendous, all encompassing list
of those who we need to have in our prayers, including our armed
services personnel overseas and safety officers within our boarders
as well as other civil servants, Bruce Johnson reminded all of how
fortunate we are to live in our country and the friends we have at
our local Rotary Club!
PROGRAM NEXT WEEK
5/29/07 Club Meeting - Youth Protection Training and Live Scan
SONG BY CETA (OR WHOMEVER ELSE SHE CHOOSES)
Ceta’s son Luc sang The Star Spangled Banner (and did a GREAT job).
VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS
Visitors today included Lisa West (Al’s Bride), Robin O’Donnell (Ken’s Bride) and Henry Wodyka (Mark's father).
HELLO SONG
The Hello Song was led magnificently by the all-time great Sal Tedesco!
CHECK PRESENTATION TO CVUSD FOR ANTI-VIOLENCE PROGRAM
President Bernie presented a check for $1300 for Aquarius Project (Violence and gang prevention Program) to the incoming principal of CVHS, Peter Alvarez . . .
CHECK PRESENTATION TO RCS FOR EMERGENCY SUPPLIES
President Bernie presented a check for $3000 to Redwood Christian Schools Superintendent Bruce Johnson for Emergency Supplies . . . RCS is committed to using the funds to increase their ability to serve the Castro Valley community.
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.
Being in the presence of a great leader today (our speaker, Cliff Dochterman), President Bernie research the top 100 South African Leader and came across a poll of South Africans on this issue. President Bernie pointed our a few that we may have heard of, including #1, Nelson Mandela.
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
CVHS GOLF TOURNAMENT
It is NOT too late! June 29 at the Willow Park Golf Course . . . $100 per persosn . . . contact Coach Ed Blum at 537-5910, extension 3756.
REPEAT OF ANNOUNCEMENTS PREVIOUSLY MADE
May 29 Lifescan Fingerprinting for Youth Protection . . . $17 per person . . . we need three to have them come out . . . more info go to www.rotary5170.org
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
$20 George Chouinard (40th anniversary)
$20 President Bernie (anniversary)
PROGRAM
Our speaker today was
Ceta’s Big Brother, Cliff Dochterman. Besides being known as the
proud Big Brother of Ceta, Cliff also is known world-wide for his
dedication to serving the people of the world through Rotary. Cliff
is a member of the Moraga Rotary Club and has been Past District
Governor 5190 as well as Rotary International President in 1992-93
and was instrumental in the founding/operation of polio plus, 3-H
program and
has served on just about every committee known to Rotary, from the
club level all the way to the international level. Cliff stressed
that we need to serve seriously and have fun along the way. To
stress this, he donned early 1900 dress and as one of those present
at the first Rotary meeting over 100 years ago, called Rotary’s
founder Paul Harris . . . then after a very informative conversation
on his archaic telephone, picked up his cell phone and called Paul
Harris in Heaven to give him a report on how his vision is doing.
Thanks, Cliff, for an outstanding presentation!
SEARCH FOR THE CORRECT MARBLE
Mr. Dochterman reached into the marble sack and pulled out Leslie Rothwell’s name and with $244 at stake and 2 marbles in the sack . . . . reached into it and . . . won . . . $5.00 . . . Congratulations!
FUTURE PROGRAMS
5/29/07 Club Meeting - Youth Protection Training and Live Scan
See you next week!
