October 9, 2007
OPENING
President Richard Short greeted everyone and asked Bill Jarvis to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance followed by Bruce Johnson asking thanks for each other and for all we have, asking the Lord’s Blessing on those who serve overseas and our first responders here at home, Owen Smith and other members not with us due to illness, our meal and fellowship.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“To respond is positive, to react is negative.” Zig Ziglar
PROGRAM NEXT WEEK
October 23 InterAct Leaders from Castro Valley High School and Redwood Christian High School
GUESTS
Our guests today were Hayward Rotarian Dr. Jay Tontz, and San Leandro Rotarians Mark Rogers and Ivan Cornelius; Bill Nott is back and visiting again, too!
HELLO SONG
Mr. Tedesco led us in a magnificent wave of joyous noise, eh, song.
REMINDER: PAUL HARRIS AND DOUBLE SUSTAINER REMINDER
President Short had Dwight remind all of us (again!) that it is not too late to contribute to the Paul Harris Fund nor to become a Double Sustainer . . . please contact Dwight Perry at Dwight@pinthis.com for details on both! The drawing for a trip to Hawaii or Costa Rica is scheduled for December 1! You receive one ticket for each $20 contributed! Following are CV Rotarians who are already Double Sustainers or have pledged to become one: Lynn Orne, Alan West, Jeff Moore, Leslie Rothwell, Griff Tully, Sal Tedesco, Bernie Kempen, Dick Bigelow, KJ Page, Bob Crossett, Bruce Johnson, Dwight Perry, Barbara Perry, SA Nichols, Ernie Crook, Mark Wodyka, Andy Kennelly, George Chouinard, Jim FitzPatrick, Ceta Dochterman, Elwood Johnson, Rod Dickson, Bob Shayler, Randy Vanderbilt, Jerry Macy, Tim McKinney, Dick Short, Walt Schneider, Jerome Blaha, Hafsa Burt, Mark Poniatowski, John Aufdermauer , Cliff Sherwood , Rotary Club of CV, Gayle Tully and Owen Smith. (So far CV Rotary has contributed over $10,000 to the Rotary Foundation this year!)
RECOGNITIONS
$100 Bill Jarvis, Anniversary/Birthday/Trip to Mexico
$200 Al West, Trip to Paris (per Al: the nicer you are in Paris, the English they speak)
$100 Dwight Perry, Trip to the Balloon Festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico
$ 20 Kris deCossio, Anniversary
$ 20 Dr. Darrel Lavin, 18th Anniversary of opening his practice
MAC UPDATE
Jeff Moore provided the Club with recent information, including the new $800 alcohol fee for businesses in Castro Valley and an update on the proposed Eden Medical Center project, plus that county staff are looking for alternatives to charging a higher child care fees to providers.
PROGRAM
Ivan Cornelius introduced our speaker for the day, Past District Governor Vinod K. Bhatia, from Mumbai, India, and a member of Rotary Club 3050. A Rotarian since he was 23 years old, he is married to Anjali, and they have two children: Varuni, a research scholar at Columbia, and a son, Mikhil, a CPA working as a business executive in Mumbai. He is the owner of Auto Spares Manufacturing Company. Rotary has always been part of his world as his father ws the most senior part president of the Jodgpur Rotary Club. Visiting the USA for only ten days, he arrived just last Saturday, and will be speaking a many clubs throughout our District. He shared multiple stories of transforming street children into having bright futures. He kept stressing that shere the world saw a problem, Torary saw an opportunity. Thank you for a great program.
THE HUNT FOR THE CORRECT MARBLE
Vinod reached into the marble sack and pulled out Bruce Johnson’s‘s ticket and with $156 at stake and 5 marbles in the sack . . . . reached into it and . . . won . . . $5.00 . . .
FUTURE PROGRAMS
October 30 Jim Fitzpatrick,CVUSD Update
November 6 Scott Dudek, Alameda County Sheriff's Department regarding Jane Doe case and anything else on our minds.
November 13 Debbie Deangelis, Cal State East Bay Athletic Director
November 20 Frank Mellon, EMBUD Director
November 27 RYLA kids presentation
See you next week!
