IT HAPPENED THIS WEEK
IT HAPPENED THIS WEEK
April 14, 2010
By Linda Black
Our weekly lunch was kicked off with inspirational words from the very inspirational Dannie Cavanaugh. The pledge was led by our
special guest, Andrew Sisolak, followed up by a rousing patriotic song by Jim Machado.
A warm welcome song for our guests Andrew Sisolak and Robin Young was led by our own Rob Barber.
When asked about any health updates, Richard Marcus shared that he was in good health. Thanks Richard, what a relief!
Our prez in his never ending quest to add to our coffers looked about the room for those who were missing badges and or pins. He took advantage of this opportunity and fined those of us without the proper adornment $4.99.
The resident Gavel Detective, Ron Foster, in his search for the illusive gavel presented a letter from one of his major clients. It seems they have developed a new gavel called the Stiff Gavel 3000 designed to test the strength of the gavels holder. Unfortunately, our prez did not rise to the occasion. You needed to be there to fully understand. Take a look at the pictures on our website and you will have a much better understanding of the SC3000.
Red Betts thought he escaped his birthday last week but the Captain did not forget. We all sang happy birthday to Mr. Betts, 85 years young.
Speaking of birthdays, Richard Marcus tried to convince us all that that he and Andrew Sisolak were twins because they shared the same birth day. We had to make him understand that you not only had to have the same parents to be twins but need to be born in the same century. Happy birthday fellas! Richard also announced his new grandchild. Congrats Richard and family. Lets see..a birthday and a new grandbaby, that will be $250.
Has anyone seen Rob Barber's new wheels? A bright yellow Vette! Now let's see about this.a mid-life crisis is worth $300 don't you think?
Finally, Steven Frye fined himself $20 because our praise of his musical talents made the local paper. We can never praise Steven too much. He really is a great asset to our club. Thank you Steven.
Speaking of talent, we were very pleased to see the work created by the students of Culver City High School in our recent art contest. Their teacher, Kristine Hatanaka, introduced the winners. They are:
First place was Irum Ahmed with the water color of her desk.
Second place was Emanuel Sayes with the acrylic of baby.
Third place was Charlotte Sabet with the acrylic of a mother holding a child
Well done all.
As you all know, we have a speaker every week. Unfortunately sometimes even the best laid plans have a glitch. We had a guest, Robin Young, who is with the Mid City Light Rail Authority. She thought she would just pay us a little visit and get to know Rotary. As she was sitting with members, enjoying her lunch, Tim Mesmer asked her what she was doing for the next 20 minutes. It seems our speaker was detained and could not speak today. He asked her if she could give a little presentation and update us as to the status of the Expo line. Being a good sport, she said yes and proceeded to give a great presentation on the fly. We have heard about singing for your supper but not speaking for your lunch. Robin did a wonderful job and was truly grace under fire. Well done Robin!
Paul Knoll gave us his dose of wisdom he reminded us that next week is the birthday of Paul Harris!
Captain Kangaroo Trivia:
How long was Captain Kangaroo on the air?
What was the name of the Captains home?
Who were the 5 characters on the program?
Wanna be fine free Wednesday, know the answers.
2010 Culver City Invitational
I would like to thank all of you who made the Invitational such a great success. We achieved our 3 tiered objective of (1) providing a community service event that gives a positive experience for the athletes and spectators alike, (2) to give back to the community with a hands-on event that has our Club members working side by side with coaches, parents and Rotarians from other clubs, and (3) fundraising to continue with our community service projects.
Past President Jim Machado said, "It was Outstanding. Our best Track Meet ever.
If you weren't able to go to the event here is what you missed: Rotarians working together with Interactors, school officials and other Rotarians and having fun. Over 400 pancake breakfasts were served and the food was really good. The stands were full of people seeing a great track meet and also seeing Rotarians serving, leading, judging, organizing and giving out medals to the winners. All level of athletes had an opportunity to participate, both boys and girls. It was great visibility for Culver City Rotary in the community."
I lost count of the number of athletes who were there representing the 22 high schools who came to this year's event. I do know that a great number of them started the day with a great breakfast (that they most likely would have skipped to get to the meet) compliments of our Club. This is
the second year that we have had the pancake breakfast, and it looks like it has become a trademark of the event.
We added a few new touches this year - a website, advertising on DyeStat and EPI Sports, an Official Program, Professional Judges at many of the events, a hospitality tent with lunch for the coaches, running the concession stand and the addition of Porta Potties to handle our growing crowd.
A special thanks to Carmela Raack who worked untold hours putting together the Official Program. It just would not have happened without her.
Also special thanks to Ann Murakami who handled the purchasing for the concession stand and pancake breakfast. Using her contacts she acquired quality products that were either donated or deeply discounted for us. Ann then oversaw and worked the concession stand that many of you worked at for long hours before, during and after the event.
As Jerry Chabola, Athletic Director of CCHS, said, "The Rotary Model is Service Above Self." "The hard work of Coaches Jahmal Wright and Venus Jewett has demonstrated what teamwork and service mean to our young people at CCHS."
Thru this year's hard work we have set a new standard for next year's Invitational. I look forward to working with all members of the Rotary Club of Culver City and the coaches of CCHS to achieve these goals.
Yours in Service,
Tim Messmer
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Relay for Life
The American Cancer Society Relay for Life is just around the corner -- May 15, I believe. Last year I chaired the event for our club and participated in the Relay, representing our club. I will be honored to do it again this year and I ask for your sponsorship to support this fine organization. And I will welcome anyone who wants to walk as well -- last year we had several members walking and we had a nice time. Chris King will be organizing the Interact and Rotoract clubs in this event and we hope to join them to form a great Relay Team!! I thank you in advance for your sponsorship and participation. I will be contacting you at our meetings, or, you can also email me with your pledge -- any amount will be most welcome.
My email address is annmiya@hotmail.com. Or you can also call me with a pledge 310-717-6641. THANK YOU TO ALL!!! Ann Murakami
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District 5280 eYellow Pages
Take advantage of posting your business information and searching for other businesses on the Rotary eYellow Pages. It's simple and free! Click on the Rotary eYellow Pages link on the District Web site or go to www.yp5280.org
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Make Ups....
Please email your make up information to Darlene Kiyan at darlenekiyan@ymcala.org.
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