Shown here is Grace Padilla and President John Boogaard
 
 
Grace Padilla representative from Marukan Vinegar U.S.A. visited us today to tell us about Marukan Vinegar one of the local businesses here in Paramount.  Grace was born and raised here in California, she went to Southgate High School and studied Business/Accounting at University of Phoenix. She has worked in accounting for over 20 years. She has been with Marukan for about seven years. She has two boys ages 18 and 13 and loves spending time with them. When she's not with her boys she loves spending time with her friends and hanging out at the beach. Grace plans on pursuing her education in accounting and hoping to move into the medical field. She will also pursue a certification in massage therapy in hopes to start her own small business in the future.

At Marukan, they adhere to "Century Proven Methods;" it's the history of their success. The company itself was established in 1649 and since that time the company has gone through many changes.
In the Tokugawa Era there was a saying that "Masamune means Sake and Marukan means vinegar" and as a guarantee of the unfailing quality of Marukan vinegar, the name of the company's founder, Suya Kanzaburo (Yasuhisa) was written on every barrel of vinegar produced. Later the first character of that name was written and was designed to represent a trademark. Up to this present-day the trademark has continued to stand as a guarantee of their traditional skill and constant high quality. The full-bodied taste that only time can create, and traditional methods preserve.

In order to ensure that they offer only the best, the production of Marukan vinegar can never be rushed. Even now, they still preserve the traditional fermentation method, giving the ingredients all the time they need to ferment and produce the characteristic full-bodied flavor. There is no short cut to the making of a good vinegar.

The guaranteed quality of Marukan's healthy and delicious products, with their fine, well-rounded flavor means that they can be recommended with the upmost confidence.  Be sure to try one of their many flavors found at your local grocery store. It's a nice flavorful way to add a change to many dishes, you'd be surprised what you can cook with Marukan Vinegar.
 
To learn more about Marukan Vinegar please check out their website which includes recipes:  http://www.marukan-usa.com/
 
 
Other News . . . 
Last week, Mary Jane was able to enjoy a few days of vacation which included a tip to Tahoe, a visit to her parents who live in Carson City, a day trip to Virginia City (only the coolest Wild West City . . EVER) and then ended the week with a few days in Stockton home of her Alma Mater; University of the Pacific! Some of the highlights of the trip are shown below in Pictures:
 
 
  
 
From right to left: A stop at Manzanar which is a humbling experience, an amazing view of Lake Tahoe at Sunset, a trip on the V & T, hanging out with Power Cat, and chillin' with a bear as he feasts on spawning salmon.  Over all it was an incredible trip!
 
 
Upcoming Dates to Remember:
October 27 - Golf Tournament to be held at the Westridge Country Club in La Habra - sign up to play today!
November 20th - Rotary Sponsored Paramount Senior Luncheon at Paramount Park
December 12th - Rotary Club Christmas Party and Auction
 
Duty Roster for October 28, 2014
 
Invocation  Jay Wilbur
Pledge  John Colville, PDG 
Introductions  Teri Mouren-Laurens 
Program  Gary Endo 
Raffle  William Pelligrino
Raffle  Buddy Jackson
Greeter  Francisco Galvez
Greeter  Maria Mac Lean