JUNE 10, 2014

NEXT MEETING: June 17

PROGRAM: Courtney Guinn, Moraga School District
The New Common Core Educational Standards


Greeter & Invocation: Dave Kruegel

~~ COMING UP ~~

June 14 Bocce Ball Bash in Martinez. 9:30 am
June 17 Board Meeting 5:30 Trinity Hall
June 24 No meeting today. Changed to Thursday!
**June 26 DEMOTION OF NORA - Dinner Meeting
*July 1 -- Special Polio Report from U.S. Centers for
Disease Control
**July 8 -- Past R.I President Rick King (Special evening
Meeting. Bring spouses and guests.)
July 12 District Awards Luau at Community Center in
Woodland.
July 25 TGIF Social at Dochtermans home

* Regular Tuesday noon meeting
** Second Tuesday Evening Meeting at 6:00pm

VISITORS
Don & Linda Jenkins Lamorinda Rotary and Guest Speakers
Ann Damaschino; Marilyn Simonsen;
Yelena Mucovich; Jan Gregory Guests of Rotarian Husbands
Mary Sue Erickson; Linda Campbell Honorary members

HAPPY BUCKS AND OTHER DETAILS
Tony Schoemehl opened the meeting with a very fitting
Fathers Day message.
Ron Mucovich related the coincidence of knowing the
nice lady in Pennsylvania who wrote the thank you letter
about Field Day which had been sent to her!
Mary Sue Erickson reported that her quilting group which
assists young mothers has just delivered 40 blankets to a
parenting class, where they will be put to very good use.
David Kruegel had a happy buck for successfully passing
traffic school which covered his traffic transgressions.
Daves story enabled Cliff Dochterman to recall a story of
Mary Elena, who held graduate degrees in traffic school.
It seems she was on the way home from traffic school
when she was stopped by an officer for some infraction:
but was let off with a warning, when the officer spotted the
Rotary wheel in her window!
Frank May had a happy buck in relaying the story of his
son, who was doing a video for disabled athletes, and was
followed by a drone with a camera.

Al Simonsen paid a happy buck for being able to buy a
new set of golf clubs, since his were stolen from Gary
Irwins car!
This led to a very unhappy buck being given by Gary
Irwin, who was the real victim. His car was broken into
while at Lone Tree Golf Course losing golf clubs,
cameras, computers and garage door opener. Sadly the
thieves had reached Garys garage before he was able to
return and his garage was also robbed.
Jim and Linda Campbell had a buck to report on the
successful selling various items formerly owned by Lindas
Uncle Herman, at a Walnut Creek antique and crafts show.
Kevin Reneau paid a buck to mention that he had very
unexpectedly come across a set of golf clubs, cameras
and other items!
The green ticket was held by Mary Sue Erickson, but alas
she was unable to find the white marble, so settled for $10.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Rich Render reported that our last e-Waste collection
netted $636 for the Clubs service fund. Again thanks to all
of those who helped conduct the collection!

President Nora circulated a nice note from the Odyssey of
the Mind teams for Moraga Rotarys support. Also a copy
of the newspaper article regarding Moraga Rotary Field
and St. Marys basketball players was distributed.


Frank May happily exchanged a blue badge for a red
one with Roger Gregory, who successfully passed the
rigorous list of new member expectations!

PROGRAM OF THE EVENING
This evening our program was presented by Don & Linda
Jenkins, who recently returned from a trip to Viet Nam to
present LN4 prosthetic hands to needy persons. Although
Don has been associated with The Rotary Foundation
activities, he noted that many international projects are
conducted without our Foundation funds and individually
funded. Our Rotary District 5160 has long been a major
sponsor of the LM-4 hands. They told of the exciting
opportunity which an international experience provides the
participants. A total of 500 LM-4 hands were taken to Viet
Nam and fitted to so many people who had lost hands by
industrial accidents and some land mines left after the war.
Some excellent pictures illustrated how the hands were
placed and the recipients were trained for their use. They
reported that over 16,000 LM-4 hands have been distributed
around the world. Clearly, their efforts have changed the


lives of many individuals who came to the distribution
centers throughout Viet Nam. It was an outstanding
program describing how Rotarians and spouses can
volunteer to be a part of a very worthy Rotary service
activity.

BOCCE BALL BASH NEXT SATURDAY
Dont forget, the big Rotary District Bocce Ball Bash is next
Saturday in Martinez. It is a great fellowship event with over
sixty teams representing Rotary Clubs in our area. Moraga
Rotary teams will be led by our intrepid bocce master, Angelo
Costanza! Remember 9:30 am for registering and warm-up
and play begins at 10:00 in the park across the railroad
tracks in downtown Martinez.


THE EDITORS COMMENTS
Last week we had the opportunity to see the enthusiasm of
the students, parents and teachers who attended our
meeting to receive the plaques for Moraga Rotary Field Day.
Elaine Franks, Principal of Rheem School made some very
significant remarks about the importance of Rotarys Annual
Field Day to the children. She noted that it is a valuable
lesson in the process of competitive activities. Some win
and the others can learn a lesson from the experience. The
big lesson is sportsmanship. Be a good sport if you win and
learn something if you lose!
Sometimes Rotarians conduct projects in a rather routine
fashion and do it because we have always done it. We
may not pause to realize how important an event, such as
Field Day, can be to the youngsters of our community, who
look forward to and actually prepare for the activities of the
day.
So, once again, let us thank Tony Schoemehl, for his work
as this years chairman, and Al Simonson for his many
previous years in conducting Field Day. In addition we
appreciated everyone who helped in registering the
contestants, the judges, the St. Marys College basketball
players, and those who did all of the set-up and take-down.
You deserve the credit for a very significant community
service activity Moraga Rotary Field Day.

SHARE YOUR NEWSLETTER
Some members tell me that they regularly print there Moraga
Rotary Newsletter and share it with their spouse in order that
they might beware of interesting speakers or events happen-
ing in the Club. It is fun when spouses attend and join in the
fellowship of Moraga Rotarian.





CALENDAR OF FUTURE EVENTS
June 14 Rotary Bocce Ball Bash - Martinez
June 26 (Thurs.) Demotion Party & Dinner
July 12 -- District Awards Luau --- Woodland
Community Center
July 19 Fab 5 Event Picnic in the Park,
Lafayette Reservoir
July 25 -- TGIF Social at Dochterman Home
Aug. 8-10 OMPA Swim Meet



MORAGA ROTARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2013-14

President Nora Avelar-Martin
President-elect .. ......Debbie Roessler
Past PresidentFrank May
Secretary.........Kevin Reneau
Treasurer....Lad Lynch
Community Service Chair.. .Barbara Bruner
New Generations...Rich Render
International Service ChairTony Schoemehl
Rotary Foundation...... Lad Lynch
Public Relations Gary Irwin
Membership...Debbie & Frank
Director at Large.John Erickson
Director at Large...Cliff Dochterman
President, Rotary InternationalRon Burton
District Governor..Steve Lack
Assistant District Governor.Jose Avelar

Newsletter Editor for June Cliff Dochterman

DONT FORGET
Sign-up for the Demotion Dinner -- $25 per person.
Enjoy a great evening of fun, dinner and fellowship.
Thursday, June 26
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at 6:00 pm. Bring your check to
the next meeting.

THE LAST WORD
There were 11 people ten men and one woman
hanging onto a rope that came down from the rescue
helicopter. The rope was stretched to the maximum.
They all decided that one person should get off, because
if they didnt, the rope would break and everyone would
die.
No one could decide who should go, so finally, the
woman gave a really touching speech saying how she
would give up her life to save the others, because
women were used to giving up things for their husbands
and children, giving in to men, and not expecting
anything in return. When she finished speaking, all the
men started clapping.
Never under estimate the power of a womans message,
nor the consequences of random applause!