July 17, 2013

NEXT MEETING JULY 23, NOON

Program: Brother

Dominic Berardelli, Saint Marys College

fiscal health of our town is now sound due in large part to Measure K (which received more than 70% of the vote). The town now has a $6.6million capital improvement budget! $2.6million goes to fixing the streets and storm drains; $3.2million to rebuild the Canyon Road bridge to make it much safer; the headwall at Laguna Creek by the Hacienda is going to be fixed; and they have $800,000 allotted for a variety of other capital improvement! With the balanced budget, they have raised employee salaries by 2% which is really just a modest increase of $100,000 in payroll. Not bad! Theyve put in place a more affordable pension plan. Back to the issue of repairing the streets, the main streets of Moraga are available to highway funds and Measure K is only for the purpose of repairing roads and storm drains. Giving the people of Moraga what they are asking for! And heres a piece of information that is definitely positive: the Moraga housing market is up over 6% which is higher than Lafayette and Orinda, just a tidbit for some friendly rivalry.

**ROTARY HAPPENINGS** ~OMPA is coming up!

Frank is holding an organizational meeting next Wednesday, July 24 @ Holy Trinity, 5pm. This is to confirm final details! Lots of special events at this meeting!! Frank & Linda May, Cliff & Mary Elena, Debbie & Lou, attended the Awards & Installation dinner last Saturday. Debbie received the Rotary AllStar Award! Our Club earned a few awards too: Recognition for our contribution to the Kenya Smiles Project; Excellence in Service Award for our contribution to the Rheem Theater Accessibility Project; great recognition for our Employee of the Month Program; and the Peace Through Service Award. Congratulations to the Club for a great year! We had the distinct pleasure of inducting a valuable new member, Sonja Malaga, into our Club! (Read more below) Kevin Reneau announced the Moraga June Employee of the Month to Jom Douangnaly of Nations Hamburgers! (Read more below) John Erickson made a special presentation of a Paul Harris +4 award to Debbie Roessler!

We are meeting in our normal room, ORINDA ROOM

Greeter & Invocation.....COLIN BARNARD

~COMING UP~
July 24 OMPA meeting, 5:30pm @ Holy Trinity *July 30 Melissa Holmes, Oracle Racing Americas Cup *Aug. 6 CLUB ASSEMBLY Aug. 2-4 OMPA!! *Indicates a regular Tuesday noon luncheon meeting **Indicates our monthly evening meeting at 6pm

~GUESTS~
Sonja Malaga Was a guest, now a member! Jom Douangnaly June Employee of the Month Grant Power Executive Vice President of Nations Dave Trotter Mayor of Moraga, Guest Speaker Scott Bowhay Guest of Dave Trotter Dennis Kelleher Guest of Gary Irwin

~Diablo View Rotary is holding their annual Poker

Tournament fundraiser, Saturday July 27, 11am @ Blu 42 in Walnut Creek. $50 pre-purchase, $60 at the door. If you are interested in purchasing early, email Justin Fowler at Justin@FowlerInsure.com ~Orinda Rotary invites all to come and be entertained by their annual free Opera in the Park, Sunday, July 28 @ 4pm in the Orinda Community Park. There is free parking, food and beverage for purchase. Maestra Julia Nielsen of San Francisco will be putting together a cast of talented young artists to perform arias and ensembles! ~George Renworth got the winning ticket but just missed the jackpot! ~Dont miss the Rotary Adventure (District Conference), October 18-20 in Chico! Register today!

THE PROGRAM
DISCLAIMER: Todays newsletter editor is not responsible for any misinformation due to her lack of political jargon and understanding. Please bear with me, I hope I got at least most of it right! Our Mayor of Moraga, Dave Trotter, was gracious enough to come speak to us about our beautiful town and what updates he had. He first assured us that the

**FUN STUFF!** Congratulations to our newest member, Sonja Malaga, from Mechanics Bank in Moraga! It is an honor to have you as a part of our Club!

**CALENDAR OF FUTURE EVENTS***

July 27 Diablo View Poker Tournament July 28 Orinda Rotarys Opera in the Park Aug 2-4 OMPA Swim Meet Food Booth Aug 26 Lafayette Rotary Golf Tournament Sept. 7 E-Waste Collection Day Sept. 21 Orinda Rotarys Dancing with the Cars Sept. 21-22 Lafayette Art & Wine Festival Oct. 18-20 Rotary Adventure 2013 (District Conference) in Chico

MORAGA ROTARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2013-2014

President...........Nora Avelar President-elect.....Debbie Roessler Past President ....Frank May Secretary....Kevin Reneau Treasurer......Lad Lynch Community Service Chair...Barbara Bruner New Generations Chair.........Rich Render International Service Chair..Tony Schoemehl Membership....Frank & Debbie Public Relations..Gary Irwin Director at Large...Mary Elena Dochterman Director at Large.....Cliff Dochterman Director at Large.........John Erickson

Congratulations to Moragas June Employee of the Month to Jom Douangnaly of Nations Hamburgers! Executive Vice President of Nations joined Jom to help us honor him!

~ PLACES TO MAKE UP ROTARY ~

MONDAY Danville @ Noon.......Faz, Danville TUESDAY Diablo View @ 5:30pm...Lift Lounge, Walnut Creek WEDNESDAY Orinda @ Noon......Orinda Country Club Berkeley @ Noon..His Lordships Restaurant Rossmoor @ Noon.Hillside Clubhouse, Rossmoor THURSDAY Pleasant Hill @ Noon......St. Andrews Presbyterian Church Lafayette @ Noon....Oakwood Health Center Oakland @ Noon......California Ballroom FRIDAY Lamorinda Sunrise @ 7am....Celias Mexican Restaurant Concord @ Noon.....Concord Hilton

OMPA!!
OMPA is an important fundraiser for our Club not only financially, but it makes us visible to the community on a larger scale. Things may be slightly different this year, so we encourage you to attend the final details meeting next Wednesday, July 24, 5:30pm @ Holy Trinity. Frank has been working hard in banding us all together, so lets Engage in our Rotary Club so we may Change Lives!! UPDATE: If you have a

This months editorNora Avelar

THE 2013-14 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL THEME

ENGAGE ROTARY, CHANGE LIVES

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