home kicking back for this evening

MORAGA meeting.” I think we all agree. This

week’s Greeter, Angelo Costanza
recited the Lord’s Prayer and led us in
ROTARY the Pledge of Allegiance.
Our guests this evening - David Miller,
NEWSLETTER tonight’s speaker, and Honorary Moraga
Rotarian, Lillian Roodveldt joined us
from Arizona. It is always so good to
March 9, 2021 see Lillian!
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Next Meeting: March 16th
Noon ~~HAPPY BUCKS~~
Program: Ellide Smith – Gary Irwin gave 2 x $5 Happy Bucks;
one for the Saturday Evening with
Campolindo High School Diversity Rotary event and the second for the fun
Chair video accompanying the event. Gary
Greeter: Debbie Roessler says, “Kudos to Frank May, Jennifer
Brophy and the entire team!”
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To participate next week: John Erickson also gave 2 x $5 Happy
Zoom connection information for next week’s Bucks to celebrate the Evening with
meeting will be distributed early next week. Rotary and to thank the event greeters,
Mayor Mike McCluer and Hubert Ma.
Upcoming Speakers:
- March 23 - Diego Rios – Here for Dianne Wilson pulled out 2 x $5 Happy
Kids International Bucks to agree with Gary & John on
- March 30 – Donna Somerville, how well the Evening with Rotary event
Grateful Gathering went.
- April 6 – The Mayor and Vice Mayor
of Moraga Barbara Bruner got her second Covid
- April 20 – Albert Garcia, Moraga vaccine shot and celebrated the
Library Evening with Rotary event with $10
Happy Bucks. She declared the event
“fabulous.”
~~Thirty-fourth Meeting of Rich Render was under the weather for
’20/’21 Rotary Year~~ the entire last weekend due to a
President Brian South gave the bell a reaction to his second Covid shot. He
robust ringing and called our second celebrated the Saturday, Evening with
evening meeting of the pandemic era to Rotary event with a $10 Hang Ten
order. Brian says, “It is good to be at donation.

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Debbie Roessler gave 2 x $5 Happy
Bucks; one for the Boy Scouts and one
for the Campolindo Interactors -
particularly the “very poised” Interactor
young woman who sat with Debbie at
the check in table and handled the tax
receipts. “They were all great” said
Debbie.
Cliff Dochterman wanted to know if
there is something the club can do for
Dan Ashley?
Debbie Roessler remarked that Dan’s
band has a Rock the Casa event on
4/10. Perhaps the club could explore a
donation to that event.

Debbie Koo joined in the shower of Dianne Wilson gave $5 Happy Bucks
Happy Bucks with 2 x $5 for the event. for “Brian South and all he does behind
the scenes for our club.”
Frank May donated $10 for “all the folks
who came out for the event and for Paul Frank May remarked on the beautiful
Freedman, the video manager, and all table full of decorated wine bottles laid
those who made videos for inclusion in out by the Erickson’s.
the program. Paul produced and edited President Brian South remarked on
the video and is the co-founder of the the taste of the dinner items. He said
Lumumba Children’s Library. there were so many great comments on
Stephanie Dickerson gave $5 Happy the food.
Bucks for the level of joy the Evening
with Rotary event brought. She is, “So
proud to be a part of this group which is
full of such warm, open hearts.”
John Erickson gave another $10
Happy Bucks – As a tribute to Frank
May and Debbie Koo and for all the
hard work Jennifer Brophy put into the
event.
President Brian South gave $5 Happy
Bucks for all the contributors. Brian said,
“We met our goal, and it was good to try
something new.” He thanked all who
were there and remarked on the videos.
He celebrated the club’s willingness to
do it! “Kudos to Jennifer and to the live
stream! We put ourselves out there and
explored new territory.”
Debbie Koo gave another $10 Happy
Bucks and Gary Irwin thanked Paul
Freedman.
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 ~ANNIVERSARIES & BIRTHDAYS~
President Brian said there are no
anniversaries or birthdays during March.
The Fine Free Hat was auctioned, and
Rich Render remarked we might set a
low bid record since there are no Bd’s or
Anniv’s.”
Gary Irwin bid $5 and then Roger
Gregory came in with a $10 bid. (The
Rajah is also the newsletter editor this
month and was so focused on the
blizzard of Happy Bucks that he missed
his chance to raise his hand. He thought
he’d get in for the Hat with a $10 bid.)
$10 was the winning bid and the Rajah
says although he has no finable events
planned, he will wear a Hat at meetings
anyway to celebrate the Evening with
Rotary event.

~~ANNOUNCEMENTS~~

President Brian South put the spotlight

on Treasurer Rich Render for early
numbers from the EWR. Rich said the
income looks like about $28,775 and
expenses total about $8,145. So, the
event netted the club about $20,630.
Amazing!

Brian thanks the Evening with Rotary

committee for all your efforts on the
event. There will be a de-brief meeting
after the regular club meeting on
Tuesday, March 16 to go over
everyone’s feedback and observations.
Thanks again Everyone!

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Brian also told us that Tony
Schoemehl went into the John Muir/Mt.
Diablo Concord Hospital for some
cardiac testing and ended up with
surgery to insert two artery bypasses.
Tony came through it well and was up
walking around Wednesday. Frank May
spoke with Tony on Thursday, March 11
and Tony is starting physical therapy.
Frank says, “He is feeling a bit better but
still has a ways to go.” Gary Irwin has
also been in communication with Tony.
Gary reports “No stents and it was a
double coronary bypass.” Per Gary,
Tony said he is “…walking a little, but far
away from tackling the Lafayette
Reservoir” and it’s the worst he has had
to go through, but he thinks he is on the
downhill slope now.
Brian mentioned that at the next board
meeting one of the items will be a
discussion about conducting our
meetings in some sort of hybrid fashion
involving Zoom and face-to-face since
most of our club members have been
vaccinated for Covid-19. More on this
later.
Other events:
The Rossmoor Rotary Club has a dinner
March 13 in conjunction with Kinders
Barbeque. Based on the Rossmoor
website orders for the March 10 event
are now closed. (Per the site - BBQ orders
must be made by March 10th for pickup on March
13th in the Rite Aid Parking. Club members are
encouraged to spread the word for this worthy
fundraiser. Orders are placed and paid for at
www.rossmoorrotary.org/bbq)
Orinda Rotary Club has a fundraiser
event on March 16 in conjunction with
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Europa Hof Brau. Here’s what the
website says…
(Celebrating St. Patrick's Day and supporting the
local community will surely bring you the luck o' the
Irish! Enjoy a traditional corned beef and cabbage
dinner, with soda bread and more from Orinda's
Europa Hof Brau. Cost is $35 per meal. Through
this curb-side fundraiser, you'll be supporting local
business and community projects at the same
time! Place your order
at: www.orindarotaryfundraiser.com
(Orders must be received by March 14. Pick-up
your dinner between 4:30 and 6:00 PM
on Tuesday, March 16.)
Pleasant Hill Rotary Club has a virtual
event planned for this Saturday, March
13. It involves an auction. Here is a link
and see the pages at the end of this
newsletter for more info…
YOU'RE INVITED to B.R.E.W.'s ST PATRICK's
GLOBAL VIRTUAL PARTY
(constantcontact.com)
Brian said the Dan Ashley, Rock the
Casa event will be April 10 – so more to
come on this event.
Brian also told us the winner of our
Evening with Rotaryprize drawing for
two nights in Sonoma is Marilyn
Simonson.
~~PROGRAM~~
Debbie Roessler found today’s speaker
via the newspaper. He is David Miller.
He is a Moraga resident originally from
Buffalo, New York. Educated at the
University of Michigan involved in Sales
& Marketing management.
David says he loves to raise money for
good causes by challenging himself
physically. After his 50th birthday he
cycled through all 50 states in a
campaign called “50 for 50.” All told he
cycled about 5,400 miles. Nine years
later as he approached age 60, he
learned of Steve Stewart who for his 60th
birthday swam 75,000 yards – almost 43
miles. David thought he could do a
million yards on behalf of the Cancer
Research Institute. At the Campolindo
Aquatic Center David was doing 4,000
yards per day. If he could keep that up,
then he would have a good shot at
doing a million yards in a year.
David was working at the Campolindo
Aquatic & Tennis Center and he
convinced his boss to let him swim even
though the pool is normally shut down
for a portion of the year. During the
shutdown there is no heat and no
chlorine for the pool and the pool can
get quite nippy. David had to wear a
wetsuit, but he continued to swim. His
boss said just don’t get caught…
The California wildfires made progress
difficult when the air quality was so very
bad. In June and July he fell behind
schedule on his swims. In September
and October, he was able to get a little
bit ahead. And in December he was
doing 4,000 yards a day. With that
December push he reached his million
yard goal and raised $50,000 for cancer
research.
Questions came from Rich Render who
asked, “So you work for Campolindo
High School?” David said his employer
is Campo and the School District.
John Erickson asked how long the pool
lanes are? David answered 60 yards so
30 laps is a about a mile.
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(Newsletter Editor sea story time… The
Rajah swam in college. Just sprint stuff.
Freestyle 100 meter and the freestyle
leg of relays. Once while in New York
State for a swim meet the coach said I
want you to swim the 1,500 meter. The
Rajah replied, “unh unh” and coach
said, “If you don’t do it you can leave
now and get on the bus.” I said, “See
you on the bus.” …30 laps is a long,
long way!)
John Erickson told David, “I’ve heard
of mermaids so what are you? Would
you call yourself a merman? David
replied “No – not a merman.”
President Brian thanked David for
speaking with us and told him he would
receive a certificate and a medical kit
would be donated in his name for a
Moraga classroom.
~~ ENCORE GAME~~
The goal of this game at the end of each
weekly meeting is to guess the suit of a
single ace drawn from four aces.
Today’s potential prize was $50. The
name drawn for a chance to win was
Herb Wehmeyer. Herb guessed the ace
of spades. Unfortunately, the winning
card was the ace of hearts, John
Erickson’s favorite selection. So the
$50 prize will be up for grabs again next
week. Sorry Herb.
Greeters/Invocators:
• 3/16 – Debbie Roessler
• 3/23 – Jim Campbell
• 3/30 – Herb Wehmeyer
• 4/06 – John Erickson
• 4/13 – MarySue Erickson
• 4/20 – Lad Lynch
• 4/27 – Barbara Bruner

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Moraga Rotary Directors 2020/2021
President Brian South
President Elect Brian South
Past Co-Presidents Evie Michon & Debbie Koo
Executive Secretary Evie Michon
Secretary Jennifer Brophy
Treasurer and Youth Services Chair Rich Render
Club Administrator Debbie Roessler
Foundation Chairman John Erickson
Community Service Chairman Tony Schoemehl
Public Relations Chairman Gary Irwin
Fundraising Chairman Frank May
International Service Chairs Dianne Wilson & Debbie Koo
Membership Chairman Roger Gregory
Director at Large Mary Sue Erickson
Director at Large Linda May
Advisor to the Board John Erickson
Advisor to the Board Jim Campbell
Advisor to the Board Cliff Dochterman
District Governor 5160 Mark Roberts
President, Rotary International Holger Knaack

This month’s Newsletter Editor – The Rajah Gregory

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 B.R.E.W. Fellowship
St. Patrick's
Global Virtual BREW PARTY
(via Zoom)

MARCH 13, 2021

2 PM Pacific Standard Time
3 PM Mountain Standard Time (Denver)
4 PM Central Standard Time (Chicago)
5 PM Eastern Standard Time (New York & Toronto)
6 PM Rio De Janeiro Brazil
9 PM Accra, Ghana
10 PM DUBLIN IRELAND
11 Midnight Rome Italy, Munich Germany
Sunday March 14, Midnight Kyiv, Ukraine
Sunday March 14, 2 AM Delhi, India
Sunday March 14, 4 AM Taipei, Taiwan
Sunday March 14, 7 AM Sydney, Australia
Sunday March 14, 8 AM Brisbane, Australia

You must register in advance

for this Party:
Click here to pre register for the
Global/VIrtual St Patrick's Party
After registering, you will receive a confirmation
email containing information about joining the
party.

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 SPECIAL GUEST
GUINNESS BREWERY
AMBASSADOR
EOGHAIN CLAVIN
will lead a
GUINNESS BEER
Trivia Game
(Winner gets
2 BREW Koozies)

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 Beat the COVID
lock-down
Join us for our
Global Virtual
ST. PATRICK's
BREW PARTY!
Bring a pint of
Guinness
and let's celebrate
St. Patrick's Day
still observing social
distancing and
Staying Safe & Healthy

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