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May 27, 2014NEXT MEETING: Sandra Sherer;

Monument Crisis Center

This will be a normal noon meeting held at theSoda Center on St. Marys campus in Moraga.

Greeter/Invocator: Gary Irwin

Visitors

~~CLUB BUSINESS~~President Nora called the meeting to order, and Ron Mucovich opened the meeting with a Thoughtfor the Day concerning Memorial Day, with a prayerfor the veterans served by the VeteransAdministration.

Guests today were: Bill Eames, visiting (?) fromLafayette Rotary, and Sister Ann Weltz , ourspeaker today.

Al Simonsen purchased the June Fine Free Hatafter about 10 minutes of listless bidding, for $65 .

The $10 raffle ticket was held by Dianne Wilson, who failed to find the white marble by a proxymarble- picker, who wasnt even close, missing outon $199 (about $200).

~~Birthdays & Happy Bucks ~~Dianne Wilson celebrated her birthday whilevacationing in the Sierra foothills. . . . RonMucovich celebrated his by chowing down on a bigsteak dinner at Cattlemens Steak House withYelena and friends. . . .HB from Gary Irwin to findout that, yes, some people do read the newsletter(at least enough to find that their wifes name was

incorrect). . . . HB from Cliff Dochterman because

a new motorized lift chair in the Rheem Theater has beeninstalled after about 1.5 years of effort, but he cant be thtest pilot in it until the State blesses it . . . .HB from CandMoses for each of her two little grandsons. . . . HB fromColin Barnard for 9 year old son Sam getting permission toattend the X-Men movie with him . . . HB from RoGregory for a successful and fun Field Day.

Nora Avelar , back from honeymoon in Cancun, Mexicoreported that she and husband Dan had a great time,staying in a time-share resort that evidently had a corps ofexcellent sales people. They bought another time-shareunit, but of course got a free meal, a bottle of tequila, and aspa pass. She thus made an unspecified donation to theClub from her dwindling funds.

~~MORAGA ROTARY FIELD DAY~~ Tony Schoemehl , Chairman of Rotary Field Day, thankeall those who worked on the event, and announced that arecord number of athletes, 312, participated and thatRheem School scored the most points and had all the HighPoint boys and girls, and Los Perales was the highestparticipation school with 109 athletes.

A very popular and welcome addition was several athleteand Coach Randy Bennett from the St. Marys Mensbasketball program they did a fabulous job running an

judging the events, and developed a great rapport with theparticipants. Thanks to Kevin Reneau and TSchoemehl for soliciting and arranging their participation iField Day. From their comments, they had fun and wouldlike to participate again next year.

~~ COMING UP ~~*June 3 - Michael Marchiano of Save MountDiablo**June 10 Kevin Nelson, author of LunchesWith Mr. Q.*June -17 - TBD*June 24 - No meeting, Demotion Dinner onThursday.**June 26 - Demotion Party-- Thursday evening

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

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EXTRA: Your faithful reporter found a video madeby the SMC basketballers of their participation inField Day, and posted it on the SMC athletic website. Link : http://www.smcgaels.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?SPSID=101619&DB_LANG=C&id=3284948&SPID=12536&DB_OEM_ID=21400

Working on the event were Angelo Costanza, CliffDochterman, Debbie Roessler, Frank and LindaMay, Lad Lynch, Kevin Reneau, Herb Wehmeyer,Dick Vance, Al Simonsen, Colin Barnard, DavidKruegel, John and Mary Sue Erickson, & Rayand May Kan , and probably someone else I havemissed (sorry about that).

LATE FLASH: The five High Point athletes, allfrom Rheem School, plus their parents,teachers, and principal Elaine Frank areexpected to attend our regular noon meetingnext week (6/3) and pick up their hardware (no,not from Ace). (the newsletter is late too, butthats nothing new).

~~ANNOUNCEMENTS~~Roger Gregory announced that he and wife Jan arehosting TGITLFOTM at their house on Friday May 30 fr

5:30 to 7:30 (?). Address is 138 Whitethorn Drive, offRimer . Remember that this event is somewhat of a potluck, so be sure to bring a nibblie and/or a libation fit forRotarians .

President Nora meant to announce that we need one ormore setup people for June , to set up and take down allthe stuff necessary for our regular meetings. Volunteer,anyone?

Mystery Rotarian : The first one, Barbara Bruner , wasguessed by Gary Irwin , but the second one, who wantedSandra Bullock to play her (him?) in a movie wasntguessed and remains a mystery. Was this MysteryRotarian too short to be noticed (?). Hmmmm.

~~TODAYS PROGRAM ~~ Colin Barnard introduced our speaker, Sister Ann Weltthe founder and Director of the Bay Area Crisis Nursery(BACN) about 33 years ago. She is a Sister of the Orderof St. Josephs of Carondelet, whose mission is to serve thepeople of the community.

About 33 years ago, Sister Ann had been teaching scienceat a school in Orinda, but decided that the area needed aplace where parents under stress could leave their minor

children for a day or more while they solved whateverproblem was affecting them. She had no money, staff, norspace, but she solicited the parents of the current andformer students and raised some funds for a startup. Shenever has taken money from government entities, as theregulations can be oppressive and the continued fundinguncertain. To this day, BACN relies on donations from thecommunity.

Concord Rotary has become a regular supporter afterseveral inspection tours, and has overcome their initialreluctance to donate operating funds, preferring to donatecapital items.

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They were helped by a carpenter who hadimmigrated to the US seven years previously hewanted to spruce up the nursery. After a tour, herealized that a completely new building was reallyrequired, and he arranged to raze the existingbuilding and install a pre-fab building in just 21 days,all for $210,000. Such a deal!

BACN now has two buildings; the Nursery is forchildren less than 6 years old, and the DahlstromHouse is for older children up to age 11. Both are inConcord. Children receive good food, clothing, andloving care, and the maximum stay allowed is 30days. Services are free, confidential, and voluntary.

MORAGA ROTARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2013-14

President ...Nora AvelarPresident-elect .. ........Debbie Roessler

Past Pr esident ....Frank MaSecretary .. ............Kevin ReneauTreasurer .... Lad LynchCommunity Service Chair . .Barbara BrunerNew Generations.. ..Rich RendeInternational Service Chair.. ... Tony SchoemehlRotary Foundation .. ... ...Lad LynchPublic Relations .. ... Gary IrwinMembership .. Debbie and FrankDirector at Large . .John EricksonDirector at Large ... Cliff Dochterman

President, Rotary International .Ron BurtonDistrict Governor, 5160.Steve LacAssistant District Governor...Jose Avela

Newsletter Editor for May Gary IrwinNewsletter Editor for June Cliff DochtermanMay Room Setup ??June Room Setup ??

Rotary International Theme for 2013-14 ENGAGE ROTARY, CHANGE LIVES

CALENDAR OF FUTURE EVENTS

May 30 -- Last Friday Social at the Gregorys une 14 Rotary Bocce Bashune 26 Demotion Party (n o te c h an g e ! )uly 19 FAB 5 Event, Picnic in the Park uly 25 -- Last Friday Social at Cliffs ug. 8-10 OMPA Swim Meet