Rotator for July 27th, 2006
Photographer: STEVE YARBROUGH and friends
Editor: Cindy Luedtke
This Week's Program:
SCC DA Candidates Forum: Karyn Sinunu & Dolores Carr
Upcoming Events:
8-10 Three 10-Minute Talks
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We were honored this afternoon to have our Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
led by none other than our own District Governor, Russ Hobbs. This
highlight was followed by a much more modest rendition of the old round,
“Row Row Row your Boat”.
The tone of the meeting rebounded nicely, however, with LARRY CHU'S proud announcement of our LARC/Mtn View Rotary softball team's stunning, sixth inning victory over the dreaded Los Altos Kiwani’s (widely known for their accumulation of young, talented ringers over the years). Final score: 19 to 16!
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DG Meets with LARC Board. District Governor Russ Hobbs met with our Board before the meeting Thursday at the new First Republic Bank Board Room:
Here are some pictures of our meeting by today's photographer, STEVE YARBOROUGH:
Announcements:
Update your handbook info NOW, to avoid having a picture of you in the
seventies, with your afro and wide tie, still gracing the pages of our book.
Assistant District Governor, CINDY LUEDTKE told about her role with Area 10,
as she introduced our speaker for the day, District Governor Russ Hobbs.
Russ was President of the Sunnyvale Rotary Club in '93-'94, and has twice
been honored as Rotarian of the Year. Following his B.S. in Marketing from
Cal State Chico, he served as an Army Second Lieutenant in Seoul, Korea,
where he married his wife Mary Ann. Russ owns his own Insurance Agency and
has won many awards over the years. This past year, he was honored as
Allstate Insurance Company’s “Volunteer of the Year” for his work in Rotary.
The theme of his talk was "What on Earth am I Here For?", and "Whatcha
gonna do with whatcha got?" He spoke eloquently about the inspiring life of
Paul Harris, who came from a checkered past to get his law degree, and five
years later settled down in Chicago, where he opened his law office and
subsequently founded Rotary.
Plugging the District Conference this year in Monterey, Russ said we "otter"
come. He said that teamwork is how ordinary people can do extraordinary
things, citing as an example, the day Rotary achieved the incredible feat of
inoculating 90 million kids in India in one day.
Russ then left a gift for us, to be auctioned off next week, from the East
Palo Alto Rotary, and thanked us for being the club that we are.
An Update
On Nels Burdett:
"Recently
Nels was transferred from El Camino Hospital to the Skilled Nursing Unit
of the Health Center at the Forum. Everything is healing well for Nels and
he just needs to get his strength back. Thanks you all for your wonderful
emails and prayers."
Come to the fundraiser for CHAC on Tuesday August 1st, 5 till 9
P.M., at the newest Chipotle Mexican Grill, Charleston Rd. and Highway 101.
Thirteen-year-old LEE LYNCH wore her camp T-shirt while expressing
her gratitude for the club's sending two girls to Tech Camp again this year.
See STEVE SHEPHERD to sign up for the August 31st golf tournament
benefitting the Sensory Access Foundation (SAF), played at the Sunnyvale
Municipal course, organized by Sunnyvale Rotary with our District Governor,
Russ Hobbs, as honorary Chair.
ROLAND PAYNE'S wife, Kay Payne, is back by popular demand, with
another talk on "Monet in Normandy", at 7:30 on August 9th at the
Los Altos Youth Center, or LAYC.
Biker, JACK HEIDMILLER, reports that the Bicycle
Fellowship meets each Saturday at Rancho Gas Station, 8:30 AM. Normally
they do local rides to Woodside, Saratoga, Bayshores etc., have coffee and
return. This is about a 3-4 hour get-together but that can be adjusted to
meet your schedule. Please come and join us for a Saturday ride. If you
have a question, e-mail Jack. His email is in the handbook.
Benefactor BRUCE CANN expressed his gratitude to the many Rotarians
who attended the dedication of the Cann Quad at Eastside College Preparatory
School recently, and took a tour of the school's facilities. He said our
interest in the school was also much appreciated by Principal, Chris Beschoff, along with his dedicated facult 
DICK
HENNING auctioned off a little bit of history, a genuine Chairman Mao
“Little Red Book”. It brought $110 for the club, from visiting Santa Cruz
Rotarian Jerry Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald.
After a brief motivational talk by DG Russ, on the subject of the
importance of becoming a Double Sustainer, a large crowd of Los Altos
Rotarians stepped up to the podium to sign up and receive their Double
Sustainer pins.
JOHN HAMBLIN, with the help of our District Governor, made the
official presentation of his Blue Badge to MICHAEL STADLEN.
Congratulations, Michael!
President Sam announced the first recipient of his new Rotarian of
the Month award, LARRY CHU JR.,
for his leadership in coaching the highly
successful (remember the big 19-16 win over the Kiwana’s!) LARC/MtnView
softball team. Additional Larry Sr. and Larry generously provided the
chicken salad for our Art Show Festival booth.
President Sam announced that we are examining the possibility of
installing fans in the Garden House, to avoid losing any of our members to
the midsummer heat. While we're at it, we're looking into new drapes as
well.
Much love from Mary-Carol and Nels
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