This Thursday's Program:

Alia Malik
FLY- Juvenile Justice System

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ROTACARE FREE CLINIC

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IMPORTANT POINTS IN TIME AND SPACE

Next Tuesday there’s a Red Badger meeting at First Republic Bank between 6 and 7 p.m. concerning International Service to which everyone is invited.

At the Meeting of November 15, flu shots will be available between 11:30 and 1:30 for $25 each.

PREZTOBESETH explained the meaning of a confusing piece of paper which he advised us all to fill out for the benefit of an endeavor to determine where LARC should be in 5 years.

COETA CHAMBERS says contact her if you are interested in participating in a District 5170 family or couples exchange with Rotarians in central India.

BOB CATHCART, former LARC member and orthomolecular physician, just died.

JEANNIE MacVICAR announced a cancer survivor’s workshop on November 3 at the United Methodist Church.

MEL KAHN, who proclaimed he is not cheap, invited all to ASANTE next Wednesday where, for $50, you get lots of food and wine.

ROLAND PAINE announced World Community Service meets next Tuesday morning from 8 to 9:30 at Northern Trust, with all invited. Then a cell phone started to ring.

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

DAVE SNOW gave his TEN MINUTE PRESENTATION. DAVE heard about Rotary from DAVE BERGMAN and was sponsored by JULIE ROSE. His interests include travel, hiking, music and computers. He is married. He started up a semiconductor company with his father, ran a website for Oracle and now runs a web design firm, among other things. It appears that DAVE develops varied interests and pursues them intensely. Welcome aboard!

FEUD OF THE CLAN McALLLISTER

JOHN McALISTER engaged in Zen finemasting, chastising Rotarians for not knowing who was on the cover of the Rotarian Magazine. Of course, the magazine was a year or two old, but who’s counting, right? However, JOHN succeeded in fining many near and far, including but not limited to:

MEL (“I am not cheap – well, maybe I am.”) KAHN
MARLIS (“The Other”) McALLISTER
GEORGE ESTILL
BARRY GROVES
JACK KELLY
YOUR REPORTER
REZA KHAMNEIPUR
CHUCK (“I’ve got a new gig.”) LINDAUER
GINNY (“The Traffic Engineer”) LEAR
BILL PALMER
SHIV SHASTRI
SYLVESTER SCHIELE

TEN LINE PRESENTATION

The sole purpose of this publication is to pack the maximum number of names of members into 1 ½ pages of occasional sentences. So who are these names? Today, your Intrepid Reporter will acquaint the membership with LARRY MADSEN, who shot photos of all the Rotarians named above plus RICK CASEY, who opined on walls and fences for the Thought for the Day. LARRY is a retired architect best known for having invited the members of our Mother Club, Mountain View Rotary, to lunch and then serving them peanut butter. But he is much, much more. He is one of the best first basemen we’ve ever had on our softball team. For many years, when rollers were hit into the hole between first and second and MEL would field the ball and gun it way across the diamond toward first and into the dirt, LARRY would occasionally catch and hold onto the ball. On the basketball team, LARRY was one of the best centers we’ve ever had. The term “he plays just below the rim” was coined for LARRY. In golf, LARRY is renowned for hitting the ball off the tee and close to the pin (but never in the hole) on par 3’s.

TODAY’S PROGRAM

PREZTOBE SETH introduced ALAIN BAMBARA, Rotarian from the Ivory Coast, who spoke about where the money went from the Rotary Foundation to the 14 countries of District 9100 in Africa, which is the size of the U. S. of A. west of the Mississippi. Polio has been almost completely eradicated, though it keeps popping up from neighboring Nigeria, where for political reasons immunization has been delayed. Rotary money goes to the digging of water wells, installation of pumps for wells and distribution systems, the purchase of malaria nets and the purchase of penicillin, which, at the cost of $0.25 per application, cures a case of yaws. Rotary money also goes toward the purchase of equipment like pizza ovens which an orphanage uses to sell pizza and make money to run the operation.