Los Altos Rotary Club Home of the Annual Rotary Fine Art Show April 18, 2013

President JOHN SYLVESTER called the meeting to order and asked PP DENNIS YOUNG, to lead the Pledge of Allegiance.
 
President JOHN thanked Greeters: LONNIE GARY, ROLAND PAYNE and DAVE SNOW; Sergeant at Arms FRANK VERLOT, STEVE POMEROY and FRANK ELMER; photographer CHUCK LINDAUER; and cashier WYATT ALLEN.
 
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
BEVERLY TUCKER talked about community building, creating community and dedicated a poem by Emily Dickenson to the running community and all who come together in a time of tragedy.
 
SINGING ALONG
PAUL NYBERG led us in “God Bless America”, a fitting song that was written in 1918 and made famous by Kate Smith.
 
VISITING ROTARIANS
President Elect JACK KELLY acknowledged visiting Rotarian Linda from the Rotary Club of San Jose.
 
AND ROTARIANS WITH GUESTS
Rotarians introducing their guests included ABBY AHRENS, BUD OLIVER and FRANK VERLOT.
 

NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTION
RANDY GARD presided over the pinning and induction of new member ROD FOX, along with sponsor ABBY AHRENS. ROD received a standing ovation from the club.  Rod was born in Santa Barbara, received a BA in Theater from UCLA and a Masters in Art from UCSB.  He formerly served as a Consular Officer for the Department of State and his career in finance brought him to the Wells Fargo office on Main Street where he is Branch Manager.
 

ELEVATOR SPEECH
RAE HOLT, whose classification is Retirement Community Management, is the Executive Director at the Terraces of Los Altos, formerly Pilgrim Haven.  He believes there will be many health care challenges facing the country as a growing number of people develop dementia and The Terraces is getting ready to open a Memory Support residence called The Grove in July that incorporates the best friends approach.  The Terraces is hosting an event on Saturday, May 4 featuring David Troxel who will speak about the new trends in Dementia and Alzheimer’s Care. RAE thanked Rotarians in the club for their support and specifically mentioned Mel Kahn who used to pedal his bicycle over to Pilgrim Haven to make deliveries from his Dad’s pharmacy.  (There were some lame jokes around this topic and President JOHN said it reminded him of that song “The Old Dope Peddler.”)
 
ROTARACT
MARLENE COWAN filled the Club in on the status of a future group of new Rotarians that fit into the 20 -30 age group who are too old for Interact and not quite ready for Rotary.  There are now 4 active Rotaract clubs in 5170 and they have adopted our own Child AIDS Prevent program as a fundraiser for two years in a row. 
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
GREG HARTWELL shared the latest Fine Art in the Park poster hot off the press and encouraged everyone to grab some and post them around town.
 
SAM PESNER said “I’m JULIE ROSE” and preceeded to announce the Chamber Expo taking place later in the day with tickets available for those who wanted them.
 
FRANK VERLOT was a sub for FRANK VERLOT and reminded the club that the WCS meeting would be held at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday at First Republic Bank.  There are many projects going on in places like Nepal, Indonesia, the Yucatan and Liberia.  Drop in if you would like to know more.
 
BARBARA SMALL said the student group at Los Altos High School wanted to thank he club for their assistance in selling raffle tickets with all proceeds going to SOPUDEP School in Haiti.
 

In case you missed it, PP MONA ARMASTEAD sent out a club wide email.  Here is the email:

PP Roy Lave has been selected as the 2013 Champion for Youth by the MVLA Challenge Team. The honor is due to his many years of dedication to youth programs.  He will be honored at the Champions for Youth Breakfast, which will be held at 7:00 AM on Wednesday, May 8 at Michael's at Shoreline. Representatives of many community organizations make up the Challenge Team collaborative, which has been meeting for twenty-five  years. The breakfast is a public oommunity event, for which you can reserve a place by sending a check for $55.00 payable to Challenge Team/ CHAC to:

Carole Isnard, MVLA High School District, 1299 Grant Ave. Mountain View, CA 94040-4599.

Although seats are not reserved, it would be great to have several tables of Rotarians at the breakfast.  Just send in your reservations and meet people there. I look forward to a good turn-out of Rotarians.
Best regards,

PP Mona Armistead, LARC liason to MVLA Challenge Team
Rotary Club of Los Altos

A FINE TIME
Everything was over the top for MARY PROCHNOW whose goal was to get as many President Club members as possible.  She started out the fine session by acknowledging birthdays including President JOHN, DICK HENNING, BOGIE (that would be JOHN BOGART) and JOHN CARDOZA.  FRANK ELMER joined the President’s Club, while MEL KAHN tried to interrupt Mary, but she said she would deal with him later.  KURT HUEG joined the President’s Club in honor of his new title as Dean of Business and Social Sciences at Foothill College.  CHUCK LINDAUER had no idea what happened in history this day for $20. MEL KAHN also had no idea but finally determined it might be the 1906 earthquake.  Mary called on DICK DUHRING for some dry wit. When he stood up and cleared his throat, Mary said that was enough right there.  Dick didn’t know who was president that year but did know that Paul Revere made his famous ride in 1775.  MARLIS McALLISTER was hopping on a plane to attend her son’s graduation in Redlands, which was worthy of the President’s Club. BUD OLIVER did not know what cookie was invented in 1902, a tidbit Mary picked up by listening to our speakers Lisa and Sam in the morning on 94.5.  It was animal crackers.  ROLAND PAYNE still wants to wait until next month to be fined (Must be good, so stay tuned!).  BONNIE BURDETT couldn’t think of a pair of radio hosts but came up with Don Bleu to boos from the KBAY crowd. SANDY WHIPPLE also could not name a radio pair but paid $5 to join the President’s Club.  Mary acknowledged LINA BROYDO for bringing in new life to the club with interesting speakers. 
 
ROTARY PROGRAM
LINA BROYDO then introduced some very interesting speakers, Sam Van Zandt and Lisa Kreisler of KBAY, who have been on the air together for over 13 years.  Lisa is a local girl whose radio career spans many years and Sam is the public affairs director and host of South Bay Sunday who interviewed both Rick Casey for the Rotary AIDS Project and Ron Labetich for the Pens for Vets project. 
 
Starting out by saying that they looked much better on the radio, Sam and Lisa did a half hour of impromptu witty banter similar to their show that is on 94.5 every morning from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 am.  In addition to their show, they truly believe in giving back to the community and support many groups and projects with their appearances.  Lisa, who gets up at 2:30 or 3:00 am every morning talks about her family a lot on the show and says that she and Sam love each other and are the best of friends.  Lisa, who said she does the news in addition to trying to be sparkling and witty, was interrupted by Sam, who said, “You had me at sparkling.”  Sam was the former announcer for Candid Camera and got his first job in radio at the age of 17 because of his low voice.  The duo also shared some of their experiences interviewing famous people and agreed they loved Simon Cowell and Harry Connick, Jr. but were not that fond of Vanessa Williams.
 
 
MEETING ADJOURNED
President JOHN thanked Lisa and Sam for a really interesting talk that was lots of fun, congratulated new member ROD FOX and adjourned the meeting with his usual “Have a good day, unless you have made other plans.”  

THIS THURSDAY'S PROGRAM:

Joe McNamara
"Crime in Silicon Valley"
Joseph D. McNamara's career in law enforcement spans a thirty-five-year period. He began in Harlem as a beat patrolman for the New York City Police Department (NYPD).

In 1973, he became police chief of Kansas City, Missouri, leading that department into groundbreaking research and innovative programs. In 1976, he was appointed police chief for the city of San Jose, where he remained until his retirement in 1991. During his tenure, San Jose became the safest large city in the country, despite having the fewest police per capita.

McNamara's books include three national best-selling detective novels and a respected crime prevention text. His latest book is Love and Death in Silicon Valley (2012). He has been a commentator for National Public Broadcasting, has appeared on numerous news programs, and published articles in national and scholarly publications. An authority on police use of force and other issues, he is often consulted by media and testifies as an expert in legislatures and courts.
 He holds a BS from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a Criminal Justice Research Fellowship from Harvard Law School, and a doctorate in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

He has been a consultant for the United States Department of Justice, the State Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and some of the nation's largest corporations.