Los Altos Rotary Club eNewsletter "Rotator"

Los Altos Rotary Club

Home of the Annual Rotary Fine Art Show

November 7 2013

Writer: Barbara Small - Photographer: Steve Pomeroy - Editor: Cynthia Luedtke Issue: #19 2013-2014

Greeters: FELIX HU, BILL MASON
Cashier: DAVID CASAS
Sargeants at Arms: PAUL GONELLA, MIKE ABRAMS

Thought for the Day was given by STEVE WU: Steve shared with us the top 5 things he learned while attending the Boy Scout Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia:

#5: Los Altos High School Supports Troop 37 with several scouts attending the Jamboree
#4: Bad Weather, despite which all attendees had a wonderful experience
#3: Wild Wonderful West Virginia
#2: Visiting Boston, Concord, and Lexington inspires patriotism
#1: Fellowship of Scouts from all over the country and the world, youth and adult; male and female, to celebrate each other and the joy of scouting.

Song for the Day: CAROL GARSTEN shared her inspiration for the song “All You Need is Love” from the Beatles. Carol – we appreciate your enthusiasm!

Visiting Rotarians:
Col. (R) ALDEN CUNNINGHAM from Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Rotarians with Guests:
KAREN FOX introduced Eugene Fram. VAL CARPENTER introduced Ron Barone. LINA BROYDO introduced Robert Cable, Stanford Lively Arts and Wiley Hausam, Managing Director of Bing Concert Hall

Announcements:

ANNABEL PELHAM announced that Partners for Elder Generations is co-sponsoring an event with the Center for Age Friendly Excellence at the Los Altos Hills Recreation Center, where Eagle Scouts will be downloading contact information for elders on to flash drives;

MARLENE COWAN gave us a follow up on the Coaniquem Burn Center, announcing a District sponsored tour of Santiago, Chile, the cost is $1,000.00, and the tour takes place in April.

RON LABETICH of the Veteran’s Committee announced that at next week’s meeting everyone can wear their hats, and that he is offering 2 tickets to the Stanford Bucknell Basketball game this Friday.

On Saturday, November 16, from 5:30-6:30 at the American Legion Hall, the Veteran’s Committee is hosting a spaghetti dinner for $30 dollars per ticket. The proceeds will benefit the Veteran scholarships and textbook vouchers for the veterans.

Ten Minute Talk:
MARK ROGGE was born and grew up in Elmhurst, Illinois. He became the youngest member of the drum and bugle corp in Elmhurst. He went to work early in life at the local Holiday Inn to help supplement his family’s income. At age 18 he joined the Elmhurst Police Department. Mark attended college in Redding, California, where his brother lived. While there he opened a teen disco, because he wasn’t old enough to get into a regular disco. Mark then moved back to Illinois, where he went to work for Illinois Public Works. But he missed California, and when he had the chance, Mark moved back to California in San Jose, where he worked for San Jose State. Mark was instrumental in the restoration of the Shoreline Parklands and Rengstorff House. He also worked on the Mountain View Library, Adobe Building Restoration; Milpitas Light Rail, City Hall, Veterans Memorial, the Public Library and associated parking garage. Mark also worked on the Murphy Avenue development project in Sunnyvale. Mark likes his work and especially likes to build bridges. Mark is now retired and looking forward to building bridges with other members of Rotary.

President_Jack_Kelly_manages_the_meeting

President JACK KELLY shared with the Club photos of Allart from Nepal. The first photo showed Allart being blessed by a local Nepalese woman. There were photos of the solar cooker, the chairman of a Nepalese company that makes chimneys for the fireplaces that burn the pressed briquets, photos of the Rotary Club meeting in Patan Dubar and Lalitpur; Allart working on a Global Grant; cooking stoves fumes tester; and election day in Patan Dubar.

Fines:
SAM PESNER entertained us with Rotary Jeopardy.

LINA BROYDO paid $30.
DAVID CASSAS paid $30
KAREN FOX paid $2
CAROL GARSTEN paid $80 to join the President’s Club in honor of her 26 years in business;
LEW FRASER paid $20
KENDRA GERSETH paid $50 in recognition of her new car, new Ping Golf Clubs, and new haircut;
ROY JONES paid $30
TINA PIERCE paid $40 for getting the Daily Double
ALLAN VARNI paid $20
SANDRA WHIPPLE paid $10

Presentation:
LINA BROYDO introduced WYLIE HAUSAM. Wiley Hausam joined Stanford University in February. He is a presenter of theater, dance, music and opera, a creative consultant, theater producer, teacher, and manager of performing arts facilities. For many years, Hausam was based in New York City. During the 1990s, he was an associate producer of four musicals and plays on Broadway, which received 17 Tony Award nominations and 4 Tony Awards. Since 2002, he has worked in higher education. Hausam graduated from the School of Music at Northwestern University and studied business at Kellogg Graduate School of Management there. At Columbia University, he studied philosophy of art. He is honored to be have been selected by Stanford to lead the opening of the Bing Concert Hall and the launch of Stanford Live.

The Bing Concert Hall has 360 degree vineyard style seating. There are 842 seats, which is a small venue in the performing arts world for a concert hall. Wylie previewed for us the list of upcoming performances. Wylie explained that performances at Bing are for the communities surrounding Stanford. This past year was the first full year of performances. They are going to expand to including summer performances. Acoustics at the hall are incredibly sensitive and they are working to moderate for that. When subscriptions went on sale in May, they sold out 20 shows on subscription alone, which is unusual. The Bing Center has exceeded the projections for the first four years of the business plan. They are working on how to make more tickets available to the community. One option is that they ask subscribers a few days before an event if they are not going to attend, to please turn in their tickets to be offered to the community. In the coming year the Center will also expand from musical concerts to multidisciplinary performances around the Stanford Campus. The goal of Bing Center is to become the leading presenter of performing arts in the U.S. Higher Education world.

This Thursday's Program:

Judge Pete Manoukian - "Veteran's Day Program"
The Honorable Socrates "Pete" Manoukian has been a Judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County for the past 13 years. He has presided over both civil and criminal trials from juvenile delinquency to the appellate division of Superior court. He has been an instructor at the California Center for Judicial Education and Research teaching courses in Criminal Felony Pretrial Procedure. After graduation from Law School in 1977 he was a lawyer in private practice before being selected, and re-elected, to the Superior Court of Santa Clara County.

Judge Manoukian graduated from Los Altos High School in 1964 and then went to Foothill College before transferring to UCLA where he earned his BA degree in History. He received his JD degree from Southwestern University Law School in Los Angeles.

He is married to the Hon. Patricia Bamattre-Manoukian, Associate Justice, California Court of Appeals, Sixth Appellate District. His personal interests are fishing, boating, gardening, poultry farming, residential construction/renovation, and Middle Eastern fusion cooking.