Villa Park CA Roatary News Letter March 31, 2011

The March 31, 2011 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below.

You may also read it on-line by visiting
http://www.RotaryClubofVillaPark.org/Newsletter.cfm

Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter

Spring Is In The Air

Opening Ceremonies:

Invocation: Greg Mills

Pledge of Allegiance: Craig Beinlich

Rotary Four Way Test: Bryan "Eddie" Nash

Song: Beautiful Dreamer (almost)

Guests:

Jerry Lehrer- Orange North Rotary

Tom Gentile- guest speaker

Larry Dick- Orange Rotary

Lisa Adray- Serrano School Librarian

Debi Adel- Villa Park Elementary Librarian

Announcements:

Steve Stern reminded everyone about tonight's dining out at Los Cabos Restaurant.

              Hors D'oeuvres at 6PM, Dinner at 7  $15/person

Milt Stamos received a special gift from the Meals on Wheels Organization-

       Toiletries, etc.  He donated this to Greg Mills.  He also thinks that "Beautiful Dreamer'

       should be the theme song for Angel fans, no way they're going to beat the Yankees.

Jill Kuli made a presentation of books to Lisa Adray and Debi Adel-

         15 boxes of books were donated  and will be given to Villa Park Elementary, Serrano

          Elementary and the Project Hope Schools.

Stan Van Den Berg received his Paul Harris Medallion.

Greg Mills talked about establishing a signature fundraising event not unlike the Lobsterfest at

      the Yorba Linda Sunrise Club.  Ours will be more of a " Clamfest". 

Jane MCDonald updated us on the upcoming Fall Fundraiser. 

         Date: October 6th   Location: Anaheim Hills Golf Clubhouse  Cost: $75

         Their will be a silent and live auction, mystery bags, Heads and Tails and

           calls for monetary donations(Raise the Paddle).

         Jane also plans major changes to the event booklet with much of the emphasis

          placed on donor recognition.    Jane will be sending around a sign-up sheet

          next week for volunteers to help with the event.  She plans to have several captains and

          crew for each of the different events.  Members will also not be pressured to give large

          donations or purchase a number of tickets, but remember this is our big fundraiser

          for the year and we want it to be a smashing success.

Club Service:Craig Beinlich will be creating a new list for weekly meeting assignments.

Vocational Service: Bob Kreisberg received a check for $500 from the club to run the Junior

        Achievement Program at our local schools

International Service: Jane McDonald updated the club on where our International Funds have

        been donated.      Here are the donations:

         $1000 to Polio Plus

         $500 to Haiti Earthquake Relief

         $2000 to Japanese Earthquake Relief

         $300 to the Romanian Bookmobile  as a matching grant with the Costa Mesa Club.

Happy Bucks:

Lesslie Giacobi- was happy our guests all bought $5 worth of opportunity drawing tickets;

         that Jill Kuli did such a great job with the book drive; and that her grand-kids are

          visiting.   Lesslie also loves us all.

Jim Glenn was happy that his son Steve had successful surgery.

Secret Greeter: Paul Hudson had an alphabetical salad of victoms.

Drawing: $509 in the pot; Steve Kawa drew a Queen.

Speaker: Tom Gentile- Tax Specialist/Accountant

Topic:  Tax Implications of the new Health Care Law

Separating Fact from Fiction.

Tom is a local boy and Angels fan.  He went through the various aspects of the new Health Care

Law and talked about how some low income earners would get government subsidies; small

business owners with less than 25 employees earning an average of $40K or less would receive

a tax credit.  He spoke about the the mandate for coverage which is the most controversial part of

 the law.  He also let us know that even the law requires that you state how much you pay for

health insurance on your tax return, that you will not be taxed for that.  

Next Meeting Assignments:

Greeter: Jim Brodsky

Invocation: John Broussard

Pledge: Teri Brooks.

Membership Announcement:

At a Board Meeting following our regular meeting Ed Carter was approved for club membership. Ed now enters the 10 day review period.  If anyone has any comments regarding Ed's membership please contact Greg Mills or Pete Moriarty.