Villa Park Rotary minutes of July 14, 2011

The July 14, 2011 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below.

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Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter

Our Own Gem Teri Brooks, Talks Gems

Opening Ceremonies:

Invocation:  John Brousssard- reminded us to be thankful

Pledge of Allegiance:  Teri Brooks

Rotary Four Way Test: Jane McDonald

Song:  "Yankee Doodle Dandy" led by Teri Brooks

Guests:

Dan Friedl- second visit

Dale Dagley- second visit

Duane McMurtrey-  Tee It Up for the Troops

Anniversaries:

Ed & Carmen Carter are celebrating an anniversary Friday- Ed will fill us in on the details next

                   week.

Announcements:

Steve Stern- talked about the upcoming dining out at the Ale Roma Cuchina

              Restaurant on August 1st.  27 members have signed up so far.

              Cost $20/person includes: hors d'oeuvres, appetizer, a choice of 3 entres

               and hopefully a delicious desert. 

Duane McMurtrey talked about an upcoming golf tournament at Alta Vista Country Club

             on September 12th to benefit our returning troops.  Duane is involved with

             an organization called Tee It Up For the Troops that raises funds to help

            meet the needs of returning military veterans.  Today he also presented

           Bob Meyer with a check for $2000 to support Operation a Bit of Home.

Wayne Silzel was our secret greeter and caught only poor Mariane Koepnick unaware.

           He also talked about an upcoming trip to Europe with the Muckenthaler Cultural

            Center.  The trip feaures Austria, Germany, France and Switzerland and

           runs from December 9-17.  For more information contact John Gamblin

            at 714-692-2210 or johngamblin@sbcglobal.net.

Nagy Ibrahim spoke briefly about the upcoming programs, but also stressed the

           importance of attending make-up meetings at other clubs.  Make-ups can

          also be done on-line.

Ed Carter- reminded us about the upcoming Angel's game to support End Polio Now

               on August 20th.  Millie Alexander and Mariane Koepnick expressed interest.

Jay Applebaum updated us on progress with a possible International Matching Grant

         to help Operation Hope's future missions to Zimbabwe.  Last week's speaker

         and Operation Hope Executive Director has given me Rotary contacts in

         Zimbabwe who are very interested in pursuing a grant.  We have communicated

         and will start exploring the process of creating the grant.  I am having lunch

          tomorrow with Orange North Rotarian Ken Caplin, who is a self proclaimed

         Grant maven.  So we're off.   I'll keep you updated on our progress. Hopefully,

         we can Skype with Jennifer while she's in Zimbabwe on her next mission so our

         club can get a  sense of the life changing surgeries that her organization is performing.

Pete Moriarty- Membership Chair - encouraged us all to keep recruiting new members.

        Our dining out on August 1st or Bob Meyer's presentation on July 28th provide

          an excellent opportunity to invite guests.  Dan Friedl and Dale Dagley have now

         come to two meetings and have expressed interest in  membership.

Linda Bartrom-Olsen- is committed to getting a Rotaract back on track at Santiago Canyon

        College and Interact back at Lutheran HIgh.

Fall Festival Update:  " An Evening of Giving"

Jane McDonald- President-elect

Date: October 6th      Location: Anaheim Hills Golf Course Clubhouse

Donations:  Each member in the past has given either $250 in donations or donated goods

              Jane just encourages each member to do what they can.  Diane Rothi was applauded

              for her kick-off donation of $300

  Fundraising will consist of:

             Silent Auction- Wayne Silzel Chairperson-  Wayne is asking all members to bring in

                    a bottle of wine worth about $15 by Sept 15th for one wine rack he  will auction. 

                    He also plans to have a tool kit with every day items.

              Mystery Bags- Tom Grundy Chairperson- items include dinner twofers, movie

                        tickets, etc.

               Heads or Tails and Raise the Paddle donations- Jay Applebaum Chairperson

               Live Auction-

               Program- limited to listing corporate donors and member ads.

   Linda Bartrom-Olsen will create an article for  the Villa Park Magazine, but other publicity

             is needed: signs, fliers, newspaper articles etc.

  For new members this is our big fund raiser for the year and the monies raised will all be

   used to fund our different club projects.  We typically raise about $25,000 with ticket sales

   and donations.

Happy Bucks:

Millie & Craig Alexander joined the Klugman's on a two week Mediterranean cruise.

Will Warren was happy to announce that his bank finished #1 in the region.

Drawing:  $885 - Mark Schmidt drew a 2

Speaker: Teri Brooks CGscc

Our own Teri Brooks is now a certified gemologist after taking classes at Santiago Canyon College.

She talked very positively about the faculty and classes she took to obtain her certification.

She explained how to evaluate stones, diamonds and other synthetic products.  It was very educational and impressive to hear Teri speak about her new career.

Next Week:

Speaker: Jim Vanderheide DDS  Topic: The care and breeding of racing pigeons.