May 13, 2014

NEXT MEETING: May 20th - Noon PROGRAM: Jason Padgett Author

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This will be a normal noon meeting held at the Soda Center on St. Marys campus in Moraga.

Greeter: Marv Ellenberg

Visitors

CLUB BUSINESS

Visitors Mary Sue Erickson Honorary Member of the Club and official nurse with a purse to John Erickson Leslie Lynch Spouse of Lad Lynch Pam Reneau Spouse of Kevin Reneau Candice Moses Director of Aegis Assisted Living Mary Caburi Friend of Herb Wehmeyer Jan Gregory spouse of Roger Gregory Lou Roessler Honorary Club Member and spouse of Debbie Roessler Yelena Mucovich Spouse of Ron Mucovich The meeting was opened by Herb Wehmeyer who recited the invocation and then led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Anniversaries and Vacations

Ron and Yelena Mucovich celebrated their 29th Wedding

Anniversary recently. They also just returned from a vacation to Chicago, Michigan and Indiana visiting family.

HAPPY BUCKS. Herb Wehmeyer is happy because he was able to make his old printer work with his new computer. Roger Gregory offered a Happy Ten Bucks for Nora and Dans wedding last weekend. Tony Schoemehl is happy because his car won an award at the Car Show. Mary Sue Erickson is happy that Johns health has improved. John Ericksons car won first place in the car show for best paint job. Nora Avelar-Martin is happy with the knife set that she received as a wedding gift from the club. . . .

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The wedding of our esteemed president, Nora Avelar-Martin to Daniel Martin is official. Congratulations to Dan and Nora and we wish them a long and happy life together!!

. Interrupting Nora and Dans Wedding Reception Dinner!!

Angelo Costanza announced that our Camp Royal students will be visiting the club next week.

He also stated that there will be a Bocce Ball practice session on May 23rd at 9AM in Martinez. This is in preparation for the tournament on June 14

th. Anyone interested in learning more about

Bocce Ball or just wants to practice is welcome to attend.

President Nora announced there will be a board meeting Wednesday night, May 14

th, beginning at

5:30 PM at the Serbian Church

Reserve July 19th for a joint FAB 5 Club picnic at

the Lafayette Reservoir. More information later.

Roger and Jan Gregory will host the TGIF monthly get together for May (May 30

th). Thank you Roger

and Jan. Cliff Dochterman will host the TGIF monthly get together for July.

~~ COMING UP ~~

May 14 - Board meeting - 5:30 Holy Trinity Hall *May 27 - Sister Ann Weltz of Bay Area Crisis Nursery *June 3 - Michael Marchiano of Save Mount Diablo **June 10 Kevin Nelson author of Lunches With Mr. Q. *June -17 - TBD *June 24 - No meeting, Demotion Dinner on Thursday. **June 26 - Demotion Party _ Thursday evening

* Regular Tuesday noon meeting **Second Tuesday Evening Meeting at 6:00 PM

The Demotion Dinner is being moved to Thursday June 26

th from Tuesday the 24

th

due to facility availability at St. Marys. There will be no Tuesday meeting that week. Event details to follow.

Several Rotarians attended the Odyssey of the Mind Fundraiser at Penninis on Monday evening. Team members, parents and club members helped raise some money to send our team to the World Competition.

Rich Render announced that Susan Quint, a former president of the Interact Club is planning to get married soon.

Moraga Community Faire Moraga Rotary had a real presence at the Moraga Community Faire last Saturday. We manned our booth, Cliff made popcorn to give away (160 bags) and several members showed their classic cars in the car show. Thanks to Gary Irwin and Rich Render for organizing and running the event. Also thanks to Roger Gregory, Tony Schoemehl, John Erickson, Frank May, Debbie Roessler, Lou Roessler, Cliff Dochterman, Roger Poynts, Kevin Reneau and Herb Wehmeyer for lending a helping hand.

The Rotary Booth at the Community Faire

Global Student Embassy Fundraiser on June 1

st.

This week the club received an email from Mallory Bressler from the Global Student Embassy (GSE) organization. You may recall that we had a program from GSE describing the student garden that they are running at Campolindo High School. Global Student Embassy is having our first annual fundraiser in Contra Costa on June 1st 2-5pm at the

Lafayette Library and Learning Center. We are going to have local bites, wine, live music, a silent

auction and a student photo and art exhibit. I will be speaking as well as two super star students from

our program in Lamorinda. We would love to have the support of Moraga Rotary at the event and I was wondering if you could include information about the

event in your next newsletter and possibly at your next meeting.

I am attaching our Save the Date and sponsorship packet (in case you think anyone in your club has a local business

that might be interested in sponsoring the event in exchange for some great promotion). We hope to have

about 150-200 guests! We will be raising money for program costs at all 4 schools in the AUHSD as well as our

programs in Nicaragua and Ecuador.

Tickets can be bought online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/660319.

Let me know if you have any questions and we hope to see

many people from your club there!

TODAYS PROGRAM

Our speaker today was Mark Orr, Director of Athletic and Recreational Facilities at St. Marys College. Mark was introduced by club member Kevin Reneau. Mark attended a Christian Brothers High school in Sacramento before attending Cal with an athletic scholarship.

Mark Orr, Director of Athletics, St. Marys College and our speaker this evening.

Mark began by describing his athletic career at Cal. He was injured in each of his first two years but was able to play football for Cal under both Steve Mariucci and Tom Holmoe. He realized that he would not be able to play professional sports and decided to move towards the administration of athletic programs. Mark was hired 14 years ago as an assistant Athletic Director by Carl Clapp. He was named Athletic Director eight years ago. Mark went on to describe the new athletic pavilion that is being constructed on campus. This $23 million project, which provides recreational facilities for the students, will open early next year and provide a state-of-the art facility for St. Marys. He also discussed the renovation of McKeon Pavilion offering 500 more seats and a new weight room for St. Marys athletes. Mark described the schools athletic programs as a balance between sports excellence, academic achievement and community service. He mentioned activities with Childrens Hospital, homeless shelters and the basketball teams participation in our athletic field day next week as examples of community service by the athletes. Mark convinced us all that God is a Gael!!.

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/660319

RAFFLE

Lad Lynchs ticket was drawn in the raffle, but he couldnt find the elusive white marble worth over $170; but he was very, very close.

Nurse Mary-Sue On Duty

Editorial

Next Wednesday, from 3PM until about 5PM is our annual Field Day for the 4

th, 5

th and 6

th grade

students in Moraga. This is a great opportunity to provide a safe, fun recreational activity for the kids in our schools. This event really needs the support of everyone in the club. Come out and work with event chairman Tony Schoemehl to make this event a huge success!! Event setup begins at 2PM at Joaquin Moraga Middle School.

MORAGA ROTARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2013-14

President...Nora Avelar President-elect .........Debbie Roessler Past President....Frank May Secretary.............Kevin Reneau Treasurer....Lad Lynch Community Service Chair..Barbara Bruner New Generations....Rich Render International Service Chair....Tony Schoemehl Rotary Foundation.......Lad Lynch Public Relations.. Gary Irwin Membership..Debbie and Frank Director at Large. .John Erickson Director at Large...Cliff Dochterman

President, Rotary International.Ron Burton District Governor, 5160.Steve Lack Assistant District Governor.Jose Avelar

Newsletter Editor for May Gary Irwin May Room Setup ??

Rotary International Theme for 2013-14 ENGAGE ROTARY, CHANGE LIVES

CALENDAR OF FUTURE EVENTS

May 21 Rotary Field Day May 23 -- Bocce Ball Practice 9AM Martinez May 30 -- Last Friday Social at the Gregorys June 14 Rotary Bocce Bash June 26 Demotion Party July 19 FAB 5 Event, Picnic in the Park July 25 --Last Friday Social at Cliffs Aug. 8-10 OMPA Swim Meet