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weekly bulletin of the Rotary Club of Los Angeles, the fifth oldest Rotary club and one of the largest Rotary Clubs in the world
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Jan 17: Richard McPherson,
Downrange Global Solutions
Jan 24: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
retired basketball player
Jan 31: Constance L. Rice
Advancement Project LA
CALENDAR IT NOW
Feb 2: LA5 and Sheriff's YAL
host 165 kids at Disneyland
Feb 5: Associates 1st Wednesday
Feb 23: Day At the Races
organized by Denny Dynes
VISIT WWW.ROTARYLA5.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SPEAKERS & EVENTS
Rotary Club of Los Angeles
established 1909
January 17, 2014
rotaryLA5.org
More than 200 at first 2014 meeting
T he 2014 Los Angeles 5 meetings got off to an ex-
citing and exhilarating start with the Most Reverend José Gomez, the Los Angeles Archbishop, as the
first program speaker of the new year. The room was packed and the event garnered coverage from multiple
television stations.
Members raved about the all new City Club and many toured the rooms to marvel at the soaring 16-foot ceilings and spec-tacular views. Prez Ken said, “Program Chair Jose Vera and
his team presented a program that everyone will remember for a long time. I’m excited about the program with Richard
McPherson this week and Kareem will join us a week later. We’ve got great service projects starting in a few weeks. Now
is a great time to be an active LA5 member.”
President-Elect Alan Bernstein welcomes the Archbishop to the friendliest club in LA.
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Past President Ben Tunnell, just back from a cooking competition he judged in Paris, with Denise Anthony and a guest. Ben as-
sessed the City Club’s lunch “up to my standards.”
If you missed the meeting last week
Marjorie Heller, Prez Ken and Carmen Estrada-Schaye deliver a big LA5 check for the EVERYBODY WINS! one-to-one reading
program.
Past President Jay and Miyuki brought baby angel Hana to the first LA5 meeting of 2014.
Jack Dibb cracks up Past President Ed Matveld and Erica Roach with another of his legendary ribald tales.
Father Bill Muller was a hot commodity following a stirring invo-cation. LA5 Entertainment impresarios Erick Weiss and Delaney
Dragon have partnered to represent Bill on the homily circuit.
Boldly reaching out to his new television audience on Univision Channel 34, Prez Ken delivered the club announcements in flaw-
less Spanish. Archbishop Gomez chuckled at Ken’s accent.
Ben’s Lunch Advice
Past President and world-class
Gastronome Ben Tunnell flew home early from the Paris cook-
ing competition he was judging because he did not want to miss
the lunch this week.
Diners: please RSVP to guarantee your seat!
STARTER: Acorn Soup with chanterelle mushroom garnish.
ENTREE: Organic Chicken with potato mousseline and fried broccoli.
VEGETARIAN: Torcia Puttanesca Pasta. 4 El Rodeo
L A5 will host 165 kids at Disneyland on Sunday, February 2, from the Sheriff's
Youth Activity League, the Joyful Child Foundation, Stars of the North Pole and other LA County Parks and Recreation programs. Most of the kids have never been to Dis-
neyland before; if you remember your first visit you can guess how exciting this day will be. The club is looking for those willing to be an official chaperone and take the kids
around the park. If the LASD needs your help you will receive a complimentary ticket.
It’s a great opportunity to see Rotary generosity in action and, even if you are not a volunteer,
you are welcome to bring your family. You can purchase as many tickets for your children as you want but we are restricted to no more than two adult (age 23+) tickets per party. The spe-
cial tickets can be used only for Disneyland admission and cannot be used for admission to the other parks. The tickets, normally priced at $92, are available for only $66 per adult or
child.
To claim tickets, respond to the e-mail Prez Ken sent you on Tuesday at 5 p.m. and you will
receive a reply that contains the special link to the reservation site. Tickets are first come first serve and the tickets must be claimed and purchased by Friday, January 17. Disneyland re-
quires a minimum ratio between children and adult tickets, so it is possible that some adults-
only reservations cannot be taken.
Whew! Those frustrated by all the rules and restrictions can skip the process and buy their
own full-price tickets from the Disneyland website where the first offer starts at $129.
Chartered June 25, 1909
Club Leadership 2013-14
Ken Chong, President Alan Bernstein, President-Elect Jose Vera, Vice-President Elizabeth Wheeler, Secretary Don Robinson, Treasurer Jay Richardson, Past President
Club Service Arthur Kassel Paul Richey
Community Service Margaret Karren Jim Hoyt
Funding Todd Johnson Al Shonk
International Service Laine Wagenseller Rick Sarmiento
Membership and Retention Charisse Older Erick Weiss
Vocational Service John Miller John Jaacks
Youth Service Anthony Calloway Paul Jacques
Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Ekstrand Barry Hytowitz Steve Sommers
Executive Director Jon Gibby [email protected]
Rotary Club of Los Angeles 523 West Sixth Street, Suite 718 Los Angeles, CA 90014 Telephone 213.624.8601 Facsimile 213.624.2694 WWW.ROTARYLA5.ORG
District 5280 Governor Doug Baker
El Rodeo Marc Leeka, Editor Peter Weinberger, Sr. Reporter Tony Medley, Photographer
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Rotarians You Want to Know:
Paul Richey
P aul Richey is the Regional Managing
Director, West for FOCUS Investment Banking LLC. His firm assists middle
market businesses owners sell, ac-quire or refinance their businesses. Paul was a member of The Rotary Club of San Diego
(the second largest club on the West Coast) for 25 years before he transferred to LA5 (the fourth largest club on the West Coast) in
2007.
Paul says he left many great friends in San Diego but meeting
and getting to know the fine people associated with LA5 has been more than com-
pensation. “I appreciate the principals of Rotary,” he de-
clared. “This organization makes a huge difference in the world because its mem-
bers are well schooled in
the reasons for caring.”
“I never want to miss a Fri-
day lunch,” he continued. “I love my job as the club's
Club Service Director be-cause I work with the every-day activities that make the
wheels turn and the Club
move forward.”
“I have met and worked
with a lot of famous and in-famous people over my life-
time and have a lot of sto-ries. Sit with me at lunch and I’ll share some of the
interesting ones with you.”
If you haven’t met Paul yet,
then please introduce your-
self at the next meeting.
Paul’s Favorites
The best city I have ever visited is
New York City.
If I had one last restaurant meal in LA, it would be either Lawry's
Beverly Hills or Patina.
I am currently reading Sycamore Row, John Grisham’s most recent
legal thriller. The last book I read was Mathaphobia by LA5’s own
Olympia LePoint.
I know it is junk food but my
guilty pleasure are hot dogs.
Three albums I would take to a
desert island: the first Frank Si-natra Duets album, Willie Nel-
son’s Stardust and Jimmy Buf-fett’s Changes in Latitudes,
Changes in Attitudes.
I graduated from high school in St. Louis. When I hear "Meet Me
in St. Louie, Louie," a song writ-ten for the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, it takes me back again.
Judy Garland recorded the song
in 1944.
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Parking entrance is easy to miss
How to find the
City Club
Meeting Place
T he January meetings will be held at
the newly renovated City Club on the top floor of the City National Bank. It is
across the street from the California Club but the parking entrance is poorly marked
and confusing. Please follow these directions.
1. Travel south on Flower Street about 50 feet past Fifth Street and stay in the right lane. Look for the RED VALET PARKING sign mark-
ing the entrance to the City National Plaza un-der ground parking. The picture at right
shows the sign below the giant arrow.
2. Take a ticket from the automated entry gate.
3. Drive forward about 75 feet to the valet park-
ing reception.
4. Leave your car with the valet. Turn left and
walk to the 555 South Flower building.
5. Take the escalator up one floor to the lobby, then take an elevator to the City Club pent-
house on the 51st floor.
Get a validation when you check in at the LA5 table to reduce the parking cost to only $8 for up
to three hours.
India Polio Free for 3 Years
T he Global Polio Eradication Initia-tive, spearheaded by Rotary Interna-
tional, the World Health Organiza-tion, UNICEF, the CDC and other
partners such as the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, has immunized 2.5 billion chil-dren since its inception. The world has seen a
99% reduction in polio cases
during the last 25 years, from nearly
350,000 cases in 1988 to only 372 last year.
Today, polio is endemic to only three coun-tries: Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The
World Health Organization said on Monday that India has gone exactly three years since recording its last polio case, one of the biggest
public-health achievements of recent times.
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