Weekly COG February 11, 2014
Posted by Bruce Johnson
on Feb 20, 2014
February 11, 2014
PRESIDENT JOHN’S CLUB THEME FOR THE YEAR: SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS!
COG Minutes are provided by in-coming President Dr. Heidi . . .
President John Aufdermauer brought down the gavel at Don Jose’s in Castro Valley, and asked Dwight Perry to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
THOUGHT(s) FOR THE DAY –Read by Mathilde Schmidt Bruce Johnson from Desmond Tutu: “Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
SINGING WITH CETA -On The Good Ship Lollipop (in memory of Shirley Temple Black) and Let me call you Sweetheart.... for Valentine’s Day! We also sang Happy Birthday to Leslie Rothwell.
VISITORS -Announced by Kern Lewis. Ellyse Look (President, Rotaract of the East Bay), Mary Oliver Englasias (guest of John Courtney), Bill Mulgrew (Exec Dir CV Chamber, potential member and guest of Jim Negri), Melanie Blaha (guest of Jerome Blaha)
HELLO SONG - Lead by Ben Gurule.... Wow!!! This was great and LOUD today! Spirited! The guests were REALLY welcomed!
REMEMBERING MR. SAL TEDESCO - Dwight Perry announced that there will be a memorial for Sal Tedesco at his (and Sylvia’s) home on March 1, 2014 from 2-6 pm.
PAUL HARRIS AWARD - None today
PRESENTATIONS OF GRANTS - One of the things we enjoy most at our Club is giving away money to deserving programs within our community! Today’s organization(s) recognized: None today
GETTING TO KNOW OUR FELLOW CV ROTARIANS - None today.
LIVE UPDATE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION - Jeff Moore provided an update from MAC and new hospital. Jeff also reported he received a cold call about how to host a Haunted House for a fundraiser.
IMPORTANT PAST EVENTS - CV ROTARY CLUB SERVES OUR COMMUNITY
IMPORTANT FUTURE EVENTS - CV ROTARY CLUB SERVES OUR COMMUNITY
Poker Tournament/Pancake Putt Putt
BLUE BADGERS - None today.
RED BADGERS (NEW MEMBERS) - None today.
REGULAR REMINDERS
UPDATE YOUR CLUB INFORMATION - SEE SECRETARY JIM NEGRI - Please email him any changes in your personal or contact information to "Jim Negri" <jnegri@cv.k12.ca.us>, as soon as they occur . . . thanks
CLUB ATTENDANCE - Be sure to let our Club Secretary Jim Negri whenever you attend any meetings associated with our Club so that they can be properly recorded . . . he is standing by waiting . . .
ANNOUNCEMENTS
TEXAS HOLD’EM POKER TOURNAMENT - March 22 - Masonic Lodge - 5 PM Dinner and 6 PM Tournament - Al West has started his search for prizes by drafting Randy Vanderbilt again this year! $200 buyin . . . sign-ups to follow along with more details . . . Alan will be having poker lessons at his house by the
world famous poker players: Alan West and Dwight Perry! Watch your email for the date!
PANCAKE PUTT-PUTT - April 5 - Golfland - sponsors and players will be needed . . . Pancake putt putt: Bill Nott passed out tickets. Please sell tickets $15 each or $50 for four. The putt putt will be on April 5. Please sell hole sponsorships ($100 each or $200 for one on each course). Please also collect raffle prizes. Fliers and
posters ready next week.
DISTRICT CONFERENCE, April 11-13, the Dolce Hayes Mansion, San Jose.
CHILI COOK-OFF - May 9 - Rowell Ranch Rodeo Grounds - Prizes are $500, $200 and $100. We will need a new chair for next year since Kern will be President-Elect.
ROWELL RANCH RODEO PARADE - May 10 - Rowell Ranch Rodeo Parade - Theme “Castro Valley Rocks!” Co-Chair TL Baily confirmed that we WILL have the Wells Fargo Stagecoach this year!
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN CASTRO VALLEY?
If you really want to know, you have GOT to go to CV Rotarian Ken O’Donnell’s website: www.MyCastroValley.com . . . Visit for any excuse but visit it . . . the video opening is worth the trip to www.MyCastroValley.com . . .
CASTRO VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS - Leslie Rothwell announced the upcoming programs: March 1 - Comedy night: Jeff Applebaum, Headliner; March 15 - Death and Dreams of Benezir Bhuto; and April 5 - Pamela Rose: A cabaret show. Tickets on the website
Please also visit https://www.facebook.com/
RECOGNITIONS -
PAYING IT FORWARD - Carol Wilke announced that the director of Shepard’s Gate, Steve McCree, had an accident with a fractured neck and was in need of an electric wheelchair. Bill Nott passed the bucket and we collected $205 from the club. President John authorized $300 one time monthly request. A total donation of $505. Thank you, CV Rotary!
PROGRAM - Today was our Club’s Speech Meet with participants from Castro Valley High School and Redwood Christian High School. Participants from Castro Valley High School were Arash Akbar, Sophomore, and Jessica Domingo, Junior, and from Redwood Christian High School were seniors Sarah Blumert, Christine
Lum, and Alexis-Marie Stoy. The participants were asked to speak on the topic “Engage Rotary. Change Lives.”
Prior to the competition, Chair Dawn Ortiz introduced the speech contest and the rules. The speeches must include the Rotary International Theme (Engage Rotary, Change Lives) and include the Four Way Test.
Jeff Moore introduced the volunteers: Judges - Kern Lewis, Heidi Hausauer, Jerome Blaha; Timer - Dan Willets; Tellers - Bonnie Best and another TBRL (to be recognized later) who will be recognized later
The final results were First Place: Christine Lum; Second Place Sarah Blumert; and Third Place Alexis-Marie Stoy. First Place Christine Lum advances to the next level of competition on March 10, 2014 at the Hayward Rotary Club.
LOOKING FOR THE WHITE MARBLE - With $36 and 18 marbles, Bonnie Best reached into the sack and won . . . $5!
UPCOMING PROGRAMS as of this printing . . .
February 18 will be United States Congressman Eric Swalwell . . .
PRESIDENT JOHN’S CLUB THEME FOR THE YEAR: SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS!
COG Minutes are provided by in-coming President Dr. Heidi . . .
President John Aufdermauer brought down the gavel at Don Jose’s in Castro Valley, and asked Dwight Perry to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
THOUGHT(s) FOR THE DAY –Read by Mathilde Schmidt Bruce Johnson from Desmond Tutu: “Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
SINGING WITH CETA -On The Good Ship Lollipop (in memory of Shirley Temple Black) and Let me call you Sweetheart.... for Valentine’s Day! We also sang Happy Birthday to Leslie Rothwell.
VISITORS -Announced by Kern Lewis. Ellyse Look (President, Rotaract of the East Bay), Mary Oliver Englasias (guest of John Courtney), Bill Mulgrew (Exec Dir CV Chamber, potential member and guest of Jim Negri), Melanie Blaha (guest of Jerome Blaha)
HELLO SONG - Lead by Ben Gurule.... Wow!!! This was great and LOUD today! Spirited! The guests were REALLY welcomed!
REMEMBERING MR. SAL TEDESCO - Dwight Perry announced that there will be a memorial for Sal Tedesco at his (and Sylvia’s) home on March 1, 2014 from 2-6 pm.
PAUL HARRIS AWARD - None today
PRESENTATIONS OF GRANTS - One of the things we enjoy most at our Club is giving away money to deserving programs within our community! Today’s organization(s) recognized: None today
GETTING TO KNOW OUR FELLOW CV ROTARIANS - None today.
LIVE UPDATE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION - Jeff Moore provided an update from MAC and new hospital. Jeff also reported he received a cold call about how to host a Haunted House for a fundraiser.
IMPORTANT PAST EVENTS - CV ROTARY CLUB SERVES OUR COMMUNITY
IMPORTANT FUTURE EVENTS - CV ROTARY CLUB SERVES OUR COMMUNITY
Poker Tournament/Pancake Putt Putt
BLUE BADGERS - None today.
RED BADGERS (NEW MEMBERS) - None today.
REGULAR REMINDERS
UPDATE YOUR CLUB INFORMATION - SEE SECRETARY JIM NEGRI - Please email him any changes in your personal or contact information to "Jim Negri" <jnegri@cv.k12.ca.us>, as soon as they occur . . . thanks
CLUB ATTENDANCE - Be sure to let our Club Secretary Jim Negri whenever you attend any meetings associated with our Club so that they can be properly recorded . . . he is standing by waiting . . .
ANNOUNCEMENTS
TEXAS HOLD’EM POKER TOURNAMENT - March 22 - Masonic Lodge - 5 PM Dinner and 6 PM Tournament - Al West has started his search for prizes by drafting Randy Vanderbilt again this year! $200 buyin . . . sign-ups to follow along with more details . . . Alan will be having poker lessons at his house by the
world famous poker players: Alan West and Dwight Perry! Watch your email for the date!
PANCAKE PUTT-PUTT - April 5 - Golfland - sponsors and players will be needed . . . Pancake putt putt: Bill Nott passed out tickets. Please sell tickets $15 each or $50 for four. The putt putt will be on April 5. Please sell hole sponsorships ($100 each or $200 for one on each course). Please also collect raffle prizes. Fliers and
posters ready next week.
DISTRICT CONFERENCE, April 11-13, the Dolce Hayes Mansion, San Jose.
CHILI COOK-OFF - May 9 - Rowell Ranch Rodeo Grounds - Prizes are $500, $200 and $100. We will need a new chair for next year since Kern will be President-Elect.
ROWELL RANCH RODEO PARADE - May 10 - Rowell Ranch Rodeo Parade - Theme “Castro Valley Rocks!” Co-Chair TL Baily confirmed that we WILL have the Wells Fargo Stagecoach this year!
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN CASTRO VALLEY?
If you really want to know, you have GOT to go to CV Rotarian Ken O’Donnell’s website: www.MyCastroValley.com . . . Visit for any excuse but visit it . . . the video opening is worth the trip to www.MyCastroValley.com . . .
CASTRO VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS - Leslie Rothwell announced the upcoming programs: March 1 - Comedy night: Jeff Applebaum, Headliner; March 15 - Death and Dreams of Benezir Bhuto; and April 5 - Pamela Rose: A cabaret show. Tickets on the website
Please also visit https://www.facebook.com/
RECOGNITIONS -
PAYING IT FORWARD - Carol Wilke announced that the director of Shepard’s Gate, Steve McCree, had an accident with a fractured neck and was in need of an electric wheelchair. Bill Nott passed the bucket and we collected $205 from the club. President John authorized $300 one time monthly request. A total donation of $505. Thank you, CV Rotary!
PROGRAM - Today was our Club’s Speech Meet with participants from Castro Valley High School and Redwood Christian High School. Participants from Castro Valley High School were Arash Akbar, Sophomore, and Jessica Domingo, Junior, and from Redwood Christian High School were seniors Sarah Blumert, Christine
Lum, and Alexis-Marie Stoy. The participants were asked to speak on the topic “Engage Rotary. Change Lives.”
Prior to the competition, Chair Dawn Ortiz introduced the speech contest and the rules. The speeches must include the Rotary International Theme (Engage Rotary, Change Lives) and include the Four Way Test.
Jeff Moore introduced the volunteers: Judges - Kern Lewis, Heidi Hausauer, Jerome Blaha; Timer - Dan Willets; Tellers - Bonnie Best and another TBRL (to be recognized later) who will be recognized later
The final results were First Place: Christine Lum; Second Place Sarah Blumert; and Third Place Alexis-Marie Stoy. First Place Christine Lum advances to the next level of competition on March 10, 2014 at the Hayward Rotary Club.
LOOKING FOR THE WHITE MARBLE - With $36 and 18 marbles, Bonnie Best reached into the sack and won . . . $5!
UPCOMING PROGRAMS as of this printing . . .
February 18 will be United States Congressman Eric Swalwell . . .