COG Minutes for May 13, 2014

PRESIDENT JOHN’S CLUB THEME FOR THE YEAR: SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS!

President John Aufdermauer brought down the gavel at Don Jose’s in Castro Valley, and asked Randy Vanderbilt to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

THOUGHT(s) FOR THE DAY - from Bruce Johnson: Cowboys are gentlemen who treat women with respect and work hard.  They us their manners more than any man in the world and ride horses and bulls like there is no tomorrow (Author unknown).

SINGING WITH CETA - We crooned “Home, Home on the Range!” under the direction of our Little Cowgirl Songstress.

VISITORS - Lots of Hayward Rotarians and some students from the English Language program at CSU East Bay!

SAL TEDESCO MEMORIAL HELLO SONG - Dan Willits was magnificent and made sure everyone knew the words, too!

REPORTS ON RECENT EVENTS - 
2014 Chili Cook-off Chair Kern Lewis reported that the event was a tremendous success with 18 entries . . . the Chicken Drop Bingo was great, too, netting mroe than $300 for Polio Plus . . . the Chili Cook-off should net around $7000 for our Club projects . . . see the May 14, 2014 CV Forum for more coverage . . . 

Co-Parade Chair TL Bailey reported that the 2014 Rowell Ranch Rodeo Parade was a tremendous success due to everyone pulling together . . . with more than 85 entries, everyone had a great time . . . special thanks to Hafsa for her patience and dedication to staying where she was assigned (she has not been seen since Saturday when she was put there) and Jim Negri for handling the parking lot and horses . . . pictures will be posted soon as will the video done and produced by Ron Lapum of Redwood Christian Schools . . . see the May 14, 2014 CV Forum for more coverage . . . 

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 - None today.

IMPORTANT PAST EVENTS - CV ROTARY CLUB SERVES OUR COMMUNITY

IMPORTANT FUTURE EVENTS - CV ROTARY CLUB SERVES OUR COMMUNITY

 

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 . . . let’s keep him informed!

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS    

MAY 14 - ROTARY U AT THE DOUBLE TREE - TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT . . .

JULY 15 - DISTRICT GOVERNOR VISITING CV ROTARY CLUB - more info to follow!

 

WHAT’S HAPPENING WITHIN CASTRO VALLEY ROTARY AND IN CASTRO VALLEY?
For some of the absolute best pictures of our activities, please thank Gary Bosley for his hard work as he has captured many of our events for us.  
•    The FESCO pix are at fesco.shutterfly.com . . . 
•    The chilicook off shots are at ChiliCookOff2014.shutterfly.com . . . 
•    The Eden photos are at edenwaterfall.shutterfly.com . . . 
the great thing is that no special access is required on either site -- people just go to the URL (or cut and paste them in in search box) and click on one of the small photos.  The photos enlarge.  Thanks, Gary!
 
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
http://mycastrovalley.com    

Please also visit www.facebook.com/castrovalleytv often as Robert Sousa of the CV Forum posts some
great video footage of Castro Valley events!  In case you missed Friday night's big Chili Cook Off or today's Rowell Ranch Rodeo Parade. Robert has posted about five minutes of video coverage of the weekend's events.  Go now to www.facebook.com/castrovalleytv . . . 

Also, please remember to visit www.castrovalleyrotary.org often and also www.rowellranchrodeoparade.com as these websites that we maintain and are packed with information and lots of pictures

RECOGNITIONS
$xxx    Walt Schneider (74th birthday and on the same day his Bride was born AND it is their anniversary!)
$xxx    Virginia Degner (birthday)

PAYING IT FORWARD
None today

PROGRAM - Today was Rowell Ranch Rodeo Committee/Rowell Ranch Rodeo Joint Meeting with Rotary Club of Hayward with Janet Lemmons and Russ Fields making sure everyone understood “Rodeo” they best they could teach us in thirty minutes PLUS the 2014 Rowell Ranch Rodeo Queen, Gianna Armanino, was present to personally invite everyone to the multiple events this coming week.  If you were not at the meeting and missed the video, you really missed something!  Watching those teams of cowboys try to catch and milk a wild cow would win big money on America’s Funniest Home Video!  

Click here for more information on the 2014 Rowell Ranch Rodeo beginning later this week:  http://rowellranchrodeo.com/index.html . . .

LOOKING FOR THE WHITE MARBLE - With $125 and 5 marbles, 2014 Rowell Ranch Rodeo Queen, Gianna Armanino, reached into the sack and won . . . $125!

 

Upcoming meetings:    
Jun 03, 2014    Drew Cathey, award winning short film 'Being a Man' Presentation
Jun 10, 2014    Linda Granger, Eden Area ROP
Jun 24, 2014    Dark for Lunch - John Aufdermaur's End of Term Party (more info to follow)