KIWANIS CLUB u A Most Outstanding Service Clubu BERKELEY, CA
On the Move!
Summer time, and the meeting is easy. . . .
Virginia at the table, collecting money and dispensing tickets and smiles. . . . Denise, the City Club staff, and our speaker were all busy trying to make the laptop-and-projector combination work. [We feared a replay of June 12.] Seems we didn't have the right connector. Then Phuoc arrived with the right one, but still it didn't seem to want to work. Then Debra Wong to the rescue. . . . . The picture "slide show" would play, after all. Hurrah!!!
Our President, back from the International Convention, declared the meeting OPEN, and the Club ON THE MOVE.
Just to shake things up a bit, Bill and Virginia led our patriotic song from the back of the room. And, after an uncertain start, we sounded pretty good. Just goes to show that we can be flexible and adapt to new circumstances.
Bill Fay gave our invocation and Denise (between trying to eat lunch and being Program Chair) took care of the fine box.
We had lots of guests, but I missed most of their names, being too distracted to take notes. Please, dear readers and hosts, forgive me if I have them wrong. Bring them back and we'll try to get them right the next time. There was Karen H. and her nephew John? (A tall fellow who doesn't play basketball, wearing a Cal sweatshirt, but about to head off to a university in Louisiana), Debra's sister Christine, sophomore in high school,( and potential future Circle K'er?). Alan C. introduced the executive director of the Berkshire, Kathlina ¿Bettis?
Cheriz was also there to tell us that even during the summer, Circle K keeps on doing service projects. Next one is the American Cancer Society Relay for Life, to be held in Campbell this year. They hope to raise at least a hundred for each Circle K'er participating in the event, and to that end, she circulated a pledge form /donation sign up sheet. Next comes the AIDS walk, and they will be resuming some of their on-going projects, such as Chapperell House. Also, please remember their "yard" sale fund-raiser to be held in September. Clear out your attic and closets, and donate the good stuff to their sale. [Berkeley Key Club will probably be having one about the same time, so you'll have two opportunities.]
ANNOUNCEMENTS / REMINDERS
Next Week:
No meeting at the City Club.
Interclub at San Leandro Club (noon)
Contact Bill Carpenter if you haven't already signed up.
Alternate meet at Albany/El Cerrito Club
7:30 AM at Carrows, 6120 Potrero (at San Pablo) please call Sandy if you are going. 510-848-6121.
Board Meeting 5:00 PM at Levitch Assoc.
Blood Drive Assistance July 16, Pauly Ballroom, ASUC Student Union , UC. Sign-up has gone around, but if you want to help, call Denise.
Our Secretary reminds us of the District Convention in Reno, August 23-25, to be held at the Silver Legacy Hotel.
Please be ready to let him know by our next meeting (July 24) if you plan to go. The Club will pay for registration and the InterClub Luncheon.
He will have hotel registration/reservation forms for us then.
Lt. Gov. promises a great Gin Fizz production, perhaps with a secret ingredient. Our Club has a good history of winning Best Fizz, so we want to keep up our tradition.
H$ / S$
Jane: H$, H$ for Best western wedding: Michael John & Ivy; and another H$ for honeymoon in Greece.
Jeff: H$?? Driving thru Sacramento on weekend, his car's external thermometer read 108°. When he got home to Marin County, it read 59°. How's that for differing micro-climates!
Phuoc: $H for Michael John's wedding and for his back from the war zone safely.
Bill Fay: S$ for the news that Libby Wilson passed away. He doesn't have information about memorial service yet.
H$ / S$ that he well be away traveling for the next 4 weeks.
Frank: $H Will be traveling to Switzerland.
Our Speaker was Ken Kalman, the artist, returning to tell us more about his work. This time we got the Audio-Visuals to work, and he showed us many examples of his work.
His current series of more realistic sculptures started out with endangered and extinct species. He works in copper and in aluminum, using both casting and riveted sheet metal. Some of his larger pieces are mounted on buildings, such as the Oceana tableau on the UC Storage building. He works on scaffolding, and says it can be peaceful and pleasant up there. Recently he has installed a dragon fly on a building in Sacramento (20th & "J"). There the work was hard because of the heat. The building also has an ostrich sculpture outside. A smaller scale set of work involves maps bonded to shapes suggested by the map, some examples, a 1910 map of the north Atlantic, bonded and shaped into a whale; a surf board (with what look like shark fins nearby) from a map of Santa Monica. . And many, many more.
Lots of questions from the audience about techniques, and weight, and size, etc. I think we had a great time, as he gave us insight into the life of an artist and the process of art.
See you in two weeks, if not sooner.
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