The First Game is this Saturday: CAL vs. Tennessee and tickets are available!
Khing Khong, our soon to be president, presided. He was "pumped up" after the Reno convention and looking forward to his reign. The "agenda" never made it to his hands, but we are flexible! VC, assisted by Gail, led us in a spirited and animated GBA. JohnP thanked Our Heavenly Father for our raucous group, our wonderful food, and our lovely weather. VC, always multitalented, also sold the lunch tickets.
Khing Khong offered insurance, begged us to buy insurance, pleaded with us to buy insurance. We're friendly; no one bought insurance. And a disappointed KK admitted there had been NO secret greeter (KK—we are too smart to be fooled; hmmm, is this a challenge?). Rumor has it our beloved ReTread is not in Mexico as planned, but in Hawaii, all thanks to Dean. .
Our Special Guest was Denise's Brother Brian. Which prompted the question: "Who's minding the shop?".
Gail and Jenny represented Circle K. Jenny reminded us:
--The annual garage sale September 8 and 9, 8AM to 4PM at a certain Ace Hardware Parking lot. All profits go to their Special Project, Pediatric Trauma.
--First Meeting September 11 at 155 Dwinelle.
And caught sneaking in a bit tardy were Joe, Virginia, Minerva.
SecJackR updated us on previous and future info. Reno was "pretty darn good". We won the Fizz Off; did you have a doubt? The trophy is back home! Although there are rumors that the contest was "shut down" early due to…..excessive noise. The Interclub luncheon was eatable and the inspirational speaker was inspirational and, yes, we qualified for an interclub. Eleven folks attended: Ed, RevBill, Khing Khong, Jane, SecJack, LTGovFrank, Roberta, NewBob, Dense, Sandy, Duane. Thank you all for representing us.
We have a vacancy on the Board for next term. Debra was nominated and seconded. Next week, anyone else interested should "throw their hat in the ring".
DATES TO REMEMBER
August 31: KFamilyDinner at Café Giovalli's, 6-8PM.
September 5: Ed's installation feast and 83rd Birthday Celebration. Contact Jack now if you plan on attending. Woodfin Suites, 800 Shellmound St, Emeryville 5:30 Cocktails, 6:30 dinner. Reservations Required.
September 9: Solano Stroll
September 13: Interclub with Moraga Valley Club (Pediatric Trauma doctors are the featured speakers)
September 17,18: RIF, details TBA
September 29: Khing Khong installation at Live Oak Park, details TBA
October 13: Oktoberfest!
October, third week: RIF, details TBA.
Some are Happy, Some are Sad.
Charlie: Two Happy $$ for a visit from his Grandson and celebrating 36 years of retirement from the phone company on Sept 1.
NewBob: Happy Sandy drove him to Reno and happy for the interclub lunch.
RevBill: Happy dollar for Ed driving to Reno and staying awake.
Debra: Happy she has started her Masters program and sad her schedule will be crazy.
KK: Happy for the Reno convention, excited for his coming presidency, and happy he didn't lose all his money gambling.
Jane: As of September 8 she has been 10 years in Berkeley and has 10 months until she retires.
JP: Sad missing the Reno convention, happy to help his son survey his property in Truckee.
Tamara: Sad dollar for an adventure flying over St. Michael's where VP Cheney lives.
Acting Program Chair Denise then introduced
Roberta and Jim Rockwell from The Miracle League.
Roberta feels lucky to have as a second job the opportunity to introduce folks to The Miracle League. The Miracle League (TML) builds baseball fields and develops leagues for children regardless of their abilities; a place for kids who want to play sports but can't play on regular teams. TML started seven years ago in Georgia. Currently there are 32 fields in operation and 65 more under construction. Roberta has started The Alameda East Bay Miracle League. Her goal: to build a rubberized field so that wheel chairs roll more easily over it and the ball rolls a bit farther.
One kid summarized his response to TML: "I get to play my favorite sport"!
We are doing well in the school system for the disadvantaged kids, but we are all but ignoring them in after school programs. Currently 7000 Berkeley kids can't participate in team sports because of disabilities. TML will help with this challenge.
Roberta has had tremendous response from the Alameda community. Land has been donated for a field. But the building costs are scary: $470,000 for building a rubberized field. Roberta also wants to add a snack bar and restrooms ($150,000) and a playground ($40,000). She is looking for donations and networking leads for folks she can enlighten.
Roberta was a phenomenal speaker with impressive presentation techniques. She touched our hearts with her stories.
VC and Minerva led us in the Pledge of Allegiance
One quick aside: Our Sharon sent 15 boxes of donations for the Circle K garage sale. VC went through the boxes to consolidate them (hmmm, perhaps to get first dibs on the treasures?). Well she found a treasure; a bunny rabbit plate from the 1900's worth at least $375. The morale of this story, be sure to check your donations before giving them to VC!
Good luck to our California Bears this Saturday.
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