It may be May, but the weather seems more summery – foggy and cold. I'll have to admit that the sun did come out some in the late afternoon.
Anyway, Khing Khong got the meeting going right on time, but the bar crowd got to seats before he beat the Khing Khong Gong. Roberta was collecting funds and dispensing tix at the door while trying (with her bum thumb) to braid some plastic strips like we used to do in Boy Scouts to form a lanyard on our whistle. Can braiding be easier on a thumb than knitting??
Bob R led a rousing rendition of GBA accapella (yes, where IS Jonny Davis??) and Alan C served as the invocator – short and to the point. Bettye L carried the gambler's fine box. There was no secret greeter – at least not announced – and Bette looked so forlorn standing there with an empty fine box that I put in a sad dollar just to get her started.
Our guest (and substitute speaker) was Kishore an Old Blue who was President of UCB Circle K way back when Phuoc was a Sophomore. At least to some of you that was way back! More about that later.
Monica, UCB Circle K Kiwanis Family Chair, was given the microphone and proceeded to introduce Joe (!), ?, ?, ?, Sandra, Darryl and Jessica. The "?" indicates names not recorded. She then ran thru a litany of activities Circle K was involved in this past week (Relay For Life and the Kiwanis LaConte Library project) but her speed and my note taking missed all the rest. You know the drill – they were INVOLVED! Their last meeting of the year is tonight (yesterday when you read this), so the new crew of officers is off and running.
Bettye gave a detailed report from Linda H regarding the quilt project to which we are donating and noted that we will soon have finished quilts to disperse to senior facilities here in Berkeley Italy
Phuoc announced that he had a 20 year pin to award VC, but she and Bill had already skipped out. He had a great substitute award and called Jane Alexander to the front to accept a Life Member Badge awarded by our Club for her service to Kiwanis and the Circle K; service as President of her club in Sacramento, Board Member of our Club, and long-time and widely traveled District Administrator of Circle K. That brought us all to our feet and resulted in a very nice response by Jane.
This past Saturday Debra led a select group of Berkeley Kiwanians and UCB Circle Kers in a project to box all the books at the LaConte Elementary School
painted this summer. The school librarian (Estella Sisneros) was amazed that we got it all done by noon and she's hoping that we will be back to help re-shelve them in August. Principal Sheryl Wilson showed up with some fruit and muffins to get us thru the morning and she, too, is hoping to see us back to hang those bulletin boards for her.
Jack read a letter from the Gualala folks thanking us for all the wonderful work and "refunding" us $50 for meal expenses. Since the meals have already been paid for, the check was passed along to the Foundation.
He also announced the District Convention to be held in Anaheim
Jessica, in her position as Senior Assistant to Lt Guv Ed Levitch (and the brains behind that great dinner last Friday in honor of Gov Oscar) announced that the DCM will be held this coming Thursday at the San Leandro
While speaking of the Gov's dinner I should report that the Berkeley Club (as usual) was out in force and outdid the other clubs in attendance. When it came time to present awards, lots of kudos were given to Club secretaries, long-time members, and so forth. Phouc, when his time came, spoke about recognizing long-time members and officers and made it sound like he was going to recognize one of the older male members. It was noted that Frank B. was a little upset but Roberta made him sit quietly. We all knew who it was supposed to be but, like Frank, began to think Phuoc had made other plans. He finally 'fessed up and introduced an extraordinary new member who is doing her best to drag our "old" club into the present and called up Debra Wong to present the District Service Award to her. It appeared to be a complete surprise to Debra and if she hadn't been at the library boxing books on Saturday we would have thought she was still "out" when she didn't show for lunch today,
There was considerable confusion about JP's past wedding anniversary and coming birthday. Phouc had it all wrong, and kept asking for money. JP finally had to tell him (again) that he and Traudel celebrated their 53rd anniversary two weeks ago with a trip to Yosemite and he made a donation last week. Then he had to admit that he has a birthday coming up on the 24th of this month, but thought that he had covered that last week. There will probably be more heard about that in the coming weeks.
Phouc re-introduced Kish
The bottom line is get your own container and fill it with tap water. Unless, as Jack said, "You are stockpiling for the upcoming disaster.
Join us next week, and bring a guest. jpp
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