There was a pre meeting at the bar on the second floor of the BCC, led by Past Pres. Egeberger- attended by Haughin, Carpenter, Carpenter, Pres. Khing Khong, Leonard, Piercy and Piercy (yes, Traudel!!).Rosano was i n the room but not at the meeting. Plans are underway for our 2nd OKTOBERFEST event- see below for more info!!!!!We then meandered downstairs to lunch and our infamous Berkeley Kiwanis meeting.
Pres. Khing Khong was in fine form and rang that bell with gusto!He called on well-traveled D. Wong to lead us in GBA.One would think she would be well rested, but Pres K.K. had to help her lift her arms to "conduct" the members in song. E. Goodman accepted your cash or check at the ticket table and graciously handed you a lunch ticket, reminding you to pick up your badge.The invocation was invoked byB. Lowman.The poker box was handed to Jessica who carried it around, huge smile on her face!!!
Pres. K.K. welcomed the Hayward/Castro Valley interclub made up by Pres. Bill, "Strawberry" Pat & "Chocolate" Lynne.This was their second interclub of the day, having att ended Albany/El Cerrito this a.m. where they reported a horrendous comment regarding female LTGs was made by some dual member of Albany/EC and BK.Hmmmmm.The purpose of their visit was not to visit with us but to promote their administrative fundraiser to be held August 23rd.
Pres. K.K. then welcomed Circle K- headed up by Alex with Gail, Joe, Cheriz & Rocky – all smiles and busy as ever.5 members attended the District Board Meeting this past weekend, and there was something about this Friday night 24 hour work party/slumber party with Kiwanians to be at the BLISSFUL home, withno Rev. Bliss in attendance.She decided to get out of town fast!!
One hopes F.B. will be there along with a contingent of Berkeley Kiwanians… maybe not overnight but…..
At this point Pres. K.K. welcomed LTG E. Levitch, Past LTG F. Bliss, Past Distinguished LTGs R. Bliss & V. Carpenter.J. Piercy had to stand up and beg to introduce his lovely lady, Traudel, who joined J.P. at lunch to keep tabs on him, as he was our speaker of the day.J. Alexander and L. Hannawalt came in late.
UPCOMING
EVENT(s) OF IMPORTANCE:
Sept 25:Circle K/Berkeley K slumber/work party at the Bliss home.Call for more information!!
Tuesdays in August:Quilting Time at the quilting station located at Best Fire Equipment 2:00-5:00pm.
Aug.15-17:District Convention in Anaheim.Some may carpool together to save gas and room fees!! We want to KEEP the FIZZ OFF trophy so come early on Saturday to enjoy this event!!!
Sept. 14:Solano Stroll- Save the date.We'll need help as we always do, and it is a fun day!!D. Haughin is requesting signups to assist that "long" day. We have received our spot at the Stroll, but don't know yet where it is.(We assume we have an "in" with the SS committee.)
Sept. 20:OKTOBERFEST .As noted above, plans are underway.A flyer is attached to this email (or may be a separate email). There's no reason not to attend as it's a "bye" week for Cal games.TICKETS will be out next Tuesday- and chairman J. Egeberger wants to DOUBLE the attendance, so let's get selling!!
Sept. 23:Installation/Installation of Khong/Haughin.
Think it's a dinner thing – and at the moment it's being held at Chevys in Emeryville.And yes, just to confirm, it is installation/installation- that's installation of Khong as Immediate Past Pres. and installation of Haughin as Pres. Pres.
Unknown Dates:Longfellow, Washington and Le Conte work parties being coordinated by J. Piercy.
NOTES OF INTEREST
RIF:no response yet from Head Start.But we will have a distribution in August.
INTERCLUBBING:none this week but B. Carpenter plans on many in the next couple of weeks to advertise our Oktoberfest event.
DINE OUT:First Tuesday in August will occur, but place uncertain at this moment.
VERA CASEY: "diaper" project being "confirmed" at this point and time.
SOCIAL EVENT:D. Leonard wants to setsomething up at a German place in Alameda.
A very JJJJ birthday to B. Barnwell.We did sing for him!!J. Rosano proceeded to auction off VC's strawberry bread and strawberry apricot jam for $30- and Bliss plum jam for $15.Nice way to up the poker table coffers!!
JJJJLJJJJLJJJJLJ$$$$
B. BarnwellJ to report graffiti artist 20 years old caught, and L that the St. Francis K. Club down to four members.T. ParadisJ for seeing Traudel and J that she has to leave early and=2 0thus miss JP's speech.Pres.K.K.J for visit from Hayward/CV.J. EgebergJ for Oktoberfest meeting, wine donation from J. Alexander and L he has to sit for JP's speech.JoeJ for Hayward/CV "friends" Strawberry and Chocolate who made him who he is today.Strawberry responded she has J$$ for being here, seeing how handsome Joe is- and how different from the ugly duckling of teenage years!!R. BlissJ going to Tahoe.F. BlissJ for tour to Alaska and son and family safely arriving in England.D. WongJJ$$ for trip – and 400 Hong Kong $$ buying tea set & tea for holiday auction.L. Hannawalt happy for visit to Stone Mountain Fabrics.. they'll display quilts and give sewing area for others to come in and help make the quilts.BK will be advertised.Surgery for her hubby Bill tomorrow- he is presently off all meds and thus in a bit of pain.J. Rosano and incoming Pres. D. Haughin made a father/daughter day of it last Saturday, attending the Pres/Secretary training- somewhat enlightening- somewhat redundant! There were more… but this editor got lost, muddled, whatever and stopped writing!!!
Incoming Pres. Haughin was asked to introduce the speaker… she did sa me as "my friend, John Piercy."(Before that she stated that if you have trouble finding a speaker, look within the club.There are plenty of folks looking to share parts of their lives!!)
John & Traudel Piercy have recently returned from a cruise in Russia.John began by telling us that he took 173 pictures, none of which he has looked at- and if he ever prints them he will not bring them to Kiwanis!
We received an abbreviated look at early Russia (Lenin and Stalin) when they needed warm water ports and ways of moving things around.Due to this they had no real industry and they took a fierce beating in WW1.At the time of the Gulag (forced labor camps) folks who arrived there never left.They were put to long days of work with little food (600 calories/day) and no medical care, dying off rapidly- but digging trenches, often by hand, to help create canals, making some forward transition to an industrialized country.
Running short on time, John then shared some of their trip, which started in Moscow with two or three days of sightseeing, then traversing about 700 miles of waterway to St Petersburg.(The ship was a Russian one, with a Russian crew and very small rooms.) One positive about Moscow is the beautiful metro stations- with lovely artwork, different at each station.They also visited "The Kremlin."All touring was done by bus when on land.Northern Russia is heavily forested, and two of the largest lakes in Euro pe are located along the Neva and SvirRivers heading towards St. Petersburg.John stated that Russian food is for the pits, and his tour of the engine room on board ship was one great thing about the cruise.Thank you, John, for this short tour!
The Pledge was led by JP and BC, and we left at the clang of the bell to enjoy the lovely weather outside.
SAQOTW:
The place to improve the world is
first in one's own heart and head and hands,
and then work outward from there.
R. Pirsig
Writer
HAVE
A
GREAT
WEEK!
EDITOR:VC
Side note:Two of us visited Dr. Chun's office for eye exams today.He says "Hello"- Maybe he'll have a new Kiwanian for us in the future!!We miss you, Dr. Chun- G. Maxe- B. Brown- and others!!!
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