Printer/Mailer went off to Hawaii the first week without setting up an
alternate printer/mailer. A volunteer tried to do the e-mail, but
failed miserably both times – only partial list of addresses. Not sure
the printed versions ever got out. Anyway, the Printer/Mailer was
suitably (?) fined by the Pres. Last week, the editor-of-the week was
in Hawaii (what's with this Hawaii stuff??) and had ignored her
responsibility as assigned editor the 5th Tuesday. Not sure she was
fined, adequately or otherwise. But, Frank was Debra-on-the spot and
pasted several photos of the steak feed and fired it off to Duane for
mailing, and he did. Let's see now, did Frank get a reward??
Speaking of Debra, she had a wonderful announcement – SHE'S GOT AN
HONEST TO GOD TEACHING JOB! There is some bad news; the school is in
Fremont. No more Kiwanis lunch for Debra when the job starts. BUT,
she will still be in the area (now looking to move) and we may see her
smiling face at evening and weekend events on occasion. There was also
talk of participating in the "Dining Out" program. There's something
for the New President and her Board to tussle with!! The subject
didn't come up, but will she (Debra) continue to keep our web site
going?? Let's hope so!
Last week's St
eak Feed in Tilden was quite a success. Before it was
all over, I had 2-1/2 beers and was not keeping good track of anything
but the beer. I do know that Denise had rigged up a couple of
recognitions for her Father (DACK) who is retiring as Secretary at the
end of this year. The first memento was a plaque recognizing his
umpteen years of service to the Club and the second was a Kiwanis Apron
equipped with a Fire Shield (to prevent BBQ burns, but you had to be at
CAZ to appreciate the burned belly story. Jack should have had that
apron on his head at the Albany July 4th affair – he looks like a 3rd
degree burn from the neck up. (Guess that apron wouldn't have helped
in this case). Anyway, the steaks last week were great, and the Yellow
Jackets showed (at least one glided across between my nose and my
steak) but there was really no problem. Could it be that those
"bounce" laundry softeners that VC brought really worked?? I had one
hanging from my shirt pocket. The Circle Kers in attendance were
almost out gunned by some of our "senior" members when Jack announced a
"few" extra steaks were first come first served. It was a great
lunch in the park.
So, back to today. We were bounced back up to the Member Lounge for
the day due to some hanky-panky in our now regular meeting room. That
meant we all20had to puff up the steps. Evie and Roberta were at the
ticket desk early on, but I think Roberta ended up "in charge". As
usual, the Pres was exactly 15 minutes late, starting the meeting at
12:30 (ref. Pg 6 of our official Roster for announced starting time)
and then sort of ignoring her agenda. Frank led GBA, Sandy gave thanks
for His Tender Mercies, and then after a long discussion Frank ended up
with the Fine Extinguisher. I do believe he collected a few bucks
before it was all over.
Of course, there were announcements. Among them, I wrote down:
1. Sep 29 Installation to be a catered affair at the Palace Paradis.
It will be catered and details will follow along with a sign-up sheet.
One was passed today to get an idea of the magnitude of the crowd.
Wonder if formal attire will be required and if Lederhoesen satisfy
that requirement.
2. District Convention (San Diego) Aug 13-15. At least 3 more needed
to get 100% attendance.
3. $2800 or so has gone to YPSO and Sandy reported she had some more
that she hadn't passed on to the Foundation yet. That matching offer
from the Foundation really helps.
4. The "July Dine Out" is Wednesday, 8 July at Brennan's (foot of
University) at 5:45ish. (Gotta get this in the Kollegiate a full week
ahead, folks!)
5. Oak Tech Key Club plans to present their proposed Budget to the
=0
ABoard in August. Berkeley Hi Key Club better get to work or the
"Youth" money will be all spoken for!
6. UCB Circle K Mimi brought along 2 supporters (it is summer
vacation, you know) and told us all about all sorts of things they are
doing. The only note I got down is that they are adopting an
elementary school in Oakland that needs a lot of help and are looking
for all sorts of stuff (paint, pipe, you name it) to support the
fixing. (Ed Note: UCB should get some support from other clubs in
Division 2 and hopefully someone will carry this need to the LtGuv.
Note is aimed at the LtGuv Elect who was not with us today.)
7. PTP doll making on July 14 at the Bliss residence, 6 PM – 9:30.
All Kiwanis Family Members welcome.
And Phuoc is celebrating his 31st BD. He netted $160 in Reno last
weekend and we sang HB to him (led by Dack!!), so it's bound to be a
great year for him. He announced that as program chair for July he had
decided that the emphasis would be on food. (Rumored to be his favorite
subject.)
So, he introduced our speaker, Malena Lopez-Maggi, co-owner of Xocolate
Bar (That's Chocolate for the unschooled) at 1709 Solano Avenue.
(Right across from a well-known insurance agent and very convenient to
Phouc!) Malena told us a bit about how she (a fine arts major) got
into the chocolate business and had samples for
all of us to practice
the fine art of chocolate tasting (somewhat akin to wine tasting, but
one doesn't spit). It was hard not to succumb and just chomp the
chocolates, but a few followed her instructions. Fortunately, the last
step was "chomp down the chocolate". She also told us of the history
of chocolate growing and how it was spread to most areas of the world
20o North and South of the Equator. If you want to know more, drop in
on Malena and buy some samples.
We need some Kiwanians to join us for lunch. Show up next week to see
what fun food program Phuoc has in store for us. jp
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