The City Club has geared up for football season and was quite busy last
weekend and expects to get even busier as the season gets underway…and
it shows! The Club is ready for the Fall Season! Meanwhile, BKiwanis got
with the spirit, and started off with B. Rice trying once again, without
success, to get folks to sing on key, R. Bliss was thankful for our
service, P. Khong was trying to raise big bucks for the fire
extinguisher with the hole in it, and B. Lowman was somehow trying to
get folks to pay for lunch.
We didn't have any authentic guests, but there was someone lurking in
the back of the room that folks vaguely recognized. It turned out to be
an actual BK member, a Mr. G. Maxe, whom we haven't seen since … Gosh,
it's downright embarrassing though, the way V. Carpenter loses all
control when this guy's around. Wonder what would happen if the guy were
actually as good-looking as she thinks he is? Anyhoo, among other
things, Geo informed us that he will retain (dual) membership in BK
since he loves us (at least some of us) so much!
B. Rice was such a lousy Secret Greeter that he volunteered to
contribute to the Fine Box, even though Prez FireX pleaded with him not
to. Then…Much ado was made by Old Blues like P. Khong (older by the
minute), J. Egeberg and others that they witnessed=2
0the Golden Bears wipe
out Maryland last weekend, and as a result, moved
into the Top Ten in the nation! Now, just how long will they stay there?
More Goings-On
Then there was a virtual plethora of announcements
Solano Stroll is here!…. Sept 13. There was a last-minute committee
meeting just before lunch. We're all set (it appears). And we have
plenty of Circle K'ers, too. Just what could go wrong now? Come on out
and witness and share in our success!
LtGov Installation is also here! This Thur! Sept 10 – Elio's
Restaurant in San Leandro. Lame-Duck Sec'y Rosano read off the list of
who's signed up…and there are quite a few! And of course, our very own
V. Carpenter is the fearless one who is being installed! (how could she
do it again??)
BK Club Installation Sept 29 – Rancho Paradis in Lafayette. Should be
a great success, but there are rumors that it will be a little "
different" in a certain respect.
Last Night's Dine Out was a success finally, at the spot that closed
its doors on us last time
Since our regular meeting on Sept. 29 will be in the evening, there is
a wonderful opportunity for our last Interclub of the year, at Noon in
San Leandro…thereby
providing us the wonderful opportunity to finish off our great Round
Robin for the year!
B. Carpenter announced that Interclub #37 took place last week at
Alameda, V&B Carpenter, A&T Paradis attending. Way to go.
J. Egeberg announced that the event that everyone's been waiting for
--OKTOBERFEST 2009!
after months of hype, is finally really RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER!
Yes, October 17 is almost here! Flyers will be handed out this weekend
at Solano Stroll, and the "Committee" will meet next Tue at 11:30.
The Circle K Extra Edition
KF Chair Diane introduced Prez Josh, Ken, Debi et al. Yes, their "Garage
Sale" last weekend (which wasn't in a garage) was of course a success
and netted over $800. Next…LISTEN TO THIS: (drum roll….) For their
first General Membership meeting tonight, there are no less than 500
persons signed up!! Yeah, sure, it will rival one of BK's meetings.
Happy, Sad, and Otherwise
• B. Carpenter is still not looking forward very much to some more chest
surgery on Sept 11 to put a couple ribs back in – Good luck, Bill!!
• B. Fay joined the others in being ecstatic about the top-ranked Golden
Bears. Yes, he was there last Saturday until the wee (and winning)
hours.
• Geo was happy to be back and continue as dual membership with Silicon
Valley (even though he'll have to put up with VC's antics)
• Josh had a big happy one for the HUGE turnout for20the Circle K meeting
tonight
• B. Barnwell was still trying to convince everyone that more spots on a
nectarine make it sweeter (don't ask…and no, there weren't any
plumquats)
A Fantastic Program
Program Chair D. Haughin introduced a very special program today, Chris
Finn. Chris is a quadriplegic who has "worked his way" up the ranks to
become the Head Coach of the US Power Soccer Team that won the 2007
World Cup in Tokyo. For those of you who don't know, Power Soccer is
about disabled people in special wheel chairs who can, quite remarkably,
play a very exciting game of soccer. The tricky thing is that all
disabilities are not the same, so the chairs, and other things, are not
all equal. Chris first was a player, then was a coach, and helped form
and advance the National and International Associations. His motto, to
share with everyone: You are able -- just believe…and take action!
In response to many interested questions, Chris indicated that they have
many needs for volunteers, and BK'ers expressed much interest. More to
follow!
For more info, visit www.ChrisFinn.org.
Thanks Chris!
See you at Solano Stroll!
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