Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Newsletter – August 4, 2020 – Charlotte Fan – Meals on Wheels

Charlotte Fan and John Lee work together to help seniors remain independent. 

Today Charlotte Fan gave us an overview of how Meals on Wheels is serving over 427,000 meals to 3,000 clients in North County.

John Lee has been delivering meals on wheels to seniors in our area for 6 years – two times a week.

Lake San Marcos Kiwanis (Special Covid-19 Lockdown Newsletter – August 4, 2020  Zoom meeting #16) 

Meals on Wheels Supports Independence for Seniors 

          Fellow Kiwanians (attendance on Zoom – 21) – Even before Covid hit, it has been a challenge for seniors to maintain their independence. Nowadays it is doubly challenging. “Our demand for meals has doubled recently,” said Charlotte Fan North County Manager for Meals on Wheels. “At the same time we have lost many of our regular volunteers who deliver meals to over 3,000 seniors in North County.”  “We need more volunteers,” she said. “We deliver daily from 10:30 to 1 in fifteen communities in North County.  In pre-covid times each route served 8 to 12 clients but now we have increased it to about 15-20 clients for each route.” 

John Lee has been delivering to local clients for six years. “None of the original people on my delivery list are still with me,” he said. The people who I meet are generally healthy, they just need a little help to get by.  I have fun chatting with people I would not ordinarily meet…I look forward to it every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month.”

      Charlotte Fan has been with Meals on Wheels for 21 years…for most of those years our Kiwanis club has generously supported the great work they do day in and day out with our annual giving.

Here are a few key facts about Meals on Wheels taken from her presentation on August 4: 

427,173 meals served (2019) – more in 2020

3,150 clients served – 47% live alone – 43% are over 85 – 27 over 100 – oldest client is 107 – oldest volunteer is 100. (clients must be over 60)

1,227 veterans/spouses have been served (41% of all meals served).

Home Delivered meals Monday Mondays thru Saturdays (incl holidays) (10:30 – 1) – Routes in the following communities: Bonsall, Carlsbad, Del Mar, Encinitis/Cardiff, Escondido, Fallbrook, Oceanside, Poway, Rancho Santa Fe, Carmel Valley/Penasquitos, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Valley Center, Vista. ,

116 routes (67 on weekend) – Each Route contains 15-20 clients.

Meals on Wheels has been serving seniors for 60 years.

One meal per day costs $4; two meals per day costs $7 (they have a sliding scale for costs if needed)

Pet food – 11.5 tons of pet food delivered in 2019

Ever Growing Need – people 75 and over are fastest-growing segment of our population – The 65+ segment of our population is projected to increase 123% to 742,842 (which is 4 times faster than the population as a whole)

Meals on Wheels does not rely on federal or state funding – anyone interested in donating or volunteering should contact:

https://www.meals-on-wheels.org/give

“Thank you Charlotte for your years of service to seniors in our community,” said President Glen Winn.  “We look forward to many more years partnering with you in your excellent work.”

Here are some of the key facts that Charlotte talked to us about today.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ———————- 

Business Discussion –  The following Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Business matters were

discussed:

Marine Care Packages Needed – 1st Anglico Sgt. Major Jeremy Black is seeking some volunteers to supply care packages for Marines and Sailors currently deployed “They are running out of some supplies below and would love it if some care packages could be sent their way.”

Our sponsored Marine unit 1st ANGLICO has asked our liaison, Ivan Gillis, if we could send care packages to deployed marines and sailors to lift their spirits and gift them with personal items that are in short supply in their ship’s store.  Jim Alden will coordinate this effort to pack and mail 95 care packages. Timeline:  assemble boxes and ship within two weeks.  Let us know what you have (we’ll take potluck), then Deliver your donated items to Jim Alden or Pat Haugen.  The care boxes will be assembled with approximate equity and labeled for each of the 95 marines and sailors. Suggested items: toothpaste, toothbrush, shampoo, body wash, snack items, electrolyte drink mixes, protein bars, shaving cream, razors, laundry detergent pods.  Magazines, branded pens.  We also need ziplock bags.  Greeting cards, notes would be welcome.  Do not include baby wipes or hand sanitizer as these are banned by USPS during covid-19 and considered contraband on the Naval ships.  If you would like to donate money to cover the cost of mailing the care packages ($18.45 to mail one care package) or the cost of purchasing some of the items in bulk, mail or drop off a check to LSM Kiwanis Club Foundation, c/o Pat Haugen, 1511 San Pablo Dr, San Marcos, CA.  Alternatively, if you want to use Paypal, Go to paypal.me/LSMKiwanis and type in the amount you would like to donate.  Any donations received above the needed amount for this project will go into the general Foundation fund.   It is estimated that we will provide around 100 packages and mailing will cost around $1700. 

Pat Haugen – talked about the cancellation of the District Convention in Reno in August but reminded members that virtual Education Sessions will be conducted on Friday, August 14 via zoom. The election will be held (viewable on Facebook) the same day.  We are talking about returning to normal meeting activities – such as the Finemaster – where we can take advantage of free use of Pay Pal.   Pat also mentioned that Kiwanis has waived initiation fees through the end of September.

Margo Dutton/Pat Haugen – Reported on how the election for officers will be handled now that our District Convention has been canceled (was to be Aug 14-15 in Reno, NV) – Margo is competing to win election as District Governor-Elect. She said 117 Kiwanis leaders (all above the Club level) will be allowed to vote on August 14 via zoom. The event will be live-streamed via Facebook.   Go Margo Go!!

Margo Dutton the Mask Maker – Margo has made beautiful masks for her District Governor-Elect campaign. If you would like mask(s), meet her tomorrow, Wednesday 3 pm, at the St Mark Golf Club parking lot, 1750 San Pablo Drive.

Natali Galt – The Installation ceremony for our new slate of officers will be held on September 29.  Our Governor’s Official Visit will be combined with the installation of our new Division 37 Lt. Governor Gina Roberts on Sept 26 at the San Marcos Civic Center.  A prize will be awarded to the club with the most new members during covid-19 lockdown.  Natali Galt (our current Lt. Governor) hopes this meeting can be held live, but we will see.  This will be her last event as Lt. Governor for her term.

 Jerry Mason and Jim Alden – asked Members for help in locating speakers for upcoming meetings in September.  Since we are resuming having weekly speakers, speakers are rather hard to find these days.

Here is the speakers schedule for the remaining three meetings in August:

August 11 – Penny Pongun (an associate of Charlene Vick) – Windward Life Care – topic of interest to be determined.

August 18 – Anna Winn – San Diego District Attorney’s Office – Consumer fraud during covid – this meeting will start at 11:30 – Anna will speak at noon.

August 25 – Tim Miller of BlackRock Financial (an associate of Victor Manzanilla) – a market update since Covid outbreak.

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Kiwanians Who Zoomed In Today – Here are the Kiwanians who zoomed in today; Top Row from left: Jim & Linda Alden (zoom host), Jerry Mason, Charlotte Fan – Meals on Wheels (our speaker), Pat Haugen. Second Row from left: John Gibbs, Cathleen Stevens, Ivan Gillis, Marie Purdy. Third Row from left: Ron Stone, Jacque McGee, Glen Winn, John Lee. Fourth Row from left: Paul Wright, Martha Bozulich, Gordon Bowers, Victor Manzanilla (welcome back Victor). Bottom Row: Tom Kumura, Margo Dutton, Lynne Do – Lt Gov. Div 37 Key Club, Don Keller, Mary Harrington.

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NEXT Zoom Meeting – Jim Alden will host another zoom meeting like this one next week. – Aug 11, 11 AM – Penny Pongun Care Manager Windward Life Carediscuss a topic of interest to the group – This will be our 16th Zoom Meeting – Pat will send out an e-mail about how to sign in to the meeting. For those who did not attend, zooming is easy.  Be sure to check in for our next Zoom Meeting Tuesday, Aug. 11 at 11:00 am, look for the zoom invite in your e-mail. 

Contact Jim Alden if you need help…we want to see you at our zoom meetings.

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Note: Jerry Mason will be on vacation in Oregon visiting family and friends from Aug. 11 – 25, so Jim Alden will step up (as he always does) to be the newsletter editor for the next three meetings in August.

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Stay Safe, Stay Sane, Stay Connected – Kiwanis serves, even in times like these. – Jerry Mason

Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Newsletter – July 28, 2020 – Dr. Omar Khawaja – Fighting the Pandemic

Palomar Medical Center here in North County is at the forefront of the battle with Covid-19 in our area. 

Today Dr. Omar Khawaja, Palomar’s Chief Medical Officer, gave us a full account of that battle waged by him and his 4000 medical “soldiers”

The painting of Palomar Hospital was done by Jerry Mason when he was a volunteer at that hospital a few years ago.

Lake San Marcos Kiwanis (Special Covid-19 Lockdown Newsletter – July 28, 2020  Zoom meeting #15) 

Dr. Omar Khawaja Tells Us of Palomar’s Battle with Covid-19

          Fellow Kiwanians (attendance on Zoom – 17) – It seems that every hospital in the nation is at the forefront of our battle with the Covid-19 pandemic. Today at our zoom meeting Palomar Medical Center’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Omar Khawaja gave us a detailed insider account of that battle to date.

        

Dr. Omar Khawaja was named Chief Medical Officer for Palomar Health in 2018.  Dr. Khawaja currently oversees the Interventional Platform and Physician Development for the Organization and is a member of the Executive Team. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of California San Francisco, completed his residency at the Harvard School of Medicine and earned his Master of Business Administration degree from Pepperdine University. Dr. Khawaja began his medical career in Anesthesiology with Anesthesia Consultants of California Medical Group in 2009 and continues to practice with the group.  Dr. Khawaja resides in San Diego with his wife and two children.

Dr. Omar’s presentation was full of informative slides and information (some of which are captured in the images below).

Here are a few of his quotes about Palomar’s battle with Covid-19: 

“We had our first covid patient in February and began the shutdown of non-covid services in March and April losing about 50% of our normal business.”

“We did not experience the great surge in patients that we feared.  We put in a ton of work for an eventuality that never occurred.”

“Our peak covid numbers in the spring were around 30 – Our Poway campus became Covid free and was then dedicated to more normal business.”

“Recently numbers have spiked up a bit to around 40 with 1/4 on ventilators. People over 65 are still in the highest risk category.

“For a while now, we have been living in two worlds – one to fight covid and the other to handle the normal medical issues any hospital faces.”

“What frustrated me most was at times we were not able to provide the safety equipment for my staff that I would have preferred because such equipment was in short supply.” 

“We are finding that the spread from people who are asymptomatic is not as great as from those who show symptoms – so we are focusing more on treating those who show symptoms.” 

“I don’t have a crystal ball but we have to prepare for the worst-case scenario, meaning the fall could be worse given that it is the traditional flu season. It is our job to keep people – patients and our staff – safe for as long as necessary.”   

 

Dr. Omar Thank you for your excellent report to us today and for your tireless leadership in our collective battle against Covid-19.   Come back to us when you have more victories to celebrate.    The presentation was arranged by our own Tom Kumura who is on the Palomar Medical Center’s Board of Directors.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ———————- 

Business Discussion –  The following Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Business matters were discussed:

Pat Haugen – talked about the cancellation of the District Convention in Reno in August but reminded members that virtual Education Sessions will be conducted on Friday, August 14 via zoom. The election will be held (viewable on Facebook) the same day.  We are talking about returning to normal meeting activities – such as the Finemaster – where we can take advantage of free use of Pay Pal.   Pat also mentioned that Kiwanis has waived initiation fees through the end of September.  At the DCM on July 18 Pat learned that the National Kiwanis Convention for 2021 will be held in Salt Lake City and the 2021 District Convention will be held in San Diego.

 John Lee – announced that Charlotte Fan of Meals on Wheels will be our speaker next meeting on August 4.

Margo Dutton – Reported on how the election for officers will be handled now that our District Convention has been canceled (was to be Aug 14-15 in Reno, NV) – Margo is competing to win election as District Governor-Elect. She said 117 Kiwanis leaders (all above the Club level) will be allowed to vote on August 14 via zoom. The event will be live-streamed via Facebook.   Go Margo Go!!

 A Board Meeting was held right after this meeting – the main results of this meeting were: 

Annual Member Dues will stay the same as last year, $140 due at the end of September; 

  The San Marcos Holiday Parade will not occur this year.

Natali Galt – The Installation ceremony for our new slate of officers will be held on September 29.  Our Governor’s Official Visit will be combined with the installation of our new Division 37 Lt. Governor Gina Roberts on Sept 26 at the San Marcos Civic Center.  A prize will be awarded to the club with the most new members during covid-19 lockdown.  Natali Galt (our current Lt. Governor) hopes this meeting can be held live, but we will see.  This will be her last event as Lt. Governor for her term.

Natali Galt and Jim Alden – announced the results of recent elections of Kiwanis International: Art Riley – President, Peter Mancusco – President-Elect, Bert West – Vice President – All were elected during the Kiwanis International Council special meeting.  The Kiwanis International Board convened the Council on July 25, 2020, due to the cancellation of the 105th KI Convention.

 Jerry Mason and Jim Alden – asked the Board and Members for help in locating speakers for upcoming meetings.  Since we are resuming having weekly speakers, speakers are rather hard to find these days. Victor Manzanilla‘s friend Tim Miller of BlackRock Financial will be our speaker on August 25 to give us a market update since Covid outbreak.  Charlene Vick and Penny Pongun – Windward Life Care – will speak to us on Aug 11 – topic of interest to be determined.  Victor Manzanilla‘s friend Tim Miller of BlackRock Financial will be our speaker on August 25 to give us a market update since Covid outbreak. One day in August is still open Aug 18.  Anna Winn, Jim Brown, and Glenn Winn are potential speakers.

Marine Care Packages Needed – 1st Anglico Sgt. Major Jeremy Black is seeking some volunteers to supply care packages for Marines and Sailors currently deployed “They are running out of some supplies below and would love it if some care packages could be sent their way.”  Some suggested items might include Toothpaste,Toothbrush, Shampoo, Body wash, Snack items, Electrolyte drink mixes, Protein bars, Shaving cream, Razors. Laundry detergent.   Contact Ivan Gillis if you can help these soldiers serving our country.

     

Kiwanians Who Zoomed In Today – Here are the Kiwanians who zoomed in today; Top Row from left: Jim Alden (zoom host), Jerry Mason, Glen Winn, Marie Purdy, Ivan Gillis, Second Row from left: Today’s speaker Dr, Omar Khawaja – Chief Medical Officer Palomar Medical Center, John Gibbs, Cathleen Stevens, Pat Haugen, Margo Dutton.  Third Row from left:  Don Keller, John Lee, Ted May, Jim Murphy, Tom Kumura. Bottom Row: Martha Bozulich, and Natali Galt. – Kiwanis Div. 37 Lt. Governor.

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NEXT Zoom Meeting – Jim Alden will host another zoom meeting like this one next week. – Aug 4, 11 AM – Charlotte Fan of Meals on Wheels will speak. – This will be our 15th Zoom Meeting – Pat will send out an e-mail about how to sign in to the meeting. For those who did not attend, zooming is easy.  Be sure to check in for our next Zoom Meeting Tuesday Aug. 4 at 11:00 am, look for the zoom invite in your e-mail. 

Contact Jim Alden if you need help…we want to see you at our zoom meetings.

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When Virtual Life Turns into Quarantine – National Geographic – August 2020 – Here is a short essay about the times and situation we find ourselves in today.  You may have to enlarge the image to read it but it is worthwhile…Jerry Mason

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Stay Safe, Stay Sane, Stay Connected – Kiwanis serves, even in times like these. – Jerry Mason

Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Newsletter – July 21, 2020 – Chris Megison – Solutions for Change

Homelessness is a big problem in California – around 150 thousand – Many government leaders wrestle with it a lot  – 

However the most effective organization dealing with homelessness is our own Solutions for Change right here in Vista in North County.   

Chris Megison, founder of Solutions for Change, told us about the great success story of this organization today via zoom at our regular Kiwanis meeting.

Lake San Marcos Kiwanis (Special Covid-19 Lockdown Newsletter – July 21, 2020  Zoom meeting #14) 

Chris Megison of Presents Solutions for Change in Homelessness

          Fellow Kiwanians (attendance on Zoom – 27 – mostly Kiwanians) – In San Diego, homelessness runs rampant. single adults, families with children and the elderly are some of the people who have no place to call home.  The San Diego population of homeless people is increasing every year.  In 2018, the region had an official count of 8,576 homeless residents ranking only behind Seattle, Los Angeles County and New York City.   Usually you will find San Diego’s homeless population unsheltered, living on the street, in a vehicle or in a hand-built structure such as a tent. There are many causes for homelessness including high cost of housing here.

One of the most effective programs dealing with homelessness is our own local Solutions for Change of Vista founded 20 years ago by Chris Megison. “In 1999, my wife and I were helping out at an emergency winter shelter with our two boys, when a 9 year old girl named Jessica pulled on my sleeve and innocently asked, “Hey mister, do you live here too?” I looked at the girl and then over to her mother who was preparing a bed on the shelter floor. I got down on one knee, looking into the girl’s eyes, and said, “I don’t live here, sweetie, but my wife and I are going to do everything possible so that you, and your family, won’t have to live here too.” he said. The girl’s eyes welled with tears, and so did mine’, and a vision was born—to solve family homelessness.”

     Chris told us a great story of how Solutions for Change has been helping the homeless here in San Diego for over 20 years. “Homelessness is a consequence or symptom of many underlying issues,” Chris said. “Each issue is hard on both the individuals and the family and society at large.  At Solutions for Change we address the underlying issues, while seeking sustainable change.  We help families escape the “churn” of homelessness. There are many solutions at Solutions for Change. Taken together, they are the pillars supporting a productive environment in which we work together to build better futures for homeless families. “Our solutions consist of Solutions University, Solutions Enterprise, and Solutions in the Community.  Every day, these programs combine to create successful, sustainable solutions for families and the San Diego communities in which they live.  We have solved homelessness for over 850 families and 2200 children so far.”

Chris is a regular visitor with our club and has been so for nearly 20 years since Don Smith brought him to our attention.  Each year our Kiwanis club donates regularly to the great work Solutions for Change is doing in our community.  “Even during this time of isolation, we encourage Kiwanians to order a box of our organic produce that we grow on our farm, we even deliver it.  Thank you Kiwanis for your unflagging support of Solutions for Change,” he said.” —  To order produce contact Solutions for Change at SolutionsFarms.org https://www.solutionsfarms.org/

Chris, We are glad to be a partner with Solutions for Change for all these years….keep up your inspiring work for children and families of our communities.   And Keep coming back to speak to us…we care about the same people – children and families.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ———————- 

Business Discussion –  The following Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Business matters were discussed:

 Jim Alden – offered to coach any member who is having trouble with the zoom technology in hopes of increasing members who actually attend our weekly zoom meetings.  Jim reported that several other clubs are holding their meetings by zoom also.

Margo Dutton – Reported on how the election for officers will be handled now that our District Convention has been cancelled (was to be Aug 14-15 in Reno, NV) – Margo is competing to win election as District Governor Elect. She said 117 Kiwanis leaders (all above the Club level) will be allowed to vote on August 15 via zoom. The event will be live streamed via facebook.   Go Margo Go!!

Pat Haugen – talked about returning to normal meeting activities – such as the Finemaster – where we can take advantage of free use of Pay Pal.   Pat also mentioned that Kiwanis has waived initiation fees through the end of December.  At the DCM on July 18 it Pat learned that the National Kiwanis Comvention for 2021 will be held in Salt Lake City and the 2021 District Convention will be held in San Diego.

 An early Board Meeting is scheduled for next Tuesday July 28 right after the regular meeting (the Board has some decisions to make with respect to the San Marcos Holiday Parade that Kiwanis sponsors in December).

Tom Kumura – reported that there were 30-32 COVID-19 cases at Palomar Health-Escondido and 2 cases at Palomar Health-Poway…ICU’s are not being overwhelmed.

 Scheduling Matters:  The Installation ceremony for our new slate of officers will be held on September 29.  Our Governor’s Official Visit will be combined with installation of our new Division 37 Lt. Governor Gina Roberts on Sept 26 at the San Marcos Civic Center.  A prize will be awarded to the club with the most new members during covid-19 lockdown.

       

Kiwanians Who Zoomed In Today – Here are the Kiwanians who zoomed in today; Top Row from left: Jim and Linda Alden (zoom host), Jerry Mason, Margo Dutton, Cathleen Stevens, Ivan Gillis. Second Row from left: Today’s speaker Chris Megison – Solutions for Change, Pat Haugen, Don Keller, Key Club President MMHS Zander Vilaysane, John Gibbs.  Third Row from left:  Gina Roberts – Lt Gov Elect Div. 37, Ron Stone, Jacque McGee, Martha Bozulich, Rob Gaebe. Fourth Row from left: Jim Murphy, John Lee, Paul Wright, Jim Dorschel past Lt. Gov. Div 37, Ted May. Bottom Row: Art Brown, Tom Kumura, Daniel Jiang – Pres. SMHS Key Cub, Lynne Do Key Club Lt Gov. Dist. 37E, Mary Harrington. (Not in picture but zoomed in: Tish Murry, Gordon Bowers, Olivia Pacheco – Pres. LLHS Key Club).

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NEXT Zoom Meeting – Jim Alden will host another zoom meeting like this one next week. – July 28, 11 AM – Tom Kumura will either speak or bring a speaker from Palomar Health to speak about Covid 19 situation around here. – This will be our 15th Zoom Meeting – Pat will send out an e-mail about how to sign in to the meeting. For those who did not attend, zooming is easy.  Be sure to check in for our next Zoom Meeting Tuesday July 28 at 11:00 am, look for the zoom invite in your e-mail. Contact Jim Alden if you need help…we want to see you at our zoom meetings.

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Jim Dorschel – Past Lt. Gov Div. 37 – told us “You have a great club and I love to drop in on your meetings, even if only on zoom.”

Stay Safe, Stay Sane, Stay Connected – Kiwanis serves, even in times like these. – Jerry Mason 

 

Lake San Marcos Kiwanis (Special Covid-19 Lockdown Newsletter – July 14, 2020  Zoom meeting #13) 

Everyone in the world realizes these are the signs of the times – the Covid 19 Pandemic.  

Finding the right balance between safety and sanity has been the struggle of our time. 

Here in Lake San Marcos our Kiwanis Club has been locked out of in-person meetings for four months with no end in sight.

Kiwanis Soldiering On Despite Prolonged Lockdown

          Fellow Kiwanians (attendance on Zoom – 17 Kiwanians) – It has been over 4 months since our last in-person meeting and with recent governmental decisions with respect to reversing re-opening plans there is no clear end in sight.  Kiwanis, like many other organizations, schools, churches, and businesses are coping and soldiering on as best they can.  The answer to the question “How safe is safe enough?” is literally blowing in the wind.  Ultimately it is up to each individual and organization to decide how safe they need to be.  However, safety is not the only consideration. Leaders of the Well Being Trust warned that severe unemployment and social isolation due to the lockdown could lead to as many as 150,000 additional deaths from drugs, alcohol, and suicide (so-called deaths of desperation).  One of the recommendations of this group is to “provide better social connections by securing reliable internet everywhere in the country and funding community groups that are putting on virtual events to allow people to socialize remotely.” Our Kiwanis Club is doing its part by keeping on meeting every week even if it is only virtually online via zoom. Today’s meeting consisted mostly of conducting business matters and holding a board meeting afterward.

Business Discussion –  The following Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Business matters were discussed:

 John Gibbs – reported that Creek Project notified the neighborhood that Bent Avenue will be closed indefinitely.  A presentation to the community is planned for 6 PM on Tuesday, July 28.

Margo Dutton – Reported on how the election for Kiwanis District (Cal-Nev-Ha) officers will be handled now that our District Convention has been canceled (it was to be Aug 14-15 in Reno, NV) – Margo is competing to win election as District Governor-Elect. She said 157 Kiwanis leaders (all above the Club level) will be allowed to vote via zoom. The event will be live-streamed via Facebook.   Go Margo Go!!

Pat Haugen – Reported that at last Saturday’s Division 37 Division Council Meeting, the various club presidents talked about the opportunities that have come about from the issues and challenges their club has faced in the last few months.  Many clubs have canceled their signature fundraising events but have continued to find ways to serve their communities.  The Blue Wave (Oceanside/Vista area) club has lost members who have died or moved away, and the remaining long-time Kiwanis members are looking to join nearby clubs. (not closing as a result of COVID-19)

John Gibbs – commended Jim Alden for his excellent speech as part of the Lake’s 4th of July virtual celebration – Dick Skay also appeared in it.

– Here is the link to that video https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgxwJWrXJJjHgvSlmnMlClRLbGDfj?projector=1

 Scheduling Matters: July 18 – Kiwanis Division 37 Leadership Conference.  Our District’s Kiwanis Convention in Reno HAS BEEN CANCELED (it was to be Aug 13-15). 

 The Installation ceremony for our new slate of officers will be held on September 29.  Our Governor’s Official Visit will be combined with the installation of our new Division 37 Lt. Governor Gina Roberts on Sept 26 at the San Marcos Civic Center.  A prize will be awarded to the club with the most new members during covid-19 lockdown.

  A Board Meeting was held right after this meeting – here are the highlights as reported by Pat Haugen:

The club will renew its membership in the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce because it is especially useful for coordinating the Holiday Parade project and finding potential club members from the business community.  The foundation will purchase a $20,000 5-year note @ 4% from the Cal-Nev-Ha Investors Group.

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Kiwanians Who Zoomed In Today – Here are the Kiwanians who zoomed in today Top Row from left: Steve Hinze, Jerry Mason, Pat Haugen (zoom host), Margo Dutton, Ivan Gillis, Second Row from left: Jacque McGee, Paul Wright, Art Brown, Don Keller, John Gibbs.  Third Row from left:  Ron Stone, Key Club President Zander Vilaysane, Gordon Bowers, Jim Murphy, John Lee. Bottom Row Glen Winn, Mary Harrington.  (Jim Alden signed in for a cameo for the first 5 minutes and then resumed his well-deserved vacation in Lake Tahoe).

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 NEXT Zoom Meeting – Jim Alden will host another zoom meeting like this one next week. Our Next Meeting will be July 21, 11 AM – Chris Megeson of Solutions for Change will be our speaker via zoom.  – This will be our 14th Zoom Meeting – Pat will send out an e-mail about how to sign in to the meeting. For those who did not attend, zooming is easy. Be sure to check in for our next Zoom Meeting Tuesday, July 21 at 11:00 am, look for the zoom invite in your e-mail. 

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Stay Safe, Stay Sane, Stay Connected – Kiwanis serves, even in times like these. – Jerry Mason 

Lake San Marcos Kiwanis (Special Covid-19 Lockdown Newsletter – May 19, 2020  Zoom meeting #5) 

These Nine Members were elected to be our club’s Leaders in the upcoming Kiwanis Year beginning in October.

New Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Board Elected

Nine Members To Begin New Roles on October 1, 2020

       Fellow Kiwanians (attendance on Zoom-21) – Teddy Roosevelt, our 36th President, is famous for many courageous deeds and words.  Some of his most memorable words are from his “man in the arena” speech (1910):  …The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause..…; Today nine members from our Kiwanis club stepped into that arena.  They were elected as our Kiwanis leaders for the next Kiwanis year which begins on October 1.

         The following Lake Sam Marcos Kiwanians were elected to lead our club through and beyond these difficult times.  The new board will be…

Officers (5) President Art Brown, Immediate Past President Glen Winn,  President-Elect John Gibbs, Secretary Pat Haugen, Treasurer John Lee, – Directors (4)  Don Keller and Ted May (will serve the 2nd year of their two year term) Jim Alden and Ivan Gillis, (newly elected will begin two year term in Oct.) Current director Mary Harrington and Treasurer Margo Dutton will be stepping off the board with our appreciation.

          Pat Haugen utilized an online election service (Election Runner) to conduct the official voting during the day previous to our meeting. Only John Gibbs and John Lee will be joining next year’s board – the other seven board members are either changing responsibilities or continuing in their current assignments.  Congratulations to our new leaders.  It is up to the rest of the club to support them as requested.

      At this week’s zoom meeting the following other matters were discussed:

Natali Galt notified us that the District Kiwanis leaders have decided to postpone our Governor’s Official Visit and combine it with the Installation of new Division Lt. Governor Gina Roberts to some time in September.  Details to be decided based on the covid-19 situation.  Natali encouraged our club to consider awards that would be given out at that meeting.  

Pat Haugen presented highlights of the annual report (attached):  Our club has added 4 new members this year: Paul Wright, Rich Farmer, Jack Pease, and Ron Stone – Charlene Vick our newest member is pending. Pat said our club’s financial status is in good shape.

 Margo Dutton said she met with Key Clubs via zoom and they are talking regularly.  Margo has made around 400 masks and distributed several to club members.  Margo is still actively campaigning via zoom for the Governor-elect position of the Cal-Nev-Ha Kiwanis District.

   Changes in the schedule: – Flag Retirement meeting was to be on June 14 – Glen Winn is exploring the possibility of holding this via zoom – Miracle Mile of Quarters has been rescheduled for October. – The 4th of July event at the Lake is uncertain.  Our Division’s Kiwanis Convention in Reno is still being planned for Aug 13-15 but Margo has heard that residents of Reno say that is not likely to happen at that time.

Here are the scholarship recipients from last year’s awards program in May 2019 – the faces this year will be different, but the joy of giving them out and receiving them will be the same.

 

 

 

 

     Scholarships – Ivan Gillis, chair of the scholarship committee, reports we have now received 56 applications (29 thru San Marcos Promise) several from Key Clubbers in our area. A separate zoom meeting is being planned for May 26 to make the selections.  Eleven members are on this committee – Around $25,000 is expected to be allocated to these scholarships.  It is uncertain if we will have an actual or a virtual (zoom based) awards program for the scholarship recipients on June 23 and June 30.                                                               

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        Here are the Kiwanians who connected on this zoom meeting: starting from top left – Jim Alden (Zoom Host), Linda Alden, Jerry Mason, Jim Murphy, John Gibbs, Glen Winn, John Lee, Ron Stone,  guest Lynne Do Key Club Lt.Gov. District 37, Cathleen Stevens, Dick Skay, Ivan Gillis, Pat Haugen, Art Brown, Jaquee McGee, Margo Dutton, Steve Hinze, Tom Curtis, Tom Kumura, Mary Harrington, and Lt. Gov. Natali Galt.

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NEXT Zoom Meeting – Jim and Linda Alden will host another zoom meeting like this one next week. The sixth Zoom Meeting will be Tuesday, May 26 at 11:00 AM Jim will send out an e-mail about how to sign in to the meeting. For those who did not attend, zooming is easy and much better than staring at the walls trying not to go crazy.   Be sure to check in for our next Zoom Meeting Tuesday, May 26 at 11:00 am, look for the zoom invite in your e-mail. Monday, May 25 is Memorial Day. 

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Stay Safe, Stay Sane, Stay Connected – Kiwanis serves, even in times like these.

Jerry Mason

Lake San Marcos Kiwanis (Special Covid-19 Lockdown Newsletter – May 12, 2020  Zoom meeting #4) 

On  February 22, Lake San Marcos Kiwanis held our 54th annual Pancake Breakfast fundraiser for scholarships.

Around 500 people attended with 67 volunteers working as a team to raise over $17,000 for the signature event of our club.

Above center photo: Stars of the Pancake Breakfast: Tom Curtis, Ron Stone, Pat Haugen, John Lee, Jerry Mason, John Gibbs, Jim Alden, Ryan Stangl, Gary Edwards, and Art Brown. 

As usual, it was an “all hands on deck” event and the community support was awesome.

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis February 25, 2020 

   Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast – The Pancakes Just Keep on Coming          

      Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 30) – Our Kiwanis Club does many things to serve the community, but every year around this time it is Pancake Breakfast time.

We have been holding a pancake breakfast for 54 years since 1966.  “This year’s 2020 pancake breakfast was very impressive,” said President Glen Winn.  “Everything went very smoothly and the teamwork was amazing.” 

“We had a team of 67 volunteers from groups like the 1st ANGLICO Marines, our Key Clubs, the Future Farmers of America, and Cub Scout Pack 662.” said Pat Haugen. “Everyone said all these young people made it even more fun.”

“I was a bit concerned that we might not reach our goals, but everyone really worked hard and we exceeded our goal by raising over $17,000 and serving around 500 people again this year,” said John Lee. “What a special event it was.”

      “Everyone pitched in and the teamwork was awesome,” said John Gibbs. (Names of those volunteers are listed below)

Here are some of the impressive numbers from our successful signature fund raiser which was held at Healy Hall in St Mark’s Catholic Church.

•       Funds Raised for scholarships – Over $17,000 (final accounting will be completed in the coming days)
• People Served – About 500 (Est.) Community support was awesome (pancakes served around 1,000)
•       Funds raised by ticket sales alone – $11,000 (Gary Edwards sold around $1360 worth of tickets) 
• Funds Raised by Silent Auction – around $4,000 (over 100 items – 34 gift certificates, and 70 treasures (Tom Curtis brought in $854 and Tom Kumura 

        $506 in donated value). 

•       Funds Raised by Placemat Ads – $2,000 (led by Cathleen Stevens)
• Volunteers – 67 (from 4 organizations, Key Club, First ANGLICO Marines, Future Farmers of America, and Cub Scout Pack 662, and San Marcos Mayor

Rebecca Jones)

Reaching Beyond the Empire State Building – John Lee, Pat Haugen, and Jerry Mason did some speculative math to get a picture of just how many pancakes our club has served in the 54 years since we began holding the Pancake Breakfast. The answer – “We have served nearly 54,000 pancakes over the years which they speculate would be enough pancakes, when stacked up one by one, to reach higher than the Empire States Building (1,250 feet).” 

Here are many of the names of the volunteers whose help was so vital to our success.

•    1st ANGLICO Marines (9) – Edward Rodriguez, Jorge Banda, Abigayle Lewis, Richard Lundy, Christian Romero-Nunez, Tyjuanique Revere, Brandon Huemme,

Brandon Falkner, Edward Dominguez.

•    Key Club (Mission Hills High) (12) – Jane Bounkousanh, Ed Spillane, Veronica ValBuena, Tung Tuguyen, Evelyn Ramirez- Estrada, Jose Munoz, Kody Lamb,

Sandra Cervantes, Audry Santander, Zonder VilayJane, Katrina Do, Charisse Wico.

• Key Club (San Marcos High) (5)  – President Krista Nguyen, Madeline Tat, Sofia Nawaz, Daniel Jang, Yuta Sato.
•    Future Farmers of America (7) – Jasmine Raymundo, Hope Bueno, Gio Rodriguez, Ciara O’Reilly, Camille Heskitt, Quin Fischer, Ryan Miller.
•     Cub Scout Pack 662 (13) – Bradley Boyer, Evan Sanders, Miles Kennard, Drew Taboh, Colin Rybarczyk, Rainar Ashar, Nick Quinonez, Jack Quinonez, Bennett

Walitsch, Louden Brown, Alexander Peterson, Miles Peterson, Joshua Rodriguez.

•       Adults from San Marcos Community (4) – Gene Clark, Barb Lee, JoAnn Murphy, Rosemary Winn.
•  San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones – Mayor Jones donated a lunch with the Mayor for four at Bellows Restaurant (which sold for $200)
•  Father Bruce Osborn, Pastor St. Mark’s Church.

“Every Year this event is both tiring and exhilarating for me,” said John Lee who has been leading Pancake breakfasts for 6 years. “I am humbled by both the teamwork and solid effort of our members and volunteers as well as by the constant public support of the community, thank you so much.”

     Lake San Marcos Kiwanis will be awarding scholarships from the money we raised in May at two meetings – May 19 and May 26 – come to visit us then.

                                Thank you everyone who contributed. This is our signature event and we made a bold statement again this year.

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        On  February 25 during our regular Tuesday meeting, Andre Nantkes and Silas Kirk gave us an in-depth work at modern gleaning when they spoke about their Fork to Field Program that rescues food redirecting it to the needy and keeping it out of landfills.

Andres Nantkes and Silas Kirk – Modern Innovative Gleaners – “Two-thirds of everything we take from the earth is wasted,” says National Geographic in its latest issue (March 2020 “The End of Trash”).  Today’s speakers are actively trying to do something about that sad fact.  They are modern-day innovative gleaners.

Gleaning is an ancient concept depicted in the Old Testament as poor people gathering food after the harvest from what was not taken to market.  Today’s speakers Andres Nantkes and Silas Kirk told us about how they work to glean usable food and organic material from local restaurants, grocery stores, and other businesses so it can be diverted to other productive purposes.  Andres got the idea for this from his son Aidan about 5 years ago when he was working on a school project in this field.  Since then Andres founded A.B. Jones Co. Fork to Field Innovation.

The main purposes of Fork to Field are:

• Waste Diverted in a Sustainable Manner – “We work with local restaurants, grocery stores, and other food providers to help glean usable food that we can re-use at places like the free food pantry at Palomar College.”  This pantry serves around 400 people a day.  They collect 10-20 pallets of usable (but not sold) food per month converting it to other useful purposes. (They currently have 40 volunteer crews – about 200 people – collecting food in the San Diego area.)
• Vericompost created and sold with minimal impact to the environment (Feeding the Worms – who in turn produce great plant food) –  “Worms love to devour organic material that humans won’t eat.  After they are done with it, the worms produce castings.  This vermicompost is then donated to under-served communities and community gardens.
• Consult with Local business and professionals to help them have a more-green and less wasteful products and production. 
•    Teach classes at Palomar College on Innovative Gleaning

Andres and his new partner Silas Kirk (who will soon be leaving the Navy to work in this new field) told us about the main things they do to help businesses be green and to reduce the amount of useful organic material that would otherwise end up in landfills.  “About 70 percent of what currently goes into landfills can be usefully \diverted to other purposes.  No community is making more landfills, so it is up to us to reduce the amount of material we would otherwise put in landfills.  said Nantes.

                                Thanks, Andres and Silas for your very interesting presentation – Come back to us often.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ————- 

Announcements- 

• Key people this meeting: Invocation – Glen Winn, Song – John Lee,  Collections – Ted May,  Fine Master – Glen Winn  – 50/50 drawing today’s pot = $546 Barbara Wales had the winning ticket but drew the ten of hearts.
• Sad News – Don Keller’s wife, Merlene, passed away recently – Two Memorial Services on Friday, March 6: 1. Funeral Mass at St. Elizabeth Seton Church in Carlsbad 1 pm.  2. Celebration of Life Lake San Marcos Pavilion 3 PM – everyone is invited to both or either event.
• New faces –Guests –  Carol Fanelli (fiance of Les Hill) she lives in Palm Desert.     Welcome – come back.
  
• Elizabeth Burmeister turns 90 – Honorary Member Elizabeth Burmeisterturned 90 recently.  Amazing – Go Elizabeth!!!

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Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday luncheon programs (March – May, 2020)

• March 3 – The Benefits of College Athletics – Andrea Leonard – Head Volleyball Coach California State University at San Marcos 
• March 10 – Victor Manzanilla and Art Brown – New financial laws that affect seniors
  
• March 17 – Roberta and Bob Gibson Memorial Military Scholarships Awards
• March 24 – Charlene Vick – Windward Life Care and program about Seniors and Technology
  
• March 31 – (Open but searching)
  

Down the road...

• April 7 – Natali Galt – Kiwanis Lt. Governor for District 37 (our District)
• April 14- Charla Papp – Moose Lodge
• April 21 – Prayer Luncheon – Adel Abdelmalak – Leader in faith development in Egypt
• April 28 – Damien Sagestone – Director of High School Play – Fiddler on the Roof
• May 5 – Annual Elections/Meeting – for our Kiwanis Club for next Kiwanis year (Oct 2020 – Sept 2021)
• May 12 – Jack Pease on the importance of scholarships
  
• May 19 – LSM Kiwanis Scholarships – 1
• May 26 – LSM Kiwanis Scholarships – 2

Jerry Mason and Barbara Wales are working to fill out our speaker’s agenda for the next three months, only 1 open date left (Mar 31).

Current Membership is at 52 – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”

On  February 11, Tanis Brown gave us an overview of historical homes in San Marcos – Composite above follows descriptions below.

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis February 11 2020 

             Tanis Brown, San Marcos Historical Society – Historic Homes in San Marcos              

       Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 32) – Today Tanis Brown took us back to a more peaceful time in San Marcos with a very interesting overview of the historic homes around here.  I didn’t realize there were so many historic homes around here. “A while back our volunteer firemen used to practice by putting out fires in the old homes that were no longer wanted,” she told us. (side note: in 1960 San Marcos population was 2,500, now it is 96,500)

Here are some of the homes she told us about – each one had an interesting story to go with it (see photos above and below):

•     The Cox House (Twin Oaks area) in Heritage Park now ) repainted yellow – 3 generations of Cox family have lived here for over 60 years.
• The Bidwell House (Twin Oaks) in Heritage Park now – repainted green – 6.5 acres, used to be chicken ranch selling eggs, the family was involved with Serbian

Orthodox church, Serbian Prince visited once to consecrate that church.

•      Mary Young Conners Hall (Walnut Grove) – teacher from Kansas started one-room school here in 1910, the home moved to Heritage Park in 2009.
• Williams Square Barn (Walnut Grove) –  was in the center of San Marcos, dismantled and rebuilt in Walnut Park, built as square dance barn, has pecan wood floors.
  
• Oden/Froberg House (Twin Oaks Valley) – Mr. Oden died here when the well structure fell on him, His widow remarried Mr. Froberg who finished this home.
• La Mesita (Twin Oaks Valley) – home to Merriam family (Merriam-Webster dictionary) connected to Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir. Vineyards, and Bees here.
• Wood House (Richland Area) – Jenny Lind lived here, socialite, San Marcos summer concerts are held here.
• Grace Episcopal Church (Richland Area) – two churches collaborated to build this church in shape of a cross, recently has been restored.
• Borden- Read House (Richland Area) – was a showpiece home for this area for many years.
• Fulton House (Richland Area) – Fulton family lived here since the 1800’s (over 125 years), Owner Louise Fulton Hard wrote “Under the Pepper Tree” about life here.
• Early Downtown San Marcos – city center was at Pico and Mission in 1908, first post office, first traffic light here, Flora Brown collected “old stuff” here.
• The “PINK HOUSE” (Meyers-Doran House) on Discovery Drive –  site of a gun battle between Mr. Doran and Mr. Eliason (who was killed), Doran was acquitted and went on to become a two-term state senator. The city of San Marcos is now considering options for this home – it is too expensive to move and the area is being renovated.

Tanis and Alan Brown – Tanis and her husband Alan now live in Lake San Marcos, they previously lived in the Twin Oaks area for 22 years.  She came to San Marcos in 1976 and has been active in community activities for many years (i.e. Raggedy Ann and Andy preschool program, youth soccer, community services commission, and more).  She was in the first graduating class at the California State University of San Marcos in 1992.   She worked for Lifeline Community Services doing special projects for the Executive Vice President of CSUSM and in human resources for 15 years  Since retiring in 2006, she and her husband Alan travel whenever possible (they lived in Bavaria Germany for 2 years during his earlier years). Tanis now spends most of her time at Heritage Park working toward Historic Preservation.  She also serves as a trustee of the North County Cemetery District and is an alternate on the General Plan Amendment Committee for the City of San Marcos.  She and Alan have four children, three daughters, and one son.

San Marcos Historical Society – Tanis concluded with an appeal to join the San Marcos Historical Society ($20 year for individuals) and to visit Heritage Park at 1952 Sycamore Drive (Open Tuesdays – Thursdays – Saturdays from 1 – 4:30 PM).  Currently, they are trying to raise $25,000 to refurbish and retrofit an old fire engine (the “SOFIE” project ) – They are holding a Kite Day Sat. March 14 at Heritage Park to build support and gather funds for the “SOFIE” project and for the Historical Society. The event is from 10:30 to 1:30 and is free for families.

                                Thanks, Tanis for the very engaging look back in time to the San Marcos of the past – Come back to us often.

       

                                      On  February 11 Tanis Brown gave us an overview of historical homes in San Marcos – Composite above follows descriptions above.

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Announcements- 

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• New faces –Guests –  (photo above) Left – Joanna Murphy (friend of Jerry Mason).  Key people this meeting: Invocation – Glen Winn, Song – John Lee,  Collections – Ted May,  Fine Master – Dick Skay  – 50/50 drawing today’s pot = $490 Dick Skay had the winning ticket but drew the Jack of hearts.
• Health Report– John Lee reported Don Alexander should be back next week. Jim Alden reported that Marty Gannon is doing much better.
• Sad News – Don Keller’s wife, Merlene, passed away on Saturday. 
• Pat Haugen andArt Brown attend the Kiwanis Mid-Year conference – “We mostly took the legal seminars.” Pat said.      
• Our Pancake Breakfast will be Saturday, February 22at St Mark’s Church on Discovery – John Lee reported that to date he has received $8,698 from ticket sales after five weeks, There are 2 weeks left. Our goal is to raise around $12,000 (approx.)
• Silent AuctionJohn Lee encouraged members to solicit gift certificates from the businesses they contacted last year…Ryan Stangl will produce a spreadsheet of places contacted. Pat Haugen encouraged members to have the gift certificates to the club by next Tuesday (Feb 18) meeting to allow time to prepare flyers.
• Pancake Placemat Ads – To place an ad in the Pancake Placemat, contact Cathleen Stevens, cathleenlsm@gmail.com, 760-471-7364.
• Prize-Winning Kiwanian – Victor Manzanilla (our paragon of health) ran to a first place prize in his age group (men 40-44) at the Cardiff Kook 5K run this past Sunday.  Official time was 21:17 for an average pace of 6:51/mile. Who says Kiwanians can’t run!!!
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• (Center) Chris Clark from Colorado (Al Bomberg’s daughter) (husband Gene was also in attendance) and (right) Chuck El-Maasari (from the now absorbed San Marcos Kiwanis club).    Welcome, all – come back.
  

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Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday luncheon programs (February – May, 2020)

• February 18 – Pancake Breakfast Planning
• February 25 – Andre Nantkes – AB Jones (Fork to Field) 
  
• March 3 – The Benefits of College Athletics – Andrea Leonard – Head Volleyball Coach California State University at San Marcos 
  
• March 10 – Victor Manzanilla and Art Brown – New financial laws that affect seniors
  
• March 17 – Roberta and Bob Gibson Memorial Military Scholarships Awards
• March 24 – Charlene Vick – Windward Life Care and program about Seniors and Technology
  
• March 31 – (Open but searching)
  

Down the road...

• April 7 – Natali Galt – Kiwanis Lt. Governor for District 37 (our District)
• April 14- (Open but searching)
• April 21 – Prayer Luncheon – Adel Abdelmalak – Leader in faith development in Egypt
• April 28 – Damien Sagestone – Director of High School Play – Fiddler on the Roof
• May 5 – Annual Elections/Meeting – for our Kiwanis Club for next Kiwanis year (Oct 2020 – Sept 2021)
• May 19 – LSM Kiwanis Scholarships – 1
• May 26 – LSM KIwanis Scholarships – 2

Jerry Mason and Barbara Wales are working to fill out our speakers agenda for first five months of this year, only 2 open dates left (Mar 31, April 14).

• Our Pancake Breakfast will be Saturday February 22at St Mark’s Church on Discovery

Current Membership is at 52 – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”

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Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It –  Jerry Mason

Kiwanis Meeting of 2-4-20

On  February 4 Leo Melena the Director of Student Success for C.H.A.B.B.S. of California State University at San Marcos spoke to us about

one of the four colleges at CSUSM – College of Humanities, Arts, and Behavioral Sciences (C.H.A.B.S.S) at our nearby university in San Marcos.

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis February 4, 2020 

   Leo Melena – Director of Student Success with C.H.A.B.B.S. 

   The Many Offerings of Our Nearby University – Cal State Univ. at San Marcos 

        Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 29) – Today Leo Melena, the Director of Student Success for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Behavioral Sciences (CHABBS) at CSUSM gave us a full tour of what areas students can study in that part of our nearby university.  “As a liberal arts program we give students the freedom and the tools to create their own future, he said. “It’s not our job to prepare students for something, rather it is our job to help students prepare for anything in their future.” There are around 482,000 students in the 24 universities in the University of California system, which is the largest university system in the world.

       CSUSM has about 16,000 students who take classes in one of four colleges (CHABBS), Business, Education, and Science & Math.  “My college – CHABBS has the most students…with about 50% of the total instruction at the university,”  Leo told us CHABBS offers 23 bachelor degrees and 5 master’s degrees.  “There are about 8,700 students in our college studying in 880 classes.”  CHABBS offers 30 minors which help students customize their secondary education toward specific areas of their passions.”

      Leo told us more about CHABBS at CSUSM:   

•     The CHABBS  faculty has won excellence awards in the 24 university system 10 times in the last 30 years
• CSUSM offers a career network with mentors that link students with professionals in their chosen field and often provide internships and financial aid.
•      Last semester 2177 students in CHABBS made the dean’s list (3.5 GPA of above at least 12 units).
•       It is CSUSM’s policy to think globally and act locally by requiring at least 3 courses in a foreign language and many study abroad opportunities. 

      “We used to be the little university on the hill when we started here 30 years ago but we are not so little anymore,”   Leo concluded by notifying us that new CSUSM President Ellen Nuefeldt will be holding an open house at the campus this Thursday evening.

Leo had been a Kiwanian for 10 years and was past President of the San Marcos Kiwanis Club which our club has recently absorbed.  Leo is considering reinstating his Kiwanis membership with us. We hope you join us, Leo.  Thanks for your talk to us today.

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3rd grader Zoe Manzanilla sold 40 boxes of girl scout cookies at today’s meeting.  Zoe is Victor’s daughter – Here Art Brown is getting in on the treats.  Victor and Art will be speaking to us on March 10.

Announcements- 

• Key people this meeting: Invocation – Jim Alden, Song – John Lee,  Collections – Ted May,  Fine Master – Victor Manzanilla  – 50/50 drawing today’s pot = $472 Tom Curtis  had the winning ticket but drew the two of hearts (Tom had the winning ticket last week too.)
• Guests –Charlene Vick from Windward Life Care (her second visit, she is probably going to join us as a corporate member).  Gene Clark (Al Bomberg’s son-in-law from Colorado) and Zoe Manzanilla (Victor’s 3rd-grade daughter who sold girl scout cookies at the meeting).
• Our Pancake Breakfast will be Saturday, February 22at St Mark’s Church on Discovery – John Lee reported that to date he has received $7,490 from ticket sales after four weeks, There are 4 weeks left. Our goal is to raise around $12,000 (approx.)
• Silent AuctionJohn Lee encouraged members to solicit gift certificates from the businesses they contacted last year…Ryan Stangl will produce a spreadsheet of places contacted.
• Pancake Placemat Ads – To place an ad in the Pancake Placemat, contact Cathleen Stevens, cathleenlsm@gmail.com, 760-471-7364.
• On the Campaign Trail with Margo Dutton– Margo Dutton is literally “running” for election as Governor-Elect for our Cal-Nev-Ha Kiwanis District.  She listed several places she has been and her future plans to speak but there were so many I got tired just hearing about them all.   Go Margo Go.

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Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday luncheon programs (February – May, 2020)

• February 11 – Tanis Brown, San Marcos Historical Society – Overview of Historic Homes in San Marcos
• February 18 – Pancake Breakfast Planning
• February 25 – Andre Nantkes – AB Jones (Fork to Field) 
  
• March 3 – The Benefits of College Athletics – Andrea Leonard – Head Volleyball Coach California State University at San Marcos 
  
• March 10 – Victor Manzanilla and Art Brown – New financial laws that affect seniors
  
• March 17 – Roberta and Bob Gibson Memorial Military Scholarships Awards
• March 24 – Charlene Vick – Windward Life Care and program about Seniors and Technology
  
• March 31 – (Open but searching)
  

Down the road...

• April 7 – Natali Galt – Kiwanis Lt. Governor for District 37 (our District)
• April 14- (Open but searching)
• April 21 – Prayer Luncheon – Adel Abdelmalak – Leader in faith development in Egypt
• April 28 – Damien Sagestone – Director of High School Play – Fiddler on the Roof
• May 5 – Annual Elections/Meeting – for our Kiwanis Club for next Kiwanis year (Oct 2020 – Sept 2021)
• May 19 – LSM Kiwanis Scholarships – 1
• May 26 – LSM Kiwanis Scholarships – 2

Jerry Mason and Barbara Wales are working to fill out our speaker’s agenda for the first five months of this year, only 2 open dates left (Mar 31, April 14).

• Our Pancake Breakfast will be Saturday, February 22at St Mark’s Church on Discovery

Current Membership is at 52 (Ron Stone is newest member)  – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”

                                                                       —————-

Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It –  Jerry Mason

Kiwanis Meeting of 1-28-20

On  January 28 Ben Conarroe of Pro-Mentors spoke to us about a group of men who are trying to help prisoners turn their lives around.

The photo on left – Is the graphic Ben used to explain how the program works. 

Photo on right – The Iceberg – Behavior is driven by Values which are in turn driven by Beliefs, they work at making changes in the levels below the waterline.

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis January 28, 2020 

                            Motto – “Remember the Prisoners” (Hebrews 13:3)

             Ben Conarroe & Pro-Mentors Work to Reform Released Prisoners 

        Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 26) – Either America has more lawbreakers per capita or we have more laws to break. Whichever it is (maybe both) Ben Conarroe told us today about a group of men who are working to deal with the California Prison Crisis. Here are some of his key points:

•     1 out of 100 People in America are in Prison or Jail.
•    The US incarcerates more people than any other country in the world. (America has 5% of the world’s population, but 25% of the world’s prison population)
  ●  Historically, about 70% of those released from prison re-offend. 
•       In 2011 US Supreme Court ruled California’s prisons were at 211% of capacity  

      “Consequently the state of California passed AB109 which resulted in a major shuffle of our prison population,” he said.  The Public Safety Realignment Act changes the definition of a felony, shifts housing for lower-level offenders from prison to local jail transfers supervision of designated parolees from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to Probation. Felons who have committed non-violent, non-serious and non-sex offenses will be housed in local jails. Those released from state prison, Post Release Offenders (PRO), will be supervised by probation.

“Since 95% of those in prison will be eventually released, our group is doing what we can to work with ex-prisoners to get them to turn their lives around.” he said.  Ben told us that the 70 men who volunteer in the program (from 35 different churches) focus on the forces under the waterline (see photo above).  “Behavior is driven by values which is in turn driven by beliefs.  We meet with prisoners who will soon be released to help them effectively change at all levels.  Essentially, it is a public safety issue for me as well as a mandate of my Christian beliefs.” Trained mentors are assigned to prisoners who choose to participate in our program.  The meetings are held in the East Mesa facility near the Donovan State Prison and at the detention site in Vista.  “We aim low,” he said meaning his volunteers work toward changes in the lower parts of the iceberg. “About half the prisoners who initially sign up for our 6-month program, drop out…but the other half stick with it at least for a short while after they are out.  About 11 percent of those who enter the program remain in contact with us after 4 months.  This is actually an encouraging number given the very high tendency of prisoners to re-offend.”

     Ben concluded with, “We have an immediate need for Christian men who will commit to mentoring a prisoner, first while he is incarcerated at East Mesa Re-Entry Facility of Vista Detention Facility, then for at least 6 months after he is released.  The time commitment is 1 – 2 hours per week and probably will last about a year.”Contact bconarroe@hebrews13-3online.com or phone 619-466-3177.

Ben started this program in 2013 and now has about 70 men mentoring other men in this way.

     Thanks for your service Ben, come back to visit us again.
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New Faces – Terry Ross – of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada visited today.  Terry is past Governor of the Western Canada District of Kiwanis

Charlene Vick is the Community Relations Manager for Windward Life Care. (She’s interested in membership and in being a speaker down the road).

Announcements- 

• Key people this meeting:Invocation – Jim Alden, Song – John Lee,  Collections – Ted May,  Fine Master – John Gibbs  – 50/50 drawing today’s pot = $452 Tom Curtis  had the winning ticket but drew the ten of clubs.
• Guests –Terry Ross from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada (Kiwanis) was here visiting family, and Charlene Vick from Windward Life Care (she will be back).

Martha Bozulich visited us for the third time today.

• “Moose, Lions, and Kiwanis – Oh My”– Past President Jim Alden reported that on Sunday he recently met with members of the local Moose Club and the local Lions club to talk about what each club might do together to focus on common matters. The Moose allows us to store Cub Scout material on their site in Escondido.
• Our Pancake Breakfast will be Saturday February 22at St Mark’s Church on Discovery – John Lee reported that to date he has received $6300 from ticket sales after three weeks, ($1359 this week) (30 members have not yet turned in sales) – There are 4 weeks left. Our goal is to raise around $16,000 (approx.) which is about what we raised last year.  So far our perennial top seller, Gary Edwards has brought in $1100 in sales, Jim Murphy is second with $320.
• Silent Auctionmembers should consider contacting businesses they contacted last year…Ryan Stangl will produce a spreadsheet of places contacted.
• Pancake Placemat Ads – To place an ad in the Pancake Placemat, contact Cathleen Stevens, cathleenlsm@gmail.com, 760-471-7364.

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Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday luncheon programs (February – May, 2020)

• February 4 – Leo Melena – CSUSM – Overview and Humanities Dept.
• February 11 – Tanis Brown, San Marcos Historical Society – Overview of Historic Homes in San Marcos
• February 18 – Pancake Breakfast Planning
• February 25 – Andre Nantkes – AB Jones (Fork to Field) 
  
• March 3 – The Benefits of College Athletics – Andrea Leonard – Head Volleyball Coach California State University at San Marcos 
  
• March 10 – Victor Manzanilla and Art Brown – New financial laws that affect seniors
  
• March 17 – Roberta and Bob Gibson Memorial Military Scholarships Awards
• March 24 – (Open but searching)
  
• March 31 – (Open but searching)
  

Down the road...

• April 7 – Natali Galt – Kiwanis Lt. Governor for District 37 (our District)
• April 14- (Open but searching)
• April 21 – Prayer Luncheon – Adel Abdelmalak – Leader in faith development in Egypt
• April 28 – Damien Sagestone – Director of High School Play – Fiddler on the Roof
• May 5 – Annual Elections/Meeting – for our Kiwanis Club for next Kiwanis year (Oct 2020 – Sept 2021)
• May 19 – LSM Kiwanis Scholarships – 1
• May 26 – LSM KIwanis Scholarships – 2

Jerry Mason and Barbara Wales are working to fill out our speakers agenda for first five months of this year, only 3 open dates left (Mar 24, Mar 31, April 14).

• Our Pancake Breakfast will be Saturday February 22at St Mark’s Church on Discovery

Current Membership is at 52 (Ron Stone is newest member)  – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”

                                                                       —————-

Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It –  Jerry Mason

Kiwanis Meeting of 1-21-20

 

On  January 21 Lisa Stout of San Marcos Promise brought two great young people who have benefited from the Promise to speak to us – Elissa Dominguez and Roy Huerta.

The photo on the lower right – Jim Alden presents Lisa and the Promise with $1,000 donation as recently approved by our board. 

The photo on the lower right – Young students who attended the financial literacy workshop sponsored by the San Marcos Promise.

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis January 21, 2020 

                            Lisa Stout and friends – Elissa Dominguez and Roy Huerta 

  Two Young Leaders Tell Us How the San Marcos Promise Worked in Their Lives 

        Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 32) – Like Kiwanis, Lisa Stout cares deeply about helping the young people of our community. “We serve the 21,000 students in the San Marcos Unified School District in a wide variety of ways,” she said.  Lisa has been the Executive Director of The San Marcos Promise for a year and a half. “It is our goal to guide and support these students on their journeys into college and into the workforce.  We work with them to build dreams, pathways, and prosperity into their lives.   Lisa spoke to us earlier in November about what the Promise delivers. Today for part 2 – she brought in two great young people who have been helped by the Promise.. Elissa Dominguez and Roy Huerta who gave us the details of how the Promise has helped them transition from learning to earning.

Here’s a synopsis of what they told us:

• Elissa Dominguez  – “I am a lead ambassador for the San Marcos Promise.  I have been in San Marcos all my life, graduating from Mission High in 2016. 

I currently attend Cal State Univ. in San Marcos majoring in child and adolescent development and plan to graduate in May of this year.  I hope to work as a child life specialist.” – How the Promise Helped Me – “The Promise helped me figure out where to head in my secondary education.  It helped with financial assistance, networking with professionals, in refining my skills as a leader, and being willing to grow beyond my comfort zones.  I never imagined I would be able to speak to a group like I am now – the Promise helped me do this and many other things.”

• Roy Huerta  – “I am now the Education Coordinator for the PIMA Medical Institute here in San Marcos.  I am a native of San Marcos, graduating from Mission High in 2014.  I graduated from Cal State Univ. in Sam Marcos in 2018 majoring in sociology and business administration.  The PACE scholarship I received, with the help of the Promise, helped me to both graduate and focus my career search. The Promise helped me decide which school was best for me, helped me with finances, and to acquire many “soft skills” that have been vital at this stage of my life. Skills such as networking, leadership, and volunteering have led to where I am now.  I could not have done it without the help of the San Marcos Promise.” Roy now administers resume and job interview workshops, money-wise and financial literacy workshops as part of the “Super Strong” program which is open to over 900 high school freshmen at San Marcos and Mission High Schools.

Lisa told us “Today students are struggling to keep up with an ever-increasing load of academic requirements which unfortunately results in a reduction or even elimination in training in the necessary life skills they need to make their transition beyond the academic world. That’s where we come in to help.” 

      In November Lisa told us The San Marcos Promise administers the following programs: ●  Clearinghouse for scholarships for students ●  L.E.A.P. – Learning Enrichment to Achieve Promise ●  Stembassy Camp at Cal State Univ. at San Marcos (CSUSM) –  ●  Middle School Outreach ●  College Field Trips  ●  Camp NAWIC – National Alliance of Women in Construction ● Signing Day ●  Promise Navigators   ●  Grad Walks – ●  Summer Skillshops – ●  Paid Internships in the Culinary Arts with Westin in Carlsbad. – ●  TSMP Professional Career Closet – ●  Mock Interviews at San Marcos High – ●  College Expo and Future Fair- and more events and programs aimed at helping these students succeed in their next steps of life.

She concluded saying, “We have several opportunities to get involved with us. We host various events throughout the school year where we need volunteers (including career speakers etc). If anyone is interested in learning more or getting more involved, please contact me anytime! In addition, if you’d like to be added to our monthly newsletter distribution list, please let me know and I’ll send you our monthly updates to keep you posted on all we have going! Thank you so much for your interest and thank YOU for all you do for kids!”

      Realizing the important role The San Marcos Promise plays in the lives of the youth of our community, our Kiwanis Board recently approved a $1000 donation to the Promise which Past President Jim Alden presented today.

 Come Back to us Often Elissa, Roy and Lisa, we work in the same field.

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New Members & New Faces – Upper left Ron Stone our newest member (short bio on left) – Upper right – Jack Pease inducted as a member by Jim Alden and Jim Murphy

New Faces in the crowd: Martha Bozulich (guest 2nd-time visitor) – next four are from Sunrise Vista Kiwanis on an Interclub: Fred Story, Dick Muir, Mary Regan, Pete McHugh. Far-right Gene Clark of Littleton, Colorado. 

Announcements- 

• Key people this meeting: Invocation – Jim Alden, Song – John Lee,  Collections – Ted May,  Fine Master – Don Keller  – 50/50 drawing today’s pot = $435 Gene Clark (Guest) had the winning ticket but drew the Ace of diamonds. John Lee also drew for a pot of $409 from last week and drew the six of spades.
• Membership: Jack Peasewas inducted into membership (he joined Kiwanis late last year) and Ron Stone, our newest member, who will be inducted soon. 
• Four from Sunrise Vista Kiwanis visit today: Dick Muir, Frank Story, Mary Regan, and Peter McHughof the Sunrise Vista club visited our club today, thanks for visiting us.
• Guests –Gene Clark of Littleton Colorado (Al Bomberg’s son in law) and Martha Bozulich visited us again today…come back often.
• On the Campaign Trail with Margo Dutton– Margo Dutton reported she spoke twice in Sacramento and once in Modesto at Kiwanis events. She will be speaking at the Poway Kiwanis Club this Thursday at 7:30.  “All is going well but I am very busy,” she said. She is running for Governor-Elect of the Cal-Nev-Ha Kiwanis District which would begin this October if she is elected.
• Our Pancake Breakfast will be Saturday, February 22at St Mark’s Church on Discovery – John Lee reported that he had received $4652 from ticket sales after two weeks (has received funds from 41% of our members) – There are 5 weeks left. Our goal is to raise around $16,000 (approx.) which is about what we raised last year – more info about Silent Auction will be coming soon. John  Lee also told us that Evie Williams donated $500 in the name of late Kiwanian Gene Williams (see below).
• Pancake Placemat Ads – To place an ad in the Pancake Placemat, contact Cathleen Stevens, cathleenlsm@gmail.com, 760-471-7364.
• Board Meeting Held today – Past President Jim Alden presided over our monthly board meeting.  Main decisions: ●  Board accepted the membership application of Ron Stone (brings our membership to 52). ● Preparation of an orientation package for newer members. ● Sufficient funds ($1100) were allocated to cover sponsorship of our two international sponsored children (Mulusala Kivumbi – Uganda and Faviola Torres – Peru) for the coming year (sponsorship needs to be renewed in February). ● Two donations for local child literacy (up to $8,000 from San Diego County Supervisors and $600 from the City of San Marcos) were discussed.
• “Bob” turns 105 this month – I bet you didn’t realize that in early January in 1915 in Detroit the original founders of Kiwanis were thinking of naming this new club “B.O.B” for the Benevolent Order of Brothers: BOB. Fortunately or us, they didn’t stick with “Bob” but chose Kiwanis instead…read the attached story for the rest of the story about how BOB became Kiwanis 105 years ago.

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Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday luncheon programs (Jan – May, 2020)

• January 28 – Ben Conarroe – ProMentors (Jail re-entry program) 

• February 4 – Leo Melena – CSUSM – Overview and Humanities Dept.
  
• February 11 – Tanis Brown, San Marcos Historical Society – Overview of Historic Homes in San Marcos
• February 18 – Pancake Breakfast Planning
• February 25 – Andre Nantkes – AB Jones (Fork to Field) 
  
• March 3 – The Benefits of College Athletics – Andrea Leonard – Head Volleyball Coach California State University at San Marcos 
  
• March 10 – Victor Manzanilla and Art Brown – New financial laws that affect seniors
  
• March 17 – Roberta and Bob Gibson Memorial Military Scholarships Awards

Down the road...

• April 7 – Natali Galt – Kiwanis Lt. Governor for District 37 (our District)January 21
• April 21 – Prayer Luncheon – Adel Abdelmalak – Leader in faith development in Egypt
• April 28 – Damien Sagestone – Director of High School Play – Fiddler on the Roof
• May 5 – Annual Elections/Meeting – for our Kiwanis Club for next Kiwanis year (Oct 2020 – Sept 2021)
• May 19 – LSM Kiwanis Scholarships – 1
• May 26 – LSM Kiwanis Scholarships – 2

Jerry Mason and Barbara Wales are working to fill out our speaker’s agenda for the first five months of this year, only 3 open dates left (Mar 24, Mar 31, April 14).

• Our Pancake Breakfast will be Saturday, February 22at St Mark’s Church on Discovery

Current Membership is at 52 (Ron Stone is the newest member)  – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”

                                                                       —————-

Remembering Gene Williams

Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It –  Jerry Mason

Kiwanis Meeting of 1-14-20

On  January 14 two great Marine leaders, Lt Col. Anthony Mercado and Sgt Major Jeremy Black spoke to us about our favorite Marine unit – 1st ANGLICO based at Camp Pendleton.

The photo on right-left Lt. Col Anthony Mercado, center Ivan Gillis, right Sgt Major Jeremy Black. 

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis January 14, 2020 

                            Our Special 1st Anglico Marine Family 

      Leaders of Our 1st ANGLICO Marines talk to us about their role in our safety 

       Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 26) – We were treated today to a wonderful overview and history of the 1^st ANGLICO Marines of Camp Pendleton.  1^st ANGLICO stands for Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company.  It is based in Camp Pendleton is one of three active duty Marine locations.  The other two are at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and Okinawa.  They stay at a steady state of readiness.   ANGLICO Marines are constantly deployed around the world and are always ready to go at short notice.  Our motto is “Not Many but Much.” said Lt. Col. Mercado.  “We are always training and always deployed,” he said. “At any given time around 25% of the Marines in our unit are scattered around the globe helping out where we are needed. 

Lt Col. Anthony Mercado and Sgt Major Jeremy Black told us all about what 1st ANGLICO does and why.

Their bottom line today was:

•   We are a liaison unit specializing in fire support (value to the partner) and liaison capabilities.
•    We train to the broad array of missions within the fires support spectrum from simple “value to the partner” to detailed integrated fires including all 

         assets in the US and coalition inventory.

•    We are proficient in small unit tactics
•    We support Marine, Joint, SOF, Allied, and Coalition Units from the Division to the Company Level across the range of military operations
•    We are a versatile organization that has the capability to conduct a variety of missions by task organizing our teams to the supported unit’s needs. 

        Teams are trained to be self-reliant and can operate in a distributed environment.

•    We maintain a very high training tempo and are constantly deployed around the globe.

Our Kiwanis club has a special relationship with the 164 Marines (men and women) of the 1ST ANGLICO unit at Camp Pendleton.  As we have done every Christmas, we held a joint Marine Christmas party with these Marines and their families on December 11.

1st ANGLICO Marines, along with the 190.000 US Marines worldwide, allow us to sleep peacefully because they are ready to go wherever and whenever they are needed.  “When President dials 911, the Marine Corps answers.”

     We are grateful to have these wonderful Marines ready to protect us if the need arises and for our special friendship. “Semper fi”

  

Composite photo above – from 1st ANGLICO’s PowerPoint program which provided an overview of how they fit in with our military units to keep us safe around the world.

Photo bottom right: Lt Col Anthony Mercado accepts 1st ANGLICO command from LtCol Mike Hays, this summer at Camp Pendleton

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Announcements- 

• Key people this meeting: Invocation – Jim Alden, Song – John Lee,  Collections – Ted May,  Fine Master – Art Brown  – 50/50 drawing John Lee had the winning ticket but his draw will be postponed to next week (Pat H had a puppy emergency at home and left early).
• Board Meeting Postponed – Our monthly board meeting was postponed one week to Jan 21 to better accommodate board member schedules.
• Friday Morning Meeting at IHOP held Jan 10  – Our morning meeting was held this past Friday at IHOP; Glen Winn, Jerry Mason, Jim Trageser, Pat Haugen, John Lee, and Jim Alden attended. The discussion centered around our scouts and working more closely with the Moose lodge.   John also passed out pancake breakfast tickets.

Next One will be on February 7 at IHOP at 7:15 am. If you wish to join us, you are welcome to do so.

• Membership: Linda Alden spoke with Mary Lou Phippsyesterday and she and her husband Mike will be joining us at one of our upcoming meetings, they are both considering membership. Jim Murphy advised that Ron Stone, who was at the meeting today, is committed to joining. HOORAY!!!! 
• Interclub Planned for Next Meeting: Dick Muir of the Sunrise Vista club would like to visit our club on Tues Jan 21st. He will bring 6-7 Kiwanians with him.
• Our Pancake Breakfast will be Saturday, February 22at St Mark’s Church on Discovery – John Lee handed out routes to be walked for Pancake Breakfast tickets. ● Pancake Placemat Ads – To place an ad in the Pancake Placemat, contact Cathleen Stevens, cathleenlsm@gmail.com, 760-471-7364.
• Community News – from Jim Alden – The community fair is coming up this Saturday and we’ll need folks to staff the table. John Gibbs joined last year by visiting us at the fair. I will be working on the LSMCA table but can help. Also, please come out if possible, on Monday the 19^thto the LSMCA which is having a town hall meeting to meet the new board members and to engage the community by asking them what’s on their minds. The community at large needs to get more involved with the association.
• Electronic recycling and shredding will take place at San Marcos High School this weekend both Saturday and Sunday from 9-3.

 

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Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday luncheon programs (Jan – Mar 10, 2020)

• January 21 – Lisa Stout and San Marcos Promise Club – Part Two (with actual children’s stories)
• January 28 – Ben Conarroe – ProMentors (Jail re-entry program) 

• February 4 – Leo Melena – CSUSM – Overview and Humanities Dept.
  
• February 11 – Tanis Brown, San Marcos Historical Society – Overview of Historic Homes in San Marcos
• February 18 – Pancake Breakfast Planning
• February 25 – Andre Nantkes – AB Jones (Fork to Field) 
  
• March 3 – The Benefits of College Athletics – Andrea Leonard – Head Volleyball Coach California State University at San Marcos 
  
• March 10 – Victor Manzanilla and Art Brown – New financial laws that affect seniors
  

Jerry Mason and Barbara Wales are working to fill out our speaker’s agenda for the first four months of this year – Ideas welcome.

• Our Pancake Breakfast will be Saturday, February 22at St Mark’s Church on Discovery

Current Membership is at 51 – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”

                                                                       —————-

Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It –  Jerry Mason

Kiwanis Meeting of 1-7-20

On October 17 last year Jerry and Linda Mason visited part of their family who live in Uganda, Africa.  While there, they were fortunate to be able to actually visit the child our Kiwanis Club is sponsoring – Mulusala Kivumbi.

He is one of two the club is sponsoring – the other child is Faviola Torres from Peru. Jerry told us the inspiring story of that visit and the great around-the-world connections that were made as a result.

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis January 7, 2020 

                            Making Connections Around The World 

      Jerry Mason talks about their visit to our sponsored child in Uganda, Africa

       Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 38) – “So few of us Americans ever get a chance to really see how the other half of the world lives.” said Jerry Mason today at our first Kiwanis meeting of this new decade. “However, recently my wife Linda and I were very fortunate to make meaningful connections with a poor Ugandan family who is raising the young boy who is our Kiwanis Club’s sponsored child,” he said.

From late September to late October last year,  Jerry and Linda Mason were in Uganda visiting their son and family who live in the capital city of Kampala.  “One special day we had the great opportunity to actually visit the sponsored child who our club committed to sponsoring last February.  Only a small percentage of sponsors are actually able to visit the children they sponsor.”

For most of his talk, Jerry told about the details of this incredible visit to a village an hour’s drive outside of Kampala called Budde Kalamba.

•     Briefings by World Vision staff in the HQ office and in the Field Office (World Vision Uganda helps 128,000 sponsored children in Uganda) “My friend, Jason Evans, who I worked with in Albania, and is now the director of World Vision Uganda; he set up this tour for us.”
•    Visit Mulusala’s School – “The students swarmed out of their classes to see us the “Mizungu” (foreigner). When Mulusala was brought out to us, this wonderful five-year-old boy seemed both amazed and confused.  He could not speak to us in English, so he quickly grabbed on to my hand and would not let go.  It was very touching.  We gave around 50 simple English books to the principal of his school.”
• Visit to Mulusala’s Home –  From his school, Mulusala literally led Jerry and Linda to his nearby home where we met his larger family consisting of 17 adults and children, mostly female.  “We were honored and welcomed into his family, treated to the best meal they could offer, given Ugandan names and welcomed into their “Mbogo clan (African buffalo).  They named me “Kasibante”. Then at the end of the visit, we exchanged gifts.  It was all very unique and touching.  We made fantastic around-the-world connections.”
  
• Visit to Lukala Umea School which World Vision is supporting –  In the afternoon, they visited a larger nearby school with which World Vision is working. “At that school, we were the honored guests of the entire student body of several hundred.  The various clubs at the school treated us to specially planned presentations and songs in English about such subjects as sanitation and making the right choices in life.  Then they took a tour of the campus seeing many facilities World Vision had helped to build.  In the end, I remember so many bright eyes full of hope and eager to learn even though by our standards their classrooms would have been overcrowded (up to 90 students per teacher) and under-resourced (few if any books and teaching resources).  If I lived closer, I would be volunteering to help at that school often.”

In the second part of his presentation, Mason pointed out the realities of deep poverty in Uganda and similar African countries.  Those realities are:

: ● Africa has the most urgent needs in the world,

•   African people are 200 times more malnourished than people in the 1st world (like the US),
•     Africa has over half of the world’s people who live in extreme poverty (less than 1.25 a day).

Mason then showed us how several humanitarian groups are working to fight poverty – World Vision, UNICEF (their daughter in law, Cecila, works for UNICEF in nutrition in Uganda and their son works in International Microfinance), and Compassion International (our club is also sponsoring another child – Faviola Torres in Peru (Jim and Linda Alden are coordinating with her).

Wrapping up, Mason ended with this plea for our club to continue supporting our sponsored children (the cost is around $500 a year for each child) “We have so much compared to the rest of the world.  What we have been given was given to us to share with neighbors in need.  If it is personal  it works (he showed us several letters from Mulusala).  We are connected to our sponsored children and they are connected to us.”  

     In one of the letters, Mulusala wrote “I am thankful this year because my friend Jerry visited and gave me a ball.” “This was only one special day of our five weeks in Uganda, but it created memories and connections that will last a lifetime.”

                 

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Key Club Leaders from San Marcos High Key Club Ran today’s meeting: From Left Tom Kumura and Margo Dutton (Key Club Coordinators from our club)

SMHS Key Club Leaders: Brenda Tran, President Krista Nguyen. Becca Briehan, and Daniel Jiang,   far right – Jerry Mason (speaker today)

They presented a short overview of club events this past year. The San Marcos High Key Club has 47 active student members..

• Key Club of San Marcos High Runs Today’s Meeting– Four leaders of the San Marcos High Key Club took over the running of today’s meeting. They conducted the jobs of Emcee, Announcements, Fine Master, and 50/50 drawing.  

      (photo above) – Becca Briehan – is the Key Club treasurer.  She is a junior at SMHS and has been with Key Club 2 years. Daniel Jiang – is one of two Key Club Vice-Presidents.  He is a junior at SMHS and has been with Key Club 3 years.   Brenda Tran is one of two Key Club Vice-Presidents. She is a junior at SMHS and has been with Key Club 4 years.  Krista Nguyen is the Key Club President. She is a senior at SMHS and has been with Key Club 4 years.  Krista said she enjoys planning and leading the many events the Key Club has conducted during this year.

They also made a short presentation of the main events their Key Club has held this last year The events were: North County Health Fair, Woodland Park Gardening, Text Book Distribution, San Marcos Harvest Festival, Oceanside Turkey Trot,  Mitchell Thorpe Baseball Tournament, San Marcos Holiday Parade, Epiphany Prep Wellness Fair, San Marcos Christmas, and December DCM,   Krista told us the club has 47 dues paying members.  Come Back often Key Clubbers. 

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•  Guests today – Linda Mason (Jerry’s wife), Johanna Murphy (friend of Jerry Mason) Natalie Gibbs (daughter of John Gibbs).

Faces we haven’t seen for awhile but returned today: Irene Acosta and Cynthia Martin.

•  On the Campaign Trail with our own Margo Dutton – October 1^st, 2019, Margo Dutton, a member of the Kiwanis Club of Lake San Marcos, officially announced her candidacy for the office of Kiwanis Governor elect for 2021 for the California-Nevada-Hawaii district of Kiwanis International.  The Cal-Nev-Ha District of Kiwanis International consists of 449 clubs with 11,411 members reported as of November, with at least two new clubs built since then. As a candidate for Governor-elect, Margo has been asked to speak at a number of Regional Training Conferences, and Divisional Council meetings.  The campaign started with a visit to Santa Maria to meet with the Kiwanis Clubs of Region 10, on November 2.   The next stop was at a Divisional Council Meeting (DCM) in Manteca, California.  The last campaign stop in 2019, was in Torrance, California on December 9, for the Division 19 DCM. Margo said, “I want to thank the club for their Unanimous endorsement of my candidacy.  My theme is “Together WE Can”. She is quite busy these days.  – For a more complete report read the attached to this newsletter

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Announcements- 

• Key people this meeting:Invocation – Jim Alden, Song – John Lee,  Collections – Ted May,  Fine Master – San Marcos Key Club (they also kept the fines they collected), 50/50 drawing – The pot was $395 – Jim Alden had the winning ticket and drew the eight of spades.
• Health Report– John Lee reports that Don Alexander had surgery recently for kidney stones and is resting comfortably at home.  Don Shawler returned to us this meeting – welcome back Don.
• Pancake Ticket Sales- John Lee handed out pancake ticket packets (10 per member) – it is time to begin ticket sales.  Our Pancake Breakfast is Feb 22.  Last year we made around $18,000 (net $16,000) which made up the bulk of our funds for scholarships we offered in the spring.  The Pancake Breakfast is an “all hands on deck” event for our club.
• Pancake Placemat Ads – To place an ad in the Pancake Placemat, contact Cathleen Stevens,cathleenlsm@gmail.com, 760-471-7364.
• Pat Haugen announceda grant of $600 more has been received from the of San Marcos for Children’s Literacy – Our Kiwanis Club has been awarded an additional $600 for children’s literacy.  Recently our club received a similar grant for $8,000. We plan to use the money for more books for our literacy efforts in the coming year.
• Friday Morning Meeting at IHOP this Friday Jan 10 at 7:15 am 

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Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday luncheon programs (Jan & Feb 2020)  A New Decade Begins….

• January 14 – Lt. Col Anthony Mercado – US Marines – 1st ANGLICO– Camp Pendleton
• January 21 – Lisa Stout and San Marcos Promise Club – Part Two (with actual children’s stories)
• January 28 – Ben Conarroe – ProMentors (Jail re-entry program) 

• February 4 – Leo Melena – CSUSM – Overview and Humanities Dept.
  
• February 11 – Tanis Brown, San Marcos Historical Society – Overview of Historic Homes in San Marcos
• February 18 – Pancake Breakfast Planning
• February 25 – Andre Nantkes – AB Jones (Fork to Field) 
  
• March 3 – The Benefits of College Athletics – Andrea Leonard – Head Volleyball Coach California State University at San Marcos 
  

Jerry Mason and Barbara Wales are working to fill out our speakers agenda for first three winter months of next year – Ideas welcome.

• Our Pancake Breakfast will be Saturday February 22at St Mark’s Church on Discovery

Current Membership is at 51 – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”

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Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It –  Jerry Mason

Newsletter Lake San Marcos Kiwanis – Dec 17, 2019 – Future Farmers of America

The FFA is a regular visitor to our club usually around Christmas time.  The wreaths they made as well as those on our tables were auctioned off.  They are currently raising money to buy jackets (like the one above) for all their officers.

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis December 17, 2019 

              Future Farmers of America Help Us Wrap Up a Successful Year

       Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 33) – The FFA Christmas Wreath program has become a tradition for our club at this time of year. Four young members of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) club helped us end 2019 on a Christmasy note.   The four are Quin Fischer,  Camile Heskett , Jasmine Raymundo, and Gio Rodriguez  (more below).  Andre Nantkes, and Rob Gaebe are part of the adult support group for at San Marcos High (Rob is a regular speaker at Kiwanis, he retired recently and has had two knee replacement surgeries). The FFA has over 200 student members and 5 floral design classes with about 40 students each at San Marcos High.  The wreaths at this meeting were made by students in these classes.

The four FFA youth demonstrated how to make wreaths and told us about FFA in SMHS. Jasmine and Camille told us about their FFA experiences this year. They include ● Sectional leadership conference, ● LA County field day  ● Game Night at first chapter meeting – 55 attended.  ●  Future Fair at Mission Hills High  ●  Opening and closing ceremonies at Julian High  ●  Class on work industry and decision making  ●  SoCal leadership conference  ●  Horse Heritage Festival  – sold pumpkins and had a petting zoo ● Collected and donated over 500 cans of food to the North County Food Bank  ● Participated in the San Marcos Holiday Parade (with Kiwanis)

• Collected over 100 toys to give to children in our community ●Gingerbread House contest at our December meeting ● They also told us that their floral classes made over 80 wreaths for the school buses in the San Marcos District.  Quite a year!!

Here’s a little about each of the four FFA youths who visited us today:    Jasmine Raymundo is 17 and a senior. She is the FFA Vice-President at SMHS.  Camille Heskett – is the FFA Sentinel (meaning she is in charge of greetings at the meetings, and many other duties) she is a Sophomore at SMHS.

Quin Fischer is the FFA farm manager (a big job) she is a sophomore at SMHS.   Gio Rodriguez is the secretary for FFA and is a sophomore at SMHS.  FFA President Ryan Miller could not make this meeting.

Andre Nantkes and Rob Gaebe told us more about the FFA at the school and talked about their need to buy FFA jackets for all their officers (currently they only have a few jackets).  Then, seemingly in response to this request, our Kiwanis secretary Pat Haugen presented the FFA with our yearly budgeted donation of $1500 (recently increased by our board).  Andre, and hopefully Rob, will be back to speak to us on February 25 next year when Andres will tell us about his new service project involving moving surplus food from grocery stores to food banks.

         Thank you, FFA for being great community servants.  We are glad to partner with you in reaching out and helping others. Come back soon.

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Left Tom Kumura and his Santa sweater center Jim Dorschel with guests Ashley Rawlins and Cas Makowski, right visitor Martha Bozulich.

New Faces in the Crowd and one funny sweater    

                

• (photo center) – Recent Kiwanis Dist 37 Lt Gov. Jim Dorschel brought two prospective members to our meeting today – Ashley Rawlins(an attorney who lives in San Marcos) and Cas Makowski (who lives in San Marcos and does communications work) Jim met each of them at a meeting concerning reading.

Thank you Jim for staying connected with our club and thank you Ashley and Cas for visiting.  Come back soon.

(p.s. Jim thinks our club is the flagship of the fleet). 

•  (photo right) Martha Bozulich visited today –  Martha recently moved to San Marcos (from Valley Center) and is already a Kiwanian (at Valley Center).  She is considering joining us…Hooray Martha!! 
• (photo left) Tom Kumura had the most festive sweater (There was no contest, but if there was, he would have won).  
  

Announcements- 

• Key people this meeting: Invocation – Glen Winn, Song – John Lee,  Collections – Ted May,  FineMaster – Dick Skay, 50/50 drawing – The pot was $370 – John Gibbs had the winning ticket and drew the five of diamonds.
• $8000 Grant from City of San Marcos for Children’s Literacy -Pat Haugen announced that our Kiwanis Club has been awarded an $8000 grant from the City of San Marcos for Children’s Literacy – we plan to use the money for more books for our literacy efforts in the coming year.   Way to go Pat.

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Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday luncheon programs (Jan & Feb 2020)

     No Meeting Dec 24 (Christmas) or Dec 31 (New Year’s) – First meeting in 2020 will be January 7, 2020

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! A New Decade Begins!

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A New Decade Begins….

• January 7– Jerry Mason– “Life for Children in Uganda” (results of meeting w/sponsored child Mulusala Kivumbi) 
  
• January 14 – Lt. Col Anthony Mercado – US Marines – 1st ANGLICO – Camp Pendleton
• January 21 – Lisa Stout and San Marcos Promise Club – Part Two (with actual children’s stories)
• January 28 – Ben Conarroe – ProMentors (Jail re-entry program) 
• February 4 – Leo Melena – CSUSM – Overview and Humanities Dept.
  
• February 11 – TBD
• February 18 – Pancake Breakfast Planning
• February 25 – Andre Nantkes – AB Jones (Fork to Field) (he was at our meeting today) 
  

Jerry Mason and others are working to fill out our speaker’s agenda for first three winter months of next year – Ideas welcome.

• Our Pancake Breakfast will be Saturday, February 22at St Mark’s Church on Discovery

Current Membership is at 51 – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”

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Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It –  Jerry Mason

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis December 10, 2019, and Marine Christmas Party Dec. 11, 2019

San Marcos Youth Strings Plays Christmas Favorites – Santa Comes to Marines

       Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 34) – For the third year, the wonderful young musicians wowed us all once again as they played a medley of Christmas favorites to get our Christmas season off on a high note. Their leader, Andre Ricardo said, “We’re a community service organization established in October 2017 to provide free violin and cello instruction by high school students to the kids of North County San Diego, CA. The kids also have the opportunity to perform for the public, both in the group and as solos.”   San Marcos Youth Strings has about 31 young musicians in the program and they practice weekly for at least two and a half hours.  They brought their best students to our meeting today for this performance.

These songs were on their playlist……● It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (Andre’s solo), ● Jolly Old St. Nicholas, ● Ode to Joy, ● Deck the Halls,

• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, ●Joy to the World, ● I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas (Andre’s solo), ● Frosty the Snowman, ● Silent Night, ● Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer,  ● Sing a Christmas Carol (from the movie Scrooge, the Musical), and ● We Wish You a Merry Christmas (which Andre played twice).

Here’s a little about each of the five violinists who played for us today:

Andre Ricardo – Andre is 17 and a Senior at Classical Academy Online located in Escondido. Andre goes to workshops there three times a week. He began attending Palomar College Fall of 2017.  He has been taking Japanese 2 this semester. He also has experience in the Strings course at the University of San Diego, performing with them as a first violin. Andre is a member of Symphony in the San Diego Civic Youth Orchestra and plays in their first violin section. He is scheduled to play at Carnegie Hall on June 17th with the Civic Youth Orchestra. Andre is in the process of applying to colleges and thinks he might like to earn a History major since he loves facts and writing. This could lead to a law degree, becoming an attorney with a side job as an author. This is Andre’s last year as leader of the San Marcos Youth Strings.

Taylor Quach – Taylor is 16 and is a Junior at San Marcos High School where her favorite class is Calculus. She plays the clarinet for her school band, violin for SMYS, as well as piano. Earlier this fall, Taylor and the San Marcos Knight Regiment competed in Utah for a marching band competition and ranked 3rd out of 33 schools. She is so glad to have been given a chance to give back to the community by teaching music.

Thien Vu – Thien is 13 and goes to Woodland Park Middle School. She is in 8th grade and plays violin, flute, and piano. Her favorite class is Art and she hopes to become a psychologist or an actress. Thien also was part of the swim team, knows kung fu, and is a great photographer! She loves to play the violin and being a member of SMYS!

       Eunna Song – Eunna is 12 and attends San Elijo Middle School where her favorite class is Band. She really likes to play instruments, which shows since she can play the flute, piano, violin, and the Korean Flute also known as danso. She enjoys being a member of SMYS and is now in the program’s Advanced level due to her focus, practice, and determination.

Yarisa Huerta – Yarisa is 15 and is a Sophomore at Mission Hills High School where her favorite class is Drama. Yarisa plays the clarinet in her school band, the violin in SMYS and is beginning to learn to play the piano. Last summer she auditioned and made it into the Intermediate group at San Diego Civic Youth Orchestra. Yarisa continues to take violin lessons with Claire Lewis via Skype. She loves music!

        Andre and the group talked a bit afterward about how they feel about learning and playing the violin and what the future holds for them in music. Andre will be part of the orchestra on Dec 21 and December 22 when they present “The Nutcracker” at Escondido Performing Arts Center. Tickets are available at the CCAE box office and online at http://artcenter.org/event/the-nutcracker-5/2019-12-21/ – starts at 2 pm.  The San Marcos Youth Orchestra will be inviting Kiwanians to their annual spring recital that will probably be sometime this March.

        Thank you for inspiring our hearts about local youth and getting us into the Christmas spirit.  Moms and students, please come back soon.

New Faces in the Crowd                    

• San Marcos Youth Strings Support Group– the women behind the wonderful young musicians who performed today are Van Duong (Taylor’s mom) Bethany Bernesser (Andre’s aunt) Simone de Bruyne (mother of Claire Lewis from last year’s group.  Claire is now in her first year at the Manhatten School of Music), Monique Ricardo (Andre’s mom) and Karen Noel (Andre’s grandmother) See photo at top.

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Composite – these are some scenes from San Marco Youth Strings concerts and programs of the past.  They include concert piano performances with our own Dorothy Coleman (bottom right).

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Santa and Kiwanis Give Marine Families 

Another Resounding Christmas Party at Camp Pendleton 

“When I took command of 1st Anglico recently, I kept hearing about this fantastic Christmas Party,” said Lt. Col. Anthony Mercado. “Now that I have seen it with my own eyes I know exactly what they are talking about…it WAS fantastic.” 

On Wednesday night December 11, the 1st ANGLICO Marines teamed up with the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Club and Santa himself (Bob Algeo) to give Marine families another great party for their Christmas season.  The hall at Camp Pendleton was full of Marines with their wives and families (estimates were over 200). Many came wearing goofy Christmas outfits.  The food was a sumptuous banquet.  Santa was his usual “eye-popping” self as he put a twinkle in every youngster’s eye and a specially selected present in each child’s arms. Everyone, young old, Marine or civilian had a wonderful time.

The following Kiwanians went out to the annual gala. Don Keller (who arranged for Santa – Bob Algeo to come to us again), Pat Haugen, Ivan Gillis, Jim Murphy, Glen and Rosemary Winn, Margo Dutton, Art Brown, Jerry Mason, and Mary Ann Brandreth,

Thanks to all our Santa’s helpers who helped affirm once again our love and support for the U.S. Marines and their wonderful families. 

(Note – a one-page photo story of this event is attached)

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Announcements- 

• Key people this meeting: Invocation – Jim Alden, Song – John Lee,  Collections – Ted May,  FineMaster – Jerry Mason, 50/50 drawing – The pot was $350 – Jack Pease had the winning ticket and drew the Ace of Clubs.
• December 13 – Next Monthly Friday morning meeting at IHOP – 7:15 am.
• Vons-Albertson’s Gift Cards make great gifts – Marie Purdy even said she would gift wrap them for free.
• Monthly Board Meeting held – Our monthly board meeting was held after today’s meeting – for more details contact a board member.

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Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday luncheon programs (Dec & Jan 2020)

• December 17– FFA – Krystal Thomas – Wreath making and sales (thanks to Ivan)

     No Meeting Dec 24 (Christmas) – First meeting in 2020 will be January 7, 2020

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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A New Decade Begins….

• January 7– Jerry Mason– “Life for Children in Uganda” (results of meeting w/sponsored child Mulusala Kivumbi) 
  
• January 14 – Lt. Col Anthony Mercado – US Marines – 1st ANGLICO – Camp Pendleton
• January 21 – Lisa Stout and San Marcos Promise Club – Part Two (with actual children’s stories)
• January 28 – Ben Conarroe – ProMentors (Jail re-entry program) 

Jerry Mason and others are working to fill out our speaker’s agenda for February – Ideas welcome.

• Our Pancake Breakfast will be Saturday, February 22at St Mark’s Church on Discovery

Current Membership is at 51 – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”

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Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It –  Jerry Mason

Kiwanis Meeting of 12-3-19

Three from the upcoming San Marcos Creek Project spoke to us today about what will be happening in the next two years as the city engages in a project aimed to overcome the flooding and other issues along Discovery and  San Marcos Creek.  The photo above L to R: Leslie Spring JPW Communications, Isaac Etchamendy – Project Manager, & Susan Bankhead of JPW Communications.   Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis December 3, 2019   Improving San Marcos Creek Area Begins January 2020 – Details Below           Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 23) – All of us are familiar with the flooding issues along San Marcos Creek and Discovery Street in San Marcos.  They literally rose up again on Thanksgiving day blocking and snarling traffic there.  Beginning in 2020 the City of San Marcos will begin working on a two year 104 million dollar project to address those issues and others along San Marcos Creek.        “We know it will be inconvenient and even frustrating at times,” said project manager Isaac Etchamendy. “We are asking the community to work with us for the next two years as we address several problems there.  This is the most expensive project the city has ever undertaken and when it is over we will all be proud of the revitalized area around San Marcos Creek,” he explained.  Isaac and Susan Bankhead laid out the goals of the project: Reduce the problems of flooding by several road construction projects – principally by building two elevated bridges (Bent Creek and Via Vera Cruz) and widening some of the main roads Build a Linear Park for community purposes along San Marcos Creek Preserve and Enhance natural creek habitat in the area. Isaac told us the project has 13 funding sources including 44 million from the Federal Government – “No general fund money is earmarked for our project.”  They showed a very informative computerized video that clarified what will be done and how the area will look when it is finished. “We will be holding a groundbreaking ceremony for the project soon on Wednesday, Dec. 11 and project work will begin in early 2020,” said Isaac.  Here is the general schedule: Winter 2020 – Bridge Construction on Bent Avenue – (estimated time to complete 6 to 8 months) Fall 2020 – Bridge Construction on Via Vera Cruz – (estimated time to complete 6 to 8 months) 2021 – Enhance Creek Habitat and Construct the San Marcos Creek Park. Fall 2021 – Construction ends – Grand Opening ceremony. Susan Bankhead told us, “Communication with the community is an essential part of our plan throughout.” She laid out four communication goals: 1) Build Awareness and Trust, 2) Remain Constructive and Accurate, 3) Inspire necessary driving behavior changes, and 4) Stay responsive and engaged with the community. To that end, there are several ways citizens can stay tuned to construction events in the two years ahead:●  e-mail: www.san-marcos.net/creek or creek@san-marcos.net – ●  Text SM Creek to 484848 to sign up for text updates – ● project hotline 877-SMCREEK. Isaac said that the main road in the area Discovery Lane will be widened to four lanes and will include a bike lane and a walking trail. When asked what behavior change he hoped for drivers during the construction, he said “Avoid the area when you can but if you can’t have patience…we will work carefully and considerately with all drivers during the time it takes to make the significant improvements we have planned. And stay abreast of our construction messages so you will not be surprised.”   Both answered several questions from the audience after this presentation. Thank you for your informative and helpful program – we look forward to working with you as the project moves along. Come back soon. ————-       Composite – top left San Marcos band member, top middle #1 Air Force ROTC at San Marcos High, top middle #2 – San Marcos FFA, top right – Batman. Bottom row, left – Kiwanis District Governor Tim Cunning, middle – San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones, bottom right Bagpipe Band from Riverside, Ca.              Kiwanis Gets the Christmas Season started right at San Marcos Christmas Parade December 1  The Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Club sponsored the 24th annual San Marcos Christmas Parade that went along Mission Road on Sunday, December 1 beginning at 1:30 PM.  Hundreds of people lined the streets to watch the many marchers, bands, and dignitaries parade by.  The following groups participated: Kiwanis (17) Marines (11) Many Boy & Cub Scouts  & Girl Scouts, 2 High School Bands  (San Marcos High and Mission Hills High of around 150 students each) The San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones & Vice Mayor Chris Orlando???.  Tim Cunning our Cal-Nev-Ha District Governor and our Division 37 Lt. Governor Natali Galt were co-grand marshals.  Glen Winn, Captain Book, says over a 1500 free books were handed out at this parade. This annual event has been conducted since 1996; for most of those years it was lead by the San Marcos Kiwanis club, but for the past two years the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis club has taken over leadership of this annual festive event.  Thanks to all who helped make the parade another success this year.                                                                                                                            ————-                                          1st Anglico Marine Leaders: (L) Sargent Major Jeremy Black, (R) Lt. Col. Anthony Mercado                                                Photo at right – Scott Winn, Glen’s son, who recently retired from the Sheriff’s Dept.  New Faces in the Crowd                     1st Anglico Marine commander Lt. Col Anthony Mercado and Sargent Major Jeremy Black visited us today.  Eleven 1st Anglico Marines helped with the recent San Marcos Christmas Parade.  Come out to meet more Marines and their families at the upcoming Marine Christmas party on December 11 at Camp Pendleton. Scott Winn – Glen Winn’s son visited us today.  Scott recently retired from the San Marcos Sheriff’s Department.  Scott lives in San Marcos.  Come back to us soon, Your Dad is our leader.  Announcements-  Key people this meeting: Invocation – Glen Winn, Song – John Lee,  Collections – Ted May,  FineMaster – Dick Skay, 50/50 drawing – The pot was $331 – Art Brown had the winning ticket and drew the Ace of Clubs. December 7 – Kiwanis Division 37 Meeting Saturday morning – new members encouraged to attend…contact Pat Haugen. December 13 – Next Monthly Friday morning meeting at IHOP – 7:15 am. Our Pancake Breakfast will be Saturday, February 22 Finding Speakers for January and February – Jerry Mason announced that he is working on scheduling several potential speakers for January and February – Several volunteers and potential speakers of interest are being considered.  If any member has input or ideas please contact Jerry. Vons-Albertson’s Gift Cards make great gifts – Marie Purdy even said she would gift wrap them for free.                                                                                        —————- Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday luncheon programs (Nov. & Dec.) December 10 – San Marcos Youth Strings – Christmas favorites advanced strings (special holiday event) December 17– FFA – Krystal Thomas – Wreath making and sales (thanks Ivan)      No Meeting Dec 24 (Christmas) – First meeting in 2020 will be January 7, 2020 January 7– Jerry Mason– “Life for Children in Uganda” (results of meeting w/sponsored child Mulusala Kivumbi)    Marine Christmas Party has been scheduled for Wednesday, December 11 (5:30 in the evening) at Camp Pendleton – Ivan Gillis is leading a caravan of those attending…will depart San Marcos at 4 PM.  Ivan needs to know by this Friday who is planning to attend.  Contact Ivan at ivan.gillis@gmail.com. Plan on coming out for another fun Marine Christmas. NOTE: NEXT MEETING MOVED TO THE BOATHOUSE – NOT IN NORMAL ROOM.  SAME TIME – 11:30… Current Membership is at 51 – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”                                                                        ———–

Kiwanis Meeting of 11-12-19

Kiwanis Meeting of 10-22-19

Kiwanis Meeting of 9-17-19

Jim Alden is nearly done with his term as Lake San Marcos Kiwanis President for 2018-2019.  Today Jim reviewed the Kiwanis year for our meeting.   There were many highlights including getting a pie in the face to raise money for scholarships at our 55th birthday celebration in August.   Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis September 17, 2019                         Jim Alden Reviews Our Kiwanis Year 2018-2019        Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 31)  – “At first, looking ahead to being President for a full year seemed like a daunting very long challenge, but now that my term is about over, time has just flown by.” At today’s meeting, Jim reviewed the accomplishments of our club this past Kiwanis year. Here is a summary. In the Beginning  –We were chartered in August 1964 55 years ago. We started with 28 members. Now– Now we have 54 members, 14 new members in the past year (the biggest increase in our division) Overarching Kiwanis Goals– Improve our community and the world, change children’s lives,  build friendships, and have fun. Membership Recruitment and Retention Opportunities – Christmas Parade, Pancake Breakfast, Social events, President’s message in Quail Call (monthly) Jim’s Personal Goals for the year : ● To create an interactive survey and listen to the membership,● To continue improving the lives of children, those with special needs, the elderly, and those in third world countries that desperately need our help,  ● To build upon the good works of past presidents, ● To increase Membership,● To have fun Our Accomplishments (1)  ● Increased Membership by 35% adding 14 new members, ●  Outreach at LSMCA Fair/4th of July/Christmas Parade,  ● Successful Pancake Day Fundraiser (Proceeds of $16,100/only $300 less than 2018), ● Scholarships were awarded to – 24 students in High School, 1 in Community College and 5 transitioning Marines – Totaling $27,500. Our Accomplishments (2) ● Successful Marine Christmas Party, Supported Change in Command, ● Increased Emphasis on Communications, Web presence enhanced, Facebook Page established with current information. President’s Monthly Quail Call Articles. Chamber of Commerce Membership ● Continued coverage in SD Union-Tribune and Newsletters, Our Accomplishments (3)● Enhanced Speaker Program; Offsite Meeting/Palomar Health, ●  Successfully Merged SM Kiwanis with LSM Kiwanis (Assumed existing projects- Christmas Parade – ● Gave out 2000 books, Treasure Chests placed in 10 local schools in support of our literacy program, ● Flag Retirement Ceremony,  ● Continued monthly IHOP meetings for SM Kiwanians   Our Accomplishments (4) ● Adopted Cub Scout Pack 662, Supported Local Events – Attended Blue and Gold Banquet, ● Moved Storage from Woodland Park Bible Church,  ● Provided Local Storage Storage at Moose Lodge/Escondido (no cost), ● Shed Purchased August 2019 (scheduled delivery 9/20). Our Accomplishments (5)● Established An International Outreach Program (Adopted a World Vision Child and a Compassion International Child) ●  Continued to Support Miracle Miles of Quarters – $800 in quarters to benefit Rady Children’s Hospital,  ● Blood Drive in support of Kiwanis one-day, ● Refinished Kiwanis-Sponsored LSM Benches. Late Improvement Actions– ● Better appreciation for speakers (certificate & pen) and ● More consistent policy for health matters. Charities Receiving budgeted annual donations ● The Arc of San Diego, ● Boys & Girls Club of San Marcos, Cal-Nev-Ha Kiwanis District – PTP, SMHS FFA, ● Kiwanis Children’s Fund, ●  Meals on Wheels (35-year Partnership), ● MMQ Rady Children’s Hospital, ●  San Marcos Educational Foundation,● Solutions for Change, ● San Diego Center for the Blind Jim’s backstory – Jim’s wife, Linda introduced Jim. Here’s a summary of “the Jim Alden story” that she told us about… Jim was born in LA and grew up in North Hollywood where, with his mother, he was an extra in two movies (Shane and Kitty) as a child. He attended Woodbury University (BS in Business Admin).  He started his work life with the Bank of America in LA. Then served six years with the US Army, being discharged in 1970. He spent the majority of his working years with Southern California Edison as manager of shareholder services. Met and married Linda in 1977.  Lived in Arcadia CA, had two boys (born in 1979 and 1981).  In 1993 they moved to Sierra Madre CA where they lived for 23 years prior to moving to San Marcos in 2013. Jim continued working in the 2000s; first for The Walt Disney Co. as a director of shareholder services then in 2011 working part-time for his LLC JRA Consulting Services. Jim and Linda have three grandchildren (two live in Reno, NV and one in Sierra Madre, CA.). “When I first came to San Marcos, I tried various clubs but none of them contained an element of giving back to the community until our neighbor, Tom Curtis, introduced me to Kiwanis in 2015,” Jim said. At the end of his review, Jim told us, “The most difficult part of my year as President was the giving the job my regular attention to all the details of the job and the most enjoyable part was learning about and being a part of all the great things Kiwanis is and does.”      “This year we have accomplished many great things in Kiwanis which has been only possible because of our team approach to giving back that is at the heart of why our club is still the flagship of the fleet in this area.  Thank you all for your hard work this year.  Linda and I still look forward to more great giving back service with you next year.”       ….  Jim – being President is a big job; you have been a wonderful President.  Thank you for all you have done for us and for the community this year.”              Note: the next newsletter will focus on the people in the club who have contributed to our accomplishments this year.                                                                                                    ————-                                   Pantheon of Past, Present, and Future Kiwanis Leaders                     Past and Future Presidents honor President Jim Alden and wife Linda– from left: Glen Winn, (2019-2020) he will be President of our club beginning this October. Jim Dorschel, Division 37 Lt. Gov. (outgoing) – he will speak to us on Oct. 8, Jim Meade President (2009-2010) Linda Alden and Jim Alden (outgoing) our current President 2018-2019,  Dick Skay President (1998 -1999), Ivan Gillis President (2016-2017) Tom Kumura President (2017-2018) Ronique Nilsen President (2014-2015) Jerry Mason President (2015-2016), Les Hill President (1997-1998) Several New Faces in the crowd today – on the left: Glen Winninvited friend Dayleen Coleman owner of D’Liteful Chocolat. middle and right: New Lake San Marcos resident Lori Budano was invited by Rebecca and Art Brown.  Carol Fanelli, the fiance of Les Hill, came with Les today.  Welcome, all!!                                                                                                                                    —————- Announcements-  Key people this meeting: Greeters – Harvey White and Ronique Nilsen,  Invocation – Jim Alden/Ivan Gillis, Song – Don Alexander,  Collections – Ted May,  FineMaster – Dick Skay, 50/50 drawing – Pot was $153 – Harvey White had the winning ticket and drew the King of clubs. Our Club Joins San Marcos Chamber of Commerce – Recently our club joined the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce and the connection is already paying dividends. We have new potential speakers and our website is now linked to the Chamber’s website. A “Meet Mayor Jones” event scheduled for September 30. From Our Secretary Pat Haugen – Dues payments for the upcoming year are due in October – Dues are $140 annually. Group Planning for Christmas Parade – Carrie Clevers, Glen Winn, Pat Haugen, and Jim Alden are working on Christmas Parade logistics and grants for the books we give out. Mason Heading to Uganda – Jerry Mason and his wife Linda leave for five weeks in central Africa next week.  They are visiting their son and family in Kampala, Uganda.  While there they are hoping to connect with our sponsored child Mulusala Kivumbi who lives about 60 miles west of Kampala.  They will take 177 elementary English books for the children in that area. They will return Oct 29. A report on this visit is scheduled for December 3. ●  Barbara Wales and Ivan Gillis will fill-in for Jerry Mason on this club newsletter for next five meetings. (Thanks to Barbara and Ivan)                                                                                          —————- Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday luncheon programs. Sept 24 – Club Officer Installation New Officers for Kiwanis Year 2019-2020. – later start – 5:30 pm –officiated by new Lt Gov Natali Galt. ——————–End of the current Kiwanis Year 2018- 2019————————————————————————————————————— Oct1 – New club President Glen Winn – “Looking forward to our upcoming Kiwanis Year 2019 – 2020.” Oct8 – Jim Dorschel (past Lt. Gov Div 37) –  “Shining a light into the shadow world of suicide.” Oct15 – Margo Dutton – “My lifelong dance with Kiwanis”. Oct22 – Anthony Biese (Headmaster St Joseph’s Academy) – “Good Dirt – the Foundation of Joy”   Current Membership is at 54 – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”                                                                        —————- Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It –  Jerry Mason Kiwanis Meeting of 9-10-19

Marty Gannon – The Kid from Scranton and Much More

Marty and Doris Gannon in cold Austria last year – Marty’s “Global Cultures” textbook that he co-authored with Raj Pillaj – and Doris and Marty at Kiwanis.

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis June 18, 2019

Dr. Martin Gannon (Marty) Looks Back on His Life – Through His Book 

        Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 28)  Marty Gannon has come a long way from his days as one of 8 children in a post-WWII family that suddenly found itself fatherless in the blue-collar town of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Today Marty – Dr. Martin Gannon – or Professor Gannon–

told us some of the highlights of his life journey at our regular Kiwanis meeting.  He recently retired from his position as Professor of Strategy and International Management at the College of Business Administration, California State University San Marcos. Previously he was a Professor at the Smith School of Business, the University of Maryland at College Park. In 2002, he received the University of Maryland’s International Landmark Award for exceptional contributions in the global area. Marty has published 19 academic books in his career which has spanned 6 decades.

Most of his talk today focused on stories he wanted to tell us about “I’m Irish, I love to tell stories” – These are stories that are part of his 20th book he is now working on entitled Life and Career Experiences of a Business Professor. 

Here are a few of the more interesting quotes from his talk today:

•    “One of my students said of me – I felt unfortunate that I had to take his class, as he had a reputation as a difficult and demanding professor.  But by the end of the class, I had learned a great deal.  He should learn to be more empathetic to student concerns.  He seems to be a nice guy but doesn’t show it in his treatment of student concerns.”
•    “When I was 5 my father died of a heart attack, so Mom and us 8 kids were faced with a tough choice – each of us had to work to support the family or we would have been divided up and sent to an orphanage – We all worked.  I started out singing Irish songs, filling gumball machines, and delivering newspapers.” (The book he is now writing honors the stories of his family’s past)
•   “As a professor, I believed my class in bargaining and negotiation was the class that had the highest practical value.  All people need and can use good bargaining and negotiation skills.”
•    “I was offered deanships but I turned them down.  I found that these jobs mostly involved protecting yourself or your department and going to boring meetings.  I like to be in the trenches with the students.”  He was in those trenches for XX years.
       ●   “I learned about and then applied The Rule of Five often.  The Rule of Five states – “If you are going to do/learn anything, make sure you can use it at least five times or in five different situations. You don’t have time if whatever you learn/do has less than 5 applications to your life.”
•     “I am glad I never won a teaching award, as the way to do so is to lower standards and teach to the middle of the class.  I always taught to the college standard, which is far higher than what the typical student wants.”

Marty told us he will e-mail a copy of his book manuscript to anyone who asks on one condition – they should provide him with feedback after reading it.  His e-mail is mgannon@csusm.edu.   This was the second talk in the series called “Peak Experiences in Life”

      Marty, for a struggling Irish kid from a family of 8 from Scranton, Pennsylvania – you certainly have come a long long way – thanks for the postcards along the way.  

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• Marty and Doris Gannon Receive a Special Award for Their Contributions to Kiwanis Children’s Fund –At this meeting Doris and Marty Gannon were given special pins for their significant contribution to the Kiwanis Children’s Fund. The Kiwanis Children’s Fund is a way of reaching children through grants, scholarship programs, and Kiwanis youth programs. Their mission statement is “To develop resources that transform the goodwill and vision of Kiwanians into programs that serve the children of the world. ” – “This is a very worthwhile program akin to what we are doing with our own international children outreach we started this year,” said President Alden

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• Flag Retirement Ceremony– The Flag Retirement Ceremony was held at Walnut Grove Park on Friday, June 14.  It included patriotic songs, readings and audience participation in a dignified retirement ceremony for flags that have proudly flown over homes and businesses in Lake San Marcos and San Marcos.  The event was emceed by county supervisor Jim Desmond and sponsored by our club with support from Cub Scout Pack 662 and Rancho Buena Vista Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution.

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Left- photo story from Community News section of Union-Tribune June 12, 2019 – Right Carrie Clevers holds the community service award she received at the Friday morning meeting of our club. Pres. Elect Glen Winn looks on.

• Carrie Clevers Receives Community Service Award for 22 years of Support of San Marcos Parade.–  For over two decades Carrie Clevers has been the prime mover behind the San Marcos holiday parade mostly sponsored by the San Marcos club (which recently merged with ours).  Recently (at our Friday morning meeting at IHOP) Carrie received a special Community Service Award for her tireless behind-the-scenes work with the San Marcos Parade.  Congratulations Carrie.

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• More Publicity for our club, John Lee, and Meals on Wheels – Good works usually receive good recognition.  John Lee and Jerry Mason of Lake San Marcos Kiwanis and Charlotte Fan of Meals on Wheels recently were featured in a photo story on June 12 in the North County Community news section.  Jerry regularly sends his reports and photos to the Union-Tribune and every once in a while they end up in the newspaper as this one did. The event the photo depicted was a meeting several weeks ago…but hey, good publicity is timeless.

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Announcements

• Key people this meeting:Greeters – Mary Ann Brandreth and Susan Guthrie,  Invocation – Jim Alden, Song – John Lee, Collections – Larry Guthrie,  Finemaster – Ivan Gillis,  50/50 drawing there were 7 cards left and the pot was $1158, Doris Gannon drew the winning ticket and drew the 10 of hearts – now there are 6 cards left and the joker is one of them.
• Guest – Allison Gibbs (John’s wife)  
  

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Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday programs.

• June 25 – Dr. Herb FieldEntomologist, “Some Thoughts about Lake San Marcos.”

 

Down the Road…

• June 21 – Marine Change of Command Ceremony for Lt Col. Michael B. Hays – 1st ANGLICO – 10 AM – Camp Pendleton  
  
• July 4 – LSM Fourth of July (if you know of anyone who would like a booth tell them about this – we get $50 of the $75 entry fee per booth)
• August 20– There will be an “End of Summer – Membership Recruitment Social and Margarita Party” (thanks to Jim Murphy) – Lt. Gov Jim Dorschel and wife, Penny, will attend. The cost of the Mexican buffet is still to be determined.

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Current Membership is at 54 – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”

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Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It –  Jerry Mason

 

Kim Gibbens and John Forst of San Diego Center for the Blind

John Forst and Kim Gibbens of San Diego Center for the Blind accept our annual donation from Secretary Pat Haugen and President-Elect Glen Winn. 

(Right) John Forst, who is legally blind, has become an advocate for the blind in the 3 years since he became blind (he has wet macular degeneration).

John gave an inspirational talk about how he has navigated through his blindness. John said, “I’m doing this so I can give back, just like you do in Kiwanis.”

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis June 11, 2019

   Kim Gibbens and John Forst Tell Us About Working Around Blindness 

Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 28 – President-Elect Glen Winn presided while President Jim Alden is in Montana on a vacation with his sons.)

     The mission of the San Diego Center for the Blind is “Vision Rehabilitation that Builds Independence” and we heard a great example of just that today in the presentation from President Kim Gibbens and great student John Forst.  Kim told us that around 100,000 people in the San Diego area are either blind or vision impaired. The Center serves these people from their two facilities in San Diego and Vista.  “I’ve been with the Center since 1975; we’re the only organization that serves adults with vision impairments.” Kim has spoken to us many times throughout the years, this time she brought one her best students to tell us first-hand what it is like.  John Forst of San Marcos became blind three years ago at 64 He came to the Center just over a year ago.  John has now become a passionate advocate for the blind.

       Here’s a synopsis of what John told us about his story about how he has learned to navigate through his life now.

•     90% of what we learn comes through our eyes – “The more I learned at the center, the more I realized how difficult it is for those of us who are blind to do regular life.  Normal life tasks such as brushing our teeth, plugging something in, getting around the house, reading, eating, transportation, computing, crossing the street, and many more things sighted people don’t think about, become obstacles to us which require learning new coping skills.”
• How many of you know a blind person? – “I usually ask this of people I meet this because the blind often becomes disconnected from people in the seeing world. This is a big obstacle for anyone dealing with the loss of sight. It was for me, but I was determined to be as involved in life as best I could despite my problems.”  John now goes to daytime classes most of the weekdays at the Center.
• With a Little Help from My Friends – “At first, the tendency for anyone who starts to lose their sight is to sink into depression; I started down that path also, but the counseling and help I received from my new friends at the center set me off on a different road toward independence.”
• Learning Other Ways to Recognize People  – “People are accustomed to recognizing each other by sight. But when that is gone, I had to learn other means to not inhibit my ability to connect with others.” (Point of interest, when I (Jerry Mason) met John at the meeting his mannerisms appeared so “normal” that I thought he was sighted until he told me he was not, others had the same reaction).
       ●  Tap into your other senses more – “When I lost my sight, I learned with the help of the Center to develop my other senses more.  For example, I use the sound of traffic to safely cross the street or the feeling from my fingers to do simple things like plug things in or put toothpaste on a brush.  The center has both basic and advanced classes that can help the blind take the step-by-step walk toward independence.  They have made a tremendous difference in my life which is why I am an advocate for the blind now.”  

Kim told us “Training for each new blind student costs about $10,000 but that is a lot less than putting them in some isolated convalescent center.  What our students learn helps them get out of what they often feel is a very dark cave.” John told us that the center taught him and is still teaching him “all kinds of tricks we can use to navigate the obstacles resulting from our blindness.“

     There are many ways to engage our world – sight is just the one we use most.  The San Diego Center for the Blind has been guiding thousands of people around those obstacles for 46 years (it began in 1972).  The Center has regularly received our budgeted donation for many years. The Center is funded only by private donations, not government funding. The money we give as Kiwanians as well as personally is money very well donated.

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• John Lee Receives Distinguished Service Award  at the visit of Cal-Nev-Ha District Governor Rocci Barsotti June 8 – Kiwanis

Governor’s (Cal-Nev-Ha District) Rocci Barsotti (on John’s left) visited Division 37 last Saturday at San Marcos Community Center.

Our own John Lee received a Distinguished Service Award for our club’s 35 years of support for Meals on Wheels. (Division 37 Lt. Governor Jim Dorschel is to John’s right). Carrie Clevers received a Community Service Award for her 22 years of work on the

San Marcos Holiday parade (Carrie was not present). Several of our members attended the party that featured good burgers, hot dogs,

beer, wine, root beer floats, and fun.  Way to Go John and Carrie!!!

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• Thank you Letter for our Treasure Chest of Books – We recently received the following “thank you” letter from Mrs. Harris of San Marcos Elementary thanking us for the donation of a Treasure Chest of Books for their library…“We love our treasure chest and feel so fortunate to be the lucky recipients!  Our students always love books and we’re excited to see these new ones.  Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity,”  So far we have delivered several treasure chests of books to local schools as we did in this instance.
• Greetings sent around the world to our two sponsored children -This Spring our club reached out around the world to sponsor two children. Both are in poor countries far away.  Faviola Torres is in poor Peru and Mulusala Kivumbi is in even poorer Uganda. Recently our club sent a letter to each child with the picture from several of us (above).  Having regular communications back and forth is one of the facets of child sponsorship that makes our international outreach meaningful and personal.  Hopefully, both children will put this picture up in their homes.

                 

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• San Marcos Youth Orchestra (SMYO) plays an end-of-season concert – June 7 – For the past few years, several members of the San Marcos Youth Orchestra have played for us during the Christmas season.  This all-volunteer group of local youth held their end-of-season concert on June 7 which Jerry and Linda Mason attended.  The photo above left – Jerry and Linda with 15-year-old musical prodigy Claire Lewis; Above center Andre Ricardo (President of the group) and Claire perform a violin duet.  Above right – Claire playing a piano solo with gusto as only she can. Claire will be attending Manhattan  School of Music in the fall.  Andre will return as SMYO President in his senior year of high school.

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Announcements

• Key people this meeting:Greeters – Harvey White,  Invocation – Glen Winn, Song – John Lee & Don Alexander Collections – Larry Guthrie,  Finemaster – Dick Skay,  50/50 drawing there were 8 cards left and the pot was $1106, Dick Skay drew the winning ticket and he asked guest John Forst to help but he drew the Queen of Clubs – now there are 7 cards left and the joker is one of them.
• Art Brown’s ancestor must have been the Biblical Job – in the Bible, Job is visited with a series of calamities in fairly rapid succession.

Our own Art Brown knows a bit how Job must have felt…Art’s home burned down recently and they are now working through insurance matters and temporary living facets of their life.  And then Art announced today that his wife, Rebecca, was in a head-on collision where their car was totaled – Thankfully, no one was injured in either the fire or the collision.

• Harvey and Joyce White recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary.
• Jim Meade recently celebrated his 80th birthday.

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Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday programs.

• June 14 – Our monthly Friday morning meeting at IHOP at 7:15 am (for those who cannot attend a luncheon meeting)
• June 18 – Martin Gannon, his 20th book (forthcoming), “Marshmallows, Habits, Transitions, Luck, and Flow in Life and Career Success and Happiness.” This will be the second of the three-part series devoted to peak experiences.
• June 25 – Dr. Herb Field Entomologist, “Some Thoughts about Lake San Marcos.”

Down the Road…

• June 14 –Flag Retirement Ceremony – Walnut Grove Park, 6:30 PM. San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones and County Supervisor Jim Desmond will be there.  This will be a nice ceremony plan to be there.
• June 18 – Monthly Board meeting (postponed one week for Jim Alden’s presence)
• July 4 – LSM Fourth of July (if you know of anyone who would like a booth tell them about this – we get $50 of the $75 entry fee per booth)
• August 20– There will be an “End of Summer – Membership Recruitment Social and Margarita Party” (thanks to Jim Murphy) – Lt. Gov Jim Dorschel and wife, Penny, will attend. The cost of the Mexican buffet is still to be determined.

                                          Current Membership is at 54 – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”

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Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It –  Jerry Mason

 Richard Perry — The Life of a London “Bobby”

The montage above represents the ‘beat” of London Bobby – Richard Perry when he was on the London Police force in the 1960s.

Top Left: Buckingham Palace.  Top center: Westminster Abbey.  Top right: 10 Downing Street.  Bottom Left: typical London Bobby (not Richard)

Bottom left center: London by air and River Thames flowing thru London bridge. Bottom right center: Trafalgar Square.  Bottom right – Richard Perry now.

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis June 4, 2019

   Richard Perry Takes Us on His London Beat  

      Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 31) –  In London, policemen are known as “Bobbies” a term that dates back to the early 1800’s when then Prime Minister Robert Peel formed a professional police force to deal with rampant unrest in London at the time.  “I was a Bobby in the heart of London for several years in the 1960s, said now longtime Lake San Marcos resident Richard Perry. “Compared to now, being a Bobby then in the heart of London was almost like being in a whole different world.” 

      Richard told us several stories and anecdotes to give us a picture of his life as a Bobby back then: Here are just a few of them…

• Walking the Beat with just a Stick and a Hat. – “Us bobbies were usually not armed, we only had our characteristic hats and the sticks called “truncheons’ (he showed us his quick draw skill in whipping the stick out for action in a second). “Bobbies were much more respected then than they are now. Often only showing the uniform resolved the problem.’
• Little Old Lady With a Brick – “Once a short little old lady asked me if this building was the home of the Prime Minister, when I said “yes, Ma’am it is, she took a big brick out of her little purse and threw it through his window quicker than I could react to stop her.  I guess it was her form of free speech.”
• Comment on British Royalty – “British royalty are often misunderstood.  Queen Elizabeth is one of the finest women I have ever met.  She is a model servant to the people. She works long hours many days a week doing her duties. 
• Fighting Boredom– “Sometimes our job got boring, like the night shift in the queen’s garden.  We sometimes invented games about how to jump over the electric light that would trigger an intruder or played rugby with our helmets.”
  ●   Police work now, compared to police work then – “The attitude of the public toward the police now has deteriorated greatly.  Back then, police officers were much more respected than they are now.  In London, there are around 20,000 fewer police officers now and yet their responsibilities have increased, this is also true here in the U.S.” 

      “The best thing about being a Bobbie, in my opinion, was the uniform is really sharp and it easily attracted many women.  The most difficult part was coping with the boredom and sometimes the disrespect from the people we were trying to serve.” 

      Richard came to America to marry his first wife, Fran, in 1967.  Richard met her while on his Bobby beat in London. (She passed away in 2015). He is now happily married to Barbara Tooker who will be addressing our Kiwanis in September.  He spent the bulk of his working years as a large policy claims investigator retiring in 2010.  Barbara and Richard now live in the Colony in Lake San Marcos (near Jim Murphy). Richard just recently had his 73rd birthday.   Thanks for your interesting talk Gov’nur.

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• Lt. Col Michael Hays Receives a Community Service Award and Says “Goodbye” to Kiwanis. Marine Lt. Col. Michael Hays, commander of the 1st ANGLICO Marines in Camp Pendleton, received a special community service award at this meeting.   Lt. Col Hays announced that he will be transferring to a war college in Pennsylvania later this month.  He invited all Kiwanians to attend his change of command ceremony on June 21at 10 am at Camp Pendleton.  If you want to attend please e-mail him at michael.g.hays@usmc.mil by June 7.   Lt Col. Hays also brought his new Sergeant Major, Jeremy Black, to introduce him to Kiwanis.  Previous Sgt Major English transferred to another unit at Camp Pendleton.
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• (Photo above right) – Jim Murphy receives Kwality Kiwanian pin from President Jim Alden.
• Guests – James Farmer (guest of Jim Murphy)— Lt. Col Michael Hays and Sgt Major Jeremy Black came representing the 1st ANGLICO Marines

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• Guests – James Farmer (guest of Jim Murphy)— Lt. Col Michael Hays and Sgt Major Jeremy Black came representing the 1st ANGLICO Marines

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Announcements

• Key people this meeting:Greeters – Harvey White,  Invocation – Jim Alden, Song – John Lee Collections – Ted May,  Finemaster – Jim Murphy,  50/50 drawing there were 9 cards left and the pot was $1046, Dick Skay drew the winning ticket but drew the Queen of Diamonds – now there are 8 cards left.
• Increases in Our Club’s Membership Boost Growth Statistics for Entire Division 37. President Alden said “Thanks to the efforts of everyone (we are all on the membership committee) the club has experienced a 30% increase in members over the last 8 months, adding 13 new members (but lost two). Division 37 showed the largest increase in overall members over the same period of any other division.  The division appreciated 14% increase. Without our clubs’ numbers, the division would have dropped to 10%.”  Way to go all and especially Membership Chairman Jim Murphy.  We’re still the flagship of the fleet.
• Fine Master Team makes large haul – Led by Fine Master Jim Murphy, John Lee and Don Keller, this trio brought in what John Lee believes is the largest amount of fines collected in his time with Kiwanis….$129.

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Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday programs.

• June 11– Kim Gibbens, San Diego Center for the Blind (Pres. Elect Glen Winn will officiate, Jim Alden will be on a family vacation)
• June 18 – Martin Gannon, his 20th book (forthcoming), “Marshmallows, Habits, Transitions, Luck, and Flow in Life and Career Success and Happiness.” This will be the second of the three-part series devoted to peak experiences.
• June 25 – Dr. Herb Field Entomologist, “Some Thoughts about Lake San Marcos.”

Down the Road…

• This Saturday, June 8 – Kiwanis Governor’s (Cal-Nev-Ha) Rocci Barsotti will visit our division soon.  A party for him with the theme “The 50’s Rocci and Roll” will be on June 8 from 4:30 – 8:30 – Tickets will be $25 per person, burgers, dogs, beer, wine, root beer floats, and fun. This will be at the San Marcos Community Center (near Library).  Several clubs involved. Two of our members will receive an award at the meeting.  Contact Pat Haugen if you want to attend, seven are planning to attend so far.
• June 14 –Flag Retirement Ceremony – Walnut Grove Park, 6:30 PM. San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones and County Supervisor Jim Desmond will be there.  This will be a nice ceremony plan to be there.
• June 18 – Monthly Board meeting (postponed one week for Jim Alden’s presence)
• July 4 – LSM Fourth of July (if you know of anyone who would like a booth tell them about this – we get $50 of the $75 entry fee per booth)
• August 20– There will be an “End of Summer – Membership Recruitment Social and Margarita Party” (thanks to Jim Murphy) – Lt. Gov Jim Dorschel and wife, Penny, will attend. The Mexican buffet will cost $22 per person.

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Current Membership is at 54 – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.” 

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Current Membership is at 54 – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.” 

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Jerry Mason Takes Us on a Tour of His 2nd Half 

The composite photo above contains several of the visuals Jerry Mason used to illustrate his peak experiences in the second half of his life from 1997 to the present.

His main peak experiences were 1. Retiring early from his first half career (communications for the US government) and 2. Becoming a 6th-grade teacher.  Then in 2005 going with his wife, Linda, on a 3. Seven-year odyssey to remote Albania where he was a teacher in a school for missionary children and then the first American hired in an Albanian K- 12 schools called Woodrow Wilson School. Then two years working in 4. Communications for World Vision.  In 2012 Linda and Jerry returned to the US settling in San Marcos to be near their then-new grandchildren. That is where his current peak experiences of being grandpa, an artist, a leader in Kiwanis and a volunteer began.  Jerry talked about the life lessons he has learned as well as his experiences in his second half.

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis May 28, 2019 – Peak Experiences Part 1 of 3

                         “Learning to Go with the Flow”

Jerry Mason takes us a Visual Tour of His Second Half of Life  

      Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 29) –  “When I graduated from college in 1969, I knew virtually nothing about what the second half of my life would be like,” said Jerry. “There were several very surprising peak experiences ahead when I took early retirement from the federal government at 50 and began my second half adventures.”

      Here are the highlights of his talk…

1. Feeling My Way into the Second Half – “Leaving one phase of life does not necessarily mean you can clearly grasp what the new beginning will be”. Two books – Transitions (B. Bridges) and Flow (M.Csikzentmihalyi) helped a lot at this phase. (see two charts above).

 .2. Becoming a 6th Grade teacher in a rural school in Oregon at 50 –  “When I stepped into my 6th grade classroom for the first time at 50 I immediately assumed a whole new identity – I was a teacher and I loved it.”  Jerry taught in public schools in Oregon for 7 years. “I was trading money for meaning as I climbed down the pay scale as a teacher.”

3. Going to a New World Many Had Never Heard of – Welcome to Albania – “In 2005, Linda and I accepted a call to work in a school for missionary children in Tirana, Albania (the capital) .  We made a commitment for one year because serving there can be “tough duty.” They often dealt with power outages and strange cultural customs as well as a unique language. The first part of their Albanian experience lasted for two years from 2005-2007; then they were called deeper into the Albanian world.
4. First American hired at Woodrow Wilson School.  –“We wanted to reach out more to Albanians and soon a door opened for me to become the first American ever hired at a school named after a famous American – President Woodrow Wilson (He helped Albania when they were just emerging into independence after WWI).  “This was really an odyssey for me, one I often still wonder today if it actually happened.  He told us of one time about “becoming: Woodrow Wilson” in a surprise play for the student body (see photo above in lower right-hand corner). Eventually, however, corruption in the schools, which is present all through that society, caused him to seek even more new adventures.
5. Finding the Sweet Spot with World Vision – Albania – “Just then a door opened up for me to work in communications with the Albania office of the international child service organization — World Vision.  This was a real peak experience for me – where my values, experiences, and natural talents converged. I worked helping World Vision communicate to the outside world.  It was really an experience of Going with the Flow.” In Albania, Jerry met Marilee Pierce Dunker, the daughter of the World Vision founder Bob Pierce.
6. Returning from the Mountain – Re-Entry into the USA – Expensive San Diego– “The birth of our first grandchildren to our oldest son and his Albanian wife signaled the end of our 7 years of overseas life. We returned to the USA to be grandparents, but I did not really know what that was all about or much about who I would be then.  I had to find new pillars of who I was at age 66.”  

         The following elements are part of Jerry’s current identity here and now:

— Being Grandpa – Jerry and Linda are currently active grandparents to two local twins (Luke and Grace) and three grandchildren around the world in Uganda, Africa (Nora, Aidan, and Liam). “We have two sets of twins and went from zero to five grandchildren in a very short time.”

— Serving with Lake San Marcos Kiwanis – “I joined Kiwanis as a guest of Fred Folbrecht, and I quickly realized these were my kind of people.  They were actively giving back and I wanted to be a part of it.  Jerry quickly stepped into leadership, becoming the President from 2014-2015.  He has served on the Kiwanis board for four of the five years he has been with Kiwanis.

— Volunteering where my skills and interests meet real needs – Jerry currently volunteers his art skills with Palomar Medical Center and with the Artcorps program at Turtleback Elementary where he teaches art in his grandchildren’s first-grade class.  “I teach kids to tell themselves “I am an artist and art is fun” If they do this they surprise themselves.” 

— Becoming an Artist – “I tried my hand at art after returning from Albania and surprisingly, I quickly got into the flow of creating beauty with watercolor.  Since then Jerry has painted over 400 paintings with 8 paintings winning awards in local contests (see below)  

                                Paintings above – on left “Always a Further Journey” and on right “Homeward Bound” – typical art of Jerry Mason

 Lessons of the second half –  “The second half is like the plot of a good book, with lots of twists and turns and you never know how it will turn out. And whenever you think you have come to the end of the horizon – you will find…”There is Always a Further Journey”  

     – Jerry and Linda have been in 34 countries in their lives, many from when they lived in Eastern Europe.

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• Guests – Jim and Bonnie Hester of Vista (came because of the speaker announcement in the paper) and JoAnne Murphy who lives in San Marcos (friend of Jerry Mason).   Jim Meade was back with us after several month sojourns in Florida.  Jim says his experience can be summed up in one word – “Manana” Welcome Jim, Bonnie & JoAnne and welcome back Jim.     

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Announcements

• Key people this meeting:Greeters – Harvey White and Ronique Nilson, Invocation – Jim Alden, Song –  John Lee and Don Alexander Collections – Ted May,  Finemaster – Ivan Gillis,  50/50 drawing there were 10 cards left and the pot was $1000, Marty Gannon drew the winning ticket but drew the King of Diamonds – now there are 9 cards left.
• Pygmalion Play by St Joseph’s Academy – George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion – which will be presented at the AVO Playhouse in Vista on May 31 @ 7 pm and June 1 @ 1 pm and 6 pm – $10 adults, $6 seniors, $3 students. Barbara Wales‘s daughter is in the cast.
• Art Brown Followup– The home of Art Brown, our current President-Elect, was destroyed by fire recently.  He is now dealing with insurance adjustors and seeking a long term temporary housing arrangement.
• Food donations were recently taken to the San Marcos MiniStorage for their food drive for the San Diego Food Bank.

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Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday programs.

• June 4  – Richard Perry – History and changing the culture of the British Bobby (Pres. Elect Glen Winn will be in charge, Pres. Alden will be on a family vacation in Montana.)
• June 11– Kim Gibbens, San Diego Center for the Blind
• June 18 – Martin Gannon, his 20th book (forthcoming), “Marshmallows, Habits, Transitions, Luck, and Flow in Life and Career Success and Happiness.” This will be the second of the three-part series devoted to peak experiences.
• June 25 – Dr. Herb Field Entomologist, “Some Thoughts about Lake San Marcos.”
• A Potential field trip to FFA is being planned – details forthcoming soon.

Down the Road…

• June 8 – Kiwanis Governor’s (Cal-Nev-Ha) Rocci Barsotti will visit our division soon.  A party for him with the theme “The 50’s Rocci and Roll” will be on June 8 from 4:30 – 8:30 – Tickets will be $25 per person, burgers, dogs, beer, wine, root beer floats, and fun. This will be at the San Marcos Community Center (near Library).  Several clubs involved. Two of our members will receive an award at the meeting.  Contact Pat Haugen if you want to attend, seven are planning to attend so far.
• June 14 –Flag Retirement Ceremony – Walnut Grove Park, 6:30 PM. San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones and County Supervisor Jim Desmond will be there.  (if you have a flag to retire please cut the stripes – ask Don Alexander)
• July 4 – LSM Fourth of July (soon we will be receiving a check for $450 for our portion of booth rentals at last year’s 4th celebration).
• August 20– There will be an “End of Summer – Membership Recruitment Social and Margarita Party” (thanks to Jim Murphy) – Lt. Gov Jim Dorschel and wife will attend. More details to follow.

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Current Membership is up to 54 – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.” 

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Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It –  Jerry Mason

Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Scholarships – Day One 

Presenting scholarships to local youth is always a highlight of our Kiwanis year. May 14 was Day One of Two days of presenting scholarships.  In total 25 local young people will receive $22,500 worth of scholarships, most for $1000 each.

The top photo above is of those 12 students who received scholarships on May 14 (Day One). Back Row Left to right: Ivan Gillis, Kiwanis scholarship chairman, Diana Valdez, Meleah Moore,  Ethan Pham, Arteen Ahghari, Madeline Bartels, Alex Brown, Jim Alden, Kiwanis President. Front row l-r Shannon Baum, Francene Vilanueva, Cassidy Melkonian, and Patricia Garcia. On the right side, Madeline Herrara and Evan Wright were not able to make the group photo.

Bottom photos – left Cassidy Melkonian and her mother Karen,  right S. Ahghari, Martha Velasco (Diane’s mother who is also a well known Spanish teacher at Palomar College), Diana Valdez, Arteen Ahghari and Karina Kamali. On May 14 (Day One) 12 scholarships were awarded and on May 21 (Day Two) 13 more scholarships will be awarded.

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis May 14, 2019 – Scholarships Day One

First Day of College Scholarship Awards for Local Students    

      Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 42) –  Every year at this time our club, the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis, reaches the peak of our purpose by awarding several thousands of dollars in scholarships to local youth. Today was Day One.  Next Tuesday, May 21, will be Day Two.  In total on both days, 25 local students will receive $22,500 in scholarships most of which are for $1000 each. “These scholarships represent what we Kiwanians have worked so hard for throughout the year. Primarily, funds were raised by the pancake breakfast in February and by private donations,” said Kiwanis President Jim Alden.

There are five types of scholarships aimed at helping students with higher education expenses: regular high school scholarships for four-year colleges, Ruth Underwood Memorial scholarships, Dana Joell Gillis-Hardy Memorial scholarships, Community College scholarships, and a Future Farmers of America scholarship. “Most of the scholarships were for $1,000 each and will be sent to these students upon registration next fall,” said Alden.

     Many family members attended the awards ceremony on Day One.

    Here is a synopsis of the story of each young person who received a scholarship from Kiwanis on this day.

• Patricia Garcia– San Marcos High ($500) – Patricia has been an FFA member for 4 years. She had held many leadership positions

in FFA and is presently the Farm Manager.  She will attend Palomar Community College and study to become an EMT. She thanked retired FFA leader Rob Graebe for his support over the years.

• Madalyn Herrera–  Mira Costa College – ($500) – Madalyn will enroll in Palomar College’s Nursing program next year.  She works two jobs while being a dedicated student.  Her mother, Chris, supported her at the program.
• Alex Brown– Mission Hills High ($1000) – Alex changed his focus after a lackluster freshman year and became an excellent student. He is active in the Kiwanis Key Club. He will be the first generation in his family to attend college which will be Chico State and is planning to major in Business Financing.  He thanked his grandparents, John and Ann Hopp, for their support over the years.
• Bonnie Baum – San Marcos High ($1000) – Bonnie will attend Palomar College majoring in Apparel Design and Merchandising. She has been on the San Marcos High honor roll all four years. She participates in the Lux Art Institute.  Her grandparents, Shannon Baum, and Greg Shields. were at the meeting.  Received a Gillis scholarship (see below)
• Diana Valdez– Mission Hills High – ($1000) – Diana has been an active teacher of Spanish in the community as is her mother, Martha Velasco, a Spanish teacher at Palomar College. Diana has been on the Dean’s list at school and has been a migrant tutor in the community. She will major in Child and Adolescent development at Palomar.  She has two young children.  Received a Gillis scholarship (see below).
• Cassidy Melkanian– Mission Hills High – ($1000) – Cassidy will attend California Baptist University in Riverside and major in sports analytics. She is active in her church, tutors in math, plays the clarinet, and also in San Marcos youth sports (scorekeeper). Her mother, Karen, was with her at the meeting. Received a Gillis scholarship (see below).
• Francene Vilanueva– San Marcos High – ($1000) – Francene has a 4.26 GPA and intends to major in Nursing at California State University of Long Beach.  She has been active with the school dance team (captain) and the Key Club member (Vice-President).  Her mother, Sheila Aguas, attended the meeting. Received an Underwood scholarship (see below).
• Ethan Pham –  Mission Hills High – ($1000) – Ethan has a 4.3 GPA and intends to major in cognitive science at Univ. Cal. San Diego. He wants to be a Physician’s Assistant. He has been active in Boy Scouts and Key Club. Received an Underwood scholarship (see below).
• Meleah Moore– Mission Hills High – ($1000) – Meleah has a 4.37 GPA and intends to major in environmental engineering at the University of California Berkeley.  She has volunteered in the school library and other community service activities. Received an Underwood scholarship (see below).
• Arteen Ahghari – San Marcos High – ($1000) – Arteen will attend Univ. of Cal. San Diego majoring in human biology. He hopes to become a medical clinician. He has worked as an intern in ophthalmology and is active in the Key Club, Chess Club, and water polo. His parents Kamali Karina and S. Ahghari attended the program.
• Madeline Bartels – San Marcos High – ($1000) – Madeline has a 4.41 GPA and will attend Yale University (major undecided for now). She has been active in the model United Nations, Tennis Club (captain), and Link Crew (helps freshman orientation) Her mother, Kate attended the program.
• Evan Wright – San Dieguito Academy – ($1000) – Evan is an Eagle Scout and has earned an amazing 138 merit badges; he won the first Boy Scout Super Nova award for this area. He will attend the University of Southern California (USC) majoring in cinematic arts.  He created a prosthetic hand using a 3D printer that cost $50 to create. He wants to work in anything interactive involving virtual reality.  His father, Casey, supported him at this event. Received a Gillis scholarship (see below).
•  Gillis scholarship is presented as a memorial to Dana Joell Gillis-Hardy who died in 2016 – daughter of Ivan and Ellen Gillis.
•  Ruth Underwood scholarship is presented as a memorial to Ruth Underwood’s husband of Lake San Marcos – funds are being used for scholarships for Kiwanis Key Club students

Members of the Kiwanis Scholarship Committee who presented the awards at this meeting: Chairman Ivan Gillis, Don Keller, Doris Gannon, Tom Kumura, Cathleen Stevens, Dr. Dick Skay.  Tom Curtis, Irene Acosta, Mary Ann Brandreth, and Larry Guthrie also participated on this committee. In total 28 scholarship applications were received by this committee.

    Thirteen more scholarships will be awarded next meeting on May 21.  In total, Lake San Marcos Kiwanis will award 25 total scholarships during these two days for a total of $22,500 this year.  

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• Storage work pays off for Lake San Marcos Kiwanis – Cleaning out unwanted items from a storage shed or attic is often a thankless, unrewarding chore.  However, Pat Haugenour secretary “dug up” an unexpected treasure while doing so recently.  She met Dave Haller of San Marcos Mini-Storage who said his organization is looking for worthy charities to make a donation to. After a short discussion, Dave decided to donate $750 to our Kiwanis Club.  Dave attended this meeting to make the donation official.  Our board of directors (see photo) happily accepted Dave’s contribution.  Dave is also considering joining our club soon.                                                                —————-

Announcements

• Key people this meeting: Greeters – Harvey White and Jerry Mason, Invocation – Jim Alden, Song –  John Lee and Don Alexander Collections – Larry Guthrie, There was no Finemaster or 50/50 drawing at this or the next meeting.
• Treasure Chests of Books–  Thanks to Darwin Bustarde, Jim Eighmey, Jim Trageser, and Steve Hinze, 7 local schools have been presented with a treasure chest of books.  These schools are: San Elijo Elementary, San Marcos Elementary, La Mirada Academy, Knob Hill Elementary, Richland Elementary, Discovery Elementary, and Paloma Elementary.  A reserve of the books is being earmarked for the end of the year San Marcos parade we are sponsoring before Christmas.
• Storage– for Scouts has been arranged with San Marcos Mini-Storage until a new unit is built at the Moose Lodge.
• Guests –  Several family and friends supporting the scholarship recipients – honorary member Elizabeth Burmeister. 
• Pygmalion Play by St Joseph’s Academy – George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion – which will be presented at the AVO Playhouse in Vista on May 31 @ 7 pm and June 1 @ 1 pm and 6 pm – $10 adults, $6 seniors, $3 students. Barbara Wales‘s daughter is in the cast.
• Art Brown Followup– The home of Art Brown, our current President-Elect, was destroyed by fire recently.  He is dealing with insurance matters and finding a more permanent living arrangement for the nearly two years it will take to rebuild his home.
• Board Meeting Held–  As is required by our by-laws, our monthly board meeting was held after this meeting.

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Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday programs.

• May 21 – Scholarship awards Day Two – 13 more scholarships to be awarded. Pres. Elect Glen Winn will fill in for Pres. Alden)
• May 28 – Peak Experiences: Jerry Mason. “Turning Points in My Second Half”
• June 4  – TBD
• June 11– Kim Gibbens, San Diego Center for the Blind
• A Potential field trip to FFA is being planned – details forthcoming soon.

Down the Road…

• June 8 – Kiwanis Governor’s (Cal-Nev-Ha) Rocci Barsotti will visit our division soon.  A party for him with the theme “The 50’s Rocci and Roll” will be on June 8 from 4:30 – 8:30 – Tickets will be $25 per person, burgers, dogs, beer, wine, root beer floats, and fun. This will be at the San Marcos Community Center (near Library).  Several clubs involved. Two of our members will receive an award at the meeting.
• June 14 –Flag Retirement Ceremony – Walnut Grove Park, 6:30 PM. San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones and County Supervisor Jim Desmond will be there.  (if you have a flag to retire please cut the stripes – ask Don Alexander)
• July 4 – LSM Fourth of July
• August 20– This will be an “End of Summer – Membership Recruitment Social and Margarita Party” (thanks to Jim Murphy) – Lt. Gov Jim Dorschel and wife will attend. More details to follow.

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Current Membership is up to 54 – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.” (Paul Wright is our newest member)

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Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It –  Jerry Mason

KiwanisMeetingofMay7,2019

35 Years of Support for Meals on Wheels  

On May 7, Meals on Wheels North County Manager Charlotte Fan told us all about our longtime partner in serving the seniors in our community – Meals on Wheels

San Diego. Charlotte has been with Meals on Wheels for 20 years. Our Kiwanis Club (represented by John Lee) recently received awards for 35 years of support for Meals

on  Wheels.  New members to our club are required to go on at least one meals on wheels route to familiarize themselves with what we do with Meals on Wheels.

The photo on the left,– acting Kiwanis President Jerry Mason and John Lee present Charlotte Fan with our annual budgeted donation.  The photo on the right, Charlotte Fan and John Lee with Mayor Pro Term Sharon Jenkins and San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones. 

 

 

  Charlotte Fan Highlights Meals on Wheels in North County         

      Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 28) –  “Our vision is to support the independence and well being of seniors; and since 1960  we have delivered an estimated 18.7 million meals that do just in the San Diego area alone,” said Charlotte Fan the North County Manager of Meals on Wheels.  “Your club started your exceptional support of meals on wheels in 1984 even before I joined 20 years ago. Since then the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis club has been one of our best volunteers and John Lee has been the greatest example of a faithful volunteer.” That’s why John and our Kiwanis club received special commendations from San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones recently.

     Charlotte has been receiving our budgeted annual donations for many years and today she brought us all up to date on how meals on wheels help keep seniors in North County independent and healthy.

    Here are just a few of the key facts she told us about (from the annual report):

• Clients served – 3,155 (in 2018). 28 over 100 years old, the oldest is 106. (Clients are 60 or over or disabled vets) 
• Typical client – Is in the early ’80s, lives alone, has under $25,000 annual income
  
• Cities served – 14 in North County (from Valley Center to Solano Beach, from Oceanside to Escondido)
  
• Meals served – 430,387 a year (one or two meals a day) weekdays and weekends including holidays
• Routes Driven – 32,448 routes driven covering 778,000 miles – 35-weekday routes and 25-weekend routes(North Co)
• Each route serves from 10 to 25 clients
• 86 full and part-time staff –3,084 volunteers contributed 141,960 hours (oldest vol. is 100, some children assist) 
• Meal Preparation cycle – begins at 2 am every morning,  pick up around 8:30am and delivery fr. 10:30am – 1:00pm 
• Clients have a choice of meals – $7for two meals per day,  (entrée and a lunch); $4 for one meal a day 
• Besides meals, they provide health checks for clients (checks for any changes and get them help if needed)
  
• Celebrate client birthdays and several special events each year(March for Meals, Annual Gala, Holiday concert)

    “All of this is done in partnership with great people and organizations like you in Kiwanis,” Fan said.  “Your service to seniors in our community is a vital link to their health and independence.  We cannot thank you enough.”

Thanks, Charlotte for being a dedicated servant of seniors for all these years.  You are part of us and vice versa.

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• Four Treasure Chests of Books Donated to local school Libraries – Darwin Bustarde recently delivered four treasure Chests of books, each chest contained about 50 elementary age level books. The lucky local libraries were San Marcos Elementary, Knob Hill Elementary, San Elijo Elementary, and La Mirada Academy.  We have a total of 11 such treasure chests of books to donate in the coming months – Some will be reserved for use in the Christmas Parade at the end of the year.  Our current President-Elect Glen Winn often plays “Captain Book” the gnarly pirate mascot for our contribution to local child literacy.

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Announcements

• Key people this meeting:Greeters – Harvey White and Barbara Wales, Invocation – Jerry Mason (Mother Theresa), Song –  John Lee, Collections – Larry Guthrie, Finemaster Victor Manzanilla,  – 50/50 drawing was worth $986 Barbara Wales had the winning ticket but her daughter Annalisa drew the Eight of Hearts – the joker is still in the remaining ten cards.
• Storage – for Scouts has been arranged with San Marcos Mini-Storage until a new unit is built at the Moose Lodge.  There are still some things remaining to be moved to Kiwanis storage: parade banners, worn flags, treasure chests, and books … contact Pat Haugen if you can help.
• Moose Lodge invites Kiwanis to Memorial Day Event – the Escondido Moose Lodge invites Lake San Marcos Kiwanis to observe our nation’s Memorial Day on Sunday, May 26.  $9 per person ($4 for kids under 10). – contact Jim Trageser

Newest member Paul Wright with recent new member Barbara Wales and Barbara’s daughter’s friend Natalie Delgado and Barbara’s daughter Annalisa.  They are holding cards from the 50/50 drawing – Annalisa drew the official card (the 8 of hearts), then a moment later, for fun, Natalie drew another card  and it was the joker which would have won $986 but instead Barbara won a $10 consolation prize which the girls donated to the school’s jogathon in the name of Kiwanis.

• Guests –  Paul Wright – he was a member of the San Marcos club but recently rejoined us after attending the club fair.   (he has decided to become a member – hooray!) , Barbara Wales brought her daughter Annalisa and her friend Natalie Delgado. Annalisa is a freshman and Natalie Delgado is a sophomore at St, Joseph’s Academy.  Both will appear in “Pygmalion.”  Both girls are doing well academically, and both are taking drama as an elective.  They received a donation from one Kiwanis member who said he couldn’t attend the play but wanted to help.  The girls will use that as a second ad for Kiwanis for the play.
• Pygmalion Play by St Joseph’s Academy – George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion – which will be presented at the AVO Playhouse in Vista on May 31 @ 7 pm and June 1 @ 1 pm and 6 pm – $10 adults, $6 seniors, $3 students. 
• Art Brown Followup– Art Brown, our current President Elect’s home in Rancho Santa Fe was destroyed by fire on Friday evening April 26. and he told us about the aftermath – They are currently living in Residence Inn but are looking for some home for a while for the nearly two years it will take to rebuild his home.
• Breakfast Meeting at IHOP this Friday, May 10– Our monthly meeting for worker bees will be this Friday at 7:15 at IHOP.  Be an early riser and check it out.

Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday programs.

NEXT TWO WEEKS – WE ARE AWARDING $22,500 WORTH OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO LOCAL STUDENTS – BE THERE! 

• May 14 – Scholarship awards I
• May 21 – Scholarship awards II (Glen Winn will fill in for Pres. Alden)
• May 28 – Peak Experiences: Jerry Mason. “Turning Points in My Second Half” This is the first part of a three-part series.
• June 4  – TBD
• June 11– Kim Gibbens, San Diego Center for the Blind
• A Potential field trip to FFA is being planned – details forthcoming soon.

Down the Road…

• June 8 – Kiwanis Governor’s (Cal-Nev-Ha) Rocci Barsottiwill visit our division.  Theme “The 50’s Rocci and Roll” – Tickets will be $25 per person, burgers, dogs, beer, wine, root beer floats, and fun. This will be at the San Marcos Community Center (near Library) 5:30 – 8:30.
• June 14 –Flag Retirement Ceremony – Walnut Grove Park, 6:30 PM. San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones and County Supervisor Jim Desmond will be there.  (if you have a flag to retire please cut the stripes – ask Don Alexander)
• July 4 – LSM Fourth of July

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Current Membership is 53 – “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”

                                                                       

Anyway –  “People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.” (Mother Theresa)

Kiwanis Meeting of April 30, 2019

On April 30, A new board of nine Kiwanians was elected to lead the club for Kiwanis Year 2019-2020.  Three will be new to the Board and Six have already been serving on the board.  The Kiwanis Board meets monthly to make the major financial and direction decisions for our club. Support your new Board Members.  Their offices begin on Oct.1, 2019. Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis April 30, 2019    New Board Members Chosen – Members Review Our Year                    Gordon Bowers tells us about 38 years in Police Work                          Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 28) –  “Every successful organization has tireless volunteer leaders working behind the scenes to make it successful” –  At today’s meeting our club elected a new slate of nine members to serve as our club leaders for Kiwanis Year 2019 – 2020 (which begins on October 1, 2019).  Six are returnees from the current board and three are new to the board.  Your new club Board will be: Club Officers (5) Glen Winn – President (currently President-Elect)- joined our club 2019 – 13 years Kiwanis experience Art Brown – President-Elect (currently a member)- joined our club 1991 – 28 years Kiwanis experience (New) Jim Alden – Immediate Past President (currently President)- joined our club 2015 – 4 years Kiwanis experience Pat Haugen – Secretary (currently Secretary)- joined our club 2008 – 11 years Kiwanis experience Margo Dutton – Treasurer (currently Treasurer)- joined our club 1986 – 33 years Kiwanis experience Club Directors (4) Ivan Gillis – (currently Director – 1 year remaining in term)- joined our club 2006 – 13 years Kiwanis experience Mary Harrington – (currently Director – 1 year remaining in term)- joined our club 2015 – 4 years Kiwanis experience Don Keller – (currently a member) – Director – 2-year term)- joined our club 1999 – 20 years Kiwanis experience (New) Ted May –  (currently a member) – Director – 2-year term – joined our club 2000 – 19 years Kiwanis experience (New) The Kiwanis Board meets the second Tuesday of each month immediately after that meeting.  Thank you for your  dedicated Service to keeping the “flagship of the fleet” going strong. Clark Vollbrecht and Les Hill Inducted into Kiwanis Legion of Honor for long time membership Clark Vollbrecht has been with Kiwanis for 41 years beginning in Carlsbad.  He served as President twice there. Clark came to us from the San Marcos club we are very glad to have him. Les Hill has been a Kiwanian for 25 years and was President of our club during 1997-1998.   Both Clark and Les received Legion of Honor pins from President Alden. Current members with 10 or more years in Kiwanis membership are: Dutton (33), Skay (17), Bomberg (17),  Folbrecht (20), Keller (20), May (19), Carona (18), Shawler (17), Curtis (17), H. White (16), Stevens (16), Guthrie (15), Edwards (14), Purdy (14), Alexander (14), Meade (13), Winn (13), Gillis (13), Haugen (11), Birkenstock (11). —————-             Gordon Bowers Reviews His 38 Years in Police Work            “I was meant to be a cop and it all started with safety patrol in the 5th grade,” said new member Gordon Bowers.  “I quickly learned right and wrong from my parents who at 14 took me, in 3 casts and a wheelchair, to face a judge for the illegalities involved in an accident that was my fault.” (The judge dismissed the case). Gordon earned a bachelor’s degree from USC, a master’s degree from Chapman University, and later graduated from the FBI National Academy.         He started police work as a volunteer in the ride-along program with the Burbank PD: then as a volunteer Reserve Officer.  He then was hired as an Officer in Arcadia, CA where he learned among other things to direct traffic at the Santa Anita Race Track. Three years later he became a Patrol Officer in Burbank, CA where he came the closest to shooting a suspect when he chased a residential burglar through a neighborhood.   Later he was promoted to Detective for Vice/Narcotics, Burglary, and Homicide (this included some under-cover work).  At that time he worked on the case of Rodney Alcala a serial killer/rapist with over 100 victims nationwide.      He said that during his time as a detective, “I never encountered a single kid in trouble who came from an intact 2-parent home.”    After that, he quickly moved up the police career ladder – Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Captain. He directed Department Training and created the Unusual Occurrence policy, and co-authored a book:  Property and Evidence by the Book,” and his shooting training methods were promoted in an FBI Law Enforcement Magazine article.      “I retired at age 59 in 2004, but I quickly got bored, so I went back to police work when I was hired as Police Chief in Lakeway, Texas.   Finally, I retired for good in 2009 and eventually relocated to San Marcos to be around grandchildren here.” (Carlsbad).   “During my time I saw a great increase in both the structure and requirements for police work, but I believe our work is better for it.  Policemen and women now strive mightily to do the right thing in the right way…both are essential for justice to be served.”        Gordon recently joined our Kiwanis club after being invited by Les Hill.  Gordon and his wife, Susan, have been married 22 years, have 6 children and 11 grandchildren. Thanks for joining us Gordon and Susan – we look forward to more Kiwanis adventures ahead. Art Brown – a Kiwanian for 28 years and currently our new President-Elect, notified us that his home in Rancho Santa Fe was destroyed by fire this past Friday evening April 26.  – “I was asleep late Friday evening around 10 pm when I heard the sound of glass breaking,” said Art Brown. “My wife was working (she’s a nurse) and son was with friends.  Before I knew it the whole house was ablaze.  No one was hurt, but our whole house and much of our belongings were lost.” (He believes his home will take about $1 million to rebuild). Art was not visibly upset at our meeting…“The bottom line is loss is part of life and life goes on,” he said.  “Fortunately, no one was hurt.”  “My wife told me that this home was not exactly the dream house she wanted, so I guess now when we rebuild we will have a chance to make more of those dreams reality.”  – Art, Kiwanis is ready to support you and your family during this difficult time.                                                                                       ———————— Members Review Our Year with Annual Report (attached)   Membership– currently at 53 (we are gaining members, hooray!) – Twelve new members joined since last October (L. Alden, Eighmey, Acosta, Gibbs, Wales, Bowers, Vollbrecht, Winn, Manley, Bustarde, Hinze, Trageser) Club Financials – Club Administrative Income = $35,530 – Expenses = $33, 243′ Foundation income $50,371     –      Expenses $52,797 Service Hours = 726 hours for service projects and 1369 for fundraising projects Accomplishments: 12 Community Service Projects – 5 Fundraising Projects – contributed to 11 budgeted regular charities – Supported 3 Key Clubs – 6 different types of scholarships awarded, – 2 Marine Support Programs – Two International Children supported (Uganda & Peru)        “These are the reasons we are known as the Flagship of the Fleet,” said Pres. Alden.  “We give back in many ways many many times during the year.” Miracle Mile of Quarters, On April 27 President Alden and Jerry Mason brought $800 worth of quarters (which is 3,200 quarters) to the Kiwanis Miracle Mile of Quarters where younger groups of Kiwanis Key Clubbers created quarter art (see above) in support of Rady’s Children’s Hospital.  This district-wide event was held at the Grossmont Center in La Mesa. About 30 clubs participated.  (Notice in the center photo that the younger participants seemed to have more coins to work with than the older ones.) Announcements Key people this meeting:Greeters – Harvey White and Tom Curtis, Invocation – Jim Alden, Song – Don Alexander, Collections – Larry Guthrie, Finemaster John Gibbs (first time, good job John) – 50/50 drawing was worth $894;  Art Brown had the winning ticket but drew the Five of diamonds – the joker is still in the remaining twelve cards. Kiwanis Board is Working with Scouts to find Better Storage solutions –  possibly storage might be available with the Moose Lodge, we are considering building our own storage shed on this site.  – contact Jim Alden for details Treasure Chests of Books – Darwin Bustarde is working to place treasure chests of books in local school libraries. Guests –  Paul Wright, Susan Bowers – and Elizabeth Burmeister Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday programs. May 7  Charlotte Fan, Meals on Wheels (Jerry Mason will fill in for Pres. Alden) May 14 – Scholarship awards I May 21 – Scholarship awards II (Glen Winn will fill in for Pres. Alden) May 28 – Peak Experiences: Jerry Mason. “Turning Points in My Second Half” This is the first part of a three-part series. June 4  – TBD June 11– Kim Gibbens, San Diego Center for the Blind A Potential field trip to FFA is being planned – details forthcoming soon. Down the Road… May 4 – Kiwanis Regional Training Conference, Rady Children’s Hospital, 9am-2pm. June 8 – Kiwanis Governor’s (Cal-Nev-Ha) Rocci Barsottiwill visit our division.  Theme “The 50’s Rocci and Roll” – Tickets will be $25 per person, burgers, dogs, beer, wine, root beer floats, and fun. This will be at the San Marcos Community Center (near Library) 4:30 – 8:30. June 14 –Flag Retirement Ceremony – Walnut Grove Park, 6:30 PM. San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones and County Supervisor Jim Desmond will be there.  (if you have a flag to retire please cut the stripes – ask Don Alexander) July 4 – LSM Fourth of July                                                                        —————- Current Membership is 53 (reports Jim Murphy) “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”

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On April 23, Chris Robbins and Hal Martin of the Vallecitos Water District told us about how they and 100 others have been providing us with the clear drinkable water and seamlessly managing and recycling our wastewater since 1955.  The Vallecitos Water District serves around 100,000 customers over a 45 square mile area (San Marcos, Escondido, Carlsbad, and Vista).  The painting in the upper right corner is Jerry Mason’s titled “The Fountain of Blessing” portrays the fact that water is a treasured blessing in less developed places like Africa. Both our speakers and the painting underscore how important, yet taken for granted, water is in crowded suburbs like ours.

 

         Chris Robbins and Hal Martin – Vallecitos Water District  Providing Our Precious Water Since 1955         

                Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 20) –  “Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.”Albert Szent-Gyorgyi –  At today’s meeting Chris Robbins, Public Information Supervisor for the Vallecitos Water District and Hal Martin, President of the Vallecitos Board of Directors, told us all about how the life-giving liquid we all depend on gets into our homes and how the wastewater we all produce gets cleansed and recycled.  It is a modern miracle that many in the distant past had to live without, yet nowadays so few seem to appreciate.

        “We provide essential water service to 100,000 people living in a 45 square mile area in San Marcos, Escondido, Carlsbad, and Vista day in and day out 24/7,” said Robbins.  “Yet our surveys show that 3 out of 4 people we serve do not know anything about what we do or how we do it and about 42 percent of those we serve don’t even know we exist.”  The Vallecitos Water District’s mission is to be our water and wastewater specialists, which they do under the long term guidance of a 20-year master plan.

     Here are some of the key facts that Chris and Hal told us about:

• Twin Reservoirs in Twin Oaks – Two huge underground reservoirs, together they have a combined 73 million gallon capacity.  They hold much of the water we all drink here.
• Super Flush Sunday – Surprisingly, Super Bowl Sunday is the day with the highest wastewater output…watch out for that halftime rush to flush.
• Reliance on Imported Water – In 2014, 100% of our water was imported from out of the area. Recently, however,  there has been a reduction of 41% on our reliance on imported water. Now only 59% is imported (from 3 sources), 23% of it is provided by the desalinization plant on the coast.
• Energy Costs to Move the Water up and around affects your water bill a lot – “From 1/3 to 1/2 of your water bill comes from the cost of energy to pump the water to you,” said Hal Martin.
  
• Water Supply and Demand – an Inverse Relationship – Nevertheless, like the greater Southern California area, the demand for drinkable water is escalating while the supply is decreasing, and drought exacerbates that problem. “We live in a semi-arid ecosystem, so it is essential that we constantly step up to the necessity of not wasting water.” Robbins said. “We must make every drop count.”
• Best Water Saving Tips for Homeowners – 

1) Keep conservation going, 

2) Stay educated about local water issues and situations, 

3) Share your knowledge with others, 

4) Consider water district programs (such as a landscape/irrigation audit), 

5) Take advantage of rebates for water conserving household appliances (i.e. washing machines, low flush toilets), 

6) Choose plants that thrive in this semi-arid climate, mulch well, 

7) Update your sprinkler system for the most efficient use of water. 

      Robbins told us that his biggest water-related frustration is when he sees grass that has no purpose (grass needs lots of water) and Martin said his biggest frustration is when he sees water being wasted such as for cleaning driveways etc.  “San Diegans must not waste water…it is too precious for us all.” 

     “Drinkable tap water is still the best value out there,” said Robbins. “It costs less than a penny a gallon, but life would not be possible without it.”   Thank you, Chris and Hal, for reminding us of how important our daily water is to us all.  Come back again.                                          

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LSM Receives Three Awards from Mayor and Meals on Wheels – John Lee represented our club at an event attended by 200 people where we received three awards from current San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones for our 35 years of support for Meals on Wheels. “Supporting Meals on Wheels for all these years is one of the many great things our club has been doing,” said John Lee.  Over 200 people attended the event, said Lee.

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Treasure Chests of Books – President Alden announced that San Marcos Elementary will receive two or three of our Treasure Chests of elementary age books.  We are also looking into similar donations with other schools in the community. These books were from the San Marcos Club’s “Captain Book” program.

Kiwanians and Community contribute 179 pints of blood on April 11.  President Alden announced that in total 185 people contributed 179 pints of precious blood at the recent bloodmobile co-sponsored by Kiwanis, the Lake Church, and CDC. “This donation directly impacts about 240 people who need blood to survive,” he said.  

Announcements

• Key people this meeting:Greeters – Harvey White and Jim Murphy, Invocation – Jim Alden, Song – Dick Skay, Collections – Larry Guthrie, Finemaster Dick Skay – 50/50 drawing was worth $863; Jim Alden had the winning ticket but drew the Six of diamonds – the joker is still in the remaining thirteen cards.
• Kiwanis Board is Working with Scouts to find Better Storage solutions –  possibly storage might be available with the Moose Lodge – contact Jim Alden 
• A slate of Officers for Upcoming Election Offered.– Jerry Mason, chairman of the Nominating Committee, announced the slate of Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Officers for the next Kiwanis Year – asked for nominations from the floor – there were none.

New potential Officers:

• President-Elect– Art Brown (Glen Winn is currently Pres. Elect)
• Director– Don Keller (replaces Jerry Mason)
• Director – Ted May (replaces Jim Murphy)

Officers leaving the Board at end of September – T. Kumura (is Past President), Director Jerry Mason, Director Jim Murphy.

Our Club Election will be at the April 30 meeting along with our Annual Report.

• Scholarships for 25 students worth $22,500 were approved in a special board meeting after this meeting.  Awards will be made at the May 14 and May 21 meeting. – Ivan Gillis
• Error in last meeting report –  Silent Auction brings in $5000 – Last report missed the total that Don Shawler contributed to the Silent Auction.  The correct total is –  Don Shawler – $898 (Don brought in the highest total value for this event).
• Kudos for This Kiwanis Newsletter – President Alden read a congratulatory e-mail from honorary member Elizabeth Burmeister concerning this Kiwanis newsletter. Jerry Mason said, “I do it because, to me, it is fun.”
• Guests –  Rex Calloway (who saw the notice in the Union-Tribune about today’s meeting)

Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday programs.

• April 30  Annual Meeting and Election of Board Officers/Directors
• May 7  Charlotte Fan, Meals on Wheels
• May 14 – Scholarship awards I
• May 21 – Scholarship awards II
• May 28 – Peak Experiences: Jerry Mason. “Turning Points in My Second Half”
• June 4  – TBD
• June 11– Kim Gibbens, San Diego Center for the Blind
• A Potential field trip to FFA is being planned – details forthcoming soon.

Down the Road…

• April 27 – Miracle Mile of Quarters, 10 am – 4 pm, Grossmont Center, La Mesa. About 30 clubs will participate – Our club will donate $800 in quarters to be used at the event. – Pres. Alden and Jerry Mason will be going.
• April 30 –Club Election of Officers for next Kiwanis Year (Oct 2019 – Sept 2020) and Annual Report.
• May 4 – Kiwanis Regional Training Conference, Rady Children’s Hospital, 9am-2pm.
• June 8 – Kiwanis Governor’s (Cal-Nev-Ha) Rocci Barsottiwill visit our division.  This will be at the San Marcos Community Center (near Library) 4:30 – 8:30 – More details soon.
• June 14 –Flag Retirement Ceremony – Walnut Grove Park, 6:30 PM.
• July 4 – LSM Fourth of July

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Current Membership is 53 (reports Jim Murphy) “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”

Kiwanis Meeting of April 16, 2019

The World Vision Dream – Fighting Extreme Poverty One Life at a Time  On April 16, Marilee Pierce Dunker of World Vision told us about how World Vision works to change the world one life at a time. Marilee, who lives in Vista, is the daughter of World Vision founder Bob Pierce who started the Christian humanitarian organization in 1950. World Vision now works in nearly 100 countries with 46,000 staff and volunteers who are working with many partners toward the “audacious” goal of eliminating extreme poverty in 2030.  Extreme poverty is defined as those who live on less than $2 a day. Over 4 million children are being sponsored through World Vision and one of the most recent sponsored children is Mulusala Kivumbi of Uganda who our club recently sponsored. We also sponsor Faviola Torres of Peru through Compassion International, a  similar world humanitarian organization.  More will be forthcoming on serving the children of the world from the International Children’s committee in the future.                       Reaching for an “Audacious” Dream                     The End of Extreme Poverty* by 2030           Marilee Pierce Dunker – Ambassador for World Vision                   Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 30) –  Marilee Pierce Dunker believes in big big dreams just like her father did. She told us about how an “audacious” dream might be realized today at our Kiwanis meeting. Marilee has been a special world ambassador for World Vision since 2001. She is also the daughter of World Vision founder, Bob Pierce. Marilee has written four books and is working on a fifth. The first book, A Man of Vision, is about her father’s life. “You hear so much negative news these days about how the world is getting worse and worse,” she said, “But my story today is how people like you and World Vision are making the world better every day in thousands of concrete ways.”       She told us about partnering with many other groups toward the dream of ending extreme poverty by 2030; *Extreme poverty is defined as those who live on less than $2 a day.  Worldwide an estimated 700 million people (about 10.9% of the world) live on under $2 a day. The vast majority of those residing in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, the West Indies, East Asia, and the Pacific; nearly half live in India and China alone.  Women and children are the most affected by extreme poverty.      “Making sustainable improvements in the basics of life, such as providing drinkable water, health, education, and economic opportunity are where we fight the battle every day all around the world.”   She cited the statistic that when she started with World Vision in 2001 about 30,000 children were dying each day from preventable causes linked directly to poverty.  “Today working in partnership with many groups that number has been cut in half to 15,000. And, we are working faithfully and diligently with local communities every day to make that number next to zero over the next decade.”       Marilee gave us several inspirational stories about how World Vision fights deep poverty in Africa, India, The Philippines, and other areas to provide the basics of life and health for the children of the world.  “World Vision is in the top three in the world for Emergency Relief. But mostly, we work collaboratively day in and day out with local communities toward sustainable goals that result in significant improvements in the lives of the people in communities where our sponsored children live.  One of the most important results of our work is to give children hope where it did not previously exist.”       Marilee was accompanied by her husband Bob and their two granddaughters, Alexia (19) and Addison (11). Marilee just recently returned from a visit to their sponsored child, Ledeema in Kenya.  She will be flying soon to a World Vision visit in Malaysia.  In total, she has visited and inspired thousands of people in 40 countries about fighting poverty including Albania (in 2012) which is where Jerry and Linda Mason became acquainted with Marilee when Jerry worked for World Vision there.     Marilee has been married for 44 years and has two grown daughters and three grandchildren.  But, if you count, the number of people who she has inspired as her “family” she has a “family” of thousands. Marilee announced to us, that she intends to retire from full-time World Vision work in 2020, “I want to work on my next book, the Audacity of Faith, but I know I will never be far away from World Vision in my heart.” – Marilee, your presentation and your life inspires us all to do what we can to be the good news in a world seemingly dominated by the bad.  Thank you so much for coming to us today. Contacts: World Vision – www.worldvision.org 1-888.511.6548 – Compassion Int. www.compassion.com 800-336-7676 Mulusala Kivumbi age 4.5 Uganda World Vision – a typical home in Uganda—Faviola Torres age 4 Peru Compassion International – a typical home in her area.                                                         Connecting Kiwanis to Our New Sponsored Children – After Marilee’s presentation, we took a photo of all Kiwanians and guests who attended this special meeting. “Having a sponsored child means we can connect with them by letters or online.  We have a photo from each of our new children, Mulusala Kivumbi and Faviola Torres, and we want them to have a photo from us,” said Jerry Mason. “Making the personal connection to our sponsored children makes sponsoring children intimate and tangible, he said. (Our photo is above with a letter from Mulusala on the right). ———————— LSM Receives Three Awards from Mayor and Meals on Wheels – John Lee represented our club at an event attended by 200 people where we received three awards from current San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones and current San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond (Previously San Marcos Mayor) for our 35 years of support for Meals on Wheels. “Supporting Meals on Wheels for all these years is one of the many great things our club has been doing,” said John Lee. Kiwanians and Community contribute 15 pints of blood on April 11. President Alden and Jim Murphy, among others, contributed 15 pints of whole blood and red blood cells to the San Diego Blood Bank on April 11.   “Lynn Effinger of the Temecula Kiwanis club was pleased with the results,” said Pres. Alden. The Lake Church and CDC supported this event.                                                                                        ———————— Early Friday Morning Meeting at IHOP  – A relatively new wrinkle in our club activities agenda is a monthly early Friday morning meeting at IHOP for those “worker bees” who cannot make our regular luncheon meetings. President Alden, Jim Murphy, Don Alexander, Pat Haugen, John Lee, Jerry Mason, Darwin Bustardi, Jim Eighmey, and scoutmaster Joey Lira attended this meeting on April 12.  Treasure Chests of Books – One of the topics was placement and storage of the many elementary age books we have inherited from the San Marcos Club’s “Captain Book” program.  Above, Darwin Bustardi holds a smaller treasure box will contain many books for child literacy.  There are about 11 more larger treasure chests that will all be used for children’s literacy down the road.  Reading is Fundamental.   Announcements Key people this meeting:Greeters – Harvey White and Jim Murphy, Invocation – Jim Alden, Song – John Lee, Collections – Larry Guthrie, Finemaster Dick Skay – 50/50 drawing was worth $845; Barbara Wales had the winning ticket but drew the seven of diamonds – the joker is still in the remaining thirteen cards. Kiwanis Board is Working with Scouts to find Better Storage solutions – contact Jim Alden A slate of Officers for Upcoming Election Offered.– Jerry Mason, chairman of the Nominating Committee, announced the slate of Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Officers for the next Kiwanis Year: New potential Officers: President-Elect– Art Brown (Glen Winn is currently Pres. Elect) Director– Don Keller (replaces Jerry Mason) Director – Ted May (replaces Jim Murphy) Returning Officers: President– Glen Winn (voted upon last month), ● Secretary – Pat Haugen ● Treasurer – Margo Dutton Director – Ivan Gillis(will be in his 2nd year) ● Director – Mary Harrington (will be in her 2nd year) Immediate Past President– Jim Alden (currently President) Officers leaving the Board at end of September – T. Kumura (is Past President), Director Jerry Mason, Director Jim Murphy. Nominations from the floor will be accepted at our meeting April 23 – Club Election will be at the April 30 meeting. Scholarships for 25 students worth $22,500 were approved in a special board meeting after this meeting. Awards will be made at the May 14 and May 21 meeting. – Ivan Gillis Silent Auction brings in $5000 – Pat Haugen announced that the following people made significant contributions toward bringing in $5,000 worth of donations for our February Silent Auction: Don Shawler – $650; Don Keller – $500,Tom Kumura – $472, Tom Curtis – $314, and Jerry Mason – $278. Health Report – Paul Jordan returned to us today. Guests –  Bob Dunker (Marilee’s husband), Alexia and Addison (Bob and Mariliee’s granddaughters), Linda Mason (Jerry’s wife) and Jim Dorschel Lt. Gov. Kiwanis Division 37 Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday programs. April 23Chris Robbins, Vallecitos Water District April 30  Annual Meeting and Election of Board Officers/Directors May 7  Charlotte Fan, Meals on Wheels May 14 – Scholarship awards I May 21 – Scholarship awards II May 28 – Peak Experiences: Jerry Mason. “Turning Points in My Second Half” June 4  – TBD June 11– Kim Gibbens, San Diego Center for the Blind A Potential field trip to FFA is being planned – details forthcoming soon. Down the Road… April 27 – Miracle Mile of Quarters, 10 am – 4 pm, Grossmont Center, La Mesa – Pres. Alden and Jerry Mason will go.About 30 clubs will participate – Our club will donate $800 in quarters to be used at the event. April 30 –Club Election of Officers for next Kiwanis Year (Oct 2019 – Sept 2020) and Annual Report. May 4 – Kiwanis Regional Training Conference, Rady Children’s Hospital, 9am-2pm. June 8 – Kiwanis Governor’s (Cal-Nev-Ha) Rocci Barsottiwill visit our division.  This will be at the San Marcos Community Center (near Library) 4:30 – 8:30 – More details soon. June 14 –Flag Retirement Ceremony – Walnut Grove Park, 6:30 PM. July 4 – LSM Fourth of July                                                                        —————- Current Membership is 54 (reports Jim Murphy) “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”

On April 9, Donald Foulkes of Fallbrook took us back 72 years to 1944 – 1945 as he retold his story as a 22-year-old bombardier in a B24-Liberator during World War II in Europe. Newly elected Division 37 Lt. Governor Natali Galt was also a visitor at this meeting.  Middle – Donald with some of the memorabilia from his time as a POW in Europe.

 

Donald Foulkes Re-Tells his story as POW in W.W.II 

Newly Elected Division 37 Lt. Governor Natali Galt visits  

                Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 42) –  Donald Foulkes opened his talk to us by saying “I’m glad there is someone here who is older than me” (he is 97 but Al Bomberg was in the audience and Al is almost 100).

Donald told us a harrowing story about when he was 22 and was captured as a P.O.W. in World War II. “On October 13, 1944, our 28th mission was a bombing run over a German base in Vienna, Austria.  A day, that even though it was 72 years ago, I remember it all in great detail.” Donald told us what happened as the bombardier on a B24 Liberator was hit in two of its four engines losing control.  During the run and he was told to “bail out”. He landed in a field in what is currently Poland and was taken by Hungarian soldiers to a P.O.W. camp.  That began a 7-month odyssey being driven to and from several camps in central Europe as the Americans were closing in on the Germans near the end of the war.  “I was not as afraid as the Germans,” he said, “Because they knew they were losing the war and it showed on their faces.”

In his 7 months as a P.O.W. which began at Stalag Luft III (the sight of the Great Escape which became a movie), he survived on scarce rations, the camaraderie of his fellow P.O.W.s, and the creative cooking of some of his fellow prisoners. “In late April of 1944, our camp was liberated by General Patton’s troops and I made my way back to home in Massachusetts.  Only one of the original crew is still alive, pilot Michael Fiordeliso, who lives in Florida.

After the end of the War, Donald had a long career as an engineer with General Electric, mainly in the Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Denver areas. He retired in 1987 to the Fallbrook area where he is very active in many community events such as live theater and telling the story of Kris Kringle and Christmas to children. Donald has been married for 70 years to his wife, Mary. “She’s quite a gal.”  – And You are quite a guy, Donald – thanks for coming to tell us your unique story.

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Newly Elected Division 37 Lt. Gov. Natali Galt visits – Natali Galt was elected as the next Lt. Governor of our Division 37 Kiwanis which oversees operations of about 16 clubs with over 400 members.  Natali joined Kiwanis in 2004 and she says, “I’ve been racing hard working to serve ever since.” She said, “I’m looking forward to getting to know many Kiwanians I currently do not know and to getting engaged with all the clubs in District 37,”  Natali will follow current Lt. Gov. Jim Dorschel at the transition at the end of September of this year.  Welcome, Natali.

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New Faces and New Members – Oldest LSM Kiwanian Al Bomberg visited with his friend Charlie Cook.  Al will turn 100 this summer.  Two new members, Barbara Wales and Gordon Bowers, were inducted as members of the club.  Margo Dutton is Barbara’s sponsor and Les Hill is Gordon’s.  Barbara moved to San Marcos from Fallbrook in December.  Gordon Bowers spent most of his working career in police work in the Burbank area. Elaine Cheesman came as a guest of Pat Haugen.

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Announcements

• Key people this meeting:Greeters – Harvey White and Mary Ann Brandreth, Invocation – Jim Alden, Song –  John Lee and Don Alexander, Collections – Larry Guthrie, Finemaster Ivan Gillis – 50/50 drawing $810 Don Alexander had the winning ticket but drew the Jack of clubs – joker is still in the remaining fourteen cards.
• Scholarship Committee Preparing for Awards May 14 and May 21:  Ivan Gillis reports that we currently have 25 applications for our annual student scholarships which will be awarded at two meetings in May.  Five applications are from Key Club members.
• A slate of Officers for Upcoming Election Offered.– Jerry Mason, chairman of the Nominating Committee, announced the slate of Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Officers for the next Kiwanis Year:

New potential Officers:

• President-Elect– Art Brown (Glen Winn is currently Pres. Elect)
• Director– Don Keller (replaces Jerry Mason)
• Director – Ted May (replaces Jim Murphy)

Returning Officers:

• President– Glen Winn (voted upon last month), ● Secretary – Pat Haugen ● Treasurer – Margo Dutton
• Director – Ivan Gillis(will be in his 2nd year) ● Director – Mary Harrington (will be in her 2nd year)
• Immediate Past President– Jim Alden (currently President)

Officers leaving the Board at end of September – T. Kumura (is Past President), Director Jerry Mason, Director Jim Murphy.

Nominations from the floor will be accepted at our meeting April 23 – Club Election will be at the April 30 meeting.

• Board Meeting Held after this meeting – Several items discussed, for details ask a board member.
• Guests – Natalie Galt (see above), Elaine Cheesman (friend of Pat Haugen), , Charlie Cook (friend of Al Bomberg), Carol Alexander (Don’s wife), and Gayle Folbrecht (Fred’s wife).  

Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday programs.

• April 16Marilee Pierce Dunker – World Vision Ambassador – “Helping Children in the Third World”

Members will receive more specific information about our two sponsored children at this meeting.

• April 23 Chris Robbins, Vallecitos Water District
• April 30  Club Elections and State of the Club report (Haugen)
• A Potential field trip to FFA is being planned – details forthcoming soon.

Down the Road…

• April 11Blood Drive – 11 – 4 – Our club is partnering with the Lake Church to sponsor the San Diego Bloodmobile at the Conference Center on La Bonita Drive.  Please donate if you can.  
  
• April 11   35th anniversary of LSM Kiwanis working with Meals on Wheels – John Lee will attend.
• April 12 – Morning Meeting of LSM Kiwanis at IHOP at 7:15 am.
• April 12 –Key Club District Convention, Ontario, CA
• April 27 – Miracle Mile of Quarters, 10 am – 4 pm, Grossmont Center, La Mesa – Pres. Alden and Jerry Mason will go. About 30 clubs will participate – Our club will donate $800 in quarters to be used at the event.
• April 30 –Club Election of Officers for next Kiwanis Year (Oct 2019 – Sept 2020) and Annual Report.
• May 7 – Charlotte Fan of Meals on Wheels
• May 14 – 21 – Scholarship awards (two meetings)
• June 8 – Kiwanis Governor’s (Cal-Nev-Ha) Rocci Barsottiwill visit our division.  This will be at the San Marcos Community Center (near Library) 4:30 – 8:30 – More details soon.
• June 14 –Flag Retirement Ceremony – Walnut Grove Park, 6:30 PM.
• July 4 – LSM Fourth of July

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Current Membership is 54 (reports Jim Murphy) “Membership is Everyone’s Job.”

19-4-Marines On March 26, Lake San Marcos Kiwanis presented scholarships and awards to another outstanding group of Marines and their spouses. Standing in back:First ANGLICO’s Lt. Colonel Michael Hays, Gunnery Sergeant Noriyuki Wayne Turbeville, Major Jeff Smith*, Gunnery Sergeant Ernesto Curotto, Major Matt Ashton*,Corporal Justin Reyna, Corporal Tyjuanique Kelly, Sergeant Major Yoeman English*. Seated – Sarah Turbeville and their two children, Meg Ashton, and Reagan Reyna (wife of Justin Reyna). * blue indicates those supporting awardees.   Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis March 26, 2019 – Honoring Our Marines 3rd Annual Kiwanis Marine Scholarship Program   Five Marines and One Spouse Honored         Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 53 (incl 18 guests) –  For three years Lake San Marcos Kiwanis has been honoring local Marines with Scholarships to help deserving Marines and their spouses to further their education.  In his closing remarks,Marine Lt. Colonel Michael Hays summed the feelings of the Marines and Kiwanians in the audience.  “I’ve often asked myself why I am a Marine leader; what I came up with is that everyone wants to make a difference.  Some people go through life wondering if they are making a difference, but Marines and Kiwanians don’t have that problem…,we are both making a great difference by the ways we give back and serve.”  Today Kiwanians gave back to five special Marines and one Marine wife who serve us all with their lives.   Five $1,000 scholarships and one special Community Service Award were presented today.              Here is a summary of who they are and why these privately funded scholarships were started in 2017. Three Kiwanis Leaders, Club President Jim Alden (left) Lt Gov. Jim Dorschel (right middle) and Kiwanis Cal-Nev-Ha District leader Margo Dutton (right) presented Marine Leader Lt. Col Michael Hays with a surprise special Kiwanis Community Service award for his exemplary work in service to the communities around us.                   Marine Lt. Colonel Michael Hays Receives                     Community Service Award from Kiwanis          Lieutenant Colonel Michael B. Hays is the commanding officer of the 164 Marine unit known as 1ST ANGLICO in Camp Pendleton.  For the past two years Lt. Col. Hays and his Marines have been partners in serving both the community of San Marcos (at the Pancake Breakfast) as well as the Marine community at Camp Pendleton (at the Marine Christmas program).  For his strong service-oriented leadership, Lt. Col Hays accepted a special surprise Community Service Award from the Cal-Nev-Ha District of Kiwanis presented by Club President Jim Alden, Lt. Governor Jim Dorschel and Cal-Nev-Ha Foundation Board member Margo Dutton.       When he accepted the award Lt. Col Hays said “At first I didn’t know much about Kiwanis, but in almost two years since we have worked together, my Marines and I have been treated with the utmost respect and given wonderful support.  I, no we, are truly touched by the level of care you Kiwanians give to both the community and the Marines.  You exhibit an amazing spirit of service to people.”        Lt. Col Hays said he will be re-assigned to a war college assignment in Pennsylvania this summer, but he wanted to assure Kiwanis members that he will be back soon before he leaves.  He also invited all Kiwanians to come to his Change-of-Command ceremony at Camp Pendleton on June 21.  “You Kiwanians inspire us all to give back regardless of our age or where we are.” – Lt. Col. Michael Hays, you will always be a Kiwanian to us.               Cpl T. Kelly              GySgt E. Curotto                  M. Ashton          GySgt N.W. Turbevillle       Cpl J. Reyna A special Kiwanis scholarship committee (I. Gillis (committe leader) , C. Stevens, D. Keller, L. Guthrie, D. Skay, T. Curtis, M.A. Brandreth, D. Gannon, T. Kumura, and I. Acosta) selected four Marines and one Marine wife to each receive scholarships of $1,000 each to further their educational growth. Here is a thumbnail sketch for each one: Corporal Tyjuanique Kelly (pronounced Tie-wan-eek) – Corporal Kelly told us that when she was young she lost both her parents and was raised by her aunt who told her “Stop blaming the world for things you can’t control, life sucks, suck it up.”And Corporal Kelly sure did just that. “I believe in giving back and want to spend my life doing just that.”  She plans to attend Grand Canyon University in AZ to get a masters in Psychology and Forensic Science (she already has a bachelors from Texas State).   She has many interests such as photography, communications, serving youth as a cheer coach, and criminal justice. Those who worked with her commend her for her maturity, attention to detail, and propensity for growth.  (Award presented by Tom Curtis) – Tyjuanique, the sky is the limit for you because you always lead with your great service ethic. Gunnery Sergeant Ernesto Curroto – GySgtCurroto has already come a long way in life. He was born in Peru, immigrating to the US when he was 10 and legally becoming a citizen at 12.  He graduated from Chula Vista High School in 2005; joining the Marines shortly afterwards.  He has served three tours in Afghanistan, one in Iraq, and one in Okinawa. He has earned 19 medals and awards for his dedicated service.  Others said,  “GySgt Curroto is an excellent example of honor, courage and commitment to duty.” He intermingled marrying his wife Heather during all that. The Currotos have two sons (one with autism).  He wants to pursue a degree in computer science through National University. “My parents wanted an American education when they came here, but were not able to do so, I am following their path in their honor,” he said. – Major Jeff Smith came to support GySgt Curroto at this event. (Award presented by Don Keller)- GySgt Curroto, What an inspirational Marine and human being you are…Semper Fi.  Meg Ashton – Meg Ashton is a repeat winner. She received a scholarship from us for $500 in 2017 (which she used for books to help pay for her last masters course in Fundraising for Non-Profit Organizations).  Since just this February, Meg works for a Defense contractor out of McLean VA called Human Touch doing business development for their DoD portfolio. She wants to transition to higher levels of leadership for similar organizations in the future.  Once they are less transient (moving is part of being a Marine wife) Meg would like to look into a government or civil service job.  Her husband, Matt, who came to support her,is a Major with the Marines.  They have one young son Bryce Ashton age 6. (Award presented by Mary Ann Brandreth) – Come back to us Meg and Matt when you can. Gunnery Sergeant Noriyuki Wayne Turbeville – GySgt Turbevillewas born in Okinawa, Japan becoming a US citizen at the age of 10. Encouraged by his paternal grandfather, he became a wrestler in high school in Florida. He joined the Marines out of high school and has since served five tours in Iraq (’03,’05,’06,’07,’08) in radio operations and communication.  He and his wife,  have two young children, Ezra and Elishiba (who came to support him at the meeting). He is currently a student with the University of Phoenix in Business Management.  He will soon be promoted to the rank of Master Sergeant and will also soon be re-assigned to a base in North Carolina. (Award presented by Doris Gannon) – GySgt Turbeville, your service is making America great.  Corporal Justin Reyna – Corporal Reyna is not only a great Marine, he is also pursuing paths to help youth in the world.  He is interested in using his scholarship to pursue a career in music education and to become an elementary school teacher. He is currently doing so at Mira Costa College locally and hopes to transfer to a 4 year university soon.  He has created an electric skateboard and an all wheel longboard which has a top speed around 30 MPH. His wife, Reagan (who was at the meeting) was a recipient of a similar Kiwanis scholarship last year. (Award presented by Cathleen Stevens)- Cpl Reyna, your enthusiasm for engaging our youth is inspirational. This spring Kiwanis will be presenting more scholarships – scholarships for local youth for entering college.                                                                                              —————–                                                                                      These Kiwanis scholarships are privately funded awards known as the Roberta and Bob Gibson Memorial Scholarships. They were originated three years ago by these friends and others. Seated: Becky Gibson (daughter of Roberta and Bob Gibson) Jennifer Deolarte (former student of the Gibsons), and Susy Arneson Guthrie (Larry’s wife), Standing Mandi Ramirez (former student of Gibsons), and Larry Guthrie.  This is the third year Kiwanis has presented these awards, to date 15 such awards have been given to Marines or Marine spouses..       Marine Scholarships Honor Roberta and Bob Gibson       Long Time Friends of Susy Arneson and Larry Guthrie        The Story Behind the Roberta and Bob Gibson Memorial Marine Scholarships – “Three years ago this scholarship pogram was created by our Kiwanis Club as a memorial and celebration of the lives of dear friends of ours,” said Susy Arneson Guthrie.  “Roberta and Bob and I were teachers in the Vista Unified School District.   Our friendship started in 1964 when Roberta and I were new teachers at Washington Jr. High in Vista.  Bob was a Marine in Vietnam at that time.  Those were tense times when Bob was disabled and Roberta lost touch with him for awhile.  Roberta continued to teach and to encourage Bob as he left the Marines and earned his teaching credential at San Diego State University.  The Gibsons both had long careers in the teaching field and were known for their dedication to education and to kids.  Bob died in 2006 and Roberta in 2016.  After their deaths, Larry and I searched for a way to honor our long friendship and this privately funded Marine Scholarship is a fitting tribute to the Gibson’s and their dedication and desire to help young people and their Marine history.  Since we began, thanks to the generous hearts of the Gibson friends and our Kiwanis friends 15 deserving people have received these scholarships.” she said. Friends of Roberta and Bob were in the audience (see photo above).   The Marine Scholarship Program is just one aspect of the scholarships Lake San Marcos Kiwanis offers the community…scholarships for youth entering colleges will be awarded in the Spring.                                                                                      —————–    Crew Cleans out our storage on Saturday March 23 – We all know this…Junk collects – in attics, closets and also in our Kiwanis storage shed.  An intrepid crew of “sorter-outers” tackled our storage shed recently. Darwin Bustardi, John Lee, Jim Murphy, Pat Haugen, Jim Alden, Steve Hinze and Jerry Mason did their darndest to pitch out stuff that was no longer needed.  Thanks for your hard work crew. Publicity and Staying Connected – a photo of the top sellers for our pancake breakfast was featured in the March 23 North County section of the Union-Tribune.   Dick and Jenny Birkenstock with Jerry and Linda Mason (see story below.) ————————  Announcements   San Marcos Youth Strings  –  Spring concert Friday March 29 – Free pizza at 5:30, Concert 6:30-8:00 at Gateway Community Church 970 Vallecitos – contact Jerry Mason. Come to support local youth musicians. Key people this meeting:Greeters – Harvey White and Barbara Wales, Invocation – Jim Alden, Song (Marine Hymn) –  John Lee and Don Alexander, Collections – Ted May, No finemaster or 50/50 drawing this meeting – joker is still in the remaining fifteen cards. Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday programs. April 2 Mehdi Sarram, “Nuclear Waste Management and Climate Change“, Energy Security Consulting Group April 9  Prayer Luncheon, Donald Foulkes, Co-chair of POW Support group through Veterans Administration April 16 Marilee Pierce Dunker – World Vision Ambassador – “Helping Children in the Third World” April 23 Chris Robbins, Vallecitos Water District A Potential field trip to FFA is being planned – details forthcoming soon. Down the Road… April 11Blood Drive – 11 – 4 – Our club is partnering with the Lake Church to sponsor the Red Cross bloodmobile at the Conference Center on La Bonita Drive April 12 –Key Club District Convention, Ontario, CA April 27 – Miracle Mile of Quarters, 10am – 4 pm, Grossmont Center, La Mesa May 7 –Club Election of Officers for next Kiwanis Year (Oct 2019 – Sept 2020 – Nominating comm. will identify candidates. June 8 – Kiwanis Governor’s (Cal-Nev-Ha) Rocky Barsottiwill visit our division.  Still looking for a venue. June 14 –Flag Retirement Ceremony. July 4 – LSM Fourth of July.  —————– Quote of the day – “After hanging out with you Kiwanians, I am coming to believe that the world is not as bad as it looks on TV.” – Marine Lt. Col. Micheal Hays.   KIwanis Meeting of 3-19-19 Our very own and very special Margo Dutton talked to us today about the Kiwanis Youth Protection Guidelines that every member should know about, especially those who work with children such as Key Clubs etc. Margo is also an excellent quilter (she has a quilting machine).She is auctioning them off to raise funds for Kiwanis.  Margo is our club treasurer, but she is also our club treasure.  Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis March 19, 2019 Margo Dutton – Child Protection Guidelines         Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 29) – Margo Dutton is a model Kiwanian, she has devoted the lion’s share of her life to serving children through Kiwanis. Margo joined Kiwanis in 1986. Margo came to us a few years ago, trailing a long illustrative history of Kiwanis service in Kiwanis Northridge, CA., and before that with Kiwanis in Tucson, Arizona.  She was a Kiwanis Lieutenant Governor (from Northridge) in 2002-2003. She has been a leader in service with Key Clubs for many years (which she still does today). She was President of the Cal-Nev.Ha Kiwanis Foundation Board last year (she’s past-president now). And she’s been on the District Kiwanis Foundation board for 10 years. Margo lives in Escondido but chose to join our club because she believes it is the best club in the area. Among other things, she is also an excellent quilter even owning a high quality quiting machine. Currently, Margo is our club treasurer but actually she is our club’s treasure.        Margo spoke to us today about a subject every Kiwanian should have at least a rudimentary understanding of….child protection guidelines. “Since we are in the business of serving children, it is essential that all Kiwanians understand how to protect children from harm which is so prevalent these days,” she said.    Her main points were:   1) It’s our job to Understand, Protect, Identify, and Respond to child protection issues which we become aware of;   2) If something doesn’t feel right with respect to a child’s situation you witness, respond by contacting the proper       authorities.  You don’t have to get involved in it yourself.   3) The proper authorities are the Kiwanis adult leader in charge and/or the Kiwanis President.   4) Our club sponsors three Key Clubs and one Circle K club, when any Kiwanian is engaging in service to       these clubs they need to be alert to potential child protection issues. (The complete Kiwanis Child Protection Policy is attached)        Thanks Margo for all you do for us and Kiwanis and the children we serve.                                                                                              —————–                                                                                     President Alden (right) beams when he sees new faces in our audience.  Barbara Wales (left) and Gordon Bowers (next to Jim) both joined our club  recently.  John Gibbs (inset) just had his new member ribbons removed because he fulfilled his “get to know what we do” requirements.  Kelly Arnold (next to Barbara) was “just checking us out.”   Welcome all!!!. New Members and New Faces  Two New Members Join Us –  Barbara Wales and Gordon Bowers both officially joined us today.   Barbara and Gordon are from Lake San Marcos and are great new additions to our club, get to know them.   Welcome Barbara and Gordon.  —  Our club membership is now 54. Kelly Arnold from the San Elijo area was visiting today. Welcome Kelly, come back.  John Gibbs had his 5 colored ribbons removed from his name badge indicating he has fulfilled the initial requirements of new members aimed at getting them aquainted with what Kiwanis is and does.  Looking forward to lots more from John. President Alden commends top pancake ticket sellers. For more times than he can remember, top ticket seller Gary Edwards won the George Boase Trophy again this year, selling $1369 worth of pancake breakfast tickets.   How does he do it every year? John Lee was second, Doris Gannon third, Jim Murphy fourth and Tom Curtis sixth.  (Don Keller finished 5th, not pictured).  In total, the whole fundraiser raised $18,800 this year, with around $16,000 net for scholarships.  Way to Go All!!!                                            —————  Announcements Cleaning of our storage unit this Saturday morning (March 23) – We are conducting a major cleaning of our storage unit on Saturday.  We haven’t found a new storage unit for the cub scouts yet, the books will be moved to our storage unit next to Smart & Final on Bent.  Over 2,000 books are given away each year at the holiday parade, and Captain Book (Glen Winn) fills treasure chests with books at local schools. – contact Pat Haugen if you can help. 35th Year of Partnership with Meals on Wheels–  President Alden announced that this is our 35th year of partnering with Meals on Wheels which is one of the many community services Kiwanis provides to Lake San Marcos. Jim Murphy and Jim Alden reported on a recent Interclub with Kiwanis Sunrise Vista March 13.– “They fine themselves often, so consider yourself lucky,” Pres. Alden said.      San Marcos Youth Strings  –  Spring concert Friday March 29 – Free pizza at 5:30, Concert 6:30-8:00 at Gateway Community Church 970 Vallecitos – contact Jerry Mason. Key people this meeting:Greeters – Harvey White and John Gibbs, Invocation – Jim Alden, Song –  John Lee and Don Alexander, Finemaster – Tom Curtis, Collections – Ted May — 50/50 pot ($727) – Winning ticket drawn by Margo Dutton but she drew the Three of Hearts, the joker is still in the remaining fifeteen  (15) cards. Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday programs. March 26 Roberta & Bob Gibson Memorial Marine Scholarship Awards (5 scholarships will be awarded) April 2 Mehdi Sarram, “Nuclear Waste Management and Climate Change“, Energy Security Consulting Group April 9  Prayer Luncheon, Donald Foulkes, Co-chair of POW Support group through Veterans Administration April 16 Marilee Pierce Dunker – World Vision Ambassador – “Helping Children in the Third World” April 23 Chris Robbins, Vallecitos Water District A Potential field trip to FFA is being planned – details forthcoming soon. Down the Road… April 11Blood Drive – 11 – 4 – Our club is partnering with the Lake Church to sponsor the Red Cross bloodmobile at the Conference Center on La Bonita Drive April 12 –Key Club District Convention, Ontario, CA April 27 – Miracle Mile of Quarters, 10am – 4 pm, Grossmont Center, La Mesa May 7 –Club Election of Officers for next Kiwanis Year (Oct 2019-Sept 2020 – Nominating comm. will identify candidates. June 8 – Kiwanis Governor’s (Cal-Nev-Ha) Rocky Barsottiwill visit our division.  Looking for a venue. June 14 –Flag Retirement Ceremony. July 4 – LSM Fourth of July. ————————- Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It – Jerry Mason Kiwanis Meeting Report of March 12, 2019 Local resident and published author Tom Page spoke to us today about How to Get Published – the plane that looks like it is flying into his head is from a photo he discovered when researching his father’s story in World War II in Europe – the photo is a local person’s photo of the plane his father was in when it crash-landed during the war in Europe.  The 1969 background is from the not yet published book – “Velocity” – about 1969 from the viewpoint of several key people of the time. “My Father’s War” is the current book he is working on for publication. Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis March 12, 2019 Local Author Tom Page – How to Get Published         Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 27) – All creative people such as writers, painters, singers, even chefs usually hope that others will appreciate their work. Local writer, Tom Page, has persevered through several barriers to getting his work published and he told us all about how to do just that today.  “My take-home points for getting published are: 1) Do what you love and hopefully, the money will follow, but don’t make a publication for money the reason you do it;    2) Understand the business of getting published and appeal to their interests   3) Persevere, because it is NOT easy, he said. To date, Tom has written four books – two of which have been published and two (the most recent) are in the pre-publication hopper.  Hong Kong Blues (a mystery) was published in 1997 and Hercules Rising (is set in the California silver mining era in 1865-1875).  Velocity (a story of 1969 from several viewpoints) is nearing publication and his latest “My Father’s War” is just behind that one.  He told us a lot about his research into the World War II experiences of his father…“He never told me about these adventures,” Tom said. Here are a few specific tips for those wanting to take the “get published” challenge:     To avoid having your work end up in a publishers “slush pile” (for unsolicited manuscripts); find a good agent  Pitch your work (using an agent query) by appealing to the agent’s interests  Show that you understand the publishing business and how your work would help them After you think you have finished your work, let it cool for a while, new ideas will improve it later.   Know typical word count ranges for your genre (nowadays fiction is about 90,000 words, it used to be more)  Most agents will only want to see the first five pages of your work (with a targeted query) Use querytracker.com and publishersmarketplace.com websites to gain the help you need.     Tom is a member of the Men’s book club here in Lake San Marcos. He made a living working in the medical equipment business where he created an implant device for preventing sleep apnea and a heart valve device.  He loves music and writing and practices both regularly. Thanks for your helpful presentation Tom, come back again.                                                                                              —————–                                                                                     Barbara Wales and Dave Watt joined our club today.  Elizabeth Burmeister brought her friends Bob Mitchell and Jan Burch from Kiwanis in Des Moines, Iowa. Two New Members and Three New Faces  Two New Members Join Us –  Barbara Wales and Dave Watt both decided to join us today.   Barbara and Dave are both from Lake San Marcos and were attracted to attend by recent events such as the pancake breakfast and being a part of a speaking group on book clubs.  Welcome, Barbara and Dave.  Our club membership is now 53. Three new faces were at the meeting today – Bob Mitchell and Jan Burch are from Des Moines, Iowa.  They are friends of Elizabeth Burmeister and Bob Dotson.  Bob Mitchell is a past Lt. Governor for Kiwanis and Jan is a current Lt. Governor for Kiwanis in Iowa.  Their club won an international award at a Kiwanis Convention in Paris, France for building a baseball field for children with special needs. They raised 1.5 million in 18 months for this significant achievement.  They presented a special pin to our President Jim Alden. Gordon Bowers (guest of Les Hill) was back for the third time (he must be serious about us). New faces build excitement and momentum.   ————— Announcements Pancake Breakfast/Silent Auction final totals –  John Lee announced that the final Pancake Breakfast-Silent Auction-Placemat totals: Pancake Ticket Sales = $10,593, Silent Auction = $5,700, Placemat Ads = $2,513 = Total Sales = $18,806 Expenses totaled $2,726 so Net Profit to be used for scholarships this year = $16,080 –“Everything went very smoothly this year, the smoothest I’ve experienced it in years.” said John.  Way to Go All!!!   Three Nominated for Next Year’s Kiwanis Board – Every year at the end of September, some members of the nine members Kiwanis Board of Directors transition for a new year.  This coming October there will be three positions open on the board.  The current board recommended the following members for those positions: For President-Elect – Art Brown, For Director – Don Keller, and For Director Ted May.  If elected in early May at a club meeting, each would begin serving in October of this year.  Recently, Glen Wynn was elected to fill the previously vacant position of President-Elect for this year.  Returning board members from this year will be Immediate Past President Jim Alden, Secretary Pat Haugen, Treasurer Margo Dutton, Director Ivan Gillis, and Director Mary Harrington.  Tom Kumura, Jerry Mason, and Jim Murphy who are on the current board will each move on to other responsibilities with our club. Thanks to all for your volunteer spirit.  35th Year of Partnership with Meals on Wheels–  Pres. Alden announced that this is our 35th year of partnering with Meals on Wheels which is one of the many community services Kiwanis provides to Lake San Marcos.   A Board Meeting was held at today’s meeting– ask a board member for details. Interclub with Kiwanis Sunrise Vista March 13 -A pair of Jim’s (A & M) attended. Marty Gannon seeking members to speak on their peak experiences-  contact Marty if interested. Key people this meeting:Greeters – Harvey White and Mary Ann Brandreth, Invocation – Jim Alden, Song –  John Lee and Don Alexander, Finemaster – Dick Skay, Collections – Larry Guthrie — 50/50 pot ($689) – Winning ticket drawn by Barbara Wales but she drew the Five of Hearts, the joker is still in the remaining nineteen cards. Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday programs. March 19Margo Dutton – Update on Kiwanis Foundation and Working with Students March 26 Roberta & Bob Gibson Memorial Marine Scholarship Awards (5 scholarships will be awarded) April 2 Mehdi Sarram, “Nuclear Waste Management and Climate Change“, Energy Security Consulting Group April 9  Prayer Luncheon, Donald Foulkes, Co-chair of POW Support group through Veterans Administration April 16 Marilee Pierce Dunker – World Vision Ambassador – “Helping Children in the Third World” April 23 Chris Robbins, Vallecitos Water District A Potential field trip to FFA is being planned – details forthcoming soon. Down the Road… April 11Blood Drive – 11 – 4 – Our club is partnering with the Lake Church to sponsor the Red Cross bloodmobile at the Conference Center on La Bonita Drive April 12 –Key Club District Convention, Ontario, CA April 27 – Miracle Mile of Quarters, 8am-noon, Grossmont Center, La Mesa June 14 –Flag Retirement Ceremony. July 4 – LSM Fourth of July. ————————- Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It – Jerry Mason Kiwanis Meeting of March 4, 2019 Dick Jeffreys spoke to us about what the Air Force Association does to support the men and women in the U.S. Air Force and Glen Winn was elected as our current President Elect – Glen will begin as an officer of our board immediately and will become President in October..        . Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis March 5, 2019 Dick Jeffreys – Air Force Support Association   Glen Winn Steps In To President-Elect Position         Fellow Kiwanians (attendance 30) – There are currently around 320,000 men and women serving in the United States Air Force. Our speaker today, Dick Jeffreys, was one of them, piloting several types of aircraft for 30 years; then retiring in 1999. Dick has been leading support activities for the great people who serve in the U.S. Air Force since then. Dick is President of the 770 member San Diego Chapter of the Air Force Association.  Nationwide, the Air Force Association has 200 chapters and about 99,000 members. He told us about what the Air Force Association does to provide important support for the Air Force. Here is an overview:   Educate – Advocate – Support the U.S. Air Force Supports Air Force ROTC programs and Junior ROTC Tours & Events-such as annual scholarship golf tournament – Twin Oaks Course in San Marcos Fri Apr 5. Air Force Anniversary in Chula Vista   Scholarships for Air Force cadets ($52,500 went to 20 Air Force Cadets in the last 6 years) Teacher of the Year (for STEM teachers – cash awards to science and technology teachers) Cyber Patriot – high school and middle school programs in cybersecurity and elementary cyber education.     The Association meets bi-monthly on the last Thursday of the month and is open to anyone. Jim Trageser introduced Dick because Jim’s was the chapter secretary for a while. Chapter website for the golf tournament www.sandiegoafa.org. Thanks for your program Dick, come back again.                                                                              —————–    Glen Winn Steps Up to Our Current President-Elect Position Glen Winn is the first member of the San Marcos Kiwanis Club who has become an officer with the Lake San Marcos Club. Glen is one of several new faces to the Lake San Marcos Kiwanians, coming over in the merger with the San Marcos club.  Glen accepted the call to fill in behind George Dove as our current President-Elect.  It was an important step up for Glen and for us.   Glen was elected by acclamation at this meeting. Glen has been with Kiwanis since 2002.  He will become our next club President in October when the Kiwanis Board does its annual officer rotations.   Glen has a wealth of leadership experience in the Marines, Secret Service, and Airline Security fields.  Get to know Glen, he will be a great leader for us.                                                                                                                                 —————– Five Receive Kwality Kiwanian Award –Two New Faces Today  Five LSM Kiwanians received Kwality Kiwanian awards at a recent District meeting.  Pat Haugen, Jim Alden, Ivan Gillis, Jerry Mason, and Margo Dutton received Kwality Kiwanian pins for meeting at least 10 of 20 criteria for the award. The Kwality Kiwanian award is a special award of District 37 of Kiwanis. Congratulations. Two new faces were at the meeting today – Gordon Bowers(guest of Les Hill) and Dave Crockett (guest of Don Shawler) are both from Lake San Marcos.  Barbara Wales from Lake San Marcos came back again and is seriously considering joining us soon.  Welcome!!!  Come Back next week.   ————— Our Sponsored Children from Around the World Faviola Torres from Peru and Mulusala Kivumbi from Uganda – Kiwanis believes in serving the children of the world…to back that up our club recently sponsored two children in dire straits in needy parts of the world. Faviola Torres is 4 years old from a poor area of Peru, South America.  Mulusala Kivumbi is 5 years old living with his grandmother in a poor AIDS-stricken area in Uganda, Africa.  Faviola is being sponsored through Compassion International and Mulusala through World Vision. Sponsorship means the money we give in their names (around $450 each per year) goes to these organizations to sustainably improve the lives of the communities in which these children live. A special program about the lives of these children is being planned for our club next month.  Remember, compared to many children in the world, we are all very rich.  Stay tuned.                                                                             ——————– Announcements Silent Auction totals – Ryan Stanglannounced that the final silent auction totals will probably reach $5700 with around 125 items sold.  Ryan auctioned off three of the remaining items at this meeting. 35th Year of Partnership with Meals on Wheels–  Pres. Alden announced that this is our 35th year of partnering with Meals on Wheels which is one of the many community services Kiwanis provides to Lake San Marcos. Key people this meeting:Greeters – Harvey White and Mary Ann Brandreth, Invocation – Jim Alden, Song –  Don Alexander, Finemaster – Ivan Gillis, Collections – Larry Guthrie — 50/50 pot ($660) – Winning ticket drawn by Fred Folbrecht but he drew the Four of Spades, the joker is still in the remaining fewer cards. Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday programs. March 12Tom Page, LSM Men’s Book Club, “How to Get Published” – in adjoining room next to our normal room. March 19TBD March 26 Roberta & Bob Gibson Memorial Marine Scholarship Awards April 2 Mehdi Sarram, “Nuclear Waste Management and Climate Change“, Energy Security Consulting Group April 9  Prayer Luncheon, Donald Foulkes, Co-chair of POW Support group through Veterans Administration April 16 Marilee Pierce Dunker – World Vision Ambassador – LIfe for children in the Third World. April 23 Chris Robbins, Vallecitos Water District A Potential field trip to FFA is being planned – details forthcoming soon. Down the Road… March 8 Friday Morning – Kiwanis Meeting for Working Members- at 7:15 am at IHOP – join us.      March 9 (Sat.) -Walk with Warriors (9 am) – 3 mile walk in the LSM area, fundraiser for Wounded Warriors, $10 per entry – Contact Tom Curtis 760-1994 March 12– National Pancake Day – at IHOP – money raised will go to Rady’s Children Hospital. Volunteers needed to greet customers at IHOP in the morning. contact Pat Haugen Friday March 13 – Interclub with Sunrise Vista club – Mariscos Rancho Grande 825 Williamston in Vista 7 AM- contact Jim Murphy April 11Blood Drive –  time TBD – Our club is partnering with the Lake Church to sponsor the Red Cross bloodmobile at the Conference Center on La Bonita Drive April 12 –Key Club District Convention, Ontario, CA April 27 – Miracle Mile of Quarters, 8am-noon, Grossmont Center, La Mesa June 14 –Flag Retirement Ceremony. July 4 – LSM Fourth of July. ————————- Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It – Jerry Mason Kiwanis Meeting 2-26-19 Hundreds of people attended our annual Pancake Breakfast/Silent Auction on Saturday Feb. 23 at St Mark’s Church.  The Photos above are just a small sample of the joy people experienced from being at this special event that raises money for local scholarships.        . Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Feb 26, 2019 Pancake Breakfast is Another Great Success – Raises $16,000  Glen Winn Steps Up – LSM Men’s Book Club      Fellow Kiwanians (attendance – pancake breakfast about 450, Feb 26 meeting 34)       “Life will throw all kinds of obstacles our way. It’s our job to scramble over them and hunt for the little miracles tucked away, then leave some reminders for the people that follow behind us.”  – Lake San Marcos Kiwanians had several obstacles thrown in our path as we prepared for our annual fundraiser. First we lost a key leader (George Dove) who was in charge of the main committee doing the work and second the weather turned cold and gnarly which could have severely dampened ticket sales. “But this is what we do,” said long time Secretary Pat Haugen during the build up weeks, “We pull together to get the job done.” And that is just what LSM Kiwanis did – pull together. For the 53rd year, the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis pulled together with several other groups to once again conduct a very successful pancake breakfast/silent auction.  Here are the key fundraising results:    Pancake Ticket sales = $10,500 (approx.) will exceed last year’s mark by a little  Silent Auction sales = $5,200 (approx.)  Placemat Ad Sales = Over $2,900 (more than last year) Total Revenue brought in by both of the above = $18,600 (could be more)   Net available after expenses (expenses approx. $2,500) = Net $16,000 (approx.)  And Here are the key numbers in terms of people serving and pancakes served 450 Breakfasts served 50 Youth and Marine Volunteers (not. incl. Kiwanians) – from Key Clubs, FFA, Marines, Cub Scouts. Top Ticket Sellers:  #1 – Gary Edwards (again) – $1350, #2 John Lee $1000, #3 Doris Gannon $850, #4 Jim Murphy      $800 – Thank you so much for your hard work.     Quotes – “I am super pleased with our all-hands results this year, especially since we started out a bit uncertain about it.  This is the 4th year I have led this event, and this year it went very smoothly, Everyone quietly but efficiently contributed.” – John Lee   “It was a monumental team work effort – typical of the flagship of the fleet. And our special appreciation goes to Ryan Stangl for making the silent auction as smooth as its ever been. Automating the bid sheets to the extent he did was a key component to the success of the silent auction.”  – Jim Alden     Happy faces at the Pancake Breakfast: Far Left Marine Lt Col. Michael Hays, Happy customers, three Key Club helpers, Kelly Nicholl (photographer) Ted May and Don Keller, Happy boy with Mom and new book, Bottom row Marine helpers J. Byrd, M. Pak, D. Terrell, A. Nogales, B. Velasquez, T. Kelly., Tom Kumura and son, Margo Dutton with Kiwanis Lt. Gov. Jim Dorschel and his wife Penny.                                                                                            —————–    Glen Winn – AKA “Captain Book” – the real Glen Winn and his wife Rosemary Glen Winn Nominated for Remainder of President Elect Position,                  He Will Become Our Next President in October Glen Winn is one of several new faces to the Lake San Marcos Kiwanians, coming over in the merger with the San Marcos club.  Recently, Glen accepted  the nomination to fill in behind George Dove as our current President-Elect.  It was an important step up for Glen and for us.   Glen has been with Kiwanis since 2002.  He will become our next club President in October when the Kiwanis Board does its annual officer rotations. Glen was born in Philadelphia and raised in Iowa and Wisconsin; he attended Marquette University and the Pennsylvania Military College.  He then served 6 years active duty as an officer (U.S. Marines) with one tour in Vietnam. After that, Glen spent 7.5 years in the U.S. Secret Service working undercover with assignments that included protection for Presidents Johnson, Nixon, and Ford as well as for Henry Kissinger.   After that he turned to airline security work, spending 30 years in that field with airlines such as United, Northwest,  Western, and Continental.  He worked in many places around the world, principally in the Far and Middle East. He is now working with Condor-AVISEC here in the area and teaching part time in aviation security at USC in Los Angeles.   He also holds volunteeer positions with Palomar College and the City of San Marcos. Glen has been married to Rosemary Winn for 18 years (his first wife passed away years ago) they have 5 grown children and 9 grandchildren (5 boys, 4 girls ages from 6 months to 23 years) some living around here and some in Florence, Italy.  Two more interesting facts about Glen are that he ran 62 races (5 K and 10K) after the age of 55 and his alter ego with Kiwanis is as a Pirate “Captain Book” a disguise he assumed 11 years ago to shadow the Captain Book in Encinitas.  Captain Book is a program to encourage reading in children through the distribution of free books (many of which were handed out to happy children at the recent San Marcos Christmas Parade and at this Pancake Breakfast). An Election to accept Glen’s nomination will be held at the club meeting on March 5.  If elected, he will become our club President in October of this year. Thank you so much Glen for stepping up to this new adventure as the President Elect with us.                                                                                                                                 —————– Lake San Marcos Men’s Book Club – Six men (including Kiwanian Marty Gannon) spoke briefly about the benefits of being in the Lake San Marcos Men’s Book Club – The book club meets on the first Wednesday of the month rotating around member’s homes.  The man who is hosting the meeting, chooses the book for the month.  Discussions last about 2 to 2.5 hours.  Marty Gannon, Avi Karnik, Tom Page, Dave Watt, Leon Rudakov, and Ron Viale spoke.  The club has been meeting for about 4 years and has read about 45 books, mostly non-fiction.  The book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is one of the latest books they have read. There is room for a couple more men – contact Marty Gannon. Jim Eighmey gets special award from two other Jim’s – John and Margie Stahl present NY Kiwanis shirts to our club leaders. Jim Eighmey receives special award from Boy Scouts and Kiwanis – Another newer member to our group, Jim Eighmey recently received a special award from Kiwanis and the Boy Scouts for his exemplary work as a parent pack leader. Jim Trageser had this to say about Jim Eighmey “Jim Eighmey served as Scoutmaster of Troop 709 (Vista United Methodist Church) for the past 7 years. He accepted the chaos and drama that accompanies having a truly boy-led troop, insisting the other adults step back and let the boys run that Troop. He stayed consistent with this even when the boys made mistakes, as they do.  This Kiwanis-Boy Scouts of America Community Service Award is a worthy reflection of all the boys who came through that Troop and were shepherded toward adulthood by our fellow Kiwanian.” Congratulations Jim (all three of them).                                                                                     —————– New York Kiwanians, John and Margie Stahl, bring shirts to our officers.  John and Margie Stahl are loyal Kiwanians living outside of New York City who visit us occassionally when they come out to see their grandchildren who live here.  When they come, they are sure to visit us.  This time they brought T-Shirts from their Kiwanis Club in Ridgewood, N.Y. for President Alden and Secretary Haugen.  They are in a “3-2-1 Kiwanis” which stands for    “3 hours of service – 2 hours of club meetings – 1 hour of social every month”  They have about 150 active members in their club.  Thanks for coming to us regularly John and Margie…see you next time. ————— Three New Faces this Meeting & Team Approach to Fine Master  Three new faces were at the meeting today – Barbara Walesfrom Lake San Marcos came as a result of the pancake breakfast.  She is relatively new to the area. Tammy Baxter is also from the Lake and came as a result of connections made at the silent auction.  Linda Britton came as a friend of Tom Curtis.  Welcome!!!  Come Back next week. Doris Gannon and Victor Manzanilla team up as Fine Masters– Using a new tag team approach, Doris Gannon and Victor Manzanilla worked together for the regular fine master facet of our meetings – they used a literary clue game format.  Innovation is a good idea for all members. ————— Announcements Child Sponsorship Plan –  Jim and Linda Alden and Jerry Mason –Two sponsored children (from World Vision and Compassion International) were recently selected by our club. The World Vision child we are sponsoring is Mulusala Kivumbi who 5 years old living with his grandmother in a poor AIDS-stricken area in Uganda, Africa.  The Compassion International child we are also sponsoring is Faviola Torres who is 4 years old from a poor area of Peru, South America.  More details will follow.  Thank you for helping our club Serve the Children of the World. Pres. Alden is working with Jim Trageser to find a new storage facility for Cub Scout Pack 662.  Pack 662 is oldest Cub Scout Pack in North County – Kiwanis was recently recognized for its support and sponsorship of scouting. Nominating Committee headed by Jerry Mason is seeking club leadership candidates – Glen Winn has accepted the nomination to fill in the remaining term of George Dove as President Elect (will serve as President beginning in October 2019)  Nominations for two to-be-vacant Director positions (Mason, Murphy) will be announced in March.  Art Brown has accepted the nomination to be President Elect for the upcoming 2019/2020 Kiwanis Year (elections in May).Stay tuned. Peak Experiences – Program coordinator Marty Gannon is seeking members who want to speak about their peak experiences in life – If you are interested in doing this contact Marty Gannon. ——————– Key people this meeting:Greeters – Harvey and Joyce White, Victor Manzanilla, Invocation – Jim Alden, Song – John Lee, Finemaster – Doris Gannon & Victor Manzanilla, Collections – Larry Guthrie — 50/50 pot ($643) – John Gibbs had the winning ticket but he drew the King of Spades, the joker is still in the remaining cards. Regular Luncheon Meetings – Upcoming Tuesday programs. March 5 Dick Jeffreys, Pres., San Diego Chapter Air Force Association March 12Tom Page, LSM Men’s Book Club, “How to Get Published” March 19TBD March 26 Roberta & Bob Gibson Memorial Marine Scholarship Awards April 2 Mehdi Sarram, “Nuclear Waste Management and Climate Change”, Energy Security Consulting Group April 9  Prayer Luncheon, Donald Foulkes, Co-chair of POW Support group through Veterans Administration April 16 TBD April 23 Chris Robbins, Vallecitos Water District A Potential field trip to FFA is being planned – details forthcoming soon. Down the Road… March 5 Kiwanis event: IHOP National Pancake Day, raising money for Rady Children’s Hospital Friday Morning Meeting for Working Members–  Next month’s Friday morning meeting will be on March 8 at 7:15 am at IHOP – join us. Interclub – Kiwanis of Sunrise Vista Wed. March 13 at 7:00 AM, Mariscos Rancho Grande Restaurant 825 Williamston St, Vista, – contact Jim Murphy April 1110 am – 3 pm Our club is partnering with the Lake Church to sponsor the Red Cross bloodmobile at the Conference Center on La Bonita Drive April 12Key Club District Convention, Ontario, CA June 14:  Flag Retirement Ceremony. July 4: LSM Fourth of July. ————————- Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It – Jerry Mason KIwanis Meeting of 2-12-19 Lake San Marcos Kiwanis toured Palomar Medical Center on Feb. 12, 2019. Left: Bobette Brown gave us an overview of Palomar Medical Center at lunch at Coco’s. Then Mel Russell and Dan Farrow gave us a tour of the 11 floors 288-bed state-of-the-art hospital. The tour was set up by Tom Kumura who is one of the Directors on the Palomar Hospital Board.        . Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Field Trip to Palomar Medical Center  – Tuesday February 12, 2019 First Hand Look at our State-of-the-Art Hospital  Palomar Medical Center      Fellow Kiwanians (Attendance 13) – The Palomar Medical Center is our state-of-the-art 740,000 sq ft., 288-bed hospital. The 11-story hospital facility opened in 2012. The medical center features 44 emergency and trauma rooms and 11 operating rooms. In the future, the 56-acre campus will expand in phases – up to double its current size – to meet the developing needs of North San Diego County’s growing community. As one of the country’s largest hospital construction projects and the first new North County San Diego hospital in 30 years, the new campus has already captured the attention of health care professionals worldwide for its use of nature, light and space — all designed to speed healing. Among the natural features is our 1.5-acre green roof that sits atop the second floor, lush with drought-resistant vegetation with a beautiful view for south-facing patients. On Feb. 12, a group of Lake San Marcos Kiwanians first listened to Marketing Director Bobette Brown present an overview of Palomar Medical Center focusing on the free or low-cost health and welfare classes being offered through Palomar Health. “Palomar is the only Mayo Clinic-affiliated hospital in the county.  You can get a “second opinion” from a Mayo Clinic doctor through us,” she said.  “Our Emergency Department is the busiest ED in the county, approaching 110,000 patients this year” (that averages out to be 300 a day). “Our intake area is very large covering 22,000 acres of mostly highly populated territory.” Palomar Health offers excellent service in the following areas: Emergency Services, Trauma Center, Cardiology and Cardiac Treatment, Birth Center, Vascular Services, Neuroscience Services, Interventional Radiology Rehabilitation Services, Medical Oncology, GYN Oncology Surgery, and many others. “We have around 4,000 employees, 600 volunteers (Tom Kumura and Jerry Mason are volunteers at Palomar Health) and 900 affiliated positions,” she said. Then after lunch, 11 Kiwanians went on a short tour of Palomar Health conducted by Mel Russell, Chief of Nursing, and Dan Farrow, Administration.  Kiwanians who attended today: J. Alden, J. Mason, J. Lee, T. May. P. Haugen, M. Dutton, M. Harrington, D. Keller,  T. Kumura, J. Murphy, T. Colace, D. Shawler, and I. Acosta.  We are all very fortunate to have such an excellent health facility in our area – it is truly a light on the hill.                                                                                                                              —————–    Announcements Pancake Breakfast/Silent Auction Update  – Feb. 23, 2019 (St. Mark’s Church) – John Lee told us that pancake ticket sales are running behind sales at the same juncture last year (after 6 weeks last year we had sold around $10,000 in tickets, but this year so far we have around $6,400) John encouraged members to continue “hitting the pavement” on sales routes for pancake tickets and for our silent auction solicitations (Pat Haugen said we have over 100 items donated for the silent auction worth over $5,000) – This will be the 53rd Annual Pancake Breakfast this club has sponsored.  Funds raised go to support scholarships which we will present later in the Spring.                                                        The Pancake breakfast is in 11 days… ————— Child Sponsorship Plan –  Jim and Linda Alden and Jerry Mason –Two sponsored children (from World Vision and Compassion International) were recently selected   The World Vision child we are sponsoring is Mulusala who 5 years old living with his grandmother in a poor AIDS-stricken area in Uganda, Africa.  The Compassion International child we are also sponsoring is Faviola who is 4 years old from a poor area of Peru, South America.  More details will follow.  Thank you for helping our club Serve the Children of the World.                                                                                                               ——————————– Pres. Alden is working with Jim Trageserto find a new storage facility for Scout Pack 662. Nominating Committee headed by Jerry Masonis seeking club leadership candidates – Art Brown has accepted the nomination to be President-Elect for the upcoming 2019/2020 Kiwanis Year (elections in May). Stay tuned. 50/50 drawing– there were two drawings this meeting – Jim Murphy and Tony Colace both had winning tickets but they did not draw the joker which would have won the $591 big pot. ——————-   Regular Luncheon Meetings. Feb 19 – the next meeting will focus on preparing for the Pancake Breakfast & Silent Auction Feb. 23(no speaker) A Potential field trip to FFA is being planned – details forthcoming soon. Down the Road… Friday Morning Meeting for Working Members–  Next month’s Friday morning meeting will be on March 8 at 7:15 am at IHOP – join us. Feb 16(Sat.) – Mid-Year Conference South will be at the San Diego Marriott Mission Valley. Jim Alden, Pat Haugen, Ivan Gillis, and Margo Dutton will attend. Feb 19– Next Board meeting.    Feb 22(Friday):  Pancake Breakfast Set Up  Feb 23 (Saturday):  Pancake Breakfast (John Lee and Everyone) June 14:  Flag Retirement Ceremony. July 4: LSM Fourth of July. ————————- Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It – Jerry Mason

Kiwanis Meeting 2-5-19
 

Left: Lt Col. Michael Hays and Sgt. Major Yoman English spoke to us about what our special Marine unit, 1st ANGLICO does.

Right – Lt. Col Hays and his family (wife Ratchanee and girls, Amya, Kylie, and and Lana) at our Marine Christmas party Dec.14.

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Meeting  – Tuesday February 5, 2019

Our Own Special Marines – 1st ANGLICO Leaders – tell us about the very specialized job they do to keep us all safe.

Fellow Kiwanians (Attendance 36) – George Orwell said “People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”  

Our Kiwanis club has a special relationship with the 164 Marines (men and women) of the 1ST ANGLICO unit at Camp Pendleton.  They, along with the 190.000 US Marines worldwide, allow us to sleep peacefully because they are ready to go wherever they are needed.  “When the President dials 911, the Marine Corps answers.”

A.N.G.LI.CO stands for Air, Naval, Gunfire, Liaison Company which was activated in 1949 just prior to the Korean War.  Now there are 6 ANGLICO units (on both the east and west coasts, 3 active and 3 reserve).

      Today two leaders of the 1st ANGLICO Marines explained their complicated mission in providing air and naval gunfire liason support across the entire military spectrum worldwide. Their commander Lt. Col Michael Hays told us how they execute their complicated mission with a small but leadership-heavy unit.  “We partner with any and all U.S. fighting units to coordinate and synchronize firepower direction and execution for the entire U.S. Military. We are masters of execution of firepower, no one does it faster or better.  Our motto is “Not Many but Much.” said Col. Hays.

       “We are always training and always deployed,” said Col. Hays “At any given time around 25% of the Marines in our unit are scattered around the globe helping out where we are needed.  Nevertheless, not even most Marines know about us or about what we do.  After my talk today, you Kiwanians will know more than about 85% of our Marines about what we do. 

       Lt Col Hays has been with the Marines for 15 years, and Sgt Major English for 28 years. Both Col. Hays and Sgt Major English were very appreciative of what our club does for their Marine unit. “We cannot thank you enough for your constant support, we really are in debt to you for all you do for us,” said Hays.  Everyone of the 36 Kiwanians who were at the meeting felt the same about what 1ST ANGLICO and all the Marines do to support us. Thank you for coming to us Col. Hays and Sgt Major English, we sleep more soundly because you are there and ready – we look forward to more supportive liaisons in the future.      

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Announcements

• Pancake Breakfast/Silent Auction Update  – Feb. 23, 2019 (St. Mark’s Church) – John Lee told us that pancake ticket sales are running behind sales at the same juncture last year (after 5 weeks last year we had sold around $10,000 in tickets, but this year around $5,000) Possibly the untimely death of pancake leader George Dove and recent rains have inhibited sales.John encouraged members to continue “hitting the pavement” on sales routes for pancake tickets and for our silent auction solicitations – This will be the 53rd Annual Pancake Breakfast this club has sponsored.  Funds raised go to support scholarships which we will present later in the Spring.  The Pancake breakfast is in 18 days…

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• Child Sponsorship Plan –  Jim and Linda Alden and Jerry Mason informed us that we have exceeded our goal of raising an additional $500 (currently we have raised around $900 additional) for sponsorship of two children– one boy from Africa and one girl from South America.  Two sponsored children (from World Vision and Compassion International) were recently selected at President Alden’s home on Feb 2, 2019.  The World Vision child we are sponsoring is living with his grandmother in a poor AIDS-stricken area in Uganda, Africa.  The Compassion International child we are also sponsoring is from a poor area of Peru, South America.  Both children are 5 years old. The amount collected above our sponsorship expenses will be used for similar but as yet undetermined aide efforts for poor children of such areas. More details will follow.  Thank you for helping our club Serve the Children of the World.

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• Club Membership now at 51 – Newest members Steve Hinze (2nd from left) and John Gibbs (3rd from left)were inducted today.  Guests Gordon Bowers (guest of Les Hill) and Glenn and Kathy Tierney (guests of Elizabeth Burmeister) visited today and are considering joining us.  Welcome all. We are the “Flagship of the Fleet” in District 37.
• Pres. Alden notified us that District 37 has the highest number of new members and has awarded over $118,000 in scholarships district wide.
• Pres. Alden is working with Jim Trageserto find a new storage facility for Scout Pack 662.
• Nominating Committee headed by Jerry Masonis seeking club leadership candidates – Art Brown has accepted the nomination to be President Elect for the upcoming 2019/2020 Kiwanis Year (elections in May).Stay tuned.                                                                                                 —————-
• Key people this meeting: Greeters – Harvey and Joyce White, Mary Ann Brandreth, Invocation – Jim Alden – Song –John Lee and Don Alexander,  Collections – Ted May  Fine Master – Tom Curtis  50/50 Pot was $597 Jim Murphy had the winning ticket but we could not find the cards, so he will draw next week at Coco’s

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