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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• Remarkable Lady, Remarkable Life– Dorothy Coleman Remembered in Quail Call – For several years one of the most special aspects of our Kiwanis meetings was the piano styling of Dorothy Coleman.  Originally brought in by President Dottie Mortimer, Dorothy would often play for us and generally grace us with her wonderful presence prior to the beginning of our meetings.  We celebrated Dorothy’s 106th birthday at our club in early April of last year.  Dorothy was the oldest person in San Marcos. Recently Dorothy was unable to play for us. Two days after Christmas, on December 27, 2018 she passed away quietly at the age of 106 and 3/4. Her daughter and granddaughter were with her  She was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery alongside her late husband Lester.  It would come as no surprise to anyone if she is still playing for wonderful gatherings in her life beyond.

Regular Luncheon Meetings.

• Feb 12 Site Visit to Palomar Medical Center – no meeting at the St. Mark’s Country Club (our usual place) – meet at Coco’s Restaurant in Escondido – Lunch at Coco’s at 11:15 – Guided tour by Palomar leaders Diane Hansen and Sheila Brown  begins at 1 PM – Tom Kumura (who is on the Palomar board) has more details.
• 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 February 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 Meeting of 1-29-19 

Left: Book Club members: Kiwanians – Marty Gannon, Doris Gannon, Linda Alden, Our speakers Marsha Bryan, Adele Franco, and Joe

Bear.  Adele Franco, President of the Lake San Marcos Community Association, told us about book clubs in our community and was assisted by Marsha Bryan who helped start book clubs in our community several years ago.

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Meeting  – Tuesday, January 28, 2019

Adele Franco and Marsha Bryan give us an Overview of Book Clubs in the Lake San Marcos community

       Fellow Kiwanians (Attendance 35) – Both Adele Franco and Marsha Bryan are true book people.  Not only are they avid wide-ranging readers, but they have been helping other readers form book clubs in our community for several years.  Marsha started it all several years ago by setting up and organizing a meeting of people interested in book clubs, about 50 people attended. Now there are 20 different types of book clubs devouring and discussing books in our homes on a regular basis. “We have clubs in the morning, afternoon, and evening,” said “Della”.  Her club is eleven women and one man meet monthly in rotating homes.  Marty Gannon belongs to a men’s only book club.  Della, who once taught literature to junior high students, says “Books and book clubs expand our horizons and our viewpoints as well as teach us to be critical thinkers.  Participating in a book club allows members to grow in their ability to understand the messages of a wide range of authors who have perspectives which are often far afield from our own.”     

      Marsha Bryan told us how she was a catalyst for several of the book clubs that are now very active in our community.   Della related that one of her current favorite books is “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles.  It is about a Russian count who spends 32 years in house arrest in a Moscow hotel during the Bolshevik Revolution and Communist rise to power from 1922 – 1954.  “This book has it all; mystery, great writing, surprise twists and much more,” said Della.  “It is just an example of the great adventures we have in our book clubs.”  If you are interested in joining a book club in our area call Adele at 761-591-7655.  

Thank you Della and Marsha.  

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Christmas Parade “mistake” corrected. – During the awards part of the December San Marcos Christmas Parade, there was a “mix-up” of names that resulted in the presentation of a trophy to the wrong group.  Today, President Alden corrected that mistake – he presented the Kiwanis Trophy to Heidi Rassatt and her husband Greg for their entry of a Snoopy blow-up on a WW II Jeep.  Both Heidi and Greg are very active in the local historical society and helped organize the veteran’s celebration at Helen Bougher Park these past several years.  Come back to us again Heidi.

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 Announcements

• All Hands on Deck for Pancake Breakfast – Feb. 23, 2019 (St. Mark’s Church) – Jim Aldenencouraged members to continue “hitting the pavement” on sales routes for pancake tickets and for our silent auction solicitations – Sales routes for pancake tickets are still available. 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.  Overall, Ivan Gillis reports that we gave away 28 scholarships in total last year. Co-Chairs for Pancake Day are John Lee, Jim Murphy, Pat Haugen.  Placemat ads coordinator:  Cathleen Stevens; Silent Auction coordinator:  Ryan Stangl.

 

• Child Sponsorship Plan –  Jim Alden and Jerry Mason informed us that we have exceeded our goal of raising an additional $500 (currently at $590 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) will be selected at President Alden’s home on Saturday and presented to the club on Feb 5. For more details and if you wish to contribute contact Jerry Mason or Jim Alden.  This is one way our Kiwanis Club Serves the Children of the World.

• Club Membership now at 50 – Newest members John Gibbs and Steve Hinze (transfer from San Marcos club).Membership is everyone’s responsibility. We are still the “Flagship of the Fleet” in District 37.
• Linda Alden is taking over for Mike Rohde in coordinating Albertsons/Vons gift cards.
• Pres. Alden is working with Jim Trageserwith finding a new storage facility for Scout Pack 662.
• Nominating Committee headed by Jerry Masonis seeking club leadership candidates – more on this soon.

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• Key people this meeting: Greeters – Harvey White, Mary Ann Brandreth, and Clarke Vollbrecht, Invocation – Jim Alden – Song – Don Alexander,  Collections – Ted May  Fine Master – Don Keller  50/50 Pot  Jerry Mason had the winning ticket but he drew the Ace of Spades (Pres. Alden is considering an investigation into Jerry’s frequent winnings in this regard.)

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Regular Luncheon Meetings.

• Feb 5 – Lt. Col. Michael Hays – Commanding Officer, First ANGLICO U.S. Marines
• Feb 12 Site Visit to Palomar Medical Center – no meeting at the St. Mark’s Country Club (our usual place) – meet at Coco’s Restaurant in Escondido – Lunch at Coco’s at 11:30 – Guided tour of Palomar Medical Center begins at 1 PM – Tom Kumura
• Potential field trip to FFA is being planned – details forthcoming soon.
• The blood drive is being planned in conjunction with Lake Church for April 11, 2019 (10-3 Thur) – Lynn Effinger from Temecula club had this to say about the blood drive…”Donating blood is one of the most unselfish things a person can do. There is no money involved. You are simply giving of yourself in a very unselfish way and literally helping to save lives. While approximately 65% of Americans are healthy enough and qualified to donate blood, only about 4% of that number actually donate. Local blood banks have to collect hundreds of pints of blood each day to keep up with the demand for blood from the many hospitals they serve. Blood shortages are all too common. Please help your community by donating blood yourself and encourage others you know to do the same.”

Down the Road…

• Friday Morning Meeting for Working Members– About 6 from our club attended a meeting on Jan 11 – Next month’s Friday morning meeting will be on February 15 at 7:15 am at IHOP – join us.
• Feb 19– Next Board meeting.   
• Feb 22(Friday):  Pancake Breakfast Set Up  Feb 23 (Saturday):  Pancake Breakfast (John Lee and Everyone)
• Feb 16(Sat.) – Mid-Year Conference South San Diego Marriott Mission Valley. The Kiwanis Board will pay for up to 6 members to attend  – See Pat Haugen.
• June 14:  Flag Retirement Ceremony.
• July 4: LSM Fourth of July.

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

 Kiwanis Meeting of 1-15-19

 

Cynthia Tam, Native Americans in San Diego Area & Pancake Plans

       Fellow Kiwanians (Attendance 36) – Cynthia Tam knows and works with the native American tribes in the San Diego area. “I’ve been helping them with financial planning and other matters for 15 years.”  Cynthia, originally from Hong Kong, works with 19 federally-recognized tribes within a 50-mile radius of San Diego.

• 400 years of inequality – She outlined a long history of inequality that the tribes suffered through since the Juan Cabrillo made contact in 1542.  “At that time there were probably 20,000 members of the various tribes, now the population is only about one-tenth of what it was.”  The Reservation Act of 1891, the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 concerning sovereign rights and inherent powers of the remaining tribes, and the Indian Gaming Act of 1988 were the main positive highlights of Native American history in this area.

        Cynthia is currently working on her joint Master’s and Bachelor’s program at Harvard and is continuing to help the tribes of the area with their financial planning concerns.   Thank you, Cynthia, for your interesting overview of this little-known subject.  

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Guests – 4 members from the Temecula Kiwanis Club visited today. From left above: Ken Ray, Mark Ward, Lynn Effinger, and D.J. Baggett.  They have the only fundraising dog (right) in Kiwanis (an honorary member) a service dog named Kole who raises lots of money for Kiwanis. Their club membership is around 34 and meets at D.J. Baggett’s brewery in Murietta  – Thanks for coming, come back soon.

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Announcements

• All Hands on Deck for Pancake Breakfast – Feb. 23, 2019 (St. Mark’s Church) – John Lee encouraged members to begin “hitting the pavement” on sales routes for pancake tickets – Currently he has around $1900 from sales.  Sales routes are still available. This will be the 53rd Annual Pancake Breakfast this club has sponsored.  Funds raised go to support scholarships we will present later in the Spring.   Overall, Ivan Gillis reports that we gave away 28 scholarships in total last year.
• Silent Auction solicitations – John Lee and Jim Alden are encouraging us to begin our solicitations for silent auction donations for the pancake breakfast now. The Silent Auction was a big hit last year – Ryan Stangl is coordinating this aspect of the Pancake Breakfast this year.
• Smoke Alarm Program changing hands – After many years guiding this program, Tom Curtis and Gary Edwards are handing the smoke alarm check program over to John Lee and Ryan Stangl. Thanks for your continued service.
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• Child Sponsorship Plan –  Jim Alden and Jerry Mason explained our club’s plan to sponsor two children – one boy from Africa and one girl from South America. Funds ($500) for one child are already in the budget. Funds for the second child were solicited at this meeting. – Donations will be accepted through January. Two sponsored children will be selected soon. For more details and if you wish to contribute contact Jerry Mason or Jim Alden.  Kiwanis Serves the Children of the World.

• Club Membership holding at 50 – With the addition of newest member John Gibbs and transfer of Patti Manley from the San Marcos Club our current membership is 50.   Another prospective member Ling Chen Koong a Kiwanian from China who comes back to this area periodically is considering membership. We are still the “Flagship of the Fleet” in District 37.
  

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• Key people this meeting: Greeters – Jim and Linda Alden, Invocation – Jim Alden – Song – Don Alexander and John Lee,  Collections – Larry Guthrie  Fine Master – Margo Dutton  50/50 Pot was $540; Sylvia Spears (from Meridian) had the winning ticket but she drew the Ace of Clubs.

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• Upcoming Meetings – January/February 2019  
• Friday Morning Meeting for Working Members– About 6 from our club attended a meeting on Jan 11 – Next month’s Friday morning meeting will be on February 15 at 7:15 am at IHOP – join us.
• Board Meeting Held – A meeting of the Kiwanis Board was held after this meeting.  Highlights were:
• John Gibbs sponsored by Jim Alden was approved for membership (Welcome John Gibbs)
• Nominating Committee appointed: Jerry Mason (chair), Fred Folbrecht, Tom Kumura, Linda Alden, Ted May, and Tom Curtis, seeking 4 candidates – one immediately for the vacant President-Elect position…election scheduled for Feb 26 other three later in the year.
• Fundraising Committee will be co-chaired by Jim Alden and Ivan Gillis
• Co-Chairs for Pancake Day are:  John Lee, Jim Murphy, Pat Haugen.  Placemat ads coordinator:  Cathleen Stevens; Silent Auction coordinator:  Ryan Stangl

Next Board meeting Feb 19.    

Regular Luncheon Meetings.

• Jan 22– Terry Kaltenbach, USS Midway Docent
• Jan 29– Adele Franco, President, Lake San Marcos Community Association – Book Clubs and Books
• Feb 5 -Lt. Col. Michael Hays – Commanding Officer, First ANGLICO U.S. Marines
• Feb 12Site Visit to Palomar Medical Center – no meeting at the St. Mark’s Country Club (our usual place) – meet at Coco’s Restaurant in Escondido – Lunch at Coco’s at 11:30 – Guided tour of Palomar Medical Center begins at 1 PM – Tom Kumura
• Potential field trip to FFA is being planned – details forthcoming soon.
• Blood drive is being planned in conjunction with Lake Church for April 11, 2019 (10-3 Thur) – Lynn Effinger from Temecula club had this to say about the blood drive…”Donating blood is one of the most unselfish things a person can do. There is no money involved. You are simply giving of yourself in a very unselfish way and literally helping to save lives. While approximately 65% of Americans are healthy enough and qualified to donate blood, only about 4% of that number actually donate. Local blood banks have to collect hundreds of pints of blood each day to keep up with the demand for blood from the many hospitals they serve. Blood shortages are all too common. Please help your community by donating blood yourself and encourage others you know to do the same.”

Down the Road…

• Feb 22(Friday):  Pancake Breakfast Set Up  Feb 23 (Saturday):  Pancake Breakfast (John Lee and Everyone)
• Feb 16(Sat.) – Mid-Year Conference South San Diego Marriott Mission Valley. The Kiwanis Board will pay for up to 6 members to attend  – See Pat Haugen.
• June 14:  Flag Retirement Ceremony.
• July 4: LSM Fourth of July.

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

Lake San Marcos PANCAKE BREAKFAST & SILENT AUCTION

 Saturday, February 23, 2019   7am to 11am

Healy Hall, St. Mark’s Catholic Church, 1147 Discovery St, San Marcos

Tickets $7 in advance, $8 at the door.  Club members will be dropping by or

you can order tickets by calling: 925-348-3834 or email: LSMKiwanis@yahoo.com

If interested as a donor, please contact us now.

Charity Auction may include over 200 gift certificates from your favorite local merchants & Signature events: ● Disneyland, ● Knott’s Berry Farm ● Wheel of Fortune

• San Diego Padres ● USS Midway, Air & Space, Railroad Museum ● Botanical Garden
• Hornblower Cruises ● St Mark Golf ● Decoy Dockside Restaurant ● Lake Cruises
• Cohn Restaurants ● Broken Yolk ● Panda Garden ● Mr. Taco ● InNOut Burgers ● Vintana
• Dr Del ● Dr. Skay ● Home Depot ● Ralph’s ● Sprouts ●

The Breakfast is the largest social event at the Lake, for a great cause!

Proceeds fund scholarships for students from San Marcos and Mission Hills HS.

Find us at www.lsmkiwanis.org               The Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Club Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lake San Marcos PANCAKE BREAKFAST & SILENT AUCTION

 Saturday, February 23, 2019   7am to 11am

Healy Hall, St. Mark’s Catholic Church, 1147 Discovery St, San Marcos

Tickets $7 in advance, $8 at the door.  Club members will be dropping by or

you can order tickets by calling: 925-348-3834 or email: LSMKiwanis@yahoo.com

If interested as a donor, please contact us now.

Charity Auction may include over 200 gift certificates from your favorite local merchants & Signature events: ● Disneyland, ● Knott’s Berry Farm ● Wheel of Fortune

• San Diego Padres ● USS Midway, Air & Space, Railroad Museum ● Botanical Garden
• Hornblower Cruises ● St Mark Golf ● Decoy Dockside Restaurant ● Lake Cruises
• Cohn Restaurants ● Broken Yolk ● Panda Garden ● Mr. Taco ● InNOut Burgers ● Vintana
• Dr Del ● Dr. Skay ● Home Depot ● Ralph’s ● Sprouts ●

The Breakfast is the largest social event at the Lake, for a great cause!

Proceeds fund scholarships for students from San Marcos and Mission Hills HS.

Find us at www.lsmkiwanis.org               The Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Club Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity.

January 8, 2019 Meeting

Statement from President Jim Alden – “As most of you may already know George Dove passed away suddenly on Saturday, December 29, 2018. He was at Donner Lake with family and friend’s cross-country skiing, and apparently had a heart attack and was unable to be revived.  A memorial service is pending and scheduled to take place in the San Francisco Bay area in February or March when all family members can attend.  This was a great shock to all of us.  George was a wonderful man and he will be greatly missed. (George was 61).” ————- Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Meeting  – Tuesday, January 8, 2019 The tragic loss of a Great Man and Great Kiwanian – George Dove “C.O.P.P.S” show up in force at the first meeting in January        Fellow Kiwanians (Attendance 33) – The C.O.P.P.S. showed up in force at today’s meeting, not because we did anything illegal but to talk to us about things to be vigilant about in our community.  C.O.P.P.S is the San Marcos Sheriff’s Department unit responsible for “Community Oriented Police Problem Solving”.  Led by Deputy Gerardo Perez and Neighborhood Services Specialist Bebe Nares from the city of San Marcos, the C.O.P.P.S spoke to us about many things that are important to keep us safe these days.   They emphasized precautions such as: Lock your car and your doors (don’t leave keys or valuables in sight) Leave a Light on when you leave your home, windows locked. Notify neighbors when more than a short time. Report Suspicious Activity – Call the C.O.P.P.S – 858-565-5200  Be cautious about giving out personal information (online or at the door) Consider having a doorbell camera          They told us that Lake San Marcos is one of the lower crime rate areas around, but we still need to do what we can to keep it that way.  The five Sheriff Department Deputies from the C.O.P.P.S. unit who spoke to us were: (see photo above: from left – Adam Hipschen, James Santos, Aaron Ritt, Jason Allen, and Gerardo Perez).            Thank you, Deputies, for coming to us today and for helping keep our community safe.                                                                             ——————————– Guests John Gibbs and Lee Herzog of Lake San Marcos visited us today – they came in response to meeting Jim Murphy and other Kiwanians at the Lake San Marcos Club Fair Jan 5.  Welcome, John and Lee – Come back – Join Us!! —————–    Announcements All Hands on Deck for Pancake Breakfast – Feb. 23, 2019 (St. Mark’s Church) – Tickets were passed out at this meeting (10 per member).  Sales routes are being offered. Publicity includes an ad in the Quail Call and other media. John Lee graciously stepped back into leadership of the Pancake Breakfast (for Ticket sales) after the loss of the previous leader George Dove Thank you, John!– A special planning meeting for the pancake breakfast was held on Friday, January 4 – About 15 members are pulling together to make this yet another successful event.  This will be the 53rd Annual Pancake Breakfast this club has sponsored.  Funds raised go to support scholarships we present later in the Spring. Silent Auction solicitations – John Lee and Jim Alde are encouraging us to begin our solicitation for silent auction donations for the pancake breakfast now. The Silent Auction was a big hit last year – Ryan Stangl is coordinating this aspect of the Pancake Breakfast this year. Nominating Committee to Seek New President-Elect – President Alden notified members that soon the Kiwanis Board will form a nominating committee to seek a new President-Elect after the loss of George Dove.  This matter will be discussed at our upcoming board meeting Jan. 15 and an election will follow within the mandatory 60-day time frame. Child Sponsorship Plan to Be Implemented by LSM Kiwanis Soon.  Lake San Marcos Kiwanis has endorsed a plan to serve children of the world by sponsoring two international children through World Visionand Compassion International beginning soon.  One boy from Africa and one girl from South America will be selected in January. Funds ($500) for one child are already in the budget. Funds for the second child will come from member contributions in 2019. A special request will be presented to members at our Jan. 15 meeting. For more details and if you wish to contribute contact Jerry Mason or Jim Alden. —————- Key people this meeting: Greeters – Mary Ann Brandreth, Doris Gannon, Invocation – Jim Alden -Song – Don Alexander and John Lee,  Collections – Larry Guthrie  Fine Master –  Victor Manzanilla  50/50 Pot was $512; Jerry Mason had the winning ticket but he drew the 8 of Spades. ———— Upcoming Meetings – January 2019    Friday Morning Meeting for Working Members– Once a month our club will hold a Friday morning meeting at the International House of Pancakes for working members who have difficulty attending a mid-day luncheon when we regularly meet.  This month’s meeting will be on January 11 at 7:15 am at IHOP – join us. Regular Luncheon Meetings. Jan 15– Cynthia Tam – Financial Advisor and Harvard Student, “Advising Members of Indian Tribes and Their Families about Financial Matters and Personal Experiences” Jan 22– Terry Kaltenbach, USS Midway Docent Jan 29– Adele Franco, President, Lake San Marcos Community Association – Book Clubs and Books Potential field trips: to Palomar Hospital (early 2019 – Kumura) and FFA are in the works for next year. A blood drive is being planned in conjunction with Lake Church for April 2019 Down the Road… Feb 22(Friday):  Pancake Breakfast Set Up  Feb 23 (Saturday):  Pancake Breakfast (John Lee and Everyone) Feb 16–  District-wide Kiwanis event – Mid Year Conference South – Sat.Feb.16 – San Diego Marriott Mission Valley. June 14:  Flag Retirement Ceremony. July 4: LSM Fourth of July. ————————- Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It – Jerry Mason “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

14 young singers from the San Marcos Boys and Girls Club performed for us this last meeting of 2018.  From Boys and Girls Club (not by rows): Sofia Torres, Aaron Hernandez, Alicia Ortega, Alexsa Hernandez, Alyiah Cervantes, Sophie Coortes, Melanie Hernandez, Peyton Cresser, Cynthia Munoz, Alina Ramirez, Javian Vedol, Michelle Calixto.  Adults who support the group: Kim Belman, Roger Garcia, Abraham (photographer), Tish Murry CEO.  Janelle Wallace was also in the audience.  The six Kiwanians in the photo are Mary Harrington, George Dove, Mary Ann Brandreth, Jim Alden, Tish Murry, and Art Brown.  What a great way to end the year.
End of 2018 – Report of the LakeSanMarcosKiwanisMeeting  – Tuesday December 18, 20182018 Comes to a Close with Two Great EventsMarine Christmas – Dec. 14 and Boys and Girls Club Singers – Dec 18       Fellow Kiwanians (25 Kiwanians – 18 Boys and Girls Club) – The Boys and Girls Club of San Marcos serves around 500 kids a day from its base at 1 Positive Place in San Marcos.  “We serve more kids than any organization our size in this area,“ said Tish Murry CEO.  Tish told us that most of the kids served are not able to be in other after-school groups at their schools. “We believe in students teaching students and it works well,” she said.  Tish gave us an overview of the great work the Boys and Girl’s club does:       ● Over 3700 members served – most free (sponsored by a grant)       ● Average of 1,100 daily after-school attendance       ● Serves students from 22 nearby cities (most are, of course from San Marcos)       ● Operates from 13 site locations in the area       ● 187,672 snacks served this year       ● 4 students went to Boys and Girls Club in South Africa    
Kim Belman led the young singers (3rd grade and up) in several spirited renditions of Christmas carols. “Events like this are great for their confidence,” Kim said. Roger Garcia and their photographer (Abraham) came to support the event.  The group left to sing at McDonald’s as they embarked on their so-called “road tour.”      Tish invited all Kiwanians to a Christmas party Friday Dec 21 (begins at 4:30) at their HQ.   Our annual donation of $500 will contribute toward the costs of this party. . “Thank you so much for the long term support of Kiwanis for our work.” she said.        Thank you Boys and Girls Club for your service to kids in our community all year long.                                                                             ——————————–

Santa and Mariine families had a great night once again at our Marine Christmas party at Camp Pendleton.

Marine Christmas Party for First ANGLICO Families – As is our custom, Lake San Marcos Kiwanis and the First ANGLICO Marines joined forces for another spectacular Christmas event at Camp Pendleton on December 14 this year.  Over 150 Marines and their families had a great night of food, fun, and fellowship.  Santa (Gene Clare, this year) was a great hit for the kids who received several personalized gifts from Santa and Kiwanis and the LSM community.   Marine Commander Lt. Col. Michael Hays led the crowd in a standing ovation for the 11 Kiwanians who came to support the event this year.  Ivan Gillis, Pat Haugen, Mary Ann Brandreth, George and Barbara Dove, Jim Murphy, Jerry Mason, Larry Guthrie, Suzy Arneson, Irene Acosta, Mary Harrington, Don Keller all contributed mightily to this special event for Marine families.  An enlarged/clearer version of the photo montage above is attached to this e-mail.  Thanks to all who came over for this wonderful event again this year.

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             ● Ugly Sweater Kiwanians and Guest, Janelle Wallace, Director of Resource Development Boys and Girls Club. Sweater prize winners were : 1) Art Brown, 2) George Dove, 3) Gary Edwards.

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● Child Sponsorship Plan to Be Implemented by LSM Kiwanis in the New Year.  Lake San Marcos Kiwanis has endorsed a plan to serve children of the world. The International Outreach Committee (Mason, Alden, Dove, Kumura, Dutton) recently proposed a plan to sponsor two international children (through World Vision andCompassion International) next year.  The Kiwanis Board accepted that proposal for sponsorship of two children, one boy from Africa and one girl from South America whowill be chosen by the membership early in January. Funds ($500) for one child are already in the budget. Funds for the second child will come from member contributions in 2019. For more details and if you wish to contribute contact Jerry Mason or Jim Alden.  ——————-

Announcements

     ● Silent Auction solicitations can begin now – George Dove reminds us that solicitating silent auction donations for the pancake breakfast can begin now. The Silent Auction was a big hit last year bringing in around $6000 dollars from 200 items.

———          ● Key people this meeting: Greeters – George Dove and Marty Gannon,  Invocation – Jim Alden, Song –All,  Collections– Larry Guthrie Fine Master –  Art (Santa) Brown50/50 Potwas $485; Tony Colace had the winning ticket but he drew the 9 of Diamonds.

●  Upcoming Meetings –

          Tuesday Dec. 25.  No Meeting – Merry Christmas.  

                    Tuesday Jan 1 – No Meeting – Happy New Year!  

● January 2019 Meetings: —Tuesday Jan. 8. San Diego Sheriff’s Dept.  Jan 15 Cynthia Tam – Indian Country – Jan 22  Terry Kaltenbach, USS Midway Docent –  Jan 29  Adele Franco, President, LSM Community Association –

Potential field trips: to Palomar Hospital (early 2019 – Kumura) and FFA are in the works for next year.

Blood drive is being planned in conjunction with Lake Church for April 2019

● Friday Jan 4 – Pancake Breakfast Planning Meeting at George Dove’s Home – begins at 4:30 – tickets are printed and an article has been placed in the Quail Call. Linda Rich of LSM bought the first 4 tickets for a $500 donation (tickets are still $7 ea.)

● Jan 5 – Lake San Marcos Club Fair – 10:30 – 1:30 LSM conference room.

● Feb 22 (Friday):  Pancake Breakfast Set Up  Feb 23 (Saturday):  Pancake Breakfast (George)

● June 14:  Flag Retirement Ceremony.

● July 4:  LSM Fourth of July.

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

 

Four young musicians from the San Marcos Youth Strings played for us again this Christmas. Led by Andre Ricardo (16 – Violin) they inspired our members with virtuoso performances from such talented young people. Multi-talented Claire Lewis (15- piano & violin) started with a jaw-dropping rendition of Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F Minor. Then she picked up her violin and joined Andre and Eunna Song (11-Violin) and Yarisa Huerta (14-violin) to play several traditional Christmas songs.  What a special event to begin the Christmas season with Kiwanis.

       Fellow Kiwanians (40 attendance) – Earning one standing ovation from an “older” crowd is quite an achievement; but earning two standing ovations is over the top.That’s what the four young members of the San Marcos Youth Strings received from our members today when they played inspirational violin and piano pieces for us. It was truly a special event.  All who attended were very impressed by the incredible skill of these young prodigies (ages 11 to 16).  This isn’t the first time they played for us and it definitely will not be the last (President Alden asked them to be a regular feature on the last meeting before Christmas every year).

SMYS Background: Leader Andre Ricardo (16) established the San Marcos Youth Strings (SMYS) in 2017 building upon years of volunteer work done by the earlier version – San Marcos Youth Orchestra.  SMYS is an all-volunteer organization of about 21 youth and several supportive parents. The older musicians teach the younger ones. Andre is the President and Claire Lewis (15) is the Vice President. They have and will continue to perform in various venues in the community.  Today they started with an awesome virtuoso solo by Claire Lewis of Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F Minor.  Then the four violinists played 10 traditional Christmas carols for us.

 SMYS bio-sketches – ● Andre Ricardo (16) – At 16, Andre is a Junior at Classical Academy Online located in Escondido. Andre goes to workshops there twice a week. He began attending Palomar College Fall of 2017 and is studying Literature this semester. Next semester he will study Japanese. He also has 1.5 years of 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 has been their top fundraiser for four years, this year raising more than $2,300 which helps pay for scholarships for kids in need. Andre is a long-time member of the National Honor Society and besides running SMYS, he fulfills his community service by pulling in over 36 garbage bins for a dozen elderly neighbors every Monday. Currently, he has a paid gig recording with John Warren, who produces songs for Soundcloud. Andre is in the process of checking out 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. Andre plans to self-publish a children’s picture book this spring titled Loose Parts (about a robot that is coming apart).

         ● Claire Lewis (15) – Claire is currently taking music courses at Palomar College. But she already has an Associate of Science Degree from that school, being the youngest person to graduate from there at the age of 13. Since then she has worked as a tutor for Calculus classes at Palomar along with teaching piano and violin in private lessons at home. She recently played as lobby pianist at the California Center of the Arts. Claire has her sights set on becoming an orchestral conductor and is in the process of applying to music colleges around the US.  She has won numerous awards playing the piano, with the Musical Merit Foundation being her biggest win. Claire was awarded a $500 Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Club Scholarship in 2018. She plays violin in the Palomar College Symphony Orchestra and violin and Keyboard in the San Diego Civic Youth Orchestra. She also excels at the cello and guitar! She has been having fun conducting, arranging music, and teaching the kids how to play both the violin and cello. A past-time of Claire’s enjoys clogging with the Silverhawk Stompers (clogging is a type of vehement tap dancing)!

        ● Yarisa Huerta (14) – Yarisa is 14 and is a Freshman 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. She loves music! Fun fact: she takes violin and piano lessons from Claire.

       ● Eunna Song (11) – Eunna, the youngest of the four, is not even a teenager yet.  She 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 just recently made it into Advanced due to her focus, practice, and determination.

The San Marcos Youth Strings receives invaluable and loving support from parents such as Monique and Benny Ricardo and Simone De Bruyne (Claire’s mother) – Andre’s grandmother, Karen Noel was also in attendance from South Carolina.

The San Marcos Youth Strings will be holding more concerts in the Spring and Summer of next year and all Kiwanians will be invited. SMYS always accepts new and experienced kids 5-19 years of age, contact them at smysca@gmail.com. SMYS is free, kids just need to supply their own instrument and they can help them find one. Thank you so much, young musicians, for touching our hearts and ears this Christmas.                                                                                    ——————————–

Marine Lt Col Hays and his family pose with Santa at last year’s Marine Christmas.

Announcements –       

Marine Christmas Party for First Anglico families – Marine families are often far from home at Christmas, that is why Lake San Marcos puts on a special Christmas party for them every December.  This year’s party will be great fun just as it is every year – Santa, great food, presents for the kids and plenty of family fellowship awaits all who attend.  Friday December 14 @ 5:30 on base – A contingent from our club lead by Ivan Gillis is attending this event.  About $1000 was raised to support this event. More details next week.

    ● Interclub Friends from Sunrise Vista Kiwanis –  Four “wise men” came to visit us this meeting.  They were from the Sunrise Vista Kiwanis club (which has 34 members).  They were: Peter McHugh (with Kiwanis 20 years), Brad Wiscons (8 years), Raub Matthias (51 years), and Richard Muir (38 years).  Thanks for visiting us, you are truly “Wise Men.” 

Announcements

     ● President Alden announced that recently elected San Diego Co. Supervisor, Jim Desmond (outgoing San Marcos Mayor) will become an honorary member of our club – Jim has a long history of connection to Kiwanis….Welcome Jim.

● Silent Auction solicitations can begin now – George Dove reminded us that solicitating silent auction donations for the pancake breakfast can begin now. He passed out lists of the business that members contacted last year.  The Silent Auction was a big hit last year bringing in around $6000 dollars from 200 items.

●Health Matters; Tom Curtis is recovering from pnuemonia; Dick Birkenstock is able to get out a little bit – keep both these fine Kiwanians in your hearts and prayers this season.

● Child Sponsorship Proposal Accepted by Kiwanis Board. The International Outreach Committee (Mason, Alden, Dove, Kumura, Dutton) proposed a plan to sponsor two international children (through World Vision and Compassion International) next year.  The Kiwanis Board accepted that proposal on Tuesday. Initially $500 will be allocated from our Foundation for the sponsorship of one of the children and an additional $500 for sponsorship of the other child will come from donations solicited from the members. One boy from Africa and one girl from South America will be chosen by the membership early in January. For more details see Jerry Mason or Jim Alden. Kiwanis serves the children of the world.

     ●  Kiwanis Board votes to continue sponsorship of San Marcos Parade next year –  The recent San Marcos Christmas parade on Dec. 2, was the Lake San Marcos Club’s first experience in supporting this event. Previously the parade was sponsored by the San Marcos Kiwanis Club for many years, but recently they merged in to our club.  Today the LSM Kiwanis Board voted to continue sponsorship of the San Marcos Christmas Parade and is planning to make it an even greater event in Christmas 2019.

     ● Other Items of business: Theboard discussed updating our website, the Lake San Marcos job Fair Jan 5, and a potential cooperative blood drive in 2019.

     ● Key people this meeting: Greeters – George Dove and Mary Ann Brandreth,  Invocation – Jim Alden, Song – Don Alexander and John Lee,  Collections– Larry Guthrie  Fine Master –  Ivan Gillis  50/50 Pot was $470; Don Shawler had the winning ticket but he drew the 8 of clubs.

●  Upcoming Meetings –Dec. 18.  Tish Murry, CEO, Girls and Boys Club of San Marcos speaking on current and future activities of the club. – This will be our last meeting of the 2018 year – wear red or green or ugliest sweater you can find.

          Tuesday Dec. 25.  No Meeting – Merry Christmas.  

                    Tuesday Jan 1 – No Meeting – Happy New Year!  

 First Meeting in January 2019—-Tuesday Jan. 8. (someone from San Diego Sheriff’s Dept)

● Dec 14 (Friday – 5:30): Marine Christmas Party (Ivan) (rendevous at St Mark’s parking lot at 4 pm)

● Feb 22 (Friday):  Pancake Breakfast Set Up  Feb 23 (Saturday):  Pancake Breakfast (George)

● June 14:  Flag Retirement Ceremony.

● July 4:  LSM Fourth of July.

From other clubs: Dec 15 – Waves of Appreciation for returning servicemen at the airport (Dec. 15 Kiwanis times – 2 shifts

10-2, or 2-6 are still available – interested? contact President Alden);

Dec 24 Christmas Decorating at Ronald McDonald House at Rady Children’s Hospital.

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Visiting grandma Karen Noel from South Carolina had this observation for us Kiwanians.  “This is the second time I have been with your club, and it is so wonderful to me to see how much fun you have as seniors.” (Karen is in her 80’s) See it shows and it matters.

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

Glen Winn and daughter-in-law Anna Winn. Anna, a Deputy District Attorney for San Diego, spoke about Fraud Targeting Seniors.  Basically, she let us know about the devious and crafty ways crooks try to scam us – Great presentation!  Also notice the photo – Anna’s father-in-law (Glen), son (Marty), and husband (Scott) were all in the Kiwanis Christmas Parade on Dec. 2, 2018.Report of the LakeSanMarcosKiwanisMeeting  – Tuesday December 4, 2018Anna Winn – Fraud That Targets Seniors  Report on San Marcos Kiwanis Christmas Parade        Fellow Kiwanians (34 attendance) -Good speakers draw larger than average crowds.  Such was the case for today’s speaker, Anna Winn, Deputy District Attorney for San Diego County – in charge of economic crimes (fraud).  Her topic was “Fraud Targeting Seniors”.  Anna is a 25 year veteran attorney who loves her specialty.  “If they’re gonna try to steal your money, they’re gonna hear from me,” she said.  Anna is the daughter-in-law of Glen and Rosemarie Winn.  Anna and husband, Scott, are also parents of three.      Here are the highlights of her very informative and helpful presentation:● E-Mail Scams– There are many out there – watch out for e-mails using ALL CAPS or partial credit card numbers.  If a bank or the IRS wants to get ahold of you they will not be using e-mail.  Be skeptical of “urgent” requests using partial or deceitful logos asking you to send your identification, credit, or banking information. They are phishing to scam you.● ATM Scams – Crooks create and illegally install ATM skimming devices to common ATM machines (such as at gas stations and even some bank outlets) – These devices video the transaction and capture your banking and credit information over the top of the official ATM machinery.  Avoid using ATM cards at gas pumps as skimmers are often placed in gas pumps to capture your account information. It is best to pay cash at gas stations or use credit card, not your ATM card, if you are paying at the pump.● Making Fake Cards and Identification –  These crooks are very devious – they can make fake checks, make false credit cards (using a white card printer), make fake driver’s licenses, open fake accounts in your name for their benefit, get bank loans in your name that you don’t know about, tap into your tax returns, get I-phones and activate them in your name, even get a job using your social security number.  Use debit or cash cards only to get actual cash.
● Grandparent Scams –  A common scam is an e-mail or phone request to an elderly person with a plea from someone who claims to be a grandchild or loved one who needs funds wired urgently to help them get out of a predicament far away.  Our guest Sarah Benson said this happened to her parents, but fortunately the bank teller alerted them before the wire transfer was completed.● Devious People work the Leading Edge of Technology to Deceive People – Such fraud is more wide spread and common than many realize. Way too much personal information about you can be bought on the dark web.  “It can be demoralizing and very hard to grasp, but when it happens to you or someone close to you it hits you hard,” said Anna. “It is common that crooks like this have many weapons to harm you in their arsenals.  Banks will work with you, if you let them know the moment you suspect a scam.  The best way to fight them is through being aware of their wiles and not be caught napping.”Thank you – Anna for being on our side in this battle.   Come back to visit us when you can – you are a true crime fighter.  – contact Anna atAnna.Winn@SDCDA.org.——————————-

      Kiwanis San Marcos Christmas Parade – Dec 2, 2018 – around 1,000 people were in the parade.  Our speaker today, Anna Winn, was there watching her son Marty (as Robin) and her husband Scott (as Batman) (see photo above) – Anna’s father-in-law Kiwanian Glen Winn was in his usual “Captain Book” attire helping hand out from 2,500 – 3,000 free books to kids along the route.    San Marcos Kiwanis Christmas ParadeInvolves nearly 1,000       ● Cast of 1,000 marches in the 23rd Annual San Marcos Christmas Parade – For the 23rd season, people on Mission Street from Palomar College to the Civic Center saw one very special locally-driven holiday parade.  “There were just short of 1,000 participants,” said lead organizer Carrie Clevers.  People by category: ● 211 children, ● 530 teens, ● 250 adults,  (horses not included).  There were three bands:San Marcos High Knights (250 strong) is the largest band in our county; Mission Hills band, and the UCR Pipe Band from Riverside.  There were several floats and many specially decked out cars. The theme was “A Super Hero Holiday.” Our own Lt Gov. Jim Dorschel and his wife Penny (with their granddaughter Eleanor) road on a special car. Trophies were presented by President Alden to all the winners in several categories.  Once again, Glen Winn played Captain Book who, working with Darwin Bustardi and several Key Clubbers passed out between 2,500 to 3,000 books for free (funds were obtained from two grants).         The following Kiwanians actively contributed to make the parade a success: Clevers, Alden (Jim & Linda), Dove, Mason, Haugen, Bustardi, Dutton, Acosta, Gillis, Edwards, Murphy, Lee, Trageser, Vollbrecht, Winn, Stevens. Our speaker today, Anna Winn had three from her family in the parade, the Batman duo of her husband and son won the Mayor’s trophy (see photo)“I have seen several of these parades and I think this year’s was one of the best ever,” she said.  Lt. Gov. Dorschel sent similar kudos to President Alden. This is just another new way that Lake San Marcos Kiwanis serves the people of the community.  (President Alden said a reflection meeting on the parade will be scheduled in the coming weeks). Way to go all!                                                                         ——————————–Announcements –

        Marine Christmas Party for First Anglico families – Marine families are often far from home at Christmas, that is why Lake San Marcos puts on a special Christmas party for them every December.  This year’s party will be great fun just as it is every year – Santa, great food, presents for the kids and plenty of family fellowship awaits all who attend.  Friday December 14 @ 5:30 on base (If you want to go, contact Ivan Gillis). Donations gladly accepted to help Santa reach Marine kids and their families.  Don Keller announced that Bob Algeo will once again be Santa, Ho, Ho, Ho.

New an Honorary Faces – Shirley Holte from Las Brisas Community and Sarah Benson of Senior Well Being in San Marcos.  Elizabeth Burmeister our new “Honorary Member”

● New and Honorary Faces –  Two new faces were seen at today’s meeting: ● Sarah Benson – Executive Director for Senior Well Being Foundation of San Marcos (came to hear the speaker)●  Shirley Holte – newsletter editor for Las Brisas Pacific Community – wanted to report on the topic.   Welcome both of you – come back often. 

        Longtime Kiwanian Elizabeth Burmeister made Honorary Member – President Alden presented Elizabeth Burmeister of Carlsbad with a special “Honorary Member” status from our club.  (When told of the award, she said “At first I thought you were saying “Ornery” member). Elizabeth had been with our club for since 2012, her late husband Geoerge was a Kiwanian for a whopping 62 years.   You are welcome anytime Elizabeth.

President Alden announced that recently elected SD Co. Supervisor, Jim Desmond (outgoing San Marcos Mayor) will become an honorary member of our club – Jim has a long history of connection to Kiwanis….Welcome Jim.

● Silent Auction solicitations can begin now – George Dove reminded us that solicitating silent auction donations for the pancake breakfast can begin now.  “I will be getting out a list of businesses and more information soon, but you can begin solicitiations of those businesses you contacted last year,” he said.  The Silent Auction was a big hit last year bringing in around $6000 dollars from 200 items.

●Health Matters; Tom Curtis needs about 3 weeks of rest to recover from pnuemonia; Dick Birkenstock is able to get out a little bit – keep both these fine Kiwanians in your hearts and prayers this season. Al Bomberg will try to make it to a meeting this month.

● International Outreach Committee (Mason, Alden, Dove, Kumura, Dutton) isdeveloping a proposal to sponsor two international children (through World Vision and Compassion International) next year.  The committee will present their proposal at the December board meeting.  Kiwanis serves the children of the world.

      ● Key people this meeting: Greeters – Victor Manzanilla and Jim Alden,  Invocation – Jim Alden, Song – Don Alexander and John Lee,  Collections– Larry Guthrie  Fine Master –  Art Brown  50/50 Pot was $450; Marty Gannon got the winning ticket but he drew the 4 of diamonds.

●  Upcoming Meetings –Dec. 11 – San Marcos Youth Strings Orchestra (will play Christmas favorites).

Dec. 18.  Tish Murry, CEO, Girls and Boys Club of San Marcos speaking on current and future activities of the club.

          Tuesday Dec. 25.  No Meeting – Merry Christmas.  

                    Tuesday Jan 1 – No Meeting – Happy New Year!  

 First Meeting in January 2019—-Tuesday Jan. 8.

● Saturday, Dec 8 Boys & Girls Club gift exchange for families who could use help.  Let Pat know if you want to participate in the Adopt a Family program, or go to this website to sign up https://www.boysgirlsclubsm.org/adopt-a-family

Tish also told us about the upcoming Boys and Girls Club Pancake breakfast fundraiser on December 11 from 6 am to 11 AM – Cost $7 per ticket.

● Dec 14 (Friday – 5:30): Marine Christmas Party (Ivan) 

● Feb 22 (Friday):  Pancake Breakfast Set Up  Feb 23 (Saturday):  Pancake Breakfast (George)

● June 14:  Flag Retirement Ceremony.

● July 4:  LSM Fourth of July.

From other clubs: Dec 15 – Waves of Appreciation for returning servicemen at the airport (Dec. 15 Kiwanis times – 2 shifts

10-2, or 2-6 are still available – interested? contact President Alden);

Dec 24 Christmas Decorating at Ronald McDonald House at Rady Children’s Hospital.

KIwanis Meeting 10-23-2018 Report

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Photo1:  Daniel Tevrizian, DDS, program speaker Photo 2: newest member, Jim Eighmey Photo 3: Three Kiwanians:  Jim Trageser, George Dove and Pat Haugen (not in photo) along with 3 from Palomar College Circle K:  Catherine (pictured above), Daniel Preciado and Daniel, manned the Washer Toss game booth at Richland Elementary’s Halloween Carnival October 18th.   Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Meeting  – Tuesday October 23, 2018   Dr. Daniel Tevrizian talked about the changes that have occurred in dentistry since he graduated from USC in 1974.             Fellow Kiwanians (2 attendance) – “Dentistry is difficult, mental, stressful, but people make the difference, both positively and negatively,” said Dr. Tevrizian as he told us about the changes that he has seen over the years. The cost of dental school is now $250,000 for tuition and living expenses.  3-D printers costing $130,000 can make crowns.   Composite fillings can be made in any color. Some dentists are branching out in new directions, for example, sleep dentistry and botox injections for cosmetic reasons. Jim Eighmey (sponsored by Darwin Bustarde) was inducted (see photo above with George and Jim A.).  Jim E. teaches Anthropology at Palomar College, he lives near Discovery Elementary School, and is the outgoing Scoutmaster of Troop 709.  His hobbies are everything outdoors.   Announcements – ● Kiwanis Information meeting at Meridian set for Nov. 15, @1:30 – Jerry Mason and Sherrie Renee of the Meridian announced that the Meridian Care Center will hold an informal information session for prospective Kiwanis members on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 1:30.  A few Kiwanians will give guests at Meridian an overview of Kiwanis and our club.  Wine and light snacks will be served.  (contact Jerry Mason or Jim Murphy) ● Key people this meeting: Greeter – Gary Edwards and George Dove, Invocation – Les Hill, Song – Don Alexander & John Lee Lunch Collection – Ted May,  Fine Master –  Dick Skay.  50/50 Pot was $355 – Jim Eighmey got the winning ticket – drew the Jack of diamonds.  ● Health concerns – Dick Birkenstock and Tish Murry (Tish is scheduled for back surgery) ●   Kiwanians are invited to the First ANGLICO Marine Ball at the Queen Mary in Long Beach Nov. 15 – (contact Ivan Gillis for details)   ●  Upcoming Meetings –  Oct 30 –   Carrie Clevers, Planning for the San Marcos Holiday Parade, and Halloween costumes.  Nov. 6, Dennis Asti, Manager of Construction and Facilities Planning, Palomar College.  Current and Future Plans for Palomar College Expansion.  Nov. 13, Jim Dorschel, Lt. Gov of Kiwanis Division 37.  Nov. 20, NO MEETING, Nov. 27, Jim Alves, SMHS Future Farmers of America, Floral Arrangements ●  Looking Ahead –  Nov 15 (1:30) – Kiwanis Program at the Meridian  Dec 2 (Sunday):  San Marcos Holiday Parade (Darwin) – Dec 14 5:30 (Friday): Marine Christmas Party (Ivan)  March 26  Marine Scholarship Awards Meeting Feb 22 (Friday):  Pancake Breakfast Set Up,  Feb 23 (Saturday):  Pancake Breakfast (George)  June 14:  Flag Retirement Ceremony.   July 4:  LSM Fourth of July.   —————————- Kiwanis, Live It, Love It, Share It – Pat Haugen

Kiwanis Meeting of 10-16-18

 

Battalion Chief David Pender of the San Marcos Fire Department presented a comprehensive overview of what they

do to deal with the emergencies we face here — wildfire, earthquakes, flood, power outages, and terrorism as well as

responding to about 11,500 calls for help this year.

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Meeting  – Tuesday October 16, 2018

    David Pender – Battalion Chief, San Marcos Fire Department

      Fellow Kiwanians (27 attendance) – “Anytime people can’t figure out who to call, they call us,” said Battalion Chief David Pender as he told us all about how the San Marcos Fire Department is the go-to organization for emergencies around here.  “The main type of emergencies we deal with are wildfires but we are prepared for all other types of risks such as earthquakes, floods, power outages, and even terrorism,” he said.  Chief Pender told us they are probably going to get a record number of calls this year – 11,500.  When he started with the fire department 18 years ago, they handled around 3,000 calls a year.

         “Under our automatic mutual aid agreement with other emergency response organizations, the first question is not who’s jurisdiction the specific issue is, but rather who can get there the quickest.”  “We are part of an effictive response team.”  Chief Pender told us their fire response area covers 33 square miles, containing around 95,000 residents.   They have just over 100 professionals involved handling emergencies from four fire stations; “What’smore,  a study says that two more new stations are needed. “Our mission is to provide the highest level of customer service by protecting life, property and our environment.” “You will never find a fire station unstaffed.”  Chief Pender and your Fire Fighters thank you for being there for all of us.

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      Decisions – Decisions – LSM Kiwanis Board Meets

(Left) Our monthly board meeting was held after this meeting  – New President Jim Alden presided over the first meeting of his new Kiwanis Board.   – The newly elected board met after this meeting to consider several types of decisions including the budget, programs, and committee assignments for the coming year.  For more information contact a board member: Clockwise from left – President – Jim Alden, Secretary – Pat Haugen, Treasurer – Jacque McGee (filling in for Treasurer Margo Dutton), Director (into 2019) – Jim Murphy, Immediate Past President – Tom Kumura, President Elect – George Dove, Director (into 2020) – Ivan Gillis, and Director (in to 2020) Mary Harrington. Director (into 2019) – Jerry Mason not in picture – I was taking it.(Right) New Members Glen Winn and Darwin Bustarde are welcomed at a new alternative venue meeting (Friday morning at IHOP from 7:15 – 8:30).  This additional meeting will provide a meeting option for those who cannot make it to our Tuesday luncheon meetings.  Meetings will be held on the second Friday of every month.  Format is casual.

• Membership Report– Membership is everyone’s job and lately membership numbers have been on the rise.  The club lost 5 members at the end of the Kiwanis year (Zimnovodski, Terry, Humbert, Austin, and Payne) but at the same time gained 3 members earlier (Colace, Rohde, and Stangl) and In early October Linda Alden was inducted as a member followed by four members from San Marcos Club:  (Bustarde, Winn, Trageser, and Vollbrecht).  Approved as new members at yesterday’s board meeting: Jim Eighmey and Irene Acosta.”  This brings our total membership up to a nice even 50 strong members.

 

Announcements –

• Kiwanis Information meeting at Meridian set for Nov. 15, @1:30 –Jerry Mason and Sherrie Renee of the Meridian announced that the Meridian Care Center will hold an informal information session for prospective Kiwanis members on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 1:30. A few Kiwanians will give guests at Meridian an overview of Kiwanis and our club.  Wine and light snacks will be served.  (contact Jerry Mason or Jim Murphy)
• Key people this meeting: Greeter – Victor Manzanilla and Marie Purdy,  Invocation– Ted May, Song – Don Alexander

Collections – Ted May  Fine Master –  Ronique Nilson.  50/50 Pot was $332 – Linda Alden got the winning ticket – drew the 7 of clubs.

• Health concerns– Dick Birkenstock and Jim Alden (Jim wore a back brace today – “no BLT “Bending, Lifting, or Twisting” for 3 months, he had successful back surgery recently.
•  Kiwanians are invited to the First Anglico Marine Ball at Queen Mary in Long Beach Nov. 15 – (contact Ivan Gillis for details)
• Jim Trageser (760-522-0265) is seeking volunteers (in addition to Pat and George) to help at a Halloween Carnival booth (corn hole game) at Richland Elementary on Saturday, Oct 20, from 10 to 4; need help from 1 to 4 pm. 
• Upcoming Meetings –  Oct 23 –  Dr Daniel Tvevisian, DDS, Trends in Modern Dentistry,  Oct 30  Carrie Clevers, Planning for the San Marcos Holiday Parade and Halloween costumes.  Nov. 6, Dennis Asti, Manager of Construction and Facilities Planning,  Palomar College.  Current and Future Plans for Palomar College Expansion.

Note: Next meeting (Oct 23) IS at our Regular meeting place – not at the Lakehouse as originally announced. 

• Looking Ahead –  Nov 15 (1:30) – Kiwanis Program at the Meridian – Dec 2 (Sunday):  San Marcos Christmas Parade (Darwin) –

Dec 14 5:30 (Friday): Marine Christmas Party (Ivan)  Feb 22 (Friday):  Pancake Breakfast Set Up  Feb 23 (Saturday):  Pancake Breakfast (George) June 14:  Flag Retirement Ceremony.  July 4:  LSM Fourth of July.

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

Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Meeting of 10-9-18

Ronique Nilson teaches how to carve roses from watermelons. At the last pancake breakfast, we sold three fruit carving classes. Ronique completed the first one on February 9th (on the left) and the second one on October 6th (on the right).  Carve on, Ronique!

Announcements –

• • Kiwanis Information meeting at Meridian set for Nov. 15, @1:30 –Jerry Mason announced that the Meridian Care Center will hold an informal information session for prospective Kiwanis members on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 1:30.  A few Kiwanians will give guests at Meridian an overview of Kiwanis and our club.  Wine and light snacks will be served.

 

• • Key people this meeting: Greeter – Victor Manzanilla and George Dove,  Invocation– Mary Harrington, Song – John Lee  & Don Alexander, Collections – Larry Guthrie  Fine Master –  Ivan Gillis.  50/50 Pot was $315; Don Shawler got the winning ticket but he drew the 2 of clubs.

 

• • Health concerns– Dick Birkenstock and Jim Alden (Jim had successful back surgery recently; he is now in the GlenBrooke Rehab center in La Costa (give him a call 626-993-8144), Jim plans on being back with us next meeting.  

 

• • Upcoming Meetings –  Oct 16 – San Marcos Fire Department Battalion Chief David Pender, Fire Prevention and Safety,                     Oct 23 –  Dr Daniel Terrizian, DDS, Trends in Modern Dentistry,  Oct 30  Carrie Clevers, Planning for the San Marcos Holiday Parade.

 

• • Our monthly board meeting will be held Oct. 16 after the meeting.

 

• Looking Ahead –  Nov 15 – Kiwanis Program at the Meridian – Dec 2 (Sunday):  San Marcos Christmas Parade (Darwin) – Dec 14 (Friday): Marine Christmas Party (Ivan)  Feb 22 (Friday):  Pancake Breakfast Set Up  Feb 23 (Saturday):  Pancake Breakfast (George) June 14:  Flag Retirement Ceremony.  July 4:  LSM Fourth of July.

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

Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Meeting of 10-2-18

(Left) New member Linda Alden (Jim’s wife for 41 years) and New President Jim Alden both shared the stage today.

Linda became a new member and Jim a new President.  Jim presented his hopes and plans for our Kiwanis Club for 2018-2019.

(Right) The survey results dealing with areas for improvement.

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Meeting  – Tuesday October 2, 2018

New President Jim Alden Lays Out His Outlook for Next Kiwanis Year

      Fellow Kiwanians (32 attendance) – Since this meeting was the first meeting of our new Kiwanis Year (2018-2019) it is fitting that New President Jim Alden started us off with an overview of his goals and plans for our club for the coming twelve months.  “We have listened to ideas from the membership and now we are moving forward with a holistic plan of both new and ongoing activities for the year,” he said.  “Our plates are pretty full with the integration of new members from the San Marcos club and some of their ongoing programs plus the new ideas traditional good works we have been doing,” he said.  “However, I hope all members will do what you can to make this plan a reality in the coming year. We will work carefully but energetically to integrate the new and the old to do what makes us the “Flagship of the fleet” in Kiwanis in this area.”

President Alden first presented both an overview of Kiwanis history, Kiwanis globally, and the benefits of membership.  He spent the second half of his presentation on the results of the member survey (assist from George Dove) and his holistic plan for the upcoming Kiwanis year.  (The entire presentation is attached as a PDF).  Here are a few of the highlights:

• Kiwanis Around the World – Each year, Kiwanis clubs around the world: ● Sponsor nearly 150,000 service projects, ● Devote more than 18.5 million hours to service, ● Raise more than $100 million for charitable causes.
• President Alden’s Personal Goals for Kiwanis This Year – 
• 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 increase membership ●To build upon the good works of past presidents, ● To have fun.

• New Proposals for Coming Year – ● Consider past approaches as well as new ideas (such as):

1. Guest Day! 2. Support monthly Friday morning meeting with San Marcos Club 3. Quarterly socials (such as our recent Italian dinner): and Events in the evening to foster additional camaraderie and invite prospective new members 4. Support Christmas Parade (from San Marcos club) 5. Have an International Outreach program (sponsored children and maybe support a credible aide program outside the USA). 6. Sponsor a Boy Scout Club 7. Increase visibility in social media and other local media 8. Take some pressure off of pancake breakfast being our main/only fundraiser. 9. Increase collaboration with FFA (consider fundraiser). 10. have a year-end fundraising mailing to Lake San Marcos residents only. There were more…read the PDF.

• What Jim Hopes Each Member will do – ●Attend club meetings, ● Participate in service and fundraising projects. ● Attend division council meetings ● Participate in inter-club meetings ● Serve on committees ● Run for office ● Spread the word about Kiwanis.  Remember – Membership is Every Members Job!!!

• Our #1 Strength: Our members’ talents/experience,●Our hard-working volunteers.
• Our #1 Risk: Loss of members; aging out. We must recruit members, especially younger ones.

“We really enjoy the meetings, speakers, scholarships, and Marine Christmas party, and strongly want to  support the community to the best of our abilities!”

“Being in Kiwanis is about giving back in many ways,” said Alden. “I am eager to work alongside each of you as we continue and expand our excellent service to people around the corner and around the world.”

       Jim’s plan will be discussed and voted upon at the monthly Kiwanis Board Meeting (moved back to Oct 16 because of Jim’s surgery Oct 3)– Get well soon Jim. 

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(left) New Members Clarke Vollbrecht, Jim Trageser, and Linda Alden (Right) New faces (guests mainly) – Irene Acosta, Jim Dove, Jonathan Burrough and colleague Launa Cornell of Meridian.  Launa is a member – Jonathan played professional football for 3 years with the Baltimore Ravens (Tight End). Welcome members and prospective members…join in our service and fun.

Announcements –

• • New Members welcomed: Jim Trageserand Clarke Vollbrecht from San Marcos Kiwanis and Linda Alden (Jim Alden’s wife) were were welcomed as new members.  Glen Winn and Darwin Bustarde will be joining soon – Francee Colace will be joining as an associate member.

 

• • Guests welcomed: Irene Acostafrom Lake San Marcos (friend of Jerry Mason) – Jim Eighmey (friend of Jim Trageser-not in picture) –  Jim Dove(George Dove’s brother from the Bay area) – Jonathan Burrough (colleague of Launa Cornell of the Meridian) – Jonathan lives in San Marcos. (Irene and Jim are considering joining and so is Jonathan.) We love New Faces in Kiwanis…keep coming back – better yet join us.

 

• • Key people this meeting: Greeter – Mary Ann Brandreth and George Dove,  Invocation– Jerry Mason, Song – John Lee   Collections – Larry Guthrie  Fine Master –  Art Brown.  50/50 Pot was $298; Art Brown got the winning ticket but he drew the 8 of hearts.

 

• • Health concerns– Dick Birkenstock and Jim Alden (Jim has a herniated disk in his lower back, he will have surgery – “Cervical laminectomy” to remove and reconstruct that disk Oct 3 – he expects to spend 3 days in hospital and about 2 days in rehab before returning home – George Dove will step up next week to officiate at the meeting.  Jim hopes to be back at our Oct 16 meeting. We should be remembering both Dick and Jim in our thoughts and prayers.   

 

• • Upcoming Meetings –  Oct 9 – Victor Graham, The League of Amazing Programmers,  Oct 16 – San Marcos Fire Department Battalion Chief David Pender, Fire Prevention and Safety,  Oct 23 – Dr Daniel Terrizian, DDS, Trends in Modern Dentistry,  Oct 30  Halloween Party, Ancient Origins of Halloween.

 

• Looking Ahead –  Dec 2 (Sunday):  San Marcos Christmas Parade (Darwin) – ??Dec 14 (Friday): Marine Christmas Party (Ivan)  Feb 22 (Friday):  Pancake Breakfast Set Up  Feb 23 (Saturday):  Pancake Breakfast (George) June 14:  Flag Retirement Ceremony.  July 4:  LSM Fourth of July.

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

Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Meeting of 9-25-18

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Meeting  – Tuesday August 28, 2018

Darwin Bustarde of San Marcos Kiwanis, and

The Jim/George Next Year Planning Survey with Crazy Hats

      Fellow Kiwanians (23 attendance) – The Lake San Marcos Kiwanis helped sponsor the San Marcos Kiwanis Club that meets for breakfasts weekly in another part of the city.  Lately the San Marcos Club has seen a rather drastic decline in members.  “There are only about five of us left,” said Darwin Bustarde San Marcos Kiwanis President.  Darwin lives in San Elijo. 

     Darwin told us about what the club has done over the years.  San Marcos Kiwanis projects include  ● The annual San Marcos Christmas Parade which occurs on the first weekend in December where thousands of free books are given out as Christmas presents. ● The Flag retirement Ceremony (250 flags were honorably “retired” last year) ● Cleaning the San Marcos Historical Society with Circle K help ● Daniel Manley Annual Bowling Tournament fundraiser for scholarships for students with mental disabilities ● Sponsorship of Boy Scouts and Sea Scout Troops.  

          Our board is working with the remaining members of San Marcos Kiwanis to effect a merger of our two clubs beginning in our new Kiwanis Year.   Thanks for coming on short notice Darwin…Hope to see you and other San Marcos Kiwanians at future meetings.    

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Two new Members welcomed today – Ryan Stangl was welcomed in club membership today by George Dove and Linda Alden (Jim’s wife) has already submitted her application for membership.  Kiwanis is very excited to have these two great people working with us. Welcome Ryan and Linda.

Herb Field of Lake San Marcos told us about the bugs that drive us buggy and his role in the courts in dealing with them 

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Meeting  – Tuesday August 21, 2018

Herb Field – Forensic Urban Entomology

      Fellow Kiwanians (28 attendance) – Herb Field knows a lot about bugs that bug us.  “Entomology is the study of insects and my specialiity has been forensic urban entomology – meaning detective work about the mysteries of bug infestations in and around where we live.”  Herb is recently retired and living in Lake San Marcos.  He worked for and led a successful pest management firm for 31 years and is known by attorneys and private industry as an expert in matters pertaining to insects and other urban pests.

      Herb told us about many incidents and legal matters relating to insect infestations.  Most of the topics related to the issue of “habitability” of living situations as well as health concerns.   Herb had a very large private collection of insects (20,000 specimens) which he recently donated to the San Diego Agriculure Department.

       When asked about advice for us homeowners he said “Personally, I avoid pesticides because I prefer to use organic plants and elements to keep the bugs outside my home.  He also said one of the best things you can do to prevent unwanted pests is to professionally seal up your home.”  Herb has conducted an insect fair at the San Diego Botanical Gardens for 25 years.    He wore his Key Club pin that he got when he was young in the San Jose area over 50 years ago.  Thanks for coming Herb, hope you come back again.  You won’t drive us buggy.

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September 7 – Member Appreciation & New Member Social

     Membership Coordinator Jim Murphy and President Kumura announced a special event,  A Membership Appreciation and New Member Social which will be held on Friday September 7 from 6 to 9 PM at the Colony Clubhouse (1281 Rue St. Martin).  “A complete Italian lasagna dinner with salad, rolls and dessert will be served with selected wines,” said Jim.            President Kumura plans to have a special program for membership recognition for his Kiwanis year “The evening event is being held to allow us all to consider bringing prospective new members and our spouses,” said President Kumura.  Sign up with Jim Murphy early as space is limited. Cost is $25 per person – prospective members are free.  Hope to see you there.” 

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NYC Guests John and Margie Stahl visited us again.  John is President of his Kiwanis Club in New York City and Margie’s birthday is August 22.  They regularly visit our club while visiting their grandchildren in the area.  John recently spoke to us about “bullying”.  They plan to come back in February. Thanks for coming John and Margie.

Announcements –

• • Key people this meeting:Greeters – George Dove and Mary Ann Brandreth,  Invocation – Jerry Mason, Song – Don Alexander  – Collections – Larry Guthrie  Fine Master – Don Keller.  50/50 Pot was $180 Paul Jordan got the winning ticket but drew the 9 of hearts.

 

• • Health concerns– Dick Birkenstock and Jim Alden.  Mona Sims’s father recently passed away.

 

• • Upcoming Meetings –  ●  Aug 28  –  Janice Baker, Nutrition and Diabetes –  ● Sept 4 – Tom Kumura, “Member Recognition”; Jim Alden, “Club Planning for 2018-2019” – ●  Sept 11   Navy Lt. Commander Jim Hester  – ●  Sept 18   Coast Guard Admiral (ret.) Charlie Wurster, Sea Scouts – ●Sept 25   Officer Installation, Division 37 Guests are Incoming Lt Gov Jim Dorschel and Outgoing  Lt Gov Randy Ortlieb.

 

• Upcoming Special Events:- ● Friday Sept 7 – Member Appreciation and New Member Social  (see above)

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

Kiwanis Meeting August 14,2018

       ● Ryan Stangl is our newest member.  Ryan is a realtor who has lived on the north side of Rancho Santa Fe for 7 years.  He was inspired to join us after coming to our most recent Pancake Breakfast.  Ryan has been married to Tiffany for 5 years.  They have a young boy (Rhys age 5) Ryan has a step daughter (Cheyenne age 23, not living with them now).  Ryan will be helping out with the benches and with our website.  He is involved in Next Door.com where he offers a limited helping hand for community members.  “I joined Kiwanis because I want to be active in the community face to face, and I liked what I saw at the Pancake Breakfast and later meetings.  Welcome Ryan!!!

       ● Mike Rohde joined us earlier in the year and he is progressing well in the required tasks of becoming aquainted with our club and what we do.  Way to go Mike!

       ● Mike Montanari – is a 22 year veteran Kiwanian from the San Jose area where he has been President three times of the club there. Mike lives now in Escondido but heard good things about our club and is seriously considering joining us soon.  Hope you do Mike, you won’t regret it.  

●   Membership Appreciation and New Member Drive  is being scheduled for Friday Night September 7, 6-8pm at 1281 Rue St. Martin. Buffet dinner of pasta, salad, dessert, and wine.  The cost will be in the range of $20-$25.  Spouses welcome.  You are encouraged to bring potential new members.  More details to come from Jim Murphy and Pat Haugen.

●  Margo attended Kiwanis convention in Kona, Hawaii (8/8-8/12)– Our own Margo Dutton reported on her recent attendance at a Cal-Nev-Ha District convention.  “I received two standing ovations for my recent leadership of the foundation,” she said.  “It was an honor; now I will have a little more time to contribute elsewhere.”  She reported that Tim Cunning of our division was elected to be the District Governor Elect for next Kiwanis Year.

●  Health Matters – Jean Austin is moving to Monterrey, her home has been sold. Dwight Sorenson is living in the Meridian near the Whites and may need transportation to our meetings. Gary Edwards ‘ wife, needs lots of in home care. 

●  Important Birthday – Tony Colace will turn 96 on Thursday August 16

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● Key people this meeting: Greeter – George Dove, Mary Ann Brandreth, and Harvey White, Invocation – Mary Harrington, Song – John  Lee – Collections – Larry Guthrie  Fine Master – Jim Murphy.  50/50 Pot was $163 – Ivan Gillis had the winning ticket but drew the 7 Spades. Fred F. ticket.

●  Upcoming Meetings – Aug 21  –  Herb Field, Forensic Urban Entomology, Aug 28 – TBA. Sept 4 – TBA, Sept 11 – Club Planning for Next Kiwanis Year – Jim Alden – Sept 18 – Year in Review President Tom Kumura, Sept 25 – New Officer Installation ceremony (New Kiwanis Year begins October 1).

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Left: Jerry Mason, his son Todd Mason Todd’s wife Cecilila DeBustos, President Tom Kumura, and Mary Harrington. Both Todd and Cecilia spoke to us today about their life and work in Uganda, Africa. They’re visiting Jerry and Linda in July and early August.

Report of the Lake San Marcos Kiwanis Meeting – Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Todd Mason and Cecilia De Bustos speak to us about their
Lives and Work in Kampala, Uganda in Eastern Africa
Fellow Kiwanians (31 attendance) – Jerry and Linda Mason’s second son, Todd, and his wife Cecilia have lived in several exotic places in their adult lives – Peru, Thailand, and currently Kampala, Uganda. Todd works for a microfinance organization called Triple Jump headquartered in the Netherlands. Triple Jump has offices around the world and has development projects in many places but primarily in the developing world in Asia, Africa, and central and South America. Triple Jump’s mission is to provide debt financing, investment capital, and advisory services to financial institutions and investment funds who provide financial services to traditionally excluded populations in developing countries. Todd also told us a lot about the central African country of Uganda where they now live (Kampala). (see the box below)

Todd’s Spanish wife, Cecilia De Bustos, then told us about her work with Unicef (United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund) in Uganda as a Nutrition Program Leader. Uganda, like many African nations has a whole host of endemic health problems, most stemming from deep poverty (average GDP per capita in Uganda is $700 while in USA it is $59,000). Unicef is a leader among the many worldwide philantropic aid organizations to fight these problems. “But we must prioritize and collaborate, because the enormity of the need far exceeds the available resources to combat these problems,” she explained. The map below shows where children are below healthy height because of lifelong issues with malnutrition. “The further away from the capital, where we live, the worse the problems become.” she said.

It was a special treat for those who came on Tuesday to hear this story of how other organizations are fighting for children. It reminds us Kiwanians of our need to serve the Children of the World as our motto proclaims we do.
Todd and Cecilia have three young children, twins Nora and Aidan (age 5) and Liam (age 3) who were also present with their grandmother, Linda, at the presentation. Thanks for coming so far to talk with us, Todd and Cecilia. Come back again.
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Del Mar Kiwanis Club on an Interclub and Member of San Marcos Club visit
● Steve Gardella (President) and Chuck Phillips (member) visited today, to tell us about their fundraiser Del Mar Kiwanis Day at the Races and to leave gifts for auction (wine, Day at Races tickets). They will be auctioned off next week. Jim Trageser of the nearby San Marcos Kiwanis visited us today. Welcome Steve, Chuck and Jim.

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● Key people this meeting: Greeter – George Dove and Mary Ann Brandreth, Invocation – Tom Kumura, Song – Don Alexander – Collections – Ted May Fine Master – Tom Kumura. 50/50 Pot – Jim Alden had the winning ticket but drew the Jack of Hearts.

● Upcoming Meetings – July 31 Victor Manzanilla, “Making Your Money Last in Retirement”

Aug 7 John Stahl, “Safe Haven” anti-bullying program that provides a network of shelters for children who are being picked on, threatened or injured. Queens West Kiwanis Division
Aug 14 Anthony DeSalis, President, The Arc of San Diego
Aug 21 Herb Field, Forensic Urban Entomology

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