JUNE 17, 2014

NEXT MEETING: June 26 (Thursday Evening)

PROGRAM: The Demotion of President Nora

Greeter & Invocation: Louise Schopke

~~ COMING UP ~~

June 17 Board Meeting 5:30 Trinity Hall
June 24 No meeting today. Changed to Thursday!
**June 26 DEMOTION OF NORA - Dinner Meeting
*July 1 -- Special Polio Report from U.S. Centers for
Disease Control
**July 8 -- Past R.I President Rick King (Special evening
Meeting. Bring spouses and guests.)
July 12 District Awards Luau at Community Center in
Woodland.
July 25 TGIF Social at Dochtermans home

* Regular Tuesday noon meeting
** Second Tuesday Evening Meeting at 6:00p
VISITORS
Courtney Guinn Speaker, Director of Educational Services, Moraga
School District
Larry Tessler Chamber of Commerce Committee on Employee
of the Month

HAPPY BUCKS AND OTHER DETAILS
Angelo Costanza reported on the great success of the
Bocce Ball Bash last Saturday. He also told of his happy
birthday and anniversary trip to Alaska and donated $100 to
the Polio Plus fund of The Rotary Foundation!
Linda May had a very happy buck for her great bocce ball
team and the fun they had at the bash!
Colin Barnard had $2 for the happiness of having his kids
complete another year of school and the fact that next year
they will be in the 7
th
and 4
th
grades!
Peter Metzger also had two happy bucks for being able to
turn 130 excellent Saklan School youngsters loose for the
summer vacation!
Marv Ellenberg is planning a trip to Normandy and told of
the new guidelines on the size of airplane carry-on bags.
Nora Avelar-Martin announced her birthday will be on
Saturday and she had a great team at bocce. So she
rounded it up to $40 very happy bucks!
Letters of appreciation were circulated from Shelterbox for
the Clubs generous contribution, and from Rheem School
Principal, Elaine Frank, for sponsoring Moraga Field Day!
Green ticket was held by Marv Ellenberg, but alas, he
could not find the $238 white marble! held by Marv Ellen-
berg but no luck in finding the white marble, which was
worth $238.

PROGRAM OF THE DAY
The meeting was opened by David Kruegel, with a very
relevant message on living life to the fullest.
The speaker for today was Courtney Guinn, from the
Moraga School District, who described the new California
common core standards curriculum. The concept was
developed to address many of the widely different
educational standards and levels of achievements among
schools and districts throughout the nation. Forty-five states
have already adopted the common core curriculum. The
primary goal of the program is to develop the key skills and
knowledge for students to achieve success in a global
society and to have the necessary sets of knowledge
essential to college or career preparation. Skills in speaking
and listening are also highly emphasized in the core
curriculum. The speaker outlined many features of the math
curriculum and the studies in English and Language Arts. It
was a very interesting presentation of a program which is of
great current discussion throughout the nation.


Debbie Roessler displays some club banners brought back
from her visit to the Rotary International Convention in
Sydney, Australia. She and Lou had a great tour and will
report to the Club at a later date.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Herb Wehmeyer is asking members to take your turn as
Greeter and Invocator for the months ahead. Please sign-up.
Kevin Reneau invited all members to continue making
suggestions for the Employee of the Month of persons who
demonstrate excellent service in our Town. Give Kevin your
nomination.
Remember next Thursday, J une 26 is the Demotion of
Nora at 6:00 pm. Nice Dinner and fun program!


SUPER DAY FOR BOCCE BALL BASH
Saturday was a beautiful day for the 6th Annual Rotary
District Bocce Ball Bash. Sixty teams representing 27 clubs


showed up at the Martinez Bocce Ball Courts. Among the
200 participants, were a stalwart group of Moraga Rotarians,
including Angelo & Suzann Contanza, John & Mary Sue
Erickson, Frank & Linda May, Gary & Carol Irwin, Tony
Schoemehl, Colin Barnard, Al Simonsen, Doug
Damaschino, Nora Avelar-Martin, Ron Julian and your
observing editor, Cliff Dochterman. It was reported that the
fund raising portion of the event made possible a
contribution to The Rotary Foundation of over $4300.
(Above: Tony Schoemehl rolls critical points.) The
tournament winners were: 1. Pleasant Hill 2. Alamo 3.
Martinez and 4. Benica. Although Moraga was not in the
top four, Im sure we certainly scared the other teams!

THE EDITORS COMMENTS
In governmental affairs, many leaders will cling to their office
for decades. However, in Rotary it is traditional that all Club
presidents and international leaders are totally changed
each year on J uly first. The question is often asked, What
happens to those who add past to their previous titles?
Unfortunately, a few just drift off with a been there-done
that-and have the t-shirt attitude. Others occasionally will
actually disappear from active Rotary membership. Some
former presidents quietly sit through weekly meetings just
enjoying the view from their out-to-pasture position.
Moraga Rotary is fortunate to have many of our former
leaders step forward to continue in roles of leadership. In a
Club the size and age of Moraga Rotary it is natural to find
that many members have previously served as President. So
the Club can be grateful that Nora Avelar-Martin was willing
to serve a second year as Club President this past year, and
to know that Debbie Roessler will soon assume her second
term as President on J uly first!
In addition, many of our other Past Presidents take very
active leadership positions in the Club. Past Presidents
Tony Schoemehl and Al Simonsen have carried the ball
for Rotary Field Day; Doug Damaschino does the work of
Sergeant-at-Arms; Gary Irwin and Frank May take on the
tasks as Newsletter editor; Colin Barnard has served in the
huge job as program chairman; Rich Render does much of
the bookkeeping assignments and heads up the e-Waste
collections; John Erickson has usually been the perennial
Christmas party chairmen and the go-to-guy when any task
needs completing; Angelo Costanza is our Camp Royal
coordinator and bocce guru; and, of course, Past District
Governor Jim Campbell has been our Clubs most
prominent leader in Rotary District activities.
It is appropriate to express our appreciation to all of these
members who once wielded the gavel in Moraga Rotary, but
willingly continue their spirit of service to the Club. And to
Nora and Debbie we express our deep appreciation for
stepping forward to serve a double term as President!


CALENDAR OF FUTURE EVENTS
June 26 (Thurs.) Demotion Party & Dinner
July 12 -- District Awards Luau --- Woodland
Community Center
July 19 Fab 5 Event Picnic in the Park,
Lafayette Reservoir
July 25 -- TGIF Social at Dochterman Home
Aug. 8-10 OMPA Swim Meet


MORAGA ROTARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2013-14

President Nora Avelar-Martin
President-elect .. ......Debbie Roessler
Past PresidentFrank May
Secretary.........Kevin Reneau
Treasurer....Lad Lynch
Community Service Chair.. .Barbara Bruner
New Generations...Rich Render
International Service ChairTony Schoemehl
Rotary Foundation...... Lad Lynch
Public Relations Gary Irwin
Membership...Debbie & Frank
Director at Large.John Erickson
Director at Large...Cliff Dochterman
President, Rotary InternationalRon Burton
District Governor..Steve Lack
Assistant District Governor.Jose Avelar

Newsletter Editor for June Cliff Dochterman

DONT FORGET
Sign-up for the Demotion Dinner -- $25 per person.
Enjoy a great evening of fun, dinner and fellowship.
Thursday, June 26
th
at 6:00 pm.



THE LAST WORDS
You know youre a redneck if your home has wheels
and your car doesnt. Jeff Foxworthy

Having more money doesnt make you happier. I have
50 million dollars, but Im just as happy as when I had
48 million. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger

When a man opens a car door for his wife, its either
a new car or a new wife. Prince Philip

Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife
is. - Jimmie Durante




(SEE NEXT PAGE FOR BOCCE BALL GALLERY)





Photo Gallery of
Bocce Ball Bash..


Carol Irwin and President Nora made a great team!



A roving reporter scoots around bocce courts.



John and Mary Sue Await their turn on the court.

Angelo, Linda and Frank look pleased at Moraga
team scores.





Gary, Linda, Carol and Nora watch close game.





John and Colin discuss bocce strategy.