October 21, 2014

Next meeting: Oct. 28: Noon at Soda Center

Program: Disaster Preparedness by
Donn Peacock
Greeter and Invocation: Gary Irwin


~~ COMING UP ~~

Oct 25 -- Decorating of Christmas stockings
Oct 27 5 pm. Dedication of bench to M. E. Dochterman
Oct 27 -- Board Meeting at Cliffs (after dedication)
*Nov. 4 -- Carrie Brewster; SMC Art Museum
**Nov. 11 -- Ethan Elkin, Saving Energy
*Nov. 18 -- Janet Young, Contra Costa Juvenile Hall

* Regular Tuesday noon meeting
** Second Tuesday Evening Meeting at 6:00p


~~BUSINESS MEETING~~
The meeting was gaveled to order by Past-
President Frank May, substituting for Queen
Debbie Roessler who had the vapors, or
something Queenly. The invocation was given
on the fly by quick-thinking Kevin Reneau, who
recounted how much Moraga Rotary meant to
him after he found out about the service part.

Our visitors today included speaker Christine
Deane and her husband and tech-rep Les, and
Employee of the Month partner Larry Tesler of
the C of C. Visiting Rotarian Mary Graves of
the Cotati Rotary Club, who was in Moraga
sitting with grandchildren, bought 20 of Cliffs
books10 old and 10 new. She also left us a
video produced by the Sonoma College
Rotaract entitled No Mo Po, dealing with the
eradication of Polio (you figure it out).

Announcements by Past-President Frank: the
District Conference will be in Reno Oct 31-
Nov 2. Cliff will be giving his Last Speech, but
probably not for the Last Time. All members are
encouraged to attend . . . . Saturday, November
15 is Rotary Day at Golden Gate Fields; act
quickly to secure the one remaining ticket (and
maybe more) from Frank if you havent yet done
so. . . . On Veterans Day, Tuesday, November
11, the Town of Moraga, assisted by three Boy
Scout Troops, will hold a memorial celebration at
the Moraga Commons from 9 to 10 am. All are
welcome.

Barbara Bruner reminded the members that the
317 Christmas stockings sewn this year will
be decorated this Saturday beginning at 2:30 pm
at 202 Glacier Drive in Martinez. There is room
for more signups; contact her to participate. She
thanked Ron Mucovich in particular for allowing
us to use Trinity Hall. Volunteers to mark, pin,
and cut the stockings were: Louise Schopke,
Roger Gregory, John Erickson, Gary Irwin,
Linda May, Dick Vance, Frank May, Joan
Ulrich, and Alka Mulakalori (Fremont Rotary).
The highly skilled seamstresses (yeah, kinda
sexist, I know) were Mary Sue Erickson, Linda
Campbell, Ann Damaschino, Cliff
Dochterman, and Carol Irwin.

Last Saturday was the dinner at the Soda
Center honoring the 40
th
anniversary of the
incorporation of the Town. About 140 people
attended, including Moraga Rotarians Lad
Lynch, Roger Poynts, and Gary Irwin.
Resolutions of congratulations presented by the
County Board of Supervisors and the Joint state
legislature were received on behalf of the Town
by Sara Cory, the widow of first Mayor Mike.
Volunteers that served on the various Town
organizations were recognized. The three living
members of the first Town Council, Barry
Gross, Sue McNulty Rainey, and Merle
Gilliland, reminisced about the shock when they
realized they would have to start up a Town
government from Nothing, and how they laid the
foundation for a successful city. The evening
was a strong testimonial to the Town that
benefits greatly from the spirit of its many
volunteers.

The dedication of the bench in remembrance
of Mary Elena Dochterman on the 7
th
tee at
Moraga CC is scheduled for 5 pm on Monday,
October 27. The entrance to the 7
th
tee from
Augusta Drive is adjacent to 785 Augusta.
Hint: the white--painted street pedestrian
crosswalk leads right to it.


~~RECOGNITIONS AND HAPPY BUCKS~~

Roger & Janet Gregory celebrated their 40
th

wedding anniversary, and Rogers birthday
recently. Herb Wehmeyers and Peter
Metzgers birthdays will be recognized, with
compound interest, when they next attend. . . . .
Frank & Linda May and her mother, Mrs.
Sword, went to Las Vegas to see and entertain
their kids (more expensive than hitting the
tables?), and spun for $8 which Frank rounded up
to $20. . . . . HB from Dick Vance who will soon
take a trip to see his kids in Connecticut, and from
visiting Rotarian Mary Graves who was very glad
Cliff was here to sell his books . . . High Fives for
the GiantsGary Irwin and Jim Campbell, and
from Barbara Bruner who really enjoyed her
sailing trip on the Bay that she bought at Nite at
the Races . . . And Lad Lynch rang in with $2 for
uclas stirring football victory over the local lads.

~~PROGRAM~~

Our speaker today was Christine Deane,
currently the appointed incumbent for Area 2 of
the County Board of Education. Christine has
lived in Burton Valley for 37 years with her
husband Les, and their three children all
graduated from Campolindo HS. She has taught
grades 1-7 in county schools for more than 25
years, and has earned her National board
Certification for Excellent Teaching Practice. She
was appointed to the County Board of Education
to fill a vacant seat, and is currently a candidate
for the four year term.

Many of us were unaware that the County even
had a separate Board of Education, and what
functions they performed outside of the eleven
school districts in the county. Some of the
functions they perform are to advocate for
education on the State and Federal levels, to
resolve contentious transfer and expulsion cases,
to approve curricula, to approve charter schools,
to provide support to beginning teachers, to select
the Teacher of the Year, and to work with school
districts to organize, staff, and fund Regional
Educational Programs which provide specialized
learning that is in demand. For example, some
high schools offers classes, some for college

Speaker Christine Deane

credit, in Digital Arts/Web Design, Auto Shop,
Graphic Arts, Journalism, Architectural Design,
Environmental Science, Biotech, Computer
Science, and source data collection. Courses in
Hotel and Restaurant services are offered in
concord. Funding for these classes may be a
problem in the future, however.

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Raffle: $10 won by David Kruegel, but $90 left
on the table.

Note: The 10/22 issue of Lamorinda Weekly has
a very nice article on p. B-5 about Mary Vollmer,
our SMC Rotaract advisor, and her baby son
Owen and husband Chris Jones. They all live
in an SMC dorm, Assumption Hall, where the
adults are resident advisors.




GREETER LIST/SCHEDULE FOR SEPT/OCT/NOV:
The following members are scheduled as greeter/invocators:
11/04 Dick Vance/Herb Wehmeyer
11/11 Frank May
11/18 Angelo Costanza
11/25 John Erickson









CALENDAR OF FUTURE EVENTS


Oct. 25 Decorating Christmas Stockings at
Juvenile Hall, Martinez 2:30 pm
Oct 27 Board mtg at Cliffs after dedication
Oct. 31- Nov.2 District Conference Recess
In Reno
Nov. 15 Rotary Day at the Races (Golden
Gate Fields)
Dec. 9 -- Rotary Club Christmas Party at
Miramonte Gardens
Dec. 14 Stocking Stuffing Pot Luck Trinity
Hall
Dec. 23 & 30 No Meetings these weeks
















































MORAGA ROTARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014-15

President Debbie Roessler
President-elect .. .Roger Gregory
Past President...Nora Avelar-Martin
Secretary.................Kevin Reneau
Treasurer............Lad Lynch
Community Service Chair.....Barbara Bruner
New Generations Chair...Rich Render
International Service Chair...Tony Schoemehl
Rotary Foundation... . Nora Avelar-Martin
Public Relations .. Gary Irwin
Membership....Frank May
Director at Large...John Erickson
Director at Large..Marv Ellenberg
Director at Large..............Cliff Dochterman
Director at LargeLinda May
President, Rotary InternationalGary Huang
District Governor..Pam Gray
Assistant District Governor.Mark Roberts

Newsletter Editor for October Honore de Balzac