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Steve
Kuykendall, our featured speaker, is pictured with Club
President Errol Giuliano.
Steve
is
a member of the Long Beach Rotary Club and is running
for the newly redrawn 47th Congressional District. Steve came by
to tell us of his candidacy. He previously served one term in
the House from 1998 to 2000 and four years in the State Assembly before
that (1994-98). He has also served as Mayor of Palos Verde.
He was a U.S. Marine and had two tours of Vietnam. Visit Steve's
website at http://www.SteveKuykendall.com We had two other guests and potential members: Chris Phan who is running for the GG City Council. Visit Chris' website: http://www.vote4chrisphan.com. Mark Vitug, a former Rotarian from Norwalk and the new manager of Home Depot, also joined us for lunch. Mark is running for all around good guy, but has no website. Welcome gentlemen do come again. |
| Donate
Life
California is an organization that encourages organ and
tissue donation. They are the pink dot on your driver's license
organization. A suitable donor has the potential of benefitting
up to 50 people by donating his organs and tissue. After lunch, Gary Foxen, a lung recipiant, spoke
to us about the benifits of donation. Without a lung transplant
his prognosis was not good; he has had 12 years of life thanks to
donation. One can register at the DMV or on the organization's
website, http://www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org Garden Grove City Concilman Kris Beard was an honored guest. In brief remarks he touched on the effects of the California Supreme Court redevelopment agency decision. Thank you Kris. We hope to see you at future luncheons. |
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| Pictured from left to right is Kim De Broux, District Training
Chair, Paolo Molteni an
honored
guest from Italy, and Club President Errol
Giuliano. Kim spoke to us about forming goals for our
club's future and a methodology to make it happen. Paolo, the
Past President of the Varese-Verbano Rotary Club seemed to fit right
in. We certainly enjoyed him and his grand sense of humor as did
Errol with his newly found copy of Robert's Rules of Order. Bryon Holt and Joe Hammer were honored with Paul Harris plus 6 and 5 respectively. Dwight Tompkins is looking for input for a mid March trip to visit our sister club in Mexico. The Gates Foundation added another 50 million to help Rotary fight Polio. |
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On the left, Gayle Knight founder of HOPE recieves a contribution to her
organization from Errol Giuliano,
president
of
the
Garden
Grove
Rotary
Club.
Thank
you Gayle for the good work you do. Below is pictured the high school group from our sister city, Anyang, Korea and their sponsors along with several Club members. Every year the Rotary Club of Garden Grove sponsor a student exchange with the City of Anyang. This is the visiting group from their side of the Pacific. Their week is packed with activities. So far the hit of the trip has been a beach party at Huntington Beach and a trip to Pacifica High School. |
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Brett Beard, an Eagle Scout
candidate, receives a check from club president Errol Giuliano. Brett is
attempting to raise money to purchase to the supplies needed to build
10 podiums for Bell Junior High School. When completed, this
public service project will qualify Brett as an Eagle Scout.
Eagle Scout is the highest Boy Scout level. Brett had raised two
thirds of the money needed; the Garden Grove Rotary Club
voted to fund the rest. Honored guest: Brett was accompanied by his father, Garden Grove City Councilman Kris Beard. Danny Krebs was also an honored guest. This is Danny's second meeting. Danny is a candidate for club membership. |
| Gayle
Knight founder of H.O.P.E.
(Helping Others Prepare for Eternity) spokes to us about her
organization. HOPE is a non-profit organization designed to help
disadvantaged women and children learn the life skills needed to "get
on their feet" and to function in today's world. It is an
organization with an emphasis on the positive reinforcement and
encougarement. HOPE is staffed in the main by volunteers thru
their M&M (Mentors and Mentees) program. They supply what is
needed, be it a scholarship, rental assistance or a job skill.
Gayle started in 1997 by driving people to church. Now it has
grown to have its own office on Main Street here in Garden Grove.
Our hat is off to Gayle and her organization. The Garden Grove Rotary Club will be dark for the rest of the year. Our next meeting will be on January 4th, 2012. We hope you will enjoy the holidays and have a prosperous new year. |
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| Deepa Bharath, reporter for the Orange County Register was our
honored guest and speaker. Deepa covers almost everything that
happens in the Garden Grove area. Her biggest story of late is
the happenings at the Crystal
Cathedral. As an investigative reporter she has an
interesting insight into events of the day. Deepa has a BA in English Literature and an MA in Mass Communications from India. She also has a Masters in Newspaper Journalism from Syracuse University, N.Y. Thank you Deepa. Come back and have lunch with us again soon. |
 Errol Giuliano, Deepa Bharath and Scott Weimer |
| Nathan Brooks gave Scott and Rebecca
Weimer, the Sundas and Emily Hoang a ride in the Good Year
Blimp. We heard all about it today at lunch. Nathan was our
speaker. What fun! Other Honored Guest were Sharon and Gary Sunda, their son Eric Sunda and his friend Emily Hoang. It is party time! Do not be late for the annual holiday party. This year at Mr. Stox Restaurant, 1105 E Katella Ave., Anaheim, at 5 PM. |
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Christina Byrne, Outreach Manager, assisted by Madison Chetwood from the Orange County Transportation Authority, OCTA, spoke to us about the multi-phased up-grade of the CA-22, I-405 and I-605 freeways. These projects will not be completed until the fall of 2014. ALERT: A 55
hour closure of Valley View Street/CA-22 interchange is scheduled from
10 p.m. on Friday,
Nov. 18 until 5 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 21., weather permitting. If
the closure is canceled it will be rescheduled for Dec. 2-5. Rose Parade Float: We will not be helping with the Rose Parade Float this year. The only slot open to us was to sweep the floor after the decorating was done. Dark
next
week:
We will not meet November 23rd. |
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Today, November 9th, we had lunch with Dr Shizhong
| Dr Shizhong is a biologist who has a
company down in San Diego that manufactures genes and he's helping to
publicize a Chinese dance group that is trying to keep alive some of
the old pre-Communist Chinese traditions. The group is called
Shen Yun. They are "reviving 5,000 years of civilization." They will be appearing at the Segerstrom Center Jan 11-12 and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Jan 13-14. Their web site is ShenYun2012.com. |
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Today, Oct 26, 2011 Herb Trumpoldt spoke on polio eradication.
| Herb Trumpoldt, club President and
District Governor
92-93, spoke to us about eradication of polio world wide and
specifically about his recent trip to India. India is one of four
countries where polio is yet to be eradicated. Herb was part of
an inoculation team. Peter Yoss a fellow Rotarian was an honored guest for lunch. Rotary Foundation Dinner: Old Ranch Country Club, 3901 Lampson Ave., Seal Beach, CA on Nov 19th at 5 PM. Register at www.rotary5320.org Christmas Holiday Party Change: New Location! Mr. Stox Restaurant, 1105 E Katella Ave., Anaheim, CA, on Sunday, Dec 4th at 5 pm. |
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Today, Oct 19th, Dave Cisneros, an egg farmer, spoke to us about eggs.
| Dave
Cisneros from Moark a
national egg producer came to tell us about modern egg production
methods. Back in the day,
chickens wondered about the barnyard eating what ever they could fine,
chicken feed, bugs, barnyard droppings and the like. Fresh eggs
were where you found them, when you found them, some time just after
they were laid and some times days later. All organic eggs were
not possible. Today, hens are housed in climate controled barns where they are protected from the weather, hawks, cyotes and barnyard filth. They are fed a controlled diet that can be all organic or mixed. When a hen lays an egg it is caught, conveyed, washed and packaged without ever being touched by a human hand. Because an outbreak of contaminated food can lead to the destruction of the flock and shutdown of the facility, producers go to great lenghts to prevent that from happening. Since happy healthy hens lay more and better eggs, keeping them that way is good business. |
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Today, Oct 12, 2011, Distrct Governer, Gerg Owen was our guest.
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The Distrct Governer,
Gerg Owen and his bride Valerie, spoke to us about Rotary District
doings and Rotary International's project to "End Polio Now." If
projections bare out, Rotary will end Polio on this planet by the end
of next year! Honored Guest - We had three additional guest: Rick Stephanow - Cypress-Fairbanks
Club, TX
Officially, the Steak Dinner raised $6520.59.Ali Danta - Foundation Area Coordinator Karl E. Brandt, past president from Pennsylvania. Interact Websites - The club voted to buy domain names for our three Interact Clubs. Now each club will be able to have its own website. Grove and Pacifica are already up. Take a look. |
Today, Sep 28th, Dr Laura Schwalm came to speak about the GGUSD
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Laura Schwalm, Ph.D. Superintendent,
Garden Grove Unified School District (right) and Connie Van Luit, Director of
Alternative Programs (left) were our honored guest for lunch. Dr.
Schwalm gave a fact-filled talk about the local school system. It
is easy to see why she is an effective and popular head master. Howard Kunihiro reported that there are only four tickets left for the Steak Dinner and the reverse raffle. If you need a ticket, best act fast. I am certain they will be gone soon. |
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John Bushman, a former club member, came by to speak to us about the Lone Pine Film Festival held each year in Lone Pine, California. The festival features stars, films and events connected with the making of Western movies many of which were made in the Lone Pine area. The festival is a three-day event. This year it will be held on October 7,8 and 9, 2011.
Tickets are going fast for the Steak Dinner Fundraiser. Only 100 tickets will be sold. Each ticket entitles the owner to dinner for two and one shot in a drawing with a grand prize of $2,500.00. Proceeds will go toward various community projects. Good Luck! |
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Loving
Hugs is an organization
that attempts to bring joy and warmth to children cought in the tragedy
of war or natural disaster by suppling them with a stuffed animal and a
hug. The message is that someone cares. The organization
was started by one woman, Wendy Roberson Clark. She uses the
miltary and private organizations to spread the warmth. Their
site is http://www.lovinghugs.org/ Rick Gibson a brother Rotarian from the Strathcona Sunrise club in Comox Valley BC came by to have lunch with us. Welcome Rick. Rumor Control: The Steak Dinner fund raiser set for 1 October is a go! So, sell those tickets. |
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| Jeremy
Harris,
president of the Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce, center is pictured
here with Errol Guiliano and Joe Hammer. Vicki Rodriguez with F&M Bank was an honored guess. Vicki has been active in Rotary and has expressed an interest in becoming so again. Welcome Vicki; GG Rotary is a wonderful club. GG Rotary responded with a gift to a GGPD project to help the kids in the Buena Clinton area with back to schools supplies. Only three weeks remaining to sell your tickets to the "Youth Fund Dinner Night." |
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| The
future
belongs
to
the
young
as
does
the
future
of
Rotary.
Emphasis
is
being
placed
on
Rotary District 5320 New
Generations
Programs. Club members are encouraged to
reap
the personal rewards that come with participation. Officer Kris Backouris, GGPD, spoke of special needs for disadvantaged children in our neighborhood and asked for help. Bob Fish from F&M Bank was an honored guest. Welcome back Bob. We look forward to seeing you at future lunches. Christmas Holiday Dinner date is set, December 2, at the Riviera at the Fireside, 13950 Springdale Street, Westminster. |
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| Jennifer Cabral spoke to us
about the County's process for reclaimiming waste water. At a
cost half that of San Fransisco, $267.00 per houehold, Orange County
turns raw sewage into water clean enough to drink. Much of the
water undergoes one more cleaning step before it is recycled
into the ground water supply. Other by-products of the system are
compost for fertilizer and natrual gas used to run generators. Jeremy Harris, President and CEO of the Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce was an honored guest. Come back and have lunch again soon. Arshad Rokerya was selected to be our entrant for the 2011 Business Leadership Award. Tailgate Party Saturday Night: contact Bryon Holt for admission details. Miss Garden Grove Pagent also Saturday Night Go support Bree |
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| Elaine
Ma'as and Marti Carol
spoke to us about the Moving Wall, a replica of the Vietnam War Memorial in
Washington. The Moving Wall is coming to Garden Grove, October
6-10th. Like the one in Washington the wall contains the names of
the 58,253 US soildiers who gave it all. The Wall is
moving
in an emotional sense. As a veteran of that war, thought I had
left that baggage behind until I saw my reflection against the names of
six men I knew well. I was standing in the sunshine; they were in
the wall. How unjust! Complete details can be found at
http://vietnam.garden-grove.org/?q=MovingWall Do visit The Moving Wall. Gillian Bradshaw, Assistant Area Govenor was an honored guest. |
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Errol Giuliano, the thorn between the roses, was presented with a collage, today, August 3rd
| Stacy Margolin, the Executive Director of Miss Garden
Grove, spoke briefly about the contest and brought the reining and next
titlest with her. Bree Morse, our candindate for this year's Miss Garden Grove, was introduced and spoke to us about her goals. It seems we have another winner here. Leah Cecil, the current Miss Garden Grove and runner up in the Miss California contest came by to tell us about her experiences at Miss California and to present the a collage of her envolvement with our club. It started when she was in the 6th grade. She won a club scholarship. She was made an honorary member of the club and encouraged to come have lunch with us anytime. |
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Lunch today, July 27, 2011, speaker was Doctor Jim Boyce
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Our scheduled speaker, Laura Schwaim,
was forced to postpone her talk. She is now scheduled to speak
to us in September. In her place Dr Jim Boyce spoke about the
devastation in Joplin, Missouri done by the tornado. Doctor
Boyce brought a collection of pictures to give us a sense of the damage
and it was extensive. His pictures remind one of the those of
post World War II Germany. It is difficult to imagine that all of
that distruction was caused by wind. In other happenings: Gordon Morimoto, son-in-law to Don Alexander, came by to have lunch. Gordon brought a beautiful golf bag to contribute to our Reverse Raffle Steak Dinner. That will be a much coveted item. For our support, our club was presented with a plaque of appreciation from the Garden Grove Police Department's Baker to Vagas Running Team. |
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At our meeting today, July 20, 2011, doctor Benoit and honored guest from Korea
| The Sung Hwan Kim family came to have
lunch with us today. Sung is a Rotarian from our sister
city club in Anyang, Korea. He brings greetings from them and a
reflection on ten years of association with the Rotary Club of Garden
Grove. The Kims are here to celebrate the marriage of their daughter, Hojung, this weekend. Pictured here is Jung Sook Lee (Mom), Sung (Dad), Hojung (Bride) and Ki Woong (Bride's brother). Where is the lucky groom? Well, rumor has it, he is resting ;-) |
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Douglas R. Benoint EdD, Dean of
Technology Programs at Orange Coast College addressed us on the current
condition of the community college system. Often people who
have lost their jobs turn to the community college system to bolster
their resumes. At the same time, the slow down in the economy has
put a strain on funding for public education. So, when it is
needed most, the system is throttled back. Compounding the
problem is tuition. Tuition pays a fraction of the cost of the
instruction and California student's tuition is a fraction of tuition
paid by students in other states. Moreover, in California tuition
flows into state coffers not back into the system that produced it. |
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Today, July 13th, Sam Allevato had lunch with us and told us about "The Great Park"
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San Juan
Capistrano
Mayor, Sam
Allevato,
spoke to us today about the creation, planning, history and activities
available at the Great Park, the former El Toro Marine Air
Station. The park is a massive compilation of the efforts by
public and private agencies. It offers a wide variety activities
and events. See all that is available at www.ocgp.org.
Then
go
enjoy
the
park.
The reverse raffle dinner is on the calendar for Oct 1st. Ticket prices this year will be increases to $110.00. |
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Club President, Errol Giuliano, conducts his first meeting today, Jul 06, 2011
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The new Club President conducts his
first assembly, where he presented a budget, announced his new board
and laid out his goals for the year. This promised to be a
year of fun. A person or persons unknown shamelessly stocked the clubroom cabinets and tables with bottles of peppers. Such promotional practice is against club policy. Since those responsible could not be identified, every member of the club was fined $25.00. The collected money will be sent directly to help our sister Rotary Club in Joplin, Missouri. The Club also voted to contribute $1000.00 to help restore the Gem Theater. |
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Today, June 29, 2011, Tish and Kevin Voellen came to tell us about their trip to Anyang.
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Each year the Sister Cities
Association of Garden Grove (www.ggsistercity.org)
sponsors
a
cross
cultural
student
exchange
with
our
sister
city,
Anyang,
Korea.
Recently,
the
Voellens
served
as
chaparones
for
ten
high
school
students
from
Garden
Grove.
Both
Tish
and
Kevin
are
teachers
with
the
Garden
Grove
Unified School District. Mr. Cam Mangles, President of Sister Cities of Garden Grove Association, and Hannah Shin-Heydrorn came to lend support. In addition, Oscar Rosales of the Huntington Beach Rotary Club was our guest for lunch. |
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Arshad Roerkya, today's luncheon speaker, June 22, 2011
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Arshad
Roerkya, manager of the Garden Grove branch of Fullerton
Community Bank addressed us about the banking industry
today. Lending money is the way a bank earns a
profit. New regulations and new reserve requirements have greatly
diminished the amount of money banks have to lend. There is
little wiggle room for a bank to risk a bad loan. Banks have had
to look for other ways to turn a profit. Consolidations and
service fees are amoung them. The Garden Grove branch has recently been sold to Southland Credit Union, while the remainder of Fullerton Community Bank has been sold to Opus Bank. Southland Credit Union is impressed with the customer service given by the Garden Grove branch as good customer service is their hallmark. In other news, Leah Cecil called in from the Miss California competition with a report that things are going well that we will not be ashamed of her standings. Now, how could any one be ashamed of Leah? Good luck Leah! It was also announced that our District, 5320, is only one of two who have 100% Paul Harris clubs. A Paul Harris club is one in which every member is a Paul Harris fellow. |
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Look who came to have lunch with us today, June 15, 2011
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Look who came to lunch today, June 8, 2011!
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Look who came to lunch today!
Pete Maxwell, Bill Annan and Helen Maxwell
Maxwells gave a talk on matching project grants and how to apply for them.
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Today (May 25th), 18 sixth grade students from Garden Grove elementary schools were recognized for outstanding achievement. Each was awarded a certificate and a check for $100.00 to start their college tuitition fund.
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Look who came to have lunch with us today, June 15, 2011
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Ted Hayes, who has run for mayor of
Los Angeles twice, give us a well balanced informative talk
about life today as seen from his unique perspective. Ted is
a former Black Panther
who has since become a Conservative and is anti-Black
establishment. He is not a fan Jesse Jackson or Al
Sharpten. Ted
is pictured here with Joe Hammer (left) and at the meeting (right). |
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Look who came to lunch today, June 8, 2011!
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Leah
Cecil, Miss Garden Grove, came by to have lunch with us. She
thanked our club for sponsoring her in the Miss Garden Grove contest
and told us of her majical year. Leah is off to compete in the Miss
California contest in ten days. If she wins that, she will
compete for Miss America. There is a send off dinner at KiwansLand Friday evening June 10th at 6 p.m. You are encouraged to come and wish her well. KiwanisLand is located at 9840 Larson Avenue Garden Grove, CA 92844. |
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Look who came to lunch today!
Pete Maxwell, Bill Annan and Helen Maxwell
Maxwells gave a talk on matching project grants and how to apply for them.
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Today (May 25th), 18 sixth grade students from Garden Grove elementary schools were recognized for outstanding achievement. Each was awarded a certificate and a check for $100.00 to start their college tuitition fund.
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Dwight Tompkins came by for lunch
this week. Dwight is an attorney with a specialty in estate
planning. He spoke to us about the advantages of thinking ahead,
doing a little planning and saving greatly. He is at www.californiafamilytrusts.com Garden Grove Rotary is a lunch club. We meet nearly every Wednesday at noon at the Marriott Hotel on the corner of harbor and Chapman in Garden Grove. Come have lunch with us. |
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Nick Novak from the Tiger Woods
Learning Center came by and had lunch with us. Nick is the
Volunteer Program Manager at the Center. The Tiger Woods Learning
Center is operated by the Tiger Woods Foundation. Its mission is
to offer youngsters opportunities they would not otherwise have by
introducing them to the career applications of science, math and
technology and of course golf. Tiger Woods was born in Cypress
and grew up in the Anaheim area. He desired to give others the
wider opporunities that he was given. So, he has located the
first of what he hopes are many learning centers in this area. The Tiger Woods learning Center is located at One Tiger Woods Way in Anaheim, California. It is open to all youngsters of the 5th through the 12th grade. |
| Dr. Robert L. Piccioni came by for lunch today. He has a B.S. in Physics from Caltech
and a Ph.D. in High Energy Physics from Stanford University. And,
he is the author of two
books, Everyone's
Guide
to
Atoms,
Einstien
and
the
Universe
and Can Life
be Merely An Acident.
We
were
treated
to
a
non-technical
talk
on
Albert
Einstien,
the
signifigance
of
his
work
and
the
promise
of
nuclear
fusion
as
a
possible
practical
earthbound
energy
source.
Fusion
is
the
combining
of
atoms
to
produce
harmless
elements
and
a
great
deal
of
energy.
Today,
when
we
think
of
nuclear
energy we think of
fission,
the splitting of atoms that produces lots of energy and some not so
harmless stuff. Dr. Piccioni's understandable explanations are
available at www.guidetothecosmos.com |
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 Dr Jim Boyce receive his second Paul Harris pin from President Bill Annan. |
 Joe Hammer receives another Paul Harris pin from President Bill Annan. |
 Joe Voltarel, owner of Nicholas Chevrolet, addressed us about the automobile business today. http://www.nicholaschevrolet.com/ |
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They
took us to lunch! On Wednesday, March 9th, Jay's
Catering of Garden Grove hosted our luncheon meeting and treated us to
a wonderful meal. Jay's is the rags to riches story of the son of an Italian immigrant and his wife Eleanor. They started 40 years ago in a converted carwash in Midway City. Eleanor did the cooking and Jay delivered. Today, Jay's is one of the lagest caterers in Orange County with over 300 employees. Pictured is the company founder, Jay Mastroianni, his daughter Linda and grand son Micheal. Thank you Jay's for an exceptional experience. http://www.jayscatering.com/ |
| Bill Annan and Larry Dick, owner of
Riddle Appliance here in Garden Grove. Dick is a member of the
Metropolitan Water District of Southern Califirnia. On February
16th, he gave a
witty talk about the Orange County water supply. The Garden Grove Rotary Club is a luncheon club. We met nearly every Wednesday at noon at the Marriott Hotel on the corner of Harbor and Chapman in Garden Grove. Come have lunch with us. |
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On February 9th, Rae Schirer drove by in her Rotary Mobile to have lunch
with us. Rae is a business law attorney
and District Governor Elect. She spoke to us about recent
legislation that has an impact on business. Holding the car back is Joe Pak, a
club
member. |
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Jackie Slater, offensive tackle for
the Los Angeles and St Louis Rams addressed the Garden Grove Rotary
Club. Between 1976 and 1995, Jackie played 259 professional
football games in his 20 year career all with the Rams organization.
He played in seven Pro
Bowls and was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame in 2001. On
his retirement his number 78 was retired too. Today, he works with youth coaching Saddleback Community College and public speaking. |
 Joe Hammer and Senator Lou Correa |
 Congressman Ed Royce and Joe Pak |
 Richard Boddle and Scott Weimer |
 Gus Castellanos |
 Councilman Andrew Do & Jordan Silverberg |
 Garden Grove Rotary sponsored Leah Cecil, Miss Garden Grove |
 Rams Coach Dick Coury and Joe Hammer |
 Joe Hammer, Actress Lee Meriwether and Mayor Bill Dalton |
 Supervisor Janet Nguyen & Scott Weimer |
 Sheriff Sandra Hutchens and Don Alexander |
 GG City Manager Matt Fertal |
 District Attorney Tony Raukaukas & club President Jesse James |
 Wm Annan & OC Treasurer Shari Freidenrich |
 Don Alexander and Dr. Robert Schuller |
 High School guest from Anyang Korea |