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Today’s program featured the down and dirty legal picture in the real estate and criminal defense world. Arcadia Rotarians, Dave Freeman and Rich Hutton provided insights into their areas of expertise in the law: Dave Freeman in Real Estate and Rich Hutton in Criminal Law.
Dave began by saying he has been in practice for over 30 years. He then talked about “Scams” taking place in the Real Estate market due to the faltering economy and inability of some property owners to make payments on their property, whether is residential or commercial.
The usual situation is a property owner falls behind in payments. What to do? Scam artists, real estate people or lawyers, prey on these people with often times disastrous results for the delinquent owners. These Scam artists will arrange for a sale with the lender at less than market value, or less than the principal of the outstanding loan. This creates a deficiency for the Borrower(s), but on the other hand the Scam artist has a front person buy the property at the lower price and then turnaround and sell the property for market value. So a secret profit is made at the expense of the Borrower(s). What is even worse, since the 1990’s, lenders are suing delinquent borrower(s) for the deficiency, i.e. the difference between what the property sold for and amount of the loan. The Borrower(s) may find themselves in a lawsuit to recover this difference and or a judgment against them and a bad credit score.
Dave offered some helpful hints to those purchasing property, or planning on investing. “Fung Shui”, he advised that a seller hire an expert on this concept to assist in a potential sale. Failure to Disclose: It is critical to list all known defects and in many instances to hire a good inspector to check out potential defects in pipes, underground problems. Permits, zoning, easements, property lines and buy sell agreements: he said take your time to check these out, investigate the property with the City and read these agreements very carefully. Don’t waive a contingency agreement until absolutely sure every clears. Buy for yourself, not in a group, make sure there is a safety margin in loan payments and don’t fall in love with a property, make sure the deal makes sense.
Rich Hutton has been practicing for 40 years in the criminal field, first as a deputy district attorney and then in private practice. He is a certified criminal specialist and represents defendants in a variety of prosecutorial situations.
Rich talked about what a lawyer is expected to be: that is aggressive and using other tools in his arsenal. He also said it makes sense to get along with the other side, too.
Rich described his workday, starting the first thing in the morning with either a DMV hearing, motion or trial. If he is not in trial, he will return to his office to meet with clients, discuss settlement with the prosecution and basically spend the time conferring telephonically. If he is in trial, the whole day will be spent at court and then he will return to his office after 6:00 pm to handle procedural matters.
The function of a criminal attorney is to represent people charged with a crime. Those charged can have the whole weight of the government working against them. So, the defendant is entitled to the best defense possible.
He described a case that left him with a deep impression of believing in a client’s case. He had a hard time believing all that this client had told him, but when the case was in trial and he cross examined the arresting officer, the truth came out and the implications showed that his client was being framed.
His advice to all who were present: Don’t let the cops in if they want to talk to you; Don’t talk to the cops, they will testify against you; Don’t talk to the FBI, because if you make a misstatement, you can be tried for lying to the FBI, which is a crime; and finally, Do nothing and say nothing. Excellent advice from a man who knows.
1. Sign up for the District Governor’s Dinner to be held next Friday (07/30/10) at 6:00 P.M.at the home of President Matt’s parents located at 116 Rose Lane, Monrovia, CA. Bob Harbicht announced that the choice for dinner is either steak or chicken.
2. President MATT announced that the Boys & Girls Club of the Foothills is having its fall fund raiser with its annual golf tournament to be held on Monday 10/04/10 at Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena. They need participants, sponsors and donations of raffle or auction items. For more information contact MATT who is also the Boys & Girls’s Club Secretary.
3. Dennis Lee and Jay Harvill announced that the Methodist Hospital’s Crystal Ball will be held on 10/16/10 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Their theme this year is “Evening of Good Vibrations” with entertainment by the Beach Boys.
The Finemasters were given some extra time to extract funds and they started things of by recognizing Brad Miller for $50 to celebrate his 25 years of chiropractic practice. He also brought to the attention of the Finemasters his weight loss of 50 lbs so far, which added another $50 to his fine. Looking good, Brad!
Ernie Jensen was spotted at a recent California Philharmonic concert with “Ernie’s Posse.” This, however, was not the reason he was called upon for recognition. Ernie’s wife, Gail, is on the incoming board for the Arcadia Assistance League. Ernie tried to plead that he knew nothing about her new responsibilities, but to no avail. He was recognized for $50 on Gail’s behalf.
Roger Gewecke’s son was named “Coach of the Year” for baseball to honor his work at Alhambra High School. This honor cost Roger $25 as a very proud dad.
Although Jack Pan was willing to admit to being in the Sierra Madre Parade, he tried to wiggle out of his fine by saying he was “in the same parade” as the Boy Scout group. In fact, he was in the same parade, but he was marching as a proud new member of the Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team. A photo of him rappelling from a helicopter clinched the fine at $50.
In Rotary’s version of “A Minute to Win It”, Brian Hall had to unroll two rolls of crepe paper in one minute to avoid his fine. Despite his heroic attempts, including throwing the rolls along the floor and through the air, he didn’t quite make it and earned a fine of $60 for his efforts.
Our program was presented by our own Rotary member, Alireza Khosroabady, DPM. With his specialty being podiatric medicine, he gave a fascinating insiders view of how a special surgical technique has helped thousands over the years. The procedure was originally developed in the 1950’s by a Russian doctor, Dr. Gavril Abramovich Ilizarov, who perfected it for patients with limb deformities such as clubfoot, lower limb discrepancies, short stature, etc. The procedure uses a specifically designed apparatus called the Ilizarov fixator, which involves a surgical bone break, then a series of rings connected to each other (and the bone) around a deformed limb. Through daily adjustment of the fixator by the patient, bone can actually grow as much as one millimeter a day or four inches over time if need be. Dr. Ali says there is initial pain for the first five days (patient given a spinal) but after that, no pain. Dr. Ali has treated infants, toddlers, adolescents and adults for orthopedic congenital deformities by using this and other methods. Dr. Ali is a fellowship trained foot and ankle specialist graduated from New York College of Podiatric Medicine. He completed a three-year residency at St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center and Metropolitan Hospital Center in New York. In addition, he spent a year in Baltimore’s Sinai Hospital at the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics earning a fellowship. There is no doubt Dr Ali has studied from the best and has become one of the top in his field. Thank you, Dr. Ali, for sharing your insight with the greatest Rotary Club in the world.
As you noticed, and as Pat Dolphin announced, we are being served our meals. Pretty nice. Any suggestions or ideas please let him or Mr. Yack know. They and Embassy are trying to please. Your feedback is helpful.
An era is ending. Barbara has been taking such good care of us for so many years, we don’t know what to do without her. If you have any good suggestions for her replacement, please notify your officers. Additionally, as a cost cutting move we will be closing the Rotary office and setting up a virtual office. Temporarilly everything will be operated out of Matt’s office.
Remember the District Governor’s dinner is coming up at Matt and Denise Weaver’s house, July 30, 2010. Be sure to sign up on the sheet that is being circulated at the meetings.
Get ready for a cool summer Cobb Salad served to you by our friendly staff.
Matt Weaver
It is with much disappointment my first letter to the club is to announce Barbara’s retirement as club secretary effective July 30th .
Barbara has been an integral part of our club for the last 20 years. I have got to know Barbara well over those years both in and outside of Rotary. She is one of the most caring considerate people I have ever known.
All of us who have known Barbara for any length of time will have a story about some unique special gift she gave you or how she helped you with a Rotary project.
I would ask that any of you with a good stories and pictures about Barbara send to Steve Pelletier to share in the High Gear.
Barbara has graciously agreed to stay on and help with finding her replacement.
We all look forward to seeing Barbara for years to come at our social events.
Well I figure that is about enough change for my first week!
I look forward to settling into the weeks to come.
Sincerely,
Matt Weaver
Mike Real and Pat Dolphin are the new fine masters for this year, they began by promising a “kinder, gentler” approach.
The fines were based on one’s knowledge of the new President Matt Weaver. The question was, “Do you know your president?”
Terry Earll started with exactness by correctly identifying Matt’s high school, as Arcadia High School. No fine.
Yvonne Flint was not so lucky, she missed his college of San Diego State and was fined $45, for her effort.
Ernie Jensen had a tough question. What extreme sports does Matt participate in? He answered Water Skiing, Bicycling, Jogging and Snow Boarding. No fine was earned.
Gerald Tamparong knew that Matt meet his wife at San Diego State Water Skiing. Imy Dulake was not fined for her reponse.
Steve Fong had to answer the five foreign lands where Matt has surfed. We all learned they were Thailand, Mexico, Peru, Costa Rica and El Salvador, however, Steve was fined $50, ten dollars for each answer.
Dirk Hudson was fined $45 for Matt’s wife name, Denise and sister’s name, Denise too.
Finally, the “kinder and gentler” , group fined Mimi Hennessy $45 for not knowing the Non-Profit group named “Next Level Missions” that Matt runs.
It will be a good year to update our working knowledge of Matt Weaver, not a bad start.
[Roger J Grant]
The Rotary Club of Arcadia won several awards at the District 5300 conference in Henderson.
At the June 30, 2010 meeting of the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Arcadia the following actions were taken that may be of interest to you:
FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2010,
by Phyllis Corliss
Rotarian Bruce McCallum, USC alumni, introduced our speaker, Shane Foley, former quarterback for USC.
Tom Crosby, our famous song leader and USC grad led us all in a USC “Fight On” cheer to the disdain of the UCLA Rotarians. (This fun and good cheer will always be a benchmark for our club.)
Shane Foley was raised in Orange County and was a quarterback at his high school, Newport Beach High, where in his last year had 3100 passing yards. He then went on to USC and during his time as quarterback for the Trojans they won the most coveted honor of being in the Rose Bowl three times.
Currently, Shane does writing for USC and assisting with the coaching staff. He also is a Vice President, Private Banker for Wells Fargo in Pasadena.
Pete Carroll was mentioned throughout his talk and Shane felt that he was one of the best coaches ever. During Carroll’s career the Trojans once won 34 straight games.
As Shane continued with football stats and talking about his alma mater, he seemed to become more and more robust in his talk and finally said “It means a lot to be a Trojan.”
To be an outstanding quarterback, Foley said that you have to know exactly what is happening in each play. It is like learning a foreign language, and you not only speak that language, but you are thinking in that language. That’s what quarterbacking is all about and you are continually reacting and you just know what you are going to do at all times.
There has been good and bad times, Foley continued, and the sanctions that were placed on USC are not isolated, however they were made an example for all teams.
Coaches when recruiting are looking for young men that have character and are behind the college that they are attending. If, in interviewing, the person may be a strong player, but is not that interested in the school, he will be passed up. Coaches are looking for the person that will fight to win and fight to win as a team. Each person is to do the best that they can and to focus on education,
A question was asked about the two new teams in the PAC10. Utah and Colorado has been added and Shane did not know how this was going to work in scheduling as the schedules are set three and four years in advance. And, he added “There are no door mats in the PAC10.” However, the films of the games SC lost this past year by USC will be studied, over and over.
Probably the most astonishing remark towards the end of his talk was the fact that in nine years the Trojan football budget increased from 18 million a year to 80 million a year. Shane mentioned that this is typical of all major universities throughout the country.
Shane Foley’s talk was well received and especially the honestly in which he expressed the recent happenings to USC. As he talked about the coaches and how they help each team member to develop and become responsible men with great character, it was very rewarding for our members to hear.
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Editorial comment: This article was written by Phyllis Corliss, a wonderful Rotarian but not one who follows sports…..She did a great job don’t you think? – Bruce McCallum
The Arcadia Partners in Rotary Installation of the 2010-2011 Board was held at the Arboretum June 28th. Following a buffet luncheon, Rick Dulake, President 2009-2010, spoke of the accomplishment that Partners had achieved during his year. We were able to support the Arcadia Child Health Care Council, Arcadia Camperships, Arcadia Alternative School Scholarships, Rotary Amigos Program and Shelter Box each with monetary assistance.
Marlene Griffith spoke of what Rotary means to our community and the world and then installed for following Board for 2010-2011:
Denise Weaver – President, Julie Miller – President Elect, Janice Barter – Vice President, Loretta Hoffman – Recording Secretary, Carol Stromsoe – Corresponding Secretary, Sharon Novell – Treasurer, Marlene Griffith – Parliamentarian, Katie Martinez – Membership, Marge Garrett – Publicity, Paula Real and Wendy McMonigle – Hospitality, Gail Jensen – On-going Projects.
We encourage all Partners in Arcadia Rotary to join by sending their dues of $25 to Sharon Novell, 1276 Oakglen Avenue, Arcadia 91006. Your support will help us provide additional scholarships and monetary assistance to our on going projects.
The 84th Arcadia Rotary Installation was put together masterfully by Past President Dick Martinez and he acted also as Master of Ceremonies. The highest club awards were as follows:
Jensen Service to Youth Award – Patrick Wickhem – Community Charity Auctioneer for Youth Groups
Fee New Member Award – Steve Pelletier
Scott Community Service Award – Mike Real
Michler Rotarian Award - Frank Griffith
Congratulations to them all.
Frank Perini presented his 41st President’s Photo Album. As customary frank had a joke for us – if you weren’t at the installation ask Frank about the guy who God turns the light on and off for .
Imy thanked her board for the great work they did in the 2009/2010 year. PDG John Fee installed the new board with a customize quote for each member of the new board. Then using the marriage vows wording as a guide he installed (married?) the new board. Then there was the usual presentation of pins to the new president and the outgoing president as will as recognition for all the past presidents of the club in attendance
Next came the Presidents address – From President Matt himself:
“I am thankful for the opportunity to give back to Rotary after all the years of great times and friendships Rotary has given me. I have been in the club over 20 years and really look forward to continue to guide this club as the greatest Rotary Club in the world!
My theme and goals are to encourage all of us to get to know to know each other a little better and have more fun with each other. My influence on the programs, socials and service projects this coming year is to encourage friendship but to also get to better know about each others business
Fate seems to have handed me a year when there are a number of administrative things in the club we need to tighten up and improve on. It has worked out well that Brad, Eric and I are all on the same page working together to improve things to help the club get bigger and better in the future. As we make changes this next year my hope is what I lack in polish and sophistication I can make up with energy and enthusiasm!
I want to thank my wife Denise for her supporting and giving me direction, as almost everyone here knows I would be lost without her. I would like to thank my Dad, daughter Kelly, son in law Chris and friend Brad for coming tonight, I want to give a special thanks to Jennifer and Dana that work in my office and who I would not be able to take on this responsibility without. They have been a big help getting ready for this year and will continue to really help me through out the next year.
I have been to many seminars, training, conferences and now I am really looking forward to getting going and having fun with all of you each week! I want to thank Dick Martinez for a great evening and I look forward to seeing you all soon!”
It was a excellent evening to share Rotary fellowship and wish our new leaders good luck and recognized many who have served so well in the past.
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