On September 3, 2010, Rosie Mares introduced Robert Granger to present his craft talk. Robert Granger is the Owner/Director of Chyten Educational Services of Arcadia.  Chyten has 31 centers in 11 states (Arizona, California, Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Pennsylvania).  In California, there are four centers (in Arcadia, [...]

On September 3, 2010, Rosie Mares introduced David Burke to give his craft talk. David Burke is General Manager of Westfield Shopping Town in Arcadia. He has been a member of Rotary from April, 2010. David’s paternal grandparents were Dorothy (“Dottie”) and Joseph Francis Burke. Joseph was a song-writer, composer and conductor. He was also [...]

Another stellar program was presented Friday when,  Kristen Helsel, V.P., EVSolutions, discussed the latest news from AeroVironment, Inc.  Headquartered on Huntington drive in Monrovia, the company develops and produces unmanned aircraft systems and efficient electric energy technologies such as electric vehicle refueling stations.  AeroVironment has partnered with Nissan Motors to develop a way for customers [...]

Rob Post began his craft talk by introducing his family who were all present.  This included his wife Angie, his parents, his sister Gina (also a Rotarian, but relocated to Costa Mesa), and the latter’s two sons (Dillon, now a toddler, and baby Reese).  Rob also provided slides to illustrate his talk Rob grew up [...]

Kathleen Householder identified herself as a Southern California native who was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Alhambra with her twin sister and little brother. Kathleen is an avid Dodgers fan.  However, she also likes to garden, skillfully growing California native plants. However, Kathleen’s talents do not extend to orchids which seem to [...]

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 [...]

Craft Talks: Richard Schulhof and Adam Throop We enjoyed two member craft talks today, both very interesting.  The first was from Richard Schulhof, who happens to be the CEO of the Los Angeles County Arboretum.  He is a product of the San Diego area, where he grew up working on his grandfathers’ land in Rancho [...]

Tony Parille announced Arcadia Rotary’s annual program in honor of the Arcadia Policeman and Fireman of the Year.  The presenters were Arcadia Police Captain Eugene P. Gioia and Arcadia Fire Department Battalion Chief Barry Spriggs.  They were here to present the 2010 honorees, Detective Dan Crowther of the Arcadia Police Department and Engineer Gary Robinson [...]

On May 14, 2010, Paul Williams of the Foster City, California Rotary Club spoke to Arcadia’s Rotary Club about “My Road to Rotary”.  Paul works in property management with Lincoln Properties and grew up in Willits, California.  He calls Willits the “gateway to the redwoods” and “the home of the Skunk Train”. Paul’s Rotary Scholarship [...]

From Computer Programing to Financial Planning Roger was born in 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Three years later Roger’s family moved to Richardson, Texas, a northern suburb of Dallas, housing 600 technology companies such as Nortel, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Tellabs, Texas Instruments, and AT&T.  They lived across the street street from Texas Instruments, Rockwell Collins, [...]

Unlocking the Door to Success Rosie Mares was born and raised in East Los Angeles as the second of six kids.  Her birthplace was near the junction of two freeways (the 10 and the 710). Rosie was raised in that part of East L.A. known as City Terrace. Rosie attended Wilson High School in El [...]

An Arcadian Who “Dreamed Big” Seeks New Horizons in Oregon On May 7, Laura Freedman, Arcadia Rotary’s first woman President, gave her senior craft talk.  Since the Freedmans were about to move to Seaside, Oregon, Laura suggested that her talk might also be viewed as a sort of “swan song.” Laura’s parents had come from [...]

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Today the RYLA students took over and ran the meeting from start to finish and did a great job.   They handled every aspect from pledge to introductions of guests to invocation and even fined Jim Ryder $100.  For those who don’t know, RYLA stands for Rotary Youth Leadership Award and the young people who attend [...]

On February 5, 2009, Arcadia Rotary celebrated its annual Day at the Races.  Instead of the Embassy Suites, this Friday the meeting was in Santa Anita’s Frontrunner Restaurant overlooking the race track. Santa Anita Park is the oldest racetrack in Southern California, having opened on December 25, 1934, replacing the race track opened by Lucky [...]

Shelterbox A PowerPoint slide show with audio was scheduled to be presented. Due to technical difficulties it was not presented but will be put on our club webpage at arcadiarotary.org. Mimi Hennessy gave a commercial that she saw the program at the Claremont club and that the Shelterbox program is an outstanding way to help [...]

Our guest speaker this week was Bernard Hunt, who traveled from the Rotary Club of Las Vegas West, in the rain and elements to speak to us about a very special project; his International Committee’s AIDS/Orphan Project.  Mr. Hunt calls himself a “retired boring old fart”, but in reality he is a former journalist/photographer who [...]

ROCK AND ROLL WHAT A HISTORY This week, January 8, 2010 our weekly speaker John Gregory gave us a history of the musical genre:  Rock and Roll. John Gregory grew up in Pasadena and has been an Arcadia resident for 32 years. He was a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, then an executive for [...]

Our December 18 Christmas Program included a great variety of entertainment.  President Imy led us in honoring our Embassy Suites dining staff.  Sharon Pica and Bob Deao introduced various Rotary members who informed us about Hanukkah, Christmas and other seasonal traditions from other cultures.  Our Hanukkah representatives (Dan and Saul) directed our attention to our [...]