Applications are available at the Arcadia Community Center front desk for nominations for the 2010 Senior Citizen of the Year. Nominees should be someone who is caring and at least 55 years of age; an Arcadia resident; actively involved in volunteer work; invaluable to your organization and deserving of recognition. Recipient of the award will [...]

 On March 14, 2010 Arcadia Rotarians celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in the patio of Matt Denny’s Restaurant.  The event was organized by Laura Freedman.  Some who, like ourselves, had other commitments (such as the Sho Tay rally at the race track) stayed only long enough to imbibe a beer or Irish coffee, and engage in [...]

  A fun night out with other amiable ( ? ) Rotarians, starting with dinner at: Dinner at BARNEY’S ONLY PLACE IN TOWN – 110 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. Sierra Madre And Then a play at The Sierra Madre Playhouse      Sat. Feb. 27, 2010, 6 PM      $35 for dinner and the show! Must get [...]

The setting: Spectacular! On the lawn in front of the Queen Anne Cottage at dusk. The company: The best! Rotarians, their partners and DG Tom Novotny.  We had the whole place to ourselves! The event: To honor our DG.  An etched commemorative wine bottle was presented to DG Tom. Matt Weaver and Dave McMonigle attempted [...]

Brad coerced Stig Hedlund into conducting a wine tasting test.  9 bottles were covered up and coded: A chardonnay, a Cabernet Savignon and a Merlot.  A small group of volunteers tried identify the better wine (brought by Stig from his wine shop) vs. the $1.99 Charles Shaw and the $2.99 Chilean Trader Joe’s products (bought [...]