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 [...]

Brad Miller spoke on the Maori Carving Center Project in New Zealand explaining why we should even care about indigenous cultures.  The movie Avatar is a Hollywood version, while there are real tribes and cultures that need saving, including the New Zealand Maori. He explained that their way of life has a different set of [...]

Born and raised in a mountain farming community in northern California, Paul enjoyed the outdoors and often thought,,, “why would anyone ever want to live in a ‘BIG City’? Well, after graduating from Cal Poly SLO in Construction Engineering in 1977, Paul’s financial life now totally revolves around ‘Big City’ Real Estate and Development.  He [...]

An Airport Serving San Gabriel Valley and Beyond Jessica Privett, a flight instructor at the El Monte Airport was the April 21 speaker at Arcadia Rotary.  Jessica grew up in the San Gabriel Valley.  At the age of ten, her father took her to the El Monte airport for the first time. One day she [...]

Eric Barter introduced the speakers:  Officer Larry Peralta of the Arcadia Police Department and four of the Explorer Scouts who serve under his leadership. An Explorer Scout is a volunteer who has great interest in police work.  Explorers range in age between ages 14 and 18.  The members (male and female) serve as observers on [...]

Ray Kotroczo of Legacy Financial of California gave us the benefit of his 35 years in the field of personal finance. His “financial commentary” started with a survey of recent business cycles and “where are we in the current economy, followed by a discussion of investments to protect against the current decline. A Brief Survey [...]

We had another hilarious program today when Dave McMonigle, Geoff Tookey and Mike Real staged a mock football game between rivals USC and UCLA at the meeting. Coach Pete Carroll was there (Pat Dolphin) as was Coach Rick Neuheisel (Pat Barnes). Each coach would read off a play and as Mike Real drew the concealed [...]