VIP LUNCHEON SET FOR APRIL 30TH Laura Freedman has two speakers for the VIP luncheon, Richard N. Frank, Chairman of Lawry’s Restaurants, and Richard R. Frank, his son who is the President. Richard N. Frank is the son of the founder of Lawry’s, Laurence Frank. Lawrence and co-founder Walter Van de Kamp started the first [...]

Introduced as the “Rock Star of Urology”, Dr. Monish Aron told his story of how he, along with a group of six other superstars, came from the respected Cleveland Clinic to head up the USC Institute of Urology.  It is now a combination of the USC University Hospital, The Norris Cancer Center, L.A. County Medical [...]

I was at the RYLA’s parent/student orientation meeting this week. The high school students and the parents were so excited about going to a 3 day weekend at Idyllwild with many other high school students to learn about leadership. The alternative students were very anxious to be picked up to go to this event although [...]

Red Badger meeting minutes February 18, 2010 Our red badger meeting started off with introductions followed by our liaison, John Murphy, who spoke about his role and duties. He then opened up the floor to questions about Rotary.  We went into detail about procedures on make-ups and went through the red badger checklist.  Rob Post [...]

The honoree for Performing Arts is Israel Coleman (17). Israel has a GPA of 3.3 and was a Drum Major of Foothills Middle School and a Senior Men and Women Historian. He was the Sophomore Representative to the Band, the Junior Representative to the Band, and the Band President. He has been the Clarinet Section Leader for [...]

The Dynamic Duo was not so much a duo, but rather Batman flying solo:efficiently and expeditiously levelling the following fines…  Joel Shawn:  AHS Constitution Team Wins State!!!  Joel, being “so happy!”, was fined $50  Rich Hutton: “Super Lawyer Magazine” named our Rich as 1 of 3 Super Lawyers in the category “Criminal Defense DUI/DWI”.  He [...]

While away in New Zealand I received an e-mail from Steve Pellitier with the link to the article in the Northland Age before anyone in New Zealand told me the article had been published. I notified Kerikeri Rotary also before they knew it had been published! The well written article  ”A True Meeting of Cultures” [...]

Pa Tate, Distinguished Rotarians, Members of Motuti Marae, Fellow Rotarians, members of my family and friends: Those assembled here, and many that could not attend from near and far celebrate with you. Kia mau ki Maoritanga – hold fast to your Maori culture Please allow me to explore the connection of Rotary to the events [...]

Ten of us left on February 2nd.  We landed 12 hours later in perfect weather in Auckland New Zealand.  After a day “resting” including a tour around the city and a sail on America’s Cup training boats we headed north in two vans for about 5  hours… and time slowed. The Hokianga Harbor on the [...]

The Four Way Speech program today was introduced by Tony Parrille, and is one of the annual events that Arcadia Rotary looks forward to each year. We had four speakers from Arcadia High School. To judge the contest we had four members, Ken Mallory, Ed Beranek, Mary Salcedo, and Jim Rider to do the honors. [...]

It never fails that the traffic light is programmed to stop traffic just as I approach. Maybe that is why we call it a stop light; even though it allows traffic to progress as often as it requires me to stop and wait for those who are not going my way. The reality is that [...]

1.  The City of Arcadia is sponsoring the American Cancer Society RELAY FOR LIFE OF ARCADIA set for the weekend of 06/26/10-06/27/10 at the Arcadia Race Track.  The event is honoring all firefighters who are fighting cancer.  Club members re asked to participate.  For more inforamtion about the relay, contact Sarah Eagle (626) 372-9456 or online [...]

[from Britain's Daily Mail, online version, 14th February 2010article by Jonathan Petre] [Professor Phil Jones, leading Global Warming proponent and] The academic at the centre of the ‘Climategate’ affair, whose raw data is crucial to the theory of climate change, has admitted that he has trouble ‘keeping track’ of the information. . . . The [...]

The Dynamic Duo Fine Masters Dave and Geoff fascinated those assembled, primarily because their “recognitions” were punctuated with real live photos and such. Those members and guests in attendance sat enraptured while the Duo proceeded to nail Jim Kuhn, Dong Chang, Ken Mallory, Dirk Hudson and Jim Rider in words and pictures. Jim Kuhn was [...]

This year’s music award competition was chaired by Dave Stover, Dan Stover’s son.  The judges for the competition were:  Bob Young; George Fasching; Tom Crosby and Dave Freeman.         The judging criteria for the completion are 1.  Tone; Quality/Intonation; 2.  Technique;  3.  Interpretation;  4.  General Effect;  and 5.  Total Score.         Dave introduced the musicians [...]

There were no announcements on 02/05/10 due to Day at the Races. Pat Barnes

WHO WAS DAN STOVER AND WHY IS THIS SCHOLARSHIP NAMED AFTER HIM? The worlds of education and music transected in the life of Dan Stover, a secondary education professional whose musical talents were shared with his family, his community, and certainly with Rotary, at both the local and District levels. Dan Stover was an educator [...]