SATURDAY, MARCH 17: CASINO NIGHT. If you need to sign up, contact Mike Ojeda. He also has the tickets for the event. Jim Rider said that prizes included a $1,000 shopping spree at the Westfield Mall as well as an airplane ride. The event will be at the Arcadia Community Center from 6 to 10 [...]

SATURDAY, MARCH 17: CASINO NIGHT. If you need to sign up, contact Mike Ojeda. He also has the tickets for the event. Jim Rider said that prizes included a $1,000 shopping spree at the Westfield Mall as well as an airplane ride. The event will be at the Arcadia Community Center from 6 to 10 [...]

Our program today was introduced by Matt Weaver.  The following is an awesome story of a little girl in Poland. Sid, as Matt called her,  came to the podium, and quietly told her story of being a holocaust survivor.  Sid was born in 1927 in Przemysl, Poland.  She was the only child.  Her parents and her [...]

1. On the weekend of January 28–29, 2012 at Los Angelitos Orphanage, situated in a rural area of east Tijuana, there was a Rotary Work Day. This is part of the annual Rotary Amigos project, hosted by Tijuana Rotary. In the slide show, Rotarians were shown doing work such as measuring and sawing wood. Among [...]

Steve Gitlin, Vice President of Corporate Marketing Strategy, gave an excellent update on exactly what the company develops and where they are headed.  As you may recall from last years presentation, battery charging stations where being developed due to all the new electric cars that were emerging.  New electric powered cars have now been introduced [...]

1.  Mike Real and Jim Rider announced that  the club’s Casino Night fund raiser will be on 03/17/2012 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Arcadia Community Center.  Plan on attending for a fun filled evening with Las Vegas style gaming, great food, hosted bar, prizes, surprises and much  more. 2.  Ralph Orr announced that [...]

MONTE CARLO NIGHT UPDATE. A sign up sheet will be circulated at the meeting next week, and Mike Ojeda will have tickets available. Mike Real said that the food will be catered by The Derby and Cafe Opera. The event will be held on March 17, from 6 to 10 PM, at the Community Center. [...]

Ethiopian born, college educated in the United States and now a proud Arcadia Rotarian, Daniel Yohannes is an engineer who works with Aaron Rose. More on this later. While attending high school in Ethiopia, Daniel applied for an AFS scholarship as an exchange student, which was supposed to be for a year in the United [...]

“Reach Within To Embrace Humanity” This annual speech contest starts at the Club Level.  The winner of the Club Level proceeds to the Group Level.  The winner of the Group Level will then proceed to one of the 4 Regional Contests.  The 4 Regional winners compete at the District Conference in June.  The winner of [...]

DISTRICT MUSIC AWARDS CONTEST. Ralph Orr announced that the contest will be held at the Arcadia Library   on Friday evening, Feb. 17th. Four Arcadia High participants will compete for the chance to go on to the finals at the District level where the grand prize will be $5,000! MONTE CARLO NIGHT UPDATE. A sign [...]

This past Friday we had the pleasure of  listening to Sebastian Zachariah speak on some matters going on today in the Middle East.  Before I get started on the information he provided us with I will give you some information about our speaker.  Sebastian is a former U.N. Ambassador.  He has traveled all around speaking [...]

              1)     2012 Monte Carlo Night Fundraiser, March 17, from 6 to 10 PM, at the Community Center: Mike Real encouraged us to bring guests to this event that is taking the place of the Pot-O-Gold. It is our only fundraiser and will provide the funds necessary to support our club’s many endeavors. Frank Hall [...]