May 12,2000 Issue

Tune in this Week for

the May 12th Program:

"UCLA Football—

Past & Future"

Our featured speaker will be

Bob Toledo

The year 2000 is another year for UCLA football, and the question is whether or not the Bruins will be a "contenda" for the Pac-10 title. Coach Bob Toledo will be with us. We may learn who starts at quarterback, who are the safeties, and who is the go-to receiver. Bring a fan as a guest to hear the latest from Westwood. And don't forget to wear your own school colors to the meeting.

June 2—"Our Northern Neighbors" with the Canadian Consul General, the Right Honourable A. Kim Campbell

Mark Your Calendars!

May 20: District Assembly at Carson for all incoming officers, directors, and interested persons, 7 a.m.

June 21: Joint Board meeting for the outgoing and incoming boards, hosted by the past presidents, at the home of John Lehne. Please be there!

June 23: Dethroning/Enthroning Party at Riviera Country Club. Plan to be there to support Jack and John!

Week 37—Organ Donor Awareness

Good morning, Americans! You know what the news is. Now you're going to hear the REST of the story!!! And now for what it's worth…

Head tablers for the April 28, 2000, meeting were invocateur Jim Menzies, program chair of the day Frank Lavac, Carol Jackson, Dee Menzies, Bill Hunt, and guest introducer Henry Alcantar.

Rob Greenhalgh, a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar from 1997, is a past president of the UCLA student body. He is currently working in Buenos Aires. He shared his incredible experience as a Rotary scholar so that we can know what a wonderful program it is.

Then our own birthday boy Bill Hunt, perennial member of the birthday committee, "honored" the April birthdayers. Only 3 of us dared to show: Hugh Travis, Nat Charnley, and Carol Jackson. That's all the more lamb and rice sticks for dogs for Frank Lavac's patients.

In our own version of "Truth and/or Consequences," President Jack brought Harmon Sieff up to the podium to read the letter Harmon received from the kindergarten class he and his son read to in our Rotary Reads to Kids program. Was this the test to see if he could read?? That cost Harmon $50. Then IBM's Jim Dyer was asked about attending the broadcasters convention in Las Vegas. That, along with his wife Sharon's recognition as paleontologist volunteer of the year for LA County, cost Jim $100. In a related computer glitch story, Rota-Monica editor Carol Jackson paid $100 for the gremlin who stole Phil Tirone's new e-mail address from the most recent issue. Then Nat Trives and Barbara Hopper paid $50 each. Seems according to Nat, Barbara's new title is "Assistant to the President." Nat was happy to pay since it resulted in the funding of the Archie Morrison scholarship award this year.

Frank Lavac was pleased to present Diane Green, RN, who is Assistant Regional Director of the Southern California Organ Procurement Center (SCOPC). April is Organ Donor Awareness Month. She brought us up to date on the need for organ donations. The waiting list grows while the number of donations stays constant. Please go home and talk to your family about your wishes. Share your life. Share your decision.

Good day!!

Factoid:

Did you know there are two Rotary mottoes? "Service Above Self" is the primary motto of Rotary International. "He Profits Most Who Serves Best" is the other. Though in use for many years, they were not formally approved until the 1950 convention in Detroit.

Phil Tirone's new e-mail address:

Ptirone@firstcapitalmtg.com

Accurate Axioms, Colorful Corollaries:

The Patient's Rule Concerning his Symptoms:

It's not a matter of life or death—it's much more important than that.

We Interrupt

This Broadcast…

For a Special Bulletin

Events that have Changed our Outlook on the World Forever

It started when agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms met with resistance from the Branch Davidian members in the ATF's attempt to arrest leader Koresh on weapons charges. After 51 days of a standoff, the authorities stopped waiting. On April 19, 1993, after the wind had subsided, armored vehicles began ramming the compound. CNN carried the pictures live as a blaze consumed the building, killing nearly 80 cult members, including David Koresh and 18 children. While ambulances were dispatched to the area, no firetrucks were nearby. Janet Reno took full responsibility for the siege. She publicly admitted via television and radio that the plan had been flawed.

We're Thinking of You!

Sick visitation chair Jim Reidy had us do a big "Ah-So" for George Ishizuka. We miss you, George!

"Honoring Our Past: The Words and Wisdom of Paul Harris"

On Club Singing:

If a suitable selection has not been made, the songs may serve to disturb the composure of the speaker and thereby impair his effectiveness. Many an inexperienced speaker has been thrown completely off his stride and moved to substitute an extemporaneous speech for one carefully prepared, in a desperate effort to adjust himself to the spirit of the meeting. Much responsibility rests upon the shoulders of the song leader; it is not infrequently within his power to make or break a meeting.

—This Rotarian Age, 1935

Thanks be to John "the Baptist" Miller for his incredible wisdom and talent with our songs!

The Rotary International Theme for May is "District Conferences/District Assemblies"

Topping the Pop Charts on May 12th:

1957: Party Doll—Buddy Knox

1966: Monday, Monday—

The Mamas and The Papas

1975: He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)—

Tony Orlando and Dawn

1981: Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)—

Phil Collins

Rotary Club of Santa Monica

Rota-Monica