Aug- Oct 2001

Rotary Club of Santa Monica

"2001/2002 - A Rotary Odyssey"

Prior Meetings

Here are some great pictures from past meetings. Click each thumbnail to see the full-size picture, then use your Web browser's Back button to return to this page.

Our Lunch Speaker on 10/26/01 was mountain climber Brent Didden. Brent gave us a moving presentation of his recent climb to the summit of Mt Everest. He explained how world famous Everest climber Sherpa Babu Chiri was killed by a freak accident in that climb.

President Hal's Quotes of the Day:

Kahlil Gibran: The significance of a man is not in what he attains but rather in what he longs to attain.
Chou En-lai: (Tax-Fines) China has no income tax, no unemployed and not a single soldier outside its own territory.
Aldous Huxley: Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.

Kara Knack from the Griffith Observatory was our speaker on 10/19/01

New member Gerry Smallwood introduced Kara Knack. She explained to us how the Griffith Observatory will be closing on 1/7/02 and will remain closed for 3 years for renovation.
Our speaker gets a two thumbs up rating for her passionate presentation. This world needs more caring volunteers like her!

Thanks to new member Steve Alexis and Asiana Airlines this years Rotary Golf Classic has a full supply of golf balls to give to our tournament participants. Steve explained to me that Asiana Airlines is the only way to fly for those of us with a Korea, Japan, China or other Asian destination. One of Asiana's main goals is to take great care of it's business customers.
Steve, I can't wait to hear more about you and your business when you give us your upcoming craft talk!

President Hal's Quotes of the Day:

Tao Ho: Good Architecture is like a piece of beautifully composed music crystallized in space that elevates our spirits beyond the limitation of time.
Leo Rosenberg: (Birthdays) First you forget names, then you forget faces, then you forget to pull your zipper up, then you forget to pull your zipper down.
Will Rogers: (Tax-Fines) The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
Frank Lloyd Wright: An idea is salvation by imagination.

Suzanne Wilson, chief project manager for the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center was our speaker on 10/12/01

Suzanne (introduced by our new member Tulin Ozkaragoz) showed us a slide show presentation of architectural drawings and artist's renderings of the future hospital. Boy am I impressed, the hospital with its more friendly appeal will look and feel more like a five star hotel. Program VP George Collins is shown with Jean Wyner. Jean not only is an executive of the Hospital, she is President of the Santa Monica Kiwanis Club. (Jean, I hope my Kiwanian partner Charlie Wiese doesn't find out that you were at a Rotary meeting)!

President Hal's Quotes for the Day:
Herman Wouk:(Tax-Fines) Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.
Winston Churchill: We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

Meditation Expert Bond Wright (shown with her Australian wind pipe) was our guest speaker for lunch on 10/05/01. Bond explained how important it is to bring ones opponent to his or her senses, but not to humiliate. Stan Johnson introduced our guest Eva Brodehl from Germany as a visiting Rotarian. Eva is a medical student (she also is the VP of the Heidelberg, Germany Rotaract Club) and was studying in the US at Harvard for the summer. I promised Eva that I would put her picture on the Web so her proud parents could see a part of her trip to America.

President Hal's Quotes of the Day:
Frank Hubbard: Litigation: A form of hell whereby money is transferred from the pockets of the proletariat to that of lawyers.
Albert Einstein: Tax-Fines) The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Thomas Babington: Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.

Susan Dawson introduced Peter Atkins, CEO of the Los County Arboretum as our guest speaker for lunch on 9/28/01. Peter reminded us that mankind's existence is 100% dependent on plants.

President Hal's Quotes of the Day:
Robert Frost: By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.
Jean Colbert: (Tax-Fines) The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to get the most feathers with the least hissing.
Old Chinese Saying: Pleasure for an hour, a bottle of wine; pleasure for a year, marriage; pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.

New members Karim Jaude and Radomir Samardzic are shown with luncheon guest speaker Italian Consul General Massimo Roscigno on 9/21/01. Massimo says that the Italian Government is 100% behind the U.S. in it's fight against terrorists.

President Hal's Quotes of the Day:
Isabel F. Quigley: We all need to look to God not only for strength in our individual lives, but also for strength and wisdom for our country.
Benjamin Franklin: (Birthdays) All would live long, but none would be old.
Theodore Roosevelt: Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

The "Dance Doctor" John Cassese has a couple of his students perform the flip and role "Swing" dance maneuver for us at lunch on 9/14/01

Our newest member Charlie Christensen and his wife Kristy impressed John with their new dance moves.

Just after receiving a couple of quick lessons from her instructor John, Karen Baker is shown with her partner Hank Walther . This picture shows Karen immediately before taking off and performing a perfect "Flip and Role."

President Hal's Quotes for the Day:
Reinhold Niebuhr: O God, give us serenity to accept what cannot be changed; courage to change what should be changed; and wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

Over 115 were in attendance for the Sept 7, 2001 meeting, way to go VP of Programs George Collins!

Monsignor Kevin Kostelnik was introduced by our own Monsignor Lloyd Torgenson. Kevin, pastor of the new City of Angels Cathedral, talked about how Los Angeles will soon have a "sacred place" where all people of all faiths can go in time of crisis. Jim Reidy was recognized for his 50th wedding anniversary. Jim took his wife on a five week European vacation to celebrate (one week for each ten years). Congratulations Jim!

President Hal's Quotes for the Day:
Thomas Fuller: Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Bunni Dybnis from Liv Care was our speaker on 8/24/01. She told us that 80% of seniors want to remain independent for as long as possible as they grow older. She reminded us how important it is to take care of ones self when young in order to be able to accomplish this goal.

President Hal's Quotes for the Day:
John Burroughs: How beautifully the leaves grow old. How full of light and colour are their last days.

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Kara Knack from the Griffith Observatory was our speaker on 10/19/01

New member Gerry Smallwood introduced Kara Knack. She explained to us how the Griffith Observatory will be closing on 1/7/02 and will remain closed for 3 years for renovation. Our speaker gets a two thumbs up rating for her passionate presentation. This world needs more caring volunteers like her!	Thanks to new member Steve Alexis and Asiana Airlines this years Rotary Golf Classic has a full supply of golf balls to give to our tournament participants. Steve explained to me that Asiana Airlines is the only way to fly for those of us with a Korea, Japan, China or other Asian destination. One of Asiana's main goals is to take great care of it's business customers. Steve, I can't wait to hear more about you and your business when you give us your upcoming craft talk!
President Hal's Quotes of the Day: Tao Ho: Good Architecture is like a piece of beautifully composed music crystallized in space that elevates our spirits beyond the limitation of time. Leo Rosenberg: (Birthdays) First you forget names, then you forget faces, then you forget to pull your zipper up, then you forget to pull your zipper down. Will Rogers: (Tax-Fines) The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf. Frank Lloyd Wright: An idea is salvation by imagination.

Suzanne Wilson, chief project manager for the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center was our speaker on 10/12/01

Suzanne (introduced by our new member Tulin Ozkaragoz) showed us a slide show presentation of architectural drawings and artist's renderings of the future hospital. Boy am I impressed, the hospital with its more friendly appeal will look and feel more like a five star hotel.	Program VP George Collins is shown with Jean Wyner. Jean not only is an executive of the Hospital, she is President of the Santa Monica Kiwanis Club. (Jean, I hope my Kiwanian partner Charlie Wiese doesn't find out that you were at a Rotary meeting)!
President Hal's Quotes for the Day: Herman Wouk:(Tax-Fines) Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today. Winston Churchill: We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.


Meditation Expert Bond Wright (shown with her Australian wind pipe) was our guest speaker for lunch on 10/05/01. Bond explained how important it is to bring ones opponent to his or her senses, but not to humiliate.	Stan Johnson introduced our guest Eva Brodehl from Germany as a visiting Rotarian. Eva is a medical student (she also is the VP of the Heidelberg, Germany Rotaract Club) and was studying in the US at Harvard for the summer. I promised Eva that I would put her picture on the Web so her proud parents could see a part of her trip to America.
President Hal's Quotes of the Day: Frank Hubbard: Litigation: A form of hell whereby money is transferred from the pockets of the proletariat to that of lawyers. Albert Einstein: Tax-Fines) The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. Thomas Babington: Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.

New members Karim Jaude and Radomir Samardzic are shown with luncheon guest speaker Italian Consul General Massimo Roscigno on 9/21/01. Massimo says that the Italian Government is 100% behind the U.S. in it's fight against terrorists.
President Hal's Quotes of the Day: Isabel F. Quigley: We all need to look to God not only for strength in our individual lives, but also for strength and wisdom for our country. Benjamin Franklin: (Birthdays) All would live long, but none would be old. Theodore Roosevelt: Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

	The "Dance Doctor" John Cassese has a couple of his students perform the flip and role "Swing" dance maneuver for us at lunch on 9/14/01
Our newest member Charlie Christensen and his wife Kristy impressed John with their new dance moves.
	Just after receiving a couple of quick lessons from her instructor John, Karen Baker is shown with her partner Hank Walther . This picture shows Karen immediately before taking off and performing a perfect "Flip and Role."
President Hal's Quotes for the Day: Reinhold Niebuhr: O God, give us serenity to accept what cannot be changed; courage to change what should be changed; and wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

Over 115 were in attendance for the Sept 7, 2001 meeting, way to go VP of Programs George Collins!

Monsignor Kevin Kostelnik was introduced by our own Monsignor Lloyd Torgenson. Kevin, pastor of the new City of Angels Cathedral, talked about how Los Angeles will soon have a "sacred place" where all people of all faiths can go in time of crisis.	Jim Reidy was recognized for his 50th wedding anniversary. Jim took his wife on a five week European vacation to celebrate (one week for each ten years). Congratulations Jim!
President Hal's Quotes for the Day: Thomas Fuller: Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Bunni Dybnis from Liv Care was our speaker on 8/24/01. She told us that 80% of seniors want to remain independent for as long as possible as they grow older. She reminded us how important it is to take care of ones self when young in order to be able to accomplish this goal.
President Hal's Quotes for the Day: John Burroughs: How beautifully the leaves grow old. How full of light and colour are their last days.