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October 15, 2024

Club Meeting

Glendora
Meets at Village Eatery
221 N. Glendora Ave.
Glendora, CA 91741

Time: Tuesday at 08:00 AM

Club Leaders

Rudy Hayek
President
Kathleen A Clark
President-Elect
International Service Chair
Jane Adair Bock
iPast President
Andrew Dilwicius
Past President
Secretary
Steve Sciurba
Treasurer
Joseph Cina III
Club Director
Public Image Chair
Christine A Storm-Smith
Club Director
Susanne Kallis-Hayek
Bulletin Editor
Dennis M. Franklin
Programs Chair
Club Director
Membership Chair
Craig Henderson
Rotary Foundation Chair
Lisa Frank
Club Director
Club RYLA Chair
Youth Service Chair

Events

10/22 District Governor Official Visit-All Attendance Please
10/16 GEF Fall Festival 6-8PM Bus Plaza
10/18 Halloween Movie in the Park-Rotarians needed from 4:30-8:30
10/26 Halloween Carnival 5-8 pm Finkbiner softball field
11/2 Meal Packing
11/2 Trails Day
12/10 Senior Luncheon

Birthdays

Steve Sciurba
October 25th
Kathleen A Clark
October 29th
Carl F Colley
November 8th

Speaker: Steven Mateer, City of Glendora Transportation Manager

The Glendora Rotary Club was honored to hear a presentation from Steven Mateer, Transportation Manager for the City of Glendora. Mr. Mateer earned a BA in Urban Studies & Planning from UCSD and an MA in Urban Planning from UCLA. He brings over 7 years of experience with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to his position in Glendora.
The Transportation Department is charged with operating the city transportation services, which is a wide-ranging remit ranging from the Dial-A-Ride program to the implementation of bike lanes, re-designing intersections for safety and traffic slowing, etc. The funding for the department does not come from Glendora’s general fund, but rather from LA County sales tax, and local, regional, state and federal grants.
The department is working towards a zero emission goal with electric buses deployed in Glendora that can be charged fully in 3-4 hours.
Steven described some of the other measures that have been put in place already, such as shortening cross walks for pedestrian safety, the closure of Meda to create pocket parks, as well as some plans in the future such as possible round-about at the post office intersection. These mitigation measures are based on hard science that shows that the #1 factor in injury collisions is speed, so the more that can be done to slow traffic, the more lives and quality of lives can be saved.
Steven grew up in San Dimas but moved here to Glendora from Glendale. He has an 8-year-old son who attends Cullen Elementary. He is the Immediate Past President of the Glendora Kiwanis Club.

District Governor Visit October 22

The annual visit of the District Governor to a Rotary Club is an event not to be missed. This is, for some Rotarians, their only opportunity to meet the current District Governor, to hear their perspective on the District and the wider Rotary world, and to hear first hand the message from Rotary International. In addition to all this, District Governor Mike Driebe will also be presenting a plethora of well-earned recognitions ranging from a first Paul Harris Fellow to a Major Donor award and a club sponsored Paul Harris Fellow award to a person that has been of great service to the Club. Every District Governor deserves the respect and attention of the Club for the massive multi-year commitment of time and energy to this “job”; Mike happens to be not only deserving but also one of the nicest guys you will ever meet.

Mike has a long history of service in District 5300. Among his District Positions are, Leadership Trainer, Public Relations Chair, Interact Chair, TLC Chair, RYLA Committee Member and Chair, Multi-District Interact Symposium Chair, Rotary Foundation Committee Chair, Host District Vocational Training Team Committee Chair, Leader of the 2018 Group Cultural Exchange Team to India, Stewardship Sub-Committee Chair, Major Gifts Sub-Committee Chair and currently as Chair of the 2022 Peace Conference Committee. His full biography can be found here.

Mike’s professional background is in hospital fund development and was the President of the Arcadia Methodist Hospital Foundation. He and his wife Sylvia live in Pomona. Mike’s club is the San Marino Rotary Club.

From District Governor Mike Driebe

Dear District 5300 Rotarians,

I’ve been on the road and enjoying my visits with you very much. What an eye-opener it’s been! Whether a club is small, medium or large, the work being done in your communities is remarkable. “Thank you,” hardly seems enough, but I know the look of gratitude in the eyes of those you serve is enough. Keep up the great work and continue to let your friends and neighbors know about the impact you’re making. In fact, I hope you’ll find a way to invite them to your next service project, so they can see first-hand what Rotary accomplishes. One way to inform the public is to make sure your club’s description and calendar of service projects are posted on comeseewhatwedo.org. You can get your club’s projects listed by posting them on the district calendar. You can also send a one or two paragraph description about who you are and what you do to Mike Soden and he’ll make sure that it gets posted, as well.

One of those fundamentals is DEI. The DEI committee, and several non-committee members, had a very lively and thought-provoking discussion via Zoom on Saturday morning. The meeting was recorded and if you’d like the link, please connect with District Administrator Tom Novotny at office@district5300.org and he’ll send it your way. Thanks to Thomas Allison, there are resources available to help you and your club extend the hand of Rotary to prospective members from across your community. These will be posted shortly on the district web page. In the meantime, if you have ideas you’d like to share, feel free to send me an email at rotarymike24@gmail.com.

We’re also planning the President’s Advance on January 17, 18 and 19 at the Irvine Marriott in Irvine, CA. The program will look a bit different this year; both Presidents and Presidents-Elect are welcome to attend. Registration with the agenda for the weekend will open in the next week or two. So, please watch for my email announcing it.

You’ll also find in this issue of The Highlighter, articles about the Rotary Friendship Exchange to India, and the Rotaplast mission to Kampala, Uganda. These are two wonderful opportunities to see Rotary in action and to experience its culture in far off lands. Please connect with PDG Rampur Viswanath and Drexel Smith respectively for more information.

Last, registration and hotel reservations are now live for the District Conference on April 12! Just go to district5300.org, scroll down to find the links you need. When booking your hotel, keep in mind that the District Training Assembly will be the day prior, on April 11th, which will also be at the Disneyland Hotel. We have a very special program for the conference, including an opportunity to experience the Disney Leadership Institute, the finals of the Dan Stover Music Contest, the 4-Way Test Speech Contest, and much more, including discounted admission to Disneyland on Sunday!

As always, please let me know if you have any questions and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Fines & Meeting Notes

  • Rudy Hayek “just because”
  • Falamak Z New/old employee returned to her practice
  • Tom Striklin Fed 60 homeless people!
  • Maria Kypreos Did go to Florida and survived but the black-tie wedding she was attending was ankle deep in puddles.
  • Dottie Hilliard “just has to be seen, no real fine to announce” (lol awesome!)
  • DJ “I’m good” (Lol awesome!)
  • Sheila Gutierrez grandson made jv team
  • Christine Smith grand-daughter got a new job
  • Susanne Hayek “just because”
A big Thanks to everyone for donating to Paul the Disaster Pig…all October donations to be sent to Rotary Zones 33&34 for their disaster relief efforts. Per Craig Henderson, Club Foundation Chair, Rotary Foundation Donations to date are $3,735, iwhichs 38% of the club goal and Polio+ donations have blown by that goal, reaching $893. World Polio Day is 10/24 and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is double matching donations this Rotary year. Rotary’s goal is to raise $50M. We’ve got a lot of fining to do!

Youth Services

At left, Interact members receiving instruction from Sheila Gutierrez on cleaning and sorting donated glasses and lenses for the Focometer project. Next step is instruction on the use of the Lensometer so that the glasses can be examined and sorted by prescription.

TLC signups are lagging…our club has paid for four attendees with only one application to date. Do you know an 8th grader who would like to attend? Please let Lisa Frank know!




Halloween Movie in the Park-Boo!

The Halloween movie in the park will be on Friday evening October 18th. The city will be screening “Casper”, a film from 1995. Should be great fun. Kindly check your e-mail for a note from Lisa Frank with details…she would like volunteers to be there from 4:30-8:30 for set up and manning the booth. Some folks may stay later for tear down.

11/2 – Big Food Day

The club will be busy on November 2nd with our annual food packing project in the morning and trails day in the afternoon. We will pack 30k meals for Shepherd’s Pantry from approximately 8-10am and then head down to South Hills park to cook for the Trails Days volunteers…luckily they will not number 30k. Please plan to help the club out that day.

Club Holiday Party

The annual Holiday Party will be held at Ramon’s on Glendora Avenue. They have a nice banquet room behind the restaurant. You will receive an email with some dates for your input.

Halloween Carnival Volunteers Sought

The City of Glendora Recreation and Human Services Department is seeking volunteers for the Halloween Carnival to be held on Saturday October 26, from 5-8 PM at the softball field in Finkbiner Park. Help is needed for manning carnival booths, judging costume the contest, etc. They are also accepting donations to defray the cost of the candy. Please contact avillasenor@cityofglendora.org

A sign-up sheet is attached to this newsletter which states that the deadline for applications is today.
October 8, 2024

Club Meeting

Glendora
Meets at Village Eatery
221 N. Glendora Ave.
Glendora, CA 91741

Time: Tuesday at 08:00 AM

Club Leaders

Rudy Hayek
President
Kathleen A Clark
President-Elect
International Service Chair
Jane Adair Bock
iPast President
Andrew Dilwicius
Past President
Secretary
Steve Sciurba
Treasurer
Joseph Cina III
Club Director
Public Image Chair
Christine A Storm-Smith
Club Director
Susanne Kallis-Hayek
Bulletin Editor
Dennis M. Franklin
Programs Chair
Club Director
Membership Chair
Craig Henderson
Rotary Foundation Chair
Lisa Frank
Club Director
Club RYLA Chair
Youth Service Chair

Events

10/15-Meeting Program City Transportation Manager,
Steven Mateer
10/16 GEF Fall Festival
10/18-Movie in the Park10/22-District Governor Visit
11/2-Trails Day
11/5-Meeting Program Karen Davis

Birthdays

Steve Sciurba
October 25th
Kathleen A Clark
October 29th
Carl F Colley
November 8th

Program: Susanne Hayek Craft Talk

It was my privilege today to present my “craft talk” to the club. It didn’t feel quite like a privilege when I was first asked…I wondered if I had anything interesting to say. I suppose we are all boring to ourselves. To my surprise, the preparation for the craft talk brought up some latent thoughts and feelings. Now that it is behind me, I am grateful to have been asked. I feel lighter now that I have had a chance to share with my Rotary family. I appreciate so much the opportunity to have done so.

Usually I do a pretty comprehensive report on other people’s talks but somehow reporting on mine is much more difficult.

I was born in Lucern Switzerland to two people who had grown up across the street from each other in a small village near Basel. With 10 children, my mother’s family was very poor, but not for the lack of my grandfather’s effort. He had a factory job during the day, worked a leased land allotment for crops, hunted, and at night in his “spare” time he wove baskets which he sold to village shop owners. (Photo at right shows my grandfather at the far left and my grandmother next to him) My father lost his mother at a young age and his father early as well. My parents naturally gravitated to each other for two main reasons, one was their shared love of classical music and the other was that they were the only two young people from their village to go to college at that time. Mom went to teacher’s college in Basel and came home to teach in the village one-room school house. Dad became a mechanic and then a mechanical engineer.

My dad was an adventurer. If he saw a mountain, he had to climb it. This is the spirit that brought him to the US. My sister, my mom and dad and I made the 7-day trip across the Atlantic on the Holland America Lines Ship, the Rotterdam. It was not a cruise ship at that time. My parents were utterly besotted with their adopted country. Our entire family learned English in six months and our vacations were always trips to see the USA.

We moved around a lot. We lived in multiple cities in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia, Massachusetts, and several places in California. (Photo at left, mom and dad in New York City in 1966) My mom and dad were married for 64 years and were the keepers of each other’s memories and life experiences from childhood to the day my mom died.

Careers: Out of high school, I sold classified ads for a newspaper during the day and wedding dresses at the local mall in the evening. Later I went back to school and became a Surgical Technologist. I worked in peripheral vascular and cardiovascular surgery, which I enjoyed very much. This didn’t last long because I met my kid’s dad and moved across the country. I was fortunate to be a “stay at home” mom which was the best job ever. My marriage did not last but my friendship with my kids’ dad has lasted to this day. When the kids started school, I started taking my photography hobby more seriously and began a portraiture business. I did well as a maternity photographer. After ten years of that, I had an opportunity to become a real estate photographer, which I did for another ten years. Later, I became a real estate salesperson for 9 years. I retired last year so I could focus on the needs of my family, especially helping take care of my grandchild who I adore.(Photo at below right-me standing on a car to get a good angle of the house I was shooting)

Rudy and I have been married for 27 years. They say “like recognizes like” and our shared immigrant experiences drew us and held us together. Having “weird” parents with accents, homemade clothes, being awkward at times in school, eating different foods, made us feel like family to each other. We have spent most of our marriage as Rotarians We have had many enriching experiences, including two international conventions (Brisbane, Australia and Chicago), many district events and our many club friends.

We also co-parented my two daughters along with my ex-husband and his wife (now deceased) with collegiality and cooperation. This is one of the things of which we are most proud. Our daughters are a blessing and are married to two really great men. We have one grandchild and another on the way.

In closing, I would like to encourage every Rotarian to do a craft talk periodically. It’s a surprisingly great experience! Thank you to the club for their attention!

Fines & Meeting Notes

  • Susanne Hayek paid to announce a second grandchild due April 22 next year!
  • Tim Moore (Rotarian, Monrovia Club) paid to announce his grandson’s third birthday party. Glendora Club may have to put him on the club roster due to his frequent visits…sorry, not sorry, Monrovia Club. Seriously, Tim and his wife Sandra have lived in Glendora for years but have socialized mostly in Monrovia due to his Rotary membership there. His goal is to make more friends in Glendora and to involve himself more in Glendora service activities. Tim is the President-Elect of the Monrovia Club.
  • Lisa Frank invites Rotarians to her home on November 3 at 10am. Come help Interact put together Thanksgiving Baskets for Shepherd’s Pantry
  • Christine Smith paid to announce her direct donation to those affected by the hurricane; she has family in the area.
  • Criag Henderson-the niece that recently visited lives in the path of the next storm due to hit Florida.
  • Joe Babineau announced that he will be attending a men’s Christian retreat.
  • Jacob Gorman was pleased to pay for being on time for a change.
  • Dennis Franklin announced that there will be a Rotary Essentials Membership meeting on Saturday via Zoom.
  • Falamak Zaltash donated, recalling her experience in a major earthquake in San Francisco in the 1980’s.
  • Jane Bock thinks she is not in trouble but paid anyway.
  • Carol Seward paid just because she was happy to be present.
  • Maria Kyprios paid up for her Birthday, 50th anniversary and is flying to Miami (hopefully) on Thursday to attend a wedding. Maria’s other charity has given 50k to the hurricane relief.
  • Sylvia Gutierrez-paid to announce that she and Lisa will be working with the Interact Club to teach them how to clean and sort the glasses that have been donated for Operation Focomoter.
  • Steve Sciurba – has two daughters in the diaster zone.
  • Bob Kuhn– Has known Joe Babineau for 50 years and is amused but happy that he is going to a Christian retreat.
  • Rudy Hayek paid to be happy about his new grandchild and for the club’s flexibility in the last few weeks of meetings everywhere but home.
A big Thanks to everyone for donating to Paul the Disaster Pig…all October donations to be sent to Rotary Zones 33&34 for their disaster relief efforts.

Youth Services

Congratulations to Lisa Frank and the Interact Club for being awarded $700 via the Leffler Matching Grant to be used for the Sandburg Gardens Restoration! They will also be cleaning and sorting donated glasses and lenses for the Focometer project and the Lions Club donation on October 26th.

Movie in the Park-Boo!

The Halloween movie in the park will be on Friday evening October 18th. The city will be screening “Casper”, a film from 1995. Should be great fun. Kindly check your e-mail for a note from Lisa Frank with details…she would like volunteers to be there from 4:30-8:30 for set up and manning the booth. Some folks will stay later for tear down.

Happy Trails to You

Trails Day falls on November 2nd and will be at South Hills due to the closure of the original location. Christine Smith will have sign-ups and further information as we get closer to the day.

Ding Dong Where’s the Bell?

Look very very closely for a clue as to where the bell might be, or at the least, where it was.













April 2025 District Conference Registration Open!

By Luanne Arredondo

Watch for special editions of Conference News starting in mid-October! Feeling eager?
Register for the April 2025 District Conference here. Book your hotel visit here.


Glendora Education Foundation Event


October 1, 2024

Club Meeting

Glendora
Meets at Village Eatery
221 N. Glendora Ave.
Glendora, CA 91741

Time: Tuesday at 08:00 AM

Club Leaders

Rudy Hayek
President
Kathleen A Clark
President-Elect
International Service Chair
Jane Adair Bock
iPast President
Andrew Dilwicius
Past President
Secretary
Steve Sciurba
Treasurer
Joseph Cina III
Club Director
Public Image Chair
Christine A Storm-Smith
Club Director
Susanne Kallis-Hayek
Bulletin Editor
Dennis M. Franklin
Programs Chair
Club Director
Membership Chair
Craig Henderson
Rotary Foundation Chair
Lisa Frank
Club Director
Club RYLA Chair
Youth Service Chair

Events

10/18 Halloween Movie in the Park
10/22 District Governor Visit
11/2 South Hills Trails Day
11/9 & 10 Focometer Project

Birthdays

Steve Sciurba
October 25th
Kathleen A Clark
October 29th

Program: Nikole Bresciani, CEO IVHHS & SPCA

Nikole Bresciani is the President and CEO of the Inland Valley Human Society and SPCA. She has a long history of working in local government before joining the IVHS & SPCA, including her tenure of just under 5 years as Assistant City Manager /Public Services Director and Assistant City Manager/Community Services Director with the City of West Covina as well as almost 7 years with the City of La Verne as Public Works Manager and Community Services Supervisor. Nicole is also a fellow Rotarian with the Pomona Rotary Club.

IVHS is a private, non-profit organization that provides animal welfare services to about one million people in the San Bernardino, Los Angeles, and Orange Counties. They are the contracted service provider to Glendora. If you have gotten a knock at your door regarding unlicensed pets, this is one of the jobs that the City of Glendora has contracted IVHS to do.

Pet licensing is only a small part of what IVHS does. They also handle dog and cat adoptions, reunification of lost pets with their families, trap rentals for wild animals, pet training, wildlife rescue in coordination with US Dept of Fish and Wildlife, foster pet programs and more. They do everything they can to provide stimulation and love for the animals under their care.

A core mission of IVHS is to do all they can to help families keep their pets. They have discounted spay and neuter programs, discounted pet medications, a community clinic, and discounted vaccinations. They are working on a mobile spay and neuter van that they can take into the community.

How can you help? Volunteer! Adopt! (Don’t shop) Foster! Donate! Participate in Events!

Links:

https://www.ivhsspca.org/

https://www.facebook.com/ivhsspca/

https://www.instagram.com/ivhsspca/

Special Venue-Clearwater at Glendora

Clearwater Glendora provided an elegant backdrop for today’s Rotary meeting. The facility provided a breakfast buffet of scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, assorted baked items, juices, coffee and fruit in their beautiful wine bar.

Clearwater Executive Director Michele Johnson was on hand to welcome club members and provide a little background on this special facility. The special care that Clearwater offers was exemplified by Michele, as she made the effort to dress in Rotary colors in honor of the club’s visit.

Clearwater offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care support all in a dignified and beautiful setting that feels more like a luxury condominium or hotel. Residents and their families appreciate that it is a life care facility, able to provide care for every stage of life at a favorable cost compared to other similar facilities.

Just a few of the amenities offered include daily happy hour in the lobby, frequent musical performances, excursions, salon on premises, a lovely restaurant, a movie screening room, many outdoor spaces, and the wine bar.

Thank you Michele and Clearwater! Glendora is lucky to have this special facility in our city.

Fines & Meeting Notes

  • Kicking off the fine fun was President Rudy who paid to brag about the Dodgers and Shohei Otani.
  • Gary Boyer paid to announce that he and Kathy will be heading to Ohio for a couple weeks for Kathy’s 50th high school reunion!
  • Joe Babano ponied up for those Dodgers and Otani as well.
  • Susanne paid to say that she was so happy that her grandchild started preschool in Monrovia USD and is doing great.
  • Guest Jenny Chan gracefully contributed “to support a good cause”.
  • Dennis paid to let the club know that he and Tricia had gone to Spokane to the Zone Institute for incoming Rotary leadership and then to Seattle for fun.
  • Christine Smith gave sympathy bucks to the Padres.
  • Craig Henderson was happy to announce that his son is recovering from successful surgery.
  • Jane Bock paid for missing last week (Jane, you paid two weeks ago in advance of missing last week). You are so generous 🙂
  • Ray Malki – was thankful that Kathy and Gary Boyer and Rudy and Susanne Hayek attended the Grand opening of his new location in San Dimas and extra happy that city leaders from Glendora visited the next day as well.
  • Joe Cina paid to announce that the Glendora High marching band has been invited to perform on Juuly 4, 2025 in Washington DC and needs donations! Also, homecoming is this Friday evening at Citrus College at 7pm.
  • Falamak Zaltash shared a heartbreak-a treasured employee suffered a heart attack at a young age and encourages the club to live fully each day.

Drum Roll Please:
Per Craig Henderson, Club Foundation Chairman, the club is now at $3,030 in donations to the Rotary Foundation, which is 30% of the goal. As for Polio+, the Club has raised $735, which has already exceeded the Polio+ goal. The September Paul the Polio Pig count was a grand total of $188 to add to that $735. Keep up the good work!
















at left, Jenny Chan with information on the Glendora Education Foundation Fall Festival. The event is free and will be in the bus plaza in the village. Raffles, vendors, In-N-Out truck and more.






at Right: Sheila Gutierrez with an update on the upcoming Focometer Project in Rosarito on November 9 and 10. Apparantly an avalanche of eyeglasses have been received plus the donation of a lensometer that Sheila is currently learning how to use. She will be coordinating with the Lions Club to donate the eyeglasses once the Interact Club has cleaned and sorted them.

Speaking of Interact, they have applied for a District 5300 Lefler Grant to fund their garden project. Best of luck to them.

In good news for our Food Packing Project for Shepherd’s Pantry, District 5300 has approved the club’s grant request for around $2000. Keep in mind that this money is your money, donated to the Rotary Foundation two years ago, and now a portion returned to the District, who uses it to fund club projects. As if there were not enough good reasons to support Rotary International!


























MEMBERSHIP CORNER: You’re Invited–Monthly meeting

by Dennis Franklin, District Membership Chair

Question – What are three things that your club is doing in the next two months that a prospective Rotarian might want to be invited to? My guess is that your answer would include one or all of the following:
  • A service project.
  • A club program that features a special topic or speaker.
  • A social.
These are all things that most clubs already have on the calendar, so the next question is, how do we use them to drive new membership?

To answer that question, we invite you to join the district membership committee’s monthly Zoom meeting where we will be sharing ideas on how to effectively identify and motivate perspective members to come to your events. Our committee gets together at 6:15 on the third Tuesday of each month. Our next meeting will be Tuesday, October 16. Please join us. The Zoom link is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82077877877?pwd=0mbZLDDNnsYUsqwyzidC2Tkt7QJXgI.1

OR Meeting ID – 820 7787 7877 Passcode – 938669

(the link is also on the district calendar in DACdb)

See you there!

Mental Health – Building our Resiliency

By Sheila Gutierrez, Glendora Rotary

Sheila Gutierrez, M.S., LMFT, and Rudy Hayek, M.A., LMFT of the Glendora Rotary Club created six evidence-based mental health programs for District 5300. These programs will soon be accessible to all district members via a platform on the District website, including scripts, sources, referral resources, and engaging homework assignments. Designed for easy delivery through handouts, guest lectures, or club member presentations, the materials can also be shared with schools, organizations, and businesses.

This Highlighter issue features a short video on building resiliency, with more mental health topics to follow.

Please watch: Mental Health – Building our Resiliency

Project 2911 Food Bank


September 24, 2024

Club Meeting

Glendora
Meets at Village Eatery
221 N. Glendora Ave.
Glendora, CA 91741

Time: Tuesday at 08:00 AM

Club Leaders

Rudy Hayek
President
Kathleen A Clark
President-Elect
International Service Chair
Jane Adair Bock
iPast President
Andrew Dilwicius
Past President
Secretary
Steve Sciurba
Treasurer
Joseph Cina III
Club Director
Public Image Chair
Christine A Storm-Smith
Club Director
Susanne Kallis-Hayek
Bulletin Editor
Dennis M. Franklin
Programs Chair
Club Director
Membership Chair
Craig Henderson
Rotary Foundation Chair
Lisa Frank
Club Director
Club RYLA Chair
Youth Service Chair

Events

9/28 – Charter Oak Ed Fdn Oak Tree Challenge Walk/Run

10/1-Club Meets at Clearwater at Glendora

10/22-District Governor Visit

Birthdays

Steve Sciurba
October 25th
Reminder: 10/1-Club Meets at Clearwater at Glendora at 8AM ; 333 W. Dawson Ave. Glendora

Youth Services

Club Rush at Glendora High School

Last Thursday and Friday were Club Rush days at Glendora High School with Interact Club well prepared to welcome students interested in service. Each Club had a table manned with student members but Interact Club also had a blue pop up to garner attention and shade. Materials included the club’s new stickers and information about the District 5300 contests available to students to participate in. Present to support the club were Rotary Club Youth Services Director Lisa Frank, Public Image Chair Joe Cina, and President Rudy Hayek.

































Interact President’s Update


The future of the world is in good hands with young people like Addison Okayasu preparing to be at the helm. Already an experienced leader and only a senior in high school, Addison is the ideal of inspiration.

Currently the Interact Club President, Addison has planned for the future of the club with a well-planned succession Board of Directors including her younger sister Annabelle, a Freshman, as Vice-President, Leah Layoun (Junior), Events Coordinator, Nicole Gutierrez (Senior), Secretary, and Jonathon Siby (Freshman), Treasurer.

Planned activities include interfacing with Fruitfully Yours and the Key Club for the Spartan Gardens Restoration at Sandburg Middle School, assisting with the Focometer Project (cleaning and sorting the lenses), and a Top Ramen Food Drive for Shepherd’s Pantry.

Joe Cina has assisted the Interact Club with the new web page and the club has a new dedicated email and Instagram.
Instagram link to follow the club and glendorainteract@gmail.com to email the Interact Club.

Meeting Notes

Dennis and Tricia Franklin’s backyard was the setting for the club’s first evening meeting of the Rotary year. Kathy Boyer created a festive atmosphere with her colorful floral arrangements. Falamak Zaltash designed a beautiful, abundant and very popular cheese board with a variety of interesting cheeses, salamis, the largest blueberries ever seen, grapes, olives, etc. Sandwiches and potato salad from Plaza Produce were a favorite also.


One of the highlights of the evening was a birthday cake surprise for Dottie Hilliard’s 91st birthday. What an amazing gal. She let slip that she stayed up until 1am on her birthday playing cards! Most of us have trouble staying up past 10pm.



































The Club thanks the Boyers for providing the tables and chairs and transporting them, Kathy Boyer for the flowers, plates, silver, napkins and Falamak Zaltash for the lovely cheese tray. The Hayeks provided the sandwiches, potato salad and soft drinks. There was an extra platter of sandwiches which was taken to the Glendora Police Department for their enjoyment. Most of all, thank you to Dennis and Tricia Franklin for opening their wonderful home to the Club for this event.








September 17, 2024

Club Meeting

Glendora
Meets at Village Eatery
221 N. Glendora Ave.
Glendora, CA 91741

Time: Tuesday at 08:00 AM

Club Leaders

Rudy Hayek
President
Kathleen A Clark
President-Elect
International Service Chair
Jane Adair Bock
iPast President
Andrew Dilwicius
Past President
Secretary
Steve Sciurba
Treasurer
Joseph Cina III
Club Director
Public Image Chair
Christine A Storm-Smith
Club Director
Susanne Kallis-Hayek
Bulletin Editor
Dennis M. Franklin
Programs Chair
Club Director
Membership Chair
Craig Henderson
Rotary Foundation Chair
Lisa Frank
Club Director
Club RYLA Chair
Youth Service Chair

Events

9/20-Cub Scout Open House

9/24 Evening Meeting at the Franklins Home 6pm

9/21-Glendora Community Services Fdn – Walk for the Rest of Us

9/28 – Charter Oak Ed Fdn Oak Tree Challenge Walk/Run

10/22-District Governor Visit

Birthdays

Dorothy J Hilliard
September 23rd

City Manager Adam Raymond Says No On A; Yes on Z

City Manager Adam Raymond, with an introduction by Glendora Mayor Mendell Thompson, distilled a complicated decision (with a ten page slide deck) to be made on November 5 down to the very basic: No on Measure A and Yes on Measure Z. It comes down to the simple question of whether or not Glendorans want to have more of their sales tax revenue returned to their own city.


Rather than interpret and restate Mr. Raymond’s talk and risk misstating any portion of it, we encourage all Glendora voters to educate themselves thoroughly on this issue. It is often very difficult to understand how ballet measures impact the public because they are presented with as much obfuscation and misdirection as possible. As a voter, it is crucially important to seek more insight than what is provided on the ballot.

https://www.engageglendora.com/measure-z













from left to right: Glendora Chief of Police Mike Randazzo, Glendora Mayor Mendell Thompson, Glendora Rotary President, Rudy Hayek, Glendora City Manager Adam Raymond, Glendora Councilmember and Past Mayor Gary Boyer.


Special Guest – Police Chief

The Club was pleased to have a drop-in visit from Glendora’s new Chief of Police, Mike Randazzo. Chief Randazzo has an impressive and long resume and relationship with the City of Glendora. Read more about him here.

Per Chief Randazzo, the police department has been on high alert thanks to the Bridge Fire, aggressive detective work on some local burglary issues, and a tragic house fire with suspicious circumstances. Unable to go into details on active investigations, the Chief was able to reassure those present that progress was continuing and there was no threat to the community from the Bridge Fire or the local house fire.


Meeting Notes

  • Cub Scout Pack 490 Open House on 9/20 at 6:15 PM at the Cafeteria of Sutherland Elem. School. Come out and support our scouts.
  • 9/24 Club Meeting at Dennis & Tricia Franklin’s home at 6pm. Address will be provided to Rotarians attending. Program will be Addison, president of the Interact Club. A digital sign up sheet will follow.
  • The Glendora Community Services Foundation is hosting a .5k walk “the walk for the rest of us” on Saturday 9/21 – Click HERE for the deets.
  • 9/28 Charter Oak Education Foundation-Oak Tree Challenge run/walk 8am
  • Great to see Raquel McHann, Trevor Benson, and Tim Moore again.











For Whom the Bell Tolls

The missing Rotary Club Bell is tolling somewhere but not for us. Chief Randazzo and his department clearly have more pressing duties than to search for that bell.

Apparantly it was last seen lurking outside the Bougainvillea complex, possibly attempting to gain entry to the swimming pool during the heat wave, per the photo anonymously sent to President Rudy.

The thief implicated Sheila Gutierrez, however the odds of the wife of a Past District Governor, and a state licensed therapist being the culprit is highly unlikely.

In addition to besmirching Sheila, the thief used the address of the Chamber of Commerce as the return address for the malignant missive thus also implicating Joe Cina. No possible chance that Joe was involved, he just doesn’t have time for mayhem and hijinks.


Fines & Recognitions

  • Susanne H-great trip to Toronto
  • Jess G-Celebrating 20 years of marriage and oldest son started high school.
  • Guest Raquel – just to be nice 🙂
  • Jane B and Christing S – for missing last week
  • Steve G: for being absent
  • Falamak Z: Was glad to be present.
  • Mendell Thompson- just to be nice 🙂
  • Rudy H. – Not the tallest guy in the room but maybe the strongest-deadlifted 310 pounds; a personal best at Village Fitness-see proof photo below.
  • Ray M – Grand opening of his new location in San Dimas! Everyone is invited. 446 Borrego Court, San Dimas Thursday 9/26 from 4-7
A big thank you to everyone who participated in the Fining Fun!

Eye Das Bunco


Get Your Steps for Charter Oak Ed Foundation!

Brought to us by our own Past President Jane Bock, an opportunity to stretch our legs and get our steps for the benefit of the Charter Oak Education Foundation. Jane is the Executive Director of the Charter Oak Education Foundation Board of Directors and leads this all-volunteer group of dedicated and big-hearted people, dedicated to the Charter Oak Schools.

This 5k Run/Walk is a fun way to show support for the foundation and the Charter Oak School District!


August 27, 2024

Club Meeting

Glendora
Meets at Village Eatery
221 N. Glendora Ave.
Glendora, CA 91741

Time: Tuesday at 08:00 AM

Club Leaders

Rudy Hayek
President
Kathleen A Clark
President-Elect
International Service Chair
Jane Adair Bock
iPast President
Andrew Dilwicius
Past President
Secretary
Steve Sciurba
Treasurer
Joseph Cina III
Club Director
Public Image Chair
Christine A Storm-Smith
Club Director
Susanne Kallis-Hayek
Bulletin Editor
Dennis M. Franklin
Programs Chair
Club Director
Membership Chair
Craig Henderson
Rotary Foundation Chair
Lisa Frank
Club Director
Club RYLA Chair
Youth Service Chair

Events

Sept 3 – Board Meeting
October 22 – District Governor Visit
Nov 2 – Food Packing for Shepherd’s Pantry
Nov 2 – Trails Day Volunteer Food Service

Birthdays

Michael Henderson
August 28th
Susanne Kallis-Hayek
August 29th
Alfonso Joseph Sanchez
August 30th
Dan S. Maydeck
September 3rd
Maria Kypreos
September 12th
Gary L. Boyer
September 13th
Dorothy J Hilliard
September 23rd

Program-Guatamala Project

Our presenters today were our own members, Kathy Clark and Lisa Frank. Their topic was their recent medical trip to Guatemala with the Los Angeles Medical Mission Team. The team was originally a part of Helps International, which was founded by Steve Miller, an investment banker who visited Guatemala and saw the great need there. This is a national organization with many teams of volunteers. See more about the original organization here . The Cedar Sinai based group, of which Kathy is a member, has sprung off from Helps International (with the blessing of the parent organization) and is now a stand-alone non-profit. Visit their web site here.

The area the team travels to is the Central Highlands of Guatemala. Kathy started 18 years ago and has been on 16 trips. She tells all first-time volunteers “the life you change will be your own”. It was clear from Lisa’s comments from her first trip that she felt the same way. This is a yearly trip, generally in February.


Why do they go? Of the 15 million people in Guatemala, about 44% of the population are of the 26 Mayan indigenous tribes. These are the people that Kathy Clark’s team treat because they have no access to the national health care in their remote mountainous living area. Most patients have no running water or electricity. They cook and heat with fires in the middle of their one room adobe house. 75% of the indigenous Mayans suffer from chronic malnutrition. Maternal mortality is 2x that of non-indigenous peoples. They have rights to health care but no way to travel to get it. 25% live on less than $50/year. The government of Guatemala spends about $35/year/person on health care on those people (who can reach it).

In 2023, 549 volunteers participated in medical missions and treated 8,615 patients. The organization has an in-country doctor who helps to organize things on site. There are three teams in California. All supplies have to be brought in for each trip. Each volunteer has one suitcase with their sleeping bag and one bag of medical supplies. There is a military escort for safety due to crime in Guatemala. People wait for days in line when they know that the team is coming.The line can be a mile long. Triage is limited to one problem per person, so everyone can be helped. There are many children with cleft lip and cleft palate due to their diet. These children are typically ostracized, so the repair surgeries are life-changing for them.

In addition to cleft palate repair, the team does a lot of dentistry. There is also no obstetrical care so the team has been training local women in midwifery. In addition, due to the high incidence of lung disease from the open flame cooking inside the huts, the organization developed an alternative cleaner burning stove (ONIL stove).

Each volunteer pays their own way for the mission (current cost is $2400) so that all donated funds can be used for the missions. Please talk to Kathy Clark or Lisa Frank if you want more information about this heartwarming and meaningful volunteer opportunity.

Guests and Visiting Rotarians

The Rotary Club of Glendora was pleased to welcome Marilyn Diaz, Rotarian, from the Rotary Club of Sierra Madre. Marilyn is a retired police officer, much of her career on the Pasadena PD and later as the Police Chief of the Sierra Madre Police Department. Marilyn has a distinguished Rotary career as a multiple time club president, many district level committees and has traveled internationally to administer polio drops among other Rotary activities. She and her husband Russ, are long-time friends of Rudy and Susanne Hayek.























The Rotary Club of Glendora was also pleased to welcome guest Raquel McHann, a guest of Kathy Clark. Raquel was in Registered Nurse Care Management with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services prior to her retirement.

Meeting Notes

Fines & Recognitions

It was the last meeting of August so Paul the Polio Pig was turned over to Craig Henderson for the August count. We look forward to hearing the earnings report next Tuesday. Steve Garrett fined himself in advance of 9 weeks of absence, Steve Sciurba fined himself for missing the meeting last week, Falamack Zaltash fined herself because she WILL be here next week. Craig Henderson contributed in honor of his grandson scoring two hockey goals and a hat trick ? Visitor Raquel McHann and Guest Rotarian Marilyn Diaz donated for Polio Plus. Jennifer Prince donated for her 50th birthday and Rudy Hayek donated for Steve and Lisa and Bite of Reality.

Youth Update

Lisa Frank let the club know that the Interact calendar has been handed out and that the Interact President will update the Rotary Club about their plans at the evening joint meeting/social (Date and Venue to be determined)

Calendar Notes

As we know, our “home” will be undergoing some renovations so we will meeting at alternative locations on September 24 and October 1. Due to some scheduling conflicts, there will be some changes to the locations for both the 9/24 and the 10/1 meetings. Club members will be updated as soon as possible.

There will be a club Board of Directors meeting next week (9/3) directly after the regular club meeting. The Board meeting will be held in the Chamber of Commerce conference room, across the street.

District Governor Mike Driebe will be visiting the club on October 22. The club will be awarding some Paul Harris Fellow Awards and a Major donor Recognition to PDG Steve Garrett. Please plan to attend so that the District Governor and our honorees will have a full house.

Editor’s Note: Thank you to Jane Bock for taking notes in my absence and to Dennis Franklin for taking photos at the meeting.

Azusa Rotary Field of Glory

Greetings fellow Rotarians, community partners, and friends–
At Glendora Rotary’s breakfast meeting in July, I had the honor of meeting World War II Veteran Joe “Peppy” Sciarra. At 99, he’s a proud Army veteran, sharp as a tack, and I’m happy to mention that he is an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Alhambra. Mr. Sciarra served in intense combat in the Philippines and has an incredible story of courage and loyalty to share with all generations. We are pleased that he has accepted the invitation to be our distinguished guest of honor at the Field of Glory opening ceremony on Saturday, September 7th at 6:00 p.m. This is a unique opportunity to meet Mr. Sciarra in person. He is a delightful individual who loves his country and enjoys engaging with people.
Before the opening ceremony on September 7th, the Azusa Youth and Family Center will host a Patriotic Family event on the front lawn of Azusa City Hall from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. This event will feature a live band, food, and youth activities, and Mr. Sciarra has expressed interest in attending.
The Field of Glory U.S. Flag Display commemorates the events of 9/11 and pays tribute to the dedication of those who serve our nation and local communities. The Azusa Rotary Club/Foundation and the City of Azusa appreciate your support for our annual Field of Glory event.

Rae Kearney
PP Rotary Club of Azusa

Bite of Reality

President Rudy, Lisa Frank and Steve Garrett participated in the Bite of Reality project designed to teach young people some real life lessons on budgeting and planning. Held at Glendora High School, this hands-on simulation was co-sponsored with Foothill Credit Union. Per Rudy, this is one of his top interests in working with young people and was a great experience.

Chamber News

One of the goals of the 2024-2025 Rotary Club of Glendora is to participate more in the Glendora Chamber of Commerce, in which the Club has been a member for some time. Various members of club leadership will be attending social events, ribbon cuttings, etc. in order to capitalize on the Chamber’s outstanding presence in the community. This past week, President Rudy attending a ribbon cutting for Lotus Health & Wellness, a new spa in town.

Get Your Steps for Charter Oak Ed Foundation!

Brought to us by our own Past President Jane Bock, an opportunity to stretch our legs and get our steps for the benefit of the Charter Oak Education Foundation. Jane is the Executive Director of the Charter Oak Education Foundation Board of Directors and leads this all-volunteer group of dedicated and big-hearted people, dedicated to the Charter Oak Schools.

This 5k Run/Walk is a fun way to show support for the foundation and the Charter Oak School District!

August 20, 2024

Club Meeting

Glendora
Meets at Village Eatery
221 N. Glendora Ave.
Glendora, CA 91741

Time: Tuesday at 08:00 AM
See Below for special meeting place on 9/24 and 10/1

Club Leaders

Rudy Hayek
President
Kathleen A Clark
President-Elect
International Service Chair
Jane Adair Bock
iPast President
Andrew Dilwicius
Past President
Secretary
Steve Sciurba
Treasurer
Joseph Cina III
Club Director
Public Image Chair
Christine A Storm-Smith
Club Director
Susanne Kallis-Hayek
Bulletin Editor
Dennis M. Franklin
Programs Chair
Club Director
Membership Chair
Craig Henderson
Rotary Foundation Chair
Lisa Frank
Club Director
Club RYLA Chair
Youth Service Chair

Events

9/24 and 10/1
Substitute Meeting Location
Clearwater at Glendora
333 W Dawson
Breakfast Buffet


Nov 2 – Food Packing at Glenkirk Church; More details to follow

Nov2 – Trails Day-Feed the Volunteers
More details to follow

Birthdays

Michael Henderson
August 28th
Susanne Kallis-Hayek
August 29th
Alfonso Joseph Sanchez
August 30th
Dan S. Maydeck
September 3rd
Maria Kypreos
September 12th
Gary L. Boyer
September 13th

The Glendora Rotary Boy Scout Troop

Did you know that the Glendora Rotary Club “owns” a cub scout pack? According to the Boy Scouts of America, “All troops are chartered to a local organization. The chartered organization serves as a sponsor of Scouting and is essentially the owner/operator of the Scouting unit. In this role, the head of the organization approves all adult volunteer leaders. All leaders are required to take our child safety course called “Youth Protection,” and specific training for their role in Scouting is available either online or in a classroom setting. To help the organization maintain a quality program, there is a person assigned to be a liaison between the unit and the chartered organization. In addition, every unit has a committee (typically made up of Scouting parents) that oversees proper operation and ensures a safe and fun program.”




The Rotary Club of Glendora has chartered Cub Scout Pack 490 since July 1, 1965. The pack currently serves youth in kindergarten through 5th grade using the Boy Scouts of America Cub Scout program. The aims of the Cub Scout program are Citizenship, Character, Personal Fitness & Leadership. The pack specifically serves Sutherland Elementary, Washington Elementary, Willow Elementary and Hope Lutheran School. Because families are free to join any pack that works for them, we have scouts from a variety of schools in our pack including some scouts that are in home school programs or live outside of Glendora. We currently have 24 registered scouts. We run a year round program that includes a den component where scouts are separated by grade level to do activities that are age specific led by den leaders. We currently have 5 dens and they all have meetings twice a month in the Glendora Scout Hut in Finkbiner Park. All the grades come together for pack meetings once a month where we distribute awards and have some sort of planned activity. For example, last Friday we had a Raingutter Regatta. Next month we are having a Cool Critter Show. The pack generally runs three family campouts per year at rotating venues. This fall we are going to El Dorado Regional Park in Long Beach. The program is primarily paid for the membership dues from our families and fundraising through our local council’s popcorn fundraiser that happens in August & September each year.

I have been the Cubmaster for the pack since August 2013 and both of my sons went through the Cub Scouts program in Pack 490 and bridged into Boy Scouts. We have a dedicated adult leadership team including our Committee Chair Angie London. Gene Morrill serves as our Chartered Organization Rep and is the link between the pack and the Rotary. The Rotary supports us in many ways, but their annual stipend is used to help cover the registration fees for leaders. We love our connection to the Rotary and participate in the twice a year Trail’s Day program.

The next pack featuring the Critter Show will be Friday 9/20/24 starting at 6:15 pm at Sutherland Elementary.

by:
J. Clark Mason II
Chief Financial Officer, Vroman’s Bookstore & Vroman’s Real Estate Ventures
Cubmaster, Popcorn Kernel & Arrow of Light Den Leader, Cub Scout Pack 490

Committee Member & Advancement Chair, Troop 483

Program-Joe Babineau Craft Talk

Of all the programs at a Rotary Club, a craft talk is usually a club favorite. Today was no exception as the club was treated to a peek into the life of Joe Babineau-a genuinely nice guy.

Joe was born in Los Angeles in 1947. He moved to Glendora with his family in second or third grade and graduated from Glendora High School in 1965. The family moved to Salem, Oregon in Joe’s junior year but the rain drove them right back to Glendora. Joe made his mark in Salem though; during that one year there he won the state championship in the pommel horse!

Joe has been a hard worker since he was a kid delivering the Daily Tribune from his bike. His second job was as a busboy at Old Hickory Inn. He later apprenticed at a mold making shop doing injection molding for Polaroid, Gilette and molds for automotive tail lights.

Tired of being cooped up in a factory, Joe applied to the Glendora Police Department. His application was approved and he was about to be sent to the academy when he got his Draft notice. Joe went to Fort Ord and learned how to drive APCs. After training he was sent to Fort Hood, Texas and as luck would have it, the colonel needed a clerk and despite Joe’s protestations of his meager typing skills, he passed the typing test with the top score ever. At the time he didn’t think it was too exciting but he soon realized he was lucky not to have been sent to Viet Nam. Of the military, Joe says, “all young men would benefit from a couple years in the military because they can learn to take care of themselves”.

Joe has been a Mason since 1984 but appreciates Rotary as a way to do good in the world. He is a past president of the club. He loves sports and has season tickets to the Dodgers. He enjoys his Harley Softail which provided him with fond memories of trips with his second wife and their group of “biker friends” including Bob Kuhn.

Married twice, both his wives have predeceased him. He has two kids by his first wife, one of which runs Glendora Plumbing, the family business started by his father. He has three grandkids that he dotes on and 9 tortoises, 2 chickens, 2 shitzus and Tommy the Cat that rules the roost. Joe’s Church is important to him and he sings in the choir there. One of the things he loves the most is being Santa in the annual Glendora Christmas parade. He loves talking to the little children who come up to Santa.

When asked what he is the most proud of, Joe says, “I have lived my life loving people”.


Meeting Notes

Fines & Recognitions

Falamak Zaltash was first to feed Paul the Polio Pig “because I’m glad to be here”. Bob Kuhn fined himself for the upcoming city council election; the political machinations went above this editor’s head so we are leaving it at that. Kathy Boyer chipped in for being out of town next Tuesdsay- The Boyers will be in Paso Robles for a concert and to see Sensorio. Christine Smith fed Paul for being late.Tom Stricklin paid for his two week vacation to New Orleans followed by a trip to East Texas where he fed a giraffe. Andrew Dilwicius fined himself for missing some meetings, cheating on us with another club in Nashville, and for being the second youngest person in the room. Dottie Hilliard, who loves to stand up and be recognized (her words, not mine), fined herself for being the oldest person in the room, to much hilarity from the crowd. President Rudy fined himself for using autocorrect on Facebook and calling Sheila Gutierrez “Shirley”, to which she replied, “and don’t call me Shirley”!


Where in the World is the Bell?
No word, not a whisper, no postcard, no email, no text…very mysterious!



Family of Rotary

For discretion, we will be using first names only, but Andrew has let the club know that Melinda has been in the hospital for some time. For those of you who know her, check with Andrew to see if a visit or a card would be appropriate.

Calendar Items

Mike Driebe, Rotary District 5300 Governor 2024/25 will be visiting the club on October 22nd. Please be sure to attend that day. It will reflect very poorly on our poor president if the room isn’t packed and the Governor might have to give him a bad grade. Kidding aside, it will be a great morning. The club has some special recognitions to confer and DG Mike is a good speaker and a good governor.

The Club is double booked on November 2nd. We will be packing meals at Glenkirk Church on the same day as Trails Day. Per Dennis Franklin, it should not be a problem since we were done with the meal packing at 10am last year. President Rudy says, any club that can have a snack stand at the National Night Out and then immediately following at the Movie in the Park can handle this little thing. So, Rotarians, save that morning so we can pack meal and then serve some meals for the trail clean up volunteers.

Foundation-Craig Henderson

The Club has raised $2,330 of the TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS President Rudy set as the club goal, shocking his incoming board at the board retreat. This is a great start with only two months down in this Rotary year. Think Big and Achieve Big! The club is also at 112% of its Polio Plus contributions goal, thanks to Paul the Polio Pig (meaning thank you to all of you for your generosity with fining!)


At right…President Rudy with Joe Babineau, speaker












Editor’s Note:
If you have traveled, have a new grandkid, new car, opinion on something, etc. feel free to send me photos, articles, etc. Content is welcome and encouraged!

August 13, 2024

Club Meeting

Glendora
Meets at Village Eatery
221 N. Glendora Ave.
Glendora, CA 91741

Time: Tuesday at 08:00 AM

Club Leaders

Rudy Hayek
President
Kathleen A Clark
President-Elect
International Service Chair
Jane Adair Bock
iPast President
Andrew Dilwicius
Past President
Secretary
Steve Sciurba
Treasurer
Joseph Cina III
Club Director
Public Image Chair
Christine A Storm-Smith
Club Director
Susanne Kallis-Hayek
Bulletin Editor
Dennis M. Franklin
Programs Chair
Club Director
Membership Chair
Craig Henderson
Rotary Foundation Chair
Lisa Frank
Club Director
Club RYLA Chair
Youth Service Chair

Events

Nov 2 – Food Packing at Glenkirk Church

Birthdays

Rudy Hayek
August 16th
Michael Henderson
August 28th
Susanne Kallis-Hayek
August 29th
Alfonso Joseph Sanchez
August 30th
Dan S. Maydeck
September 3rd
Maria Kypreos
September 12th
Gary L. Boyer
September 13th

Program: Glendora Sister City Project Sees Resurgence





The Rotary Club of Glendora was pleased to welcome Hannah Majidi as guest speaker to tell the club about her experiences with The Glendora Sister City Association. Hannah was accompanied by Ritsuko Rowe and Miyoko Nakano, both members of the GSCA.

The Glendora Sister City Association began in 1986 and lasted until 2010. The association has been inactive for some time but was reactivated in 2023 with a new mission to help support Glendora’s sister city relationships. (from the association website: glendorasistercityassociation.com

Hannah, President of GSCA, a graduate of Glendora High School with a BA from University of the Pacific and an MA in International Studies from Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, is well suited for leading GSCA in accomplishing its vision.

The two sister cities of Glendora are Moka, Japan and Merida, Mexico. Moka is known for its Summer Festival, Moka Station (train station in the style of a steam engine) and as the largest strawberry producer of Japan. Merida, Mexico is known and appreciated as being one of Mexico’s safest vacation destinations near the gulf coast beaches. It is also known for its colonial architecture and history.

A mural painted by the well known Manuel Lizama of Merida can be seen at the Glendora Civic Center. Mr. Lizama was a professor of art at Mérida’s Escuela de Artes Plásticas for 23 years. He died in 2021 shortly after his 90th birthday. See the article here.

National Night Out & Movie in the Park

Last Friday August 9 marked the final Movie in the Park (Paw Patrol) coinciding with National Night Out. Per request of the Glendora PD, the Club hosted two snack stands, one at the night out and one at the movie…there was such a great turn out of Rotarians that the event was seamless. It was pretty funny to carry the Rotary pop up, complete with the cafe lights, from one end of the park to the other!

Thanks to Altadena Rotarian, Dave Smith, we grilled hamburgers and hot dogs with ease. Thanks to Daniel Fuentes (owner of our home, Village Eatery) we had lots of ice for our drinks and waters. Thanks to Alina and her team we had ice cream for dessert.






























Fines & Recognitions

President Rudy fined himself the paltry sum of $7 in honor of his 27th wedding anniversary prompting protest from his wife and most of the other women in the club. Not to be outdone, Gary Boyer fined himself $8, saying he need to outdo Rudy, in honor of his 49th wedding anniversary. Gary also told an amusing story about meteor showers in pig farms in Visalia with his grandson…you had to be there and he did not contribute to the coffers for that smelly story. Carol Seward, Rotarian of the Year 23-24 (yep we are going to say that every time) fined herself for her 63rd wedding anniversary, beating both Rudy and Gary. The very generous Ray Malki fined himself $20 in honor of his new warehouse in San Dimas…wonder what his anniversary fine would be? Daniel Boyer fined himself in joy and delight that school is starting back up (every parent knows that joy). Lisa Frank fined herself in advance for being absent next week for a trip. Falamak Z. donated her weekly fine for being late, maybe we should put her on auto-debit. The club is certainly benefiting from Falamak’s commute up the 57! Dottie Hilliard chipped in with appreciation for Rudy’s automotive prowess. She thought she had locked her keys in the car but Rudy figured out how to get into it. It was a good thing too because Gary Boyer was trying unsuccessfully to argue with the AAA computer. Jim Nakano fined himself for a article in JAL magazine featuring the donut man! Wow, now that’s cool!Joe Cina fined himself for 25 years of wedded bliss and finally, Monica Garcia fined herself for missing last week’s meeting.

Meeting Notes

The Club would like to thank Southland Properties for their generosity in printing trail maps for the Rotary Trail Map boxes. These maps are 11×14 and in full color. Immediate Past President Jane was able to pick up 100 of them today for the South Hills boxes. Paper and ink are not inexpensive-thank you Daniel Boyer and Southland Properties!

The Chamber reminds us of the fabulous FlashBack Car Show to be held Saturday August 17th, from 6-11 pm. There will be three bands, beer booths, kids fun zone, lots of food and some seriously cool whips to check out. Best of all, there is no admission fee. Reserve a table at the Village Eatery for a front row seat to the fun…they will be serving a special menu of diner food for the event!

Last call to party like a rock star in the luxury suites for a Rams game. Southland properties has some folks attending so you may still be able to join in if you let Kathy Boyer know right away.

There will be a club social in September, date to be announced soon. It will be at Rudy and Susanne Hayek’s home and it will be a casual “happy hour” type situation.

Village Eatery will be closed on 9/24 and 10/1 for renovations, so the club will be meeting at an alternate venue for two meetings. Location to be announced.

November 2 is the annual Shephard’s Pantry food packing event at Glenkirk Church…save the date!

District 5300 Cleft Lip Project Committee Needs You

By Drexel Smith, Rotaplast Chair

Planning is underway to sponsor the next Cleft Lip Project Mission. We are partnering again with Rotaplast International for a two-week Mission to Uganda – June 7 to June 22, 2025. The Team will travel together from and return to San Francisco. A Mission Team of volunteers includes medical members — surgeons, nurses and therapists, and non-medical, each with a specific job assignment:
  1. Medical Record Keeper
  2. Sterilizer
  3. Mission Historian (Documentarian/photographer)
  4. Quartermaster
  5. PACU assistant
  6. Recreation Therapist
  7. Ward Coordinator
  8. Patient Transporter
The impact of providing surgical assistance repairing cleft lip, palate and burn-scar repair is life changing for each patient and for Team members as well.

If you are interested in being considered as a non-medical volunteer please let us know.
If you would like to schedule a guest speaker on this important work please let us know.
If you would like to make a donation, please do not hesitate.

For more information, contact a Committee Member:
Drexel L. Smith, Chair, dls@drexelcg.com 951-202-2012
Robin Smith, Co-chair, Robin@smithteamlasvegas.com 702-460-5080
John Chase, Jchase5300@gmail.com 702-497-3328
Marilyn Diaz, diazwalker@icloud.com 626.383.1328
Bonita Ramos, bramos@abilityfirst.org 909-561-5150
Tony Scheppmann, tncscheppmann@gmail.com 702-460-5723
July 30, 2024

Club Meeting

Glendora
Meets at Village Eatery
221 N. Glendora Ave.
Glendora, CA 91741

Time: Tuesday at 08:00 AM

Club Leaders

Rudy Hayek
President
Kathleen A Clark
President-Elect
International Service Chair
Jane Adair Bock
iPast President
Andrew Dilwicius
Past President
Secretary
Steve Sciurba
Treasurer
Joseph Cina III
Club Director
Public Image Chair
Christine A Storm-Smith
Club Director
Susanne Kallis-Hayek
Bulletin Editor
Dennis M. Franklin
Programs Chair
Club Director
Membership Chair
Craig Henderson
Rotary Foundation Chair
Lisa Frank
Club Director
Club RYLA Chair
Youth Service Chair

Events

August 2nd
Glendora Rotary Club Movies in the ParkAugust 6
Board of Directors Meeting
Immediately Following Club Meeting
In Chamber Conference Room
August 9th
Glendora Rotary Club Movies in the Park

Birthdays

July Birthdays:

Craig Henderson July 5

Ray Malki July 7

Lori Boyer(Daniel) July 10

July Anniversaries:

Craig & Margi Henderson A July 3

Roger & Sheila Gutierrez A July 5

Gene & Robin Morrill A July 20

Gary & Kathy Boyer A July 26

Guest Speaker-Joe “Peppy” Sciarra

What an honor to have Joe “Peppy” Sciarra visit our club to tell us about his experiences as an infantryman in WWII. Joe is 99 years young and tells his story all over the US. We are truly blessed that he was able to join us.

Joe was 16 at the time of Pearl Harbor. He “wasn’t even shaving yet” when he was drafted into the army the day after he graduated from high school.

Joe was sent to New Caledonia for training and later to Guadalcanal and on to Luzon, Philippines. There, with 30 thousand men they faced off against an enemy force of 100 thousand.

He describes himself as small but scrappy and was able to carry his 40 lb mortar tube and his 60 pound pack.

At the ripe age of 20 he was made platoon sergeant- “from 1 stripe to 5 stripes” overnight in his own words.

Coming home, Joe faced PTSD and a bad case of malaria. Luckily, his sweetheart had waited for him and they embarked on a 72 year marriage.

Fortunately Joe’s story has been recorded for posterity by a local news station and by the Arcadia Oral History Project, available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFub63RIDbo

Welcome Back Tom: Induction of Tom Stricklin

Former member Tom Stricklin was inducted to membership by PP and District Governor Nominee Dennis Franklin. Tom was born in Memphis Tn. When he attended USC, he met his wife Elaine. They have three children and four grandchildren. Tom worked as a minister, youth pastor in East LA, and for 23 years was the pastor of the 1st Baptist Church of Glendora. He was also on the Board of Directors of the YMCA for 15 years and started a project on the Navajo reservation that is still ongoing. In his spare time he enjoys camping, hiking, woodworking and jam making. Tom has a long history of Service Above Self. Welcome Back, Tom!

Guests & Visiting Rotarians

A warm welcome to the many guests and visiting Rotarians who made time to visit the Glendora Rotary Club today:

Nahla Awad, Architect

Jenny Chan, a friend of Monica Garcia, and a Finance Manager at H2O Ai

Tricia Franklin

Elba Guerrero, Guest of Dennis Franklin. Elba is retired.

Roger Hayek, Real Estate Investor

Carmen Hernandez, Retired Library Director and Alhambra Rotarian

Rae Kearney, PP Azusa Rotary Club, Executive Assistant Governor

Miles Lewis, Student, Guest of Dennis Franklin

Jenna Seright, Escrow and Baking, yes Baking, not a typo, Monrovia Rotarian

Dave Shear, Escrow Consultant

Courtney Stricklin, College Admissions at Occidental College

Geoffrey Smeets, Retired, Guest of Dennis Franklin

David Smith, Retired Contractor and Carpenter

Elaine Stricklin, Retired Pastor’s wife, HS teacher

Courtney Stricklin, College Admissions at Occidental College

Lauren Odle, Retired Teacher, Visiting from Minnesota

Robert Vargas, Financial Advisor

Fine & Recognitions

The Prez started off the fining with a donation in honor of his cousin Roger visiting the club, the full room, and because he loves Rotary. Steve Garrett paid to promote his Coffee and Conversation event at Karas in conjunction with the Chamber…Friday morning at 8am. Monica Garcia chipped in honor of all the guests, Falamak Zaltash fined herself because she was unable to help out at Movies in the Park last Friday evening, guest David Shear chipped in for polio, Peppy Sciarra, our guest speaker paid to say that he was proud to be present to speak and pleased to have his friends Dave and Carmen present, Elba Guerrero opened her wallet to say “thank you” for the invite to attend the meeting, Carmen Hernandez, (self described “Pepe Groupie”) fined herself to let us know that she is a long time Glendoran and is the former Children’s Librarian in town.Dave Smith fined himself for also being a Pepe groupie and for announcing that his dad and grandpa were both members of LA5 Rotary Club. Dottie Hilliard paid Christine Smith’s fine for showing up late to the trails committee meeting, apparently just in time for adjournment! And last but not least, Dan Tran was fined for sneaking in to the meeting late. Editor says, better late than never! Today was the last meeting of the month so President Rudy is going to pry the dough out of the piggie and see what the club has raised for polio eradication in July.

Believe it or not, Polio Pig has a Facebook Page! Check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/poliopig/

The Club Bell is Still Missing

Barely a month into President Rudy’s tenure one of his prime tools of power has been kidnapped (?) split, done a runner, absconded, on the loose, etc. Apparently, CPS may need to be involved based on the following missive from the missing golden bell. Hopefully Pres. Rudy will be more gentle with Bradley, Bo-Bo so as not to garner further criticism.

Movies in the Park

Movies in the Park last Friday was a big success for food sales! President-Elect Kathy Clark and Friend of Rotary Alina, Lisa’s daughter, were kept busy most of the evening. Four pizzas were sold out except for two slices. Trevor Benson, a local real estate agent and friend of the club, helped the gang set up the pop-up, tables, lights, etc. Annie Warner and Ramiro Valderrama with the City Recreation Department stopped by as well.

We definitely need a bit more help for set up and tear down. Sales are covered but any club members who can come at 6 for half an hour for set up and again at 9:15 for half an hour for tear down would be greatly appreciated.

Today’s Inspiration

Today’s Club Inspiration

Last week’s bulletin reached our friend Ron White who sent the following update on his activities.

  • Retired in December of 2010, moved from Glendora to Huntington Beach for eight years, and in La Quinta since July of 2019.
  • Last week, on the15th, Sherril and I celebrated our 46th anniversary.
  • I frequently run into Rotarians and, like good Rotarians, they recruit me to visit and join their respective nearby clubs. Yesterday was Steve Wilson from the Indian Wells club, of course a most congenial chap.
  • Sherril is still planning trips, just more frequently in retirement. Almost an octogenarian, my lugging luggage days, I tell her, are waning. She keeps finding places we haven’t been, which are fewer annually.
We miss you Ron and thanks for getting in touch, it was great to hear from you!

Attached to Ron’s email were these wonderful quotes that made up today’s inspiration:

Winston Churchill: “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”

Thomas A. Edison: “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” (Note: Edison failed 2774 times before the successful lightbulb)

John F. Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”

Party Like Taylor Swift

The Glendora Rotary Club is looking to see if anyone would be interested in getting together and going to a RAMS Football Game and getting a private box. The cost per person is $369.00 and includes food & beverage. It would be a fun event and if you have never been in a private box it is something special. The game date options are: Sunday, October 20th at 1:05 pm, Thursday, October 24th at 5:15 pm, or Monday, November 11th at 5:15 pm.

We would need to get responses as soon as possible because they sell out pretty quickly. Please RSVP to me if you are interested in going to a game and which one you would prefer. You are able to invite friends, there are suites that hold 8 people up to 44 people.

RSVP by August 30th to Kathy Boyer. Time is of the essence as she will need to contact the RAM’s to confirm a suite is still available for the date we choose.

Courtesy Announcements:

Coffee and Conversations with Steve Garrett & The Glendora Chamber of Commerce. At Kara’s Korner Friday, August 2, 2025, 8:00 a.m. at Kara’s Korner. Free for Chamber members and $10 for non-members.

August 15, 2024- Disco Dance with DJ Rudy (not our Rudy!) Presented by the Glendora Women’s Club. Contact Martha Mason at 626-622-6111 for information (or talk to PP Jane Bock)

As Always, please visit the club Facebook page to view more photos: https://www.facebook.com/glendorarotary/

Rotary

Club of Glendora

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Club Meeting

Glendora
Meets at Village Eatery
221 N. Glendora Ave.
Glendora, CA 91741

Time: Tuesday at 08:00 AM

Club Leaders

Rudy Hayek
President
Kathleen A Clark
President-Elect
International Service Chair
Jane Adair Bock
iPast President
Andrew Dilwicius
Past President
Secretary
Steve Sciurba
Treasurer
Joseph Cina III
Club Director
Public Image Chair
Susanne Kallis-Hayek
Bulletin Editor
Christine A Storm-Smith
Community Service Chair
Dennis M. Franklin
Programs Chair
Club Director
Membership Chair
Craig Henderson
Rotary Foundation Chair
Lisa Frank
Club Director
Club RYLA Chair
Youth Service Chair

Events

Events

Field of Heroes

The Field of Heroes 2024 spanned a total of five days of work and festivities resulting in the installation of about 400 flags, countless Rotarian work hours, and thousands of happy Glendorians viewing the beautiful displays and culminating with a very special ceremony on Saturday morning. Although there were many Rotarians lending a hand, the dynamic trio of Gary and Kathy Boyer and Gene Morrill must be singled out for their months of hard work. Without them, this event would not have happened.

The ceremony began with the Presentation of Colors by Boy Scout Troop 489 and was followed by a beautiful rendition of the National Anthem by Deanna Hudgins, Lead Soprano of the Town Singers of Pasadena. The Rev. Ike Graham provided the invocation.

Dignitaries at the flag ceremony included Mayor Mendell Thompson, Congressperson Judy Chu, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, and Lisa Brault and Alexa Sanchez representing Senators Anthony Portantino and Assembly Member Blanca Rubio, respectively. Also present were Arcadia Mayor April Verlato, Alhambra Mayor Sasha Renée Pérez, Azusa City Council Member, Dennis Beckwith, and Rae Kearny, Past President of the Azusa Rotary Club. The Azusa Rotary Club shared their “Freedom Flag” and 9-11 Display for the event.

Thanks to our generous sponsors and flag donations, the club was able to hand out donations totaling $10,000 to the Citrus and APU Veterans Center, Glendora Police Explorer Program, and the Los Angeles County Fire Foundation.

Accepting the contributions were Battalion chief Dustin Robertson, LA County Fire Department, Captain Shelly Gold, Glendora Police Dept Explorer Program, Everette Brooks, APU Office of Military and Veteran Services and Maria Buff, Citrus College Veterans Success Center.

More Photos are Available on the Club Facebook Page

The Demotion of President Jane Bock

On Tuesday July 2nd, the Rotary Club of Glendora demoted its President in an annual ceremony performed by all the Rotary Clubs in the Rotary family. A lovely poolside setting at the home of Kathy and Gary Boyer provided the ambiance. The delicious dinner from Spaghetti Eddies (a Glendora mainstay) was enjoyed by all.

Following the dinner service, club Foundation Chair, Craig Henderson, gave moving comments about the importance of supporting the Rotary Foundation and gave out some Paul Harris Awards. Recipients were Lisa Frank, PHF +1, Ray Malki, PHF+3, Rudy Hayek, PHF+4, Christine Smith, PHF+4, Andrew Dilwicius, PHF+7.

In addition to these member awards, the Rotary Club awarded a Community Paul Harris Award to David and Maria Fredendall for their years of Service Above Self in Glendora.

Following a three-page questionnaire on the Life of Jane Bock by Roastmaster Tom Striklin, Jane took the floor to thank her team and pass the gavel. Immediate Past President Andrew Dilwicius presented Jane with a commemorative plaque and some gifts. There can be no doubt that Jane led a successful Rotary year. From the 30,000 meals the club packed to the very successful Field of Heroes and everything in between, it was a stellar job.

In-coming President Rudy Hayek kept his remarks to a minimum, introducing his board and directors.

A big “thank you” to Jane and her leadership team and a big “thank you” to the Boyers for hosting this special event.
More photos are available on the Club Facebook Page

Carol Seward Named Rotarian of the Year 2023-2024

Carol Seward has been named Rotarian of the Year for the 2023-2024 Rotary year by out-going President, Jane Bock. Jane emphasized Carol’s dedication in honoring club birthdays, and her exceptional, thoughtful, and caring assistance to the President. Congratulations Carol!

The Induction of Rudy Hayek, President 2024-2025

With out-going President Jane Bock properly thanked and demoted, her Past President pin applied, she was ready to pass the gavel to incoming President Rudy Hayek. Rudy looks forward to serving the club for this upcoming Rotary year. He brings many years of Rotary experience to the table, including many years on the Board as well as being Past President of the Sierra Madre Club. He has also held a number of District positions including chairing PDG Chris Montan’s district conference, RYLA committee, District Governor Selection committee, District Assembly presenter, and more.

As a newer member of the Glendora Club, Rudy is grateful to be working with an experienced Board of Directors including Past President Jane Bock, President-Elect Kathy Clark, Secretary Andrew Dilwicius, Treasurer Steve Sciurba, Foundation Chair Craig Henderson, Program and Membership Chair Dennis Franklin, Community Service Christine Smith, Youth Services Co-Chair and Public Relations Chair Joe Cina, and Lisa Frank Youth Services Chair.

Craft Talk – Dottie Hilliard

Dottie Hilliard’s craft talk had been awaited with great anticipation and it didn’t disappoint, except that the Club might have liked another hour or two to hear about Dottie’s amazing life.Dottie’s grandparents on both sides immigrated to the United States through Ellis Island, on the paternal side from Romania and on the maternal side from Poland. Her grandfather homesteaded across the United States and Dottie’s father learned how to ride horses with the Native Americans as a boy. When Dottie’s grandmother died her grandfather sold his girl children and in a movie worthy twist of fate, Dottie’s mother was sold to the Warner family to be a companion to their daughter.

Dottie was born on September 23, 1933 at St. Johns Hospital in Santa Monica and spent her early years living in the heart of the movie industry in Burbank. Her pals at school were the kids of the entertainers of the day and by that time, her dad worked at Warner Brothers as an actor, stuntman and horse wrangler. He actually taught John Wayne to ride a horse! When Dottie was a child she did stunt work and extra work and was the holder of a SAG card.

Dottie is a living embodiment of the old adage “necessity is the mother of invention” – she started Tiny Tots in Glendora because she needed daycare for her kids. Dottie was a PE teacher and classroom teacher and later Coach of the Year at Citrus College and eventually became Dean of Women.

She didn’t get her own horse until the age of 62 and currently loves to write short stories and a regular column for an equine magazine. One of her greatest joys has been being asked to provide equine therapy with her horse with women who have been abused.

Stay tuned…there will surely be a sequel to Dottie’s story!

Movies in the Park


The first Movie in the Park is in the books but there are five more Friday nights to go. All the movies will feature a Rotary short coordinated by Joe Cina, which debuted July 5th at Gladstone Park. There were a few Rotarians in attendance with tears in their eyes. It was very moving and will provide a nice introduction to Rotary to the movie goers. Between the Rotary short, the cub scouts tucked in their tents, the setting sun and our beautiful flags waving in the breeze, it was a magical evening.

The remainder of the movies will be at Finkbiner Park. Let’s all get out there on Friday nights to support Lisa and Jacob. Set-up begins at 5:30 and tear-down begins after the movie ends or just before. It’s always a nice evening of fellowship and one of the best opportunities to experience the charm of small town life!

This Friday, July 12 features a charming movie called “Sandlot”. July 19 will feature “Trolls”, July 26th will show “Little Giants”, August 2 is a beautiful film called “Migration”, and finally, on August 9, in honor of Police Night Out, the movie will be “Paw Patrol”.

Editor’s Note

Dear Reader,
This is the inaugural bulletin of the 2024-2025 Rotary year. The Club is trying out the DACdb Bulletin builder. Some aspects are wonderful, some aspects are challenging. Yet we will persevere.

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Bulletin Team