February 21, 2001
This week's Bulletin was written by Linda Jalving.
THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Colette called our meeting to order at 7:40 AM. Christine Thompson (moving ever closer
to her blue badge) led us in the Pledge.
Pete Tereschuck read us inspiring words from the “Timeless Wisdom” book,
and from “Chicken Soup for the Soul.”
Linda Jalving led us in “Four Leaf Clover” (hope everyone had a “lucky” dayJ). Gary Green introduced guests (thanks to Colette and
Melissa), and visiting Rotarians from Club 33, Coronado, and St. Louis.
Announcements
Alan Talbott encouraged us all to buy and sell raffle tickets for our (fast approaching) Mardi Gras party. Jennifer Cusick and Bob Hackim are the current “King and Queen”, having sold the most raffle tickets so far. Raffle prizes include a trip to New Orleans, a lovely Tiffany bowl, and several other well worth winning goodies – so please support our Rotary club and sell, sell, sell! Please E-mail your reservations and meal selections (blackened redfish or bourbon chicken) to Colette if you have not already done so.
Tuesday, May 15th, 7:00 PM we are organizing a trip to see the San Diego Opera’s production to AIDA (to see Linda Jalving in her opera debut) More details to come.
FINES
Pauline Getz, our sergeant-at-arms, was not on duty today, but we had plenty of braggers! Colette received a hand held computer for Valentines Day, so she’ll be able to keep in touch with us (without having her travels interfere!). Alan’s son George ranked 56 out of 150 in his recent fencing championship participation. Jim Mulvaney took his 4 year old skiing for the first time last weekend. Jose Hernandez was blessed with a healthy baby boy on Feb. 2nd (sorry – I didn’t catch his name). Zack Romaya celebrated his big 5-0 last weekend – the only gift he mentioned was a camel jockey. Surfboard (?!). Lynn H. announced that Howard Barnhorst (a SDBR Club former member) e-mailed her with the news of the birth of his first Grandchild.
SPEAKER
Lynn then introduced our speaker, Margaret Smeegan. Margaret had the pleasure and honor of participating in Rotary’s Ambassadorial Scholarship program. This program, designed by Rotary International, is intended to promote world peace and cultural understanding. Rotary Clubs sponsor business people to spend one year abroad studying. The location, and the area of study are decided by the participant. Margaret chose to go to Amsterdam, because her grandfather came to the US from the Netherlands in approximately 1917, and she felt a desire to experience some commonality with her roots. Her chosen area of study was Museology (the science or profession of museum organization and management).
Margaret shared many pictures of her rich experience, which included:
Ø Befriending 24 classmates from around the world,
Ø Canals and trams,
Ø A fundraising bicycle trip along the Nile,
Ø Working with original Chegal (who was so poor, he created many of his masterpieces on cotton tablecloths) and Cézanne paintings,
Ø Participating in many art conservation and restoration projects, and
Ø Traveling to many European countries.
Since coming home, Margaret has procured a position as administrator for the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park. We will be visiting this museum in May.
Margaret encouraged us to include any ambassadorial scholars visiting San Diego in our activities – people visit San Diego from around the world, and Rotary friendliness is more than welcome. Margaret was extremely thankful to Rotary for providing her this opportunity which filled her with a sense of “awe, amazement, and fascination”
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