June 6, 2001
This week's Bulletin was written by Hugh Largey.
THIS WEEK'S MEETING
With a large number of guests in attendance, a new member to be inducted, and numerous items to cover, President Colette Murray called the sizeable gathering to order early. Hugh Largey led in the pledge to the flag. Linda Jalving ably led the group sing of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm." A well received invocation was given by Red Badger Carolyn Smith Morrow. The following is a reproduction of the text of Carolyn's invocation at President Colette’s request:
"Slow
Dance"
Have you ever
watched kids
On a merry go
round
Or listened to
the rain
Slapping on the
ground?
Ever followed a
butterfly's erratic flight
Or gazed at the
sun into the fading night?
You'd better slow
down
Don't dance too
fast
Time is short
The music won't
last
Do you run
through each day on the fly
When you ask,
"How are you?" do you hear the reply
When the day is
done do you lie in bed
with the next
hundred chores running through your head?
You'd better slow
down
Don't dance so
fast
Time is short
The music won't
last
Ever told your child
We'll do it tomorrow
And in your
haste, not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
let a good friendship die?
'Cause you never
had time to call and say "Hi?"
You'd better slow
down
Don't dance so
fast
Time is short
The music won't
last
When you run so
fast to get somewhere
You miss half the
fun of getting there.
When you worry
and hurry through your day
It is like an
unopened gift...
Thrown away
Life is not a
race.
Do take it
slower.
Hear the music.
Before the song is over.
Gary Green introduced honored Rotary guests from such wide ranging places as Club 33; Atlanta, GA; Elizabeth City, NC; Villageville, GA; Coronado, CA & Old Mission! Momentarily lapsing into his best remembered past club position, Gary started to fine the guests for not bringing any flags from their home clubs! Finally, Gary introduced 9 visiting non-Rotarians from as far away as France and Ghana.
Announcements
President Colette made an important announcement that the next Board Meeting (a joint one including present and future Board Members) will be held this coming Wednesday at her office downtown at 5:15 p.m.
Howard Williams boasted his running time at the Rock 'n Roll Marathon of 4 hours 34 minutes, and his awards for high fund raising on behalf of fighting Leukemia & Lymphoma.
Mike Whitehurst announced He and Hugh Largey will award $750 Scholarships to each of the 3 finalists chosen from a field of 8 interviewed this past year at San Diego High School. The winners are:
Gerardo Constantino, Trish Berry, and Maria Solorzano.
Everyone is encouraged to attend the awards presentation this Monday, June 11th at the high school starting at 6:30 p.m.
Ron Erbetta reports that the June 30th Stennis cruise and all of the dates for the VIP overnight trips are full. We will be notifying all those who are participating before their scheduled dates.
Club Community Service Director Dan Cleaves introduced the Lambs' Players' Director of Education, Jeff Miller, whom he presented with a club check for $1,500 in support of the Lambs' Players' student school presentations.
New Member
Club Membership Director Frank De Francesco inducted our newest club member, Landscape Architect Keith French. Keith chose our club among all those he visited upon transferring from the San Ramon Rotary Club. In welcoming Keith, Frank predicted he'd set a new Blue Badge indoor record!
Chair of the Day
"Chair
of the Day" Jim Dunn gave a brief but intriguing autobiography explaining
how he is here in his 3rd year as a lawyer specializing in the Americans with
Disabilities Act and criminal defense law such as DWI's. He pointed out his alma mater Loyola
Marymount's most famous grad is Johnny Cochran! Jim promised to bring his wife, an M.D., to one of our
breakfasts on a morning when she doesn't have rounds to make.
sgt-at-arms
Sergeant-at-Arms Pauline Getz wished Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary to those in attendance who've been club members for 14 months or less! Our club list of those stats is that out of date! She found there were only 2 June birthdays and that she and Lynn Hamilton "married the same man on the same date"! Linda Jalving added if she were still married, hers would also be in June!
Pauline fined Carol Jensen for Francis Parker School making the TV news on expanding "slightly" for the 1st time in 30 years!
Leah Swearingen bragged she was a "sweet 30' when joining our club just 10 years ago, and was then oriented by Steve Lash?
Alan Talbott bragged that he and his son George finished 1st in the 20 mile Bay to Bay Paddle. There were 2 canoes in the race!
Dan Cleaves bragged that he and wife Dana celebrated their 2nd Anniversary on May 15th.
This week’s Speaker
Finally, Jane Berry introduced our distinguished Speaker of the Day, Mary Catherine Swanson, Founder and Executive Director of the Avid Center. Her work so impressed Pulitzer Prize Winner Jonathan Friedman that he wrote a book about her, "Wall of Fame - One Teacher, One Class, and the Power to Save Schools and Transform Lives." In the book he chronicles lives of students rescued from oblivion by Mary Catherine's efforts. This once local Clairemont High School English Teacher went on to explain how she revolutionized the process of identifying under-performing students with high potential, obtaining commitments from them, and tutoring them to set on a record breaking winning course for life. Her system is now used in 16 countries worldwide.
Mary Catherine introduced a new Club 33 Member, "Joe..."President of the Community Housing Corporation who gave a moving testimonial of how his life was transformed by the Avid Program's "raising of the bar" and the little effort that produces the extraordinary from the ordinary.
There were very few dry eyes in our group after hearing her incomparable story. Gary green then quickly auctioned 5 of the books at the end of her talk. Get one and read it. It's awesome. And so is Mary Catherine Swanson!
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