The Desertarian
OFFICERS &
DIRECTORS
2008– 2009
Jacque Wachs—
President
Ray Corvan, President
Elect & Program Chair
Bob Elsner, Immediate
Past President
Milt Levinson, Secretary
Janie Bolitho, Treasurer,
Club Service
Board of Directors
Bob Allan
Mike Brill
Bary Freet
Helene Kalfuss
Lars Hansen
Sylvia Zarasua
Kevin Nay
Mark Stanley
F E B R U A R Y
4 T H
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S C R I B E : S Y L V I A
Z A R A S U A
P H O T O G R A P H E R
M I K E
B R I L L
New Desertarian Scribes
Welcome readers to another
new Desertarian editor and
writer! Some say, she could
solve our banking crisis in her
sleep; others are amazed at
her natural beauty and charm;
we just know her as the
lovely Sylvia who joins the
ranks of the club essayists to
deliver your paper (nearly)
every week.
Our Meeting
February 4th
Greeters were Steve Lerman
and John Bianchi. Here we
see greeting David Cutter
(another honorable scribe).
President
Jacque
Wachs began
our meeting
by asking Jim
Garland to
lead the
pledge.
Jerry Hough led us in the
Four Way Test.
SYLVIA ZARASUA
Ex Officio
Jim Dowler
Jim Griffes offered a fine
prayer.
DESERTARIAN STAFF
Mark Stanley
David Cutter
Ken Sherman
Kevin Nay
Devorah Kalani
Charlie House was selling the
important raffle tickets
Photographer
Welcome Back: Marv
Goldberg, to which Marv
Mike Brill
Marv Goldberg said “It is good to be
anywhere today!”
Ray Corvan gave a warm
welcome to our visiting
Rotarians:
Len Kalfuss of the Evening
Star Club, John Karickhoff, of
responded by saying “It is
good to by anywhere!”
Falls Church VA, Carolyn
Payne of Kansas City, MO
Kathleen Adams and Louis of
Paysom, AZ, rod Campbell of
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Visitors and Announcements
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Look for us
on
face book
…. Search
for
Superior
WI, Ruth
Fedorow
of Lachha
Biche, AB
Canada.
Susan
Ward,
Brydon Ward also from LacihaBiche, AB
Canada. Bern handel of Poughkeepsie
NY, and Judyth Roberts of Meridian, ID.
“Rotary
Club of
Palm
Springs
California”
Hal Castle:
sponsor: Frank
Peabody
John Bianchi: sponsor John Glenn
John Craig,
sponsor Art
Snow
Frank Peabody had a guest?
Jacque announced the Rotarian of the
Month: He is always early, helps to set
up the room, collects the coins for kids
and runs around the room to collect
fines. Can anyone guess? Why it is our
very own Bob Allan.
Exchange
ideas and
news with
members
and visitors
from all
over the
world.
Advertise on
the Palm
Springs
Rotary web
site—only
$110.00 per
year.
Reach out and
touch the world!
THE
Induction of
New Members:
Lars Hanson
New Members:
John Craig, “most
of his life involved
in technology.
Starting a new
career as City
Manager “getting people ready for Big
Disasters”
Hal Castle said
that he was lucky
to be here, that his
uncle tried to get
him into the Lyons
club.
That never happened. His family has
been in this area
since 1846, Hal is
a 5th generation
to live here. Hal
has been in Real
DESERTARIAN
John Bianchi
stated that he
is a dentist,
husband and
has two
children. “Rotary seems like an extension of”
who I am, giving
kids 5 to 12 years
of age a smile. I
have a big heart
for kids. Kids are
our future”.
Visit the new website at
www.therotaryclubofpalmsprings.org
Estate for 35
years. He now
considers himself
working in a semi
leisurely pace.
Tour De Palm Springs
CARB LOAD
Barry Freet: 12 years ago, Tim Esser had an
idea for a bike event. Tim knew that Barry was
involved in biking. The
Tour de Palm Springs
evolved.
Tim wanted help and
support, and wanted to
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Tour de Palm Springs Carb Load and other things!
know what challenges he would
have considering city
boundaries. It is now the 11
tickets with the appropriate
amount of money.
Lars passed his very organized
book for additional volunteers.
Lars gave a shout out for “All
hands on deck” Join us on
year and bigger and better than
ever.
Please try to sell all of your
tickets, If not return unsold
Did you know that by
prepaying your meals
directly from your Bank
account you save $1 per meal or
$52 over the course of a year?
Contact Janie Bolitho for
details
February 13th, and please be on
time.
Bob Allan: Had a Paul Harris
Fellow plus one for David
Cutter, however, Dave was no
where to be found.
families
throw
away
Bowling for Polio & Dictionaries
Kevin Nay helped put Rotary
stickers on dictionaries. They
delivered 100 dictionaries to
the Cahuilla Elementary School.
Bob Allan gave details on the
upcoming Bowling for Polio.
You can bowl, play or help. A
$10.00 donation will get you a
“I helped end Polio” pin.
Bob also announced a golf
social: You can join him for golf
on Sunday, February 15th, at
the O’Donnell golf course for
Most
about 88
pounds of
plastic
every year
$55.00 and that includes the
cart.
Helene Kalfuss—International Service
Thank you notes were placed
on the tables for all to read. It
was funny to note how many
ways you can miss-spell the
word dictionary.
Milt Levinson passed around a
card for Frank Bogart, 99 years
young and oldest member of
the club who is doing well. Milt
also announced that Chet
moved to a Las Vegas facility.
Ray Corvan introduced PDG
Helene Kalfuss as today’s
speaker.
Helene topic was International
Service. One of the projects is
“Gift of Life” Helene told of a
young girl from Iraq that had a
heart condition.
She was 3 years old at the time.
Her mother left her husband and
three children to travel by bus
from Bagdad to Georgia. Tamar
was one of the first children to get
help. Rotarian from Imam, Jordan,
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Club Service & Recognition
wrote about the children and
sent pictures that made the
children more than a name but
a personality.
Another one of many examples
of International service: John
Hall and other club members
have taken blankets and air
conditioners to Mexico.
Helene passionately urged all
club members to get involved
to touch lives of people you
may never meet.
With out a surgeon the life
expectancy for Tamar, was
extremely poor. John Brown,
the surgeon, and the operation
was successful. The mom said
she was thankful from the
bottom of her heart. This
project touched the life of a
child, parents, and an entire
community.
ODDFACT
Actress Jamie
Lee Curtis
Recognition—it’s that man again!
a “Face book” website.
“Who reads the Desertarian?
Silence,
Mark mentioned that he set up
the Rotary club of Palm Springs
Jona Acuna, How do we know
that the Indians were the first
Americans? “They had
reservations!”
Dr Alderman: What bone will a
dog never eat?
“A Trombone!”
Ray Corvan: What is the best
thing to do if you find a gorilla
in your bed?
“Find some where else to
sleep”
invented a
special
diaper for
babies that
has a pocket.
More edumacation in English
Bob Elsner: What kind of eggs
does a wicked chicken lay?
“Deviled eggs!”
Helene Kalfuss: What do you
call a song sung in an
automobile?
“A cartoon!”
Debbie: What do you get when
you cross a chicken with a
cement mixer?
“A brick layer!”
Jerry Moss: What do you get
when you cross ?? with a
rabbit?
“Bugs Bunny”
What has six eyes but cannot see? “Three blind mice”
Bob Elsner asked “where do you get dragon milk? “From
a cow with short legs”
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Happy Dowlers
Mike Brill had happy dollar for finding his long lost
grandson in San Francisco, he had disappeared 2005.
Mike took his grandson to dinner, acquired his “my
space” website.
Frank Peabody had $5.00 happy dollars for
the new members Hal and the two Johns.
Marv Goldberg had a happy dollar: “Thank you for
the card, it is good to be anywhere”
Frank Peabody also announced that he had
reserved 20 seats for the Follies. Tickets are a
bargain at only $50.00 a seat.
Milt Levinson, announced that Chet sent us
$100.00. Chet loves us.
Reverend Griffe’s: Helped his 5th grade great
grandson with a science project.
Principal Denise: Thank you for the Dictionaries, I
am very thankful.
They utilized the resources of the Palm
Springs Library. Reverend, exclaimed that
“The Palm Springs library is the best library
around”
Art Snow had a happy dollar for his encounter with
a hummingbird.
Don’t forget Mel Haber will be
our speaker for our Valentine’s
Day meeting.
Note special picture
of Bob Hughes
nudge nudge
An office
desk has
Opportunity Drawing
Norm Brown gave a happy
dollar, just because ‘I’m here!”
ODDFACT
Hal Castle won the opportunity
drawing: $44.00. He did not
pick the black marble: Awwwh!
400 times
more
bacteria
than a
toilet
5
ABC’s of Rotary
SHARING ROTARY
WITH NEW MEMBERS
Are you aware of the responsibility or obligation most Rotarians
fail to perform? Paying their dues?
Attending meetings? Contributing
to the club's service fund? Participating in club events and projects?
No - none of these!
Of all the obligations a person accepts when joining a Rotary club,
the one in which most Rotarians
fail is "sharing Rotary."
The policies of Rotary International clearly affirm that every individual Rotarian has an
"obligation to share Rotary with
others and to help extend Rotary
through proposing qualified persons for Rotary club membership."
It is estimated that less than 30
percent of the members of most
Rotary clubs have ever made the
effort to propose a new member.
Thus, in every club, there are
many Rotarians who readily accept the pleasures of being a Rotarian without ever sharing that
privilege with another qualified individual.
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The wife said, "You should do it,
because you get up first, and then
we don't have to wait as long to
get our coffee".
The husband said, " You are in
charge of the cooking around
here and you should do it, because that is your job, and I can
just wait for my coffee."
February 11 Speaker: Mel Haber "Valentine Day Stories" 11:45 AM
February 13 Tour de Palm Springs "Carb Load"
February 18 Program: " Salute to Canada" Roger Mickalko, 11:45 AM
February 18 Rotary Club of Palm Springs Board Meeting 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
February 19 – February 22 PETS
February 25 Program: International Rotary Travels Our guest speakers from the
Rotary Club of Lake Elsinore Steve and Vicky Wallace who will presenting their
International Rotary Travels.
Today’s Humour
A man and his wife were having an
argument about who should brew
the coffee each morning.
11:45 AM
March 3
Membership Mixer location: Hotel Zoso, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
March 14
District Assembly
March 18
Jerry Patton Our guest speaker will be Jerry Patton, President of
Wife replies, "No you should do
it, and besides it is in the Bible
that the man should do the coffee."
Husband replies, " I can't believe
that, show me."
College of the Desert.
So she fetched the Bible, and
opened the New Testament and
shows him at the top of several
pages, that it indeed says:
"HEBREWS"
MAKE UP OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY
Monday:
Indian Wells
Wednesday:
Noon
Indian Wells Country Club
Palm Desert Palms to Pines:
7:30 am
Tuesday:
Indio Sunrise
7:00 am
Heritage Palms CC
Palm Springs Sunup
Coachella Valley Noon
Desert Falls CC
Indian Palms CC
Thursday:
7:00 am
Rick’s Restaurant
Cathedral City
Noon
Doral Hotel
Palm Desert
Noon:
Desert Falls CC
Indio
Noon:
Indian Palms CC
Rancho Mirage
7:30am
Clubhouse at Rancho
Las Palmas CC
Desert Hot Springs Noon
Mirage Springs Hotel
Friday
La Quinta
Noon
The Cliff House.