October 2009
CALENDAR
Wednesday, October 7
8 a.m.
Board of Directors Meeting
Servino’s
Wednesday, October 7
7:30 p.m.
Tiburon Town Council
Tiburon Town Hall
Thursday, October 8
11:30 a.m.
Monthly Luncheon
Dr. Roger Freed, Speaker
“A Trek to Everest”
Sam’s Anchor Café
$20 members, $25 non-members
Monday, October 12
7:30 p.m.
Belvedere City Council
Belvedere City Hall
Wednesday, October 21
7:30 p.m.
Tiburon Town Council
Council Chambers
Thursday, October 22
5:30 - 7 p.m.
October Mixer
Hosts: Eva Claiborne & Keith Bartel
Ark Row, 86A & 86B Main Street
This will be a sparkling mixer
with fun for all!
$10 members, $15 non-members
Saturday, October 31
Halloween
96 B Main Street, Tiburon, CA 94920
Monthly Luncheon
Dr. Roger Freed
“A Trek to Everest”
Thursday, October 8th
11:30 a.m.
Sam’s Anchor Cafe
415/435-5633
If you like to hear about adventure, join us at this month’s luncheon where the speaker
will be Dr. Roger Freed who will tell us of his three-week trek from Katmandu in Nepal
to the Mount Everest base camp in the Himalayas. The theme of his talk will be on the
role adventure plays in providing a deeper dimension of ourselves. Roger and his two
sons, Robb and Jonathan, spent their first three days becoming acclimated to Katmandu’s
4,383-foot-altitude after joining two other trekkers and their guide, Deana Zabaldo, who
had spent two years in Nepal with the Peace Corps.
The group flew in a small plane to the Himalayan foothill town of Lukla and then began
their hike, each carrying a 30-pound pack for five or six hours each day. Planes cannot fly
into the Everest base camp because of the thin air, so everything must be brought in on the
backs of animals and people. The total distance between Lukla and the base camp is 50
miles, and trekkers average seven to eight miles each day. For each two days of hiking,
they had to stop for one day to become acclimated to the rising altitude.
On the seventh day, they climbed to the top of Kala Pattar (18,450-feet), which provides the
most accessible point to view Mt. Everest (it cannot be seen from the base camp) and the
next morning hiked into the base camp. Very few trekkers are allowed to visit the camp,
so this was a great privilege, although they only had permission to stay one night. There
were 36 different expeditions from a wide variety of countries, with several hundred tents
and about 800 people busy with chores. Early the next morning, the group began their hike
back to Lukla, and the trip that took eight days going up, took four days going down.
Everyone in the group was struck by the friendliness of the Nepalese people, even though
they have few possessions of their own, and those that know the Freeds say all three were
somehow changed by this trip. Roger believes he now is more connected to the world
around him and the potential for change. They agree that they now appreciate, more than
ever, all the material comforts we have in this country. “For as little as they have (in Nepal),
you’ll never meet more genuine people,” said Roger.
Roger Freed has lived on the Tiburon Peninsula since 1980 with his wife, Nancy, and their
three children, Robb, Jonathan and Kirsten. He is a practicing psychiatrist and recently
opened The Center for Attention in Mill Valley (www.thecenterforattention.org) which
focuses on the solutions for attention problems.
Fax: 435-1132 Web: www.tiburonchamber.org
E-mail: [email protected]
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Oktoberfest
News About Town
The Annual Discovery Day at the Romberg Tiburon Center
will be held on Sunday, October 4, from 11a.m. to 4p.m. Take
a look behind the scenes at the only marine research lab on
San Francisco Bay. There will be science-related activities for
all ages. See scientific exhibits, marine animal touch tanks
and enjoy live music, a barbecue and cold drinks. Admission
is free. The Romberg Tiburon Center is located art 3150
Paradise Drive, Tiburon, and there is plenty of free parking
available. For more information, go to rtc.sfsu.edu.
An exhibit titled “Our Town – 30 Years of Ark Images” by
longtime Ark photographer, Diane Smith, will be in the
upstairs Community Room of Tiburon Town Hall from
Monday, September 28, through Friday, November 27, with
an artist’s reception Wednesday, October 7, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Our luncheon next month will honor our “Business/Citizen
of 2009 – Dave Bennett, CPA. We join together with the
noontime Rotary (Tiburon-Belvedere Rotary Club) and the
Sunset Evening Rotary on Wednesday, November 11, at the
San Francisco Yacht Club. This is always a sell-out gathering
and we urge you to get your reservation in early. Cost - $20
for members and $25 for non-members. Call 435-5633 or go
to [email protected]. (You can also roast him.)
Tiburon Peninsula
Chamber of Commerce
2008 Board of Directors
Michael Gornet
President
Larry Hadley
Vice President
Dave Bennett Treasurer
Jim Bryant
Brooke Tognazzini
Chong Cook
Michaela Winn
Peggy Curran
Eric Schoenberg
Kelly Erickson
Steve Sears
Maggie McDonogh
Angelo Servino
Preston Petty
Connie Wiley
Jon P. Rankin
Jackie Williams
George Rodericks
Laleh Zelinsky
Zelinsky Properties
Point Tiburon Plaza
Ex-officio
Citrus
Angel Island-Tiburon Ferry
Blinds & Designs
Attorney-at-Law
Prima Palat
The Lodge at Tiburon
Schoenberg Guitars
Sam’s Anchor Café
Servino Ristorante
Interior Designer
Bank of Marin
Stephanie Zeigler, owner of Pilates, is chairing the first Winter
Ex-officio
Zelinsky Properties LLC
Fest to be held on Friday, December 4th, starting at 5:30 p.m.
Bruce Sams
Stephanie Ziegler
This event will span the area from the Fountain to the end of
Belvedere Representative
Pilates Studio of Tiburon
Upper Ark Row. All merchants are welcome to participate.
This event is based on traditions of many small towns around
Georgia Kirchmaier
the world, providing an evening of holiday festivities, with
C of C Executive Manager
carolers and costumed characters strolling around the town.
On Upper Ark Row, there will be a Winterland Photo Shop
for kids, plus face painting and gingerbread house-making The Angel Island-Tiburon Ferry Sunset Cruises will run thru
Saturday, October 17th, with cruises on Friday and Saturday
organized by students at Bel Aire and Del Mar schools.
evenings from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Adult tickets are $20, children 5
We encourage all of the merchants to come up with activities to 11 are $10. A block of tickets for 15 people are available at
a discounted price. Bring your own picnic. Call 435-2131 for
that best suit their businesses. Some possible suggestions:
more information or go to www.angelislandferry.com.
* Offer holiday treats & beverages
* Discount drawings at the time of purchase
Daylight Savings time ends on Sunday, November 1st. Set
* Winterfest meal specials
your clocks BACK one hour.
* Winterfest drink specials
* Winterfest special hotel rates for December 4th weekend
On Saturday, October 17th, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., a FREE
This event will encourage local and Bay Area residents to painting workshop will be held in the upstairs Community
enjoy a full evening in Tiburon. The Chamber of Commerce Room in Tiburon Town Hall. Guest artist teacher will be Eloise
will provide wide-spread advertising, but additional word- Rauscher. If interested in attending, contact Tiburon Artist
of-mouth marketing from all will help to make this a much Laureate Mary Musalo at 435-2775 or E-mail her at BigBet@
looked-forward to holiday event! All ideas and suggestions are aol.com. Bring your own painting supplies and equipment
welcome. Contact Stephanie (sziegler@pilatesstudiotiburon. for painting in your choice of medium – watercolor, oil,
pencil, charcoal, acrylic, etc.
com) or Brooke Tognazzini ([email protected]).
Resource for So. Marin Business Owners Thank You New Members:
The mission of the Small Business Development Center Peterson Mullin Construction, Inc
(SBDC) at Santa Rosa Junior College is to help people who Timothy J. Peterson, President
want to start a business, have questions about managing
415-648-6555
their businesses or would like to grow their businesses.
Its business advisors are knowledgeable in a broad scope
of industries and aspects of business management. Meeting
with their advisors is free, confidential, designed for your
specific needs and are held at nearby Chambers of Commerce.
In addition to their no cost consultations, the SBDC offers
low cost workshops related to starting and managing a
business.
Indigo Healing Arts
Mary Loveland
415-435-2411
and Renewing Members:
Jay Key, Frank Howard Allen Real Estate
Have an idea for a new product? The SBDC can advise how Michael Moradzadeh, Belvedere Citizen
to turn your idea into a marketable product. Need a guest
Olympic Physical Therapy & Aquatics, Jeff Harband, PT
speaker? Their advisors can talk on various business related
topics. To learn how the SBDC can help you, visit their web Brouwer & Janachowski, Inc., Kurt Brouwer, President
site, www.sbdcsantarosa.org or call (707) 524-1770.
Deleuse Jewelers, Janet & Jeff Deleuse
Were you at an event where an Ark photographer took
your photo? Now you can go to The Ark Website, www.
thearknewspaper.com, click on the blue square at the left
to see and/or buy your photos. You also can have the
photos put onto mugs, T-shirts, puzzles, coasters, playing
cards, magnets, luggage tags, balls, key rings, etc.
Rent-A-Parent, Diana Chiarabano
Marianne Strotz, Strotz & Associates
Tamalpais Bank
Sherry Belluomini, Group Marin Real Estate
Diane Smith
Layout & Typesetting
Georgia Kirchmaier
Editor and Publisher
Chris Reite
Administrative Assistant
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Tiburon, CA 94920
435-5633
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