Prepare to hear some of the most well-spoken and well-prepared High School students
you will ever encounter.
Speakers choose their own topic but win points
for weaving in references to the Rotary 4-way Test. The winner goes forward
to the District 5170 conference.
Join us for Cupertino Rotary's luncheon meeting at Quinlan Community Center, noon, Wednesday February 10.
Our meeting on February 3 began with Colton, a Monta Vista Student, who
played the drums during the jazz performance later in the program, ringing the bell with a lot of
vigor to the delight of the crowd. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Hugh Jacobs
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James Gibson did the inspiration this week. To the laughter of the audience he began by saying that since there has been a lot of
politics in the news/ on television, we should mull over how politicians speak
and reflect on it.
He then paraphrased a Mississippi legislator, Judge Sweat, who said he
wouldnot "shun controversy" and
would "take a stand" on legalizing liquor in the state
Vidal Graupera gave the Red Badge talk. Vidal said he was very excited and proud to be a member of Cupertino Rotary and to be able to present. He said he grew up in Miami, Florida, but his parents were from Cuba. He said that his parents actually knew Fidel Castro and were friends of his and often had coffee together.
They left before the Revolution. He had typical Cuban family upbringing. He noted that his family lastname
came from Barcelona Spain which was a great place and somewhere we should all visit!
President Liz welcomed back Rotarians' Jerra Rowland, Maria
Segal. Marty Miller, Savita Vaidhyanathan, Jessie Lin and Dana Drysdale. gave a special Thank You to Dave Stern and his team for
coordinating and putting together the State of the City program for last week. More...
The
members of the Cupertino Rotary present on February 3 enjoyed a wonderful
concert of jazz music from the Monta Vista Jazz Choir. Jerra Rowland introduced
John Galli, Monta Vista High School teacher and director of the jazz
group.Mr. Galli explained that
rather than have one large jazz band, he created four jazz combos who rehearsed
at the same time.He brought one
of the top groups to perform for Rotary.
The
jazz combo involved six musicians and included piano, drums, electric guitar,
electric bass guitar, alto saxophone and tenor saxophone.The group opened with a Herbie Hancock
piece which featured a guitar solo. This was followed by "Miles Tones" written
by the innovative musician Miles Davis and featured an alto saxophone solo.
The
third selection which featured a piano solo was "Song for My Father".This was followed by George Gershwin's
"Summertime" from the Porgy and Bess Opera.This piece included a tenor saxophone solo.The fourth and final number was Herbie
Hancock's "Chameleon" from his Headhunters album.This song opened with a brief bass guitar solo and included
a guitar solo.
The
performance was outstanding and very well received by those present.We look forward to a return visit.
We are going to be
celebrating the upcoming Lunar New Year with an Asian food at our next lunch. Our caterer will be long time Cupertino resident Amber Heyman.
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Did you know? Cupertino Inner Wheel is an organization of Rotarian Spouses and is part of the International Inner Wheel? Founded originally by the wives of Rotarians, Inner Wheel shares similar aims to those of Rotary International. It is now one of the largest Voluntary Service Organization in the world with around 100,000 members and with clubs in over 100 countries and geographical locations around the world.
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On Thursday, March
18, 2000, the Rotary Clubs of Cupertino and Palo Alto will co-host a unique joint Thursday lunch meeting at the Flint Center at DeAnza College. The featured speaker will be Dr. Martha Kanter, the Under Secretary of the Department of Education speaking on "Life in the Obama Administration and the Future of Education in America". More...
Friday March 5 is the date for Cupertino Rotary's annual Crab Feed. This is one of Cupertino Rotary's major fund raising
events so plan to attend and make a point of selling tickets to business associates, friends and family. Proceeds are used for charitable purposes to support the youth in
our community. The Crab Feed will again be held at St. Joseph of Cupertino Parish Hall, 10110
No. De Anza Blvd. at Stevens Creek Blvd. from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Dinner
includes all-you-can-eat fresh cold cracked crab, pasta, green salad, French
bread, coffee and ice cream. All this for $35 per person, the same price
as previous years.
Tickets and flyers will be available at our weekly meetings. Come and
enjoy yourself while meeting many friends in our community. We'll ask
Rotarians to volunteer a shift to help our Interactors and other community
volunteers who assist Rotary with this event.
This year, our great new
Red Badge members will play an important role in making this event a success.
Invite some friends and host a party! See you at the March 5th Crab Feed!
The annual Cupertino Rotary Dr. Seuss reading day is nearly upon us once again.
On March 2nd Cupertino Rotarians will go to local Cupertino elementary schools and read two Dr. Seuss books to the students.
It is a fun and rewarding experience, and club members are encouraged to sign up for this project. Harvey recommends buying your Dr. Seuss hat online (not expensive).
The Cupertino Rotary Walkers want you to join us for some fun and movement!
Every Saturday morning - meet at Quinlan for a local walk.
We meet promptly at 8. At 8:05, we will leave the cars and walk for about an hour, followed by coffee somewhere nearby, for those who have the time and would appreciate the fellowship.
The Cupertino Rotary Job Search Support Groupmeets every Tuesday evening from 5:00pm to 7:00pm through June 16, 2010. The meetings are held in the cafeteria of Monta Vista High School,
21840 McClellan Road, Cupertino. Parking is available in the Staff
parking lot.
This program is for the unemployed, under employed and career changers
and has received official recognition from the Governor of California
and the State Legislature. Any job seeker may enter and exit this free
program at any time. If you have questions about the group, you can
call Jim Gibson at (408) 735-0663 or e-mail at JimGib007@aol.com.
Consider becoming a part of this program. As a Rotarian, you can be of tremendous assistance to our job seekers
by granting them an information interview about your field of work.
The job searcher would be
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Each month, a copy of the Rotarian magazine is delivered to your mailbox. After careful reading and committing most to memory, please bring your copy to our Wednesday meetings. Secretary Jerra Rowland includes copies of the Rotarian in the Gift Bags that are given to each new Rotarian at their induction ceremony. Extra copies will be given to guests and visitors who wish to know more about Rotary. Thanks!
From time to time club members want to submit information or articles to the Rotator. To do so, the information should be submitted to the Editor by 9 am Thursday.
Our editors are assigned as follows: First Wednesday - Tom Scannell; Second Wednesday - Krishna Kumar; Third Wednesday - Peter Troop; Fourth Wednesday - Helene Davis; Fifth - Wednesday - Helene Davis.
On occasion, the editors sub for one another. If you are unsure who the editor is, then it would be prudent to submit your information to all editors.
Have you noticed recently how great the slides are that are projected during our meeting. This is the work of Jerra Rowland. I am not quite sure what her title is. She may be assistant secretary or just plain technical wizard. More...
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