U P C O M I N G P R O G R A M S

April 26, 2007

This Week

Program Chair

Tracy Kiser April 19, 2007 Meeting

Carolyn Temple, Editor

May 17

Greg Gallion

May 24

Jeff Johnson

TBA

Bridging

May 3

Steve Sanders

May 10

Gary & Adam Icardo

Red Cross Real Heroes

Icardo BBQ

President Greg Gallion

Dave Price

Rob Noriega

Duane

Keathley Joe MacIlvaine

Shawn Kelly

Burr Baldwin Sgt.-at-

Arms, Pat Collins

Don Clark

Harold Hanson John Kelly Mrs.

Kelly Ray Watson Pam,

Barbara Waggonner John Van Boening

Carol Schweitzer

Stephanie Weber

Sister Judy Morasci

Russell Judd Sister Judy Cannon

was “back in the house” and he rangthe bell to bring our meeting to order at 12:21 PM, and thenlaunched into a big thank you to for presiding overlast week’s meeting. delivered the invocationreflecting on the horrible tragedy on the campus Virginia TechUniversity this week, reminding us that despite these terribletragedies in our nation, there is still plenty of good.

led us in the Pledge, and led us in songwith “ The head table was manned by

, our Program Chair for today. President Greg askedthat we keep in our thoughts and prayers.

then called for the introduction of our visitingRotarians (yes, they are back!) and guests. introducedhis guest, Vice Mayor of Bakersfield and Council member of Ward5, , and introduced his guest,

. introduced his wife, and their friend,. introduced his guest

, fellow Rotarian – West, and Executive Directorof the Foundation at Memorial Hospital,introduced , fellow Rotarian from BreakfastRotary and Vice President of Mission Integration at Mercy Hospi-tals, and finally introduced , aSister of Mercy and corporate board member visiting from SanFrancisco.

God Bless America.”

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From novices to advancedplayers, golf enthusiasts will findthese pristine, rolling fairwaysboth challenging and accommo-dating for any level of play. Sur-rounded by impressive residen-tial neighborhoods, the McAllisterRanch golf club forms the heart ofthe community.

McAllister

Ranch

Darryl Tucker

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

ROTARY OFFICE

- NoonHoliday Inn Select

- NoonValley Rose Golf Course

- NoonHoliday Inn Select

- 6:00 p.m.Bernardino’s

- NoonStockdale Country Club

- NoonHeritage Inn

- 6:30 a.m.Shafter Vet’s Hall

- 6:45 a.m.Petroleum Club

- NoonJo’s Restaurant

2:40 p.m. BHSAuditorium #301

- 7:00 a.m.Dream Castle Cafe

NoonBakersfield Art Museum

- NoonKelcy’s Restaurant

- NoonKong’s Dynasty

- 6:00 p.m.Ewings

NoonVeteran’s Hall

Bakersfield South

Wasco

Bakersfield North

Inyokern

Bakersfield West

China Lake

Shafter

Bakersfield Breakfast

Taft

Interact -

Frazier Park Rotary

Bakersfield Downtown -

Tehachapi

Delano

Kern River Valley

Bakersfield East -

Phone: (661) 325-0696

Area MeetingsGood News Announcements…

Program…

President Greg stated that we should all read the Cal StateMagazine and that recently it has noted our ownand also mentions the Hall of Fame inductees including several ofour own Rotary members.

President Greg also noted the 11 Annual Valley Fever BenefitGolf Tournament coming up on May 21 at Bakersfield CountryClub, and the upcoming Golf Classic Tournament benefitingGarces High School on April 23 .

announced a “news blast” – Cingular Wireless isnow AT&T (who knew??) – and then added that he had a four-packof tickets for the AT&T suite at the Condors game.

made announcements on behalf of the Scholar-ship Committee, and mentioned the Valley FeverVaccine Project and the May 21 Golf Tournament.

introduced, Choir

Director of the Liberty HighSchool Choir who in turnintroduced the fabulous LibertyHigh School Chorale mem-bers. Mr. McQuerrey discussedthe importance of keepingthese valuable music programsin our public schools, despitelegislative movements and pressures. The arts are floundering inthe schools due to testing requirements mandated by legislatorsaccording to Mr. McQuerrey. He went on to say that the arts aren’tmandated to be tested, so they are often perceived by many to beless valuable. These programs and they not onlybenefit the students, but our community at-large. He asked forassistance from Bakersfield leaders, like ourselves, to continue tosupport these efforts in the school systems.

The LHS Choir under Mr. McQuerrey’s direction, has beenidentified as one of the top high school choral groups in Californiafor the last seven years. They also have the honor of performing onMay 23 in New York City at Carnegie Hall.

These talented young people then treated us to four wonderfulmusical numbers. The first number was in Latin, the second was aspiritual number from the South, followed by a gospel piece includ-ing two female soloists. The final number ending the concert was abeautiful faith-based number in “surround sound” with the entirechoir surrounding the walls of our meeting room and our mem-bers, with clasped hands and raised voices.

Mike Chertok

Charlie Moe

Mel Atkinson

Joe MacIlvaine

Shawn Kelly

Mr. Michael McQuerrey

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Officers

Board of Directors

R.I. President

District 5240 Governor

Assistant Governor

Group Representative

Rotary Office

William Boyd

Richard Abbott

Del Garcia

Michael O’Doherty

P.O. Box 1628, 93302

Phone: (661) 325-0696

FAX: (661) 322-2311

evelyn@bakersfield-rotary.com

www.bakersfield-rotary.com

Greg Gallion ...........................Ben Taft ..................................Harvey McCown .....................Pat Collins ..........................

..............................Bruce Biggar.............................................Ray Karpe......................................Suzan Hopper.................................Stephanie Weber

.........................Steve Sanders....................................Sheryl Chalupa............................................Tracy Kiser...........................................David Price

.....................................Richard Beene

.....................................Daphne Harley

President

Secretary

Treasurer

Sgt. at Arms

1 year

2 years

Past President

President Elect 2007-2008

Auckland, New Zealand

Montecito, California

Shafter, California

Bakersfield Breakfast

OfficersDuring this difficult week of national tragedy, these young,

bright, and talented young people lifted us up with their musicalprogram and their message. As an added note, these choir mem-bers had to use their own transportation to reach our meetingtoday, since no buses were available.

President Greg Gallionawarded this tremendouschoir with a $1,000 donationfrom his President’s Discre-tionary Fund. Then two fellowmembers, and

announced thatthey would also contribute$100 each. This was followedby several other membersjoining to contribute. We wereall very moved and uplifted.Thank you, Shawn, for bring-ing this inspiring program to our meeting today!

Following the program,Chairman of

the Waterman FoundationCommittee announced that$40k in grants have beenawarded to recipients aroundthe community. Today, Rich-ard recognized the followingrecipients: Southern Councilof the Boy Scouts of America,received by inthe amount of $4,000 for newcabins at Camp Kern; theChildren’s Center at Buena

Vista Museum, $4,000 received by ; CASA,received by in the amount of $9,600 and usedfor new work units for CASA workers; Bakersfield Memorial Hospi-tal Foundation received by in the amount of$10,000 for phototherapy lights & beds for infants, and finally,Bakersfield Homeless Center, received by in theamount of $12,200.

President Greg rang the bell and concluded the meeting at1:13 PM.

Kevin Oliver

Jim Baldwin

Richard Beene,

,

Stacy LaJoie

Koral Hanchavick

Colleen McGauley

, Carol Schweitzer

Lorna Brumfield,

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