City Stuff. Marc Roberts. The ROTARY CLUB of LIVERMORE. Sept. 6, Meeting Photos by Pat Coyle. (Didn't win the drawing)

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1 Visit our Web Page at The ROTARY CLUB of LIVERMORE Sept. 6, 2017 City Stuff Marc Roberts Meeting Photos by Pat Coyle (Didn't win the drawing) Four Ways: True, Fair, Friendly, and Good. Startup: Tucknott trumpeted the pledge. The song was a Stroller anticipating Robertsian hilarity soon to follow. Our non-wagnerian Siegfried quoted Albert, the Relativitist, as having said: Education should cease only at death. Too much reading can limit actual experience. Politics is for today; equations are for eternity. The hardest thing to understand is taxes. TJ Gilmartin Your Spur Reporter Carolyn Siegfried Thought for the Day TUESDAY 11:55 AM-12:30 Interact Livermore High Room 412 New Day! TUESDAY 7:00 AM Livermore Valley Club Beeb s Livermore Rotary Make-up Opportunities in the Tri-Valley TUESDAY 12:15 PM Dublin Club Dublin Ranch Golf Club 5900 Signal Hill Drive THURSDAY 12:15 PM Pleasanton Club Haps Original Pleasanton THURSDAY 7:30 PM Rotaract Club Handles Gastropub Pleasanton THURSDAY 6:00 PM Tri-Valley Club Castlewood CC Pleasanton FRIDAY 12:10 PM Pleasanton North Club Handles Gastropub Pleasanton

2 Visitors: Joan Seppala, whom we thank for so many foundational contributions to our fair city, who is currently the President of LVPAC, and who reminded us of their Gala at the Bankhead this Saturday, for which I finally have a ticket; THE FELLOW ROTARIAN, Bob Tucknott. Red Budgers: Gerardo Cantreras, bone fixer; Joel Swanson, academy man; Gae Adams, aviation engineering manager; Ross Phillips, lender with tool belt; John Hudson, electrical wizard; Dean Simpson, seniorcompassionate lender; Will Bateson, college parent. Club Jester: JR, without a funny hat, got more laughs with Number 17! than he did with the, pick your ethnicity, guys who cut trees with a stalled chain saw. Jerry Freeman of Pleasanton North; and Charisa Bachon, who was enthusiastically recommended to us as some part of our future; 2 Mary Anne Rozsa Broker Associate DRE # Serving the Valley Area Residents for 25+ Years 5980 Stoneridge Dr., #122 Pleasanton, Ca DIRECT FAX CELL marrozsa@comcast.net

3 Upcoming and Ongoing: Mini Grant Applications past due after today September 6. com/auctions.coanquemburned-childrenfoundation Coaniquem Burned Children Foundation September: win one week in Scotland, a week timeshare with 5 exotic locations, a week RV tour of western US, Napa or Livermore wine tasting, a weekend in San Francisco, or Lance Cavalieri jewelry, during this month from this fund raising lottery and auction: Pacific Chamber Orchestra September 13: Maestro Lawrence Kohl will describe the upcoming musical season of this treasured local chamber symphony orchestra. An Afternoon for Nepalese Children - September 16: White and wed wine, fun food, mad music, and serious socialization at the Bedford Estate, 2405 Wedgewood Way, Livermore, for the Nepalese children s school, clinic, and orphanage in Kathmandu, Nepal. $75/ person or $120/couple, payable to Rotary District 5170 Foundation. From 2:00pm to 6:00pm. Tickets from Paul Thompson, Dave Bedford, or Ken McCartney. Or just bring your money. READY September 18: 22 kids are ready for us, but we need more volunteers. We are about 1 to 2; 1 to 1 is better. Need TB test (Axis or your health provider) and online Rotary Youth Training (Ted Michels). Talk with Sonya Sheffield or Bob Cowan. District Governor Here September 20: Orrin Mahoney will see what Sam is doing and comment helpfully. JACK O. MILLS, D.D.S., Inc. ORAL AND MAXILLO-FACIAL SURGERY 60 FENTON ST., SUITE 7 LIVERMORE, CA

4 District Meeting October 5: Rotary International Director, John Matthews, will be guest of honor in Santa Clara; all invited. Rotary Home Repair - Oct 21: Ross Phillips and Dean Simpson raise senior assistance up a notch with a quarterly workday aimed at: safety and comfort, home repairs; yard duty; and seasonal needs. They need hearty and handy team members. Social Fridays - October 20: Angelika will invite groups of us adding up to the whole Club eventually to potluck and declaim periodically affording more face to face time in a gemutlich setting Las Positas Ct., Suite P Livermore, CA Phone: (925) cchukwuma@securitiesamerica.com WEALTH ACCUMULATION, PROTECTION & MANAGEMENT Securities offered through Securities America, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc. CA Insurance License #0G78854 CHRISTIAN CHUKWUMA, MBA Financial Advisor 4

5 Blood Proved Thicker Than Water Spirit Run - October 29: No one bested Nancy Steele s contribution of $2500 to her brother, President Sam s, pet project, the Spirit Run fund raiser, although the goal of $10,000 has been exceeded at $11,000, including a hefty chunk from Queen Deborah, the fund raising chair. Thanks to Nancy and Deborah for their effort and generosity, and to all Club members, who have made this project a success already. Tree Planting - November 18 and 29: We in concert with Scouts for the LARPD will arborate. John Shirley $1M Challenge this Rotary year, we as a Club will hit $1,000,000 accumulated giving to the Rotary International Foundation, since our founding in John challenged a bunch of his friends and family to climb Mount Whitney with him, when he was 75 years old. They all made the summit, and we are trying to live up to John s example. 5

6 N Nepalese Children s Fund Bluegrass and Barbeque Historic Livermore Estate 2405 Wedgewood Way, Livermore September 16, :00PM until 6:00PM $75 individual, $120 couple BBQ, Wine and Entertainment The afternoon will begin with wine and Hors d Oeuvres provided by Nick Liang of Uncle U s at the Vineyard. Nick will give instruction on pairing the wine and food. He will end his talk by singing some Italian arias. Nick is a classically trained opera singer. Contacts for Tickets Paul Thompson Ken McCartney Dave Bedford All proceeds will benefit the Nepalese Children s Fund Checks made payable to: Rotary District 5170 Livermore - Nepal on Memo Line

7 Marc Roberts Looks like he;s waiting for a Pie in the Face The Program: Marc Roberts*, the Livermore City Manager and our own resident hilarian, described the now completed Business Park development at the intersection of Jack London Blvd and Isabel, and then gave a quick City Update. Livermore has three governments: the City (Marc, Manager); the LARPD: Livermore Area parks and Recreation District (Tim Barry, Director); and LVJUSD: Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District (Kelly Bowers, Superintendent); these leaders are all members of this Club. Oaks Business Park is under the City s jurisdiction and includes Gillig (bus manufacturer), Tesla (The Tesla), Cable Wholesale, Draxlmaier (injection molding, some for Tesla) and Toyota Materials Transport (forklifts, 20% of the forklifts sold in the USA). Gillig is the largest producer of public transportation buses in the USA. 1% of their sales come to Livermore as sales tax. Tesla does R&D and assembles their dashboards at this 1 million square foot facility for final assembly into sleek cars in Freemont; our part of the action is the largest commercial project in Eastbay history. Draxlmaier is having a job fare today for its injection molding production facility. Other projects throughout the City include: New City Council Chambers, also serving as the command center for our emergency preparedness, will be sited on the vacant library site, the library to be demolished early next year. The actual city council meeting room has been named the John Shirley Chamber. The Center for Innovation and Economic Development will move into the old Penny s location on 2nd St. 6

8 Planning for the Downtown Center will conduct 7 workshops during September and October, starting September 13 at the Shriner s Center, to consider 4 proposed alternatives and generate green field options. Consult www. YourLivermore.org in order to participate. Train Depot is moved. Its custom foundation is being built, to be joined with reconditioned parking, all by early next summer. Aviation Bar and Restaurant just opened (we ate there tonight outside above the city; good food; enjoyable experience) on the roof above Patxi s, joins five other new restaurants, pubs, Indian food eateries and groceries, and tea cafes in our fair town. Not sure what will happen to Kim s Mountain Sport building, but it is rumored to become another craft brews establishment Home2 Residence Hotel is replacing the old Residence Inn near Costco with a new 100 plus unit facility. Lam Research, at 1 Portola Ave across the freeway, now employs more than 700 people in the manufacture of machines for chip wafer manufacturing. Topcon, who is our Club s corporate sponsor, now employs 360 in the manufacture of precision guidance equipment for grading and farm machinery; the company recently won the Game Changers Innovation Award. *Marc Roberts is the most informative and entertaining speaker that has ever appeared before us. He should provide at least three programs per year, with random topics, as he baffles his hecklers no matter the brilliance of their questions, and entertains and enlightens the rest of us in the boot. Gerrardo Contreras won the raffle. President Sam proudly displays one of his new Gavels. 7

9 Published by: CAMINO PRESS 4749-H Bennett Drive Livermore CA COMING ATTRACTIONS Sept 13 - Meeting - Speaker Lawrence Kohl, Pacific Chamber Orchestra Sept 20 - Meeting - Speaker District Governor Orrin Mahoney Sept 27 - Meeting - Speaker Jim Schmidt, Livermore Valley Opera Oct. 4 - Meeting - Speaker (unknown) Spirit Run - Sunday Oct. 29 DIST GOVERNOR Orrin Mahoney ASSISTANT GOVERNOR Milly Seibel PRESIDENT Sam Steele PRESIDENT ELECT - Kathy Coyle SECRETARY -David Rounds TREASURER - Irv Stowers CLUB SERVICE DIRECTOR Alan Frank MEMBERSHIP Ken Perine PARLIAMENTARIAN Sblend Sblendorio SERGEANT at ARMS John Sarboraria PUBLIC RELATIONS - Jessica Carroll COMMUNITY SERVICE DIRECTOR Lynn Freeman INTERNATIONAL SERVICE DIRECTOR Pat Coyle INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION Pat McMenamin MAJOR EVENTS DIRECTOR Jonny Orenberg VOCATIONAL SERVICE DIRECTOR Will Bateson YOUTH SERVICES DIRECTOR Jaslynn Liotard TRAINING OFFICER Kathy Streeter YOUTH PROTECTION OFFICER Ted Michels PAST PRESIDENT Don Wentz THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR 3 rd Annual Club of Livermore 5K Run/Walk 10K Run FREE Kids Activities Run or walk this SPOOKTACULAR event! Sunday, October 29, 2017 in Livermore Day of Registration: 7:30 a.m. Races Start: 9:00 a.m. Community Fun Run for Local Education q COSTUMES ENCOURAGED Best costume prizes for both kids and adults. q SCENIC RUN Starts & Ends at Carnegie Park Rotary Bandstand in Livermore. q Entrants Receive Unique T-shirts, Awards & Refreshments. Livermore Rotary provides funding to support both teachers and students. Help us enable every child to finish first.