RKC (ROSEMEAD KIWANIS CLUB) WEEKLY REPORTER – 07/07/2008

 

Greetings to our K-Family (Kiwanis affiliated partner group of clubs), RKN (Rosemead Kiwanis Network) and other friends

 

          Below are:

 

·         NEWS: Recent developments and activities related to Rosemead – this week focused on a wonderful wedding and upcoming community events

 

·         EVENTS: Activities in and around Rosemead, with emphasis on Rosemead Club meetings and Rosemead Kiwanis Network and community activities.

 

·         FAX OF LIFE: An inspirational email attachment, courtesy of Scott’s Valley Kiwanis. This one is entitled “Stress Reduction,”

 

·         SPECIAL REPORT: Disaster Counseling (at bottom of this email)

 

 

 

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NEWS

 

WEDDING BELLS: Rosemead Kiwanians Jan and Ron Robertson were married Sunday, July 6, 2008 in a lovely ceremony followed by a celebratory luncheon. Servers came from the Rosemead High School KEY Club where Jan served as Kiwanette advisor some years ago.  Featured entertainment included live music, a barbershop quartet from Sierra Madre, magician Chi Ni and a trumpet solo by Jan’s sister. Approximately twenty Kiwanians from several clubs were included among the guests. Pictures of the entire event are available on the couple’s wedding website http://janronrobertson.shutterfly.com/action/

 

 

SUMMER EVENTS: Concerts in the park, a multi-city chamber mixer, community Safety Meeting and celebration of Neighborhood Watch are all among events included in the calendar below – plus a “special report” on Disaster Counseling.

 

UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS:

 

 

          THURSDAY JULY 10, 2008 – RKC MEETING: Disaster Counseling

             (Regular Meeting)*

 

Speaker: Lynda Harbert, M.S., MFT, Family Therapist and Emergency Situations Therapist will discuss her experiences.  These include the Sept 11th Tragedy in New York and the Oklahoma City Bombing and how she had to help console the many victims and their families. She will also discuss her duties when there is a national tragedy and how fast she must prepare to get there. See also the “Special Report” below.

 

FRIDAY JULY 11, 2008 – ROSEMEAD PARK CONCERT: Soto Band

 

Live music in an atmosphere suitable for a family picnic. Bring food and a blanket and prepare to enjoy beginning at 7:00 pm as part of the bi-weekly “Rockin Rosemead Summer Concert.” Series. See the Soto Band website at http://www.sotoband.com/frames.htm

 

WEDNESDAY,  JULY 16, 2008 – Rosemead Safety Meeting

 

The monthly Rosemead Community Safety meeting begins at 7:00 at the Rosemead Pubic Safety Center, 8301 East Garvey Avenue (one block east of San Gabriel Blvd on the northeast corner of the intersection with Charlotte) Rosemead, CA 91770. The information telephone is  (626) 569-2290, x 224 c/o Mandy Wong. Parking will be available in the adjacent Zapopan Park parking lot. Please enter off of Garvey Avenue.

 

THURSDAY JULY 17, 2008 – RKC MEETING: Batter Up! (Regular Meeting)*

 

Speaker Jay Johnstone, former Dodger and Angel baseball star, will share some of his historical and hysterical stories of his experiences with the some seven or so baseball clubs he played for and how baseball has changed over the years from a sport to a profitable business. He hopes to bring a few souvenirs and autograph some pictures as well as any bats, gloves, or balls our members may want to bring for him to sign.

 

         THURSDAY JULY 17, 2008 CHAMBER SUPERMIXER 

 

Three Chambers of Commerce (El Monte/South El Monte, Rosemead and Montebello) will host a “Super Summer Mixer” beginning at 5:30 pm. Location will be  Rosemead’s Doubletree Hotel, 888 Montebello Blvd. For further information call the Rosemead Chamber at (626) 288-0811,

 

THURSDAY JULY 24, 2008 – RKC MEETING: Maryvale (special meeting –   

location: 7600 Graves, Rosemead CA )*

 

In conjunction with Bookends, San Gabriel Kiwanis and others, the Rosemead Kiwanis Club has been helping to develop a Reading Resource Center at Maryvale, which began as the Los Angeles orphanage over 150 years ago.  The center is now operational and we will be part of an open house, coordinated by Maryvale’s RKC liaison, Joanie Rudesill, who is also the center coordinator.

            Lunch will be at the nearby Carrow’s Restaurant, 1021 San Gabriel Blvd,

          Rosemead (intersection with Walnut Grove),  beginning at 11:30 am, with

          adjournment to Maryvale in time to arrive there at 1:00 pm.

 

FRIDAY JULY 25, 2008 – ROSEMEAD PARK CONCERT: Cold Duck Band

 

Live music in an atmosphere suitable for a family picnic. Bring food and a blanket and prepare to enjoy beginning at 7:00 pm as part of the bi-weekly “Rockin Rosemead Summer Concert.” Series. For further details see the band’s website at http://www.coldduck.com/theboys.shtml

 

 

         THURSDAY JULY 31, 2008 – RKC MEETING: (Regular Meeting)*

 

           (details to be announced)

 

          TUESDAY AUGUST 5  2008 – NATIONAL NIGHT OUT

 

On Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 7:00 the City of Rosemead Public Safety Department will be celebrating the 25th Anniversary of National Night Out honoring the Neighborhood Watch program. Included will be a Block Captain Recognition Award Ceremony honoring all past, present and future Rosemead “Block Captains.” Location will be the Rosemead Safety Center – see under July 16 above for directions and contact information.

 

 

                            * - unless otherwise indicated, Kiwanis meetings are at 12:10 in

                                 California Mission Inn chapel’s multipurpose room, 4807 Earle

                                 (north of Mission and south of Grand ½ block on west  side of

                                 the street), Rosemead. Street parking is normally required.

 

 

WEEKLY FAX OF LIFE INSPIRATIONAL E-MAIL: “Stress Reduction” – see file  attached

 

SPECIAL REPORT – Disaster Counseling

 

Californians tend to think of disaster in terms of earthquake and fire, those in the Midwest think of floods and tornados, gulf coasters think of hurricanes. More recently people everywhere have had to think in terms of terror. 

 

Before the September 11th al qaeda attacks, the Oklahoma City Bombing  of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995, was the deadliest act of terrorism on U.S. soil. It involved a truck bombing which claimed 168 lives and over 800 injured.

 

The September 11th attack was a tragedy involving aircraft hijacking, mass murder, murder-suicide, and suicide attack, with a result of 2,998 fatalities, 2,603 in New York City in the towers and on the ground. More than 6,291 civilians were injured on that Tuesday. Early in the morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners. Two of the hijackers flew into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center.  More deaths occurred in Washington at the Pentagon.

 

Traumatic events are not easy for anyone to understand or accept. The emotional impact of war and other trauma can have devastating effects on the mental well-being of individuals of all ages.

 

When disasters strike, mental health/substance abuse agencies and local service providers are suddenly thrust onto the frontline for response and recovery efforts. Often they find themselves confronting new or unknown problems for which no amount of preplanning is possible.

 

Disaster counseling involves both listening and guiding. Survivors typically benefit from both talking about their disaster experiences and being assisted with problem-solving and referral to resources. Understanding the disaster counselor’s role, especially in the context of our forthcoming Neighborhood Watch efforts, is a focal point of this week’s Rosemead Kiwanis meeting.

 

 

 

 

     (Note: the rosemeadkiwanis.org website now has a two year accumulation

       of Fax of Life inspirational monographs available for review  – see the Fax

       of Life link at bottom of the “Newsletters” section of the website.)

 

           

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