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Rosemead Kiwanicle
News of the Rosemead Kiwanis Family of Clubs
Normal meeting time and location: Thursdays, 12:10 p.m. California Mission Inn’s Social Hall 4821 Earle Ave., Rosemead 91770 |
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Monday, November 8, 2010
Please see “Special note regarding changes/deletions to the RKC Kiwanicle distribution list” at bottom of this issue.
Attendance
Attendees of our November 4, 2010, RKC meeting included Rosemead Kiwanians Frank Dinoto, Art Landing, Stephen Le, Mario Manzano, Sergio Medrano, Ken Pike, Frank Quintanilla, Lou Reade, Jan Robertson, Ron Robertson, and Scott Wick . Special guests were our webmaster’s 98 year old mother, Eleanor Landing, former RKC Kiwanian Anthony Robles, CMI resident Mary Hulse, plus our speaker for the day, Ted Ashby.
Announcements
Lou Reade has been designated by RKC President Ron Robertson as the RKC’s acting Sergeant at Arms. This action precedes a vote to make the designation permanent after required formal notification of the RKC membership.
President Ron Robertson also announced that a signup sheet for volunteer opportunities will be circulated for the next two meetings. Details on this were included among others in a special bulletin released Friday.
Lou Reade reported that he worked along with Kiwanian Frank Quintanilla at the Savannah Elementary walk and run activity, running the first aid booth. According to an e-mail “I had 3 lite cases - a bee neck sting, an over heated 5th. grader. & I applied a bandage with some TLC on a finger that helped a little girl to stop crying.” Kiwanian Frank Quintanilla & his family participated in with their shaved ice & goodies booth.”
There was also a RIF “Vote for Books” activity at Emerson Elementary School – details and pictures are in the “Special Report” below.
Club Secretary Mario Manzano reported that we have received a formal “thank you” note from the Garvey School District for the toothbrush and dental floss kits given to the District’s Head Start program.
Mario Manzano also noted that Lincoln Training Center would be having an open house o Thursday, November 18, 2010 which will include the RKC meeting for that day – CMI* will be dark. Details on this event were later released in a special bulletin with other information.
Woodcraft Rangers area coordinator and RKC Vice-President Sergio Medrano announced that WR after school program participants will be making accessories between now and May for Rosemead’s annual Relay for Life.
Frank Quintanilla noted the there would be a yard sale at Muscatel Intermediate school this coming Saturday (details on this were later released in a special bulletin).
Happy and Sad $
Ken Pike speculated whether Meg Whitman’s loss in the November 2, 2010, governor’s race was in fact a unique answer to prayer – she is now spared having to deal with what may be coming. Lou Reade reported that his wife has bee diagnosed with a form of shingles and prayers would be appreciated. Jan Robertson reported that Kiwanian Jerlene Hales surgery went well and she is recovering nicely. The RKC Medallion Fund drawing was won by Ron Robertson, who donated his share, creating a total increase of $30 this week. Happy and Sad $ total was $19.
Main Program – Ted Ashby – Tom Mix Part 1
--- Photo by Lou Reade, Rosemead Kiwanis Cub
RKC Kiwanian Jan Robertson presents appreciation coffee mug to speaker and Glendale Kiwanian Ted Ashby.
Tom Mix was a real cowboy, born in 1880 as Thomas Hezekiah Mix, the fourth and last child in his family. He went on to become a silent movie star and one of the best known people in the world. Flying Tiger’s founder General Chenault related that even mainland Chinese thanked him for the aid of the Americans and then inquired if he knew Tom Mix.
He decided while still a youth that he wanted to be a cowboy, developing his roping and marksmanship skills beginning in 1890. Over the course of his life he would have 76 known major injuries but, due to a tremendous toleration for pain, persevered anyway. One of the first was a bullet wound due to an accidental firearm discharge at the age of 10 – the doctor could not find the bullet. 29 years later it was found while he was being treated for another injury.
In 1898 he enlisted to become part of the Spanish American War, expecting to see action. Instead he was sent to guard an ammunition dump in Delaware; There he met his first wife, Grace Allen, who persuaded him to desert after the Army double-crossed him on a reenlistment pledge. Technically a fugitive, he changed his name to Thomas Edwin Mix to escape detection.
Guthrie, OK, was his next stop where he became a bartender and his wife a teacher. Bored with their lack of time together she divorced him He then became Marshall of Berry, OK and the deputy sheriff for the County. During this time he married again but it was shortly over for the same reason as wife #1.
During this time he became a lifelong best friend of Will Rogers. Rogers was better with a rope, Mix the better marksman. Ever the showman, Mix shocked the Secret Service in a parade by presumptuously roping President Teddy Roosevelt, who fortunately took it all in fun and invited Mix to share the President’s viewing box for the rest of the parade. Rogers later said he wished he’d thought of the idea. Mix was a lifelong Republican, Rogers a confirmed Democrat, but in truth Mix’s thoughts frequently wound up in Roger’s newspaper column.
Beginning in 1910 Mix made over 360 movies, most of them silent, before his death in a car crash in 1940. He was very image conscious and known for his sartorial flamboyance, deliberately wearing a white outfit in an era where black was standard so as to stand out.
(to be continued next week)
Upcoming Program, Thursday, November 11, 2010
Part 2 of the saga of Tom Mix by western historian and Glendale Kiwanian Ted Ashby.
Kiwanicle Special Report
Emerson School Holds Vote for Books Event
On November 2, 2010, students and PTA/Kiwanis volunteers held their own election event at Emerson Elementary School.
Entitled “RIF Vote for Books,” pupils from grades K-6 voted for their favorite book (5 or 6 listed on the ballot, depending on the grade level). They then folded the ballot (because it was a secret vote) and deposited it in a ballot box. Next they received an "I voted" sticker and an American flag, picked out a free book, put their name on the bookplate, and went back to class.
--- picture courtesy of Jan Robertson- Rosemead Kiwanis Club
Emerson Elementary students at RIF Vote for Books event are helped in selection by Kiwanians Ron and Jan Robertson. ……….. Grades K-3 participated using funds from a RIF-SoCal grant and grades 4-6 took part through monies from PTA fundraising. The Rosemead Kiwanis Foundation paid for cardboard voting booths and room decorations, printing ballots, flags and stickers. While Rosemead Kiwanians staffed the polls, Emerson School PTA members handled the book distribution tables.
- picture courtesy of Jan Robertson- Rosemead Kiwanis Club
PTA volunteer Joanna Monroy helps students Xochitl Flores and Yamile Monroy choose own free personal pleasure reading books at Emerson School RIF event.
The activity was the first of three required annually of all schools participating in the RIF-SoCal (Reading is Fundamental – Southern California) program. There has for several years been ongoing cooperation between Rosemead Kiwanis, RIF-SoCal and the two Districts headquartered in Rosemead – resulting in 100% involvement by schools from both districts.
Special note regarding changes/deletions to the RKC Kiwanicle distribution list:: We have established a simplified means of making changes of address or requesting deletion from our RKC Kiwanicle distribution list. Readers will now be able to achieve changes or deletions by sending an email request to kcrosemead@aol.com. If you are requesting deletion we would appreciate knowing why, although this is not required.
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