RKC (ROSEMEAD KIWANIS CLUB) REPORTER WEEKLY E-MAIL –  5/18/2010

 

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

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.          This issue of the RKC Reporter includes:

 

·        NEWS: Recent developments and activities related to Rosemead, with emphasis on city government activities and this upcoming weekend’s Relay for Life.         

     

·        EVENTS: Activities in and around Rosemead, this issue with emphasis on  May and June activities.

 

·        FAX OF LIFE: A link to an inspirational monograph posted each week to the rosemeadkiwanis.com website, courtesy of the Scott’s Valley Kiwanis Club.    

 

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        NEWS

 

             See weekend of May 22-23 (below) for details of this year’s annual

             Rosemead Relay for Life.

                 

        UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS:

 

TUESDAY MAY 18, 2010 – CITY COUNCIL MEETING

 

City Planning Commission Membership- at  5:00 pm in the Council meeting room at city hall there will be a special meeting of the Council devoted to candidates for the City’s Planning Commission. The council will decide whether both William Alarcon and Nancy Eng will get to keep their posts or whether one of them should be replaced with Darrel Kelty, a former planning commissioner. The commission serves as a advisory body to the council on planning issues,

 

THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2010 – RKC MEETING (Regular meeting)*

 

Boys/Girls Club Kiwanis Partnership Report – Kiwanian Tim Motts, executive director of the West San Gabriel Valley Boys and Girls Cub, will discuss the Club’s latest local project: a childhood obesity center

 

                THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2010 - MONTHLY SAFETY MEETING

 

Registered Sex Offenders will be the featured topic beginning at 7:00 in the the Rosemead Public Safety Center, 8301 Garvey Avenue. Deputy Orejel from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department will make a presentation including:

 

·     How sex offenders are classified

·     Current Laws

·     Megan's Law and Megan's website in tracking sex offenders in

    our community

 

The program is part of the Public Safety's continued efforts to promote personal safety and to enhance the quality of life in Rosemead. For more information, please contact Mandy Wong, Public Safety Coordinator, by calling (626) 569-2292

 

               SATURDAY/SUNDAY MAY 22-23– SPECIAL ACTIVITY

 

Relay for Life in Rosemead will be held Saturday, 8:00 am May 22, 2010 to Sunday, 9:00 am, May 23rd, 2010 at Muscatel Middle School.  In addition to non-stop entertainment and occupancy of the intermediate school’s track there will be a number of special events including:

 

§      Survivor Breakfast: 8:00 am Saturday

§     Opening Ceremony: 8:45 am Saturday

§     Survivors Lap: 9:00 am Saturday

§     Luminaria Ceremony: 9:00 pm Saturday

§     Fight Back / Closing Ceremony: 9:00 am Sun

According to the Relay for Life national website, “Relay began in 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon in Tacoma, Washington, ran and walked around a track for 24 hours to raise money for the American Cancer Society.” 

Today this achievement is replicated at thousands of sites across America under the sponsorship of the American Cancer Society and local groups, including the RKC and numerous other local Kiwanis clubs.

“Teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Relays are 24 hours in length; representing the reality that cancer never sleeps.”

Today Relay For Life “is a life-changing event that brings together more than 3.5 million people-to

·            celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer;

·           remember loved ones lost to the disease;

·           fight back against a disease that takes too much.”

The Relay for Life motto is “One day. One night. One community. One Fight.”

 

                SATURDAY/SUNDAY MAY 22-23– SPECIAL ACTIVITY

 

E-Waste Recycling Event Fundraiser to benefit the Rosemead Chamber of Commerce. The opportunity to dispose of old computers, cell phones, VCRs and similar items regardless of condition will extend from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday.  Location will be Rosemead High School, 9063 E. Mission Dr., Rosemead CA 91770 (Cross Street Rosemead Blvd)

 

THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2010 – RKC MEETING (Regular meeting)*

 

Guys and Dolls – a revival of the famous Broadway hit, presented beginning at 1:15 by the talented thespians of the Temple Intermediate School. Please note the time designed to maximize participation of California Mission Inn residents. Our (abbreviated) RKC luncheon meeting will commence at 12:30.

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010 – RKC MEETING  (Regular meeting)*

 

Rosemead Safety Department – Rosemead Police Chief and Safety Department head Tim Murakami will discuss the year’s past developments and improved crime statistics and the interface between the Department and our K-family of clubs as it pertains to community activities, neighborhood watch and disaster preparedness.  

 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2010 – FINANCIAL LECTURE

 

Mutual Funds & Investment Opportunities in China.  This is a presentation from 2:00-3:30 PM. It is hosted by University of West Center for the Study of Minority and Small Business and the Department of Small Business Administration.  Featured speaker will be Ms. Qi Zhang, Past Deputy Division Director, CSRC (China Securities Regulatory Commission, the Chinese equivalent of the United States’s Securities and Exchange Commission).

 

Ms. Zhang currently is a visiting scholar at Leventhal School of Accounting at the University of Southern California., doing some research on the Financial Regulatory Reform.. University of the West is located in Rosemead, 1409 N. Walnut Grove Avenue (turn right off Fwy 60, exit at San Gabriel). Please call Dr. Bill Y. Chen at (626) 571-8811, ext. 125 to reserve seating.

 

Disclaimer: information and opinions expressed at this lecture will entirely be those of the speaker.  They have neither been reviewed or endorsed by rather Rosemead Kiwanis or any member thereof.

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2010 – RKC MEETING  (Regular meeting)*

 

RKC Board Meeting -- In a continuation of recent practice, the RKC and RKC Foundation boards will hold a joint meeting open to participation by all RKC members. The meeting will include Committee reports and discussion of upcoming activities.

 

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2010 – RKC MEETING  (Special location)*

 

Science Olympiad Team – Rosemead’s Muscatel Science Olympiad team will illustrate the program that was utilized at the national championship competition in Illinois on the weekend of May 22, 2010. Please note that this meeting will be held at Muscatel Middle School!

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2010 – RKC MEETING  (Regular meeting)*

 

                    Estate Planning - Attorney Hung Ban Tran will talk about the importance of estate planning

 

 

                           * - 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 –

 

This week’s Fax from Scott’s Valley Kiwanis is titled Blue Rose ; click on the underlined title to access this story on the rosemeadkiwanis.org website