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    Debbie Koo Friend of Debbie

    Roessler.
    Pierce McKee a member of Orinda
    Rotary

    AUGUST 2nd, 2016


    NEXT MEETING: Tues, Aug 9
    Evening Meeting
    6 PM at Soda Center, SMC
    Program: Gary Wegener,
    Motorcycling Across Russia
    Greeter/Invocator Dave Kruegel

    ~~BUSINESS MEETING~~
    All-Access Playground Project.
    President Kevin called up District
    Governor Elect, Gary Villhauer. Gary
    attended our meeting today to present the
    club with a check for $13,767 from the
    District 5160 Foundation Funds as a
    donation towards our All-Access
    Playground Project.

    ~~FUTURE CLUB MEETINGS~


    *Aug.16 Edy Schwartz: CA Independent Film Festival
    *Aug. 23 Jack Citrin Four Ps of the Presidential
    Election In Wild 2016.
    *Aug. 30 Joe Hester U.S. Coast Guard Narcotics
    Enforcement.
    *Sept 6 Chris Lardge Enigma Codebreaking Part 2
    *Regular Noon Meeting

    ** Second Tuesday Evening

    President Kevin opened the meeting and


    the invocation was offered by Angelo
    Costanza. Guests at our meeting
    included:
    Audrey V. Jones-Taylor with the
    Oakland Parks and Recreation
    Department who is running for the
    East
    Bay
    Regional
    Parks
    Commission.
    Purnima Kalta Manager of the
    Moraga Wells Fargo office and
    colleague of Vickie Devlin.
    Gary Vilhauer District 5160
    Governor-Elect.
    Karen Moe Humphreys Olympic
    Gold Medal Winner and our speaker
    today.

    Gary Vilhauer at Our Meeting Today

    Kevin stated that the plans for the location


    of the project are firming up and, with the
    receipt of this district grant funding, our
    fundraising will soon commence with the
    lofty goal of raising $250,000.
    The OMPA event is this weekend.
    Checkout your shift times and see you at
    the snack shack!!

    ~HAPPY BUCKS AND


    RECOGNITIONS~
    Ron Mucovich offered a Happy $20 for
    the birth of his first grandaughter, Leah
    Mucovich and celebrating his recent
    successful move to Rossmoor. Ron
    thanked Peg and Rich Render and Roger
    and Jan Gregory for their help with the
    move.

    Know Our Fellow Rotarians


    David Kruegel
    President Kevin Reneau selected club
    member, David Kruegel to share his story
    this week.

    Roger Gregory offered a High $5 in


    memory of Richard McClelland,DDS, who
    died last Thursday at the age of 89.
    Richard was the brother-in-law of Evie
    Michon. Dr McClelland was a veteran and
    Past President of the Rotary Club of
    Princeton, NJ. He was the one who
    educated Evie about Rotary.
    Barbara Bruner spun the wheel
    celebrating the acquisition of a very
    complicated new car.
    Vickie Devlin was happy about her recent
    vacation that included playing a lot of golf.
    Frank May offererd Two Happy Bucks for
    the donation of 12 pounds of coffee to our
    OMPA project by Starbucks Coffee.
    Peter Metzger also spun the wheel for his
    recent vacation to Spain. Italy and
    Germany.
    Rev. Michele Robbins was happy about a
    recent hike that she took as part of an
    earth day celebration.

    My Weekly Reminder
    Can You imagine that in this
    beautiful community of Moraga
    there are only 30 people who
    should or want to be Rotarians?
    C. Dochterman

    David Kruegel and Kevin Reneau in Deep Discussion

    David Kruegels career was in academia


    as a sociologist. Dave stated that he tried
    mathematics but that just wasnt for him.
    He has lived in Moraga for 25 years, has
    twin boys and enjoys four grandchildren,
    Dave has been interested in public affairs
    and has supported both winning and
    losing candidates over the years, He
    joined Rotary 9 years ago after being
    asked by Gary Irwin. He likes our
    speakers and, recently, has attended two
    Rotary International conventions in Brazil
    and South Korea.
    Thank you, Dave, for sharing your story.

    ~~PROGRAM~~
    Olympian, Karen Moe Humphreys was
    introduced to the group by Kevin Reneau.
    Karen is the youngest of four children. She
    was born in the Philippines and moved to
    Orinda in 1957 where she began swimming
    by joining the Orinda Country Club. She
    almost dropped out of swimming later in
    high school but early competitive
    successes kept her in the sport.

    her successful 25-year coaching career at


    UC Berkeley.
    Karens competitive successes at Nationals
    meets culminated with her winning a Gold
    Medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.
    She also competed successfully in the
    1976 Olympics held in Montreal, Quebec,
    Canada.

    Karen Moes Gold Medal from the Munich Olympics

    Karen Moe-Humphreys With Kevin Reneau

    Karen believes that mindful practice and


    liking what you are doing are important to
    develop the competitive drive needed to
    swim at the Olympic level. In her own
    case, the need for parental approval and to
    exercise her back also contributed to
    success in swimming.
    Karen was not recruited for college
    swimming despite this success in high
    school. Women athletics were not as large
    a part of college programs as they are now.
    She was able to take advantage of Title 9
    scholarships later in her college career at
    UCLA. Karen found that her early interest
    in research physiology was supplanted by
    a love of coaching. This has resulted in

    Karen showed a video of her 200 Meter


    Butterfly Race in which she won the gold
    medal. She also passed around the medal
    for the audience to examine.
    Thank you, Karen, for visiting our club
    today and sharing your adventure.
    The lucky raffle ticket was held by
    Barbara Bruner. Evie Michon, filling in
    for Barbara, was unable to draw the
    winning ball so Barbara receives only
    $10.

    CALENDAR OF FUTURE EVENTS


    Aug 5-7 OMPA swim meet food booth
    Aug 27 -- District Installation at 6-Flags, Vallejo
    Sept 7 - Introduction to Moraga Rotary
    Sep 21 Chamber of Commerce mixer (sponsor)
    Nov 19 Rotary Day at Golden Gate Fields
    Feb 15 Rotary InterClub meeting
    Mar 24-26, 2017 District Conference in Berkeley
    June 10 -14, 2017 Rotary International Convention,
    Atlanta, GA

    I was looking over the signup sheets for


    this weekends OMPA swim meet this
    morning.
    It is incredible to me the
    willingness of members, spouses and
    friends of Moraga Rotary to come together
    to put on a community event.
    Our small Rotary Club really is greater than
    the sum of its parts. Thanks to everyone
    for helping out this weekend!!
    Greeter/Invocator schedule:
    8/09= Dave Kruegel
    8/16= Roger Gregory
    8/23= John Erickson
    8/30=Gary Irwin
    9/06= Doug Damaschino

    FUTURE PROGRAMS:

    Motorcycling

    9/6
    part 2
    9/13

    Chris Lardge; Enigma codebreaking,

    Andy Dolich: Sports marketing

    9/20 Jeanette Fritzky: Health and medication


    management
    9/27
    Catherine
    Assemblywoman

    Thoughts From the Editor

    8/9 Gary Wegener;


    Russia with Rotary

    8/30
    Capt. Joe Hester; Coast Guard antinarcotics operations

    through

    Baker:

    8/23
    Prof. Jack Citrin; Presidential Election
    in 2016

    State

    10/4
    Ron Coccimiglio; Cal football, student
    athlete development
    11/15
    District Governor Fred Collingnons
    official visit

    MORAGA ROTARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2016-17


    President... Kevin Reneau
    President-elect ............Dianne Wilson
    Past President..Roger Gregory
    Secretary...........Roger Gregory
    Treasurer.......... Lad Lynch
    Community Service Chair......Barbara Bruner
    Youth Service...........................................Rich Render
    International Service Chair..Tony Schoemehl
    Public Relations ...Gary Irwin
    Membership...........Frank May
    Director at Large...John Erickson
    Director at Large...Marv Ellenberg
    Director at Large.. Cliff Dochterman
    Director at Large ..Linda May
    Director at Large.Mike McCluer
    Director at LargeDebbie Roessler
    ~~~
    President, Rotary International John Germ
    District Governor.Fred Collignon
    August Newsletter Editor Frank May

    8/16
    Edy Schwartz: CA Independent Film
    Festival

    CA

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