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parksRotary Club of Altadena parksOFF THE ROTARY WHEEL AN AWARD-WINNING NEWSLETTER SS December 22, 2011 ThisThis WWeekeek by President Mike Ukleja, PhD iew Tony Hill Managing the Vfrom Millenials the Hill Guest Program Host: Hal Yorke Thanks for All the A recent USA Today headline said, Great Programs … “Businesses are struggling to keep pace with a new generation of young his week I am paying special tribute whole story in her own words. It was riv- people entering the workforce who to our program chairs and Jacque eting. How she found out that her adopt- have starkly different attitudes and TTForeman, who keeps them on task. ing mother was actually her real mother. desires than employees over the past Such warm thoughts were triggered by How she found out who her famous fa- few decades.” This week’s speaker, an article I saw in the Star News of Dec. 2, ther was and how she developed a rela- Mick Ukleja, PhD, delves into the skills 2011. It was a notice about the death in tionship with her famous father, all the needed to bridge this attitude gap. Philadelphia of Judy Lewis. Judy had lived while continuing to keep it a secret. Quite Businesses, educational institutions, a long life — she was 76 at the time of her a challenge in the celebrity world where government agencies, and nonprofits death. Up to the time of her illness, she the press is constantly looking for a new are all experiencing the challenge of had worked as a psychotherapist in Los scandal. managing across generations. Ukleja Angeles. But what made Judy special was Another bi-product of having a speaker shares insight from a three-year re- that she was the out-of-wedlock daugh- come to our Club is that sometimes that search project that identifies key ter of actors Loretta Young and Clark speaker ends up joining our Club. This has managerial leader competencies that Gable, conceived while they filmed the been one of the special events in my year demystify the generational discon- movie Call of the Wild in the 1930s. How- as President, when, in July, Julius Johnson nect experienced in today’s work- ever, the very famous Loretta Young — brought in Wilbert Smith to talk about a a place. unmarried at the time and a devout Ro- book and video he was working on. Well Ukleja is founder and president of man Catholic — disappeared from the as you know, Wilbert is now one of us, LeadershipTraQ, a leadership-con- public eye for about a year and then re- Please turn to View, p. 5 sulting firm based in California. He was surfaced with her adopted daughter Judy. the host of LeadershipTraQ Televised, This whole story remained a family se- GreetersGreeters an interview-format talk show in cret until Judy told all in her 1994 autobi- December 22 Southern California that profiled out- ography, Uncommon Knowledge. Mike Zoeller So why am I telling you all this? Be- standing leaders. He helped found the December 29 cause one of the program chairs of our Ukleja Center For Ethical Leadership Dark -- No Meeting at California State University, Long Rotary Club of Altadena — I do not re- member who — brought Judy Lewis to January 05 Please turn to This Week p. 3 our Club as a speaker. She told us the Susan Applegate PrProgrogramam RReeeeeevieviewwwwww The Huntington A San Gabriel Valley Treasure that’s known around the World untington Library and Gardens do ings in Southern California. cent Lynn Kern discussed a brief Huntington was also a man of vision — HH history of this local treasure, new with a special interest in books, art, and projects, and the impact of our recent gardens. During his lifetime, he amassed windstorms. the core of one of the finest research li- The following has been taken from the braries in the world, established a splen- Huntington Library website did art collection, and created an array of (www.huntington.org). A private, non- botanical gardens with plants from a geo- profit institution, The Huntington was graphic range spanning the globe. founded in 1919 by Henry E. Huntington, The Library’s collection of rare books an exceptional businessman who built a and manuscripts in the fields of British and financial empire that included railroad American history and literature is noth- companies, utilities, and real estate hold- ing short of extraordinary. For qualified scholars, The Huntington is one of the larg- Sparks is published 48 weeks a year and is est and most complete research libraries the official publication of the Rotary Club of in the United States in its fields of special- Altadena. The deadline for submission of ar- ization. For the general public, the Library changing exhibitions. “The Huntington Art ticles is Friday at 6p to current editor email, fax, or delivery. has on display some of the finest rare Gallery, originally the Huntington resi- Rotary Club of Altadena - #7183 books and manuscripts of Anglo-Ameri- dence, contains one of the most compre- Chartered: February 14, 1949 P.O. Box 414, Altadena, CA 91003 can civilization. Altogether, there are hensive collections in this country of 18th- www.altadenarotary.com about 6 million items. and 19th-century British and French art. Meets: Thursday, 12:10p Altadena Town & Country Club The Munger Research Center, the new- It serves as home to Gainsborough’s Blue 2290 Country Club Drive • Altadena, CA est addition to the Library structure, adds Boy and Lawrence’s Pinkie.” 626-794-7163 Rotary Int. Pres. ................... Kalyan Banerjee 90,000 square feet of space for scholars The Botanical Gardens are an ever- Dist 5300 Gov. ................................ Doug Fowler and staff, preservation, conservation, and Please turn to Program, p. 8 Officers storage. Tony Hill, Pres. ...................... Bus. 626-795-5363 Congratulations Julius Johnson, Pres. Elec. Bus. 626-797-1186 The Art Collections are distinguished Congratulations Brian Hayes, VPres. ............. Bus. 626-529-8093 by their specialized character and elegant Birthdays Jim Gorton, Sec. ................... Bus. 626-793-6215 settings in three separate galleries on the Mike Noll, Trea. .................... Bus. 626-683-0515 Birthdays Huntington grounds. A fourth space, the Directors 12/05 - Linda Wilkes Jim Gorton • Craig Cox • Julius Johnson MaryLou and George Boone Gallery, hosts Sterling Louviere • Brian Hayes 12/06 - Carlton Gustafson Linda Wilkes • David Smith December Programs 12/12 Karen Gorton Chairmen 12/15 - Jacque Foremen Julius Johnson ........................... Administration Rotary Family Month Craig Cox ......................................... Foundation Program Chair, Sue Applegate 12/15 - Gordon Seyffert Jacque Foreman................. Public Awareness 12/25 - Art Ferris Jacque Foreman .............. Acting Publicity Dec 29 - Dark - No Meeting Jacque Foreman ................ Sparks/Website 12/26 - Mona Jasnow Mike Zoeller ................................ Club Projects January Programs 12/26 - Carol Zoeller Ed Jasnow .................................. Community Rotary Awareness Month John Frykenberg ................... International Gordon Seyffert ... Youth Contests/Awards Program Chair, Brian Hayes Anniversaries Hal Yorke .......... Vocational/Youth Projects Jan 05 - To be Announced 12/10 - Kevin & Ursula Moore Craig Cox.................................. Membership Jan 12 - To be Announced Editor, Design & Typesetting ........... Foreman Graphics Jan 19 - To be Announced 12/22 - Gordon & Marsha Seyffert Photography ..................................... Jacque Foreman Jan 26 - To be Announced 12/29 - C. Ray & Joy Carlson 2 Sparks - Altadena Rotary Club Newsletter hairmen’hairmen’ssssss The Rotary Foundation … Changing CCCCCCornerorner Lives through the Generous Donations of Rotarians by Craig Cox, Foundation Chair (The following is million in challenge grants from the Bill butions to the Foundation through Alta- from the November & Melinda Gates Foundation to dena Rotary Charities. A link is available 2011 Rotary Leader) achieve a polio-free world. online at www.altadenarotary.com. Con- Three Things Ev- 2. The Foundation changes lives. Through tributions can be designated to the An- ery Rotarian Should Know About the the resources and programs of the nual Fund, PolioPlus or toward approved Foundation Rotary Foundation, Rotarians carry foundation grants. Everything that the Rotary Foundation out far-reaching projects based on achieves — from paying for polio vac- Rotary’s areas of focus. Communities cines to teaching children to read — is have access to safe water and health View possible because of the time and contri- care, and benefit from the work of Continued from p. 1 butions of Rotarians and friends of Rotary. Rotary Peace Fellows because of the providing the latest update on his project “When Arch Klumph in 1917 put for- Foundation. two weeks ago. ward the idea of an endowment fund to 3. You make it possible. The Foundation So, thank you to the program chair do good in the world, he could not have is supported solely by voluntary con- who brought Judy to us, and thank you to imagined what our Rotary Foundation tributions from Rotarians and others all of the program chairs of the past who would become, “ says Trustee Chair Will- who share Rotary’s vision of a better worked so hard to bring us such wonder- iam B. Boyd. world. And because of the Foundation’s ful programs. 1. Rotary’s top priority is to eradicate impact — and the close monitoring of Thank you Julius Johnson, Craig Cox, polio. Through PolioPlus, the Rotary projects — giving to the Rotary Foun- Ray Carlson, Tom McCurry, Hal Yorke and Foundation has led a global effort to dation is a financially sound decision. Sue Applegate who have been respon- rid the world of this crippling disease. “Our Rotary Foundation tells the world sible for providing such great programs To date, Rotary has contributed mote that we care,” says Boyd. “Be proud of so far in my Rotary year. I need go back than US$1 billion toward that goal. our Foundation and the wonders that we no further back than last Thursday, when Rotary’s US$200 Million Challenge is achieve through it.” Sue, in spite of all her current health chal- the Foundation’s response to the $355 Altadena Rotarians can make contri- lenges, brought us the very interesting docent at Huntington Library, Lynn Kern.