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Rotary Club of Altadena OFF THE ROTARY WHEEL January 03, 2019 AN AWARD-WINNING NEWSLETTER ThisThis WeekWeek Happy New Year/ Nick Santangelo Half Year Craft Talk very Happy New Year to all Altadena poem to say goodbye Rotarians and their loved ones! I to the past year. by Sarah Program Host: O’Brien, AA hope the holiday season has been a According to the President Mark Mariscal festive one and 2019 will be a year of health, Financial Times, Burns sent Auld Lang Syne happiness and fulfi llment for all. to two publishers. The fi rst, James Johnson, This week, we We are halfway through our Rotary Year published it in 1796 with a Scottish melody have a craft talk and our Club Assembly is coming up. As Burns was not a fan of. Three years after from Nick Santan- we refl ect on programs and achievements Burns died, George Thompson published it gelo, one of our of the fi rst 6 months, we look ahead to and set it to the tune of “Sir Alexander Don’s newest members work still to be done, awards to be given, Strathspey.” (Strathspey is a type of dance.) He was born and much more… Our various Committees This is the same melody used to this day. in Garden Grove, will present reports and goals and invite The song became so popular in Scotland California to parents from Scandinavian volunteers to get involved. All are welcome that Scottish immigrants sang it wherever and Spanish backgrounds. A few months to contribute ideas and suggestions! they went, spreading the song around the after his birth, he was adopted by Nick With each passing year comes continuity world. For example, during the famous and Gloria Santangelo, allowing him to and change. We honour the traditions that 1914 Christmas truce during World War grow up in a safe and typical Southern have endured and become the fabric of I, both British and German soldiers sang California life playing basketball, body- our Club ‘culture’, whilst at the same time “Auld Lang Syne.” In 1925, Charlie Chaplin surfi ng at the beach, and tossing frisbees embracing our newer members who have had characters sing “Auld Lang Syne” in endlessly. His parents signed him up for brought with them fresh insight, experience The Gold Rush, even though it was a silent organ lessons (there was one in the house) and enthusiasm for the vision we share - “of fi lm. In 1928, Lombardo and his band, the when he was 8, and he has been playing a world where people unite and take action Royal Canadians, played their fi rst New the organ ever since. to create lasting change – across the globe, Year’s Eve broadcast. The following year, Nick married in 1982, moved up to Los in our communities, and in ourselves”. they performed the fi rst ever nationwide Angeles, and grew to love the diversity, (Rotary International) broadcast from the Roosevelt Hotel and culture, art, and movies that LA had to On a lighter note, on New Year’s Eve, as performed live from the hotel every year offer. His musical involvement accelerated the clock strikes midnight and we turn from Please turn to In Tune p. 3 rapidly. one year to the next, many of us gather to Music was great, but he had to fi nd sing “Auld Lang Syne”. This is much older GreeterGreeter ofof thethe WeekWeek something solid to do to pay the mortgage. than any other popular song we sing during January 03 He was hired to work on the Red Line Boyd Hudson the holidays. It dates back to 1788, when subway and eventually was hired by the January 10 it was published by Scottish poet Robert Carpenters Union, which enabled him to Ed Jasnow Burns, who lived from 1759 to 1796. Over January 17 Please turn to This Week p. 4 220 years later, we’re still using the familiar Julius Johnson ProgramProgram ReviewReview A Lifetime of Feminism and Activism hat’s what our of an institution called Willowbrook State newest mem- School. This was a truly horrifi c place where TTber, Jennifer children with Down’s Syndrome, and other Hall Lee, revealed mental issues were treated with unspeakable to us in her craft talk. Raised in Staten cruelty. Jennifer’s mother, a social worker Island — the least known borough in New at the school, tried to get the media to do a York City — one of her early memories is story on Willowbrook, and fi nally succeed- ed in getting Geraldo Rivera to interview Sparks is published 48 weeks a year and is the her, and all hell broke loose. offi cial publication of the Rotary Club of Altadena. Lee recalled that there was a Town Hall The deadline for submission of articles is Friday at 6p to current editor email, fax, or delivery. meeting at Holy Family Church to discuss Rotary Club of Altadena - #7183 her mother’s efforts to start a group home Chartered: February 14, 1949 P.O. Box 414, Altadena, CA 91003 for children with Down’s Syndrome. The www.altadenarotary.com meeting was packed, and everyone said Meets: Thursday, 12:10p Altadena Town & Country Club terrible things about her efforts. The priest 2290 Country Club Drive • Altadena, CA did nothing to intervene. This caused Lee’s 626-794-7163 Rotary Int. Pres................................. Ian H.S. Riseley mother to leave the Catholic Church forever. journey, crossing into Mexico at Brownsville, Dist 5300 Gov. ........................................John Chase Subsequently, her mother decided it was Texas. They made it to Mexico City, where Offi cers Sarah O’Brien, Pres. ...................Bus. 626-796-5000 time to leave Staten Island. So, the two of they were advised not to continue to Costa Mark Mariscal, Pres. Elec. ...........Bus. 310-902-6547 them packed up their Volkswagen Beetle Rica. They continued on to Puebla, south Steve Kerekes, V. Pres. ................Bus. 626-351-8815 Jim Gorton, Sec........................... Bus. 323-816-6713 and set off for Costa Rica, the place her of Mexico City, where they decided to drive Mike Noll, Trea. ............................Bus. 626-683-0515 mother decided she wanted to go. While up to the top of a volcano. When they were Directors Mark Mariscal • Ed Jasnow driving riving through the South, Jennifer’s ready to leave, the car wouldn’t start. After John Frykenberg • Dennis Mehringer mother backed into a ditch (apparently be- giving them a scare, the car fi nally started, David Campbell • Sarah O’Brien • Mike Zoeller Chairmen cause Jennifer stopped backseat driving.) and they proceeded down a road alongside Mark Mariscal ......................................Administration Four African-American men stopped to a steep cliff. David Smith ..............................................Foundation Please turn to Program, p. 3 Charlie Wilson ............................Asst. Foundation help, and lifted the car out of the ditch. They Frank Cunningham ................................Membership refused to accept any payment. Jacque Foreman ...........................Public Awareness Congratulations Jacque Foreman ...........................Acting Publicity The two of them continued on their Jacque Foreman ...........................Sparks/Website Birthdays Mike Zoeller ...........................................Club Projects 7 - Helen Zivkoviche (M. Hill) Doug Collifl ower .................................Community January David Smith ........................................International Vocational Service 16 - Sarah O’Brien To be Announced ...............Asst. International Program Chair: To be Announced 27 - Ann Rider Hill Tony Hill ..........................Youth Contests/Awards 03 - Nick Santangelo, Craft Talk Anniversaries Mike Zoeller .....................................Youth Projects 10 - Mid-Year Club Assembly John Frykenberg ...................................Vocational 03 - Jim & Karen Gorton Editor, Design & Typesetting ...........Foreman Graphics 17 - To be Announced 04 - Mike & Carol Zoeller Photography ...........................................Jacque Foreman 24 - To be Announced 22 - John & Joan Frykenberg 2 Sparks - Altadena Rotary Club Newsletter Program hairmen’shairmen’s CCornerorner brought to you by Mark Mariscal for David Smith, International Chair Being International means We do Things Locally ll of us are most critical and widespread humanitarian each area and suggests how Rotary clubs aware that needs, and Rotary has a proven record of and districts and their service partners AARotary is an success in addressing them: can address these needs both locally and international orga- • Peace and confl ict prevention/resolution internationally. 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On the Rotary International website, be found at the link <https://www.rota- These areas encompass some of the world’s there is a great document that introduces ry.org/en/our-causes> . Program In Tune Continued from p. 2 Continued from p. 1 Lee attended an integrated school in University of Islamabad in Pakistan. Brave- until 1954. They switched to the Waldorf Athens, Georgia. When she moved to ly, she went there alone, and the fi lm was Astoria Hotel, and continued performing Atlanta, she frequented a bookstore — that screened successfully before 300 women. ever year until 1976. Lombardo, who died still exists — that was fi lled with all kinds of Subsequently, a contingent of Pakistani in November 1977, became known as “Mr.