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The Old Mission Bell of Old Mission Rotary Meetings Every Tuesday at noon on Zoom Post Pandemic at the Legacy Resort Hotel and Spa oldmissionrotary.org December 2020- Edition Three San Diego Gulls Art Pratt Foundation Hockey Club Grant to Villa Musica On December 15th, The Art ronment for the study of music, Pratt Foundation of Old Mis- they aim to inspire many San sion Rotary presented a grant Diegans to make music mak- of $6000 to Villa Musica. ing part of their lives. Founded as a 501(c)3 non- The Art Pratt Foundation grant profit corporation in Novem- will help fund the new “Music ber 2005, Villa Musica is a on the Move” program. Villa vibrant gathering place where Musica will purchase a bus people of all ages and back- and take music to the public. grounds can come together to Aaron Bullard is a cellist and take music lessons, play in an bass vocalist and described Casey Callahan is the Sales Man- ensemble, or participate in a Villa Musica’s efforts to bring ager for the San Diego Gulls workshop. Villa Musica’s goal music to seniors. Hockey Club. is to create a focal point for The San Diego Gulls are a pro- community music education in fessional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League which San Diego, where students and began playing in the 2015–16 teachers can meet to exchange season. Based in San Diego and ideas and experience the joy of affiliated with the National Hockey making music. By creating a League’s Anaheim Ducks, the supportive and creative envi- Gulls play their home games at the Pechanga Arena. Casey Callahan from the Gulls Rotary Calendar front office presented a program at • Tuesday, December 22nd- Old our Zoom meeting on December Mission Rotary DARK Fiona Chatwin is the Executive and 15th. Casey is a Philadelphia native • Tuesday, December 29th- Old Artistic Director of Villa Musica. and promotes Pats as the world’s Mission Rotary DARK greatest cheese steak! He has been • Tuesday, January 12th- Old Program Calendar working as the Group Sales Man- Mission Rotary ZOOM Board Why not invite a friend to ager for the Gulls for four years. of Directors Meeting. ZOOM with us? “Protect the Nest” is the battle cry • Tuesday, January 26th Art • January 12th District Gover- Pratt Foundation ZOOM nor Visit with Steve Weitzen San Diego Gulls Board of Directors Meeting Continued on Page 2 San Diego Gulls Gil Kleecan Corona Conversation Continued from Page One Member in the Spotlight of the hockey club and their de- termination to dominate the ice at Pechanga Arena. The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the pri- mary developmental league for the National Hockey League. In fact, 87% of NHL players are from the AHL as are 23 of 31 head coaches Gil Klecan has been a member of and 24 of 32 general managers. Rotary since 1999. Gil was born The Corona Conversation with The Gulls last game was on Feb- on the open plains of Kansas and Don Krupp is a weekly feature now ruary 22, 2020 and was a sell moved to San Diego as a young included in our Old Mission Rotary out. The Gulls victory that night boy when his father took a job at ZOOM Meetings. propelled them into the playoffs. the Ryan Aeronautical Company. At this week’s Corona Conversa- Unfortunately, the AHL was forced An aerospace engineer recruited tion, club member Don Krupp talk- to cancel the championships due to Gil as a driver and he won the ed about vaccine safety. He noted the pandemic. 1946 World Championship Soap that people are understandably The exciting news is that the Gulls Box Derby Race in Ohio! Gil took concerned that the new COVID-19 will be back in action in early his prize money and invested it in vaccines are safe. Don explained February 2021. The league will be property. He has prospered in his that, in general, vaccines, are very realigned to keep teams regional career in residential and commer- safe and effective. Billions of and travel to a minimum. There cial real estate ever since. people all over the world are regu- will be capacity limits on the crowd Gil and his wife Blan were mar- larly vaccinated against a variety with physical distance seating. ried for 60 years until she passed in of pathogens which make people Casey promoted Hockey as having early 2017. The couple raised a son sick. In the United States vaccines more excitement per minute than and a daughter and Gil now has are given around 250 million times any other sport on Earth! four grandchildren. a year, almost entirely without In November, the voters approved You can find Gil tossing a stick incident. Measure E which will redevelop to his German Shepard at Nate’s Don talked briefly about thimero- the Midway District to include a Point Dog Park in Balboa Park! sal, a mercury-based vaccine pre- new, state of the art sports arena servative for which there is a lot of that will open in a few years. misinformation. It’s used primarily Casey described the Gulls like an- in some, but not all flu vaccines. other famous bird- the Phoenix- the However, thimerosal is an ethyl- Gulls will rise from the ashes of the mercury which the body eliminates pandemic to new glory! quite readily and is not considered harmful. But, more importantly, the new COVID-19 vaccines do not use thimerosal. Their ingredi- ents are organic and safe. Don reminded everyone to be smart and stay safe for the holi- days. Wear a mask, keep your Our very own Gil Klecan won the distance, avoid large gatherings The mascot for the San Diego Gulls 1946 World Championship Soap indoors and wash your hands fre- Hockey Club is named Gulliver. Box Derby Race! quently. .

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