This Week at the Rotary Club of Kona Randall Roth, UH Law Professor
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May 30, 2013 Upcoming For more info about our club visit www.RotaryClubofKona.com Speakers This Week At the Rotary Club of Kona June 6 Todd & Cheryl Randall Roth, UH Law Professor Holdcroft Japan and Tsunami Co-Author of “Broken Trust” and Damage Consultant for “The Descendants” June 13 Jean Hartley UH Law Professor Randall Roth will describe his involvement in the Accessible Hawaii making of the movie, The Descendants, and possible connections between June 20 — TBA the fictional trust that movie and Hawaii’s large and historically significant land trusts. June 27 — TBA He will also address the movie’s relevance to the ongoing contro- July 4 — DARK versy over how to maintain Hawaii’s specialness. Randall W. Roth is a law professor at the Richardson School of Law. He July 11 — TBA has served as president of the Hawaii State Bar Association, Hawaii Justice Foun- July 18 —TBA dation, and Hawaii Institute for Continuing Legal Education, and headed up the Price of Paradise project, which included two books, a call-in show on Hawaii Public Aug 22 (Continued on page 6) Donna Whitaker Hawaii Island Humane Society President’s Message Aloha Kona Rotarians: Wendy and I are sitting in the Honolulu airport waiting to return from a lovely and energizing District Conference at Turtle Bay. Since my time is short I will get right to it. Your Club has been recognized with the following Awards which I had the privilege of accepting in your club’s behalf. · RI President’s Citation · District Governor’s Citation · Ignite Award · Premier Club Award · Double Premier Club Award · District 5000 Literacy Award · District 5000 Distinguished Literacy Award · Vocational Service Award Medium Club 1st Place · New Generations Award Medium Club 1st Place · Club Administration Award Medium Club 1st Runner Up · Net Membership Increase Award Medium Club 1st Place · Percent Membership Growth Award Medium Club 1st Place · Membership Development Award Medium Club 1st Place · Community Service Award Medium Club 1st Place · CLUB OF THE YEAR MEDIUM CLUB 1ST PLACE!!!! Congratulations and Mahalo to everyone for all of your contributions which made this all possible for our club in my year as President! I thought about waiting until our installation party to publish this but I know the Coconut wireless would not allow it! What a fabulous way to finish this wonderful Rotary Year. Please extend your congratulations also to the Kona Mauka club who also took Club of the Year in the Small Club Category! I am off to Louisville and will return on the 31st. Past President Jim Lightner will be running this week’s meeting and PE Tom Daniel will have the duty on the 30th. I look forward to celebrating with all of you at our Installation dinner Yours In Rotary, Alan Clark 1 Greeters: May 23 Corrina Valley May 30 Scott Unger Special Dates June 6 Darlene Turner June 13 Frank Toscano Birthdays June 20 John Simmerman Hau’oli La Hanau: June 27 Jeff Rich No May Birthdays Rotary Anniversaries: No May Anniversaries Door Prize: Anniversaries: May 23 Tom Fine Hau’oli La Ho’omana’o May 30 Kris Hazard May 4 Alan & Wendy Clark June 6 Liz Heiman Zagorodney June 13 Cheryl Holdcroft June 20 Todd Holdcroft June 27 Linda Jane Kelley 2012-2013 Project Compassion Donations MAHALO to DENNY'S for allowing Non-Profit organizations in our community to continue hosting these events! Ajay, Ali & Abdul & Denny's Staff...Thank you! You are ALL truly amazing! If anyone receiving this email knows of a Non-Profit who may be interested in hosting an event, please let Lori Burdoon know ([email protected]). The forms are downloadable at www.RotaryClubofKona.com website. Again...Mahalo to everyone who made this event successful. Recap of 2012-2013 Events Host Agency Sponsor(s) Month Event Total Habitat for Humanity Rotary Clubs of West Hawaii July 2012 $ 4,146.55 Hospice of Kona Caron’s Concrete Aug 2012 $ 4,880.13 Kona Alano Club Dan Frack Constr, Kelly Shaw Aloha Ins. Koa Realty Sept 2012 $ 1,378.80 Polio Plus Kona Brewing Co / Rotary Club of Kona Nov 2012 $ 2,419.52 Project Grad Young Bros / Hawaii Petroleum Feb 2013 $ 2,274.82 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society “Team Carmen” ……... Mar 2013 $ 1,448.83 Therapeutic Horsemanship PFI / BOH/ HCFCU/ Dixon Constr Apr 2013 $ 7,488.86 VFW ……………………… ………………………………………. May 2013 Three Ring Ranch ………………………………………. Jun 2013 BE SURE TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE CHARITIES AND DENNY’S—Mark your Calendars 2011-2012 Rotary Club of Kona Board PROJECT COMPASSION President : Alan Clark 936-6074 Information and Application Form President Elect: Tom Daniel 989-0171 Available on Rotary Club of Kona Website as a download Secretary: Liz Zagorodney 960-7353 Project Compassion, the monthly Denny's event Treasurer: Dave Beuhler 990-3154 run by our club, is seeking non-profits for future events. Sergeant at Arms: Frank Toscano 325-0834 If you know of any 501(c)(3)s that might be in- Membership: Tom Fine 896-3376 and David Rees Thomas 937-2428 terested, please contact Lori Burgoon at 334-0199 Club Admin (Club Svc): Jana Powell 898-9020 or email: [email protected]. Service Projects (Community Svc): Bonnie Pond 334-8804 Newsletter Articles for Publication PR / Vocational Svc: Brian Asbjornson 854-6148 Submit articles for publication by Sunday. These can International Service: Frank Toscano 325-0834 be Rotary events (all three clubs) and community events. New Generations: Scott Unger 331-2203 Publication is subject to space constraints. Submittals by email should go to [email protected] or just hand them Rotary Foundation: Ken Kjer 328-9331 2 to me at the regular Thursday meetings. Chrys Yamasaki, Coffee Blossom Editor Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat May 19 20 21 Rotary Club of 22 23 24 25 KAILUA Kona Mauka— Rotary Club of Speaker: Sharron Keauhou Canoe Club VILLAGE Meet at Teshima’s Kona Sunrise Faff Regatta—Kailua Pier STROLL 12:00 noon — Meet at Kona Marathon 1-6 PM Richard Spiegel — Hale Halawai Services for Rotarian Bees and Honey at 6:45 am - Lt. Matthew “Growing our own Teachers” May 26 27 28 Rotary Club of 29 30 31 June 1 Kona Mauka— Rotary Club of Speaker: Randall MEMORIAL Meet at Teshima’s Kona Sunrise Roth DAY 12:00 noon — Meet at The Descendants Helen Wai— Hale Halawai Broken Trust Energy Efficiency at 6:45 am - Dr. Randy Roth Bishop Trust June 2 3 4 Rotary Club of 5 6 7 8 Kona Mauka— Rotary Club of Speaker: Kai Opua Canoe Meet at Teshima’s Kona Sunrise Todd & Cheryl Hold- Club Regatta — 12:00 noon — Meet at croft Kailua Pier Hale Halawai Japan and Tsunami at 6:45 am Damage Big Island Visi- tors Bureau June 9 10 11 Rotary Club of 12 13 14 15 King KAILUA Kona Mauka— Rotary Club of Speaker: Flag Day Kamehameha VILLAGE Meet at Teshima’s Kona Sunrise Jean Hartley Day Parade Accessible Hawaii STROLL 12:00 noon — Meet at RCofK Hale Halawai 1-6 PM INSTALLATION at 6:45 am Barbara Walton DINNER Time/Place to be Announced June 16 17 18 Rotary Club of 19 20 21 22 Kona Mauka— Rotary Club of Speaker: TBA Summer Father’s Meet at Teshima’s Kona Sunrise Begins Day 12:00 noon — Meet at Hale Halawai at 6:45 am CLUB ASSEMBLY June 23 24 25 Rotary Club of 26 27 28 29 Kona Mauka— Rotary Club of Speaker: TBA Meet at Teshima’s Kona Sunrise 12:00 noon — Meet at Hale Halawai at 6:45 am 3 RI President Sakuji Tanaka May 2013 Dear fellow Rotarians, From the moment I was nominated as Rotary International president, I knew I would choose a theme that would focus on peace. This is why I planned three peace forums – to give Rotarians an opportu- nity to think about peace, to talk about peace, and to share their ideas on building peace together. The final Rotary Global Peace Forum takes place this month in Hiroshima, Japan. We hear the word peace every day. But most of us spend little time thinking about what peace is. On its sim- plest level, we can define peace by what it is not. It is a state of no war, no violence, and no fear. It means that you are not in danger of hunger, or persecution, or the suffering of poverty. But we can also define peace by what it is, and by what it can be. Peace can mean freedom of thought and of speech, freedom of opinion and of choice, and the ability for self-determination. It can mean security, confidence in the future – a life and home in a stable society. On a more abstract level, peace can mean a sense of happiness, of inner serenity, of calm. However we use the word, however we understand peace, Rotary can help us to achieve it. Rotary helps us to meet the basic needs of others – to provide health care, sanitation, food, and education when and where they are most needed. It helps to meet the inner needs as well, for friendship, connection, and caring. And Rotary helps us to build peace in its most traditional sense, by reducing the causes of conflict. It builds bridges of friendship and tolerance among people and nations. It helps us to understand one another. However we define peace, whatever peace means to us, we can bring it closer through service. Peace, in all of the ways that we can understand it, is a real goal, and a realistic goal for Rotary. Peace is not something that can only be achieved through treaties, by governments, or through heroic struggles.