salad, chicken drumettes with a white

wine sauce, roast vegetables from

MORAGA Moraga Gardens Farm, penne alfredo
with salmon and blueberry cheesecake,

ROTARY cookies, and mixed fresh fruit.

Guests today included our speaker – Ed

NEWSLETTER Holloway of the Blackhawk Museum,
Dan Geraldi – San Ramon Valley
Rotary and District 5160 Governor
October 5, 2021 Nominee Designee Elect, Yuhui Chen
– Past President Menlo Park Rotary,
Mary Caburi and Bill Eames.

Next Meeting: President, Brian South rang the bell

and launched the meeting.
Tuesday, October 12 @ 12 Greeter/Invocator Barbara Bruner spoke
about the polarization we see in the world
Noon at Rancho Laguna Park today and how Rotary brings people
Picnic Area (picnic lunch together for the betterment of us all. Then
Barbara led us in the pledge of
provided by La Finestra allegiance.
Restaurant)
~~Happy Bucks~~
Program: club socialization Jim Campbell had $10 Happy Bucks
for the Giants! Go Giants!
Greeter & Invocator: Evie Michon had $5 Happy Bucks for
Ron Mucovich the wonderful TGIF on October 1st at Bill
Eames’ home. Bill always throws a
Zoom connection information for next week’s wonderful TGIF – Thank you Bill!
meeting will be distributed early next week
John Erickson did $5 Happies also for
Upcoming Speakers: the TGIF at Bill’s. He asked Bill, “How
Oct 19 – Caroline McCaskey and Pate
. many people were there?” The answer
Thomson, Scottish Fiddle – special bring a was “about 20.”
friend meeting
Oct 26 – Charlie Landmesser, CMT Roger Gregory put in $5 HB’s because
Recycling Alka Mulakaluri volunteered to join the
Nov 30 - Kathy Suvia – District Governor newsletter production team. Welcome
Alka!

We met at La Finestra Restaurant Visitor Yuhui Chen commented on the

where chef/owner/Rotarian Jeff Assadi warm welcome given her by our club
served a fabulous buffet with caprese and our club’s energy.
salad with a balsamic sauce, spring mix
 Debbie Koo had $10 Happies for last Berkeley Rotarian/Fiddler, Pate
weekend’s beautiful day at UC Thomson who is also a member of
Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium. (The SFSF. It should be lots of fun! Let
Bears lost but in spite of that it was a president Brian know ahead of time if you
beautiful day,” said Debbie.) plan to bring a guest so we can alert
Chef Jeff of the larger turnout. And
~~Birthdays & Anniversaries~~ remind guests to bring their vaccination
cards.
MarySue Erickson had a birthday last
Sunday. The celebration was a family Canyon Club Event – Wednesday,
dinner at Texas Back Forty Barbeque October 20th @ 5:30 will be an evening
and then back to the house for Apple of entertainment and fundraising at
Dutch Crunch pie. In spite of the $60 limit Canyon Club Brewery. This is a fund
on Birthday Fines MarySue insisted on raiser for our partner, Community
putting in $83… Violence Solutions. A portion of the
earnings of the Canyon Club will be
~~Announcements~~ donated so come and bring friends and
family. President Brian invited the Fab
Picnic Next Week - Next week our Five clubs to attend so we will see our
meeting will be at Rancho Laguna Park neighboring Rotarians there…
where we will socialize at the picnic area. Rotary District 5160 – Annual
There will be no speaker. Club member Conference is coming up! October 29-
and La Finestra chef/owner, Jeff Assadi 31. Our President Brian is giving a
will be providing picnic sandwiches and a presentation on international giving.
sign-up form was passed around for club Google the event and line up your
members to pick the kind of sandwich reservations now. Here is a screen shot
they want. If you weren’t at the meeting from the District Facebook pages:
to mark the form just send an email to
President Brian with your selection –
Turkey, Ham, Beef or something Vegie?
Cost of the lunch is $15.

Moraga Education Foundation – This

week is “MEF Giving Week.” Our club
always budgets for a $1,000 contribution
to MEF so a check will be presented to
them.
Adopt A Child – Guatemala – Recalling
Moraga Rotary Membership Day – that last week we voted to sponsor two
Don’t forget to bring a guest to the children in Guatemala, a boy and a girl…
October 19th noon meeting at La Brian told us when he called Common
Finestra. There will be a special musical Hope to tell them of our decision he was
presentation by Caroline McCaskey, told that the boy had already been
president of the San Francisco Scottish sponsored by someone else. However,
Fiddle Club and past Scottish Fiddle there was another boy available for
Champion of Scotland – along with sponsorship. This is Jose Daniel Reyes
Celada 17 years of age. Jose is studying high school football team so that once a
Food Industry Management. Jose’s day he could get a shower. He could not
family consists of mother, father and two attend college because there was no
other children, a boy aged 9 and a girl money for that. He was raised in Fort
aged 14. The family income is $390 a Lauderdale, Florida. He began by selling
month. used cars. At one point he bought a
house and then sold it for a nice profit.
Elated he got into real estate and wound
~~Rotary Minute~~ up out here in California. He purchased
4,800 acres known as the BlackHawk
President Brian called on Roger Ranch then filled it with homes. The
Gregory to describe how he came to join museum was built and opened as the
Moraga Rotary and what has been his Behring Auto Museum.
most memorable experience. The Rajah
said he and his wife, Janet attended a Out of the hundreds of automobiles, the
club TGIF at Ron & Yelena Mucovich’s oldest is a replica of the 1886 Benz
home and he was so impressed with the Patent Motorwagen – the first Mercedes
group that he joined. Most memorable? Benz and the first commercially sold gas
Was meeting Cliff Dochterman. powered vehicle. Originally it sold for
$150 which would be $2,200 in today’s
The Rajah said he will never forget sitting dollars.
at a table before his first meeting as
president of the club. Raj was hoping if Ken Behring loved to acquire things for
he sat long enough the whole presidency display. After the autos came the “Spirit
thing would pass – until Cliff taped him of the Old West” exhibit and the Behring
on the shoulder and said very low key, Auto Museum became the Blackhawk
“Roger, I think you’d better start the Museum. The Spirit of the Old West is
meeting…” the best western museum in the western
states, and you can see a 140 foot
diorama depicting periods in the history
~~Program~~ of the west from plains Indians hunting
the buffalo, the pony express and the
Debbie Roessler introduced today’s Battle of the Little Big Horn. The diorama
speaker – Ed Holloway. Ed has been contains 5,000 figures. There are
with the Blackhawk Museum in San segments focused on the Ghost Dance,
Ramon since it started 33 years ago. In Manifest Destiny and the Gold Rush.
1988 he walked in and asked what he
could do to help. He’s been busy at the After the Spirit of the West came
museum ever since. Ed is a docent-par magnificent displays in an area of the
excellence, and he says if we want a tour museum called “Into China.” There you
just give him a call. see terracotta warriors, the Dragon
Throne and huge model of the
Ed says, Ken Behring started to museum “Forbidden City.”
as a place to show his car collection. Ken
was far from rich as a child. He joined the Another segment of the museum covers
“African History and Art” and another
covers “The World of Nature.” The World For the new Rotary Year our leaders are:
of Nature opened a year ago and President Brian South
features a life size wildebeest, a charging
President Elect Igor Kipnis &
rhino and a crocodile – in total 600
Roger Gregory
animals, snakes, birds and insects are
Secretary Jennifer Brophy
depicted.
Executive Secretary Evie Michon
The museum has a speaker series. Last
month the topic was the Silk Road. Ed Treasurer Debbie Koo
says, “Come on out, join the museum –
Program Chair Debbie Roessler
be a docent.
Community Tony Schoemehl
~~Encore Game~~ Service Chair
International Debbie Koo &
For this week’s Encore game, the Service Chairs Dianne Wilson
Randomizer selected Barbara Bruner to Foundation Chair John Erickson
play. The prize was just $10 since last
week Rich Render cleaned out the $50 Youth Services Rich Render
Chair
max pot. Barbara guessed the Ace of
Spades but the correct card was the Ace Public Relations Chair Gary Irwin
of Hearts! Too bad Barb and next week Fund Raising Chair Frank May
the prize will be $20.
Membership Chairs Roger Gregory &
Hubert Ma
Future greeter/invocators: Directors at Large MarySue Erickson &
10/12 Ron Mucovich Linda May
10/19 Roger Gregory Advisors to the Board Cliff Dochterman &
10/26 Herb Wehmeyer Jim Campbell
11/02 Rich Render District Governor 5160 Kathy Suvia
11/09 Jennifer Brophy
11/16 Frank May President, Shekar Mahta
Rotary
11/23 Roger Gregory International
11/30 Linda May
12/07 Angelo Costanza This month’s Newsletter Editor – The Rajah (Gregory)
12/14 Ron Mucovich
12/21 Jim Campbell
12/28 John Erickson