President George Brookhart called the meeting to
Order in his usual efficient fashion. Russ
offered a thought-provoking devotion appreciated
by the humble members.
New (actually stuff we’ve discussed before)
Business: Guest Bartending Oct. 19,2006 at
5 PM at Dmitri’s – to benefit The Disable Sports
USA.
Oct. 21, 2006 – Rotary Waterfront – Canton –
Auction to benefit Johns Hopkins Childrens
Center – fine arts, music, sports memorabilia -
$50 per person.
2007 YMCA 5 K Race – Peter reported the next
date is 9/29/07 – the course will be changed;
the goal is 900 racers; this year the
sponsorship goal was nearly reached (goal
$35,000 - $34,500 was obtained).
BOARD meeting on 10/17/06 at Café on the Grove
(Secretary Susan will be out of town – so
someone else should take notes).
Larry Aaronson is having a meeting next week at
which Deputy State’s Attorney Steve Bailey will
be discussing Identity Theft. The Women’s Expo
Committee is planning next year’s Exposition.
Happy Dollars – Steve Arum reported that
the Russian Librarians returned safely to
Russia.
Brent reported that his pigs are happy with the
corns delivered by the Hiteshews. Brent’s son
Aaron participated in his first political
demonstration; and Brent advised all that he had
been successful in removing the pig smell (we’ll
all grateful for that Brent!). Brent also said
that he had successfully transferred the pigs to
a new area. He reminded all of us what a lovely
80 degree sunny day we enjoyed on Tuesday –
Brent savored the warm October sun while eating
roasted chestnuts, drinking a fine wine reading
the Times.
Bruce announced that he is joining the
Development Office of The Children’s Home (and
leaving the Chamber of Commerce). The Farmer’s
Market was also noticed.
Richard reported that the Silent Auction items
are coming along well for the 2007 Bull Roast -
Brent has donated organic vegetables (yummy!)
and a dump run.
Tom and his wife went sailing, Tom wearing an
eye patch (he left his cannon at home,
however).
Susan announced she would be in St. Michael’s
for a Juvenile Law Conference and would miss the
Board and Club meeting returning in time for the
Opera Wednesday night and Guest Bartending
Thursday night.
Russ was happy with the funds raised in the
recent walk-a-thon Club members donated for.
Altogether, $90,000 was raised. Russ also
brought the Columbia Flyer insert about Rotary
clubs in the area.
George donated a sad dollar for Bruce leaving
the Chamber (a true loss for the business
community).
Richard happily announced closing his Frederick
road office and moving his business to home. He
was also glad Brent has a use for all those darn
#%@! acorns.
Cal was happy we successfully distributed
dictionaries on Monday to Westchester. He also
made available to all the letters sent to
teachers with lesson plans and to the principal
along with the brochure to parents. WOW Cal has
made the most of this Project!
Speaker – Cal presented a very thorough
and informative Classification talk. He began
where it all started – 2 of his 4 grandparents
were from Armenia and emigrated through Ellis
Island. Cal grew up in California in a wonderful
family (the pix were amusing!) He claims a
normal childhood.
Cal graduated from high school in 1971 and
attended Westmont College in Calif. He brought
photos and the buttons he retained from college
– “Nixon is the One” “SDS is revolting” etc. Cal
is proud to have been a conservative American
even as a young adult.
He met his lovely wife Colleen at Westmont, a
poster girl, he was lucky to date. Cal worked in
a number of jobs during and immediately after
college. He learned a LOT about sales from his
position selling life insurance.
As a young man, however, he went into business
with a friend doing construction estimates. They
started the business in San Francisco and then
decided to move to the East Coast because “80%
of the US population lived within 600 miles of
Columbus, Ohio at the time). His friend went to
Pittsburg, and lucky for us, Cal and Colleen
came to Baltimore to expand the business.
Their business developed into a major national
publishing company for the construction
industry. In 2001 they sold the company to a big
company thinking they would finish their careers
with the purchaser – Cal as VP of Product
Development and Planning. Like many others in
their positions, however, they were laid off
within 1 year despite the many neat products
developed by Cal (and he brought samples for
those attending the meeting!).
Cal is still a 49ers fan. Colleen was giving
birth to their third child, a son, as Joe
Montana and the 49ers were losing (again) to the
Redskins with 2 minutes to go. Cal swore that if
SF won the game, he would name his son after
Montana. Thankfully, the ‘Skins won. Cal was,
and still is, a pipe and occasional cigar
smoker. He also belongs to the Beerquest
(something for the OCD in all of us).
Cal enjoys Blue Grass, wood working, and
history. He is a Civil War buff and recently
traveled throughout the Middle east – Holy
Land.
One of his current work areas is renovation of
certain commercial Historic Properties in small
communities. He provided a brochure and pictures
of interesting building reclaimed in Lynchburg.
His organization for this work includes a number
of B list celebrities including the guy who
played “Jaws” in 007 movies.
Cal’s Classification talk was notable for the
many audio visual aids which were very
entertaining and the number of free gifts to
audience members including Architect trading
cards.
Happy Dollars – Russ won and picked the 6
spades. It being Russ, however, nobody believed
it was authentic.
See you 10/18!
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Souder
