CHAIR OF THE DAY

TIM MULLEN

Volume XCVI No. 44 Rotary Club of San Francisco, California10 May 2005

Luncheon MeetingKensington Park Hotel

CLUB OFFICERS

GRANT E. HUNDLEY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PresidentJOSEPH S. TALMADGE. . . . . . . . . .First Vice PresidentRICHARD B. ROSEN. . . . . . .Immediate Past PresidentCECILE CHIQUETTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer

CLUB DIRECTORS

ALFRED P. ALESSANDRIBURTON BERRY

DR. HOWARD E. DENBOLESTER G. GRAF

PETER HAEBERLINSCOTT A. HILDULA

REV. DAVID P. STECHHOLZ

TERESITA T. REYESExecutive Vice President & Secretary

SHOKO VALLEAdministrative Assistant

DISTRICT 5150 GOVERNORDR. ERIC Z. SHAPIRA

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENTGLENN E. ESTESS, SR.

ROTARY CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCOThe Second Rotary Club in the World!

609 Sutter StreetSan Francisco, CA 94102

Phone: (415) 923-0645 Fax: (415) 923-0299Email: rotary2@sfrotary.com

http://www.sfrotary.com

GRINDINGS is published weekly by the Rotary Club ofSan Francisco. 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA94102-1021.

OTHER SAN FRANCISCO CLUBS MEETING

San Francisco Greater MissionTuesday, 7:45 AM, Double Play RestaurantSan Francisco Golden GateTuesday, 6:30 PM, Alfred’s SteakhouseSan Francisco BayviewWednesday, 7:00 AM, Dago Mary’sSan Francisco WestWednesday, 6:00 PM, Villa RomanaRestaurant, 731 Irving Street near 9th AvenueFisherman’s WharfThursday, 7:30 AM, Franciscan Restaurant

THE FOUR WAY TEST

Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all concerned?

Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSH IPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL TO ALL CONCERNED?

DR. JOE CALDWELLFOUNDER

THE INVESTMENTS & PHILANTHROPYCORPORATIONTITLE OF TALK:

“7 SIMPLE TOOLS: HOW TO CONTROL THEDESTINY OF YOUR WEALTH”

Joe Caldwell is founder of The Investmentand Philanthropy Corporation, a registeredinvestment advisor that serves clients with morethan $375,000 to invest. The firm is based inSausalito, California. Mr. Caldwell has morethan thirty years experience in executiveleadership of non-profit organizations. He has

served on numerous non-profit boards of directors including nine years on theboard of the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce. He is publisher of TheInvestment and Philanthropy Journal, a monthly e-mail newsletter in its fifthsuccessful year. He is a veteran of thousands of public speaking and teachingengagements with various sized audiences. Mr. Caldwell holds the CharteredFinancial Analyst designation as well as the Doctor of Ministry degree fromGolden Gate Seminary on Strawberry Point in Mill Valley. He is a former localchurch senior pastor. He is currently drawing on his pastoral experience towrite a book for men entitled, “Becoming Mr. Right – How a Man Can PrepareHimself for a Successful and Sustainable Relationship with a Woman.”COMMITTEES AND ACTIVITIES

Tuesday 25 MayTwilight Golf Tournament – Jack Fleming,4:30 P.M.

Thursday-Sunday 9-12 JuneDistrict 5150 Conference at the AsilomarConference Center, Pacific Grove

Wednesday 15 JuneRotary Club/Elks Club Blood Drive – ElksLodge, 450 Post Street, 3rd Floor from 1:00 to7:00 P.M.

LOOKING AHEAD

♦♦♦♦♦ MAY 17 – E. DENNIS NORMANDY, PRESIDENT,SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES

COMMISSION – “THE SFPUC:PROTECTING THE PLANET’S MOST

PRECIOUS RESOURCE”♦♦♦♦♦ MAY 24 – DR. RICHARD J. FRINK, FOUNDER AND

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, HEART

RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF

SACRAMENTO

♦♦♦♦♦ MAY 31 – MICHAEL HINGSON, WORLD TRADE

CENTER BOMBING SURVIVOR AND

NATIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS

REPRESENTATIVE FOR GUIDE DOGS FOR

THE BLIND

APRIL 26,2005Editor of theDay:GREGGUTTING

President GRANTopened the meeting with a ring of the belland a welcome to everyone. REV. DAVIDSTECHHOLZ, Pastor, West PortalLutheran Church led the Rotary Singersand members in a stirring rendition of ourNational Anthem. JEAN SCHORE,Principal, Shore Marketing Associates,gave the invocation and NADIA TARZI,Vice President, Association for theProtection of Afghan Archaeology,introduced visiting Rotarians. NADIA alsoannounced that a National Geographicspecial featuring her and her father will airat 8:00 P.M. on May 4, 2005. Way to goNADIA!

Next the club was treated to a wonderfulrendition of that old Kenny Rogers staple,The Gambler, by DR. AUGUST READER,Neuro-ophthalmologist, Pacific EyeAssociates. AUGUST reminded everyonethat the “Texas Hold-em” tournament isscheduled for May 6.

After several weeks of valiant selling,BILL KOEFOED sold the last 12 Best ofLive raffle tickets. Good luck to everyonewho purchased a ticket.

BILL also presented a RotaryFoundation check to ANITA STANGL,President, Alliance for Smiles, Inc. This$10,000 check will be used to help pay forAlliance for Smile’s upcoming mission toChina.

DR. HOWARD DENBO, PresidentHoward E. Denbo, M.D., Inc. introducedDr. Walter Bortz, Past President, AmericanGeriatrics Society & Co-chairmanAmerican Medical Association’s TaskForce on Aging. Dr. Bortz shared manylittle-known facts regarding the AmericanHealth Care System. According to Dr.Bortz, America spends $6,000 per personper year for after-the-fact medical care.While that does not sound like much, it isconsiderably higher than all othercountries and buys us only the ninth-besthealth care globally. Dr. Bortz stressedthat Health Wealth, how much you valueyour own health, should be seen as atangible asset and your own personalwell-being as the most important assetany of us has. All our other possessionscan only be as valuable as the time wehave to enjoy them.

Much like rating the value of anautomobile, our health, according to Dr.Bortz can be valued using four criteria-Design, Accidents, Maintenance and Age.While there is not much we can do about

GRANT HUNDLEY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5/12JACQUES ISELIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5/12KIRBY WEST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/13LEO SOONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/15

design or age, we have a lot of control overaccidents and maintenance. In fact,compared to the $6,000 it costs to treatailments after-the-fact, prevention onlycosts $4,000 per year.

GRANT’s Greedy Greenbacks willreturn next week.

START THEM YOUNG!

Early education makes a lastingimpression! You are being offered anopportunity that can lead your grandchildon a positive path for their entire life, as aPAUL HARRIS FELLOW.

Between now and May 27, 2005, yourcredit card, or check contribution of $500,made to The Rotary Foundation for PolioPlus, will be matched.

You may give this honor to as many ofyour grandchildren as you wish. This offerwill be on a first come basis. Do notprocrastinate and later complain. Therewill be only 60 available. Seven membershave taken seventeen already.

Contact TESSIE or SHOKO at415.923.0645.

NOMINATION FORMEMBERSHIP

The following nomination formembership is published in accordancewith Article XI, Section I of the Club By-Laws:

GWENDOLYN JONES-WATKINSORGANIZATION - PAROLEES &

FAMILIES MENTORINGExecutive Director

Yeshua’s Second Chance FoundationSPONSOR: ANITA STANGL

SundaySundaySundaySundaySunday, May 8th, May 8th, May 8th, May 8th, May 8th

GRANT’S GREEDYGREENBACKS

BALANCE AS OFMAY 3, 2005

$66.00

ANNUAL TWILIGHT GOLFLEAGUE

VenueJack Fleming 9 hole Golf Course

(Final on October 12 will be atPresidio Golf Course)

Schedule of PlayMay 25

June 8 & 22July 6 & 20

August 17 & 31September 14 & 28

October 12

Tee Times4:30 p.m.

(September 14 & 28 - 4:00 p.m.October 12 - Noon)

Scoring2 Points : Participation1 Points : 3rd Place2 Points : 2nd Place3 Points : 1st Place

Blind Bogey scoring

Green Fees (Jack Fleming)$16 for SF residents$18 for non residents

$10 for people over 65

Please call KEVIN WALDECK, Chairat 415.490.1315 for schedulingrequest or morei n f o r m a t i o n .Players must be ontime for theirdesignated teetime. The tee sheetwill be full, sopunctuality isessential.MAKE UP ARTISTS

SCHARLEEN COLANT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alkmaar, The Netherlands

Yerevan, Armenia

LOOKING FOR FURNITURE

Alliance for Smiles, Inc. is looking foroffice furniture. If you can spare any new orused office furniture, please contactANITA STANGL at 415.647.4481 oratstangl@yahoo.com.

A SPECIAL REPORT FROM THE PHANTOM ON “DIAMONDS TO DIAMONDS”

WELL DONE, ROTARY #2! Saturday’s “Diamonds to Diamonds” bash was one of the most impressiveevenings I’ve experienced in many years, so much so that I left a clandestine message for TESSIE that I hadto put in my two-cents worth, and no buts about it! As you all know, I much prefer to unearth gossip andscandal rather than bestow compliments, but this time I felt overcome with an unaccustomed glow of humankindness and generosity.

The Ball Park sparkled in the late afternoon light, as the setting sun finally peeked out from the threateningskies, illuminating the field and grandstands in a cloak of gold. All who observed the sight were mesmerized,

and even MY jaded spirits soared, making it just that much more fun to flit invisibly about the hanging curtains and oversizedfurniture in search of juicy reportage. No two ways about it, folks, BILL and Betsy KOEFOED and their minions scored anothergrand slam with this year’s party and auction. The PHANTOM is not easily impressed, but this one was special!

Our members and guests entered the Stadium walking along a red carpet stretching for almost a city block, and CECILECHIQUETTE gushed uncontrollably to all who would listen that she felt like visiting royalty and couldn’t control herself fromblowing kisses and waving to her admiring crowds. Even JACK GRAF was so overcome by the pageantry that he becametearful and needed to clear his eyes and nose into hastily offered hanky.

OMAR and SHOKO VALLE stationed a seasoned group of smooth and smiling greeters at the check-in desk (Tatiana Zerpa,ROGER STEINER, Carrie Whisler, and CECILE CHIQUETTE-what a capable bunch!) to put our guests immediately at easeand happy. OMAR’s little handy-dandy credit card machine bordered on melt down (and required three changes of batteries) ashis fingers danced upon the keypad like he was some kind of modern-day Paderewski, skillfully processing all the cards wildlybeing thrust at him. That pirate, BILL LASHBROOK, was laughing hysterically as he brow-beat hapless passers-by (like poorJOE BRENNAN) to dig deeply for additional auction tickets. What a huckster! But I will say this: with BILL working thedownstairs room, and Betsy mercilessly hounding the crowds upstairs, I’m certain that last minute ticket sales were an eye-opening success!

TESSIE, meanwhile, was racing from floor to floor shrieking into her walkie-talkie, making demands and giving orders andcursing with a stevedore’s language like a battlefield general under deadly siege. She certainly made things proceed onschedule, and hundreds of attendees were kept busy, either taking tours of the Stadium, engaging in batting practice on the field(a big treat for the kids) and also running the bases (I think I even saw DICK ROSEN laboriously doing so!), or exploring the silentauction offerings, hoping for good deals.

Wouldn’t you know it! Devilish STEVE TALMADGE was seen to grab a handful of KOEFOED’s treasured collector’s itemGiants hats right out from under BILL’s suspicious nose and darting away through the throng, with BILL calling loudly forsomeone to stop him-they weren’t for free, they cost good money! In the ensuing melee, I couldn’t see if STEVE made a cleanget-away or was unceremoniously apprehended and manhandled back to the table to pay up.

Our professional auctioneer, Frank Bizzaro and his family and helpers, gave a festive flair to the live auction, and manyexceptional items were claimed by the excited audience. From my secret vantage point, it seemed that lots of expensive anduncommon things were being actively bid for. FRED MARSCHNER won the fun cruise down the Mexican Riviera, and PETERCASWELL’s winning $100 ticket obtained the walnut-sized black Tahitian pearl for his lady (I assume it’s for her, unless, out ofvanity he intends to make an arresting ankle bracelet for himself). In any case, he’s known for his uncanny luck in most of thegambling meccas of the world-some le git, many unsavory-and his luck held at this auction, too.

The food was, on the whole quite good, and the wines poured with dinner were plentiful and of excellent quality and served bya very courteous wait-staff (kudos to STEPHEN REVETRIA). Of course, the usual bar-flies, MIKE DAVIES, ROARK O’NEILLand DAVE STECHHOLZ, to name a few, were deliriously happy with the seemingly endless refills of their proffered glasses bythe shocked but smiling bartender.

The only sour note that I encountered was the absence of SCOTT HILDULA from our gala affair (I had so hoped to catch himin one of his unimaginably grotesque social fauz-pas!). Perhaps next year.

As it stands, President GRANT and our Club members and guests were delighted by yet another extraordinary effort put forthby Rotary #2.

“DIAMONDS TO DIAMONDS”

Photos Courtesy of Past President BILL KOEFOED, Chair of “Diamonds to Diamonds”