MORAGA
ROTARY
NEWSLETTER
October 9, 2018
Next Celebration: October 16, 2018
Noon--Moraga Country Club
Program: Christy Mack – Lafayette
Arts Moves Project
Greeter/Invocator: Michelle
Robbins
Oct 23 – District Governor official visit
Oct 30 – TBA
Nov 6 – TBA
*Nov 13 – Roger Howland – Mayflower voyage
* Dinner Meeting @ 6:00 pm – MCC
President Ron Mucovich rang
the bell to begin the meeting, and
Jim Campbell delivered a brief
Thought for the Day of a few short
quotes of dubious attribution, and
led the Club in the Pledge of
Allegiance.
Guests attending were Mary
Caburi, Linda Campbell, Janet
Gregory, and our two most recent
Camp Royal attendees, Lauren
Sampson and Andrew Torres.
~~ HAPPY BUCKS ~~
President Ron gave an HB for the
Northwestern U. (where his son is)
unranked football team beating the
20th ranked Michigan State team. .
Barbara Bruner was extremely
happy ($20 worth) that a local
store with helpful hardware folks
solved some kind of problem for
her . . . Frank May gave a High
Five for the very enjoyable time
that he and Linda had at the
Serbian food celebration last
weekend, which filled the hall with
diners, dancers, drinkers, and lots
of fun.
Tony Schoemehl gave $20 for his
slightly out of state (Reno) annual
reunion of Western Air Line (later
Delta AL) pilots, flight attendants,
etc., but no tailhook action.
Lauren Simpson & Andrew Torres with
Angelo Costanza and Pres. Ron

~RECOGNITIONS~
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Mary Sue
Erickson, who celebrated a big
round birthday at a pizza joint with
family. I’m sure John bought her
the superdeluxe large pizza for the
occasion. She brought several
boxes of delicious bakery
cupcakes for our dessert.
Pres. Ron and former AG Troy
Fedderson
~CAMP ROYAL REPORT~
Lauren Simpson and Andrew
Torres, both seniors at
Campolindo HS and our 2018
Camp Royal students, provided
reports of their experiences there.
Both thanked our Club very much
for giving them such a meaningful
learning experience about
leadership and many other things.
They made many friends from
areas different in many ways from
Lamorinda, learned a lot about
tolerance, character, ambitions,
emotions, compassion,
overcoming obstacles, and
teamwork. It was very moving to
hear how other campers had
successfully dealt with issues.
~~ANNOUNCEMENTS~~
Rotary at Golden Gate Fields:
On Saturday, November 17; cost
is $41 per person, so make your
check to “Moraga Rotary” and sign
up with Frank May.
District 5160 Fall Assembly
It’s in Fairfield on Saturday,
October 20th at Rodriguez High
School. Info and registration at
Rotary5160.org/Calendar .
Moraga Rotary Board Meeting
will be at 5:30 on Tuesday
October 16 at the Serbian
Church, not Moraga Royale. All
Rotarians are welcome, especially
those that bring goodies.
An important “A Nite at the
Races” committee meeting will be
held at 5:30 on Monday October
15 at the Serbian Church, not
Moraga Royale.
Please save Saturday October 27
for the Jeanette Fritzky Fun
Walk, where we expect Moraga
Rotary to provide some
volunteers. The event will begin at
the Moraga Commons with
registration beginning about 11
am, and will finish there about 3
pm after short walk to St. Mary’s
College. Stay tuned for further
details.
White Pony Express will be
showing its Mobile Boutique,
where families will be able to shop
for new and like-new clothing,
shoes, books, toys, and games—
all free of charge, at the Church of
the Nazarene, located at 1650
Ashbury Dr, Concord, CA, on
Saturday, October 13, 2018, from
1-4 pm.
Raffle: Angelo Costanza had the
winning ticket for $10, but couldn’t
find the lucky green marble for the
big bucks.
~~PROGRAM~~
Our speaker today was Troy
Fedderson, who we know as the
Past Assistant Governor for the
past two years. He is a member
of the Rotary Fellowship Group
founded by Past District
Governor Steve Lack called
BREW, which stands for Beers
Rotarians Enjoy Worldwide, and
now has about 600 members.
Troy is an avid home beer maker,
and belongs to DOZE, which
stands for Diablo Zymiracle
Enthusiasts, and is a local home
brew club which brews, judges,
and help improve the brews of the
members. A store called
Morebeer which caters to home
brewers, is located in Concord
near CostCo.
Beer provided a very important
role in the progress of civilization.
Once fermented alcohol was
discovered, and barley grains had
to be cultivated to produce it,
people settled down and became
farmers rather than hunter-
gatherers, leading to villages &
towns.
Beer was made as early as 9000
BC, and the straw (to be able to
drink the beer but not the dregs)
was invented about 2400 BC.
(Probably activists wanted to ban
the straw back in 2300 BC).
The two general categories of
beer are Lager and Ale,
depending on which type of yeast
is used for fermentation. Of
course, there are wide variations
of beer within each category, as
different ingredients such as grain,
hops, water, and other flavoring
ingredients can be used.
Troy is a graduate of the Beer
Judge Certification Program, and
has judged in many competitions
including the California State Fair
and the World Cup of Beer. Troy
judges beer in 34 categories of
beer, on how estery, grassy, light-
struck, metallic, oxidized, phenolic,
solvent, sour/acidic, surfury,
vegetal, and yeasty they are. He
passed around cups of Hofbrau
Octoberfest beer for us all to taste.
Troy never said “Chug-a-lug” even
once during the program.
Greeter/Invocators:
10/23 = Dianne Wilson
10/30 =
11/06 = Angelo Costanza
11/13 = Alka Mulakari
11/20 = Dave Kruegel
11/27 = Roger Gregory
12/04 = Linda May
12/13 = CLUB HOLIDAY PARTY
12/18 = Evie Michon
12/25 = CHRISTMAS DAY
~~ Cliff’s Corner ~~
A Russian Surprise
Among the many Rotary Clubs I have
had the privilege of chartering was a
Club in St. Petersburg, Russia. The
new Rotarians were very generous
with their time and spent a couple
days showing me highlights of their
beautiful city.
One visit was to the 600 bed
Children’s Hospital. As we drove up
to the building I rather assumed that
it was closed or in disuse, as I saw
knee-high grass growing and a very
neglected appearance. Inside I
observed nurses sitting in the hallway
ripping old sheets into rolls of
bandages, and rubber gloves hanging
on clothes lines waiting to be used
again. It was explained that this was
the largest pediatric hospital in all of
Russia. Various employees were
smoking as they walked through the
corridors. I was amazed at the
seemingly lack of sterile conditions.
As we walked into a large pediatric
room, I saw nearly 75 new born
infants in very modern incubators. I
was impressed with the first-class
appearance of the equipment. Then
my hospital host explained, “All of
this equipment is a gift from
Children’s Hospital of Oakland,
California. Without the help of
Rotary and supplies sent to us from
Oakland’s Children’s Hospital, we MORAGA ROTARY DIRECTORS 2018-2019
would have to close tomorrow!”
In those few minutes, I recalled the
President Ron Mucovich
times our children were growing up Co-Presidents-elect Debbie Koo & Evie
and had to be admitted to Oakland’s Michon
Past President Dianne Wilson
Children’s Hospital for minor injuries Co-Secretary Vickie Devlin & Evie
or illness and speculated, if by Michon
Treasurer Lad Lynch
chance, the equipment our kids Foundation Chair John Erickson
actually used could now be helping Youth Service Chair Rich Render
Public Relations Gary Irwin
youngsters on the other side of the Newsletter Editor Frank May
world. Community Service Tony Schoemehl
Chair
It was rewarding to know that Co-Chair, Barbara Bruner
valuable medical supplies and International
Services
equipment is being collected and Co-Chair, Linda May
shipped every day by many Rotary International
Services
Clubs of the United States to needy Membership Chair Debbie Koo
areas of the world. That’s real Director at Large Mary Sue Erickson
Director at Large Roger Gregory
“Service Above Self.” Director at Large Debbie Roessler
Advisor to the Board Jim Campbell
Advisor to the Board Cliff Dochterman

District Governor 5160 Jon Dwyer

President, Rotary Barry Rassin
International

Newsletter Editor – Gary Irwin