Volume 6 Issue 36 – June 13th, 2019

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District Governor
Winton “Win” Schoneman“Making a Difference in our Local and Global Communities”

President
Alexander “Alex” Kanamu

The strength of our Club lies in its members

Hurricane Preparedness that
Turned into a Trip Report
Service Above Self – Making a Difference

June is Rotary Fellowship Month!
Rotary Fellowships are international groups that share
a common passion. Being part of a fellowship is a fun
way to make friends around the world, explore ahobby or profession, and enhance your Rotary
experience.

How do I join a Fellowship?
Fellowships are open to Rotarians, family members,
and program participants and alumni. You can contact
a fellowship directly by using the links below.

How do I form a Fellowship?
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Read this Guide
Fellowships.

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Find others interested in the topic:for

Prospective

Rotary•Join a discussion group or start a new one.
It's a great way to share your interest withother members.

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Use Rotary’s presence on Facebook, Twitter,and LinkedIn to promote your idea.

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Attend the Rotary International Convention orother Rotary events.

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Reach out to district leadership in othercountries to build membership.

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Apply for official recognition using this online
form.
Explore our fellowships

Explore Fellowship groups?
Interested in a particular subject? Visit the group's
website or email it to learn more.

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Editor – PP Geoff Horvath

4x4 vehicles
Amateur Radio
Antique Automobiles
Beer
Bird Watching
Bowling
Canoeing
Caravanning
Chess
Computer Users
Convention Goers
Corporate Social Responsibility
CricketCruising
Curling
Cycling
Doctors
Doll Lovers
Draughts (Checkers)
E-Clubs
Educators
Environment
Esperanto
EthicsEuropean Philosophy
Fishing
Flying
Genealogists
Go
Golf
Gourmet Cooking

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HikingHome Exchange
Honorary Consuls
Horseback Riding
Internet
Italian Culture
Jazz
Latin Culture
Lawyers
Magicians
Magna Graecia
Marathon Running
Metalhead
Military Veterans
MotorcyclingMusic
Old and Rare Books
Past District Governors
Photographers
Police and Law Enforcement
Quilters and Fiber Artists
Railroads
Recreational Vehicles
Rotary Global History
Rotary Heritage and History
Rotary Means BusinessRotary on Pins
Rotary on Stamps
RowingRussian Culture
Scouting
Shooting Sport
Singles
SkiingSocial Networks
Surfing
Table Tennis
TennisRI President: Barry Rassin
District: Win Schoneman
Asst Dist Govr: Doreen Higa
Club President: Alex Kanamu
PP: Lilette Subedi
President Elect: Keoni Ahlo
Exec Secretary: Alison Dela Pena
Recording Secretary: Rene Mansho
Treasurer: Kate Butts
Sergeant-at-Arms: Dr. Carver Wilcox
Asst Sergeant-at-Arms: Austin Kanamu

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• Total Quality Management• Travel and Hosting• Water Polo
• Wellness and Fitness• Whisk(e)y• Wine• Yachting• Yoga• Young Rotarians
Next week, we will explore some of the unique Fellows

Jackie Barnes

PP Geoff Horvath

Oli – No Oli today

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The 2019 HRYF Scholarship Luncheon will be held
July 27 at the Ala Moana Hotel. We are able to havethis luncheon because of donations from two HRYF
supporters. All of the Scholarship Reps for the 2019
year are invited to attend. If any other Club members
would like to attend, the cost will be approximately$45. The Scholarship winners for Oahu (and a parent
or guardian) have been sent an email inviting them tothe luncheon.
PP Geoff Horvath contributed $40, online, to HRYF,
for his trip report. (See below Program)

Recognitions for the week ending June 16th, 2019.

Dan Peters – Father of one of our Club Scholars –Guest of the Club
Nahoku Ahlo – Wife and guest of PE Keoni Ahlo

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Spouse’s Birthday

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Anniversaries

Hawaii Rotary YouthFoundation (HRYF)
PP Geoff provided an update on making donations to
HRYF.
YOU CAN NOW CONTRIBUTE ONLINE! It is easy!

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Log on to Rotary District 5000 website,
https://www.rotaryd5000.org/• Select “Our Services” dropdown menu
• Select “Youth Services”• Select “Hawaii Rotary Youth Foundation”,
https://www.hawaiirotaryyouthfoundation.org/• Select ”Donate” fill out the required information,
submit
You will receive two e-mails. One thanking you for yourcontribution, the other, your receipt.
After making your donations, which are tax deductible,
please notify your Club HRYF Chair (me) so we canrecord your donations.

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HI

Doc Carver gave a HI $5 for the privilege of telling ajoke!
Kate Butts gave a HI $5 because she was fined by PP
Oran Spotts. Kate had the misfortune of receiving an

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incoming call on her cell She says she is not going to sit
next to Oran again!
Kate also applied part of her HI $5 for a recent trip
she made to Mount Ka’ala, with her dog training group.
She said that the folks put them to work pulling out
blackberry bushes. It was hard work!
Jackie Barnes gave a HI $5 for being at our meeting
today. Also, Jackie told us it is the anniversary of her
returning to Hawaii
Dan Peters gave a HI $5 in appreciation of his
Daughter, Anna, receiving a club scholarship.
Anna couldn’t make it today because she, her Mom andyounger Sister, are in Taiwan taking care of her
Grandparents
Dan told us on the drive back to Waialua, after theinterview, telling her father of the “arduous” interview.
She also mentioned the interview panel suggesting that,once on campus, the check and see if they have a
Rotoract club she could join.
While in high school, Anna was in the Air Force ROTC
program. She also speaks Mandurian!

Alison Kanamu gave a HI $5 for everyone being at
our meeting, which was held in Dots’ Dining Room.as
President Alex gave a HI $5 for PE Keoni coming up
with a setup and takedown signup sheet, to share theload of setting up and breaking down for the meetings.
Marie Abatayo gave a HI $5 in honor of PP Doc
McKenzie wearing his Flag Day socks in recognition ofthis special day.
Derek Conselva gave a HI $5 for being at the meeting
today. He has been very busy lately, so was glad tomake the meeting.

ROTARY MINUTE
Room 711, Rotary’s Birthplace
The number 711 has a very special significance forRotary. Room 711 of the old Unity Building, formerly
located at 127 North Dearborn Street in downtown
Chicago, Illinois, USA, was the birthplace of RotaryInternational. That historic room, which was the officeof engineer Gus Loehr, was the location of that firstmeeting when Paul Harris met with several friends todiscuss his new idea of a club for professionals andbusinessmen.

Dan Peters giving his HI $5

Dan told us that in their freshman year, students haveto do so many hours of community service. Rotaract
would be one of the was to meet this requirement. She
also told her dad that at the end of the interview, she
received names and phone numbers of doctors she
could contact regarding majoring in medicine inuniversity. After telling us that Anna has been admitted
to a “Boston” university, he spilled the beans and told
us that Anna has been excepted to Harvard!
PE Keoni Ahlo gave a HI $3 for President Alex andAustin Kanamu coming to the rescue of his Daughter
Paige’s and Son KJ’s rescue! They were on their way
to Sandy Beach when their car started to steam. Being
the akamai kids, they were, they immediately pulled
over. They called dad for advice. Keoni in turn called
Alex for assistance, which was provided. This story had
a great ending! Since Keoni was short $2, President
Alex added another $2 to make it a full HI $5!
Keoni also informed us that his lovely Best Half Nahoku
was just elected as the Wahiawa Lions Club President!

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A few Chicago Rotarians set about to preserve theroom and restore it to its 1905 authenticity. For years,
Room 711 was preserved as a miniature Rotarymuseum by Rotarians around the world who voluntarily
belonged to and contributed annually to the “PaulHarris 711 Club,” which provided funds for leasing,maintenance and preservation. In 1989, the Unity
Building was about to be torn down. Members of the
711 Club carefully dismantled the landmark room andplaced its contents in storage. There it stayed until
1994, when the recreated Room 711 found apermanent home, and this piece of the Rotary heritageis preserved at the RI World Headquarters in Evanston.

See below in the Program, with pictures!

white man, who had been sentenced to a year in prison
in Virginia for marrying each other. Their marriage
violated Virginia's Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which
criminalized marriage between people classified as"white" and people classified as “colored”.
Flag Day – PP Doc McKenzie was wearing some
unusual socks today. Marie Abatayo filled us in on justwhat they were. They were the stripes of our Flag! Sheinformed us that tomorrow, Jun3 14 is Flag Day.

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Doc Carver Wilcox informed us that on June 12, 1967,
the Supreme Court passed a decision to end the ban
on interracial marriages.
Interracial marriage laws
Interracial marriage in the United States has been fully
legal in all U.S. states since the 1967 Supreme Court
decision that deemed anti-miscegenation laws
unconstitutional, with many states choosing tolegalize interracial marriage at much earlier dates.

Associated Press

Richard and Mildred Loving

Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), was a landmark
decision of the U. S. Supreme court which struck down
all state laws banning interracial marriages as
violations of the Equal Protection and Due Process
Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U. S.
Constitution. The case was brought by Mildred Loving(née Jeter), a woman of color, and Richard Loving, aRotary – 114 Years of Service to the World!

June 14th - In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated
on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of
the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777 byresolution of the Second Continental Congress.

The History of Flag Day
The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as
America's birthday, but the idea of an annual day
specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to havefirst originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher,arranged for the pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin
Public School, District 6, to observe June 14 (the 108th
anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars andStripes) as 'Flag Birthday'. In numerous magazines andnewspaper articles and public addresses over thefollowing years, Cigrand continued to enthusiasticallyadvocate the observance of June 14 as 'Flag Birthday',or 'Flag Day'.
On June 14, 1889, George Balch, a kindergarten
teacher in New York City, planned appropriate
ceremonies for the children of his school, and his ideaof observing Flag Day was later adopted by the State
Board of Education of New York. On June 14, 1891,
the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia held a Flag Day
celebration, and on June 14 of the following year, the
New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution,celebrated Flag Day.
In 1894, the governor of New York directed that onJune 14 the Flag be displayed on all public buildings.
With BJ Cigrand and Leroy Van Horn as the moving
spirits, the Illinois organization, known as the American
Flag Day Association, was organized for the purposeof promoting the holding of Flag Day exercises. On

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June 14th, 1894, under the auspices of this association,
the first general public school children's celebration of
Flag Day in Chicago was held in Douglas, Garfield,
Humboldt, Lincoln, and Washington Parks, with morethan 300,000 children participating.
Adults, too, participated in patriotic programs. Franklin
K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, delivered a 1914
Flag Day address in which he repeated words he said
the flag had spoken to him that morning: "I am what
you make me; nothing more. I swing before your eyes
as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself."
Inspired by these three decades of state and local
celebrations, Flag Day - the anniversary of the Flag
Resolution of 1777 - was officially established by the
Proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson on May
30th, 1916. While Flag Day was celebrated in various
communities for years after Wilson's proclamation, it
was not until August 3rd, 1949, that President Truman
signed an Act of Congress designating June 14th ofeach year as National Flag Day. USFlag.org

Wonder Christmas party. Thanks to Rene Mansho for
passing this information to us.
Jul 27 - 2019 HRYF Scholarship Luncheon at the Ala
Moana Hotel.
Ongoing – Jack in the Box Fundraiser. Each member
will be given 10 tickets ($100) to sell.

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Well, what started out to be a trip report turned into
the major program! PE Keoni Ahlo was going togive us a briefing on Hurricane Preparedness. Since
the trip report covered 21 days, it went on for awhile!

PP Geoff Horvath’s Trip Report

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To Be DeterminedJun 27 – Joint Presidential Inductions
Jun 28 – Teddy’s Bigger Burgers Wahiawa
fundraiser. Teddy’s is hosting community organizations
to visit their business from 10am – 10pm to tellcustomer what your organization is all about and how
they serve within the community. In recognition of theseorganizations participating in this program, Teddy’s
will donate a percentage of their take for those 12
hours! This contribution could be put toward our Al

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Our trip started on May 15th in Honolulu, and ended
on June 7th in Gdansk, Poland, near the Baltic Sea. The
main purpose of this trip was to visit our Austrian
Ohana, and attend our Austrian Godson’s confirmationin Linz, Austria, the third largest city in Austria and is
two hours southwest of Vienna. We were in Linz for two
weeks, so did a lot of sightseeing in the area, before
and after the confirmation.

Conformation Ceremony

While in Linz, we had an opportunity of visiting anauthentic Austrian farm with cows from Croatia, swine
and chickens, drinking hard cider and schnapps;

Museum with medieval armor and weapons
Authentic Austrian fam

take in a special Czech festival at the Linz Platz, where
they had booths with authentic food, woodworking,and armor making;

PP Geoff and Margery at an Authentic Austrian fam

Czech Festival participants

visiting the Linzer Schloss, in the heart of Linz where
they had an exhibit on WWII, medieval furniture,
weapons, dress, and religious statues;

visit an asparagus/spargel farm (asparagus/spargel
was in season), purchasing white and green
asparagus.

PP Geoff and Margery at a Spargel farm

Model of Linzer Schloss

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then walked to the club, which was in the Hotel ParkInn.
I was told by one of the members, that I was the first
Rotarian visitor from Hawaii!

Fresh white spargel

visiting and having lunch at a village that was restored
to the way it was back in the 1400’s in Wintersdorf,
Austria.

The Club President, Hermann Sikora gave me a very
warm welcome and made all of us feel at home. By allof us, I mean my Wife Margery, our Godson’s parents,
Gerold Holzer, an Insurance Broker, his Wife, Daniela
Strolz-Holzer, a business consultant.

Restored village Wintersdorf, Austria

L to R, Gerold Holzer, Margery Kanahele, Daniela
Strolz-Holzer, and club member

Wintersdorf Village

While in Linz, I was able to attend a makeup meetingwith the Rotary Club of Linz, which was charted in
1927. One of the members in attendance that day wasborn on the exact date of the club’s Charter.
I was searching for a club in Linz that was near to where
we were staying and the RC of Linz met that
requirement. We took the bus down town to the Platz,

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It is a small world we live in. Daniela assisted me in mye-mail with Hermann. When she found out Hermann’s
name, she did a search on the internet and found outthat Hermann is a well-known IT/Cyber professor.
When she found this out, she called one of her longtime
friends and asked her if she heard of Professor
Hermann Sikora. She replied, “Yes!” “I wouldn’t be
where I am today if it was not for Professor Sikora.”
He thought her all she needed to know to become a
specialist in her field! When Daniela was introduced to
the Club President, she passed on this information toHermann.
Added to this was, I told Gerold to meet us for lunch,and only gave him the location. When Gerold walked
in, he was surprised that he was attending a Rotary
meeting. Soon after arriving, he recognized a collogue
he went to law school with 20 years ago! It was very
interesting how all this took place.

There was no guest speaker for that day, so I was able
to address the club and tell them about our Club.

20 Zlotys. With the rate of exchange of about 4 Zlotys
to one US Dollar, it came to about $5!
After getting settled in, we walked down by the river
front, which was really clean and neat, then up to theold town. We didn’t want to do too much, since wewould be meeting up with our guide the next day. The
old city was reconstructed from old plans, after been
completely destroyed in WWII, so the insides of thebuildings were up-to-date, while keeping the charm of
old Warsaw on the outside.

Front row, Club President Hermann Sikora, PP Geoff
Back row, Gerold Holzer and former classmate

I told them that we were the third oldest club in Hawaii
District 5000, and located in the middle of the pine andsugar cane industry, covering Wahiawa and the North
Shore. I gave them the definition of Wahiawa (Placeof Thunder and Waialua (Two Waters), and told themthat royalty was born in a special place in Wahiawa.
After my talk, I invited them to the 2020 International
Convention, being held in Honolulu.
After the confirmation, we departed to Warszawa(Warsaw), Poland, by train. We left from Linz, thenwere to catch a connection in Vienna. Well, we wereat the track the train was supposed to leave from, but
it never came in. We later found out that it did comein, but on a different track, which was not announced!
After a trial with the Austrian rail company and acouple of calls from Daniela, we were finally able toget a night train to Warsaw. It was a sleeper, so smallthat it was difficult for three people trying to movearound in the, with all our luggage! There were threebunkbeds, so being the only male in the group, I was
assigned the top bunk. The only problem with that was,there were no ladders to get up there, so I had to beinnovative in getting up, which was no easy task, since
there were no grab bars or grab holds. Of course, thatwas the night I had to make a couple of trips to thebathroom!
We got into Warsaw the next morning, and were
trying to figure out how to get out of the train stationand get a taxi to get to our hotel. I went up and talked
to a security guard who told us we had to take theelevator down. When we get down to the main floor,
we were still disoriented, so a nice Polish man came up
and, grabbed one of our suitcases, and said, “Follow
me!” He led us to out of the train station and got us
hooked up with a taxi van. The ride was long, but thesights were great. We finally arrived at our hotel, theWarsaw River Front next to the Vistula River. When I
asked the cab driver how much we owed, he gestured

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The Vistula River walk

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Warsaw – The Old City

technology changes, they run DNA tests to find out asmuch about Chopin as they can.
We toured old castles with large estates, the Monte
Casino memorial, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,
walked up a tower with 569 steps, participated in ademonstration put on by doctors, nurses and medical
technicians, toured churches, and ate a lot of great Polis
food, at unbelievable prices!
After spending three days in Warsaw, we drove, with
our guide, Mike, up to the historical city of Gdańsk,which is on the Baltic coast.
Gdańsk is steeped in history, from the Teutonic Knights,
to the start of WWII, to the Solidarity Movement, led
by Lech Wałęsa, and the Amber capital of the world.
While there we took the time to visit the largest castle
in the world, the Malbork Castle, the Castle of the
Teutonic Order in Malbork, built during the 13 century.

Old City

On Saturday, June 1st, we met up with our guide, Mike.
He took us all over Warsaw telling us the history of thecity and the Polish people.
One of the unique things about Warsaw is, Chopin istheir main Music man! They have benches that play hismusic throughout the old city. All you have to do is press
a button and listen to beautiful music while resting.

Malbork Castle along the Nogal River

The castle was never captured during all the wars, but
was sold back to the Polish royalty.
One of the neat things about all the tours we went on,
is the portable recorders you take with you. They arehooked up to a GPS system, so the unit knew where you
are at all times and kept up on what you are looking
at. If you stopped or went in another direction, it would
start up again at your current location.

Musical bench that plays Chopin music

To make a long trip report short, we toured the Jewish
Museum, which had the entire history of the Jews in
Poland from medieval times. We toured the church
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Malbork Castle

All in all, it was a great trip from start to finish! We will
be going back to Poland next trip to Linz, making it ourseventh visit to Austria, and third trip to Poland.

Ace of Hearts

Tour guides for organized tours dressed in period costumes

The highlight of the trip was touring the Solidarity
Museum. Which was well done and again, with theportable recording guide, we were able to learn allabout the movement from start to today.

Our Club Secretary, Alison Kanamu had the rightnumber, but was unable to locate the Ace of Hearts inthe deck! We were about to change it to the Ace ofSpades, when lo and behold, Alison found the Ace ofHearts.
After all that trouble, Alison drew the Seven of Clubs!

RCWW Derek Conselva signing in

Alison Kanamu with the Seven of Clubs
This is where the Solidarity Movement started(Go to our Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/groups/96286297
3749303/ to view all pictures.)

The Solidarity Movement Museum

While in Gdańsk, I came down with something that I
had to see a doctor about. With the assistance of ourguide, I was able to see a doctor and get some
antibiotics. The total cost of the doctor’s visit was 100
zlotys ($40), and for the three meds, 10 zlotys ($4)!

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Club Secretary Alison Kanamu

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Jackie Barnes
Kate Butts with her HI $5

Pineapple by

PE Keoni Ahlo
New Head table

PP Doc McKenzie and Marie Abatayo
New Venue in Dot’s dining room

How do you shut da music off!
Special Guest, Dan Peters

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Doc Carver Wilcox telling his HI $5 jokeSpecial Guest, incoming Wahiawa Lions Club
President, Nahoku Ahlo

President Alex Kanamu
President Alex displaying two new awards, Public
Image Excellence and Club Growth Excellence

PE Keoni Ahlo with a HI $3
PE Keoni Ahlo introducing the new Wahiawa LionsClub President, wife Nahoku

PP Doc McKenzie’s Flag Day sox

Full house

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Eh, where is the Ace of Hearts?!
PE Keoni Ahlo with his HI $3

HO, no Ace of Hearts!
President Alex with his HI $5

Jackie Barnes reading the Ace of Hearts lucky number
Ace of Hearts located, now for the final shuffle

That’s my number!!
Special Guest, Dan Peters

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