Kee-Notes

Weekly Newsletter of the Kiwanis Club of Bethesda, Maryland

Serving the Community Since 1945

Meeting Date: October 28, 2010

In keeping with President Jim Leder's goal to give everyone a chance to be President for the day, Ben Schlesinger. past president (1996-97), past Div. Lieutenant Governor (2000-01) opened the meeting with the pledge, singing of My Country 'Tis of Thee, and Reverend John Walker led us in prayer.  We had 15 people for lunch and many thanks to Ben Schlesinger for leading us today. Nice to see again John Walker, Ben Schlesinger, George Patterson, Tracy Miller, Shira Oler, and  Ann Black.

Announcements:

Bob Cressy talked about the LobsterFest. The Potomac Club is sponsoring sale of fresh live Maine Lobsters. Order before November 6 and pick up November 13th at parking lot of A.N. Miller office located at the corner of Falls Road and River Road. The lobsters are $13.00 each -- call Nancy Cressy at 301-340-9265 and make check payable to Kiwanis Club of Potomac. Nancy's address is 12409 Frost Court, Potomac, MD  20854.  President Jim Leder needs your help to act as President for at least one meeting- if you don't volunteer he will be calling you to sign up.

Ben talked about his recent trips to China to visit his son who is a Fulbright scholar and has become fluent in Chinese. Beijing is modern city with skyscrapers, bad traffic with lots of cars (few bikes). He described China as a nice minimum security prison -- they censor wireless internet (no New York Times available as an example). His son recommended to eat from street vendors rather than purchase any wrapped food in a store -- the vendors  know their customers and take great care to keep food safe. Bribes are helpful to get goods and services such as the internet. Most people do not speak English even though English is taught in the  schools. Ben related that he and his wife got into a cab and the driver noted they spoke English and he popped a cassette tape into the player and voice spoke in English: "Welcome to your cab your driver's name is ......" and of course the driver did not understand a word from the tape. Fascinating talk.

Happy Dollars:

Ben Schlesinger 2 HD glad to be back as President for a day. Pat Tiede HD for Ben Schlesinger and for last Saturday's Potomac Day.  Bob Cressy, Nancy Cressy, Ann Black and Jim Leder were participants along with members from the Kiwanis Club of Potomac. Jeanne Smith HD for the birth of Shira Oler's first grandson.  Shira Oler HD for her grandson Jack Oler who lives in Virginia, HD for Suburban Hospital's approval by the Montgomery County Council for their expansion plan.  Ann Black HD for Potomac Day.  Ann Black, Pat Tiede and Nancy Cressy wore orange vests as parade marshals to keep pedestrian's out of the street away from all the horses and other vehicles.  The parents were bigger offenders than the children. Jim Leder also attended and answered questions about the Miracle League.  Another HD for her youngest daughter, Carrie, who has a fabulous career in California.  You can check out her website at carriegallison.com.   John Walker HD for Ben.  Bob Cressy HD for Nancy as President of the Potomac club and a HD for the Lobster Fest sponsored by the club. Tracy Miller HD for Shira Oler and another HD  for the upcoming Turkey Chase.  Pat Norry- HD for her grandchildren.

carrie gallison Like many Southern Californians, Carrie is an East Coast transplant, lured to the West Coast by the sun, surf and killer lifestyle.  Hailing from Silver Spring, Maryland, Carrie made the journey to San Diego, CA after graduating from Goucher College with a degree in History.   Inspired by the writing and acting from the British Comedy  “Absolutely Fabulous” , Carrie traded in her dead end desk job for the bright lights of Hollywood.

Trained by film legends such as director Garry Marshall, and on groundbreaking films such as "Traffic" and "Antwone Fisher" with directors Steven Soderbergh and Denzel Washington, Carrie understands what it takes to produce projects in a fast paced, ever changing, constantly demanding environment.    Carrie’s worked on a wide range of film and video projects, from Disney’s feature film  Princess Diaries II, to VH-1’s Made for TV Movie, Play’d.  She has acted in Peace Officer Standards and training videos, managed independent films, and assistant directed ESPN's Great Outdoor Games.

Ann Black's Daughter

  

Scott Brewer won the 50/50.

.                                                            SPECIAL NOTE: 

Our regular meeting dates

will be every second and fourth Thursday. 

Watch the calendar and check your emails for notification

of meetings from secretary Pat Tiede.

  *****
Editor - GEORGE PATTERSON (301-652-7061, geopatersn@aol.com)
Website Editor - PAT TIEDE (301-493-6937, patriciatiede@comcast.net)

Website Advisor - BEN SCHLESINGER (301-951-7266, bschles@bsaenergy.com)