Due to an afternoon power
MORAGA
ROTARY
NEWSLETTER
June 11, 2019
Next Celebration: June 18, 2019
Noon: Moraga Country Club
Speaker: Steve Leavell – Some
USS Hornet History
Greeter/Invoc: John Erickson
Upcoming Programs:
*June 25: Demotion party
July 2 – Putnam Clubhouse
*July 9 – John Fenolio: Boy Scouts
July 16 – TBD
July 23 – TBD
July 30 – Canine Companions
* Dinner Meeting at 6PM
The meeting was called to order
by President Ron Mucovich, and
the Greeter/Invocator, Tony
Schoemehl, read eight life
principles of George Washington
Carver, and led the Pledge to the
Flag. Guests attending were Fran
Rathjen, a previous Moraga
Rotarian, who has applied for
membership in our Club, and Bill
Eames, a visiting Rotarian who
visits his home club occasionally.
outage, MCC was unable to
provide a dinner, so President
Ron quickly arranged for pizza
and salad from Moraga Round
Table Pizza (a Business Group
member).
Robert Maurer & Lesli Fellman with Ron
~~RECOGNITIONS ~~
Mike McCluer recently returned
from a 2+ week trip to the
Philippines, where he had a good
time but didn’t attend any Rotary
meetings there. The Wheel hit
him up for just $10.
~~HAPPY BUCKS ~~
Wow, were Rotarians happy
tonight! President Ron led off
with a High Five for Debbie
Roessler’s capable job filling in as
President for two weeks, and
another High Five for Jennifer
Brophy’s earning her blue badge
so quickly. His wife Yelena’s
broken wrist has been surgically
augmented by a plate and eight nephew who graduated from
screws, and he celebrated his Alameda HS.
birthday on May 26 in a doc’s
waiting room.

Lou Roessler gave a High Five

for his birthday gift from Deb—a
flight in an antique B-24 bomber . .
. . Bill Eames gave an HB for his
birthday ending with “4”.

Lad Lynch gave a High Five for

the UCLA women’s softball team
who won their 12th national
championship, giving UCLA
athletics a total of 118 national
championships. (but who’s
counting?). . . . Dianne Wilson
gave a High Five for the way the
Sierra Leone project is working
out—beautifully, she says after a
conference call among the
principals.
Debbie Koo gave $20 for her and
Brian’s great experience at the
Rotary International Convention in
Hamburg, Germany. It was busy
and exciting! They will provide a
program to the Club in July about
their experiences. The next RI
Convention is in Honolulu, which
obviously is a great venue for it.
Fran Rathjen gave a HB for her
grandson who graduated from
Campolindo, and a sad buck for a
daughter moving to Ohio. . . .
Jennifer Brophy gave a HB for a
Lou Roessler’s view from the B-24
~~ANNOUNCEMENTS~~
Treasurer Lad was happy to
receive lots of checks and signups
for the Demotion Party dinner on
Tuesday June 25 at MCC. The
price is $35 per person, so please
get your checks in promptly so
that we can get a head count to
MCC. You may also bring your
own wine, with $10 corkage (or
screwage) fee in cash to Lad.
Rich Render announced that the
winners of the three scholarships
which we award to Campolindo
graduating seniors will attend our
Club meeting next week.
~~ PROGRAM ~~
Debbie Roessler introduced
Robert Maurer and Lesli
Fellman, both Moraga residents
who are advocates of the TIGAR
program for improved diagnosis
and treatment for people with Greeter/Invocator Schedule
diabetes. Generally, people with
diabetes have 17 years of lower 6/25 TBD
quality life, and 10 years of actual
life less than those not afflicted.
Coming Events
TIGAR works on the premise that
diabetes is a result of some other • June 25 – Moraga Rotary Demotion
disease or condition in the patient, Party at MCC.
• July 27 Afternoon - Cliff Dochterman
and that situation has must be Luncheon Celebrating 60 Years of
treated along with the diabetes. Rotary Service at the Serbian Center,
Current diabetes medications do School Street, Moraga
not do this. Research has found
that of the 800+ blood markers,
the TIGAR algorithm can just
focusing on 7 of them to yield
comprehensive diagnoses and
recommendations for treatment.

TIGAR has been used for about

14,000 patients with Type 2
diabetes, with many successful
outcomes. It is not currently
useful for children. Generally,
several TIGAR reports are needed
as a patient’s treatment
progresses, and many medical
insurance companies have not
agreed to pay for each report
which costs $175 each.

Raffle: Ann Damaschino won

$10, following Doug’s $10 ticket
last week, but neither drew the
lucky marble.

All are invited: Moraga Rotary

Board meeting is scheduled for
next Tuesday, June 18 at 5:30 at
Moraga Royale.
 MORAGA ROTARY DIRECTORS 2018-2019

President Ron Mucovich

Co-Presidents-elect Debbie Koo & Evie Michon
Past President Dianne Wilson
Co-Secretary Vickie Devlin & Evie Michon
Treasurer Lad Lynch
Foundation Chair John Erickson
Youth Service Chair Rich Render
Public Relations Gary Irwin
Newsletter Editor Frank May
Community Service Chair Tony Schoemehl
Co-Chair, International Services Barbara Bruner
Co-Chair, International Services Linda May
Membership Chair Debbie Koo
Director at Large Mary Sue Erickson
Director at Large Roger Gregory
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