SERVICE ABOVE SELF • Volume LXV Number 22 - 05 January 2013
The Rotary Club of Baguiomeets at the Baguio Country Club
every Saturday at 12:30 pmwww.rcbaguio.org
DJC Bulletin
05 January 2012
PRELUDE P H A S E
January is Rotary
Awareness Month
The Four-Way Test Of the things we think, say or do.1. Is it the truth?2. Is it fair to all concerned?3. Will it build goodwill and
better friendships?4. Will it be beneficial to all
concerned?
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12:00 Fellowship 12:30 Call to Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pres. Libby Fernandez Invocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rtn. Gary Que Lo Ang Pambansang Awit Rotary Hymn 12:40 Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rtn. Marcel Badua 12:50 Intro of VR and G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PP Diony Claridad 12:55 Finest Moments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rtn. Pam Perkins 1:00 RaffleDraw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sec. Baby Kaur 1:10 RotaryInformation: RI World Headquarters/More Rotary Firsts / Sec. Baby 1:20 Members’ Time 1:25 President’s Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pres. Libby Fernandez 1:30 Intro of GHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ir. Atom Mendalla 1:35 Guest of Honor and Speaker 1:55 Open Forum 2:05 Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PP Benny Sunga 2:10 Pilipinas Kong Mahal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Everyone) 2:15 Adjournment
Program Coordinator PP Doming ValenciaRetrospector Rtn. Herb MeadowsGreeter Rtn. Bennie Laranang
Today’s Programme
Guest of Honor and Speaker
Lissa Romero de GuiaBreath and Wellness
InsIde The CanaoInside The Canao . . . . . . . . . . . .1President’s Corner . . . . . . . . . . .2GHSProfile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3RotaryInformation . . . . . . . . . . .3In Retrospect . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4CommitteeUpdates . . . . . . . . . .5Secretary’sUpdate . . . . . . . . . . .6
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ROTARY YEAR 2012-13
Sakuji TanakaPresident Rotary International
Tony BautistaDistrict Governor District 3790
Kenneth SoAssistant Governor Cluster 1-C
Rotary Club of Baguio
THE PEACE OFFICERS and BOARD of DIRECTORS
Elizabeth Rillera-FernandezPresident
Chris FaelnarVice-President
Gormito “Baby” KaurSecretary
Marilyn BarredoTreasurer
Bennie LaranangAuditor
Uwe KoellerDirector for Club Administration
President Elect
David ReesDirector for The Rotary Foundation
Corazon OcampoDirector of Community Service A
Albert TalcoDirector of Community Service B
Alma Teresa MendallaDirector Membership Development
Evangeline MarananDirector of Public Relations
Mark Kenneth FloresDirector
Florence BayquenImmediate Past President
Lito PangilinanJun Bondoc
Sergeant-at-Arms
Dionisio ClaridadVicenia “Veeh” Balajo
Advisers
Peace Through ServicePres. Libby Fernandez
PresIdenT’s Corner
HappyNewYear!Myappreciationandgratitudetoallourmemberswhosenttheirholidaygreetingsofinspiration,hope,challenge,cooperationandsupport!
Inspirationindeed!OurClubjoinedtheClusterandgavejoyandblessingsto children at the Lingap Center, La Trinidad, Benguet. Likewise, two (2)chosenfamiliesatLucnabBarangay,weregiventheirNewYearbountyastheyearunfolded.Itwasfulfillingtoshareourgiftsandgracestoothers.
AsweenterthesecondsemesterofRY2012-2013term,letuslookbackand seehow farwehavegone in so faras theClubgoals. Essentiallywehave successfully accomplished our target projects rendering service to ourfellowmen. Throughthefive(5)avenuesofservice,wehavereachedcommunitiesmaking a difference in people’s lives. Thiswe have done inpartnershipwithourgenerousanduntiringpartners.ToAboitizandHedcor,to our RCCs, Rotaractors , Interactors and our beloved Rotary Anns, ourheartfelt thanks. Definitely, the continuous and selfless cooperation andsupport of our members, led by the committed members of the Board,madeallthepositiveandmeaningfulresultspossible.Forthis,wearetrulygrateful!!
Wetakethenextstepsandourresponsibilitiesareinfinite.Thechallengeand the gift of self are defined by the Rotary calendar –committed untilneeded! And we are here to stay!
Sowemake it a little easy for TreasurerMarilynBarredo, nowPN,bycompletingourSARwhichisdueonorbeforeJanuary31,2013.Makeherroundstrulyproductive.Afterall, sheneverrunsoutof bigsmiles forusguys!
WedohaveimportantDistrictactivitiesasthestartoftheyear-allintheCityofBaguio.Weencourageourmemberstoparticipateandhavefun.
Theactivitiesare:
January11,2013–DistrictGovernorTonyBautistaInterClusterBowlingFellowshipatthePuyat Sports, Baguio Centermall and OlympianLanes,BaguioCityat1:00pm.
January 11, 2012 – 3RD Leg of Governor Tony Bautista Open GolfTournamentatBaguioCountryClub,Baguio City
January12,2012-CandidatesForum,BaguioCountryClub,2:00o’clockintheafternoon.
January12,2012MidyearReview,BaguioCountryClub,3:00o’clockintheafternoon.
JanuaryisRotaryAwarenessmonth–LetusknowwhatisgoingonintheRotary world!
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roTary InformaTIonWhy?PP Ron Nethercutt TRF Major Donor RC Mabalacat D 3790 Philippines
ThewordWHYonlyhasthreeletters,butmaybeoneof the most important words in the English vocabulary. IthasequivalentsinSpanish,French,German,Italian,Tagalog,andofcourseotherlanguages.Whatthenistheimportanceofsuchashortword?Usuallywelendimportance to much longer words. So why did I use Why? as the topic of this email.Let’sstartwithafewsimplequestionsusingthatquestioningwordWHY.WHY did you join Rotary? WHYdidyoucontinuetoremaininRotary?WHYdoyoufeelRotaryisanimportantorganization?WHYdoyouregularlyattendmeetingsofyourRotaryclub?WHYdoyouplayanactivepartinyourRotaryclub?WHY do provide service to your club/district as an elected officer?WHYdoyouattendyourdistrictseminars,workshops,and conferences? WHYdoyouattendRotaryInternationalconventions?WHY did you volunteer your services or contribute financiallytoRotary?WHY did you recruit other to join your Rotary club?WHYdoyoureadyourRotarypublications?DidyounoticeIsaid“simplequestions”whenaskingyouaboutWHY?OK,Iadmit,noneofthemaresimplequestions,andtheremightbenosingleorcorrectanswertosomeofthem.Aswebegintoend,andthatiscomplexverbiageitself,theyear2012,wemightreflecton WHY we do many of the things we do. WhilealloftheabovequestionsdealwithRotary,wecanask WHY to many of our choices. Some reasons might be based on what was accepted by our parents as good manners,politeness,personalsafety,oracceptablefamilystandards.Laterwelearnedrulesandregulationsthatwereappliedbytheeducationalinstitutionsweattended.Then we learned to abide by those governmental standards and laws. Hopefully those rules were established with logic and not arbitrarily applied? What was implied by my asking WHY to the choices you made. Choices are one of the most important opportunitieswehave.Whilecountrieshavedifferentregulationsintheirgovernment,religions,cultures,allof them avail us of important choices. It is what we do with those choices that decide what type of person we become.Doweinitiateorrespond?Areweproactiveorreactive?Asweend2012,youareinvitedtoreflectonhowyouanswerthequestionspresentedinmyopening.
Lissa Romero de Guia is a former musical theater performer who studied acting in HB Studio in NewYork and enjoyed a ten-year career in Germany and England playing lead roles in Miss Saigon, Josephand the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and RENT. She graduated from theAteneodeManilaUniversitywith a degree in Social Science, and is a Frank LynchSocial Science Awardee. Lissa is a freelance writer who has been published in major broadsheets and Esquire Philippines, Town&Country and EntrepreneurMagazine, and had a stint as editor-in-chief of CAREMagazine. She has authored two books, the firstone a biography of her maternal grandfather Dr. Paulino J.Garcia,whowasSecretaryofHealthunderPresidents RamonMagsaysay and FerdinandMarcos,andappointedfirstChairmanof theNational Scienceand Development Board by President Carlo P. Garcia. A counselor-in-training at Reintegration for Care andWholenessFoundationanda juniorcorporate trainorfor TrainstationManila, she has also done volunteerworkfortheArtofLivingFoundation,providingtraumarelief for the survivors of Typhoon Sendong in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City. She now lives in Baguio with her husband Kidlat de Guia.
Lissa Romero de GuiaBreath and Wellness
Ghs ProfIle
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The Rotakids enjoyed their prizes from the parlor games.
Who’syourbaby?Rtn.Jodyashewasgettingreadytoannounce his baby for the kris kringle. Assisted by Rtn. Pam
whoco-organizedtheexchangegifts.
Youlikefamiliar?RKAndyrecievedhisChrsitmasgiftfromanotsohumungousSantaClaus-note,thisSantaClausmay
actually know if Andy was indeed nice that year.
All ye ‘kenkoys!’ Punishing the club to look at the camera andsmile,myapparatustocapturethemomentdidnot
actually went into vain. Thanks RC Baguio!
The Christmas Party15 December 2012Rtn. Marcel Badua, EIC
In reTrosPeCT
Treats galore!
Themerrymakingandfun,notonlydidthekidshadfun but almost everybody enjoyed and had a blast of a Christmas Party. Sylvanas treats from our newly elected PresidentMarilyn, a Baguiowoven product from ourIncomingPresidentUweandmoremoretreatscomingfrom President Libby. No one went home empty handed. Thank you so much for this Christmas treats!
Thekids,asidefromthetreats,enjoyedsomegames,care of Auditor Bennie Laranang, she orchestratedparlorgames for theyoungones, theirwas the ‘sabitsabit,’ blind fold games andmuchmore. Aud. Benniesure did made a good job on this.
ThepartyisemceedbyIncomingDirectorLaniFabi,who eventoughwas a an impromptu task, did a verywelltask,evenwithhereyesclosed.
After President Libby officially open the Christmasparty,PEUweledanInvocation.
The dinner was catered by Beggang Restaurant, acatering service who also have a restaurant at Burnham SkatingRink.Twolechonwasalsoserved,onecourtesyofPNMarilynand theotherbyAuditorBennie. I say,‘masarap na masarap ang handa’ - Fits for a Christmas Fiesta.Boozewasover-flowingmakinganumberofus,happy.
Thoughtheregistrationstartsat5pm,somestillcamelate.IguessthelatestwasManongJoeyBugayong,butbetterlatethannothingIsay…
Tothatnight,nothingwillbeatPPBennySunga.Hesuccessfully led and conducted the RCB Chorale which he later name RCB Carolers. Accompanied by our Guitar MaestroSirAlex,IPPFlo,PPVeeh,DGELinda,Dir.Cora,Rtn.Lily,PNMarilyn,PPLito,PEUwe,Dir.DavidandI,serenaded everyone with timeless Christmas carols.Songslike‘O!LittleTownofBethlehem’,‘DecktheHalls,’‘PatoresaBelen’,andatagalogclassic ‘PaskonaSintaKo’. Though I can hear PP Mike cheering to make me singasolo,(PPAlfredbackingupPPMike)-Ididhadasolo,Ididthe‘ho-ho-ho’partoftheJingleBells,whichsupposed to be PP Gerard’s part. PP Gerard cannot attendthepartybecausehehavetoattendtoEstelles’sRecital that same night. Anyways, the feed back waspositiveandthechoraledidgreatjob.Forthepurpose
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PP Benny Sunga conducted and led the RCB Carollers inspite of an accident that happen to him few days before the party.
TheRCBCarollerswereinspiredbyhisdedication.
The RCB Chorale now named RCB Carollers serenaded the PartywithtimelessChristmasCarols.Theyhavecollecteda
good amount for the TRF.
of theChorale, theyhave collected somePHP19,000plus which is going to the TRF. Thank you to all those who gave their Pamasko - ‘Thank you! thank you! ang babait ninyo! Thank you!’
Kriskringle…kriskringle…kriskringle…allwashappy…theheartwarmingdialogueaseachgavetheirgiftstotheirbaby.RtnJodymighthavementiontohisbaby,PPMike,tostayhappyandkeepontalking.ThekriskringlewasorganizedbyRtn.PamandSec.Baby,pats totheback to both of you.
TheRafflewasalsoabigsuccess,therewaslotsofraffleandeveryonejoinedtheraffle.Mostoftherafflewas donated by our members.
Needless to say, I operated a photo booth for theevent. Thanks to PE Uwe for pushing me to do this.Somesweetposes,somewackyposes,somedoittheirownstyle.Towardstheendof theprogram,everyonegotalittlenaughtybutnotinabadway…andeveryonewashavingfun…’pasingit-singitsacamera’…cheeringsget’s louder and louder.
Flash was everywhere. Everyone cheering and laughing out loudly, did we finish all of the booze?Everyone went home to their own delight, a uniquegathering once more for all of us. No one went home empty handed. All of the rides are so fully packed with giftsandtakehomes.Thisishowweparty!
CommITTee UPdaTes
LastDecember15,2012,TheRotaryClubofBaguioofficially turned over a Water Supply System to theBarangay of Lucnab. Through the initiatives of RotaryCommunity Core (RCC) of the Lucnab, RC Baguiosupported this projected making it possible to supply watertohouses,livelihoodandalsoanurseryschoolatthe premises.
Attending the said turnover were Pres LibbyFernandez, PP Bert Talco,whoboth gave an inspiringtalktothecommunity,Sec.BabyKaur,Rtn.CessApostol,Rtn.LaniFabi,Rtn.PeterWasing,SAAJunBondoc,EICMarcelBadua,&RSLarryApostol.
The community treated the attendees with asumptous meal to which the Rotarians enjoyed with ‘Kamayan’ style.
This is the second year for RC Baguio as sponsors for RCCLudingandtheclubisproudtohaveaveryactiveand industriuos RCC like that of RCC Luding.
Water and Sanitation ProjectBarangay Lucnab Baguio CityDecember 15, 2012
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Baby’s Script15 December 2012Sec. Baby Kaur
seCreTary’s UPdaTe
Special Birthday Greetings!PresLibbyFernandez–Jan3RtnAngieVisperas–Jan.4RtnLilyLandayan–Jan.5RtnHerbMeadows–Jan.9Rtn./EICMarcelBadua-Jan9RAVeronCardona–Jan.10
Happy Wedding Anniversary!RtnJoe&RABessUrsua–Jan.4
Happy Induction Anniversary!PPDionyClaridad–Dec20–32yearsPPTeopRondez–Jan13–44years
For The RecordRotary Anns and Spouses present during the 15 Dec. Christmas Party :RSWillyBalajo,RSJosephBayquen,RSDingLandayan,RAPPJosieChan,RAPPLouieClaridad,RAPPYollyFaelnar,RAChiaraFlores,RAAbigailFlores,AsstTreas.SallyKoeller,RAPPCelyLadilad,PEMitchMarania,RAYolyRees&RAPPLindaValenciaRotakids and Rota-apos present during the 15 Dec. Christmas Party:Khristine&IyhaLaranang,Nhia,Sam,Maebel&MaeBalajo,KojiBautista,ChelsyRoseLadilad,AndyandRosalynKoeller,IanOcampo,MatthewFlores,BeaUrsua,LaurenRees&JenniferWinterGuests present during the 15 Dec. Christmas Party:AlexManongdo,guestofPPBennySunga&PPLitoPangilinanWe missed you last 15 Dec. Christmas Party :RtnCessApostol(mu),PPGerardAudineau(mu),RtnJunCardona,PPMiaCawed,RtnMichelCrausaz(ol),RtnAbeEstrada,RtnHerbMeadows,PPRogerNaz(exc),PPChrisPeralta,RtnJoeRamos(exc),PPTeopRondez(exc),PPHelmutSchlaaff(ol)&RtnDhoryVicencio
The Week in Review 15 Dec Lucnab Water Supply Project turn-over
attendedbyPresLibbyFernandez,PPBertTalco,SecBabyKaur,RtnCessApostol,RtnLaniFabi,RtnPeterWasing,SAAJunBondoc,EICMarcelBadua,&RSLarryApostol
15 Dec Preparations and decorating of venue for the Christmas Party
Upcoming Events
and Schedule
JANUARY is ROTARY AWARENESS MONTH
12 Jan. Midyear Review Venue: Baguio Country Club
Jan. 11, 2013 - 3rd Leg of District Governor Bautista Open Golf Tournament Baguio Country Club
Jan. 11, 2013 - District Governor Tony Bautista Inter Cluster Bowling Fellowship (Tenpin)-PuyatSports,BaguioCentermall1pm (Duckpin)OlympianBowlingLanes,MabiniSt.,BaguioCity-2pm.
18 Jan. RCB Concert Venue:BSU
23 Feb RCB Anniversary Venue: Baguio Country Club
chaired by PP Gerard Audineau with Treas MarilynBarredo,SAAJunBondoc,RtnLaniFabi&SecBabyKaur
20 Dec Meeting with CEPMO with Pres Libby Fernandez
20 Dec Make A Wish Cluster Project attendedbyRCBrepresentedbySAAJunBondoc&SecBabyKaurtogetherwithRCDowntownSession,RCBNorth,RCBSouth,RCMetroBaguio,RCBSunrise,RCSummerCapital&RCLaTrinidad
Reminders• Committeemeetings&activities–Committee/
Sub-committee Chairs, please text or emaildetails tome -what,when&who attended–thesewillbeusedfortheCanao,forthegridofparticipationandforthecollationofthemonthlyreports
• AttendanceMake-ups – please text or send tomy email address: [email protected] kindly observe the 14 day window (i.e. 14 days beforeandafterthemeeting)
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-C O N D U C T S -Water Resources & Environmental Reviews
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Agricultural chemicals & Gas presence by GeophysicsDeepwell Design & Analysis of Pumping Tests
Soil Foundation Review by Geophysics
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Events
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Treas.. Marilyn BarredoEditor/Adviser
Rtn. Cecille ApostolAdviser
Rtn. Marcel BaduaLayout/Editor-in-Chief
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