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June 28
Ed Jackson
“Westwood Village Rotary Club: A Swan Song”
July 12
Dwight Heikkila
“Our Year Ahead
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This Week...
June 28
Ed Jackson
“Westwood
Village
Rotary Club:
A Swan Song”
**Summer BBQ
on the patio
Upcoming...
July 5- DARK
WVRC will
not be
meeting this
week
July 12
Dwight
Heikkila
“Our Year
Ahead”
**Summer BBQ
on the patio
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June
is Rotary Fellowship
Month.
Even though the UCLA
students are off for the
summer, we still were
abuzz with Westwood
Village Rotarians.
We were greeted
by Nevin Senkan and Vice
President Terry M White.
The pledge was
given by our secretary,
Aly Shoji.
Incoming
President Dwight
Heikkila gave the
invocation.
Guests:
There were no visiting
Rotarians.
Bob Brand of
Brand USA was a guest.
The head table was
graced with Eric
Davidson, principal of
University High School,
Aly Shoji, President Ed
Jackson, Incoming PE
Dwight Heikkila, PP Mike
Newman, and Rev Lynn
Cheyney.
Dr. Colby Smith
announced that PE Dwight
Heikkila showed up this
past Monday at the young
professionals meeting at
South Restaurant in
Santa Monica.
Colby said the
meeting was another
success, and they look
forward to meeting next
month.
He is proud that
every month, they have
service project to offer
the members.
Terry M. White announced
that everyone should
show up for the demotion
party this Saturday,
June 23 at the Beach
Club.
We will have a barbecue
for Pres. Ed’s swan song
on the 28th.
We will be dark
July 5, and then we will
start up Dwight’s great
year with a barbecue on
July 12.
Pres. Ed thanks the
members of this year’s
program committee,
namely Sally Brant, who
after an illustrious
career as program chair
for the club decided to
help out one more year,
and we’re glad she did!
Also, Jack Paul, Michael
Newman and Chris
Bradford made sure we
had excellent programs.
Thank you for a job well
done.
Members with perfect
attendance for another
year are:
·
3 years Ed Jackson
·
4 years Dwight Heikkila
·
8 years Don Nelson
·
9 years Chris Bradford
·
19 years Leo Tseng
·
25 years Steve Scherer
·
26 years Ron Lyster
·
27 years Mike Newman
·
31 years Terry M White
and Terry R White.
Program chair Michael
Newman came to the
podium for the last time
this rotary year to
introduce our craft
talkers.
Dr. Lynn Cheyney
was raised in Colorado
and California and spent
time in Montana, the
Midwest and several
parts of Southern
California.
She comes from a
family where her father
was a minister.
Her husband is
also a minister and is
very supportive of her
pastorship. She is the
first female
Presbyterian minister in
all fo the Greater Los
Angeles area.
Lynn is a very
respected, impressive
and effective leader at
the cutting edge of
community and nation
building.
Welcome Lynn, we
are glad you are here.
Eric Davidson
was born in Omaha,
Nebraska in a family
that was headed by a
Methodist minister.
He went to high
school at Westchester
High School, later
becoming assistant
principal there, before
becoming principal at
University High.
The test scores at Uni
have gone up, and it is
a destination high
school.
Uni has an
API of 718,
a 76-point improvement
over the last 5 years!
It should be in
the elite ranking of 800
this year.
Uni offers a wide range
of personalized learning
programs in its four
small schools:
·
School of Business and
Finance
·
School of Communication
Arts
·
School of Engineering
·
School of Health and
Environmental Sciences
Uni also has a heavily
sought out brand-new
Digital Media Magnet.
Uni also offers a School
for Advanced Studies, 20
different Advanced
Placement courses, a
thriving AVID program,
and its students
matriculate to some of
the top colleges and
universities in the
United States, including
UCLA, USC, Loyola
Marymount University,
Princeton, Harvard, and
Cornell.
In addition, Uni just
opened a new
state-of-the-art
gymnasium, is getting a
new tennis court, a
tartan track facility,
and the new Westside
YMCA on campus, named
after James Collins, who
is entering his 60th
year as a Westwood
Village Rotarian.
The YMCA will
afford Uni the use of
several resources, such
as the pool for the swim
team.
Thank you Eric,
for your hard work in
improving our community.
—YOE Ed Jackson
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