Are you ready for some F O O T B A L L 2 . 0 ? ? ? Arcadia Rotary’s annual Monday Night Football event – one of the most anticipated and enjoyed events of the year – (postponed due to rain) will be held on Monday, November 4th at the Kalemkiarian’s residence at 1827 Rodeo Rd., Arcadia. Food, snacks, drinks … and football pools will be provided. $20 per person includes dinner, snacks, beverages and dessert. Please bring prospective members to this fun event.

Aaron Rose announced that work party at Camp Trask to refurbish the fort at the camp originally scheduled for Saturday, November 2nd has been canceled. The work party will be re-scheduled.

Don’t forget !!! – – next Thursday, November 7th we’ll have a joint meeting with the Rotary Club of San Marino. The meeting will be held at the San Marino Community Church Fellowship Hall at 1750 Virginia Rd., San Marino. The program will be the presentation of the 2014 Tournament of Roses Queen and her Court. Please sign up if you can make it – – and let’s be sure to have a great turn out! – – nothing less would be expected of “the Greatest Rotary Club in the World”!!!

And of course, don’t forget !!! – – next Friday, November 8th we’ll be DARK. Remember, we won’t have a meeting at the Embassy Suites on Friday the 8th (we’ll be DARK) because of our meeting on Thursday the 7th with the San Marino Rotary Club (see above).

Richard Schulhof announced that we need volunteers to harvest Tule reeds from the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area in South El Monte to build the Historic Kiy dwelling of the Tongva Tribe, an Arboretum educational exhibit serving visiting elementary school classrooms. The harvesting of the reeds will be done on Saturday, November 9th from 9 am until 3 pm. Then on Saturday, November 16th, we need volunteers to thatch a rebar frame with Tule reeds to create Kiy habitation of the Tongva Tribe at the Arboretum. Please contact Richard Schulhof or Sandra Caldero for more information.

Finally, George Fasching announced that Rotarians are able to buy VIP seating tickets for $15 (50% off of the regular VIP seating price) to the Arcadia High School production of The Man Who Came to Dinner. The shows are Thursday 11/14 and Friday 11/15 at 7 pm and Saturday 11/16 at 6 pm at the Arcadia High School Performing Arts Center.