President's Time
THIS WEEK IN AMERICA a 1943 penny that was mistakenly struck in bronze was sold for $1.7 million; a 13-year old who sends 6,000 text messages a month won $50,000 for being able to text a verse from "Old MacDonald" in 60 seconds; Volvo was testing their new pedestrian avoidance system in front of an audience of journalists when the car ran over the test dummies; a former U.S. Air Force Captain reports they have witnessed UFO's investigating and sometimes tampering with nuclear-weapons sites. Apparently "they" have a strong interest in our missiles, wherever "they" come from.
Chris Morrison announced happily that Mayor Don just signed on as the Cart Sponsor for the Golf Tournament. Aran, Correa, Guarch & Shapiro (welcome back J) signed up as a Tee Sponsor and Jorge Yara and J Guarch bought 4-somes today as well. Things are moving along nicely ... see Chris if you want to play golf November 4.
GATES CHALLENGE GOLF BALL DROP ticket sales have come to a screeching halt in Yoli's absence. She returns next week and will begin arm twisting all of those who have not yet bought a ball. Just one ball per person and we meet our goal.
This is a District-wide effort. The prizes are really cool. We need to do our part in the effort to End Polio Now.
HALLOWEEN COMETH don't forget to invite your best Ghoul to the Halloween 5th Friday at the new Coral Gables Museum. Friday, October 29 from 6 until 8 p.m. Catering by Lovables. $10 per person. Great opportunity to introduce somebody to our Rotary Club so bring a friend or prospective member. We can all go out afterward and scare up some dinner!
OCTOBER CARE PACKAGE DRIVE
Don't forget to bring supplies for our troops.. George Reeves and Rosendo Castillo are collecting merchandise and cash to send care packages to our troops in Afghanistan. They also take checks and credit cards. The items are pretty specific so they'll shop for you. Our troops need our support. They need everything from baby wipes to beef jerky, but the boys will stock the packages for you. Just donate.
early and often.
Diplomatic, urbane, easygoing and sociable pretty much describes Bill Forshee who celebrates his birthday today. Happy Birthday Bill.
Past President Jerry Santeiro celebrates 19 years in Rotary this week. Viresh Dayal has been with us three years already. Thanks for your years of service.
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| Glenn Draper with President Sally |
Speaking of years of service, a former member of our club (1960) Glenn Draper returned today to celebrate 50 Years of Perfect Attendance in Rotary. And it all started in our Club.When he joined RCCG he was at the University of Miami School of Music. He came to one meeting and has been perfect ever since. So we made him an honorary Coral Gables member and Glenn left with all the Rotary Club of Coral Gables goodies including our official club pin and water bottle. Thanks for coming Glenn. Don't be a stranger ... come see us once in awhile.
VOCATIONAL SERVICE MINUTE
Carlos Bolado is a third generation clothier. His father opened Bolado's in 1968 and has remained in Coral Gables for 42 years. It's a family business. His dad still comes to work but mostly it's Carlos and his brother Jose. They really "dress" men. You could say he is in charge of Club Couture. Although looking around at our almost less-than-business- casual club members you wouldn't know it. Here you see Carlos offering Frank Sexton his business card. And if you have any doubt how good Bolado's can make a man look, here's our own Zoltan Pinter modeling "The Bolado Look." If you buy clothes from Bolado's you too can be a model. Zoltan says that a visit to his tailor is like a visit to a Cuban barber, it's an all day affair with coffee and rum and good conversation. Visit Bolado Clothiers to look hot!Happy $$$
Diva ran through Happy Rotarians today at a record pace. She's cuter than Dr. Randy but no less randy. She's happy because there's only a month left to go before she runs the New York Marathon. Debbie Swain is happy that her oldest son Michael the artist is visiting from Philadelphia. Chris Morrison watched the Stanford/Oregon game and thought Stanford was unbelievable when they led 21/3. After they lost 52/31 he realized they are just better than average. Chris Tyson is happy that his two daughters are coming for a visit. Sally B is happy to announce that Holtz Children's Hospital has returned as the Title Sponsor for the 2010 Caroling Competition which begins December 1. FINALLY, Dick Golden got a chance to tell an old Buddy Hackett joke about the hunter who shot a duck that dropped into a farmer's field. The punch line was that he could keep the duck. He's done better ... Nicole Models, a new Rotarian from the newly formed Brickell Rotary Club invited us to a Trade Conference with the U.S. Ambassador to St. Lucia on October 22 at the Miami City Club. She was also happy to be at our club because we're so much more FUN than hers. They meet at 7:45 a.m. which is probably why. Nancy Green, a Rotarian from Perrine, Cutler Ridge, Palmetto Bay Rotary Club invited us to their annual Casino Night. $50 for 50 chips to start you gambling. For tickets, contact Nancy. J Guarch has finally returned from his recent adventures and in response the Diva's comment about Carlos dressing her, advised her that he thought she looked GOOD! He's happy to be back, practicing law full time, and we missed him too. Steve Magenheimer is happy that there's a really good article about him and Ed Mazzei on page 18 of Miami Today, today. They've taken over a bank! Keep smiling because HAPPINESS PAYS for lots of scholarships!
Working Rotarians - October 7, 2010*
Greeter - Rolf Frankfurter
Registration - Aaron Glasser
Collections - Bill Forshee & Carlos Bolado
Head Table Assignments - Debbie Swain
Special Needs - Frank Sexton
Open the Meeting - Dick Golden
Invocation - Chuck Whitcomb
Pledge - George Reeves
Singers - Bill Quesenberry & Dan Scipione
DeWitt Law Silver Dollars - NOBODY!
Pin Drawing Donated by - George Reeves & Dan Scipione
Pin Drawing Winners - Rosendo Castillo & Jerry Santiero
5-Way Test - Bruce Kerestes
* if we seem a little disorganized today it's because so many of the women are on vacation!
Thought for the Week
by Keith Phillips
Don't ever argue with an idiot. He will just drag you down to his level and beat you with his experience.
Today's Program
by Keith Phillips
Don't ever argue with an idiot. He will just drag you down to his level and beat you with his experience.
Today's ProgramRich Schucts SVP, Jones, Lang & LaSalle
“The Commercial Real Estate Market”
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| Michael Katz |
Michael Katz, President
MAMCO (University of Miami R/E)
MAMCO (University of Miami R/E)
"UM Life Science & Technology Park"
Rich Schucts started the program by telling us that the business market in Miami has not been hit as badly as the residential market, which is driven by over-development. Large businesses are returning their excess space to landlords, and there is not as much sublease space as there was several years ago. Commercial vacancies in Coral Gables and in Miami-Dade County are around 20%. Retail in the county is still underdeveloped overall for our population size, and add to that visitors and tourists
Michael Katz, who was a member of the Rotary Club of Coral Gables nearly 25 years ago, described UM – approximately 15,000 students, and one of the top 50 America’s Best Colleges. UM's medical program has doubled in size in the last 4 years. Miami’s Health Center, which includes 6 major hospitals, has 30,000 workers and 100,000 visitors each day, making it the second largest in the US. The UM Life Science and Technology Park is being constructed there, with an expected completetion date of summer 2011. The first building should be done with tenants by June 2011. It is being built with state-of-the-art labs, and is focused on taking technology from the lab to the hospital bed. Although there are over 200 research parks in the US, this is the first in South Florida.
NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM Rusty McClure, "The Story of Coral Castle" don't miss it!
Welcome back to Hank Collins, one of our "winter" members, and Rolf Frankfurther who's been traveling for the past several weeks.
See you next week!
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