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Science Searches for E.T.
Aug. 13, 2024
Seth is a Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute in Mountain View. SETI stands for "Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence". SETI is a non-profit research organization whose mission is to lead humanity's quest to understand the origins and prevalence of life and intelligence in the universe and share that knowledge with the world. Seth developed an interest in extraterrestrial life at the tender age of ten, when he first picked up a book about the Solar System. This innocent beginning eventually led to a degree in radio astronomy, and now to his work at SETI. |
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Chronicling the Future of Sharks Hockey
Aug. 20, 2024
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Aug. 27, 2024 5:00 p.m.
When? Tuesday, August 27th
Time? 5:00pm Where? Oak Meadow Park Price? $50 per person Who? Rotarians, significant others, guests and prospective Rotarians. Adults only. It's an all inclusive event: drinks (alcoholic and non alcoholic), food and railroad rides. There will be no lunch meeting that day so be sure to join us for some fun, food and social time! Please register here. |
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Sep. 03, 2024 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. UTC-07:00
Please join us at the home of Marie and Don for happy hour, for a fun social event Please bring an appetizer to share and your favorite beverage. Desserts will be provided. Significant Others, potential members and friends are welcome. Reminder: There is a steep walk up to the house so please leave people with difficulties off at the driveway and help them up to the house. Thank you. |
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The Power of Positive Intelligence
Sep. 10, 2024
Join Sonya Moore-Wells as she introduces us to Positive Intelligence (aka PQ). Learn how to build powerful mental fitness habits for a positive mindset so that you can respond to your life’s challenges with less stress and negativity. Sonya is a certified PQ coach and utilizes research based tools to empower her clients with personal wellness, higher work performance and healthy relationships. Sonya has over 25 years of experience understanding human behavior at work, and holds a master’s in organizational leadership. She’s a certified executive coach, business leader and advocate for women and girl empowerment. She and her daughter Hannah (who is a senior at LG high school) serve our communities as members of the local chapter of the National Charity League. Sonya is married to Los Gatos Rotarian, David Wells. As a family, she, David & Hannah enjoy being in nature together and traveled to Norway this summer on their family vacation. |
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Sep. 11, 2024 4:45 p.m.
Los Gatos School District is looking for a help at their elementary school STEAM Nights (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math). You would be working with Fisher Middle School students to run an activity for the elementary schools. No experience is needed. This is a wonderful event to learn more about our schools and interact with our students. Sign up here:
Contact Los Gatos Rotarian, Karen Briones at kbriones@lgusd.org if you have questions.
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Highs & Lows of a 50-Year Career in TV
Sep. 17, 2024
Named as the 2015 Reporter of The Year by the Associated Press, Robert Handa is a reporter for NBC Bay Area News. He joined NBC Bay Area in June of 2014 returning to the station where he began his career more than three decades ago. He has interviewed some notable people throughout the years, including President Jimmy Carter, the Dalai Lama, Henry Kissinger, Hillary Rodham Clinton, UFW Founder Cesar Chavez, Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, 49ers quarterback Joe Montana, Giants baseball great Willie Mays, former 49ers head coach Bill Walsh, both Star Trek's 'Mr. Sulu's: George Takei and John Cho, and TV star, writer and producer Mindy Kaling.
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Sep. 18, 2024 4:45 p.m.
Los Gatos School District is looking for a help at their elementary school STEAM Nights (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math). You would be working with Fisher Middle School students to run an activity for the elementary schools. No experience is needed. This is a wonderful event to learn more about our schools and interact with our students. Sign up here:
Contact Los Gatos Rotarian, Karen Briones at kbriones@lgusd.org if you have questions.
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Sep. 18, 2024 5:30 p.m.
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Two Decades of Community News
Sep. 24, 2024
Sal Pizarro is a Bay Area News Group columnist who has written the Around Town column for The Mercury News since 2005. His column covers the people and events surrounding the cultural scene in Silicon Valley. In addition, he writes Cocktail Chronicles, a feature column on Silicon Valley bars and nightclubs. He is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara with a BA in political science. |
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Sep. 24, 2024
Los Gatos Union School District Bike Rodeos are a fun way to interact with students and help them learn the rules of the road. The rodeos are run by Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Safe Routes to School. No experience is necessary. They will provide all the materials and training.
Sign up here: Bike Rodeo Sign-Up Sheet
Questions? Contact Los Gatos Rotarian, Karen Briones at kbriones@lgusd.org.
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Sep. 26, 2024
Los Gatos Union School District Bike Rodeos are a fun way to interact with students and help them learn the rules of the road. The rodeos are run by Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Safe Routes to School. No experience is necessary. They will provide all the materials and training.
Sign up here: Bike Rodeo Sign-Up Sheet
Questions? Contact Los Gatos Rotarian, Karen Briones at kbriones@lgusd.org.
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Oct. 01, 2024 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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My Career in the Electric Vehicle Industry
Oct. 08, 2024
Over the course of her career, Vidya has been an executive in the semiconductor business at both Digital Equipment Corporation and Xilinx. More recently, Vidya has been focused on the systems side of electric vehicle design from ramping up Model 3 production at Tesla to her current role as Vice-President of Engineering at Rivian. In June 2022, Vidya was named as one of Electric Vehicle’s 30 Power Players by The Business Insider. |
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Billy Jones and His Wildcat Railroad
Oct. 15, 2024
Ken Middlebrook is the Curator of Collections at History San Jose, a museum that manages one of the largest collections of regional artifacts in California. Ken is also the Locomotive Engineer for the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad in Los Gatos Oak Meadow Park. Come hear his stories of this fabled, local landmark! |
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Oct. 16, 2024 5:30 p.m.
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Oct. 19, 2024 8:00 a.m.
If you are a very experienced...or brand new...Rotarian, the District Avenues of Service meeting coming up on October 19 from 8:00-2:00PM is for you! There will be presentations on the five avenues of service, and importantly, a project fair where we all can learn about what other clubs are doing, and do some Rotary networking. The $50 registration covers breakfast and lunch, and it will be at the India Community Center in Milpitas.
Learn more here: https://rotarydistrict5170.org/
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Oct. 21, 2024 8:00 a.m.
Every Monday morning, Hunger at Home provides a direct-to-community grocery distribution in the parking lot of PayPal Park (home of the San Jose Earthquakes). About 150-200 cars drive through and trunks are loaded with 50 pounds of groceries – enough to feed a family of 4 for a week. Join you fellow Los Gatos Rotarians to help load groceries into the cars using the link below.
Questions? Contact Jeff Blum.
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Assembling Backpacks for the Grateful Garment Project
Oct. 22, 2024
Join us for our second quarter in-meeting service project where we will assemble backpacks for sexual assault victims who are being supported by The Grateful Garment Project. This organization's mission is to ensure that every victim of a sexual crime who crosses the threshold of a Sexual Assault Response Team facility or who seeks medical attention or law enforcement involvement is provided with whatever new clothing, toiletries, snacks, and other items that they may require. |
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Oct. 28, 2024 8:00 a.m.
Every Monday morning, Hunger at Home provides a direct-to-community grocery distribution in the parking lot of PayPal Park (home of the San Jose Earthquakes). About 150-200 cars drive through and trunks are loaded with 50 pounds of groceries – enough to feed a family of 4 for a week. Join you fellow Los Gatos Rotarians to help load groceries into the cars using the link below.
Questions? Contact Jeff Blum.
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Mornings with Madden: My Radio Life with an American Legend
Oct. 29, 2024
Stan Bunger is an American broadcast journalist who was the morning co-anchor at KCBS in San Francisco for more than 20 years. Bunger is a 1973 graduate of Leigh High School and received his B.A. in Broadcast and Electronic Communications from San Francisco State University. He was inducted to the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in 2010 and to the San Francisco State University Alumni Hall of Fame in 2011. Join us while he tells stories from his new book, "Mornings with Madden". Despite his international fame, there was a side of football legend known only to those who listened to San Francisco morning radio. San Francisco is where John Madden grew up, lived, & died and where, for decades he found joy in a daily chat with his hometown radio station. It was a chance to unwind, tell stories, and impart his own brand of wit and wisdom. In "Mornings With Madden, Stan - who was on the other side of that radio mic - illuminates this larger-than-life figure, drawing upon memories of more than fifteen years of daily broadcasts.
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Nov. 05, 2024 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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A Progress Report on Los Gatos!
Nov. 12, 2024
Join us as Los Gatos Mayor, Mary Badame, gives us a town update! Mary was elected to the town council in 2020 and became our mayor in 2023. In addition to her mayoral duties, Mary has been a local insurance agency owner for over 35 years. She also enjoys spending time with her daughter, son-in-law, and young grandchildren. |
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The History of Gordon Biersch & How to Make Beer!
Nov. 19, 2024
Dan Gordon, CEO of Gordon Biersch Brewing Company, has earned a reputation as one of America's leading brewing engineers. Dan was the first American in more than 40 years to graduate from the prestigious 5-year brewing engineering program at the world-renowned Technical University of Munich in West Germany. Dan, who was born in San Jose in 1960, entered the program after earning an economics degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1982. After completing the world's most advanced brewing program, Gordon returned to California and joined forces with restaurateur Dean Biersch to take advantage of a new state law allowing "brewery" restaurants. In 1988, the partners opened their first Gordon Biersch brewery restaurant in Palo Alto. Now, Dan directs the operations at his state-of-the art canning and bottling San Jose brewery, the 15th largest brewing company in the country.
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Nov. 20, 2024 5:30 p.m.
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Where Every Picture Has a Purpose: Healing Art at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Dec. 10, 2024
Believing in the power of art to heal, Antonia Dapena-Tretter, who received her Master’s degree in art history from the University of Toronto, is the Art Curator for Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. In this role, she oversees all acquisitions, installations, and conservation for a robust permanent collection of art. She will speak to us about how the hospital’s art collection, which includes sculptures, painting, and interactive exhibits, promotes well-being and fosters a sense of belonging for young patients and their families. |
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The Road to Retail
Dec. 17, 2024
Margaret Smith is a long-time resident of Los Gatos and owner of Domus, the iconic kitchen and home accessories store that re-opened in downtown Los Gatos in Fall of 2023. Prior to Domus, Margaret was a business attorney with her own law practice in Los Altos, California. She is the recipient of a number of business awards, both local and national. Margaret was selected as the Business Person of the Year by the Los Gatos Chamber, the Woman Business Owner of the Year by the San Jose Business Journal, and was inducted into the Women’s Hall of Fame as the result of her leadership as the National President of the National Association of Women Business Owners, an organization representing the 10 million women- owned businesses in the United States. Margaret is credited with negotiating the first Women’s Entrepreneur Loan Fund with Wells Fargo Bank which established a $1 Billion loan fund for US women entrepreneurs. Within a few short years, the loan fund grew and, as of 2022, the Fund had loaned over $59 Billion to women-owned businesses. Margaret is a graduate of George Washington University and received her law degree from Santa Clara University. She is the proud grandmother of four grandchildren who all attended Los Gatos schools. She is also a Los Gatos Rotarian! |
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Dec. 18, 2024 5:30 p.m.
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Jan. 15, 2025 5:30 p.m.
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