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Lake Merritt
Merritt Breakfast
Breakfast Club
Club
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Box -10468,
Oakland
CA 94610
Meeting every Thursday morning, 7:00 a.m. at the Garden Center, Lakeside Park, Oakland California
April 30, 2015
Edition 15-16
Actions Speak Louder than Words
WELLS, PAT
John Notch
Program Chair
Patricia Wells
Invocation
Speaker: Marie Ale
Upcoming Events & Speaking Engagements
April 30: Marie Ale, Topic: Actiona Speak Louder than Words
Tony Moglia, President; John Notch, Vice President; Patricia Wells, Secretary; Deanna Osterberg, Treasurer; Rob Stewart, Executive Director
Kurt Libby, Editor; Ace Reporters: Al Clancy, Lauren Clum, Myrna Dean, Dria Fearn, Aileen Frankel,
Larry Ginsburg, Terrie Kurrasch, Kurt Libby, Mike Miraglia, Suzanne Waligore, and Patricia Wells
LMBC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, P.O.BOX 10468, OAKLAND, CA 94610
15-16 Part 1
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Blue skies were trying to smile on the Greeters and Greetees as we
arrived this morning. Jeff Wong was being supported by Myrna and
Kent and Billy held the door as he chatted about his Master’s Golfing
experience. He could probably be a speaker for the day on that subject
and we would all share a special experience.
Thanks to Inga who was working the ticket table with a variety of
assistants today. Frank Sinatra was the background music and Jack
London was playing along until he took over with his usual lively
entertainment. Ed Rorke sang “Oh What a Beautiful Morning” with
help from several members. We all knew it was time to start the show
with a substitute President for the Day. Tony had warned us that he had
made arrangements so the show went on without him. He told us that a
past president would preside; did you guess who that would be? It was
the one and only Jim Bangert and we all stood to greet him as LMBC
members have been doing for 82 years.
Past President Bangert lead the Pledge from the podium. That was
followed by a thoughtful invocation provided by Kurt Libby. Deanna
shared some historical information about our song for the day before she
lead us in singing “My Country Tis of The.” We learned that it was the
national anthem before the “Star Spangled Banner.”
It was good to see some non-members in the room but none of them
were first timers so there were no guests.
Announcements
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Steven Von Querner
EAST BAY BLUE PRINT & SUPPLY CO. INC.
1745 FOURTEENTH AVENUE, OAKLAND, CA 94606
www.eastbayblueprint.com
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May 6th will be the Inter City meeting being held at the Marine’s
Memorial Club at 609 Sutter in the city. Please let Paul Valva know if you
will attend so he can make the reservations. There won’t be a chartered
bus this year but car pooling or BART are two options. Paul’s birthday is
this week so we all sang a traditional happy birthday to him.
Tony had left a sealed envelope to be opened today. Inside Pres Bangert
found $20 which was to go in the Duck if Lee Douglas didn’t interrupt
the meeting and Lee was to be fined $20 if he did. Guess who had to pay
$20.00. Fortunately, Lee had a wallet full of $20 dollar bills. Thanks to
Tony and Lee for always finding ways to support the Club. You inspire the
rest of us and make us laugh.
Veep Notch announced that next week’s speaker is an inventor and you
will have to attend the meeting to find out what she invented. He is also
working on securing Mayor Libby Schaff as a future speaker.
The annual Bar-b-q will be held at Sequoia Lodge in October.
Jim Bangert told us that the Club has done $1.9 million in projects
around Lake Merritt in its long history. Most of that was the Necklace of
Lights and Fairyland. There was more info than I could capture.
Geoff Klein wearing his gift committee hat announced that we are out
of gifts so please bring some soon. Put your name on your gift if you
want to. It was a day for short history lessons and Geoff told us all about
Hoover Dam. Construction was started in1931 and completed in 1935.
He recommends that you go see it; it’s a nice day trip from Las Vegas.
Thanks to Lise for giving Geoff the” Book of Useless Information” I don’t
think he will run out any time soon. You never know what you’re going to
learn and so far there haven’t been any quizzes.
Gifts
Jim Bangert won Aileen’s holiday ornament
Rick Curotto won a flash light and other “stuff” from Chef Robert
Joe Guzman won a portfolio from Patrick Shannon and a pass to the
Artesa winery from Jim Bangert
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Lee Douglas won a fleece throw from a Nonie mouse
Effelgreen
Joy Somerville won a 2012 chardonnay from another mouse
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Thanks to everyone who made the meeting possible!
Ciao, Carole
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President, Board of Trustees
The “J’s”: Judge John, guest
speaker Jerry Kent. and Past/
Acting President Jim
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Oakland, CA 94606
Phone: (510) 466-5303
Cell: (510) 390-1623
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Oakland’s Beautiful and Sometimes
Dangerous Hills
Honorable John Sutter, formerly of the 82nd Airborne,
and now a director on the board of the East Bay Regional Park
District (EBRPD) was Chair of the Day. John mentioned that
Jerry Kent grew up in Corona, California and became acquainted
with the desert. Jerry went to Sacramento State College to major
in park management and soon joined the EBRPD in the early
1960s and worked for William Penn Mott. He served years as a
ranger and earned kudos for his public service as he ascended
the management ladder and finally through his work as Assistant
General Manager. Jerry retired about 10 years ago.
Jerry Kent loves history and understands that fires in the
hills repeat themselves. He showed slides of Oakland and Berkeley
Hills since 1900. Some of the photographs are rare documents
from UC Berkeley’s archives. He showed the ranchland of Wildcat
Canyon in 1900, and the barren Oakland Hills of 1903. People
who came from the East Coast liked forests and wanted to create
them along the slopes and ridges of their new adopted homeland. Two bold men among these who developed the private “Peoples
Water Company” were Frank Colton Havens from Sag Harbor,
New York; and Frank C. Borax Smith who became wealthy from
mining. They acquired 30,000 acres in the hills and owned the Key
System. They chose to send a truck to Monterey to bring Monterey
Pines up to the East Bay to transplant, and then brought in Cypress
and Redwoods. They figured this would be a way to grow trees
for timber and help maintain the watershed, with leaves, needles
and branches capturing moisture in the air that could drip into the
ground. Realizing there was no ample supply of hardwoods, they
decided mahogany and eucalyptus should be cultivated. They
left some acres for residential subdivisions, and designated a 25
mile trail from Oakland to Richmond, a mountain road that became
Skyline Boulevard. They financed an extensive nursery for
seedlings and raised three (3) million trees. Most were blue gum
-trees
that warped and cracked and proved unsuitable for million.
To the population of Oakland and Berkeley, each fire
seemed to be a surprise. One in September 18, 1923 destroyed
584 homes in just 2 hours. By the mid-century there were the
Siesta and Wildcat Canyon forests, Temescal Canyon and Chabot
eucalyptus forests. In 1947 there was a businessmen’s committee
to form a forest management plan.
September 22, 1970 was the date of another fire, where 36 homes
were destroyed, 37 others badly damaged in just 70 minutes. In
1982 a “blue ribbon committee” was formed to limit future forest
fires. It recommended fuel breaks and an “E” zone interface
between EBRPD land and residential zones.
Saturday, October 19, 1991 - News (with tv broadcast provided
by Jerry Kent) showed a fire near Marborough Terrace and
Buckingham that the Oakland Fire Department and State
Department of Forestry attended to on 7 acres of brush and trees,
even bringing in water by helicopter. Sunday, October 20, 1991 – By the morning 20 mph winds
stirred smoldering areas. Flying, flaming debris followed.
Deputy Fire Chief Matthews called in the California
Department of Forestry, an inferno whipped up, trucks from
other Fire Departments drove in. People didn’t understand
the powerful danger, particularly from the dry autumns and
the winds that regularly come in the fall. In less than one
hour 79 homes were destroyed. Water tanks ran out of
water. By 4 pm 450 Engines came with 1,500 fire fighters.
Consequences: By October 21, 1991 it was known
that 3,000 homes were destroyed, along with 2,000
automobiles. Twenty-five (25) individuals lost their life;
10,000 persons were displaced. At a cost of $1.5 billion,
this was the most costly urban fire ever recorded in the
USA.
Only a few homes survived near the top of the ridges. When the pine trees died, $1 million was the cost to haul
them out by helicopter (because they don’t re-sprout). Who’s at fault? Some lessons have been learned but
not enough is being done to assure that “Never Again” is
realized.
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Major fires tend to occur here every 18-24 years. A group
of agencies including the City of Oakland, University of
California, and EBRPD developed a Fire Hazard Mitigation
Program and Fire Management Plan and applied FEMA
funds to take responsible steps. Many eucalyptus trees
should be removed, however a small number of North
Hills residents (calling themselves the Hills Conservation
Network) are so enamored with “eucs” that they have filed
lawsuit after lawsuit to block the granting and expenditure of
FEMA funds. Now the case is in federal court.
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To Judy’s question, Jerry Kent said that since the Oakland
Hills Fire, the City of Oakland has modified the fire hydrants
to be compatible with the hoses of other jurisdictions.
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To Jack London George, marveling at the historic
photographs, Jerry explained that these are from UC’s
Bancroft Library and cannot be copied without special
permission. To Judge David Lee’s comment that when
he and his wife were living near Thornhill Blvd, it took 2
hours to exit the neighborhood; the Oakland Police did
not coordinate egress. The Police could have expedited
evacuation by blocking off through-traffic on Highway 24
and allowing more lanes for evacuation.
The Club was very impressed by Jerry Kent’s
research and presentation. Any effort to reduce highly
flammable vegetation, which fuel wildfires, is a step in the
right direction.
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Certified Financial Planner
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About our Speaker...
Speaker: Marie Ale
Topic: Actions speak louder than words. Bio:
A successful strong self-motivated individual who strives on ethics, integrity, honesty, passion, team work and
leadership skills to show the everyday men or women that all things can become reality by investing in sweat
equity. Marie F. Ale is CEO & Founder of Juzz Gorgeous, LLC. She am a wife and a mother to 8 children and
8 grandchildren. She comes from a very large blended family with 40 grandchildren amongst them. She has
worked in various corporate industries for over 20 plus years from Sales, Management, Marketing, Human
Resources, Recruiting, Network Marketing, Corporate Training, Staffing, Business Development, Business
Administration and she recently launched her own company. Although, she has launched her company as a
public speaker on all topics from personal to business development growth she is still currently employed in the
post-secondary education industry as a Senior Executive Advisor . She has been in the education sector for
the last 15 years changing lives on a daily basis by guiding, advising and coaching individuals from different
walks of life on their career path.
In raising a family and maintaining a high demanding career, I am a proud professional and business owner
who loves to serve her community. My husband and I along with our children prepares hot meals from scratch
every 3rd Sunday of the month for Cross Street Ministries in Castro Valley, CA to feed the homeless from
all different areas in the east bay. I have been extremely blessed by my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in my
daily life through good, bad and or indifferent where he has never neglected me where my genuine love for
other’s has given me the skills, experiences and background to motivate other’s. I have seen and been to
many different places where I was born in the beautiful islands of American Samoa who moved to Compton,
California in 1986 and moved to the bay area in 1987 where I currently reside in a small town called Castro
Valley, California. My extensive background and experiences from the Corporate industry, Education industry
and the Network Marketing industry has given me the opportunity to fine tune my passion in becoming a public
speaker. Therefore, in order to speak, inspire and motivate others we must have love, passion, and empathy to
empower both men and women to be courageous.