Club Officers

President……….………. Connie G. Kraus

President-Elect…..…... Douglas S. Taylor

Vice President…….. Lester M. Hunkele III

Secretary………..………... Debbie Deibler

Treasurer…………………... Stella Kimura

Past President……. Elouise P. Kaanaana

Sergeant-at-Arms…….……. Lori Williams

Directors

Club Service…....…..…. Jeffery J. Sarver

Service Projects…..….. Shirley Robinson

International Service… William H.Q. Bow

New Generations….... Kimberly B. Moore

Membership………... Ernest G. Anderson

Public Relations………….. Raymond Noh

Interact Clubs Sponsored

Aiea High School

Farrington High School

Moanalua High School

Radford High School

Sister Clubs

Hiroshima Southeast, Japan

Tokyo Osaki, Japan

Avachinsky, Russia

Meeting Schedule

Mondays, 12:00 Noon

Oahu Country Club

150 Country Club Road

Channel Marker Published by

Harvey Gray

March 12, 2012March 12, 2012

Rotary Club of Pearl Harbor

Call to order: President

Connie Kraus welcomed

members and guests to

the 2840th meeting of the

Rotary Club of Pearl

Harbor where we look

toward the future, keep

our hearts in the present,

and Reach within to

Embrace Humanity!

Providing our inspiration was Ernie Anderson, inducted Dec.

30, 1991 sponsored by Bob Desjardins. Ernie is the owner of

Anderson Reality.

Leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance was Jeff Sarver

inducted August 9, 2010 sponsored by Ernie Anderson. Jeff

is the owner of Sarver Industries, Inc.

Our song leader was Les Hunkele inducted April 30, 2007

sponsored by Ernie Anderson. Les works for AGS and led us

in singing “This Land is Your Land”.

Rotary International www.rotary.org

President ………...……. Kalyan Banerjee

District 5000

Governor ………........….. Laurie Yoshida Asst. Dist Governor …… Mel Kumasaka

Chartered June 14, 1950

MEETING REPORT Mar 5, 2012MEETING REPORT Mar 5, 2012

Ernie Anderson Jeff Sarver Les Hunkele

Acting Sergeant-at-Arms Les Hunkele

welcomed: Past District Governor Jim Varner

and Current District 5000 Leadership: Steve

Dyer, District Alumni Co-Chair, Bruce Fink,

HRYF Board Member, Harvey Gray, District

Newsletter. Rotarian Guests within District 5000:

Alan Lloyd (Windward), Bub Wo (Honolulu).

Guests of RCPH members:

Diane Hunkele and

Sharon Bobb guests of

Les Hunkele, Tsurumi

Hamasu guest of Steve

Dyer, Mrs. George Fink,

mother and guest of Bruce

Fink, Laura Fink guest of

Bruce Fink. Denise

Eldredge-Sagapolutele

guest of Raymond Noh.

Jon Drykin guest of Alice

Clark.

President Connie recognized Member

Inductions: Stefanie Wilson inducted March 8,

2010 sponsored by Ernie Anderson. David

Arashiro inducted March 10, 1997 sponsored by

Jim Dolim.

“I Can” donators: President Connie thanked the

following members who donated cans of food to

the Foodbank to help the needy. Ernie

Anderson, Bruce Fink, Willa Gardner, Connie

and Gene Kraus, Jim Varner, Alan Lloyd.

Bill Bow $100 to the Rotary Foundation for the

15th anniversary of Bow Engineering. His

company celebrated by taking their employees

out to dinner. Steve Dyer $20 to the Rotary

Foundation for Patrick Border being our guest

speaker. Bruce Fink $10 to HRYF because he is

happy to have with him the two people who mean

the most to him, his mother and his wife. Jon

Drykin (guest) $5 to the Club, he feels at home

here with the weather because he is from Seattle.

A Premiere Wine Tasting

PearlPearlPearl HarborHarborHarbor SwirlsSwirlsSwirls

The Rotary Club of Pearl Harbor

Presents

Pacific Aviation Museum, Pacific Aviation Museum, Pacific Aviation Museum, Pearl Harbor on Ford Island, HawaiiPearl Harbor on Ford Island, HawaiiPearl Harbor on Ford Island, Hawaii

May 19, 2012May 19, 2012May 19, 2012 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM --- 9:00 PM9:00 PM9:00 PM

Laura, Bruce & Mrs. George Fink

Jon Drykin

Harvey Gray was happy to announce that we

have 115 reservations for Swirls so far, more

than half are paid and the rest are promised.

Dudley Fullard-Leo and Jeff Deer have bought

& paid for tables. Pat Middleton and Doug

Taylor are buying tables. Harvey asked

members to send their ticket reservation forms in

early, Please!

Connie thanked the following members who

gathered at Aiea E. S. and donned red and white

stripped top hats to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday

by reading some of his books to 2nd and 4th grade

classes. Bill Bow, Ellie Kaanaana, Patrick

Matsumoto, Les Hunkele, Alan Lloyd, Connie

and Gene Kraus.

Connie announced that Harmony on Ice will take

the place of Harmony of the Pacific on May 30.

We hope to have 200 underprivileged children

skating from 0830-10:30 in the morning who

may not otherwise have the chance to ice skate.

Jeff Deer introduced our guest speaker, Circuit

Court Judge Patrick Border who shared his

observations and insights after his two visits to

North Korea, first in 2010, and most recently in

October of 2011. He spent two weeks on these

on visits in the Democratic People’s Republic of

Korea and is not yet finished with his exploration

of this rarely seen, and in his opinion, a

somewhat misunderstood country.

Pat’s first experience of living and working on

the Korean Peninsula goes back to 1975, when,

as a young judge advocate with the United States

Air Force, he was stationed for a year at Kunsan

Air Base in South Korea, 150 miles south of the

dividing line between the two Koreas. While

living there he found friendly people and a

beautiful land wherever he went. From that time

to the present day, Pat was struck by the paradox

of having an assignment that called for him to

defend Koreans against other Koreans. Over the

years, he developed an insatiable curiosity about

what could possibly be on the other side of the

dividing line that would be so ominous and evil.

Pat said it is simpler than one would imagine to

go on a tour of North Korea, you go to China and

sign up with a tour, that simple. Because the

British established diplomatic relations with

North Korea in 2000 and have an embassy, they

get preferred treatment and the tours are not very

expensive. He presented a slide show showing

highlights of his two trips to North Korea. The

locations he visited were controlled, but he could

speak to anyone. Most people he talked to were

young and conversant in English. He had a

translator and tour guide. Pat showed a picture

of a guard who talked openly off camera but

looked stern when the photo was taken. He said

it was rare to see soldiers with weapons.

Pat said that the

population of the

South Korea city

of Seoul is equal

to about half of

that of all of North

Korea. Some

housing areas he

consider beautiful

with trees lining

the streets. The

north-south roads

to the DMZ are

smooth, but those

going west were

very worn and not

well maintained.

The tour guides

showed them a

hospital that to the

trained eye had

outdated equipment. There is some nice architecture,

such as their Arch of Triumph and the Reunification

Monument in Pyeongyang. The monument, that is as

tall as the Empire State building depicts two women

representing North and South Korea holding up a

spire with the image of a unified Korea..

He showed photos of an extravaganza in a large

stadium with about 1000 people being entertained by

100,000 performers in multi colored costumes

dancing in strict choreographed formations on the

field, while performers in the stands made elaborate

scenes with flash cards.

He would like his next trip to include other lawyers

who are interested in setting up a legal exchange.

President Connie thanked Pat for his fascinating

presentation about

North Korea and

asked him to sign a

children’s book,

The Lion and the

Land of Narnia

Illustrated and

Compiled by

Robert Cording,

that will be

donated to Aiea

Elementary School

in his honor.

Bill Bow led us in the Four-Way-Test.

Past R.I. Presidents

(Continued from March 5)

1963-64

Carl P. Miller

Rotary Club of Los Angeles

RI Theme: Meeting Rotary's

Challenge in the Space Age

“Even if you are on the right

track, you will get run over if

you sit down.”

1963 RI Convention

March

Literacy Month

Mar 12: Mike Smola, Mission Houses Museum

Mar 19: Hong Jiang, Deputy Regional Director of

NTD (Chinese language) television, Revising

Chinese Culture through Performing Arts

Mar 26: Perry Martin, President Maryknoll Schools,

What's New with Education.

THE 4THE 4--WAY TESTWAY TEST

Of the things we think, say or doOf the things we think, say or do

1. Is it the TRUTH?1. Is it the TRUTH?

‘Oia ’i’o i keia o’lelo‘Oia ’i’o i keia o’lelo

2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

Kupono ia ka kouKupono ia ka kou

3. Will it BUILD GOODWILL and3. Will it BUILD GOODWILL and

BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

Kukulu lokomaika’i a me pilialoha maika’i a’eKukulu lokomaika’i a me pilialoha maika’i a’e

4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Pono ia ka kouPono ia ka kou

1964-65

Charles W. Pettengill

Rotary Club of Greenwich,

Connecticut, USA

RI Theme: Live Rotary

“Rotary works through man's

elemental confidence that

something good can be made

better.”

The Rotarian , July 1964