The February 18, 2010 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below. You may also read it on-line by visiting http://www.RotaryClubofVillaPark.org/Newsletter.cfm     Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter Impressive speech Contest Today Fireside Chat Last Night   Thoughtful, well spoken words filled the Villa Park City Hall Council Chambers as four Villa Park High Students competed in this year's Speech Contest.   This year's competition which was organized by Vocational Chairperson Linda Bartrom-Olsen had students competing from the Sophomore, Junior and Senior Classes of the School and  was energetic and interesting.  More on this later.....   Our meeting began with  opening exercises led by Pastor Stan Van Denberg who quoted scripture a... 02/19/2010

Villa Park Sales in 2009-up 24% in numbers from 2008 Approximately 1/3 Distress Sales of the Total number of 2009Villa Park Sales   In 2008 there were 48 sales, and in 2009 there were 61 sales.  In 2008, the average price was $1,277,120, 3670 sq. ft., or $347.99 per sq. ft. In 2009, the average price was $1,005,999, 3499 sq. ft.  or $287.50 per sq. ft For Distressed 2009 Sales: In 2009, the average price was $891,660, 3479 sq. ft. or $256.30 per sq. ft For Standard Sales: In 2009 the average price was $1,051,092, 3507 sq. ft. or $299.71 per sq. ft.   In 2009:   there were 53 closed sales with 8 in escrow not yet closed. For the 53 Closed Sales:  33% of the 2009 were above one million dollars and 66% were below.  The trend is exactly reversed from 2008.  See below $1,000,000-$1,250,000: ... 02/05/2010

The February 4, 2010 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below. You may also read it on-line by visiting http://www.RotaryClubofVillaPark.org/Newsletter.cfm     Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter Haiti on our Minds....  Getting to Know New Member Pete Moriarty Haiti is still on our minds as this week's District 5320 Newsletter focuses on what needs to be done to help this earthquake ravaged country now and in the coming months.  District Governor Brett Gerdes addressed the issue in his monthly Governor's  Message.  He points out that " Rotary is about what happens when the media moves on to the next story".  He notes that providing sanitation facilities and clean water are both immediate and long term problems.  Providing Shelterbo... 02/05/2010

The January 28, 2010 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below. You may also read it on-line by visiting http://www.RotaryClubofVillaPark.org/Newsletter.cfm   Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter                                   The weeks just keep rolling along....   our invocation was done once again by Millie Alexander, who has now done enough back to back invocations to get credit towards a theological degree;  Flag Salute was led by Teri Brooks;  Rotary Four Way Test was led by Greg Mills, and our song  Zip A Dee Do Dah-was well sung despite the absence of the bouncing ball under the lyrics.     Guests: Lisa Stepanski- 2nd week Wayne Silzel- 4th week    Both Lisa and Wayne are prospective new members of the club Jeff Elder- tod... 01/29/2010

The January 21, 2010 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below. You may also read it on-line by visiting http://www.RotaryClubofVillaPark.org/Newsletter.cfm    Villa Park Rotary Newsletter   Haiti Earthquake Relief Rainy Days    Good Morning everyone.  This week's meeting was very mindful of the disaster relief efforts currently going on in Haiti.   Millie Alexander led us in our invocation, George Poulos led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and Teri Brooks actually had the group pull off a round version of "Row Row Row Your Boat".  Greg Mills continued our new recitation of the Rotary Four Way Test.   Following Breakfast Eric Sense asked for a moment of silence for the San Diego Chargers Football team after their loss to the New York ... 01/22/2010

The January 21, 2010 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below. You may also read it on-line by visiting http://www.RotaryClubofVillaPark.org/Newsletter.cfm    Villa Park Rotary Newsletter   Haiti Earthquake Relief Rainy Days    Good Morning everyone.  This week's meeting was very mindful of the disaster relief efforts currently going on in Haiti.   Millie Alexander led us in our invocation, George Poulos led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and Teri Brooks actually had the group pull off a round version of "Row Row Row Your Boat".  Greg Mills continued our new recitation of the Rotary Four Way Test.   Following Breakfast Eric Sense asked for a moment of silence for the San Diego Chargers Football team after their loss to the New York ... 01/22/2010

The January 14, 2010 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below. You may also read it on-line by visiting http://www.RotaryClubofVillaPark.org/Newsletter.cfm        Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter New Year's/ New Decade Party Meet the New Villa Park City Manager Last night we celebrated our club's Holiday/New Year's/ New Decade Party at PJ' s Abbey. Club members enjoyed a delicious meal of either Salmon or Steak and got to mingle beforehand while sipping wines, cocktails or soft drinks and munching on appetizers.  Special thanks to Millie Alexander and to Jim Glenn who helped arrange the evening.  We also collected about 50 DVDs that will be sent to our overseas troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.  One special highlight of the evenin... 01/15/2010

The January 7, 2010 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below. You may also read it on-line by visiting http://www.RotaryClubofVillaPark.org/Newsletter.cfm     Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter   Welcome 2010!! Good Morning Villa Park Rotarians.  Our meeting began with an invocation by Bill Baker who encouraged our nations leaders to do the right thing.  Jay Applebaum led the pledge and reticent song mistress Teri Brooks led us in God Bless America.  Greg Mills began a new tradition of leading the group in a reading of the Four Way Test. Guests: Rick Barnett - gave the group positive feedback on the Thanksgiving Day event with the Marines.                       Everyone involved felt it was a wonderful experience and a great way t... 01/11/2010

The December 17, 2009 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below. You may also read it on-line by visiting http://www.RotaryClubofVillaPark.org/Newsletter.cfm        Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter Happy New Year !! Good morning everyone, holiday greetings for the rest of the season.  Today's meeting was started with an invocation by Ron Accornero who gave a spirited thought for the day and suggested we all go home and hug our loved ones and tell them how special they are to us.  Joe Brand not only led the Pledge of Allegiance, but gave us some history as to its origins; it was first penned by Francis Belamy, a Baptist Minister in August of 1892 and later modified in 1923 by the Daughters of the American Revolution and took its c... 12/17/2009

The December 10, 2009 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below. You may also read it on-line by visiting http://www.RotaryClubofVillaPark.org/Newsletter.cfm       Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter Big Holiday Happenings in Villa Park This Weekend!! Sense Sits in For Santa and Gets High Praise From Family and Friends Today's meeting began with an impromptu invocation by Steve Stern who wished everyone a healthy, happy and safe holiday season. Milt Stamos led us in the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a reading of the Rotary Four Way Test led by Greg Mills and the song "All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth" led by Teri Brooks.   Guests: Introduced by Greeter Stan Van DenBerg Tom Gentile- speaker and business partner of Mi... 12/12/2009

The December 5, 2009 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below. You may also read it on-line by visiting http://www.RotaryClubofVillaPark.org/Newsletter.cfm   Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter Happy Holidays!! This weeks meeting began with an invocation by Mark Schmidt and the Pledge of Allegiance led by Diane Rothi.  Teri Brooks led us in a in a lively version of Jingle Bells.   Guests: Bob Kreisberg introduced Liz Martinez from the Orange YMCA.  Liz presented the group with an opportunity to support the Y by buying tickets to win a 2 week cruise to Hawaii.  Only 600 tickets will be sold at $50 each; so far only 250 tickets have been sold.  Help the Y and take a chance on a 2 week Hawaiian Cruise.                                 ... 12/12/2009

The November 12, 2009 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below. You may also read it on-line by visiting http://www.RotaryClubofVillaPark.org/Newsletter.cfm   Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter   The Holidays Are Coming!!   The meeting began with an Invocation by Pam Dunn that was a tribute to our veterans, followed by the flag salute and "God Bless America"   Guests: Ken Caplin- Assistant Governor- who reminded us to write up our projects for District recognition Marty Friesen- a visiting Rotarian from Manitoba, Canada   Brice Prather- returned after a long absence-   Announcements: Steve Stern-  Announced there will be an All Community Service Luncheon on November 19th                      contact Betsy Little for more informati... 11/18/2009

Villa Park, California Real Estate Market Report- November 1st, 2009Villa Park Active Listings= 33Lowest priced listing in Villa Park = $699,999.00Highest priced listing in Villa Park = $6,499,000.00Active Listings Property Type: 33 Single Family Residences 0 Condos/Townhouses                                Active Listings Sale Type: 29 Standard Listings 0 REO* Listings 4 Short Pay** Listings                     Active Listings Price Range: 33 priced at or above $500,000.00 0 priced below $500,000.00                                   Villa Park properties in Pending & Back Up Status= 15Pending & Back Up Status Listing Type: 9 Standard Listings 0 REO* Listings 6 Short Pay** Listings                                   Villa Park Properties Sold From 10/1/09-10/31/09= 6October, 2009 Sales T... 11/04/2009

October 28, 2009-Villa Park Real Estate Update  Now what's happening in the city of Villa Park? Sales in Villa Park are UP.  Lots more sales already in 2009 than in all of 2008! As of October 28, 2009, there have been a total of 56 properties that are under contract or have closed in Villa Park in 2009-already 8 more than all of last year. Of the 56 properties, 42 have already closed. For the Closed 42 properties, the Average sales price is ($1,015,009/3602 sq. ft.) or  $281.79 per sq. ft.  For just the month of September Ten sales in Villa Park were reported, and for the month of October, 9 sales have been reported.   For October, of the 9 sales, there are 5 properties in "Back Up"- Average List Price is ($1,057,989/2370 sq. ft.) $385.02 per sq. ft.  There are 2 properties in "Pending ... 10/30/2009

The October 22, 2009 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below. You may also read it on-line by visiting http://www.RotaryClubofVillaPark.org/Newsletter.cfm     Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter      Halloweenfest Next Friday Night   The morning seemed to begin as usual with Millie Alexanderreading an invocation by football coach Lou Holtz with a Carpe Diem theme.  The flag, recovered from the VP TV Studio, was saluted and then President Joe had us attempt a frightening  ROTARY song that prompted visiting Rotarian Roy Jefferson to nominate us for "worst singing club".  Redemption would come later when we sang "Happy Birthday" to Eric Sense celebrating 50 today.    Spooky Beginning !!   Guests: Pete Moriarity- transferring to our c... 10/23/2009

The October 15, 2009 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below. You may also read it on-line by visiting http://www.RotaryClubofVillaPark.org/Newsletter.cfm      Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter Oktoberfest Kudos   Greetings All.  Our meeting began with an invocation from Chanda Parrett, the flag was saluted symbolically and was later recovered from the VPTV Studio and we sang "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" led by the head coconut...Joe Brand.   Guests: Larry McCondichie- DMA Insurance Services of  Brea Linda Dorn- a new Villa Park Resident and transferring Rotarian from St Louis Pete Moriarity- Villa Park Resident and transferring Rotarian from Louisiana Judge Bill McDonald- husband of Jane McDonald who is on the mend fro... 10/16/2009

Sales in Villa Park are UP.  More sales already in 2009 than in all of 2008! As of October 2, 2009, there have been a total of 50 properties that are under contract or have sold in Villa Park in 2009-already 2 more than all of last year. Of the 50 properties, 36 have already closed. For these 36 properties, the Average sales price is ($1,013,483/3583 sq. ft.) $282.86 per sq. ft.   For just the month of September Ten sales in Villa Park were reported. There are 4 properties in "Back Up"- Average List Price /$ per sq. ft.: (928,125/3043 sq. ft) $305.00 per sq. ft.   There are 4 properties in "Pending Sales (Contingencies Removed) Average List Price /$ per sq. ft.: (1,282,249/4024 sq/ ft),  $318.65  per sq. ft.   Sold and Closed There are  2 properties that have sold and closed for Septemb... 10/12/2009

Villa Park Real Estate Market Report-October 1st, 2009 Villa Park Active Listings= 33Lowest priced listing in Villa Park= $750,000.00Highest priced listing in Villa Park= $6,499,000.00Active Listings Property Type: 33 Single Family Residences 0 Condos/Townhouses                             Active Listings Sale Type: 27 Standard Listings 0 REO* Listings 6 Short Pay** Listings                               Active Listings Price Range: 33 priced at or above $500,000.00 0 priced below $500,000.00                               Villa Park Properties in Pending & Back Up Status= 13Pending & Back Up Status Listing Type: 8 Standard Listings 0 REO* Listings 5 Short Pay** Listings                                 Villa Park Properties Sold From 9/1/09-9/30/09= 5September, 2009 Sales Type: 3 Standar... 10/02/2009

The September 17, 2009 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below. You may also read it on-line by visiting http://www.RotaryClubofVillaPark.org/Newsletter.cfm   Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter Lopushinsky thrills with Tales and Photos from Africa Oktoberfest  Tickets Going Fast We had a busy morning that began with an invocation by Mark Schmidt, flag salute by Millie Alexander and Steven Pollack led us in "Roll Out the Barrel".   Guests: Brian Kalchman- from Villa Park Magazine Gerardo Rodriguez- a guest of Greg Mills Steve Lopushinsky- Orange Rotary and today's speaker   Birthdays: Sylvan Swartz- Sept 15th- Sylvan went to New York to visit family- he shared his birthday with his daughter-in-law and grandson Announcements: Steve... 10/02/2009

The September 3, 2009 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below. You may also read it on-line by visiting http://www.RotaryClubofVillaPark.org/Newsletter.cfm       5 Weeks Until Oktoberfest 300 Backpacks for Tecate Orphans and Laguna Beach Clambake Big Successes Goodmorning all.  Our day began with the a very thoughtful invocation by Ken Fischer who reminded us to remember those who came before us and allowed us to enjoy the bounties of life we now enjoy.  Our flag salute was followed by Greg Mills leading us in "Roll Out The Barrell" and as our headline reminds us, its 5 weeks until the big event.   Guests: Debby Adle- from Villa Park Elementary School Dan Dupps- a visiting rotarian from Newark, Ohio Jim Rheins- Villa Park Mayor Jim... 09/04/2009