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ವನವಿಹರೋತ್ಸವ
VANAVIHAROTSAVA
Namaskara:
What a great way to spend a relaxing day with your fellow Kannadigas at the KCA Picnic. We hope all of you enjoyed the program as much as we did. A record 250 KCA members participated in various games. Of course, the Halasinna hannu and Ella Neeru were a hit. We would like to once again congratulate the 12 high school graduates and their families. We hope to make the recognition of our graduates and their families an annual tradition. Please let us know what you liked about the program and how you think we can improve.
We owe a special thanks to Jagannath Shankam and Soma Somashekar for coordinating the picnic. Over the past several weeks they, along with Jagadish Gundarahalli coordinated several sporting events including Cricket, Table Tennis, Carrom and Chess. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the sports. Tennis and Bridge will be held over the next few weeks. In addition to the coordinators, the success of the event was due to the volunteers. A special thanks to Mrs Prema and Mr B. Nagaraj for the Majjige, Rajeshwari Kadur for the churmuri.
Thanks once again to all the volunteers, members and kids for your participation.
Moving on, our next event will be the Samoohika Ganesha Pooja on Sunday, Sept. 19th at the Jain Temple in Buena Park. We are seeking sponsorship at the $500 (Facilitiy) and the $250 level (Pooja Samagri). Please come forward to sponsor this program. We would like to especially thank Meena and Arun Madhav for their generous donation of $2,000 sponsorship of the Ganesh Pooja. We will be sending more details about the Ganesh Pooja program shortly. In the meantime, if you have any questions or comments, please contact me at ksommd@gmail.com or one of the directors.
With Regards
Kavitha Kotrappa, MD
President, KCA -SC
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The KCA-SC board would like to announce this year’s annual
picnic event, Vanaviharotsava.
Please note : The event is open to all members.
Date & Time: July 18, 2010, 10 AM - 3 PM
Place: Cerritos Regional Park, (Lake Side Picnic Area) 19700 Bloomfield Avenue, Cerritos, CA 90703
Event Coordinators: Shankam Jagannath, Soma Somashekar and Jagadish Gundarlahalli.
Event Highlights: Regional Sports Events, Youth Committee Elections, Great Food and Fun in the Sun
Details Pertaining to the Sports Events:
Based on the tremendous success and the positive feedback received last year for the Inter regional sports events, the KCA-SC Board will continue the tradition this year as well. Last year’s sports events coordinator Mr. Jagadish Gundarlhalli along with several regional volunteers as mentioned below will be helping the current board to make this event a grand success. The various Inter regional events will be held just prior to Vanaviharotsava event per the schedule outlined below.
We will be conducting the "Regional Sports
Events" in 6 categories: Chess for (Elementary and Middle), Tennis and
Table tennis for (Middle and high School), Table Tennis, Carrom,Tennis, Bridge and Cricket
for (ages18 and above). The winners will be recognized (trophies, certificates,
etc.) at Vanaviharotsava day on July 18th.
The four regions and the coordinators are as follows.
Please join any of the following region that is
convenient / closest to your place of residence.
Region 1 - Valley (Coordinator - Venkatesh Chakravarthy; email id - venkumc@hotmail.com ; Tel. No. - 818 340 6445)
Region 2 - Cerritos (Coordinator - Shantharam Keshava; shantharam_keshava@ yahoo.com; Tel. No. - 562 404-7691)
Region 3 - Pomona/Diamond Bar (Coordinator - Soma Somashekar: jyothisomu@msn.com ; Tel. No. - 714-964-0123)
Region 4 - Orange County (Coordinator - Jagadish Gundarlahalli;abhiman.pooja@gmail.com ; Tel. No. - 714 654 7766)
TT, CarRom & Chess – July 10th Vijay and Kavitha Kotrappa’s Residence 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Depending on # of participants we will have a Region wide or round robin play. We will crown winner and runner up titles. To participate, please contact your coordinator (see above), nearest to your place of residence or Jagannath @ (714) 478 6466.
Tennis – July 11th 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Depending on the # of participants, play best of 3 games and crown a winner and a runner up position. Orange County Location: Community tennis courts near Jagannath’s residence and/or Shivu Subramanya’s residence. Valley, Cerritos, and Diamond Bar - you could come to OC location or have a local meeting place. To participate, please contact your coordinator (nearest to your place of residence) or Jagananth @ (714) 478 6466.
Bridge – July 16th or 17th (Tentative), location TBD by Srinivas Bhat. To participate, please contact Srinivas @ (909) 623 3185.