May 24, 2012 

President Julia Larson presiding  

Flag Salute followed by the  hearty WSR Chorus 

Guests:   Honorary member Mark Faye and Speaker/Guest Superior Court Judge Dan Maguire. 

Announcements and Presentations: 

• May 19th Bark in the Park – 2 mile fitness dog walk that Luna Vista hosted was successful.  Woodland Vet clients were plentiful.  The high school is covered with ‘No Dogs’ signs – which were ignored for the event. 

• May 20 Gibson May Festival, Thanks to beverage booth volunteers and Big Thanks to Chuck Santoni for putting beer in Julia’s car (for the event).  Mark Faye was an excellent grill-master.  The beverages were nearly sold out and Lynn Jepsen reports a net gain of $581 that will be donated to The Gibson House Museum.  Charles Mack may have been slightly exuberant in his change collection/counting.  The Gibson Restroom is officially complete with the commemorative Rotary sign in place. 

• The Woodland Schools Foundation is putting on a fun run on the morning of July 4th before the annual pancake breakfast at the Spring Lake Firehouse.  They are looking for service clubs to put up a few volunteer water stations along the running routes.  A few people raised their hands to show interest in staffing a booth.  More information will be provided in June - the event will be from 8 am -10 am on July 4th around the Spring Lake/Pioneer High neighborhoods. 

• Eric Engstrom (replete with Salmon Hat) announced that the October 13th Salmon BBQ theme will be BEACH.  Beach Boys music, coordinating with their 50th anniversary tour, beach attire and beach beverages will abound.

  
    Eric & John Beatty are charged with the auction.  Julia Larson and Keith Rode will be getting You Pick Items.  Sponsorships will be co-hosted with Sharon Blaha and Buzz James will be charged with Public Relations.  Bob Pye will person the bar and Finances can only be handled by Lynn Jepsen.  Location will again be at the Holy Rosary Hall. 

• Don Easton:  Many thanks for the Yolo County Foster Care Group Emancipation Bags for foster children who will be graduating next Thursday.  Tickets are available. 

• Wayne Ginsburg announced:  

• The YMCA will celebrate National Senior Health & Fitness Day on Wed, May 30th from 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the Fitness & Wellness Center, 2001 East Street (Woodland Community Center).  Celebrate with free bbq lunch, exercise classes and free week passes. 

• The Heidrick Ag History Center will unveil a new interactive exhibit on June 13th, at a special reception at the museum. 

• Reminder:  Travel items are sought for our fall fundraiser for the raffle – bring those memento’s.  And don’t for get to grab a banner for ambassadorship meetings with other clubs on your travels – the Clubs of Paris have been warned. 

• Fabulous Quilts will accompany the Rotoplast Mission for the June 12th trip, thanks to those members wives and friends who spent the time quilting for this wonderful cause. 

  

Recognition: Kevin Sanchez 

• Eric Faye – Birthday.  It was spent in his usual activity this time of year for the last 30-40 years:  installing rice boxes with the north winds blowing.  Bell.   It was also his Induction.  Bell. 

• Dave Dumars, not present – planting rice. 

• Tasha – database error  - pass.  [Much chatter about the database and who was in charge of the meeting – fines assessed.] 

• Lynn Clark – master of the database – Induction.  The Club President was Chuck Santoni in 2000.  He commented that his motorcycle travels took him recently from Arizona to Texas where he witnessed the Interstate Highway 10 closed in both directions while Immigration performed citizen checkpoints.  Bell. 

• Cleve’s phone rang - a tax was collected. 

• John Martin – Anniversary – celebrated his marriage on May 27, 1969 – the best decision of his life.  Bell. 

• Bob Pye – Anniversary – long ago in a land known as Fresno.  His son recently inquired if there is a good part of Fresno?  Yes, its good to be from.  Bell. 

• Tom Wendt – Anniversary – celebrated in Pacific Grove with family.  Took the grandkids to the aquarium.  Golfed with his son.  They took their first limousine ride and impersonated Jack Nicholson for the tourists. 

• Bruce Dennie – was recognized for having a rowdy garage sale.  The Church Youth were raising funds for an outreach trip to Arizona and Mrs. Dennie offered the house – it came with youth shouting, “Garage Sale,” loud enough to wake the neighbors at 7 am.   The spelling of some of the signage was commented on by club educators – ‘Hugh Sale!’ 

• Eric Engstrom was recognized for his in-field Home Run at last week’s softball game.  He even had time to rest at third base to catch his breath before beating the ball in to the plate. 

Happy Bucks: 

• Dave Grose was happy to have his son graduate with a mechanical engineering degree recently from Chico State, but now re-installed at the house , he is consuming as much as his rent used to cost. 

• Buzz James reports that his wife has beat the Northern California fundraising record for Crohn’s Disease! Their team raised over $18,000 for the CCFA walk event on 5/19. 

• Paul Day visited Disneyland with grandkids – the only way to see the park is through the eyes of the children – and was surprised to get a professional award at his company convention for Outstanding Dealer for Big O Tires. 

• Joel Butler is delighted his daughter graduated from high school, having carried a 4.0 grade point average.  Was disappointed that the flag salute was done with the flags on the wrong side of the stage – collective groan. Joel enjoyed attending the Interact end of year dinner as well. 

• Frank Crum’s daughter Ava has also graduated from high school and will be going to Oregon as an University of Oregon Duck next year. 

• Jim Gillette was recently able to see his daughter perform in her first solo dance in an Opera House ballet production after having a quick dinner and listening to the Crawdad’s at Ludy’s. 

• John Martin commented on John Beatty suffering injuries and needing a body repair shop.  John Beatty took the moment to express pride in a daughter’s friend David Brooks who graduated from the Navy Diving school recently. John Beatty commented that driving around in orchards can be an occupational hazard.  

• Brad Van Sant noted that Joel Butler’s Assessor’s office staff were quite helpful in his attempt to research the history of his mother’s house in Davis.  He also noted that the cemetery celebrations for Memorial Day will be worthy of attendance. 

• Pat Butler had the pleasure of viewing and listening to a grandchild/narrator in a kindergarten  production of the Three Pigs. 

  
  

Program:  One Day Trial 

Judge Dan Maguire presides over Department 15 of the Yolo Superior Court’s civil law department.  He was appointed to the bench in October, 2010.  Before his appointment, judge Maguire worked as a Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary for Governor Schwarzenegger for five years.  Prior to his government service, Judge Maguire worked as a private attorney for 12 years, specializing in civil litigation and intellectual property.  Judge Maguire served as President of the Yolo County Bar Association in 2008.  He graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School, and lives with his wife and two children in Davis. 

In today’s presentation, Judge Maguire spoke about the One Day Trial Program.  This program, which has been in effect for a year, is designed to expedite the processing of simple civil cases.   

A recently enacted statute, AB 2284, now allows for short trials.  Yolo County was early to embrace the program, which is to say they have designed the program and selected the participating department and methods for scheduling.  It has not been taken advantage of to date, however, by litigants. 

Citing Charles Dicken’s Bleak House as a still relevant example of the vagaries of litigation, the One Day Trial is described as a possible efficient method of resolving an uncomplicated dispute and receiving finality within six months of requesting a trial date. 

The One Day Trial comes with a trial date scheduled within six months of the request.  It will have eight jurors (as opposed to twelve) and no alternates.  The peremptory challenges of jurors will be limited to three per side (as opposed to six) and voir dire will last one hour.  The case will be presented within three hours per side and the decision is final.   

Costs are bound to be lower and the time in which a client will reach finality quicker.  One reason for not currently using this method may be that lawyers are bound to be competitive and have not yet resolved to recommend this method.  It may be that the Canon’s of Ethics require disclosure of this to clients and/or incorporating this choice in to contracts prior to any disagreements.  Frank Crum offered that client’s are always more interested in cost savings after receipt of their first bill.   

Questions?  Does the lack of appeal frighten some who might use it?  Possibly – but mediation carries the same restriction and is a very popular method of alternative dispute resolution.  This may just need to grow in to its own as a resolution tool.  As a Bleak House – like local matter, Charles Mack shared the estate of Charles Hershey that went on from his death in 1914 until after his appointment to the County Counsel position in 1965.   

Is this necessary for Yolo County?  Yolo efficiently settles or resolves 2000 cases per year.  2000 cases are filed each year.  Utilizing a quick trial setting of six months, could resolve some sooner. 

Raffle:  Rick Pomeroy won a free breakfast and led us in the four way test. 

• John Martin attended the Boy Scout Recognition dinner
  
  and was delighted to accept a plaque for the Club’s Foundation donation and have a picture taken with Ken Price as Foundation President.
• One more District Assembly remains: May 19, Vallejo Center of Solano Community College
• May 19th Bark in the Park – 2 mile fitness walk funded with pledges and all participants are welcome. A few people to help with a table providing polio information would be helpful – volunteers welcome.
• May 20th Gibson May Festival, Thanks for the sign-ups for the beverage sales booth during the hours of 10:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. – Reminder it is going to be Warm (likely to be brisk cold beverage sales & consumption).
• Don Easton: Items are needed for Yolo County Foster Care Group Emancipation Bags for foster children who turn 18 and leave the system. He will bring a sample completed bag for viewing.
• A nice Thank You note was received from Josh Morris – the young man who raised and auctioned the pig we purchased at the 4-H sales.
• Also, a Thank You card from the Knights Landing Community Center – thanking the club Foundation for the donation toward building improvements. And thanks to club consultants for making recommendations on roofers – we understand the building will be protected from the elements very soon.
• Reminder: Travel items are sought for our fall fundraiser – bring those memento’s.
• Quilts to accompany the Rotoplast Mission are being accepted for the June 12th trip.
• Wayne is unable to use 2 All Events Badges for the Sacramento Music Festival (the Festival formerly known as the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee) $190 value – any club member interested? Sold before President Julia could move to a different item to Nick Ponticello who made a $100 donation to the club for the honor of being able to use the badges!
• Byron enjoyed his New York Philharmonic Symphony event at the Mondavi Center Saturday night
• Pat Butler announced that Voter Guides are available and be sure to VOTE on June 5th.
• On your Travels don’t forget to take a club Banner –it’s a nice way to meet folks at your destination.
• Next week’s speaker will be Yolo County Superior Court Judge Dan Maguire, in the spirit of Rotary, the topic is not political, but hopefully informative.

• Dan Morris: Had a birthday gathering recently celebrating his birth in 1964. The gathering included Gary Holman & Barbara Butterfield. No other details were forthcoming, though a comment was made that there was cake but they never got around to consuming it,,. Bell.
• Brad Van Sant: Was born on May 12, 73 years ago in Boise, ID. His dad, a veterinarian, was a Farm & Ag inspector for the military. Bell.
• Angela Fairchilds: Induction. May 15, 2004. Ellen Burriss was President and Jorge Ayala was her sponsor. Its been a good 8 years of membership, though after the first meeting at the Corkwood, she was not sure why she came back a second time but was glad she did. She’ll be gone the next two weeks to London visiting her mother. Bell.
• Bruce Dennie: Induction. May 16th. Cleve Baker was President . Bruce commented that he has enjoyed working with Julia Larson as both colleague and friend and now has seen her grown through her excellent year as Club President. Bell.
• Greg Stille: In absentia his anniversary is coming on the 23rd. [Later in the meeting it was noted that Greg replied from Hawaii to an e-mail @ 4:39 a.m. that it will be his 25th anniversary.]
• Cap Thomson: Induction, missed the charter member celebration last week but noted that the enthusiasm of the club dwarfs its' parent club!
• Pete Faye also missed the induction anniversary last week and recollected that the first meeting was held at the Lyon's (in the building that was a Ruby Tuesdays) and they decided the Corkwood would be a better morning venue...... Turkey Bowling was suggested but never came about.

Program: Barbara Butterfield, Maggie Aguirre and Julie Trethnic of PG&E.

Main Message: Small and medium business electric customers across California will be moving to Time-Varying Pricing as part of a statewide plan to ensure a better energy future and healthier environment. PG&E wants to assist you in learning what your rate options are and ways to conserve electricity so you can benefit from Time-Varying Pricing. Barbara is the primary person in Woodland to meet with you and discuss those options.

Barbara is Customer Service and Public Relations with an emphasis on farm utilization and welcomes contact from agriculture customers in order to assist gaining efficiencies in their operations.

Barbara, Maggie and Julie all emphasized that the different electric rates, depending on time of use, are based upon the theory that use drives cost and that cost can be reduced if it is done at a non-peak time. Flex Power PSA’s, public service announcements, are on the TV and radio asking for folks to lower their use during times of high demand.

Recommendation: All customers might benefit from a comparison of rates by way of an analysis at least once per year – possible to realize actual savings.

In order to reduce wasteful usage, the PUC has required providers to eliminate flat rates and is encouraging the use of flex provisions in order to more adequately meet demand at peak times. This does require some changes on the part of the customers, but hopefully it also produces a lesser cost. Smart meters currently can provide some analysis of the load and provide suggestions for shifting the load.

Maggie, from Elk Grove – a happy Rotary recipient of a dictionary from her son’s school – wants to help match customer service with gained efficiencies, which will result in help for the environment. She can assist with an audit to show savings areas – some as easy as changing light bulbs to LED, many small savings can add up. She presented an example of a plug-strip that can save ghost power costs of over $50 - $100 per year. There are also a variety of rebate programs – often target-specific, such as programs for day care centers or furniture stores – she will help assess customer eligibility.

Questions? Nick asked whether his employer (City of Woodland) could activate an audit? She can facilitate dialogue with a city or larger account manager and look for programs for them. Pool Equipment incentives? Yes there are some, also rebates for dishwashers, computers. They can help with those. The Library has a watt-o-meter, which can be checked out and tell you your usage, useful for determining rate needs. Great example of savings: LED Exit lights (like in the meeting room) would use 1/8th the cost of neon bulbs.

They look forward to working with folks in the future.

Happy Bucks:

• Don Sharp was happy to be with us this morning as he was supposed to be out of town and plans changed.
• John Smythe was happy to share lunch and a SF Giants game with his 89 year old Mom * Larry Peterson was happy that the softball team made 31 runs in the last two games, but sad they lost both games
• Kevin Sanchez was happy that one of the feet that touched home plate was his. * Brad Van Sant was happy to participate in the Woodland Chamber Singers at Pioneer High School as a reader and a singer
• Charles Mack was in Berkley on Tuesday for the graduation of his grandson - the 4th generation Cal Grad! They also celebrated his twin granddaughter's graduation from ASU, Magna Cum Laude, Charles was additionally happy about two new pieces of art he acquired at the Elliot Faust Gallery.
• Lynn Jepsen was happy to be exactly one year away from retirement!
• Ellen Burris was happy to have returned from a very successful though exhausting medical mission in Guatemala where she helped deliver care to over 2000 people in the clinic, performed 200 surgeries and delivered vitamins to children thanks to our club donation. This was her 11th trip to Guatemala!
• Jim Hilliard was happy to have spent some time with Pete Faye on their annual Rancheros Ride as a camp musician despite spending a fair amount of time out of commission due to a back injury.
• Pete Faye was happy to have enjoyed another successful Rancheros trip. Pete did more horseback riding and Jim came home with a hitch in his get-a-long???
• Keith Rode was happy to have had an opportunity to visit the Quick and Fresh Market at the Food Bank before it closed. Keith also commented that he remembered taking Food Safety classes in Vet School and that we should be glad that vets are in charge of our food safety because the human medical profession wanted nothing to do with this vital part of our food industry!
• Robb Wallace shared a wonderful recollection of their first music class at the store with a young girl coming to take a piano lesson and being so excited that she left singing and skipping out the door - the reason we all need music in our lives!
• Bob Pye congratulated Woodland High School Track for winning the 5th year in a row.
• John Martin looks forward to overseeing the Club’s meeting on the 31st and offered to counsel Julia on her time management skills.
• Byron MacConnell attended the memorial of long time Woodlander George Cotter.

May 10, 2012

• Quilts to accompany the Rotoplast Mission are being accepted for the June 12th trip. 
• Byron MacConnell has 3 unused tickets for the New York Philharmonic Symphony event at the Mondavi Center for Saturday night – contact him if interested. 
• Byron also reports that the Yolo Federal Credit Union in Davis is hosting the Chamber of Commerce Mixer tonight.
• Peter Cahn needs Readers for next school year – 15 or 16 members have signed up, a few more would be helpful.   


Bob Hulbert spent 2 weeks in China and was able to attend a Rotary Meeting in Hong Kong Causeway Bay which took place at a Karaoke Club. Banners were exchanged after a sushi buffet dinner and songs.

Rotarian Emergency Disaster Initiative (REDI) Hurricane Katrina was the genesis of a Rotary focus for personal and club preparedness. Larry, Rick and Julia attended the most recent conference in March of this year and Rick Sander is very familiar with the local needs as our Woodland Fire Chief. 

Recommendation: One should have their household prepared for and aware of the needs necessary to survive for a minimum of 3 days in the event of a disaster. This could be for a variety of local scenarios – flood, earthquake, other events that could disrupt electricity or communication – not always possible to predict. A video was shown which depicted all sorts of dramatic events, including plane crashes, which could cause the need to remain safe while help is assembling or on the way. 

Make a Plan: In order to be part of the recovery, have a supply of basic materials: Food, water, first aid supplies, thermal blanket, wind-up radio, whistle, gloves, matches & other comfort items. There are websites with suggestions and Larry has order forms for sample kits. 

Outward Community Recovery Assistance: The Club could inventory disaster assistance skills or materials – back-hoes, barbeque’s, ham radio, military connections. Resources that may have utility, depending on the events. 

Other suggestions: Have contacts outside of the locale – 200 miles away – for contacting in the event cell service is interrupted. Local Reverse 911 may make some calls automatically – if you want your cell phone called, that can be entered in to the system by contacting YECA. The Club could raise money to provide disaster kits to the invalids or elderly. Sister Cities sometimes help each other in the event of a disaster. Also, some clubs adopt Certified Emergency Response Team volunteers to help with their training, supplies or travel. 

Final Notes: Plan ahead. Julia got her kit as a Christmas present – thoughtful. Happiness is a well-stocked pantry – could you survive with the contents of your pantry for some time? One last point: If electricity is down, cash machines won’t work – might put some cash in your disaster bag. 

Information Web Sites:

Raffle: JP Perlman won a free breakfast. 

Next Week's Program: Barbara Butterfield from PG&E.

JP led us in the Four-Way Test right at 8:00 a.m.

May 3, 2012
President Julia Larson presiding
Flag Salute followed by the WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace
Visiting Rotarian: Clancy Duppong
Guests: John Smythe's guest Rob Paschol, Farmers Rice Coop; Steve Marks and Thomas Holcomb, our speakers
Announcements and Presentations:

• President Julia thanked all who helped at Rotarians at Work Day on Saturday, April 28 with the Patio Project at Yolo Adult Day Health Center. Executive Director Dawn Purkey will be our speaker on June 7 to give us the details.
• District Golf Tournament was enjoyed by members of both our teams. The A team, Chuck Santoni, Tom Wendt, Lance Hamilton and Larry Peterson, was about 6 under, while the Development team, Paul Day, Wayne Ginsburg, Dave Grose, and Brad Van Sant earned a plus sign in front of that number.
• The Mystery Golf Trip was to Dry Creek Ranch with the Old Sugar Mill as the site of the educational field trip.
• 4-H Spring Sales on Sunday, May 6th. Members are urged to support Gary Holman our pig purchaser. The pig will be donated to the Food Bank. Processing to determined.  The hat was passed to get a few more dollars to contribute to our purchase (otherwise Beatty and Larson may have a task...)The club added $250 to the $750 set aside by the board toward the project.
• Bark in the Park, Saturday, May 19th, Luna Vista Rotary Club event at Pioneer High School--a dog walk with a purpose.
• The annual Gibson May Festival is Sunday, May 20th, our club is in charge of beverage sales and a sign up will circulate next week.
• WSR Board meeting, Wednesday, May 9, Woodland ReMax, 7 am.
  
• Don Easton promoted donation of items needed for the Foster Child Emancipation Kit, to be presented May 31 actual date.
• Don also told us about attending the Arbonne Conference in in Las Vegas with his 9,000 new best friends, mostly female. Tough work Don.
• Peter Cahn announced that next year’s school Reading Program will be at Zamora, third grade as usual but with enough readers we may also do second grade. Let Peter know if you are interested in a being a reader. Everyone that participates reports fulfilling experiences.
• Reminder that Phil Marler needs third grade photos. Can't find one from third grade? He'll be happy to get a photo of you plus or minus a few years of that age. A photo of you as a child is better than no photo at all.
• Pat Butler: Last League of Women Voters Candidate night tonight (May 3), Assembly Candidates
• Eric Engstrom, Oct. 13 is the Salmon BBQ. May 15th  7am is the first organizational meeting at Don's Diner
• Rick Pomeroy announced the golf tournament on May 21st, the annual fund raiser for Cross Roads Treatment Center that Bob Pye works with.

Recognition: Kevin Sanchez
Anniversary: Ken Price is tomorrow, 31 years ago to Barbara, vineyard at the old Reiff Ranch, Judge CD “Swede” Archer presiding, Ken and Barbara decided to get married by the toss of a coin - lucky toss!
Kevin's story about female logic. Something about a skunk on Capital Mall and the undercarriage of his vehicle receiving the brunt of the impact.

Program: Frank Crum introduced Steve Marks, co-founder and executive director of Woodland Polytechnic Academy Charter School, and student Thomas Holcomb, a junior. Visiting Rotarian Clancy Duppong is also a volunteer adviser at Woodland Poly.
Thomas told us something about his experiences at Woodland Poly and why he prefers it over public high school. Steve explained the purposes and beginnings of Woodland Poly and his commitment to youth, which after 20 years with Tower Investments and facing major health issues, became again the focus of his professional life. His family's purchase in 1999 of a cattle ranch near Stoneyford has provided a location where many youth have experienced the outdoors and learned self-reliance.
Woodland Poly is finishing its first year of operation in facilities at the Yolo County Fairgrounds. Next year the school will enroll ninth through twelfth grade students, with its programs expanding along with the number and ages of the students.

Steve provided a list of first years accomplishments of the school, which include:

• Opened on-time in 4 months (obtained government entitlements and permits and built)
• Opened at targeted enrollment of 150 students
• Fielded CIF sports of football, girls volleyball, girls and boys basketball, girls soccer, and baseball
• Football team went on team bonding and branding field trips to Stonyford Ranch
• Staff went on “retreat” to Stonyford Ranch
• Ag students went on educational field trip to Stonyford Ranch
• Ag students went on two field trips on the Yolo County Fairgrounds
• FFA students went on a field trip to San Francisco
• Students and staff attended two events held by Michelle Rhee of StudentsFirst and Kevin Johnson of StandUp
• Google’s Vice President of Engineering, Udi Manber spoke at inaugural assembly
• Students, staff and special guests toured Google’s headquarters with Udi Manber
• Raised $75K in donations
• Boy Scouts Venture Crew #512 chartered by Woodland Poly
• Formed ASB, Yearbook and Booster Club
• Professional musician supporters of Big Kenny of Big & Rich and Troy Luccketta of Tesla
• Chuck Dudley of the Yolo County Farm Bureau visited campus
• Duane Chamberlain of the Yolo County Board of Supervisors visited campus
• Spoke at Yolo County Farm Bureau, Woodland Rotary, and Woodland Reveille Lions Club
• Built first-class volunteer corps of 50+

Check out the school's website.
Happy Bucks

• Julia had not asked her husband, Rich to help with Rotarians at Work Day. But Gary Holman did ask, via a text plea at 9 pm on Friday -  so Rich worked the whole day. Thank you Rich. She was also happy for the Mystery Golf trip on Rich’s birthday. She did make it home in time to go out for his birthday dinner.
• John Beatty acknowledged the members of our softball team for their real win last week, the first in two years.
• Ken Price, happy  for five days at Ft Myers USA Open Water Championships as a judge. Next judging event for him: the Olympic Trials
• Cleve Baker Chinese junque, many years ago one of the crew members became his brother. He and many others on that junque became engineers “Free China.” Get article from Cleve.
• Kelly Hutchison happy for son Josh’s wedding in Grey Eagle on Saturday. Now both sons are married.
• John Smythe gave a happy dollar thanking Byron for his chain saw talents on Saturday at the work day and was sad to miss the Mystery Golf Trip, but happy that Byron could take his spot!
• Byron then gave a happy dollar for the two Johns that could not make the golf trip, leaving an opening for him.
• Cleve Baker marked the occasion of the old Chinese junque going home. Decades ago it arrived in San Francisco from Taiwan with passengers escaping from Red China. One passenger later became Cleve's brother. There were attempts made to preserve the boat in the San Francisco area. According to a recent story in the Sacramento Bee, it is returning to Taiwan. Read the Bee's story here

Raffle: $454,  Rick Pomeroy won a free breakfast.
Next Week's Program: Personal Disaster Planning presented by Larry Peterson and president Julia Larson
Rick led us in the Four-Way Test

April 26, 2012

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by the WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace

Visiting Rotarians: Asst. District Governor Dean Labadie; Rick Sander, Woodland Rotary Club

Guests: Pat Murray, Maryellen MacKenzie, and Evelin Wendt of the Woodland Library Rose Club.

Announcements and Presentations:

• Potluck Social last Thursday at Nelson’s Grove was a success. Good turn out.
• Gary Holman is our buyer of a Pig at the 4-H Spring Sale, May 6. We will donate our purchase to the Yolo County Food Bank.
• Pat Butler announced several League of Women Voters Candidate Nights
• Thank you notes have been received from the Hear, Hear organization for our donation, and JP Perlman and Bob Miller for our support of the efforts in Mexico.
• Rotarians at Work Day on Saturday at Yolo Adult Day Health Center at 20 N. Cottonwood at 8 AM for the Patio project.
• District Golf Tournament is Sunday at the Yolo Fliers Club at noon. We are represented by Chuck Santoni, Lance Hamilton, Larry Peterson and Tom Wendt in one group and Dave Grose, Brad Van Sant, Paul Day and Wayne Ginsburg in another group.
• Phil Marler reminded us about needing our third grade photos.
• Foster Care Items for emancipated youth needed to be in by May 17.
• Luna Vista Rotary Club’s Bark in the Park event will be on Saturday, May 19. It features a two mile walk with your pet at Pioneer High School Track. 8:30 am registration ($20). Funds raised will assist UC Davis scientists in preventing, treating and working to cure cancer in dogs.
• Gibson House Spring Festival Sunday, May 20.
• Wayne Ginsburg thanked the Foundation for its support of Woodland Reads, and introduced to us the book, the author and the Woodland Reads program. Flyer will be attached to announcement of the posting of the Wake Up Call.
  

Recognition: Kevin got a break, no recognition dates this week.

New member biographies:

Kenny Calhoun was born in Yuba City, is a seed guy with TSL Seeds,

His dad has been a Rotarian since 1955. He is married to Lisa, and has a daughter Amy. He is a fly fisherman with a family cabin in West Yellowstone (Fly Fishing Mecca). He is also a photographer. Check out his website.

Val Bevan grew up in the Sacramento area went to Loretto High School, Cal State Stanislaus, and UOP. She worked for Wells Fargo then Home Savings in San Francisco. She met her husband about 19 years ago, and liked his job so much that they went in that direction together, first as competitors now joined together as BevanBevan and Associates, LCC, financial planning. They have a blended family with 6 grandchildren between them. They are sailors with boat currently in Long Beach but moving it back to the San Francisco Bay this year.

Program: Woodland Library Rose Garden Club

Tom Wendt introduced today's program featuring

Pat singled out Bonnie Freshwater, Library Board president, City Manager Kris Christensen and council members Gary Sandy and Dave Flory for the city's support in doing the Garden right after two previous failures. A water system would have helped. Many challenges were overcome. Currently the Club has over 100 members, but started from a very small cadre.It did cost 12 parking spaces to put in the current garden: over 500 roses including several from the 1800s and earlier.

Pat told us of the supporting words of the late City Planner Ron Pinegar, who was the first person to park in the redesigned parking lot. He stopped her once on his way to work while she was working in the garden, to tell her that in the garden "I can hear the sound of insects buzzing, I can hear birds singing and I can smell roses." Pat invited us all to sit on one of the garden's benches soon to hear insects buzzing, birds singing and to smell the roses.

• Keith Rode enjoyed the California Automobile Museum, Picnic Day and being a guest singer with the Putah Creek Crawdads Saturday afternoon at Heritage Plaza.
• Bob Pye, thanks to Sarah soon will be a grandpa
• Paul Day is going to Hawaii for a Big-O corporate event and golf!
• Brad Van Sant was in Omaha 2 weeks ago, and highly impressed by his preschool and kindergarten visits. Also, Brad thoroughly enjoyed last week’s Mt. Hermon pastors conference. Great times but he missed our Watts Woodland meeting, which is where his airplane resides.
• John Beatty to had to fly to Elko on business and since it is so close to Wyoming flew on for pleasure landing on a grass strip.
• Chuck Santoni told of watching Don Sharp draining his second shot on a 440 yard par 4 at Yolo Fliers—Eagle!
• Jim Hilliard thanked everyone who has put campaign signs in their yards and thanked Byron for helping with his Coffee with a Candidate social at Common Grounds.
• Byron MacConnell appreciated the help form Big O for his education about his trucks'  idiot light, and he needs a sign from Jim Hilliard (after the meeting, of course)
• Cap Thomson was excited about Yolo Federal Credit Union being named the outstanding business of the year in Davis by the Davis Chamber. Cap also enjoyed the Dillon Beach retreat of Putah Creek Crawdads
• Tom Galeazzi does have a Jim Hilliard sign. Just showed up. He commented that Saturday on the Plaza was grand. Tom thanks Robb Wallace for all he does for the community.
• John O'Malley has been gone on Thursday mornings for several weeks, 22 weeks, in fact. Has become obsessed with running. He ran California International Marathon and missed qualifying for Boston by 22 seconds, with another marathon coming up in 5 weeks in an attempt to qualify for that elusive runners dream. Oldest daughter has been accepted to Sonoma State.

Raffle: $402 Aaron Schmoekel eats breakfast next week for free.

Next Week's Program: Steve Marks on Woodland Polytechnic Academy Charter High School

Aaron led us in the Four-Way Test

April 19, 2012

President Julia Larson presiding 

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Visiting Rotarians: Tab Randolph from the Rotary Club of Woodland

Guests of the Club: Val Bevan   

Guests: Kirby Wells and Scott Hartman (guests of Dave Dumars) and Lucus James (son of Buzz James, and our Camp Venture student)

Announcements and Presentations:

• Thank you to Bruce Watts for hosting breakfast out at Watt's Airport Hanger last week!
• Thank you from Woodland Community College for our donation of the Shaken Baby - they have named her Rotary and had a seminar on Tuesday 4/17 as part of their education series.

Induction Ceremony:  Val Beven was inducted into the club as our newest member, Eric Engstrom is her sponsor and her classification is Financial Planning.  Val was welcomed in the traditional handshake style!

• Woodland Sunrise Rotary Foundation Board meeting was Friday last week: The board voted to donate to several causes - 
• $2500 to Hearing Loss Assoc of America, Woodland Chapter
• $420 to Woodland Reads
• $2500 to Woodland Library Rose Club for signage
• $5700 to Knights Landing Community Center for repairs
• 2012 Salmon BBQ Recipients will be:
• $7,000 Yolo County Food Bank - computer stations
• $10,000 to Scouting Associates for new roof on the cabin
• April 19 Potluck Social at Nelson’s Grove, 6 PM. We will have a regular morning meeting.  Hope for sun, sign up for food!
• District Assembly:  May 19, Vallejo Center of Solano Community College - Last Opportunity
• April 28 Rotarian at Work Day—Yolo Adult Day Health Center -  Patio Renovation Project - Sign up list was circulated
• April 29 District Golf Tournament at Yolo Fliers Club - Golf is $150, dinner only is $25 - Our team members are Dave Grose, Paul Day, Lance Hamilton, Chuck Santoni, Larry Peterson, Tom Wendt and a tentative John Smythe.
• May 19th is a three Rotary Club event:  Bark in the Park – 2 mile fitness walk funded with pledges and all participants are welcome.
• May 20 Gibson May Festival
• Don Easton:  Items are needed for Yolo County Foster Care Group Emancipation Bags for foster children who turn 18 and leave the system.  There a more teens than previously thought – so keep the items coming - the bags will be collected over the next few weeks. We will collect through our May 17th meeting.
• Lucus James announced the Spring Sale for the 4-H clubs of Yolo County - the sale is Sunday, May 6th. The club would like to purchase a pig, have it processed and donate it to the Yolo Food Bank for distribution to those in need. We are looking for a member to do our bidding - please contact Julia if available.
• May 3rd is the Woodland Chamber golf tournament at YDC
• April 29th Lee Junior High is hosting a Motors to Music band fund raiser, the band Highway 16 (featuring members) will be playing
• Phil Marler wants to remind people to send him their 3rd grade photo or something close to that era.
• Frank Crum reminded the members about Law Day on 4/26 - the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court will be speaking
• Tom Wendt announced the 21st Annual Rose Garden Tours on 4/29, tickets are are great Mother's Day gift.
• 4/28 and 4/29 are also the Scottish Games at Yolo Fairgrounds for those who like men in kilts and acts of brute strength!

Recognition: Kevin Sanchez

• Buzz James-Induction, the year of the Johns- John Smythe was his sponsor, John Martin was president, and he played softball with John Beatty...and he had a John O'Malley sighting at Eric Engstrom's house. Buzz shared that his team to support Crohns disease has raised $14,000 and they are just short of the record at $15,000, their walk event is on Saturday, May 10th in Sacramento.
• Eric Engstrom-Birthday, the youngest brother turns 50! Now legal to play on the old guys softball team.  His wife, Sheila surprised him with a group of his closest friends - over 10 Rotarians in the house - Lynn Jepsen said that could count as two makeups.... :)
• Eric Engstrom-Anniversary, tomorrow, happily married 21 years, married at Holy Rosary here in town, Life is Good!
• Don Sharp-Anniversary, 24 years ago in Mendocino, it was a beautiful day and he hopes for more of the same.
• Angie Fairchilds was recognized for the Solar Project at the local Community Colleges, some get more sun than others and are actually producing enough energy to put on the grid, helps pay their debt service and the utilities on some of the campuses that could not install solar panels.  She needs help with weed control around the panels.

Program: California Auto Museum, Karen McLaughlin                      

The museum is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and Karen has been with them for the past 6 years. 

The museum was started by Ford collector Edward Towe, a banker looking for a place to display his cars and war originally called the Towe Ford Museum. As other makes and models migrated into the collection it became the Towe Auto Museum and then through financial troubles int he 1990's Ed Towe was forced to auction off most of his cars. Thankfully many of the members of the museum bought up the collection to maintain the museum and the name was changed to the California Auto Museum.  

Their mission is to preserve, exhibit and teach the story of the automobile and its' influence on our lives.

Over two thirds of the cars in the  museum are owned by exhibitors, this allows for rotation and variety of the exhibits throughout the year. The cars are put in context of their era when they are on display, showing memorobilia of their time.  The collection includes a rare Model B, one of only 6 Model F's in the world, a 1909 Model T Racer, an aluminum Cobra Shelby-the most valuable car in the collection, Gerry Brown's Plymouth,  and Malcom Forbes Lamborghini.

The docent training program runs for 22 weeks and is offered once a year with about 30 people attending each class.  

The museum offered classes for kids and adults on various auto topics from buying a car, car maintenance, and basic car care for women. They also arrange tours locally and internationally for auto aficionados.  The museum is available for events and hosts meetings, weddings, fund raisers and other social gatherings on most weekends and some weekends throughout the year.

The main revenue stream for the museum is the sale of vehicles through donations and consignments.  They are also starting to add a restoration shop and this will require more space than they have at their current location, so they are looking for a new home in the near future.

The Museum is always looking for people to sponsor or donate a vehicle, support them through planned giving, or become a Gearhead Member. If you are looking for ways to help support the museum, please check out their web site.  (Sorry but the link gave me all kinds of warnings about the site being a hazard to my computer so I left it off for now - my google search also gave several warning about their sites.....Julia)

Happy Bucks:

• Charles Mack was happy to see his church priest sporting a Rotary T-Shirt as he was heading to a Rotary event in Paris after service.
• John Smythe was happy the Giants won last night!
• Jim Hilliard commented that Pat Butler did a wonderful job of organizing the League of Women Voters forum.
• Byron MacConnell was happy to support his friends running for city council and thought of them as he was donating 800 ml of plasma
• Kevin Sanchez was happy that his oldest son would be graduating in June and has a job!
• Julia Larson paid a thank you dollar for Dr. Keith Rode's representation of our state veterinary professionals at the legislative hearing on Tuesday to successfully convince the California government to keep the practice of veterinary dentistry out of the hands of groomers and lay people.

Next Weeks Speaker: Woodland Library Rose Club (Tom W)

Raffle: Rick Pomeroy won the raffle and tickets to visit the California Auto Museum as a bonus gift from our speaker. Rick led us in the 4-Way Test

April 12, 2012

President Julia Larson presiding in the Watts Hangar – Flyers Club.

No Flag, so no Flag Salute but a booming WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Visiting Rotarians: Honorary Marc Faye from The Rotary Club of Woodland

Guests of the Club: Val Bevan   

Guests: Sparrow Tang, of Advanced Helicopters and Bella Galeazzi, who was not quite awake.

Announcements and Presentations:

• Board meeting yesterday, lots of discussion, no decisions, looking for a member with a family member who has a market animal in the FFA spring sale - Buzz James - more details to come.
• April 15 is River Cats day.
• April 19 Potluck Social at Nelson’s Grove, 6 PM. We will have a regular morning meeting.  Hope for sun, sign up for food!
• District Assembly:  May 19, Vallejo Center of Solano Community College - Last Opportunity
• April 28 Rotarian at Work Day—Yolo Adult Day Health Center -  Patio Renovation Project - Sign up list was circulated
• April 29 District Golf Tournament at Yolo Fliers Club - Golf is $150, dinner only is $25
• May 19th is a three Rotary Club event:  Bark in the Park – 2 mile fitness walk funded with pledges and all participants are welcome.
• May 20 Gibson May Festival
• Don Easton:  Items are needed for Yolo County Foster Care Group Emancipation Bags for foster children who turn 18 and leave the system.  There a more teens than previously thought – so keep the items coming - the bags will be collected over the next few weeks.
• Club’s Camp Royale candidates have been found - three high school seniors from Woodland will be attending, thanks to the support of each of our three clubs in town sponsoring a student.   It is hoped that potential future candidate sophomores can be made aware for future events.
• Friends of the Woodland Public Library continues to look for book sale volunteers.

Recognition: Kevin Sanchez

• Rob Wallace – 25th Anniversary was spent in Maui HI – revisiting their honeymoon location which is no longer in the middle of nowhere.  They had a great time relaxing more than the previous trip.  Did take the twelve hour Hana drive around the dry side of the island – 54 bridges in 52 miles.  Bell.
• Phil Marler – on April 2nd sang ‘Will you still love me when I’m 64?’ to his wife while celebrating his birthday in Texas with his mother’s birthday.  Mom turned 91 on April 7th.  Bell.
• Bruce Dennie - Will be celebrating his 19th anniversary soon, his, wife Angie and daughter, Faith are away ion a school trip to  D.C. and NY– These are enough years of marriage to know that her absence was a good time to continue work on the honey-do list. Bell
• Cleve Baker was asked about a detailed article in the journal about the proper method of sun screen application?  Does it require a PhD?  Cleve answered with the principle taught to young doctors, ‘if you complexify, you can lose the point.’  His recommendation is to apply sunscreen liberally, keep it out of your eyes and mouth and you should be safe.
• Kevin highlighted employee excuses for coming late to work, as employer Bruce Watts could appreciate – though he now is an employer of one employee.  Excuses:  cat had the hiccups; a fox stole their keys; the employee’s foot was stuck on the subway platform; had no intention of arriving before 9:00 a.m.; had an interview with a different firm; and they were taking a call from the Governor.  Only a few were, in fact, true.
• As a non sequitur, Kevin noted the Foot in Mouth Awards which are given for a baffling comment by a public figure.  Past comments of note:  Richard Gere, who said: "I know who I am. No one else knows who I am. If I was a giraffe and somebody said I was a snake, I'd think 'No, actually I am a giraffe.''  Also, Dr Gordon Brown MP for his 'New Economics' speech. He covered "ideas which stress the growing importance of international co-operation and new theories of economic sovereignty across a wide range of areas, macro-economics, trade, the environment, the growth of post neo-classical endogenous growth theory and the symbiotic relationships between government and investment in people and infrastructures - a new understanding of how labor markets really work and constructive debate over the meaning and implications of competitiveness at the level of individuals, the firm or the nation and the role of government in fashioning modern industrial policies which focus on nurturing competitiveness."

Program: Bruce Watts

Bruce welcomed Sunrise Rotary to the Watts Airport. He

The Watts Airport dates back to 1919 and claims to be the oldest private airport in continuous operation in the U.S. Bruce said that no one has yet challenged that claim.  In 1919 a group of local individuals and business associates recognized the location as poor farmland, but well placed for joining some of their other needs and so they decided to put in the golf course and airport.

The current operation consists primarily of renting hangar and tie-down locations. They also sell airplanes and fuel. They provide consultation services to assist people purchase airplanes, a skill garnered from many years of Beechcraft airplane sales.   Some teaching is involved and there are the occasional events. 

Bruce grew up with his father associated with the airfield.  He left town to attend college in San Diego, but rather than continue his studies in organic chemistry, he chose to return home to flying and has been doing it all his life.  The attraction to this profession is primarily for the task-challenged who appreciate fine attention to detail, which has been summarized by others as, ‘hours of boredom varied with moments of sheer terror.’

Bruce shared pictures of fine airplanes which have graced the field or hangar, some of which are available for purchase:  Beech Bonanza, a turbo prop all weather plane, a corporate jet likely to visit more often. The airport is also home to Sparrow Tang’s Advanced Helicopters,  a world class turbo helicopter repair facility for corporate and government helicopters. Another tenant is Eurocopter Dauphine, a French helicopter company.

Questions: Why do airplanes last so much longer than cars? They are built to high standards which are not meant to be disposable and they have replaceable components. Also, to a certain extent they are simpler and less likely to have planned obsolescence.  For example, the electronics are much simpler than an IPad. How are the total flight hours kept?  They have an odometer like a car, but also the number of takeoffs and landings is maintained, as well as a regular replacement schedule for the various components. An example of costs of one in the hangar? He pointed to one offered at $260,000 which would be over $1 million new – it holds 6 and can go 600 miles a stretch.

Member Factoids:
How many pilots are in the club?  4, 3 present/1 missing. Bruce Watts, John Beatty, Brad Van Sant and Ken Price.
Members’ furthest travels from Woodland? Australia, Alaska, China, New York, Sweden, Thailand, Africa, New Zealand, Robbins, Florida, Greece, Philippines, Europe, Turkey, and  Mexico.  Bella has been to the Disney Bahamas with her dad, Tom Galeazzi.

Happy Bucks:

• Eric Engstrom is happy for the softball team’s 2nd undefeated week! (rain).  Also the second week of no injuries!
• Rob Wallace is happy that the Watermelon Music studio practice rooms are ready, working on the non-required ADA restrooms, and they are looking for music teachers & students.
• Wayne Ginsburg is happy to have attended Jim Hilliard’s campaign kickoff last night.
• Bruce Watts is happy for the support and fellowship of the club.
• John Beatty is thankful for Watts flights with his company – he gets to sit co-pilot.
• Joel Butler is happy that he has visited most of the places in the Northern Hemisphere that other members had listed.
• John Smythe is happy for Giants baseball season.  Editorial Note – the Cubs are no longer in first place.
• Bob Pye’s happiness is for his son’s acceptance to Stanford – for a high school  track meet.
• Lynn Jepsen is ecstatic that 6 years ago to have attended the birth of her youngest grandchild and held her at the ripe old age of 30 minutes.
• Frank Crum is happy to have gone to Santa Cruz for spring break with daughters Ava and Paulina and gotten the year’s first sunburn.
• Julia is happy bringing Grandpa's tradition of coloring Easter lilies to Oregon with family and nephew.  Eggs were fun to color, but Gino thought cracking them was more fun.
• Rick Pomeroy is happy to have the last wedding detail finalized for his daughter’s impending nuptials – they now have the cake, dress, photographer, all with 7months to go.

Julia's Club Safari:  Where do members want to travel?
Panama Canal,  African gorilla/giraffe watching, Danube River cruising, Great Walls walking, Mongolian Plain riding, Imbibing in pubs/distilleries, Adopted daughter’s homeland visiting in China, South Pole freezing, London Olympian watching,  and Bella wants to go skiing in Kirkwood.

Member names:  Number of Johns?  5: O’Malley, Beatty, Di Guisto, Martin and Smythe

3 – Bobs, Peters, Toms

2 - Bruces, Keiths, Kens, Lynns, Dons, Garys, Erics and Jims

Rick Pomeroy led us in the Four-Way Test

• Our April 12 Meeting will be a field trip to Watt’s Airport—breakfast in the hanger. Be thinking of places you have visited or would like to visit for your dream vacation
• Two more District Assemblies remain: April 7, Shasta College in Redding; May 19, Vallejo Center of Solano Community College
• April 19 Potluck Social at Nelson’s Grove, 6 PM. We will have a regular morning meeting. A sign up was circulated. 
• April 28 Rotarian at Work Day—Yolo Adult Day Health Center - Patio Renovation Project. A sign up will go around next week.
• April 29 District Golf Tournament at Yolo Fliers Club - Golf is $150, dinner only is $25
• May 19th is a three Rotary Club and Community event being hosted by the Luna Vista Club: Bark in the Park – 2 mile fitness walk with or without your four footed friends funded with pledges and all participants are welcome.
• May 20 Gibson May Festival
• Don Easton: Items are needed for Yolo County Foster Care Group Emancipation Bags for foster children who turn 18 and leave the system. Items for the bags will be collected next week, too.
• Friends of the Library needs volunteers to help with its book sales on Thursday, April 19 and 26 from 4-6:30 and Saturday April 26. Contact Joel Butler or Ellen Burriss if you can help. 

  THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012    (Book Sale from 4 pm - 6:30 pm) 
  First shift     3:45 - 5:15         Second shift        5:00 - 6:30
  SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2012   (Book Sale from 9 am – 2 pm)
  First shift  8:45 - 10:45          Second shift  10:30 - 12:30         Third shift 12:15 - 2:00      
  THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1012  (Book Sale from 4 pm - 6:30 pm)
  First shift    3:45 - 5:15         Second shift        5:00 - 6:30

• Joel Butler whose birthday was yesterday and he now is eligible for Medicare – spent last weekend visiting Santa Barbara, a prospective recipient of Butler dollars for the next four years. A little bird shared that Joel’s office was decorated in his absence for a birthday celebration upon his return.
• In the absence of further members to recognize, Kevin asked Pete Faye about an article questioning the fiscal reasoning of Wells Fargo’s parent company. Eric Engstrom was given the opportunity to respond. Seems that First Northern is currently ranked highest in FDIC ratings - Pete commented that if Bankers had baseball cards, his Rookie card would have been Wells Fargo.
• Rick Pomeroy was asked to comment on the state of educational testing – yes our youth are being tested.
• John Beatty was quizzed on the history of the makers of Jeep from various different countries and now will be made in Russia.
• Charles Mack was recognized for hosting a campaign dinner for Tom Stallard.

• Eric Faye – happy that his 15 & 17 year old sons are in the last weekend of the National Extreme Skiing competitions, in Utah this weekend. Looking like University of Utah might invite son of Faye to attend school on a full academic scholarship near the Wasatch mountains.
• Robyn Drivon - celebrated the last day of the year in which the Cubs are in first place!
• Byron MacConnell - happy to be back from a nice family visit with his mom in Utah.
• Don Easton - celebrated the last day that his Cardinals are in first place...
• Jim Hilliard gave a sad dollar to be missing the Watt's field trip to attend his uncles' funeral next week.
• John Beatty gave a happy dollar that the softball team finished the first week undefeated and uninjured - well they did have a BI
• Cleve Baker paid a happy dollar for the front page of the democrat featuring the Slavin's Sheep Dog Trials -Elizabeth Baker, a Dingle graduate was a successful participant with her Border Collie.
• Wayne Ginsburg – happy not to be taking notes today and he celebrated by moving to a different table.
• Bob Hulbert missed last week but was happy to be taking his 13 year old grandson to Spring Training in Phoenix
• Kevin Sanchez was happy that his oldest son was home from Philadelphia for spring break and the younger son will be home for the weekend as well.
• Bob Pye was happy to have a dry track and field event yesterday after an extremely wet and muddy event on Saturday last weekend.
• Julia looks forward to maple syrup on her bacon, after today’s speaker.

March 29, 2012

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by the WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace

Guests of the Club: Kenny Calhoun, Val Bevan

Guests: Tawny James, Buzz James’ wife; Josh Hilliard, Jim Hilliard’s elder son

Announcements and Presentations:

• Brief silence for the passing of Bluegrass banjo
  
  player Earl Scruggs, with a nod to Cap
• Our April 12 Meeting will be a field trip to Watt’s Airport—breakfast in the hanger
• Julia and sponsor John Smythe inducted
  
  Kenny Calhoun into the Club with the classification of Seed Sales. Kenny was appropriately received by the members.
• John Smythe and Eric Engstrom attended the District Assembly last weekend at Butte College where they learned even more about Rotary. Two more District Assemblies remain: April 7, Shasta College in Redding; May 19, Vallejo Center of Solano Community College
• April 19 Potluck Social at Nelson’s Grove, 6 PM. We will have a regular morning meeting.
• April 28 Rotarian at Work Day—Yolo Adult Day Health Center -  Patio Renovation Project
• April 29 District Golf Tournament at Yolo Fliers Club - Golf is $150, dinner only is $25
• May 20 Gibson May Festival
• Salmon Barbeque Beneficiaries nominees needed. Please get them in by March 31.
• Don Easton: Items are needed for Yolo County Foster Care Group Emancipation Bags for foster children who turn 18 and leave the system. This is an annual event for the group and for our club’s support. Each table received a list of one or more items needed for the backpacks.  We will be putting together 5-10 bags.

Recognition: Kevin Sanchez

• Henry Mok Induction Anniversary, March 14, 2002, Kevin Ryan, sponsor; Cleve Baker president. Henry missed a couple of our recent meetings because he was delightfully visiting Vancouver, BC.
• Byron MacConnell, birthday was 58 years ago, in Massachusetts. He is going to Utah to see his mom and other family members as mom (85), who lives in Micronesia, is visiting his sister. Byron also paid an advertising dollar for St. Amante's Vinyards' article in the Sacramento Bee.
• Don Easton whose birthday is today, as is Josh Hilliard’s—we sang Happy Birthday led by Jim Hilliard singing in the key of Jim. Don plans to have lunch and dinner out with family. Don was also happy that his daughter Emma was student of the month at Dingle, and his 14 year old daughter is going to be a cheerleader this year.
• Robyn Drivon Wednesday Anniversary, Robyn stated that their anniversary is April 4th-6th, giving her husband a larger window of opportunity to not miss it, an extend celebration planned for Little River Inn.

Program: Buzz James introduced our speaker Megan Franks. Megan is the Development Manager in Sacramento for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). She is a graduate of UC Davis in Linguistics and Biological Sciences. She was a co-founder of the Interact Club at Castilleja

Last year Buzz and Tawny’s son Braden was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, with the obvious impact on his and his parents’ lives. They became members of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. Tawny became actively involved where they met Megan and in an effort to increase awareness of Crohn’s they brought Megan to us today.

The Mission of the CCFA is "to cure Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and to improve the quality of life of children and adults affected by inflammatory bowel diseases" (IBD). A lot of information is available on the Foundation’s website. There is also an Online Community website and a Teen oriented website.

Megan reviewed the nature of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), the ages when frequently diagnosed, and the struggle to treat and eventually cure and/or prevent them. The Foundation stresses community and patient education and advocates for increased research. Past funding by the Foundation has helped to lead to discoveries of lifesaving therapies and genetic advances. For example, five new effective drugs have been developed in the last 6 years.

“Take Steps” is an annual evening community walk and rally focused on raising awareness and raising funds. This year’s goal is $12,000. The best previous result in the Sacramento area was $5,000. This year’s event is at the State Capitol on May 19, registration at 5 and walk at 6:30 PM. For more information, click here:

Happy Bucks:

• Julia Larson put in a thank you dollar for John Smythe, Gary Holman, Don Easton, and his daughter Emma joining her for an evening stroll in the pouring rain to tour the YADHC to make plans for our Rotarian at Work Day, April 28th.
• Rick Pomeroy had a sad dollar in mourning for California students who will be tested out by the end of April; and a happy dollar that Brother Rob’s daughter’s wedding was a joy
• Jim Hilliard read to Gibson second grade class that his and Peter Cahn’s granddaughters are in. Pete’s granddaughter proclaimed that “Papa” is president of that Rotary Club—forget to tell us something Pete? Jim also put in a thank you dollar for Kenny's help with his campaign.
• Lynn Jepsen was excited for the opening a new Yolo Federal Credit Union branch office today in Davis. Wayne noted that the Crawdads are so happy for the Credit Union that they are loaning YFCU Board Member Cap Thomson to them for at least a half hour before he joins the Crawdads at their gig at Rominger West Winery. Lynn has 414 more days until retirement - not that she is counting!
• Kenny Calhoun is happy to be a new member

Raffle: $240 Byron won a free breakfast again.

Next Week's Program: Ezra Amsterdam, UC Davis Cardiologist

March 22, 2012

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by the WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace

Visiting Rotarian: Honorary Member Greg Stille, Lahina Rotary, HI

Guest of the Club: Kenny Calhoun, Seed Sales

Guests: Peter Saar, Safe Side Security, guest of Lance Hamilton;

Val Bevan, continuing guest of Eric Engstrom; Jill Plumb, guest of John Smythe

Announcements

• March is Rotary Literacy Month and our club just completed
  
  a successful book donation drive to support the Woodland Public Library. Julia hoped all the books would fit into her Prius. Update: with the help of Ellen Burriss and her vehicle, all books were delivered to the Friends of the Library and book sales will help generate funds for library programs.
• Julia, Larry Peterson, and several other Rotarians from our local clubs enjoyed the REDI (Rotary Emergency Disaster Initiative) program in Berkeley last weekend.  Larry and Julia will be putting on a program next month on personal disaster preparedness.
  
• Rotary Day with Rivercats is April 15th.
• April 19 Potluck Social at Nelson’s Grove, 6 PM. We will have a regular morning meeting.
• April 28 Rotarian at Work Day—Yolo Adult Day Health Center -  Patio Renovation Project
• April 29 District Golf Tournament at Yolo Fliers Club - Golf is $150, dinner only is $25
• May 20 Gibson May Festival
• Salmon Barbeque Beneficiaries nominees needed. Please get them in by March 31.
• John Smythe and Eric Engstrom will attend the District Assembly this weekend. However, there are two more opportunities for you to attend: April 7 and May 19.
• Next Board meeting Wednesday 4/11, 7 AM at ReMax Woodland. Park in the back lot and use side door.
• Evidence was spotted that Jim Hilliard’s fundraising campaign for City Council has begun
• Larry Peterson enjoyed and learned a lot at the REDI Conference.
• The Woodland Schools Foundation Burgers and Brew Fundraiser is next Thursday, March 29 at the Heidrick Ag History Center
• Frank Crum announced that April 26 will be the date for this year Yolo County Law Association Annual Law Day event featuring the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. It will be at the Community Center and Frank has tickets.
• Sharon reminded us about the Veterans’ Benefits Conference sponsored by Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada and the Yolo County Veterans Coalition. It will be Saturday, March 31, from 9 AM to 3 PM at the Veterans Memorial Center, 203 East Eighth Street in Davis.

Recognition (aka extortion) by Kevin Sanchez

• John Martin Induction Anniversary, March 17, 1999 - the fast-talking  Katie Woodward was his sponsor.  John reports that work is busy, Rotary has been enjoyable and he has fond memories of his year as president.
• Tasha Tapia, birthday was Monday celebrated appropriately enjoying a dinner with Pete and Vicki, and because father’s birthday is nearby, the celebration goes on all month (tells Kevin happily she is 26)
• Cowles Mast was recognized for his granddaughter, Abby Mast who was in the paper for her sports match (soccer?) and there was such a crowd that Cowles could not find parking and went home without seeing her play.
• Jim Hilliard paid for his son’s appropriation and public use of the family leprechaun suit and its appearance on the front page of the DD.  The suit was handmade by a Hollywood costume designer from Davis for his Grandfather, who's initials are on the sleeves, 3rd generation suit!
• Kevin Sanchez observed the rythmns of life: marriage, kids, kids grow up, then the dog and the dog’s dental needs, and the benefit to the veterinary business for which Bruce and Julia paid—Keith got off.
• John Martin happy dollar experience with his dog and two cracked teeth identified by a free dental exam at Woodland Veterinary Hospital
  
• John Smythe accused of recruiting new members to support his year in the presidency. He responded that he just invites people he thinks should be in this club. That seems fair!

Happy Bucks

• John Beatty is happy for a trip to Denver to see his daughter perform in a Puccini Opera in front of 1500.
• Neil Rutger has decided he will celebrate his birthday every other year.
• Jim Hilliard’s son Gage played his first little league game this week, he took a hit from the ball and was afraid to let the umpire know because he thought he would be unable to continue playing.
• Don Price happy for celebrating the birthdays of his daughter (27) and his son (32) both on Saturday.
• John Smythe happy to celebrate his son’s 24th last week, meeting in Santa Rosa for dinner and winetasting.
• Byron MacConnell was happy to return from El Centro, where he left one of our flags at their Rotary Club.
• Kevin Sanchez celebrated his oldest son’s birthday preparing a meal for 21 of his frat brothers.
• Julia Larson was happy for staying with her grandfather in Richmond during the REDI conference, had to spend St. Patrick's Day enjoying dinner at grandpa's favorite Italian restaurant, so cooked 5 corned beefs and Guinness chocolate cake on Sunday and had a wonderful dinner with Gary, Dan and Frank and their families.
• Frank Crum happy for some Guinness Chocolate cake

Program: Larry Peterson introduced Sue Bigelow, who is a theater professional and playwright, whose day job is coordinator of the Woodland Public Library’s Literacy Service and is its liaison to its support group, the Woodland Literacy Council.

Sue’s co-written play “Rose Colored Glass” was produced in 2009 by the Woodland Opera House and was the Woodland Reads “Community Read” selection of the year. For 15 previous years Sue was the artistic director of the Premiere Theatre in Eureka, CA.

Fact: 1 in 5 American adults can’t read or write above a fourth grade level, which is functional illiteracy. Impact on the individual’s life and economic and social health of a community are negative and profound.

Fact: 7000 kids drop out of school every day in the United States.

The Woodland Literacy Service exists to work at reversing that problem by teaching adults to read at a much higher level. It features a One on One program within the community and two programs for those who are incarcerated.

Under Sue’s leadership a homeless program, Strength Through Education, has been developed which serves about 500 persons per year. Many student have found jobs and housing with both improved skills and improved self-confidence. Woodland’s Wayfarer Center is a major partner is this program.

Sue provided a few sketches of real students and their frustration and successes. Frankie, who was doing very well, just disappeared. Then one day he see her near a bus stop, flags her down and tells her that he has a job and thanked her for helping him improve his life and get a job.

Three of the computers and their spaces that are part of her program

One on One programs feature a volunteer working with an individual student. Most volunteers are retired, receive training and then are matched by the Service with one or more students.

Program funding is varied with just a little from government sources these days. Most funding comes from grants from various foundations and community organizations such as our club.

Computer labs have improved the success rate of students and reduced the amount of time necessary to reach literacy goals. There are eight computers in the lab, which currently is open two afternoons a week. Their use is employment focused.

When asked about the library's current areas of funding need, Sue responded that funds are always needed to purchase book collections and to help maintain staff positions.

After Sue’s presentation president Julia asked each of us to name the last book we read. There was a great variety of titles, which your editor likes to think reflects the rich diversity in interests and experiences of our member. What a club!

Raffle: $200, Byron wins a breakfast.     

Next Week’s Program: Morgan Franks, California Crohns and Colitis Foundation

Byron led us in the Four Way Test.

March 15, 2012

President Julia Larson presiding (Cleve Baker provided Irish tunes for the occasion.)

Flag Salute followed by the WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace (with just a hint of Irish accent!)

Visiting Rotarians: Our presenters Jim Nolan, Woodland Rotary Club, and his son Robbie

Guest of the Club: Kenny Calhoun, Seed Sales - Kenny's application has been accepted by the Membership Committee and the Board.  This will serve as the beginning of his 2 week posting period.

Guests: Val Bevan, Financial Planning; and Scott Hartman, Velocity Island Park

Announcements and Presentations:

• Board Meeting: Approved $1,000 for the HELP's International Medical Mission, which Ellen Burriss takes part in.  They will be going to Guatemala in May and Ellen will be bringing vitamins for the patients they care for and supplies for the orphanage they visit.  The board also approved $1,000 for surgical instruments and medical supplies to support the Perlman-Miller Eye Clinic in Mexico, the next mission is also in May. 
• Our Ski Team Took 3rd Place for the third year in a row in the 36th Annual Dick Linkey Rotary Ski Challenge hosted by the Tahoe City Rotary Club at NorthStar, last Friday. About 15 clubs and over 170 Rotarians competed on a beautiful sunny day.
• Julia thanked the Arbor Day Tree Planting volunteers who planted 40 trees last Saturday. We had 12 Rotarians, our new Guest of the Club- Kenny Calhoun, Interact member -Drew Smythe, and the lovely Miss Bella Galeazzi help with the planting.
• Julia thanked our members who were bartenders at the Woodland Rotary Club’s Margaritaville BBQ and Auction last Saturday night.
• The Membership committee will be hosting a Potluck Social at Nelson’s Grove, Thursday, April 19th at 6:00 pm. More information and a sign up list will be forthcoming.
• Repurposing books idea: WSR is requesting members bring in a few books that are taking up space on their shelves during the next two weeks to donate to the Woodland Public Library for their book sales that help generate revenue for library programs and needs.
• April 15th is Rotary Day at the River Cats! 
• Salmon BBQ Beneficiaries are needed, deadline to apply is March 31st.
• Rotarians at Work Day on April 28: Yolo Adult Day Health Center patio improvements request is in the works.   
• Spring District 5160 Club Assembly Dates: Who should attend?  President Elect, President Elect Nominee, Board Members, In-coming Board Members, Committee Chairs, New Members,
  
  and anyone else that wants to learn more about Rotary.  See District 5160 web site for details and to register.
• Saturdays, 8:00 am-2:00 pm
  
  • March 24th: Butte College (Chico/Paradise)
  • April 7th: Shasta College (Redding)
  • May 19th: Vallejo
• Don Easton announced kick off of the annual Emancipation Backpacks for foster kids who are turning 18. He will be bringing in cards with items that are needed in April.
• Bob Pomeroy was given his Paul Harris plus three pin by WSR Foundation president (and Assistant District Governor Elect John Martin) who noted Bob’s support of Polio Plus since 1985.

Recognition: Kevin Sanchez

John Smythe attended the Woodland Rotary Club event Saturday night. His wife Maggie won the 50-50 raffle ($500). But he then bought a golf event with World Class Golfer - Craig Miyamoto from the Noon Club, and Maggie then bought a wheelbarrow filled with 54 bottles of wine (one a 2 Buck Chuck), 2 champagne bottles and a bottle of beer, which he figured cost them about $15 a bottle. Though the wheelbarrow is quite substantial! The raffle prize was at least a down payment. 

John Martin noted that Lynn Jepsen bought a Peter Faye drawing of barn for about $600, bidding against our club president. Peter was delighted by the price his work attracted.

Kevin Sanchez told us of a bogus parking ticket he received from a city he has never been in. Letter of appeal to the city was denied, and fine has gone from $40 to $100.  Oh, well, it was complicated.

Program: Frank Crum introduced his colleague Jim Nolan. Jim was born in Dublin,

Jim's education was at Sacramento City College (A.A. 1973), California State University at Sacramento (A.B. 1975), and Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1978. He has been an attorney for 34 years.

He has been married to Barbara for 40 years and they have three sons, Joey, Will and Robbie. Barbara is a program manager for the Sacramento Children’s Home North Crisis Nursery.

Jim is a life-long proud Democrat.

Jim and Robbie brought several artifacts from Ireland (see photo) from food and whisky to a bodhrán (Irish drum) and Irish fighting stick as well as many photos to share the taste, touch, sights, spirits, and sounds of Ireland.

Jim’s cousin’s children are very successful Irish dancers. Two won a national talent contest similar to America has Talent or American Idol in significance. They have danced with members of The Riverdance.

Jim also told a story which won National Joke of the Year a few years ago. Jim noted that it says something about a country that has a Best Joke of the Year Contest—he doesn’t know what, but it says something. Jim showed video of the cousin’s family dancing as his grand finale.

Happy Bucks:

• John DiGiusto looking forward to an event at Travis Air and Space Museum tonight, which will include meeting Jimmy Doolittle’s son and granddaughter.
• Gary Wright enjoyed flying to Las Vegas, renting an RV and driving north to camp out for three days at a NASCAR event that was incredible. He is still hearing the roar of the engines!
• Buzz James was excited about going to Phoenix this weekend for a college fraternity reunion that will feature some golf and baseball.
• Greg Stille shared a memory of the Ides of March - when Bruce started his pool cleaning business.
  
• Frank was happy for the chance to be part of the bartending team Saturday night. He was particularly happy to be serving with Ken Price, the mixed drink pro!
• John Martin enjoyed watching the Lynn and Julia bidding war for Peter’s drawing!
• Lynn Jepsen is happy that she has Peter Faye’s drawing! She also paid an advertising dollar for YFCU having an open house at their new Davis store - 501 G Street.
• Rick Pomeroy appreciated Paul Day’s help with a screw that his tire acquired and the lesson he learned about not pulling the screw out until you reach the tire shop.
• Rick also had a concerned buck for the impact that the Ides of March has on education—deadline for layoff notices for certificated staff.
• Bob Pye paid a happy buck to thank the bartenders for another successful event, though it seems they were a bit low on supplies.

Raffle: Jim Hilliard et al won a free breakfast.

Next Week's Program: Sue Bigelow, Woodland Public Library’s Literacy Program coordinator

Jim led us in the Four-Way Test

^{Biological Agriculture pursues innovative soil and pest management initiatives, promoting sustainable and profitable practices that protect the community, the environment and the livelihood of the family farmer.}

^{Our Farm to School Initiative develops and coordinates on-the-ground programs that bring local food to classrooms and connect students to their local farming communities, while also working on policies that help further the Farm to School movement in California.} 

^{Local Food Systems reconnects communities with the farmers who grow their food. The program reaches hundreds of thousands of California eaters each year through its Buy Fresh Buy Local educational and marketing materials, including the regional editions of “Eater’s Guide to Local Food.”}  

^{The Policy Program reinforces the work of our three on-the-ground programs by advocating for the rights of the family farmer to farm sustainably and profitably. Through our legislative work we address pressing issues including food safety, land use, water quality and healthy school food.} 

T.S. Glide Ranch Venue: Now being made available for event reservations for weddings, parties, meetings, and small conferences. www.caff.org/about/venue 

CAFF has offices in Davis, Oakland, Watsonville, Humboldt, Sunnyvale and Sonoma, and is hoping to expand to the south as they are a statewide organization.

There were questions about definitions of 'local," "family farm," "sustainability," "factory farms," "food desert," and "organic." Megan acknowledged that some of these terms are vague and sometimes so misused that they've almost become meaningless. She sees sustainability as being on a continuum or more or less sustainability. Her organization's focus is more on small farms, regardless of ownership type. Could be partnership not necessarily a single family. Regarding organic, noted that it is very costly to be certified organic or sustainable for that matter, and that many farms are organic and relatively sustainable but can't afford to become certified. 

Peter Faye shared a current definition making the rounds in the ag community: Child Abuse: Giving your kid a farm.

Happy Bucks:

• Robyn Drivon is happy for arrangements that on Tuesday nights the Woodland Community Band will play at the Gazebo at Freeman Park. Music in the Park, a great place to practice and entertain those who drop by.
• Bryon MacConnell: his daughter, following in her father’s footsteps, volunteered for a worthy cause as a bartender but had to hear/see Elton John to do so.
• Vicki Faye happy for father-in-law being here and congratulations to niece Tasha and Nick on the first anniversary.
• Eric Faye is happy and relieved for his sons competing in extreme skiing at Crystal Mountain and doing well. Next competition is at Squaw Valley.
• Jim Gillette enjoyed Pig Day with the family.
• Keith Rode enjoyed singing again last Sunday at Mondavi with the UC Davis Alumni Choir and looks forward to next year. Also his daughter is now 16 months old and thoroughly entertaining everyone
• Tom Wendt happy for 9th grandchild, Savannah
• John Martin is happy for being with 550 Rotarians at PETS and chatting with RI president Kalyan Banerjee.
• Jim Hilliard is happy for his City Council campaign getting off the ground and for Wayne Ginsburg working on a website.
• Robb Wallace enjoyed a great Highway 16 gig at a tractor barn on Road 94B, a bit different from the Rode Concert Hall culture - playing on a concrete slab covered in diesel fuel. Tom Galeazzi was just outstanding on drums; Son Tyler and wife expecting a second child!
• Marc Faye is happy for 5 Fayes attending this meeting: he and Gerda just arrived home after 4 and 1/2 months on Kauai thanks to a ground team including Dave Dumars and Wayne Ginsburg getting them from SMF to KL. Going back to Hawaii next week for a week during which he will observe his 80th birthday.

Raffle: Back to the beginning, Tom Galeazzi won a free breakfast

Next Week's Program: Jim Nolan: Memories of Ireland

Tom Galeazzi led us in the Four-Way Test.

March 1, 2012

Presiding:  President Julia Larson

Visiting Rotarians: Sean Kolb, Woodland Noon Club, Banking; Honorary WSR Member,  Greg Stille, Lahaina Sunrise Club, Coffee Grower

Guests:  Scott Hartman with VIP Cable Park (last week’s speaker); Gene Stille, Greg Stille’s father; Speakers, Kelly Rathburn, Sacramento Tree Foundation and David Wilkinson, Woodland Tree Foundation         

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace

Announcements:

• Thank you to those who participated in the Pioneer High School Report Card Chat on Monday, February 27th.
• Saturday, 3/3 – Kevin Sanchez - Annual Pig Day at the Davis Farmers’ Market,  a fundraiser for the Yolo Food Bank. Pig products of all kinds will be available for consumption and UCD will have some pigs and piglets on site.
• Friday, 3/9 - Rotary Ski Challenge at North Star
• Saturday, 3/10 - Arbor Day Tree Planting with Woodland Tree Foundation, meeting at 9 am at City Park (Oak and Walnut) 40 trees to plant
• Saturday, 3/10 - Woodland Rotary Club’s annual dinner, Waite Hall, Yolo Fairgrounds, 5:30 pm, come help tend bar or purchase dinner tickets.
• Wednesday, 3/15 – Charles Mack -  St. Luke’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day dinner/fundraiser.  Charles has your tickets.
• Saturday, 3/31 – First ever Veterans’ Forum in Yolo Co., 9 am – 4 pm in Davis at the Veterans’ Memorial Center on 14^th Street.
• Saturday, 4/15 - Rotary Day at the Rivercats, go to the website Rivercats.com/Rotary to purchase tickets to support Polio Plus.
• Saturday, 4/28 - Rotarian at Work Day, potential project at Yolo Adult Day Health Center is in the works.
• Salmon BBQ Beneficiaries are needed, deadline is March 31st.
• Spring District 5160 Club Assembly Dates: Who should attend?  President Elect, President Elect Nominee, Board Members, In-coming Board Members, Committee Chairs, New Members, and anyone else that wants to learn more about Rotary.  See District 5160 web site for details and to register.
       Saturdays, 8:00 am-2:00 pm
                 March 24th: Butte College (Chico/Paradise)
                 April 7th: Shasta College (Redding)
                 May 19th: Vallejo

Recognition – Kevin Sanchez

• Gary Holman – 59^th Birthday on 2/25, enjoyed a nice dinner with his mother, sister and brother-in-law at Cattlemen’s in Dixon.
• Paul Day – 54^th Birthday on 2/26, celebrated with a 54-candle cake and build-your-own pizza party with kids and grandkids.
• Lynn Jepsen – 66^th Birthday today. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, formerly a settlement known as “Pig’s Eye.”  Other Minnesota facts shared by Lynn:  Minneapolis has more golfers per capita than any other city in the country. Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline, more than CA, FL and HI combined;  one recreational boat per every six people, more than any other state;  waters that flow outward in three directions:  north to Hudson Bay in Canada, east to the Atlantic Ocean, and south to the Gulf of Mexico. Lynn plans to celebrate her birthday all month with friends and family - and because today was her special day - we sang!
• Neil Rutger – Inducted on 3-1-07, sponsor – Dave Dumars, President – John Beatty.  Neil was previously a Rotarian in Stuttgart, AR, while he worked for the state Dept. of Agriculture.  As a government employee, he was concerned about membership in a Rotary Club with no female members.  Two years later about 8 women were simultaneously inducted.

Happy Dollars = J + $$

• John Beatty – Loved his 1965, polychromatic Dodge Power Wagon from his youth.  Recently purchased a “new project,” a 1964, all green (with that lovely patina that only age can add to metal) Dodge Power Wagon.
• Tom Galeazzi – $1 -Thanks to Rob and Jim for the use of their instruments this past weekend for a band gig.  $1 –Thanks to Keith and Jen Rode for bringing over dinner in celebration of Tom’s and Tawnya’s new baby.
• Keith Rode – Baby #2 is officially on the way.
• John Martin – Attending another PETS session to babysit the Crazy 8’s group of incoming Club Presidents.
• John Smythe -  Happy to be attending the PETS under the watchful guidance of John Martin.
• Greg Stille – $1 - District 5000’s Hospitality Room at PETS is closing at 11:00 pm, Mai Tais will be served, wanted to be sure that  the Johns took advantage of the Hawaiian spirt they are legendary for at PETS. Also a $1 - Great to be here visiting and see his dad. $1 – Thanks to Keith Rode for making me part of the Facebook program and if we let him know ahead of time he would be happy to Skype with us.
• Brad Van Sant – Wonderful Angel Flight RT between Watts Airport, Oakland and Crescent City, then had to land at the Yolo airport due to the winds. Headwinds going up slowed them to 125 mph, tailwind on the return had them at 210 mph, landing in Yolo was one of my most exciting ever.
• Aaron Schmoekel – One son is returning from the Philippines, the other is traveling to England and will be there during the 2012 Summer Olympics.
• Wayne Ginsburg – Had a nice break in Hawaii with the Fayes and playing the ukulele.  Promotion for the duo that has opened for the Crawdads -  Keith Little and Jim Nunally who will be playing at the Palms on March 2.
• Lynn Jepsen – Terribly happy to be a WS Rotarian, her favorite part of the week is Thursday mornings.
• President Julia Larson – Very successful Spay Day at Woodland Veterinary Hospital last Sunday. Julia, Keith Rode, and a group of volunteers spayed 9 cats, neutered 30 others, and neutered 9 dogs for economically challenged families from the local area.

Program: Jim Gillette introduced the Speakers:

David Wilkinson from the Woodland Tree Foundation and Kelly Rathburn

Dave spoke first, thanking WSR for collaborating and supporting the Woodland Tree Foundation. He then described extensive Woodland, Arbor Day and Tree Foundation history, including;

• 1872 – City of Woodland established.
• 1902 -  Women’s Improvement Club in Woodland began raising awareness and appreciation for trees.
• 1903 -  Woodland’s first Arbor Day is celebrated at the Yolo Court House.
• 1909 - First California Arbor Day held.
• 1920 - Woodland residents referring to Woodland as the City of Trees
• 2000 - Woodland named Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation.
• 2000- Woodland Tree Foundation is founded
• 2012 - Marks the 100-year anniversary of Arbor being hosted by Woodland’s Women’s Club (??))

Regionally, Sacramento boasts one of the best Tree Foundations in the US.  Greenprint is a regional transportation program and plan to reduce greenhouse gases. The plan includes 12-15 cities and counties, with an objective to plant 5 million trees by 2025.

Kelly then presented information about the benefits of trees;

In 2009, Woodland conducted a Tree Inventory of 13,140 trees.  63% were found to be in good health, but canopy coverage was lacking.  Recommended canopy coverage is 25%, ours is 8.4%.  Large stature trees are better than ornamentals like crepe myrtles, for maximizing public benefit.

100 mature trees benefit us by;

• Removing 1,000# (pounds) of pollutants per year, including 400# of ozone, 300# of particulates, 150# of nitrogen oxides.
• Saving 30% in summer cooling costs.
• Reducing the Urban Heat Island Effect by reducing temperatures by 5 – 15 degrees.
• Catching and slowly releasing 76,000 gallons of rainwater/year.

Other Benefits:

• Children who live on tree-lined streets experience less asthma.
• Increased hospital recovery time experienced by patients who have hospital window views of trees and vegetation vs. parking lots, etc.
• Recovery from stress is faster when viewing trees.
• City trees can support 60 different species of songbirds and raptors.

Mature, tree-lined streets:

• Increase home values by 10%
• Increase home sale prices by 1%
• Buyers spend 11% more in businesses located near tree canopies.

Woodland Tree Foundation “Building Community Through Canopy”

• Goals:  Educate, Plant, Partner
• Needs:  Donate, Volunteer, Support
• Has planted 2,785 trees since it was founded in 2000

Projects:   Trees planted along Hwy 113 corridor
                Goal for this Arbor Day is to pledge the planting of 30,000 trees in 30 Days

Questions: John Smythe asked is there a “best tree” for planting in Woodland?

Answer:

• In terms of net benefits, the Modesto Ash is good.
• Hybrid elm trees are good for resistance to Dutch Elm Disease.
• The native Valley Oak is another good tree.
• London Plain Tree is ok, but doesn’t have as high a net benefit.
• Best to have a variety of trees to mitigate against disease.

Why are there so many palm trees in Woodland?

Answer: Palm trees are more of an ornamental tree.  Many we see in Woodland were planted during a “mania” stirred up the California Bureau of Tourism in 1905.  The Bureau wanted to highlight west coast weather to draw the easterners out here.

Redwood trees are ok, but want a lot of water, which is why we’ve seen the redwood in front of City Hall grow quickly at 2-3’ per year, it gets a lot of water in that location.  

Raffle: $1215.  Joker pulled by Greg Stille.  Graciously donated the winnings to the Woodland Tree Foundation.

(Dave Wilkinson was amazed and appreciative of the generosity of our club and members as Lynn Jepsen handed him a check at the end of the meeting!)

Next Week’s Speaker: Megan Contreras, California Family Farmers

Greg Stille led us in the Four Way Test - and added the Fifth “Have Fun!”

•Eric Faye - Happy to not be helping Dave Dumars with his treasury duties, chasing receipts around in the bed of the pickup, finding them in the tool box....

VIP Mission Statement:  Love Ride, Inc. (DBA Velocity Island Park) will provide the local community with low cost accessibility to a safe, environmentally friendly, wake park offering watersports and water activities to people who do not have access to their own personal water craft/boat.  Velocity Island Park will contribute to the community by developing and providing children and people of all ages a positive, uplifting, fun and memorable environment to participate in water sports. What is a Wakeboard? It is a board similar to surf/snowboard crossover.  The rider is attached to the board through boots/bindings and pulled through the water similar to water skiing. It is one of the fastest growing sports in the world.  It was started in Carlsbad, California and was originally called “scurffing.”  The name was later changed to Wakeboarding and now has over 3 million participants world wide. What is a Cable Watersport Park? A cable system allows participants to enjoy towed watersports without a boat or personal water-craft. It can tow nearly anything a boat can including wakeboards, wakeskates, water-skis, kneeboards and more. Riders wear a wrist band that allows access to the cables much like a ski lift. Up to 10 people can be wakeboarding/skiing together at one time. It is similar to a chair lift for snow skiing – the system does not stop to add new participants.  Cables go in a circular pattern around a lake - quiet and unobtrusive. It costs about  $15 dollars a day to run the motor.  The launch at cable park is much easier than a boat - because it lifts up and out off a dock.  There is no boat wake to intimidate new riders and the rider is not being pulled up through the water to start.  Tricks are also easier. The System holds 1800 linear feet - person every 200 feet.  Obstacles are placed for interest - not in a line, so they are easy for a beginner to avoid. There are about 160 watersport parks world-wide in 33 countries.  Germany has 70 of these parks.  There are only 7 in US.  There is no full size park on the west coast.  Scott is proposing to be the first major cable wakeboard park on the west coast, in Woodland, and the goal is to be first full sized park in western hemisphere.   Environmental Benefits: Clean & efficient, preserving landscape, ensuring water quality, virtually silent (No Fossil Fuels), easy for new entrants to participate, controlled environment. Benefits to city of Woodland: Velocity Island park will provide value to the City of Woodland in developing a million-dollar sporting complex by private funding.  The park will allow spectators to get much closer to the action as compared to a lake where viewing is limited as the action is too far away. Job creation-Employment would range from hourly summer school   employees to park managers. The City will receive financial benefit from the cable park because VIP will maintain the site (it is currently maintained by the Storm Detention Program) Saving the city annual cost of $8000. Development of the cable park has the potential to produce significant fiscal benefits to the City of Woodland through rental lease agreement, TOT hotel, sales tax and other visitor benefits.

Where? Dubach Park

Velocity Island Park is proposing to build a state of the art cable park and a man-made lake in the heart of Yolo County. The area will no longer be a public eye sore and prevents the possibility of vandalism, fire hazard and a place for transits to stay. Dubach Park will be modified to a 14 acre lake with a circular pattern with an island separator adding to visual impact.  A smaller area will be separated from the main body of water for the training area with beach.  Plan will be to go from training area to the bigger area as riders develop confidence and skills.  Restaurant/cafe will be included in the plans.  Cable goes 17-18 mph - (boats go 22-24).  The speed can be increased up to 40 mph depending on the level of experience of the riders and the type of competition.  Without a boat wake - it includes jumps and obstacles for tricks and stunts.  The plan is to be open 8 months a year - possible year-round with global warming. There is excitement around the Woodland site due to it's visibility and airport access.   

Questions?

What happens with a wipeout?  Rider swims to the edge and gets back in line.  

Water depth?  About 7-8 feet deep.  Water won't be a problem, there is a  shallow water table and the construction of the lake will seal the bottom for prevention of water loss.  

Timeframe? Working with the city and beginning CEQA process now.  

Are there others?  There is a Clovis and Big Bear A-B type and Minden NV has one.  Race to be the first full scale circular cable park on the west coast.  

Presiding:  President Julia Larson

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Guests: Kenny Calhoun of TSL Seed Co. and Sherry Schroeder of Woodland Community College's Foster Care Program

Announcements:

• Next week is Rotary’s 107^th Anniversary, show your pride, wear some Rotary gear!
• 2/27 Reminder for those who signed up for the Pioneer High School Report Card Chat
• 3/10 is Arbor Day in the morning planting trees with the Woodland Tree Foundation.  This evening is the Noon Club's annual dinner/auction - please help with bar tending or attend to show our support.
• 4/28 Rotarian at Work Day – we have a suggestion from Maria Tebbutt, who did a presentation about bikes – there are many kids with non-working bikes.  Maria has planed a bike clinic for this day and has asked if we would like to participate. We could have Fix the Bikes Day in the parking lot at County Fair Mall. Let Julia know if you’re comfortable repairing bikes.  We may be able to get a brief tutorial that day, prior to starting.
• We received a thank you letter from the Woodland Public Library for our support of their Computer Literacy Station.
• Eric Engstrom – We are confirmed for the Woodland Softball Senior League, age 50+.  Tuesday nights beginning early/mid-April.
• Charles Mack – On 3/15 St. Lukes will hold their annual St. Patrick’s Day Feed fundraiser – traditional corned beef and cabbage will be served.
• Ken Price, Angie and Sherry – Sherry is a certified trainer
  
  for Shaken Baby Syndrome.  April is recognized as Child Abuse Prevention Month by the Yolo County Alliance for Child Abuse. The Foundation presented Sherry and Angie with a model shaken baby for the program.
  
• We’re looking for grant requests from our 2012 Salmon BBQ.  And please remember to pick up items for the BBQ Raffle on your spring and summer travels!

Recognition – Kevin Sanchez

• Tom Wendt - 57th birthday on Feb. 12, shared w/ Abe Lincoln and Tom’s mother who turned 80.  Tom and mom spent a weekend together in a very chilly Black Cat Cabin.
• Bob Pomeroy – 2/13 Induction anniversary, sponsored by Dr. Kevin Ryan, Bob's glad to be with us and asked Kevin exactly what "Induction" meant? To which, Brad Van Sant replied "It's like baptism - but you don't get dunked."
• Kevin Sanchez – Celebrating his 30th wedding anniversary, going to Sea Ranch, Kevin was married in Marin County and despite flooding and rain up until the day of the wedding, it cleared for a beautiful day.
• John Smythe – Recognized for another Op Ed piece in the Democrat about the State Theater.

Happy Dollars

• Peter Cahn – Thank you to all the Gibson Elementary 2nd Grade readers! Also a reminder to those who read to please return the books so they can be delivered to the libraries we are donating to.
• Jim Hilliard – Loved reading to the 2nd graders, especially happy to be reading to his grandson’s class soon.
• Angie Fairchilds – Also very proud to be a 2nd grade reader because of the kids’ enthusiasm for it, and very happy to be a WS Rotarian, thankful for all the support the club gives the college.
• Phil Marler – Happy to have completed a visit with Henry Mok last Friday. Last memory Phil had was a vision of Henry wearing a coal miner’s helmet w/the headlamp on, and a Rotarian at Work shirt.
• John Martin – Thankful for all he learned at a recent Rotary Leadership Academy, recommends the experience to others.
• Buzz James – Thankful to have finally completed repair of his fence, which had blown over 12 weeks ago. During his fence work 3 weeks ago, he broke a 2” water line to his swimming pool while digging a post hole.  Then while finishing up the project this past weekend he knocked over and shattered a planter.  But, the fence is done!
• John Smythe– Happily spent his 2/7 birthday in the Sierra foothills, where his son and girlfriend (the son's not John's) took him and Maggie wine tasting.
• Kevin Sanchez – Has enjoyed his work consulting with the Yolo Co. Food Bank so much that he recently accepted the position of Executive Director.

Program: Charlie Bamforth – Beer for Breakfast

Dr. Charlie Bamforth is Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting & Brewing Sciences at UC Davis. He has been part of the brewing industry for some 33 years. He is formerly Deputy Director-General of Brewing Research International and Research Manager and Quality Assurance Manager of Bass Brewers. He is a Special Professor in the School of Biosciences at the University of Nottingham, England and was previously Visiting Professor of Brewing at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. Charlie is a Fellow of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling, Fellow of the Society of Biology and Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology. Bamforth is Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists, is on the editorial boards of several other journals and has published innumerable papers, articles and books on beer and brewing – and also written prolifically on soccer. His latest contributions have been The Brewmaster’s Art (A 7-CD recording in The Modern Scholar series) and Beer is Proof God Loves Us: Reaching for the Soul of Beer and Brewing (FT Press). In October 2010 he was on The Honor Roll as one of the 20 professors who are changing the classroom in the US (Playboy magazine). Charlie has been featured extensively in the media, including by the BBC, Discovery Channel, NPR’s Science Friday, PBS, New Scientist, Popular Mechanics, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Popular Science and many more. In 2011 Charlie was honored by the Award of Distinction of the American Society of Brewing Chemists for “exceptional contributions and long diligent service to brewing science and the brewing industry”.

Various quotes:

• “Beer is the basis for civilization.”
• “Beer has a multitude of medicinal purposes.”
• “Beer has saved the lived of millions b/c the liquid is boiled, thus no pathogens can grow in beer.”
• “You never come off the football field and say, 'I could just murder a Pinot Noir!'”
• “You don’t take Chardonnay fishing.”
• “Keep the damn lemon out of your Hefeweizen!”

Late breaking news: Introduction to Beer and Brewing is now No 1 most popular general education course at UC Davis. Congratulations Charlie.

Raffle:  Free breakfast won by Wayne G.

Next Week's Program: Scott Hartman: The proposed Velocity Island Park

Wayne led us in the Four-Way Test.

February 9, 2012

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by the WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace

Visiting Rotarians: Laura Day, District Governor Elect from San Ramon Valley RC; Cecil Padilla, Winters RC and our speaker, Clint Parrish, Luna Vista RC; Rigo Torres, Woodland Rotary Club

Guests: Bella Galeazzi, Tom’s daughter

Announcements and Presentations:

• Board Meeting—The board approved purchasing a new projector. They also approved sponsoring a Rotary club softball team in either city or senior league, Eric Engstrom will work on the logistics of putting a team together for spring games.
• Next Board meeting is Wednesday, March 14.
  
• Extra Good-Bye Polio stickers available for all.
• Pioneer High’s Report Card Chat will be Monday, Feb. 27. Sign up for morning or afternoon shift or both.
• Arbor Day is March 10 in the morning.
• Rigo Torres invited us to participate in the Noon Club annual dinner and auction on the evening of March 10. This year it is in Margaritaville. Bob Pye could put a couple folks to work bartending.
  
• Rotarians at Work Day is April 28—we need a project.
• May 20, annual May Festival at the Gibson House Museum.
  
• Salmon BBQ: Raffle items needs—look for some on your summer travels and bring them home!
• Let Ken Price know your recommended beneficiary for the Salmon BBQ.
• Lynn Jepson: Thank you John Martin for doing our taxes.
• April 21 Napa Rotary Club event “Wine Valley Cycle for Sight”
• Pat Butler: League of Women Voters Annual State of the Community luncheon on Feb. 16 at Methodist Church. Speaker is Dr. Jay Lund, Director of UC Davis Center for Watershed Studies. Call Pat or Wayne for tickets.  Bean soup and the best carrot cake ever (according to Pat!).
• Tom Wendt is organizing members to participate in the District Golf Tournament on Sunday, April 29th, we have 8 potential spots.

Recognition: Kevin Sanchez

• John Smythe, Born Feb. 7, 1950 at Mercy General in Sacramento a few minutes after midnight he was told.  He celebrated with a nice family dinner at Tazzina's
• Neil Rutger, 54th wedding anniversary, Feb. 15, in Illinois. Previous anniversary they were in Hawaii and won a dance contest--longest married couple on the floor.
• Robyn Drivon recognized for her impartial opinion in the Davis parcel tax information packet, which will be a "mail" only ballot (as opposed to a "male" only ballot.....)
• Jim Hilliard for throwing his hat in the ring for Woodland City Council

Program: Larry Peterson introduced Cecil Padilla, aka Poncho, Winters Rotary Club.

Cecil says he has belong to Rotary for 39 years but been a Rotarian for 36 years. What’s that mean? He believes being a Rotarian is different than belonging to a Rotary Club.

Cecil’s presentation is about the many trips around the world he has taken serving others as a Rotarian. Poncho has travelled to 71 countries, 95% on Rotary missions. He just returned from a dental mission to Nepal.

So many photos, so many trips, so many experiences, so many people helped by Cecil and Rotary: Mt. Kilimanjaro (he summitted), the Phillippines, Kenya, Mexico, Fiji, many counties in Africa, Central and South America on various medical, dental and building projects. There were some very special people such as Jimmy and Louie. One mission lived for a few weeks with a Maasai tribe that had never seen white skinned people before.

Cecil has been a member of the RI Cadre Team for 7 years and in 2011 joined the Arch Klumph Society. Arch Klumph created the Rotary Foundation.

Laura Day added to Poncho’s program by telling us about serving others through the RI Cadre team and the way our Rotary Foundation funds three years after we donate them are returned to our communities for to help others either locally or internationally.

Happy Bucks:

• Larry Petersen for a Super Bowl Golf Tourney with Kevin Sanchez and Tom Wendt. They won.
• Charles Mack enjoyed the San Francisco Opera.
• Wayne's wife was surprised to reach her brother by phone as he was leaving Greg Stille's on Maui. They had just met. Small world.
  
• John Beatty is happy for again becoming an empty nester as middle daughter is off to grad school, and thankful that Brad was able to fly Hanna back to Cal Poly (SLO).
• Byron is happy for his daughter closing on a house on Friday and having her stuff delivered on Tuesday, having her Anniversary on Monday, and she will be spending Friday and Saturday night on a submarine, one of the few female enlisted personnel who have had that opportunity.
• Lynn Jepsen has a million things to be happy for, some are the three best kids possible, two most beautiful granddaughter, best job, best Rotary Club and many wonderful friends.
• Jim Hilliard stated that he would pay to have some of "what every Lynn Jepsen has been drinking!"
• Don Easton: Arbonne has eliminated his wife's lupus symptoms. She had previously been getting worse. He’d love to tell you/us more about Arbonne’s benefits. Don also paid a sad dollar for having to leave early the next few weeks to get kids to school.
• Tom Galeazzi is very happy for the birth of John Silas Galeazzi on Sunday, 8 lbs, 5 oz Ring the Bell!
• JP Perlman happy for Tom's good news and his financial planning assistance; and another successful trip to Mexico with the eye surgery team.
• Julia is very happy for her active 92 year old grandfather's birthday.

Raffle: $1,025 Jim Hilliard consortium won a free breakfast

Next Week's Program: UCD's Master Beer Brewer Charlie Bamforth, Beer for Breakfast: Sorry No Samples.

Jim Hilliard led us in the Four-Way Test.

February 2, 2012

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by the WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace

Guests: Emelda Russell, Donna Seaver our speakers from Hear! Here!

Announcements and Presentations:

• Polio Awareness Event - Thank you from Keith and Julia for all those who helped make the event possible, about $500 was raised to donate to Polio Plus.
• Arbor Day Tree Planting, March 10: location TBA, sign up sheet
• April 28 Rotarian at Work Day: What do we want to do?
• John Martin, District goal for Rotarians at Work is to plant trees, Maybe we want to do that in addition to the trees we'll plant on Arbor Day??  We are open to suggestions
• Board meeting Wednesday morning, February 8th
• Report Card Chat, Monday 2/27 with Freshman at
  
  Pioneer High request from last week’s presenter Paige Tommeraason. Paige’s request has been emailed to all members, a sign up sheet was passed around and will be passed around again on 2/9
• John Martin presented Paul Harris pins to Kelly Hutchison and Robb Wallace, both becoming Paul Harris Fellows for the first time.
• Our Stuff the Bus event was covered in the District newsletter, thanks to Phil Marler for his journalism efforts.
• Ken Price: please suggest appropriate community non-profit beneficiaries for the Salmon BBQ Funds

Recognition: Kevin Sanchez

• Don Easton, Induction Anniversary, January 24 Tom Wendt, sponsor. Don recalled that on the day of his induction our program was about Easton High School and the Katrina recovery efforts in New Orleans.
• Peter Cahn, Other Anniversary—"Just Because"
• Charles Mack, birthday is today, February 2, 1935, Sutter General Hospital, parents were living in midtown Sacramento. The birth was not an easy one and it complicated his father's bottled milk delivery business that day.
• Joel Butler, Anniversary, 24 years, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands (leading Kevin S. to ponder why they call it the Virgin Islands??)
• Bob Hulbert, Anniversary, 44 years ago tomorrow in Colusa, the week after he graduated from Chico State, married at a Catholic church with an Episcopalian Priest
• Robb Wallace was recognized for RDM Entertainment and Audio-Visual Rentals being named Woodland Business of the Year. Robb is happy that he received approval yesterday for four practice rooms at the back of the store.

Program: Emelda “Mel” Russell and Donna Seaver, Hearing Loss Association of Californian, Woodland Chapter, known as "Hear! Here!" told us about their preschool

The group’s mission: Support, Education and Advocacy about and for those with hearing loss.

Hearing loss is one of the most misunderstood disabilities, which is ironic because most of us will end up with some degree of hearing loss.

Mel described the impact of the lack of hearing. She explained the importance of hearing as an infant in the process of learning speech and language. Mel's disability prevented her from speaking until the age of 4. She noted that if speech is not learned naturally as an infant that speech will not be completely and fluidly learned even as an adult. She explained ways in which hearing loss affects social relationships, self-confidence, academic success and career success.

In US there are 33 children born every day with hearing loss, with almost half getting no help with their disability. Often hearing loss is not diagnosed until the child enters school.

For the Preschool Screening program, Hear! Hear! volunteers raise funds and act as liaison between the agency and schools/teachers. They never have had more than three at a time devoted on this project, The agency that provides the screening does have a fee, usually discounted, and the relationships are strong among schools, the agency and Hear! Hear! On testing day, a Hear! Here! volunteer assists on site.

Last year in the county 347 students were tested and 27 did not pass the screening. They were identified as needing help and appropriately referred.

Mel noted that local groups such as ours do financially support the group’s efforts. She was encouraged to request assistance.

Happy Bucks:

• Don Easton lost a bunch of weight and inches off his waste via a detox program. The program has helped his wife gain some relief from her Lupus symptoms. Highly recommends it so much that he has decided to sell the Arbonne Cleanse line of products.
• Paul Day’s daughter's boyfriend popped the question after texting Paul to ask for his support.
• Kelly Hutchison's son Josh asked his longtime girlfriend Becky March to marry him—with Half Dome in the background. He seemed to have trouble getting Becky to stop taking pictures to listen to what he had to say.
• Cap was honored to be asked to perform the wedding of his long time next door neighbor's son. It was a delightful event and experience. He was a marriage commissioner for a day.
• Rick Pomeroy questioned Cap about what he swore to "protect and defend" when he took the oath to be a commissioner for the day?
• John Beatty commented that when he became a marriage commissioner for the day in Massachusettes, he needed a letter of reference.
• John Martin made up at Luna Vista where he was "charged" for a happy buck. No guest discounts there.  He recalled that their collection pot is an old coffee can with an axe handle that Marc Faye gave to the club during their charter.
• Tom and Evelyn Wendt joined Linda Smith's Yolo Military Families group in support of their grandson, who is in Afghanistan.
• Phil Marler: 10 pesos for a week of golf in Mexico where he attended a makeup at a local Rotary cookoff and was delighted that Katie Woodward was on the trip. Almost got her to say she'd be back with us in two years.
• Don Sharp said something about Byron being stuck in Fresno and Jim Hilliard taking a tour of the Duke headquarters so both send their Sunrise thoughts our way.
• Frank Crum enjoyed escorting both daughters to the father/daughter dance at Christian Brothers. He enjoyed his outfit and its mistaken identity as a pimp costume.

Raffle: $951 Pete Faye won a free breakfast

Next Week's Program: Cecil Padilla of Winters Rotary highlighting his Rotary experiences

Pete led us in the Four-Way Test.

January 26, 2012

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by the WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace

Visiting Rotarians: Lonny Villalobos, Luna Vista and Dingle Elemenary principal; Jenna Green, Woodland Rotary and Jim Hilliard State Farm Insurance
Guests: Jessica Friedman, Dingle Elementary School; Michelle Seijas, Woodland HS; Paige Tommeraason, Pioneer HS, our speaker; Carolynne Bottum, Learning Community coordinator (vice principal) Pioneer HS; Evelia Genera, Principal Woodland HS

Announcements and Presentations:

• Polio Awareness Event tonight (Jan. 26): Basketball games
  
  at Woodland High School, who will be hosting Pioneer High School. Freshmen 4:30; Junior Varsity 6:00; Varsity 7 PM.
• An iron lung will be on display in the entry area to reinforce the message.
• Thank you to Souza's Lettering for T-shirts and Paul Day and Bruce Dennie for towing services to transport the iron lung.
• Rotary Ski Challenge, March 9 at North Star, Lake Tahoe.
• Four Way Test Speech Contest, noon club will provide leadership this year and will need judges
• Jessica Friedman, Dingle Elementary School teacher with her principal Lonny Villalobos thanked us for creating the school garden boxes. They brought student thank you notes and showed us a video of our workday. She also thanks us for sponsoring Dingle students' attendance at UC Davis' Words Take Wings, Feb. 23. We are invited to attend one of two presentations related to Word Take Wing, on Feb. 23. The featured author Ying Chang Compestine will speak at the Freeborn Hall, with students in attendance, at 10:30 am in Freeborn Hall and at the Buehler Alumni & Visitors. Click here for more information.
  
• Rotary at the River Cats Day: April 15, 1:05 pm. Ticket forms on the tables
• Saturday March 31, District 5160's A Night in Monte Carlo at the Behring Estate, Eagle Ridge Drive, Blackhawk, CA
• The first District 5160 Golf Championship, Sunday, April 29 at a course near Woodland

• Jill Hilliard: Induction Anniversary, Jan 16, 1997 (he remembered the year!) and recalled that the Kiwanis club was going down hill and several of the members migrated to Rotary.
• Gary Holman: 5 years with significant other anniversary, Sharon
• Bruce Watts: Anniversary, Chico 20 years ago, Stacey
• Wayne was recognized for being named December Woodlander of the Month and playing a Mean Mandolin!
• Cap was recognized for a letter to the editor his wife Helen wrote asking people to donate a book for Herbert Bauer, former Yolo County Health Officer, and Cap's first employer in Yolo County. Herbert is 102 and reads a book a day. He was given almost enough books for a year.
• Neil Rutger earned his most recent 15 seconds of fame on the History Channel, talking about rice in relation to his daughter and her husband's Rice Bale House in Winters.
• John DiGiusto for his firm's sponsorship of American Experience on KVIE-TV, PBS
• Mystery Golf sign ups
  

Program: Larry Peterson introduced our lead speaker, Paige Tommeraason. Paige works for the school district as the Community Partnership liaison for both Woodland and Pioneer High Schools. Her position is part of a federal grant to restructure the curricular content

and delivery at both schools, with an strong emphasis on real world work, connections, job shadowing, community mentoring and internships.

Paige introduced Woodland High principal Evelia Genera to tells us about the changes involved in creating small learning communities in the schools. The situation today is that the school and counselors no longer determine which students go on to college and who do not. Now all students are challenged to go as far and they can and are expected to take the rigorous courses required for college admission, so that they are prepared if they choose to go to college. They left us with a brochure about Business and Education Together.

Part of the program is to have community members come to the schools to spend 15 minutes with individual students reviewing their school courses and experiences and giving them feedback. Previous efforts have proved successful with students reporting new insights about themselves as they found how a potential employer viewed their efforts and achievements or lack thereof.

How can we help?

Consult, Advise, Validate
    District High School Advisory
    Career Pathway Advisory
    Partner with Teacher Teams
    Mentor a class or Academy
And so much more.

Tom Galeazzi has been involved with this program already. Both he and the school staff think it has been quite successful. So if you are interested, ask Tom about his experience.

To get involved, contact Paige Tommeraason at Pioneer High: Paige.Tommeraason@wjusd.org (723.0872); or Michelle Seijas at Woodland High: michelle.seijas@wjusd.org (661-5407).

Happy Bucks:

• John Smythe happy for good business results with fellow Rotarians: JP Perlman (new glasses and sun glasses); Paul Day (set of tires); Lance Hamilton (installation of security system)
• Bob Pye whose glasses disappeared in a pond while duck hunting, also enjoyed JP's services.
• Robb Wallace for his fellow Rotarian band mates, Jim Hilliard and Tom Galeazzi, who with little notice played in front of the store.
• Brad Van Sant states that "confession is good for the soul" and admits that he sits in the same place every morning so that he can hear the speaker and most of the comments from Rotarians around the room.
• Julia Larson paid a frightful dollar for Rick Pomeroy administering tests and lectures in her dreams.
• Byron MacConnell for a fun trip on the Reno Train Trip with Jerry and Jim.
• Frank Crum paid a buck for admitting to setting his DVR to record the American Experience series that John DiGiusto's company is sponsoring.

Raffle: $891 Gary Holman won a free breakfast

Next Week's Program: Donna Seaver, Hearing Loss Association

Gary led us in the Four-Way Test

January 19, 2012

President Julia presiding
Flag Salute followed by the WSR Choir
Visiting Rotarians: Claudette Landry, Davis (Noon) Rotary Club
Guests: David Geer - Grain Hauler, guest of Eric Faye; and Scott Hartman, guest of David Dumars

Announcements and Presentations:

• John Martin bestowed a Paul Harris Fellowship
  
  upon Tom Galeazzi
• John recognized Pete Faye as a Paul Harris Fellow plus 8. The pin has 3 rubies
• Thank you letters from the Foster Care and UC Davis Words Take Wing programs
• Dingle Garden Box Project was completed last Saturday, so no more work for now. Jessica Friedman and her principal will have a 5-minutes message for us next week. Jessica will let us know when they have dirt to spread in the boxes if anyone is available to help.
• Polio Awareness Event: Basketball games, Thursday, January 26 at Woodland High School, who will be hosting Pioneer High School. Freshmen 4:30; Junior Varsity 6:00; Varsity 7 PM
• County Supervisor Don Saylor is hosting a fundraiser for Foster and Kinship Care Education Program: Soup's On. They need silent auction items. Contact Angie Fairchilds.
• Rotary Ski Challenge, March 9 at North Star, Lake Tahoe.
  
  Join the team, or cheer them on!
• Eric Engstrom: Oct. 13, Salman BBQ needs raffle items: so in your travels between now and then think about picking up appropriate items for the raffle drawings or live auction.
• District events:
• Saturday March 31 District 5160's A Night in Monte Carlo at the Behring Estate, Eagle Ridge Drive, Blackhawk, CA
  
• The First District 5160 Golf Championship, Sunday, April 29 at a course near Woodland
  
• Phil Marler saw Gary Wirth recently and has news for us: the Rotary Mystery Golf event will be May 2, and it will have less than a three hour bus ride, Julia will have more details next week and a sign up,
• Yolo County Veterans Forum at Davis Veterans Memorial, Sat. March 31, more information to follow or contact Sharon Blaha
  

Recognition: Kevin Sanchez, Plan A: No; Plan B: No, so here is Plan C:

• Henry Mok for being in a photo honoring the Woodland Surgery Center in recognition of their state of the art Endoscopy Center with three certified endoscopy doctors.
• Pete Faye rang the bell for his promotion to senior vice president at First Northern Bank, in part, acknowledging his success in restructuring the Agricultural loan department
• Angie Fairchilds was teased for Occupy Woodland Community College - The efforts, which were quite minimal, cleared out when the weather turned chilly. Angie noted they followed all the rules for using the "Reserved Free Speech Area"  including two tents on the pavement since the grass was off limits.
  

Happy Bucks:

• Keith Rode was installed last weekend as the president of Sac Valley Veternarians Association
• Tom Galeazzi: Happy for the 49ers and for now being a Paul Harris fellow.
• Charles Mack is happy for wife's new knee
• Dave Dumars is happy as a vacation will start with today?s rainfall, looking forward to skiing soon
• Vicki Faye is happy for the new "cabin" on the Championship Course of Incline Village, now just waiting for snow!
• Wayne Ginsburg enjoyed a delightful and safe cruise in the Caribbean and was surprised last weekend by Mary's new-found excitement for football created by the last 7 minutes of the 49er game.
• Lance Hamilton is very happy that he will be having his second knee replaced and should be healed up in time for golf season.
  

Program: To help us focus on Polio Awareness Month, Neil Rutger introduced our speaker, polio survivor Shirley Leeper. Neil met Shirley four years ago through the Woodland Chapter of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. 

Shirley was born in Woodland and raised in Esparto. While recovering from

whooping cough, she was observed falling down a lot. Polio was diagnosed, and she was sent to Sacramento where she spent her second birthday in isolation. She has a photo of Governor Earl Warren and her when she was getting her first cast. 

She fortunately had only one of the eight types of polio, and it affected only her left leg. Others she knew in Sacramento had it in other limbs, and one child who she never saw again was confined to an iron lung. 

Her prospects in life were considered dismal. Her mother made her learn to play the accordion, not because she liked the instrument, but because she wanted Shirley to have a paying skill: playing music on the street for tips (busking). 

Shirley described various challenges with getting around. She showed us a leg brace, which in one form or another she has had for over 60 years. She credits many of her successes in life to her stubbornness. She was motivated by being told that the polio would prevent her from doing anything in life, including working or having a family. Her reaction was "we'll see about that."

Shirley graduated from high school and at age 17 entered the job market at the telephone company. Later she began a career with the federal government, first at McClellan and then with the USDA Soil Conservation Service as a computer specialist. Without a college degree or formal training, she became a computer expert and helped many others enter the electronic record keeping age. She spent a total of 28 years as a federal employee.

Today Shirley has a metal knee that replaced her right knee due to staples placed in that leg while she was growing to try to slow the growth of her "good" leg since her paralyzed leg was growing at a slower rate.  The stapling damaged the right knee causing marked degenerative changes over time and the replacement has made use of her right leg more comfortable. Shirley wears a full leg brace on her paralyzed left leg and it is either locked straight for standing or at 90 degress for sitting. She uses a small cane, and while she can't carry a lot of weight, she gets around well and has a comfortable and active retirement. Shirley says she can fit just about all she needs in the appropriate sized shoulder-bag! Shirley thankfully has not had issues with Post-Polio Syndrome. She enjoys her family, which includes six grandchildren and three are over six feet tall. Theose tall ones annoy her some by placing their chins on the top of her head when they give her hugs. 

Shirley is an active volunteer at the Woodland Senior Center with computer activities. She enjoys helping seniors see the wonders of the computer age, especially helping many communicate with family and friends through email. Eric Faye may be seeking her services. Fourth Mondays at 1 PM.

Raffle: $839 Shirley Leeper, our speaker, won a free breakfast, which she gave to Neil.

Next Week's Speaker: Paige Tommeraason, Pioneer High School, Career Pathway Mentoring and how we can help students.

January 12, 2012

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace (including a shiny-headed Jim Hilliard who is trying to emulate the esteemed Bob Hulbert). 

Welcome Guests/Visiting Rotarians:

• Dean Labadie, Florist/Davis Noon Club member/Assistant District Governor; 
• John Harper, University of Arkansas student and nephew of Dave Dumars
• Patrick Blacklock, CAO of Yolo County, guest of Cap Thomson.

Announcements:  

• Board Meeting update:  Larry Peterson has been authorized to attend the REDI conference in Berkeley in March; Jim Gillette will chair a committee for an informal review/audit of club finances – as a vote of confidence in Lynn’s able fiscal leadership and transparency.
• Dingle Garden Box Project – Saturdays January 14 & 21 from 7:45 until 1:15 (prior to 49er kickoff).   Rotarian at Work T-shirts are encouraged and snack/coffee & lunch will be provided by Dingle staff.
• Polio Awareness Event – Basketball game Thursday Jan. 26 at Woodland High School.  T-Shirts may be purchased.  Volunteers are needed to help with Polio awareness, Rotary Info and T-shirt Cannon oversight.  Hours are 4 – 9:00 p.m. for three games with two hour shifts.
• “Soups On” also Jan. 26 which is a Supervisor Don Saylor fundraiser – benefiting Foster & Kinship Care Education Program. Angie Fairchild is assisting with the silent auction – items are needed – please contact her with donations.
• March 9th Rotary Ski Challenge at North Star Lake Tahoe
• Julia announced the passing of frequent visiting Rotarian Howard Plank at age 81
  
• October 13th SALMON BBQ – Tickets still available, see Eric Engstrom.
• Quilts for Rotoplast – Wayne is the collection point person for handcrafted quilts to go home with young surgery patients. The next mission will be in June.

Recognition:  by Kevin Sanchez  [NOTE SPELLING – Julia will pay $1 for misspellings of Rotarian names in slides and Wake-Up Call through June 2012.]

• Chuck Santoni – January induction.  Believes he was the 33rd member of the club, back in the days of the bowling alley. He joined 6 months after the club was chartered. Tom Vail was his sponsor.
• Jim Gillette – January induction.  During the reign of President Rick Pomeroy and his sponsor was Bruce Dennie who chatted to him about Rotary at the Woodland Father-Daughter dinner dance. Jim had just moved to town and wanted to meet people in the community that were not related to his wife’s long time Woodland family.
  
• Aaron Schmoekel- Combo-recognition:  Anniversary (22) and birthday.  Aaron plans to take a walk on the beach with his wife to celebrate their anniversary and his birthday is actually next Thursday, 1/19 - if he graces us with his presence - we may even sing!
  
• Bob Pomeroy – January event – with additional information supplied by son Rick Pomeroy about why this date was picked - on paper it listed the celebration of his retirement, though Bob says what ever it is, Rick is responsible!
  
• Robyn Drivon paid an guilt by association dollar - The Lars Drivon Law School was named after her Father-in-law.  Their slogan is "Achieve your dreams, Become an Attorney."

Program:  Our very own KEITH RODE, DVM, “Introduction to Facebook.”

Keith had 48 hours notice of the need for a program and wanted to share a tutorial on this social network site as a marketing tool.  Visually aided on the big screen, Keith showed that he has two Facebook pages – one personal and one work related.The introductory page or “profile” lists those items he has chosen to share regarding himself , this is his feed profile – from there he makes friends and connections.  It was noted the Greg Stille is a prolific ‘poster,‘ and Keith pondered what exactly Greg Stille does for work besides comment on his FB page??  Also on Keith’s page are those things, restaurants, magazines or issues which he chooses to ‘Like’ and which other people can share by clicking ‘Like,’ as well.  These interests can then be shared with his near and dear 500 or so friends.  From this exponential sharing comes the metaphor of something going ‘viral.’

The Rotary International Facebook page was demonstrated for issues, marketing information and world-wide project progress reporting – similar to the printed material, but more dynamic.

The Rotary International Polio page is a great place for up to date information on our Polio challenge, and Keith showed us how to share posts with our friends to get information out about key events and happenings that we our passionate about.

The Woodland Sunrise Rotary Club page, also demonstrated, has 13 people who like it, not all members.  Keith maintains the site at present.  He showed items currently posted such as the Basketball event and pictures out in the community.  For comparison, Keith pulled up the Hawaii Lahina Rotary Club, Greg Stille’s club which has 93 Facebook fans along with an active dialogue of comments, events and activity together with information about their current fundraising projects. 

Another page demonstrated was the Woodland Chamber of Commerce site, which has 1200 members connected.

A question raised, “What is the difference between a Facebook page and a website?”  Websites require a webmaster for making changes, which makes it more likely to be static or similar to the yellow pages ad.  Whereas a Facebook page changes can be made by you the user and the interactivity can make it feel more up-to-date and personal.  Websites provide information and Facebook pages provide interaction. Is there a concern about loss of privacy?  Yes, user-beware of things shared which can get to strangers, however there are now more user-controllable levels of filtering.

Keith demonstrated the ways for a business to look like a person on the site – getting friends and having comments about its viability, friendliness, etc.  He did urge any interested business persons to seek out feedback information about themselves from review sites like Yelp.  Lynn shared that the Credit Union solicits customer permission to add them as Facebook friends which makes pushing information their way easy.  Kelly shared that the YMCA in purchasing advertising on Facebook and can target very specifically to their prospective users in a very effective way.  Finally, it was noted that should comments be added which are unwelcome, folks can be limited, blocked, unfriended and ultimately deleted.   Good luck keeping track of your kids’ use.

        The point was made that school and university admissions, job recruiters, background checks, and other information seekers are more often turning to Facebook to glean information about people.

In his whirlwind tour of Facebook, Keith visited a few sites causing Rick Pomeroy to extract advertising dollars.  Visual field trips were taken to RDM Audio Visual-Robb Wallace, Heidrick Ag Museum-Wayne Ginsburg, Amana Essentials-Tom Wendt, Woodland Veterinary Hospital-Bruce Dennie and Keith Rode, The Woodland Chamber of Commerce, and Lahina Rotary Club with Greg Stille.

(If your substitute Wakeup editor was more savvy their would be links to these pages - but sigh, you will just have to create a Facebook account - Like Woodland Sunrise Rotary and then search for friends and request they “friend” you back).

Sunrise Rotary – Welcome to Social Networking – thanks to Keith Rode.

RAFFLE:   Larry Peterson wins a free breakfast.

Thanks to guests,  4-Way Test, BELL!

January 5, 2012

Presiding & Guest Speaker: President Julia Larson

Flag Salute followed by WSR Trio leading Rotary Grace.

Guest: Patrick Blacklock, County Administrator

The Board of Directors for the year 2012-2013 have been posted for two weeks with no voicing of opinion against their approval.  The club accepts the following nominations:

President Elect Nominee - Eric Engstrom

Board Members, 2 year term:

Nick Ponticello
Larry Peterson
John Di Giusto

Thank you to Phil Marler for authoring and sending letters to the district newsletter. WSR was mentioned in 3 different articles.  (see link to the District web site on our home page)

Announcements:

1.    Saturday, 1/14 – 8:00 am - 1:30 pm: Dingle Elementary School – demolition + beginning of re-building planter boxes.  Bring gloves, weed wackers, extension cords, hammers & sunscreen. Wear your Rotarian at Work shirts!

2.    Saturday, 1/21 – 8:00 am - 1:15 pm: Another day at Dingle Elementary for building. Work stoppage guaranteed at 1:15 pm due to 49er game.

3.    Thursday, 1/26 “Help End Polio” fundraiser at high school basketball game, Woodland vs. Pioneer @ Woodland HS gym.  Tickets cost $4, asking $5 for $1 to The Rotary Foundation.

4. Quilts for Rotoplast mission 6/2012, contact Wayne G. for details

5. Rotary Ski Challenge, Friday, March 6th at North Star, Tahoe

Recognition – Kevin Sanchez

• Tom W. – Induction anniversary, December 2000.  Ellen was President, Bruce was his sponsor.  “It’s been some good years.”
• Buzz – Birthday on 1/3, still in his 40s, celebrated in Hawaii, weather was cool, waves rough, got sea sick snorkeling with turtles, had his leg pulled by another snorkeler for getting too close to the turtles.  (Robyn Drivon pays a Ninja Turtle interjection dollar)
• Ken P. – Birthday on 1/3, born the same year his former employer, Pan Am Airlines launched transatlantic mail service.  Just received invitation to officiate at the US Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, NE this summer.
•  Cleve – 34th wedding anniversary to his wife who was an international travel agent. They met on a ski trip to Sun Valley that she had organized.  She’s been his Travel Agent in life, and through life.
•  John B. – 27th wedding anniversary. Married at the Grand Island Mansion in the Delta, honeymooned in Tahiti. Spent last week in Bedford Wyoming.
• Don S. – Inducted 1/5/94 during first reign of Tom Vail as President, Tom was also Don’s sponsor, aka Tom saved Don from the noon club. It has been 18 years that Don has enjoyed tremendously.
• Kevin Sanchez had a "milk bone" to pick with Dr. Bruce Dennie for the boarding contract at Hotel Dennie (Woodland Veterinary Hospital). Through email he was asked to complete an update on his pet's profile and a 15 page new boarding contract -  Bruce's response was "just sign at the bottom."  He is trying to cover his x's and o's with the new ownership with Keith Rode and Ellie Johnson!

Program – President Julia, at mid-point in her presidential term--“Year-to-Date in Review & Looking Forward”

Julia asked various trivia questions of the group.  Those with correct answers were awarded 100 points each in Paul Harris points.*

Year in Review – topics

1.    Reminder of our Mission & Goals

2.    Public Relations & International Projects

3.    Vocational & Youth Activities and Goals

4.    Social Events, Annual Salmon BBQ, Community Service Projects & Donations

Upcoming Events:

1.    Community Service Projects & Goals

2.    1/26 – Polio Awareness Event at Woodland High School.  Polio – What is it?  Please bring a non-Rotarian to this event.

        3.    We need suggestions for our Rotarians @ Work Day.

* Paul Harris Points - 100 points were awarded for correct trivial responses:

• Larry Peterson for knowing our current RI President's name and country, Kalyan Banerjee from India- he also knew the city!
• Lynn Jepsen knew that our current district gov is Dave Dacus and his wife is Tara
• Keith Rode knew that our own Lynn Jepsen is the district treasurer and that John Martin is the assistant district gov. elect
• Buzz James with some crowd support knew that our theme this year is "Reach within to embrace humanity"
• John Beatty knew five of our morning choir: Cap Thomson, Marc Faye, Robb Wallace, Jim Hilliard, and Brad VanSant - he had crowd support to list the remaining Wayne Ginsburg, Charles Mack, Keith Rode and accompanyment Cleve Baker and Robyn Drivon.
• Peter Cahn needed some help with our two newest members' names - Tasha Tapia and Bob Hulbert.
• Cleve Baker and Phil Marler remembered that we had given Shaken Baby simulator dolls to Woodland Christian School and Pioneer High School.
• Byron MacConnell gave a great description of the Polio program and the four countries still fighting the battle - Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Nigeria.
• Dave Dumars remembered that the Dingle work day is in January
• Kelly Hutchison remembered that the Polio basketball game is 1/26
• Eric Faye reminded us that the Rotary Ski Challenge is in March
• Keith Rode and Don Easton reminded us that Rotarian at work day is in April - we need suggestions for our work day!
• Tom Wendt let us know that there was going to a vocational field trip to Amana's for a breakfast in May.
• Byron MacConnell remembered that May was also the month for the Gibson House May Festival!
• Julia was glad to be half way through her year and appreciated everyone's participation in Club Assembly!

 

Happy Dollars = J + $$ 

• Ken Price – Just announced yesterday that the Reno Air Races will continue. Monday I leave for Hawaii for two weeks.
• Bob Hulbert – My wife just got out the cast she was in, after her fall that broke both ankles and her Tibia in November, and is greatful for the care she received at Woodland Health Care.
• Brad VanSant – My desktop computer went “toes up,” ie. crashed.  Utilized the WSR network to get help and get it up and running again
• Eric Faye – Wheat plants, stressed is an understate, they died and it was the first time in his farming history that he had to replant the fields due to our present drought!
• Lynn Jepsen - Spent a great day on New Year's Eve with my granddaughters and her son, and enjoys keeping up on Facebook.
• Bruce Watts – Mixed emotions – went on a great hike in Bidwell Park near Chico, but contracted the 2nd worse case of poison oak I’ve ever had. (To which Brad VanSant burst into the hit 1950's song "Poison Ivy - it's gonna take an ocean of Calamine Lotion..
• Henry Mok – My family bought me an iPad, I Skyped with my 2 grandsons.
• Tom Wendt – Our grandson was with us for Christmas prior to deployment to Afghanistan.  He proposed on Christmas Day to his fiancé, learned he was being deployed early on 12/27, so they got married that evening.

Raffle: $750. Free breakfast won by …..

December 29, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by the WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace

Visitors: Vicki Faye’s son Kyle Thornburg and his girlfriend Tessa O'Neill; our speaker John Baker

Announcements and Presentations:

• WSR received thank you notes from Yolo Military Families for Hugs from Home and the Yolo County Food Bank for our support with the Run with the Turkeys and food donations.
• Club members will build garden boxes at Dingle Elementary School on Saturday Jan. 14 and 21 weather permitting. Folks from the school community will be part of project, which will begin, as almost all building projects do, with demolition. Demolition, uh, Destruction Derby’s
  
  always draw a crowd, right?!
• WSR Board meeting Wednesday, January 11, 7 am, Remax. Parking in the back. Attendance counts as a makeup meeting.
• WSR Polio Plus fundraising event at Woodland High School gym on Thursday, Jan. 26 when Woodland hosts Pioneer High’s mens freshmen, junior varsity and varsity  basketball games, 4, 5:30, and 7 pm respectively.
• Quilts for Rotoplast continue to be encouraged. A June mission is the current target. Contact Wayne for more information. At least two quilters are working on this so far.
• The annual Rotary Ski Challenge at North Star on Friday, March 9, 2012--contact Eric Faye for more info.
• Vicki and Pete Faye presented Tasha Tapia, Vicki's niece, with her first Paul Harris Fellowship pin.

Recognition:

• Jim Hilliard: Birthday, turned 56, Uneventful day, his mom made him quiche for breakfast and he had hoped to play golf and is still hoping.
• Rick Pomeroy: Anniversary, Dec. 30, 1977, Rick made some comment about rising like a good loaf of bread, not sure what he was referring to....
• Cap Thomson: Married 49 years ago on Dec. 30, in Boston at the Chapel of the mental hospital, said he and Helen have had a very good run so far. Next year plans are for the whole family to be in Kauai to celebrate the Golden One.
• John Smythe was recognized for a brief letter-to-the-editor in yesterday's Sacramento Bee for his opinion on Governor Jerry Brown's pension reform comments.
• Charles Mack was held responsible for Cal's unsuccessful bowl game: "Pierced by a longhorn." He had been celebrating his wife's birthday with a dinner at Biba's, thus missing the unfortunate event.
• John Martin shared some tax prep information, encouraging us to talk to your professional accountant for advise and as always there will be changes in the law that will be unclear and usually after you have filed. Kevin Sanchez commented that he may need a session on Cap Thomson's couch after the tax explanation.
• Jim Hilliard was buzzed for the State Farm TV ad that doesn't apply to California. Call Jim 661-6666.
• JP paid for using his stationery with a discount offer to promote future WSR programs.

Program: Cleve introduced his brother John Baker. Both were raised in San Francisco. John graduated from Cal, joined the army, and was stationed with a missile on a mountain in Alaska. He saw bears there, both grizzly and Russian, but no military situations occurred. He settled in the Bay Area where he was chief of marketing for the Xerox Corporation. He retired to Agate Bay in Lake Tahoe about eight years ago where he became very active in the Bear League.

Bear League "Living in Harmony with Bears" was established 14 years ago. Excellent website has plenty of information: http://www.savebears.org/ The League has 95 trained and licensed volunteer rangers. Their efforts are focused on keeping bears out of harms way, including educating people about protecting their property and making it less attractive to bears. They maintain a 24-hour

emergency rescue hotline. Rescue operations focus on rescuing the bear and therefore relieving the stress on people.

There are four types of north American bears: Polar, Grizzly, Brown and Black. Grizzlies can weight between 700-1500 lbs and are the king of the bear family.  Black bears are usually around 300-500 lbs. We have black bears in California. Note: Not all black bears are black in color. While black bears, unlike the other three types, are non-aggressive, they are wild and potentially dangerous in certain situations. No person in California or Nevada has been killed by a Black Bear.

Why are Black Bears a problem in populated areas of the Sierras? FOOD

Their favorite food often found around homes in the mountains is BIRD SEED, commonly people have bird feeders around their homes, but also another favorite source is often viewable through windows: the refrigerator. In addition, garbage in dumpsters or in residential garbage cans put out the night before pickup are major attractors. The Bear League has been working for legislation that requires a seller to provide a metal bear-proof garbage container. The League actively works to encourage current homeowners to install garbage proof containers. The League also spends time educating home owners and guests to the area about bear safety.  

Don't leave food visible anywhere including in cars. Remove any odiferous food and other items which are attractive to bears, even if not visible. People may not realize that it is not just the obvious food in your car that bears may be after but items like chapstick, gum and anything with an odor can tempt a bear. Pine Sol is a repellant, like ammonia to us. Air horns are much more effective than banging pots and pans. Mechanical/electric dog alarms are effective since bears don't like dogs.   John says he carries three things with him when he is on a call to get a bear out of a bad situation: common sense, and air horn, and a paintball gun.

There is ample evidence that "A fed bear is a dead bear.” Feeding bears, intentionally or not, trains them to rely on human-related sources, which eventually will lead to major conflicts that will result in the bear being exterminated. Relocation elsewhere in the wild is pretty much a fairytale. It is rarely done for many reasons. John told us stories of his experiences in chasing bears away from various buildings, and he provided us with many illustrative photos.

John added that this year’s low snowfall has the bears confused. He is hoping for more snow (aren’t we all) to send the bears into hibernation.

Happy Bucks:

• Jim Hilliard for the wonders of Skyping with almost all family members, including some that are spending time in Japan.
• Wayne happy at the YMCA Fitness and Wellness program at the Community Center and encourages everyone to consider it as a way to shed those holiday pounds, bring up your heart rate and have some fun.  Fellow member Kelly Hutchison leads a few spin classes and member Peter Cahn has also joined.  Wayne encouraged us to join and help keep the program going as it is a benefit to our health and the community.
• Eric Faye is happy for his family enjoying Christmas at the Hanalei Bay House on Kauai with his parents and his brother, sister-in-law, and infant niece Keira!  Though he was sad that there was no water for his winter wheat crop.

Raffle: $607 Frank Crum won a free breakfast

Next Week's Program: Club Assembly

Frank led us in the Four-Way Test

December 22, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Cleve Baker started our morning out with some cheerful holiday music on his

keyboard.

Flag Salute followed by the WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace

Visiting Rotarians: Honorary member Greg Stille, Buzz's father-in-law, Gary McKeel: past president of the Porterville Rotary Breakfast Club

Visitors: Speaker Dave Taormino and assistant Jenny McAnnelly

Announcements and Presentations:

• President Julia presented a Christmas gift on behalf of the members to Jane Cracchiolo and the staff in thanks for our breakfast service throughout the year.
• January 14 and 21: we will be building school garden boxes at Dingle Elementary School
• January 26: Pioneer High School promotion of Polio Plus at varsity basketball game
• Rotarian at Work shirts to be ordered soon. Get order to Jim Gillette

Recognition: Kevin Sanchez

• Greg Stille: Induction Nov. 28, 2005, sponsor Cowles Mast, President Gary McLaughlin
• Keith Rode: Birthday, last Sunday was his birthday, 1980, Napa where many in his family were born. Celebrated at a family dinner in Napa, Chile Verde and German Chocolate cake, prepared by his mom and everyone went in to buy him a guitar, although he has never played one before, so they also bought him lessons.
• Lynn Jepsen: Celebrated the anniversary of when she started working in Woodland 24 years ago. She has spent half of her career years in Woodland and has lived in her current house (which is paid off!) longer than she has lived in any other house. Lynn loves work, but she really can never leave this town because of us, her fellow Woodland Sunrise Rotarians.
  

Program: Larry Peterson introduced our speaker Dave Taormino of Coldwell Banker Doug

Arnold Real Estate to talk to us about the last year and the near future in the real estate market in the Woodland area.

Dave is a 1970 graduate of UC Davis, and a 1973 graduate of the University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law. He has been a member of the California State Bar since 1973. His real estate career began in college in 1969 when he worked for Streng Real Estate in Davis as a real estate salesman.

Dave has developed numerous residential projects in both Davis and Woodland including North Davis Meadows I and II at the Davis Golf Course. He was president of Turn of the Century Partners, which planned and later built a large portion of the infrastructure for Spring Lake in Woodland including the various Heritage Custom Home Neighborhoods.

Since 1991 Dave has been with Doug Arnold, co-owner of Coldwell Banker Doug Arnold Real Estate with offices in Woodland and Davis. In 2012, they will be celebrating their company’s 40th anniversary. 

With slides presented by assistant Jenny McAnnelly, Dave reviewed the recent history of Woodland/Wild Wings/Country Residential and Residential Income Properties.

2011 has experienced a slight increase in the number of sales, but a slight drop in prices. There is some debate about how prices are calculated. Dave distrusts the methodology and thinks that prices are actually about the same. Bank-owned sales are no longer in the calculations (since there is not truly a willing seller) but short sales still are, and that skews the prices downward since the seller isn't negotiating with his own money.

Dave sees the market stabilizing and sees signs of slow improvement for the next several years before prices and sales are likely to increase significantly. He views Woodland real estate as a good investment, especially as compared to Davis. He sees the potential increase in UCD student body as a boon to the Woodland market, more so than the Davis market, which is generally restrictive and higher priced.

Dave also commented that the concept of the House as a Piggy Bank is going away and feels that is a good trend.

Happy Bucks:

• Paul Day celebrated Big O Tires 33years in business last week and stopped working on Saturdays, he is working Mondays instead to the delight of his wife.
• Tom Galeazzi was puzzled to see Wayne Ginsburg  yesterday at Tazzina Bistro with his wife and several elected officials and found out that Wayne was being treated to lunch as the Woodlander of the Month. Matt Rexroad and Art Pimentel split the check.
• Larry Peterson is happy for his grandson's second birthday
• John Smythe: Happy that his son passed that driving test; wheel tax for a new pickup since son now has his old one. John is now driving a grey Ford F150!
• Don Sharp happy that Dave Taormino has relieved him of the burden of presenting a report on the real estate market to the club.
• John Beatty is happy as a Rotarian and many valued friendships, within the club, specifically  mentioning Dave Dumars and Kevin Sanchez and some olive pressing.
• Greg Stille is also happy as a WSR Rotarian, and noted his Lahaina Club is benefiting
  
  from our experience. He is also happy that the farm now has a product and it is being sold in two spots in Maui.
• Julia Larson is happy for the support that Lynn Clark provides to many of us with Club and Rotary information, including a late night email request for Greg Stille for today.
• Rick Pomeroy enjoyed a photo project he did of Christmas decorations at WSR members homes. We can now tell our neighbors that those night time photos were nothing clandestine. Keith Petkus was the winner for the most decorations, Eric Engstrom was a close second with the brightest : PG & E loves it.
• Rick also put in a happy buck for Bob Pye helping him put together a family trust for his wife’s Christmas gift.
• Cleve Baker lead the club in a rusty but lively version of Jingle Bells

Raffle: $620. Byron MacConnell won a free breakfast.

Next Week's Program: John Baker, Cleve's brother, on Saving the Bears around Lake Tahoe.

Byron led us in the Four-Way Test.

December 15, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by the WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace

Visiting Rotarians: Honorary member Marc Faye

Visitors: Patrick Blacklock, Yolo County CAO and University of California Pepper Spray Investigation Committee member; former Elk Grove Rotarian and Past President of UC Davis Alumni Association.

Announcements and Presentations:

Board meeting: Words Take Wing donated $500 for the February event

Nominations for 2012-13 Officers and Directors presented by Bob Pye.

• John Smythe, President elect
• Lynn Clark, Secretary
• Lynn Jepsen, Treasurer
• Eric Engstrom, President-elect nominee

• Directors:
• Larry Peterson
• Nick Ponticello
• John DiGiusto
  

• We passed the Hat for tips for the Cracchiolo staff and these will be presented on December 22.
• Julia thanked the Woodland Christmas Parade helpers and participants and those Santa's helpers who aided the Shriners get their vehicles operating.
• Via Julia, Don Easton reported great appreciation from the foster kids that we supported with Christmas gifts, 30 children and families benefited from this Rotarian generosity.
• The Dingle School garden box project will take place on the 14th and 21st of January
• Our club and the Interact club will be putting on a Polio Awareness Event on Thursday evening, January 26th at the Woodland High School boys basket ball game and all members and family are encouraged to attend.
• The next Rotoplast mission will be in June 2012 and if anyone knows a quilter that would like to make a quilt to send on the mission for the children as they recover from surgery - the quilt needs to be double sided and 4’x5’. Please contact Wayne for more information.

 Recognition: Kevin Sanchez

• Henry Mok: Anniversary, Dec. 10, 1968 (43 years) Not much of a celebration this year because he was working and Jeannette flew to Southern California.  They were married in Sydney, Australia in a Hospital Chapel.
• Ellen Burriss: Dec. 96, Kevin Ryan, sponsor, Gary McLaughlin, president. Gave us memories of the Bowling Alley
• Lynn Clark: Anniversary, 43 years, in Houston, Texas, Dec. 21.
• John Smythe: for Channel 3's coverage of Jesuit High School's food collection campaign, John's son is a sophomore there and will participate in next year's drive, when he can drive, not rely on John.
• Jim Hilliard: recognized for his rant in the DD about the Davis City Council copping out on water supply and quality.
• Don Sharp: thanked for the calendars.

Program: Vicki Faye introduced Linda Smith to talk to us about the Red Cross' Hugs from Home for Yolo Military Family program.

In 2003 a small group of military parents and grandparents started meeting monthly for lunch. Soon they began sending boxes of items to deployed Yolo County service members. Linda joined this group in August 2005 when she knew her son Jason would be joining the Army. She became co-leader of the group in the fall of 2008. A year later the small group of family members knew that they could no longer handle the large number of requests coming their way. They reached out to the public and became the “Yolo Military Families/Hugs from Home” group. They have remained a productive group of parents, grandparents, spouses and spouses’ siblings and friends with generous support from the community.

Vicki met Linda Smith two years as the Red Cross believes in this group’s effort and they worked together to get the word out and collect items for their cause. Vicki finds Linda to be an amazing person with a caring heat. When the Japanese earthquake hit, she helped and encourage her grandchildren to promote a fundraiser at their elementary school. She nominated the seven kids that spearheaded that effort and the school as Red Cross Heroes this year. She also is instrumental in keeping her eyes open for our local military heroes as well. For the past two years she has nominated a military family and an active Military Vet who were both selected as Heroes.

Without her slide show, which suffered from technical difficulties, Linda explained to us the range of items that the troops can use which the program is able to collect and send. Some are practical and some for entertainment and memories of home. The group tries to send packages to the troops for Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Armed Forces Day.

Linda highlighted with photos many of the Yolo County service members currently and recently in Iraq or Afghanistan who have received support from Hugs from Home. Several are now stateside or out of the service, and Linda told us what they are doing now. Many are now in training for a civilian career.

Happy Bucks:

• John Smythe is happy/concerned that the sophomore son gets his driver's license soon
• Bob Pye relieved that son hasn't even started drivers' ed yet, even though he is older than John’s son. No hurry there.
• Nick Ponticello enjoyed the Woodland Community Band's performance at the County Administration Building; he commended Robyn Drivon for making it happen and her playing her tuba.
• Angie  Fairchilds was concerned for her son's insurance bill as he now has two teenage drivers.
• Byron MacConnell sad that daughter will not home for Christmas, happy to have helped with bell ringing yesterday for the Salvation Army.
• Jim Hilliard appreciated members who showed up at 7 am to be Parade Marshals
• Marc Faye: reminiscence dollar, on December 7, 1941 watching the bombing from his Honolulu front porch. Noted that dwindling number of survivors left that participated in the Pearl Harbor Day celebration last week.  Over 28,000 servicemen survived and about 2500 are still alive today.
• Lynn Jepsen commented on something neither Wayne or Julia recorded about the  Davis City Council
• Vicki  Faye was happy to be leaving for Arizona after this mornings meeting to watch her son graduating from college.
• Sharon Blaha: lost pump, used Rotary network to fix it. About six steps from one Rotarian to the next and a big thank you from Sharon for all those who got her pump back in action.  In the interactions along the way she was able to give some advise about Yolo Hospice to someone in need.
• Brad Van Sant: Norm Callaway asked Brad to ring the Salvation Army bell at Walmart where he observed many strategies people have for avoiding making a contribution.
• Bruce Dennie: Announced two new partners at Woodland Veterinary: Keith Rode and Ellie Johnson. Congratulations Keith!
• Cap Thomson: happy for great trip to New Zealand for three weeks. Helen's pen pal since she was 13 hosted them and Cap reported seeing lots of sheet and deer/venison farms along the way.
• Tom Wendt: Gave a mixed feelings dollar for hosting his entire family for Christmas but sad that his grandson will be sent to Kandahar for his next mission.
• Wayne Ginsburg was happy for Larry Peterson being Davis Golf Club Handicap Chairman and correcting Wayne's errors. Thanks also for taking that thankless job, Larry.

Raffle: $550 Dave Grose won a free breakfast

Next Week's Program: Dave Taormino, Yolo County Year-End Real Estate Summary

Dave led us in the Four-Way Test.

December 8, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by the WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace

Visitors: Ted Robinson, our speaker

Announcements and Presentations:

• Julia thanked Don Sharp and Pat Butler, organizers of the very successful Rotary Holiday Party.
• We passed the hat for the Cracchiolo staff and will do so again next week.
• Santa letters via Interact kids, $5 to send to loved one of your choice.
• Woodland Chamber Holiday Parade Marshals needed Saturday, 7 am at Weinersnitchel’s parking lot.
• Weekends in January will feature Dingle Garden Box Project work sessions. More info later.
• JP Perlman and Brad Van Sant recognized for being Red Cross HEROES and Vicki Faye commended for a good job producing the event.
• Dec. 12, 7 PM Yuba College public forum regarding geographical redistricting (realignment or reapportionment) of governing board districts.
• Polio Awareness Event: Basketball game on Thursday, January 26 at Woodland High hosting Pioneer High.
  
• Don Easton thanked us for the gifts for foster care kids: not too late, next week will still work.
• Quilts for Rotoplast is still an active program. Wayne will gather up-to-date information for quilters, (since Mary asked).
  

Recognition:

• Vicki Faye: Induction Anniversary, Dec. 1, sponsor Jim Hilliard, Don Sharp was president.
• Gary Wright: Induction Anniversary, Dec. 7, 1995 at the Bowling Alley, Ken Price, President Jack Potter.
• Bob Pomeroy: Birthday 91st, Woodrow Wilson was the president
• Rick Pomeroy recognized for being featured in UCD’s School of Education Periodical Catalyst as a keynote speaker at a conference. Topic was Why Don't We Teach Science Like We Teach Language Arts and Math. Answer: Because we don’t test Science like we test Language Arts and Math.
• Ellen Burriss was recognized for being featured in a newspaper article as her alter ego, the late Woodlander Pamila Day, as part of a historical reenactment at the Woodland Cemetery. Ms. Day was reportedly the only woman in Yolo county to have died due to a spider bite. The best part was that she fooled Neil Rutger!
• Taking it to the next level! Gary Holman recognized as being the new owner of a smart phone.
  

Happy Bucks:

• Byron MacConnell: on Tuesday, December 6, in Monterey, daughter Melanie reinlisted in the Navy for another 4 years; Byron had the honor of administering her oath of reinlistment. A second happy dollar was for Melanie being awarded her second AA, this time in Persian Farsi to go with her previous one in Russian, both from the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio at Monterey. She and her husband Bryan will be moving to Augusta Georgia this month. Byron also made a Thomas Vail Fellowship contribution on President Julia's behalf in appreciation for Sunday veterinary services.
  
• John Martin was quite happy to be here recovering from his back injury.
• John Smythe sad to lose his mother-in-law; happy that his son accepted a job with a Palo Alto company six months before graduation from Cal Poly.
• Jim Hilliard happy to go to his granddaughter’s first concert where she publicly followed in the family tradition of playing the trombone.
• Neil was happy Ellen recognized him in the cemetery when he thought she was Pamila.

Program:

Larry Peterson introduced Ted Robinson retired Navy Commander to speak to us about his experiences in WWII, especially as part of the rescue of PT 109 skipper John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Ted later became his JFK’s tentmate. He reviewed his experiences in the Navy that eventually led to him to Guadalcanal and his adventure with JFK.

But first, Ted identified with our members who either have or had children at Cal Poly or are Cal Poly alums (, some of which was revealed in Happy Bucks) as his daughter graduated from Cal Poly. She has become the photographer for many well-known celebrities, organizations and professional teams.

Ted grew up poor in New

York City and graduated with honors from Duke University in 1940, and has served a president of the Northern California Duke Alumni Association. He is married to Carolyn Robinson from Newport, R.I.

After WWII Ted and Lynne moved to California where Ted worked in various management jobs for Pacific Telephone for 36 years, including Planning Engineer for Northern California, Regional Supervisor of Public Relations, Executive Speech Writer and Director of the Management Speakers' Bureau. On retirement in 1982 Ted volunteered to work for the president of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors as a Sacramento County Park Commissioner, where he still works. In 2001 the Board of Supervisors proclaimed Ted and Lynne "Community Treasures" and named a grove of trees after them in Mather Park for all their civic and charitable work.

Ted has written a book entitled "Water In My Veins: The Pauper Who Helped Save a President" that is selling to rave reviews, and sold well to our members

after our meeting was adjourned. Maria Shriver called it "an amazing story that is truly inspirational". KCRA-TV anchor Dale Schornack says, "Ted is the most vivid story teller I have interviewed in my 30 years of television". Ted has recently returned from a featured speaking engagement at Duke University, the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.

Robinson wrote the book to set the record straight. He has been repulsed by many lying “Mommy Dearest” portraits of JFK which based on Kennedy's WWII service have claimed that he was a heel, louse and worse. Robinson noted that not one of these writers had served in the Navy or was with Kennedy in the War.

But Ted was there, he knew Kennedy before PT 109 was rammed, and was part of the rescue (after everyone nearby thought there couldn't be any survivors) and heard first hand from Kennedy and his surviving crew members about the incident and Kennedy's heroism. Several weeks later Robinson lost his own boat, PT 118, seventy miles behind enemy lines. After that he was Kennedy's tentmate, where relatively speaking they were living in luxury--in a tent! Ted told us that Kennedy tore up his orders to return home and stayed in the Pacific theater. Also at a time in the war when American forces didn't dare move in open daylight, Kennedy volunteered to rescue a stranded group of marines in broad daylight. Obviously it did not end up being a suicide mission.

Next Week's Program: Linda Smith, Hugs from Home program.

December 1, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by the WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace

Visiting Rotarians: District Governor Elect Laura Day, San Ramon Valley RC; Cecil Padilla, Winters RC

Visitors: Donna Justice and Sandi Redenbach, our speakers

Announcements and Presentations:

• Participants in several of our activities stood for recognition:
  
• Stuff the Bus: Lynn Clark, Charles Mack, Julia Larson, Bob Hulbert, Kelly Hutchison, Byron MacConnell, Sharon Blaha, Dave Grose (these are all that I know of, but there may have been others?)
• Turkey Run: Julia Larson, Kelly Hutchison, Bob Hulbert, Larry Peterson, Byron MacConnell, and Kevin Sanchez (cheerleader)
• Planting Trees: Jim Gillette, Sharon Blaha, Gary Holman, Dan Morris, Gary Wright, Keith Rode, and John Martin
• Tree Planting: 53 trees planted and good time and good turn out
• We’ll pass the hat for Cracchiolos breakfast staff the next two weeks
• Julia announced a donation from both the Club and Foundation to the Woodland Public Library’s computer program to help purchase a new literacy work station. We had previously assisted with remodeling/painting the room for this program
• Tom Wendt announced Downtown Tree Lighting ceremony tomorrow night
• Phil Marler reminded us about donating our read Rotarian Magazines
• Photos used in the Wake Up Call are available in higher resolution. Just email Wayne
• Woodland Holiday Parade marshals needed for Saturday, Dec. 10
• Don Easton holiday gifts for Foster Children, any more should be delivered next week or to him
• Building of boxes for Dingle Elementary School’s school garden program will be in January
• Holiday Party: 150 Woodland Rotarians and guest will celebrate at Fliers Club tomorrow night
• Interact Club Letters to Santa, info and forms on our tables, due by Dec. 10th
• We received a Thank You from the Red Cross for Hugs from Home
• Red Cross HEROES luncheon tomorrow will honor Brad Van Zant and JP Perlman: Photos below.
  

Happy Bucks:

• Bruce Watts was happy for a 16 hour drive to visit with his cousin and his brother in the Vancouver area; his cousin was reelected Mayor with 85% of the vote
• Kevin Sanchez--Happy that his sons were home for TG
• Eric Engstrom happy for first meal after weeks of kitchen remodelling
• Brad happy to learn Old Maid, Hot Potato, Go Fish from his grandchildren
• Gov. Elect announced that next Year’s District Conference will be Nov. 2-4 at Meritage in Napa
• Byron happy to have daughter home for Thanksgiving, but they are moving to Georgia, so it may be the last time for Thanksgiving for a while. Also was happy to tell about his friends at St. Amant Winery and their Holiday Open House, Lodi, Dec. 3-4 Noon to 4 PM
• John Martin injured
• Julia was sad for John Martin who hurt his back stepping over his dog to get out of bed on Saturday morning. She was very Happy for Thanksgiving with four generations of Meneghelli's at her Grandfathers' house in Richmond.
  

Recognition:

• Henry Mok, Nov. 20 Birthday, worked that day but son and family did come up for dinner
• Don Sharp, Nov. 25, 56 years ago Marin Hospital
• Eric Engstrom, John Beatty sponsor and President, attendance 83.9% 5 years ago
• Sponsor Kevin Sanchez disappointed that Keith Petkus not here to be recognized on his induction day.
• Bruce Watts, Induction '94, Tom Vail responsible but Cowles had to take the blame.
• Sharon Blaha, recognized for being the WSR image in the Daily Democrat for the Tree Planting.

Program: Larry Peterson, Program Chair introduced Donna Justice of UC Davis School of

Education and Sandi Redenbach, a former Woodland English teacher and creator of the WJUSD’s Independent Learning Center, who is the chair of the Alumni Council. Their topic is the Words Take Wing program.

Words Take Wing brings a children’s author to the UC Davis and invites students throughout the region to attend an presentation by the author. Students find inspiration and motivation in the program, which their teachers use to further their skills and love of the language arts. For most students, it is also their first visit to a college campus, quite an eye opening experience allowing them to see themselves as eventual college students.

This year’s author is Ying Chang Compestine. Some of her books were passed around the meeting. She’ll meet with students in Freeborn Hall on Thursday, February 23 at 10:30 am. A smaller presentation mostly for adults will be the same day at the Alumni and Visitors Center at 7:30 pm. See website for more information.

Donna Justice works closely with Jessica Friedman of Dingle Elementary School. Our Club or Foundation has provided support in the past for Woodland students to attend Words Take Wing, and Donna asked to again support Dingle’s efforts.

Sandi added her teacher's perspective about the impact this program has on the students. Sutter Children's Hospital, a program sponsor, gives each child a journal and Sandi told of one student who said that he was going to be a writer after hearing a real author and now having his own book to write in. Sandi finds this program to be the most rewarding community and youth activity that she is involved in.

Raffle: $453  Rick Pomeroy wins a free breakfast

Next Week's Program: Ted Robinson on rescuing PT 109

Rick led us in the Four-Way Test.

*Brad Van Sant and JP Perlman (along with Robert Miller) were honored at the Red Cross HEROES event, Friday, Dec. 2 at UC Davis in Freeborn Hall.

Brad was honored for Angel Flight transports, piloting medical patients to distant areas for appropriate care. He does so in his airplane at his cost.

JP was honored for his continuing participation in providing free cataract surgeries in Mexico. He and Robert Miller have been doing this about twice a year for over 10 years.

November 17, 2011
President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.
Visiting Rotarians: The Iceman, Dave Molinaro, Woodland Rotary Club

Visitors: Brad Van Zant's son Eric (or Scott?) who is visiting with his twins. Trish Timothy and Don Gray  from

the Board of the Yolo Hospice, and Justin Smith, K-12 Administrator of Woodland Christian School, with Lisa Pielstick, Woodland Christian High School Principal.
Presentations:
John Smythe  presented funds generated by the Salmon BBQ fundraiser to our community recipients.
Funds presented to Yolo Hospice, represented by Sunrise Rotary member,  Sharon Blaha and board of directors Trish Timothy and Don Gray, will help their organization continue to do great things such as dignified services to those in need.  Hospice plans to upgrade to the electronic medical records system, an expensive project for which no monies have been available, until now.  As an example of their clientele, it was explained that they are now serving a thirteen year old young man whose family dynamics are so difficult, he sought their assistance to convince his family to stop fighting long enough that he may pass away in peace.

Woodland Christian High School, represented by Justin Smith and Lisa Pielstick, were also recipients.  Their funds will be put to the task of improving classroom technology and presentation equipment.

Ken Price made the final presentation to the Woodland Christian team. They were presented with a shaken baby demo doll, which will be used in all health classes.

John Martin provided more information about the Rotary Foundation as part of Rotary Foundation Month.  Foundation monies help fund international good works.  Grants to the Foundation reside in a Rotary Foundation interest bearing account for three years; after which one half of the proceeds are forwarded to the World Fund and the other half is paid to the District.  The interest generated over those three years interest covers the overhead of running the program.  Overhead is 2.3 percent.
The Foundation has six focus areas: Peace/ conflict resolution/ prevention / World Ambassadors; Health:  disease prevention; Water & Sanitation; Maternal health; Education; and Community Development.
The Rotary Foundation is now approaching projects with a sustainability standard, i.e., will the recipients be able to maintain the item built or brought to their location? They want to make sure skills accompany the gift mindful of maintenance and ongoing issues.  Micro grants now help with on-going skill building for community benefit.  Foundation projects will continue to concentrates in these focus areas.  Why give? Our hearts benefit from the gift of giving.  Fight hunger, reduce child mortality, resolve conflict, basic education and eradicate polio.  Gifts of $1.2 billion resulted in a worldwide reduction of polio.  Polio is now only found in four countries: Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Nigeria.  Foundation money helps the world. 
Paul Harris Presentations:  John Beatty presented Foundation Fellows for $1,000 gifts. 

Gifts which keep giving: John Martin was presented his Paul Harris Plus Two.  Lynn Jepsen was presented her Paul Harris Plus Four, and Julia Larson was presented her Paul Harris Plus Eight.  John Beatty, John Martin, Lynn Jepsen and Julia Larson are all Paul Harris Society Members - pledging to give $1000 each year to the Rotary Foundation. 
President Julia Larson explained that her family pledges as an alternative to parenthood.
Announcements:
"Stuff the Bus" is November 18, 2011.  Tree Planting Saturday, Nov. 19, Rain or shine.  Also the Turkey Run is at 10:00 a.m. Saturday.  Turkeys will be for sale at Quick & Fresh, the Food Bank's Market. Kevin has signed up for the profit branch of Food Bank to sell Branigan Turkeys with proceeds benefiting the Food Bank.  Rotarian at Work shirts continue to be available - contact Jim Gillette for details.  Holiday Dinner Party sign ups are happening for the December 2, 2011 event at the Fliers Club.  Foster youth gifts should be brought to the meeting on 12/1 or12/8, please bring them wrapped and labeled with the child's name. Dave Dumars needs olives.  Finally, January 26, 2012, we will host the Woodland High vs. Pioneer High basketball game "Awareness for Polio" night.

Program: Rotary Hoopla 
Buzz James started off the program with assignments.  Each table was a team, and needed to create a team name.  
1. If the team name has an x, y, or z, it get a point.
2. What table has all the members it was assigned?  Pointworthy.
3. Which rotary member was San Francisco born, whose mom dated Carlos Santana?  John O'Malley
4. Sunrise Rotary meets at Cracchiolo's, what is the number address? 1320 E. Main Street. 
5. Name all seven dwarfs:  Doc, Bashful, Sneezey, Dopey, Grumpy, Sleepy and Happy.
        a. Which Dwarf no beard? Dopey 
        b. Which Dwarf blue hat? Sleepy
6.  Who is 5160 district governor and how is it spelled? Dacus, Dave
          Our president name spelled correctly gets extra points:  Larson, Julia
7.  What date was Sunrise Morning Rotary chartered? 5/7/93
  How many charter members? 25
8.  The San Francisco Giants had three brothers playing on the team at the same time? Allou
9. Rotary training seminar named for future presidents training? PETS
10. What gets wetter the more it dries?  Towel
11. What does a member need to obtain to leave early? Cost $5, scooter badge
12. Which member received World Lego builder third place? Eric Faye.
13. Where did the first Rotary meeting occur and when? 1905 Chicago
14. Riddle:  What is it?  The man who invented it doesn't want it, the man who buys it doesn't need it, and the man who needs it doesn't know it? Coffin
15. What percent of Rotary meetings are required per year? What is the minimum at one?s home club? 60/30
16.  Name famous bunnies or hares or rabbits? Harvey, VW Rabbit, Brer Rabbit, Baxter, Peter, White,  Bugs, etc.
17. Name the Recognition of$1000 gifts to Woodland Sunrise? Tom Vial Fellowship
18. Which Member?s high school running record at Woodland High lasted for 11 years?  Kelley ___
19.  What is pronounced as one letter, written as three, two letters there are and two only in me.  Eye 

20. Name all seven sports teams that do not end with an 'S'.  ___
Team Scores: No names, just table numbers and points. 

Table 8 won Free Breakfast with 55 points: Byron MacConnell, Bob Pye, John Martin, Angie Fairchilds

Table 5 won Free Makeups: Dave Molinero, Eric Engstrom, Ken Price, Tom Wendt, Peter Cahn, and Robyn Drivon

Table  4 was third for a Free Scooter Badge: Keith Rode, Lynn Clark, John Smythe, Charles Mack, and Frank Crum

Thanks to Buzz James for organizing the game and providing some laughs.

1 - 39; 2 - 49; 3 - 43; 4 - 51
5 - 52; 6 - 33; 7 - 49; 8 - 55
Happy Bucks:  Per Julia, no time for happy bucks.  Thanks to Gary for rebuilding our Rotary Sign and John who helped mount it.
Raffle:  Dave Molinaro won a free breakfast
Next Week's Program:  Sandi Redenbach on UC Davis' "Words Take Wings" program
Dave Molinaro led us in the 4-Way                                              Lynn Clark, Kelly Hutchison, Eric Reitz, and Charles Mack help "Stuff the Bus" with Yolo Transportation Authority to benefit Yolo Food Bank.

John Martin and several members helped plant trees on Saturday morning. Kevin Sanchez took photos and provided information about Rotary and the Quick and Fresh Market while Larry Peterson, Byron MacConnell, Kelly Hutchison, Bob Hulbert, and Julia Larson completed the Running of the Turkeys.

November 10, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Visiting Rotarians: Clancy Duppong, Woodland Rotary Club; Clint Parrish, Luna Vista Rotary Club

Announcements:

• WSR Board is sponsoring the Running of the Turkeys Run on Saturday (Nov. 19). Registration information for this Fun Run + was emailed to all members last week and forms were on the tables at our meetings
  
• Stuff the Bus event soliciting food donations for the Yolo County Food Bank is Friday Nov. 18 and needs staffing. See Dave Grose.  The Yolo Transportation Bus will be parked in the Gateway Plaza parking lot near the Target and Costco all day on Friday.
• Woodland Tree Foundation Planting Day, Saturday, Nov. 19th, starting at 9:00 am at Woodland Library. Call Jim Gillette for details on how you can help
• Woodland Rotary Clubs’ Holiday Dinner at the Fliers Club, Friday, December 2nd. Deadline to sign up is November 28th and entree choices include black and white salmon and prime rib.  Contact Don Sharp or Pat Butler for information and to sign up.
• Woodland Holiday Parade needs marshals—Saturday, Dec. 10. Call Jim Hilliard
• Holiday Gifts for Foster Youth, Don Easton—small Christmas tree with child’s name, age and some desired gifts given to volunteers who wish to participate.  Please bring your gifts the first two meetings of December.
• Red Cross Heroes Luncheon, Freeborn Hall, UC Davis, Dec. 2. Two of our members are being honored: Brad Van Sant and JP Perlman—Contact Vicki Faye
• Dingle Elementary School garden repair 11 boxes sometime in January
• Rotary has an App for finding Rotary meetings anywhere in the world*
• Dave Grose presented information about Rotary Foundation programs
• Dave presented Don Easton and Sharon Blaha
  
  with their first Paul Harris Fellowship pins

Recognition: Kevin Sanchez

• Frank Crum: Birthday, October 8, 1966. Marked it with a trip north including seeing some plays in Ashland
• Eric Faye: Anniversary reminder. 19 years to the daughter of a cattleman. Wedding was at Harris Ranch’s Restaurant (not the feed lot). Eric noted there is a new girl is in his life: a brand new harvester, but that during harvest, which coincided with his anniversary, she was greatly unreliable due to her highly computerized nature. A $30 part put the whole machine out of service. Upshot: he and his wife will find post-harvest time together to make up for missing the actual anniversary
• Jim Gillette: Anniversary (14) married in Woodland. Took the day and went to see a movie and have lunch. Also, his firm moved to SF next to Rincon Center from Palo Alto, cutting his commute in half.
• Phil Marler recognized for his Fliers Club team’s success—seems Will Scarlett carried the team and Phil did okay.
• Peter Cahn recognized for his granddaughter’s appearance in the local paper for her achievement in gymnastics 
• Ken Price celebrating Veterans Day in his anchor clanker uniform: Ken reviewed the statistics of his service and wished all veterans a happy Veterans Day 
• Habitat for Humanity sent a photo of our club members at the work site and a thank you for our efforts to help with their latest project

Program: Frank Crum introduced our speaker Deputy DA Barbara Enriquez of the Child Abduction Unit, Yolo County District Attorney’s Office. She has been a Yolo County Deputy DA for 28 years and has prosecuted cases in a

variety of assignments including various misdemeanors, felonies, welfare fraud, Domestic Violence Court, and Drug Court cases. Job-shared for many years prosecuting juveniles in Delinquency Court and also represented juveniles who were in Dependency Court due to physical and sexual abuse. Since 2009 Barbara has been assigned to the Yolo County Child Abduction Unit and has been a member of the California District Attorneys Association Child Abduction Committee. In 2011 was an instruction for the California District Attorneys Association in the area of Child Abduction.

Her team mostly works on parent abductions of children. She explained the many and varied tasks they do in the best interests of everybody involved, with special emphasis, of course, on helping the children. They do prosecute some offenders, but prosecution is not the goal. They seek win-win solutions for parents and children. Barbara left us with a brochure, much of which is visible here: http://www.yolocounty.org/Index.aspx?page=762

Happy Bucks:

• Cap happy for going to New Zealand for three weeks. Via a pen pal program, Helen has an almost life-long penpal/friend there who has visited her here. But this will be the first time Helen and Cap will have visited them in NZ.
• Brad flew an Angel Flight from Arcata and to Oakland. Something about loud sounds via the plane's second headset—which Brad had given the young three year old patient!
• Bob Pye is happy for Woodland High School sophomore Cross Country team’s success
• Frank Crum clarified that he assisted the Habitat for Humanity effort in a cerebral, not physical, capacity
• Ken Price happy to be going to Atlanta to officiate at the 2011 AT&T Winter National Swim Championships
• Lynn Jepson happy for the positive publicity that Credit Unions have been getting lately and for *learning how to use the Rotary Club Locator App

Raffle: Bob Pye wins a free breakfast

Next Week’s Program: Rotary Hoopla, our leader will be Buzz James

Bob Pye led us in the 4-Way Test

November 3, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Visiting Rotarians: Clancy Duppong, Woodland Rotary Club

Guests: Sue Westwood, BSA troop 131, last day to buy wreaths

Announcements:

• Woodland Sunrise Foundation gave 100 books - The Brain Game,
  
  about quality parenting and childhood development for new mothers to the Woodland Pregnancy Support Group. Carol Duty and Michele Fitzer were present to receive the donation
• President Julia thanked Angie Fairchilds for hosting our field trip at the Woodland Community College, we had a wonderful turnout and an informative morning!
• Yolo Bus--Help Stuff the Bus with Yolo Transportation Authority and Yolo Food Bank Friday, November 18, needs staffing. Dave Grose has the sign up sheet
• Woodland Tree Foundation: Planting Day, Saturday, Nov. 19th, starting at 8:00 am at Christiansen park, corner of Beamer and Walunt. See Jim Gillette
• Run with the Turkeys for the Food Bank, also Saturday, Nov. 19. Bring a turkey or $15 entry fee. Kelly Hutchison has more info - Enter team name - Woodland Sunrise Rotary!
• Board meeting Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 7 am
• Red Cross Heroes Luncheon, Dec. 2--Vicki Faye
• Vicki Faye also thanked the club for their donations for Hugs from Home program.
• Holiday Gifts for Foster Youth--Don Easton will be getting a list of suggested gifts
• Dingle Elementary School Garden project to be scheduled. Help build garden boxes
• Rotary Clubs of Woodland Holiday Party is Friday evening, Dec. 2 at the Fliers Club.
• Woodland Chamber's Holiday Parade is Saturday, Dec. 10 - we are the marshals!
• Dave Dumars in need of Olives to press by Saturday, Dec. 17
• John Martin, November is Foundation month. He'll provide information about the Foundation every meeting during the month. Today's is about purpose, support and programs of the Foundation: donations grow value over three years at which time 50% is distributed to the District and 50% to the World Fund.
• 
  Byron MacConnell was award his Paul Harris plus 3 pin, having contributed $4,000 to the Rotary Foundation.

Recognition:

• John Beatty: Birthday and Induction, Oct 25, 2001, sponsor Bob Pye, president Dr. Cleve Baker
• Dave Grose: Oct 30 sponsor John Martin, president Katie Woodward, Dave thanked Brad for a safe flight for his BBQ auction trip.
• Wayne Ginsburg: Induction Nov. 1, 1997; sponsor the late Chuck Brooks, president Donna Rae Hays
• Julia Larson: Anniversary Nov. 5 eleven years ago to husband Rich, eloped to Tahoe
• Don Easton: 18th anniversary on Monday, Nov. 7.
• Several members honored for being being ranked 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the Best of Yolo publication:
• Don Sharp, ReMax Woodland
• Paul Day, Big O
• Lynn Jepson, Cap, Phil and Byron: Yolo Federal Credit Union
• Kelly Hutchison, YMCA
• Jim Hilliard: State Farm Insurance
• John Martin: Landucci, Bick, Matter and Johnston
• Bruce, Julia and Keith and article in WSJ about the dog that maxed out the credit card
• Robb Wallace
• Tom Wendt
• John DiGiusto for his firm's announcement on Capital Public Radio

Program: Wayne Ginsburg introduced our speaker, Maria Contreras Tebbutt.

Maria Tebbutt has been a community educator for Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services for the past five years and while presenting at the the middle and high schools in Woodland noticed a lot of traffic and congestion.  She has recently volunteered to put together programs for Lee and Douglass Middle schools to encourage and inspire teens to walk and ride bikes to school. 

Whether it be obesity, depression, low-self esteem, or poverty, Mrs. Tebbutt believes that the bicycle can provide a simple solution to many of today's complex problems and looks forward to enthusing and inspiring young people in Woodland to make a difference. 

Maria's been a Yolo County resident since the age of three, a business owner for 20 years, which she was able to sell at age 46. She then looked for what to do next and has worked for 3 non-profits since retirement. including Yolo Hospice, Yolo County Suicide Prevention.

Maria talked to us about health concerns of our sedentary lifestyle and her concern, coming from the bicycling town of Davis, about the reliance on the automobile for transportation of youth: few walk, few bicycle. Many reasons, she understands: helicopter parents, stranger danger, wild hair, lack of a bike. She referenced Trek?s program to establish used bicycle shop in low income areas to promote low-cost, positive exercise biking and sell bikes. She sees bicycling in general, and riding bikes to and from school specially, as part of the solution to several issues: lack of exercise, air pollutions, traffic congestion and parents feeling like taxi drivers for their kids.

As a society, we need to get kids active, outside and playing something; not always watching TV, playing computer games or doing other stuff that often causes major problems (nuff said?).

Every time we see a bike being ridden, we see one less car on the road, not consuming fossil fuel, not contributing to air pollution, not spending money on transportation.

But if one doesn't like bicycles, there are other options: consider walking, skates or skateboarding. Research has determined that a family with one or more child spends $250 a year in school transportation. In this down economy, families could direct their money to higher priority needs by having their children, and other the adults as well, use alternative means of transportation.

Maria claimed there are ways we can help: promotion of these positive programs to our families and friends and providing role models. Sort of--get a bike and ride it! She asked us to find and donate used bicycles and related parts and paraphernalia. She'll make sure they get to teenagers who will use them as she is working closely with the principals at Douglass and Lee Middle Schools and plans to connect with other schools as well.

She also referred us to these programs already started in other communities:

Save a Gallon Campaign

Street Smarts, this one in Davis

New Member Bio: Bob Hulbert

Bob thanked all of us for the warm reception he has received into our club. He also thanked Keith Petkus for being his sponsor. Then he served up his biography.

Bob come to us from the Colusa Rotary Club where he was a member for 17 years. Bob graduated from CSU Chico, in 1968, earned his Masters there in 1976, and obtained a Masters in education administration from St. Mary's in 1989. In 2007 he retired from the Colusa Unified School District as the high school principal for the previous 13 years. He had a 40 year career in education, and is currently an adjunct faculty member at the University of Phoenix in the College of Education and is a supervisor of student teachers.

Bob has strong local roots. Born (8/22/45) and raised in Colusa. His mother's family (Houchins) farmed in the Grimes area. His great grandfather Houchins was Colusa Co. Supt. of Schools. His paternal great, great grandfather Thomas Black settled Black's Station, now known as Zamora. Grandfather Frank Hulbert's career was also in education. Taught in Hungry Hollow, Enterprise, Davisville and Prairie Schools, was principal of Grafton School (Knight's Landing) and a member of the Yolo Co. Bd. of Education. Woodland relatives include Bob and Cam McGriff and Barbara Dozier. Brother Jerry Hulbert and sister-in-law Fay are both retired educators from Davis JUSD.

Bob's father Ed graduated from Woodland High in 1925 and was a butcher by trade. His mother Betty was the District bookkeeper for Colusa Unified School District.

Bob and wife Georgeanne were married Feb. 3, 1968. Georgeanne is retired from a career in nursing and public healthcare. They have three adult children and five. Those families live in Natomas, Woodland and Dixon, so the Hulberts moved to Woodland in September of 2010 in part to be closer to them.

Raffle: $298 Byron MacConnell et al won a free breakfast.

Next Week's Program: Julia Hernandez, Victim Advocacy in Yolo County

Byron led us in the 4-Way Test.

October 27,2011

President Julia Larson presiding in the Community Room of Woodland Community College

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Visiting Rotarians: Greg Stille, honorary WSR member and member of the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunrise; Rico Torres, Woodland Rotary Club

Guests: Ken Freeman,  Yuba College’s Small Business Development Center, Myron Hord, WCC Director of Maintenance, Corey Redfield - Faculty for Motions Graphics Department, and Bill Heidbreder, Media Specialists Support Staff.

Announcements:

• Flier available for Nov. 5 District Membership/Foundation Seminar in Red Bluff
• Reminder of Stuff the Bus Club Activity on Nov. 19
• Also, Tree planting Nov. 19, info via Jim Gillette
• Kelly Hutchison promoting members to sign up for the Turkey Run on Nov. 19
• Greg Stille offered Christmas tree and wreaths from Maui--delivery is on your own
• Dec. 2 Woodland Rotary Club’s Christmas Dinner at the Fliers Club
• Dec. 10 Woodland Holiday Parade - Marshals needed

Recognition:

• Lynn Clark: Birthday #65 in Dallas
• Peter Cahn: Induction Oct. 22, Bruce Riker president, Barry Cooper sponsor
• Byron McConnell: Anniversary, Oct. 29, 35 years ago in Stockton
• Ken Price: Flag position protocol - California and American flags reversed
• Keith Rode: a published article he wrote noting that by a 4 to 1 ratio, dogs get more routine checkups than cats

Program: Woodland Community College’s Digital Media Program, and the Motion Graphic Design Certificate program, presented by instructor Corey Redfield. Instructor Redfield, a former Woodland Community

College policeman, provided classroom demonstrated of basic principals using student projects, and then showed us the video studio. The media instruction room has 30 flat screen computer work stations and a large interactive screen for instruction.  This program is unique to our area and is funded for the first two years by a Perkins Grant.  Below is the program information from the college’s course catalog.

Digital Media

Combining classroom experience with real-world projects, this program is designed for students seeking entry-level employments in digital video production, video editing, and motion graphics design. Students create persuasive, informational, educational and entertainment-based video, audio, and motion graphic content for use in multimedia, web, broadcast, and live event projects. Students are prepared to become production, digital video editors, motion graphic artists, videographers and multimedia specialists. This program has the potential to enhance existing job skills or build a new vocation.

MOTION GRAPHIC DESIGN (Certificate of Achievement--Pending California Community College Chancellor’s Office approval)

Required Courses    Units

DMD 60 Digital Media Careers in Motion Graphics..............................2

DMD 50R Digital Media Careers in Motion Graphics  ...........................4
DMD 51AR Intro Digital Media Animation Motion Graphic Design .........4
DMD 51BR Advanced Animation for Motion Graphic Design .................5
DMD 52AR Introduction to Digital Media: Video Production .................5
DMD 52BR Digital Media: Compositing for Motion Graphic Design.........5

Total units required ..................................................................25

DMD 50R—Digital Media Careers in Motion Graphics (4 units)
Overview of motion graphic design as a profession: includes motion graphic design principles and techniques, visual effects compositing, workflow and commonly used software and hardware. Basic computer skills are recommended.

DMD 51AR—Intro Digital Media Animation Motion Graphic Design (4 units) Introduction to the principles and application of the software and techniques used to create motion graphics animations for commercial, broadcast, film title and music video. Basic computer skills are recommended.

DMD 51BR—Digital Media: Advanced Animation for Motion Graphic Design (5 units)
Advanced principles and application of the software and techniques used to create motion

graphics animations for commercial, broadcast, film title and music video.

DMD 52AR—Introduction to Digital Media: Video Production (5 units)
Introduction to the principles and operation of digital video cameras and digital non-linear editing software and application of techniques used to create, capture, and edit digital film for integration in motion graphic design projects. Basic computer skills are recommended.

DMD 52BR—Digital Media: Compositing for Motion Graphic Design (5 units)
Introduction to the principles of visual effects and compositing and the application of software and techniques used to create 2D and 3D elements for use in visual effects and for integration in motion graphic design projects.

DMD 60—Digital Media Careers in Motion Graphics (2 units)
Overview of motion graphic design as a profession: includes motion graphic design principles and techniques, visual effects compositing, workflow and commonly used software and hardware. Basic computer skills are

Happy Bucks:

• Angie Fairchilds is happy that we’re here at Woodland Community College
• Rick happy that today’s meeting location has put him ¾ of the way to work
• Greg happy to be back to his first Rotary home
• John Martin happy that two retired scout masters noted the flags were reversed
• Lynn Jepson has burned the mortgage and thinks we all look lovely after cataract surgery recently
• Cleve Baker that so many of his kids had Peter as a teacher many years ago
• Rico happy to have found us today and thankful that Mike at Cracchs pointed him in the right direction
• Robb Wallace excited for a great month of business and is thankful that Don sold their condo
• Keith Rode enjoyed the 10 K run and the weekend at Big Sur, set a personal best
• Bruce Watts happy for celebrating his father’s 92 birthday in a beautiful area of Washington state.
• Dave Grose happy that he will be flying with Brad on the BBQ Flight he purchased at our aution

Next Week’s Program: Maria Tebbutt about encouraging Woodland teens to walk and ride bicycles to school.

There was no raffle today due to our field trip location.

October 20, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Guests:

Guest of the Club: Bob Hulbert

Guests: Eric Reitz, encoruaged us to participate in Yolo Bus' “Stuff the Yolobus” Food Drive on Nov. 18; Sue Westwood, our Troop 131 rep selling wreaths; Cody Cannon, Asst. Pastor, Life Pointe Church 

Induction Ceremony: Bob Hulbert was inducted into the club with President Julia

and his sponsor Keith Petkus facilitating. Bob's classification is Education Administration.

Announcements:

• Next week’s meeting is at Woodland Community College: Lynn Clark to email directions/map
• Next Board mtg.: 11/9, 7 am, ReMax Woodland, 927 Main St. Park behind via alley
• Monday is World Polio Day. Please help promote awareness. RI is providing double recognition for Polio Plus donations online of $100 or more. http://www.rotary.org/en/Contribute/Pages/ridefault.aspx
• John Martin gave us individual notification of our RI Foundation contributions and promoted getting double credit next week for Polio Plus donation—online, see above
• Nov 18: Stuff the Bus with Yolo Transport and Yolo Food Bank - food drive
• Nov 19: Woodland Tree Foundation: Planting Day
• Nov. 19: Run for the Turkeys to benefit the Yolo Food Bank
• Dec 2: Holiday Party - Yolo Fliers Club - all Woodland Rotary Clubs
• Dec. 10: Woodland Christmas Parade - Marshals

Recognition: Kevin Sanchez

• Larry Peterson, birthday last Tuesday
• Aaron Schmoekel, Induction anniversary, Ellen Burriss sponsor, Oct. 18, 2001
  
• Robyn Drivon, WSR induction a year ago, Oct. 14, so she lost her Red Badge
• Don Sharp, recognized for a newspaper article about a federal bill - buy a home and get a US VISA
• Eric Engstrom for a Wells Fargo Wall Street Journal full page ad

Program: Bruce Dennie along with Co-pastor Cody Cannon, provided a program on Life Pointe Church’s Haiti Mission’s, 2011.

Cody Cannon was raised in Woodland, graduate of Woodland Christian School, has been youth pastor and now is the co-pastor, with the Church making a commitment that he will become the senior pastor. Cody is attending Western Bible College, working on his Masters of Divinity. There were three Woodland adults and six youth on the Haiti Mission Trip. Cody has been to Haiti once before leading another Woodland Mission there.

Bruce pointed out that it is important to understand Haiti’s history to understand the magnitude of destruction and chaos that it caused. Haiti had a 7.0 earthquake in January 2010. The damage and chaos that resulted were tremendously magnified by historical factors that left the country the poorest in the western hemisphere, with over 80% living under the poverty line and 50% of the country living in abject poverty.

Bruce further reviewed Haiti’s history as a French colony, a leading exporter of sugar and coffee and a revolt that gave it independence in 1804 on a precarious basis. The US didn’t even recognize it until President Lincoln’s term.

Haiti has had a series of dictatorships including the notorious Papa and Baby Doc’s  (Duvalier)1957–1986. The first elected president was Father Aristide, a populist leader. His election led to a coup and military government within a few months. He later was elected again only to be overthrown again. Haiti is a very poor country—Bruce described many troublesome factors. Haiti’s total annual budget is less than one-quarter of Harvard’s teaching hospital.

Haiti was totally unprepared for the 2010 Earthquake, the first in over a hundred years. The majority of buildings were made of unreinforced concrete, which led to wide spread collapse, killing about 320,000 Haitians, including one tenth of the population of the Port-au-Prince area.

Major international rescue efforts made and are on-going, most famously in the US promoted by the Red Cross and later former US President Bill Clinton. For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti

Pastor Cody used slides of on-the-ground conditions to illustrate the challenges the Haitian people endure and the efforts of relief agencies. Of course, he described the activities of the Woodland mission: church participation, work projects and interacting with the people, especially the kids who had tremendously positive spirit. Their primary project was to put a cement roof on a house. There were several major physical challenges for them, but they were quite successful. When they finished, they assisted with building a school with a church on the second floor.

Happy Bucks:

• Julia is happy that Tom Wendt talked her into the Beer Stein holding competition at the Luna Vista Oktoberfest
• Bruce Dennie is happy that his oldest daughter, Emma (14), got her first job--Woodland Veterinary Hospital at the reception desk and that his other daughter, Faith (10), sang the National Anthem at last Saturday's WCHS football game.
• Bryon happy for family time last week in Utah; daughter in Navy for 6 years and tomorrow night stays on a Navy ship for the first time.
• Peter Cahn, Gibson readers, and for our choir—he seemed to have a comparison with another local club in mind.
• Bob Hulbert, for being a new member and for Keith sponsoring him
• Eric Reitz, for nine-month old being very mobile!
• Greg Stille arrived in town last night, sends greetings to all from Farmer Greg.
• John Beatty enjoyed flying his youngest to Cal Poly: beautiful day, only an hour flight. Of course, she would like it to be her regular means of transportation to school.

Raffle: Neil Rutger won a free breakfast

Next Week’s Program: Angie Fairchilds will lead us on a tour of Woodland Community College Media Room.

Neil Rutger led us in the 4-Way Test.

October 13, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Call to order: 7 AM BELL! WELCOME TO THE WOODLAND SUNRISE ROTARY!  

WHERE WE PUT SUNSHINE IN YOUR LIFE!

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Welcome Guests/Visiting Rotarians:

Bob Hulbert: Now a guest of the club in his second week of posting.

Speaker:  Shawn Kramer, Community Relations Coordinator, Food Band of Yolo County.  Julia shared that in mind of Sunday’s “World Food Day” she asked that today’s speaker be food and hunger related – Welcome to Shawn.

 Announcements:  

1. Field Trip to Woodland Community College - October 27th 
2. Yolo Bus “Help stuff the bus” Friday, November 18th -Dave Grose will have a sign up list next week for 1-2 hour shifts throughout the day and the location of the bus.
3. District Monterey Conference:  President Julia learned the recipe for feeding fish at the Monterey Aquarium.  The conference was inspiring and educational, next year it will be in Napa - see John Martin for details  11/2-4/2012.
1. As an aside, Lynn Jepson spent the evening in the ER with moral support from Julia Larson and Donna Mast.  She said that donations will be made in their name, with thanks.
4. Board Meeting updates
1. The Club will be making a $200 donation to the Shriners for their clowns at our BBQ
2. We are Starting to plan a Polio fund raiser/awareness event for February
5. Boxes for  Armed Forces service people overseas - Vicki Faye is our contact and flyers are on tables, items need to be delivered to Vicki or the Red Cross by the end of this month to be shipped in time for the holidays.
6. Keith Petkus -  Thanks for 3 awnings donated for the BBQ fundraising efforts.
7. Tree Planting:  11/19 tree planting, The first 15 people get free trees? Bring a friend. Jim Gillette will have more information next week.
8. 11/5 is Rotary Foundation and Membership Training  in Red Bluff.  Those who care to go, let Julia know.
9. John Martin presented a Paul Harris Fellowship Pin, for $1000 and beyond, to John Beatty, who gets a ruby pin for PHF+6.  He is a Paul Harris Society Member- as a $1000 per year pledger.
   

10. REMINDER:  Octoberfest – Gibson House – 10/15.  
11. Yolo County Rotary Clubs: Rotary Fellowship and Membership evening: ‘Tacos & Wine’ (sangria?) is Thurs. 10/20.

Recognition:  by Kevin Sanchez  [no one claimed credit for the trapeze artists at the BBQ].

1. Kelly Hutchison: Celebrates a 27 year Anniversary of being with the YMCA!
2. Pete & Vicki Faye: (they usually sit at separate club tables to spread the joy, but are sitting together this morning to share the love) are celebrating their 10/10/10 Anniversary one year ago.  They were married in Moyle (sp?) Nevada – a gorgeous canyon area with the most photographed church in Nevada.  All of each family was in attendance at the cowboy-themed event and Pete’s Dad grew a once-in-a-lifetime beard for the event.  They have been together six years, married one, and have both rung the Bell.
3. Dan Morris: 21
4. Jim Hilliard:Anniversary of his son, Gabe's Birthday: 9/21 initiation – the theme that year was ‘Sow the Seeds of Love’ – it was sixteen years ago and he now has a sixteen year old son – guessing he took it literally. Bell was rung.
5. ^st Wedding Anniversary – He is from Alabama, his wife is from Louisiana and though they came from families with the same last name, they were not related, though it does make for a confusing family tree.  Bell rung.
6. Lance Hamilton: One year induction anniversary, received his Permanent Name Badge. 
   
   Sponsor Chuck Santoni did the attaching honors.  Lance commented that Chuck was a fine mentor and example to him as a Club and community member.
7. Coles Mast was recognized for his family truck featured in the Democrat – built the same year Coles was born:  1928.

1. John Beatty – 8 times mentioned in the Democrat (versus Ron Cole’s 2 quotes) about redevelopment dollars and the improvement and benefits for the Downtown Historic Association.
2. Kevin Sanchez recognized his own organization, Foodbank of Yolo County, was offering a gardening workshop.

Program:  SPEAKER Shawn Kramer, Community Relations Coordinator, Food Bank of Yolo County.    Ms. Kramer grew up in Woodland, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Francisco State University and is an artist and photographer.  Prior to coming to the Foodbank she was with the Crocker Museum and now performs community relations and maintains all the various electronic media of the Foodbank.  

The Foodbank began in Woodland in 1970 as all an all volunteer attempt to fill the hunger gap.  Formerly called the Hunger Coalition, the Foodbank now serves over 20,000 persons per year with over 70 partner agencies.

There are a variety of programs which result in food distribution:

• Moveable Market – stresses nutrition and provides a mobile fresh produce to sites and events.  They feature a Vegetable of the Month with recipes and information.
• Rural Food Delivery provides food in 25lb boxes to remote locations around the county where clients such as seniors or shut-ins might not otherwise have access to the donated goods.  
• Federal food programs such as emergency food assistance and the milk/cheese/peanut butter give-aways.
• Friday’s Table  –  The warehouse event on Fridays when bread, produce and other products are given away.  This is a volunteer feel good weekly happening.
• Cooking demonstrations and classes, including juvenile hall, utilize the skills of a staff master chef who showcases fresh and nutritious edibles.
• Gardening – utilizing the Square Foot method, master gardeners demonstrate productive low-cost food growing.  Senior Gleaners are also a source of backyard harvesting.
• Retail Store – Quick & Fresh is a retail space where WIC and CalFresh clients can obtain nutritious, local fresh food with their vouchers which are also kid friendly.

Hunger is present in our community:  1 in 6 Americans is struggling with hunger.  17.5% of the population experiences hunger in Yolo County .  26.5% of children in Yolo County are living in poverty, which is more than 1 in 5. Hunger impairs a child’s ability to learn, grow, and stay healthy

Money raised for food through these volunteer efforts has an positive impact on the local economy:  $1 of Food Stamps stimulates $1.79 in local economic activity.  And for every dollar gained in donations, $11 worth of food value can be realized through their efforts.

How are donations made?  Through food drives, gleaning, Individual support and direct donations.  Farmers are a large part of their system, as seasons change or products dwindle. 

Questions:  What products are most needed?  Proteins such as peanut butter, meat, soups, but also fruit, staples and fresh goods.   Benefits to children?  Citizenship is not required for services and children do benefit from the give-aways.  Seasonal needs?  Yes, holidays, but it is year round.  Where are satellite programs?  YMCA is one local example.   Running of the Turkeys this year?  Turkey Run is a Catholic Healthcare West sponsored certified 5K run at Nelsons Grove on 11/19 – benefiting the Foodbank – get your t-shirts.  Meals on Wheels?  Yes, and the Wayfarer Center is a regular partner agency who prepares foods, as is the Davis Community Meals.

RAFFLE:   Worth $238.  Winner of the red ticket is Bob Hulbert – he wins a free breakfast. (Bob has not yet learned the benefit of the side pool donation - next time!)

REMINDERS:   Next week’s Speaker:  Bruce Dennie, about his Haiti Mission

The 10/27 meeting is the Breakfast at Woodland Community College, not our regular spot.

 HAPPY BUCKS:  

1. Cleve Baker happily paid $1 to get the truck picture for Cole's brother.
2. John Smythe paid penalty/late $1, and belatedly thanked Brad Van Zant for the BBQ invocation.
3. John Martin, $1, thanked the jumping jack crew who worked toward the World’s Record.

Thanks to guests and visiting Rotarians:  Bob Hulbert, Guest of the club, who lead the 4-Way Test.

BELL! 

October 6, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Visiting Rotarians: Clancy Duppong, Woodland Rotary Club

Guests of the Club: Bob Hulbert, posted for membership; speaker Robert Matthews

Announcements:

John Smythe announced the success of the Salmon BBQ ($32,000 plus net)

and thanked the committee chairs and workers.

• Nick Ponticello and Paul Day- Ticket Sales
• Eric Engstrom and Sharon Blaha- Sponsorships
• Tom Galleazzi- Live Auction
• Buzz James- Publicity
• Pat Butler, Angie Fairchilds and Vicki Faye- Decorating
• Dave Dumars and Ellen Burriss- BBQ and Kitchen
• Bob Pye and Rick Pomeroy- Bar and Interact Students
• Gary Holman- Set up and Cleanup
• Brad Van Sant- Invocation
• Julia Larson and Keith Rode- U-Pick Raffle
• Kevin Sanchez, Phil Marler, Larry Peterson and Tom Wendt- Auction Spotters
• Roger Warner- Auctioneer
• Members of WSR for set up and cleanup

Pat Butler was full of thanks and provided bags of peanuts to those who helped her in decorating and set up.

Shawna Perlman, Pioneer High School nurse, accepted a Shaken Baby doll donated by WSR.

John Martin asked for volunteers on Tuesday Oct 11 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm,  at Whitehead School, to be judges in the school’s attempt to beat the Guinness World Record for Jumping Jacks, an activity that apparently the White House also conducted.

Reminders:

Oct. 27 our meeting will be at Woodland Community College
Board meeting, Wednesday, Oct. 12^th at ReMax, 7 am

Hugs from Home participation encouraged with a flyer on our tables and subsequent email from Lynn Clark

We received an updated email list from the “Green Book.” Some addresses have changed.

Recognition: Kevin Sanchez (many honorees were absent)

• Ellen Burriss, special anniversary recognition: 11 years with partner Dan Mezger.
• Dave Dumars recognized for an article on teaching Drones to Farm. Aerial applications. Dave says get the lawyers out of the way, and it will happen.
• John DiGiusto, for some article on a lawyers’ scheme for making money. As rep for the profession, John paid.
• John Smythe recognized for a great Salmon BBQ!

Program: Cap Thomson introduced Dr. Robert Matthews, music professor at Yuba College in Marysville. Matthews focus today was on the guitar. He demonstrated his eclectic musical interests, starting with Bach’s Canon in D (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring) and then Mason Williams’ Classical Gas. As a 16 year old in Oklahoma City (Williams’ hometown, too), Matthews introduced himself to Williams who gave him an impromptu lesson on playing Classical Gas. They again met via the internet about 8 years ago, and Williams sent him a boatload of recordings and music.A few years ago he composed and presented Toothbrush and Guitar in C

for a Mathematical organization, and played it for us with a little help from Cap Thomson.

Bob made a case for music in our schools, referring us to the research of Dr. Frances Rauscher which demonstrated the connections of musical proficiency to other academic skills: 8 to 10 percent increase in SAT scores.

Robert's finalé was a flamenco standard, Malagueña

Happy Bucks:

• Wayne was very happy for a fabulous 3-week plus trip to southern Africa: game viewing in the bush of South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, plus four days in Cape Town.
• John Smythe was very happy for the obvious
• John DiGiusto was happy for his wife, who works with Tawnya G., for filling in essential service roles at Kaiser during the one-day nurses’ strike.
• Byron was happy for golf and a new, and as yet untested, golf club.
• Ken Price was happy for his wife Barbara, who retired from the Yolo County Counsel’s Office. Robyn Drivon, however, was sad for the same reason.
• Cleve Baker was happy for several aspects of the Salmon BBQ and for the insight of the power of tutoring at a teachable moment, exemplified by our speaker’s experience with Mason Williams.
• Brad Van Sant was appreciative of Julia’s “doo” on Saturday night. Send your editor a photo!
• Kevin Sanchez announced he was hired by the Yolo County Food Bank to assist their retail operation.
• John Martin sad for missing the BBQ due to doing District training.

Raffle: Byron won a free Breakfast

Next Week’s Program: Shawna Kramer, Yolo County Food Bank

Byron led us in the 4-Way Test.

September 29, 2011
President Julia Larson presiding
Call to order: 7 AM BELL! 

WELCOME TO THE WOODLAND SUNRISE ROTARY! WHERE WE PUT SUNSHINE IN YOUR LIFE!
Welcome Visiting Rotarian: Bob Hulbert, Colusa Rotary Club

Welcome Guests: Natalie Smith of Woodland Christian Elementary School and her students 9th grader Emma Dennie and 5th grader Faith Dennie(who get extra credit for saying nice things about their teacher!). 

[Because our speaker needs to leave on time for school, we are going to run our meeting backwards and start with our raffle and 4-Way Test]

Raffle Winner: Bob Pye – won a free breakfast.
Four Way Test: Raffle winner Bob Pye recited the 4-Way Test.
Next Week’s Speaker: Robert Mathews - Musical Topic
SPEAKER: NATALIE SMITH
This week's speaker was introduced by Bruce Dennie. Ms. Smith is a 5th grade teacher and coach from Woodland Christian. Natalie and her husband are both on staff at Woodland Christian and are contributing greatly to its recent successes with increased enrollment and enthusiasm. Ms. Smith hails from Lafayette in the Bay Area and came to Yolo County after being recruited to play sports for UC Davis. She still holds a few records at UC Davis in the hurdles. As an alumni she share carries the banner for her alma mater by naming the family beagle “Aggie.” Her speaking topic is related to her experiences over the summer as a team member on the reality TV program, “Expedition Impossible.”

Natalie Smith: Described her experiences as a member of the team called ‘CALIFORNIA GIRLS’ on the ABC television program. The premise for the show is for thirteen three person teams to go through a series of outdoor adventures while traveling from south to north in Morocco, through deserts, mountains, rivers and other hazards. Her fellow team members were Christina Chin, an Intel Corporation PR professional, and Brittany Smith, an aspiring Pro Golfer. They met as athletes at UC Davis.
Training before leaving for Morocco consisted of making sure they could all ride horses, basic mountaineering (rappelling), kayak and navigational/orienteering skills. In spite of these basics, it was hard to anticipate what it would be like getting dropped off in the Sahara desert and how cantankerous camels could be. Natalie is not a camel fan.
Some of the logistics of being constantly filmed on location included camera people hiding behind bushes, which sometimes operated as navigational aids, and/or traveling with silent participants who struggled along side of them.
As an all female team, Natalie noted that some of the other teams had greater physical strength – football players or firefighters, whereas their team was skilled in endurance and climbing. Some of the rafting and water transports were the most physically difficult portions – such as building a raft from olive oil drums and then paddling it several miles. This was harder psychologically as the film crew was motoring nearby and managed to ram their raft on occasion. The biggest challenge was the snow episode filmed in the Atlas Mountains, one of Morocco’s high natural barriers. The team reached the summit in good time and then faltered when Christina was chosen as the team member to complete the challenge of securing a basket which would provide the clues for next steps. Christina struggled with the basket and then spent an hour trying to untie a knot. Assistance from the Firefighter team helped them through and a dark nighttime descent was eventually accomplished.
A Moroccan saying ‘One is None,’ was born out in this experience – the two teams together managed a safe descent which could have been disastrous individually. Natalie also experienced the reasoning behind several Berber sayings which stand for the propositions to ‘chose your companions before choosing your road,’ and ‘bad company corrupts good character.’ She said that her team was well chosen and compatible for this adventure. They made it through eight episodes and were the longest lasting female team.
Lessons to share with her students who may have watched or who will see it on Hulu or the internet: think about what you want to be known for because someone may be watching.  You are always setting an example for someone, make a it a good one. Though her team didn’t win the Ford Explorer or $150,000, they have great memories and did make long lasting friendships. Like all athletic teams who have shared pain, the experience built strong bonds. They are keeping in touch with some of the others on Facebook and have been invited to several weddings since returning home.
Audience questions: Did you get to keep your equipment? A: Yes, dirt and all.
Were expenses paid? A: Yes, but took a 3 month unpaid leave from work.                                                                       Did you get to meet locals? No, passed through villages with brightly colored doors on mud-floored huts where we watched the women sweeping; would have liked to stop and chat, but we had to keep moving. [Applause].

Natalie Smith, Bruce, Emma and Faith Dennie

Announcements:

• Salmon BBQ: John Smythe & Nick Ponticello : BBQ Tickets are available, see Nick Ponticello. Pat Butler: Setup Committee to report at 9:30. Dave Dumars and Ellen Burriss: Kitchen Crew report at 11:00. Interact kids are reporting at 5:30, but can’t stay till the bitter end, so we’ll need folks to help clear dinner plates, handout desserts and help with cleanup.
• Phil Marler – Business Cards from PR are available for informational support to prospective members.
• Eric Engstrom – Democrat Inserts printed and available, thanks for sponsorship and articles. BIG thanks to Eric for his help and persistence with the inserts. [applause].
• Shirts and Hats are in and available. Lynn Jepsen will remind those who have not paid yet. 
• DISTRICT CONFERENCE October 7-9th (Next Weekend in Monterey)
• Field Trip to Woodland Community College - October 27th
• Yolo Bus "Help stuff the bus” Friday, November 18th -Dave Grose (slide #4)

Recognition: Kevin Sanchez-Devenless: 

• Note, though he has departed, Mark Deven did ring the bell for his induction before he left. 
• Gary Wright’s 65th birthday was recognized. He watched 6 bulls meet their maker in Seville, spent a total of two weeks traveling through Spain: Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid. Spoke highly of Spain as a travel destination, though it took 4 days to overcome jetlag. Bell was rung.
• Kelly Hutchison was recognized for her induction. She noted that she is now the only one left standing of her fellow inductee’s. Her sponsor, Jim Campos has also departed the club, she was inducted in the first year of Rick Pomeroy.
• Larry Peterson was recognized for his 44th anniversary, they are celebrating on Saturday. His brother-in-law took his wedding pictures and developed them which didn’t turn out very well. Bell was rung.
• Cowles Mast was recognized for redistricting comments in the Democrat – seeking ag representation for the 5th District. Cowles stated it was "Pure Politics" and he was disappointed.
• Sharon Blaha and Cap Thomson were each recognized for being part of the Davis Area Master Swimmers who were ranked best swim club in the universe. The Davis Masters are the largest single city club in the world with an average of 500 members.
• Robb Wallace was noted as having some loose association with a NY Times article about Gibson Guitar Factory’s raid for importation of exotic woods. The factory and a road in Robb’s town are both a “Gibson” ?

Happy Bucks: 

• President Julia Larson is happy about the Nevada City Draft Horse Classic event and her Italian family  visiting without incident
• Paul Day celebrated his 35th high school reunion with old people and had a good time
• Tom Galeazzi is having a baby boy!
• Larry Peterson commented on the Yankees and the RedSox losing and glad he is not a Sox fan.
• Keith Rode was happy about spending the weekend at Lake Almanor with college friends and getting to ride a jet ski for the first time despite the rain.
• Byron MacConnell was happy that he would be enjoying a day of golf with friends
• Don Sharp was happy to be one of the friends
• Bob Hulbert remembered a good friend and long time Rotarian, John Hardy, who had passed away
• Rick Pomeroy was happy that Big O Tires could help replace a blown out tire

Thanks to guests and visiting Rotarians: Rob Hulbert, Colusa Rotary Club, Emma and Faith Dennie, and our speaker, Natalie Smith
Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace
BELL!

September 22, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salue followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Visting Rotarians: Dean Labadie, Davis Noon Rotary, Assistant District Governor for our region, Bob Hulbert, Colussa Rotary

Guests: Tyler Deven, Mark Deven's son, Roger Warner, our Auctioneer for the BBQ 

Joe Taxiera, our morning speaker, Author and Software Sales

Announcements:

1. Dean Labadie discussed his up coming LN-4 hand project and trip to Ecuador in November.  He will be attending a projects fair with other Rotary clubs that are in our pilot partner district to discuss potential projects for the coming years that possibly our local clubs could partner with.

Dean also gave us a thank you for helping in the Beer Booth this year, and a $2005.00 check for the club for our volunteer hours.

2. Salmon BBQ – 9 days and counting: John S. – Reserve your table(s) ASAP. Tom Galeazzi – Harrumphh was his response to the question about Auction items being finalized, the group suggested that Tom visit Woodland Vet Clinic. Keith Rode- Raffle items still needed, get them ASAP, next Thursday at the very latest. Specifically need items for various baskets; Thanksgiving theme, Coffee theme. Pat Butler – Still need help with many chores, ie balloon inflation, table setting, etc.  Helium will be provided! Dave Dumars – Acquired the salmon yesterday and needs grill masters. Ellen Burriss– We have enough kitchen volunteers, will need help clearing plates.

3. Jim Gillette – Community projects – we’re looking for more ideas through March 2012, as of now we have 4-5 events requiring skilled, unskilled and non-skilled labor.  

4. Jim also gave us a reminder to bring blankets next week for the Interact blanket project and thanked those who brought some today.

5. Dave Grose – Spoke to Eric at Yolo Transportation,  they are trying to secure Nugget Market to  stage the Stuff The Yolo Bus Food Drive on Friday 11/18. We need people to work in one hour shifts. A sign up sheet will be passed around in the next few weeks.

6. Julia – Next Thursday is the Democrat’s publication of the Rotary Insert. 

7. Field Trip Reminder:  10/27 is breakfast at the community college.

8. Rick Pomeroy. – 10/1 in am, Woodland HS fundraiser – golf tournament

9. Phil Marler– Stickers have arrived so please bring old copies of your Rotarian magazines for our PR project to circulate them in the community.

10.  Kelly Hutchison - Thank you for helping to paint the portable trailers at Zamora school.  It truly meant a lot to them.

Recognition:

Bruce Watts – 55th birthday, he’s still declining his AARP card and celebrated his birthday with a 10 mile hike.

Tom Galeazzi – 35th birthday, went to Giants game, spent quality time w/ Larry the basset hound.

Angie Fairchilds – Birthday, went to Bay Area, saw a boat with nicely dressed passengers, then realized it was The Neptune Society boat.

Byron MacConnell– Induction anniversary

Brad Van Sant– Induction anniversary, Tom Vail was his sponsor, meetings were held in the dimly lit bowling alley, was a renegade and former Woodland Noon Rotarian, they still haven’t gotten over Brad’s defection.

Cowles Mast– Wedding anniversary on 9/24.  Cowles will miss Mark D.

Lance Hamilton – 12th Wedding anniversary on 9/25, planned trip to Morro Bay for 10 days, 5 of which he will spend golfing with his new birthday clubs.

Ken Price – Took a few moments to offer a synopsis of tragic events at Reno Air Races, especially the loss of pilot Jimmy Leeward and 9 members in the audience, due to the malfunctioning of the Galloping Ghost. 

Julia Larson– We will deeply miss Mark Deven, and wish him the best of luck, he is one of the most genuine people I have every met.

Rob Wallace – Mark Deven, his wife, and my wife have become the closest of friends.  Mark is a wonderful example of the kind of guy with whom one can have differing interests or opinions, and still develop a very close friendship. Rob also recognized Tyler, Mark’s son, and #22 on the Woodland Christian HS football, who helped win last week’s game, 50-12.

Guest Speaker – Joe Taxiera

Tom Wendt introduced Joe, who provided a thoroughly interesting description of the genesis of his baseball reference guide of data and statistics since the beginning of the game.

    Joe graduated from the University of California, Davis with a degree in Mass Communications, and he competed in cross country and track while at UCD.  He lives in Davis with his wife, Connie,  and has 2 grown children, Mike and Amber.  He has been in computer software sales for the last 20 years and has used his experience in designing layouts to make technical documents more "readable" to good use, as can be seen in the variety of layouts throughout "A Unique Look at Big League Baseball."

    Joe started out his presentation with a trivia contest with the winner getting a copy of his book.  Keith Rode was our baseball factoid star, recalling that the Pirates and the Yankee's were in the 7th game of a world series and it was the only game with no strikeouts by either team!  Go Keith!

    Joe didn't initially set out to write a book about baseball.  A Unique Look at Big League Baseball is an outgrowth of his long-time passion for both baseball and statistics, which led him to study and analyze the sport.  What started as a single page shared among friends in 2000 has become a 382 page book 11 years later.  As the book evolved, and at the prodding of friends and many others knowledgeable in baseball, Joe made the decision to get his book published. Although there have been annual editions since 2001 printed in small quantities as a "draft" document, 2011 is the first printing of a published edition available to the general public.  Joe gave a brief outline of the layout of the book and how it has been used in club houses and news rooms around the country by announcers and coaches who benefit from Joe's passion and hobby of collecting and organizing baseball statistics.

Joe stayed after to sign copies of his book, as several members were interested in purchasing the collection of baseball facts and statistics.  

    Joe's book is for sale in a few select places, among them the Giants Stadium and at the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Raffle – Cleve Baker won a free breakfast.

No time for Happy Bucks, second week in a row – Speakers have been so good!

Next Week's Speaker: Natalie Smith - Reality show experience

September 15, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Visiting Rotarians: Clint Parrish from Woodland Luna Vista Rotary,  Current President Jeff Post from West Sacramento Rotary, and Bob Hulbert from Colussa Rotary 

Guests: Speaker, Ryan J. Couzens, Deputy District Attorney

Announcements:

1. We’re donating $200 for the Rotary International float in the 2012 Rose Parade
2. We’re supporting our district governor’s wife, Tara Dacuas' service project regarding educating about Shaken Baby Syndrome. We are purchasing one of the SBS educational dolls demonstrated by the Dist Gov. last month. JP Perlman’s wife, Shawna is a nurse at Pioneer High School, our doll will be placed there.
3. Salmon BBQ on 10/1, Gary Holman needs help with the Clean Up Crew
4. Keith Rode asked that people review the Auction Item list and send edits to Tom Galeazzi.  Also, if anyone has a connection with the local turkey farm for a Brannigan turkey to add to our Thanksgiving raffle basket, let Keith know.
5. Pat Butler – We need help with decorations, artistic talent needed to color in lions. Also need:  4 pallets, a red blazer that fits John S., 2 umbrella stands.
6. Rick – The Interact kids are helping w/ clean-up, but their formal dance is on 10/1 @ 8:30, so they’ll be leaving early.  We need 4-5 solid commitments from WSRs to help with clearing tables and serving dessert and coffee
7. Nick & Paul – We still have plenty of dinner tickets available.  About 60 of 100 raffle tickets are out there, we’re expecting most of the 60 are sold.  A table map ready for groups of 8-10 to select where they’ll sit.  If you have a group and do not select a table, one will be assigned to your group so please look for it at the door.
8. Eric – sponsor logos needed ASAP for program printing.
9. Jim G – Next Tuesday 7 am at Don’s Diner, the Community Projects committee will meet to discuss our participation in local community projects for the year.
10. Clean & lightly used blankets needed for the Club Interact project.
11. Dave G – We’ve been asked to help fill a Yolo Bus with food for the YC Food Bank.  Food Bank has asked us to help distribute information and to staff the bus.  This event will take place on Friday, November 18th.  Dave will be passing around a sign up list soon.
12. Julia – The district training scheduled in Redding this weekend has been cancelled. 
13. Reminder that on 10/27, our breakfast will be held at the college.  

Recognition

1. John O’Malley – Induction and birthday, sponsor was Eric Engtrom, John was working to qualify for the Boston Marathon, long training run on his b-day, came home to a great dinner with family and his teenage daughter mixing up a Manhattan for him!
2. Pat Butler – Birthday, although she stopped counting them at 60.
3. Dave Grose- “Double nickel” birthday, looking forward to his senior discount at a few places. Noted his b-day on 9/9 is also California Admission Day.
4. Peter Faye – B-day #56, lunch at Foster’s, dinner with folks, received strangest gift ever – a hair trimmer.
5. Lance Hamilton – B-day today, WSR sang him Happy Birthday, received first set of custom golf clubs from his wife, who surprises him all day long for his b-day celebration.
6. Mark Deven – good article in the paper, picture not so good
7. Tom Wendt – Set out miniature Victorian doll houses for Stroll Through History on 9/10.

Program

Frank Crum introduced Ryan J. Couzens, DA for a presentation, “Basic Gang History of Yolo County.”

Ryan was born and raised in Placer County, his father was a judge and hi mother was a teacher.  He graduated from Colfax High School in 1989, attended the University of Maryland Asian Division in Guam and received his BS in Business in 1996.  He was a member of the US Navy from 1993-1998 as a Gunner's Mate.  Ryan attended Berkley School of Law and graduated in 2001.  He has worked for a large litigation firm in San Diego and clients have included Charlotte Ruse, Chevron, and the National Football League.  He then moved to a Construction Litigation in Sacramento Firm from 2006-2007.  He currently works for the DA office and is involved in Drug Grants, Domestic Violence, Gang Prosecution, Gang Injunction, and Elder Abuse.  He is married with two sons and resides in Sacramento.

 

Ryan gave a brief history of the two main gangs in Yolo County the Surenos and Nortenos and showed some images of common gang colors, symbols and tattoos.  He also talked about their territories and a few recent gang cases.  

We hope to have Ryan back to hear more about what the DA office and our local law enforcement groups are doing to control gang activity in our area.

No time for Happy Bucks this week. 

Raffle: New deck since Jim won last week. Gary Holman drew a free breakfast and took home the side pool.

Next Week’s Program: Joe Taxiera, Author of "A Unique Look at Big League Baseball"

Gary Holman led us in reciting the 4-Way Test.                     September 8, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding
While the meeting was conducted in reverse order, to accommodate the need for students to get to school, this meeting summary remains in normal order.
Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.
Guests:
Visiting Rotarians: Rob Hulbert, Colusa Rotary Club
Guests: Camp Royal students, Molly Bencomo, Kyle Morley, Janel Geerts all from Woodland High
Announcements:
Several Salmon BBQ items:

• Tom Galeazzi promoted donations of wine bottles for the wine cooler that Rich Larson is building;
• Rick Pomeroy asked for photos of your live auction item donation for the slide show at the auction
• John Smythe updated on ticket sales
• Ellen Burriss recruiting for kitchen crew and explained work/time/dress expectations
• Circus theme: clown costumes would be appropriate, or something else circus related
• Keith Rode still needs raffle items
• Dave Dumars needs assistance with the actual BBQing
• Tashia Tapia told us that Monday is supposed to be the advertising deadline for the Rotary Clubs of Woodland publication. The deadline is likely to be extended a bit.

We took the Group Photo! Timing capability allowed the photographer, Keith Rode, to be in the shot.

Phil Marler and the PR committee are collecting Rotarian magazines for distribution around town in various waiting rooms, etc. Bring them to the meeting as you finish with them.
The Woodland Stroll Through History is this weekend.

Recognition: 

• Tom Galeazzi: Induction August 30 2007, Katie Woodward was his sponsor; Rick the First was president. Tom was then put on the spot for the elevator speech: he made a favorable observation about the work of our outstanding club secretary, Lynn Clark.
• Filler about Mark Deven being late: flat tire, etc., etc.
• Sharon Blaha recognized for an article in the Davis Enterprise about Yolo Hospice, and the connection with our Salmon BBQ selecting Hospice as a beneficiary.
• Some silly law quizzes of our lawyers: penalty for attempted suicide in England early 19th Century? DEATH
• Gillette and Smythe quizzed about American vernacular.

Program: Molly Bencomo, Kyle Morley, Janel Geerts of Woodland Community Interact Club

who are were Camp Royal campers. They talked about their experiences among 143 campers. They shared several slides and explained what the activities were all about and the lasting value of their experiences, new self-awareness and new friends.

The Interact group is working on a service project to collect blankets for the people in need in Yolo County and Keith Petkus volunteered to organize our members to help gather blankets from our club members towards their efforts.

Rotary Moment: The Watts Family Scholarship is given annually to a graduating high school senior. It was started nearly 10 years ago and is under the WSR Foundation umbrella in honor of the years of dedicated time and effort the Watts family gave in support of the Fly In. Money was seeded to make the scholarship an endowed program. We typically give up to $1,000 and have, on occasion, given 2 students scholarships. Applications go to all high schools in towns in the area—Davis, Woodland, Winters, Yolo, Esparto.  A small group of Rotarians including Bruce Watts review and rank the applicants and awards are made before the end of the school year. The Watts Family Scholarship looks for students who are pursuing education in non-academic trade related skills but also those wanting agriculture related education. 

WORDS FOR ACTION
“Service Above Self means helping people we may never meet in a place that we may never visit…. So we must be content with the satisfaction that we have done good, that we have affected the lives of thousands of human beings who suffered from hunger, disease, ignorance, and the ravages of war. This satisfaction is one of life’s greatest rewards.”
—Carolo Ravizza, Chair, The Rotary Foundation Trustees

Happy Bucks:

• Joel Butler: the Woodland Rotary Club’s Plainfield school flag painting project last month lack student workers until the Woodland Rotary Interact Club came to the rescue.
• Julia acknowledged Rick Pomeroy and Bob Pye for meeting three times a month with the Interact Club. Our program today as well as Joel’s information about the Plainfield Elementary School project illustrates the quality of youth in this community and the successes Rick and Bob are having in guiding them.
• Mark Deven was happy for Woodland Christian HS football team’s come back in the second half.
• Don Sharp was happy about the Interact Youth
• Byron happy for a company mystery vacation to Newport Beach; he’ll miss us next week as his daughter will be graduating from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey.
• Charles Mack was very happy for Frank Crum’s help with finding the answer.
• John Beatty is out of the ranks of the semi-retired. He has joined Blackpine Holdings in a lead role.
• Peter  Cahn happy for Ellen Biurriss and Angie Fairchilds starting our school reading program; and for eating breakfast at the Carson City IHOP 24 hours before the week’s catastrophic events there.
• John Smythe is sad for the Giants decline, but happy that Football season starts tonight.
• Cleve happy to be going to Aspen Colorado where his daughter will be  running two dogs in the national sheep dog trials.
• Wayne Ginsburg is happy for 3 week Safari trip to southern Africa, leaving Saturday.

Raffle: New deck since Lance won last week. However, Jim Hilliard found the joker. $250.

Next Week’s Program: Ryan Couzens, gang injunction and general gang information.

Jim Hilliard led us in reciting the 4-Way Test.

September 1, 2011
President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Guests: Jenifer Segar, our speaker
Announcements:

• Daily Democrat supplement advertising sales and article interviews have begun. Group photo will be next week. Publication date is
  expected to be Sept. 27.
• Bruce Watts reported Evening BBQ (formerly Red Badge BBQ) last week was a successful event.
• Painting Party Saturday at the YMCA afterschool program building at Zamora Elementary: Don Easton, 3 of his kids, Robyn Drivon and Jim Gillette and, of course, Kelly Hutchison. Program begins today
• Board meeting next Wednesday, September 14th, 7 am at Remax
• Nick tried to get us excited about the Salmon BBQ and the raffle tickets for the vacation trip to Lake Almanor
• Keith Rode promoted donations for the You Pick Raffle and passed around a sign up list requesting items to fill out our baskets
• Second and last District Assembly, Sept. 17 in Red Bluff
• District Conference in Monterey, Oct. 6-9 http://rotary5160.org/rotary-magic-2011/rotary-magic/
• Phil Marler reported on the Public Relations Committee and challenged each of us to create a 30 second “elevator speech” about the importance Rotary in our lives.

Special Presentation:  John Martin presented a Paul Harris plus one  to Peter Cahn.

Recognition: Return of the Kevin and Mark Show

• Rick Pomeroy shared his elevator speech focused on the importance of regular attendance at Rotary meetings and activities
• Kelly Hutchison’s elevator speech was about local folks through Rotary Clubs working together for the community good as well as the Polio Plus program and its impact on the world
• Charles offered his elevator speech and it was 30 seconds!
• Members quizzed about an article in the Rotarian that relates to someone in our club.
• Angie didn’t know but said she is taking the Rotarian on the plane today
• Julia didn't know and said she was taking the Rotarian up to the lake and had not read it yet.
• The article, starting on page 44 is about the Frontier Spirit - In Alaska, Rotary knows no bounds.  (by the time you read this, Julia has read the article and on day 2 they traveled through Wasilla, which is where Julia's  dad taught middle school for over 20 years).
• The article on Farmers Relying on the Internet did not mention Eric,  but Eric does do land leveling by satellite  (GPS)
• John Beatty was quizzed about CEO, CFO, COO, CIO newest is CLO. What is that? the Chief Listening Office: social media guru of a company. Kodak, in the continuing effort to get caught up on new technologies (film, anyone?) announced their CLO.
• Chuck Santoni  was quizzed about golf in his role of CGO of our club
• To help Kevin and Mark stretch their time, Chuck told us of the United Way Tournament at Wild Wings on Sept. 15. http://www.woodlandunitedway.org/LIVE_UNITED_Campaign_Day.php
  

Program: Mark Deven introduced Jenifer Segar of Valley Vision, Valley Vision sees itself as "… an “action tank” – a vast network of people and organizations dedicated to securing the social, environmental and economic health of the

Sacramento Region.  We act as a bridge, providing collaborative planning, objective problem solving, and impartial research and information for sound decision-making."
One of Valley Vision's focuses is promoting effective alternative energy, which is where Mark has worked with Jenifer. Her presentation was entitled Energy Upgrade California. Jenifer emphasized the energy, and therefore money, saving benefits of participating in the Energy Upgrade California program. She told us of various incentives to help businesses and residences to save energy or convert to new technologies where appropriate.
Factoid: No building energy standards existed before 1978. Majority of existing homes in the state were built before that date.
Happy Bucks:

• Julia paid a happy buck for Eric Faye delivering a batch of fresh picked figs from Marc!
• Kevin Sanchez for delivering his son to college in Pennsylvania where he is having the California experience: earthquakes!
• Frank Crum: a recent trip to Portland was enlightening. Their public transportation is light years ahead of ours (The Max). Frank reported that true to Portland's culture he saw a billboard stating "Keep Portland Weird."
• John Beatty happy that Hannah is finishing 8 weeks of having wired jaws and then will be happy and moving off to Cal Poly.
• John Martin enjoyed hearing Mark Deven announcing the Woodland Christian football game.
• Eric Faye paid for the ability to have a day of Open Field Burning for his rice fields, a rare opportunity now in Yolo County.
• Kelly Hutchison is happy to have a new family member: Ginger golden retriever pup, who has even been seen on Facebook.
• Charles Mack returned from vacation on the family New England farm just after the heat wave. The starting of blueberry harvest was dismal due to lack of moisture content, but the rain came just in time to reinvigorate the crop. They flew home the day before the earthquake. And as of last week broadband has reached the farm.
• John Martin had a tire issue in getting his son’s car ready to take to college. He thanks Paul Day and Big O tires for finding a separating tread.
• Brad paid a happy buck on John Smythe‘s behalf for the Giants winning last night.

New Member Bio: Tasha Tapia was Woodland raised and went to Woodland Christian. She is recently married and works at the Daily Democrat in advertising.  Vicki Faye is her Rotary sponsor and her aunt. She likes to hike and play tennis, and she is a book nerd, devouring many books annually. She is married to Nick Slaven, who works at UCD at the Vet School building. Tasha worked in the family owned business, the Awning Guys, for many years. She joined the Daily Democrat about 6 months ago.  She and Nick currently have no children, but they do have three spoiled cats.
Raffle: Lance Hamilton found the joker! $341.
Next Week’s Program: Interact kids who went to Camp Royal
SPECIAL REMINDER: GROUP PHOTO next week. Wear something Rotary!
Lance led us in the 4-Way Test.

August 25, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Visiting Rotarians: Rob Pomeroy, Granby-Simsbury Rotary Club; Clint Parish, our speaker, Luna Vista Rotary Club
Guests: Jessica Friedman, who came to thank us for our support of Dingle Elementary and to give us an

update on her activities at/for Dingle including the recent news of receiving school garden grant.

Announcements:

• Red Badge BBQ TONIGHT Watts Airport at 6:30 pm.
  
• Salmon BBQ meeting tomorrow at Don’s Dinner at 7 am.
• Don Easton: painting project for YMCA After School program at Zamora Elementary, 8 AM Saturday
• Yolo Family Services Agency fundraiser on Sept. 22, $25
• Tom Galeazzi: Live Auction item ideas encouraged. Rich Larson building a wine rack which needs bottles of good stuff to fill it.
• Phil Marler: PR Committee also meeting tomorrow at Don’s at 7 am: Robb Wallace, Pete Faye and Tasha Tapia
• Rick happy for a variety of positive mentions of UCD.
• Luna Vista Club’s annual Oktoberfest at the Gibson House is Oct. 15

Special presentation: Charles Mack was the Trivia game winner. Prize was $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation earning Charles his fourth Paul Harris. Julia presented Charles the appropriate Paul Harris pin. Charles said that giving to the Rotary Foundation is something he always does with a smile.

Recognition: The Mark and Kevin Show

• Vicki Faye, 50th Birthday, celebration with an Alaskan Cruise
• Dan Morris, Induction Anniversary, sponsor Julia, John Martin president
• Robyn Drivon, Birthday on Sunday, bike ride with grandkids through Pope Valley. Riding to Winters this Sunday for breakfast.
• John Martin asked those that worked the Beer Booth to stand, about 14 members. John reports that it was a very successful endeavor.

Program: Clint Parish has been a deputy in the Yolo County District Attorney's Office since 2002. He is the lead attorney for District Attorney's Liaison Program (DALP),

which is the DA office reaching out to local law enforcement and to the community. Their Mission is set by the National Standards organization.
    Clint explained the various ways the department has been successful in creating positive relationships: regular office hours; frequent briefings; ride-alongs; regular joint trainings; legal updates and recognition and encouragement via promotion ceremonies.
    Community involvements such as 3 on 3 basketball, golf tournaments, service clubs such as Rotary are highly encouraged. The program clearly results in other agencies contacting the DA’s office for information or assistance in situations that in the past didn’t happen.
Case and situation based approaches have grown out of these outreach efforts.
    Clint also reviewed three recent convictions in some detail, which illustrated several aspects of law enforcement’s and the prosecution’s jobs and procedures. 

Happy Bucks:

• Julia for a quick trip to Alaska to see her grandmother
• John Beatty for a visit with Henry Mok and everything is fine
• Angie Fairchilds, announcing a reception of the new Yuba College District Chancellor, Douglass Huston, at Gibson Museum next Tuesday, 5:30 pm
• Vicki Faye told us that the Red Cross opened three shelters in Lincoln to assist those displaced by the propane tank explosion and fire
• Henry happy for a New York trip--leaving after our meeting

Raffle: $289 Phil Marler wins a free breakfast

Next Week’s Program: Jenifer Segar, Project Manager, Valley Vision

Phil Marler led us in reciting the 4-Way Test

August 18, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Guests: Visiting Rotarians: District Governor Dave Dacus; Bob Holbert - Colusa Rotary Club
        Guests of Rotarians: Valerie Robinson - Jim Hilliard's girlfriend

Announcements:

• Keith Rode- Visited San Luis Obispo Rotary last week, meeting at the Madonna Inn, Black Forest cake at lunch, exchanged banners with them
• Yolo County Fair started and runs through Sunday, beer booth obligations
• Bob Pye ~ Interact is back in session with the start of school and is happy to help with projects but needs about 30 days notice, they have committed to our BBQ date.
• Jim Gillette ~ the service project committee met yesterday to brainstorm project ideas and asked for people to email or send him ideas for projects.
• Red Badge BBQ - Watts Airport, 6:30pm on Thursday, August 25th - sign up list for food went around today
• Foundation, Membership & District education opportunities: Aug. 27 in Vacaville and Sept. 17 in Red Bluff

Other Dates (Also see Sidebar)

• Today ~ last chance to submit an order for a Rotary polo shirt, with this order
• 8/27-28 ~ Don Easton sent around a sign up list, 60 painters + ladders needed to help paint Zamora Elementary School, a YMCA associated project. Times to be announced next week.  
• 9/8 ~ Club photo at our breakfast meeting for publication in Woodland Rotary insert in Democrat
• 10/1 ~ Key date for WSR, Salmon BBQ tickets and raffle tickets for Lake Almanor – keep selling!
• 10/6-10/9 ~ District Conference in Monterey, packed with activities for all
• 10/27 ~ Field trip to Woodland Community College, includes breakfast

Program: Our speaker, District 5160 Governor for 2011–12 Dave Dacus. Julia provided some background.
Dave joined the Rotary Club of Cordelia in 1990, and served as their president in 1994-95.  When he made a career move to Walnut Creek, he joined the Rotary Club of Walnut Creek Sunrise and served as their president in 2000-2001.  He served as Assistant Governor in 2006-2008 and Lt Governor in 2008-2009.  He has always had a passion for Rotary because his sponsor, Jim Hopkins, was a passionate Rotarian.  That passion grew to a higher level when he went on a Rotoplast mission to Venezuela.  Dave is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow, a Benefactor, and a Paul Harris Society Member.  His wife of 36 years, Tara, is a member of the Fairfield/Suisun Rotary Club and is also a multiple Paul Harris Fellow.
Dave grew up in Blackwell, Oklahoma and graduated from Oklahoma State University with a B.S. in Education.  He has had a 34 year career with State Farm Insurance, the past 15 years as an agent in Walnut Creek.  
Dave enjoys racquet ball, golf, hunting, and shooting skeet and sporting clays.  If you enjoy Baby Back Ribs, you haven't lived until you've eaten "Dave's Ribs."  On a visit to Yosemite in 1995, and seeing Half Dome for the first time, Dave felt this urge to climb it. That turned into a total of 11 trips to the top of Half Dome.  Please welcome, your District Governor, Dave "The Rave" Dacus.
Governor Dave covered many topics, including;
1. The spouse/partner of the District Governor gets to select a project that makes a difference. His wife, Tara, selected child safety, specifically, Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS). Each year, over 10,000 babies suffer severe brain damage or death due to SBS.  Babies are typically shaken because they’re crying. The parent or caregiver becomes frustrated, and shakes the babies out of ignorance for the risks. Dave modeled the impact of shaking on a life-sized baby model, designed as a teaching tool, calibrated with motion sensitive lights that indicate potential and probable damage in the brain, due to severity of shaking. 30% of SBS incidents are committed by parents, 80% of these by fathers, 20% by mothers.  37% of incidents are committed by boyfriends of single mothers.
Dave described a 13-minute educational video about SBS, and noted that studies show that 95% of people who have viewed the video, can recall the lessons learned up to 5 years later.  He noted that Tara is working very hard to get as many of the videos and electronic baby models placed within as many Rotary Clubs within the district as possible. Cost is $635.00.
2. Dave reminded us of all the national and international projects and goals set by Rotary. He shared this year’s Rotary Foundation challenge goal of $1.2M in 2011-2012.
3. Dave recognized Lynn Jepsen with much appreciation as the District Treasurer and for participating on the district audit committee.

Happy Bucks, aka :) $$$$$?

• John Beatty – celebrated his mother’s 90th birthday
• Bruce Dennie – road trip to Colorado, and church mission youth trip to Haiti which was equally heartbreaking & heartwarming
• John Smythe – dinner at Julia’s home with Dist. Govenor Dacus, and SF Giants accidentally won a game
• Jim Hilliard – sad that Mark Devin’s leaving, but happy that Mark is relocating to the city in Denver where Jim’s daughter lives
• Keith Petkus– son has taken control of daily carpooling to Sacramento, and new Charter school in Woodland will open on time at the end of the month
• Pat Butler – wonderful olive oil products from Dumar’s ranch
• Ken Price – wonderful swim meet in Clovis and tomorrow going to Reno for final prep of a special flight
• Chuck Santoni – great trip to Scotland, golfed 15 rounds in 16 days
• Keith Rode – family trip to Pismo Beach and an eagle putt while golfing
• John Martin – pleased with response from Co. Fair Beer Booth volunteers response and attendance at ABC Training on how to avoid serving alcohol to minors
• Cleve Baker – concert at the Opera House featuring the Brown Brothers
• Ken Price – 30 years of playing music with Harvey Brown
• Dave Dacus – Dave’s uncle, Smokey Dacus, as a country western musician and the first drummer to accompany Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys
• Julia Larson – thanks to the WSR who helped compile the Yolo Co. gift basket for Dist. Governor Dacus
• Brad Van Sant – one of my favorite songs, “I’m proud to an Okie from Muskogee”

Raffle: Gary Holman won a free breakfast

Next week's program: Clint Parish, Yolo County District Attorney's Office: recent cases

August 11, 2011
President Julia Larson presiding
Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.
Visiting Rotarian: Gary Wegener, Woodland Rotary Club
Guests: Gerda Faye, Eric’s mother; Marie Bryan, our speaker
Announcements:

• Yesterday Board voted to donate $650 for Rotoplast surgery
• Salmon BBQ update and promotion of raffle tickets for Almanor vacation
• Tuesday, August 16, Community Service Project Committee Meeting Don’s Diner, 7 am
• Next Friday, Salmon BBQ Live Auction Committee Meeting at Don’s  Dinner, 7 am

Recognition: the Mark and Kevin Show

• Julia Larson 39th birthday (yes, really) which was yesterday,
• David Dumars, 22 years ago, married to Karen, in Larkspur
• Kelly Hutchison’s 49th birthday was Monday. Will celebrate it and her sister’s BD in Yosemite. Beth’s birthday is two weeks later than Kelly’s.
• John Martin was unsuccessfully quizzed about a member’s summer job: Dave Dumars was a wine steward in Morro Bay for three summers while attending Cal Poly.

Program: Marie E. Bryan, former City of Woodland Librarian, and currently Librarian for Chicago House mission in Luxor, Egypt for the last 7 seasons (mid-October to mid-April). The Chicago House Luxor mission's website is very informative.
Marie entitled her program:
      "My Egyptian Revolution: A Witness to History in the Making"
The first part of the presentation explained the archeological/historical preservation and interpretative purposes of the Chicago House mission in Luxor and Marie's role as librarian.
The second part was her observations of and about the Arab Spring Revolution in Egypt in late January of this year.
On January 27 or 28 all internet and cell phones were shut down. Unlike elsewhere in Egypt, anger in Luxor was mostly directed at the local governor because of his plans to make Luxor an even bigger tourist attraction, which caused demolition of hundreds of local citizens’ homes and businesses. He is currently awaiting trial on corruption charges. Chicago House was never threatened. It was one of five foreign missions that remained in its facilities throughout the revolution.

Happy Bucks:

• John Beatty happy for vacation at the ranch in Wyoming and for delivering a car to his oldest in Boulder, CO as she starts her graduate program.
• Paul Day is happy for the family’s exchange student from Japan, who is a delight to host.
• Brad Van Sant for an east coast trip to visit Nancy’s family and a drive in the Shanandoah Valley, apparently the home of Stonewall Jackson, given all the signs and banners celebrating him (if that is what they are actually doing).
• Tom Galeazzi happy for fishing trip and catching a large king salmon; sad for the unsteady seas of the stock market that greeted him upon returning to work.
• Marc Faye and Gerda happy to be here to listen to Marie who was their guide for a day in Luxor a few years ago.
• Lance Hamilton is happy for great care at Woodland Memorial during his knee surgery.
• Rick Pomeroy is happy that Buzz is taking over the web page.

Raffle: $200 Tom Galeazzi wins a free breakfast.
Next Week’s Program: District Governor
Tom Galeazzi led us in the 4-Way Test.

August 4, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Guests:

• Visiting Rotarians: IPDG Karl Diekman; Bo Morse, Concord Rotary Club, and our speaker
• Guests: Emily Beardsley, Marc Faye’s cousin’s granddaughter;
  
  and our exchange student Guillermo Reyes

Announcements:

• Eric Engstrom: Woodland Rotary Clubs’ publication via the Daily Democrat in the plans for early fall; Our Club’s group picture for that publication will be at our Sept. 8 meeting. Please wear something Rotary. You’ll have many reminders at the meeting and by email.
• Jim Gillette announced that tomorrow night is the Downtown Woodland First Friday Art Walk tomorrow night (August 5) 4:30 to 8:30. with several other features planned, especially music in several locations including Heritage Plaza where several vendors will also have their wares for sale.
• Karl Diekman is just back from southern Zambia where he was delivering dictionaries that clubs, including our, in District 5160 donated during his presidency.

Recognition: Mark Deven and Kevin Sanchez

• John Martin, July 23, 1956, double nickel birthday which was rather uneventful. He was getting ready to go on vacation and helping a friend to move, but enjoyed going out to a family dinner. Currently moving son to Sonoma State for his freshman year.
• Robb Wallace, Club Induction August 2, 2007, sponsor Jim Hilliard after 12 years of recruiting him with multiple breakfasts.
• Neil Rutger was picked on for his sponsor, Dave Dumars. who was not in attendance.
• Keith Petkus, in attendance for three weeks in a row, and celebrating his 22nd Wedding Anniversary tomorrow, August 5. Married in Denise’s hometown, Paradise. He showed up on a motorcycle 30 minutes before the wedding rehearsal after being on a 10-day bike road trip.
• John Smythe, 31st Wedding Anniversary, fondly remembered last year’s anniversary trip with the Ponticello’s to Alaska.
• Jim Gillette was quizzed about commonality between Petkus and Smythe. Jim was clueless, and it cost him. Answer: both were sponsored into WSR by Kevin Sanchez.
• Cleve Baker asked about two members who were Junior Achievement members in Davis. Also a costly lack of knowledge: Jim Hilliard and Sharon Blaha.
• Keith Rode: at the age of 12 he was named the Napa newspaper delivery boy of the year.

Program:
Bo Morse is the District Rotoplast Ambassador, and her visit today is to update us on Rotoplast program

. Bo joined the Danville Rotary Club in 1996, was its president in 2003-04 and has been active in District 5160 issues ever since. She has been the Rotoplast Chair since 2009. Rotoplast provides surgical relief from Cleft Lip and Palatte conditions to large numbers of people in developing countries of the world. The program was established in 1992. More information about the program and its various missions and how we individual can participate is available at http://www.rotoplast.org. There is also a District Rotoplast Facebook page:  Bo’s A/V program ended with the observation that Rotoplast provides “Just an ordinary miracle today.”

Happy Bucks:

• Robb Wallace: Son Bryson was hired full time by his alma mater, Loyola Marymount (Class of 2010). Additionally, he located his first studio apt. in beautiful downtown El Segundo just 10 minutes from campus. Stable at last…his mother is very relieved (maybe Robb is, too).
• Byron McConnell: minus 40 pounds of weight since this spring and, over a longer period of time, 20 gallons of blood (160 donations).
• Jim Hilliard, referring to some recognition comments earlier in the meeting, said he was married to his first wife 35 years ago, and she does not want to spend the day with him ;-)
• Rick Pomeroy is happy that last week he was sitting in the Spruce Goose; also happy for being home from visiting in-laws in Oregon.
• Julia Larson is happy for family from Oregon visiting. Lots of Italian cultural activities.
• Eric Engstrom is happy for 22 consecutive year of family backpacking in Desolation Valley.
• John Martin back from Flathead Lake, Montana, visiting family. Happy that this was the first family visit in five years not involving a funeral.

Sharon Blaha New Member Bio:

Sharon was born in San Francisco, graduated from UC Davis, stayed around. She says she was never bored

enough to get married. She is a special auntie to four nieces and nephews. Swimming is a passion. Does volunteering with youth and now seniors (a reason for joining our club?) Volunteers for Youth, NCAA athletes. Sponsored by Cap. They are in the early morning swim in Davis four days a week. If they weren’t Rotary members, it would be five days a week.Guillermo Reyes Appreciation: Memo was our outbound exchange student to Germany, and he appreciated the opportunity and experience. He answered members questions for several minutes.

In Berlin, he noted the heavy presence of history. There parents of outbound exchange students host incoming students. He is already starting to lose the conversational German that he had learned. Would love to find someone locally to converse with in German. He also went to Switzerland as well as several other areas of Germany. He went to three different high schools (gymnasiums) during his year.

Raffle: $200 John Martin won a free breakfast

Next Week’s Program: Marie Bryan on Egypt.

John Martin led us in the 4-Way Test.

 

July 28, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Guests:

   Visiting Rotarians: Candy Pierce, Cordelia Rotary Club, Past District Governor and current District Foundation Chair and our speaker.                                 Robert Hulbert, Colusa Rotary Club

   Guest:  Candy’s daughter Samantha (Sam)

Announcements:

• Julia announced the club responded to a WJUSD request for support of a community involvement speaker and session for parents and school administrators with $100 for a breakfast sponsorship of coffee and muffins.
• Peter Cahn brought a banner from the Santa Barbara North Rotary Club, and, in addition, was recognized for his service for the past two years as a WSR Board member
• WSR received a RI Presidential Citation for the dictionaries for Africa project
• Rotary Foundation Day at the Races November 19 Golden Gate Fields
• Beer Booth Volunteers ABC Training Meeting
  Friday, 8/12 5:30 PM in Fair’s First Aide Building
  Yolo County Rotary Beer Booth – 8/18 to 8/21. Volunteer sign ups have been obtained.
  
• Foundation and Membership District Seminars announced:
          Saturdays: 8/27 – Vacaville, 9/17 – Red Bluff
• WSR SALMON BBQ – 10/1
• NEXT Board Meeting: Wednesday, August 10, 7 AM, ReMax
• Red Badge BBQ, Thursday, August 25 6:00 PM at Watts-Woodland Airport. All members invited.
  
• Lynn Jepson announced that she has emailed to us the financial reports for 2010-11
• Membership: gained 4 last year, but lost 11: total: 62

Recognition:

• Mark Deven recognized Candy as an outstanding District President the same year he was president of his former club in the East Bay
• Rick Pomeroy recognized …  again …  for Rotary Induction. Sponsor Bob Pye
• Bob Pye, birthday on July 25, in Woodland at the old Clinic at Cross and Third. Both daughters cooked for his BD dinner
• Tom Galeazzi, Anniversary, 5th year, to Tawnya. Back in May Tom G. had Tom Wendt do some acupuncture for his knee and suspects the Chinese herbs he suggested had powers beyond healing as Tawnya is now 12 weeks pregnant.
• Chuck Santoni, 41st Anniversary to Linda. Chuck is leaving for a two-week trip the day before the anniversary, and Linda says she’ll be there when he returns.

Program:

Candy Pierce, Past District Governor 2006-07, current District Foundation chair.

Her presentation brought us up-to-date on the Rotary Foundation’s Future Vision Plan. Our District applied for and was chosen to be a Pilot District as the Rotary Foundation focuses on new, better and more effective ways to do business. Since being named a Pilot District, the district leadership has been exuberant and then frightened about what they’ve gotten themselves into. As the dust is settling, they are now feeling somewhere in between. Candy reviewed the impact of the Foundation and the frustration with the lack of public awareness, especially about the Polio Plus eradication program.

Changes: Simplified types of grants to two: RF District Grants and RF Global Grants.
Candy explained various levels of giving to the Rotary Foundation: Sustaining supporter, double sustaining, and various levels of Paul Harris’.

Candy recognized our Paul Harris Society members: Julia Larson, John Martin, Lynn Jepson, and she presented John Beatty with his pin with wings.

Happy Bucks:

• Byron thanked Eric E and Smitty (Lynn J) for helping him yesterday
• Paul Day and Keith Rode happy for being at the Giants game Sunday.
• Bob Pye made up at Point West. Observed and evaluated their singing of America the Beautiful, noting that our chorus, even today, compares well.
• Eric Engstrom ran the Wharf to Wharf in Santa Cruz, right behind his wife all the way.
• Rick Pomeroy, while leading 40 students, saw several Rotarians in Santa Cruz.
• Joel Butler was in Capitola but saw no Rotarians. Survived the weekend with four teenagers.
• John Beatty thanked Candy for her District Leadership in 2006-07.

Raffle: $200, Phil Marler won a free breakfast

Next Week’s Program: Bo Morse, Rotoplast (District)

Phil Marler led us in the 4-Way Test.

July 21, 2011

President Julia Larson presiding

Flag Salute followed by WSR Chorus leading Rotary Grace.

Guests: Guillermo Reyes, back from Germany

Announcements:

• Foundation Board met and Julia presented the list of 2010-11 donations for $31,391*
• Robb brought us a banner from the Polson (Montana) Rotary Club, survived a 3000 mile trip with a 2-year old in the back seat!
• John Smythe announced Salmon BBQ tickets are ready to pick up and sell. Tom Galeazzi announced the gathering of auction items has begun.
• John Martin announced the beer booth has only a few spots vacant late Sunday.
• Sharon Blaha clarified some facts regarding Yolo Hospice and the closing of its thrift shop, and told us to expect an exciting announcement soon.

New Member Bio: JP Perlman reluctantly presented the short version of his biography. Born in Mass moved to SoCal when he was ten; Year at Cal, Year at UCLA, finished at Stanford. Met his wife in San Diego during med school. Father was also a Ophthalmologist, mother a social worker. Wife is a nurse practitioner. They live in Davis, he works in Woodland, they have three kids. His ophthalmology practice is full service, the office actually answers the telephone, his sub specialty is eyelid surgery. Became involved in medical missionary trips to Mexico which is how he became connected to our club via Dr. Robert Miller.

Recognition: Kevin and Mark began recognition with noting two of three items related to Rick Pomeroy. He volunteered the third one, which added to his recognition contribution. Davis Enterprise article and a KCRA report on his summer program for high school students at UC Davis. Also announced his own Induction Anniversary, Bruce Riker was president.

• Marc Faye Anniversary to Saint Gerda
• Wayne birthday and HAHC article in the paper
• Dave Grose, 31st anniversary to Laurie met on a Fresno State geography department field trip to Mexico, his first trip out of the country. Last year he went to Canada for his second trip out of the country
• Nick Ponticello, 31st anniversary (Ed. Note: missed other info.)
  
• Keith Petkus paid it forward and backward and was welcomed back. A French exchange student arriving today and business has been good.

Program: Don Easton this time is the program presenter.

Topic: how he and his wife became involved with the foster care program and

the emancipation package program for foster kids. Began 14 and ½ years ago when they decided to adopt. Started with 1 child and over 12 years became 7, many being siblings of those previously adopted. Don described many of the social services and the emotional and behavioral issues that are commonly attached to children who are in foster care. Gave us some stories and statistics about foster care and foster children, such as only about 5% go on to college. The biggest factor for life success is the quality and stability of the foster home. Unfortunately, the quality of foster care in this country varies widely. It is pretty good in Yolo County.

Don described in some detail the emancipation package, photo attached. Don announced that a couple times this year he will ask us to contribute to these packages for future foster children as they leave the program at age 18. We are all encouraged to pass on to Don items when may have them anytime during the year.

Happy Bucks:

• Cap happy for Keith Petkus donation shade structures which Cap bought and had installed at his daughter’s home in West Sacramento.
• Charles leaving for Maine and will be back in August.

Raffle: Gary Holman won a free breakfast.

Next Week’s Program: Candy Pierce on RI Foundation giving.

Gary led us in the 4-Way Test

*WSR Foundation 2010-2011 Donations                                                                                2011-12 Woodland Rotary Club Presidents

• Woodland Parent Nursery – 5,441
  
• Clark Field – 5,000
• Interact BBQ - 500
• Yolo Basin Foundation - 900
• Woodland Public Library – 2,300
• Knights Landing Community Center – 3,500
• American Red Cross - 10,000
• Scholarships – 1,750
• Total Giving -$31,391.00