THE NUGGET
VOLUME 74, ISSUE 18
 
 
 
     
THE ROTARY CLUB OF CARMICHAEL
P.O. Box 129
Carmichael, C 95609-0129
 
 
District 5180:
 
Rotary International:
 
 
 
NOVEMBER
FOUNDATION MONTH 
 
 
 
 

 President  David Thorman opened the 18th "virtual meeting" of the 2020-2021 Rotary Year on the 17th of November and the 30th "virtual meeting" overall (when will it end?  As is his custom, he brought his "Big Bell" with him and rang it loudly (and virtually) to officially start the meeting.  

The "pledge" was performed by our esteemed Richard Olebe, who chose the appropriate and thoughtful "Thought for the Day":

 
 
 
 
HONORARY
 LYNETTE ANDERSON
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
 
HOLIDAY BASKETS Rich Plath  has reported that the Holiday food baskets for the needy will be going on this year. We will serve about 75 families. The schools will take care of the delivery of the baskets. President David asked members to save their apple boxes (as we have done in past years)
 
ROTARY MASKS -   Geronimo was at our recent Effie Yeaw Nature Center Habitat Restoration Event (see story below in this bulletin) and brought our new Rotary masks with him. He gave away 2 masks per member to those who attended. There are many masks that are now at President David's home. If you want your allotment, please contact David and he will arrange pickup. By the way, the masks do not have clips or pinchers for closure over the nose, Dick Bauer says that if you wish you can buy aluminum nose clips online. Could not help but to put in cartoon that Club Comedian Geronimo produced in the Club's meeting slide show
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POINSETTIAS :
Poinsettias sponsored by the Rotary Club of East Sacramento will be available for purchase and pickup on December 1st at Evens Kitchen, 855 57th St., Sacramento from 8 to 10am.  See flyer (LEFT). Rotary masks will be available there also.
 
 
 
FUTURE FUND RAISERS: With the advent of COVID, and perhaps that we will not be able to have a Crab Feed, we need some other way to create funds for our projects. Troy Drennon heads up a committee to find possible other fundraisers. He would like 3 ideas from each member. He is still collecting ideas.
 
 NEW LEGISLATION: 
President David announced that the Club will vote on new Rotary legislation that allows members to be drawn from areas outside the Club's service area. This is a no brainer" (especially in the COVID era) because it allows members to continue with the Club via Zoom. Examples are Dennis Moffett and Jack Shearer who are outside our area, yet can contribute to our activities. David will vote "yes".
 
 
FUTURE PROGRAMS
 
►NOVEMBER 24:  DARK FOR THANKSGIVING
 
►DECEMBER 1: ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
 
►DECEMBER 8: Holly Haight, M. D.  - "Knee Replacements"
 
►DECEMBER 15: R.Y.E. GEMS - Donna Fleshman
 
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OAK PARK ROTARY HOUSE
 
We were indeed honored to have Lynette Anderson to talk to us about the wonderful success of the Oak Park Rotary House right here in Sacramento. Lynette is a long time Rotarian and friend of our Club. She is a member of the North Sacramento Club and has worked at different levels with our District and has served as Assistant Governor.
The Oak Park Rotary house is overseen by a board consisting of the seven sponsoring Rotary Clubs and they meet quarterly. The Rotary house, 850 square feet, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, is typically for single families. It is reserved for families who have a patient that has substantial long term medical needs (over 6 months)  where the family lives more than 1 hour away from the U.C.D. Hospital in Sacramento.
The idea was hatched by long time Rotarian and P.D.G. Steve Lemmon, circa 2005, and it took a long time to get off the ground. The house was built from scratch and is testimony to the perseverance of the Clubs involved. It was complicated by the rules of Rotary itself because our leadership completely changes every year and so does not provide well for an enterprise where Clubs obligate future Club administrations to their projects. Lynette mentioned that a general contractor Steve Braford was instrumental in getting materials donated and in all the work involved (with volunteers) in the building. It was completed in 2012. Lynette jokes that even though she is a lawyer, she worked enough on the construction of the house that if times get tough, she could probably get a job as a carpenter.
Lynette produced a wonderful slide show (she named “The Tao of Rotary”) with video of various families who lived at the house (some for a year and a half) and touching explanations by Courtney Corbitt who is the liaison person with U.C.D. Children’s and Shriner’s Hospital who meets with families and evaluates them to qualify them for the Rotary House.  Examples given were 8 year Josie, her mother and brother, (Dec. 2012): Kayla who suffered from spina bifida and hydro encephalitis, Tyson who had a brain tumor and lived in the house for a year and a half, lived in the Chico area and now is high school age and has sponsored a Rotaract Club!, many others and actually a Rotarian family, Sarah who had burns over 75% over her body.
Video testimonials were shown by families who were greatly helped by the Rotary house, stating how important it was to be able to stay together in times of crisis, to have the privacy of a home, and the ability to be isolated with the child's compromised immune system.
Lynette then talked about the expense of it all. The families do not pay anything for living in the house. The expense for taxes, maintenance, utilities, garbage, insurance are paid by the participating Clubs. Much of the maintenance (landscape etc) is taken care of by volunteers from the Clubs who rotate their duties. Also donations have been from the “Big Day of Giving” and other donors some who just are individuals who want to provide support.
 
Q and A:
Can other Clubs join in with the participation in the project?  Lynette, said that they would love to have two our three more Clubs join with them. It would help having more volunteers for the maintenance but also could, bring down the annual giving from $750.00 to about $500.00 for each Club which is a small price for each to pay to do such good for the patients and their families. Lynette says that the project engenders a great comradery between members from each of the Clubs and really shows the POWER OF ROTARY.
President David mentioned to Lynette that we will donate, in her honor, a book to the Carmichael Library (subsidiary to the Sacramento Public Library )
 
 
EFFIE YEAW HABITAT RESORATION
Saturday, November 14th, 2020 was a beautiful day. It rained the night before which was helpful for our 16 Carmichael Rotarians, friends and family who met outside of the Effie Yeaw Nature Center at 9:00 a.m. EYNC is right near our old meeting place, Ancil Hoffman Golf Course in Carmichael.
Many of us brought shovels and hoes and dressed warm for the occasion. We were met by EYNC volunteers and were led  to their meeting space outside their book and curio shop.
We were informed about the reason for our project for the day. We learned that the Monarch Butterfly population has been decreasing dramatically since the 1980s where there were millions migrating to California every spring to only 30,000 in 2019. The Monarchs are in great danger of becoming extinct.
What is important about California is this area is where the Monarchs breed. They lay their eggs only on Milkweed plants. We learned that because Milkweeds are toxic, the Monarchs become toxic to predators and help survival for them. EYNC citizen scientists have been assaying the Monarch’s eggs on Milkweed by looking and counting these eggs each year with a magnifying glass. The number of eggs have diminished from down to almost disappearing in recent years. So the project today was to plant Milkweed (and some other supporting indigenous plants) to attract the Monarchs.
We broke into teams of three or four and followed our EYNC (Citizen Scientist) leaders to about a mile into the park and there we planted over 40 plants. We dug holes, took 1 gallon sized plants, planted them, filled in with dirt, put newspapers around the plants, covered the newspapers with leaves and placed a wire screen with a stake around the planted plants to avoid them being eaten by deer. Then we filled in trenches were the drip water lines were laid. And we were done in about 3 hours!
Perhaps the best part of the day was the sumptuous lunch donated by Togo’s restaurant at 4100 Manzanita Ave, Carmichael – sandwiches, an apple, chips and soft drinks. We understand that Togo's has been very generous in donating for many projects at EYNC in the past – kudos to them.
Although we felt a little tired and wet from our endeavors, it was great to know that our work helped in the preservation of those beautiful Monarch Butterflies. Photos below:
FOR MORE INFORMANTION - GO TO THEIR WEBSITE SacNatureCenter.net - email info@SacNatureCenter.net
(photos above by Keri Bauer)
 
 
 
 
 
HAPPY FINES

 
President David Thorman  allowed the "Happy Thoughts" session to proceed. Jay Boatwright  missed last week on his birthday and had also his anniversary (I guess of his marriage ) and he RANG THE BELL; Stan Roe BONGED THE GONG for the Club Foundation and because he is doing very well after his shoulder operation a few days ago - and got some new kind of anesthetic which blocked pain for DAYS after surgery! What enthusiasm even for a retired anesthesiologist!; Chuck McBride gave 1A in honor of Lynette's great presentation; Jim Thompson enthused over a letter he got about giving a book to the Carmichael Library and donated 1A to general fund; Mark Urban gave 1A to the Foundation for the Effie Yeaw project which he thought was wonderful; Troy Drennon gave because he, like Lynette was an alumnus of Del Campo High School.
 
 
 
 
BELL RINGERS
 
JAY BOATWRIGHT; DICK BAUER; GREG HERRERA; VINCE IOSSO;
WALTER MALHOSKI;
CHUCK McBRIDE; STAN ROE; JAY SEDLAK; JACK SHEARER
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BONG GONGERS
 
 
HAMID AHMADI; DICK BAUER; MARK BEIL ; ED BUNTING (3) ; GREG HERRERA(3) ; VINCE IOSSO (2); WALTER MALHOSKI (2); FRANK PEASE; STAN ROE (3); JACK SHEARER; JEFF THOMPSON; JIM THOMPSON;  DAVID THORMAN (2)

EXPLANATION: A BELL RINGER IS SOMEONE WHO DONATES $100 TO THE CLUB IN A GIVEN YEAR; A GONG BONGER IS ONE WHO DONATES AN ADDITIONAL $100 TO EITHER THE CLUB OR R.I. FOUNDATION (FOR GENERAL OR SPECIFIC PURPOSE)

 
 
 
 
Donations as of 10-15-2020
During the incumbency of  President David Thorman,(2013-14) it was decided that instead of giving a particular gift, ie coffee mug, pen etc. to honor our guest speaker each week, we would simply donate a book to the Carmichael Library. So below are many of the books that we have donated in honor of recent speakers.
It is the "gift that keeps of giving" because those who will check out these books from the library will derive many hours of pleasure for years to come, and it enhances learning and literacy. The books are chosen by Berta Boegel, Branch Supervisor, Carmichael Library, subsidiary of the Sacramento Public Library
rboegel@saclibrary.org
Due to the quantity of books donated as of 10-16-2020 (over 200), I have noted only the last 16 or so. The prior tabulations of books donated have been archived and will be in the memory of the Carmichael Club in Club Runner.
 
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