THE NUGGET
VOLUME 74, ISSUE 41
 
 
 
 
THE ROTARY CLUB OF CARMICHAEL
P.O. Box 129
Carmichael, C 95609-0129
 
 
District 5180:
 
Rotary International:
 
MAY, 2021
YOUTH SERVICE MONTH
 
 
DICTIONARY PROJECT FOR 3RD GRADERS, CARMICHAEL SCHOOL
CARMICHAEL, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
 
 
 
   ►EASTER SEALS GOLF TOURNAMENT:  Jay Sedlak said that the Easter Seals Carmichael Golf Tournament is now slated to be on June 25th but details are in short supply, we will just have to wait and see.      
 
   ►FOUNDATION DINNER: Chuck McBride announced that the Foundation Dinner will be held on June 15th at Northridge Golf Course. Turn in request for either Tri Tip, Chicken or Vegetarian. Cost will be $50 per person. Let Chuck McBride know if you will attend. He has also said that Vitalant is desperate for blood donors, particularly type "O", please schedule an appointment, and be sure to mention our Club's code 9204 for us to get Rotary recognition. By the way, for those in the know, Chuck has had a couple of bad bouts in the hospital of late, due to an ocular migraine problem but is now on new medicine and doing well.
 
  
FUTURE PROGRAMS
 
  ♦ MAY 25: THE EVER CHANGING AMERICAN RIVER - JASON FAREIRA
 
  ♦ JUNE 1: FOREST RESENER - STOVE TOP COOKING
 
  ♦ JUNE 15: FOUNDATION DINNER AT NORTHRIDGE GOLF COURSE - 6 PM.
 
  ♦ JUNE 22: GOLF ASSEMBLY
 
  ♦ JUNE 25: GOLF TOURNAMENT -BENEFITING EASTER SEALS
 
  ♦ JUNE 29: PRESIDENT'S DEMOTION
 
 
 
THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE- May 22-23, 2021
The District Conference, was presented, mostly by Zoom from 10 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Saturday, May 22nd and Sunday, May 23rd at the same time. For those of you who did not make it, I have provided a short synopsis as follows: There were a series of the commercials, made up by the participating Clubs involved – 10 of them and they were fun and creative, really effective presentations. On Sunday the winning Club was announced – East Sacramento.
Then we were treated to a Foundation Speaker, Past International vice president Dean Rohrs who was raised in Zambia, from white farmers when they had their apartheid there. She spoke of the terrible suffering and injustice it caused. She became a Rotarian and has contributed to Rotary for many years. She said that Rotarians do a lot of good in the world without ever seeing the fruits of their endeavors - wells, vaccinations, helping hunger etc. She ended her talk with the maxim by Nelsen Mandela that the "long walk is not ended".
 
Early on: They presented the Memorials for the Rotarians who died during the two years. In the District 55 died, 23 of them were past 90 and 2 were over 100. In the memorial presentation, our two very dear late members, Doug Haaland and Hamid Ahmadi  were mentioned.
Guest Speaker: D.G. Brent Hastey introduced the keynote speaker for the day, Johrita Solari of the Anaheim Rotary Club and a Director for Rotary International 2019-2021, and Vice President-elect 2020-2021. She gave a very inspirational speech about why Rotarians do what we do which touched millions of others through networking and listing all the projects that Rotarians accomplish around the world. She made the unforgettable statement that, for a Rotarian, there are two important dates in your life, “the day you were born and when you discovered why you were born”. Johrita predicted that Rotary will grow, particularly through the acquired knowledge of Zoom – with more international members.
 
Sunday started with the thought that it is important to start your day with a grateful heart. Ronald Reagan said that the trick is not to "do great things yourself, but to get others to do great things".
Then came the “Special Award” presentations by PDG Bob Deering and one very important award was given to a deserving Leigh-Ann Reniero as “Rotarian of the Year”.
Now we had the exciting “Pinederby” competition in which Clubs entered small racing cars, some emblazoned with Rotary and Club logos. Let me just cut to the quick and tell you that our Club's entry (produced by Jay Boatwright and George Abraham functioned miserably in the race and got stuck halfway down the racing tract, but it did win the major award for “Most Outrageous” – see picture below.
I would be very remiss if I did not report on our Club's awards this year:
 
MEMBERSHIP - GOLD; ADMINISTRATION- GOLD; FOUNDATION - BRONZE; MARKETING - GOLD; COMMUNITY SERVICE - GOLD; INTERNATIONAL SERVICE - SILVER; VOCATIONAL SERVICE - GOLD; YOUTH SERVICE - SILVER; and the GOVERNOR'S CITATION FOR EXCELLENCE.
 
Then the second keynote speaker of the conference was introduced, Brian Shul, a famous airplane pilot who flew the last sortie of the famously successful Air Force spy plane, SR-71 Blackbird, the world’s fastest jet, in 1990. Brian has written a book about his experiences name “Sled Driver” and is available commercially in bookstores and on Amazon.
Brian talked about being shot down and was believed to be mortally wounded but survived after two years of being in the hospital. Not only did he survive, but he went on to be a pilot for the SR-71.  Brian cites the value of his change of attitude when he finally determined that he would live and survive his experience. He said that then he had choices and made the choice not only to survive but to fly again. This experience gave him a second chance and unusual perspective on life. Don’t miss the moment. Brian has become also, quite a good photographer and showed us some spectacular and rare pictures of the SR-71 Blackbird in flight and in refueling.
So there was the ceremony of the change of Brent Hastey from District Governor to Past District Governor, and for Desiree Wilson to become our new District Governor (this will happen officially when the new Rotary begins on July 1st, 2021.) Newly crowned Desiree announced that she is planning a fun year for the District, hopefully passed COVID, and the event will occur on April 29-May 1, 2022 in South Lake Tahoe. She also announced that the District’s theme will change from “FFF-Amazing” to “Rotary- Creating today’s Super Heroes”.
Another tidbit close to our Club, Jay and Vicky Boatwright will be the Chairs of the District Conference!
 
HAPPY FINES
 
So 
We did not have a program for Tuesday, May 18th, because of a series of events that constituted a perfect storm. Let’s say that the batter hit the ball and it went out into the outfield. The shortstop rushed out and the outfielders rush in - to the expectation that the other would catch the ball. The ball just hit the ground with a “thud” sound. It was nobody’s fault and it was everybody’s fault.
So, instead we had a bit longer conversations and a lively “Thought for the Day” session:
Jay Boatwright – for a wonderful backpack trip in the Lost Coast Trail where they crossed 20 creeks, and Jay used George Abraham’s backpack and they spent three days there, on the trail – So he BONGED THE GONG for the Foundation; Ramouna Roikjer gave one dinner allotment (1A) $20 to tell us that her daughter got vaccinated; George Abraham, himself, said that he does Kayaking in the Richmond Marina, 1A contribution, Ed Bunting reported that his wife Jenny has a birthday at the end of the month and will take their 5 year old granddaughter to Disneyland and the end of June and he rightly BONGED THE GONG for the Foundation; Vicky Boatwright gave 1A for the pleasure of driving Jay to and picking him up from the backpacking trip and then kicking back for three days; Jack Shearer gave $20 – daughter moved to Florida;  Karen Munsterman became a BELL RINGER because she turned 80 and her son 56!: Vince Iosso RANG THE BELL because his granddaughter became sweet sixteen, and not least by any means, Phil Danz gave 25 big ones because his great grandson Jacob made the varsity Jai Alai team for Sonoma High School;
 
 
 
 
BELL RINGERS
 
GEORGE ABRAHAM; BILL BAXTER; JAY BOATWRIGHT; DICK BAUER (2); PHIL DANZ; TROY DRENNON (2); ALAN GALLAWAY; GREG HERRERA (2); VINCE IOSSO(3) ; WALTER MALHOSKI ; TONY MARQUES;
CHUCK McBRIDE (2); KAREN MUNSTERMAN; HEINE RORKJER(2) ;  STAN ROE; JAY SEDLAK; JACK SHEARER, JIM THOMPSON (2)
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 GONGERS
 
 
HAMID AHMADI (3); DICK BAUER; MARK BEIL; JAY BOATWRIGHT (3); ED BUNTING (5);
KATHA DANZ; GREG HERRERA(6) ; VINCE IOSSO (3); WALTER MALHOSKI (3); CHUCK McBRIDE; KAREN MUNSTERMAN; DANA NEWELL; FRANK PEASE (2); STAN ROE (3); HEINE ROIKJE (2); RAMOUNA ROIKJE (2); JACK SHEARER; JEFF THOMPSON; JIM THOMPSON (2);  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 4-1-2021
 
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 1-5-2021 (nearing 300), 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.
   
SPEAKERBOOK TITLEAUTHOR
 
GARY STRONG
"Snake Island"Ben Hobson
 
KAYLEIGH NEFF
"Hidden in Plain Sight"Jeffrey Archer
 
THANDIE BABALWA
"Two Truths and Lie"Elen McGarrahan
JIM NEILSONHenry Kissinger & American Power
 
Thomas Schwartz
 
 
CHRIS NELSON
"How I Built This"Guy Raz
 
GEORGE HOME
 
"Elsewhere"Dean Koontz
 
MICHAEL KORPIEL
 
"Only Truth"Julie Cameron
 
RUTH PROBASCO
 
"The Connected Parent"John Palfrey & Urs Gasser
 
GELIKA HARRISON
 
"Grand, a Memoir"Sarah Schaefer
 
KEN COOLEY
 
"The Truth is Marching On"Jon Meacham
 
TODD HARMS
 
"Serial Griller"Matt Moore
 
DONNA FLESHMAN
 
"Grasp"Sanjay Sarma
HOLLY HAIGHT, M.D."Get Your Yoga on"
 
Kino Macgregor
 
LYNETTE ANDERSON"Decoding the World"
 
Po Bronson
Arvind Gupta
 
BRIAN GLADDEN
 
"Accountable: The Rise of
Citizen Capitalism" 
 
Michael O'Leary
Warren Valdmannis
GOPAL KAPUR
 
"The Character Edge: Leading
and winning with Integrity"
 
Robert L. Caslen
Dr. Mitchell A. Matthews
MARCOS BRETON
 
"The Religious Causes, the case for
separating Church and State"
 
Howard Gillman
Edward Chemerinky"
ROD MALLOY
 
"What Can I Do? My path from
climate despair to action"
 
Jane Fonda
MARGARET LOEHR
 
"The Future of Earth: A radical vision for
what's possible in the age of warming"
 
Eric Holthaus
 
 
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