►The definition of Rotary is a fellowship and service organization that helps ordinary people do extraordinary things!
► DISTRICT CONFERENCE - May 11-13, 2018: All will have a great time at the District Conference, May 10-13, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency at Lake Tahoe, Incline Village.
There will be a significant contingent from the Carmichael Club . You will meet many great Rotarians in the District, great programs and this year, we will have our District "Speech Contest" at the conference. There is a special price of 150+ per night for rooms. Contact Deb Thornton (Conf. Chair) - debbiesan@comcast.net ; or Daniela Calvitti (Registration) - dccalvitti7@aol.com Flyer is further down in this bulletin.
► A FIRESIDE CHAT was held on Sunday, March 4 for newer members in the club to help explain some of the intricacies of Rotary. The 10 members who attended felt it was an informative meeting. Another Fireside Chat will be held in the near future for those who were unable to attend
► R.I. CONVENTION - May 10th to 13th - Toronto
► SACRAMENTO'S PREMIER ASIAN FOOD EVENT - Festival of Asian Food benefiting "My Sister's House" and put of by the Twin Rivers Rotary Club. Saturday, March 24, 2018. $50 per person. See Brochure further down in this bulletin.
Schedule of Events
♦ UGANDA WATER PROJECT: The Uganda water project going well. At last meeting we had $53,000 cash and pledges. We are getting close to our goal of $56,000. TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS! Rotary Clubs that will be or have been recently visited by our committee are Arden Arcade, Granite Bay, South Placer, Woodland, Fair Oaks, Rancho Cordova, Orangeville, South Sacramento, Auburn Sunrise, Rancho Cordova Sunrise, and Roseville.
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♦ SAVE THE DATE: There will be a lecture on Peace resolution at Sacramento State, Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. by President Nana Akufo Addo who is president of Ghana. It should be very interesting. See flyer:
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♦ DISTRICT PUBLIC IMAGE CHAIR - March 13th - Ruth Gordon
It was a nice night, Tuesday, March 6th, 2018 and a goodly contingent of members and their guests showed up promptly at the entrance to the Sacramento Bee offices at 2100 "Q" Street - some 18 or so. We were met by Greg Saunders who is officially a "Loyalty Manager - West Region". McClachy established the Bee in 1857 and over the years they have earned 6 Pulitzer prizes. Their mascot "Scoopy the Bee" was invented by Disney 1943. We began on a fascinating tour of their main facilities there from top to bottom and saw where they write all the elements of the newspaper and put them together for the various regions (in the west and throughout the U.S.) to just about any city in our region - Fresno, Modesto, Grass Valley and on and on. It is a massive undertaking that goes on 24/7 and the printing of all their newspapers are right there in their headquarters and then shipped out all over with special editions for the many cities and localities.
I have below, photos of what the tour included; it took about 2 hours time. After the tour, we met at the "Old Spaghetti Factory" for dinner and fellowship. It was altogether, a very enjoyable evening. We must thank Karen Munsterman, Programs Director for wonderful outing.
An old fashioned printing press - circa 1930s
Greg Saunders, Loyalty Manager -West Region - our Tour Guide
Modern Printing plates made out of aluminum
Giant roles of paper - used for newspapers!
Lots of Ink - using 4 basic colors
The newspapers are assembled and sent out
Below -Celebration Dinner at the Old Spaghetti factory
The gift of (what may be) a young student's 1st Book
On the February 27th Rotary Meeting, members came a little early to put our Club’s label and a book mark in 216 dictionaries which were then taken the next day, February 28th to Carmichael School (two third-grade classrooms), Deterding School (three third-grade classrooms), and Del Dayo School (three more third-grade classrooms) and given to approximately 210 students. Present were Bill Donnoe, Stan Rose, Dick Bauer, Greg Herrera, and David Thorman. These dictionaries are much appreciated and encourage literacy. Photos below:
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 some 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 byBertaBoegel, Branch Supervisor, Carmichael Library, subsidiary of the Sacramento Public Library.
rboegel@saclibrary.org
As of October, 2017, we have purchased over 120 titles in honor of our speakers! Because of the large number of books, we are not showing them all at this time.
BOOK DONATIONS TO THE CARMICHAEL LIBRARY
PRESENTER
Congressman Ami Berra
"Give Work Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time"
Author: Leila Janah
Catherine Servillas
"The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women: A Social History"
Author: Elizabeth Norten
Keith Simmons
"The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories"
Author: Ilan Pappe
Patty Upslinger
"First Impressions: A Readers Journey to Iconic Places of the American Southwest"
Author: David J. Weber
Roland Wright
"Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the first Mission to the Moon"
Author Jeffrey Kluger
Ann Roach
"In Their Lives, Great Writers on Great Beatles Songs"
Edited by: Andrew Blauner
Catherine Survillas
"The Gardner and The Carpenter, what the science of
child development tells us about the relationship between parents and Children"
Author: Alison Gopnik
Lorenzo M. Smith, Ph.D.
"My Pencil, teaching poetry in the Detroit
public schools"
Author: Peter Markus
Elaine Whitefeather
"Women in the World of Frederick Douglas"
Author: Leigh Fought
Richard Olebe
"Making Local Food Work, the Challenges and Opportunities
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