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There are, in this bulletin, two meetings combined as one, February 6 th and the 13th. On the 6th, we had our Speech Contest and some of our old past presidents as guests and the second meeting of February 14th, Jay Sedlak took notes and we know that President Dick Bauer opened the meeting and then gave the mike to the excellent Ed Bunting who accomplished the "Pledge" and "Thought for the Day":
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal.
It is the courage to continue that counts."
Winston Churchill
Guests
February 6th: Julia Luna, Sarah Freese, Elizabeth Rowe, Bob Paulsen, Duane Labar, Tommy Wilson, Jim Theil,
Jack Weigland, Richard Brown
February 13th: Jordan Powell, Catherine Survillas, Jane and Bryan Ipsen
We had a new comer to the competition for Club Comedian in the person of Doug Haaland and a fine joke it was, but just below the Censor's wrath:
This is the tale of Andrew McTavish... The bonnie Scot Lad
Andrew was walking across the moors one day and after a while he grew tired so he laid down under a tree to take a wee bit of a nap.
While he was laying there two bonnie lassies happened by... and one asked the other "Have aire ya wondered what they wear underneath their kilt" The other said aye, but I've nare had the guts to ask'em.
So the one lifted Andrew's kilt and low and behold he was wearin' nuthin but his Scottish pride.
So the one lass says to the other...give me the blue ribbon from your hair and we'll play a wee bit of a joke on the lad. When she got the blue ribbon she tied it round Andrew's privates and off they scampered across the moor.
By and by Andrew woke up from his nap and noticed somethings arye underneath the kilt. As he lifted his kilt and saw the blue ribbon round his privates he said, "Aye laddie... I don't know where you've been... but I'm proud you took first prize!
►The definition of Rotary is a fellowship and service organization that helps ordinary people do extraordinary things!
► DISTRICT CONFERENCE - May 10-13, 2018: Dick Bauer says that you are going to have by attending 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 and there will be a special room for our president who will have a great open bar. 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 gaggle of Past Presidents return to the February 6th Meeting
For some reason, many of our Past Presidents descended on our Club at our February 6th meeting.
They were welcome of course and got to enjoy our speech contest.
Schedule of Events
♦ DICTIONARIES:Bill Donnoe has announced that the Dictionaries for middle school students will be distributed to schools on February 28th. On the day before, on the Tuesday, February 27th meeting, we will put labels and bookmark in them.
♦ FIRESIDE: A fireside chat will be held on Sunday, March 4th, 2018 at President Dick Bauer's home. All members of less than 3 years are strongly urged to attend. Of course, it is open to all members. Members of the Board should be there. More Information will follow.
♦ UGANDA WATER PROJECT: The Uganda water project going well. At last meeting we had $50,162.97 in 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 Granite Bay, South Placer, Woodland, Fair Oaks, Rancho Cordova, Orangeville, South Sacramento, Auburn Sunrise, Rancho Cordova Sunrise, and Roseville.
♦ CRAB FEED:Vince Iosso, treasurer for the Crab Feed said that the selling of the tickets are running slow; be sure to sell them and turn in $ to him, or if you can't - let him know. He is getting worried. Head Crabber Greg Herrera said that he has sent out the agenda of the Crab Feed and please do not forget wine and beer for our barrels. Phil Danzhas said that next week, he will sent 'round a sign up sheet for those who want to donate desserts. On the weekend Phil sent a message out to the membership asking for donations for dessert - you can contact him or sign up at our last meeting before the Crab Feed on Tuesday. Remember, we need at least 30 donated desserts to equal what we made last year.
♦ SAVE THE DATE: In keeping with the Peace and Conflict resolution month for Rotary, there will be a lecture 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:
CALENDAR
♦ CRAB FEED ASSEMBLY: FEBRUARY 20TH, 2018
♦ CARMICHAEL CRAB FEED - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2018
♦ SACRAMENTO BEE TOUR - MARCH 6TH, 2018, a field trip to the Sacramento Bee and
There was a guest Jordan Powell, a consultant with the American Parkway Association. I am told that he gave a great presentation. Unfortunately I just have some brochures that he left with the Club. They have a website and I am sure that you can get much information from them.
So even though the Speech Chairman, Phil Danz was not there, the speech contest went on, with Ex-Speech Chairman Jay Boatwright on the microphone, and Co-chairman George Abraham watching over the paper work, I am told that the contest progressed smoothly.
They had 5 contestants scheduled, but two couldn’t make it – so we just had 3, which still made for an entertaining evening.
The Judges were Shyama Chakroborty, Ed Bunting, and Bill Donnoe – all distinguished gentlemen, and a experienced timekeeper, Chuck McBride and tellers Donna Thorne and Stan Roe, rounded out the staff. There were a couple of Sgt at Arms, who had nothing to do because the crowd was very well mannered and followed the rules.
All three contestants spoke to the Rotary Theme for the Year “Making a Difference” and were excellent. After a close decision by the judges, the winners were announced, Julia Luna, 1st Prize was given $200 , Sarah Freese, 2nd Place, $100 and Elizabeth Rowe, $50.
Jay Boatwright thanked all the participants and especially Teacher Shannon Shope of Victory Christian High School who was in attendance and came with students Julia and Elizabeth. He also announced that Julia, the winner, will be competing at the semi-final contest on Tuesday, March 27th, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., at Riverside School, 2970 Riverside Blvd, Sacramento.
Troy Drennon soon will be the ripe old age of 38. He was born on November 3rd – 6 days before my birthday. We are both Scorpio. Wow- Troy has been with our Club for 7 YEARS! Troy married Erin in 2011 – she is from Alberta, Canada. They now have two children – Emily Mae (2013) and James Troy (2016).
Troy was born and raised in Carmichael. Do you remember the American River Hospital? He is 4th generation from Carmichael and both his parents are Sacramentans – Troy went to our famous Del Campo High School
He is a sports fan – Giants, 49ers, and Kings.
Troy started his own business in 2005 from his garage – woodworking – custom kitchen cabinets and other furniture. He earned his living this way until Edward Jones recruited him in 2012 as a financial advisor.
He was introduced to the Carmichael Rotary via Arden Arcade by a collegue from Edward Jones.
Troy speaks about Jay
James “Jay” Arthur Sedlak was born in Chicago, IL on 11-9-1951. His first great job was with Hertz rent a truck in downtown Chicago. It was a fun job. Next, was in the retirement planning business when FRISA Rules came out in effect in 1-1-1976 – protecting retirement plans – a big change in the industry.
After his moms passing in 1976, Jay moved to California with his bride Susan and her two twin girls. He came out to be closer to his mentor and uncle Hal, who was in the insurance business.
One main reason for his move, the winter of 1979 in Chicago, recorded 100” of snow, Sacramento had 0!
When Jay and Susan moved to California, the twin girls were 11, and they ended up going to El Camino High School, one lives in Sacramento and the other in Oklahoma.
Jay worked for Farmers Insurance from 1987-2000. He retired from the insurance industry with Powell and Associates in 2005 to help take care of Susan, who worked for AT&T on Watt Avenue. She ended up passing in 2007.
Jay was first in Rotary in Carmichael in 1986 helping out with the aftermath of the flood. He became friends with Rich Shipp, but was not a full time member of the Carmichael Rotary Club until 2005.
For fun Jay would love to play golf but a bad back has slowed hin down. He likes helping out with the Club Golf Tournament and other projects.
Jay is a huge Cubs fan and can recite the starting line up from 1969, including starting pitchers. His favorite Cub’s player was short stop Earnie Banks.
Fun fact: If you like pizza and you’re in Chicago – check out Ginn’s “East on Superior off Michigan”
The things Jay and I have in common: We are both Scorpio’s, we love baseball and pizza, and we work in the finance industry.
Jay has always been super to me and I look forward to going out to lunch with him for no other reason than to just hang out. He owes me a lunch.
The "Happy Fines" were reported in very terse terms, only identifying who did contribute to the Club: Vicky Boatwright, Jane and Bryan Ipsen, Dick Bauer, Jim Thompson, Chuck McBride for $83 - but two wonderful contributors were impressive, Ed Bunting and Jay Boatwright both added another BELL RINGER to their name!
BELL RINGERS
ED BUNTING (x5); RICHARD BAUER ; MARK BEIL ;JAY BOATWRIGHT (x2); VICKY BOATWRIGHT; ALAN GALLAWAY; STEVE GIRARD, DOUG HAALAND; GREG HERRERA; CHUCK McBRIDE; STAN ROE; EVERETT THORNE
BONG GONGERS
DICK BAUER (2); MARK BEIL; ED BUNTING; JAY BOATWRIGHT; VICKY BOATWRIGHT (2); SHYAMA CHAKROBORTY; BILL DONNOE; ALAN GALLAWAY; STEVE GIRARD; DOUG HAALAND; VINCE IOSSO; WALTER MALHOSKI; CHUCK McBRIDE; RICH PLATH; RICH SHIPP; TERRY SWEENEY; JIM THOMPSON; DONNA THORNE; EVERETT THORNE; 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 THE CLUB FOUNDATION (FOR GENERAL PURPOSE OR OUR NEW WATER PROJECT IN UGANDA)
raffle
Now with an opportunity to draw for the Ace of Spades, for a very, very slowly rising amount (few hundred) in the kitty. Dick Bauer was lucky enough to select with the winning ticket but it was only the Jack of Diamonds.
whoop de do!
Dickcan only hope that a consolation prize would be arriving from Hawaii soon!
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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