THE NUGGET
VOLUME 74, ISSUE 38
 
 
 
 
THE ROTARY CLUB OF CARMICHAEL
P.O. Box 129
Carmichael, C 95609-0129
 
 
District 5180:
 
Rotary International:
 
APRIL, 2021
MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH MONTH
 
 
CALMED, GLOBAL GRANT TO REDUCE
MATERNAL & CHILD MORTALITY
 

 President  David Thorman opened the 38th meeting" of the 2020-2021 Rotary Year on the 27th day of April, 2021 and the 49th "virtual meeting" overall.  As is his custom, he rang the " Official Bell" (and virtually) to start the meeting. The "pledge" was performed by himself: 

 
 
"Don't judge each day by the Harvest
We reap but by the seeds we plant.
 
 
 
 
HONORARY
LYNDSAY BURCH, DAVID PIERINI
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
 
   ► The 2020-2021 CLUB PAUL HARRIS SELECTION: Once again our member are being asked to select someone in the Club they feel is deserving of being chosen to receive the Club's 2020-2021 Paul Harris Fellowship. Please email/call Chuck at crmassociates@comcast.net or (916) 397-3980 before April 30th with your selection. Thanks for your participation. Chuck McBride
 
 
DISTRICT CONFERENCE: Will be held on Saturday, May 22nd and Sunday May 23rd, only $25 (what a deal) virtually - 
register on the District 5180 website.
   ►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.
 
OUR FIRST IN PERSON HYBRID MEETING will be held at the Smokey Tavern, 9634 Fair Oaks Blvd in Fair Oaks on May 11th, 2021.. Those who would like to attend in person (and are vaccinated), please let President David Thorman know. Catherine Survillas will be the program, speaking about the Iruri primary school in Kenya. We will order off the menu.- Dave says the food is excellent.
 
► FLOAT FOR CARMICHAEL FOR THE 4th OF JULY PARADE: Jay Boatwright and George Abraham cooked up this design for our float:
 
JUST KIDDING!
 
  
FUTURE PROGRAMS
 
  ♦ MAY 4: C-SPAN - Doug Hemmig
 
  ♦ MAY 11: IRURI SCHOOL UPDATE - Catherine Survillas
 
  ♦ MAY 18: CIGAR CULTURE & LIFE STYLE - Louis C. Starr lll and Bob Bylisma 
 
  ♦ MAY 25: THE EVER CHANGING AMERICAN RIVER - JASON FAREIRA
 
  ♦ JUNE 15: FOUNDATION DINNER AT NORTHRIDGE GOLF COURSE - 6 PM.
 
 
 
We were privileged today to have Lyndsay Burch, Associate Artistic Director of the locally famous "B" Street Theater. Lyndsay had as her sidekick, Dave Piereno, actor of 30 years with the "B", who has played many interesting roles from scoundrel to good guy and everything in between. Lyndsay started with an "overview" of the live theater movement in our recent past. Many great live plays were produced in New York and in 1961 there were only 23 regional theaters in the U.S. The idea developed that there could be good regional theaters all over the U.S. and the number of theaters grew to 1800 in 2003. The "B" Street theater was founded in 1986. Actors were brought from all over the country (union members) to participate in the plethora of unique live plays. Then actually there has been a 2% decline in attendance for the last 5 years. Below are some reasons:
(slide above) We have had the advent of Twitter, Google, and Facebook. Digital gaming  becomes popular. Millennials have become less interested in live shows. 80% of people over 18 are streaming video.  The average video gamer is 35 years old. It has become, as Dave Pierini says, " a competition on the couch" - add on the refrigerator.
One good sign is that more children are seeing their plays. They had been bringing them in by the bus loads from schools and lots of fun for the kids and the actors. The "B" St. Theater is for "everyone".  But Lyndsay says that we need to talk about what COVID-19 has done to the "B" St. in the last 18 months. (below)
As Dave Pierini says there is a lot that the "B" St. has to offer when COVID is over and they expect to be fully open for "in person" plays in the fall. There are a lot of smart, humorous plays being written that "tugs" at the heart and they are reading and selecting them now. The "B" St. has wonderful "state of the art" facilities at 2700 Capitol Ave, Sacramento (see below):
The Kelly bar is a full bar and the Voris theater is comfortable and "state of the art" in every way. Spacious and not too crowded. They have had 7000
subscribers and they do 7 new plays a year and shows almost every day of the week. The Sutter theater has 380 seats and they have their Family Series there and this is where Dave Pierini says that the theater is full of kids and he has had a lot of fun there, he mentions playing the "Wicked Witch of the West" role for the kids - fun. They have improv nights. There are musical acts from all over the U.S. that enjoy playing there. It has the "Myers" sound which was developed at U.C.B. and is pristine. They will have the date of their opening soon and will definitely let us know...
President David showed his improvisation skills when he announced that in honor of our speakers, Lyndsay and Dave, a book will be donated to the Carmichael Library (subsidiary of the Sacramento Public Library.)
 
HAPPY FINES
 
So
 
It was lucky that Geronimo was at the meeting because he was the only one
who had a happy thought and he BONGED THE GONG because his dog
Sparky who was very sick recently is now happy and healthy even though
he has lost a lot of weight.

 
 
 
 
BELL RINGERS
 
GEORGE ABRAHAM; JAY BOATWRIGHT; DICK BAUER (2); PHIL DANZ; TROY DRENNON; ALAN GALLAWAY; GREG HERRERA (2); VINCE IOSSO; WALTER MALHOSKI ;
CHUCK McBRIDE; HEINE RORKJER(2) ;  STAN ROE; JAY SEDLAK; JACK SHEARER, JIM THOMPSON
v
 GONGERS
 
 
HAMID AHMADI (3); DICK BAUER; MARK BEIL; JAY BOATWRIGHT (2); ED BUNTING (4);
KATHA DANZ; GREG HERRERA(6) ; VINCE IOSSO (3); WALTER MALHOSKI (3); CHUCK McBRIDE; KAREN MUNSTERMAN; FRANK PEASE (2); STAN ROE (3); HEINE ROIKJE (2); RAMOUNA ROIKJE; 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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