This last few weeks have been very busy for the Carmichael Club. We have had two excellent speakers, Bocce Ball practice, and most importantly, our District Conference. For that reason, I have condensed two Newsletters into one:
"Thoughts" for the Day":
April 29th: Karen Munsterman - Two instructional thoughts:
If you always wait to have your ducks in a row,
you might never get across the street.
Sometimes you might have to gather up what you have
and make a run for it!
May 3rd: Walter Malhoski
Those who can't remember the past
are condemned to repeat it.
Nothing is inherently and invincibly youmg
except spirit.
George Santayana
APRIL 29TH: SUSAN MAXWELL SKINNER, AND MAY 3RD: AARON FERGUSON, BJORK ROIKJER, DAVID BALLARD
THE CARMICHAEL CLUB HAS FOUND A NEW MEETING LOCATION
We meet at the Stage 76 Kitchen and Bar at 7600 Fair Oaks Blvd., near the Manzanita split, located at the corner of Fair Oaks Blvd and Wayside Lane. For those who have been in the Club awhile, we used to meet at this restaurant when it was called the Capri.
Karen Munsterman is accepting volunteers to assist athletes on Saturday, May 14th - she will be in touch via e-mail on details.
Vicky Boatwright is retired!
Vicky was honored for her nearly 20 years at Anheuser-Busch, and her recent retirement, with a dinner at Allora last (the other) night. Thank you to her bosses Melissa Ameluxen and Kirk Kimmelshue and former bossAndrewBaldonado !
We had the pleasure of having one of our long time members, Rich Plath in our "Getting to Know Him" series. He has been a significant force in the development of various properties around the Sacramento Areas - one that Rich speaks most fondly about is Gold River. To find out more - click on "Read More" below.
A Memorable District Conference - Chaired by Jay & Vicky Boatwright
It was a "slick", very well organized District Conference. The chairs, our own Jay and Vicky Boatwright, were able to pull off a seamless, well organized and entertaining conference with great speakers and with many contributors. See "Read More" for more pictures and information.
It was very nice to have an old friend to our Club, Susan Skinner, to talk about a subject she knows a lot about - Lady Diana. Susan was appointed to the press core to follow Lady Di for eight years in the 1980s. She has amazing insights into the life of Diana. Click on "Read More" for more informantion.
Attorney Aaron Ferguson, who just happens to be the son-in-law of Stan and Nan Roe, brought us exiting news about a new reservoir which is proposed to be constructed in Northern California in the next 10 years. To me, this is exciting and positive stuff because of the lack of water in California. Aaron gave a detailed overview of the project. See "Read More" below for more information.
Now the "Happy Thoughts" started with Phil Danz, kicking in meal money because he was awarded the plaque, Silver, for Public Image; Heine Roikjer went big and BONGED THE GONG and RANG THE BELL ($200) because his daughter was at the meeting (all the way from Iceland) and she is pregnant with his grandchild; Walter Malhoski BONGED THE GONG because he is also going to be a grandfather again; Stan Roe celebrated that his son-in-law, Aaron Ferguson, gave a fine talk; Dick Bauer celebrated the fine District Conference that Jay and Vicky put on for D.G. Desiree Wilson; Jay and Vicky BONGED THE GONG twice in enjoyment that it turned out so good; Geronimo BONGED THE GONG for Bjork's upcoming baby; Frank Pease RANG THE BELL for a family birthday.....makes 2 BELL RINGERS and 4 BONG GONGERS - WOW!
BELL RINGERS
BILL BAXTER; DICK BAUER; MARK BEIL; ED BUNTING (3); KATHA DANZ(2) ; ALAN GALLAWAY (2); GREG HERRERA (3); VINCE IOSSO (3);WALTER MALH;OSKI(2); TONY MARQUES; CHUCK McBRIDE; KAREN MUNSTERMAN; FRANK PEASE (2); RICH PLATH; HEINE ROIKJER (2); STAN ROE; JACK SHEARER, DAVID THORMAN
BONG GONGERS
DICK BAUER (13); KARI BAUER (2); MARK BEIL (2) ; JAY BOATWRIGHT (2); VICKY BOATWRIGHT;
ED BUNTING (5); KATHA DANZ; PHIL DANZ; ALAN GALLAWAY;
FRANK PEASE; STAN ROE (3); HEINE ROIKJER (5); RAMOUNA ROIKJER (3); JACK SHEARER
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)
THE DRAWING
None
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 Greg Freeman, Branch Supervisor, Carmichael Library, subsidiary of the Sacramento Public Library.
gregfreeman@saclibrary.org
Over the past eight years, nearly 500 books have been donated to the Carmichael Public Library. We show only the latest donated books with the names of the Guest Speakers.
LATEST BOOK DONATIONS - as of 4-15-2022
SPEAKER
TITLES
AUTHOR/S
Tien Ho
"Freedom: How to Lose it and How We Fight Back"
Nathan Law with
Evan Fowler
Joe Pick
"Walking Miracle: How Faith, Positive Thinking, and Passion for Football Brought me back from Paralysis - And Helped Me Find Purpose"
Ryan Shazier &
Larry Platt
Joel Carrion
"Montessori for Every Family: A Practical Parenting Guide to Living, Loving and Learning"
Tom Seldin &
Loma McGrath
Richard Olson
"The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera"
Matthew Aucorn
Linda Cutler
"Longshot: the inside story of the race for a COVID-19 vaccine."
David Heath
Alan Gallaway
"Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison"
Chris Hedges
Lois Creamer
"Floating in the Deep End: how caregivers can see beyond Alzheamer's"
Patti Davis
Rebecca Evans
"Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the wisdom of the forest."
Suzanne Simard
John Chuck, M.D.
"Empower: Conquering the Disease of Fear"
Tareq Azim, Seth Davis
"The Unbroken Thread" Discovering the age of chaos.
Sohrab Ahmari
Aprngil Javist
"The Last Nomad" Coming of Age in a Somali Desert
Shjugri Said Salh
Larry Schluer
"Ordinary Heros" A memoir of 9-11
Joseph Pfeifer
Habib Rahim
"Every Deep Drawn Breath" A critical care doctor on healing, recovery,
and transforming of medicine in the ICU.
Wes Ely, M.D.
Victoria Wolfe
"The Correspondents" Six women writers on the front lines of WW II..
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