Our Club Comedian Greg Herrera got a nice laugh for his joke:
THE THREE LEGGED CHICKEN:
One day a traveling salesman was driving down a Yolo County country road when he was passed by a three-legged chicken. He was surprised, and stepped on the gas, but even at 50 miles per hour, the chicken was still pulling away from him! After following the chicken for a few miles, the chicken ran up a driveway and into a barn behind an old farmhouse. The salesman drove up to the house and knocked on the door. When he told the farmer what he’d just seen, the farmer said that his son had been working with the genetics department at UC Davis where they had developed a breed of three legged chicken so that he, his wife, and son could each get a drumstick. The salesman said, “That’s fantastic.” “How do they taste?” The farmer said, “I don’t know. We can’t catch ‘em.”
Bada Boom!
►The definition of Rotary is a fellowship and service organization that helps ordinary people do extraordinary things.
► FIRESIDE AT JIM THOMPSON'S HOME: The fireside which was slated for January 28th has been cancelled because Jim had a slight stroke recently. Karen Munsterman announced that she saw him recently and he seemed to be doing fine and with no noticeable ill-effects. The fireside is postponed.
► DISTRICT CONFERENCE - May 10-13, 2018: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
Schedule of Events
♦ CARMICHAEL DISTRICT SPEECH CONTEST: February 6th, 2018, Phil Danz (Speech contest chair) has already 2 participants from Victory Christian School, and at least Sarah Freese from Del Campo High School and perhaps more on the way.Phil Danz sent 'rounda signup sheet for volunteers to be Judges, Timekeeper, Score keepers and Sgt. at Arms. A good thing this year is that the winners of the regional contest will hold their finale at the District Conference - always a fun time.
♦ 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.
♦ DISTRICT MEMBERSHIP MEETING: Vicky Boatwright has attended a recent District Membership meeting and found it interesting. Membership is changing. One of the changes that she mentioned is that large clubs like Pt West can sponsor a satellite Club that can meet at a different time and location and function like a separate Club.
♦ 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 Danz has said that next week, he will sent 'round a sign up sheet for those who want to donate desserts.
CALENDAR
♦ FIRESIDE: Sunday, January 28 at Jim Thompson's home - CANCELLED
♦ CUBAN TRIP - JANUARY 30TH - JAY & VICKY BOATWRIGHT
♦ CARMICHAEL CLUB SPEECH CONTEST: FEBRUARY 6TH, 2018
♦ JORDAN POWELL - ARPF: FEBRUARY 13TH, 2018
♦ CRAB FEED ASSEMBLY: FEBRUARY 20TH, 2018
♦ CARMICHAEL CRAB FEED - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2018
TWO OF OUR THREE CARMICHAEL RYLA STUDENTS FOR THIS PAST YEAR
Sarah Freese and Bella Lopez (our third student Courtney Warner was not able to attend)
Each student spoke in tandem about their experiences as RYLA students this last year. They got on a bus with a bunch of strangers and at the end of the week at camp, they were all best friends. They had to forego using their cell phones. They laughed, they cried and told some of their most intimate secrets to each other - it was very emotional. What they learned and practiced was to "Be the best kind of Self" and to put out "Outstanding Effort". They would share life stories and do exercisers like playing "Cross the Line", if you have something high risk to say, then you "Crossed the Line". They were asked to keep a log of all of their experiences and played "Brain Olympics" were they learned to be a "team player", had rope course in which they learned to trust one another, and broke a book with their bare hands (see photo above - in Bella's hands". Both Sarah and Bella said that the experience for many made them more outgoing (Neither Sarah or Bella have a problem with shyness). Individually, you got in touch with "who you are". It was, it seems, a happy transforming experience for both of them (and, I am sure, for Courtney also.) It was a wonderful inspiring presentation and their enthusiasm was very catching. pic below:
President Dick Bauer, students Sarah Freese and Isabella Lopez and RYLA Chairman George Abraham
Tony Marques, Jay Boatwright, Richard Bauer, Fred Fix, Shyama Chakroborty, Mary Maret
(Phil Danz and Marilyn Escobar are not seen in photo.)
On Saturday, January 20, 2018, some 8 hard working souls (5 of which are Rotarians) showed up at the behest of our president, Dick Bauer, to plant 20 (twenty) Oak trees at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center in Carmichael.
It seems that, in this particular area of the park, Oak trees were dying – probably due to shifting of underground water from the American River and new trees needed to be planted. We started at a little after 9 a.m. and after instructions from Mary Maret, Nature Resource person, we got after the planting which took a couple of hours. Satisfied in our efforts, we happily went on to other things on a nice, but cold, Saturday. More pics below:
Above showing Mary Maret planting acorns, covering with cone (for squirrels) and finally a wire fence (keeping the deer from eating the tree.)
Marilyn Escobar in foreground - It takes team work
Shyama Chakroborty and Phil Danz - Proud of their work!
Now, President Elect-elect and "Happy Thought" counselor, VickyBoatwright , was again at her job and this time, getting "Happy Thoughts" was like cutting through butter. Ed Bunting jumped up and became a BELL RINGER simply because he was overwhelmed with Sarah and Bella's presentation; Chuck McBride put in some dough because he was feeling guilty for not being at the Effie Yeaw plant a tree project; Bill Donnoe said he missed last meeting because he was in jail in Albuquerque; Comedian Greg Herrera was happy with his joke; Don Wangberg gave it up for our RYLA students; George Abraham praised the RYLA students and are happy that they promised to help the new upcoming students to continue with our interact Club; Stan Roe was happy to see Sarah Freese in our Speech Contest in a few weeks; lastly Dick Bauer thanked the RYLA students for coming to our meeting.
BELL RINGERS
ED BUNTING (x4); RICHARD BAUER ; MARK BEIL ;JAY BOATWRIGHT; 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 slowly rising amount (few hundred).
Donna Thorne was lucky enough to select with the winning ticket. But Donna was not disappointed.
She only drew the 8 of Spades - whoop de do!
But still good news, the generous "Phantom Donor"gaveDonna a nice bottle of quality wine!
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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