Our Club Comedian Greg Herrera got a nice laugh for his joke:
THREE WACKS
A rich lawyer is pheasant hunting when he shoots a bird and it falls in an adjacent field.
The lawyer sees a very old local yokel standing in the field and asks him to pick up the pheasant .
“Not doin’ that,” says the old man. “This here is my field, so that’s my bird.”
This infuriates the lawyer. “Listen you ignorant old man", he says, "I know the law and that bird belongs to me. If you do not hand it over I’ll sue you!”
The old man replies:
“The law around here says we settle these things with the Three Wack Rule.I give you three wacks with my stick then you give me three wacks and whoever gives the biggest wacks wins.”
The lawyer is sure that he can wack harder than the old yokel farmer so he agrees.
The old man takes his walking stick and gives the lawyer a terrific wack across the legs, than another across his nose, and a third across the back of his head.
The lawyer has been knocked to his knees but manages to stager to his feet.
“My turn the lawyer says.
“Naaah,” says the old yokel.
“You win. Keep the darn bird.:
And Badda Boom!
►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
Schedule of Events
♦ CARMICHAEL DISTRICT SPEECH CONTEST: February 6th, 2018, Phil Danz (Speech contest chair) has already 5 participants, 3 from Victory Christian School, and at least Sarah Freese and her sister from Del Campo High School. Phil Danz sent 'round a 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.
♦ 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
♦ 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
A few months ago, the Boatwrights, Jay and Vicky, travelled to Cuba and spent 8 days there. To my mind, the 1st class fare per person, excluding air fare ($5,500) was not that expensive (although the travel insurance was $880), but you got to be on the cutting edge of seeing Cuba just before it will undergo great transformational changes. It was a tour sponsored by Jay's alma mater Oregon State. They were 21 travelers on a tour bus with a bus driver and 2 tour guides- no cell service or credit – cash only.
Jay and Vicky took us on their journey, day by day, from Havana to Trinidad, seeing old plantations and an organic farm. It was an intensive regimen with many slides and stories. I found that their very interesting presentation is far too extensive for this newsletter to capture all the details, but below is a really incomplete overview with just a few of their pictures.
The Plaza de Revolution - Likeness of Che Rivera - where Fidel Castro would talk for 8 hours straight
Famous El Aljibe Restaurant in Havana - est. 1946
Old buildings not kept up - 3 per day collapse in Havana
Sugar Cane tour conductor gave Vicky the "thumbs up" while wearing his new Oregon State Hat
Old Rotary Plaque - 1990 - looks like a district conference but Rotary left Cuba in 1979
Secret door that Bautista used to escape the Capitol
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) in the kitty. Walter Malhoski was lucky enough to select with the winning ticket. But even with wife Patti on his side, he drew the Ace of Diamonds.
whoop de do!
But still good news, the generous "Phantom Donor"gaveWalter 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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