The 13th meeting of the 2019-2020 Rotary Year was opened by President Vicky Boatwrighton October 15th, 2019The "words of wisdom" for the day were given by our esteemed member Walter Malhoski:
"The best leader is one who has sense enough to
pick good men (women) to do what he (she) wants
done, and the self-restraint to keep from meddling
with them while they do it"
Theodore Roosevelt
Guests
WAYNE BELL, DENNIS HALL , CHARLIE VARIANO , JOHN VAN BRIEL , JACOB SACKS , FRANK PEASE
♦ President Vicky is looking for someone to host our "Holiday Party" on maybe Tuesday, December 10th. A decision was made that the host does not have to have a sit down dinner, just Hors V'Oeuvres or snacks and drinks. This would make the party a lot easier on the host. Will anybody volunteer their home for this? Let Vicky know....
♦ Holiday Baskets: Rich Plath
"We already are working with the San Juan Unified School District for our 2019 program. We enjoy the strong support of the Superintendent, Kent Kern and staff in charge of serving students who need support urgently. Our program is unique in that we serve many student families in our community who need the help the most.
It is important that we get an early count of those in our club who will help with home deliveries and bulk deliveries to the district office for further distribution. We will be doing our home deliveries Wednesday morning, December 18. We need help delivering food baskets to the district, also on Wednesday.
Another important part of our food program is helping assemble the food baskets on Monday, December 16 and Tuesday, December 17. We may be needed to help the district further distribute our baskets on Thursday, December 19.
My request is that each member communicate via e-mail or otherwise how he or she will help the week of December 16-19. An important aspect of our program has been our success recruiting family and friends. We would appreciate a tally of these other helpers as well. It is important to our club's reputation that we have good participation and that we fulfill the commitment we make to the school district. Please let me know by October 1."
Jacob Sacs and Charlie Variona came to our October 18th meeting to tell us about the Cal Fresh program in California. Cal Fresh encourages the using of fresh produce. It now has a program where food stamps recipients can use Food Stamps to get produce. Also you can get money back on produce that you buy on a once a month basis. Go to : www.CDSS.Ca.gov/inforesources/calfresh for information. They also need volunteers and are at the International Plaza Market, right by the light rail station. There is a helpline at 1-(877)-847-3663
♦Rotary District 5180 Conference:
Due to some last-minute requests and some flexibility offered by the resort, we have extended the registration through Saturday night.
Even though the Pepper Mill does not have any rooms in our block they have rooms available in the upgraded tower and the older section of the hotel. Contact them directly for more details.
♦ Rotary International Convention is June 6-10 in Honolulu. You can register at http://www.riconvention.org .
♦ Chuck McBrideAGAIN talked the same issues!
1. Blood! We need O+ or any human type of blood....
2. Matching points to donations are ending soon for up to $300, October 25th
AND then he produce a coin jar which we can deposit our coins for Polio+ ; he passed it around......
AND then he mentioned that October 24th is World Polio Day. Carmichael Rotary will honor that day by 100% of the "Happy Fines" collected on the meeting of the 22nd. Bell Gong, change, dollars, and anything over $100 get's matched.
► OCTOBER 22 - ROTARY TRIP TO UGANDA AND KENYA, AFRICA - Phil, Katha, Mark, Terri, Dave & Dana
► OCTOBER 29 - A FUN SOCIAL/OCTOBERFEST EVENT AT 36 HANDLES RESTAURANT IN EL DORADO HILLS ....
Our consummate Programs director Hamid Ahmadi introduced Wayne Bell. He said that Wayne was the Real Estate Commissioner for the State of California and recently retired. Among other things, he headed the State agency that licenses, regulates, and disciplines real estate agents and certain mortgage loan originators, enforces the laws regarding the qualification of sale, lease or financing, oversees the Vacation Ownership and Time Share Act. As Commissioner, Mr. Bell had the responsibility and primary authority for the enforcement of the California Real Estate Law and Subdivided Lands Act.
Wayne is a magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of UCLA where he studied political science. He earned his juris doctor degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and much more. Wayne is admitted to practice law in the States of California and Texas, and in the District of Columbia (currently inactive) and is a member of the bar of a number of federal courts. He is a life-time member of the UCLA Alumni Association and of the Navy League of the United States.
Wayne said that he is happy to be presenting to our Club and wanted to talk about real estate fraud. Many people have bought timeshare and would like to get rid of them. You are inundated with people purporting to be able to do this for you, many are time share crooks. They are scams, a danger sign is when they ask for money in advance. They can’t sell your time share, they are not licensed to do so – not licensed Realtors. They prey on the poor, disadvantaged and elderly. They say they give wonderful deals.
Then there are people who are looking for cheap rentals and those who will do a loan modification for you, they will take your equity and give you nothing. Then there is the scam of calls from Nigerian Royalty wanting to give you money and the one where the IRS is after you. You always have got to act right now and send money-that’s the key to look out for.
STOP-THINK-and TALK to someone you trust, analyze and observe – do a Google search.
Wayne told a story about himself – that in 1988 someone took over his identity and took money out of his bank account. Wayne had to file a report, turn in his drivers license and work point by point and he got his money back – what an ordeal- and there was a story floated that the perpetrator wanted to kill him. Wayne said he never lost his wallet and never figured out exactly how it happened.
The key to not being scammed is prevention. Seniors are targeted because they usually have a nest egg, and are often alone. Look carefully into reverse mortgages, they can be a good thing, but make sure things are legitimate. Check out who you are dealing with. Don’t transfer money, you will never see it again. The red flag to alert you is there is interest rates that are guaranteed. You can call the Real Estate Board. Another sign is if they want you to keep the transaction a secret and, of course, if you need to do the transaction right now. In general, if the deal seems to good to be true- it probably isn’t.
Crooks can put a deed on your home- record false deeds against your property, especially if the mortgage is paid off- so the mortgage company is not monitoring it – sometimes they will use a homeless person’s identity to take money out of your equity.
PresidentVicky thanked Wayne for his very informative and useful presentation, and mentioned that a book, in his honor, will be donated to the Carmichael Library (Sacramento Public Library).
Professor Hamid Ahmadi, President Vicky Boatwright, Speaker Wayne Bell, Guest Dennis Hall
Guests Jacob Sacs and Charlie Variana, and President Vicky Boatwright
Well Chuckems McBride opened the session. Here is what happened:
Our speaker, Wayne Bell said that he was happy to be here at the meeting with his good friends,Dennis Halland Hamid Ahmadi; WalterMalhoski is happy and grateful that his daughter got married, there was a full moon, no police, and his son has started a new job in South Lake Tahoe, G.I.S., Pittsburgh and the 49ers won – so he RANG THE BELL; Pres. Vicky had a great weekend, stayed in RV trailer at her cousin’s wedding, Hamid Ahmadi bragged that his Tesla car now has the ability to come to him when he calls for it – we challenged him on that and at the end to the meeting, he called for his Tesla (in the dark) and it came to him (see photo below); Alan Gallaway told a joke about an octogenarian who wanted a brain transplant and be given a choice of a Computer Specialist or an Attorney. The Attorney’s is totally unused. One Bell Ringer.
Hamid is overjoyed that his Tesla came to him on command from the parking lot at Ancil Hoffman
BELL RINGERS
DICK BAUER; MARK BEIL; ED BUNTING (2); VINCE IOSSO; JAY BOATWRIGHT(X2); VICKY BOATWRIGHT; WALTER MALHOSKI (3); TONY MARQUES; CHARLES McBRIDE; KAREN MUNSTERMAN; RICH PLATH; STAN ROE
BONG GONGERS
DICK BAUER; MARK BEIL; VICKY BOATWRIGHT; ED BUNTING ; GREG HERRERA (2); VINCE IOSSO; STAN ROE; TONY MARQUES; KAREN MUNSTERMAN; RICH PLATH
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 OR SPECIFIC PURPOSE)
RAFFLE
Jay Boatwright got the winning ticket and even though he didn't get the prize,
he just got the King of Spades. Jay was disappointed as you can see the dismay on his now baby face (no beard)
It didn't matter because there was no money in the kitty anyway.
THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE will be on October 25-27 at the Peppermill in Reno, "Escape to Rotayville " A discount in registration fee is extended until July 31st.
"Dark Commerce: How a New Illicit economy is Threatening our Future"
Louise I. Shelley
Jay Boatwright
"What Makes Wine worth Drinking: In Praise of the Sublime"
Terry Theise
Deputy Lacy Nelson
"The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well being."
Richard Wilkinson
&
Kate Picket
Moses Osono
"The Seasons of my Mother:A Memoir of Love, Family and Flowers."
The Wonderful Mr. Willughby, the first true ornithologist”
Tim Birkhead
Glenn Fong
“The Spy Who Left Behind”
Michael Pullara
Jay Boatwright
“Einsteins Monsters, The Life and Times of Black Holes”
Chris Impy
Jim Thompson
“Barons of the Sea and their race to build the fastest clipper ship”
Steven Ujifusa
Mark Steffens
“A Forever Family; Fostering Change One Child at a Time”
Rob Scheer
Yourbulletin editor just couldn’t help bringing to your notice the relevance of the last six “Book Donations” by Branch Supervisor, Berta Boegel given “in honor of” our recent keynote speakers to the Carmichael Library (Sacramento Public Library) at our Club meetings. Note that Berta has fined tuned the speakers topic to the subject of the book! They are below:
Missy McCall, who talked about “Human Trafficking”, book donated in her name: Under theBirch Tree: A Memoir of Discovering Connections and Finding a Home by Nancy Chadwick.
Mark Urban, who talked about a trip to Ethiopia, book donated in his name: The Pharaoh’sTreasure: The Origin of Paper and the Rise of Western Civilization by John Gaudet.
Dr. Beverly Wesner-Hoen, who talked about being a part of Rotary Fellowship, book donated Why To Kill a Mockingbird Matters: What Harper Lee’s Book and Iconic American Film Mean to Us Today by Tom Santopietro
Doug Haaland, who talked about his trip to Israel, book donated in his name: Shaya: An Odysseyof Food, My Journey Back to Israel by Alon Shaya.
and 6. Bill Baxter and Rich Plath, who talked about “Fly Fishing” – get this – “On the Fly”: HoboLiterature and Songs 1879-1941 ed. By Iain Mcintyre. How appropriate….
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
SPEAKERS/BOOK DONATIONS TO THE CARMICHAEL LIBRARY
As of June 26, 2017, we have purchased nearly 160 titles in honor of our speakers! Because of the large number of books, we are not showing them all at this time.
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