VERY INTERESTING.....A VIRTUAL MEETING! PRESIDENT VICKY
AND CONSORT JAY LOOK OVER THE ASSEMBLAGE....
We had our sixth “virtual” meeting of the Carmichael Rotary Club, May 5, 2020. President Vicky Boatwright, recognized esteemed member Chuck McBride who, after performing the "Pledge", gave an appropriate "Thought for the Day" as follows:
EVENTS CHANGED OR POSTPONED OR CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE (COVID-19) PANDEMIC
♦ "RISE AGAINST HUNGER": IS POSTPONED, TO BE ANNOUNCED.
♦ THE CARMICHAEL ANNUAL EASTER SEALS GOLF TOURNAMENT - IS CANCELED
♦ "DISTRICT AWARDS": ARE POSTPONED BUT THE AWARD PACKAGES NEED TO BE IN PLACE. IT WILL POSSIBLY BE A HAWAIIAN THEME BECAUSE THE ROTARIAN CONVENTION WAS CANCELED.
♦ "ROTARY CONVENTION": IN HAWAII - CANCELED
•Blood is badly needed, stocks are down:You can go toVitalent.orgto find a location to give blood. President Vicky has been there recently and it is done spaced out and in very comfortable surroundings. One location close to us is BloodSource, 11713 Fair Oaks Blvd (916) 722-7119. D.G. Ray Ward said recently that after a bit, Vitalent might want the blood (serum) of those who have been infected with the COVID-19 virus, to help others. Right now they very much need "O" type. Please mention Carmichael Rotary if you give....
• Since we our meetings are on virtual format, Chuck McBride is frustrated and desperate for money for the Club, there are two ways you can give to him - send a check to Carmichael Rotary Club, P. O. Box 129, Carmichael, CA 95609 or a better way, is to just let Dick Bauer knowthe amount you want to give and he will love putting it on your credit card....
• How to help during this crisis. Now Rotary is recommending Volunteer Surge. You can train to speak to patients and seniors who are just released from the hospital to see how they are doing. This will relieve nurse personnel during this busy time. D.G. Ray Ward also says that there is a 30 hour training program to become a nurses assistant. More soon.
• The Board approved a $1000 donation to the East Sacramento Rotary Foundation for their Chaplaincy RV project, to help put the finishing touches on the motor home they purchased and equipped for the entire Sacramento area, with the assistance of a $10K District 5180 grant. If any of you would like me (President Vicky), to senddetailed email and pictures to you, please email me. So proud of what our Club is doing to help the community!
• Invite your friends and family, and even past members you still have contact with, to our Zoom meetings - It's easy and they might enjoy it!
► May 12: Ken Malavos - Author and Attorney, Have you ever thought about writing a novel?
Bob La Perriere M.D. (Dr. Bob) is no stranger to Carmichael Rotarians. He has lectured to our Club and a couple of years ago hosted a very interesting walk through of the Historic Sacramento Cemetery. Bob is a Mid-west transplant who started a committee to restore the Historic City Cemetery over 30 years ago and has served in numerous positions with the Sacramento County Historical Society. He is also curator of the amazing Museum of Medical History, 5380 Elvis Ave., which has doubled in size in 2018 (tickets are free, http://www.ssvms.org,unfortunately as with many businesses is temporarily closed). Bob spent 26 years practicing as a dermatologist for Kaiser, retiring in 1998.
Bobopened his talk describing (in a slide) that he was presenting “a bit of Burial History" and and introduction to Sacramento Cemeteries and a virtual tour of the Sacramento Historic Cemetery. There are various cemeteries in Sacramento County which he enumerated in a slide.Bob said that a lot of history of the dead are embedded in stone but tracking history may be more difficult in the future due to the evolution of handling the dead and burials. Things have evolved about death over the past 200 years. He told a story about Burke and Hare. In Britain, the Death Act of 1825 decreased the number of crimes punishable by death, which resulted in less bodies for dissection. Burke and Hare resorted to murdering at least 16 people and selling their bodies to Dr. Knox, a prominent lecturer in anatomy. This led to the hanging of Burke and was partially responsible for the Anatomy Act of 1832 which allowed greater access to cadavers and for the legal donation of bodies.
Another concern in the 1800s was being buried alive, as there was no scientific method of confirming death. Bob went on to describe methods of burial which might make it more difficult to track deaths. He mentioned the "Green Burial" in which everything is biodegradable, example is Fernwood Cemetery in Marin County. Another contemporary burial method is "Better Place Forests" where families can spread the ashes of their loved ones under private trees in a private forest. Now over 60% of people choose cremation in California. One concern for loss in tracking is keeping ashes at homes eliminates memorializing into perpetuity. Then there is "Water Cremation" (Alkaline Hydrolysis) - California is the 15th state to allow this form of burial and has 1/4-1/6 of the carbon imprint of cremation and no escape of mercury into the environment. And then there is "composting", Feb 20, 2020 a bill was past allowing for this in California - a body can produce a yard of soil within 30 days. Also there is a legal funeral pyre in Colorado.!
Bob went on to talk about other famous burial sites such as the catacombs in France, the nuns of Poor Clares where the dead nuns were put on cement stools to mummify in the 17th century.
Now Bob turned to our Sacramento cemetery history. He turned to the New Helvetia Cemetery which was founded in 1849 and in 1956 was moved to East Lawn and has many unknown interred there. Also the County Hospital placed a memorial to the over 15,000 indigents buried in Sacramento since the Gold Rush (near the cancer center at U.C.D) and now to the Old City Cemetery (Sacramento Historic City Cemetery) that was started by the donation of 10 acres by John Sutter in 1849 and gradually expanded to 60 acres and decreased to the current 50 acres. It has been in existence for 171 years. There is a plaque there to 17 doctors who lost their lives while attending victims of the 1850 cholera epidemic and the old Tier Grounds commemorating the three thousand (pioneer) victims of the 1850 cholera epidemic. At the cemetery, every season is beautiful winter, spring summer and fall - we were shown slides of the beautiful flowers in every season - and tombstones of famous people there and their beautiful statuary. John Bigler, third Governor of California, who named Bigler Lake until he died and it was changed to Lake Tahoe, and the Crocker Family, especially Amy Crocker who was quite an independent woman and fem-fatal, married 5 times and wrote a book saying she would do it all over again, and Mark Hopkins, who has a large monument there and many others. There are plaques dedicated to Firemen who lost their lives and to Veterans of the Civil War (an one known confederate soldier). And finally, childhood deaths were all too common from Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Meningitis and many many more.
President Vicky, at the end of Q and A about the presentation - so interesting, at the appropriate moment, informed Bob that, in honor of his lecture, a book will be donated to the Carmichael Library (subsidiary of the Sacramento Public Library). * I apologize to Dr. La Perriere that my depictions of his slides are of poor quality as I took these from the screen....
Chuck McBride, said that he needs money and that you can send a check to P.O. Box 129, Carmichael, CA 95609 or make Dick Bauervery happy by allowing him to charge your credit card. Chuck gave $10 for George Abraham's son becoming an Eagle Scout;Jim Thompson whogot on the visual display for the first time, donated four allotments ($80) for Polio+ and the jar; Frank Pease was happy to report that, after six weeks, he got to hug his grandson (because of COVID-19) - He donated one allotment; Walter Malhoski gave two allotments ($40) for two reasons: Michelle's dog who past away recently and his 82 year old brother-in-law who collapsed at lunch, was on ventilator and got off and is now O.K.; Troy Drennon gave one allotment in celebration of taking down a fence around his pool which opened up his yard enormously.......
BELL RINGERS
GEORGE ABRAHAM; DICK BAUER (2); MARK BEIL; KATHA DANZ; PHIL DANZ; ED BUNTING (3); VINCE IOSSO (2); JAY BOATWRIGHT(X3); VICKY BOATWRIGHT (3); GREG HERRERA(3); VINCE IOSSO; WALTER MALHOSKI (4); TONY MARQUES; CHARLES McBRIDE;
KAREN MUNSTERMAN; RICH PLATH; STAN ROE
BONG GONGERS
HAMID AHMADI (3); DICK BAUER; MARK BEIL; JAY BOATWRIGHT; VICKY BOATWRIGHT; ED BUNTING (7) ; GREG HERRERA (3); VINCE IOSSO (2); CHUCK McBRIDE; STAN ROE; TONY MARQUES; KAREN MUNSTERMAN; RICH PLATH (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 OR SPECIFIC PURPOSE)
RAFFLE
SO (DOUBLE DITTO DITTO FROM LAST WEEK) there was no Raffle because we need a genius to figure out how we can do the Raffle on an online (Virtual) format. There isn't much money in the kitty anyway. It would be good to get a "virtual" bottle of wine. It might take some time folks....
Thank you for such a warm welcome, I really enjoyed presenting and being a part of your meeting. I have attached our HERO form, a pdf copy of my slides and a virtual High Five for you!
Here are some additional resources for you and your members, I highly recommend the family activity page while we’re all ‘sheltering in place’.
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 byBertaBoegel, Branch Supervisor, Carmichael Library, subsidiary of the Sacramento Public Library.
rboegel@saclibrary.org
BOOK DONATIONS - as of 3-12-20
SPEAKER
TITLE
AUTHOR
BILL DONNOE
"Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern
World and Will Take Us to the Stars"
Andrew
Rader
DAN McKAY
"That Wild Country: An Epic Journey Through
the Past, Present, and Future of American's Public Lands"
Mark
Kenyon
JIM QUINNEY
"Hunger: The Oldest Problem"
Martin
Capparros
THOMAS GREEN
"Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization
and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools"
David
Ravitch
BOB
MUTCHLER
"Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven,
But Nobody Wants to Die"
Bioethics and the transformation of
Health Care in America
Amy
Gutmann
CHUCK
McBRIDE
"Apple Tree: Writers on Their Parents ed."
Lise
Finderburg
GLENN
FONG
"Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes
Thought."
Barbara Tyersky
DAVID THORMAN
"Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve
More by Doing Less"
Michael Hyatt
JACK FROST
"How Change Happens"
Cass Sunstein
KENT KERN
"I Wish for Change: Unleashing the Power of Kids
to Make a Difference"
Kyle Schwartz
MICHAEL HARDING
"The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking
of America"
Margaret O'Hara
PHIL DANZ
"Natural Rivals, John Muir & Clifford Pinchot, Creation of
America's Public Lands"
John Clayton
VIRGINIA STONE
"Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon"
Tucker Malarkey
WAYNE BEIL
"Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence
We can Trust"
Gary Marcus & Ernest Davis
BOB DEERING
"Trust First: A True Story
About The Power of Giving People
Second Chances"
Bruce Deel
HAMID AHMADI
"The Power of Human: How our
Shared Humanity Can Help Us
Create A Better World"
Adam Waytz
MICHAEL REINERO
"Blue Print: How DNA
Makes Us Who We Are"
Robert Piomin
RACHAEL TAYLOR
"Outsiders: Five Women Writers
Who Changed the World"
Lyndall Gorden
RAY WARD
"The Second Most Powerful Man in the World:
The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy,
Roosevelt's Chief of Staff"
Phillips Payson O'Brien
DESIREE WILSON
"Children of the Dream"
Richard Rothstein
LIZ BLUM
"Upcycling Outdoors": 20 Creative Garden Projects
Made from Reclaimed Materials
Max McMurdo
PHIL DARKE
"Hike It Baby": 100 Awesome Outdoor Adventures
with Babies & Toddlers
Shanti Hodges
DAVID RADAR
"Revolutionary George Washington at War"
Robert O'Connell
TERRYL SUMMERS
"The Pianist from Syria"
Aeham Ahmad
ALAN GALLAWAY
"Chaucer's People: Everyday Lives in Medieval England"
Liza Picard
JIM QUINNEY
"Pressure Cooker: Why Home Cooking won't solve our
Problems and What we can do about it"
Sarah Bowen, Joslyn Brenton, Sinikka Elliott
MARK MANNIS, M.D.
"How to be Patient: The Essential Guide to Navigating
the World of Modern Medicine"
Sana Goldberg, R.N.
MATT ZIMMERLING
"The Ecology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained"
D.K. Publishing
MICKEYMcMULLEN
"Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy and
"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….
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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825 decreased the number of crimes punishable by death, which resulted in less bodies for dissection. Burke and Hare resorted to murdering at least 16 people and selling their bodies to Dr. Knox, a prominent lecturer in anatomy. This led to the hanging of Burke and was partially responsible for the Anatomy Act of 1832 which allowed greater access to cadavers and for the legal donation of bodies.
Now 
was founded in 1849 and in 1956 was moved to East Lawn and has many unknown interred there. Also the County Hospital placed a memorial to the over 15,000 indigents buried in Sacramento since the Gold Rush (near the cancer center at U.C.D) and now to the Old City Cemetery (Sacramento Historic City Cemetery) that was started by the donation of 10 acres by 
