The meeting April 16, 2019 , was opened by our Past President Dick Bauer (filling in for President Greg Herrera who was off to Hawaii or Japan or somewhere AGAIN! ). He gave the microphone over to our esteemed member, Mark Urban, who gave the "thought for the day":
♦ CLUB SURVEY FOR YEAR - 2019-2020: President-elect Vicky Boatwright has passed out a Survey of Members asking that members volunteer for areas of interest in helping her in her year. Please fill it out and return it to her!
♦ The Regional Speech contest - Alan Gallaway ATTENDED THE REGIONAL SPEECH CONTEST ON APRIL 11TH AND GUESS WHAT? OUR OUTSTANDING WINNER OF OUR CLUB CONTEST, Cassi Cosentino, WON THE REGIONAL AND WILL BE ONE OF FOUR CONTESTANTS AT THE DISTRICT CONTEST ON MAY 18TH! Alan reported that Cassi practiced her speech at one of his Toastmaster's meetings before the Regional.....
►LOCAL ART SHOWING - One of our members, retired dentist Terry Sweeney participated in an art show at the Carmichael Presbyterian Church on Marconi, April 6th, 2019. He painted a picture of a sad clown expressing emotions about a sad poem. We have talentin our Club...... See below..
CALENDAR
► APRIL 23 - Developing Students Into Ethical Leaders - Desiree Wilson
► APRIL 30 - MAKE A WISH/CHILD HEALTH - Nicole Foster
► MAY 7 - THE SERVICE ABOVE SELF AWARD - Chuck McBride
We were fortunate to have world traveler and member of our Club, Alan Gallaway to tell us about his latest trip to Ecuador. It was so informative and interesting that your B.E. (Bulletin Editor) decided to just publish his written notes about the trip (with some small editing)....
"Ecuador means equator and it runs right through country.
Quito is Capital of Ecuador, altitude 9350 ft.
Largest city is Guayaquil, where I flew into.
Population over 16 Million with a Democratic government. They use US dollars, the only country besides Panama. Since 2001, this has been a big advantage for us.
I stayed at a beach town called Salinas, which juts out on a little peninsula. Climate was cooler that I expected, and temp only varies about 5 degrees from high to low all year round. High was 74 degrees and low 69. Earlier in year, the highs are 82 and lows 76. The length of day here only varies by about 15 minutes all year round because it’s so close to equator.
I found this B and B in Salinas for $50 per night on Travelocity. The trip from Guayaquil to Salinas is about 90 mi and takes almost 2.5 hrs. The owner of the B and B, Cesar Guillen, found me a driver for $65, where usually a taxi is about $120, I took the red eye flight. Sacramento to San Francisco to Pato Branco, Brazil to Guayaquil, Ecuador.
I texted Cesar about tennis, and found there was a club about 2 mi from his house. He found name of a pro, Juan Carlos, and gave me his number.
The Club very nice with 4 hard courts and 4 clay courts. Club charged 10 and 20 with Juan Carlos. I made deal of $40 for the time I was there. Played with Juan 6 times. Because it is so close to equator there, when sun is out which was rare, you make no shadow at noon. Taxis were cheap in Salinas.
Things are relatively cheap. Whole chicken in supermarket was $5.75, $17.50 for a lobster dinner. Breakfast buffet for $6.99.
I hired a taxi to give me a tour. The Malecon is beautiful . Malecon is name given to street that borders the water. No good English translation (Esplanadealong a waterfront). We entered an army navy base that used to be American in WW II. The driver said he was going to take me to the Chocolatera, which means chocolate factory in Spanish. Instead it is the name given to the formation at the end of the peninsula where the water roils up and gives off a brown appearance. There were many interesting rock formations. And a great view of the bay.
The biggest tourist attraction in Ecuador is the Galapagos Islands, famous for the variety of species only found there. There are 18 islands that are larger than one square kilometer. Darwin saw these islands and they helped him come up with the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Another interesting place is Cuenca in the highlands. It has old European architecture.
The day before I left, I went to a Rotary meeting, Great time. The meeting was in both English and Spanish. We exchanged club banners, and I enjoyed meeting everyone. One of the members managed a condo overlooking the beach, which was 3 bedrooms and rented for $65 per day.
Getting back for my return flight was a project because my flight left at 6:04 Fri morning. I found a solution. Cesar had another B and B in Guayaquil, and he said He’d get driver to take me there the night before. Rafa, the driver gave me a tour of Guayaquil, but it wasn’t that interesting. I got up at 5 for the return trip to Sacramento."
V icky Boatwright was nicely asked to elicit "Happy Thoughts" , by Acting President Dick Bauer; Bill Baxter gave some for his 79th birthday; Chuck McBride put in $2 for Alan, who went to the Regional Speech contest and for his nice presentation; Stan Roe gave some because he visited with his daughter who lives in San Diego; Hamid Ahmadi talked about two interesting books that pursue the issue of the future of work in the world, how the world is changing. Pics of the book covers are below:
Walter Malhoski is celebrating his 13th anniversary of being retIred ; Vicky Boatwright said that she gave big quantities of blood today! ; and Doug Haaland put in some $ because he is back from Arizona.
BELL RINGERS
DICK BAUER; BILL BAXTER; MARK BEIL; VICKY BOATWRIGHT (x2); ED BUNTING (x3); PHIL DANZ; ALAN GALLAWAY; DOUG HAALAND; GREG HERRERA; CHUCK McBRIDE; KAREN MUNSTERMAN; RICH PLATH; STAN ROE; WALTER MALHOSKI X2; RICH SHIPP; DAVID THORMAN; MARK URBAN
BONG GONGERS
DICK BAUER; ED BUNTING (X8); PHIL DANZ; BILL DONNOE; TROY DRENNON; DOUG HAALAND (X3); GREG HERRERA (X5); VINCE IOSSO; WALTER MALHOSKI ; KAREN MUNSTERMAN, CHUCK McBRIDE (2); RICH PLATH; STAN ROE; JIM THOMPSON
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
Lucky CHUCK McBride had the winning raffle ticket for a second meeting in a row, but in spite of his luck and the near $1000 in the kitty, he just got the 2 of Clubs - another pitiful effort.....
"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
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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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