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
Lorie Rheams is no stranger to those who have been around Rotary for years. She and her husband, Russ are long time Rotarians who have contributed in many ways and will be remembered for their printing business that they jointly operated for many years in Orangevale and always gave Rotarians a break on their printing costs. Lorie gave a comprehensive pitch for literacy and the value of books. Unfortunately I lost my notes so my account can not be too detailed, but she talked of the various ways you could volunteer to read for children and the various programs that they have at the Libraries. Also she talked about the value of donating your old books and mentioned that there are Rotarians who fly to Mexico on a monthly basis and take paper back books down with them for the children. Lorie was impressed when President Bauer mentioned that our Club will donate a book to the Carmichael Library for her presentation (and for our many other speakers throughout the year).
A picture and some information is below:
Russ & Lorie Rheams, Dick Bauer, and Mo Browning-McBride
2x2 chuck mCbride & greg herrera tell about each other
Chuck tells about Greg:
Greg is a native Sacramento guy, born at Sutter Memorial Hospital in the late 1940’s and raised in the Arden-Arcade area. He went to a variety of grammar school (because district boundaries were changing) Winterstein, Greer, Edison, Jonas Salk, and Encina High School were his hang outs.
His father owned a salvage business in Perkins (used machinery and equipment, located off Howe and Cucamonga Ave) where he learned welding, mechanical skills, and built his first motocycle at 15. After school and weekends were spent working at dad’s shop.
Greg went to American River College (then American River Junior College), followed by U.C. Davis graduate school in marine biology. He worked as a marine biologist at the Bodega Bay Marine Lab (He kept seeing Jauque Cousteau and the Calypso going by and got bored, so he went on to medical school at UCLA. Surgery training and residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology were accomplished at the University of Pittsburgh, where he became an avid life long Steelers, Penquins, and Pirates fan.
Greg is recently retired from Kaiser Permanente after nearly 35 years of practice. He misses his patients, the practice of medicine, and colleagues but enjoys all the extra time with his wife, kids (3 ages 40, 38,and 27) and two grandkids (2 and 5), Hawaii living and fishing in Montana. Greg enjoys being a Carmichael Rotarian – so much so – that he is Crab Feed Chairman this year and President-Elect for the 2018/2019 year.
Greg tells about Chuck
Chuck McBride was born in Fresno, the second of three siblings. When he was four years old, his family moved to Sacramento and settled in the Town and Country area. He remembers attending most of the elementary schools in the San Juan Unified School District. He was in the first four-year class to graduate from Encina High School. During his high school days, Chuck ran track, played football, basketball and golf.
Following a skills aptitude test and meeting with a school counselor, Chuck was encouraged to pursue a career in medicine, carpentry or funereal services. Being the kid everyone in the neighborhood came to bury their deceased pets, his career course seemed to be a no brainer. But before heading to the bay area to attend the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science, Chuck worked at Aerojet earning money for college.
Upon graduating from mortuary school, Chuck headed back to Sacramento. He was hired as an apprentice for W.F. Gormley & Son at 21st and Capitol. After completing his apprenticeship, Chuck was hired as a funeral director for Sierra View Funeral Chapel. During his 50-year career in funeral services, Chuck worked for four local funeral homes and one in Marysville where he also oversaw the cemetery.
While living and working in the Marysville/Yuba City area, Chuck was invited to join the Rotary Club of Yuba City (1981). He returned to Sacramento to accept a position with Lombard and Company Funeral Directors on Auburn Blvd. and continued to fulfill his Rotary commitment by making up meetings at various Rotary Clubs including Citrus Heights, Arden Arcade, North Sacramento and Foothill-Highlands. He eventually joined the Rotary Club of Foothill-Highlands in 1989 where he remained until joining the Carmichael Rotary.
While a member of Foothill-Highlands, Chuck worked with fellow member, Marie Smith, the President of American River College, to secure the appropriate accreditation to move the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science, which was starting to become an integral part of the curriculum at ARC. Chuck remains on the Advisory Board of the school.
At the Club-Level, Chuck has served as President, Secretary, Chair of all Avenues of Service, Bulletin Editor, Interact Liaison between school and Rotary Club, Sgt. at Arms/Fine Master and Rotary Foundation Chair. At the District-Level, he served as District Interact Chair, District Secretary, Service of Remembrance Chair for several District Conferences and District Foundation Committee.
Chuck met his wife, Maureen – a fellow Rotarian + 8 – in 1991 and they were married in 2002. Chuck has two adult sons – Brian and Chris – both of whom are Paul Harris Fellows and four grandchildren.
Chuck has been an active Rotarian for 36 years and is a Paul Harris Fellow + 7 and a Foundation Benefactor. When not involved with various Rotary adventures, he enjoys gardening (he is know to have a green thumb) taking care of his koi pond and outdoor railroad setup and flying R.C. airplanes. He is on the board of his RC flying club.
So,there were 5 Carmichael Rotarians who attended the “Grants” seminar on Saturday, January 13, 2018, at the Faith Presbyterian Church in Sacramento.
I, for one, thought that the seminar was going to boring, dry and complicated as had been a few that I went to in years past. But no, Past D.G. Barbara Tracy introduced our good friend from the Fair Oaks Club, Fred Rowe, who took us through the getting a grant process in a simple, logical way. He narrated an easy to understand slide show and other information that can be found on the R.I. Website looking under “Grants” “Steps to apply for District or Global grants”.
Very interesting questions were asked throughout the seminar and other speakers talked with great knowledge and experience about their projects, many which were wonderfully successful and some not – showing the pitfalls in the process.
We found that our proposed Ugandan project was farther along than many of the others and that we, with the help of Richard Olebe, are proceeding in the right way. Some of our issues are: Once we are approved and given the funds, who controls the money and especially the flow of the money in the host country. We believe that our Club should have control. Also, we must make sure that maintenance of the project will be assured with the local people overseeing it.
Aloha Kakou, Our fellow Rotarian Jeff T. attended a meeting at the Rotary Club of Hilo Hawaii, and exchanged club banners. Vice president Wally Wong, Jeff Thompson, Biff Kennedy in the attached photo. The Rotary Club of Hilo was chartered on December 1, 1920. The Hilo club was the second Rotary Club established in Hawaii. The first was the Rotary Club of Honolulu, which sponsored the establishment of the Hilo Club.
Jeff engaged in a lengthy conversation about their major fund raising event they call the Hilo Huli Sunday. Its a wine and beer fest with 25 restaurants providing food samples created by local chefs. They have several Hawaiian bands and silent auction. The event is attended by 1,300 people who pay $50 pre-sale or $65 at the door to participate in the event. The Hilo Huli typically raises $50,000 for their local charity.
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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She only drew the 8 of Spades - whoop de do!
