1. THE NUGGET
 
VOLUME 73, ISSUE 23
 
 
 
     
THE ROTARY CLUB OF CARMICHAEL
P.O. Box 129
Carmichael, C 95609-0129
 
Club Website: http://clubrunner.ca/Carmichael
 
District 5180:
http://rotary5180.org
 
Rotary International:
www.rotary.org 
 
Stories
ROTARY THEME 2019-20
 
VOCATIONAL SERVICE
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
 

 

The Meeting
 
The meeting of January 21, 2020 was opened by President Vicky Boatwright.    
    Then esteemed member Rich Plath led us with the "Pledge of Allegiance and gave the
 "Thought for the Day":
 
"One person caring about another
represents life's greatest value."
 Jim Rohn
       
 
 
  DAN McKAY,  RAY WARD,  BRENT  AND ALISON HASTEY,  DESIREE WILSON
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
Very, very Sad News: 
 
Douglas Haaland, 67, passed away peacefully and surrounded by loved ones, on January 23, 2020 after a brief but dignified battle with renal cell carcinoma. Memorial service will be at the Sacramento National Cemetary at Dixon on March 3rd at 1:30 pm. see Read more for more details..

Paris Ann Powell-Chakroborty, wife of our member Shyama passed away on the 17th of January, 2020 from a two year battle with cancer....Memorial Service will be at the Miller Funeral Home, 507 Scott Street, Folsom on February 15th at 12 pm. see Read more for details.
 
CRAB FEED UPDATE:  Dick Bauer reiterated that Vince Iosso needs you to either turn in unused tickets or money collected today since time is short before our event on February 8th. Vince reported that ticket sales have been low -  he has more tickets to sell - please contact him if you want more tickets for family, friends etc.
David Thorman, Chair of the Raffle prizes reiterated that we are still lagging behind in the number of items collected. Please try to collect items from the community and if not, cash would be appreciated. He also said that beer and wine donations are need for the “wheel barrel” prize. Please bring to the next Rotary meeting on OUR CRAB FEED ASSEMBLY ON FEBRUARY 4TH!
Katha Danz, co-chair of the “Dessert Auction” said that our target is 30 desserts, and we have 26 desserts committed. Try to get a donation from your grocery store or bakery. Remember to tell them that we will advertise their establishments to 300 people.
Bill Donnoe needs ALL information 10 days before the event for the brochure
• Pres. Vicky announced that we need volunteers to help at the Rancho Cordova Club’s crab feed on Saturday, February 29th at St. John Vianneys – a sign up sheet was passed out. We will get 10 volunteers from the Passport Club.
Ed Bunting reiterated that we need ads for the Crab Feed brochure – talk with people you know CPAs, Attorneys, other establishments you frequent – the Carmichael Chamber of Commerce has added out info to their newslettter...
 
Blood is needed: Pres. Vicky mentioned that you can go to Vitalent.org to find a location to give blood. She just said that it is done in very comfortable surroundings. One location close to us is BloodSource, 11713 Fair Oaks Blvd (916) 722-7119. Chuck McBride passed around the change jar again, we will all benefit because all proceeds will be divided up for our Paul Harris Fellows - all going to Polio+.
 
DISTRICT AWARDS DINNER - Awards for Youth Projects - May 16th.
 
DEADLINE FOR GRANTS -April 30th.
 
RISE AGAINST HUNGER - April 16 
 
♦ Rotary International Convention is June 6-10 in Honolulu. You can register at http://www.riconvention.org .
 
 
 
 
 
► February 4th - CRAB FEED ASSEMBLY
 
 
♦ February 8th - CARMICHAEL CRAB FEED
 
 
► February 11th -Give Back to the Military - "Distinguished Visitor Program" - Dennis Hall
 
 
February 18th - Financial Literacy for You - Sohil Varshney
 
 
► March 10 - CARMICHAEL CLUB SPEECH CONTEST
 
► March 28 - DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
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Guide Dogs and more - Dan McKay
 

Dan McKay and his dog, Kirk

 
P hil Danz  introduced Dan McKay,  a remarkable individual who has largely overcome the adversity of slowly becoming blind over many years due to a rare disease.
He has, in his forties, mastered braille, which is no easy task, cane walking, and thanks to Guide Dogs for the Blind, a wonderful organization, used his guide dog, Kirk, to navigate outdoors in the small town of Timmins, way up in north eastern Ontario, Canada.
Dan gave a presentation at our 4 seasons community “lecture series” in El Dorado Hills last year and we were so enamored with his stories that we had him back this year.
Dan started by thanking the Carmichael Rotary Club for allowing him to speak today about Guide Dogs and his experiences.
He showed a volunteer how you walk with a blind person by leaving your left arm for the person to touch and then walk – be sure to tell the blind person if you are going down or up steps.
 He said that “sighted” people should know that you never touch or talk to a dog who is in harness. You should never give them “treats”.  Dan said that only the dog owner can give commands. He said that his dog “does his business” on command and at a certain time of the day and on a hard surface. He gave an interesting illustration of how he “picks up” after his dog.
Dan says that thanks to Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB), he has been liberated to go out into the public, go on public transportation, to the store and virtually anywhere. He came, for instance, all the way from Canada on two flights with Kirk, his dog.
These trained dogs are selected to suit the personality of their owners – Dan says that he is outgoing and action oriented and Kirk matches that, a more subdued dog might be selected for a more placid person. Dan does all the grooming for his dog, which is a fun time for them both.
The dog is pattern trained in the beginning  being with the selected dog. The dog will walk with the person (along with a sighted person) to a certain door (maybe a home or business) and it has to be the right door because the dog never forgets and will bring you back years later to that exact spot. Dogs navigate the person around obstacles, looks out for manholes or holes or dips in the pavement or ground, and actually will not let you walk through a door opening which to too low – so you won’t bump your head. They will bring you to the non “hinged” side of a door so that you can enter from the opening (some doors are hinged left and some right). They are trained to be “beneficially disobedient” so that your dog will not obey your command if the command will cause you harm. Dan mentioned that one day he was on the street corner and was going to cross but his dog would not obey his command – so he felt out in front of him with his hands and felt a ladder which was protruding from a truck and he would have smashed into it. GDB has been very good to Dan and have paid for everything related to his dog and his trips to San Rafael and Oregon for training and to “pick-up” his dog. Dogs are retired on average after seven years and the owner tell GDB when it is time to retire. Dan has had several Dogs and GDB budgets $100,000 for each dog.
President Vicky happily told Dan that in honor of his interesting presentation, a book will be donated to the Carmichael Library (Sacramento Public Library subsidiary)
District Governor Ray Ward, Speaker Dan McKay, President Vicky Boatwright, in foreground Guide Dog Kirk
District Governor Ray Ward, President Vicky Boatwright, Ms. Alison Hastey, District Governor Elect Brent Hastey
 
Fines/Happy Thoughts and Raffle

 

HAPPY FINES
 
Good ol’ Chuck McBride was available for the “Happy Talk” session and PDG Jim Thompson happily mused about wearing a cowboy hat back in the day when he was District Governor (we were all in "country western attire for the meeting), Now up pops Hamid Ahmadi, from nowhere, back from his trip to New Zealand and is now teaching online and BONGS THE GONG 3 times (wow) and he brought a bottle of wine which I enjoyed sharing; Troy Drennon is happy the 49ers are in the Superbowl; Jay Boatwright reminisced about the demotion of  Jim Thompson – was the greatest – Jay drove to L.A. and was so saddened by the passing of Kobe Bryant; Ray Ward talked about comparing sons or something like that; Greg Herrera talked about his dog “Sparky” because Dan’s guide dog is so beautiful – I guess so is “Sparky”, and reflected on the sad passing of Doug and Paris – every day should be a wake up call and he RANG THE BELL, Dick Bauer related that he almost cancelled next years season tickets to the Kings, but then they won a game, Ed Bunting BONGED THE GONG three times for Kobe, Doug and Paris – and someone in his family; Walter Malhoski related how he has survived and illness of two year’s ago and is “vertical and verifiable”; Chuck McBride said something to do with a swift stealing of the bell but was returned within minutes, Vicky Boatwright also had fun in L.A. – Wow six BONGS OF GONG and one RANG BELL – adds up to $700.00!
 
  
 
BELL RINGERS
 
DICK BAUER; MARK BEIL; ED BUNTING (3); VINCE IOSSO; JAY BOATWRIGHT(X3); VICKY BOATWRIGHT (2); GREG HERRERA;
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 (6) ; GREG HERRERA (3); VINCE IOSSO; 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

 
 
Seems like Hamid Ahmadi should have won the raffle because he had generously BONGED THE GONG three times and it would only be fitting, but he just selected the 3 of Spades. It didn't seem to bother him a bit - maybe because he knows that there is hardly any money in kitty anyway. I don't know if he got any wine for a consolation prize...
WE ARE HAVING A CRAB FEED!
WE ARE HAVING A CRAB FEED ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2020 AT THE LA SIERRA COMMUNITY CENTER IN CARMICHAEL. PLEASE CONTACT OUR CHAIRPERSON VINCE IOSSO AT 916-803-4766 OR EMAIL AT vamaio@att.net . Please Hurry, tickets are limited.....
 
LATEST BOOK DONATIONS 

 
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 by Berta Boegel, Branch Supervisor, Carmichael Library, subsidiary of the Sacramento Public Library
rboegel@saclibrary.org
  
   
BOOK DONATIONS - as of 12-29-19  
 
  
SPEAKER
 
  
TITLE
AUTHOR
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
MICKEY McMULLEN
"Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy and
How it can do Better"
Rob Reich
 
UPDATE ON BOOK DONATIONS
Book Donations to Carmichael Library
Update to 3-15, 2019
 
SPEAKER
BOOK
AUTHOR
Ann Elmasian"Game Changer!: Book Access for All Kids"
Donalyn Miller
&
Colby Sharp
Dr. Hamid Amahdi"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
 
Your bulletin 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:
  1. Missy McCall, who talked about “Human Trafficking”, book donated in her name: Under the Birch Tree: A Memoir of Discovering Connections and Finding a Home by Nancy Chadwick.
  2. Mark Urban, who talked about a trip to Ethiopia, book donated in his name: The Pharaoh’s Treasure: The Origin of Paper and the Rise of Western Civilization by John Gaudet.
  3. 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
  4. Doug Haaland, who talked about his trip to Israel, book donated in his name: Shaya: An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel by Alon Shaya.
  5. and 6. Bill Baxter and Rich Plath, who talked about “Fly Fishing” – get this“On the Fly”: Hobo Literature and Songs 1879-1941 ed. By Iain Mcintyre. How appropriate….
 
Book Donations, the Gifts that Keep on Giving - update, June 26, 2018
 

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.
RECENT BOOK DONATIONS
 
 
 
Read more...
MORE SPEAKERS/BOOK DONATIONS TO THE CARMICHAEL LIBRARY
MORE BOOK DONATIONS
Presenter
 
Book
Topo Padilla
"I'd Know That Voice Anywhere, My Favorite NPR Commentaries"
Author: Frank Deford 
Richard Kowalski
"The Life of Louis XVI"
Author: John Hardman
Michael Shannahan
"United, Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing
the common Good" - Author Cory Booker
Judy Sweeney
"The Dark Lady's Mask: A novel of Shakespeare's Muse"
Author: Mary Sharratt
Bill Wittich
"The Hundred Year Walk, An Armenian Odyssey"
Author: Dawn Anahid MacKeen
Berta Boegel
"In a French Kitchen: Tales and Traditions of Everyday Library
Home Cooking in France"
Author: Susan Herrmann Loomis
Alan Anderson
"Butterflies"
Author: Ronald Orenstein
Josh Ehlers
"The Great Departure: mass migration from Eastern Europe and
the making of the free world."
Author: Tara Zahra
Joel Archer
"Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architects of a new city"
Author: Adina Hoffman
Chris Nelson
"The California Current: A Pacific ecosystem and it's fliers, divers,
and swimmers"
Author: Stan Ulanski
Hong Zhang
"Smoke Gets in your eyes: and other lessons from the Crematory"
Author: Caitlin Doughty
Bill Pettite
"The Mindful Home": The secrets to making your home a place of
harmony, beauty, wisdom and true happiness."
Author: Dr. Craig Deirdre Hassed
Bill McAnally
"Our Robots, Ourselves, Robot and Myths of Autonomy"
Author: David A. Mindell
Glen Fong
"Two Hours, The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon"
Author: Ed Ceasar
Dwight Chambers
"To Courage to Act, A Memoir of a Crises and it's Aftermath"
Author: Ben S. Bernanke
Ibrahim Chehade
"Gold Fever, One Man's Adventures on the Trail of the Gold Rush"
Author: Steve Boggan
Jim Thompson
"Got to Give People What They Want, True Sotries and Flagrant
Opinions from Center Court.
Author: Jalen Rose
Joanne Tanner
"Speed Kings, The 1932 Winter Olympics and the Fastest Men in the
World."
Author: Andy Bull
Megan Case
"A force for Good, The Dalai Lama's Vision for our World"
Author: Daniel Goleman
Stan Roe
"Empire of Self, A Life of Gore Vidal"
Author: Jay Parini
Bill Keye
"Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental
Aqueduct and the Rise of Los Angeles"
Author: Les Standiford
Dan Boeger
"The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them"
Author: Joseph E. Stiglitz
Alan Gallaway
"Your're Not Lost if You Still See the Truck: 
The Further Adventures of America's Everyman Outdoorsman"
Author: Bill Heavey
Gus & Celia Flomo
"Tales From Both Side of the Brain; A Life in Nueroscience"
Author: Michael S. Gazziniga
 
Read more...
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