THE NUGGET
VOLUME 74, ISSUE 2
 
 
 
     
THE ROTARY CLUB OF CARMICHAEL
P.O. Box 129
Carmichael, C 95609-0129
 
 
District 5180:
 
Rotary International:
 
 
JULY
 
 
ANOTHER ROTARY YEAR PASSES  AND A NEW ONE BEGINS
JULY 1, 2020 TO JUNE 30, 2021
As the Rotary World turns, a whole new leadership begins all throughout Rotary, from top to bottom on July 1st of every year - an amazing feat! This year we have Rotary International President Holger Knaack of the Rotary Club of Herzogtum Lauenburg-Molin, Germany - the first German R.I. president ever; Brent Hastey of the Rotary Club of South Yuba County Sunrise is our new District Governor for District 5180;  What is significant for our Club of Carmichael, is that David Thorman, one of our most stalwart members, is our new president for the third time (having been president for one full term, 2013-4, and the 1st quarter term in the year of the famous quartet of Past Presidents (Stan Roe, Vince Iosso, and Jay Boatwright, circa 2015-6.  Dave has the distinction of not only following Vicky Boatwright, the first woman president but also being the oldest sitting president in Carmichael's long history. The Rotary International theme for this year is "Rotary Opens Opportunities" and the District's theme is "FFF'n Amazing" where the "F's" stand for Family, Friendship, Foundation.
 Details of each of these individuals can be found by clicking on "Read More", bottom right.
 
Read more...
 

President David Thorman  opened the 2nd "virtual" meeting of the new 2020-2021 year and the "pledge" and "thought" went to esteemed Past President Dick Bauer who gave the following appropriate thought. It was shown graphically: 

 

HONORARY
 GREGG FISHMAN, PHYLLIS BAUGHMAN
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
                                    
♦  Jay Boatwright, District Governor Brent Hastey and Conference Chair Ravi Aujla are seeking individuals who would like to work on their plans for the  Conference committee. Please let Jay know if you are interested.
 
♦  Covid-19 update: Geronimo says that you can not go too far to prevent the spread of the virus. Below are pictures of his dog "Sparky" with his mask. Humor him please.....
 
 
 
FUTURE PROGRAMS
 
 
►JULY 28 - BRIAN MOORE - "WINE TASTING"
 
 
AUGUST 4 - ROD MALLOY - "FUTURE BREATHE"
 
►AUGUST 11 - Brent Hastey, D.G. District 5180
 
►AUGUST 25 - Michael Reinero, District Membership Chair
 
►SEPTEMBER 1 - DANIEL CAMPS - Being an Exchange Student in Calfornia
 
Gregg Fishman graduated from Sac State in the mid-80s and began his career as a news reporter and anchor at KFBK and later at KGO Radio in San Francisco. He became a public information officer at SMUD in 1998, and later moved to the California Independent System Operator—the organization that runs the power grid for most of the state. 
 
He worked at the California State Association of Counties for six years, and for the past almost five and half years he’s been serving on the SMUD Board of Directors representing Ward 3, which covers Arden Arcade, parts of Carmichael and East Sacramento. 
 
Gregg is also an active community volunteer—he co-leads the longest-running Sacramento Tree Foundation neighborhood partnership that has planted more than two-thousand trees in the community.
 
It is impressive that in 1992, he was part of a Rotary Group Study Exchange trip from District 5180 to District 4271 in Colombia South America.
 
Gregg’s wife Debra is a psychologist working in health management and education at the UC Davis Health System. They have two daughters, ages 20 and 24, and they have lived in Arden Park since 2001.
(since Gregg gave a very precise slide show detailing his many topical points, your editor chose to reproduce them in their entirety - below)

Then our new (old) President David pronounced that, in honor of Gregg's presentation, that a book will be donated to the Carmichael Library (subsidiary of the Sacramento Public Library) and one could see that Gregg was pleased.
In keeping with Carmichael Rotary policy of non-endorsement of political candidates,
all candidates are invited to come to our Rotary meeting and will be given equal time..
 
HAPPY FINES

As   has been the case in our "Virtual Format", new (old) president David oversaw the "Happy Thoughts" session. Troy Drennon could hardly wait to tell us that Sunday night, he installed a new "fridge" and it worked out successfully , value 1A ($20), Geronimo (Greg Herrera) bragged about how he taught "Sparky" to wear a mask (picture in the "Announcements" section; George Abraham's son now has a driver's license, good and bad aspects to it; Frank Pease is getting out of town for his birthday (1A); Katha Danz gave a big 1A to the Club, Mark Beil is happy virtually to be here; Walter Malhoski sadly went to the Goodwill store but couldn't bear to see the things he was giving away (my interpretation); and thank God for Hamid Ahmadi because he saved the session by BONGING THE GONG 'cause he's going to be busy and he doesn't want the Club to forget him.......
 
 
BELL RINGERS
 
STAN ROE
 
BONG GONGERS
 
 
HAMID AHMADI; VINCE IOSSO; STAN ROE (2); DAVID THORMAN

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 EITHER THE CLUB OR R.I. FOUNDATION (FOR GENERAL OR SPECIFIC PURPOSE)

 
 
 
 
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 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
MICKEY McMULLEN
"Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy and
How it can do Better"
Rob Reich
 
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….
 
 

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 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
 
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