• Doug Haaland,Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, at Dixon, CA on Tuesday, March 3rd at 1:30 p.m.
• Paris Ann Powell-Chakroborty, Miller Funeral Home, 507 Scott Street, Folsom CA 95630 (916) 985-2295 Saturday at 12:00 noon
• Blood is needed: You can go toVitalent.orgto find a location to give blood. 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 18th - Financial Literacy for You - Sohil Varshney
► February 25th - Civil War Medical - Stan Roe
♦ February 26th - Dictionary Deliveries
♦ February 29th - Rancho Cordova Crab Feed volunteers @ St. John Vianneys
► March 3rd - Student Reach, life skills coaching - Ed Mosbaugh
Some people are just deserving - and in our Club Vince Iosso is just that - everyone knows this -with all of his contributions to the Club (as Treasurer, etc etc.) Today our District Governor Ray Ward took the time to come to our Club and award Vince with his Paul Harris Fellow #6. Congratulations Vince!
Hamid Ahmadi introduced Dennis Hall. He said that Dennis is a journalist, author, entrepreneur and works full-time with the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services for victims of violent crime. His presentation, however, is about his give-back to the military for its "Distinguished Visitor Program" that allows active leaders in education, health, and the business community to have the honor of being the Distinguished Visitor of the US aircraft carriers and other US military facilities and institutions."
Dennis started by telling us that he was a student in Professor Hamid Ahmadi’s class 38 years ago and they have become friends. He mentioned that he was born at Mather Air Force Base, growing up in a military family and has always had a respect for the military. In 1987 he was writing Air Force novels and for the last 28 years has become a “Civilian Military Affairs Evangelist” by advocating for the Distinguished Visitor Program. As Hamid mentioned, this pursuit is not his “day job”, he has a career and wife and kids, but his mission is to find people who don’t know about the military and introduce them to the United States military service by allowing people to experience military life and get to know military people, and their service.
Dennis mentioned that he collects a list of people who want to have a “military experience” and facilitates the process of having them to go on trips (at their own expense). Some of these trips have been to take them to missile silos, on reconnaissance flights, see re-fueling of airplanes in the air – having lunch or dinner with the troops. You can visit various military schools such as the U.S.A.F. Academy in Colorado Springs, or meet the Thunderbird pilots. Dennis mentioned other activities such as visiting Coast Guard ships, helicopters, jets and getting to know the Blue Angels or flying on “Fat Albert” – C-130 or go on a U.S. Naval Academy submarine. During “Fleet Week”, you can get on a ship and go to sea for a few hours in their parade of ships. Also you can fly to Hawaii and participate in RIMPAC, the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise) or the Bold Alligator warfare exercise hosted by the U.S. If you are lucky enough to be selected, you travel to your adventure on your own time and money. Hamid mentioned that he has gone to several of these sojourns and had a wonderful time. He said this is a great program which educates people about the military and their great missions of keeping us safe from our enemies but also giving humanitarian aid in times of crises throughout the world on a 24-7 basis.
If you want to have a wonderful “military” adventure, talk to Hamid and email your letter of interest to Dennis Hall and cc Hamid. Below is their email addresses.
President Vicky took delight in letting Dennis know that a book, in honor of his presentation, will be donated to the Carmichael Library (Sacramento Library subsidiary)
Dr. Hamid Ahmadi, Mr. Dennis Hall, President Vicky Boatwright, District Governor Ray Ward
What a wonderful day to induct a new member. District Governor Ray Ward was there, poised and ready as were sponsor Walter Malhoski. Frank's best friend Mischele was there also. Frank Pease, our new member must have been excited too, especially because he won the championship for being the longest proposed member-in-waiting in our Club history. Frank has had a starred career up till now (not that he's going down hill). At present he is semi-retired, like most of us. WELCOME FRANK!
It was a good night for a Crab Feed at La Sierra Community Center, Chairman Dick Bauer garnered all of his troops, including Lieutenants David Thorman(Raffle Prizes),Phil & Katha Danz(Cake Auction), Jeff Thompson and Tony Marques (Kitchen), Walter Malhoski (Bar Aficionado), Bill Donnoe (brochure) and many other sub-lieutenants and practically all the members of the Club along with spouses, family members, and friends – enlisting them in the endeavor.
Chairman Bauer (Crab Chair) writes:
“By all accounts last night's crab feed was a resounding success, enjoyed by all of our guests. Thank you everyone for for your hard work and contributions! It really does take a village,…”
We must not forget all the help from others, like 14 members of the Passport Club, the boy scouts who helped with set up, and the Jesuit High School baseball team, whose members served our food so politely and efficiently.
The Sundance Kidprovided his usual energetic and fun music along with being a great MC of the live auction (we seemed to take in pretty good money).
All of us look forward to the final accounting of this very important fund-raiser, which funds most of our charities and projects throughout the year -cross your fingers!
In a poignant moment Assemblyman Ken Cooley presented a resolution to the Club in honor of the passing of Doug Haaland,note the pictures of the eventbelow.
THE RESOLUTION ENDS WITH: “Resolved by Assembly Members Ken Cooley, Kevin Kiley, Melissa A. Mendez, and Marie Waldron that they express their deepest sympathy at the passing of Doug Haaland and, by this resolution, memorialize him for his illustrious record of personal, professional, and civic achievements, as well as the love and devotion he gave to his family and friends.”
SO Now I have conflated two therapy sessions by Dr. Chuckems, psychologist – one for the Crab Feed Assembly on February 4th and for the meeting of February 11th. Hope you like them…
Katha Danz turned 80 on February 3rd, 2020 so guess what she did – she RANG THE BELL!,
February 11th:Jeff Thompsongave $ for the great job the kitchen staff did at the Crab Feed, Stan Roeis happy it’s over, Ed Bunting applauded everyone and went on about the San Jose State basketball team winning 25 games, Karen Munsterman – ditto, Chuck McBride gave money for Jay and Ed, Al Gallaway said that George Abraham’s daughter Tara competed with him at Toastmasters and she WON!, George was grateful for Al’s mentoring of Tara at Toastmasters, Dick Bauer celebrated the great success of the Crab Feed, David Thorman dittoed about the Raffle donors, Jay Sedlak ditto, Vicky Boatwright celebrated the 38th Crab Feed with her family at her home over the weekend and they bought two Adirondack chairs, Jay Boatwright added that he has a bunch of stuff on his front porch, Katha Danz thanked all who brought cakes, likewise Walter Malhoski thanked everyone who drank alcohol from the bar……
BELL RINGERS
DICK BAUER; MARK BEIL; KATHA DANZ, 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
SO we had two losers for February 4th and the 11th,Jay Sedlak and I forget. I don't mean that they are losers in life - just the Raffle and it doesn't matter because there is no money in there anyway....
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 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
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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