Rotary International

President:

William B. Boyd

Rotary District 5160 Governor:

Candice Pierce

Durham Rotary President: Andy Farrar

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Rowel Editor: Phil Price

 

 

 

 

February 27, 2007

The Next 2007 Harvest Festival Committee will be held at 7:00 am on Thursday, March 15, 2007 at the Italian Cottage on the Skyway.   The  2007 Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday, September 16, 2007.

2007                          Calendar for Durham Rotary
 

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        1 2 3
4 5 6
Meeting 6pm
Sister Mary and her humanitarian project in Peru
(Jim Edwards)		 7 8 9 10
11 12 13
Meeting 6pm

(Steve Greenwood)		 14 15
Harvest Festival Committee Meeting
7:00am at the Italian Cottage on the Skyway		 16 17
18 19 20
Meeting 6pm
David Jessen's China Trip
(A) Steve Greenwood
(Stephen Plume)		 21 22 23 24
25 26 27
Meeting 6pm
David Little, editor, Chico Enterprise - Record
(Joe Nock)		 28 29 30 31
A
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l		 1 2
(B) David Jessen		 3
Meeting 6pm
A.M. “Corky” Rey, MD for a discussion of Butte County Search and Rescue
(B) Penny Chennel
(B) Mike Wacker
(Daryl Polk)		 4 5 6
(B) Norm Larson		 7
8
(A) Penny Chennel		 9 10
Meeting 6pm
Vance Parker on "The Blue Angels"
(Bruce Norlie/Jim Kirks)		 11 12 13 14
15 16 17
Meeting 6pm
Durham School District
(Penny Chennel)		 18 19
 Harvest Festival Committee Meeting
7:00am at the Italian Cottage on the Skyway		 20 21
(B) Mike Crump
22 23 24
Meeting 6pm
Bruce Enyeart of Butte College
(Clint Goss)		 25
(A) Daryl Polk		 26 27 28
29 30          

 

 

President Andy called the meeting to order.  Norm Larson gave the invocation and Jim Patterson led the pledge.  (No, I have not reversed it).  President Andy read a letter of resignation from the Club he had received from Don McNelis.

 

 

Missed Meetings

This is a new feature, at the request of President Andy, to assist members in keeping up their attendance.  The following members need to make up this week’s meeting: No list this week.  But if you missed see below for makeups.

 

Make-ups can be had within two weeks of the meeting at:

Monday: Oroville, The Depot, 12 Noon; Orland, Kountry Kitchen, 12 Noon.

Tuesday: Oroville, The Depot, 7:00am; Chico, Elks Club, 12 Noon.

Wednesday: Marysville, Elks Club, 12 Noon.

Thursday: Chico Sunrise, Canyon Oaks Country Club, 6:45 a.m.; Gridley, Memorial Hall, 12:15 p.m.; Paradise, Elks Lodge, 6309 Clark Rd, 12:15 p,.m.; South Yuba Linda, Eagles Nest, 7:00 a.m.; Willows, Franco's, 12:15 p.m.

Friday: Yuba City, The Refuge, 12:15 p.m.

E-Clubs:
http://www.rotaryeclubsouthwest.org;
http://rotaryeclub34.org/;
http://www.rotaryeclubny1.com/;
http://www.rotaryeclub7890.org/

 

FUTURE MEETINGS:

 

March 6th:   Jim Edwards – Not reported.

 

March 13th:   Dave Mulqueeney?  – Not reported.

 

March 20th:  Stephen Plume  – Not reported.

 

March 27th:   Joe Nock  – David Little, editor, Chico Enterprise - Record

 

April 3rd:  Daryl Polk

 

April 10th:  Bruce Norlie

 

April 17th:  Penny Chennel

 

April 24th:  Clint Goss

 

 

VISITING ROTARIANS:

 

Pres. Andy asked for a volunteer, at the only table with a visiting Rotarian, to introduce Rick Leland of the Chico Club.  Steve Plume volunteered and did it.

 

REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

THE NEXT MEETING

 

According to the schedule given to me at the first of the year, Jim Edwards will present a program at the next meeting, however, what it is remains a mystery.  It hasn’t been reported to me by press time, Thursday morning.

 

What I know will happen at the next meeting is that Jane Ziad will have a Durham Girl Scout troop present to sell Girl Scout Cookies.  She tantalized us by passing cookies around after dinner.  It was suggested that the club purchase a years supply for desert at our meetings.  Anyway, bring your money.

 

 

HARVEST FESTIVAL

 

 

 

Steve Greenwood has announced that the next monthly meeting of the Harvest Festival Committee will be on Thursday, March 15, 2007.  The meeting will be at the Italian Cottage on the Skyway, at 7:00 a.m.  All committee chairpersons must be present.

 

Steve also announced that we are moving our storage.  He sought volunteers to help him and Tom Vanella in doing the final moving earlier this week.

 

 

ROTOPLAST

 

The club voted to approve donation of $600 to Rotoplast this year.

 

PETS

Daryl Polk, President Elect will attend PETS next weekend.  This conference is required for all 2007-2008 Club President-Elects and others from District 5160.  It will be at the DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose on March 9,10 and 11, 2007. District 5160 will hold their Pre-PETS meeting at 8:00am the morning of March 9, 2007.

District Family Fun Day

 

President Andy announced that the District Family Fun Day will include a visit to the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Suisun City.  The District has asked for each club to donate to a raffle.  Tom Vanella will obtain a case of 4 pound cans at a reasonable price.  When it is, is still a mystery.  There still is no information on the Fun Day on the District’s web page.

 

International Convention

 

In spite of President Andy’s understandable disagreement with the mayor of Salt Lake City, we must announce that the Rotary International Convention will be Sunday 06/17/07 09:00am - Wednesday 06/20/07 09:00pm in Salt Lake City.  The Rotary convention, often compared to a mini-United Nations conference, will attract Rotary club members from around the world to the state-of-the-art Salt Palace Convention Center. Rotary conventions held in the United States typically draw about 25,000 registrants.

 

RECOGNITIONS

 

Pres. Andy recognized  Tom Vanella for his 46th Anniversary on February 25th.  Actually, Tom needed to check the Rotary calendar to verify that it was on the 25th not the 24th.  Anyway, he contributed $46.00.

 

PROGRAM

 

Jim Kirks presented Derek Wolfgram, the new Butte County Librarian.  Derek’s father is currently the president of a Rotary Club in the mid-west.  Derek spoke about his journey to his occupation as a librarian and how he got to Butte County from Colorado.  He also spoke about the Butte County library system and the changes and challenges the system faces.

 

Must  Be Present To Win Drawing

 

Bruce Miller was not present to win the drawing.

 

(We have heard about the Paul Harris Society, but most of us don’t know much about what it is.  The following, from the District Web Site, may clear it up).

 

Paul Harris Society

The Paul Harris Society (PHS) is a new level of recognition of Rotarians and friends who contribute $1,000 or more each fiscal year to The Rotary Foundation's humanitarian, educational, and cultural programs. The Foundation Trustees adopted the Paul Harris Society as an official recognition program to be administered at the district level effective in 2006-07.

In 1999, District Governor Wayne Cusick created the first Paul Harris Society in District 5340. Today 119 districts around the world have a PHS program with a total membership of more than 2500. In District 5160, District Governor Brian Thiessen initiated our PHS in 2005-06. During its Charter Year, 59 Rotarians and others became PHS members.

Our district has a tradition of generous Foundation giving to promote world peace and understanding. We are increasingly involved in and supportive of Rotary Foundation Programs. Our Paul Harris Society was established in response to the need for more contributions to Annual and Restricted Giving.

Each PHS member receives an officially-presented recognition certificate signed by the District Governor, a distinctive gold and blue PHS recognition pin to be worn with a Rotary pin or a Paul Harris pin, an invitation for two to the annual Paul Harris Society Dinner, and recognition at selected other events or activities during the year.

While this new level of recognition will not be appropriate for every Rotarian, it is available for those who chose to give at this level each year. For more information or with questions, please contact Sheila Hurst, Paul Harris Society, District 5160 Chair, sheilahurst@mac.com , (530) 244-2111.

 

The Rotary International web site is: www.rotary.org

District 5160 is: www.rotary5160.org

The Durham Rotary Club site is:  www.durhamrotary.org

The Rowel Editor may be contacted at pbhlaw@sunset.net
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