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

 

 

 

 

March 27, 2007

The Next 2007 Harvest Festival Committee will be held at 7:00 am on Thursday, April 19, 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
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(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 and gave the invocation.  Bill Apger led the pledge.  We were again in the bar end of the room with the small tables.

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:

 

April 3rd:  Daryl Polk will present Arnold M. Corky Rey, MD for a discussion of Butte County Search and Rescue.

 

April 10th: Jim Kirks and Bruce Norlie will present Vance Parker on “The Blue Angels”.

 

April 17th:  Penny Chennel will present a program on  the Durham Unified School Dist

 

April 24th:  Clint Goss will present Bruce Enyeart of Butte College

 

 

VISITING ROTARIANS & GUESTS

 

Pres. Andy asked Bill Apger (1 table), Dar Meyer (3 tables) and Jim Patterson (3 tables) to introduce visiting Rotarians.  Bill introduced Tom Knolls, past president of the Willows club (see New Member Posting below).  Dar introduced Jack Lee former member of the Yuba City club.  Jim introduced John Gliha of the Paradise Club. 

 

REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

President Andy passed around several communications he has received from the District and other Rotary related entities.  Several relate to events which are mention below.

 

It appears the the net proceeds of the Crab Feed was $2,992.  But there were about 30 unsold tickets.  They would have produced about another $1,000.  We need to work on selling all tickets next year.

 

THE NEXT MEETING

 

Daryl will present Arnold M. Corky Rey, MD for a discussion of Butte County Search and Rescue.

 

 

 

HARVEST FESTIVAL

 

 

 

The next monthly meeting of the Harvest Festival Committee will be on Thursday, April 19, 2007.  The meeting will be at the Italian Cottage on the Skyway, at 7:00 a.m.  All committee chairpersons must be present.

 

District Family Fun Day

 

The District Rotary Foundation Family Fun Day will include held on May 5, 2007, from 11 am to 3 pm, at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum, 5848 State Highway 12, Suisun City, CA 94585.   The price is $25 per adult and $15 per child (under 2-free).  It is a western theme so come in your western clothes and bring chairs and blankets.  Also bring money for the silent auction.  Tom Vanella will obtain a case of 4 pound cans at a reasonable price for our clubs donation to the silent auction/raffle.  There will be a BBQ picnic, music, raffle prizes, a bounce house, a silent auction and train rides. 

 

The Western Railway Museum gives visitors the opportunity to ride historic streetcars and interurban electric trains from all over California and other western states. Streetcars loop the shaded picnic grounds. Interurban cars run over the restored main line of the old Sacramento Northern Railway. With over 50 historic cars on display, railway exhibits, the Museum Store and Gift Shop and the large, shaded picnic grounds, the Western Railway Museum is ideal for family and group outings

 

Meet the outgoing GSE Team going to Chile and the 4-Way Speech Contest Finalists!

 

Rotary Foundation Fundraiser in Redding

 

This elegant affair entitled “Moonlight On The River” will be held on the Sun Dial Bridge and Turtle Bay Arboretum, in Redding, on Saturday, June 30, 2007, beginning at 6:30 p.m.  You will be sipping champagne while strolling on the Sundial bridge and having dinner in the garden patio, as the sun is setting and the moon is rising overhead.  It will be put on by the Redding and Anderson Clubs jointly.  It will include a gourmet dinner, part 2 of the raffle ticket drawing, silent auction, music and much more.  The price will be $125 per person or $1500 fpr a table of 8.  Reservation details will be forthcoming soon!  For more information contact Marlene Woodard, Event Coordinator at 244-4320 or office@aplannedaffair.net.

 

Joint Club Social Event of Chico Rotary and Chico Sunrise Rotary Clubs

 

Monday, May 21, 2007 at 1:00 pm with a shotgun start, at Canyon Oaks Country Club.  $90 for green fees, cart, range balls, prizes and Pasta Night Dinner following Golf (BBQ hamburger lunch included).  $25 for dinner only.  Call Ray Block – 879-4228 or Hugh Mattingly – 895-7552.

 

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

 

President Andy had no one to recognize tonight. 

 

PROGRAM

 

Joe Nock’s son, John Nock presented David Little, editor of the Chico ER.  David spoke about his family history in the Chico-Durham area and with newspapers.  Part of his family farmed and then later sold to Chico State what is now the College Farm.  He then talked about the changing newspaper industry.

 

Must  Be Present To Win Drawing

 

Dave Mulqueeney was not here to win the drawing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Following the meeting the Board met and approved the membership of Tom Knolls.  He was formerly a member of the Willows Club and a past president of that club.  He is proposed by Bill Apger.  His classification will be:  “Air Charter Service”.

 

 

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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