Rotary International President: William B. Boyd Rotary District 5160 Governor: Candice Pierce Durham Rotary President: Andy Farrar _____________ Rowel Editor: Phil Price
	May 15, 2007	The Next 2007 Harvest Festival Committee will be held at 7:00 am on Thursday, May 17, 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
M a y
			1 Meeting 6pm Gary Briley on Future of Energy (Kent Jackson)	2	3	4	5
	6	7 (B) Tom Knowles	8 Meeting 6pm Richard Carpenter who modifies vans for accessibility (Glenn Pullian)	9 (A) Bill Apger	10 (B) Phil Price	11	12
	13 (B) James Edward	14	15 Meeting 6pm Casey Sohnrey on the proposed  remodeling of Durham Veterans Memorial Hall (Jim Paterson)	16	17 ¡@	18	19
	20	21 (B) Kent Jackson	22 Meeting 6pm Annual Hot Dog picnic at Durham Park (Jen Liu/Roy Ellis)	23	24 Harvest Festival Committee Meeting 7:00am at the Italian Cottage on the Skyway	25 (A) Joe Nock	26
	27 (B) Glenn Pullian	28	29 No Meeting Dark after Memorial Day	30	31
J u n e						1	2
	3	4	5 Meeting 6pm Club Assembly (Celebration of Goals) (Andy Farrar/Daryl Polk)	6	7	8	9
	10 (A) Norm Larson	11	12 Meeting 6pm Carnitas Feed at the Durham Park. (Roy Ellis/Norm Larson)	13 (B) Kent Jackson	14	15 (B) Dan Davis (A) Bruce Norlie	16
	17	18	19 Meeting 6pm Supervisor Jane Dolan (Todd Kimmelshue)	20 (B) Andy Farrar	21	22	23
	24	25	26 Meeting 6pm Demotion of Andy (A) Jim Edwards (A) Jim Kirks (Bill Apger)	27	28	29	30

 

President Andy opened the meeting and I assume called on some member to give the invocation and another member to lead the flag salute.  Yeah, I am still gone.

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:

May 22nd:   Jen Liu and Roy Ellis will present a Hot ‘Dog Picnic at Durham park with Interact, Camp Royal students and Students of the Month.   Invite your spouses or significant others.   May 29th:  NO MEETING.   June 5th:  Club Assembly with Andy Farrar/Daryl Polk.  Celebration of Goals.   June 12th:  Norm Larson and Roy Ellis will produce the Carnitas Feed at the Durham Park.   June 19th:  Todd Kimmelshue will present Brian Shul, author & SR-71 pilot.   June 26th:  Bill Apger will present the Demotion (if Andy is here).

 

 

VISITING ROTARIANS & GUESTS

 

I haven’t a clue who the visiting Rotarians were or who introduced them.  Same thing regarding guests. 

 

REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

 

 

HARVEST FESTIVAL

 

 

 

The next monthly meeting of the Harvest Festival Committee will be on Thursday, May 24, 2007.  That is this Thursday.  The meeting will be at the Italian Cottage on the Skyway, at 7:00 a.m.  All committee chairpersons must be present.

 

THE NEXT MEETING

 

Jen Liu and Roy Ellis will present a Hot ‘Dog Picnic at Durham park with Interact, Camp Royal students and Students of the Month.   This is a guest event.  Invite your spouse or significant other.

 

^{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

 

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

 

None tonight, that I know about, but I assume Jim Edwards was recognized for his birtheay last Sunday. 

 

PROGRAM

 

Jim Patterson presented Casey Sohnrey speaking about the remodeling project at Memorial Hall.

 

 

Must  Be Present To Win Drawing

 

Some member was or was not present to win the drawing. 

 

ROTARY EDUCATION

 

Again, this is one of my educational Rowels, because I really wasn’t there.  So be educated.  The following is from the Rotary International web site.  It was interesting to me since Cindy and I traveled to Guatemala last year, and although he was in a different part of the country, we did learn something of the Guatemalan people, and the way they live.  We talked to some medical volunteers we met at a restaurant, who were taking a weekend off from their volunteer work at a medical clinic deep in the country.  We also learned that most of the people speak one of about 27 dialects of Mayan, not Spanish.

 

We had an interesting encounter with a young man who was our guide for a tour of the city (Antigua).  He was born in the mountains of Guatemala where life goes on as it has for hundreds of years.  His marriage was arranged by the time he was 12 years old.  He was destined by his parents to farm as his family had done for generations.  When he was a teenager, he left this life and made his way to Antigua.  He lived on the streets at first.  Got jobs.  Got into high school and graduated.  Put himself through college and graduated with an accounting degree.  The guide work is extra because the tips make him a lot of money.  He is married with two children and owns his own house. He is estranged from his family, except for a couple of his sisters who visit him when they come to Antigua, but his parents won’t and he cannot visit them.  It is a different life, from a different era.

 

The following, from the Rotary International web site. is about a man who did something about it in one part of Guatemala.

A charitable journey

How one man’s trip changed an entire community in Guatemala
by Candy Isaac and Bettina Kozlowski
Rotary International

At age 30, Steve Dudenhoefer decided to make a change. Bored with a comfortable life running a landscaping company in southern Florida, he sold his business and bought a plane ticket to Central America.

Unsure of what he wanted to do, Dudenhoefer spent time in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, until he moved to Guatemala to volunteer at a local orphanage. While volunteering, Dudenhoefer was struck by the needs of the Guatemalan people, particularly those of the Q’eqchi’ Maya living in the rain forests of eastern Guatemala.

“They’ve been systematically excluded from higher education, health care, and from profits of the tourism industry,” says Dudenhoefer, who became a Rotarian in 1997, when he founded the Rotary Club of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala.

He adds that about 70 percent of Q’eqchi’ men and about 80 percent of the women are illiterate. Many speak only their native language and are unable to understand Spanish, isolating them from opportunity.

Dudenhoefer wanted to educate the Q’eqchi’ without uprooting them from their community, so he raised money to establish Ak’ Tenamit, a school, clinic, and vocational training center in the heart of the Q’eqchi’ community. With help from volunteers and community members, the training center was built in 1992.

Today, enrollment at the vocational center is up to 400 students, who study business, restaurant, and construction skills, as well as agricultural, health, and sanitation techniques. Primary school students learn basic reading and math and study their national music, traditional dances, and even Mayan astrology.

By graduation, students complete 3,000 hours of training at the school’s restaurants, gift shops, and tourist centers. 

“These kids have never seen a newspaper, a book, or a television. They live without electricity or running water,” says Dudenhoefer’s father, Joseph, a member of the Rotary Club of Jupiter-Tequesta Sunrise, Florida, USA, which contributes school supplies to Ak’ Tenamit. “After one year at the school, they’re accessing a computer. Young people, if given a chance, are able to run with it. That’s the key. Just open the world to them.”

Dudenhoefer says he could not have carried out the project that changed his life and those of hundreds of children without the financial, moral, and hands-on help of Rotarians. His club partnered up with other Rotary clubs to obtain Matching Grants from The Rotary Foundation to equip a chef’s school, training restaurant, and medical clinic at Ak’ Tenamit.

Today, Dudenhoefer, now 47, stays in the background, allowing his graduates and volunteers to run the center’s operations. The school’s board of directors consists entirely of Ak’ Tenamit graduates. “I’m the adviser,” he says. “My primary job is to remind the people that they have the power to do anything they want on their own.”

Want to volunteer your time at Ak’ Tenamit?

Rotarians and non-Rotarians are invited to join members of the Rotary Club of Schaumburg - Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA, on their next visit to Ak’ Tenamit. For information, please contact Rotarian Mary Smith at smith@baecore.com.

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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