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Rotary
International President:
Wilfrid J. Wilkinson Rotary District 5160 Governor:
Stan
Smalley
Durham Rotary President: Daryl Polk
_____________ Rowel Editor: Phil Price |
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August 21, 2007 |
The Next 2007 Harvest Festival Committee will be held at 7:00 am on Thursday, September 13, 2007 at the Italian Cottage on the Skyway. The 2007 Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday, September 16, 2007. |
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2007 Calendar for Durham Rotary |
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4 (B) K. R. Robertson |
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7 Meeting 6pm Butte County Sheriff's K-9 team (Bruce Miller) |
8 (B) Chris Hatch (A) Glenn Pulliam |
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14 Meeting 6pm Richard Fields on Pacific Legal Foundation (Andy Farrar) |
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17 (A) Andy Farrar |
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21 Meeting 6pm West Nile Virus." -Dr. Lundberg from Butte County Department of Public Health. (Andy Farrar) |
22 (B) Daryl Polk |
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24 (A) Dave Mulqueeney |
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27 (B) Steve Greenwood |
28 Meeting 6pm Lee Laney with the "North Valley Community Foundation" talking about the "Annie B matching program" (B) Dave Mulqueeney (Roy Ellis) |
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4 No Meeting Labor Day Holiday |
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9 (A) Chris Hatch |
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11 Meeting 6pm Harvest Festival Preparation at the Durham Park. |
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16 All Day The Harvest Festival. All must attend. (B) Jim Kirks |
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18 No meeting (the Harvest Festival was the meeting of record). |
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25 Meeting 6pm Harvest Festival Club Assembly (B) Stephen Plume |
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President Daryl opened the meeting, requesting that Steve
Greenwood lead the pledge. He then asked
Jim Patterson to give the invocation, which he did, likening the perseverance
of the solders on the Second World War to that needed by the members in putting
on the Harvest Festival.
First it should be reported that Andy Farrar did take notes for me
at the August 14th meeting.
We just had a problem with email.
My spam blocker didn’t recognize the computer he emailed them from so I
didn’t receive them. We will try it
again next week, when I have to take a deposition in Ely, Nevada. Jim is having his second eye worked on Monday
and so will not be seeing well enough to do the notes. Anyway, on the 14th, the same culprits did the pledge and invocation, with comments on the evils of horse racing. |
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FUTURE
MEETINGS: |
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August 28th:
Roy Ellis
September 4th:
No Meeting.
September 11th:
Harvest Festival Preparation at the Durham
Park.
September 16th:
The
Harvest Festival. All must attend.
September 18th:
No meeting (the Harvest Festival was the meeting of record).
September 25th:
Harvest Festival Club Assembly
January 29th:
Dar Meyer will present
Kim
Schafer, daughter of Walt Schafer.
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VISITING
ROTARIANS & GUESTS
This
week we had Steve Perreira, Walt Schaffer, Rick
Leland and Todd Shelton, all of the Chico Club.
About half way through the meeting, George Brownridge,
also of the Chico Club, came in. They
were introduced by Roy Ellis, Glenn Pulliam, Dave Mulqueeney
and Dave Jessen.
On
the 14th we had Bruce Karoly, Mark Stuble and George Brownridge.
Dianne
Farrar was a guest at both meetings and Jan Ellis was a guest this week.
REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HARVEST FESTIVAL
The LAST monthly meeting of the Harvest
Festival Committee will be on Thursday, September 13, 2007. The meeting will be at the Italian Cottage on
the Skyway, at 7:00 a.m. All committee
chairpersons and sub-chairpersons MUST be present. This is it. All final plans must be made.
Steve also reports that the Captain Bob “should” be
ready. Work assignments and being
scheduled. If there is anything in
particular you would like to do, email Steve now. Also if your spouse is willing to help out,
let Steve know.
HARVEST FESTIVAL
OPPORTUINTY DRAWING TICKETS
There are five team captains with five Durham Rotarians on
each team. Each Rotarian has receive 40 Harvest Festival Opportunity Drawing
tickets. Tickets are $5.00 each. There are discounted prices for multiple
tickets such as 20 tickets for $35.00.
GET
THEM SOLD!
Harvest Festival
Sponsorships
Steven L. Greenwood reported that most sponsors have now
been signed up. The T-Shirts have been
ordered.
District 5160 Foundation Day
Rotary
Foundation Day at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom on Saturday, October 6, 2007.
Includes Keynote Address by Past RI President Rajendra
K. Saboo (1991-92), Silent Auction, and more. Park Opens Early, at 8:30 am, for Rotarians
and Guests for Special Foundation Program including Rotary Project Exhibits.
CHRISTMAS
PARTY
No it is
not time yet, but with Penny leaving the club due to her new job, we need a new
chairman of the Christmas Party. Dave Mulqueeney volunteered.
We will try not to mention it again until November.
We
received a thank you letter from Durham High School for our donation to the
Safe and Sober graduation party.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Jane Ziad reports that the Membership Committee has met and is
making plans to raise the membership to 50 members. More later.
CATHY LIU
From her father:
Cathy
has started her therapy sessions 3 hours a day. She has aphasia and is
not vocal yet but can communicate with us clearly via lips movement like YES
and NO.
She just had an exam on her vocal chords and the technician
felt optimistic on what she saw but we'll have to wait for the words from
doctors. She is no longer in critical condition so I plan to send updates
like every other week then eventually taper
off at sometime. I know you guys are all care and praying for her but I don't
think
it's appropriate for Cathy and us to have a permanent presence in Club's news letter.
From
another source (her boyfriend):
She
has done much better since the bone flap was replaced. The weekend before last
weekend, some of her friends from Emory came out to visit her, she was still a
little bit tired from the surgery and the events that had taken place; however,
Cathy's spirits seemed to be uplifted by their presence. She has been able to
recognize virtually everyone since the bone flap surgery and seems to
comprehend most everything that is being said. Her family and friends took her
for a stroll in her wheelchair and Cathy was able to get some fresh air
outside. … Cathy has gone from tearing
up when sat in the chair to now walking with assistance. Her right leg still
drags but her balance has improved and she is working hard at improving her
right side's movement. She has been very motivated. Cathy cannot talk with her
voice yet. She continues to improve her vocabulary with lip movement. She
communicates 'yes' and 'no' answers with hand signals. It seems like she is
close to being completely there mentally, but mental and physical capabilities
are not connecting to function properly. Her vocal chords, body movements, and
speech will just have to take time to connect. This last week, Cathy had a big
break through in that she is now able to swallow. She is now being fed solid
foods and drinking thickened liquids. The feeding tube is now removed and she
appears much more comfortable. Cathy needs to build up her appetite again. She
has lost a lot of weight and muscle tone.
And
a third source (a friend):
Kira and I went down to the hospital at 5:30 tonight.
When we got there Cathy's mom told her she had visitors and upon walking in the
room Cathy gave us the BIGGEST smile! It was such an amazing feeling! She
mouthed the word HI to us (she still can't speak) and was SOOO happy. We stayed
at the hospital for over an hour talking to her and Brian, and discussing all
the things that had been going on and the things we had yet to do together.
Cathy looks exactly the same, just with a short haircut. She is wearing
a stocking cap while her stitches are still healing, but Kira
brought some cute baseball caps for her to wear while she's in the hospital so
her head doesn't get cold.
While we were there Cathy also had dinner. She ate almost EVERYTHING on
her plate! She's been on real food for almost a week and doing really well
eating everything. She just looked so happy to have people visiting her and
talking to her.
I can't even tell you all how amazed I am at the power of prayer. I
feel that I am blessed to have so many people around me who are praying for
Cathy in this trying time. I can't believe the improvement I've seen in Cathy
every time I've been to the hospital. I really can't even explain the
excitement I feel right now knowing that Cathy is going to get better and
better and better!!!
RECOGNITIONS
On the 14th Glenn
Pulliam was recognized for his 26th wedding anniversary by contributing $26.
Then Andy and
Dianne Farrar annouced that they will have been married 50 years in two more
days, so contibuted $50. Dave Mulqueeney
gave a short lecture on golfing a “hole in one” and pad $10 for the honor.
This week, Dave
Mulqueeney contributed $37 for his 37th anniversary. He stated: “It has been worth every dime of
it”. He wanted to make sure I reported that so Chris will see it when she reads
the Rowel. President Daryl had to be
reminded he was having a birthday this week.
He volunteered $10 for the recognition.
PROGRAM
Andy Farrar presented
Dr. Mark Lundberg from the Butte County
Public Health speaking on the West Nile Virus.
Essentially, while the press has made something out of it, it is not
among the more serious problems in the County.
80% of those exposed to it will develop an immunity to it, but will not
have symptoms. Of the 20% that do get
sick, they will recover. Less that 1%
develop the serious neuro invasive version, and most
of those will recover. Use a good
mosquito repellant.
Must Be Present To Win
Drawing
Todd Kimmelshue was present to win the
drawing this week. Andy won it on the 14th
and donated it back to the club.
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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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Note:
If any of you have anything to place into the Rowel fax it to Phil at
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