Rotary International

President:

Wilfrid J. Wilkinson

Rotary District 5160 Governor:

Stan Smalley

Durham Rotary President: Daryl Polk

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Rowel Editor: Phil Price

 

 

October 22, 2007

The Next 2008 Harvest Festival Committee will be held in February 2008 at the Italian Cottage on the Skyway.   The  2008 Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday, September 14, 2008.

2007                          Calendar for Durham Rotary
 

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Meeting 6pm
Butte County Solid Waste Landfill site on Neal Road off Hwy 99E
(Dan Davis)
(B) Dar Meyer		 3 4 5 6
7 8 9
No Meeting
Columbus day travel day
(A) Mike Wacker		 10 11
(A) Bruce Miller		 12 13
14 15
(A) Roy Ellis		 16
Meeting 6pm
Anthony Watts on Global Warming
(Mike Wacker)		 17 18 19 20
21 22
Meeting 6pm
 Monday Night Football at Mountain Mike’s.  The Paradise Club will visit.		 23
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28 29 30
Meeting 6pm
Chico Children's Choir
(Chris Hatch)		 31      
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4 5
Meeting 6pm
 Monday Night Football at Mountain Mike’s.
(Dar Meyer)		 6
No Meeting due to Monday Night Football the day before		 7
(A) Dan Davis		 8 9 10
11 12 13
No Meeting
Veterans Day		 14 15 16 17
18 19 20
Meeting
Butte County's illegal dumping program by Scot Johnson - Solid Waste Code Enforcement Officer
(Mike Crump)		 21
(B) Jim Patterson		 22 23 24
25 26 27
Meeting
TBD
(Daryl Polk)		 28 29 30  
  This meeting was at Mountain Mike’s Pizza.  It wasn’t exactly formally opened by President Daryl Polk but he did conduct a short Board Meeting (more below on that) and visiting Rotarians were introduced. Other than that it was the Indianapolis Colts vs. Jacksonville Jaguars football game on TV and pizza.

 

FUTURE MEETINGS:

 

October 30th:  The Chico Children's Choir will be the program.

 

November  5th (Monday):  Monday Night Football at Mountain Mike’s.

 

November 13th: No meeting, Veteran’s Day, travel day.

 

November 20th:  Mike Crump

 

November 27th :  Tom Vanella.

 

December 4th:  Roy Ellis will present Congressman Wally Herger and Foundation Elections.

 

December 11th:  Christmas Party.

 

December 18th:  Club Assembly, Club Elections, Crab Feed planning.

 

December 25th:  No meeting, Christmas.

 

January 29th:  Dar Meyer will present  Kim Schafer, daughter of Walt Schafer. 

 

VISITING ROTARIANS & GUESTS

 

Dan Davis and Glenn Pulliam  were asked to introduce the visiting Rotarians. 

 

Introduced were Dan Hanson (my niece’s husband) and Brian Gray from the Paradise Club and former member Larry Bradley of the Oroville Club.

 

 

 

Dar Meyer’s Drawing

 

 

 

 

Of course no Monday Night Football meeting would be complete without Dar Meyer’s matrix upon which members purchased squares.  The winners were:

 

            1st Quarter – Mike Crump

                        2nd Quarter – Mike Crump

                        3rd Quarter – Larry Bradley

                        4th Quarter – Larry Bradley

 

Steve Greenwood thought he had the 1st Quarter, because Dar mis-read his own board.  I thought I had the 2nd Quarter locked up until a last minute field goal, just before the quarter ended.  It was suggested that Larry should be told that he has to visit again to collect his winnings.

 

 

NEXT MEETING

 

The next meeting is the Chico Children's Choir presented by Chris Hatch.  Back on Tuesday night at BCCC.  There are some changes in November and December from the original schedule. Check the “Future Meetings” box.

 

 

 

 

NEW MEMBER POSTING

 

 

 

 

The Board had a brief meeting and approved for membership Ged Andrusaitis.  Ged is a former member and volunteers to help at the Harvest Festival each year.  His sponsor is Roy Ellis.  His classification is to be determined.  Also approved for membership was Bill Orthel, sponsored by Dave Jessen.  He is retired from CDF (now Cal Fire).  His classification is tentatively Fire Suppression.

 

 

REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

Membership Teams


Team One - Captain Roy Ellis. Members, Dar Meyer, Dan Davis, Steve Plume, Norm Larson, Jim Patterson, Dave Mulqueeney, and Glenn Pulliam.

Team Two - Captain Tod Kimmelshue. Members Steve Greenwood, Bruce Miller, Clint Goss, Daryl Polk, Dave Jessen and Joe Nock.

Team Three - Captain Mike Wacker. Members Chris Hatch, Jen Liu, Kent , Jackson, Mike Crump, Jim Edwards, Jim Kirks and KR Robertson.

Team Four - Captain Jane Ziad. Members Bill Apger, Phil Price, Tom Knowles, Tom Vanella, Andy Farrar, and Bruce Norlie.

Report from Jen

 

Dear friends,                                                                                                 Saturday, October 20th, 2007

 

Cathy has responded to in home therapy well.  We can see her improvement daily and we have also settled down in her new apartment.  We visited COSTCO and IKEA with Cathy since our last update.  She picked out from COSTCO a flat screen TV, a DVD/VHS player as well as a mini stereo system to go with them.  This stereo system has an iPOD adapter so Cathy has been listening to her favorite songs.  Cathy picked out from IKEA the wall decorations, chairs, mirrors and miscellaneous kitchen items for daily cooking needs.  With the existing furniture from Cathy’s old apartment, Pam’s decorative talent and me staying out of the way, this little two bed room duplex has becoming cozy and inviting.

 

Cathy’s daily schedule is still pretty packed.  She generally has speech therapy first thing in the morning followed by occupational therapy then physical therapy in the afternoon.  These therapy sessions average to about 15 hours a week, Monday through Friday.  Cathy also participates in a group speech therapy session on Friday afternoons sponsored by UCD Med. Center’s outpatient unit.  Her high school friends in Sacramento and some of her co-interns from UCD Med. Center take turns to visit Cathy after work several times a week.  Her Emory friends also have come to visit in small groups whenever they get a break.  Cathy has been very engaging and stimulated during all these visits.  She even went out to dinner with her friends several times during the last 4 weeks.

 

Part of Cathy’s current therapy is to integrate her back into community activities such as shopping and cash management.  Her occupational therapist took her to Arden Fair shopping mall last Tuesday.  The purpose of this type of therapy is to get Cathy reacquainted with an environment that has many form of distractions; to evaluate her safety awareness; decision making skills when faced with an array of choices.  Cathy did very well that day.  She walked for about 45 minutes and was on her feet for about one hour all together.  She picked out a top and a pair of jeans that day.  We have never doubted Cathy’s desire and ability to shop.  The Saturday before her outing with her occupational therapist, we dropped in on an Old Navy store.  She picked out 5 tops and 2 pairs of shoes during that short visit.

 

Cathy is getting stronger everyday.  She takes 20 minute strolls around the neighborhood twice a day with us or with her therapists.  In fact, she is doing so well walking; her therapist started focusing on the quality of her walk.  They will start walking her in longer stride and a faster pace.  They want her to walk faster so that she will develop a natural rhythm.  This natural rhythm will prevent her from lifting her right hip when walking and will introduce a natural swing on her right arm.  Besides the returning of her physical strength, her wittiness has also returned.  She has caught us off guard several times now by responding to our questions in Chinese and with a mischievous grin on her face.  She knows that we pay very close attention to what she says.  I’m afraid that she will switch to Spanish soon once we got used to her Chinese tricks.

 

We are blessed and are grateful on Cathy’s rapid recovery.  We know that this is a collective effort with your support and prayers.

 

Thank you,

 

Jen, Pam, Cathy and Grace

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

District 5160 is: www.rotary5160.org

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

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