Rotary International President: Wilfrid J. Wilkinson Rotary District 5160 Governor: Stan Smalley Durham Rotary President: Daryl Polk _____________ Rowel Editor: Phil Price
	October 30, 2007	The Next 2008 Harvest Festival Committee meeting will be held in February 2008 at the Italian Cottage on the Skyway.     The  2008 Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday, September 14, 2007.

2007                          Calendar for Durham Rotary
O c t o b e r
		1	2 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	24	25	26	27
	28	29	30 Meeting 6pm Chico Children's Choir (Chris Hatch)	31
N o v e m b e r					1	2	3
	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

(Thanks to Jim Kirks for taking notes at this meeting).   Acting Past President Andy called the meeting to order at Butte Creek Country Club.. Rev. Jim gave a short invocation and Chris Hatch lead the flag salute.

 

FUTURE MEETINGS:

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 :  Daryl Polk   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

 

Pres. Daryle arrived and asked Jane Ziad to introduce guests at her table. Greg Casey a guest of Clint Goss was introduced. Dan Davis introduced Barry Sherwood of the Chico Noon Club and a resident of Durham. Chris Hatch said he would introduce the three guests at his table when the program is presented. Finally Mike Crump introduced Ged Andrusaitus, a guest and former Durham Rotarian.

 

 

 

 

NEXT MEETING

 

 

 

 

 

NOW PAY ATTENTION TO THIS.  The next meeting is the second Monday Night Football meeting for the year.  The meeting is at  Mountain Mike’s Pizza at 1722 Mangrove Avenue, Chico  It is MONDAY night, not Tuesday.

 

Also, there is no meeting on November 13^th.  It is a travel day for the Veteran’s Day holiday.  So the next meeting after Monday Night Football on the 5^th will be November 20^th, back at the BCCC.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

INDUCTION OF NEW OLD MEMBER

 

Then Bill Apger was called upon to induct Gel Andrusaitus once again as a member of the Durham Rotary Club. Bill gave Ged 50-seconds to introduce himself to the Club.

 

Now that his kids have grown up and he is retired, Ged is doing the fun stuff. He shoots squirrels, sells nuts, plays poker, and restores and resells Corvettes.

 

REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

Pres. Daryle circulated a letter from the Durham Memorial Cemetery Association requesting funds.

 

Tod Kimmelshue moved that Durham Rotary donate $136.47 to the Durham Memorial Cemetery Association. The motion was unanimously approved.

 

Then the President asked for three past Durham Rotary presidents to form the Nominating Committee. Andy Farrar, Bill Apger, and Jane Ziad volunteered to serve.

 

Mike Wacker announced that each of the membership drive teams was tied until tonight when Ged was inducted. Now Bill Apger’s team has surged ahead by five points.  See the team list below.

 

Jim Patterson brought T-shirts to give to sponsors. Bill Apger modeled one of the shirts. Jim volunteered to check the list at his home of who contacted which sponsor and whether they were given a T-shirt.

 

Chris Hatch introduced Ged as the new Crab Feed Chairman based on Ged’s interest on volunteering for Durham Rotary projects. Later Chris told me that he will be co-chair with Get and show him the ropes.

 

District 5160 Conference

 

A Rotary Conference, Golf Event, Poker Tournament, a Rotary Club Hospitality Party in the theme of the Prospectors (think Gold Rush era, Paint Your Wagon).  The pricing is reasonable, the lodging is inexpensive.  There is a 25% discount for registering before December 31, 2007.  Go to www.rotary5160.org and get all the details. 

Lodging is limited.  Call now for room reservations: 

Radisson Hotel Reservations

500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento, CA 95815

Thursday, April 24 through Saturday, April 26, 2008

Check Rates and Availability at www.radisson.com

Enter "D5160" into the promotional code box for special member rates:

Single or double: $93; Triple: $103; Quad: $113
 

RECOGNITIONS

 

Bill Apger asked Norm Larson where he was last week. Norm said he was in Eastern Oregon at a confab and hunting elk. They tagged out 4 elk and hunted chukar. Norm agreed to contribute $100 toward a Paul Harris Fellow for his wife.

 

Norm demanded equal time and Pres. Daryle turned the podium over to Norm. He asked Bill Apger where he was last week. Bill responded that he was in Eastern Oregon and rode around in the back of a pick up. Bill reported that he got his first bull elk and four chukar. The woman who cooked at the ranch is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and Bill was having trouble getting into his trousers now. Bill donated $100 towards his wife’s Paul Harris Fellow.

PROGRAM

 

Susan Tevis, Eric Miller and Janie Gross from the Children’s Choir of Chico were introduced. Janie’s husband was a member of Durham Rotary some years ago. He received a pair of white rats that he had to care for because he missed a meeting and failed to make it up. He had to keep the rats until he could pass them on to another member who subsequently missed a meeting and failed to make it up.

 

Ms. Tevis, the Choral Director, screen a video about the Children’s Choir of Chico. Then Eric Miller, Choir Treasurer, spoke about the Choir and the information in the PowerPoint presentation about the choral group. He invited Rotarians to come to Children’s Choir of Chico performances.

 

Janie Gross stressed that one can enjoy singing for a lifetime. The Children’s Choir of Chico is asking for a hand up not a hand out. They would be willing to come and sing at the Harvest Festival for example.

 

Pres. Daryle thanked them for an informative program and asked Susan Tevis to sign a book to be given to the Durham Intermediate School Library.

 

Must  Be Present To Win Drawing

 

Bill Apger was present to win the drawing.

 

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.

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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