Rotary International President: Wilfrid J. Wilkinson Rotary District 5160 Governor: Stan Smalley Durham Rotary President: Daryl Polk _____________ Rowel Editor: Phil Price
	March 4, 2008	The  2008 Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday, September 14, 2008.

2008                          Calendar for Durham Rotary
F e b r u a r y
						1 (A) Client Guss	2
	3	4 (A) Dave Jessen	5 Meeting Cancelled due to BCCC being used as polling place (Roy Ellis)	6	7	8	9
	10	11 (B) Bruce Miller	12 Meeting Valentine’s Day Dinner (Jane Ziad)	13	14	15 (B) Joe Nock	16
	17	18	19 No Meeting Travel Day for Presidents Day	20	21	22	23
	24	25 (A) Tom Vanella	26 Meeting Steve Plume - Heliocopter Pilot (Steve Plume)	27	28	29
M a r c h							1
	2	3	4 Meeting New DUSD Superintendent (Jim Patterson)	5	6	7	8
	9	10	11 Meeting Bruce Enyeart  from Butte College (Clint Goss)	12	13	14	15
	16	17	18 Meeting Dino Corbin of KHSL TV/Radio (Dave Jessen)	19	20 (A) Steve Greeenwood	21	22
	23	24	25 Meeting North Valley Health Education Foundation (Jim Edwards)	26	27	28	29
	30	31

 

President Daryl called the meeting to order at the Butte Creek Country Club.  He asked Tom Vanella to lead the members in the pledge, which he did.  Jim Patterson gave the invocation.

FUTURE MEETINGS:

March 11th: Clint Goss will present Bruce Enyeart  from Butte College.   March 18th: Dave Jessen will present Dino Corbin of KHSL TV/Radio.   March 25th:  Jim Edwards will present a program on the North Valley Health Education Foundation.   April 1:  Glenn Pulliam   April 8:  Norm Larson   April 15:  Daryl Polk   April 22:  Tom Knowles   April 29:  Dave Mulqueeney

VISITING ROTARIANS & GUESTS

 

Jim Kirks and Tom Knowles were asked to introduce visiting Rotarians.  Jim  introduced Fran Peace of the Chico Club and Tom introduced Rick Landis of the Paradise Club.

 

NEXT MEETING

 

Clint Goss will present Bruce Enyeart  from Butte College.  Attendance was better this week.  Let’s all of us attend next week.  That is what a club is all about. 

 

REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

K. R. Updates From Jim Kirks

 

3/3/08;  Please pass on to Durham Rotarians that KR was readmitted to Enloe Hospital today.  He is in room 104.   KR has experienced another episode of GI tract bleeding.  It is not as serious as the previous episode.   His wife Sharon told me that KR is in good spirits.

 

3/6/08: When I stopped to see KR at Enloe Medical Center late this afternoon, Sharon, his wife, was getting him ready for hospital staff to wheelchair him from his room.   The discharge papers had already been signed.   KR is in good spirits and is leaving the hospital in better shape that the previous times he has been discharged.   Usually Mike Wacker sees KR being escorted from Enloe, but I guess it was my turn this time.   I will be stopping by to see KR on Saturday.   The Robertsons are very fond of the strawberries sold at the Farmers Market.   They are large and juicy and grown in San Diego County.   Hopefully there will be a good supply of the berries when I stroll into the market Saturday morning.

 

CLUB BYLAWS

 

When K. R. Robertson gets back on his feet he will want your comments about the Bylaws he distributed in December, which you have, I am sure, reviewed as he asked.  We cannot find the Bylaws for the Club and need to adopt new ones.

 

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

 

Roy Ellis introduced the Students of the Month for December and March.  They were Anna Wheeler for December and Richard Davis for March.  They then each introduced each other.  It is amazing what these young people are involve in and still get enough studying done to maintain high grade averages.    It should also be mentioned that Richard’s father Pete Davis was also present.  What happened to January and February?  Roy will track them down and get them at a meeting in the near future.  With the things they are involved in, it is surprising that they can take time out to come to a meeting.

 

 

HARVEST FESTIVAL

 

 

 

Steve advises that the Harvest Festival Committee meetings will be held as needed after our regular Rotary meetings.  He indicates that all the committee chairpersons know what they have to do, so start doing it.

 

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.

 

 

NEW MEMBER POSTING

 

 

 

Barbara Gaskin, Superintendent of the Durham Unified School District.  Sponsored by Jim Patterson.  Her classification will be “School Administration”.

 

If anyone can find Dar, it is the intention to induct his new member, Dan Becket, next week.

 

RECOGNITIONS

 

There is not much activity in March.  There was nothing for President Daryl to recognize anyone for.  He did conduct an auction of the Grinder for March.  Jim Edwards started the bidding at $35.  For a while it looked like he was going to get it.  Finally Roy Ellis raised the bid to $50.  Then Tom Knowles bid $55 and got it for that.  He mentioned that his name was in the newspaper and his wife was expecting.

 

PROGRAM

 

Jim Patterson introduced Rick Landis, currently a member of the Paradise Club, but formerly a member of our club.  He introduced Barbara Gaskin, the new Superintendent of the Durham Unified School District.  She replaced Penny.  Rick acted as the interim superintendent after Penny left and was part of the selection committee.  They had 18 candidates which were narrowed down to Barbara.  Barbara spoke about her ideas for the school district.

 

DRAWING

 

Jim Patterson was here to win the “Must Be Present To Win” drawing.

 

Membership Teams

Mike Wacker reported that Team One has accumulated 6 points while the remaining teams have only 1 point each.

 

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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