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

March 18, 2008

The 2008 Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday, September 14, 2008.

2008 Calendar for Durham Rotary
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 Chris Hatch to demonstrate retrieving with his Labrador (Dave Jessen)	19	20 (A) Steve Greeenwood	21	22
	23	24	25 Meeting Congressman Wally Herger (Jim Edwards)	26	27	28	29
	30	31
A p r i l			1 Meeting Janet Brinson will speak on the Chico Unified School District budget. (Glen Pulliam)	2 (B) Dave Jessen	3 (B) Mike Wacker	4	5
	6 (B) Norm Larson	7	8 Meeting North Valley Health Education Foundation (Dar Meyer)	9	10	11	12
	13	14	15 Meeting Brian Shul - Retired SR71 Pilot (Daryl Polk)	16	17	18	19
	20	21 (B) Mike Crump	22 Meeting John Anderson of New Urban Builders who will speak about the Meriam Park Project and Planning Issues (Tom Knowles)	23	24	25 (A) Daryl Pole	26
	27	28	29 Meeting Margot Harry to speak on "Northern California Land Trust" (Dave Mulqueeney)	30

The meeting was opened by President Daryl. The flag salute was led by Steve Plume. Jim Patterson gave the invocation.

FUTURE MEETINGS:

March 25^th: Roy Ellis will present Congressman Wally Herger. It is a spouse’s night, so invite!

April 1: Glenn Pulliam will present Janet Brinson on the CUSD budget,

April 8: Dar Meyer will present a program by the North Valley Health Education Foudation.

April 15: Daryl Polk

April 22: Tom Knowles

April 29: Dave Mulqueeney

VISITING ROTARIANS & GUESTS

Dar Meyer introduced Larry Bradley of the Oroville Club. Bruce Miller introduced Floyd Miller of the Chico Club. Also introduced was another visiting Rotarian, but I couldn’t hear the name or club and forgot to check later as the meeting went to the dogs (see below). It sounded like “Rene Randle”, but probably wasn’t.

NEXT MEETING

Roy Ellis will present Congressman Wally Herger. It is a spouse’s night, so invite!

REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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. Speaking of K.R., Jim reports that he is getting some use of his hands back.

HARVEST FESTIVAL

Steve Greenwood reported that Dan Davis has finished the accounting for the 2007 Harvest Feed. The result was:

T otal Revenue: $38,336

Total Expenses: $18,287

Net Profit: $20,049

$17,500 was delivered to the Club Treasurer. The balance will be retained as seed money for next year.

That is, I believe, the best ever. However it is now in the past. Now we must look to bettering that at the 2008 Harvest Festival.

Regarding the 2008 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. 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”.

RECOGNITIONS

Steve Greenwood was recognized for his 26^th Anniversary. He contributed $26.00.

Mike Crump missed several meeting while attending conferences in San Diego and Tory Pines. He became a Bell Ringer with a contribution of $100.

Tom Vanella contributed $20.00 for his cell phone ringing during the opening of the meeting.

Dar Meyer discussed his Elks RV trip, admitting he crunched the back end of his RV at Lake Mead. He claimed he had the Grinder when this occurred.

PROGRAM

There was apparently a mix up on dates with Dino Corbin, as he didn’t appear. However, Chris Hatch volunteered that his trained dog was in his vehicle and he could demonstrate blind fetching on the golf course. Hastily permission was obtained from the BCCC. The meeting adjourned to the golf course, just outside the meeting room. After Chris had members hide the items to be fetched (I don’t know what he calls them, but they look like small orange buoys to me). The dog, who cannot see orange, then fetches them by following whistle and hand signals from Chris directing him. This was not 25 or 50 feet. These were hundreds of feet away and the dog was required to go in a straight line, even though that was through a sand trap or water. Very impressive!

DRAWING

Chris Hatch was here to win the “Must Be Present To Win” drawing, again.

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.