Rotary District 5160 Governor:

Stan Smalley

Durham Rotary President: Daryl Polk

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Rowel Editor: Phil Price

March 25, 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

It was reported to me that the meeting was opened by President Daryl. The flag salute was led by Ged Andrusaitis. Jim Patterson gave the invocation.

FUTURE MEETINGS:

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 Foundation.

April 15: Daryl Polk will present Brian Shul, a retired SR-71 pilot.

April 22: Tom Knowles will present John Anderson of New Urban Builders who will speak about the Meriam Park Project and Planning Issues.

April 29: Dave Mulqueeney

May 6^th: Ged Andrusaitis

May 13^th: Tod Kimmelshue

May 20^th: Roy Ellis – Hot Dog Picnic at the Durham Park with Interact, Camp Royal and Students of the Month.

I was way late for the meeting due to something that came up at the last minute, so I didn’t have time to arrange for someone to take notes. Up to the program, it is what was reported to me, or my guess.

VISITING ROTARIANS & GUESTS

I believe that Roy Ellis, Norm Larson and Andy Farrar introduced the visiting Rotarians and the quests, of which there were many, since it was a spouse’s night. Sorry, I do not have the names of those introduced.

NEXT MEETING

Glenn Pulliam will present Janet Brinson speaking on the CUSD budget.

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

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. Has been posted long enough. It is time to bring her into the Club.

RECOGNITIONS

I am told that there were no recognitions tonight.

PROGRAM

Roy Ellis presented Congressman Wally Herger. He spoke about various problems facing the country, including Iraq, national security, immigration and the problem of Social Security and Medicare running out of money. A very enlightening and sobering talk.

DRAWING

Steve Greenwood 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.