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Rotary
International President:
Wilfrid J. Wilkinson Rotary District 5160 Governor:
Stan
Smalley
Durham Rotary President: Daryl Polk
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2008 Calendar for Durham Rotary |
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1 Meeting Janet Brinson will speak on the Chico Unified School District budget. (Glen Pulliam) |
2 (B) Dave Jessen |
3 (B) Mike Wacker |
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6 (B) Norm Larson |
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8 Meeting North Valley Health Education Foundation (Dar Meyer) |
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15 Meeting Brian Shul - Retired SR71 Pilot (Daryl Polk) |
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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) |
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25 (A) Daryl Pole |
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29 Meeting Margot Harry to speak on "Northern California Land Trust" (Dave Mulqueeney) |
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6 Meeting Chuck Cabral to give us a tour at the newest huller in operation in the Durham area…..the address for the huller is 9051 Aguas Frias Rd, Chico, CA….. Will discuss where we can eat (Daryl Polk) |
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9 (A) Bill Apger |
10 (B) Phil Price |
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13 Meeting Texas Hold’em Poker tournament (Ged Andrusaitis) (B) Jim Edwards |
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20 Meeting Hot Dog Picnic at the (Roy Ellis) (A) Steve Greenwood |
21 (B) Kent Jackson |
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25 (A) Joe Nock |
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27 No Meeting Day after Memorial Day (B) Glenn Pulliam |
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| President Daryl opened this meeting back at the BCCC. He asked Tom Vanella to lead the pledge. Jim Patterson offered the invocation. |
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FUTURE
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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 has
arranged for Margot Harry to speak on the Northern California Regional Land
Trust with a power point presentation on "Agricultural Conversion and Irrigated Farmland Protection in
May 6th:
Daryl
Polk will take us on a tour of the newest huller operation in
May 13th: Ged Andrusaitis will hold a Texas Hold’em
Poker tournament.
May 20th:
Roy Ellis – Hot Dog Picnic at the Durham Park with Interact, Camp
Royal and Students of the Month.
May 27th: Day after Memorial Day- No meeting
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VISITING
ROTARIANS & GUESTS
Tom Vanella introduced our only visiting Rotarian, who was Chuck
Loshe, of the Chico Club.
Mike Wacker introduced his wife, Jan, as his guest.
NEXT
MEETING
Tom Knowles will present
John Anderson of New Urban Builders who
will speak about the Meriam Park Project and Planning
Issues.
WARNING: Regarding the May 6th , May 13th
, and May 20th meetings, if there is anything to announce to members
about those programs, get it to me now.
The April 29th Rowel will be the last Rowel that I will be
able to publish anything about those meetings, such as where they will be. The May 6th and May 13th
Rowels will have been written by then. I
will not be sending out a reminder email before the May 6th
meeting. After the April 29th
Rowel, you will be on your own until the May 20th meeting.
REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CLUB BYLAWS
Now that K. R. is back, now is the time to report to him
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.
Rotary Golf Day
See the flyer at the end of this
Rowel for info on the Rotary Golf Day on May 12, 2008 sponsored by the Chico
Rotary Club and the Chico Sunrise Rotary Club.
District 5160 Conference
For those of you interested in going, this is
NEXT WEEK.
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.
Camp Royal
Roy announced the students selected for Camp Royal this year. The interview committee were Roy, Mike Wacker and Ged Andrusaitis. They are:
Carter Knowles
Taylor Bradley
Megan Godsil
Brita Voris
RECOGNITIONS
None
tonight.
PROGRAM
President Daryl Polk presented
Brian Shul, a
retired SR-71 pilot. He was a fantastic
speaker with fantastic photographs and videos of the SR-71. Here is Brian’s story from his web page,
which outlines what he talked about:
Brian served as a Foreign Air Advisor in the Viet Nam conflict, flying 212 close air support missions in conjunction with Air America. Near the end of all hostilities, his AT-28 aircraft was shot down near the Cambodian border. Unable to eject from the aircraft, Brian was forced to crash land into the jungle. Miraculously surviving, he was severely burned in the ensuing fireball. Crawling from the burning wreckage, he was finally found and rescued by a Special Forces team.
He was evacuated to a military hospital in Okinawa where he was expected to die. Barely surviving 2 months of intensive care, in 1974 he was flown to the Institute of Surgical Research at Ft Sam Houston, Texas. During the following year, he underwent 15 major operations. During this time he was told he'd never fly again and just lucky to be alive. Months of physical therapy followed, enabling Brian to eventually pass a flight physical and return to active flying duty.
Two days after being released from the hospital, Brian was back flying Air Force fighter jet aircraft. He went on to fly the A-7D, and was then selected to be a part of the first operational A-10 squadron at Myrtle Beach, SC, where he was on the first A-10 air show demonstration team. After a tour as an A-10 Instructor Pilot in Arizona, he went on to instruct at the Air Force's Fighter Lead-In School as the Chief of Air-to-Ground Academics. As a final assignment in his career, Brian volunteered for and was selected to fly the super secret spy plane, the SR-71. This assignment required an astronaut type physical just to qualify, and Brian passed with no waivers.
Brian's
phenomenal comeback story from laying near dead in the jungle of Southeast
Asia, to later flying the world's fastest, highest flying jet, has been the
subject of numerous magazine articles and an inspiration to many.
After 20 years and 5000 hours in fighter jets, Brian retired from the Air Force in 1990. He went on to pursue his writing and photographic interests. In addition to running his own photo studio in northern California, he has authored five books on flying, for which he did all the writing and photography.
His first
two books are about flying the SR-71 Blackbird. Written in a very non-technical
style, these books give the reader a first hand account of being in the cockpit
of the world's fastest jet throughout a variety of interesting missions. The
books are filled with stunning photos from the author's personal collection and
have become the most popular SR-71 books ever done. Brian's third and fourth
books are about America's air demonstration teams, the Air Force Thunderbirds,
and the Navy Blue Angels. Again filled with unique aerial images, these books
take the reader into the dynamic formations of these world famous teams. Brian
is now the only man in America to have flown with both the Thunderbirds and the
Blue Angels extensively as a guest in the making of his colorful books. His
fifth book is a special remake of his original SR-71 book, entitled Sled
Driver, issued in a very richly crafted Limited Edition of only 3500 copies to
commemorate the Centennial of Flight in 2003.
DRAWING
Jen Liu
was not here to win the “Must Be Present to Win” drawing.
Membership Teams
Mike Wacker reported that Team One has accumulated 13
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.
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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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Note:
If any of you have anything to place into the Rowel fax it to Phil
at 343 7251 or E-mail it to "pbhlaw@sunset.net",
before 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. |
A Joint Golf
Social Event Filled with Fun and Friendship with
WHEN: Monday May 12, 2008 – with a 1:00
p.m. Shotgun Start
TIME: 11:00 a.m. Check-in opens,
Practice and BBQ Hamburger Lunch (Included)
WHO: Rotary Members and their guests
WHERE: Canyon Oaks Country Club
COST: $95 per Person which includes green fees, cart, practice range balls, prizes, and dinner following golf.
$27 Additional for non-golfing spouses and significant others who may want to join us for dinner only
FORMAT: There will be two formats for this tournament:
1. Fun Flight Four Person Scramble for the novice golfer
2. Competitive Flight for the serious golfer with a registered handicap. The best two net balls of the foursome will be counted for each hole
Please
deliver your check(s) payable to Chico Sunrise Rotary for your
foursome to your respective club Golf Liaison as follows:
YOUR FOURSOME
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Additional non-golfing Dinner Guests @ $27 each:
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Please complete and
return with your checks to your respective club golf liaison by
May 1, 2008