Rotary International President: John Kenny Rotary District 5160 Governor: Earl Kilmer Durham Rotary President: Mike Crump _____________ Rowel Editor: Phil Price
	September 22, 2009	The  2010 Harvest Festival  will be held in September 2010 on a date to be announced

2009                          Calendar for Durham Rotary
A u g u s t
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	2	3	4 Meeting NONE (Bill Apger)	5	6	7	8 (B) Chris Hatch (A) Glenn Pulliam
	9	10	11 Meeting Congressman Wally Herger (Chris Hatch)	12	13	14	15
	16	17 (A) Andy Farrar	18 Meeting Cash for Clunkers (Ryan Sutton)	19	20	21	22 (B) Glenn Pulliam
	23	24 (A) Dave Mulqueeney	25 Meeting  Bob Julian.  PM for renovations being done by the American Legion Post to the Durham Memorial Hall.  (Clint Goss)	26	27 (B) Steve Greenwood	28 (B) Dave Mulqueeney	29
	30	31 (B) Jane Ziad
S e p t e m b e r			1 Meeting Bill Sure on Jesus Center (Craig Hastain)	2	3	4	5
	6	7	8 No Meeting Day after Labor Day	9 (A) Chris Hatch	10	11	12
	13	14	15 No Meeting after Harvest Festival	16 (B) Jim Kirks	17	18	19
	20	21	22 Meeting Rick King at Chico Rotary	23	24	25 (B) Stephen Plume	26
	27	28	29 Meeting Club Assembly (Mike Crump)	30

This meeting was a Club visitation to Chico Rotary to listen to Past Rotary International President Rick King.  For the details of the meeting members are referred to the Oakleaves publication for the meeting.  The Oakleaves is the Chico Rotary newsletter.  Sort of the equivalent of the Rowel, but done a little more formally.   This would be a good time for members to become acquainted with how other clubs operate by reading their newsletters.  The Oakleaves is found at Chico Rotary’s website:  www.chicorotary.com.  Then click on “Oakleaves” next to the bottom on the menu on the left side of the page.  The September 15, 2009 issue has a biography of Rick King, which you should read.   As to Rick King’s speech, James Kirk took extensive notes which are below.

 

FUTURE MEETINGS:

September Program Chairperson is Steve Greenwood.   September 29th:  Club Assembly and presentation of Harvest Festival Prizes.   October Program Chairperson is Chris Hatch.   October 6th:  Chico Sunrise will visit with the GSE team from Mexico.   October 13th: Dave Jessen.   October 20th: Norm Larson   October 27th:  Errol Keene will talk about making a Bomb Robot. __________________   December 1st:  Bob Woods will present a slide show on Ishi.   December 15th:  Christmas Party

 

NEXT MEETING

 

Next Tuesday, the meeting will be a Club Assembly on the Harvest Festival.  We expect the prize winners will be present to receive their prizes.

 

REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

District 5160 Conference

District Governor Earl Kilmer invites you and your Family to the District 5160 Conference coming October 1-4 in Beautiful South Shore Tahoe at Harvey’s Resort.  It’s a Family Friendly place with a lot to offer everyone.

On Thursday, October 1, we open the District Conference with a Golf Tournament at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course.  It is set along the south shore of beautiful Lake Tahoe, Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course is arguably one of the most scenic golf courses in the world. Edgewood is rated by Golf Digest Magazine as one of “America’s Top Golf Courses.” 

 

And, on Friday during the day, there is more: Poker Run (Motorcycle, walk, bike), Geology Tour

Photo Safari, Haunted Lake Tahoe Tour

 

Friday Night and Saturday will feature hands on projects, great speakers and more.  Here are just a few:  Past Rotary International President Frank Devlin, Past Rotary International President Cliff Dochterman,

RI Director John Blount, Polio Survivor Anne Lee Hussey, LN-4 Hand Assembly, And So Much More To Be Announced……..

 

Meal & Entertainment package is $199/person.  No Additional Registration Fee!

Thursday & Friday nights at Harvey’s are just $69 a night! (Saturday is $149).

Register now at: www.rotary5160.org/2009conference.

From the District:  There are still opportunities available for your Club or for individuals to be a Sponsor.  The District Conference Golf Tournament will be held at the World Famous Edgewood Golf Course.  NOW you can be a Tee Sign Sponsor for ONLY $50.  Or Sponsor a Champagne Reception or Table at the District Conference.  For Golf Tee Sponsorships, Contact Steven Lack at Munro1@aol.com.   Your sign will be displayed at the Golf Tournament AND at Harvey's Hotel/Casino during the District Conference on Friday, Saturday & Sunday October 1-4, 2009. A great opportunity to advertise your business to other local Rotarians and to show your passion and support for Rotary.   Just send your logo (Must be a high quality jpg or pdf format) and $50 to Steven Lack at Munro1@aol.com by  September 20, 2009.

Group Study Exchange

 

A Group Study Exchange (GSE) team is arriving from Monterey, Mexico. They are firemen and paramedics.  They would like to meet with members of the Durham Volunteer Fire Department.  If anyone has a contact, please let President Mike know.  They will be attending our October 6th meeting. Chico Sunrise Rotary Club is looking for interesting things for the GSE to learn and do while in the area. Durham Rotarians were invited to contact Pres. Mike about things the GSE could do in our area.   Mike is working on having the Sunrise Club meet with us on October 6^th  if they can stay up that late.

 

The Board of Directors has voted to approve Floyd Miller as a new member of Durham Rotary.  He is proposed by his son, Bruce Miller.  Floyd is formerly a member of Chico Rotary.  K. R. suggested that his classification be:  ‘The Glass Man”.  However, Dan Davis indicated that such would not fit within Rotary classifications.  So his classification is yet to be determined.

 

 

PROGRAM

 

Thanks to Jim Kirks for the follow report on Rick King’s speech to Chico Rotary:

 

Past Rotary International President Rick King inspired us by giving examples of how Rotary is more than showing up for meetings and paying fines.  Rotary was the first service club and its goal is to have different professions represented in its membership.

 

"Mankind is our business" was King's theme for his year as Rotary International President and continues to be his theme.  King recalled that he had a special tie made with his theme on it to give to dignitaries that he met during his Presidential Year. When he gave a tie to the President of Taiwan, the President of Taiwan in turn gave me a $5 million check for Rotary's Polio Plus campaign.

King envisioned that with Rotary 100 years old, the organization needed revitalization and change as Rotary was slowing losing membership.  Rotarians and their Rotary Clubs were getting older.  King chose as his theme animal, the eagle as it has the ability to see for miles. Helen Keller when asked what is worse than being blind, responded "Having sight and no vision."  An eagle will fly into a storm and continue until it reaches its destination.  And finally an eagle understands the need for change.  It takes five months for a 40 year old eagle to remove and grow a new beak, remove and grow new talons and remove and grow new wing feathers.  If the eagle didn't renew itself, it would die as it couldn't eat, couldn't catch prey, and couldn't fly with it old beak, old talons and old wing feathers.

 

Rick King presented Rotary eagle pins to two exchange students Anna Maria, from Colombia, and Josepha, from Chile.

 

When 9/11 occurred, Rick King received messages from world leaders asking what is Rotary going to do about global terror?  King noted that where Rotary exists, there is less disease, less thirst, less hunger, more hope, more life, and more peace.  Rotarians do God's will on Earth.  An example was Rotary replacing boxes at dumps as homes for widows in sub-Saharan Africa by two room houses with a toilet.  Rotarians have sent wheelchairs across the world. We have planted millions of trees. Rick's wife helped to found the world's largest privately funded literacy program focusing on the education of girls.

 

Through youth, Interact, and other programs, 34,000 Rotary clubs are trying to make the human race better for the 21st century.

 

What's in Rotary for you? Rotary always asks for some of our time King gave the example of medical equipment donated by a Rotary Club that kept a Rotarian's infant granddaughter alive.

The miracle of Rotary is that we benefit the best.  It always comes back.  What we do is important as it changes us more than it changes others.  Are you in Rotary or is Rotary in you?

 

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

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.