DISTRICT GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS
Oct. 26, 1998
It was the day after Daylight Savings Time, Monday, October 26th , when King
Richard called the meeting at 12:33 pm. The pledge was led by Lori Burmeyer and
a very nice "Rotary moment" was given by Mark Decker.
Henry Von Der Mehden did a splendid introduction of visiting Rotarians, the
farthest one from Sommerset, Pa.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
King Richard gave his sunshine report that Cal
lost to U.C.L.A. Boo hoo.
Chris Rosell announced that it is corporate table sign-up again! The sheet is
going around and since this is so popular sign up ASAP. This is for the crab feed on
January 16th.
Paul Stychno is giving away a 4 week all expense paid trip to the Phillipines.
One small catch - he needs applicants for team leaders and members to head up the GSE
teams. If you're interested give Paul a call.
Ray Mattison has a time-share rental in Hawaii available Nov. 21 - 28 at Pahio
Kai Resort in Princeville, Kauai; 2br/2ba unit.. Rent is negotiable, contact Ray for
details including how much of a fine he should pay for getting this into the Bulletin.
Harry Rubins gave a big thank you for raffle tickets bought so far for the
Foundation Dinner. He is still selling dinner tickets.
Piner High Rotary Scholarship Students
 Bob Zeni introduced
5 outstanding Piner High School seniors that have received Rotary Scholarships.The
first is Michael Takano. Michael is the oldest of 5 children, the younger all
girls. He would like to go to UC Davis majoring in Biological Sciences.
Next was Brett Grunig. Brett would hope to go to Sonoma State University and
major in Computer Graphics. |
 Next was Charlene Yamaoka. She is also a graduating senior
who has lots of interests. She likes acting, badminton, taking Spanish classes, and is a
member of the Key Club and the Enviro Club. She is the secretary of the Young Buddhist
Association. She also plays the piano in all her spare time. She would like to attend UC
Davis or Sonoma State University and major maybe in Education and Health Care.
Finally Meg Awtrey is also a graduating senior. Meg is currently taking classes
at the Santa Rosa JC in Foreign Languages and hopes to go to Cal Poly or UCLA. She
currently works for her stepfather’s internet web-site publishing company.
The Travelers
John Withers went on and on and on and on and on............Just kidding John.
Indeed John and his wife just got back from a fabulous vacation. They started in
London, took the train thru the tunnel to Paris, then on to the South of France to
Avignon, home of the Popes for centuries, then on to........I can’t possibly go on
due to the length of the newsletter. But thanks for sharing John. It sounds like a
wonderful trip.
Mike Merrill was in Las Vegas on a working???? vacation, actually working for
Rotary. He attended a Governors Executive Training Session. There were past District
Governors and incoming District Governors and 6 former presidents of Rotary. From the
western part of the United States came the best ideas and innovative thinking. You
wouldn't be just a little biased would you Mike? Our district had 10 past DGs there
so we were very well represented.
Brian Herndon Receives Paul Harris
 A very big honor for one of our finest, Brian Herndon. Larry
Kavanaugh, former DG recognized Brian for contributing to his Paul Harris
Fellow.
Congratulations Brian! As we all know the more Fellows the more availability of
programs of money to other countries.
Raffle
Paul Stychno pulled the unlucky marble so he was not able to collect the really
big sum of $1360.00. Fred Zmarzly donated his $20 to the Foundation.
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PROGRAM
 Art King, Area District Representative from the Sunrise Club
introduced Louis Del Salo, our current District Governor. Louis is a former
President of the Ukiah Club and he and his wife Gladys are both Paul Harris
Fellows. It is a real honor to have DG Del Salo with us today.
Louis touched on 3 topics that are important to Rotary. The first is the
priorities of Rotary. It is wonderful to report that Polio Plus has almost eradicated
polio throughout the world. We cannot rest on our laurels. We have an obligation to tackle
future international projects. He mentioned our own collaboration, of our Santa Rosa clubs
in S.O.S., for example. We need to increase the visibility of Rotary.
The second topic was the history of Rotary. Our founder, Paul Harris, was raised
by his grandfather in Vermont. He later went on to Princeton and received a law degree.
Then he did something that gave him his social responsibility groundwork for the rest of
his life. He spent 5 years "vagabonding". That is he traveled all over the
United States, all over the world, meeting lots of different people, developing his
philosophies. He saw poverty and hopelessness. When he came back to the United States, he
settled in Chicago and set up his law practice. He disliked the "survival of the
fittest" attitude that business tends to become. It’s not the winners against
the losers. He called together his friends and business associates on February 23, 1908,
and they started meeting at each other’s businesses to help the community. Hence the
Rotary name. Their first project was to install public facility toilets in downtown
Chicago.
The final topic of Louis’ was his personal feeling of Rotary. He got a great
thrill listening to our students talking about their desires and their futures. This is
where it starts. We need to have tolerance and a willingness to work. It was thrilling to
Louis when the Iron Curtain countries re-joined International Rotary.
Finally Louis left us with a few words, do good in the world, all of us together.
Newsletter written by Ginny Pitts.
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Internal Service Recognition and Reminder
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This Week
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Next Week
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| Greeter: |
Von Von Der Mehden |
TBA |
| Ticket Sales: |
Dennis Wilkenson |
TBA |
| Pledge: |
Lori Burmeyer |
TBA |
| Invocation: |
Mark Decker |
TBA |
| Bulletin Writer: |
David Bjorklund |
Ray Mattison |
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