Monday Noon, Los Robles Lodge
925 Edwards Ave., Santa Rosa, California

Reverend Jim Coffey Honored

The Meeting called to order by President Chuck Stark at 12:30.

The Pledge was led by Roger Olson.

The Rotary Moment was given by Susan Nowacki.

Bob Harris introduced the visiting Rotarians: Jack Geary, George Theblot, Jeannie Levin Jack Lavar, Steve Amend, Art Wilson, Tom Nedicker and Don Holburg.

Guests of Rotarians:

Bill Amos, David MacDonald (prospective member), Don Holburg with 47 years in Rotary and a hearty welcome back to Michael Arendt.

Announcements:

Janet Codding reminded the club about the up coming District Conference May 17th-20th and the Projects Committee meeting to be held on May 7th, at 5:30 PM at her home.

Terry Galazzo gave an update on the "Christmas in April" project to be held on April 28th. If you are able to give any time to this exciting project please sign up with Terry and receive a T-shirt. Let's rebuild together. Steve Amend a House Captain, spoke briefly about the services he will be providing.

	President Chuck announced that the The Rotary Club of Santa Rosa West is 37 years old today. Happy Rotary Day, Santa Rosa West. Thank you to our Charter members, Carson Mitchell, Bill Fisher and Bob Bartley.
Let's all remember Bob in the hospital at this time. Get Well Soon, Bob.

 Craft Talk:

Lisa Greenfield,, a red badge, gave her craft talk. "My life in 5 minutes or less".

"Lisa Greenfield gave us a personal view of her life as an Air Force child and why she wanted to become a Rotarian. Lisa said she was born in Alaska and then moved on with her Air Force parents to Japan at the age of two years. She learned to speak Japanese and at six years old they returned to Travis Air Force Base at Vacaville. There she became involved with the 4H Club and all throughout high school and college she was interested in children and their education. They then moved to Rohnert Park in 1986. While at a children development center she met Patsy Barnes. She never heard of Rotary and thought it was some secret club. She later received a Paul Harris Fellowship and decided to join Rotary. She was a member of the GSE team that went to the Philippines and graduated from Sonoma State University. Lisa Greenfield has certainly become active in our club and is a great asset is all respects." (-- by Dale Sipe)

On the behalf of the The Rotary Club of Santa Rosa West President Chuck Stark presented Rev. Jim Coffey with an honorary Paul Harris Fellowship, and a honorary membership in our club.. Congratulations! And welcome Reverend Jim!

There was Talk of Previous Fund raisers:
The Garage Sales at The Roseland School District during the years that former member and Secretary Tom Collins was still with us. And of course the Tennessee Walking Horse Show

Bartley BBQ
We would all like to thank Ginny Pitts for the great job she is going to do this year on the Bartley BBQ. Thanks Ginny! Ha Ha!

A presentation was made concerning the Scholarship Fund by Rich Pratt. Currently there is $105,000 in the fund, and over the last 15 or16 years $22,000 has been given out. Rich and Phil Talamantes and plan to give a more detailed report at a later date.

Rich introduced Don Holburg at this time and Don presented a check to the club for the Scholarship Fund, in the amount of $35,000! Thank you very much, Don, for your 47 years in Rotary and your generosity!

The Program:

Our guest speaker for the day was the Principal Janet Dugin of the Sonoma Academy, an independent High School to open in the Fall of 2001. Janet moved to Sonoma County last summer with her husband and to two sons from Mount Herman, Massachusetts.

She had a vision and so did her Board of Trustees, Kitty Angell, former club member Kirt Zeigler and his wife Bev Zeigler, Mike and Carol Draxton, Barbara Banke, Greg and Lisa French, Nancy Lasseter, Dr. Susan Wynne, Ros Manoogan, Max Ulrich, Kit Mann and Bill Hutchinson. Their vision is to run an independent school that will be able to encourage students to be creative, ethical and lifelong learners.

The Academy will hold a 501 (c) 3 status and they will be able to define their mission, regulate admission, select staff according to their expertise and teach what the administration, staff, and families deem to be important. They will be in partnership with the parents of the students, which is essential to the success of the students and the school. The families will come from all income levels and backgrounds to create diversity within the Academy. There will also be small class sizes of 15 students each, which will allow for more student-teacher time and attention. Janet, thank you for sharing your vision for the Sonoma Academy with our club.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:35pm.

Reporter: Lisa Greenfield
Editor: Jim Valinoti

Here are the Bulletin Writers through June 01:
Apr. 23 - Lisa Greenfield
Apr. 30 - John Meislahn
May 07 - Bob Harris
May 14 - Chuck Baker
May 21 - Chris Parr
May 28 - DARK
Jun. 04 - Jim Hinton
Jun. 11 - Jeri Arnold
Jun. 18 - Lisa Greenfield
Jun. 25 - John Meislahn

STANDBY WRITERS ARE:
John PALMER & Tom LAENGLE

Changes or comments?

Contact Jim Valinoti at valinoti@sonic.net or (707) 829-2300.