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The Need for a Breast Care Center in Santa Rosa

Call to Order

President Mike rang the bell at 12:30PM

Rotary Moment: We had no one to perform this duty roster task, so President Mike proceeded to tell us that golf is played both consistently bad and good depending on your perspective...or something like that, as the bulletin writer was not listening.

(Recently returned from 4 short weeks in Italia, [Hey! Someone had to do it!], Club Service Director Extraordinaire Bill Dodson, was back in the cash drawer...purveying plates for the wonderful fare of the Los Robles. Bill was heard mumbling: “Questo pasto mi ha dato mille tonnellate di gioia, ma sono pieno fin sopra la testa!” –Ed J) *see translation below.

On behalf of Jeff Ray, who couldn’t be at the meeting because he was on vacation, our esteemed President then gave us a message: the Annual Golf Tournament for our club will be held on August 8th. (Heart attacks are optional for this event). It may be on the Bennett Valley course and Mr. Marigo may be cooking. Details to follow.

We then had Chris Parr introduce and induct a new member. Linda Kittler is from Southern CA and has a background as a chef, however she is now a real estate agent for CPS in SR. Welcome, Linda!

Visiting Rotarians:

President Mike had to perform yet another club duty roster task of introducing the visiting Rotarians, as we had no one to do that.

Bob Zeni then was called on to introduce the SR West Rotary Scholarship winners from Piner High, Janelle Wong and Chris Gardina.

Guests of Rotarians:

Now we finally got to the guests of Rotarians. Ray introduced Sean Hanna from the Boy Scouts.

Bob Zeni brought his good-looking grandson Michael in the 2nd grade from Vacaville.

And Marigo finally remembered he had a guest - Ed Burr - past member and back from 3 years Texas.

After some bantering with a fellow Brit (which hardly anyone could understand...I think that was the point J -Ed) Ken Dansie took the microphone to introduce Brian Cox from Ridgeway High. Brian brought Anna Avilos with him, who graduated from Ridgeway and is now in her second year at the JC.

Brian Herndon announced that the debunking party is coming up on July 13th at Wikiup Tennis Club at 5 p.m. Cost is $25 to all members and attendance is mandatory, so please plan on being there ‘cause you will be charged either way. Also we will be circulating a sign-up roster shortly, so be sure to get your name on it early. Your debunking committee will thank you.

Chris Rosell then was called to the podium to give away some more money. Brian Cox from Ridgeway was given a check for $1000, which he says will be used for the new library and software. Sean Hanna was given a check for $2500 for the Boy Scouts who need a new trailer and equipment for camping

The President then took an informal hand poll of how many people would like to go to Snoopy’s Ice Show. There was a show of hands for about 14 people, so with kids and spouses maybe about 30-40 people.

Past President Jim Valinoti (’97-98) was asked to stand. We have not seen Jim all year at a meeting due to his new job. Jim told us that while he does miss most of the regular meetings, he had not yet missed one of President Mike’s board meetings this year. He commented on the way that President Mike masterfully runs his board meetings, but was sad to see that the same level of preparation was not evident in today’s meeting. President Mike then gave him a stern tongue lashing about Rotarians having fun! Not being organized. He then extracted yet an additional $50 from an already “Bleeding Heart” Jim.

Ken Kushnir was called to be recognized. First, for being quoted in USA Today about the first class air flyers being afflicted by coach passengers using the upper class potties. Then for making the metal detector go off at the Tucson Airport. It seems Ken was asked to put his hands up and his pants fell down to his ankles showing his pretty floral panties. For this embarrassment Mike asked what he would like to contribute. Ken said anything John Withers would like to match. John said $100 and Ken tried to up it to $500 but (Withers) John was stuck on the hundred.

Ron Allen was then asked to rise. Another person we have not seen for awhile, Ron was famous for a little article in the PD that was later retracted. He also bought another Ferrari, and yes, he did sell the first one. But the biggest news was that Ron’s wife Laura is expecting another baby, their third! He then offered to match Ken’s $500 for a fine and Ken accepted. Mike was truly happy for the $1000 in the coffer and told Mr. Withers he would talk to him next week.

Arnie Carston was then feeling a little Catholic as he raised his hand for the microphone and pulled out his wallet at the same time. He confessed to buying a new Mercedes SUV and wanted to donate $100 to the Boy Scouts for the truly magnificent help they give us at the Crab Feed. President Mike was now feeling a little greedy and wanted the money for the club, but Arnie handed the money to Sean before he could object.

Raffle:

Ron Allen is lucky in love but not marble pulling.

The wine went to Chuck Olson, who was overjoyed.

Program:

Roger Olson introduced our guest speakers from Sutter Medical Center.

Penny Vanderwalk and	Dr. Amy Shaw
came to discuss the need for a Breast Care Center in Santa Rosa.

Sutter is no longer a county hospital but a not-for-profit organization affiliated with Sutter Medical Group. The problem we currently have is the organization of getting the support for those diagnosed with breast cancer. It is a very fragmented system and Sutter got $165K to hire people to coordinate a system to help those once they have been diagnosed with the cancer. It now takes 28 days to get information back on a mammogram and this is not acceptable. We need a dedicated radiologist in town to shorten this time frame.

The profile of women with the highest risk are white, wealthy women who have had children when over 30 years old. So one can see that Sonoma and Marin County have a higher rate than the rest of the country.

*Translation: This meal has given me metric tons of joy...but I’m stuffed to the gills!

Your Bulletin Reporter: John Meislahn		Your Editor: Jim Valinoti

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

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