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Our Greeter:
Gary Bayless introduced our visiting Rotarians including a member
from Pennsylvania.
Ticket Sales:
Bill Dodson sold the winning ticket, among many other tickets in Harry
Rubin's absence because Harry was selling Rotary Foundation
Celebration raffle tickets a short distance away.
Guests:
Bob Zeni introduced Jan Hansen of Piner High School. Jan is
a counselor and escorted our two star students from Piner.
Announcements:
President Mike read all the names of those who attended last
Thursday's Association Meeting. It took a long time because so many of our
chapter attended the event. Mike gave thanks for the support. Once again,
we all make Mike look good in the eyes of the District. Special thanks to Chris
Parr, Gary Lucas, Caroline Fox and Bob Marigo for all of their
work to put on a very successful event.
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Ginny Pitts announced that November 7th would
be the Tribute to our Veterans at (guess where), the Veterans
Memorial Building. Please plan on attending (we are dark November
4th) and if you don't have a veteran to accompany you, ask Ginny to
help. She also has the tickets. |
There was great confusion but we finally got this straight. There will
be a New Member Party at Gail Johnson's house on November 7.
Rich Pratt will host a Fireside Social at his office at
90 'E' Street on November 14. Wasn't that easy? Please plan on
attending both.
| Jim Hinton told us that Rotary Grant
Applications can be downloaded from our website and must be turned
in before December 31. All of last year's applicants have been
notified by mail. |
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Fred Zmarzly says that the roster is in three-ring format again
for those who prefer it that way. He also suggested that those with
outstanding financial obligations to our Rotary Chapter had better pay up
or else.
Rick Rybicki (more on him later) announced that he needs
volunteers to help out at our club's annual involvement with the Fishing
In The City Program. You'll have fun teaching Biella Elementary School
fifth graders how to fish at Lake Ralphine on November 16. Apparently,
pulling young fisherpersons out of the lake after they have fallen in is
very popular.
Randy Seelye of the Downtown Club and our current Assistant
District Governor presented Past President Brian Herndon with
belated awards from last years District Conference. We won a FIRST award
for our International Service Projects and a SECOND award for our website.
Brian insisted we give ourselves a hand, which we did. Jim Hinton
and Jim Valinoti get two hands! Mr. Hinton took the
opportunity to explain what some of our international projects accomplish.
Really nice to hear those things.
Bob Zeni reminded us that he has the tickets for the Crab Feed.
Reserve a table before they are sold out.
Student Recognition!!!!
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Mr. Zeni presented Janelle Wong and Craig
Gardina from Piner High School who were chosen as our
Outstanding Students of the Month for October. They will compete for
our two Albert Biella Academic Scholarships later next year.
Janelle loves school, a lot! She does a lot of
volunteering, wants to become a bio engineer to cure diseases and
will apply to UC Berkeley. Chris is president of the math and
Spanish clubs, wants to become an electrical engineer and will apply
to Stanford. In spite of their choice of schools, we hope they
remain friends and we wish them the best of luck. |
| Recognition:
Phil Talamantes was fined $25 for attending a REPUBLICAN
political event. For a die hard Democrat the fine was easier to put
up with than the constant ribbing he is getting. Elections are
November 5th. Vote early and vote often (not on the same day of
course). |
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Remember Rick Rybicki during announcements?
Well, guess who got to go to ALL of the World Series games with his
partner. Not that it did our team any good, mind you, but he did say
he experienced a lot of serious choking in the seventh inning of
Game 6 in Anaheim. Our Pres fined him $5 a game and Rick threw in
another $100 to the Foundation because he's a nice guy. |
| Pete Lamonica, who we last saw winning $50 a
quarter for three quarters of the football pool at the Bartley BBQ,
has just returned from hiding in Italy.
President Mike made him an offer he couldn't refuse
and extracted $100 from his winnings. Welcome back! |
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Bob Marigo came up with $203 to the Foundation in recognition of
45 years of marriage to Dolores (aka The Angel or St. 'D').
Dave Wattell remembered his wife's birthday but it cost him $5
anyway.
Neil Silverman has spent the last month teaching photography
classes in southern Utah. He strongly urged us to go there sometime to
enjoy the beauty. $25, thank you.
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Bill Gittins: Apparently missing from the
recognitions this week was our own Billy G. I can't imagine that his
very successful "One Man Show" this past weekend at the
Equis Restaurant went unnoticed, especially since many of us were
there to share in Bill's artful success! Dodged another bullet, eh,
Bill? -Ed J |
| Joe Perez: Well, with a picture like this one
it would have been a mistake not to include it in the bulletin.
Apparently Joe was also missing in action on the recognition
billboard...fielder's choice on this one, President Mike. -EdJ |
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Raffle:
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Louie Capuano has done it again!!!! He picked
the marble that earned him $400. John Palmer won the bottle
of wine. |
| Program:
Harry Rubins reminded us that the Rotary Foundation
Celebration will be held at the Herzog Building on the Petaluma
Fairgrounds on November 9 and the time, 6:00. The ticket price is
$50, and there will be silent and live auctions as well as the usual
raffle. There will be great food, gracious hors d'oeuvres, a hosted
wine bar as well as an unhosted bar. |
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The proceeds will be allocated for The Rotary Foundation or to Polio
Eradication as the buyer chooses. Harry then introduced our own member and
Past District Governor, Mike Merrill. Mike gave us a slide show to educate
our new members and remind our old members about how the foundation works.
Click here
for more information.
Bulletin Writer: Bill Dodson
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Your Editor:
Jim Valinoti |
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| Internal
Service Recognition Roster |
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October 28 |
November 4 |
November 11 |
November 18 |
| Cashier: |
Jeri A. |
DARK |
Jeri A. |
Jack B. |
| Set-up: |
Doug D. |
DARK |
Doug D. |
Doug D. |
| Set-up: |
Dave M. |
DARK |
Dave M. |
Dave M. |
| Greeter: |
Gary B. |
DARK |
Gary B. |
Janet C. |
| Pledge: |
Bryan F. |
DARK |
Terry G. |
Terry G. |
| Ticket Sales: |
Harry R. |
DARK |
Robin M. |
Chuck B. |
| Moment: |
Chuck B. |
DARK |
Judith L. |
John M. |
| Photographer: |
Caroline Fox |
DARK |
Caroline Fox |
Caroline Fox |
| Programs: |
Paula Wrenn |
DARK |
Paula Wrenn |
Paula Wrenn |
| Bulletin Reporter: |
Bill Dodson |
DARK |
Scott B. |
Tarina H. |
| Bulletin Editor: |
Jim Valinoti |
DARK |
Jim Valinoti |
Jim Valinoti |
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