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President Louie called the meeting to order at
12:30 PM sharp! |
Pledge:
Tom Laengle led us in the Pledge.
The Rotary Moment:
| Scott Bartley gave the Rotary Moment – a brief
thought about the manner of giving a gift as being more important than
the gift itself. |
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Visiting Rotarians
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Our Visiting Rotarians were introduced by Cal Kimes. |
Introduction of Guests of
Rotarians:
| Past President Jim Valinoti (‘97-to present –Ed
J) hosted his daughter, Angela,
for lunch. Angie is a veteran visitor to our club, having participated
in the Holland Sister Club Exchange after graduating from Ursuline High
School. Currently she is a paralegal in Santa Rosa with the law firm of
Carl-Mackey-Powers & Ross. Angie was visiting us today representing the
new Rotoract Club of Santa Rosa, of which she is a charter member. |
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Announcements
PEE Chris Parr-Feldman reported on Rotaract as follows:
President Louie mentioned that Rotaract meets the 1st and 3rd Monday
evenings of each month at the LBC. He encouraged us all to support this club
with our attendance at their meetings and participation in their activities.
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Social Chair Extraordinaire John Meislahn
reminded us that our club would be dark at the Los Robles on March 15th
but that we would be meeting that evening at 6:00 p.m. March 15th at
Michelle’s Restaurant for our annual St. Paddy’s Day dinner. See John
for sign-ups. It’s a meeting day, so be there for the “wearin’ of the
green” or make up somewhere else. |
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Coming
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March 1st
SOS presentation
(Reporter: Gail J.)
March 8th
Judge Arnold Rosenfield will discuss the juvenile justice system in
Sonoma County
(Reporter: Richard S.)
March 15th
Dark
St. Patrick's Day Dinner at Michelle's
March 22nd
Dr. Robert Erlach, a local dentist, has recently returned from
Kosovo. He will be speaking about the United States and NATO involvement
in Kosovo.
(Reporter: Roger O.)
March 29th
TBD
(Reporter: Ron S.)
April 5th
TBD
(Reporter: Chuck B..)
April 12th
Vince Mestrovich, a detective with the Sonoma County Sheriff's
Department, will discuss identity theft (your mail, credit cards, etc).
(Reporter: Gary L.)
April 19th
Bill Gittins will present a program on Seniors Inc, which is a
community project to create a new senior center for Santa Rosa.
(Reporter: Ann A.)
April 26th
Sarah Castellain, our exchange student, will talk about her
experiences here in California and tell us about her home in France. Her
parents will be visiting with us that day, her father started the Rotary
club in their town of Bethune.
(Reporter: Chris R.)
May 3rd
Santa Rosa's new police chief, Ed Flint, will be speaking to us about
the challenges he sees in our city and how he plans to handle them.
(Reporter: Richard S.)
May 10th
Tom Robinson will speak to us about the Open Space District
(Reporter: Tom L.)
May 17th
Our own Bill Fisher will present the 40th anniversary program for our
club.
(Reporter: Roger O.)
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Crab
Feed
& Live Auction
Past
President's
Celebration
Bartley Barbecue
Bulletin
Archives
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David Mc Donald announced that there are dictionaries left over from
his committee’s Dictionary Program. Anyone interested in obtaining one of
these should speak with David.
Tarina “Ms. Crabby” Hall (CF Chair)
has already secured the date of January 29th, 2005 for our next “feedin’ of
the crab,” so put that date on your calendar, Rasputin (–Ed
J)
Caroline Fox announced that she already has our first Live Auction
item; it will be a week’s stay in Cabo. Way to go, Caroline!
| Bob “Mr. Sunshine” Marigo announced that Bob
Zeni’s father passed away last week at age 101. Bob Z related that
his dad was sharp as a tack up to his last day. Best to you and your
family, Bob. |
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As reported by the “Chairman of the Board,” President Louie, our
next Board Meeting will be on March 9th at Josef’s Restaurant in Railroad
Square. This would be an excellent opportunity for new member “Red Badgers”
to fulfill one of the requirements of the journey to achieving their Blue
Badge - attend a Board of Directors Meeting.
Our two Piner High School “Students of the Month” were introduced by
Bob Zeni.
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Veronica Fruiht, who among her other activities
is a Key Club Member, stated during her presentation, “Whatever I do, I
want to be the best!” Go for it Veronica! |
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Our second “Student of the Month” is Ron Sloat.
Ron is a math major. His interests are music and mechanics. He works
part time for the Mark West School District maintaining the connectivity
of their computer network. He does set-ups and maintenance. |
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| PDG Mike Merrill was asked by President
Louie to take the podium and perform the induction formalities for
our newest member, Barbara Larson. Barbara’s sponsor, Gail
Johnson, assisted in the proceedings. |
| Barbara Larson is a local banker with North Coast
Bank and was duly welcomed by President Elect-Elect Chris Parr. |
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Recognition:
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Gail Johnson was on her feet again, this time to
be recognized for her travels to Kansas City to visit her daughter. She
also shared with us that she would be off again - to Florida? That
trip will just have to be addressed separately when she returns. Right
now? $10. |
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Don Ling was visited by President Louie
for his anticipated trip to Florida, where he will be joining...PDG
John Withers? Boy he should be receiving some sort of compassionate
compensation for that!!!! They will both be leaving Florida and heading
for Brazil next. And you thought that country already had problems? Ha!
$10, Don. But when you return, John, you’re next! We’ll all be ready for
another, in the long line of The Famous Withers Chronicles! |
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Chuck Olson had a birthday. Unfortunately he
didn’t spend it with us, so President Louie took this opportunity
to remind him with a $10 recognition fee. |
John Meislahn was anointed for his 37th birthday and claimed to be the
youngest member of the club...GONG! Nope! That honor is still held by Ron
Allen (9-1-70).
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| Past President Brian Herndon
(’01-’02) and Past President Mike Moore (’02-‘03 were each
fined $5 for going to Hawaii. Brian was fined an additional for his
anniversary. Boy if that was all the anniversary cost him, he got off
cheap - not likely though! |
Raffle:
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| Ken Dansie, self-professed socialist, who
earlier proclaimed that he knew why we couldn’t balance our budgets in
this country, had his ticket drawn for the raffle. As he approached
the podium to draw for the black marble that would make him $300
richer he was reminded that were this a socialist country he would be
sharing that win with all of us. No cigar on the marble draw.
Fittingly, it was yellow. |
| Jim Sullivan had the winning ticket that netted
him a bottle of some unknown label of chardonnay. |
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Program:
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Brian Herndon introduced our guest speakers,
Marty Rosales and Jim Wieschendorf. Jim did the honors of
presenting a program on the Community Smart Program, a bonus Rewards
program that provides a link between non-profits and merchants in our
area. |
Jim explained that if you obtain a Community Smart Card and use it at
participating merchants in the area, those dollars are paid out to the
nonprofits that you pre-select to receive the funds. It could be a possible
tax write off, however, as always, it’s best to check with your
accountant/CPA, - even if he is a socialist J.
Catch a more complete story on this great new program in an article from
The Northbay Business Journal.
Your Bulletin Reporter,
Jack Bill |
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Your Bulletin Editor,
Jim Valinoti |
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| Internal
Service Recognition Roster |
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February 23 |
March 1 |
March 8 |
March 15 |
| Cashier: |
Kim |
Kim |
Kim |
St. Pat's |
| Set-up: |
Dave M. |
Doug D. |
Doug D. |
St. Pat's |
| Set-up: |
Dave M. |
Doug D. |
Doug D. |
St. Pat's |
| Greeter: |
Cal K. |
Jim H. |
Tom L. |
St. Pat's |
| Pledge: |
Tom L. |
Jim B. |
Chuck B. |
St. Pat's |
| Ticket Sales: |
Jeri A. |
Caroline F. |
Tarina H. |
St. Pat's |
| Moment: |
TBD |
Cal K. |
TBD |
St. Pat's |
| Photographer: |
Bob Harris |
Bob Harris |
Bob Harris |
St. Pat's |
| Programs: |
Susan Nowacki |
Susan Nowacki |
Susan Nowacki |
St. Pat's |
| Bulletin Reporter: |
Jack B. |
Gail J. |
Richard S. |
St. Pat's |
| Bulletin Editor: |
Jim Valinoti |
Jim Valinoti |
Jim Valinoti |
St. Pat's |
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