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The Chronicles of the
40th Week of the Reign of Good King Louie of Santa Rosa
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| The podium bell was sounded by King Louie to
bring the court into session promptly at half past the hour of twelve. |
The salutation to the flag
was led by Sir Harry of Rubins
A thought for the Rotary Moment
was read by Squire Gary Lucas.
Visiting Rotarians from
other realms were introduced by Ed Burr.
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Ken Barnes, regent to Past President Patsy Barnes,
extended to the court Patsy’s greetings and reported on the state of her
health. Although her mind remains sharp, Patsy cannot either articulate
words or write. They plan to investigate soon electronic communications
devices which may offer some relief. We all wish Patsy the best. |
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| Only Sir John Brown, visiting from the Realm
of Santa Rosa, had a guest to introduce, she being Captain Patty
Rasmussen of the Salvation Army. |
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April 12th
Vince Mestrovich a detective with the Sonoma County Sheriff's department
will discuss identity theft.
(Reporter: Gary L.)
April 19th
Jeri Arnold will present our Student Media Contest.
(Reporter: Ann A.)
April 26th
Our exchange student Sarah Castellain will talk about her home in
France as well as her experiences here in Santa Rosa. We will also have
2 other Rotary exchange girls, Suvi from Finland and Kim from
Switzerland, speak briefly before Sarah. This will be a very special
meeting because Sarah's parents will be visiting from France and getting
to meet our Rotarians. Her father, Jacques, started and was president of
the Rotary club in Bethune.
(Reporter: Chris R.)
May 3rd
Our new Santa Rosa Police Chief, Ed Flint, will speak on the
challenges he sees in our city and how he plans to address them.
(Reporter: Richard S.)
May 10th
Jeri Arnold will present our Student Speech Contest
(Reporter: Tom L.)
May 17th
TBD
(Reporter: Roger O.)
May 24th
Tom Robinson from the Open Space District will talk about our
county's commitment to open space preservation
(Reporter: Roger O.)
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Crab
Feed
& Live Auction
Past
President's
Celebration
Bartley Barbecue
Bulletin
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Favors and acknowledgements were given as follows: Banners, flags and
other accouterments of the court were hung with great care by Messers
Sullivan, Burr & Fisher (sounds like a bunch of lawyers, doesn’t
it?), and tickets for the Royal Raffle were sold by Fred Zmarzly. |
Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye!
Announcements are as follows:
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Dame Chris Parr, President Elect-Elect (ta, ta,
ta-dah) advised that there is still space available in the van to meet
the RI President on April 24. All interested, make yourself known. Also,
Ms. Parr reminded all that the Charter Night for the new Rotaract Club
will be 4/24. Call Chris for details. |
Sir Harry of Rubins announced that once again a matching plan to
fund one’s Paul Harris is being formulated. Hark ye to the announcement
next week. |
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Duke Giovanni de Valinoti, Chairman of the
Nominations Committee, proclaimed the slate for the term of Crown
Prince Jim Hinton, Esq. which are as follows: |
| The 2004-2005 Rotary Year Board of
Directors and Officers |
| David McDonald |
Club Service Director |
1st year of 2-year term |
| Caroline Fox |
Community Service Director |
1st year of 2-year term |
| Jeri Arnold |
Vocational Service Director |
2nd year of 2-year term |
| Ken Prouty |
International Service Director |
1st year of 2-year term |
| Jim Valinoti |
Communications Director |
2nd year of 2-year term |
| Tarina Hall |
Crab Feed Committee Chair |
1st year of 2-year term |
| John Meislahn |
Fellowship Committee Chair |
2nd year of 2-year term |
| Susan Nowacki |
Programs Committee Chair |
2nd year of 2-year term |
| Gail Johnson |
Youth Exchange Comm. Chair |
1st year of 2-year term |
| Brian Herndon |
Rotary Information Comm. Chair |
2nd year of 2-year term |
Bob Marigo will also serve the Board as Special Advisor &
Counselor, but he will not be a voting member.
| And, of course, the officers serving with
me are: |
| Chris Parr-Feldman |
1st Vice-President & President Elect |
| Chris Rosell |
2nd Vice-President and President Elect-Elect |
| Janet Codding |
Secretary |
| Pat Stoll |
Treasurer |
| Louis Capuano |
Past President |
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Ed Burr reported on the Fishing In The City
program this past weekend. A fine time was had by all, and Ed was
assisted by wife Suzanne, Chris Parr, Terry Galazzo, and Gary
Lucas. Ed is already accepting volunteers for next year. |
| King Louie announced that there will be a
Fireside at the Geysers on Saturday May 8. Loyal subjects are invited to
attend and learn all about the generation of power via a renewable
resource and break bread under the spreading oaks (or steam plume,
whichever applies). |
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Mike Moore reported that famous golfer Scott
Bartley had finally had his clubs fitted, and tried them out this
past Sunday. Scores were not revealed. Perhaps Mike’s not such a bad guy
after all, eh, Scott? |
Fines and Tributes
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The court burst into song with an approximate rendering
of “Happy Birthday” in recognition of the immediate birthdays of Jim
Sullivan and Brian Herndon. Each was assessed a $10 fee for
entertainment. |
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Ralph Lassa was recognized for wife Barbara’s
birthday. Five bucks. Gary Bayless thought that Ron Street’s
write-up of his program last week was better than the program. |
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| Ginny Pitts and Tarina Hall were
welcomed back from their fun trip to Maui. These gals are having
entirely too much fun. |
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John Palmer was able to pull out a lovely marble from the bag,
but not the black one. Sorry, John. And Pete Lamonica donated the
bottle of wine back to the case for further aging. |
Ye Programme
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Bill Gittins introduced our speaker today, but before that he did
an introduction to the subject matter of a new senior center for Santa
Rosa. |
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Sy Berkowitz, president of Seniors, Inc. The two
tag-teamed their presentation about Seniors, Inc., whose mission is to
develop the financial resources for the planning, design and
construction of a new senior center for Santa Rosa, a badly needed
structure. |
| The current senior center, housed in a 1928 vintage
schoolhouse on Bennett Valley Road, has a current membership of about
700 seniors out of a population of about 30,000 seniors in the area. The
group estimates that the seniors population will grow to over 60,000 by
the year 2020. Given the fiscal condition of local government, this is
a grass roots effort, although the group is working with the full
cooperation of the city. The envisioned 25,000 square foot facility will
be constructed adjacent to the existing community service building at
Finley Park and would be operated by the city Department of Parks and
Recreation. Current very preliminary projected cost is $8-million, but
Mr. Gittins admits that it might be considerably higher as time passes
and plans develop.
Members of the Seniors, Inc board will be meeting with the presidents
and boards of the several Rotary clubs of Santa Rosa to enlist their
interest in a multi-year funding project similar to that accomplished by
the Santa Rosa West club for the Multi-Cultural Developmental Center.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:25 PM. |
Your Bulletin Scribe,
Charles of Baker
(it's a bread thing...) |
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Your Bulletin Editor,
James of Valinoti
(valley of the night...) |
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| Internal
Service Recognition Roster |
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April 5 |
April 12 |
April 19 |
April 26 |
| Cashier: |
Kim |
Kim |
Kim |
Kim |
| Set-up: |
Doug D. |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
| Set-up: |
Bill F. |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
| Greeter: |
Ed B. |
Chris P. |
Jim S. |
Steve W. |
| Pledge: |
Harry R. |
Harry R. |
TBD |
Jim S. |
| Ticket Sales: |
Fred Z. |
Tarina H. |
Richard S. |
Ed B. |
| Moment: |
Gary L. |
TBD |
TBD |
John M. |
| Photographer: |
Bob Harris |
Bob Harris |
Bob Harris |
Bob Harris |
| Programs: |
Susan Nowacki |
Susan Nowacki |
Susan Nowacki |
Susan Nowacki |
| Bulletin Reporter: |
Chuck B. |
Gary L. |
Ann A. |
Bill D. |
| Bulletin Editor: |
Jim Valinoti |
Jim Valinoti |
Jim Valinoti |
Jim Valinoti |
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