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2003-2004 Calendar
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2003 2004
July January
August February
September March
October April
November May
December June

 

July 2003
Literacy Month

 

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Louis Capuano, Mike Merrill, Gail Johnson and Chuck Stark will present information on the Rotary International Conference recently held in Australia.

8th
11:45 am - SRW Rotary Board Meeting

8th
5:30 p.m. - Farewell party for our departing Exchange Student, Ms. Rafaela Magalhaes e Silva

13th
5:30 p.m. - Mike Moore Debunking, Wikiup Swim and Tennis Club

14 Club member Bob Harris will discuss environmental issues he deals with in his business.  
21 Jon Stout, Manager Charles M. Schultz, Sonoma County Airport will present a program on the new prospects for our local airport.  
28 Getting to Know Fellow Rotarians
Bill Fisher
will talk about his experiences growing up all over the world. And John Withers will talk about his experiences in the Korean war.
31st
Sonoma County Association of Rotary Clubs - Sebastopol Sunrise
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August 2003
Membership & Extension Month

 

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4 Paul Berlant - Windsor Town Manager will discuss the exciting rebirth of the downtown in our neighboring community of Windsor. 8th
7th Annual Golf & BBQ Social @2 p.m.

10th
Polo for Polio, Luther Burbank Center

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15th

DARK

Joint Meeting of Santa Rosa and Windsor Rotary Clubs @ Flamingo

12th
11:45 am - SRW Rotary Board Meeting
18 PDG John Withers discusses the SARS epidemic in China.  
25 Captain Sullivan of the US Coast Guard and Jean Sharley of the Navy League will present a program on the roll of the Coast Guard in today's world. Sonoma County Association of Rotary Clubs - Guerneville
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September 2003
New Generation Month

 

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1 Dark - Labor Day  
8 The Shipwreck Frolic 9th
11:45 am - SRW Rotary Board Meeting

14th
Inner Wheel Annual Kick-off Dinner
(Inner Wheel Members & Spouses only)

15 A Report from the Santa Rosa Convention and Visitors Bureau on the economic impact of the business traveler to the economy of Santa Rosa.  
22 Dark - Bartley BBQ @ 6 pm 25th
Sonoma County Association of Rotary Clubs - Windsor

28th
Board Members Dinner with District Governor - Wild Oak @5:00 pm

29 District Governor's Visit 29th
9:45 - 11:45 am Board Meeting
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October 2003
Vocational Service Month

 

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6 Playback Theatre
In a unique collaboration between performers and audience, people share their personal stories with the assistance of a "conductor" creating a theater piece on the spot.
 
13 "As I Recall"
by Evee Lewis, Sonoma County Registrar of Voters.
14th
11:45 am - SRW Rotary Board Meeting
20 President Louis is calling a General Assembly meeting. 25th
Foundation Dinner North - Fortuna
Pre-PETS - North - Fortuna

 

27 Dr. Bruce Denner and his wife, Loretta, speak to our club about their experience as volunteers in Eastern Russia at a school for disabled children. This program involves a Rotary International Program supported in part by the Rotary Foundation. 30th
Sonoma County Association of Rotary Clubs - Petaluma
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November 2003
Foundation Month
Rotary Foundation's 87th Anniversary

 

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3 DARK

6th
Special Veteran's Day Observance Meeting @ Vet's Hall, Santa Rosa

8th
Pre-PETS- South, Sebastopol
Foundation Dinner South
10 Sharon Hughes, a radio talk show host with a program called "Changing Worldviews."  She discusses current events and interviews candidates in the news. 11th
11:45 am - SRW Rotary Board Meeting
17 Club member Anne Abrams will give a history of the Multi Cultural Children's Center and the role our club played in it's formation. She will share interesting anecdotes and pictures. 20th
Sonoma County Association of Rotary Clubs - Santa Rosa
24 Gordon Amrein is the outreach coordinator for the Sonoma County Museum. He will be discussing "Colorful California Characters after the Gold Rush".  
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December 2003

 

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1 Don Johnson and the GSE team will give a presentation on their recent trip to Brazil. 7th
Christmas Party
8 Lia Rowley, Executive Director of The Children's Village will explain this unique concept for long-term family homes for children in foster care. 9th
11:45 am - SRW Rotary Board Meeting

11th
Snoopy Ice Show @7 p.m.

15 Thomas Hedland, a marriage and family therapist, will discuss "The Psychology of the Brain and Emotional Healing."  
22 Dark - Christmas  
29 Dark - New Year's Eve 31st
Selection of Centennial Project Deadline
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January 2004
Rotary Awareness Month

 

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5 The City of Santa Rosa will provide a speaker to discuss "Stabilization of City Finances" resulting from the economic downturn and state budget issues. 3rd
RI Presidents Dinner (tentative)
12 Attorney John Friedemann's talk will be "Anatomy of a Fraud." This is a case he tried in San Francisco involving 2 banks where he was able to obtain a $9 million dollar judgment for his client. An interesting point of his talk is "juries almost always get it right." 13th
11:45 am - SRW Rotary Board Meeting
19 Denise Jones from Third Street Ale Works (who is supplying the beer for our Crab Feed) will talk about the brewery industry. And she will bring samples to share!!! 24th
Crab Feed
26 Stuart Jones from Sonoma State University will discuss the Green Music Center which should be breaking ground soon. 29th
Sonoma County Association of Rotary Clubs - Healdsburg
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February 2004
World Understanding Month

 

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2 Just qualified for the March ballot is Proposition 56, an initiative which would make it easier for Sacramento politicians to increase our taxes. We will have 2 speakers presenting, pro and con, on the issue.  
9 Janet Hughes from Restorative Resources, and attorney Tim Burney will present a program on youth at risk or in trouble with the law and a new approach to restoring justice other than incarceration. 10th
11:45 am - SRW Rotary Board Meeting

13th
Noon - Penta Club President's Meeting
@ Coco's

15-22
International Assembly - Anaheim

16 Dark - President's Day  
23 The Community Smart Program will be presented by Rotarian Jim Wieschendorff and Don Condron (formerly of HP/Agilent). This program could pay big dividends to our club assisting us in fund raising. 23rd
RI 99th Anniversary

26th
Sonoma County Association of Rotary Clubs - Cloverdale Crab Feed

27th
Rotary Ski Challenge @ Tahoe

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March 2004

 

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1 SOS presentation 5-7th
P.E.T.S - San Jose
8 Judge Arnold Rosenfield will discuss the Restorative Justice Program for juveniles in Sonoma County 9th
11:45 am - SRW Rotary Board Meeting
15 Dark
St. Patrick's Day Dinner at Michelle's
19th
Noon - Penta Club President's Meeting
@ Coco's

19-20
Interact Conference - Alliance Redwoods

22 Dr. Robert Erlach, a local dentist, has recently returned from Kosovo. He will be speaking about the United States and NATO involvement in Kosovo. 25th
Sonoma County Association of Rotary Clubs - Petaluma Valley
29 Rotarian Gary Bayless will talk about his recent "LaCarrera Pan American Road Race" which covered Mexico from Guatemala to Texas.  
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April 2004
Magazine Month

 

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5 Bill Gittens will present a program on Seniors, Inc. which is a community project dedicated to creating a new senior center for Santa Rosa.  
12 Vince Mestrovich a detective with the Sonoma County Sheriff's department will discuss identity theft. 13th
11:45 am - SRW Rotary Board Meeting

15th
Club's 39th Anniversary
Speech Contest

16th
Noon - Penta Club President's Meeting
@ Coco's

17th
Deadline for GSE Team Leader Applications
District Assembly - College of Redwoods, Eureka

19 Jeri Arnold will present our Student Media Contest.

22nd
Sonoma County Association of Rotary Clubs

26 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. 29th
Sonoma County Association of Rotary Clubs - Valley of the Moon
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May 2004

 

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3 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.  
10 Jeri Arnold will present our Student Speech Contest. 11th
11:45 am - SRW Rotary Board Meeting
17 TBD 21st
Noon - Penta Club President's Meeting
@ Coco's

22rd-26th
95th Annual RI Convention, Osaka

24 Tom Robinson from the Open Space District will talk about our county's commitment to open space preservation 27th
Sonoma County Association of Rotary Clubs - Petaluma Sunrise
31 DARK - Memorial Day  
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June 2004
Rotary Fellowship Month

 

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7 Chris Parr will introduce our GSE team from Brazil and we will get to know a little about them and their experiences here. They arrived May 21st and will be here for 6 weeks. 8th
11:45 am - SRW Rotary Board Meeting

13-18th
RYLA Camp - Westminster Woods

14 David McDonald will discuss the crisis with workmen's compensation in our state, what happened and how the governor is working to solve this issue. 17-20th
District Conference, Santa Rosa

18th
Noon - Penta Club President's Meeting
@ Coco's

21 Robin Marrs is back from France and will provide the program on his experiences living there. 22-26th
R.I. Convention, Osaka, Japan
28 Roger Olsen will discuss the Pacific Coast Air Museum  
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