The Weekly Bulletin of the Rotary Club of West Sacramento April 9 th, 2012 Volume 63 Number 35 Upcoming Program Speakers April 13th Vocational Speaker Jon Pearman Community Business Bank April 20th CLUB DARK April 27th Division Chief John Heilmann West Sacramento Fire Department April 6th, 2012 Meeting Summary at a Glance Presiding: President Jeff Post Pledge: Peter Anderson May 4th Blessing: Good Friday Edition by Tim Carnahan TBD Song: Hall Pass issued by Prez Jeff Polio Plus Envelope Drawing: Heine Roikjer Club 588 of District 5180 PO Box 288 West Sacramento, CA 95691 Raffle: $5,601 with 4 cards, Tom Engle had the Meets Every Friday at winning ticket and drew the JOKER!!!!!! Club Pheasant at 12:15 Congratulations. Volume 63 No 35 Page 1 of 8 April 9th, 2012 Service Above Self th THE 4 -WAY TEST March 30 Club Calendar Of the Things we Think, Len Strickland Say or Do: on 1. Is it the TRUTH? Antarctica April 2012 2. Is it FAIR to all Magazine Month concerned? Antarctica is Earth’s southernmost continent, th underlying the South Pole. It is situated in the April 15 3. Will it build Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere Rotary Day at the River Cats GOODWILL and better almost entirely south of the Arctic Circle, and is th FRIENDSHIPS? surrounded by the Southern Ocean. Its April 20 4. Will it be geography, climate and biological conditions CLUB DARK at Lunch BENEFICIAL to all provide a unique environment. West Sacramento Rotary concerned? Foundation Tux & Tennies Antarctica occupies a total area of 13, 949,000 square kilometers. It is more than 2,800 nautical th April 28 Object of Rotary: The miles from Africa, 2,300 nautical miles from Rotary at Work Saturday Object of Rotary is to Australia, and only 650 nautical miles from encourage and foster the ideal South America (Argentina). Ninety-eight percent of service as a basis of worthy (98 %) of Antarctica is covered by ice and snow. May 2012 enterprise and, in particular, to It was 1820 when US sealing ship captain encourage and foster: th th Nathaniel Palmer sighted what was probably the May 6 – 9 FIRST: The development of Antarctic Peninsula from his ship. Only the RI Convention Bangkok acquaintance as an opportunity for service; following year was US sealer, John Davis, SECOND: High ethical reportedly able to go ashore on the Peninsula, May 18, 19 & 20 standards in business and although no sure evidence that he did so exists. District 5180 District Conference professions, the recognition of Reno the worthiness of all useful A few years later, from 1838 on, many occupations and the dignifying expeditions reconnoitered a good part of the of each Rotarian’s occupation Antarctic coast. Nevertheless, only in 1899 were June 2012 as an opportunity to serve Anglo-Norwegian, Carsten Borchgrevink, and Rotary Fellowship Month society; the leader of an English expedition, able to do THIRD: The application of th some real exploring. June 7 ideal of service by every Rotarian to hi/her/ personal, Yolo County Rotary Clubs Golf business and community life; On December 1, 1959 “The Antarctic Treaty” by Tournament FOURTH: The the countries that had operated scientific stations advancement of international in Antarctica during the International June 21st understanding, goodwill and Geophysical Year of 1957-58, this treaty affects Demotion Dinner peace through a world territories south of latitude 60 degrees. In it the fellowship of business and signatories agreed to freeze or shelve territorial professional persons united in claims, and to carry out only scientific and other the ideals of service. peaceful activities, among other pledges. On that occasion, the signatories were Argentina, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Russia, Great Britain, Poland and the United States. Ratified on June 23, 1961, the treaty now has more than 40 signatories. Immediate Past President Len Strickland Volume 63 No 35 Page 2 of 8 April 9th, 2012 Service Above Self April Birthdays th Matt Morrow 5 th Leonor Dicdican 7 rd Clark Cameron 23 th Mondays: Route 5 Barry Kalar 25 th 04/16 Dick Marshall and Troy Bird Don Ratley 27 04/23 Tim Carnahan and Patty Palamidessi 05/07 Jim and Dottie Leach April Anniversaries 05/15 Dick Marshall and Troy Bird th Chris and Stina Bradford 11 th Rotary Wednesdays: Route 5 Dayton and Cheryl Gilleland 11 th International 04/18 Tony Schwall and Armando Omega Tom and Lanell Wallace 16 th has succeeded 04/25 Don and Judy Ratley Chris and Tish Palamidessi 17 th in meeting the 05/02 Paul Kolarik and Randy Carlson Dan and Julie Ramos 29 Bill & Melinda 05/09 Lyle Bassett and Bob Ceccato Gates Here’ s looking at you! Foundation’s Thursdays: Route 1 04/12 Dave Kamminga and Steve Heringer US$200 million 04/19 Tom Wallace and Tissy Simmons match in 04/26 Ken Ruzich funding for 05/03 John Raney The eyes belong to Tim Carnahan and polio Mark Engstrom was the first to guess eradication, Thursdays: Route 2 correctly raising more 04/12 Debbie Oto-Kent and Jon Pearman than $202.6 04/19 Leonor Dicdican and Jerome Daigre Who owns the 04/26 Ron Morazzini and Len Thomas million as of 05/03 Dan Ramos and Mike Campbell nose and lips? 17 January. Those lips have lots to say! Prez Jeff with both hands full and finding it hard to decide to either to drink from the bottle or glass. Either way, the beer is delicious! J-E Paino J-E Paino Proprietor, Ruhstaller Beer, was introduced by Program Chair, Troy Bird. J-E is from San Francisco with a MBA from UC Davis. J-E went on to say that Sacramento has a very rich beer making history. At one time Yolo County was a very large grower of hops. Captain Frank Ruhstaller came to Sacramento from Switzerland to eventually became to the Managing Director of Buffalo Beer a premium craft beer; Gilt Edge lager beer in 1881. J-E started out by making a few kegs of beer and then quickly moved to 20 oz bottles with burlap covered neck. The burlap is placed on by hand by Pride Industries personnel. They do 100 cases per day. Drink well my friend. Volume 63 No 35 Page 3 of 8 April 9th, 2012 Service Above Self 2011 -2012 Leadership Team Announcements President Prez Jeff – Sunshine Report - Dick Marshal had his 2nd knee Jeff Post surgery to improve his recovery. Bob Ceccato is still recuperating Past President well from his back surgery and Don Fipps, present at the meeting Len Strickland today is recovering from his April 3rd back surgery. President Elect April 28th Planting Trees in the Bridge District Project. Heine Mark Engstrom Roikjer reported on the project. Contact Heine if you can assist on Treasurer this project in 3 weeks. Chris Bradford Habitat for Humanity – Heine Roikjer reported there would be Secretary another opportunity to work on the Mrs. Gassman House later in the David Kamminga month. Sergeant at Arms Board Meeting – The meeting in May will be the last Board Jim Cahill Meeting of the year and will be in conjunction with Mark Engstrom’s Membership first Board meeting. The event will be a Prez Jeff’s house. Jon Pearman The Rotary Foundation Barry Kalar Avenues of Service Community Service Heine Roikjer Randy Carlson New Generations Service Youth Services Joanie Kapell JoAnn Moffett Interact The Club sees the return of Ron Chambers. Ron is welcomed by Luan Christ (it’s Charyl Silva good to be hugged) and greeted by Tim Carnahan and Paul Kolarik. No hugs here! International Service Send notes to Ron at [email protected] Mark Engstrom It is time to again Vocational Service to form our Matt Morrow Softball Damien Galford Team!!!!! Club Service Randy Carlson Contact Damien Galford if you Public Affairs can play this Debbie Reynolds summer. Program Speakers Troy Bird If you fog a Bulletin Editor mirror, you have Don Fipps the skills we need. Volume 63 No 35 Page 4 of 8 April 9th, 2012 Service Above Self Fine Master/Sergeant-at-Arms Club Guests & Visitors Jim Cahill April 6th, 2012 Bell Ringers - $100 per Ring Visiting Rotarians: $ Kathleen O’Leary - Rang the Bell for all her sins Tony Schwall – Centennial present and future including being late. Walt James – Centennial $ Ed Rounthwaite -Rang the Bell for the West Tom Engle – Centennial – Raffle Winner!!!!! Sacramento Rotary Foundation for missed meetings. Guests: Fines Anthony Giordano – Guest of Heine Roikjer $ Steve Heringer paid a fine for being on the front from Ikea page of the Ag Alert weekly newsletter. $ Chris Palamidessi paid a fine for his anniversary and for his company’s ads on TV. $ Ken Ruzich paid a fine for advancing to the next higher level in his golf club. $ Ron Chambers – Welcomed back and fine free after his medical leave. Prez Jeff awarded Ron a Post Euro Buck for a free lunch. Tom Engle showing the winning Joker and the card. Click the link below for the Ed Rounthwaite Ken Ruzich April 2012 District 5180 Newsletter The Heart Beat http://rotary5180.net/Resources/NL/District/Ne wsLetter.pdf Rotary Trivia & Quiz of the Week Trivia Question How many languages does the country of Guatemala official recognize? Last Week’s Trivia Question How many feet above sea level is Mount Kinabalu in Borneo? Answer: 13,435 feet Note: All trivia and questions are from the current Rotarian magazine. Heine Roikjer (center back) at the Habitat Humanity project. Volume 63 No 35 Page 5 of 8 April 9th, 2012 Service Above Self On behalf of the Board of Directors for Habitat for Humanity Yolo County and Kacy Goulart, I wish to thank you for voluntee ring your time to help with the repairs on Kacy’s home.