Category: 2018 Jul-Dec

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Pres. Sandie opened with flag salute

Inspiration by “stand in” Larry Wasem

Song by Bill Arnone; “I can see clearly now”

Visiting Rotarians: Dave Ruprecht from Sierra Madre /Pasadena area, who is new in Windsor, and applying for membership in our club!

Visitors: Of course our little “new member Abigail” who was presented with her own badge by her sponsor-Robin, and mentor Larry.

Exchange students Emma, Sato and upcoming exchange student, Caden Hewitt

Dicks assistant Pam, and Janet Hyde also came to visit!

Susan Cole reminded everyone about signing up for book reading at Cali

Craig Curreri asked for any ideas for somewhere for Joe and Pat Deacon to stay while they are here

Maureen Merrill talked about an upcoming Rotary Nite at the LBC on Friday, Nov. 30^th with a 7:30 show. Meet in the lobby for everyone to sit together. Wanna Go? Call Maureen

Carol Martin brought in a plaque that was presented to Windsor Rotary from the Town of Windsor for all of our efforts to support the local community, especially the Tuesday night Summer Movie Series.

Michael Juric announced the upcoming “Gala” meetings will be starting soon. Stay tuned for updates on days and times

Bill Bolster didn’t have much to say except for a reminder about the upcoming bell ringing for the Salvation Army on Dec. 8^th & 15^th. Sign up sheet will be coming around soon. This year it will be at Walmart NOT Safeway

Glenda-reminder about the Foundation Brunch this Sunday, and raffle tickets are $20. Diane Brabetz donation 2 beautiful baskets and asked that anyone that may have, or find baskets with handles, please pick them up for her for future baskets.

Help with Polio vaccinations next Feb. 2019 in India!!

John Horton-Fine Master…

*Maureen was singled out, about a photo of her on a mailer naming Dominic Foppoli her choice for Windsor Town Council-that one cost her $10!!

*Jack Hyde announced that him and wife Janet have purchased a home in New Jersey for their move next July. He donated $100

Allen Christenson announced he took students to the Humane Society, and they actually watched an operation! Upcoming trips to Sonoma Raceway and Windsor Public Works! Anyone interested in joining them, give Allen a call

Allen also did an update on Warren Parker: he is home, doing better, having a hard time reading, but can write, also having some vision issues. Allen wishes he would have called him to see if he wanted to come visit. Maybe next week?!!

Jillian Day, one of our scholarship recipients, sent a nice card thanking the club

John Lecave-fundraising committee ideas for fundraising in the future re: like the pop up art show, poker night, flamingo’s etc. Contact John if you have any bright ideas for future ways to raise funds.

Ed Turner jumped in and said that there will for sure be a movie night in January!! So glad to hear, it was really fun last time!

*Presentation from our previous exchange student Emma Hackathorn whom was in Sweden! First thing she wanted to do was to thank Windsor Rotary for sponsoring her exchange, she will never forget the wonderful memories.

Photos of some of her favorite spots/memories:

-Cray fish party in July-she loves cray fish!

-Sailing trip, Hockey game, visiting a very old Castle-but can’t remember how old?!!

-Beautiful train station, she did a lot of traveling on that train. Very easy to get around in Sweden by train. This is how she kept up with seeing other students in the area.

-Lots of beautiful wilderness. SNOW!! And a photo of her very 1^st snowman.

-Emma’s host brother was deaf, so she learned sign language to be able to communicate with him.

-She also had a tragedy…her best friend and her grandfather were in a car accident..she is ok now, but a long recovery.

-Her second host family took her to Paris and Copenhagen where they attended the Mid Summer Festival

-She said she really loved the way the people in Sweden know how to enjoy life, not as much stress, and they take time to relax.

-The 1^st thing she realized when she returned home, was how blessed she is by living in Sonoma County-it is just so beautiful here!

-She ended by speaking to us in Swedish!!

*Next Sato, our exchange student from Paraguay, gave a short presentation about his life in his home country:

Family photos of dad and family, and then mom and her family.

-He speaks Spanish and Guarani

-His favorite things he has experienced since being here: Trips with other exchange students, and time spent with some of the Rotarians

-The HS is so big, but he loves it!

He also was asked by the membership, his impressions of Sonoma County and the people he has met? He said that it has surpassed his expectations! So much fun, and everyone is so nice and friendly.

-His future goals? He wants to be a Doctor!

Our special Town Council meeting was held in the grotto at Charlie’s Restaurant in Windsor. Unlike our typical meeting, we were allowed to sleep in this Tuesday and gather in the grotto at 5:15 PM.

President Sandi Krutz rang the bell at 5:30 PM

Our pledge was led by Daniel Myers

The inspiration was that we had numerous people in our audience who were enthusiastic to hear the various candidates for the Town of Windsor Town Council.

Our emcees for the candidate forum included John LeCave and Maureen Merrill.

Rather than take notes your scribe, Tom Boylan took to Social Media and posted a live video on Facebook. To revisit the forum please visit: facebook.com/windsorrotary

We often hear that the note of a great meeting is in the number of people who linger at the last ring of the bell. There were quite a few people lingering into the evening.

ROTARY CLUB OF WINDSOR MEETING – September 4, 2018

Opening – The meeting was officially opened by President Sandy Krutz at 7:30 am followed by the pledge of allegiance lead by Daniel Myers.

Inspiration – The inspiration was given by Susan Cole who quoted from Luna, “Yesterday I was clever and wanted to change the world and today I am wise and want to change myself”.

Warm Up Activity – Pegi Ball provided leadership for a “Cool Down Activity”. She asked the crowd to pretend they were a puppet and all the strings tied to you were released…let it all hang loose. Now take a deep breath say hello to your neighbor on each side.

Guests – The following guests were introduced:

Chirs Landwehr introduced Rotarian Tony Landreau from the Petaluma Rotary who announced the Petaluma River Craft Beer Festival to be held on Saturday, September 15 in Historic Downtown Petaluma.

Other guests included Larry Wasem introducing Baby Abigail. J.B. introduced our Exchange Student, Satoshi who had a big weekend attending movies on Friday, a Cal football game on Saturday, sailing on Sunday and a pool party on Monday. The highlight was, of course, the Cal football game…his first ever.

Susan Cole reintroduced Dave Culley owner of the American Kitchen in Windsor. Pam Moulton introduced the Raley’s manager, Sam and our own Zack (now employed by Raley’s). The Grand Opening will be September 12 with all in the Club invited.

Announcements

Rotary Rug Readers – Susan Cole passed around a sign-up sheet for the first Rotary Rug Readers opportunity to read to first graders at Cali Calmecca on the new rugs purchased with the years District Grant money. The reading will take place next Tuesday from 1:00 – 2:30 pm. Please sign up for future opportunities.

Music on the Green – Bev Graham announced that this Thursday is the last night of the season for Music on the Windsor Green. Beatle music will be featured and all money raised in the Rotary bar will be going to support International Projects for this year. A special thanks to Jack Hyde for his many efforts in supporting this project.

Political Forums – Sandy Krutz reminded the Club that we will be dark on Tuesday, September 25 in order to host a Town Council Candidates Forum that evening at 5:15 pm. This forum will take place of the regular meeting. All members are encouraged to attend. A School Board Candidate Forum will also be held at the October 9 meeting.

Calendar Events

Tuesday, September 11- Speaker/Author Susan Hagen on the “Women at Ground Zero” Thursday, September 20 – Board Meeting – 7:30 am Tuesday, September 25 – Dark – Town Council Candidate Forum 5:15 am Tuesday, October 9 – Regular meeting – School Board Candidate Forum Thursday, October 11 – Social at Chris Landwehr’s Pottery Studio

Fines and Acknowledgements

Leah Hansen was the “fine master” and recognized the following Rotarians:

Larry Wasem was recognized for being quoted in the Press Democrat. Daniel Myers was fined for not wearing his badge. Dennis Wilkinson was recognized for his recent golf trip and vacation to Denver. Maureen Merrill was also acknowledged for a recent birthday that she rode on her bicycle 66 kilometers for her 66 years.

Reports

Rotary Flag Icons

Tom Boylan surveyed the audience to get suggestions on the design of a new Rotary Club Flag. There is a need to redesign the flag and club members offered some of the following icons as possible suggestions: hot air balloon, music, town green, regional parks, schools, hiking, farmer market, wine, friendly/playful town, Charles Schultz Airport, and Snoopy.

Windsor Rotary Community Foundation

Ed Turner reported out on the status of the Windsor Rotary Community Foundation (aka John Lewis Foundation). He discussed the origin of the foundation in 1991 with the idea proposed by Carl Wiuff. Club donations have grown this fund to over $340,000. The goal has been to grow this community foundation to $500,000 and then to use the interest to fund local community projects. Ed encouraged members to go to automatic deductions of $10 a month to achieve this goal.

Foundation Update

Foundation Chairperson Glenda Sales updated the Club on the progress oF RI Foundation giving. She provided background on the origin of the Foundation with the first donation made by Rotarian Art Klumph. Glenda encouraged all members to get involved in their estate planning and dedicate a $1000 in order to become a Rotary Benefactor. Pegi Ball was invited up and presented her fourth Paul Harris recognition.

Community Service Update

Community Chairperson Carol Martin provided an update on the status of Community Service programs for the Club. Carol discussed current expenditures and assets and the programs being funded by our Club for the current year. She also provided information on the current goals for the 2018-19 Rotary year. These goals included: survey members, more hands-on projects, identify a major project for the year and report to the Club quarterly on the progress of current commitments.

Closing

President Sandy Krutz closed the meeting with thanking guests, reminding the Club that “Pinwheels for Polio” were on sale and that the goal for funding Polio this year is $5000.

Next weeks speaker will be author Susan Hagen that recently wrote the book “Women of Ground Zero”…very appropriate for our Tuesday meeting on 9/11.

Closing Thought of the Day: “What if our use of emojis became so extensive that we returned to writing in hieroglyphics?”

Submitted by Ken Moulton, Scribe for the Day

September 11, 2018

Rotary Meeting Notes

The 17th Anniversary of the World Trade Tragedy

Maureen Merrill, was President of our Club at that time, and kept us focused on the present, as we tried to process the reality of what was actually happening in NYC! It was a somber day!

Today’s meeting began with Colleen Carmichael, President of the Healdsburg Sunrise Club, leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Allen Christiansen, then lead us in a very enthusiastic rendition of, Take Me Out To The Ballgame!

There were many guests to introduce, who were in attendance to hear our speaker, Susan Haygen, co-author of the book, Women at Ground Zero. Glenda introduced Susan, who in turn, introduced six members of her writing club who were there to hear her story, once again!

Art introduced Bob Cox, of the Cloverdale Club; Anna introduced Colleen Carmichael, President of the Healdsburg Sunrise Club, and Maureen introduced Maria Gonzalez from the Rancho Cotati Club. JB Introduced his guest, Carlos Reso; and, our past breakfast server, Zac, now working for Raley’s, reminded us of their upcoming (now past) Grand Opening! Dick Bishop introduced his assistant Pam, and Robin introduced her Daughter Abigale!

Our Exchange Student, Sato, shared the fun times he had this past week, with Carol & JB, Wally & Sandy, and Mike and Maureen! Don’t forget to “save a date” on his calendar, to do something special with him before his year is over; it goes by so fast!!

Up Coming events:

* Club social on Thursday 9/13, at Barley & Bine Beer Café, Bell Rd, 5:00PM ‘til thru socializing!

* On Sunday, September 23rd, we will be joining Sato, at the Rotary Youth Exchange Annual Picnic, 1:00 – 4:00, at Galvin Park, 3330 Yulupa Ave., Santa Rosa.

* Our October get-together will be on Thursday, the 11th, at 5:00 PM, at Chris Landwehr’s home; details to follow!! You won’t want to miss this one!!

Announcements & Fines: Glenda shared how we can become a Benefactor to the Rotary Foundation! She will help you get set up!! Jack announced that we cleared over $13,000 in proceeds from our Margareta Booth sales! Leslie was the Fine Master for the day, with Warren Parker donating $28 to Ken Moulton’s Paul Harris, for taking him to the CAL/BYU game, so he could see BYU beat the Bears; and, an additional $100 for his previous commitment. Joan Mora gave $500 to Paul Harris, in honor of her

son Jason, who is now a CHP Officer!!

Pam Moulton introduced our speaker, Susan Hagen. Many of us remember Susan, a volunteer with the Freestone and Graton Fire Departments at the time, being at our meeting 15 years ago! Today, Susan shared her story of how she and co-author Mary Carouba traveled to New York City to find and interview female firefighters, police officers, paramedics, and other women rescuers who had responded to the tragedy at Ground Zero. They had no financing, no credentials, and knew no one in New York City; but, were determined to find women rescuers that would tell their stories. The

collection of emotional stories of these women risking their lives to save others inspired the book Women at Ground Zero! Out of 11,000 firefighters in the NYFD, there were only 25 female firefighters!

The authors, bothered about the invisibility of women at Ground Zero by the media, were concerned since these brave women would make great role models for girls and young women, who might consider a career in public safety. Together, Susan and Mary were later, able to raise money to host 30 of these women, here in Sonoma County, in recognition of their bravery. It was a truly inspirational presentation, as Susan shared many of the female responder’s vivid experiences, being a part of the aftermath at Ground Zero!

Whew!!! A great, and fully packed meeting!

Bev Graham

August 21, Meeting

The meeting was called to order by Sandi Krutz, sitting President.  Member Lara did the pledge.

Inspiration

Renee Hyde gave three options for inspirations focusing on “Making a Difference” which included:

“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a Mosquito” (Dalai Lama); Don’t ever underestimate the impact that you may have on someone else’s life.  Even if you don’t know it!  Just one act of kindness that you perform may turn the time of another person’s life!!”

Guests:

• Satoshi, the Exchange student from Paraguay was in attendance. He reviewed the AMAZING WEEKEND that he had with the other Exchange Students on the Raft Trip. He said it was the “MOST AMAZING thing he has ever done!!”
• Dave Culley (past member), was in attendance

Warm Up

In keeping with alternating a song and a “warm up,” today was a physical warm-up presented by Carol Martin.  She asked that everyone stand up and “perform”  as though you were auditioning for a “stunt man” position. She asked that the members “pounce, balance, climb a rope, swagger like a cowboy, swim the butterfly stroke, river dance, paint the fence, wax, use a balance ball like a seal, wiggle like a worm and stretch like a giraffe!”  Looks like everyone did a great job and have been accepted as “stuntmen (or women!) for an upcoming performance!!

Announcements

• August 23^rd – Needing People for “Jack’s Bar”
• August 30^th, 5:30 p.m., Monthly SCARC Dinner at Villa Chanticleer in Healdsburg, featuring speaker Liz Gore.  Menu:  Foccacia BLT, watermelon salad, seasonal vegetable, brownies, world-class beer, and wine.  $50 per person.  RSVP to Archie Julian at 707-791-5957 or e-mailajulian41@sonic.net
• September 8^th – Wedding for Thais and Juri in Brazil – Renee and Paul are attending
• September 25^th – Candidates night”
• October 2^nd – 6^th Pedal for Polio –
• Membership and Foundation Seminar – end of the month
• October 28^thFoundation Dinner –

President Sandi mentioned that the club was awarded TWO district grants!!

Recognitions and fines

• John and Wendy How – 40^th Wedding Anniversary
• Sue and John Nelson – 41^st Wedding Anniversary and celebrated at the Giant’s Game!. She also mentioned that Jim Scally’s son got married over the weekend which resulted in a lot of FAMILY TIME
• Ed and Louise Turner celebrated 40 years with the family in Hawaii!
• Larry Wasem – his daughter gave birth to a beautiful girl on 8-18-18. Her name is Julia!
• Art Diaz – it was his Birthday today!! He mentioned that he had taken Dick Bishop on a canoe ride. Dick indicated that this was something on his “bucket list!!”

President Sandi read a letter from one of the scholarship recipients who was, concurrently, asking for the $800 received, and thanking the club for the donation.  The intention of the student is to the Santa Rosa JC, and then transfer to a four-year University…We hope to hear more about this adventure!!

Speaker(s)

All of the members were speakers today as we engaged in SPEED DATING which allowed the members to get to know new members, and renew ties with longstanding friends.

The meeting concluded close to 8:30 am.

Yours in Rotary,

Pam Moulton