The meeting started promptly at 12:15, with President John acknowledging Laurie Rood (Benefits Done Right Insurance Agency) for hosting the wine reception. He praised Dr. Dick Wertz’s mastery at the piano – there was at least one Gershwin piece that was absolutely enchanting. The greeters were Ivan Wild (Salvation Army), and Steven Johansen (Johansen & Associates).
Luann Richardson (Re/Max Gold) provided the thought for the day, evoking the advice of a father through the images of potatoes, eggs and coffee beans and their varied reactions to the adversity of boiling water. If you missed the story, be sure to shoot Luann an email. It was terrific stuff. President John then led us in the Pledge.
Callee Setzer (Setzer Forest Products), our Sergeant-At-Arms extraordinaire, announced with sparkling pronunciation our guests of Rotarians: Teri Bullington, wife of Michael Bullington of Pacific Advisors LLC, Gloria Pluskanski and Bruce Meissner, guests of Carolyn Carr. Vanessa Oleski; guest of Tanya Kravchuk (Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento). Debbie Urenholt; guest of Becki Roberts (Central Valley Community Bank), and visiting Rotarians, Doug Clifford of the Roseville Club and an admirer of President john, Dave Soto, from the Passport club and a guest of Bob Miller (First US Community Credit Union).
President John introduced the Head table:
Chair of the Day Past President John Frisch (Newmark Cornish & Carey),
Speaker Andrew Grant (CEO and President of the Northern California World Trade Center). Invocator Luann Richardson. Jaclyn Kirkwood (Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento) and 18-year Marine veteran. Kevin Williams (KVIE), who was acknowledged for his untiring service to the club as one of its sound technicians.
Jeff Curcio (Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld LLP) was wished a Happy Birthday today.
Jeanne Reaves (Jeanne Reaves Consulting) recognized three Paul Harris recipients:
- Laura Heintz (Stanford Youth Solutions), 8 years in the club, receiving her first Paul Harris.
- Eric Solis (Solis Financial Strategies Group of Wells Fargo Advisors), 14 years in the club, receiving his second Paul Harris.
- Carolyn Carr, 17 years in the club, receiving her fourth Paul Harris.
The next Rotary Fireside will be hosted by Steve Brandenburg at his home.
Sep 13, 2017
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Club announcements included:
John Swentowsky (Swentowsky Photography) encouraged us to get involved with Loaves and Fishes. He needs more hands.
Elena Naderi announced Networking Night at Formoli’s Bistro, Aug 30, 5:30 to 7:30.
Tanya Kravchuk of the made a shout out for more volunteers and riders for the Sac Century Challenge on October 7.
Michael Bullington announced the resumption of First Saturday Trap Shoot on Sept 2, at 9 AM, at Coon Creek Trap & Skeet Club above Lincoln. A shotgun will be provided for those that do not have one, as well as detailed instruction on how to have fun at the sport. Cost for two rounds just under $30.
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Jim Relles (Relles Florist) and Michael Bullington helped President John to “Build Something Together” by each pitching in $100 to celebrate Jim’s acknowledgment of his daughter’s business savvy and Michael’s vacation cruise. Additionally, Michael gave an abbreviated version of slideshow presentation highlighting the places he and his wife visited. John was then given gifts from the Netherlands, Germany, Estonia and Russia. He actually drank the Russian vodka that he was presented with.
Past President John Frisch announced our speaker by drawing some surprising comparisons between North Carolina and North Korea. Apparently, North Carolina is the one with the missile program.
Andrew Grant announced himself as a challenger for Congressman Ami Bera’s seat in the 7th Congressional District. He is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and a Marine Corps veteran. He is the CEO and President of the Northern California World Trade Center, a 501(c) (3) that advocates for growth in exports from the US. He resides with his family in Folsom.
His talk focused on Sacramento and the State’s economic footprint and identity. He cited Sacramento’s need to establish a unique identity, in a similar way to Portland as the clean tech center, Indianapolis for healthcare, and South Carolina as the center for advanced automobile engineering.
He reminded us about a Forbes study in which California was placed at 49th in business friendliness.
Callee Setzer announced our next speaker, Rachel Teagle, PhD, founding director of the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis, at the same place and time as today’s meeting.
Thank you John Swentowsky (Swentowsky Photography) for the photos!