Your Weekly Get Up & Go has been Published

    At 7:04, the Missouri Border Ruffian smacked the bell with aplomb.  The President’s artifice of attempting to advance the meeting start time, a ritual since the club was chartered, begins anew, like a swallow returning to Capistrano.  By June, we’ll be lucky to start by quarter-past…

    We had visitors.  One pleasant visitor was Flavio with-a-Brazilian-Last-Name. He’s working on receiving his LLM., the equivalent of a Masters degree in the field of law.  As a side note, it’s an odd system.  We earn a JD, a Juris Doctorate, when we graduate from law school.  The more education we then get, the further it goes downhill.  I’m pretty sure there’s a law GED if you study long enough for it. Back to Flavio.  He’s from a small club in Fortaleza Brazil, a hamlet of 2.5 million people.  He’s glad to be here.  I suspect he’ll be back.  Regina and Abby paid us a visit, Rotaracters both of them.  We had a pair of former exchange students, Deia Finatto and Maito Takahashi, but much more about them later.

     On with announcements: Gary thanked Clay for filling in as President the prior week.  There will be an Oktoberfest Wrap-Up Meeting soon (the Reporter missed the specifics; he was talking about the outstanding “Last Stand- Custer & Sitting Bull at the Little Bighorn” by Nathaniel Philbrick, with Dick Berry).  But it probably isn’t this week, so it will be announced again.   If it is, you’re already on the committee, so I’m sure you have a spam filter full of reminders already, and don’t need the Get Up & Go nagging you.  You’re not reading this for news, anyway.  And if you haven’t done it, turn in your money for the event.  Seriously!!  Vanessa thanked everyone who participated in the “Empower Yolo” project on the 3^rd.  Apparently there were 18 separate 5’x 5’ piles.  Nice project!  October 24 is World Polio Day.  Feel free to randomly vaccinate people you meet.  Herd theory, you know.  (Editor’s note: I’m reassured an attorney approved this message, and I’m sure he just forgot the release of liability clause (rookie mistake).  Davis Sunrise Rotary will not be held liable for independent vaccinating actions of club members, if you or someone you know has been wrongfully vaccinated, please contact Will Portello). The Holiday Party, sponsored by Manny, is at the Teen Center at 3^rd & B on December 5.  Except it isn’t the Teen Center anymore, because the Bicycle Hall of Fame is more influential.  But the Bicycle Hall of Fame won’t buy cases of French Fries and Mini-Tacos from Nancy Storm, the local Sysco Rep, because she’s awesome at sales.  Can’t get a decent deep-fried mini-taco in this town anymore.  But I digress.  Holiday Party on December 5.  Mark your calendar.

     There will be a Communications Meeting on October 20, at 6:00 pm at Suzanne and Brian’s House.  Subject will be practical uses for Morse Code in social media platforms.  Serious communication.  There will also be an International Committee meeting at Suzanne and Brian’s House on October 14 at 6:00.  I have a feeling the leftover wine may be playing a role in the hosting offers.

     On Halloween, Chuck Snipes is throwing a party at noon at Jack Latow’s house in Woodland, because apparently Jack is out of town, and left an accessible hide-a-key under the spout on the south side of his house.  Chuck says it’s a surprise party, and to not mention it to Jack ahead of time.  Chuck will be hosting the Georgia-Florida football game, and serving alligator.  Mmmm… nothing sounds better than reptile on a fall day!  As the party is in Woodland, guests are reminded not to wear red, blue, or bandannas. And since Georgia is playing, guests should feel free to bring any extra ACL’s, MCL’s, or cartilage they may have around the house, in a last-gasp effort to bolster Georgia’s running game.

     John Youmans recognized Lucas Frerichs, Andrew Newman!, and Roy Solomon for recent sponsorship efforts.  Way to keep ‘em coming!

     Mack, doing his best Tom Sawyer, tried to convince the club that building and painting a fence at Progress Ranch from Thursday through Saturday on the first weekend in November would be a grand time.  Mmmm-hmmmm.

     Sgt. Dennis Lindsay was in his usual fine form.  Dick Berry gave happy bucks for the Get Up & Go for the picture of a fine lad at MSU.  He suggested that the club wear their team or school colors once a year.  Jeff Adamski, Dave Heard, and Carolyn Stiver, hearing they could wear “colors” without prosecution, did their secret Woodland handshakes, which bodes ill for everyone.  Brian Sway gave happy bucks for Chase Utley, and parking lot beatings.  He’s looking forward to the Dodgers’ ceremony where they torture puppies.  Whatever.

     Bruce gave happy bucks for the Governor signing Lois’ end-of-life bill.  Manny tried to collect the money from Skunk Island, which led to confusion as whether they’d already drawn lots, and precisely what was actually going on.  Irena Asmundson visited Mrs. Moldenhauer, the famed Davis High School Calculus teacher.   That led Dennis to seek out more fines from DHS alumni who’d had Mrs. M.   News flash, Dennis: ”History Major” here.  I didn’t even know where Mrs. Moldenhauer’s room was.  Seemed kinda math-y, if you know what I mean.  Vanessa, still giddy over her workday, spent more money. Chuck Snipes gave a few bones for U. of Georgia being unable to read a calendar, and forgetting to show up for the Alabama game.  Larry Olsen gave a few for Kathy being named one of John Garamendi’s women of the year, Katrina moving to the West Coast, and a failed preemptive strike against the dismality that was the wee priest speaker a few weeks earlier. (Is dismality even a word?)

     While Lucas Frerichs had purchased Sergeant’s Insurance, Louis Fredericks had not, and got fined for his fakey-Dunning-Column.  Winfred Roberson got whacked for being in uniform, with a very nice tie.  Ray Solomon went down for the article on Hatari Shears.  Skunk Island finally figured out that they couldn’t get someone else to pick up the bill, like how Social Security works, and paid up on the end-of-life legislation.  Bill Kopper is representing Blondie’s Pizza, running for office, and building a wall to keep the late-night Vacaville crowd out.  Let’s be honest: between the 5^th Street Road Diet, and the Richards Undercrossing, one would think the 3-4 hour trip from Cowtown wouldn’t be worth it.  Jeff Adamski was recognized for First Northern Bank’s role in helping Tyler Schilling, by loaning him money at high rates of interest, with a personal guaranty.  John Youmans found out he was married to a Cubs fan.  While odd, it could be far worse.  Right Suzanne?

     Nancy introduced Deia and Maito.  Deia had been a former exchange student for our club, and stayed with the Sways.   Maito was an inbound exchange student to the Redding Club, and loved California.

     Deia is from Brazil, and was here in 2009-2010.  She is now in her 5^th Semester of Medical School.  The school is located on an island with 42 beaches.  She is active in Rotaract, and directs their Rotary Foundation activities. Medical school is six years.  The first two years are devoted to basic subjects, the next two are theoretical, and the final two years are clinical/practical.  She is interested in pediatrics, OB-Gyn, or orthopedics.  Most of her class is male, which is atypical for medical school in Brazil. Looking back at her Rotary exchange experience, Deia knew she wanted to take care of people.  When she applied, she was thinking of becoming a pharmacist.  She was inspired by her host family to become a doctor.  She thinks the friendships that were developed were a strong part of the exchange experience.

     Maito is from Japan, and was an inbound in 2001-2002.  He still sees his fellow exchange students about once a year. He subsequently stayed here for college, attending Cal State San Francisco, UC Riverside, and graduating from UC Davis.  He returned to Japan in 2010, and works for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.  Maito reflected that Mitsubishi and Boeing now partner on the 787 Dreamliner, while during WW2, Mitsubishi built aircraft to fight the US, and Boeing built aircraft to fight Japan.  They now cooperate in a peaceful venture.  He views the role of exchange students as being a bridge.  One of the significant differences between the American and Japanese workforces relates to the relationship with one’s employer.  In Japan, an employee is expected to stay with his first employer for life.  The hierarchy within the company is based upon age.  Employees at Mitsubishi are housed in company dorms, again based upon age.  Because Maito graduated early, he has found himself in the highest floor, in the oldest building, without an elevator.  The workers are provided a cafeteria, and strict rules.  No visitors are allowed (at age 35, he’ll be expected to be married, and move into family housing, which ought not to be a problem at all, given that he has to work all the time, eat in the company cafeteria, and can’t have visitors).  Maito has been selected by Mitsubishi to attend business school in Europe.  Considering he was a double major in economics and engineering at UC Davis, and graduated in under four years (apparently, that’s some kind of “goal,” of which this Reporter blames the poor communication system at the UC Davis Pub during his many years of attendance).  Maito, no doubt, would have been a star Moldenhauer student.

     Draw of the Day was $843.  Suzanne won a free breakfast.  That’s what happens when you let a Dodger fan into your house.