Greeted on a Friday morning by Mr. Morse Sr playing a rather jazzy rendition of “These Boots Were Made for Walking”, which certainly got me toe tapping!  Did anyone else get the symbolism to our upcoming Club Anniversary Party??  In the middle of my dancing by myself, President Chuck rings the bell and Chuck Snipes jumped up with his Rise and Shine to lead us into Smile.  From then on it was Friday Rotary business as usual, or not!

 

     A few visitors joined us.  Wayne Schrader, aka Paul Harris, from the noon Club was in our midst.  Madavi Sunder was introduced by Past President Bruce Wolk following by our lovely Ms Sydney introducing Michele from East Davis.  Excuse me for not getting more details!

 

     Announcements followed.  Does Jack Latow have a lovely backyard or what?  Thanks for hosting our first Club Friday Night Social.  Was fun.  For those who missed, looks like New Momma Vanessa was so excited at getting out that she and Jay will host the next one at their house on October 1oth.  Better put that on your calendar.  New member Patsy warned us that time to pay for our Rotary garb will come due next Friday.  Pay up or go naked.  Back to the boots and walking, Larry Olsen reminded us to put October 19^th on our calendars for our Club’s 20^th Anniversary Event.  He promised more opportunities to practice line dancing beforehand!  President-Elect Gary Johns was proud to tell we had about $4000 of face value auction items for the Oktoberfest.  Now is the time to shake the bushes to be sure to bring in some guests that have cash and checkbooks!  Not to be out done, Shel Givens is selling raffle tickets for a lovely beach front condo and we’ve sold enough to cover expenses…again tap those friends with cash and checkbooks. Pour ‘em a few beers might help loosening their purse strings. Need an entry into social media?  Contact Matt Crieder, Chuck Snipes or Past President Susanne Rockwell. Everyone was invited to the noon Rotary Club to hear the Chancellor on October 6^th.  President ended the announcements by sharing a scheduled Club focused meeting upcoming on September 26^th or was that when Rose was going to share the thoughts driving the new and changing Rotary Bar-B-Q or both?

 

     Whew. That was a wild note taking few minutes...  On to the Sergeant of the Day, Sydney.  That girl sure gets around.  Happy bucks was led off by senior member Dick Berry trying to be happy about his Michigan football but ah well, next game.  Larry Olsen was shucks happy to have 5 Rotarians join him at the last minute invite to the Graduate to do some line dancing.  Susanne Rockwell (and possibly Brian Sway?) eldest daughter is gainfully employed in Maine as an attorney.  Ted Puntillo was at the Hallmark in with 2 women….NO, make that 2 Republicans supporting a Democrat.  Having 2 women sounds like it might have been more fun.  Keith Watenpaugh paid to announce an upcoming lecture series on Human Rights Theorists at the I House.  Not sure what that has to do with his 21^st wedding anniversary but he was happy about that.  Gary Johns was very happy that his neighbors suffered minimal injuries when his by care while jogging!  Where might you be asking as you read this was our LAST week’s GU&G?  Seems Will Portello, tried to pin that negligence of his on a poor unsuspecting fellow Sergeant, Gretchen Peralta.  But alas her memory isn’t as bad as his for when he doth checked his calendar, me thinks (he also realized) he certainly misspoke.  For shame!  Call the Judge..

 

     Our Speaker of the Day was our newest member Nikki Grey-Rutamu who joined without realizing that we were awake and on a roll at 0700!  Sergeants, take note of who her sponsor was and that they failed to make it obvious!  Ah well, she’ll learn.  Nikki was there to introduce us to the UCD Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program for which she has tremendous responsibility for some major scheduling for all the Fellows. .  Who was Hubert Humphrey you ask?  Well according to Bill Moyers, and a surprising number of our members, Hubert Humphrey's name, [his] fingerprints are all over the America of today."  Some of his major accomplishments included being a teacher, the Mayor of Minneapolis a Senator, the Vice President, a global Humanitarian, and intimately involved in the Peace Corps, Job Corps, Food and Peace Program, expanded the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and the Civil Rights Act

        

      The Humphrey Fellowship Program is aimed at mid-career professionals in developing and emerging economies and offers them a 10 month of non-degree career enhancement in the areas of Leadership, Public Speaking, Volunteerism, Study and Professional Affiliations.

       

      A few current stats from an overview include a total of 2,000+ applicants, 180 Fellows from 90+ countries with 17 Host Universities, of which UCD has been one since 1986.  The current primary focus of our Fellows revolves around Agriculture, Environmental Sciences and Climate Change.  Within the community, our Humphrey Fellows are active in various professional avenues, social events, just plain friendship building and volunteerism   The current group of 11 Fellows will actually be giving a public presentation on October 3, 1:30 – 3:00 pm at the International House Community Room.

        

      Yeah!  No one got more than a free breakfast from the Draw of the Day so the pot grows.

 

     Get your tickets early for the Davis Sunrise Rotary Club Oktoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 4 and enjoy an evening of fun with polka music and dancing, traditional German food and a no-host beer garden.

 

Thousands of local youth, seniors and others in need enjoy a better quality of life, thanks to the efforts of the Davis Sunrise Rotary Club.