Join us on December 8 for an information-packed Rotary meeting!
Join us on December 8 for an information-packed Rotary meeting!
Stacy Drucker-Andress has invited John Ray from the Unitarian Universalist Congregation to talk about Saturday breakfasts for the homeless. They also work together to distribute warm clothing donations.
Merle Hayes will update us on the latest and greatest Interact happenings at Elsie Allen High School.
And we will hear from several newer members, Kristine Burns and Willie Billeter with "craft talks"!
No Obstacle Allowed: An Intimate Look at the Grand Canyon by Wayne Ranney
Our very special guest speaker for December 1, 2022, was Wayne Ranney, who provided an “Intimate Look at the Grand Canyon.” Wayne says that in the mid 1970’s he went to the Grand Canyon for a visit and never came out. Wayne worked as a backcountry ranger, finished his geology degree, became a river guide on the Colorado and San Juan rivers, received an advanced degree in geology, and worked as a geologic interpreter around the world. He is now a geologic educator, author, and lecturer on outdoor adventures and worldwide expeditions. He has written a number of books about the Grand Canyon and surrounding areas. He has given over 100 rafting tours on the Colorado River and over 400 hiking trips inside the Canyon.
The Canyon is 1-mile deep in parts and is 278 miles long. On average it is 10 miles across as the raven flies and 23 ½ miles rim to rim. Wayne gave us a virtual tour of a Colorado River rafting tour. The trip starts at Lee’s Ferry on a motorized boat. Stanton’s Cave contained 84 split twig figurines dating back 4,095 years and a trove of other archeological material, including a 15,000 year old teratorn skeleton (ancient bird species), ancient goats, and a 43,000 year old driftwood stash. The cave goes 400’ into the wall of the Canyon. Vasey’s Paradise is a waterfall shooting out of the Canyon wall but is currently suffering the effects of climate change. He also took us through other notable geologic and archeologic sites, including ancient granaries, homesites, lava falls and down to Havasu Creek at the lower end of the journey.
Wayne also discussed how the Canyon was created. The most obvious factor is the effect of the Colorado River, but this may not be the most important factor. Prior ancient rivers probably had much to do with the development of the Canyon. A more important factor in the Canyon’s development are the catastrophic floods that over the past several million years have caused huge boulders, some 100’ in diameter to pound and abrade the bedrock beneath the river, deepening the Canyon each time.
Wayne also mentioned that there are 213 active volcanoes near the Canyon. Lava flows from these volcanoes created dams that can last for many years. There is evidence of at least 17 historical dams found in the river, at least 4 of which failed catastrophically creating instantaneous cataclysmic floods. One of these events happened as far as 51 million years ago. The Colorado River’s motto seems to be “No obstacle allowed.”
Thank you, Wayne for the great presentation. We all learned so much geology and archeology. Now all we need is a river rafting tour!
To view the recording of Wayne's presentation, Click HERE. I will be available for a limited time.
On a regular basis, our resident photo pro Warren Smith, submits pictures of what is going on at the weekly meetings. You can always find the most recent pictures at the websites photo journal called "Meeting Sighting" Please note that all the meeting photos for the entire Rotary year are at this location with the most recent on the last page.
Thanks for all the great pictures Warren!Link to Meeting Sightings. The most recent are on the last page!
It was a great event! The Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group presented the movie, "Micro Plastic Madness."
ESRAG (Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group) and several Santa Rosa area Rotary clubs, include Sunrise Rotary, hosted an enjoyable evening at the Summerfield Theaters last Wednesday evening, viewing the award-winning film, “Micro Plastic Madness”. Over 100 people attended making it a busy night in the lobby for an hour before the film of catching up with friends and talking with experts about plastics in the environment at multiple information tables. Representing Sunrise Rotary were Rich Randolph, Stacy Drucker-Andress and friend George, Peter Hoberg, Leroy and Carol Carlenzoli, Dicksie Tamanaha and guests, Marty Behr, Steve Amend, Rob Sanville, Merle Hayes, Paul O’Rear and Penny Millar.
The film followed a Brooklyn class of 5th graders as they learned about plastics- how they are made, how we have not addressed how to dispose of them, how they get into our sewer system and eventually into the oceans. Compelling data was provided on how ultraviolet light and other agents in the environment break down the trash into smaller and smaller components, being consumed by smaller and smaller animals, which are then eaten by larger predators (fish), getting into our food chain. Plastics are now found in all oceans in the world. The class decided to act, getting their school to hold a “Plastics Free Lunch Day”, and then lobbied the New York City Council to eliminate use of Styrofoam lunch trays altogether. The movie provided much educational information in a fast-paced, fun manner and was highly inspirational.
Our District 5130 possesses the Environmental Sustainability Action Group ~ ESRAG. composed of members dedicated to environmental stewardship. The District link to this focus group may be viewed HERE.
Our goal is for members to attend our club meetings to join in the fellowship, to keep informed on what our club activities, and to actively enjoy the benefits of membership in our club.
Checking your attendance: To check your attendance, sign into Clubrunner, go to My Clubrunner/ My Attendance to view your attendance history.
Making Up: There are many options to make up a meeting when you need to miss. The By-Laws of our club require in order to make-up a missed meeting, your make-up must occur within 14 days before or after the missed meeting.
Process: To get credit for a make-up, you must notify the club secretary,
Penny Millar at pennymillarcpa@gmail.com or
The attendance record from another club is acceptable, and e mail is preferred. Please communicate when and where you attended. It is the individual member’s responsibility to report a makeup to the club secretary within two weeks, prior to the month's attendance is reported to District.
Make-up Options:
1. Attend a Club Board Meeting. Meetings are the second Tuesday of every month at 5:30 pm, Please check the club calendar for location.
2. A list of District Clubs to attend can be found on the District Web Site and the Rotary.org website has a section called Club Finder , which will enable you to locate meetings all over the world.
3. Attend a meeting of the Elsie Allen Interact Club every Thursday at 12:30 p.m during the school year. The meetings are at
Elsie Allen High School 599 Bellevue Avenue Santa Rosa, CA 95407
4. Attend a Rotary District 5130 Assembly (in early spring) or Conference (usually in May), or attend a Rotary International Convention (usually in June).
5. Once a month you may receive a make-up by attending a club fireside; club sponsored community service event authorized by the board; any committee meeting related to our major events; or a District Committee Meeting.
6. Once every six months you can make up by attending a Rotary e-Club, spending 30 minutes attending a program, and requesting a make-up.
M.J. Girard is currently an on air personality on KOWSfm.com His “Roots of Rock” is broadcast every Sunday morning at 7 AM
Chuck Berry didn’t invent Rock and Roll! He was one of the artists whom brought into prominence what was regarded as intolerable and leading the youth to delinquency…at least that’s what many thought as the mid-fifties evolved. A man of many talents; innovator, entrepreneur, lyricist, musician, civil rights activist, just to mention his focus that brought fame, fortune and heartbreak.
He lived well, one of the wealthiest performers of the early years of this generation of performers, Berry overcame the bias and racism that was prevalent, particularly in the Deep South. He lived as he saw fit, even to the extent of placing himself in harm’s way when it came to the opposite sex. (Not much has changed thru the decades, sad to say!)
On a brighter note…his compositions are legendary; his guitar works extraordinary and his influence undeniable. Winner of many awards and honors Chuck Berry not only joined the major leagues of entertainment playing alongside, John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Steve Miller Band, AWB, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Bo Diddly, Etta James, Linda Ronstadt, just to highlight some of his collaborations, but his rendition of “Johnny B. Goode” was sent into deep space as the human representation of earths musical expression. (…can you imagine…?)
This Sunday’s episode of the Roots of Rock will feature C.B.’s top tunes, live at 7AM…or anytime on KOWSfm.com or girard.org
The holidays are on the horizon, be safe, be well, be happy.
While sitting with a group of Rotary leaders outside of Lusaka, Zambia, I ask a question: “How many of you have ever had malaria?” Every hand in the room goes up. They even begin to tell me about the first, second, or third time they experienced the disease, one of the main causes of death and sickness in many developing countries.
They are fortunate. They have access to medical treatment and lifesaving medicines. For the people of rural Zambia, their story is very different.
On a wooden bench in a small village, I sit with Timothy and his young son Nathan. With a camera crew capturing our conversation, he tells me of the time Nathan showed signs of malaria. He brought the boy to the nearby home of a community health worker, where Nathan quickly received medicines that in all likelihood saved his life.
Calmly, Timothy tells me about his other son’s bout with the disease a few years earlier. He had to race that son to a medical clinic more than 5 miles away. Riding a bike and carrying his child on his back, he tells me, he could feel his son’s legs turn cold and then his little body go limp. As he finally entered the clinic, he screamed for help, but it was too late. The camera stops rolling, and we sit in silence. He begins to weep, and I hold him tightly. “I lost my son, I lost my son,” he says.
This story is all too familiar for the families we meet over the next few days. And yet there is hope. Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia is Rotary’s first Programs of Scale grant recipient, and it is saving lives. Across two provinces of Zambia, 2,500 volunteer health workers have been selected by their communities. They are trained to bring medical care closer to those who need it, and they are able to diagnose and treat malaria and other ailments. Rotary partnerships create lasting change.
We all make hundreds if not thousands of decisions daily. Whenever I need to make an important decision, I remember the words of Roy Disney, who co-founded what became the Walt Disney Co.: “It’s easy to make decisions when you know what your values are.”
Each of us brings a set of personal values into our clubs. Rotary also unites by a set of core values — service, fellowship, diversity, integrity, and leadership — that guide our decisions and galvanize us to take action and, by doing so, change the world.
Another value is inextricable to Rotary: our giving spirit. From the club members who volunteer their time for service projects to the Rotary leaders in the Arch Klumph Society who sustain our Foundation, Rotary members are among the most generous people I have ever met. Combining our personal generosity with the countless ways Rotary affords us to give back makes us a global force for good.
In Rotary, we take it a step further. We also value good stewardship, planning, and sustainability. Not only do we give, but in Rotary we also give smart. We know that building sustainability into our projects means their impact will be felt over the long term.
In short, through the Foundation, your gifts keep on giving.
This is why donating to The Rotary Foundation is one of the most intelligent decisions you can make. You know that your gift will align with those values you hold dear and that it will be administered by your fellow Rotarians, who share those values.
It is quite an understatement to say that in giving to Rotary, we also receive. As someone who has been privileged to visit hundreds of Foundation projects around the world, I can tell you that the gift we get in return is priceless.
I hope you, too, will be as lucky I have been, to see the look of amazement on the face of a person at an eye clinic in Chennai, India, who now sees clearly. The proud smiles of Guatemalan children who learned to read thanks to Rotary. Or the grateful tears of a parent in Pakistan whose child has received two drops of polio vaccine. Then you will understand what I’m talking about. We are so fortunate to be able to serve humanity by supporting our Foundation.
During this season of giving, I thank you for your generosity to The Rotary Foundation and for all the ways you give to our great organization. Juliet and I extend our warmest holiday greetings to you all.
The Rotary Club of Conway-Morning, Arkansas, is aiming to deliver birthday messages to every child and young adult in the state’s foster care system. Between January and September, more than 2,100 cards had been mailed, with an anticipated 3,700 individuals to be reached annually. “These children already face great uncertainty and disappointments in their lives, and I strongly believe that to consistently remember them on their special day would give them hope to go on, and to show that others around them genuinely care for them,” says Mike Altland, a club member who started the campaign. A dozen or so Rotarian volunteers coordinate writing and forwarding cards to foster homes with the Arkansas Division of Children and Family Services and The Call, a statewide nonprofit that works with churches to match children with families. American Greetings, which operates a production facility in the area, donated a supply of cards and envelopes expected to last nearly two years, Altland says.
Mexico
The Rotary Club of Guadalajara Internacional in March began training girls from the city’s underserved communities in the Korean martial art of taekwondo. The Reconoce Tu Poder, or Recognize Your Power, program has trained dozens of girls, says creator Bertha Sánchez García, the club’s immediate past president. Sánchez García, a brown belt in the discipline, and Zulema Fernández Sariñana, a member of the Rotary Club of Guadalajara, developed a manual and a training regimen with the assistance of Patricia Mariscal Alcalá, an Olympian who is one of Mexico’s most accomplished female taekwondo athletes. “At the end of the program, each girl knows that she is capable of knocking down her obstacles by breaking a board with a kick,” says Sánchez García. The effort has been replicated by clubs in two other Mexican towns as well as in India.
Rotary Club of Santa Rosa Sunrise - Founded June 30, 1986
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more than 2,100 cards had been mailed, with an anticipated 3,700 individuals to be reached annually. “These children already face great uncertainty and disappointments in their lives, and I strongly believe that to consistently remember them on their special day would give them hope to go on, and to show that others around them genuinely care for them,” says Mike Altland, a club member who started the campaign. A dozen or so Rotarian volunteers coordinate writing and forwarding cards to foster homes with the Arkansas Division of Children and Family Services and The Call, a statewide nonprofit that works with churches to match children with families. American Greetings, which operates a production facility in the area, donated a supply of cards and envelopes expected to last nearly two years, Altland says.
Recognize Your Power, program has trained dozens of girls, says creator Bertha Sánchez García, the club’s immediate past president. Sánchez García, a brown belt in the discipline, and Zulema Fernández Sariñana, a member of the Rotary Club of Guadalajara, developed a manual and a training regimen with the assistance of Patricia Mariscal Alcalá, an Olympian who is one of Mexico’s most accomplished female taekwondo athletes. “At the end of the program, each girl knows that she is capable of knocking down her obstacles by breaking a board with a kick,” says Sánchez García. The effort has been replicated by clubs in two other Mexican towns as well as in India.