MEETING NOTES - February 20, 2014
It was M&M day at Rotary. Mr. M&M (Keith Ritter) and the M&Ms were the team of the week.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Chad Thompson announced the first meeting of the Demotion Committee will be held on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 5 p.m. at Dave Ercolano’s office. Be there!
Chad also read a letter of resignation from Michelle Nystrom who is leaving our club due to work conflicts.
We NEED SPONSORS for Ducky Derby. Send the pledge form and letter to all your contacts.
The Poker Tournament and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner are both on March 8th. It’s going to be a full day of Rotary! Sign up for Poker with Chris Haedrich and Guess Who’s with Marge Remedios.
Les Melburg is looking for hosts for the I-House Students. See Les for details.
RECOGNITION: Shanna Cannon was recognized for her efforts with the 20 Under 40 program. This is the 4th class of these outstanding young individuals and we even have one in our club for this year. Laura Redwine. She just got a thank you for that, but paid $100 for celebrating her twins 4th birthdays and taking Aiden and Lane to Disneyland.
Cyndy Gordon was recognized for her part in Shasta Regional Medical Center’s recent heart luncheon and Go Red activities. She also has been playing a lot of golf and paid $100 for all those honors!
Tom Smith confessed that he stole a pen last week and paid $25.
Les Melburg also confessed that his wife Gretchen was recently honored by her employer, Mercy Medical Center for an employee value award. He paid $50.
OTHER: Julie Kaplan got her Big Girl Badge.
Jim Murphy passed around his son’s first published children’s book, “A Duck Named Goose” and paid $50 for the promotional effort.
The Student of the Month from Enterprise High was Shayln Fullerton, a Girl Scout, athlete, music student and member of five EHS clubs. She is most proud of her 12 years in Girl Scouts and her work toward the Gold Award. She is working on a program that supplies food for kids on the weekends when they are away from school and won’t have food.
The Student of the Month for Liberty Christian was Steele Roberts, a sophomore athlete who plays basketball and golf and is the son of the “other” Steve Roberts. His teacher said that he rises above every challenge and is a shining start.
Cyndy Gordon gave her Craft Talk. She was born in Kansas and moved to California at age 5. Her life motto is (forgive me if I didn’t get this just right) “Make a meaningful difference in the people and places I meet.” She learned from her Grandfather, who despite not having much himself, he brought home needy people every Sunday for dinner. Growing up she loved horses and just riding away for the day. She was in 4H, a cheerleader and a cross country skier. She graduated from Anderson High School. She went on to Shasta College to become a nurse and got her bachelors and masters degrees and is now the CEO of Shasta Regional Medical Center. She has been married for 37 years and has two kids and a grandchild.
Today’s program was presented by Bill Gaines from Transfer Flow, Inc. talking about local manufacturing and a group out of Chico working to have local manufacturers buy local!
50/50: Theresa Muth WON the $350. Oh and a cool top!
Lisa Geraci won the door prize.