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Gold Star Mothers and Families CeremonyOn Sunday September 25, 2022 The Granite Bay Rotary Club, Gold Star Mothers and Blue Star Mothers hosted a ceremony to honor all Gold Star Mothers and Families at the Granite Bay Community Park.
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Calendar of Meetings and SocialGranite Bay Club of Rotary International Calendar of meetings and socials: Our lunch meetings are the first and third Fridays from 12:15-1:30 at Casa del Lago Mexican Restaurant, 8570 Auburn Folsom Rd, Granite Bay, CA 95746
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Social for Members, Family, and ProspectsBring a family member and prospective member to the monthly social from 5:30- 8:00
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Walk of Honor We are so humbled and grateful to the community for joining us this past Sunday. The Walk of Honor flag dedication and ceremony brought us all together to honor local Gold Star Mothers and veterans. The original Gold Star Mother’s Day was proclaimed in 1936, named after the gold star that families hung in their windows in honor of the deceased veteran. Gold Star Mother’s Day is observed on the last Sunday of September each year. It is a day to recognize and honor families who have lost a son or daughter in the service of our country. “They say a man dies twice - first, when he takes his final breath, and second, when he and his deeds are forgotten,” said Patty Schumacher, Gold Star Mother who spoke at the event. “We must never forget all the brave men and women who have stepped up to serve our Country. Each and every one of them have given something of themselves -- All Gave Some. There are significantly fewer who gave more. They gave their last breath for our Country, for what they were asked to do for her and for what she stands for -- Some Gave All. It is easy to say we won't forget. However in the end, most do forget. It is important to have memorials such as this to help us remember that those who serve, fight and die in conflicts around the world are our brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, moms and dads; they are our neighbors. It is the least we can do in honoring who these true heroes are. Say their names; remember their deeds.” Patty Schumacher’s son Lance Corporal Victor Dew, USMC, graduated from Granite Bay High School in 2008. He was killed in action October 13, 2010, while serving in Afghanistan. The Walk of Honor memorial consists of the American flag and 5 service flags representing each branch of the armed services. These flags now fly proudly on the corner of Douglas and Barton at Granite Bay Park, serving as an impactful reminder to the community of the freedoms we enjoy thanks to the sacrifices made by our armed forces. We extend heartfelt gratitude to Kathy Dusart from Doves of White, who generously donated her time and 24 doves for a very special dove release at the end of the ceremony. We're also grateful for the refreshments provided by Kelli's Cookies For Goodness Bakes, Bill's Donuts, and Starbucks. |
Wine Social at Vin Uva  For our August social, we enjoyed a fantastic wine tasting event at Vin Uva, a local tasting room for Mount St Joseph Wines. Their grapes are grown on the property of Mount St Joseph in Loomis, providing income to support their seminary and youth service missions. The vibrant guru behind this local winery is Peter Story (pictured in the middle of our group), former owner and winemaker at St Helena Winery in Napa. Peter kept us captivated with a highly entertaining and educational presentation. How fortunate we are to have access to Napa-quality wine right in our back yard! Peter's blog is also a great read, offering a peek into his journey developing these wines. We all thoroughly enjoyed the wine, company, and learning so much from Peter. If you haven't visited Vin Uva, you're missing out! They offer tastings Thursdays-Sundays. .png) Now for a fun fact. Do you see that shiny medallion around Peter's neck? No that's not an ashtray. We learned it's called a tastevin (pronounced "Taht-vahN"), French for “taste wine”, and you may have seen them worn by sommeliers in fancy restaurants. The tastevin was originally designed for winemakers tasting in candle-lit cellars. The shiny tastevin reflected light, making it easier to check the color and clarity of a wine. Now that we have electricity, tastevins are no longer necessary, but many wine enthusiasts love owning a little bit of history in a tastevin. Many thanks to Howard Dutra for setting up this special event! |
Road Cleanup July 2018 Granite Bay Rotary Club meets once a quarter at the corner of Auburn-Folsom Road and Douglas to help keep our community beautiful. As a participant in the adopt-a-highway program, the club has adopted the section of Douglas Road that stretches from Auburn-Folsom Road to the State Park entrance at Folsom lake. Here we are at our July cleanup event, with smiles on our faces picking up trash that had accumulated along the roadway. Look at those bags filled with trash! .jpg) After clean-up, we went to Susie’s Country Café for breakfast and fellowship. Our next clean-up is scheduled for Saturday, October 27th, at 8:30 am. Please join us!
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Re-Cap of Our November 3rd and Recent MeetingsHello All, These notes will cover our November 3rd, 2017 meeting and a few highlights of a recent meeting. Our November 3rd meeting was again well attended and presided over by President John Milburn. It was great to see fellow Rotarian Randy Wilson at our meeting. Visitor Leilani Fratis (see photo below of John and Leilani), CEO of Placer County SPCA and fellow Rotarian, gave us a very informative presentation about their new facilities and their role in our community.  The $2500 check was signed and is on its way to District 5130 for Fire destruction relief for the Napa, Sonoma, and Santa Rosa regions. John Milburn showed a video that was e-mail to him showing the volunteer work of the Feed My Starving Children group. Jack May reported that Parks and Recreation has approved our Flag project. Pat Hassna announced that our social will again be on the 3rd Wednesday of the month which is November 15th at 5:30pm at The Yard House in The Fountains in Roseville. A road cleanup is scheduled to meet at 8:00am this Saturday the 11th at 8:00am at the small strip mall on the South side of Douglas Blvd. just past Auburn Folsom Road. Coffee and donuts will be provided by Howard Dutra who is organizing the 'outing'. Please make this a successful event and help demonstrate our commitment to the community. It only takes about an hour from start to finish. A successful Braggs and Fines was once again conducted by Mike Calvert and Al Savory who continued to add to the 'Pot' by using their innate skills to keenly identifying members that 'willingly' contribute in a fun and enjoyable way. Frank Ali had the winning ticket for the 'Pot' but ultimately failed to draw the Ace of Spades. Our October 27th meeting - was highlighted by a visit by our incoming exchange student Rachel (right in photo below). A very outgoing, intelligent, and interesting young lady from Switzerland. Also visiting was Christine Grau (left in photo below) from the Roseville Club who is working toward her Blue Badge by visiting another Club.  Our own Mike Calvert did and excellent very informative presentation on his recent drive vacation through portions of Europe. Until next time..................... |
Notes of Our Regular Meeting on August 25th 2017Good afternoon All, Our meeting on Friday was opened precisely on time by our President John Milburn. We had outstanding attendance for a Summer month! Guests were announced and included Glenn Fong and his guests from Honolulu including past Presidents from District 5000 in Hawaii Laura Steelquist and Del Green (our Club is so fun, stimulating, and interesting that we have guests flying thousands of miles just for a glimpse). Roger Lynn from the Roseville Club was also visiting. Tom Cicchini introduced our guest speaker Mr. Steve Snyder a director from Rotary International and his wife Sharon. Announcements began by our President John Milburn by explaining that our Club will be dark on September 1st and 8th. The former due to the Labor Day weekend and the latter due to our Club visiting Folsom Prison for our annual culling of members telling bad jokes.....just teasing!.........ALL jokes are appreciated at our Club.....just ask our past President. However the Folsom Prison tour is an event to remember if you have not had the chance to 'attend'. One member who did attend the last prison tour expressed his 'joy' of going as "I'll never do that again!!" Announcements continued with past President Bill Keegan explaining the Rotary Foundation and donations. Jack May discussed the Flag Project at the corner of Douglas and Barton and it's design (see photo below) and possible completion date. Jack also explained the upcoming membership contest and associated teams to compete with one another. As Jack mentioned "New membership is the Lifeblood of the Club".  In the middle of announcements, feed-back problems with the speaker microphone at the lecturn arose but thanks to the quick response and unbelievable technical expertise of our President John that issue was resolved and calm again returned to the room! Another announcement was that from this point forward we must enter the front door of The Cattlemans Restaurant. Our own Frank Ali will again be playing with his band 'Hey Monkey'.....this time at West House Tavern in Roseville at 8:00pm on the 26th. Don't miss Frank and his group if you get a chance......he is a sight to behold! (See photo below)  Our next Social event was announced by Pat Hassna and will be on September 20th at 5:30pm at Bar 101 Eats & Drinks in Roseville. Braggs & Fines were adeptly administered by Mike Calvert and Al Savery as they continued their Robin-Hoodesq roles of helping people 'donate' to the Club in a fun and social manner. Our guest speaker and Rotary International Director Mr. Steve Snyder (see photo below) finished our meeting by giving us an outstanding presentation of the inner workings of Rotary International with a focus on membership.  Til we meet again...........
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Notes of Our Regular Meeting on August 11, 2017This photo contains a rare opportunity to capture both our opening and closing speakers! Hint.....the individual with the slightly balding scalp was not the one who spent last year in Belgium. Please see more explanation below............
 Our meeting was opened with all the dignity and respect our club members could muster for a substitute president.....in this case Mr. Richard Krupp standing in for the noticeably absent but esteemed and honorable Mr. John Milburn.Richard opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and Four Way Test. Guests were then introduced and included Brenna McDuffy (photo above) who was our exchange student just returning from a year in Belgium. Also present was Keaton Dougherty who is our outgoing student to Belgium. Dennis May also introduced his daughter Janell and her current 15 year old exchange student from Marseille, France. Not to digress from the meeting notes but we sometimes wonder why our children in the States maybe aren't as sufficiently educated as compared to other children in the world.......well this young lady from Marseille told me that public school for her is 6 days per week from 9:00am until 6:00pm. That could be one reason why! Our own Erika Halwachs was warmly welcomed back after her unplanned 'vacation' away from the Club. Erika was reminded that in the future she must get club approval prior to such 'outings'.....even if it does involve hospital stays! Announcements were made regarding upcoming 'outings' and social events for the club in general. This included the upcoming tour on September 8th of Folsom Prison by 15 of our 'luckiest' Club members. All 15 have been appropriately screened to make sure none of them plays a mission critical role for the Club............just in case things go south in Cell Block H during the tour. Also on tap is a social this Saturday evening the 12th 9:00pm at Jan's Lounge in Orangevale to watch one of our own and his band Hey Monkey play for their peeps. All Groupies and Roadies are welcome as well as all Club members. The photo, immediately below, shows the Club member involved in this very public display just before authorities were notified! The Club member's name will not be reported here until his and John Belushi's next-of-kin have all been notified. Our normally scheduled monthly social for the 3rd Wednesday of every month was announced by the always impeccably dressed cruise director Pat Hassna. It will be held this Wednesday the 16th at 5:30pm at La Fiesta restaurant next to Mikuni's in Roseville.  With much fanfare Braggs & Fines was administered by our own past President Al Savery. Fortunately Al didn't indulge in any of his always (??????) witty (?????) and hilarious (??????) jokes but he was very productive with his Fines with revenue collection for the Club reaching an all-time high. At least ten individuals were relieved of 'excess' cash by our own in-house Robin Hood. As usual, our sumptuous meal provided by The Cattleman's restaurant was impeccable. Concluding our meeting was speaker Brenna McDuffy (photo at top of this page). She was outstanding with her very interesting PowerPoint photo presentation to us about her exchange student year in Belgium. We could not have chosen a better emissary for our Club!! |
meeting notes 7/7/17Today we welcomed President John Milburn for his first meeting in charge. It was a rocky start, but at least there were no bad jokes! Just kidding, Past President Al. After an enthusiastic Pledge of Allegiance and Four Way Test reciting, we got right down to business. President John wanted to thank everyone involved in the change over dinner for making it a success. Especially to Al and his better half, and also to Tom Gibbs for supplying the drinks. President John also unveiled the new year's Rotary motto: Making A Difference. A few event announcements: Matt Patterson is putting together a Feed the Homeless at Valley Springs Church on July 17; for more info please contact Past President Al A Rotary membership workshop will be held July 22nd; for more info please contact President John There will be a Rotary event at the Rivercats on July 30th; for more info please contact Tom Cicchini We also celebrate Georgene's birthday this week, and we celebrate Brenda Glen and Nancy Rich's 10 year anniversary with the Granite Bay Club! Past President Al also recognized Jim Lane and Bill Keegan for their work on the board this past year, since they were not able to attend the change-over dinner. He also recognized the Club Rookie of the Year, Richard Krupp. Congratulations Richard! We also welcomed Keaton Dougherty, this year's Rotary Youth Exchange participant. Keaton will be travelling to Belgium in just a few weeks, and he spoke a little on his sponsoring families and his expectations for the trip. President John will also be bringing in the returning RYE participant to a future club meeting, so we can hear all about her adventures. |
Meeting Notes June 23, 2017REMEMBER: NO MEETING NEXT FRIDAY, JUNE 30 DUE TO CHANGE OVER DINNER! Hallelujah! President Al’s last meeting. (Just kidding, President Al has done a great job + has left the club in strong financial shape) Tom Cicchini gave Al a great case if wine along with an update on the Murphy’s wine trip. Everyone had such a good time, they are clamoring for a repeat in the near future. Think about this fall when the weather is beautiful and the wine will be in harvest. Mike Calvert had a special guest – his grandson (about 6 yrs old). Ray Ward from District 5180 brought visiting Rotarian Wendy Hornack District Governor elect from the Rotary Club of Upcountry Maui. Wendy is a great person to know if you have an upcoming trip to Maui. There are 9 Rotary clubs on Maui for make-ups. President Elect John Milburn reminded the group that openings are available to be a wine pourer at the State Fair. If you’re interested, please contact John. Check out the new Face book page that is still under development, but looks pretty good. You can access it through Clubrunner home page by clicking on Face book button. Please give us your feedback. In addition, we need all the Clubrunner hits on Google we can get. Ray Jones had some great Mexican fishing stories to share. He caught a 170b Marlin and placed 3rd in the competition. We were pleased to learn that Pat Hassna will continue organizing the Rotary socials in the upcoming year. Stay tuned for July location. There will be almost $600 for the cross over partying drawing. We will keep drawing until someone wins. I am so out of here....  |
meeting notes 6/2/17We received an update on the flag project, which is moving along slowly but surely. President Elect John wants to remind everyone that the wine tour is coming up on June 30th. Tickets are limited, so please get in touch with Tom Cicchini or John Milburn if you want tickets before they're gone. President Al wants to remind everyone to RSVP for the change over dinner on June 30th. He also asks that all club members pay any outstanding dues before the new executive board takes over. Randy Stoops gave an update on the benefactor program, and recognized Matt Patterson on donating a 10K life insurance policy. A flyer for a membership workshop on July 22nd will be attached to the newsletter, for those who are interested. Our guest speaker this week was Dr. David Yee, who spoke on his strong familial connections to Rotary and his medical expertise in Sacramento with Sutter. His presentation covered kidney stone and prostate cancer treatments and methods of detection. Hope to see everyone at the next meeting on Friday!
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meeting notes 5/26/17We had a special Memorial Day club meeting to honor our Veterans. Mike Calvert led the club in prayer to kick off the meeting. Veterans in the club, some dressed in uniform, were honored and asked to state their service for recognition. Tom Cicchini, Howard Dutra, Bob Smith, Mike Calvert, Pete Worth, Rich Settle, Doc Yarrow, Pat Hassna, and Dick Gootee were all recognized. Thank you all for your service, gentlemen. Bill Keegan gave a summary update on Foundation donations: YTD our club has donated around $9000, mostly due to several generous individuals. We have 27 Paul Harris members, and 21 multiple recipients in our club. President Al read a letter he received from this year's club scholarship recipient, who was extremely grateful. Bob Smith asks that if you have recyclables you are looking to get rid of, he will take them off your hands. Please contact Bob for more details. Our speakers this week were Chris Carlton and Carly Redlich from the Placer County Sheriff's Dept. They discussed the direction and the structure of the Dept, along with specifics on the new placer co. jail and programs that the dept is involved in. We hope everyone had a fantastic Memorial Day, and thank you again to our Veterans for your service. See you all next Friday!
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Weekly notes 5/19/2017President Al opened the meeting with some announcements: We had another good turnout for the club social at Lyons restaurant. The social is the 3rd Wed of every month. Ron Buda has resigned from Rotary, so unfortunately we will no longer be seeing him at the meetings. There will be a "feed the homeless" event on July 24th, volunteers are appreciated! We had some special guests at the meeting today: Jack May brought his son, who is visiting from Denver. Susan brought our youngest club Rotarian, Malcom. Susan's family is moving to Arkansas, we will be sad to them go but wish them the best. The changeover dinner will be June 30th, at Sierra Pines Community Center in Sun City at 5:30pm. There will be no regular meeting that day. The wine trip is coming up on June 17th. Seats are limited, so please contact Tom Cicchini ASAP if you're interested in tickets. As reminder, tickets are $65, and that includes the bus trip and lunch served. Please check out the District Newsletter from this month, if you haven't done so already! We have some of our very own club members highlighted! President Al also highlighted some donations that have been approved by the Board, to Shelter Box, Placer Food Bank, and the Children's book program that Jack May runs at the hospital. It's great to know that our club is supporting so many great programs! Our speaker this week was District CIO and former DG Glenn Fong. Glenn gave a fantastic presentation on the tools available to Rotarians online, including ClubRunner, My Rotary at www.rotary.org, and box.com. He also shared some great tips on creating a vibrant social media presence for our club, and creating a more profitable ticketing system for club events. Please take advantage of his presentation and everything Rotary has to offer by visiting Rotary online, and downloading the ClubRunner app for your phone! Just search for ClubRunner in the app store, it's free to download! We will be having a special meeting to honor our veterans this upcoming Friday, so we hope to see all club members in attendance. |
Weekly notes 5/12/17
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Meeting notes 1/13/17Announcements from the meeting this week:
We wish Frank Ali's wife the best after her recent hospital stay. She is back home now and in good health.
President Al is looking for a location for the Super Bowl party on 2/5. There were a couple suggestions thrown out, if you would like to discuss details or have questions on that please contact Pres. Al.
The club social will be held this upcoming Wed. the 17th, at Hop House in Roseville 5:30-7:30.
Tom Gibbs celebrates his 30 year anniversary as a Rotarian!
Some 2017 Crab Feed updates:
Please keep selling tickets to our Crab Feed top of mind! We are less than a month away now, so we're gearing up for a great (sold out) event! For Door ticket info please contact Jason Currier @ 916-201-8114/Jason.currier@safecu.org. If you still have tickets you can't sell, or if you've already sold tickets and would like more, please reach out to him ASAP!
Also Raffle tickets are $10, and we are giving away 2 separate stay accommodations in Hawaii!! For Raffle ticket info please contact Pat Hassna.
Wendy Fredericks needs ice chests, and after the meeting she still needs 2 more. If you can help with this please get in touch with her to make arrangements.
Nancy Rich would like donations for kid baskets (snack bags, candy boxes, etc), so please reach out to her if you can help.
Our speaker today was Mark Curney from the US Bureau of Reclamation to speak on various projects at Folsom Dam. His topics included flood control for the region and the reasoning behind some of the recent projects/construction, and the Joint Federal Project that is proposed to raise the level of the dam. He also fielded questions that included the priorities of his department regarding the Dam, and the Auburn Dam project.
Our speaker next week will be Ron Buda on Vietnam. Hope to see everyone there!
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Meeting Notes 1/6/17The first club meeting of 2017 began with a loud blast from President Al's airhorn, making an impression on the New Year! Brenda offered a beautiful prayer before the meeting went underway. John Milburn gave sad news on Fabio, the foreign exchange student: Fabio was having problems with home sickness and needed to leave the country. Jim Gragg gave an update on the club's Facebook page, which is being redone. Ron Buda suggested the club sponsor a veteran, several member anniversaries were announced, and we congratulated Jyoti on her new pregnancy, her 2nd. Our speaker this week was Arnold Kunst, returning to give the second half of his "Lincoln for President" presentation.
Some reminders on the Crab Feed coming up on 2/11:
Nancy put out a plea for silent auction items. If you have anything you can offer please contact her as soon as possible. Also, please be selling Raffle and Door tickets! If you have questions, please contact Pat Hassna regarding the Raffle and Jason Currier regarding the Door tickets. If you still have Door tickets you think you won't be able to sell, please contact Jason right away @ 916-201-8114/Jason.currier@safecu.org to make arrangements to get them returned. The event flyer will be attached to the bulletin for easy access!!
The next meeting will be Friday the 13th! Hope to see everyone there.
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Meeting Notes 12/9/16Congratulations to Rich and Linda Settle on celebrating their ninth anniversary.
Bill Keegan gave us an update on Rotary Foundation contributions, $4,500 so far. Bill reminds us that it is easy to make the checking account or credit cards auto deduction and could go a long way to get us to 100% club participation in the Foundation.
Jeff Johns is having major back surgery this week. Best wishes to Jeff on a speedy recovery.
Mike Calvert did a big Porsche road trip down 395, across Death Valley into Las Vegas, then on to Boulder Dam, Grand Canyon, Sedona and Mesa, AZ. For a former law enforcement agent, sounds like he broke a lot a speed limits.
Susan McAdams shared her biography with the club this week. Exciting news about the upcoming new addition to her family which will occur in April 2017. Susan enjoys contributing her time and dentist skills on her medical trips to Mexico.
Also a reminder on the Crab Feed...less than two months away now! Please be selling those tickets, and send updates to Jason Currier at Jason.currier@safecu.org, or 916-201-8114. Also, if you are having trouble getting tickets sold, or think you can sell more tickets than what you were already issued, please contact him right away so that we can work on getting those redistributed. Keep the raffle tickets in mind also, 2 trips to Hawaii! |
Meeting Notes 12/2/16We have some great activities happening this month and coming up...
--Jim Lane is organizing the canned food drive. He was looking for help with dollies and/or trucks to help move the cans on Friday afternoon, so hopefully he received a good showing for that. We'll be anxious to hear about that endeavor at the next meeting! The basket organizing will be next week, and if you'd like to donate please get in touch with Jim.
--Leighton Koberlein announced that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Granite Bay hosted nearly 500 nativity scenes this past weekend. They also had local choirs performing.
--President Al gave some details on the Feed the Homeless event on Monday.
--Our Christmas party is this upcoming Saturday, 12/10, at Bill Keegan's house. An RSVP sheet was passed around the club at the meeting, so if you missed it and would like to RSVP please contact President Al. Look forward to celebrating the holiday season there with all club members!
--Our Crab Feed is coming up on Feb 11th, please make sure you're selling tickets (event and raffle) and getting the word out! We have 2 trips to Hawaii in the raffle, so that's a great incentive!! For ticket updates please contact Jason Currier at Jason.currier@safecu.org or 916-201-8114. Jack May would also like to make sure that everyone is looking out for Crab Feed sponsors. He passed out sponsorship flyers at the meeting, so if you have potential sponsors please contact Jack.
We had Deborah Getz from the Never Forget Our Fallen organization visiting, and she said a few words about her history with the program and its support for local Military families. They have their annual Christmas party coming up on Dec 17th, and donations are welcomed. You can donate unwrapped toys for the kids, or make a monetary donation (please get them to Dick Gootee to deliver before the event). You can find more details at www.neverforgetourfallen.com, or contact Deborah at 916-223-6816.
We extended our condolences to Rich Settle, who's father passed away at the Granite Bay Eskaton last week. He expressed his gratitude for the all the support club members have shown.
We welcomed back Jeff Johns, Roger Burke, and Erika Halwachs. We were glad to see them all at the club meeting this week!
Our speaker this week was Jenny Roberts from the American Heart Association. She gave a terrific presentation on the importance of CPR and how it make the difference between life and death. We also had a great demo from a couple of our own club members, attempting to resuscitate Jenny's CPR dummies. We were thankful no actual CPR was needed after the demo!
Next week's speaker will be Charlie on his Turkey trip, we hope to see everyone there 12/9!
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Meeting Notes 11/18/16Bill Keegan, Foundation Chair gave an overview and supporting documents on various ways to contribute & participate in the Rotary Foundation. A number of members completed the contribution form at the meeting or submitted a check.
Bill is looking for 100% participation. Rotarian Bob Smith is also active in the Placer SPCA and he is reminding us all that they would appreciate all of our recycled bottles and cans. Their organization raised over 17K last year by setting bottles & cans. Recycle material can be dropped off at their location behind the Roseville Police department. Call Bob at 791-3395 if you have any questions. Crab Feed flyers are now available in printed form. Al is going to send out a soft-electronic copy very shortly. Jack May is strongly encouraging all of us to promote the Crab Feed to prospective sponsors. This year's partner in the event is Adopt an Elder, in addition they were also the program. A reminder to be selling your tickets. Please contact Jason Currier with ticket updates or questions: 916-201-8114 or jason.currier@safecu.org.
Our next feed the hungry event for the Gathering Inn is next Monday evening, November 21 at Valley Springs Presbyterian Church 2401 Olympus Drive, Roseville. Hope you can help out. Please plan on arriving 5:30- 6:00 PM Questions: Call Tom Gibbs Christmas Party update. Please make sure Bill Keegan is notified of your attendance. There is a sign-up sheet for the pot luck dishes needed. Date in Dec. 10, 6:00 PM at Bill Keegan's beautiful house, 8560 Linda Creek Court, Orangevale. Please bring a new, un-wrapped toy for the military family holiday event that Dick Gootee coordinates. Speaking of Dick, he had his foot surgery this week and we wish him a speedy recovery. Susan gave us an update on her baby progress. Wendy bought the house they have been leasing - congratulations. Georgene showed of a picture of well-dressed, Pete Worth from the last issue of Sacramento Magazine Jim Lane explained their manpower needs for this years Christmas Basket Project: 1. Dec. 2 After the Rotary meeting, Jim needs assistance from members with pick-ups and SUVs to pick up food donations at various Eureka School District sites. 2. Dec 16 & 17. Baskets are assembled and prepared for delivery on Sat, the 17th. There will not be a meeting next Friday due to the holiday, please have a happy and safe Thanksgiving!
We will be meeting again Dec 2nd, the guest speaker will be Jenny Roberts from the American Heart Association.
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meeting notes 11/11/16This week we had a special meeting to honor our Veterans, due to our club meeting falling on Veteran's Day. Pat Hassna opened up the meeting with a prayer before the Pledge and the Four Way Test. Each Veteran member of the club was asked to stand so that they could be thanked for their service: Eric Tozer, Mike Baker, Doc Yarrow, Rich Settle, Bob Smith, Pat Hassna, and Tom Cicchini. Also honored was our speaker this week, Fred Rowe. Thank you all for your dedicated service to our country.
President Al issued reminders for the events this week: the club Board Meeting will be held on Tues the 15th. It will be held at the regular time and place...Round Table Pizza on Sierra College @ 5:30. Also, the club Social is this Wed the 16th. This month it will be at La Fiesta on Eureka Blvd @ 5:30. You are encouraged to also bring friends, family, and potential new members!
Mike Baker wanted to express his gratitude to the club for everyone's support during his (and his family's) difficult time.
Georgene gave an update on the 2017 Crab Feed, and Jason Currier passed out tickets to each present club member to sell. Each club member will be responsible for selling at least 10 tickets @ $55/ticket. Our target is 550 tickets for this year! Jason wants to remind all club members to collect checks (made payable to Granite Bay Rotary Foundation) or cash when you sell tickets, and to turn those into him as soon as you can. If you have questions or need to make special arrangements please contact Jason at (916)201-8114 or email at Jason.currier@safecu.org. We're looking forward to a sold-out event this upcoming year!
Our speaker this week was Foundation Chair of the Fair Oaks Rotary Club, Fred Rowe. Fred gave a great presentation on the Rotary Foundation and its generous contributions worldwide, as it celebrates its Centennial this year. He shared pictures from his time at the Convention in Seoul, Korea, some of the charity work he organized in South America, and from the current #100ActsOfGood program. He also wanted to encourage all club members to support the Foundation by attending the upcoming convention in Atlanta, Georgia, making generous contributions, and participating in #100ActsOfGood...you can find details on the Foundation website.
Again, thank you to all of our Veterans for your service. We look forward seeing everyone at the club meeting next Friday!
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Meeting notes 11/4/16We started the meeting with an inspirational speech on Freedom and the Flag by Honor Group USAF Veteran John Norwood, before leading us into the National Anthem. President Al had a couple announcements: a reminder that the club social is the 3rd Wed of each month. The next social will be Nov. 16th, place TBD. Also, please note on your calendars that the Club Christmas party will be Dec. 10th, hopefully all club members can attend!
We have 2 birthdays to celebrate: Erica Caldwell and Frank Ali. Also, congratulations to Bob Smith who just celebrated 10 gallons of blood donated!!
Foundation Chair Bill Keegan gave an update on the Rotary Foundation, and wants to remind everyone that the theme for November is the generous work of the Foundation and how you can contribute as a club member. 29 of our (roughly) 40 members are Paul Harris Fellow awardees, who have generously donated at least $1000 to this great cause. Bill went over the worldwide recognition of the Foundation, as well as its efforts to eradicate polio. Please consider your contributions this month.
Georgene gave an update on the 2017 Crab Feed, which will be held Feb 11th. The first committee meeting will be held this upcoming Monday. Tickets will be handled by Jason Currier, and raffle tickets will be handled by Pat Hassna. Both will be available shortly. There will be 2 raffle items; one is TBD, the other is a Hawaiian time share being donated by Jim Lane. More details to come.
Vivienne Yamamoto from Sacramento Blue Star Moms spoke briefly on their programs for Military and Veteran support. They will be having a care package "packing party" next Saturday, the 12th at the Roseville Veteran Hall, which is open to the public and club members are encouraged to attend. If you would like more information on the event, or Blue Star Moms, please contact Vivienne at 916-316-8602 or bluestarmomsvp@Hotmail.com. The website is sacramentobluestarmoms.org.
Our speaker this week was former club member Mark "Coach" Soto from The Honor Group. He gave an inspirational and emotional presentation on the program and its mission, and his own personal history and struggle that got him into the cause. He also spoke on his time as a football coach in the area, and the ongoing "Honor Bowl" that is recognized nationally. Pr. Al emailed out the flier for the group, and encouraged all club member to donate.
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Meeting 10/28/16Bill Keegan made a special presentation from the Rotary Foundation for 11 years of service and major contributions by Tom Cicchini - Mr. Polio Plus.
World Polio Statistics as of 9/21/16:
Georgene tells us she has been playing a major nurse role in taking care of husband Ben after his knee replacement. Georgene also reminds us that the Rotary Crab Feed is February 11, 2017. We are committed to sell 350 tickets. Flyer and tickets will be available in the near future.
Jeff Johns is looking for questions and feedback on what members think about our involvement and commitments to the new District 5180 Human Trafficking Project. The District is developing a grant request from the Rotary Foundation that would require approx. $200,000 from clubs within the District. This is obviously a major undertaking and all comments are needed and welcome.
Mike Baker's grandson, Austin's service is tomorrow, Sat October 29 at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 6365 Douglas Blvd. Thanks to everyone who made a contribution today.
Tom C did it again with a great program from Chip Maxson, General Manager of the Sacramento River Cats. Chip gave a behind the scene story of how the River Cats operate financially and work to build a very successful business.
Brenda is strongly encouraging all members to attend next week's meeting to hear Mark Soto's presentation on what his organization is doing to support our military veterans. Plus, bring a guest if possible. |
Meeting notes 10/21/16A sympathy card was passed from member-to-member to recognize the very untimely passing of Mike Baker's grandson, Austin. The service will be held at the Lutheran Church, 6365 Douglas Blvd., Granite Bay, on October 29, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. A reception will follow.
The family could use help by receiving food and beveages for the reception. If you are able to provide food or beverages, please contact Georgene Waterman. She is coordinating the reception and will advise you what to bring.
Her contact information is:
gh2oman
Home phone: (916) 784-9405
A get well card was also signed by members to wish Ben Waterman a speedy recovery from serious surgery.
Wednesday evenings social at the Granite Bay Ale House was well attended by about 24 Rotarians + significant others. Pat tells us the next social will be Nov 16. Place and time to be announced.
Al gave an update from the Board Meeting on the proposed flag project for Rotary Park, Douglas & Barton Road. This project is advancing through the budget process, If you have any feedback, please contact President Al.
Jack May gave us an update on the Membership contest. We are doing fairly well on membership including the approval of new member Terry Navas, sponsored by Dennis May.
Recent member Rick Groves is transferring to the Fair Oaks Club due to a change in his business.
Please go into ClubRunner and update your profile with your business information. We are going to develop a business directory thru our web site. Make sure we have a good picture of you.
Tom Gibbs gave us a report on his 50th high school reunion trip to upstate New York. Yes, Tom we understand your old girlfriends may not look the same. Neither do you.
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meeting notes 10/14President Al was back this week. Georgene announced information on the 2017 Crab Feed and wanted to prepare the committee for their roles in the event. It will be held 2/11/17, and the committee will be meeting once a month, starting in November. Nancy also wanted club members to consider any new items they have that could be used in the Silent Auction. If you have anything you would like to donate please contact her for more information. More details on the event, and also the Adopt an Elder program we're partnering with for it, will be forthcoming in the following months. We're looking forward to a very successful event this year!
The club social scheduled for this Wed the 19th may be postponed or canceled due to the Presidential debate. President Al sent out an email poll to get a potential headcount, so please respond to that if you haven't already. The social is planned to be at Alehouse in the Quarry Ponds @ 5:30. If there is a change President Al will send out an update.
Jack May inducted our newest member, Richard, into the club. Richard is retired from a long career in the Dept. of Corrections and loves going to live music events. Welcome Richard to GB Rotary, we're very happy to have you!
Ken shared some words on his recent retirement, and his history in California. He would like to thank the club for all the members that have showed him support and he's looking forward to this next adventure in his life!
Ron was scheduled to be the guest speaker, presenting on his trip to Vietnam. Unfortunately the presentation had to be postponed again due to technical difficulties. The speaker next week will be Jon Coupal from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer's Assoc.
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Bulletin, July 9, 2016Bulletin for July 9, 2017
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Brags and FinesGeorgene purchased another new motor home which is 38 feet long , has two bathrooms and an fancy adjustable king bed plus a washer and dryer. She also had a 67 birthday. Jack for for Randy being a friend of Bill? Frank for telling a joke and no one laughed and fined the whole table. |
12-12-2014 Meeting MinutesHad a meeting in the main area of Cattlemen's today. Speaker had to reschedule for January, so we just did announcements and social time.
See Below for Brags, Fines, and Other Updates From the Membership for This Week
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12-5-2014 Meeting MinutesHad a great visit from Donna where she shared the progress to date and her future vision for the Heart's Landing Ranch at 8902 Quail Lane in Granite Bay. The Ranch is a 501(c)3 non-profit whose mission is "to provide a healthy and fun environment where youth ENGAGE in opportunities to BUILD self esteem, CREATE meaningful relationships, DEVELOP life skills and GROW as LEADERS in their community." They do this through providing a sense of community, a place to reconnect with the earth and people, and all sorts of agriculture related work experiences in a mostly outdoor setting for youth 13-24 years old. They're currently looking for web design help, adults who can teach and work alongside youth, temporary housing (RVs/Trailers) for Americorps volunteers for two months. For more information or to offer any help, please contact her at 916-521-1343 or donnae@surewest.net.
See Below for Brags, Fines, and Other Updates From the Membership for This Week
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Social at Bucca Di BeppoWe had a great social at Bucca Di Beppo on Wednesday, Nov 19th in Roseville. There were many laughs and great conversation. And our meal was even blessed by the Pope!
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Get Your Tickets to Fun & Frivolity at Our 4th Annual Oktoberfest! |
Our Newest MembersHere are the latest, greatest members to join the ranks of the Granite Bay Rotary Team. Proudly presenting: Katie Wohlman - Marketing
Jeff Raines - Banking - Retail
Dennis May - Real Estate - Residential |
Woman Gone Wild; POST-PETS SYNDROMEI guess PETS will do this to you. President-elect, Susan Phillips goes "wild" with Last Man Standing at Sammy's Rockin' Island Bar & Grill. The U.K. has their "Iron Lady," and Granite Bay Rotary has our own "Iron Butterfly."
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