Russian River Rotary Club, District 5130
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 Volume 83, Issue 25
President: Ross Bickford
President Elect: Jeff Davis
Secretary: Lori Bruhner
Treasurer: Andy Hilldale
Meeting time & place:
Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at the Northwood Restaurant. 14900 Highway 116, Monte Rio CA 95462.
Upcoming Events
- Youth Park BBQ 5/30 & 5/31
Upcoming Speakers/Special Meetings
Welcome!
Meeting Called to Order
Acting President Jeff called the meeting to order at 6:36 p.m.
The Pledge was led by Andy.
Jeff led us in singing,"God Bless America"
Mike Nicholls had two jokes for us.
Visiting Rotarians: None.
Guests of Rotarians: Students: Sam Kang, Jocelyn Sanitibanez, Alondra Vasquez, Emily Baseman, Biancey Esquibel
Correspondence: Donna read thank you from the following mini-grant recipients: Guerneville Elementary School, Sonoma Canopy Tours, Monte Rio School, Community Family Service Agency, Sutter Hospice, and the Ceres Project.
Announcements: Ed reminded us that the Youth Park BBQ is this weekend (at the Youth Park). The Santa Rosa noon club will be having a presentation about electric cars on 6/10 at noon at the Flamingo Hotel. Andy reminded us to get him your reciepts so he can begin to work on closing out the books for the 2014-15 fiscal year. Herman reminded us that the Rockin' the River concerts begin on 6/18. There will be a concert meeting this Thursday at his office at 4:30. Jeff told us that the Rio Theater will be having a free screening about a Russian River documentary Saturday at 3:30.
Happy Bucks: None this week.
Fines: None this week.
Raffle: None this week.
Program: The students who were unable to make last week's meeting joined us. Jeff had them each give us an introduction and tell us a bit about where they'll be going to school next year and what their future plans were. We then filled the remainder of the time stuffing envelopes for the Fireworks BBQ raffle.
Thought for the Day: From Mike Torr: (filtered through his mom from Eleanor Roosevelt) Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Online Resources for Rotarians
Rotary International:
www.rotary.org
Rotary District 5130:
www.rotary5130.org
Russian River Rotary Club:
www.russianriverrotary.org
Rotary Make-up Schedule
Monday
Santa Rosa West, St. Rose Business Center, 12:15
Healdsburg, Tayman Park Golf Clubhouse, 12:15
Tuesday
Russian River, Northwood Restaurant, 6:30 p.m.
Rohnert Park/Cotati, Double Tree Hotel, 7:15 am
Santa Rosa East, Flamingo Resort Hotel, 12:15
Santa Rosa Evening, Rosticceria & Eventi, 5:30 p.m.
Windsor, Charlie's Grill, 7:15 am
Wednesday
Santa Rosa, Flamingo Resort Hotel, 12:00
Petaluma Valley, Rooster Run Golf Club, 12:00
Sebastopol Sunrise, Masonic Hall, 7:15 am
Sonoma Valley, The Lodge at Sonoma, 12:15
Glen Ellen - Kenwood, Kenwood Restaurant, 5:30 p.m.
Healdsburg Sunrise, Healdsburg Senior Center, 7:00 am
Thursday
Cloverdale, Citrus Fair Board Room, 12:15
Petaluma, Petaluma Golf & Country Club, 12:00
Santa Rosa Sunrise, Fountain Grove Inn and Hotel, 7:15am
Rancho Cotati, The Event Center - Sally Tomatoes, 12:00
Friday
Sebastopol, Community Church of Sebastopol, 12:15
Gualala, St. Orres Inn & Restaurant, 12:15
Petaluma Sunrise, Boulevard Café and Grill, 7:15 am
Valley of the Moon, Quail Inn at Oakmont Golf Club, 7:15 am
The Four Way Test
- Is it the truth?
- Is it fair to all concerned?
- Will it build good will and better friendships?
- Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
The Object of Rotary
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
1st: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
2nd: High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
3rd: The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;
4th: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
Russian River Rotary Officers
Membership
Honorary Members
| Fern Auman |
| Darryl Bushgen |
| Roscoe Drake |
| Rich Hines |
