NEXT MEETING: November 16, 2012

Enriching the Lives of RIchmond Youth

Eric Aaholm, Executive Director of Youth Enrichment Strategies, will tell us about the the innovative way that YES improves the lives of inner-city youth and their families.

YES accomplishes its mission by sending hundred of youth, ages 8-16, to week-long summer camps around the Bay Area; by bringing entire families and school communities to Family Camps in the Redwoods; and by offering PeaceTalk communication workshops to our Richmond community.

Learn more about Youth Enrichment Strategies by visiting their website.

MEETING OF November 9, 2012

Welcome

President Jim Young gavelled the meeting to order. Connie Tritt led us in the pledge today, and Stoney asked the club for a moment of silence for “Peace and Freedom on Earth”. Henry Kelman, a person one would swear is a Republican, voted Democratic!

Rotarians with Guests

Henry Moe brought the principal of Salesian High to lunch today.
Ren Partridge brought his wife to lunch.

Sunshine Report

Hank Cavell reported that sunny ole  Erle is recuperating.

Announcements

Prez Jim followed up on a portion of the Rehfuss Fund report from the Club Assembly. The ad hoc committee established to research the Rehfuss Fund determined that:

• Pam Jones is planning on attending the Rotary day at the races and is trying to collect some other Richmond Rotarians to join her. She also reminded us that on December 14 the El Cerrito firefighters would be conducting their annual toy drive – so bring a toy like last year.
• The Holiday Auction is upon us! Now’s the time to declare your auction item. If you have already decided what you’re donating, please go to Holiday Auction page and enter you donation electronically. Past auctions have shown us that events that members attend together sell well. Fellowship is the backbone of Rotary. Don and Heather need more items for the Auction so hurry up and get yours registered on the website.
• Mark Howe has found some folks that want to help paint the Whirley Crane – none other than Henry Moe and the Salesian Roteract club. Stay tuned to this station for more info.
• Stoney is planning a Christmas Extravaganza with the El Cerrito Club. It will be held on December 15 at 6:15PM, at the Richmond Country Club. The cost of $150 per couple. There will be a band and a choir. Interest is high. Get you money in David Brown soon.
• Josh G is having another Scotch mixer and anyone, who pays of course, is welcome. The scribe didn’t catch the date, though. Call or send an email to Josh for more details.
• David announced that the club has received a $10,000 grant from Rotary International for the President Jim’s “Richmond Tales” project. Jim will also be hosting a Richmond Tales project mixer at his house to familiarize the members with the project. Date TBD.
• The next Richmond Rotary board meeting will take place on December 15th, 12:00, at the West County Wastewater board room,  at Hilltop.

Recognitions

• Bruce Harter had a bunch of happy dollars to recognize three electoral victories:  the extension to 2019 of the .075/SF ($10 million annually) school district parcel tax, passage of Jerry Brown’s Proposition 30, and voter authorization of Measure E, which authorizes another $460 million in bond issuance for school construction.  The school board better put their spending caps on.
• Henry Moe introduced Sara Cosby, a mother of two successful daughters who attended Salesian and were leaders of the Salesian Roteract club. She explained how, as a single parent, she raised two “good human beings” – to Sara that means not being selfish. The family was poor but she never took welfare. Instead she trained her girls to work for what they wanted. The girls were involved in Girl Scouts, Roteract, and work for the Contra Costa Times and Extreme Pizza. Elisa, one of the daughters, attends UC Berkeley and the other attends UC Davis, majoring in Public Heath. The girls were active in Roteract. Sara is thankful for the opportunity Roteract provided them.

Happy and Sad Dollars

Happy, sad, who knows? Dollars were contributed but the details weren’t recorded. No matter. The happiness and regret were shared, and the dollars were collected.

Norm’s Nonsense

Courtesy of Dave Calfee.

Sven was assigned to orientation of new army recruits. He was told to sign up as many as possible for the enhanced life insurance benefits, which cost the new recruit an additional $30/month from his allowance.

The officer in charge noticed Sven had a success rating of over 90%, whereas other recruiters averaged only 3-5%. Upon investigation he heard Sven tell his men, “If they send you to Afghanistan and you get killed, the government is going to pay your family $20,000 if you have only the regular insurance; but if you have the enhanced insurance they will pay $200,000; Now which do you think they will send to Afghanistan first?”

PROGRAM

The Wit and Wisdom of Lincoln

Tom Waller introduced Arnold Kuntz the author of the “Wit and Wisdom of Lincoln” today. Arnold explained that depression was the likely motivation behind Lincoln’s renowned sense of humor and Wit.

Humor was the tonic he used to ward off his always present dark moods. And a famous sense of humor it was.

In a typical Lincoln exchange, one day a person visiting Lincoln and was surprised to see him polishing his boots and said “you polish your own boots sir?” and Lincoln responded “whose boots do you think I am polishing?”

Lincolns’ overriding goal in life was to be esteemed by his fellow man.

-Rotating scribe, Mark Howe

NEXT MEETING: November 9, 2012

The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln is arguably one of the most admired US Presidents. Arnold Kunst, a life-long teacher and now in retirement as a public speaker, gave his first Lincoln presentation in high school and has been fascinated by the man ever since. Last year, Kunst published a book, “Lincoln 365: A Primer on Patriotism as Lived by Abraham Lincoln”. In this Rotary talk, Kunst shows us that, when a man is as comfortable in his own skin as Lincoln was, there’s always a touch of humor to his wisdom (and vice versa).

MEETING OF November 2, 2012

Welcome

President Jim Young brought the full house to order—excellent turn-out today—with a warm welcome to all. Ren Partridge led us in the pledge today, and Stoney asked for a moment of silence for “Peace and Freedom on Earth”.

Sunshine Report

Erle Brown and John Nicol are doing well according to Hank Covell.

Announcements

• The 2012 Holiday Auction is upon us! Now is the time to post your auction item on the Holiday Auction page of this website. Have you already decided what you’re giving? Then there’s no time like the present.

All members are expected to donate an item. Recent past auctions have demonstrated that social events for members are very popular. Fellowship is the backbone of Rotary. For example Heather Kulp and husband Barry are planning a South African BBQ, complete with exotic delicacies.

• Mark Howe, always a glutton for punishment, wants to get a group together to finish installing the Whirley Crane and get it painted. Anyone want an Egret nest – only 3’ in diameter and occupied part time? This will be hard work, somewhat dangerous and take a long time to complete. Our goal is to finish it by the end of next year. Things are looking up in this area of the Point Potrero Marine Terminal but the Whirley Crane is in bad need of some lipstick.

• Stoney is planning the Richmond/El Cerrito Rotary Clubs’ Christmas Party, a real extravaganza judging from his preview. Both a dance band and a choir are booked for the gala event. The gala will be held on December 15th, starting at 6:15 PM at the Richmond Country Club. The cost is $150 per couple, or $75 for individuals. Give your checks to David Brown.

• Do you have a friend or colleague who might make a good Rotary member? Why not invite him or her to another social gathering, Happy Hour Lite, which will take place this Wednesday, November 7th at 5:00, at the Mallard Yuppie Bar (a first class joint) on San Pablo, in Albany. (Drop the word “Yuppie” if you’re looking it up on Google.) Bring potential members.

Special Event

Michelle Itagaki was awarded her Blue Badge today. Congratulations, Michelle!

Recognitions

Although folks were recognized, and their birthdays and anniversaries acknowledged (and paid for!), their names weren’t recorded and today’s large lunchtime group quickly slid into Happy and Sad Dollars.

Happy and Sad Dollars

• Josh Surowitz was disappointed in the Tigers performance at the World Series, Ya Think? Go Giants!
• John Wilson was happy “as a pig in the sunshine” to see Sid back to the club.
• David Brown, a diehard Giants fan, was disappointed that the Series was not won in San Fran.
• Heather Kulp had dollars, both happy and sad, about the events surrounding hurricane Sandi. An East Coast transplant, she was relieved to hear that none of her family or friends suffered too badly. However, she reminded us that thousands of people weren’t so lucky. The devastation, and the loss of life and property, continue.
• Alan Blavins caught a 120 pound fish on his recent trip to South America. This is not a fish story. He passed around the pictures to prove it. Watch for a presentation by the English Angler in the near future.

Norm’s Nonsense

It was only her second date with the diehard baseball fan, and Jane was a little nervous. It was her fault they arrived at the stadium a full hour after the game had begun. Taking her seat, Jane glanced up at the scoreboard. It was a tight pitcher’s battle, bottom of the fifth, 0 – 0.
“Look, Charlie,” she exclaimed in relief, “we haven’t missed a thing!”

PROGRAM

Richmond Rotary's Role in the new Rotacare Clinic

The Executive Director of Brighter Beginnings, Barbara McCullough, outlined the progress in establishing a RotaCare Clinic in downtown Richmond. Brighter Beginnings and a group of Rotary Clubs are funding a Rotocare Clinic at the Brighter Beginnings. The clinic will serve un-insured West County Residents on Tuesday evenings once a week from 4-8 PM.

The clinic is currently under construction, with total construction costs estimated at $70,000. Their annual budget is around $100,000. All of the professional medical staff are volunteers.

Medical professionals from Kaiser, Sutter and other medical facilities will be staffing the clinic. The clinic is still looking for volunteer electronic health records administrative people. They also are looking for people to provide food on Tuesday evenings. Maybe that is where we can help.

An initial Open House is scheduled for 12/6/12 from 5-7PM. They are located at 2727 Macdonald in Richmond and the Grand Opening is scheduled for 1-14-13.

A group of stalwart Richmond Rotarians are volunteering to provide food for the staff on Tuesday evenings, for a month. Following a rotating schedule, other participating Rotary clubs will cover remaining months. For more information, or to find out how to contribute your time to the project, please contact EJ Shalaby.

– Rotating scribe, Mark Howe

NEXT MEETING: November 2, 2012

Richmond Rotary's Role in RotaCare

We’ll hear an update about the RotaCare medical clinic to be operated at the Richmond Family Strengthening Center on Macdonald Avenue near 27th street. The Center is part of Brighter Beginnings, a non-profit organization started in 1984, with centers also located in Oakland, Antioch, and Bay Point. The mission of Brighter Beginnings is to “support healthy births and successful development of children by partnering with parents and helping to build strong communities“.

Richmond Rotarians will coordinate with Rotarians in nearby clubs to support the RotaCare clinic. If you’ve already indicated your willingness to lend a hand, please plan to attend an orientation meeting on one of 4 Tuesday evenings: October 30th, November 13th, November 20th, or November 27th.

You need to register for an orientation. Please contact Drea Riqueime, at 510 903-7516, or richmondclinic@rotacarebayarea.org.

To learn more about volunteer opportunities, please download this orientation flyer.

MEETING OF October 26, 2012

Welcome

President Jim Young called to order a well-attended meeting of the Richmond Rotary Club. Felix Hunziker lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance and Stoney Stonework invoked us to think of lofty things. And as we all know, it’s the thought that counts.

We enjoyed a good turnout but there were no visiting Rotarians or guests on this beautiful fall day. Speaking of which…

The Sunshine Report

Earl Brown is at home and recuperating.
David Brown has the flu, so our treasurer’s contribution to the discussion that follows would be absent today.
Jan Brown, too, is ill. (For the record, none of the 3 ‘Browns’ in the Richmond Rotary are not related.)
And despite the fact that our Sergeant-at-arms, Sid, was still sick, there was no discernible break down of Club order. See? Sunshine.

Announcements

• Richmond Rotary sponsored the Halloween Costume Pageant at the Solano Play Lot Fall Festival on Sunday, October 28.
• The Richmond Rotary Lite-Happy Hour will be held on November 7 at Club Mallard, Albany.
• The Richmond Rotary’s 2012 Holiday Auction will be on December 7th.  Don Lau stresses that we need full Club participation to meet our goal of $,20,000. He noted that the contribution of events that involve social mixing (like tequila tasting, a pub crawl, or a birding trip) are especially popular fundraising items. So check out what some of your fellow members have already contributed on the 2012 Holiday Auction page, and be sure to add your own auction gift in the coming days.
• Stoney Stonework reminds us that the Richmond Rotary and the El Cerrito Rotary are jointly celebrating the season with a Holiday Party, tentatively slated for December 15. So tentatively mark your calendar.

Recognitions

Charlie Wong celebrated an 87th birthday, and misses everyone.
Michelle Itagaki celebrated her 50th birthday with a day at the spa and a truly disappointing dinner to follow. (She should consider bidding on Stoney’s Holiday Auction item next month.) Despite the less than perfect birthday celebration, Michelle generously donated $100 to the Foundation.
Tom Butt celebrated his 32nd year as a member of Richmond Rotary, and also donated $100 to the Foundation.
Thank you all!

Happy and Sad Dollars

• Heather Kulp was glad to be back at the Club.
• Joan Davis was pleased to announce the completion of the Nystrom Multipurpose Building, and was beaming about the ultrasound she received of her newest grandchild.
• Josh Genser thoroughly enjoyed watching Cal get hammered at the Big Game.
• Rafael Madrigal had a great time at the latest tequila gathering (go Giants!).
• Jerry Feagley was glad to be back at Rotary.
• Richard Alexander is still upset about the outcome of the Cal game.
• Jon Lawlis was thrilled that his daughter finally is graduating college.
• Joe Bagley was ever-so-glad to see the Tigers lose.
• Charlie Fender donated $70 in honor of his 70^th wedding anniversary.

Norm’s Nonsense

This guy was on the beach in San Francisco shooting seagulls with a shotgun and putting them in a bag, when a cop arrested him and told him it was against the law to kill seagulls. The guy explained, “But I am homeless and these seagulls are the only food I have to eat.”
The cop said, “I’m taking you in and you can tell it to the judge.”

After hearing the shooter’s tale of woe, the judge said, “I’m going to let you go with a warning. You can’t kill any wildlife in the city limits.” Then the judge became curious and asked, “Tell me, what does a seagull taste like?”
The man replies, “It’s sort of a cross between a bald eagle and a spotted owl.”

PROGRAM

Club Assembly

Today’s meeting was the first Club Assembly held in many years. President Jim Young led the meeting, beginning by reporting that the Club currently has 60 active members. The board recently voted to drop several non-active members, and is now focused on recruit new members who will be active in the Club.

Tom Waller, a board member, provided the membership with a succinct but detailed statement of Club income and expenses for the 2012–2013 fiscal budget.

Connie Tritt, Foundation Chair, described the several subcategories of the Foundation that members may choose to apply their contributions to. She also informed members how they could obtain replacement Paul Harris pins.

Membership Chair Josh Surowitz was unavoidably absent on this day. Filling in, Jim Young said that the Club’s board has established that membership growth and increasing membership involvement in ou events together comprise the most important things we must all focus on. To that end, Jim went on, the board has discussed using a scorecard for determining Rotarian of the Year and assessing the activity level of each member. Implementation, he said, was being considered for January 1. A short but energetic discussion followed about the pros and cons of quantifying membership participation. Jim recognized that we needed to consider the topic again in a following meeting.

Program Chair, Michelle Itagaki, asked for assistance from the membership to help her continue to identify suitable programs for future meetings.

Nick Despota handed out an overview of specific community service projects funded under the now-approved 2012-2013 budget. He also expressed a hope that this or a similarly formatted report be produced in coming years, a snapshot of the projects and programs to which we contribute our dollars and volunteer hours.

Because not all of the topics for the Club Assembly could be addressed in the time available today, those topics will be carried over to future meetings for further discussion.

– Rotating Scribe, David Keystone

NEXT MEETING: October 26, 2012

Club Assembly

This week we’ll conduct the first Club Assembly in many years. The Assembly is an opportunity to get an overview of what Richmond Rotary is doing and where we’re headed. You’ll hear reports on projects and programs Richmond Rotary is currently supporting. It’s also a chance to voice your own thoughts on board proposals and our longer range planning.

All members are expected to attend. See you there!

MEETING OF October 19, 2012

Welcome

President Jim Young gaveled the meeting to order. Darlene Almeida led us in the Pledge, Stoney called for a moment of silence for peace, freedom and justice on Earth.

Sunshine Report

Erle Brown is recovering from back surgery.  All went well and he is is out of pain but faces a couple of weeks of rehabilitation. He doesn’t want guests for now.

Sid Chauvin reportedly has a contagious disease, but didn’t sound bad on the phone.

Tom Waller stopped by to say hi to Betty Hardison. She expressed her thanks to the Club for the flowers and our attendance at Don’s funeral.

Announcements

• President Jim called for a volunteer to coordinate a group trip to go see the new movie, “Lincoln”, just before we’re to have a program on the 16th President.

• District Conference in Napa: be sure to sign up.
• Rotary Day at the Races at Golden Gate Fields November 17. $35. Get your money to David Brown.
• The date of the Holiday Auction is December 7.
• The Board of Directors needs a new meeting place. Let Jim know if you have any ideas.
• The Board approved spending $1,000 on Kid Power.
• Nick Despota resigned from the Board after serving for more than 3 years. “Enough for now,” he says. He wants to spend more time with his new grandson. With his resignation, the Board still has 5 directors, meeting the Club’s provision in the bylaws
• Next week at the Club Assembly we’ll be talking about a “scorecard” to determine Rotarian of the Year, and to possibly serve as a more general gauge of member participation.
• EJ Shalaby reported that the applications for construction permits have been completed. Opening is planned for January of 2013. Looking for volunteers to provide snacks weekly to workers at the clinic.
• Felix Hunziker reported that the Club will be helping with Richmond Trees by helping to buy and plant trees. The first project will probably be to plant trees around the renovated Solano Playlot. As a sign of community support, Prez Jim contributed $100 to the Solano Playlot Association, for prize money for their Fall Festival Halloween Costume contest to be held at the Playlot from 2–4 PM Sunday, Oct. 28th. Rotarians may want to bring their children or grandchildren to this neighborhood family event and celebration. All are welcome. For details, see the Solano Playlot Halloween flyer.

Recognitions

Darlene had a birthday but worked until 8:00 then hid under the covers until it was over.

Special Events

Connie Tritt presented a Paul Harris plus 2 to Tom Butt. Thank you, Tom!

Happy and Sad Dollars

• Alan’s 88-year old father who had a stroke is walking around his apartment with a cane. Great progress!
• Bill Koziol was sad that he’ll miss the Assembly next week because he’ll be relaxing in the Santa Cruz mountains.
• Tom Butt was happy that his son, Daniel, finally got his license to practice law in California, many years after finishing law school. Tom told the lawyers in the Club to watch out for the competition.
• David was being tortured by the Giants. Give thanks you’re neither a Cubs nor Red Sox fan, David!
• Josh Surowitz was not being tortured by his Tigers.
• Josh Genser was sad that Erle was not there to receive grief about the Big Game, but Jon and Felix stood up to take the grief on behalf of the Bears.

Norm’s Nonsense

-A Scotsman went to a baseball game and enjoyed it, but when one batter got a walk, tossed the bat aside and strolled to first base, the Scotsman stood up and yelled, “Rrrrun, man! Rrrun!”

The fan next to him said, “He doesn’t have to run, he’s got four balls.”
And the Scottsman yelled, “Walk with pr-r-ride man” Walk with pr-r-ride!!!”

PROGRAM

The Bay Area Crisis Nursery

The Bay Area Crisis Nursery takes care temporarily of babies and children whose families are in crisis. The organization has two centers, the Nursery for infants through five-year-olds, and the Dahlstrom House for children aged between 6 and 11. Both are in Concord. Family crises that may lead to the need to have children cared for by the organization include medical problems, unemployment, homelessness and stress. There are no geographical limits to the service area, nor income guidelines for those to whom service is provided. Since 1981, the organization has cared for more than 24,000 children. Children may stay for up to 30 days. The organization also tries to provide services to the families to resolve the need, such as referrals to housing services.
The Crisis Nursery has an annual budget of about $1 million, raised without any support from any government. There is paid staff working three shifts, 24-7, at each house, plus volunteers who work five shifts per day of three hours, each. Volunteers and funds are both needed, as are donations of food, clothing and toys. Volunteers also may wrap gifts between December 7 and 22. There is a gala fundraiser at the Diablo Country Club on November 10, with dinner, dancing and live and silent auctions. Tickets can be had for $85.

– Pinch-hitting scribe, Josh Genser

NEXT MEETING: October 19, 2012

The Bay Area Crisis Nursery

The Concord-based Bay Area Crisis Nursery works to prevent abuse and neglect of children by providing support to families who are in stress or crisis. It is the only one of its kind in the Bay Area. Their slogan is, “When parents care but temporarily can’t cope.”
The primary service is providing a warm, loving, homelike environment for children birth through eleven years of age by offering 24 hour residential care. The services are free, confidential and voluntary.

MEETING OF October 5, 2012

Welcome

Prez Jim Young, welcomed the assembled crowd with his now repeating relentlessly his litany of R words. Remarkably, they have yet to be recorded in the Flywheel. Ergo: “Welcome to the relatively rambunctious, reasonably respectful, remarkably resilient, resolutely Rotarian, Richmond Rotary Club.” Following that, allegiance was dutifully pledged, and higher thoughts suitably invoked. Et cetera, amen, and all that.

Visiting Rotarians

We were joined by Assistant District Governor Fred Collignon, and Cecil (Pauncho) Padilla, a Rotarian from Winters, CA.

Rotarians with Guests

Today’s guests were Rotarian spouses: Herb Cole introduced Norma, Michelle Itagaki introduced Jay, and District Governor Laura Day introduced Don.

Sunshine Report

Though this item properly belongs under the Visiting Rotarians heading, Rich and Lisa Brandes, Past-president of the Richmond Rotary and current President of the Mendocino Rotary, brought sunshine to our proceedings with their attendance today.

Announcements

1. The Celebration of Don Hardison’s Life will be held on Friday, Oct. 12th, 2 PM:
First Presbyterian Church,
2407 Channing Way
Berkeley, Friday
Parking is available in the garage under the church and at the South Campus City Garage between Durante and Channing.

2. Its Fall and there is a lot going on:
• EC Rotary wants you to know that their Wine Tasting Fund Raisers is Sunday Oct. 21st 2:30 – 5:30 at the MVCC.
• District Foundation Fund Raising event, ‘Rotary Day at the Races’ at Golden Gate Field, Nov. 17th @ $35/person with 10% of the gate going to the Rotary Foundation. If 12 members go a bunch of cool stuff happens, Pam tell us about it…
• And of course the District Conference…More on this later.
• Did I mention Hospitality Night & the Toga Party?
• And don’t forget our own Holiday Lunch and Auction December 7th at the RCC.

Recognitions

Joe Bagley led the Rites of Extraction, beginning with birthday congratulations for:
Margaret Morkowski, September 25
Stanley Teaderman, September 30
Joseph Bagley, October 3
Cory Lawrence, October 7

Club anniversaries:
Alan Baer and Bruce Harter, who each logged 6 years in the Club on September 29th.

And finally, wedding anniversaries were also recognized, kicking off with this exceptional fact:
Charlie Fender on September 26th, celebrated his marriage to Clavel 70 years ago.(!)
Joseph Bagley, was married on September 27th.
And finally, David Calfee, married on October 1st; this fact offered up for congratulatory notice by David Brown.

Special Recognitions

David Brown was awarded his Paul Harris +6, and Stoney, his Paul Harris +4. These awards are significant recognitions of their generosity and community-mindedness. Thank you both.

In addition, the Paul Harris Major Donor Award, was given to Herb and Norma Cole. Congratulations and thank you!

Happy and Sad Dollars

People were happy, people were sad, but sadly, their names were not recorded by our scribe.

Norm’s Nonsense

A man goes into a shop to buy a car radio and the salesman says, “This is the latest model. It is a voice-activated car radio. You just tell it what you want to listen to and the station changes. No need to take your hands off the wheel.”

So the man has it installed and takes off down the road eager to give it a try.

He says, “Classical!” and a public radio station comes on with a Mozart symphony. Then he says, “Country!” and a Garth Brooks song comes on, and he listens to that. Then someone drives by really fast and cuts in front of him, so he yells, “Stupid!” and the radio changes to Rush Limbaugh.

PROGRAM

A Presentation by District Governor Laura Day

Governor Day exhorted us to be more enthusiastic about Rotary, and to recruit new members. She said that Rotary should be fun (but we, at Richmond, already knew that, didn’t we?). In fact, the District theme is “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to…” The general public is ignorant about Rotary. There are, worldwide, 1.2 million Rotarians, 34,000 Rotary clubs, in 200 countries. Membership, however, is static, with numbers of new members equal to departing members. We need to get our message out to our communities to recruit new, younger members.

Governor Day explained that the District Governor serves for 6 years: two in training, one as Governor, then three in service to the then-serving Governor. The District Governor has about 100 people on the leadership team.

Governor Day gave “Rotary Rocks” awards to the suffering, supportive spouse of Richmond’s leader, Linda Young, and to one of Richmond’s most traveled members on Rotary business, Normie Cole.

Governor Day talked about Polio eradication, which is the number one goal of Rotary International. In an effort that has lasted 27 years, the goal of complete eradication s in sight.

To get new members into Rotary, we must love Rotary, and all of these are reasons to do so.

-Jim Young and Josh Genser, pinch-hitting scribes