The Flywheel
Program for March 9, 2007
The New Rosie Park Superintendent Martha Lee
Martha is a 25-year veteran of the NPS and superintendent of four NPS historical areas in California: John Muir NHS, Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front NHP, Port Chicago Memorial, and Eugene O’Neill NHS. Superintendant Lee talks about Rosie's Girls and other project hopes.
Meeting of March 2nd, 2007
Welcome, Invocation, Thought for the Day
On a bright Friday when we were allowed in the “Big Room” and with a packed house, Prez. George welcomed all to the Richmond Rotary Club and offered a prayer for Peace and Justice in the world. With a long pregnant pause…due to a missed assignment…Jerry Feagley led us all in the pledge. Incoming Prez. Pam offered a very low volume Thought for the Day….and even after John Nicol repeated it with his booming voice….alas, I still missed it! Beav said it was good though
Visiting Rotarians
There was a lot of Rotary Brass in the room today. District
Govenor Candice Pierce; Bo Morse,
Distrit Membership Chair; Don Farquharson,
Assistant District Govenor; President William
Wong from Albany; and President Gary
Aguiar from El Cerrito. Brand spankin’ new member Jerry Feagley introduced
Rafael Madrigal who soon may be an even newer member
than Jerry. Markku Pelanne had as his
guest…Mary. Jon Lawlis introduced, for
the last time, his guest Lesa McIntosh.
Also visiting us today were 11 Architects from all over
Russia.
Mr. Sunshine David K deferred to John
Nicol who gave a brief report of Elof …with
past DG Werner giving an even more
updated report that Elof went back for a second round
of surgery. All calls are welcomed!
The Beav, never at a loss for words….but
at a loss for Recognitions, gave a long explanation of
why we do Happy and Sad dollars…. So on to… David K was sad that he was going
to be leaving early in order to assist his wife with
a medical procedure; Ted Abreu was happy
that he was off to Spring Training; Josh Genser was
happy that he had the opportunity to host 2 architects; Jan
Brown ponied up $20 and for that was able to
thank host families’ Josh, Jack Freethy, Alan Baer and
her own… as well as her committee which included our
own Don Hardison and Margaret Morkowski; Herb
Cole was happy he was finally hosting a fishing
trip bought 2 Auctions ago; Ralph Hill was
happy to see the El Cerrito Rotarians and our Russian
guests; Margaret Morkowski wanted to
thank our Russian guests for being so pleasant; John
Nicol expressed his thanks to Russia for his
adopted granddaughter; Sid Chauvin lamented
the fact that Ron “Opie Taylor” Howard turned 53; Jack
Freethy was happy that Vladimir, who was on
a nuclear sub that surfaced at the North Pole, was a
guest in his home; there was also an announcement about
the Pancake Breakfast for the El Cerrito Club…but who
knows what year or day it will be; Herb Cole…up
for a second time announced the “Small Batch of Bourbon” fundraiser
on March 20 to support our Madagascar Project; and The
Beav has some happy dollars for his chance to
check out our view!
Bill Wahbeh…got to draw and got the
white ball~! Past DG Werner got to introduce current DG Candy for
her second presentation to our Club during her term.
DG Candy is from the Cordelia Club and despite what Werner
thinks she does she is the CEO of Tour Our City. DG Candy’s
presentation entitled “What is Rotary and Why I am Proud
to be a Rotarian” was a masterful presentation which
tested DG Candy’s concentration and her ability to keep
from laughing since she had to pause every few sentences
to have her presentation interpreted for our Russian
visitors. To illustrate her point she described how she
started in Rotary thinking that she would participate
by having lunch with her fellow Rotarians and maybe do
one project….only to find out that Rotary means much
more to most Rotarians and she found herself getting
much more involved. Rotarian’s identify needs both locally
and internationally in the 4 areas of services: Community,
International, Vocational and Club. As an example of
how Rotarian’s step up, she pointed out that her goal
for her “hand” project was 100+ and to date she has received
donations for 1,200+ hands. She also reminded us of how
large our Rotary family is with 1.2 members in 168 countries
and regions, 3500 clubs. She encouraged us all to not
just “join” a club, but get involve. Thanks DG Candy
for being such a great inspiration to us all!
The Menehune
Rotarians With Guests
Sunshine Report
Announcements
Special Event
District
Governor Candy Pierce had the privilege
of inducting new member Lesa McIntosh,
with a standing O, as the newest member of the Club.
Candy let Lesa know what she now had 1.2 million new
friends.
Recognitions
Happy and Sad Dollars
Raffle Results
The Program
“What is Rotary and Why I am Proud to be a Rotarian”
