• Member Attendance
• Guests
  • Visiting Rotarians- Jim Campbell, District Governor - Rotary Club of Moraga; Brian Moore District Governor of District 5180 (Sacramento and the foothills), Pat Scribner- Rotary Club of Winters ; Paul Nelson- Rotary Club of Woodland-Luna Vista, Tod Reddish- Noon Rotary, Ute Turner- Luna Vista
  • Guest of the Club- John O'Malley
  • Guests- Linda Campbell, Jo Nnn Tindall, Anne Wallace, Barbara Price, Peggy Robles and husband from BeeHive Quilts
  • Speaker-
  • Sponsor

• Katie recognized Peter Faye for his guidance to the club.
• Beer booth results $3000- John O' Malley will pick up the check
• District Conference October 24 - 26 at the Concord Hiulton. There is still a 15% discount available
• John Martin had a few comments about the Salmon BBQ. He encouraged us to get involved. John purchased a major raffle ticket for $100 with a check made out to The Woodland Sunrise Foundation
  • Greg gave an impassioned oratory to sign up to help with the kitchen crew.
• Next week will be the send off for the Guatemala Stove Team - please write farewell wishes on little slips of paper to be given to them next week.
• Special Presentation
  • Ellen Burriss presented Jim and Linda Campbell a pile of knitted bears and quilts made by members of the club and friends of the club.

• Celebrations
• Birthdays- Patty Ariaga turned 40 (8/26). She was born in Fairfield.
• Anniversary- Jose and wife (39 years -8/29) married in Cheyene, WY
• Miscellaneous- Henry Mok for an article on colonoscopy
• Rotary Induction Anniversary

Special Recognition

• New Member Induction
  • Katie introduced Tom Galleazzi who welcomed John O'Malley as the newest member of Rotary International and the Woodland Sunrise Rotary Club. Governor Jim presented John with his Rotary Pin.
• Paul Harris Recognition
  • District Governor Jim Campbell presented Angie Fairchilds and Mark Deven with their Paul Harris pins.

Katie turned the meeting over to District Governor, Jim Campbell. Jim thanked Katie for the short introduction and provided some overview information about District 5160 and how the size of the District impacts his work and the work of Rotary. He provided the demographics of the clubs in the District including 66 clubs plus 2 provisional clubs one of which is a New Generation Club in downtown Walnut Creek. Jim thanked his wife Linda who has been with him at every club visitation and most of the board meetings.

 

Jim talked about Rotary International President, DK Lee, who chose the theme for Rotary this year- Make Dreams Real. The theme was inspired by the fact that 30,000 children under the age of 5 die every single day from preventable causes. President Lee realized that the three areas of Rotary service, water, health, literacy,could address these issues. By giving to and promoting these avenues of internation service, Rotarians can make these children's dreams real.

 

Jim went on to recognize the club and its members for their work both locally and internationally. In the past year, The Rotary Foundation funded $113M in grants. DG Campbell acknowledge the existence of the $100M matching grant from the Gates Foundation and in so doing encouraged our members to continue their giving to TRF. Jim related his experiences with the District Exchage team from Africa and encouraged our club to sponsor or participate in a Group Study Exchange. GSE engages young professionals led by a Rotarian to visit and learn about foreign countries and cultures during a 4-6 week experience over seas.

 

Jim's presentation moved to his experiences with the LN-4 hands project and the boxes that Interactors and Rotarians decorated to be distributed with the hands. This year, Jim would like to take 150 Rotarians to distribute bears, quilts, hands etc. to Ethiopia and South America. The bears will be distributed at orphanages in Ethiopia while quilts will be distributed to children in the RotoPlast program as a gift of hope after their surgery. Cost for the trip to Ethiopia in the spring is not yet determined but will be in the $3500 range. If you would like to participate in the trip to Ethiopia, contact Cecil Padilla at cpadilla@dcn.davis.ca.us .

 

Jim brought the presentation back to the subject of the District Conference- October 24 - 26 at the Concord Hilton. This year, the format will be a bit different. It will begin on Friday morning with a few speakers and 25 break out sessions. At the conference this year, there will be project rooms where Rotarians and guests can work on quilts, bears, LN-4 hands, water pastuerization devices, and solar ovens. Jim also discussed Ambassadorial Scholars and Peace Fellows programs and the success of the individuals who have been sponsored by District 5160. Most of these participants will be at the District Conference. Jim encouraged members to attend the Peace Conference in Berkely this year.

 

Jim concluded that as Rotarians, we make a difference every day, in the club, in the community, and in the world. When we make a difference, we MAKE DREAMS REAL!

 

Katie thanked Jim for his inspiration. Katie and Jim introduced our first club Paul Harris Society Member, John Beatty.

Frank Crum held the winning number but was unlucky in the draw. Enjoy the free breakfast next week.

• September 4- Woodland Christina School
• September 11- Pike's Fish Market
• September 18- Interact
• September 25- Leonard Padilla Bounty Hunter
• October 2- Small Busines Development Center
• October 9- OPEN
• October 16-County Fair Mall
• October 23- Pacific Legal Foundation (to be confirmed)
• October 30-Ellen B and Carol B- Tales from Guatemala
• November 6- OPEN
• November 13-OPEN
• November 20- Club Assembly
• November 27- Thanksgiving

• Cleve played, we pledged, we sang
• Member Attendance
• Guests
  • Visiting Rotarians- Howard Plank- Luna Vista Rotary Club
  • Guest of the Club- John O'Malley
  • Guests- Nancy Mack
  • Speaker- Dr. Kayvan Haddadan
  • Sponsor-Carol Brehmer

• Nancy Mack shared her covey of bears.
• Katie announced that we had an extremely successful beer booth at the Fair. She thanked members who worked on the beer project by presenting them with.....You guessed it Bud Light with Lime . Various members need to be careful driving to work this morning. Too many names to mention. We don't know yet how much we made.
• Katie thanked Cleve for his morning music
• Katie passed around a list of sign-ups for the Governor Dinner and asked how many people will not be there next week. The schedule for the the Governor's visit begins with a visit on Wednesday 9/27 to the Rotary Grove in Crawford Park at 5:45, Dinner at Morrison's at 6:30, and the club meeting on Thursday at 7:00 AM
• Katie thanked Mary Ginsburg for the two quilts she made. Ellen has agreed to put the quilts in a presentation.
• John Martin gave us a run down about his Olymic viewing habits. He then turned announcements over to the committee chairs for announcements.
  • Checks for the tickets should be made out to the Woodland Sunrise Rotary Foundation. Jim reminded us that each member is responsible for selling/buying 4 tickets @ $45 each.
  • There was a flier about the raffle prize available to distribute. Briefly, the raffle prize is a week on Maui with a day of ag touring, some time on the coffee farm and tours plus $1000 spending money. The stay is a 1 bedroom condo that is available for upgrade at the winners expense.
  • Frank distributed sign-up sheets for silent auction donations. Keith circulated a similar list for large item donations. He encouraged us to talk to friends, neighbors, creditors etc. We currently have 8 live auction items committed and we need about 8 more.
  • Tickets for the major raffle will be available next week. There will be 100 tickets at $100.
  • Tom Wendt and the Decorators are still looking for bodies.
  • Sign-ups are still needed for kitchen and clean-up.
• John Smythe gave a report about the meeting of the community service committee
  • They want to identify some bus stops in town that need to be cleaned up and a concrete pad and benches installed. There will also be a bus stop clean up day
  • There will be a literacy project led by Peter and Ellen
  • A field trip for a low income preschool
  • Shelter boxes

• Celebrations
• Birthdays- Vicki Whetten (8/9/61 in Woodland).
• Anniversary- none
• Rotary Induction Anniversary-none
• Miscellaneous- Pete Faye for having his picture in the paper "pimping the bank", Jim Hilliard for sending out so much mail, Bruce Watts as a major donor to Rhythm and Ribs at St Johns, Tom McLaughlin received a bottle of wine from a friend of Byron's for some work that Tom did.
• Happy Bucks - Marc F. picked some wild figs; Julia L. was happy to go horsey camping and wished she was still there; Neil R. was happy to be back from an invited presentation on rice farming. He then visited his past club in Stutgart, AK, Charles and Nancy M. will be in the British Isles; Greg S. is getting ready for his trip to Guatemala; Carol B. was happy but I didn't get the details; Jim H. and the PCC will be playing at the Chamber Mixer tonight ; Gary W. is getting ready to retire and is selling his stores.

Carol Brehmer introduced Dr. Kayvan Haddadan who specializes in Pain Medicine and Physiatry at Woodland Healthcare. Dr. Haddadan gave an overview of pain management services at Woodland Memorial Hospital. In a nutshell, he treats anything that is painful, primarily back and neck pain or other joint pain as well as others. Dr. Haddadan gave a clinical definition of pain and divided pain into three different categories: Acute pain, Chronic non-malignant pain, and Chronic cancer pain. He suggested that acute pain is the good pain, you know where it is and what caused it. Chronic non-malignant pain is pain that last more than 3 months and may range from mild to severe, may vary in intesity, and may or may not have an identifiable cause. Treatment of chronic pain is treated differently than acute pain. Chronic cancer pain is similar to chronic pain in definition but is related to a cancerous condition.

Dr. Haddadan described the sequence of tools used to treat acute pain. These include medication management, Appropriate exercise prescription, pain procedures, alternative treatments such as accupuncture, positive thinking, etc. When treating pain with medications, there is a three step analgesic ladder ranging from analgesics to opiates and narcotic medicaitons. He then described the range of physical therapy and exercise modalities that can relieve pain. Dr. Haddadan gave a detail description of the structure of the spinal column including some x-rays of spine and sacrum.

The bottom line for the treatment of pain in any patient is an understanding that a pain episode may only be a small part of the whole patient's live. Treatment of the whole person is necessary if there is any hope of success. Dr. Haddadan concluded his presentation by answering members questions.

Jerry held the winning ticket but did not draw the lucky ticket.

•   August 28- District Governor visit
• September 4- Woodland Christina School
• September 11- Pike's Fish Market
• September 18- Interact
• September 25- Leonard Padilla Bounty Hunter
• October 2- Small Busines Development Center
• October 9- OPEN
• October 16-County Fair Mall
• October 23- Pacific Legal Foundation (to be confirmed)
• October 30-Ellen B and Carol B- Tales from Guatemala
• November 6- OPEN
• November 13-OPEN
• November 20- Club Assembly
• November 27- Thanksgiving

• Note: meeting notes provided by Kevin Sanchez- your scribe was vacationing in beautiful South California
• Morning music-Cleve entertains us with his traveling keyboard, playing WWII era tunes
• Guests
  • Visiting Rotarians- none
  • Guest of the Club- none
  • Guests- Robb Wallace's son

• John Smythe reported that the beer booth claimed it’s first victim/volunteer in Phil M.
  John named the future crew members, to which Ellen B noted there were no women mentioned, Eric E responded no women volunteered!

• Phil reported that he worked with members of the Davis Club, mentioned something about “she’s back” and then went on to tell us about the fact that Coors was the beer(?) of choice this year.  They came in 16 oz bottles and were to be dispensed into 15 oz “red cups”. This left one ounce in the bottle, which the pourers offered to the purchasers to swig-but were reprimanded by unknown parties because this is illegal. Phil also noted, the “red cups” always cause the beer to foam over the top. Could it be the brand?

• KT announced that Aug. 27, is the District Governor dinner with the  leaders of the club, that would be the Board and the Committee Chairs.  5:45 at the Rotary Grove, Crawford Park for a viewing of the trees and bench.  Followed by dinner at Morrison’s Restaurant.  KT said it would be “loads of fun”. KT also pleaded with the members to be present, and for those of you who missed this meeting, please come on Thursday Aug. 28 to meet DG Jim Campbell and his wife, Linda.  She wants 100% attendance-that means everyone, for those of you who live in Rio Linda.
• Gary W., thru a medium, announced that he is looking for company at the Foundation “get-together” in Fairfield on August 23rd.  Contact him for further details.
• KT thanked Jerry for the Directory printing
• Ellen B., Regarding International Projects, (announced that) she was approached by Dexter Quiggle of the Luna Vista club for money to help fund a trip to Tanzania for a dental clinic.  WSRC (board voted to) donate $500 to this endeavor. Dexter will give the Club a presentation at a later date.
• Salmon BBQ update, given by John M, thru that same medium.  Still looking for auction items-silent and noisy(?).
• Update on BOD Meeting of Wednesday, Tom W of the Fellowship Committee (aka: Fun & Games) announced the Rotary Golf Tournament for Sunday, October 19, shotgun start at 8:00 am at Wild Wings Golf & Country Club.  He passed around sign-up sheets. He is looking for 40-72 hackers. There will be a BBQ afterward at a place TBD.  He is setting up two divisions in the tourney-one for serious(handicapped) golfers and one for fun(non-handicapped) golfers. Does that even make sense? (Yes) Cost is $45.00 payable to WSRC.
• KT also acknowledged Julia for the Red Badge dinner, hosted by her at her home-great food and fun.
• Brief aside (this is out of order but thought it fit better here than at the end of the page):  Jerry saw Tom Vail when up in Oregon and reported that Tom’s Rotary “Clan” as they are called have shrunk in size by 50%.  He’s working on having them become a “Club”, in hopes of increasing membership.  I wonder if any members were originally from West Virginia
• KT also announced that John O’Malley has applied for membership in our Club and wil be a guest of the Club for the next two meetings. In official language see below:
• New member posting
  • John O'Malley has been proposed for membership in the Rotary Club of Woodland-Sunrise and approved by the membership committee and board of directors. Members have the (14) days from the date of this posting to lodge objections with the board; if no objections are lodged by August 28th, John O'Malley will be admitted to the club with a classification of Family Law

• Celebrations
• Birthdays- Byron recognized Kelly H birthday on 8/8 in Orange, CA. She went on an Alaskan Cruise to celebrate.  Bell Ringer-(although she wasn’t sure what that was); Vicki W. –not present, we’ll get you next week; Julia’s birthday on 8/10 in Oklahoma City, she grew up in Alaska and spent this celebration with those friends she hadn’t seen in a very long time-Bell Ringer
• Anniversary- None
• Rotary Induction Anniversary-None
• Miscelaneous
  • Byron recognized Jim H, as a Plainfield Picker.  Campy stated that he now has a State Farm sticker on his truck bumper which extracted more cash from Hilliard
  • Mark Deven is in the paper so often, it was best if he just gave.
  • Rev. Brad for his aerial spotting of a lost hunter on Monday in the Capay Hills
• Happy Bucks
  • Bruce W for seeing the Pickers at the Fair on Wednesday: Pye for Don Sharps Eagle on 17 at Teal Bend: Sharp with matching dollar: Rev Brad for working the final phase of beer booth construction: Smythe for celebrating anniversary at Giants game and spending time with son #1; Byron for sick kitty that is on mend under the watchful eye of B Dennie: Campy for the next couple of days-going on a drinking circuit: Smitty for leaving for Minnesota after today’s meeting

Membership Committee presentation as conducted by Tom Galeazzi, chairman.
Tom gave an overview of the committee and it’s functions and then had key members of the committee give presentations.

• First up was Tawnya G to give a new member bio.  We learned Tawnya was born in Chester and grew up in Westwood, not too far away.  She has one sister and her father was a Deputy Sheriff, therefore she didn’t get away with much growing up. She was a member of Jobs Daughters and her grandmother was a Rotarian.  She was active in band through Junior High and in student government through college.  She was a member of  the Alpha Phi Sigma society. Tawnya attended Sac State and got her degree in Criminal Justice.  Afterward she moved to Monterey County and became a trainee in the Sheriffs Department.  That didn’t work out, much to the relief of her parents. She now works at Kaiser Permanente in HR Compliance and has been there for 6 years. Her favorite things to do are the things she can’t do at the moment, due to her pregnancy-which are play golf and do wine tastings.  Not necessarily in that order. She has two dogs, Larry and Foxy(?) and a husband named Tom. They are expecting a girl around September 14th.  Good Luck!

Tom took back the podium and said, “Thanks honey.” Haven’t heard that one uttered before at a WSRC meeting.

• Tom went on to explain new member procedures, rookie Rotarian requirements, all of which will be posted on the website ( when the web master returns).
• Julia stepped up next and announced the members who had perfect attendance during the Year of Pomeroy and handed out stickers for their badges-unfortunately many of those mentioned were not in attendance. Julia reminded those in attendance that if they fell below 100% attendance, then they should remove the sticker from their badge.
• She noted that 48% of the membership had 100% attendance-but only 60% were there to be recognized.  You do the math.
• Jim G gave a brief presentation of Member Financial Commitment-being an accountant
  he did it on a spread sheet.  To the amazement of the Club, we all got it, there were no questions.  Thanks Jim for putting in terms that we all can understand.

Next up were Bob and Chuck to explain the two foundations WSR Foundation and “The” Rotary Foundation.

• To date our club foundation has donated over $130,000 to local causes.  The Salmon BBQ is the main fundraiser for the club.  It is a foundation event, so all donations are tax deductible.
• The Foundation has established the Watts Family Fund Scholarship and the Tom Vail Endowment.
• The BOD is comprised of past presidents of our club and two outside directors.
• The goal of the Club is to have every member donate $100/year to the WSRF and earmark the money for either the Foundation or the Vail Endowment.
• The Paul Harris Fellowship was explained in detail and also, we know that the money given to “The” Rotary Foundation is invested so that 100% of the donation will eventually be spent on humanitarian projects-both internationally(40%) and domestically(60%).

Don S said the pot is at $1241.  Jim H pulled the lucky ticket, but not the Joker.
Side pool carried over from last week-big wampum for Jim.

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• Music by Cleve at the keyboard
• Member Attendance-46.9
• Guests
  • Visiting Rotarians- Francisco Rodriguez- Rotary Club of Elk Grove
  • Guest of the Club-
  • Guests-
  • Speaker- Courtney McLaughlin
  • Sponsor

• Rick Pomeroy announced that The Crossroads Treatment Center, a group home program that he and Bob Pye work with is having a "Swing for Youth" golf fundraiser on Monday, Sept 15th at Northridge Country Club. If you are interested in putting together a foursome, contact Bob Pye and or Rick Pomeroy. Format is four player scramble. Cost per person is $175 and per foursome is $600.
• Agust 28th is the Governor's visit. The club will collect bears and quilts to present to the District Governor on that day. The board will meet with Jim Garner and have dinner with him the night before. If you are interested in joining them call Katie.
• August 23-Foundation seminar in Fairfield. If you are interested in going, please contact Gary Wright our club Foundation chair. Gary rambled on and on about the things that will be happening that day......... He distributed sign up sheets. Katie and John M. added some commentary.
• Jerry Knapp announced that the new directories are here. Please respect the confidentiality of the information in the directories. If you have corrections, please contact Jerry and it will be put on labels to be included in the books that were printed.
• We are collecting items for the speakers gifts. Please provide any thing from your work that you feel would add to the speakers gift baskets.
• John Martin provided a few comments about the Salmon BBQ on October 4th. We are still planning to have salmon. The committee chairs then gave brief overviews of their plans:
  • Tom Wendt- The theme this year is fish market. We need help with set-up and decorating
  • Patty A. distributed information for the silent auction. The list will be coming around weekly for members to sign-up
  • Keith Petkus is incharge of large items. Keith asks that if you have any large items or know of someone, please contact him. Keith is also seeking help with this part of the event.
  • Neil Rutgers is in charge of clean-up and could use some help after the event
  • The raffle prize is a one week stay in Maui including a visit with Greg and Susie Stille on their coffee plantation. Other agri/eco tours are being investigated
• August 13th is the WSRC Board meeting at 7 AM. Enter through the back door of REMAX Woodland on the east side. The front door is locked at 7 AM.
  this is a good opportunity for a make-up if you need one.
• Katie tried to explain the donation structure once again.
  • She started out by saying you don't have to give anything but if you choose to , there are 4 places to give
    • Club-this money is for the work of the club- Suggested contribution $106
    • The Rotary Foundation (TRF)- TRF is the the international foundation and all donations to TRF are tax deductible (check with your tax advisor) -suggested contribution $100
    • The Woodland Sunrise Rotary Foundation (these contributions are also tax deductible if your tax advisor says so)-suggested contribution $100
    • Polio Plus (Technically this is a donation to TRF with Polio Plus listed on the memo line of your check)- The RI goal is to match the Bill and Meliinda Gates contribution by encouraging every Rotarian to give $20
• Red Badge BBQ will be held at Julia Larson's 403 El Dorado beginning at 6PM tonight
• The District is seeking members of the Group Study Exchange team to travel to Ethiopia in April 2009. Deadline for signups is September 15th.
• Cowles reported that Jack Potter is getting along fine after a fall and melanoma surgery.
• There will be a short meeting of the Service Project committee next week after the regular meeting.

• Birthdays- none
• Anniversary- Chuck and Linda Santoni (38 years) in Woodland, CA on the opening day of deer season; Keith and Densie Petkus (19 years) in Paradise, CA. It has been a blur and he looks forward to making it to 38 years- John and Maggie Smythe (28 years this Saturday) also on the first day of deer season.
• Rotary Induction Anniversary- Robb Wallace received his regular badge after 1 year as a red badger. Robb provided an interesting moment about his work at Disneyland during college when he sang with Count Bassey's band.
• Happy Bucks - Jerry K. had a nice visit with Jake and Inky as well as dinner with Tom and Marion Vail; John S. was apparently happy to miss the BBBBBQ. The real reason was he was vacationing at Lake Almanor. He was also happy that he and his son finally won the Jr/Sr golf tournament at the Fliers Club; Brad V. enjoyed a River Cats ball game with 300 other churchies; Joel B. just returned from 2 weeks in the Pacific Northwest where he visited Dick Fisher and Port Townsend; Zach and Sasha are expecting a girl; Wayne G. is happy to announce that the Heidrick Ag History Center is selling tickets to the Palms Playhouse; John M.'s dog retrieved a $5 bill at the park; Don S. has a client that needs moving boxes; Katie is really grateful to be home from S. Africa and that the market seems to be doing better; Julia's dog only retrieved a $1.

Angie Fairchilds introduced Courtney McLaughlin who presented an overview of her recent Interact trip to Panama. Courtney provided an overview of Panama and the participants as well as their work in country in the schools. The theme of the trip was INTERnational ACTion for Children, 2008. Courtney showed a movie of their time in Panama and their work with the children.

 

The Interactors were in Panama for a week. They worked at a school/orphanage/church on MWF in the slums of Panama City. On Tuesday they went to a rural farming village to work at a school in the jungle. Students would attend this school to learn about farming. On Thursday they went to the children's hospital that provided surgery, ICU, neo-natal care, burn treatment provided by Schriners and a heart program supported by Rotary. After the hospital, they toured a home for children with cancer located near the children's hospital and attended a Rotary meeting.

 

The trip also included a trip to the Panama canal and tours guided by Rotaractors from the area. The Rotaract club has a project that they have termed their Medical Journey to provide medical treatement and medicine in areas that are extremely remote. The Rotaractors have been accompanied by doctors and other medical professionals for the 15 years of their project. One of the most significant thoughts about this for Courtney was that not only were Interactors raising money for people in Panama but the Rotaractors in country were doing the same thing. The tour concluded with a day of tourism, beach time, historical sites and dinner on the causeway.

 

Courtney concluded by answering questions from members. She shared interesting thoughts about how her 4 years of Spanish in Woodland prepared her for a week of Spanish immersion.

Carry over this week is $1191 . Francisco Rodriguez held the winning ticket and led the 4-Way Test

• August 14- Membership education
• August 21- Pain Management
• August 28- District Governor Visit