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Good Day fellow Rotarians, friends and family who are reading our weekly bulletin. Today’s minutes are from TUESDAY October 3, 2023 DID I MAKE A DEFFERENCE IN SOMEBODY’S LIFE? Pledge of Allegiance: Boyd Morrison INSPIRATION: Renee Hyde: “The World is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” St. Augustine “Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life” Michael Palin, So perfect for Renee, she could have written herself. SONG: Heather Cullen filled in as song master and lead us in You’re a Grand Ole Flag. No VISITING ROTARIANS: President Doug thanked Joan Mora, Maureen Merrill and all Rotarians that assisted in organizing a great SCARC meeting that was hosted by the Rotary Club of Windsor last Thursday. Monica McCabe thanked Leah Hansen and Art Diaz for all their efforts in coordinating Windsor Rotary’s participation in the Windsor parade. Monica said it was a great event, felt like downtown Mayberry, and thanked all the Rotarians that helped clean the Rotary Balloon and walked the parade keeping the cold air Balloon afloat and in place. Last week was the last night of our Rotary Bar, our main source of funding for our International Projects. It has been a great season; Renee Hyde will have an income report in the near future. A Big Thank You to everyone that participated throughout the summer. ANNOUNCEMENTS: John Hackenburg announced we will be hosting a BBQ Lunch at the Veterans Village in honor of our Veterans November 11, 2023. A head count is needed to provide lunch please sign up at a meeting or contact John Hackenburg: john@hackenburg.com . This lunch will be our 5th Tuesday event. NO MEETING October 31st, 5TH TUESDAY Kurt Mitchler announced a project with Russian RiverKeepers: October 28, 2023 9am – 12 noon. Volunteers are needed to work with Russian RiverKeepers to remove Arundo Donax along the River. It is not only a water hog, it kills the native plants and it turns our river from a natural fire break to a bridge for fires to intensify and spread. It is incredibly flammable. Sign up for this great project: https://givingtime.org/sonoma/ or contact Kurt; kurt@dazzlingteeth.com Windsor Community Circle is kicking off the season of giving by giving you a “Screaming Good Time” Halloween Dance & Costume Party October 21, 2023, 7pm – 10pm. Proceeds will support the Windsor Holiday Christmas Food & Toy Drive, and it is going to be a blast! More information and purchase tickets: www.windsorcommunitycircle.org or Contact Larry McCabe; windsormccabe@gmail.com. Bill Bolster announced tonight will be a Short Term Youth Exchange informational meeting at the Windsor High School Library, 6pm. This program allows a student from WHS to travel to another country and stay with a family that has a student of the same gender and close to the same age for three weeks, in exchange the student of that family will come to Windsor Ca. for a three week exchange with that student’s family. We have had a couple of our long term Youth Exchange students and others, that could not commit to the long term program, participate in this program. It is a wonderful opportunity for students to explore and immerse themselves in another country and language. Program: International Service Susan Cole shared she joined Rotary when she learned of Rotary’s Polio project. She was impressed with an organization that could dream big enough to eradicate polio worldwide, that was in 2011, today there are only two countries left to complete our mission; Afghanistan, & Pakistan. We Are This Close! Susan handed out a flyer; International Influence Rotary Club of Windsor in the World, pretty impressive list of projects the club has accomplished. Pam Moulton (presented beautifully dressed in her Indian dress) said she was drawn to Rotary’s International projects, to be involved with kids, moms, generally the people. Pam had the opportunity to be involved with many international projects even before she became a Rotarian; she was married to Rotarian Ken Moulton, as our District Governor they traveled to several countries Pam was leader of Group Study Exchange in France, Friendship Exchange in India, a Rotaplast (cleft lip) project in India, and Polio eradication in Nigeria; Pam was involved with Festival of Brotherhood in Mexico for several years and she has hosted youth exchange students and attended several Rotary International Conventions. Pam shared with us a charming story of her shopping adventures while in India. Steve Klick was drawn to international travel as a young man, while attending college he and a group of friends went backpacking in Budapest, from there they decided to go to Egypt, in Cairo they joined a guided horseback riding tour around the pyramids. After their ride their tour guide, Mohammad invited them to his village, where they were welcomed into his home. Steve realized his attraction to international travels is the people and the relationships created. Steve has been involved with several Engineers without Borders projects, primarily in Peru; Rotary Club of Windsor has supported three of these projects bringing clean drinking water to villages. Steve stated he is very pleased they are able to provide clean drinking water to the villages, but loves meeting and being with the people. Kurt Mitchler DDS, was first introduced to Rotary when Bill Conklin DDS and Windsor Rotarian, ask Kurt to join him in a Dental & Eye care project in Nicaragua in 2012. There was no dental care available, when the team set up their portable clinic people walked for hours to receive treatment. The dental and eye program is a project headed by the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa Sunrise, Sunrise Dental Project coordinator professor Ezbon Jens of SRJC was able to secure the portable dental equipment necessary from the Santa Rosa Jr. College for the trip to Nicaragua. Kurt returned on a private trip to Nicaragua in 2014, he was able to see the progress in the building of a medical clinic in Sabalos Nicaragua, While in Nicaragua Kurt was able to visit a Girls Orphanage our club has had connections with through Rotarian Leslie Lewis and former Rotarian Frank Rogers. Before Kurt’s trip the club communicated with the Sisters that run the orphanage and gathered items on their “wish list”, including shoes, clothes, pencils, paper and backpacks. Kurt was loaded up with all the goodies to take with him on his flight, when he arrived in Nicaragua he was greeted by Frank’s wife Cecilia who crammed them into her car and delivered the goods to the orphanage. A project that will long be remembered by members of our club, Thank you Kurt. Maureen Merrill with husband Mike visited Vietnam in 2002; thru East meets West, an International program in Vietnam providing clean water. Due to the communist rule in Vietnam there are no Rotary Clubs. Through a matching grant Rotary was able to provide a $30,000.00 for a water project to bring clean water to a village that did not have access to clean water. On that same trip Rotarian Don Johnson and his wife donated $1,000.00 and were able to provide a concrete house to a woman that became a widow due to landmines left in the fields after the war. In recognition of the gift the house displays the Rotary Logo. Maureen has visited India where she was stunned to discover they have no stop signs or signals, she stated the kids laughed and thought they talked funny. Maureen has visited Mexico and viewed many projects with Festival of Brotherhood. A sister club was adopted in Tepic Mexico whose name translates to Birds of Paradise. Maureen took her first trip in 1989 with Windsor Rotary Club founding father John Lewis and then Club President Phil Trowbridge to Seoul Korea. Maureen and Mike have attended 15 International Conventions and participated in numerous international projects. Maureen shared that the clubs first international project was in 1990 when Earleen Rash was our club President. Earleen discovered a need for bathrooms in the Dominican Republic and wanted the club to sponsor one for a village, hence our first international project, “Earleen’s Latrines”. Maureen shared that sometimes people will question our international projects when there are needs here in our community, she clarified that approximately 10-20% of our giving is international and balance stays in our community. All the presenters shared stories that were exciting and motivating, I also appreciated Maureen’s last comment, “Even if you cannot travel, as a Rotarian you are still a part of all the changes made and the lives changed” President Doug thanked all the presenters, sharing his appreciation for all the projects Rotary has been involved with. He thanked those that help set up the meeting. Wished all a good week, President Doug closed the meeting 8:30am The meeting of September 12th opened with Carol Martin leading us in the Pledge, followed by Heather Cullen leading us in a new song called "Under the Lollipop Tree" - She was channeling CAMPFIRE times, bu her own admission! President Doug share some Windsor History stating that Windsor had originally been called "TSOLOLKAWCI" (try to pronounce that one five times!) which means BLACKBIRD FIELD. It was noted that Tom Boyland has developed a GIVING TIME website where he is listing the areas on which ALL Rotarian can give time back to the communities! Susan Cole has been put in charge of LOOKING FOR DISASTERS! While she did not think that she was going to be particularly busy, she has successfully found THREE in a short period of time. Maui Fire, Moroccan Earthquake and Libyian Flood! It was noted that the Club contributed to Maui Fire Victims, and we are looking for ways in which to support both Morocco and Libya. At present, Rotary International has not designated any particular funding methods. Diane B, our COVID /CDC update nurse, announced that there is a new approved vaccine for youngsters over 65, or those with compromised health conditions. Robin R. announced the upcoming WINDSOR DAY PARADE, on September 30th and asked for a few more volunteers to hold the balloon as it is meandering the streets of Windsor, and for assistance at the bar. At present, only Domingo L. and Renee H. are serving drinks!!! We finally moved into a new storage unit thanks to many volunteers, but focus was given to Wally K. and Geoff who showed up with a large flatbed truck to move our stuff! Jesus, a colleague of Geoff saved the day according to those who were working that day!! thank you all!! JB Leep did a wonderful introduction of our speaker, MICHELLE CHABOUDY, who is on the faculty at SRJC, is President of the World Affairs Council of Sonoma County, is Vice Chair of the North Bay Angels and President of MacAbbey and Associates. Her presentation addressed WHAT IS INNOVATION? and WHAT IS ENTREPRENEURSHIP? She started by giving wonderful compliments and acknowledgements to the Rotarians for all the work that is done both locally and internationally! She mentioned that an entrepreneur is a person who has an idea and works to create a product or service that people will want to buy or use! She made note that entrepreneurship is a process moving from where you are to where you want to go and then reflecting on how you got there! She gave the history of Entrepreneurship as starting at Babson College ins 1996 where students were asked to create a business! She noted that the explosion of entrepreneurs is likely due to the availability and accessibility of social media options (website, shopify, 3-D printers, etc) Further she noted that being an entrepreneur doesn't require "personality, a detailed business plan, a university degree or venture capital ." Basically, it require a CURIOUS MIND! She mentioned that the habits of Successful Entrepreneurs include (but are not limited to): She reminded us that Legacy BIG Businesses did not take quantum leaps in the area of innovation, such that the Taxi business did not CREATE Uber or Lyft; nor id Wells Fargo create PayPal and Hilton did not create AirBnB! Being innovative is "squiggly" but will create significant positive change! She talked about the Expert Dilemma which is responsible for inhibiting innovations! Michelle emphasized that Innovation is a VITAL ingredient of Entrepreneurship and that CREATIVITY is part of the Innovation process! She closed with sharing some of the successful innovations that have been supported by the North Bay Angels and alerted us that there are 995 small business in our little Windsor community of 26,000 people!! She recommended a couple of books (which she shared on screen!) and suggested that we keep a journal to jot down our great ideas! She made note that losing money is ok, but to be aware that some of the barriers to success are: Competition, Intellectual Property and funding! A couple of the books were: The meeting ended around 8:30am and President Doug gave thanks to all who contributed to the meeting and wished us a great week. I am doing the same! Sorry this is a little bit late, but see you next week, Your scribe Pam Moulton Good Day fellow Rotarians, friends and family who are reading our weekly bulletin. Today’s minutes are from TUESDAY August 22, 2023 Rotary Club of Windsor – Meeting Agenda June 27, 2023 A. Good Morning! - Rotary Club of Windsor! B. Pledge of Allegiance – Sandi Kurtz C. Inspiration – Jo Timmsen D. Song – JB E. Visiting Rotarians – Francis McChesney F. Guests - Natalie, our outgoing exchange student. Todays fund raiser treat is lemon bars G. New Member – Domingo Calleja (Renee) H. Upcoming Events/Announcements – • Rotary Bar report/signups (Renee) volunteers needed to help Monica and Larry while Renee is out of town. • Community Service and July 3 Kaboom (Monica) 2 shifts are needed for the festivities. Volunteers get free admission. • Youth Exchange Farewell and Welcome Home! (Barbara and/or Carol) July 4th Potluck . RSVP by Friday at the McChesney home. Daffodils Planting plans (Monica) I. Recognitions • Paul Harris Fellows (just 1 or 2?) (John H.) • Fines, Acknowledgements (as time allows) J. Program – Terry Andreacchi (JB) Elvis’s early years and what influenced him. Entertaining slide show and recordings. K. Year End - Brian comments and thank you’s a quick summary of his year as president: ----------- New Members: Alissa, Geoff, Boyd, and Domingo! My Birthday meeting in August with our new Governor Jennifer installing Alissa and Geoff as the newest members of Rotary International. 35th Anniversary: Joan and crew Monica, Pam, Michael, Londa, Beth, Sue, Glenda, and Pegi. 5th Tuesdays: Putting social, Veterans Lunch, Bowling social, and Lunch after Road Cleanup Doug is going to continue and it’s a great opportunity to take on a volunteer leadership task without a lot of work and with a defined time commitment. (August) Programs: JB, this is not an easy task especially for 1, and even more for multi-year commitment to the club. Great job, you kept a lot of pressure off the President and had consistently interesting and entertaining speakers. Weekly Volunteers: To Chris for keeping the schedule managed so consistently and to all of you that helped as a Greeter, Room/AV set up, Scribe, Song, and Inspiration. Youth Exchange Host Families: Barbara and Dave, Carol and JB, Brian and Jamie, Heather and Reg. And our fabulous students Gabi, Stephon, Kate, Becca, and Natalie Presidents for a Day: Rags, Pegi, John, Bill (whistleblower!) Board/Advisors: Pam, Doug, Barbara, Ed, Catherine, Carol, Pegi, Sandie, and John plus Larry and Monica the past couple of months as they took on new roles for our club. The Gatekeepers: Catherine, Ed, and Carol. Not every President gets to take for granted (like I do) that our reporting, bookkeeping, and records are always in order. Specialists: Club Nurse Diane, Susan “this is going to be good”, Photographers Sue, Kathy, and Londa, Student Year lead Daniel, Scholarship lead Michael. And I thank each and every one of you that gave your time to our club in so many different ways throughout the year. We really are all friends and that’s what makes our club so successful. In 1996 I left Active 20-30 and soon after joined the Rotary Club of Windsor under the co-sponsorship of Maureen, Michael, and Phil Trowbridge. Thank you for your persistence and support then, through the past 2 ½ decades, and especially these past 12 months. Big Mike too for the constant generosity you and Maureen give to our club and Rotary International. Congratulations to Doug and Tom, next year is going to be a lot of fun and we will all be very proud Windsor Rotarians. • Pin exchange with incoming President Doug Thank you for graciously listening to all my stories and Rotary moments this year, historical if only to me! Lastly, we join Rotary for friendship, service, and an opportunity to make a difference. Thank you for being Rotarians, thank you for being my friends, and thank you for making a difference! Rotary Club of Windsor – Meeting Agenda May 2, 2023 A. Good Morning! - Rotary Club of Windsor! B. Pledge of Allegiance –John Hackenburg C. Inspiration – Pegi- not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of good luck D. Song – J.B. Home on the Range E. Visiting Rotarians – F. Guests - Domingo, Stefan , our outgoing exchange student Natalie, and Boyd A soon to be new member. G. Upcoming Events/Announcements – • District Conference, Konocti, May 5-7 (Tom or Carol) • Teacher appreciation week, May 9 • Mother’s Day May 14, w/ SCFD (Renee or Monica or Carol) • Faught/Shiloh/Pleasant Cleanup May 20 (Bill) 3 hours and lunch • Project Grad (Beth) lots of volunteers needed • Turn in your interest surveys (Barbara) • Board Meeting Mon 5/8 • 5th Tuesday Team, alternative meeting on May 30 Thomas Boylan, Diane Barbetz, David Cullen, Patrick Dunn, John Hackenburg,Renee Hyde, Walter Kurtz, Leslie Lewis, Monica McCabe, Joan Mora, Michael Ragsdale, Karen Rickets, Jo Timmons, Kathryn Williams, and Brian Ling. • May BD, Renee, Tom, and Monica Heather Cullen announced there will be a fund raiser on May 22 for Odessey of the Mind trip to Nationals Competition $6,000. Needed. Volunteers needed to man booths at the Windsor 5K. Pam Moulton announced her committee needs Projects for Rotary Grants H. Program (JB) Nan Su, Epoch Times :excellent and somewhat scary presentation about what is currently taking place in China and their 100 year plan that began in 1947. I. Thank you to our guests and volunteers • Setup/ John, John • Greeter/Londa • Song/JB • Scribe/Kathy • Inspiration/Pegi • Guests/Domingo, Stefan, Natalie, Boyd J. Closing comments and Adjourn – A. Good Morning, Rotary Club of Windsor! B. Pledge of Allegiance – C. Inspiration – Londa Faber- A Meaningful Life D. Song – Bill Bolster- Hit the Road Jack E. Visiting Rotarians – F. Guests - Domingo and his girl friend, Stefan, Kaitlin Hoffschneider and her parents, Erin Strauss, Madeline Hughs G. Community Service Grant to Windsor Senior Center (Sandie) The newly remodeled senior Center is going to have a Coffee Bar . Rotarians are welcome to come see our $1400 Grant at work at the Grand Reopening on April 29 1:00-3:00 p.m. H. Student of the Year Arete Media Academy – Kaitlin Hoffschneider (Daniel) Kaitlin gave a well prepared presentation I. Current Events/Announcements – • District Assembly April 1 (Rags, Maureen, Tom) 13 Windsor Rotarians attended. Everyone enjoyed interacting with other groups and attending the workshops. • Scholarship Committee (MJ) • Environmental – (Barbara) Don’t miss the Microplastics Film. You can see it in Healdsburg or watch it on Zoom. Celebrating Mother Earth Day Festival in Healdsburg on April 29. Barbara is getting ready for the International Conference in Australia. • RYE Golf Tournament at WGC, Saturday April 22 (Sandie) • District Conference, Konocti, May 5-7 Stefan is hosting a German Dinner to raise funds for his end of the youth exchange trip. He needs $2000. The tickets are $80. The tickets are available now, contact Carol Martin, It is limited to 24 people. J. Program - Club Assembly 1. Overview and Goal of the Day (Brian) – Provide a look into future activities for our club for the remainder of this term and the beginning of Doug’s term. Share opportunities for every member to increase and or change the focus of their involvement. Collect interest surveys from every member to guide club leadership with the sole intent of increasing our overall club involvement. Goal is to increase participation and involvement to whatever level our member is interested in participating. The surveys will give the Board and Doug’s leadership team some guidance in achieving our clubs priorities based on your interests. 2. Club Service (Brian) 3. Youth Service (Pegi) 4. Community Service (Larry/Monica) Establishes relationships in and with the community for service projects both funding and hands-on. 5. International Service (Barbara/Sue) Festival of Brotherhood in Mexico, relationships and connections with Rotary International, Clift Palate Clinic in Mexico, recently funds sent to help victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria 6. Vocational Service/Recognitions (Doug) Firefighters, Law Enforcement, Teachers etc. 7. Environmental Service (Barbara) District Challenges, Environmental projects involving UN, RI, and locally with the Russian River 8. RI and WRCF Foundations (Brian) 9. 2024 a. Doug’s Year (Doug) b. District Conference for DG Tom Boylan (Tom) May 17th at LBC in Santa Rosa . The plan is to have visiting Rotarians to stay with host families and donate 10. Mark Your Calendars (Brian) a. Tuesday, May 9 – Teacher’s Appreciation Day b. Sunday, May 14 – Mother’s Day, Joining SCFD for their Pancake Breakfast at Keizer Park kicking of the Rotary Bar with Mimosas and Bloody Mary’s c. Friendship Dinners d. Thursdays June 1 thru August 31 – Rotary Bar on the Town Green e. Tuesday, July 11 – Beginning of President Doug’s term and launch of DG Tom Boylan’s year f. Saturday, August 12 – Debunking party for President Brian 11. Questions from our members (Brian) 12. Club Survey of Members interest Collection (Barbara) A survey is needed from every club member. Please complete and turn yours in ASAP. K. Thank you to our guests and volunteers • Setup/Terry, John • Greeter/Robin • Song/Bill • Scribe/Kathy • Inspiration/Londa • Guests/- Domingo and his girl friend, Stefan, Kaitlin Hoffschneider and her parents, Erin Strauss, Madeline Hughs L. Closing comments and Adjourn – A. Good Morning Rotary Club of Windsor by President Brian Ling David Field, instructor for the Arts presented Camilla Muro Rodríguez and talked about her involvement in the school and community. She spoke about how her family has been supportive to her while she was in high school. H. The club anniversary celebration on March 25 was a great success. Pictures were shared along with comments from Brian: Thank You Joan and Committee; MJ the MC; Sue and John always there for 35 years; Pegi stewarding our food, cleanup - always working for us; Nordquist Dancers-giving me Burkhart nightmares; Lady Marmalade solo by David Doht (you can’t unsee!); JB and Carol having a blast at the casino; Mitch and Bunny having fun all night long; returning members Victor McKnight, Dianna Elsbree, and Jim Cooper J. Guest Presentation: Rosa Reynoza, Mayor of Windsor: she has worked over 30 years in the wine industry, and has a lot of public service experience in this area. Spoke about being a Latina in politics, meeting the needs of minorities and the community overall. Addressed her hopes and plans for the future of Windsor. She took questions from the audience. Set/up : Beth and Bill L. Closing Comments and Adjourn: Team Work acknowledged A big Thank you to the 35th Anniversary Party Team!! A. Good morning Rotary Club of Windsor by President Brian Ling B. Pledge of Allegiance led by Bill Bolster C. Inspiration presented by Doug Williams D. Song led by JB and Stephan - Irish Eyes E. Visiting Rotarians- F. Guest: Domingo and Stephan G. Upcoming Events and Announcements J. Guest Presentation: our own Tom Boylan, District Governor Elect and past President told us about the journey that he has taken in Rotary to become a DG. He provided some fun visuals from the many years of working with DGs and a little info on what the past three years have meant to him taking on the role. He ended it with a brief introduction to how impactful the International Assembly has been. He did not go deep into his vision for the DG year -- you'll have to attend during his club visit in July or so to hear all that. K. Thank you to our guest and volunteers : Set/up : Larry and Brian Greeter: Mike Song: JB and Stephan Scribe: Kathy Inspiration: Doug Guests: : Domingo and Stephan K. Closing Comments and Adjourn: Cheers to our clubs past District Governors: Mike Merrill, Maureen Merrill, Michael Juric, and Ken Moulton Rotary Club of Windsor February 7, 2023 D. Song led by Geoff Harrison - Take Me Out to the Ballgame Daniel explained about the Cores at Windsor High School. Todays award is presented to a student from the pre med core, Noel Leone. He is accompanied by his counselor, Stephanie Keebler. Noel delivered a well prepared and impressive biography. I. Recognitions: Congratulations to Grandpa Ed J. Guest Presentation: Our guest presenter Jon Stout, Airport Manager at Charles Schultz - Sonoma County Airport. Jon took over the airport management in 2002, managed the resumption commercial air service, a $55 million Improvement Project, runway extensions enabling regional jet service, and expansion of the terminal. Jon reported on the recent major improvements at the airport. K. Thank you to our guest and volunteers : Rotary Club of Windsor – Meeting Agenda November 15, 2022 President Brian called the meeting to order at 7:30 AM. Pledge of Allegiance was led by Wally Krutz. Londa Faber offered our inspiration for the day. Sandie Krutz stepped in quickly for an absent Bill Arnone, leading us in “God Bless America” (our go-to song, which we execute nicely). Guests of Rotarians were our Youth Exchange students: Domingo, from Chile, our long-term son, staying with Renee Hyde; Gabi, from Brazil, staying with Brian and Jamie Williams; and Stefon, from Germany, staying with Heather Cullen. Gabi announced that the Youth Exchange students were fundraising for the Western Safari trip, which takes place in the spring. She and Stefon had cookies for sale with any amount Rotarians want to contribute to their fundraising. They are also producing a film, taking Windsor from 1850 to now at which they will be offering popcorn and candies for sale, also to raise funds for their spring trip. Gabi and Stefon are also going to offer themed dinners from their home countries (Brazil and Germany) which will be auctioned off to Rotarians. Stefon had another announcement: he is in a national competition for a high school start-up project, which will be live-streamed Friday, November 18 at 2:45 PM our time. His project is an application he has developed for elementary students to assist them in math. Stefon is the only student representing the entire western United States. Rotarians are encouraged to sign on to the live-streamed event to hear and see Stefon’s project and to vote for him at 3:00 PM. Wally Krutz will send the link to the live stream. Sue Nelson announced that Friday, Nov. 18, there will be a work project on the drought-resistant garden development at the Windsor fire station at Hembree and Old Redwood. Work will take place between 10AM and 2 PM. This is the hands-on portion of the project that our Club supported financially last Rotary year as a major project. Sue also announced that a sign-up sheet was circulating to participate in “Shark Tank” pitches from Windsor High School students. They are presenting interesting and creative ideas with great enthusiasm. This is a great effort and so much fun! Sign up to be a Shark Tank judge Larry McCabe announced the Winter Holiday Show at Windsor High School at which we will distribute toys and food. Also, Saturday, December 17 we will again participate with other local non-profits in the Windsor Food and Toy Drive. Volunteers are needed to wrap presents, sort food, and give the food and gifts away. Sign up clip board circulating for volunteers. This is a continuing project in which we have been lead non-profit involved. Sandie Krutz thanked Mitch, Dev, and Jeff for volunteering at the open house for the Windsor Art Project in Raley’s. This was our District Grant project and these folks contributed their time to work, sort and hang art from the community to be displayed in this special area in Raley’s. President Brian announced that Friday, Dec. 16 is our Rotary Holiday party. We will be dark on Tuesday, November 29. Barbara McChesney let us know about the film “Microplastic Madness” being shown at Summerfield Cinema in Santa Rosa on November 30 at 7 PM. There will be an environmental fair in advance of the movie, with Alyssa and JB Leep greeting folks and introducing the film. It is an uplifting and inspiring movie about children in New York taking on the major challenges of plastics and recycling. Wally Krutz announced that the Family Justice Center, which assists families affected by domestic violence and child abuse, is holding a rare open house. See Wally if you would like to know more about the Family Justice Center in Santa Rosa. It is an important and valuable resource in our community, for both children and families affected by violence. President Brian announced that Feb. 4 is going to be a Monte Carlo night fundraiser for our club. More info to come. This year’s Rotary District Conference will be held the first weekend in May in Lake County. There will be a lip sync contest! Past President Maureen let us know that our club won the Academy Award for the District Conference lip sync contest held in 2004-2005 in Santa Rosa. Michael Juric (our own dancer extraordinaire) will have more info on this contest and how we might choose to participate. Can our Club bring home a second Oscar??? Our guest speaker today was Assembly Member Jim Wood. Jim was a 27-year Rotarian in Cloverdale. He now lives in Healdsburg and represents our District 2 in the State Assembly. District 2 is large – ranging from Petaluma up the coast to the Oregon border. Jim gave an interesting presentation on his activities in Sacramento, which generated many questions from our audience. At the meeting’s end, President Brian offered complimentary memorial remarks about Bill Fisher, Charter President of Santa Rosa West Rotary Club. Jim was the reason that Brian is in Rotary today – an inspiring and wonderful Rotarian who truly lived the spirit of Service Above Self. Brian was leaving to attend the funeral service for Bill, a real loss to the Rotary world. Brian offered thanks to everyone who participates in making our Rotary meetings run smoothly: Setup/Bill & Brian Rotary Meeting Notes – September 27, 2022 Pledge of Allegiance led by Wally Krutz Inspiration by Michael Ragsdale, who began with a heartfelt thank you to everyone in the club for their support of him through some difficult challenges he faced. His inspiring quote about cancer brought cheers and applause from the entire room. Excellent job, Rags SONG by Bill Bolster – “The Times They are a Changin” by Bob Dylan. With musical accompaniment, the Club did a good job with this song INTRODUCTIONS of Visitors: Brian Markey, General Manager of the Doubletree in Rohnert Park Kathy Austin, a visitor, recently retired, who wants to see what Rotary is all about. Susan Gonyo, Windsor school teacher, and wife of one of our candidates/speakers today Lauren Hull, Publisher, Windsor Connections magazine Jean Hackenburg, wife and guest of Rotarian John Hackenburg Announcements: President Brian announced the District 5130 Foundation Celebration, October 8, at the home of Wulff and Paula Reinhold, and encouraged everyone to attend. Heather Cullen announced that this Friday, September 30, is the Windsor Talent Show to raise funds for students in Windsor to have musical theater in their lives. It is a costly affair just to participate in a play, and we raise funds to assure that any student who chooses to participate in theater has the opportunity to do so. September 29 = SCARC Union Hotel Restaurant President Brian then introduced our program for the day: a candidate’s forum for all the people running for Windsor Town Council. This was not a debate format, just an opportunity for every candidate to introduce themselves to the Rotary Club of Windsor. Each spoke for exactly five minutes (it was timed and communicated to each by our own Monica McCabe). The two questions each candidate was to address in their presentation were: 1) What is your vision for 2030 in Windsor and what are your action items to accomplish this vision and 2) How important is economic development in Windsor and what are new economic opportunities we could explore. Then, how can Rotary be involved with your plans for the future? Our Guest Speakers and the Windsor Districts they represent were: Gina Fortino Dickson, District 1 Mike Wall, District 1 Maureen Merrill, District 2 Sam Salmon, District 2 Tanya Potter, District 4 Kevin Gonyo, District 4 Rosa Reynoza, Mayor Esther Lemus, Mayor The program and presentations ended exactly on time, with President Brian and JB joking that it was expected to be a close call. President Brian graciously thanked everyone and concluded a very informative meeting. Good Morning! Let’s look at the recap of our Tuesday meeting with President Brian! COVID UPDATE: Vaccination information…. As of August 14th, 2022, 1,134,804 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,132,953). We now only have 78% of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. (Just to put into perspective, in Sonoma County this means that 390,397 residents are fully vaccinated; with 29,265 only partially vaccinated. There are 37,290 person 50 years and older who are eligible for a booster shot) Vaccines are encouraged, still available and still can be obtained . Good Day fellow Rotarians and friends and family who are reading our weekly bulletin. Today’s minutes are from TUESDAY, August 16, 2022 A. Good Morning Rotary Club of Windsor! G. 5th Tuesday Fun- “ Do something different “ this year there are 4 months with 5 Tuesdays. Instead of the usual Rotary Meeting there will be a fun event starting with August 29th we will meet on Monday night on the putting green at Charlie’s from 5 - 7 pm for food and drink. No meeting on Tuesday August 30. K. Guest Speaker Cassie Pitkin, RLYA Camp Director, presented a video made by the camp attendees. The video will be used for marketing. They hope to have approximately 100 attendees for the next camp. RYLA stands for Rotary Youth Leadership Award. On the video the youth presented themselves, discussed their thanks for being selected and did a section on Messaging for Good which included topics on gun violence and sexual violence. Following the presentation there were questions and comments on how students are chosen, Career night, how to help serve lunch and see the camp. Pegi was thanked for being a RYLA lifer/supporter. L. Thank you to our guests and volunteers M. Steve Click invited us to join him for a Geology Walk on Russian River Rocks this Saturday 8/13/2022 at 10:00. Contact him for more information. Pledge of Allegiance - Bill Arnone Our Pledge of Allegiance was led by Pegi Ball...followed by Bill Bolster who led us in a stirring rendition of “CUPS” by Anna Kendrick … and “We’re all going be missed when We’re gone!” President Brian started the meeting by acknowledging Susan Cole’s new position as Adjunct Faculty in t SRJC’s Shone Farm tasting room. Susan is clearly the pro to learn from. Treasurer Ed Turner “paid” for the placement of post-it notes everywhere in his office, by his granddaughters. Now when Ed’s co-workers need a sticky note, they just poke an arm into his office and peel it off a handy surface. Guests: Board of Directors met on Monday, 7/18: President Brian reported that the Club Board had approved and passed a balanced club operations budget which will be available to the Club. This includes a dues increase of $35.00/per year /per Member. FINES Maureen & Mike were acknowledged for their recent recognition as cover models, “Taking Happiness Seriously” in the latest Windsor Connection magazine. They contributed $100 each to the Ken Moulton Scholarship Fund of the Windsor Rotary Community Foundation. Ed collected the $$ right away. President Brian Welcomed our fellow member and District Area Governor Sandie Krutz who introduced a very thoughtful and informative presentation on the history, accomplishments and opportunities facing Rotary – worldwide in the future. In a video of 2022-23 Rotary International President Jennifer Jones’ presentation to District Governors worldwide, Jennifer explained the meaning of her theme “Imagine Rotary,” based on the phrase in the John Lennon song: “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one,” which got Jennifer thinking about the good that we all do, and can do, together. And… many Rotarians were able to be present for the Memorial this weekend for our member and dear friend Ken Moulton. Pam was not present at our meeting because she was driving her niece and nephew to SFO for their trip home to Spain. Ken’s contributions will last well beyond our years! Pledge of Allegiance led by Dave Doht SONG by Bill Bolster – “Celebration” by Kool & the Gang - good thing our Club had musical back-up. We were a little weak on this song. INTRODUCTIONS of Visitors: Diego Velasquez – Recipient of Ken Moulton Scholarship Emma Velasquez – Diego’s Mom Gail Ginder – Friend and fellow Ukelele player with Pam Moulton Thaddeus Gobbus – also a Ukelele friend of Pam Becky Mortensen – our Outbound Youth Exchange student headed to Stockholm, Sweden ROTARY MOMENT -Michael Juric and Diego Velasquez: Michael’s Rotary moment is knowing that we have helped students to succeed. He interviewed Diego, who said that graduating from high school was a long four years. He is now going to the Fashion Institute of Technology. He is interested in fashion because it is always evolving. He will miss his Windsor community. Our whole club applauded loudly because we are so proud of Diego, who has a bright future. Easy to see why this is MJ’s Rotary Moment: “Students are a big piece of our heart here in this Club.” Michael Juric Rotarian of the Month: BETH SMITH - Beth still gets applause for her hard work on Grad Night for Windsor Seniors. Announcements: Movie Update : Ed Turner let us know that movie night for Top Gun is on as a mini-fundraiser. $25 gets you ticket entry, a glass of beer or wine, and popcorn. And, Tom Cruise has a personal message for us at the beginning of the film. It’s a great deal and supports our WRCF. Pay Ed in advance or at the theater. Bill Bolster thanked everyone who did garbage pickup for our Adopt a Road project. Strictly hands-on work and everyone worked hard and had a good time. According to Bill, “it was a really trashy crowd.” Pam’s VARIETY SHOW First up was Healdsburg Ukelele Club, who invited Pam to play with them to the unique song: “Bye-Bye, Pam”. It was a lovely rendition, and everyone jumped in for the chorus. Bye-bye Pam, bye-bye all that stress Hello: Who can guess? We think we’re going to cry Bye-Bye dear Pam, bye-bye. There goes the big boss, here comes the new. She sure looks happy, he sure looks blue. It won’t be long now ‘til he steps in, We’ll miss you Pam-la, you big has been. We’ll miss your laughter, your little quirks. But through it all, dear, you did GREAT works. All those new members? That’s a big home run! We brought you trinkets, your brought us fun. Now here’s to Brian, we wish him luck. But following Pam-la, He’s probably going to have to work really hard! We’ll get behind him and he’ll do fine, And just like Pam, Bry, we know you’ll shine! Bye-bye Pam, bye-bye silliness, Hello happiness. Just spread your wings and fly. Bye-bye dear Pam goodbye. Next up were Carol Martin and Ed Turner “Fun with Money” Choose the money bucket. Skippy is square – he’s gone high tech. Pledge reminders – when you say you’re going to donate at a meeting, there will be a reminder to help you pay up or else? Pegi Ball, Youth Service Chair reminded us of all the programs we support for Youth: Dictionaries for every third grader in Windsor, two student to RYLA, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, two students to Kool Kids Camp at Cloverleaf Ranch, and of course, our Youth Exchange program. Wally Krutz fished for a multi-headed dragon, DacDb, and encouraged us to “show no fear to the dragon”. On DacDb, calendar is good, communications are good, text messages and group texts are in place, document control = bad word, easy story is good to go and we can develop content. Want ads are also in place. Wally dressed for his skit and added humor to a very important subject. JB Leep let us know that our website is new and fabulous – in SONG! JB is our resident singer – a real professional. Our Environmental Queen, Barbara McChesney says everyone is working toward lowering their eco footprint by asking, “What would Barbara do?” Our Club is an Ambassador Club for “End Plastic Soup” and our goal is to reduce and eventually eliminate single use plastic. Barbara introduced our monthly challenge for June which has a selection of ways we can reduce our eco footprint. Catherine Hanron simply listed all our new Club members this year and it was quite an impressive list. Doug Williams wrote and delivered an EPIC Poem! It was in recognition and thanks to everyone in the club. What graciousness and poetic skill. Sue Nelson and Susan Cole, Co-Chairs of Service for our Club this year ended the show with a list and photos of our charitable contributions this year – almost $100,000 given away both in our community and in the world. What a stellar job our Club has done this year in Service Above Self. Sue Nelson encouraged club members to get involved in the Service area this coming year because it is so satisfying and fulfilling to know you are helping others throughout the world. Pam offered her Thanks to Everyone Set-up: Rotary Moment: Diego Greeter Robin Resendez Song: Bill Bolster Scribe: Susan Cole A/V set-up Terry Andreocchi Zoom team: Michael ROTARIAN of the Month - Beth Reminder of Next week, AWARDS and transition QUOTE Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." Good Day fellow Rotarians and friends and family who are reading our weekly bulletin. Today’s minutes are from TUESDAY, June 7, 2022. Pledge of Allegiance: Led by Monica McCabe SONG: Susan Cole led an impromptu singing of God Bless America! Rotary Moment: Pam announced that gift bags are on a table for a price. Money made will be put towards air conditioning for cleft palate clinic. She auctioned off Mickey Mouse Bubble wand for $50!! INSPIRATION: The inspiration for today was the friendly reminder to sign up to attend Pam Moulton’s debunking. It will be a fabulously fun affair at the home of Barbara McChesney and David Doht. Susan Cole and Bill Bolster provided a description of the party and a special request from all members. There will be an email sent to all members, other than Pam, with details. Be sure to read! VISITING ROTARIANS: No visiting Rotarians today. GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: Kate Smith and Bekah Mortensen Rotarian of the month: Congratulations to Beth Smith, June Rotarian of the month. Pam acknowledged Beth for many reasons, but especially the incredible amount of work she put in to creating Project Grad 2022. ANNOUNCEMENTS: SPEAKER: Our very own nurse extraordinaire, Diane Brabatz, shared her experience assisting with the Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Diane was educated at John Hopkins and is the only woman in the Rotary club of Playa del Carmen. The Community Center built by Rotary is used for club meetings and Saturday health clinics. The community has a high incident of hyper tension and diabetes. Set-up: Daniel Myers Secret greeter: Mike Rausch A/V set-up: T.B.D. Next week: Jaime Carroll talks about the impact of Rotary. Good Day fellow Rotarians and friends and family who are reading our weekly bulletin. Today’s minutes are from TUESDAY, May 31, 2022. John Hackenburg and Diane Brabatz acknowledged the newest Paul Harris Fellows. They are first time recipients Doug Williams and Barbara McChesney, 4th time recipient Tom Boylan and 5th time Londa Faber. Thank you all for your generosity. Brian Ling acknowledged new John Lewis Fellows Beth Smith and Kurt Mitchler’s two sons. Thank you both for your generous contributions. Brian provided an explanation about the John Lewis whistle and many in the club donated funds for various happenings in their lives. This was a very full meeting. Brian provided a brief summary of his upcoming year . . . has purchased more train whistles and is looking for volunteers to take on this task, Board is set, plans for 35th club anniversary is in the works, and many more exciting things coming up in his year. In closing: Pam thanked all of those who made the meeting possible and finished with this quote: Winston Churchill- “From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however, makes a life” Next Month: Diane will present the cleft palate project in Mexico. June Environmental Challenge: June Challenge: Reduce your carbon footprint If unable to do above. . .How can you educate yourself this month? Ask for ideas! Good Day fellow Rotarians and friends and family who are reading our weekly bulletin. Today’s minutes are from TUESDAY, May 31, 2022. John Hackenburg and Diane Brabatz acknowledged the newest Paul Harris Fellows. They are first time recipients Doug Williams and Barbara McChesney, 4th time recipient Tom Boylan and 5th time Londa Faber. Thank you all for your generosity. Brian Ling acknowledged new John Lewis Fellows Beth Smith and Kurt Mitchler’s two sons. Thank you both for your generous contributions. Brian provided an explanation about the John Lewis whistle and many in the club donated funds for various happenings in their lives. This was a very full meeting. Brian provided a brief summary of his upcoming year . . . has purchased more train whistles and is looking for volunteers to take on this task, Board is set, plans for 35th club anniversary is in the works, and many more exciting things coming up in his year. In closing: Pam thanked all of those who made the meeting possible and finished with this quote: Winston Churchill- “From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however, makes a life” Next Month: Diane will present the cleft palate project in Mexico. June Environmental Challenge: June Challenge: Reduce your carbon footprint If unable to do above. . .How can you educate yourself this month? Ask for ideas! Rotary Moment: JB Leep took the lead for our District Matching Grant this year with a Waste Less Windsor project to compose videos in English and Spanish along with a series of presentations about recycling. The project targeted 3rd, 4th, & 5th graders. After a lot of work, Brooks Elementary School achieved 100% participation! JB went to great effort to put together this video series. It can be found on the Waste Less Windsor site here. Guests of Rotarians: Diana Borges - Leader of COPE, Windsor Kate Smith Domingo Calleja Lorenzini Rotarian of the Month for April - Terry Andreacchi Announcements: Guest speaker for today: Diana Borges who works for COPE here in Windsor. Communities Organized to Prepare for Emergencies. A collaborative effort between the town, the police and the fire district. COPE aims to help everyone in the community to be prepared for emergency situations. It is focused on the concept of neighbours helping neighbours. The Windsor chapter is part of 40 COPE communities, including many here in the North Bay that coordinate monthly. Neighborhood Leaders (Block Captains) coordinate among 10-20 households to liaise with other Leaders and share resources throughout the neighbourhood. Being prepared for Wildfires is more than just a Go bag and escape route - it’s planning defensible space and protecting property. Keep the 5’ around your property clear, enclose eaves, block anywhere embers can catch. COPE needs more Neighbourhood Leaders! As well as a new COPE leader to liase with the wider COPE groups. Final quote of the day: If you talk to a man in a language he understands, it goes to his head. If you speak to him in his own language, it goes to his heart - Nelson Mandela Greeter: Mike Raasch Song: Heather Cullen Scribe: Dev Sodagar A/V set-up: Mitch Grandi Zoom team: Brian Williams Rotary MOMENT - J.B. President Pam Moulton rang the bell at 7:30am Steve Klick to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance In the absence of song master Bill Arnone, President Pam & Susan Cole treated us with the beginning phrase of France’s National Anthem. Bill Bolster Rotary Moment: Bill was initially drawn to Rotary when he realized many of the community leaders were Rotarians, however, his real Rotary Moment(s) occurred when Glenda Sales got him involved in Youth & Youth Exchange: Bills favorite participation is participating in Youth Exchange candidate interviews (selection process) participating in the event YE students find out what country they are going to (reveal night), and YE presentation to club after returning from their exchange year. No visiting Rotarians, but delighted to have Domingo from Chili with us. Rotarian of the Month: Terry Andreacchi Domingo introduced our two visiting Mimes (Wally Krutz) & (John Hackenburg). You ask why mimes at Rotary? DISTRICT CONFERENCE is Saturday May 21st. Rotary Club of Windsor is going with a French Theme for Saturday Night Hospitality Event. Grab your beret, favorite un foulard and join the fun! Environmental Committee: Bill Bolster announced Barbara McChesney emailed a Carbon footprint challenge to all members - please complete, only takes a few minutes and email results to Barbara:barbsmcc@gmail.com if you missed her email, here is the link to survey: www.footprintcalculatior.org. Participants will be entered in a drawing taking place May 31st. Adopt A Road project June 18, 2022, Fraught & Pleasant Rd. Contact Bill Bolster for information. billbolster@eoc-inc.com Youth Exchange: In need of Host Families: Fun, Rewarding experience: contact Sandie Krutz: sekrutz@gmail.com RYLA BBQ Lunch June 14th, 11:30am, Westminster Woods, Occidental Diane Brabetz delivered a Big Thank You from the Rotary Club of Playa De Carmen to Rotary Club of Windsor for our participation in their Cleft Lip Project. Carol Martin traveled to Washington State with her Sister, Sandie & Wally drove to Nevada City to make plans for their daughter’s wedding and Monica & Larry visited Spain, Naples & Rome, to visit their son serving in the Navy. All brought back gifts for President Pam, Larry summed up their trip with a word new to me “coddiwomple” “to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination” sounds like a great way to travel. Secret Greeter: Brian Ling Craft Talks: Scott Bonin: Born & raised in San Diego, attended parochial schools and grew up with a strong belief in “service to others” and strives for excellence. Scott received his Bachelor’s degree from UC San Diego in 1998. He graduated with a DDS in Dentistry from the University of Southern California in 2002. After graduating he went into the Navy and served as a Naval Dentist for 4 years before doing a 13-month general practice residency at Balboa Hospital. He remained in Southern California for a total of 9 years before relocating to Santa Rosa/ Windsor area where he practiced dentistry for another 10 years and purchased Kurt Mitchler’s Dental practice in Windsor. Scott is married and has two children, a boy 4 years & a girl 2years. He was invited to Rotary by Kurt Mitchler and his goal is to make more time for Rotary, community and friends. Mitch was a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor in 1993; at that time the responsibilities of running his business and raising his girls forced him to take a leave. Mitch is now retired and has sold his business to a younger chiropractor; however, he is still passionate about the benefits of a good chiropractor and welcomes members to contact him if they have any questions about Chiropractor practices. It is our good fortune that Mitch returned to Rotary. Mike Raasch: Police Chief Windsor Police Department, Mike attributes his success to Teachers & Coaches; he stated he could have easily ended up on the opposite side of where he is without their support. Mike grew up in North Hollywood 1 of 12 children; not an easy childhood, however, when he started playing sports at age 12, and discovered the recognition and support of the coaches, he put his efforts into sports. Mike played baseball in Jr College and at Sonoma State. When he first arrived in Sonoma County from North Hollywood, he thought it was pretty “country” but he grew to like it. Mike was a good baseball player and had the desire to play professionally. After a tryout session, he went to work for Petaluma Police Department, then moved on to the Sheriff's Department. Mike enrolled in an online Master’s degree course in 2019 and finished the course with straight A’s. Mike has been married for 26 years, has twin girls. One of the girls plays softball. He has coached kids' softball and coached at Piner High School. Staying fit is important to Mike; he goes to the gym daily, has participated in Iron Man and swam from Alcatraz to SF yacht club. Mike will be traveling to Washington DC with an 8th grade class as a chaperone; it is safe to say Mike’s passion is service and kids. President Pam recognized and thanked members for their assistance in today’s meeting & thanked Rotarian of the Month Terry. President Pam ended the meeting with a photo of our beloved Ken. Today would have been Ken’s 79th Birthday, There will always be a reason why you meet people- Club adjourned at 8:30am State is here doing a long survey since we have been closed down for a couple of years due to COVID. Unable to put together a COVID Update. This meeting is one of our very special events for the year. The inspiration and birth of this program was by our own Ken Moulton, and his name and recognition was mentioned by virtually every speaker who took the microphone. Pledge of Allegiance was led by Pegi Ball Our song was the very appropriate “School Days” led by JB and Carol, a song from 1907! The program of our entire Rotary meeting is below and tells the story of our valuable and inspirational teachers in the Windsor School District. Rotary Club of Windsor Meeting April 19th, 2022 Rotary Moment: Pam - Grew up in a Rotary household with a sister, Terry, who is differently-abled. Both were raised the same and on last Friday’s social at Artisan Alley, it was a joy to see all the Rotarians treating Terry just the same. All hail guest president Bill Arnone - for his presiding over last week's meeting! Guests of Rotarians: Eric Keel - Water Agency Emma Keel - Student of the month Julie Keel - Long-time Sonoma resident Mei Lee Purvis - STEM teacher at WHS John Brito - Welding/Shop Teacher WHS Marie Gannister - Culinary Teacher WHS Melee is a new teacher in the STEM program, introducing Emma Keel who won Student of the Month for the STEM Core even programming robotic arms for our veterans! Eric Keel, Emma’s father keeps our water flowing and his daughter highlights the hope for the future. We are about to raise water rates, currently Sonoma County has the lowest rates in the Bay Area and possibly in the State. We are benefiting from the foresight of those before us, we now need the investment to continue to develop these programs. These rate increases are going to be consistent (3-6%) over time to bring us in line with our costs and allow for planning. We will also be improving efficiencies to reduce waste. The last major drought was in 2008. We had to ask individuals to invest in efficiency gains in the midst of very hard economic times. We were able to get through that and will need to do that again in the coming years. Lake Sonoma has about 3 years buffer but we need to ensure that is enough for us in combination with Dry Creek. We can get through this with continued support. Final quote of the day: April 24th is Earth Day…sometimes we forget that we are all united on one physical front… Remember: Thank you to: Greeter: Laura Buhrer Song: Bill Arnone Scribe: Dev Sodagar A/V set-up: Beth Smith Zoom team: Brian Williams / Michael Juric Rotary Club of Windsor Meeting April 12th, 2022 All hail guest president Bill Arnone! Cindy Foreman - Division Chief and Firemarshal for Sonoma County Fire Dept Kate Smith- Youth Ambassador heading to Japan Highest Fundraiser Net in the last 7 years. 3rd highest gross, low overheads really helped boost the club. Leah and Maureen did a great job for sponsorships Tom Boylan for support with logos and advertising Sandie and Catherine on the auction site Pegi’s amazing work with the charcuterie Barbara McChesney for the auction lots Susan Cole for videos and great writeups JB, John Nelson, Dev for the livestream work on the day Carol for herding cats throughout! Works in destination management tourism and for Sonoma - sustainable tourism. Sonoma County Tourism is a non-profit organization to help the growth of tourism in the county without adversely affecting The ToT tax - Transient Occupancy Tax is a tax on hotel stays and is the primary way that many services in the county are funded including Sonoma County Tourism. Sonoma County Tourism was the first multi-jurisdictional endeavour to attempt this. The County has a broad variety of attractions with Redwoods, Wine and Coast. SCT is here to promote these attractions without overloading what the county can support. 1 in 10 jobs are Tourism-related. $112M in tax revenue. Visitors to Sonoma County are more than 50% day visitors with a $59/person spend by day visitors this goes up to $165 for overnight visitors. The impact of the pandemic was significant, although many urban areas were much worse hit. Hotel occupancy has already bounced back to almost pre-pandemic levels which is great news. It’s still low but recovering! Top Feeder States are California, New York, Texas, Florida and Arizona - this tracks with the Wine Club membership rates in the county. Thank you to: Set-up: Kurt Mitchler Greeter: John How Song: Bill Bolster Scribe: Dev Sodagar A/V set-up: Mitch Grandi Zoom team: Michael Juric HAPPY MARDI GRAS EVERYONE!!! Or as us Brits would say - Happy Pancake day! If you’d like to celebrate with pancakes - here is a British style recipe to try. - https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/pancakebatter_13556 You probably even have all the ingredients already! Pledge of Allegiance: Brian Ling Song: When the Saints come Marching Home - thanks to Joan for providing and to El Presidenté for some delightful percussion accompaniment. John HEWKO General Secretary and CEO of Rotary international and the Rotary Foundation is from Kiev, Ukraine and Charter member of the Kiev Rotary Club Part of a group that pre-pared the draft for the post-Soviet Constitution PAUSE for PEACE!! Rotarian of the Month is… well it’s me (Dev Sodagar) apparently! Many thanks to Pam for all the lovely things you had to say about me and my work to date and a huge, huge thanks to everyone in the club for making me feel so welcome. Announcements: Gifts for El Presidenté get’s it’s own section this week: Introduced by Daniel Myers Paul Jolly really gave us an understanding of how Aldenee is not just an excellent student but one who really embraces the elements of the four-way test. Aldenee reminded us that Humanities is about the connections that we for. After the separation of Covid - it’s more important than ever. Collaboration, relationships and group activities are all a big part of Humanities. Humanities will be ending and that’s a huge loss to future students Aldenee will be going to JC and taking those two years to really identify what she wants to do for her future. John Hackenburg presented Congratulations to Steve, JB, Carol for reaching Paul Harris +1 and Wally for reaching Paul Harris +5 Windsor Rotary will match (in $100 increments) your Paul Harris contributions in points for the first $500! So get those donations in! Carlton Larson spoke to us on his latest book: A leading authority on the Law of Treason in the US and author of several books on the subject. What constitutes Treason really came to the forefront of public conscious in 2016 as members of the Press started asking about the implications of many actions by the sitting president. With thought to this Carlton Larson set about writing On Treason - A Citizen’s Guide to the Law. US Constitution Article 3, Section 3 is the section that speaks to Treason against the United States. This is a very limited definition of Treason with a high bar to meet. January 6th may meet this on the basis of the Whisky Rebellion but later decisions take a narrower view that levying War cannot be against a single Law but the government overall. With the instigation being one branch against another, the need for two witnesses and the lack of consideration for other forms of evidence such as video. It means a charge could be interpreted either way. Despite the narrowness of the definition of ‘Treason’ there are other charges, such as espionage, conspiracy and sedition, that may well be met. Hipolito Salazar - During the Mexican - American war of the 1840s. Modern New Mexico was invaded by the United States. Residents of the occupied region were declared to be US Citizens (although this was later overturned). He was tried for Treason as a US Citizen and executed making him the only person to be executed for the federal charge of Treason. Congratulations to Rotarian of the Month!! President for the day is LESLIE LEWIS “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." Good Day fellow Rotarians and friends and family who are reading our weekly bulletin. Today’s minutes are from TUESDAY, November 9, 2021. Words by Tom Boylan, and images by Catherine Hanron. Guests of Rotarians: I arrived in time to hear Linda Favre introduced as a guest… possibly one of the last guest introductions for this future Rotarian. Monica and Gary McCabe were back for breakfast and friendship. Kathryn Williams was sitting with her son Brian Williams Renee Hyde introduced Domingo Callegas… all the way from Peru and looking for things to do. Our returning former member Mitch Grandi was on hand and is likely to become a new member… again. Michael Juric introduced Dev Sodagar, a returning visitor destined to join us. Announcements: The following are the President’s notes from the meeting today: The Mission of the Rotary Club of Windsor is to serve our Community and the World. Pres Pam recognized that Maureen Merrill did an excellent job last week introducing the Downtown Windsor merchants. Patrick Dunn says October 28th at his home is the official kick-off of the Wine Fellows group. John Hackenburg says next week we are going to celebrate World Polio Day. Be prepared to paint that pinky in purple ink. Joan Mora says get on board… our SMART Train is heading to Brewsters in Petaluma. The train leaves from the Airport station at 5 PM. If you miss the train, plan to be social on November 17th. Please arrive ten minutes early and bring an umbrella. Bill Bolster says there is a big blue sign along Shiloh Rd, and a few I didn’t get the name of, that reads “Thanks to Windsor Rotary for the Clean Up.” Bill says he can get you hooked up with your own road, just contact him and he can help make it happen. Renee Hyde gave a final report on the Club’s bar activities on the Town Green. Everyone that had a hand in helping raise funds were asked to stand, but several people failed to remember, so Pres Pam reminded them they did good. Renee went on to tell us we raised over $5400 that will go towards international projects. Bill Conklin says he had a wonderful time at the Pigs and Pinot event at his home. This was an auction item for last year and he is asking that we consider this type of event for our future fundraising efforts. Pres Pam thinks I is a good idea to get together with another member so she is asking for names to be thrown in the hat so each week we can see who can connect with a fellow member. Tom Hassur took on the roll of Fine Meister, He immediately picked on Renee Hyde to tell us about the Stones concert she and Paul attended. Carol Martin got called out for taking JB Leep to South Dakota to see who was on the rock… after that they went off to a place called Las Vegas… and we all know that what happened in Vegas stays in Vegas. JB had such a good time he forgot what he did. He says he will be making a donation toward Polio eradication. Kurt Mitchner took a trip with his son to the Grand Canyon. Kurt tried to buy his way out of a fine by giving Pres Pam jewelry. Program: JB Leep took the mic to introduce our speaker for the day Glaydon de Freitas, CEO for Corazon Healdsburg, a non-profit organization with a great purpose. JB shared that Glaydon spent his youth in both San Paolo, Brazil and the Amazon, not the package delivery kind. His Amazon was so remote that Amazon won’t deliver and the nearest grocery store was more than five miles away from his home. At a very early age, his father made it a point to read to him, The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As a young man he was selected to be a United Nations Fellow at the Oxford Consortium for Human Rights. He initially came to the U.S. to study law at The University of Houston. We found out that he spent time as the head of strategic planning sfor the refugee and immigration center for education and legal services in Houston providing legal services to indigent immigrants and asylum seekers in ICE detention facilities. Glaydon let us know that Rotary is very familiar to him because his father was both a Rotarian and a Free Mason. He also let us know that just days ago he became a U.S. Citizen. He shared that although he is familiar with the environment of Rotary in Brazil with his father being both a Rotarian and a Free Mason. He gave a lot of accolades to the work of Rotary. We heard the history of how Corazon Healdsburg got started because of a restaurant in Healdsburg that took note of the problems that LatinX people were having with work schedules and community integration in general. The history of the program is available at corazonhealdsburg.com The mission of the newly formed non-profit organization was to promote people getting together as a Latin American community. Many of the LatinX people they were trying to reach were caught in a web of poverty and work requirements that overrode any social interaction. Just as the Corazon was getting started the organization found itself caught in the problems of 2017, including fires. The program has excelled in recent years to gain a foothold on fighting poverty. The organization now has funds greater than five million. Glaydon took over the program last Fall and immediately began promoting the new motto, Together We Are More. We were introduced to three phases for their actions to improve Individual Empowerment, Collective Empowerment, and Community Strengthening. The outreach they do tries to assess and provide guidance to help families cope and advance to a higher level. All their efforts are meant to bring Corazon Cohesiveness. Corazon Healdsburg is also focused on the educational needs of the children in their community focus. The organization works with children to help them achieve an academic life, which can lead to college counseling and financial support. This scribe can’t possibly share all the important work that the organization provides, so take a look at the website corazonhealdsburg.com Pres Pam was thankful for our being there along with all our guests. She also added the unofficial and unabridged Mission Statement: The Mission of the Rotary Club of Windsor is to Eat, Drink, Dance and Party while making the world better. Meeting started with all the usual pomp and circumstance... President Pam Moulton ringing the virtual bell at 7:30 and followed by a recital of the Pledge of Allegiance led by Chris Landwehr, which was followed by a fun video provided by Heather Cullen. Oscar the Grouch shared his love of garbage. Scribe: Tom Boylan Editor: Natalie Lim Introduced by: Pegi Ball Tuesday mornings belong to Rotary as our E. Marie Coakley used to say and this morning was no exception. Our meeting was full to the brim with Rotarians and local community business people and Mayors, former Mayors and council people! Our guest Past President, Pegi Ball presiding with Past President Maureen Merrill (and former District Governor) acting as moderator for our Program welcomed us to our meeting Di Brabetz, RN CPNP PHN – Today’s scribe….. Pledge of Allegiance: Led by Tom Hassur Song Meisters: JB and Carol led us in singing “Downtown” which was extremely appropriate given our Program today on our Downtown Businesses in Windsor Rotary Moment: Renee Hyde, our Membership Chair was asked to provide us with this week’s Rotary Moment. She talked about coming to her first Rotary meeting, invited by another State Farm Agent. And how as she began her time with Rotary all of the friends she has made and continued to be friends with…. In the spirit of a first meeting and becoming a Rotarian, she invited up Patrick Dunn and Brian Williams to get their Rotary badges. Welcome to Windsor Rotary Patrick and Brian. Visiting Rotarians: Visitors: Our meeting room was filled with so many visitors today that this scribe cannot do justice and so will only list names… Sue Nelson introduced Leo Cacciatore from Circuit Riders. During our Event, “Our Best Shot”, our club donated to Circuit Riders for their program of transportation and rides for seniors. Leo, who is Coordinator for “Windsor Wheels” that provides transportation for seniors let us all know they desperately need more drivers. Their need for rides for seniors to MD appointments, shopping or just to go socialize, far outweighs their abilities. They currently have a Wait List! If you have an interest in helping our seniors and want to allow them to “age in place”, contact him immediately. They will pay ½ the fee for a background check ($17) and he will inspect your car and meet with you to get you going. Help a senior get around and not face the loneliness of being stuck in their homes. Special Recognition: The microphone was turned over to our Maureen Merrill who set up a panel of community business people to talk with us about downtown businesses, the state of affairs post fires and now COVID and what they see is going on……………… First though, we heard from Tim Ricard, on the state of Downtown Windsor, the history of our downtown and what the vision is……….. Tim shared with us that in the 1990’s the General Plan for Windsor (which many of our Rotarians were part of…) was for mixed use properties. Our town worked with Orrin Thiessen to design a downtown on 10 acres that was known as “Poor Man Flates” he shared with us that a healthy, thriving downtown is important for any community and small Mom and Pop businesses are seen as a “Community’s Living Room”. Windsor only lost a few businesses during the pandemic and shut down but most were snapped up by new businesses that we still have. We have 100 businesses and 250 homes surrounding the Town Green. One of the slogans that Windsor has used is “Big Heart / Small Town” and it does seem that so many of our business people feel that way. Ken talked about the McClellan Hotel (160 rooms)that is supposed to be coming and an update on the Civic Center area and build out, the Smart Train coming to Windsor and other growth issues. He shared with us that Windsor is looking at new banners for around town and Parklets will be extended in Windsor for another year encouraging outdoor dining. JC Adams, owner of Kin, The Republican and Kin Smoke (Healdsburg) then shared with us that he started in Windsor at the old Johnny Garlic’s and was lucky enough to find a restaurant available in Windsor when he was ready to venture out . He finds that the Windsor community has been very supportive and along with his wife, Tracy and daughter, Jessica, they have expanded into a Boutique and a 2nd Store for Men. They are committed to the Windsor business community and appreciative of the town’s support. Brenda Lynch, owner of Mutt Lynch Winery then spoke about her experiences being on the Town Green and the effect of the pandemic. They are proud to be dog friendly and to support local, national and international animal rescue organizations. She talked about the pandemic and how she tried to find a way to be “essential” during the lock down and got creative and began selling dog food. Dog food and have a glass of wine – what a concept! She also began daily delivery of wine to customers and loves that the parklets will stay for another year to continue to be friendly to customers who want to be outside. She shared with us that 80% of her business is from tourists but we need to realize that the Number 1 Tourist Destination outside of Disney is Wine Country. She thanked the Windsor Town and community for their support and everyone being very creative in keeping all of the together and going. Deb Fudge asked the business owners “What can the Town of Windsor do for you?” Things like “encourage people to come and visit, eat, play and drink…”, more wineries are needed as it becomes a destination with more wineries in Windsor, Keep the Parklets, Continue to let people buy drinks to go and be able to walk and drink while shopping or eating – it encourages spending money in Windsor – customers want to be outside and not in a store front – keep the parklets! “ One Rotary member did ask how we prevent from becoming another Healdsburg, too big, too crowded and too expensive….. Ken Ricard stated the Windsor is unique in that we have so many people who live downtown and are the eyes and ears of our town. They want a small town feel and will keep it that way. JC Adams was also asked if he had any plans or thoughts of opening another spot in Windsor and moving Kin Smoke there. He replied it has been thought of a lot, but for now, not possible. Michael Juric reminded everyone that Rotary helped to build our downtown and we need to a relationship with the business community and Rotary. How can downtown help us with our Fund Raiser and get involved which then helps them with identity and marketing??? A great meeting had to come to an end and so Pegi Ball thanked everyone for coming and participating………………….. COVID UPDATE NEWS FLASH: Total Cases: Recovered: Active Cases: Deaths: New Cases: Hospitalized: Vaccination information…. As of Oct. 10th, 708,480 residents in Sonoma County have received the vaccine (last week 698,952). 78% of our populations 12 and older are fully vaccinated and approximately 85% have received at least 1 dose. Providers in Sonoma County have begun administering Boosters of both Pfizer and Moderna. Booster shots are available if you were given either Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. You are eligible for a booster if you received two (2) shots at least 6 months ago, are 65 years old, reside in a long term care setting, or are 50-64 years of age and have an underlying medical condition such as cancer, diabetes, asthma, HIV infections and heart disease, or obesity. Also anyone 18-64 years old and at increased risk for COVID exposure and transmission because of occupational or institutional setting. (for example – health care workers, teachers, day care staff and grocery workers) If you are unsure if you can receive a Booster or if one is available, call your health care provider, or one of the pharmacies. With the FDA fully approving Pfizer vaccine and Moderna seeking approval, we continue to see employers as well as government entities and even private employers mandating the need for vaccinations. The State of California has mandated that any provider who receives Federal funds requires that all of their employees be vaccinated by October. They have also mandated all health care providers to become vaccinated or be terminated from employment. All of this is being done to protect our health care workers and patients who are being treated. Please continue to wear your masks, be aware of your surroundings and even outside, if you are in crowded situations, mask up! Wash your hands frequently, use hand sanitizer and take precautions. The Delta variant is out there, very virulent, ready to strike and given that we still have 15% of our citizens not vaccinated over the age of 12 and all of our young children, it still has “hosts” it can latch onto. We need to try and manage this disease as we are not going to control it! Again, please consider getting your flu shot so that your immunity is up and your body is not susceptible to infection or any lung damage is done. Scribe: Tom Boylan Editor: Natalie Lim Introduced by: Sue Nelson Brian Ling gave us his “Rotary Moment”. It came in 1971 when he was in the 5th grade. Brian’s Dad told him that he would be “host” at a Christmas party to children from families who had far less than they did. Brian didn’t get a gift at that party, and his Dad explained to him that if you are to be successful in your profession and in your life, you have to be in service. That was Brian’s Rotary moment. We had no visiting Rotarians. Our guests of Rotarians were: The Windsor High School Girl’s Volleyball team representatives each thanked our Club for sending them to the “Women in Conversation” event, where they heard from professional women athletes. Their take-aways and learnings were as follows: Each of these girls was eloquent, well-prepared, and very appreciative of the opportunity we gave to them. Beth Smith received her official Rotary badge from President Pam. ANNOUNCEMENTS: President Pam thanked Renee Hyde, Joan Mora, and all others who helped us celebrate our Club Anniversary on the Town Green Thursday night. It was a great social with Anniversary Flair! Bill Bolster read us a congratulatory note from a Rotary Club in District 3150 in India, fro Sirham Puri, Assistant Governor. He thanked the Rotary Club of Windsor for our global footprint and global initiatives. Nice to hear from someone a world away from us. Sue Nelson let our Club know that the invitation letters for requesting our grants are in the hands of the community. We will begin evaluations in mid-October, with the final selection of the award of grant money to be announced by mid-November. All members of our Club are invited to participate in the evaluation and selection process, so we are all committed and passionate about the financial commitment we are making to our community. Sue sent around a clipboard seeking members to serve on the selection committee and nine members signed up. Any other club members who would like to join this committee are encouraged to join the committee. If so please contact Sue Nelson at jsnelson1@comcast.net. Jamie Williams is seeking Snack Bar volunteers for October 15 and 22, Windsor High home games. A clipboard was sent around seeking volunteers. All Rotary members are always comp’d at Windsor High home games, all sports. President Pam announced that a survey has gone out regarding input on re-opening the ON LINE/Zoom presence for our meetings. Please respond to Michael Juric. This is just a mental health pause as we plan how to start up again with a bit less stress on the zoom team. Thanks to Chris Landwehr for re-arranging the schedule to accommodate those who are unable to attend and were assigned jobs (e.g., singing and scribing!) Remembering Jackie Coffin, our former long-time member and producer of our Club newsletter. Jackie has passed away and we are holding her in our hearts. Jackie owned and ran Mailboxes, Etc. with her husband, Alan. She was a polio survivor and walked with a limp because she suffered the after effect of many polio survivors – PPS, or Post Polio Syndrome. PPS is a disorder of the nerves and muscles and can happen to people many years after they have had polio. Jackie was in Rotary for at least 20 years. Michael Juric remembers that in 1999 when he was President for the first time he asked her to do the Club newsletter, saying, “it will only take a couple of hours a week.” In 2012 when Michael was District Governor she was still doing the Bulletin and took the time to say to the Club something to the effect of “watch out when he asked you to do something that will only take a couple of hours.” Diane Brabetz spoke eloquently of her long-time friendship with Jackie. President Pam asked for a moment of silence in remembrance. SPEAKER: Sue Nelson gave an excellent introduction for our speaker, Dr. Frank Chong, President of Santa Rosa Junior College, noting that this is his 10th anniversary as President of SRJC, which is a highly prestigious school, well-known throughout California. With the passage of Measure 8, funding for improvement of facilities and technology at SRJC have successfully taken place. Santa Rosa Junior College is an important institution in this county, on a par with some of our major services in the county, such as Memorial and Sutter Hospitals, and the Press Democrat newspaper. Many nurses, dental assistants were trained at SRJC. The Rotary Center for Student Leadership is a great example of SRJC working with the community to enhance the college. Sue Nelson, who served on the SRJC Board for many years has worked hard for SRJC. Dr. Chong discussed enrollment at the college, and enumerated a long list of in-person classes. Since covid, SRJC has gone from 12% in person classes to over 32% in person this fall. What we are learning is that, “one flavor doesn’t fit all.” For some students, in home or remote classes work very well, because they fit into a life where commuting or work schedules do not easily allow attending class in person. Covid-19 has had a large impact on enrollment – financial, housing and mental health issues are challenges facing students today. In the interest of “Support Student Success” Dr. Chong said that this year over 600 (632 to be exact) students were accepted to Sonoma State University. Dr. Chong mentioned the success stories of formerly incarcerated and undocumented students who went on to a very rewarding life after attending SRJC. Dr. Chong showed photos of some of the excellent additions to the college campus including new student housing, a state-of-the-art Olympic size swimming pool, and the Linley Center for STEM education. Dr. Chong states that through work on sustainability – free bus passes, SMART train passes, bike-friendly environment, SRJC plans to be net energy zero by 2050. He says that SRJC is our college and he offers his appreciation and gratitude for the support from Rotary that SRJC has enjoyed. President Pam offered her congratulations again to Rotarian of the Month Catherine Hanron. She reminded us that the meeting next week was on CREATING THE FUNDRAISER!! Encouraging everyone to attend so we can get off to a great start. Her thought for the week was from Gandhi: “Live as if you were going to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were going to live forever.” From your Rotary Nurse……………… NEWS FLASH: BOOSTER SHOTS ARE COMING!!!!!!!!!!! Pfizer boosters are now available. Moderna and J and J will be coming……. STAY TUNED! Total Cases: 39,399 (last week 39,075) Recovered: 37,209 (last week 36,102) Active Cases: 1806 (last week 2595) Deaths: 384 (last week 378) Almost 56% of our deaths are now not a resident of senior living or skilled nursing facilities! New Cases: 324 new cases this past week (last week 555 new cases) Hospitalized: 43 confirmed and 0 suspected (last week 52 confirmed and 6 suspected) Vaccination information…. As of Sept. 26th, 689,159 residents in Sonoma County have received the vaccine (last week 679,380). 76% of our populations 12 and older are fully vaccinated and approximately 84% have received at least 1 dose. With the FDA fully approving Pfizer vaccine, we are already seeing large employers as well as government entities and even private employers mandating the need for vaccinations. As a health care provider and an employer we have been notified by the State of California that because we received Federal funds, all of our employees must be vaccinated by October. We have seen only one employee who has refused and knows this is her last week of employment with us. We are also beginning to see announcements from Stadiums and events that only those who show proof of vaccination may attend. Restaurants have even begun to ask for proof of vaccinations and signs “No shirt, No shoes, No COVID shot, NO service” are beginning to crop up. The service industry is serious about keeping people safe but being able to remain open. Booster shots are available if you were given Pfizer and then we will probably see the Moderna vaccine approved and available soon. You are eligible for a booster if you received two (2) shots at least 6 months ago, are 65 years old, reside in a long term care setting, or are 50-64 years of age and have an underlying medical condition such as cancer, diabetes, asthma, HIV infections and heart disease, or obesity. Also anyone 18-64 years old and at increased risk for COVID exposure and transmission because of occupational or institutional setting. Please continue to wear your masks, be aware of your surroundings and even outside, if you are in crowded situations, mask up! Wash your hands frequently, use hand sanitizer and take precautions. The Delta variant is out there, very virulent, ready to strike and given that we still have 16% of our citizens not vaccinated over the age of 12 and all of our young children, it still has “hosts” it can latch onto. We need to try and manage this disease as we are not going to control it! Thanks Di Meeting Bulletin - October 3, 2023
International Service
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SRJC Public Safety Training Center
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Michele Chaboudy Entrepreneurship & Innovation: Making it happen!
Introductions of visiting Rotarians was made including Walter Little from Rancho Cordova, Alison Huber (a former Rotarian) who recently moved back from Las Vegas, Jose Diego, also a former Rotarian who owns PIZZA GUYS in Windsor and his partner, Jori Sheppard, and Tammy (whoops , did not get her last name!), from Lux Places and Baldassori Wine.
The announcements included: WE ARE GETTING BUSY!!
Maureen M gave a little history of what SCARC is and asked the members to attend (particularly since we are hosting it!!). A flyer will be coming out this week!!
She reminded us that the process is that of an irregular patterns of "ups and downs towards success!" It is a search process and requires DISCOVERY SKILLS, creative thinking, communication and teamwork, being adaptable, determination and focus! The bonus is that one who attempts to become an entrepreneur feels empowered! The core belief is to have a mindset that allows you to be curious and aware!
Meeting Bulletin – September 5, 2023
Heather Cullen on the Windsor Academy of Performing Arts
Thank you:
Set up: Kurt Mitchler
AV Setup: JB
Greeter: Maureen Merrill
Song: Geoff Harrison
Scribe: Monica McCabe
Inspiration: Leah Hansen
Photos: Londa
Respectfully submitted: Monica McCabe, Scribe
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Craft Talks: Robin Resendez and Wally Krutz
Pledge of Allegiance: Catherine Hanron
INSPIRATION: Maureen Merrill: Quote by Steve Jobs, “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do”
SONG: Susan Cole with the help of Maureen led us in a lively version of Sweet Caroline, by Neil Diamond.
No VISITING ROTARIANS:
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: Domingo introduced our YE Daughter Louis from France, and Kate Smith; our recently returned exchange student, this will be Kate’s & her sister Emma’s last meeting for a while as they are both leaving to attend Grand Canyon University in Arizona later this week. We will miss you both, enjoy your adventure!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NO MEETING AUGUST 29TH, 5TH TUESDAY event to be announced.
Renee Hyde reported the “Concert Bar” had another great night last week, $2200+. We have two regular concerts left; she is pretty good on staff for this Thursday but is need of one more server for August 31st. Volunteers are always welcome!
Leah Hansen announced the Windsor Day Parade will be held September 30th, we are in need of volunteers to help get the Rotary Balloon ready and help walk with the balloon during the parade. Participating in the Windsor Parade is a short time commitment and great fun!!
Larry McCabe has been working on updating our By-Laws, this procedure requires voter approval by Rotary members. Larry sent a copy of the revised by-laws a few weeks ago to all members, received some feedback from a couple of members, has made those revisions and will be sending again this week for members review. Please be prepared to vote on the by-laws revisions, at our next meeting September 5th. Thank You Larry,
Pam Moulton, International Chair, asked for members interested in being a part of the international committee, she was pleased to have at least 6 members respond. Yeah!Carol Martin announced there will be two meetings concerning Budgeting:
If you have a project you are interested in being involved with and will need funding, curious about how the finances of the club & foundation work, these meetings are for you.
Club Budget Tuesday August 29th, 6pm Ed Turners office at the Airport Center
Foundation Budget Wednesday August 30th, 6pm Ed Turners office at the Airport Center
Carol also shared that Rotary International has narrowed their selection for the 2029 International Convention to either San Francisco or Minneapolis. There will be a Rotary site selection group in San Francisco early September and they are planning to attend a Giants game Sept 8th. Join us for Rotary Day at the Giants! It would be great to have a whole section filled with Rotarians
JB’s position of Program Chair needs a replacement, possibly a committee? Interested members please contact JB Leep or Doug Williams.
Russian River Clean Up: September 16th, contact Barbara McChesney, barbsmcc@gmail.com
October 28th: Windsor Food and Toy Halloween Fundraiser save the date, contact Larry McCabe: windsormccabe@gmail.com
NOVEMBER 11TH: Honoring Nation’s Finest, save the date, more information to come.
We had many August Birthdays and Anniversaries,
Happy Birthday:
Bill Bolster 8/8
Heather Cullen 8/16
Brian Ling 8/16
Art Diaz 8/21
Larry McCabe 8/23
Maureen Merrill 8/24
Happy Anniversary:
John & Sue Nelson 8/6 46 years,
Brian & Debbie Ling 8/10 38 years,
Ed & Louise Turner 8/12 45 years
Robin & Carlos Resendez 8/18 5 years
John & Donna LaCave 8/23
Mitch & Bunnie Grandie 8/28
WINDSOR FUN FACT
Around 1895 Clara McClelland married Atlas Hembree. House at 295 Windsor River is built.
Craft Talk: Robin Resendez:
Robin moved to Windsor in 1990, when she was 4 years old, she is the middle child with an older and younger brother. Robin’s father was a SR policeman and she stated her parents are her role model as they have been happily married for 38 years.
Robin’s education started at Mattie Washburn and she graduated from Windsor High School in 2005. She attended SRJC, with a major in Criminal Justice and a minor in Anthropology.
Robin worked for Victims Service Advocacy for four years until the program was discontinued.
She married Carlos Resendez in 2018; between the two of them they have five children and have made their home here in Windsor, where their children now attend school.
Robin has worked as Service Manager @ Renee Hyde Insurance and Financial Services for the last three years, she is licensed in Personal Lines, Life & Health and is passionate about children’s Whole Life, as she has learned it is a way to create an instant estate for your children and secure them with guaranteed insurability.
When Robin is not working or tending children she enjoys Reading, she started a book club during covid, and has returned to her love of painting.
She also loves to travel and had the opportunity to visit Scotland last year, she added that Scotland was absolutely beautiful!.
Robin also enjoys cooking, volunteer work and Rotary.
Personal Title: The Mom – The Myth – The Legend
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Craft Talk: Wally Krutz
Wally was born in Chicago Illinois in 1947, the same year the transistor was invented.
Wally’s father was tinker, builder and photographer; he worked as a photographer for the Army Engineer Core. His Mother was a professional secretary and assistant editor, predominately of Illinois History. Both his parents were very community orientated.
Wally contracted measles, mumps & chicken pox all at the same time as a toddler, he lost the hearing in one ear as a result.
Wally stated where he grew up he really did walk a mile to and from school in the 1st grade. Wally got his first job, a paper route, in the 6th grade and got a job at a gas station in the 8th grade.
Wally’s father purchased his first car in 1955, didn’t sound with Wally’s approval he bought a Ford. Wally bought his 54 Chevy in his sophomore year, claims there was a bullet hole in the trunk. I understood Wally to say he would purchase a car, do some work on it, sell it and upgrade his vehicle until his purchase of his first new car; 1967 Chevy Impala.
Wally met Sandie while they were both in high school; Wally graduated in 1966 and went on to School of aviation to become an air craft mechanic. He was offered a job by Bell Helicopter, Boeing and United Airlines while still in school. When he completed aviation course he did go to work for United Airlines.
Wally and Sandie married 7/12/69, they honeymooned in Hawaii, and they just celebrated 54 years of marriage. In 1970 Wally had the opportunity to see a field of the brand new 747’s.
They bought their first home in Illinois in 1970 for $16,000.00. They adopted their son Rick in 1980 and moved to Newark New Jersey in 1983, shortly after they received a call that took them to Oregon to adopt their daughter Kathy.
Wally continued to advance with United and he and Sandie came to the San Francisco bay area in 1991. Wally became a Rotary – Andy in 1992 as Sandie was the Rotarian.
Wally was doing consulting in 2001 and joined the Rotary Club of Windsor in 2008,
Kathy, his daughter, was married last year and in June 2023 he received the gift of a Grandchild.
President Doug adjourned the meeting 8:30am
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Brian McClatchey Explains Indian Law
Good morning from President Doug
Pledge of Allegiance – Susan Cole
Inspiration – Rags
Song – JB: “Frere Jacques” in honor of our new Exchange Student
Visiting guests: Kate Smith, Everett Michael Juric (age 1), Allison Griggs (Windsor School District) and our new Exchange Student, Ann Louise
Upcoming Events:
Our club is donating $500 to the Lahaina Rotary Club Fire Fund, Donations can be made from the Rotary website. Reminder: our theme this year is, “Did I make a difference? What hurts did I heal?”
8/19/23 Game of Throws (Cornhole) fundraiser for Nation’s Finest. Details at https://nationsfinest.org/game-of-throws/
8/21, 6 pm. Board Meeting at Ed’s office, Airport Business Center, 414 Aviation Blvd. Committee heads are reminded to please hand in their goals sheets in advance.
8/22, Regular meeting; speaker will be Michelle Chabody on Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
8/29 is 5th Tuesday, so no regular meeting. A social alternative will be announced soon.
11/11 Veterans Day Lunch and Bagpipes at Nation’s Finest
Announcements:
Saturday’s Debunking of Past President Brian was a huge success! Thanks to Pam and her team ! It really takes a Club to raise a debunking! Special thanks to Bill Bolster for the use of his marvelous barn!
Rotary Bar: made $2300 last week for the International Fund
There is a Russian River Clean up on 9/16. Barbara McChesney has information.
Halloween Party: Larry McCabe put out a save the date: October 21 will be a Windsor Circle Halloween Party for Adults at the Odd Fellows Hall, which will benefit the annual Food and Toy Drive. $30/person, with snacks, dancing and costume contest. The following week will be a Halloween Party for teens at the same location.
Our new exchange student is Anne Louise from Western France. She is currently staying with the Williams family.
Our former exchange student Stefan sends greetings and news that he has been accepted to the University of Potsdam (one of 110 students) and has won a large German IT scholarship!
We said goodbye to Natalie Huie who is leaving for Taiwan on Saturday. She is grateful for our help and hopes to immerse herself in Taiwanese culture, and become fluent in Mandarin.
Guest Speaker: Brian McClatchey, esq.
Mr. McClatchey and his law firm represent the Graton Tribe. He gave a brief overview of how Tribal Law is individual to each nation, and Federal Indian Law comes from the United States Government. The Federal Government precludes States relationships to Tribes. The Federal Government has unrestrained power over Tribes. California has had a uniquely bad history of selling off tribal lands and is now trying to restore lands. Graton was terminated then restored in 2000 and affects 5 local tribes. The US Government still owns the lands of reservations. Gaming has become an important source of income because tribes cannot impose property tax. In determining whether tribal gaming can begin, it must be determined that the gaming will be beneficial to the tribe and that it will not be harmful to the neighbors.
Thanks to today’s helpers:
Set up: Beth, JB, Terry
Greeter: Leah
Song: JB
Inspiration: Rags
Photography: Sue Nelson
Respectfully Submitted: Monica McCabe, Scribe
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin – August 8, 2023
RYLA students share their stories
Member Mike Rausch provided an inspiration from Nelson Mandela in honor of our youth-focused meeting.
INSPIRATION: Mike Rausch- Nelson Mandela “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Heather Cullen lead us singing “This land is your land” with her teacher visual strategies.
Today’s guests included RyLA students-Kai, Cynthia and Ava, Windsor high school college and career counselor Jennifer Taddei, and outbound student-Natalie. Natalie was selling more of her beautiful baked treats!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Doug reminded us that our role as Rotarians is to ‘make a difference’.
A special happy 40th anniversary for Bill Bolster’s 40th birthday. He said “age is just a number and mine is unlisted.”
Renee-Allison Stanfield, former exchange student is the US representative for Rotex to the board.
Rotary bar is doing well and still needs a bit of help before the season closes. Contact Renee.
Sandie Krutz announced that inbound exchange student needs a ride to Eureka on Aug. 18. Please let her know if you are available.
Jo Timmsen announced that she has been sky diving for 50 years and is now a certified foundation sky diving judge. Congratulations!
Membership chair Maureen Merrill lead an activity to engage members in membership drive. It is a time to rebuild. Many hands make light work. Members generally fall into one of 3 leadership areas when it comes to recruiting new members. There are the inviters who get things going up front; there are the expediters who get things done behind the scenes; and the mentors big picture get things right. Maureen invited up Jeff as an example of an inviter and Renee as an expediter. She then divided club into groups by colors. Each team committed to bringing in one new member. Great work Maureen! We can do this!
SPEAKER: Pegi Ball introduced RYLA students Kai, Cynthia, and Ava. They began their presentation with a message from RYLA director Cassie thanking all who made the event happen.
Kai began telling us that RYLA was the most impactful camp he has attended in his life, even more so than the camp he attended at Yale. The accommodations were rather rustic compared to others. However, RYLA created a community and environment which fostered deep connections. Students felt completely comfortable, welcome, and safe.
Cynthia shared that everything she learned at RYLA prepared her for all other camps and for everything she will be doing for her senior year. The counselors were really awesome, and she expressed a special appreciation for Tom Boylan, Jennifer Strong, Carol Martin, and Pegi Ball.
Ava stated that it is a really hard time for teenagers. She found great inspiration in meeting others with similar values and creating emotional connections. RYLA tremendously changed her life for the better.
The students said RYLA Norhern California is vastly different from other RYLA programs and is the best in the country. It is run by alumni. The students made a deep connection with the camp leaders. The speakers talked about professions they hadn’t heard about before, how to lead, how to get jobs.
They showed a fantastic video of the highlights of the week. In the video students were asked to complete the sentence “My community needs a leader like me”. The responses were varied but the overriding themes were environment, diversity, connection, mental health, making the world a better place.
Favorite aspects of RYLA included speakers addressing such topics as social media, identity, and problem-solving skills. Camp counselors talked about their own professions and life paths, providing important guidance for the problem solvers of tomorrow.
These future leaders found it to be a profound experience, pushing students out of their comfort zone, exposing vulnerabilities and creating tremendous growth.
These kids are very interested in starting an Interact club at their school. They are an inspiration and provide hope for the future.
Doug closed with words of encouragement and support from Rotary to young people. He encouraged the club to support interact. He reminded us that we are the home club for the district governor and will have work to do. He gave a heartfelt thank you to thank all who helped make the meeting possible.
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Kate Smith Youth Exchange - Back from Japan!
JB led us in singing. “this land is your Land” which was preceded with a little history of its popularity and rating in the top 500 songs. It landed at #229, just ahead of “My Generation!!”
A visiting Rotarian from San Felipe, ,Mexico (did not catch his name). He expressed some in interest in working on a collaborative grant with our club, at some point! Our guests included all of Kate Smith’s immediate family, including her father, Donnie, and Emma, her sister. Beth Smith, her mother and Rotarian introduced everyone!! Our outgoing Exchange Student, Natalie Huey was there selling CHOCOLATE cookies !!
Lots of July Birthdays, including Jason Black, Brian Ling, Tom Hassur, Catherine Hanron and Scott Bonin.
Anniversaries included Boyd, Mike and Maureen, Sandie and Wally and Steve and Mapi…All in the double digits!! Sandie and Wally win with 54 years under their belts!!
The Club calendar highlights are:
August 1 - Club Engagement meeting along with our exchange Student Rebecca Mortensen.
August 12 - Past President Brian’s Debunking
August 21 - Board meeting
August 29 - FIFTH TUESDAY
Doug listed the names of the Club Leaders - with whom we will get to meet next week!!
Announcements included:
•(Pam and Monica) information on the debunking
•(Carol)Information on the withdrawal policies for invested funds in the Community Foundation
•(Sue N.) Information on Rotary members/team that are looking at other investment opportunities to manage and maximize our funds
•JB will be retiring as Program Chair and we are looking for some one/many to assume his position, including having a Program Chair of the month (Sandie)
•(Bill) looking for volunteers to help prepare his barn and property for the upcoming debunking - Date - AUGUST 5th at 9:00am at Bill’s Barn
Speaker: - Kate Smith
Beth Smith introduced her daughter, Kate, who has returned fro her year in Kanazawa, Japan and is preparing to go to Grand Canyon University where she will be studying to become a teacher with focus on teaching English as a second language.
Kate reviewed the process that she experienced in preparing for her year abroad which include waiting for an extra year! During that year she took advantage of the time to learn German (her intended first destination before Covid) and then Japanese.
When in Japan, she mentioned that she lived with four families each of whom have an obligation to Rotary to take two exchange students if their child is able to do an exchange through Rotary. While abroad, Kate mentioned that she spent many hours walking on a daily basis such that she could photograph and familiarize herself with Kanazawa. Visiting 63 cafes and 25 restaurants, it appears that she was able to get to know much of her “adopted” city!! She was able to photograph and experience Kanazawa through the many physical changes of the seasons,, including the booming and unblooming cherry trees. She acknowledged that some of the seasonal changes, including snow, presented some challenges in her daily walks.
Kate gave a little history of Kanazawa noting that it is an older city that was not impacted by the war. As a result few accommodations have been instituted for individuals who are wheelchair users. She made noted that the roads were built to be used by horcses
Kate spoke of her interest in learning how to speak Japanese (which sounded pretty good to all of us!) and to learn the “Chinese” symbols. She was also able to share many of the American holiday traditions with her families, including dying and hiding Easter eggs. Thanksgiving, Halloween, and a Christmas meal. She made note that her family sent her the ingredients to be able to make Halloween cookies, gingerbread houses and her grandmother’s special cookie recipe!!
Kate took on the challenge of learning how to use the trains, get together with other Rotarians, choose her kimono, cook and establish friends with whom she is maintaining a “pen pal” relationship. She spoke of taking on a leadership role with the other members of her cohort.
She did quite a bit of travel including trips to Osaka, Hiroshima and Kyoto. She expressed gratitude to both her families in Japan and to the Rotary club for being able to have such an amazing experience.
At the end of her presentation, Kate was asked a few questions which included “What stands out” for her experience in Japan. Her responses included the friends that she made and the Japanese Culture! She also stated that some of her preconceived ideas regarding the Japanese were “serious and studious” were “blown out of the water.” She noted that oftentimes she would see people sleeping in class, at Rotary meetings, on the street and the library. She mentioned that this behavior is acceptable and that the teachers are lenient. She just acknowledged an awareness that “everyone is different” no matter where they live!
She completed her presentation by giving a Rotary flag from her Japanese club to President Doug and expressed gratitude to the Windsor Club for allowing her to have such a wonderful experience. She reiterated the message that Rotary encourages “Teaching Peace One student at at time.”
President Doug closed the meeting by mentioning that he had been in Japan in 1971 with Bill Conklin for a (Boy Scout) World Jamboree. A round of thanks to all who assisted in setting up and organizing the meeting!
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Reverend Mary Beene
Today’s minutes are from TUESDAY, April 11, 2023
Pledge of Allegiance: Lead by Steve Klick
INSPIRATION: Bill Bolster: A lot of good words, but to summarize: Attitude, “it is not what
happens to you, it is how you respond to it”
SONG: Carol Martin led us in “Oh What a Beautiful Morning”
No VISITING ROTARIANS:
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: Chris Landwehr introduced; Pam Geiss & Mary Beene, Michael Juric
introduced our Student of the month; Xiemena and her mother Angelica, as well as our
returning YE student, Kate Smith and our outbound YE student Natalie.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sandie Krutz Brian Williams (past principal of Windsor HS) has been promoted to Assistant
Superintendent of Windsor School District, Congratulations Brian!
Carol Martin announced the Rotary Bar had another good night; bringing in $2500.00 for
International Projects.
JB shared he is going to watch a solar eclipse April 7, 2024, south of Dallas/Ft. Worth, if interested
in joining him for this spectacular event please contact JB, jbleep1@gmail.com.
Chris Landwehr sent out an email with Club Duties, it is also listed on the website.
President Doug gave a brief summary of the 7/17/ Board Meeting:
Carol Martin presented a financial review of both the Club and Foundation, both in good shape.
JB Leep announced to the board that after his many years of providing the club with fabulous
speakers, he is moving on to other activities, JB is giving us a couple of months’ notice but will
end his Program duties the end of September. He stated providing speakers for the club
meetings gave him the opportunity to meet some wonderful people. Please contact JB or
President Doug if you are interested in Program scheduling.
Larry McCabe is working on updating our By-Laws as a few areas are outdated; this procedure
requires voter approval by Rotary members. Larry will be sending an email with proposed
changes, please review, details on voting will be announced.
2023 – 2024 Board members were selected and presented to the club for approval.
Brian Ling, (immediate past president), Carol Martin & Ed Turner, (Treasures), Catherine
Hanron, (Secretary), Barbara McChesney, (President Elect), Larry McCabe (President elect
Nominee), Patrick Dunn, and Pegi Ball.
Sue Nelson made a motion to accept and finalize the proposed board members, Terry
Andreacchi seconds the motion, and proposal was passed unanimously.
The Board meets the third Monday of each Month 6pm, all members welcome to attend.
WINDSOR FUN FACT
August 1877, two year child falls into a well 80 feet deep, A 12-year old was lowered by rope
and safely rescued the child.
Scholarships: Michael Juric stated since the inception of the Ken Moulton Scholarship Program
we have provided 6 scholarships, ($6,000.00) and total in Scholarships from the club
$200,000.00. That is impressive!
Michael introduced our student of the month Xiemena,
Xiemena lives in Santa Rosa, however, thru district transfer has attended Windsor School
District, first attending Cali Calmécac and presently Windsor High School. She is planning to
attend San Diego State, majoring in bi-lingual liberal studies and plans to become a
Kindergarten school teacher.
Michael ask Xiemena what touches her heart, she shared her senior project was shadowing
with a kindergarten teacher, working with the students made her heart sing, she has always
wanted to be a teacher.
Xiemena is a member of the Key Club at WHS and is very active in the community, she has
volunteered as a bilingual teacher assistant, volunteers at Well is Well, The Redwood Empire
Food Bank, Boys & Girls Club and any other events happening in the community, all while
keeping a 3.997 GPA for all four years of high school.
Michael asks her what area of focus she felt we should all be working on? Her response:
Climate Change.
President Doug’s theme for this year is: Did I make a Difference in Someone’s Life? I believe
our Scholarship program is a good example of creating that opportunity for our young people
and Xiemena is living proof that this philosophy is in good hands.
Speaker: Reverend Mary Beene
Reverend Mary Beene has been the Pastor at the Presbyterian Church in Windsor for the last
three years, when she came to Windsor to interview for the position the town was being
evacuated due to the Tubbs fire, she accepted the position and started her job February of
2020, just weeks before the COVID lock down. Mary is a “Jump in with both feet” kind of gal
and Mary more than rose to the challenge. Churches services were held via Zoom, and she
became aware people were really struggling with the covid crisis.
The church had a small food pantry when she arrived and when covid first hit it was suggested
they shut it down, seeing the growing need Mary with 4 woman not only kept the food pantry
open but were able to provide more than double the families with needed food and clothing.
With Covid behind us Mary has been able to jump into the community she is the Director of the
Windsor Food and Toy Drive, board member at People 4 Parks in Windsor, a managing force at
the Love Wins in Windsor Pride Festival and instrumental in People 4 Parks Charlie Brown
Christmas Tree Grove.
Mary has also created BREAD BOARD, a teen based group, (Build Relationships with Empathy
and Dignity) and now the pantry, aka; Pantry and Clothes Closet, is open every Tuesday
morning 9am-12noon.
Mary is presently looking at the issue under the oaks behind the church that has a bad drainage
problem; she is working on preserving the Oaks and creating a safe space.
Mary is also working with People 4 Parks to create a park designed for children with disabilities.
Reverend Mary’s accomplishments, goals and previous attributes are too numerous to mention
all here, but it is without question Windsor is blessed with such a dynamic citizen that is willing
to jump in with both feet to not only to meet , but exceed the needs of the community.
Mary acknowledges everyone is busy but suggests we Jump Feet First Together meet new
friends and work together.
President Doug thanked Mary, Pam and all our visitors for coming and thank you to all the
Rotarians that helped put the meeting together.
Meeting adjourned @ 8:30am
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A New Rotary District 5130 Year!
District Governor Banner to DG Tom Boylan and Windsor Rotary.
Today was President Doug Williams’ first meeting of the year, and he was greeted
enthusiastically by the club as he called the meeting to order.
Pledge of Allegiance: Brian Williams
Inspiration: Barbara McChesney citing a Mowry connection to the land which we don’t inherit
from our grandparents, but rather borrow from our grandchildren.
Song: Heather Cullen: It’s a Grand Old Flag
President Doug asks us to keep this theme in mind: Did I make a difference in someone’s life?
Sandie Krutz did an amazing job of introducing the many guests and Rotary celebrities present
at the meeting:
2023 -24 District Governor, Tom Boylan and his wife, Melody Montero
2024-25 District Governor, Elect Jim O’Grady
Past District Governor, Del Raby (who at age 97 has perfect attendance for over 62 years!)
Past District Governor, Jim Flamson
Past District Governor, Michael Juric
Past District Governor, Erin Dunn
Past District Governor, Bob Rogers
Past District Governor, Kathy Flamson
Past District Governor, Kirk Brown
Past District Governor, Jennifer Strong
Lieutenant Governor, Valerie Hulsey
Assistant/Area Governor, Salvador Rico
Assistant/Area Governor, Michael Ragsdale
Assistant/Area Governor, Sandie Krutz
Assistant/Area Governor, Michael McGlothlin
Assistant/Area Governor, Marilyn Lira
Sergeant at Arms, Larry Lira
Sergeant at Arms, Wally Krutz
District Treasurer, Carol Martin
Endowment Fund, David Mark-Raymond
Immediate Past President, Lakeport Rotary Club, Laura Sammel
Other visitors
Brendan Boylan, Son of the District Governor
Natalie Huie, Outgoing exchange student
Kate Smith, Returning exchange student
Mary and Eric Beene, Presbyterian Church of Windsor
Allison Goodwin, Redwood Empire Food Bank
Outgoing District Governor, Jennifer Strong gave Doug Williams the District Governor’s Banner
and gave Tom Boylan the Governor’s ceremonial necklace, pin and a bottle of whiskey.
Tom gave Jennifer the past Governor’s pin, and a custom bird house with the Rotary Wheel on
it.
Tom has already begun visiting clubs. Tom encourages us to start working with other clubs in
the area.
Tom has three areas he would like to focus on:
-Mental Health, How are you, really?
-Membership increase
-Continuing from Jennifer’s year, Environmentalism
-Kathy Flamson honors 1 st lady, Melody Montero with a spouse’s pin
-Jennifer Strong is the new chair of the Rotary Foundation
Recognizes the following Paul Harris Fellows
-Bill Bolster, 8 Paul Harris awards
-Tom Boylan, 5 Paul Harris awards
-Melody Montero, 1 st Paul Harris award
President Doug Williams notes that we will be updating the Bi-laws, under the leadership of
Larry McCabe. Doug reminds everyone of the upcoming board meeting this Monday.
Past District Governor Bob Rogers reminds everyone of the importance of Rotary’s Polio Plus
campaign.
Special thanks to Joan Mora for decorating today
Set up: Larry McCabe, JB Leep, Beth Smith, Terry Andreacchi, and Dave Doht
Greeters: Alyssa Johnson, Leah Hansen
Scribe: Monica McCabe
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The King of Rock & Roll and how he changed music
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - June 20, 2023
Zero Waste Sonoma
Pledge of Allegiance: Kathy Williams
Inspiration: Robin Rosendez: Be the change you want to see in the world
Song: Susan Cole: Margaritaville! And, Jimmy Buffet came down toout of the Bohemian Grove to play for
the good people of Monte Rio.
No visiting Rotarians. Outgoing student Becca was present with homemade brownies!
Rotary Bar update: The revenue is way up from last year, and Renee is in need of extra help!
RYLA lunch report: Pegi said it was just wonderful! Sue Nelson said it was like feeding a swarm of
friendly locust as the students ran down the hill, ate everything and ran back up the hill.
Community Service: Monica gave a plug for Kaboom and announced that the debunking of our President
Brian will be on August 12.
July 4 th afternoon barbeque to bid farewell to Stefan and Becca and welcome home to Kate! It will be
late afternoon at Barb and Dave’s house 301 Jensen Lane. Potluck with burgers at 5. Contact Carol for
more info: carolmartin016@gmail.com
This Sunday President Elect Doug Williams will be hosting a leadership retreat from 10-2 at Charlie’s. It
is open to all members especially those interested in taking a more active role in our club. The purpose
of the retreat will be for the President Line to share their intentions, respond to a board organization
proposal and generate and respond to potential objectives for the next three years and to develop a list
of potential leaders to fill board member positions. Please let Doug know if you would like to attend.
Dougw1955@aol.com or 707 696-8244.
Barbara McChesney shared a wonderful slide show of her trip to Australia for the Rotary International
Convention. Northern California figured prominently at the meeting, and Barbara gave a fantastically
received speech on ending single use plastic. When your grandchildren are older and ask you when you
knew the Earth needed help, and what you did be able to respond proudly!
Barbara and Dave had gift bags for everyone which included resusable produce bags for shopping, toilet
paper that the sale of helps fund building toliets and a paper pen!
Recognitions and Fines: We all recognized Bill Bolster in a poster wearing his star spangled shorts at the
first meeting back from isolation meeting and he was fined accordingly. $100 to Ken Moulton Fund and
$100 to Community Fund! Thanks Bill.
Speaker: Leslie Lukacs from Zero Waste Sonoma. Leslie gave a fascinating talk about what Zero Waste
Sonoma is doing. They are thinking bold and acting big, which is making Sonoma County a national
leader in zero waste.
Leslie gave historical examples of anti waste campaigns (WWII) and how the plastic surge has become
an ecological problem. Also, food waste in land fill creates methane – another atmosphere warmer.
Leslie and her team are looking for bold ways to increase recycling (actually the last step of many),
increase compost use, construction deconstruction, solar panel recycling (including cow shades) and
replacing take out packaging with compostable materials.
Thank you:
Set up: Brian Williams/Larry McCabe/ Patrick Dunn/Doug Williams
Song: Susan Cole
Inspiration: Robin Resendez
Respectfully submitted,
Monica McCabe, Scribe
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Public Speaking - Awful to Awesome
A. Good Morning! - Rotary Club of Windsor!
B. Pledge of Allegiance – Monica
C. Inspiration – Mike Raasch did an impromptu message of the importance of inspiring
others.
D. Song – JB Leep-everyone enjoyed the song Put on a Happy Face!
E. Visiting Rotarians – None
F. Guests – Natalie to Taiwan, Domingo and the last meeting for Stefan.
G. Upcoming Events/Announcements –
the 20/30 club for the Kaboom event and the need to discuss the community
foundation spending.
H. Stefan Last Meeting
BBQ auction
Thank you’s and well-wishes-Stefan spoke a heartfelt message of thanks to all
Rotarians for their support and help as he plans to return to Germany.
I. Recognitions
PHF (John)-Patrick to donate matching $350 for his birthday. President Brian
agreed to donate for his passing of his real estate exams and Rags donated for his
41 st anniversary.
J. Program – Don Franceschi (Maureen introduced)-Don gave an upbeat presentation on
working out the anxiety of public speaking. He even used Gumby and Pokey props to
enforce his points. It was enjoyable.
K. Thank you to our guests and volunteers.
L. Closing comments and Adjourn – Brian added wonderful words about the sadness of
Stefan’s departing but of how great it has been to have him part of our Rotary family.
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Rotary Scholarships
Pledge of Allegiance was led by Pegi Ball
Inspiration came from Maureen Merrill – one word: “Dauntless” For all our scholarship
students – you are dauntless!
Our song was led by Heather Cullen, who gave the excellent advice, “Shower the people you
love with love . . .”
We had no visiting Rotarians, but many guests. Today we hosted all of the students from
Windsor High School who received Rotary scholarships this year, and their families. It was a
full house and happiest of times. Our scholarship recipients were: Jadyn Holdenried, Noel
Leon, Maddie Senkowski, Oliver Nunez and Kieran Campbell. (Ximena Bracamones Penaloza
also received a Rotary scholarship, but was unable to attend our meeting this morning.)
In addition, our guests included: Veronica Passalaqua, Don Francesci, Dorothy Mack, Natalie,
our outgoing Youth Exchange student to Taiwan, Stephan, our current Youth Exchange son,
Domingo, and Jeremy Decker, Superintendent of Schools.
A. Upcoming Events/Announcements
? Renee Hyde reported on our first-of-the-year Summer Nights on the Green. She said
the results were wonderful wonderful wonderful, yielding over $3,000 for our
International Service this year. Special shout out to Boyd and Larry who stepped in
to help when we were a bit short on workers.
? Monica McCabe reported that this coming Rotary year our Service efforts would
be led by Pam Moulton for International, and Monica for Community.
? Pegi Ball let us know that the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards barbecue lunch will
be held on Tuesday, June 13. Anyone working with Rotary Youth programs this
year will need to take the Youth Exchange Protection Class (on-line). Sue Nelson
encourages us that it doesn’t take too long (maybe less than half an hour) but also
recommends reading all the material before taking the test.
? Pegi also said that she had communicated with Jack Hyde, who moved to New
Jersey. Janet is having significant health issues, including covid. Jack would enjoy
a phone call or email from us – just hearing our voices helps him greatly. Contact
Pegi if you need Jack’s phone or email.
? Sandi Krutz said our club is looking for Youth Exchange host families. We have a
girl from France arriving in August, but still need a host family. Her first home
will be with Doug Willliams. Hosts can be community members, not just
Rotarians, and it was echoed from several members that we always get more than
we give when we host a youth exchange student. Windsor residents & Rotarians
are being invited to a Zoom meeting next Tuesday evening, June 13 – 6:30 .
You will hear about the “experience” of hosting a student from another country---
and the responsibilities.
? President Brian announced that he will be having his final Board Meeting on
Monday, June 12, 6p-7:30p location TBD. Everyone is invited to attend.
Michael Juric hosted the next part of our meeting, introducing our Rotary scholarship
recipients, while they in turn, introduced their family members who were there supporting
them. Michael did an excellent job both thanking and recognizing the parents who raised such
exceptional students. It is hard work, and the parents are to be congratulated. Cheers and
applause from the entire club for the parents!
Each student spoke briefly about where they were continuing their education and what they
were going to study:
Maddie graduated from Windsor High School, is going to attend UCLA and study business
economics.
Jaden also graduated Windsor High and is attending University of Washington, studying
business and playing soccer.
Oliver graduated from Met Academy and is going to start at SRJC, then likely Cal Poly
Humboldt, studying chemical engineering.
Kieran graduated from Windsor Oaks and is going to SRJC and will became a fire fighter. He
interned this last year and loved it.
The Rotary selection committee members were asked about what stood out to them about
our new selection process for scholarships. Almost all mentioned the live, in-person
interviews were an opportunity to learn more about the students, their personal and
educational goals and who were their role models or mentors. All of the students who applied
were impressive candidates.
Michael summarized our scholarship programs where we have donated over $200,000 for
Windsor High School graduates, and recently, supported by the Ken Moulton fund, over
$40,000 in scholarships to students graduating from Windsor Oaks, which Ken founded, and
the Met Academy.
When the recipients were asked by Michael what we should focus on as community leaders,
their answers were inspiring: an inclusive mind set, so we are not so divided as a community
and world; pollution, food security and energy; mental health; and unifying our communities.
President Brian led the next portion of our meeting, which was highly informational about
Rotary in general, and how we operate.
For next year, Brian Ling, with help from John Hackenburg, will lead Foundation. Rotary itself
is almost 120 years old, with the motto “Service Above Self”. In 1978, Rotary declared that we
were going to eradicate the scourge of polio from the earth, and do it in the next 25 years. We
are 99% of the way to that goal, with only one country left on earth where polio is endemic.
And the number of polio cases in a year is less than the fingers on one hand.
Brian recognized Pegi Ball for being a Paul Harris plus 5.
Rotary International is recognized as one of the premier charities in the world, with the
minimum of funding going to administrative costs (less than 3%). So donations to Polio Plus,
disaster relief, Ukraine assistance, and other worthy causes around the world through our
donations to RI are used wisely. Brian has the current status report for anyone who would
like to know where they stand in their donations to RI.
To donate to Rotary International, GO ON-LINE. It’s easy to do, and more direct. It’s also easy
to set up a donation in whatever amount works for you, on a continuing basis, monthly, so you
never have to think about it. If you need help going on line, see John Hackenburg or President
Brian.
Our Club’s Windsor Rotary Community Foundation (WRCF) mirrors the Rotary Foundation in
its use of funds. But all WRCF funding stays right here in the Windsor community. We fund
scholarships for students such as those we hosted today, and all our local projects, which is
long and varied. When we contribute at least $1,000 to WRCF, we become John Lewis fellows,
in honor of our founder, John Lewis. Our latest fellow, cheered by everyone in the club, is our
own President-Elect, Doug Williams.
Our co-treasurers, Carol and Ed, let us know how we contribute and where those funds are
used:
Windsor Rotary Community Foundation
“How can you give?”
1. At a meeting -
A. Hand us a check or cash
B. Give us your credit card (Happy Skippy!)
2. On our website –
A. http://windsorrotary.org/donate
B. It can even be recurring!
3. Company matching funds where you work
4. Mail us a check
A. WRCF – PO Box 2295, Windsor, CA 9549
Windsor Rotary Community Foundation
“Where can your money go?”
• Endowment Fund
• Long term investment – we use earnings
• Current Projects Fund
• Operating funds for new and legacy projects
• Ken Moulton Scholarship Fund
• Scholarships for the alternative schools in Windsor
• Special Projects
• Like Food & Toy Drive
Charter member and Past President Sue Nelson let us know that with the amount that we now
have invested in our WRCF funds, we need to take a look at how we are managing our funds.
The large contribution from Carl Wiuff’s estate put us at a new level and we need to evaluate
our processes to be sure we are acting with the best information and assistance that is
available.
Windsor Rotary Community Foundation
Want to learn more?
Check out TWO upcoming meetings…
#1: Presentation by Sonoma County Community Foundation
Date: June 20, 2023
Time: 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Place: Airport Business Center (Ed’s office)
414 Aviation Blvd., Santa Rosa
#2: Interest Group – Discuss Possible Changes to Income Withdrawal Policy for WRCF
Date: TBD – Likely mid-July
Time: TBD
Place: Airport Business Center (Ed’s office)
414 Aviation Blvd., Santa Rosa
President Brian introduced June birthdays, anniversaries and celebrations and collected fines
from Kurt Mitchler (did he really get a chocolate cake and pony???!!!); Pegi Ball, who
celebrated at a lunch with her Rotary buddies; and Sandi Krutz, who went to San Francisco to
see “Book of Mormon” and is awaiting the birth of their first grandson. President Brian fessed
up that he and Geoff had ridden the 72 miles around Lake Tahoe after vowing never to do it
again. They were better prepared this time and did not repeat this vow after completing the
loop in a little under 8-1/2 hours. Kudos to Brian and Geoff, and you can be sure the club
shouted for a fine from him. He said it was a dauntless ride, and yes, he donated.
Thank you to our guests and volunteers.
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Meagan Black for Riebli Elementary School
minutes are from TUESDAY, May 23, 2023
Pledge of Allegiance: Lead by Jason Black
INSPIRATION: Joan Mora, first acknowledged and thanked our veterans for their service, her
inspiration is a quote from Mary Roach
“Heroism doesn’t always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large
hearts change the course of history.”
Song: Susan Cole led us in God Bless America
VISITING ROTARIANS: Maureen Merrill introduced Charisse Arnold, associate Dean at SRJC
public safety training center in Windsor. ,
Our Speaker today was Meagan Black, a teacher at Riebli Elementary School, to assist her with
her presentation; she brought a wonderful group of students with her, their presence added a
special energy to our meeting.
Megan Black and the students were limited on time as they had to attend school so we flipped
our meeting to start with the program and presentation.
Megan stated she wanted to enhance her studies in the GATE class program she teaches at
Riebli School. GATE is the acronym for Gifted and Talented Education; it enhances education in
Math, reading and science.
Megan first approached the PTA for small scale funding for printing pens but was told her
project needed to benefit the school as a whole, she decided to go bigger in her plan and in
2019 approached Rotary Club of Windsor to sponsor a 3D Printer for her class. Windsor
granted the funding and Megan was able to purchase a 3D Printer in early 2020.
She started the learning process of the 3D printer with her 6th grade class, they used features
from the book Gulliver’s travels to measure objects, and learn to scale down objects, lessons
were hampered by covid, and their 1 st design was not successful.
The second year Megan worked with the 4 th grade class on design, and the third year they
created flower pots. Megan stated this was all new to her, and that it was due to the assistance
of the students they were eventually successful.
Meagan shared that this was such a popular & great program she wanted to share with all the
classes but could not do alone. In the 2022-23 year she engaged a couple of teachers to learn
the 3D printer and with the assistance of student mentors has been able to offer to all classes
of the school.
Megan introduced her student mentors to share and help explain the program and their
experience.
Connor Caden told us using Tinkercad, (a web app for 3D design, electronics & coding), they
were able to build their own design or use pre built. The app was very helpful in learning how
to use the printer.
Arial Charlotte told us how it works, the 3D printer nozzle is hot and they use compostable
material to make their projects. Replacement parts for the 3D printer can all be made with a
3D printer. They have already reproduced the filament for the printer.
Ainsley & Sidney explained they used a corn syrup base material to make the flower pots, they
were able to design different shapes, and there were some failures. The nozzle extrudes the
material in layers on the design and it takes about 5 hours to make one flower pot.
Kieran & Miko stated there are some challenges learning to design and scale the flower pots
they accidently had one come out huge, they made star and oval shapes.
Alice, Daniel Camron & Tyler shared it was hard to make the bottom whole, but with a 3D
printer you can build whatever you want. Alice designed a Cat flower pot; she said the eyes &
ears were the hardest part.
The students brought in samples of the flower pots they had made and they were amazing.
I will admit I was so captured by these students, their interest in the project, and their ability to
give this presentation to the club and the project itself, I did not do so well with my notes,
apologies if I misspelled a name or left out any details.
I am proud Windsor Rotary supported this program; from the information Megan shared with
us this could grow to be a district wide program in the schools.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bill Bolster thanked everyone that participated in the road cleanup, he stated they not only
picked up but sorted trash as well and the roads look great. The clean-up was followed by a
BBQ in Bill’s back yard, thanks to Diana Brabetz’s Chili and Jo Timmsen’s Red Dirty Rice they had
plenty to eat and did not have to fire up the BBQ.
It is Margarita time: Renee Hyde has some openings for volunteers, the first night of music on
the Green is this Thursday June 1 st , we will offering cocktails every Thursday through the
summer to support our International projects, it is a great place to spend an evening with
fellow Rotarians, have fun and be of service. Contact Renee: renee@reneehyde.com
RYLA BBQ June 13 th , 11am Westminster Woods
If you would like to see RYLA in action, join a few Rotarians from Cloverdale & 60+ students for
a fun filled couple of hours in the woods, & of course lunch, contact Pegi Ball;
pegiball@gmail.com. Youth Protection Training is required, but not really an obstacle, you will
be sent a link from Nayen.org, Training is done on line, and is good for 3 years.
Monica McCabe & Beth Smith PROJECT GRADUATION:
Volunteers need for different jobs during the week; 6/1-6/4, set-up, during the event and clean-
up the day after, contact Monica: monicasmccabe@gmail.com
20/30 Club looking for volunteers for KABOOM, fireworks and dinner July 3 rd , Keiser Park,
Windsor. Contact Brian Ling for information.
Windsor Chamber of Commerce Chili Cook Off coming in September, gives you time to perfect
your recipe.
Youth Exchange: We have a lovely young lady getting herself ready to join us in August, the
Williams have opened their home as her first host family and we have a third host family but in
need of the second host family, (first part of December to mid-March), it is a wonderful
experience and I promise creates lifelong relationships. If you are not able to host please share
with members of your church or neighbors, it is also a great opportunity to share Rotary with
the community.
Stefan our current Son and youth exchange student just continues to make us proud, not only
for the awards he has won for his math software, but his representation of Youth Exchange and
Rotary has been stellar. Stefan was invited to the Windsor School District Board meeting, and I
believe he was not aware he was going to be called upon to speak, but he never skipped a beat,
his presentation was great!
Maureen Merrill has been involved with Leadership Santa Rosa for many years and was a
participant in class 12 along with Ken Moulton. The community program sponsored by the
Santa Rosa Metro Chamber of Commerce is a program designed to identify, develop and equip
community leaders who will help create and support a spirit of cooperation for the resolution
of future community challenges
Maureen with the Windsor Chamber of Commerce is developing Leadership Windsor. The
program is scheduled to start in August and they are currently taking applications and
interviewing candidates. If you are interested in strengthening your leadership skill and
learning more about our community, contact Maureen Merrill:
maureen@maureenmerrill.com.
Reminder: WE ARE DARK TUESDAY MAY 31 ST .
President Brian closed the meeting 8:30am
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Craft Talks - Boyd Morrison, Steve Klick, John Hackenburg
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Teacher of the Year
Good morning-President Brian Ling
Pledge of Allegiance-Catherine
Inspiration-Maureen
Song by JB
Visiting Rotarians=None
Nothing regarding new member Boyd Morrison which was on the agenda
Skipped guest introductions given the number attending the Teacher of the Year awards
Brian introduced Doug who began with opening remarks acknowledging many Rotarians who made the Teacher of the Year possible. Doug then introduced Pam Moulton who introduced Jeremy Decker.
Each site Principle then spoke highly of their Teacher of the Year including a one word overall description of said teacher who in turn was presented with a $500 gift from Windsor Rotary by President Brian Ling. The Teacher of the Year for each school followed by the descriptive word given by their principal and their introducing Principal is as follows:
Meghan Cambell-Inclusive-Brooks Elementary-Annette Zucconi
Kenzie Sherman-Effervescent-Windsor High-Brian Williams
Kristine Behrens-Dedication-Cali-Patricia Chadwick
Jeremiah Kahmoson-Funny-North Bay Met-Forest Harper
Rachel Neu Cardoza-All Encompassing-North County Consortium-Debra Ryan
Patricia Murphy-Magical-Windsor Middle School-Amy Zigler
Lisa DeFazio-Innovative-Mattie Washburn-Brandon Krueger
Kristine Behrens from Cali then thanked her husband for all his support at their home.
Windsor Mayor Rosa Reynoza added her thanks to all the teachers.
President Brian concluded the meeting early.
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Chris Castillo - Verity
Good Morning!
Pledge of Allegiance – Michael Juric
Inspiration – Sandie: From Charles Schultz: All you need is love, but a little chocolate now and then
doesn’t hurt.
Song – Heather: Good day, Sunshine!
Visiting Rotarians – none
Guests: Domingo, Stefan, Natalie Huey, Boyd Merrison, Chris Castello (speaker), Vicky Long, friend of
Pam Moulton who is transitioning into real estate, Grad night leaders Allison Goodwyn and Kelly Wong.
Welcome everyone.
Project Grad update: Beth: Our club presented Kelly Wong with a check for $2000 towards this
AWESOME project to provide our graduates with a safe and sober graduation. Special shout out to the
Windsor Police Department and Chief Raasch who will provide an officer for security that night. Beth is
taking sign ups to help the week before graduation, the night of graduation and the next day! Contact
Beth at donsmith34@sbcglobal.net
Upcoming events:
Domingo turned 21 yesterday! Renee’s birthday present to him is to give him a Paul Harris fellow
designation with the 1000 points she earned from her donation to the Paul Harris fund. Happy Birthday,
Domingo!
Stefahn reported about his and Michael’s trip to D.C. As our Congressional District’s representative for
House of Code. He was so happy to see our capitol and was amazed at how close all the sites were. He
had a wonderful time, and was very appreciative to Michael to be his chaperone. Unfortunately, the
German dinner he was hoping to fund had to be cancelled due to low response, but Stefahn promises a
new event soon.
Golf tournament on April 22 : Renee’s/Bill’s team was JB, Tom, Paul and Renee. Joan had three of her
wild friends for another team. The tournament made $16,000 which will be used as matching funds to
defray costs for international student travel.
The German dinner Stefahn was planning was canceled.
The District Conference in Konocti, is May 5-. Friday is the deadline to register. Contact Tom or Carol.
Carolmartin016@gmail.com
Bill Bolster reminds us of the Faught/Shiloh/Pleasant Cleanup. Come clean the road on Saturday May
20, and then have a pot luck lunch at Bill’s! Starts at 8:00 a.m., bring gloves. Sign up with Bill:
billbolster@eoc--inc.com
Mother’s Day at Keiser Park, 8-12 noon. The firefighters of our glorious county will be serving a free
pancake breakfast (donations most welcome) and Rotary will be serving Momosas and Bloody Mary’s
for $10/ea. Can you help at the bar? Contact Renee at renee.hyde.ngjs@statefarm.com
Environmental activity: Barbara will be at Oliver’s this Saturday distributing reusable produce bags.
Contact Barbara at barbsmcc@gmail.com if you would like to help!
Monica is hoping to submit a district grant worth up to $6,000 to be used for a short term, local project
that has a hands-on component for the club. Have an idea of something you would like to see happen?
Contact Monica at monicasmccabe@gmail.com. Would you like to be on the selection committee? Let
her know!
Have you completed your blue interest survey yet? Please turn it in to Barbara!
Speaker: Chris Castillo, from Verity
Chris is the Executive Director of Verity. Verity is a Rape Crisis intervention organization that has a 24/7
rape crisis/sexual assault line. They have trauma counseling and focus on community education about
sex trafficking. Their number : 707 545 7273
Verity works hard to educate the community about sex trafficking. What can we do to help?
Instead of the word prostitute, use survivors.
Instead of Johns, use the term Purchaser
Instead of Pimp, use Trafficker
Stop using words like slut, ho, prostitute.
Call and offer to help the organization, including being on their board!
Chris said that when you see a survivor your kind smile or words might be the only nice thing they have
received that day.
Thank you to
Set up: Dave/Beth
Greeter: Scott
Song: Heather
Scribe: Monica
Inspiration: Sand
Respectfully submitted,
Monica McCabe
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Festival of Brotherhood
Pledge of Allegiance – by Tom Boylan
Inspiration – Renee Hyde reminds us that we have to “prune to bloom”, not just in our
gardens, but also our lives.
Song – Geoff Harrison led us in the unofficial national anthem of “My Country Tis of
Thee”, which we performed well.
Visiting Rotarians – David Mark Raymond, Sebastopol Sunrise
Guests - Domingo, our honorary son, from Chile. Boyd Morrison with Constellation
Brand. Natalie Huey, our outbound student headed for Taiwan.
President-for-the-day John LeCave had a moving and heartfelt message to our Club. He
has “stepped away” for about 4 years because of fire, covid, and life in general. But he
kept track of our club and observed even though he was not participating on a regular
basis. He complimented the “old guard” of our club which is the core from which our
strength grows. He then noted that the new members were the strongest, best, he has
ever seen. Our Club is strong. And our robust Rotary club applauded that thought
with our usual vitality.
A. Upcoming Events/Announcements –
? Where’s Stefan? JB showed us a short video from Stefan who is in Washington,
DC with Jared Huffman presenting his math application to a wide audience.
? German Dinner April 29 for Stefan’s fundraiser. $80 to attend the dinner, which
will be at Barbara McChesney and David Doht’s home at 6PM. Even if you can’t
attend the dinner, you may just donate any amount you would like for Stefan’s
Western Safari trip.
? District Conference, Konocti, May 5-7 Tom Boylan let us know that this District
Conference is going to be fun! Rotary has the entire resort, and we are the first
event there and opening it up after a long closure. One keynote speaker is John
Hewko, from Ukraine.
? Mother’s Day - May 14, is a pancake breakfast at the Windsor Fire Department
and our Rotary club will be serving drinks (Mimosa, anyone?) to support SCFD.
This is sort of a test run for our Rotary bar on the Green all summer. Sign up to
help and have lots of fun.
? Faught/Shiloh/Pleasant Roads Cleanup – Bill Bolster leads this project to clean up
these Windsor Roads. Only a 2 hour commitment on May 20, 10AM-12 PM.
? Environmental Update– by Barbara McChesney
? Turn in your interest surveys to Barbara
? RYE Golf Tournament at WGC, this Saturday April 22. We have two teams
entered in this event, with room for more or just sponsors. Funds to support
students in Rotary Youth Exchange who may not have the necessary funds to
travel. We want RYE opportunity to be available to more students, so support
this tournament.
? Our Rotary Club partners with other local non-profits in a number of community
activities, like the Food and Toy Drive. On Friday, April 28, we have an
opportunity to partner with Soroptimists in a Bunco night which supports women
and girls in Windsor and beyond. 5PM to 8 PM with tickets $40 at the door.
? Heather Cullen announced a Windsor Middle School Murder Mystery Dinner on
Friday, April 21, from 6-9 PM. $65/ticket supports the drama and culinary clubs at
the Middle School in a 1920’s gangster theme. Your outfits from our 35 th
anniversary celebration can get a second showing! You can even buy a character
you want to play!
? The date for President Brian’s de-bunking will be August 12. Mark your calendars.
B. Recognitions – Leslie wasn’t here to do her funny and charming job of fining us, so
everyone was asked to “tell” on themselves. And it worked. Joan reported on a trip to
Cancun, birthday and anniversary celebrations and gave generously. Maureen let us
know that there was an 81 st birthday celebration in her house and donated accordingly.
Then, Pam Moulton donated for her April 5 special date.
C. Program - David Mark Raymond, Sebastopol Sunrise. Rotarian extraordinaire on all
things Rotary International, Rotary Foundation, and much much more.
David gave a comprehensive update on Festival of Brotherhood in Mexico, which is
going to take place this year on Oct. 31 to Nov. 11, after a several year hiatus. He had a
great power point showing photos of projects that District 5130 has participated in over
a period of 22 years. Our Windsor Rotary club has contributed to many of these
projects, and when David had our Club members stand if they had participated in
Festival of Brotherhood, it was an impressive number of Rotarians who rose and spoke
about the moving projects they had observed and supported on behalf of our club.
Cheers for a successful re-boot of Festival of Brotherhood and our partnership with
District 4140.
D. Thank you to our guests and volunteers
? Setup/ Mitch Grandi, Kurt Mitchler
? Greeter/Doug Williams
? Song/Geoff Harrison
? Scribe/Susan Cole
? Inspiration/Renee Hyde
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Microplastics Everywhere
minutes are from TUESDAY, April 11, 2023
Pledge of Allegiance: Lead by Patrick Dunn
INSPIRATION: Leah Hansen shared a couple of quotes in the Spirit of Easter; my favorite was by
Evan Esar
“Easter is the only time when it’s perfectly safe to put all of your eggs in one basket”
SONG: JB stepped in for the missing Bill Bolster and led us in “Take me out to the Ball Game”
VISITING ROTARIANS: We were honored to have our District Governor Jennifer Strong visiting
our club today; Jennifer announced our District Conference will be held at the Konocti Harbor
Resort: May 5 th -7 th . The Konocti Harbor Resort is reopening after 15 years of being closed and
5130’s District Conference will be the first event held at the resort, Rotary’s chance to Rock the
Lake. Register now; https://www.rotary5130.org
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: Stefan our Son from Germany, Domingo our Son from Chili and
Natalie our 2023-24 YE outbound student. Boyd Morrison returned for a second visit to our
club. Barbara invited her neighbors Tom & Emma Jean, we were also joined by John Brito &
Claudia from Windsor High School’s Welding & Automotive Career Technical Education.
JB reintroduced the club to John Brito the teacher of the WHS Metal & Auto class and his
assistant Claudia that handles grants, student scholarships and job placements.
Improvement of the WHS welding & Auto shop was one of our previous funding projects, JB
displayed a slide of the asphalt now in place at the classroom, allowing students to learn and
perform auto mechanic repairs, still in process is the fence that will enclose the classroom
area. John Brito reached out to Rotary in 2022 requesting assistance in creating and funding a
brochure for the Welding & Automotive class. JB assisted John with content for the brochure
and thanks to Tom Boylan and his skilled team at Boylan Point; brochures in both English &
Spanish were delivered to John & Claudia to distribute to students at Windsor High School.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Renee Hyde announced the Rotary Club of Windsor will be participating at the Fire
Departments Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast, Sunday May 14, 2023, 8am-12noon at Keiser
Park. This will be a kick off for the Rotary Bar; we will be serving Mommosa’s, Bloody Marys
and Screwdrivers. Volunteer’s needed for set-up, serving & clean up. Contact Renee or
Monica. monicasmccabe@gmail.com, renee@reneehyde.com
Bill Bolster has arranged a neighborhood cleanup day May 20, 2023 10am-12noon followed by
a pot luck lunch at his home. Contact Bill: billbolster@eoc-inc.com
Rotary Youth Exchange Golf Tournament Saturday April 22, 2023 at Windsor Golf Club Mother’s
Day
Golfers and Volunteers needed: contact Sandie sekrutz@gmail.com
President Brian & President Elect Nominee are very interested to receive your completed Areas
of Interest Survey, please complete and return to meeting next Tuesday.
Stefan is fundraising to support his Western Safari Trip, offering to prepare an authentic
German Dinner, April 29, 2023, $80.00 per person, purchase tickets from Carol Martin
carolmartin016@gmail.com
Today is Marie Coakley’s 86 th Birthday, Marie was a long time Rotarian, the clubs secretary for
years as well as the secretary for SCARC (Sonoma County Association of Rotary Clubs) I know
she would love to hear from those that remember her.
Barbara McChesney introduced our speaker Dr. Jenny Davies, MD MPH JD, Public and
Environmental Health Director for Cafeteria Culture, and producer of the film Microplastic
Madness. Jenny is visiting from Portland Oregon, her visit to Sonoma County and her first
Rotary meeting.
Jenny gave us a quick but thorough description of plastic; what it is and the fact that we are
surrounded by plastic, and the hazards it creates, not only in the landfill situation but in the
very air we breathe. All of this information is daunting and leaves you wondering what can I
do? Jenny left us with some tips on how to start to tackle the problem;
Question how important is the plastic product you may be using?
Can you find a better replacement?
Avoid single use plastics,
Each Person Do their Best to eliminate Plastic
Barbara sent out to club members the link to Micro plastic Madness; it is available until April
15 th , definitely worth watching. If you do not have the link contact Barbara
barbsmcc@gmail.com for more information in fighting plastics check out Barbara web site,
https://www.mcsisters.org/
President Brian thanked DG Jennifer, speaker Jenny and all our visitors and members for
attending,
President Brian closed the meeting 8:30am
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A Year in Review
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A Visit from Mayor Rosa Reynoza
B. Pledge of Allegiance led by Patrick
C. Inspiration presented by Scott Bonin
D. Song led by JB Singing in the Rain
E. Visiting Rotarians-
F. Guest: Domingo, Stefan, Boyd, Camilla Muro Rodríguez and her family, students from Odessey of the Mind- David, Ava, and Jackson.
G. Student of the Year from the Nueva Core
I. Upcoming Events and announcements
K. Thank you to our guest and volunteers :
Greeter: Rags
Song: JB
Scribe: Kathy
Inspiration: Scott
Guests: : Domingo, Stefan, David, Ava, Jackson, Camilla and her family, Boyd
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DGE Tom Boylan
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Koi Nation Casino
Pledge of Allegiance: Dev Sodagar
Inspiration: Jamie Williams Based on the Gospel of John 15:4 “No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must
abide in the vine.” For Jamie it was and is through athletics which gives her a chance to connect herself
and others with the community and with their better selves. Invest in each other.
Song: Susan Cole: “Here Comes the Sun” in anticipation of tomorrow’s forecast
Visiting Rotarians: none
Guests: Jim Curry, Board Chair, Windsor Chamber of Commerce and a manager at Exchange Bank.
Our Domingo, who was one of our Greeters! Joan, better known today as Machine gun Molly, was
another Greeter. (Come to the 35 th anniversary party!) Also our guest was
Our Stefan, won his competition in the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas and was even upgraded to 1 st
class! This kid is going places in more than one way! He has an open calendar next week because of
Spring Break, so call Sandie or JB and Carol if you can add an activity to his calendar.
Our Natalie Huie, our outbound student is selling homemade cookies to fund her exchange!
Announcements/Events:
Club anniversary is March 25. Please buy your tickets before next Tuesday. Please bring a donation of a
bottle of wine of $25 to next week’s meeting. It’s going to be a lot of fun! Hardly any speeches, but
good food and dancing!
You should have received your invitation to the District Assembly Training on March 31, April !. Contact
Rags, Maureen or Tom for more details and information.
Contact Michael Juric if you are interested in the Scholarship Committee.
This month’s environmental challenge is to Clean it Up! Bring a bag and a grabber on your walks and
pick up trash! Bring your own shopping bags, vegetable bags and water bottle when you go out to avoid
creating more trash! Barbara has lots of ideas!
RYE Golf Tournament at Windsor Golf Course is Saturday, April 22 nd . Sandie has details.
District Conference is in Konocti, May 5-7.
Happy birthday week, JB!
Program: Representatives of the Koi Tribe speaking about the planned casino/resort. The Koi Nation has
announced it has selected a 68-acre site in unincorporated Sonoma County to build a resort. They are
visiting Rotary under the guidance of the Muelrath Public Affairs company, and Robert Muelrath was
also attending.
The Koi Nation (population under 100 people) is planning Shiloh Resort & Casino, a $600 million project
located off Shiloh near Faught Road that will have 2750 gaming devices, 400 hotel rooms, six
restaurants, meeting center, entertainment venue, spa and vineyards. The Koi Nation will be partnering
with Global Gaming Solutions, wholly owned by the Chickasaw Nation, which will manage and operate
the resort when completed.
The speaker stressed that the tribe is going through the Indian Regulatory Gaming Act to meet all
building, environmental and legal requirements. While comments are welcome the local community of
Windsor does not have a voice in the negotiations.
The meeting closed with a reminder by President Brian that Rotary invites speakers to educate our
membership, and the opinions of the speakers are their own.
The speakers' biographies provided by Rob Muelrath Public Affairs are:
Darin Beltran, Chairman
Dino is a seasoned professional whose experience has proven invaluable in helping direct the tribe toward economic self-reliance. He’s held senior management positions in the hospitality and retail industries. He has been working on tribal development for the past 28 years. As the lead in the tribe’s economic development affairs, he looks to build towards a strong minded, independent and disciplined tribal future. Working with his brother Darin has been a very rewarding experience for Dino. Dino’s mother, Ann Beltran, great- aunt, Olive Johnson, grandmother, Margaret Johnson and great uncle Harry Johnson, all inspire his dedication to the cultural survival of the tribe. He credits his mother with his commitment and devotion to the education and health of future generations as his top priorities, especially when making any decision for the tribe.
Respectfully submitted,
Monica McCabe
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Sonoma Watershed
A. Good morning, Rotary Club of Windsor! (Somewhat energetic opening by President
Ling)
B. Pledge of Allegiance – In the absence of a volunteer Geoff Harrison stepped in and did a
memorable, meaningful, energetic, patriotic and enthusiastic leading of the Pledge.
C. Inspiration – Robin Rosendez not attending so Kirt Mitchler stepped in-“Anxiety is the
freedom of choice”
D. Song – Bill Arnone-“Let it Be-Beatles”
E. Visiting Rotarians – none
F. Guests
G. Student of the Year – Vineyard Academy, Victor Milan (Daniel and Josh spoke as an
introductory to Victor’s thank you speech)
H. Upcoming Events/Announcements –
I. Recognitions-none. Should have recognized Geoff for the great job he did stepping in at
the pledge.
J. Program-Carol introduced Don Seymour. Don did a wonderful presentation about the
Sonoma and Mendocino areas watershed including Lake Mendocino, Lake Sonoma and
all the tributaries that feed them. He discussed the two different types of water levels
that invoke two different managing entities once those levels are reached and he
discussed the Potter Valley issue and the impending difficulties it could cause.
K. Thank you to our guests and volunteers
L. Closing comments and Adjourn –
M. Energetic bell ringing by President Brian to conclude the morning meeting.
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SANAS Cuenca
minutes are from TUESDAY, February 28, 2023
Pledge of Allegiance:
INSPIRATION: Michael Ragsdale
“Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future. Faith is the courage to dance to it today.”
Peter Kuzmic
SONG: Bill Bolster led us in a rousing version of Happy Birthday to Stefan, our son from
Germany. Happy Birthday Stefan
No VISITING ROTARIANS
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: Domingo from Chili and Stefan from Germany
Brian Williams introduced Jeff Brant, WHS Spanish teacher and two of his students, Sidney and
Isa, both juniors at WHS, and Kai joining us on zoom from college.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Mike & Maureen Merrill arrived in Roaring 20’s style, ready for our Great Gatsby themed 35 th
Anniversary March 25, 2023 6pm
Staubli “juice joint” 100 Market St. Windsor, Ca.
RSVP https://windsorrotary.org/party
Pam Moulton announced the President nominating committee submitted the name of Rotarian
Larry McCabe as President Nominee Delegate 2025-2026, to the board for approval. The board
approved at a special meeting 2/23/2023. Pam presented the nominee to the Rotary Members
at large, there was a motion to accept Larry McCabe as President Nominee Delegate, the
motioned seconded and the vote was unanimously approved.
Rep. Jared Huffman has named Stefan Neuber, an 11th Grader at Windsor High School, as the
winner of the 2022 Congressional App Challenge in California’s Second District.
Stefan and Michael Juric met with Rep. Jared Huffman last week in preparation of their trip to
Washington DC in April where Stefan will present his award winning app. MatheX
For more information on the Congressional app challenge and to view Stefan’s YouTube video
click on the link: https://www.congressionalappchallenge.us/2022-winners/
Stefan has also joined the WHS soccer team and welcomes everyone to come watch the
games.
Michael Juric reported the scholarship committee has distributed information to students at
the school and on social media to apply for a Rotary Scholarship, deadline for submission
3/15/23.
Environmental: Kurt Mitchler stated there were quite a few entries of projects done for
February but encouraged everyone to keep planting those wild flowers. March is clean up
month; everyone can help with that every day.
Rotary Youth Exchange Golf Tournament: Saturday April 22, 2023 Windsor Golf Club
Proceeds to benefit: Rotary District 5130 Youth Exchange Programs
Register online at: ye5130.org/golf
District Assembly: Great opportunity to learn more about Rotary and support our incoming
District Governor Tom Boylan.
Friday night Social: March 31 st , Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah
District Training April 1, 2023
Ukiah Conference Center
200 School Street
Invite and registration emails will be sent out next week, contact Michael Ragsdale or Maureen
Merrill with any questions.
Speaker: Jeff Brandt
Jeff is a distinguished educator with more than 30 years in the field of education, the majority
of those years spent at Windsor High School.
In addition to his tenure at Windsor High, Jeff has been recognized as a Fulbright Teacher and is
also a Summer Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Most recently Jeff
founded the SANAS Homestay/Immersion Project, a program that allows students to travel to
Spanish-speaking countries and study with medical professionals.
Jeff stated the 3-week Spanish Immersion & Homestay Program is for both high and low level
speaking students and for all ages.
The program gives students the opportunity to not only be immersed in the language but the
culture of the country.
Participants first attend Estudio Sampere in Cuenca Ecuador, to be tested for placement in a
local home for a 3 week stay. During their stay they visited Incan ruins, National Parks, and
open air markets. They participated in cooking and dance classes and enjoyed the everyday life
in Cuenca Ecuador.
Jeff was accompanied by three students that participated in the 2022 SANAS Cuenca program;
Kai, Isa and Sidney, all three students shared some of their experiences, stating the immersion
not only perfected their Spanish but exposed them to a different culture that has enriched their
lives.
Much like our own youth exchange program, it was evident these students now have family and
ties in Ecuador, relationships that will last a life time.
This year’s program will be June 30, 2023 – July 22, 2023
For more information visit: www.SANASCuenca.weebly.com
President Brian closed the meeting 8:30am
From Your Rotary Nurse….
COVID, Flu and RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) UPDATE…..
02/28/23
NEWS: CALIFORNIA’S COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY ENDS TODAY! It has been almost 3 years since our Governor declared a Public Health emergency, issued mandates and earmarked State funds for use in the fight against the pandemic. Even though the State of Emergency ends today, IT DOES NOT MEAN COVID-19 GOES AWAY…… it only means that the government’s approach to this pandemic has changed. We have the experience here in California and in Sonoma County that has proven that we can rally in communities to fight infection and put preventative measures in place. The State wants us to now follow the “SMARTER PLAN” –
1. S for shots
2. M for masks
3. A for awareness
4. R for readiness
5. T for testing
6. E for education
7. R for treatment (RX)
The Federal Government’s COVID-19 State of Emergency will end on May 11th which also means that States will not see help with the cost of testing, treatment and vaccinations. California has seen more than 11 million people contract COVID-19 since the pandemic began 3 years ago with deaths in our State topping 100,000.
So, what does this all mean: it means our pandemic has become an endemic (meaning we will have COVID as a regularly occurring infection or disease within our community) and we need to learn to live with it like the flu. But it also means we still need to be aware of what is going on and take precautions when we are not feeling well or in large groups. We will need a booster COVID shot yearly just like the flu and we just need to live life while being aware of our surroundings.
Because of this, I will not be sharing information weekly with all of you, but rather as I see trends or things happening I think you should know. I am always available to research things for you or answer questions and because of my Public Health background, will be sharing information and trying to educate others. Thanks for putting up with my weekly notices…..
Your Rotary and Public Health Nurse…
Di
COVID UPDATE:
Total Cases: 114,328 (month ago 113,184) Recovered: 113,212 (month ago 112,107) Active Cases: 545 (month ago 545)
Deaths: 545 (month ago 532) (****Please be aware that deaths do not get reported always promptly for a variety of reasons and this does not mean that all of these newly reported deaths could have occurred in the past week. ****)
Hospitalized: 25 confirmed cases and 3 in the ICU (month ago 29 confirmed and 2 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of February 26th, 2023, 1,278,622 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (month ago 1,271,344). We only have 79% of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. Have you had your COVID booster and your Flu vaccine? If not, consider making that appointment now.
MASKS: Masks are still encouraged when not feeling well, around those with decreased immune systems and in large indoor crowds. Unless you are eating or drinking, in an indoor situation with other people, other than your “bubble”, consider masking up to protect yourself and others.
TESTING: Testing is still available but we know most people test themselves. Please continue to report to Sonoma County Public Health if you are positive as this helps Public Health know the trends in our community and if new variants and infections are starting.
Stay aware, take care of yourself and others. We will need to live with COVID and find ways to keep infections at a minimal. Carry a mask with you in case you need it
Fondly,
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - February 21, 2023
Windsor Town Manager
The meeting began at 7:30am with Jo Timson leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance. This was followed by an inspiration from Mike Raascho who essentially encouraged us to "Be and Do our best!" JB lead us in singing "If I had a hammer", which actually everyone seemed to be able to do without the "cheat sheet!"
There were no visiting Rotarians but there were a ton of guests, including Domingo, our Chilean "son", our German "son" Stefan, the student of the year, Esperanza Marquez and her father, Paul Jolly the WHS advisor ,Aron Holiwinsky from the 20/30 club and Gina Fortina-Gibson from the Planning Commision.
•Announcements started by having Daniel Myers, who introduced Paul Jolly, who introduced the student of the year from the STEM core, Esperanza Marquez. What an amazing resume this young woman has with President of MECHA, member of AAUW, and a dancer with the Aztec Dance troupe, on her resume!! To add to that, sh eis playing WHS basketball and soccer, is tutoring students in math, is a soccer player and coach, and plans on going to the University of Arizona to pursue a career in Engineering! She was presented with a Plaque and a check from the Rotary Club by Daniel Myers! BRAVO Esperanza!!
•Carol Martin reminded everyone that there would be a ZOOM Budgetary review meeting on Wednesday evening! It would be an opportunity to review and plan for next year's projects!
•Stefan reported out on his wonderful trip to Hawaii with JB and Carol. Looks like Maui offered opportunities for him to eat, swim, surf and climb on volcanic black sand beaches! LUCKY GUY!! He also expressed gratitude to both Carol Martin and JB Leep for the trip, and to Sandi and Wally Krutz for taking him to the symphony!!
•Beth Smith alerted teh club members of the upcoming fundraiser for PROJECT GRAD on Friday, FEb. 24th, from 4pm to 7pm at Mutt Lynch Winery
•Joan Mora, dressed in the perfect Roaring 20's garb, reminded the members of the updcoming 35th Anniversary party on MARCH 25th at Staubli's! It will be held from 6-10pm, with tickets selling for $75!! Great food, wine, cocktails, dancing and FUN!! BUY YOUR TICKETS now - and DON'T forget to BRING IN a BOTTLE OF NICE WINE or contribute $25!!.
•Monica McCabe put out a request to the club members to "LOAN" plants to the decorating committee for the March 25th event!!
•Michael Juric reminded everyone that it is SCHOLARSHIP season! The application will be on line both for the regular Rotary Scholarship, as well as the Ken Moulton Scholarship, as of April 3rd. Looks like awardees will receive $2000 each!!
•Barbara McChesney reviewed what is coing on in the world of the Environmental area. She reviewed that due to Bill Bolster's suggestion, we have contributed money to the Newport Beach Club to support the Rotary Coral Reef in Panama. There will be 118 Rotary coral reefs "planted" to represent the 118 years of Rotary service. They will also be honoring the first woman president in Rotary! Our club received a Plaque citing their gratitude for our participation in this collaborative project!!
•An announcement was made about the APRIL 22nd Rotary Golf Tournament that will be held at Charlie's and will support Youth Services at the District Level.
•John Hackenburg, Foundation Chair, gave background on the different ways in which people can contribute,to the Rotary Disaster Relief fund. He gave focus to the needs that have developed as a result of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Susan Cole made a request for the club to contribute $2500 to this fund,in part, due to her personal history with Turkey! She mentioned that her mother was born in Turkey and was relocated to Aleppo.There was a personal invitation to the Club Members to contact Ed Turner or Carol Martin should anyone want to donate to this fund. Members were reminded that they would receive Paul Harris Credit with this donation.
•Mike Ragsdale and Maureen Merrill announced that the District Training Assembly, where you can "learn about all things Rotarian!" will be held on March 31st (social at the Grace Hudson Museum) and April 1st (at the Civic Centr) in Ukiah.
SPEAKER:
Jon Davis, Windsor Town Manager
Jon Davis hails from the City of Irvine. He started working for the Windsor Town, in 2003. Since that time he has worked for the Town Park and Recreation Department, was the Interim Town manager in 2021, and was appointed to the Town Manager position in August 2022.
He review the roles and responsibility of the Town Manager's office listing the eight areas of focus, which included:
•Employee focus to attract and retain employees
•Building a new budget addressing teh deficit
•Assess the Civic Center Bldg
•Update the Emergency Plan
•Evaluate the Bluebird project (formerly it was approved for low income housing)
•Develop the Town's strategic plan. Emphasis , wit hinptu from the council, commuity a demployees gave focus to fiscal stability
•Strengthen the relations with the Lytton Tribe
•Complete the Roundabout (the Ribbon Cuttingwill be on March 2nd at 5:30pm)
Mr. Davis highlighted the four specific goals of the Town which included:
•Fiscal Health (looking for difference revenue streams by 2025!)
•Infrastructure
•Livability(creating bike paths, the town green and traffic issues)
•Organizational effectiveness
He also talked about the specifi focus on economic development(2024 sales tax, tourism,etc) , public works (improvement of pedestrian crossing, etc), creating NET ZERO programs (for water reclamation and the development of detention basin projects), Community Development (parklet inthe downtown,food trucks to the Beverage District),restricting locations of Short Term Rentals. He commented on what is going on in the Police Department(increased outreach to the schools, placing cameras around town to reduce criminal activity "off hours"), in Park and Recreation (Windsor Day Parade, Summer nights on the Green, Levi's Granfondo, partnership with Somos Windosr, creating pickleball courts at Hiram Lewis, developing a Veteran's memorial wall in the downtown area, remodeling the Senior Center, Holiday Tree lighting,etc.).
He answered a few questions on issues related to the homeless situation in town, the North bound Arata on ramp, the hotels across from the Snoopy sculpture and north of Olivers, and how does he keep himself organized with all the stuff that is going on??
Jon gave great credit to the team that supports him at the Town acknolewdging that getting things done is a TEAM EFFORT!
Busy GUY!!
Brian thanked everyone for coming and reminded us of our need to sign up fo rthe Anniversary Party, contribute $25 or a bottle of wine and loan some plants to the team for DECORATION!
The meeting ended at 8:33am
respectfully submitted and likely with some level of inaccuracies by,
Pam Moulton
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - February 14, 2023
SoCo Superintendent of Schools
Meeting began with a warm Happy Valentine’s Day greeting from greeter Sandie Krutz and
President Brian. Thank you to Joan Mora for the beautiful Valentine theme decorations and
wonderful chocolates.
Michael Juric led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Inspiration by Joan Mora: “Love doesn’t make the world go round but it does make it
worthwhile.” And to quote our local celebrity Charles Schulz “All you need is love. But a little
chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
And to add to the heart felt feelings of the day, Heather Cullen lead the club in the song
“Oh what a beautiful morning”.
Guests: Amie Carter, County Superintendent and Eric Wittmershaus, Director of
Communications.
Announcements:
Ed Turner extends a very warm appreciation to the club for participating in
donations when he revisited the old practice “Pass the Hat”. This use to be done
when there was a baby born to a member of the club. Now the grandbabies keep
coming. Ed and Louise just welcomed their 4 th grandchild, David Paul Turner.
The club donated $180 so Ed matched it and his grandson now has an account
of $360. This is a nice start.
Pam: Club Anniversary Celebration- Mark your calendar for March 25 Roaring 20’s
theme celebrating 35 years as a club. Event will be held at Staubli in Windsor. Some of
our wine in storage is very dated so the committee is asking each member to contribute
a nice bottle of wine ($25 range) or $25 for the event.
Monica: Creating a list of the accomplishments of the club over the course of the past
35 years. She is looking for things in the value of greater than $1,000. If you remember
things, please send to Monica.
Carol is hosting a zoom Rotary Community Foundation meeting on Feb. 22 nd from 6-7:00
or 7:30. If interested in having a voice in how money is spent, please contact Carol and
she will provide you a link.
Sandie: SCARC dinner: Rotary Club of Cloverdale is hosting the S.C.A.RC Annual Crab
feed Feb. 23, 2023
Barbara Environment: Reviewed information from district environmental committee
meeting. All interested in learning more about the environmental area of focus are
welcome to attend meetings. Please contact Barbara for more information. The
February environmental challenge is to ‘Develop a Garden Project’. Don’t forget to
submit your name any time you participate in any of the challenges. The club has $500
available to spend on any project related to the environment.
Brian Williams announced Career Connections Event. Looking for people to table this
event. He also announced that Windsor High School is looking for panelists for Senior
Project presentations. You can contact Brian Williams for more information for both of
these things.
Brian Ling announced Board Meeting will be held at the Krutz house on Wednesday Feb.
15 th at 6pm. All are welcome to attend.
Leslie was present for “recognitions”, better known as fines.
John LeCave-Radio announcer on Sunday morning promoting Real Estate business with
a talk on reverse mortgages.
RAGS-Birth of his second grandson to son Zac.
Barbara for travel.
Leslie-new job as Activity Director at Fountain Grove Lodge
Pam, Michael and Sue for their week at Casa Marada.
Guest speaker Amie Carter, County Superintendent of Schools was introduced by Pam Moulton
as the first woman and first LGBTQ superintendent since the position was defined in 1852. Amie
Carter who began in Jan. 2023, is a daughter of a Rotarian. She is a mother of 5 girls and
grandmother to two children. Her goals include insuring all students have their voices heard
and have opportunities to succeed, expanding and diversifying staff, student safety, and that
educational opportunities reflect the current job market.
Amie provided a dynamic and presentation of the realities facing the students and teachers of
today. These include a shortage of educators, declining student enrollment, high suicide rate of
Black, Hispanic, and female students, serious academic challenges, teacher housing etc. She
described the positive steps being taken by SCOE to address the range of issues. There is a
heavy focus on literacy and reading as well as keeping kids engaged with in person learning.
SCOE is building teacher housing.
Amie did remind everyone that SCOE has limited power in unifying districts and establishing
things like schedules across districts.
Amie shared the many volunteer positions available within the schools and of course donations
are always a need.
It was a wonderful presentation and we all learned a great deal.
The meeting closed with gratitude from President Brian.
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - February 7, 2023
Sonoma County Airport
A. Good morning Rotary Club of Windsor by President Brian Ling
B. Pledge of Allegiance led by Beth
C. Inspiration presented by Mike Merrill
E. Visiting Rotarians-
F. Guest: Anastasia Shapniup (Ukraine), Samuel Neylon, Kevin Waldrich, Stephanie Keebler, Noel Leone
G. Student of the year Award
H. Upcoming Events and Announcements
Set/up : Beth and Dave
Greeter: Renee
Song: Geoff Harrison
Scribe: Kathy
Inspiration: Mike Merrill
Guests: : Anastasia Shapniup (Ukraine), Samuel Neylon, Kevin Waldrich, Stephanie Keebler, Noel Leone
K. Closing Comments and adjourn
Thank You to the speaker
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - January 17, 2023
Craft Talks
Minutes for Rotary Club of Windsor, January 17, 2023
Pledge of Allegiance – Sue Nelson
Song: Bill Bolster in recognition of MLKjr: Amazing Grace
Inspiration – Tom Boylan: Tom spoke of the Rotarian theme of “Creating Hope.”
Governor for 4770. Thank you to those who are helping to host the Yanos this week.
Announcements:
- Given the uptick in Covid cases, as well as other contagious diseases, please consider wearing a
mask at Rotary events when you are not eating or drinking.
- Club Social for the 5 th Tuesday. We will be bowling at Windsor Bowl on Friday, January 27, at
5:30. Alyssa Johnson is coordinating if you would like to sign up. 707 795 7470 (work).
- Save the Date: March 25, Club Anniversary Celebration. Contact Joan Mora if you would like to
help. Joan@windsorgymnastics.om
- TBD – Monte Carlo/Poker Tournament fundraiser. Londa will give more information soon.
- Environmental Governor’s Citation Award: January challenge: plant some wildflower seeds!
- Michael Juric is looking for help on the scholarship committee. There is an administrative
meeting this Thursday. Michaelj7@comcast.net
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Board Meeting summary:
A Coral Reef Project, Environmental Committee ($1950) This will be a large undersea Rotary
Wheel, funded in sections, which will become a coral reef.
Peru Water Catchment Project, International ($8766) supported in part by Engineers without
Borders
District Website for Humboldt Earthquake and Ukraine Support. Look on the District website to
contribute if you can @ rotary5130.org
A chaperone is needed to escort Stefan to Austin on March 6-9, and Washington, DC April 20-
22. Airfare and hotel provided. Let Brian know if you can. briansling@gmail.com
WRCF Bylaw approval was sought and approved! Thanks to Carol Martin for conscientious
effort on this; she began working on this in the last millennium.
Program Speakers:
The DGE Manuella Yano spoke with the translating help of her husband Rodrigo, on the wonderful
efforts of 5130 Rotary Clubs (including Windsor) to bring an operating room to Potal do Triangulo
Mineiro, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This is a perfect example of creating hope. Gifts and banners were
exchanged.
Craft Talk:
Brian Williams, Principal of Windsor High School spoke on how he is a first hand example of how when a
smart child is told they are good at everything, or even some particular things (that is, when results are
valued over effort) then sometimes the child will fail to try rather than fail to succeed. He put minimal
effort into high school, and then joined the Marine Corps where he found that when you put the work
in, success follows. He shared his path through community college, UCLA, a Masters Program, and
classroom teaching, which led him to his real raison d’etre , administration. He really enjoys being a
principal – likes to shake things up and make big changes early in the process. He fell in love with
Windsor – which he called “Mayberry.” He has been an elementary school principal, middle school
principal and is now the principal at Windsor High – where the highs are higher and the lows are lower.
Maureen Merrill, a woman of many hats. Maureen shared that although she has had many
impermanent addresses and changing schools, she has had but one true and permanent love – Mike.
Maureen is a life coach – helping others to find confidence and clarification of their values and desires.
She helps others recognize choices and build teams. She has owned a health club (becoming a prize
winning weight lifter), property manager and speech coach. She has been active in local politics, serving
on the first Windsor town council.
Thank you to Steve and Mitch for set up.
Latest update from your Rotary Nurse….
COVID, Flu and RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) UPDATE…..
01/17/23
NEWS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NEW VARIANTS OF CORONAVIRUS………. They will continue to occur, so mask up and protect yourself with a bivalent booster and flu shot if you have not. Currently, XBB1.5 is the current dominant variant causing illness here in the US and in Sonoma County! The CDC works with State and local Public Health to monitor the spread of these variants. XBB1.5 is highly contagious, and spreads more easily than earlier variants. Anyone with Omicron infection, regardless of vaccination status can spread this, but vaccinations help to prevent severe illness, hospitalizations and death.
We continue to see infections from the Flu also here in Sonoma County and with this and the new variant of Omicron, has led to increased ER visits, Dr office visits and hospitalizations. Avoid large crowds and protect our more vulnerable citizens by wearing a mask in crowded or indoor situations. Public Health is asking our residents to wear a mask in indoor situations and especially crowded situations in order to protect yourself and others. Please be sure your mask provides the best fit and filtration such as the N95, KN95 and KN94 type masks. Surgical, paper or cloth masks are not recommended.
COVID UPDATE:
Total Cases: 112,978 (last week 112,714) Recovered: 111,660 (last week 111,130) Active Cases: 1053 (last week 1053)
Deaths: 532 (last week 531) (****Please be aware that deaths do not get reported always promptly for a variety of reasons and this does not mean that all of these newly reported deaths could have occurred in the past week. ****)
Hospitalized: 37 confirmed cases and 3 in the ICU (last week 48 confirmed and 3 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of January 15th, 2023, 1,271,227 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,268,903). We only have 79% of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. Have you had your COVID booster and your Flu vaccine? If not, consider making that appointment now.
MASKS: Masks are highly being encouraged during this season of increase COVID, the Flu and RSV. Public Health is really encouraging the use of masks again in indoor settings and especially in crowded situations or around anyone who is medically fragile. The “triplex” or “tridemic” of viruses in our County are causing sickness with increased hospitalizations and ICU stays. As stated, be sure to use a good mask like the N95, KN95 or KF 94 as paper masks, cloth masks or even surgical masks have found not to be effective. Unless you are eating or drinking, in an indoor situation with other people, other than your “bubble”, consider masking up to protect yourself and others.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. My Agency, At Home Nursing, is still available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR) at no charge if you are having any issues finding an appointment. Just call my office at 707-546-8773 and make an appointment with us. We also provide FIT testing for a N95 mask at no charge so that it fits properly. We are able to sell you N95 masks. And we are always willing to answer any questions you may have. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Please take care of yourself and others. Getting COVID is not fun and as residents, we need to do everything we can to protect our most vulnerable residents. A booster with the new bivalent type vaccine is encouraged if you have not had one as is getting your annual Flu vaccine. Carry a mask with you in case you need it …… take care of yourself and others please as we try and get through this season of flu and other respiratory Infections!!
Fondly,
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - January 10, 2023
Round Table Questions
Happy New Year fellow Rotarians and friends and family who are reading our weekly bulletin,
Today’s minutes are from January 10, 2023
Pledge of Allegiance: Robin Resendez
INSPIRATION: Terry Andreacchi “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take
your eyes off your goals.” — Henry Ford
No VISITING ROTARIANS
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS are essentially part of our family; youth exchange student Stefan from
Germany and Domingo a former ye student here from Chili attending SRJC.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
We were missing some of Rotarians this morning as we have had several exposed and or test
positive for covid in the last week. Definitely a reminder this pandemic is not behind us as yet
and we need to be mindful. Social Distancing, Wear a Mask, Wash your Hands.
Our thoughts to all those under the weather, hope to see you soon
Dark: 5th Tuesday January 31 st .
In place of our meeting we will have a bowling night January 27 th @ Windsor Bowling Alley
5:30pm. Sign up at the next couple of meetings or contact Alissa Johnson so we know how
many lanes to reserve. Cost to be determined by attendance approximately $20.-25.00 per
person. Alissa@sonomacorr.com
Monte Carlo Night has morphed into a Porker Tournament and a date change, looking at April
8, but to be announced. Volunteers needed: Set up and Dealers, Brian Williams says no
problem if you do not know how to deal, they will teach you. The tournament is to be held at
the Lakewood Community Village inside Raley’s.
Board Meeting January 16, 2023 location to be announced
Rotary Club of Windsor 35 th Anniversary Celebration Speak Easy Theme March 25, 2023, @
Staubli 100 Market Street, Windsor. Volunteer & RSVP Joan Mora,
joan@windsorgymnastics.com
JB Leep our Program & Speaker chair extraordinaire is offering a meeting at his home
Wednesday January 11 th 6pm to gather ideas and suggestions for future programs & speakers
for our meetings. Great opportunity to share your ideas and interests, contact JB:
jbleep1@gmail.com
Steve Klick will celebrate his birthday tomorrow 1/11/23, HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE!
Congratulation go out to Lea Hansen, Michael Ragsdale and Robin Resendez, we celebrate your
anniversary as Windsor Rotarians.
JB created a Round Table question and discussion activity as our program today; it was quite
fun and motivating. JB put forth a question we answered individually at our tables, and then
switched a few people at each table for question 2, and again for question 3.
Each table then shared a notable response to the club.
1. What is the first thing you would do if you received twenty million dollars?
2. What job have you done that you would enjoy doing again? Not your current job
3. What would you like to volunteer to do within your community that would make a
difference?
Interesting to hear the responses and learn more about your fellow Rotarian. Good to conclude
with what we as Rotarians can do to uplift our community.
President Brian closed the meeting 8:30am
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - January 3, 2023
Steven Campbell
First meeting of the new year which began around 7:34am. The Pledge of Allegiance was lead by Terry Andreacchi, with an inspiration by Renee Hyde where she reminded us that we frequently make New Year's resolutions to change ourselves. She suggested that our resolution this year is to SEE YOURSELF!
Heather Cullen led us in a version of "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" with some level of enthusiasm! Two Rotarians from Orange Plaza Rotary Club in Orange County (Southern California) were introduced. Welcome Tracey Curtis and Joe Colombo!
A series of Announcements were made, and events that are coming up, which included:
•January 31st - is our FIFTH TUESDAY so DON"T come to the meeting.... It looks like there may be a bowling event - NO DATE SET
•February 4th April 8 - Monte Carlo night Fundraiser to be held at the Community Center at Raley's (date was subsequently changed to April 8).
•Replanting native seeds is being encouraged under the JANUARY theme under the Environmental Governor Citation Award, this month
•JB mentioned that he was holding a meeting at his home on WEDNESDAY, January 11th to discuss possible programs EVERYONE IS WELCOME
•Michael Juric , who is chairing the Scholarship Committee this year, indicated that he is looking for Team members to assist in the screening of potential scholarship recipients.
•MARCH 25th has been selected as the day for our ANNIVERSARY PARTY! Details to follow, but it will be held at Staubli, and themed dress will be encouraged!
•With Catherine still out for a while, Brian is asking that members volunteer to be SECRETARY for the day (through the end of January) - please contact Brian if you are interested!
•JB made an announcement about "Waste Less Windsor" where he suggested that we reduce trash, encourage switching to and use of compostible containers, as well as returning the plastic bags that you are not using to the grocery store.
•Chris Landwehr requested that members find replacements when they are unable to do their weekly chore for the club!
CELEBRATIONS and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
•Michael Juric announced that he is celebrating the "30th anniversary of his 40th birthday" on January 7th.
•Bill Bolster publicly thanked JB for all his effort with putting together wonderful programs over the last several years!!
•Diane Brabetz mentioned that she put out a Salvation Army can at her office in the name of (past Rotarian and "Santa") Dick Bishop. She mentioned that her company was able to raise $1000!!
SPEAKER
JB introduced our speaker, STEVEN CAMPBELL, who was familiar with the Windsor Club, having spoke to us four years ago!! He is an author, speaker, and mentor with a BA in Zoology and MA in information technology. He mentioned that his early history included teaching. He made note that he had been asked to teach math at one point, but doubted that he would be successful. He felt that his success in teaching math, despite his reticence, was due to the fact that he was able to change his self-talk about his "negative sense of his capacity" He has been a professional motivational speaker for over 30 years, and has published three books.
He highlighted how we can create new ways of thinking by changing negative messaging to positive affirmations. He made note that much of individual say to themselves on a regular basis is negative, which further encourages individuals be believe what they are telling themselves. He is a firm believer in the power of changing one's self talk in order to self improve. He encouraged people to start replacing negative self talk in order to activate change. He suggested that we break our perspective into three time frames - the PAST (which we can't do anything about), the PRESENT, and the FUTURE. He also suggested that as you are approaching goals, one should acknowledge that the only time frame within which you have control is the PRESENT. A successful present, will open the door to having impact on the FUTURE!
Mr. Campbell encouraged the audience to take what you want to be your future, and speak of it in the PRESENT tense. Live your life as though you had already met that particular goal (loss of weight, a new job, etc.). When you do something very well, and are acknowledged for your accomplishment, embrace the compliment rather than have it "fall to the floor!" Respond to compliments with "Thanks, I know!" Your brain will respond and, eventually, your "negative wires" will respond with "of course you did a great job! This is LEARNED OPTIMISM.
It was noted that the brain doesn't have a sense of time, so when you "blow it," the brain will cluster all the crummy things that you have done into one pile of "dumb things." It is incumbent upon each individual to unravel that mess, and give yourself permission to acknowledge that you could have done better, forgive yourself and move on! the brain needs reinforcement!!
REMEMBER, Failure doesn't equate to being a failure!
Steven suggested that we create personal affirmations which are reviewed EVERY MORNING that:
The meeting closed with Brian telling the club that he is so proud of all the things that we are doing and we reminded them that we are kicking off the second half of the year with a TON of opportunities for members...the District Assembly, The District Conference (in Lake County) and the International Convention in Australia, Increased opportunities to serve both locally and internationally - not to mention our mini -fundraiser on February 4th and the 35th Anniversary party on March 25th.
He thanked the members who assisted this week with Set-up ( Brian), Greeter (Doug), the song (Heather), the scribe (Pam) the Inspiration (Renee) and our guests! He reminded us that Domingo is still looking for jobs to raise money to go see his girlfriend and encouraged us to "be ourselves, be great Rotarians!"
Meeting bell rang at 8:31am.
Respectfully submitted,
Pam Moulton
COVID, Flu and RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) UPDATE…..
01/03/23
NEWS: HAPPY NEW YEAR! HOPE THIS FINDS YOU AND YOURS HEALTHY AND WELL!
NEW OMICRON VARIANT (XBB1.5) HAS DEVELOPED AND IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS! Cases from this new variant have risen from 4% to over 41% during the month of December. It has the potential to drive a new surge of disease - it is the result of 2 variants coming together and forming a new virus. This mutation is clearly allowing the virus to spread better and is of concern to virologists and specialists in infectious disease. So, three years into the pandemic, COVID-19 remains stubborn and persists.
Added to this, we are continuing to see infections from the Flu and RSV. All of this is contributing to increased hospital admissions, ER Visits and Drs’ office full of ill and contagious individuals. PLEASE GET IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE BREATHING, PERSISTENT PAIN OR PRESSURE IN YOUR CHEST, CONFUSION, INABILITY TO WAKE OR STAY AWAKE , AND IF YOUR SKIN BECOMES BLUISH IN COLOR. This can mean you are not getting proper oxygen, could be signs of a heart attack or even pneumonia. If you have cold or flu type symptoms, stay home, drink plenty of fluids, use a cool mist humidifier, prop yourself up on pillows when sleeping, rest and sleep as much as you can and treat your symptoms. Contact your physician if your symptoms worsen or you have any of the above serious symptoms.
SONOMA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH CONTINUES TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO WEAR A MASK IN INDOOR PUBLIC PLACES AGAIN. ENSURE YOUR MASK PROVIDES THE BEST FIT AND FILTRATION SUCH AS THE N95, KN95 OR KN94 MASKS.
COVID UPDATE:
Total Cases: 112,350 (last week 111,885) Recovered: 110,746 (last week 110,073) Active Cases: 1073 (last week 1284)
Deaths: 531 (last week 528) (****Please be aware that deaths do not get reported always promptly for a variety of reasons and this does not mean that all of these newly reported deaths could have occurred in the past week. ****)
Hospitalized: 46 confirmed cases and 2 in the ICU (last week 39 confirmed and 6 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of January 1st, 2023, 1,266,719 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,264,049). We only have 79% of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. Have you had your COVID booster and your Flu vaccine? If not, consider making that appointment now.
MASKS: Masks, although optional most places, are being encouraged during this season of increase COVID, the Flu and RSV. Public Health is encouraging the use of masks again in indoor settings and especially in crowded situations or around anyone who is medically fragile. The “triplex” or “tridemic” of viruses in our County are causing sickness with increased hospitalizations and ICU stays. As stated, be sure to use a good mask like the N95, KN95 or KF 94 as paper masks, cloth masks or even surgical masks have found not to be effective.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. My Agency, At Home Nursing, is still available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR) at no charge if you are having any issues finding an appointment. Just call my office at 707-546-8773 and make an appointment with us. We also provide FIT testing for a N95 mask at no charge so that it fits properly. We are able to sell you N95 masks. And we are always willing to answer any questions you may have. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Please realize that COVID-19 is still out there, as is the Flu and RSV and just be careful around crowds or others that appear ill. Carry a mask with you in case you need it …… Infections are still prevalent, happen quickly and will sideline you if you test positive. Practice good infection control and stay safe and protect our youngest citizens!
Fondly,
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - December 20, 2022
Stefan's Story
Pledge of Allegiance by Art Diaz (nice to see him)
Inspiration by Maureen Merrill: Joy is whatever that is happening at the moment minus your opinion of it!
Song and English lesson: Bill Arnone To Troll is to Sing. We trolled, “Deck the Halls”Guests:
-Our wonderful Domingo, who is now the under the legal guardianship of Renee, which will enable him to start an application for a green card! Yay!
-Pegi Ball introduced culinary students Vanessa and Monica who baked cookies to raise funds for an Italian trip.
-Our exchange student and speaker was Stefan!
This was a big week for our club:
- We collected almost $600 for our weekly server, Janet.
- Pegi Ball organized and cooked a delicious lunch for the residents of Bell Manor, and lots of Rotarians showed up to help serve!
- Mike and Maureen Merrill hosted a delightful holiday party (with Pegi in the kitchen again!)
- Bill Bolster led the ringing of the Salvation Army bells who raised about $1400. Thank you to Jo Timmsen, Mitch Grande, Pam Moulton, Tom Boylan, Sandie Krutz, Wally Krutz, Gabi Serafim, Stefan Neuber, Sue Nelson, John Nelson, Leah Hansen, Kurt Mitchler, Doug Williams, Pegi Ball, Brian Ling, and Jen Senkocoski for ringing the bell for charity
- Larry McCabe reported that the Windsor Food and Toy Drive was a terrific success with about 270 families receiving food and over 800 children receiving a toy. This was an incredible joint effort of service groups (Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Masons, Soroptimists, Odd Fellows) Police, Sonoma Fire, Churches (Presbyterian, LDS, Catholic) High School Leadership, Key and Soroptimist, Chamber of Commerce, Grocery Outlet and other Windsor businesses, C*Star, Grange and community members. Thank you to all who helped donate, buy, wrap and distribute. Special thanks to Carol and JB for their website and accounting help and Monica for lots of general work.
Coming up in 2023
NYE Windsor Chamber, Comedy Night at Mary Agatha Furth
January 31st is a 5th Tuesday, Rumor of a bowling night is afloat
February 4 - Monte Carl Night fundraiser (organized by Londa)
Environmental Governor’s Citation Award : Barbara reminds us that Kurt has information on pollinators, and that every act of green living counts. Put a ticket in the box if you are making changes!
We are dark next Tuesday, December 27th. Have a good holiday!
Presentation: Stefan
Stefan, a German citizen, from outside the town of Halle, waited two years to come to Windsor via Rotary because of Covid. He has two younger brothers. This guy is trying all sorts of activities! He even tried American Football (with no previous experience) and ran Cross Country.
What does Stefan enjoy? Sports, Cross Country, Reading, Table Tennis, Chess, Travel, Coding, Accordion, Family and Friends, food and especially pasta, & watermelon!
Stefan has entered coding competitions and has built a robot. (He came in 3rd of 2 competitors, he jokes).
He won a prestigious German High School competition that garnered him a trip to Silicon Valley! He has won Pirate Pitch for an app called MatheX, a speech based math application for elementary school children. He won a Big Idea Competition and recently won our local Congressional District App competition which will mean he will be going to Washington, D.C.! And he hinted at another competition coming up!
He is very grateful to Barbara McChesney and David Doht, and Heather and Reg Cullen for hosting him so far!.
Stefan says “an exchange year is not a year in a life, but a life in a year.”
We will be hearing about this young man in the future!
Thanks to
Set up: JB Leep, Kurt Mitchler, Bill Conklin , Larry McCabe
Greeter: Pegi Ball
Submitted,
Monica McCabe
Scribe
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - December 13, 2022
2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference with Santar Rosay Outgoing Mayor, Chris Rogers
A. Good morning Rotary Club of Windsor by President Brian Ling
B. Pledge of Allegiance led by Dennis Wilkinson
C. Inspiration presented by Sandi Kurtz
D. Song led by Susan Cole Jingle Bells
E. Visiting Rotarians-Dennis Wilkinson, Rob and Don from Santa Rosa Sunrise
F. Guest: Domingo, Chris Rogers, Debra Fudge, Ephram Cullen, Loren Haul
G. Upcoming Events and Announcements
H. Paul Harris Recognitions awards presented by John to Bill Bolster, Sandi Kurtz, and John LeCave.
I. Guest Presentation: Chris Rogers, the outgoing Mayor of Santa Rosa,, gave us a review of what he learned during his first panel appearance at the The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as COP27, it was held from 6th -20th November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Rogers, who serves on the board of Sonoma Clean Power, discussed how the public electric provider is supporting efforts to curb carbon emissions tied to the North Coast.
Chris told us what went on at the conference, and current activities towards taking care of the climate and environment in Sonoma County and other areas around the globe. Emphasis was on Ocean health.
J. Thank you to our guest and volunteers :
Set/up :JB, Kurt, Bill
Greeter: Doug
Song: Susan Cole
Scribe: Kathy
Inspiration: Sandi
Guests:Domingo, Dennis Wilkinson
K. Closing Comments and adjourn
Latest update from your Rotary Nurse……
COVID, Flu and RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) UPDATE…..
12/13/22
NEWS: COUNTY HEALTH LEADERS MEETING WITH OTHERS AROUND THE NORTH BAY TO DECIDE ON WHETHER MASKING SHOULD BE MANDATED AGAIN. BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN COVID AGAIN, A FLU SURGE AND RSV, HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPACT ON MEDICAL SERVICES AND HOSPITALS! Please be cautious - stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines, get tested if you have symptoms, wear a mask if you have symptoms, a positive test, or exposure to someone with COVID-19 and wear a mask on any public transportation are the suggestions from Sonoma County Public Health. Be sure to cover your nose and mouth when you cough or sneeze, don’t share personal items, wash your hands often, protect others and stay home if you have a fever and get your Flu shot!
COVID UPDATE:
Total Cases: 110,829 (last week 110,326) Recovered: 109,196 (last week 108,879) Active Cases: 1107 (last week 924)
Deaths: 523 (last week 523) (****Please be aware that deaths do not get reported always promptly for a variety of reasons and this does not mean that all of these newly reported deaths could have occurred in the past week. ****)
Hospitalized: 43 confirmed cases and 4 in the ICU (last week 41 confirmed and 1 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of December 11th, 2022, 1,253,638 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,246,695). We only have 79% of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. It is hoped that more people will consider getting vaccinated with the newly reformulated vaccines now available for boosters and obtain their Flu vaccine also.
MASKS: Masks, although optional most places, are being encouraged during this season of increase COVID, the Flu and RSV. The “triplex” or “tridemic” of viruses are in our County and causing much sickness and illness with increased hospitalizations and ICU stays. Consider where you are going, what you are doing and the crowds you will be in and always have a good face covering with you. Use it to stop the spread of these viruses. Protect yourselves and others during our winter months from the Tri-demic! Use a good mask like the N95, KN95 or KF 94 as paper masks, cloth masks or even surgical masks have found not to be effective.
If you have any problems finding these, I do have them available at my office. They are especially critical to use when traveling. The ever replicating, mutating and changing virus that causes COVID is still with us, very infectious, easily spread and still causing illness. In the health care field we are being told that COVID infections are here to stay; just like the flu each year, we will need to get a booster to stay well and keep our chances of getting sick minimal! But the Flu and RSV are causing concerns.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. My Agency, At Home Nursing, is still available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR) at no charge if you are having any issues finding an appointment. Just call my office at 707-546-8773 and make an appointment with us. We also provide FIT testing for a N95 mask at no charge so that it fits properly. We are able to sell you N95 masks. And we are always willing to answer any questions you may have. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Enjoy life, but practice caution during our winter months so you do not become infected or infect someone else.stay well and take care of yourself. Carry a mask with you in case you need it …… Infections are still prevalent, happen quickly and will sideline you if you test positive. Practice good infection control and stay safe and protect our youngest citizens!
Fondly,
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - December 6, 2022
Court Appointed Special Advocates
Pledge of Allegiance led by Michael Juric
Inspiration offered by Renee: “One of the marvelous things about Community is
that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn’t as
individuals”-Jean Vanier
And
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller
Song, Ol’ Blue Eyes Bolster led us in singing “Let it Rain.”
Guests: Larry McCabe invited Perry Austin, recently retired from Rayley’s and a
former member of Rotary. Welcome, Perry!
Domingo has two more weeks of school and then is available for small jobs. He is
earning money to go and see his girlfriend in Costa Rica. She loves him. He loves
her. She misses him. He misses her. Contact Domingo if you have some work!
Sandie Kurtz has some suggested ideas for “field trips” with the exchange
students Stefon and Gabi. Check with her if you can help!
President Brian put out one more plea for members to consider having an
exchange student in their homes next year. If we don’t get volunteers to host a
student for 3-4 months we won’t be able to send a child abroad.
Upcoming Events/Announcements:
-Bill Bolster is looking for Bell Ringers for the Salvation Army holiday buckets! Two
hour slots are available!
- Tuesday December 13 th : bring an unwrapped toy to Rotary for the Food and Toy
Drive.
-Tuesday December 13 th : Help serve lunch at the Bell Manor. Pegi Ball is leading
the event, back by popular demand after Covid. She needs help from 11:30 on to
brighten the residents’ holiday!
-Friday December 16 th :Club Holiday Party at Maureen and Mike Merrill’s! Sign up
to bring an appetizer or a dessert. Party starts at 6 , with some discussion as to
when it is over.
Saturday December 17th: Windsor Food and Toy Drive give away!! Larry McCabe
has been working hard on this big event! Please bring an unwrapped toy to the
Rotary meeting next Tuesday December 13 th . Check out
Windsorfoodandtoydrive.comto sign up to donate (toys, food, money) and we
can use some help at the day of the event – especially in strike down and clean up
(starting at 2:00pm). Don’t leave Larry sweeping the gym at Cali Calmecac in the
dark!
January 31 st is a 5 th Tuesday.
February 4 th , 7-10pm. Monte Carlo night fundraiser. Londa is heading this fun
fundraiser! It will be at the Community Store area in Raleys. With a James Bond
theme it should be lots of fun!
District Conference Entertainment alert: Michael Juric is throwing down a
challenge to the Windsor Rotarians to sharpen their lip-syncing skills. “Windsor
always wins,” said Jennifer Jones. The conference will be the first weekend in
May in Cotati.
Environmental Governors Citation Award Challenge: Barbara McChesney still has
the movie “Micro Plastic Madness” on single use plastics available for those who
would like to see it. Kurt Mitchler announced the December challenge which is in
regard to biodiversity and pollenators. Learn more about the ESRAG biodiversity
program at https://esrag.org/pollnators/ and https//dailyacts.org. Consider
planting flowers that bloom in the winter as well as plants such as lemons,
peppers, milkweed and more. Submit your monthly report and pictures to
https://www.rotary5130.org/environmental-service/
Speaker of the Day: Heloisa Heinen from Court Appointed Special Advocates
(CASA). Ms. Heinen described a volunteer program that seeks to enlist a
common thread for children in foster care. The purpose of CASA is to humanize
the complex child welfare system for the child victim by providing a trained
volunteer who will act as a consistent role model, advocate and potential life long
connection. Ms. Heinen can be contacted at heloisaheinen@sonomacasa.org.
Her description of the need of these children and value of the program was quite
moving and elicited a lot of thoughtful questions from the club members.
Thank you to our guests and volunteers:
Set up: Dave, Beth
Greeter: Doug
Song: Bill Blue Eyes
Scribe: Monica
Inspiration: Renee
Guests: Perry Austin, Heloisa Heinen
COVID, Flu and RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) UPDATE…..
12/06/22
NEWS: FLU SURGE HAS HIT SONOMA COUNTY! YEARLY OUTBREAKS OF SEASONAL FLU COMMONLY OCCUR IN THE FALL BUT IT IS A SERIOUS CONTAGIOUS DISEASE. FLU LEADS TO LOST DAYS OF WORK AND SCHOOL, HOSPITALIZATIONS AND EVEN DEATHS. Sonoma County Drs are concerned about the spike in local Flu, RSV rates and COVID-19. All three of these are on the rise in our community. Please be cautious - cover your nose and mouth when you cough or sneeze, don’t share personal items, wash your hands often, protect others and stay home if you have a fever and get your Flu shot!
Flu vaccines have been mandated by Sonoma County Public Health this year for all health care workers as this has become critical to protect our very vulnerable populations. Healthcare workers are now mandated to have a Flu shot in order to try and minimize the spread of a communicable disease. Anyone 6 months of age or older is encouraged to get a Flu vaccine as soon as you can.
COVID cases has also increased and are impacting our Emergency Rooms and hospitals.
COVID UPDATE:
Total Cases: 110,326 (as of 11/15 109,189) Recovered: 108,879 (as of 11/15 108,151) Active Cases: 924 (as of 11/15 515)
Deaths: 523 (as of 11/15 523) (****Please be aware that deaths do not get reported always promptly for a variety of reasons and this does not mean that all of these newly reported deaths could have occurred in the past week. ****)
Hospitalized: 41 confirmed cases and 1 in the ICU (as of 11/15 - 14 confirmed and 1 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of December 4th, 2022, 1,246,695 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (as of 11/15 1,228,865). We only have 79% of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. It is hoped that more people will consider getting vaccinated with the newly reformulated vaccines now available for boosters and obtain their Flu vaccine also.
MASKS: Masks, although optional most places, still are required some places and should be considered if you are in crowds with people sneezing and coughing. With all of the flu, RSV and increased numbers of COVID, it is important for all of us to protect ourselves and others during our winter months from the Tri-demic! Use a good mask like the N95, KN95 or KF 94 as paper masks, cloth masks or even surgical masks have found not to be effective.
If you have any problems finding these, I do have them available at my office. They are especially critical to use when traveling. The ever replicating, mutating and changing virus that causes COVID is still with us, very infectious, easily spread and still causing illness. In the health care field we are being told that COVID infections are here to stay; just like the flu each year, we will need to get a booster to stay well and keep our chances of getting sick minimal! But the Flu and RSV are causing concerns.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. My Agency, At Home Nursing, is still available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR) at no charge if you are having any issues finding an appointment. Just call my office at 707-546-8773 and make an appointment with us. We also provide FIT testing for a N95 mask at no charge so that it fits properly. We are able to sell you N95 masks. And we are always willing to answer any questions you may have. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Enjoy life, stay well and take care of yourself. Carry a mask with you in case you need it …… Infections are still prevalent, happen quickly and will sideline you if you test positive. Practice good infection control and stay safe and protect our youngest citizens!
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - November 22, 2022
Wally Krutz explains the Grand Jury
and a Craft Talk by Geoff Harrison
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - November 15, 2022
Jim Wood
Latest Update on COVID, Flu and RSV from your Rotary Nurse….
COVID, Flu and RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) UPDATE…..
11/15/22
NEWS: STATE OF CALIFORNIA REPORTS FIRST PEDIATRIC DEATH FROM RSV AND FLU! The California Department of Health has reported the child’s death who was under age 5 but no other details were released to protect the family’s privacy. In a statement, the California Department of Health Director, Dr. Tomas Aragon said “This tragic event serves as a stark reminder that respiratory viruses can be deadly, especially in very young children and infants. We are entering a busy winter virus season – and urge parents and guardians to vaccinate their children as soon as possible against Flu and VOVID-19. It’s also important to follow basic prevention tips like frequent hand washing, wearing a mask, and staying home when sick to slow the spread of germs.” Health officials in California are warning families to really take precautions against the Flu and RSV – avoid having young children in crowds especially during this Holiday seasoning. Avoid people and family that are sick and ensure that all boosters are current. Diseases that cause a cold in an adult can be life threatening to a young child or infant!
Moderna study recently demonstrated that the new booster does up the body’s defenses again Omnicron and COVID subvariants! Pfizer has released similar findings to their new booster. But we are also finding that this virus replicates so quickly and as Federal officials have said “ we empathize the problem in chasing a virus that invents new defenses against immunization faster that the vaccine manufacturers can design and produce modified shots”.
COVID UPDATE:
Total Cases: 109,189 (last week 108,879) Recovered: 108,151 (last week 107,843) Active Cases: 515 (last week 513)
Deaths: 523 (last week 523) (****Please be aware that deaths do not get reported always promptly for a variety of reasons and this does not mean that all of these newly reported deaths could have occurred in the past week. ****)
Hospitalized: 14 confirmed cases and 1 in the ICU (lastweek 20 confirmed and 2 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of November 13th, 2022, 1,228,865 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,219,622). We only have 79% of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. It is hoped that more people will consider getting vaccinated with the newly reformulated vaccines now available for boosters.
MASKS: Masks, although optional most places, still are required some places and should be considered if you are in crowds with people sneezing and coughing. Protect yourself and others during our winter months from the Tri-demic! Paper masks, cloth masks or even surgical masks have found not to be effective so use a good mask like the N95, KN95 or KF94. I have these if you need them and they are especially effective when traveling. The ever replicating, mutating and changing virus that causes COVID is still with us, very infectious, easily spread and still causing illness. In the health care field we are being told that COVID infections are here to stay; just like the flu each year, we will need to get a booster to stay well and keep our chances of getting sick minimal! But the Flu and RSV are causing concerns.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. My Agency, At Home Nursing, is still available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR) at no charge if you are having any issues finding an appointment. Just call my office at 707-546-8773 and make an appointment with us. We also provide FIT testing for a N95 mask at no charge so that it fits properly. We are able to sell you N95 masks. And we are always willing to answer any questions you may have. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Enjoy life, stay well and take care of yourself. Carry a mask with you in case you need it …… Infections are still prevalent, happen quickly and will sideline you if you test positive. Practice good infection control and stay safe and protect our youngest citizens!
Fondly,
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - November 08, 2022
Sonoma Water and what you can do
B. Pledge of Allegiance led by John
C. Inspiration presented by Maureen - quote from Teddy Roosevelt “It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
D. Song led by Susan Cole Four Seasons- Working my Way Back to You
E. Visiting Rotarians-
F. Guest: Former exchange student from 2013 Kani and her mother, Marite from Chile and also Domingo from Chile. Current exchange student Stefan from Germany. .
G. Upcoming Events and Announcement:
H. Greg Mortenson presented a slide show about Becka our current exchange student to Sweden
I. Guest Presentation: Lauren Lum from Sonoma Water presented an interesting and informative talk on the current status of water and drought conditions in Sonoma County
J. Thank you to our guest and volunteers :
Set/up :Beth and Daniel
Greeter Chief Raasch
Song: Susan Cole
Scribe: Kathy
Inspiration: Maureen
Guests: Lauren Lum, Kani, Marite, Domingo, Stefan
K. Closing Comments and adjourn
Latest info on COVID, Flu and RSV from your Rotary Nurse….
Hi All……
Starting this week, I will be adding information on the Flu and RSV which is at alarming rates and coupled with COVID causing concern…..
COVID, Flu and RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) UPDATE…..
11/08/22
NEWS: A POTENIALLY DANGEROUS RESPIRATORY VIRUS IS SPREADING AMONG YOUNG CHILDREN IN SONOMA COUNTY BUT ALSO MAKING ADULTS SICK. Coupled with the anticipated Flu surge and continual COVID exposure, health experts are quite concerned about the triple epidemic. The nation’s health experts are worried about these respiratory viruses accelerating and out numbering our health resources. This “Triple Threat” as they are calling it can leave many residents with lung inflammation that leaves them short of breath and in need of emergency medical attention, thereby impacting our ER’s and hospital resources. They worry about our health care professionals who are already burned out from the COVID pandemic leaving health care …..
Get your flu shot, stay updated on your COVID boosters and take precautions if you are sick. 7% of ER visits in one week (up from 6% the previous week) have been from flu type symptoms while COVID visits have dropped to only 3%. But we also continue to see new COVID variants. It is hitting schools (in some schools half the student body has been out) and unfortunately we are seeing babies and toddlers being seen in ER’s and Urgent Care who cannot breathe and need treatments. Take care to stay healthy, avoid crowds and do not expose others if you are not feeling well.
Total Cases: 108,879 (last reported was 107,979) Recovered: 107,843 (last reported was 106,723) Active Cases: 513 (last reported was 738)
Deaths: 523 (last reported was 518) (****Please be aware that deaths do not get reported always promptly for a variety of reasons and this does not mean that all of these newly reported deaths could have occurred in the past week. ****)
Hospitalized: 20 confirmed cases and 2 in the ICU (last reported was 20 confirmed and 2 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of November 6th, 2022, 1,219,622 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last reported was 1,175,751). We only have 79% of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. It is hoped that more people will consider getting vaccinated with the newly reformulated vaccines now available for boosters.
MASKS: Masks, although optional most places, still are required some places and should be considered if you are in crowds with people sneezing and coughing. Protect yourself and others during our winter months from the Tri-demic! Paper masks, cloth masks or even surgical masks have found not to be effective so use a good mask like the N95, KN95 or KF94. I have these if you need them and they are especially effective when traveling. The ever replicating, mutating and changing virus that causes COVID is still with us, very infectious, easily spread and still causing illness. In the health care field we are being told that COVID infections are here to stay; just like the flu each year, we will need to get a booster to stay well and keep our chances of getting sick minimal! But the Flu and RSV are causing concerns.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. My Agency, At Home Nursing, is still available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR) at no charge if you are having any issues finding an appointment. Just call my office at 707-546-8773 and make an appointment with us. We also provide FIT testing for a N95 mask at no charge so that it fits properly. We are able to sell you N95 masks. And we are always willing to answer any questions you may have. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Enjoy life, stay well and take care of yourself. Carry a mask with you in case you need it …… Infections are still prevalent, happen quickly and will sideline you if you test positive. Practice good infection control and stay safe!
Fondly,
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - November 01, 2022
Riding the Rails
B. Pledge of Allegiance led by Mitch Grandi
C. Inspiration presented by Pegi Ball : Life Life is like a camera. Concentrate on the essentials. Keep a record of the happy occasions. Develop from your mistakes, and if things don’t work out, try again
D. Song led by Bill Bolster - Monster Mash
E. Visiting Rotarians-
F. Guest: Ed Davis, speaker; Exchange student Gabi, and Domingo.
G. Upcoming Events and Announcement:
H. Celebrations and acknowledgements:
I. Guest Presentation: Ed Davis, author has received many awards Latest
Novel, The Last Professional, about life as a hobo. Ed shared about his experience riding the rails 1970-1980.
J. Thank you to our guest and volunteers :
Set/up :JB and Kurt
Greeter Joan
Song: Bill
Scribe: Kathy
Inspiration: Pegi
Guests: Ed Davis
K. Closing Comments and Adjourn:
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - October 25, 2022
Gabriela's Story
A. Good morning Rotary Club of Windsor by President Brian Ling
B. Pledge of Allegiance led by Tom Boylan
C. Inspiration presented by Jamie Williams quote from George S Patton Put your mind in Charge
D. Song led by JB Leep Blueberry Hill
E. Visiting Rotarians-
F. Guest: Susan Gonyo, and Exchange students Stefan and Gabi
G. Upcoming Events and Announcement:
H. Celebrations and acknowledgements for October
Polio Plus Society new members: Susan Cole, Larry McCabe, and Catherine Hannon
Renee CrossFit competition
Carol and JB 6th year anniversary as a Rotatian
JB 50th College Reunión
I. Guest Presentation: Gabriela Serafim, exchange student from Brasil. We learned about Gabi, her family, her home, her schooling and what she has done and hopes to do while in California.
J. Thank you to our guest and volunteers :
Set/up :Jason and Larry
Greeter :Mike
Song: JB
Scribe: Kathy
Inspiration: Jamie
Guests: Susan Goyno, Gabi, and Stefan
K. Closing Comments and Adjourn
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - October 18, 2022
Polio Recognition Day
B. Pledge of Allegiance<br />
C. Song - Heather Cullen- You Are My Sunshine<br />
D. Visiting Rotarians- Bob Rogers, past district governor<br />
E. Guest - Stefan, exchange student, shared his experience working on a garbage truck.<br />
F. Inspiration/Rotary moment - Jo Timmons shared her experience attending the 2006 international meeting as Chair of the Membership Committee. 118 Rotarians from all over the world. It was like being in the UN.<br />
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G. Upcoming events/announcements :
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<li>Saturday November 5 noon-2 Veterans Day Club Service Event at Nations Finest. In honor of Veterans Day and those living in our community, with bagpipes and all, we will provide a little club service and a whole lot of fun. A head count is needed so they know how much food is needed. Contact Carol.</li>
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<li>The first work day for the <b>Sonoma County Fire District (SCFD) Demonstration Garden</b>, which received substantial funding from the Rotary Club of Windsor, will be <u>on Friday, October 28th from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm</u>. The project is being coordinated and carried out by Battalion Chief Cyndi Foreman and her committee of dedicated volunteer participants. Work will involve installation of landscape plant materials, the irrigation system and other associated features. Windsor Rotarians are enthusiastically invited to take hands-on role in this project. The location is SCFD Station 1, <u>8200 Old Redwood Highway</u> (corner of Hembree Lane and Old Redwood Highway). Kindly send an email to Sue Nelson (<u><a href="mailto:jsneslon1@comcast.net" target="_blank">jsneslon1@comcast.net</a></u>) and she will coordinate with Chief Foreman to provide lunch for all Rotarian workers.</li>
<li>Env Com October Theme for</li>
<li>District Governor Citation Award (Kurt/Bill</li>
<li>Ken Moulton Leadership Academy November 18-19 8:30-5 at SRJC, sign up 10/31</li>
<li>Windsor Food and Toy Drive, joint project with Windsor Service Clubs</li>
<li>Club Holiday Party Friday December 16</li>
<li>Monte Carlo Night February 4, more volunteers are needed for the committee.</li>
<li>Windsor High School needs Volunteers for Senior Project Night <b>• PLEASE SIGN UP TO BE A PANELIST FOR OUR SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS, </b><b><u>4/19/23 @5:30pm</u></b></li>
<li><b><u>Community Panelist Sign Up Form</u></b></li>
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H. Celebrations and acknowledgements for October<br />
Joan Mora-Birthday<br />
Doug Williams 30th Wedding Anniversary<br />
Scott Bonin Wedding Anniversary<br />
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I. Guest Presentation: In honor of October 24 Polio Recognition Day Carol and JB shared pictures of their recent NID (National Immunization Day) trip to India to help with polio vaccine distribution and Bob Rogers gave a history and update on Rotary’s involvement<br />
in Polio eradication.<br />
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J. Thank You to guests and Volunteers<br />
Setup /Steve and Mitch<br />
Greeter/ Sandi<br />
Song/Heather<br />
Scribe/ Kathy<br />
Inspiration/ Jo<br />
Guests/ Bob Rogers, Stefan<br />
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K. Closing comments and adjourn by President Brian Ling<br />
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Staubli in Windsor
Susan Cole enthusiastically led us in singing "God Bless America!" A couple of visitors, Stacey Drucker and Lori Rodrigues, from Santa Rosa Sunrise joined us this morning as did Sfon,our "son" from Germany! Ian Pratt, our speaker was also in attendance.<br />
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Several announcements were made including:<br />
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•A golf Tournament at the Foxtail Golf Course, with the proceeds going to the Ukrainian Family whom John Namkung spoke to us about recently<br />
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* Thursday, October 14 - meeting at Carol and JB's home to dicuss where to spend our money this year (Community Service)<br />
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*Sue Nelson alerted us to the Landscape project on October 21st from10am to 2:00pm , which we funded last year, at the Sonoma County Windsor Fire Department. Lunch will be provided for the volunteers!<br />
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•Sandi reminded us of opportunities to hang out with the Exchange Students, and reminded us also that we are in need of host families<br />
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•Kurt and Bill reminded us of the Environmental Committees theme for the month, which is inching us towrds the District Governor Citation Award<br />
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•There is a Board meeting on Monday ,October 17th , from 6-730pm - everyone is invited (Where is it??)<br />
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•The Ken Moulton Leadership Academy is happening on November 18 and 19 from 8:30 - 5:00pm. A great opportunity to hone your leadership skills!!<br />
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•Bill Bolster announced that Dave Culley recently had surgery for colon cancer- drop a note if you can!!<br />
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•Brian Williams announced that the SENIOR PROJECT activity will be startin gup again this year. The High school will be looking for volunteers in May.<br />
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CELEBRATIONS<br />
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Geoff Harrison admitted to his 60th birthday and 33rd wedding anniversary. He graciously started his first PAUL HARRIS with a contribution!<br />
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Our speaker, IAN PRATT, from Staubli, who is a graduate of Oregon State University in Mechanical Engineering spoke to us about the mysterious company that houses the old WINDSOR VINEYARDS building! He mentioned that STAUBLI, who came to Windsor in 2012, is a Swiss based company , is international with over 5500 employees, and started in the 1800's.He reviewed the history of how the company selected Windsor over other towns, in part because of the availability of the space! The company initially started in the world of textiles and has now expanded to working in the role of robotics and connectors. He spoke of the range of robots that they are producing to assist in the development and creation of both textiles and connectors. There was a LOT OF TALK about the technical aspects of the business, which basically translated to ...they are very successful, busy and growing.Further it noted that due to rising costs, there is a good chance that the robots are going to take on more responsibility for the "jobs." The building is 43,000 square feet and employs operational, management and technical staff. He made note that the company is committed to working with the local community and hiring local individuals. Ian mentioned that they have made rooms available for community sponsored events.<br />
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The members had lots of questions and words of thanks for the parking spaces made available on concert nights! Further he spoke of the relationships that they have had with the town leaders.<br />
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Things are looking up for Staubli, given that they are doing about $78 million worth of business, and are anticipating doing about $91 million in 2024, with the expansion into the world of solar and industrial!!<br />
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Ian indicated that he is available for those who might be interested in taking a tour of the building.Contact JB for Ian's contact information!<br />
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The meeting ended with President Brian saying thanks for John H., Kurt and Bill for set up; to Scott Bonin as greeter, to Susan COle fo rthe song, to Doug Williams for the inspirations, to all of our guests and to me, Pam ,your scribe today!!<br />
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So remember - this week...(what's left of it...) Help Each other! That's what we do" and have a great day!!<br />
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signing off,<br />
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Pam Moulton<br />
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SCRIBE for a day<br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"> <span style="color:#75367e">COVID UPDATE…..</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"> <wbr /> <wbr /> <wbr /> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:#75367e">10/11/22</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:#75367e"> NEWS: RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND THAT 42% OF ADULTS HAVE ADMITTED THAT THEY HAVE MISREPRESENTED FACTS RELATED TO HAVING COVID-19, OBTAINING VACCINATIONS OR COMPLIANCE WITH PANDEMIC PROTOCOLS. People will avoid testing when they are symptomatic, telling others, or canceling events . To decrease the spread of the disease Public Health requires the public and our community to be honest, follow protocols and quarantine rules. It takes all of us in our community to work together to keep this virus from beginning another pandemic and new strains evolve. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:#75367e"> Get your Flu vaccine now and a COVID booster. Health experts expect this Flu season to be a bad one which only lowers immune status and gives CCOVID a chance to replicate and renew. Please share with others that the vaccines have been reformulated to address the subvariants causing the COVID outbreaks. If you have recently had COVID the health experts are cautioning to wait anywhere from 6 weeks to 2 months before obtaining a booster as you have already increased your immune system because you had COVID.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:#75367e">Total Cases: 107,979 (last week 107,598) Recovered: 106,723 (last week 106,217) Active Cases: 738 (last week 863) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:#75367e">Deaths: 518 (last week 518) (****Please be aware that deaths do not get reported always promptly for a variety of reasons and this does not mean that all of these newly reported deaths could have occurred in the past week. ****)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:#75367e">Hospitalized: 20 confirmed cases and 2 in the ICU (last week 23 confirmed and 0 in the ICU)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:#75367e">Vaccination information…. As of October 9th, 2022, 1,175,751 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,162,383). We only have 78% of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. It is hoped that more people will consider getting vaccinated with the newly reformulated vaccines now available for boosters. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:#75367e">MASKS: Masks, although optional most places, still are required in airports and some buildings still post signs saying masks must be worn. If you are going to wear a mask, please be sure that you wear it correctly and use a tight fitting mask that works. I continually see people wearing a mask down around their chins or below their nose. This is a waste of time! Paper masks, cloth masks or even surgical masks have found not to be effective so use a good mask like the N95, KN95 or KF94. I have these if you need them and they are especially effective when traveling. The ever replicating, mutating and changing virus that causes COVID is still with us, very infectious, easily spread and still causing illness. In the health care field we are being told that COVID infections are here to stay; just like the flu each year, we will need to get a booster to stay well and keep our chances of getting sick minimal! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:#75367e">TESTING: Go to <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://socoemergency.org&source=gmail&ust=1665713174578000&usg=AOvVaw2oZDQeGlAL_U3p86AAFWYI" href="http://socoemergency.org/" style="color:#1155cc" target="_blank">socoemergency.org</a> to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. My Agency, At Home Nursing, is still available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR) at no charge if you are having any issues finding an appointment. Just call my office at 707-546-8773 and make an appointment with us. We also provide FIT testing for a N95 mask at no charge so that it fits properly. We are able to sell you N95 masks. And we are always willing to answer any questions you may have. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine%2520or%2520call%2520707-565-4667&source=gmail&ust=1665713174578000&usg=AOvVaw35dFncXpmSHFTOS0lvpBbN" href="https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine%20or%20call%20707-565-4667" style="color:#1155cc" target="_blank">https://socoemergency.org/<wbr />events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667</a><span style="color:#75367e">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:#75367e">Enjoy life, stay well and take care of yourself. Carry a mask with you in case you need it …… Infections are still prevalent, happen quickly and will sideline you if you test positive. Practice good infection control and stay safe! My wish is for you and yours to stay well especially with Fall and winter looming and flu season on us!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Craft Talks from Members
minutes are from TUESDAY, October 4, 2022
Pledge of Allegiance: Doug Williams
INSPIRATION: Robin was unable to attend today but Sandie Krutz jumped in with a great
inspiration, Eveready Sandie is an inspiration!
SONG: JB lead us in a rousing version of: “I’ve been working on the Railroad” we almost
remembered all the words of the first verse.
No VISITING ROTARIANS
No GUESTS OF ROTARIANS:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Kathleen Williams thanked all the Rotarians that came out to help and support the Windsor
Day Parade. A fun Day
OKTOBERFEST: District South Rotary Foundation Celebration:
October 8 th , 3pm-6:30 at Wulff and Paula Reinhold 1200 Oak Springs Ln. Rohnert Park
For more information contact Jennifer Strong at 707-349-0815 or
jenniferstrong@jestrong.com
Save the date, November 5, for a club event celebrating our Veterans at Nations Finest in
Windsor. In honor of Veterans Day and those living in our community, with bagpipes and all,
we will provide a little club service and a whole lot of fun. This will be in lieu of the 5th Tuesday
on November 29 when we will be Dark - no meeting.. Lunch and Beverages will be served,
please contact Carol to sign up: Carolmartin016@gmail.com
Environmental October Theme Project for District Governor Citation Award: Kurt Mitchler
announced this month’s project will be a global project and mainly pertains to Rivers, we will be
looking at possibly some projects that include the Russian River, more information will be
provided.
President Brian commented on how well our “Meet the Candidates” (Windsor Town Counsel)
went last week, and thanked JB for putting everything together.
We had a little extra time to hear what a few of our fellow Rotarians have been up to and
“recognize” them for all the fun:
Michael Juric spent two weeks in Portugal with the Hackenburg’s, and followed that with a trip
to Kansas to represent Rotary District 5130 at Rotary District 5710.
Wally Krutz shared that he and Sandie attended and celebrated the marriage of their daughter
Kathy in September, Sandie confirmed they will make a donation.
Pam Moulton traveled to New York and Washington DC with her sister, someone she had not
traveled with for many years, Pam stated she was a wonderful travel guide and they visited
places from the 911 monument to the White House. Pam is paying on her fines.
Craft Talks:
Alissa Johnson:
Alissa is one of our newer members in Rotary, Alissa works for the garbage Co,
(Recology Sonoma Marin). She was born in Santa Rosa, currently lives in Windsor,
she has two sons: 27 & 26, and is raising her great nephew 14 years old.
Alissa is a retired Santa Rosa Police Officer; she retired as Sargent due to back
surgery. Alissa did some independent PI work for a time, and then took a part
time job with Recology Sonoma, the position was not rewarding, and she landed
in Management with the company, which is the position she now holds.
Alissa was living in the Larkfield area when the fires occurred and she and her
family lost everything. She has since sold the property and moved to Windsor,
she is attending college and will receive her MBA in 2024. When she is not
working, raising her Nephew or attending class she likes to cook and takes Pilate
classes. .
When asked with such a busy life, why Rotary? She replied to give back, Alissa
shared that after the fires the community outreach was so terrific and helpful,
adding, because she is busy she may not be able to participate in everything but
wants to be a part of a contributing community.
Kurt Mitchler:
Retired Dentist, he was born in 1957 in Illinois, he attended school in Chicago
where he met his wife. She was from SF and the first question she ask him was
did he plan to return to Illinois? Believing this would be a deal breaker he said no,
when he finished school he went to San Francisco ahead of her. One of his early
experiences in SF was having his house robbed of everything but his clothes.
When she finished school she joined him in SF but they eventually moved to
Marin, in 1989 they had twin boys, Trevor & Garrick. In 1991 they moved to
Sonoma County.
Kurt had a Dental Business in Healdsburg for 16 years; he moved his practice to
Windsor in 2006 and practiced dentistry there for another 16 years.
Kurt said he has been asked why he chose dentistry, was anyone else in the family
a dentist? Kurt claims the only other relative was Doc Holiday, but he did not take
on any of his other traits.
Kurt lost his home on Riebli Rd during the 2017 fires.
Kurt enjoys Hiking, water sports, especially Kayaking or canoes and fishing.
His son Trevor lives in LA and has a solar business, while Garrick lives in SF and
works for SF Community District, the boys are now 33.
JB Leep:
JB claims he was born a Geek, first into Ham radio he decided folks into those
were too weird so he moved on. He was raised in Menlo Park, his father was a
home builder and built “Leep Homes” in the Cupertino and Saratoga & San Jose
area, many of the homes are still there and known as well constructed homes
selling for crazy prices. His father was also a navy pilot so flying and traveling was
second nature to JB.
JB graduated from Stanford University as Electrical Engineer, during his years as a
student he traveled around the world. One trip was a back packing trip through
Europe in a VW Bus. Yes he was a long haired hippie, ?
JB married in 1973 and opened a clothing store in Cupertino, JB Harper, he stated
his father bailed him out of a few business ventures and on the last one told him
he would help him out one last time if he cut his hair and got a job, so he did.
JB was very resourceful and landed a job with Business Land and worked with
them for 6 years, the computer was just coming of age and JB met many
influential people in his journey.
It seems JB had continued success in his career for the following years although
he also experienced tragedy when he lost his wife in 1983.
JB met Carol and they were married in 1990, after they were married JB quit his
job and Carol sold her business and together they started “Blue Bear Software”
they worked the business together until they retired in 2012.
JB has a stepdaughter from his first marriage and two grandchildren: 21 and 15.
President Brian closed the meeting 8:30am
Scribe disclaimer: some dates and facts may be incorrect, difficulty getting
absorbed in individual stories and take accurate notes.
COVID update from your Rotary Nurse…..
COVID UPDATE…..
10/04/22
NEWS: “COVID-19 REMAINS UNPREDICTABL EVEN WITH VACCINES OUT….” We are entering Fall with the coronavirus on the decline; however this virus remain unpredictable, daily deaths are considerable (350-500 daily deaths in the USA) and too few Americans have received even a single booster shot which is important to protect against severe illness. We are going to have to live with this virus and public health experts continue to be concerned that we are not where we need to be.
NEW COVID BOOSTERS are available in Sonoma County. Please remember that the vaccines have been reformulated to address the subvariants causing the COVID outbreaks. Make your appointment to get your Flu vaccine and a COVID booster. If you have recently had COVID the health experts are cautioning to wait anywhere from 6 weeks to 2 months before obtaining a booster as you have already increased your immune system because you had COVID.
Total Cases: 107,598 (last week 107,352) Recovered: 106,217 (last week 106,005) Active Cases: 863 (last week 831)
Deaths: 518 (last week 516) (****Please be aware that deaths do not get reported always promptly for a variety of reasons and this does not mean that all of these newly reported deaths could have occurred in the past week. ****)
Hospitalized: 23 confirmed cases and 0 in the ICU (last week 30 confirmed and 1 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of October 2nd, 2022, 1,162,383 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,155,936). We only have 78% of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. It is hoped that more people will consider getting vaccinated with the newly reformulated vaccines now available for boosters.
MASKS: Mask have really pretty much become optional except for airports (not on airplanes) and some buildings still post signs saying masks must be worn. But if you are going to wear a mask, make sure it is a tight fitting mask that works. Wearing a mask down around your chin, or below your nose is useless. Paper masks, cloth masks or even surgical masks have found not to be effective so use a good mask like the N95, KN95 or KF94. I have these if you need them and they are especially effective when traveling. The ever replicating, mutating and changing virus that causes COVID is still with us, very infectious, easily spread and still causing illness. COVID infection it seems will continue to be with us just like the flu each year! The goal of living with this virus is to try and minimize infection and need for hospitalizations so that our health care system is not affected. Care needs to be available for those suffering life altering illnesses or crises.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. My Agency, At Home Nursing, is still available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR) at no charge if you are having any issues finding an appointment. Just call my office at 707-546-8773 and make an appointment with us. We also provide FIT testing for a N95 mask at no charge so that it fits properly. We are able to sell you N95 masks. And we are always willing to answer any questions you may have. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Be really aware of the activities you chose to participate but live life fully; just practice caution. Be aware of your surroundings and carry a mask at all times. Infections are prevalent, happen quickly and will sideline you if you test positive. We found that out in real time! Practice good infection control and stay safe! My wish is for you and yours to stay well!
Fondly,
Di
Diane Brabetz
Administrator – Owner
At Home Nursing
(707) 546-8773
(707) 546-8788 FAX
(707) 490-2627 Cell
athome@sonic.net
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - September 27, 2022
Windsor Council and Mayoral candidates
October 1 = Windsor Day Parade
October 8 = Oktoberfest District Celebration
October 14-21 = Festival of Brotherhood in Mexico, starting with a tribute to our own Ken Moulton
November 5 = Veterans Day at Nations Finest, Club Service event
COVID UPDATE…..
09/27/22
NEWS: NEW COVID BOOSTERS ARE BEING ADMINISTERED IN SONOMA COUNTY! Please remember that the vaccines have been reformulated to address the subvariants causing the COVID outbreaks. Check in with your medical provider and get your appointment scheduled for the new booster and a Flu vaccine as they expect this to be a bad flu season.
Again to share some personal comments – the COVID outbreak continues to be so widespread. Consider your lucky if you have been diligent and obtained your 2 COVID vaccines and at least one booster. (hopefully 2 by now) It is proving to be so valuable in keeping those of us that have gotten COVID out of hospitals and not in an ICU. Please keep yourself healthy; eat well, drink lots of water (wine too as we do live in Sonoma County…. hehehe) , exercise and just consider what situations you are going into in terms of possible exposure. Even with immunity from the first series, and double boosters, It is still not a nice disease to have if you become symptomatic, can knock you on your butt, make you feel lousy, last more than a few days and leave you with real brain fog. So, just be careful and stay healthy…..
Total Cases: 107,352 (2 wks ago 106,567) Recovered: 106,005 (2 wks ago 105,192) Active Cases: 831 (2 wks ago 969)
Deaths: 516 (2 wks ago 512) (****Please be aware that deaths do not get reported always promptly for a variety of reasons and this does not mean that all of these newly reported
Hospitalized: 30 confirmed cases and 1 in the ICU (2 wks ago 38 confirmed and 3 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of September 25th, 2022, 1,155,936 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (2 wks ago 1,138,064). We only have 78% of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. With the newly reformulated vaccines now available for boosters, it is hoped that more people who are not fully vaccinated may consider getting vaccinated.
MASKS: Mask have really pretty much become optional except for airports (not on airplanes) and some buildings still post signs saying masks must be worn. But if you are going to wear a mask, make sure it is a tight fitting mask that works. Wearing a mask down around your chin, or below your nose is useless. Paper masks, cloth masks or even surgical masks have found not to be effective so use a good mask like the N95, KN95 or KF94. The ever replicating, mutating and changing virus that causes COVID is still with us, very infectious, easily spread and still causing illness. COVID infection it seems will continue to be with us just like the flu each year! The goal of living with this virus is to try and minimize infection and need for hospitalizations so that our health care system is not affected. Care needs to be available for those suffering life altering illnesses or crises.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. My Agency, At Home Nursing, is still available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR) at no charge if you are having any issues finding an appointment. Just call my office at 707-546-8773 and make an appointment with us. We also provide FIT testing for a N95 mask at no charge so that it fits properly. We are able to sell you N95 masks. And we are always willing to answer any questions you may have. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Be really aware of the activities you chose to participate but live life fully; just practice caution. Be aware of your surroundings and carry a mask at all times. Infections are prevalent, happen quickly and will sideline you if you test positive. We found that out in real time! Practice good infection control and stay safe! My wish is for you and yours to stay well!
Fondly,
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - September 20, 2022
Sonoma County Transit Authority
September 20, 2022
A. Good Morning Rotary Club of Windsor
B. Pledge of Allegiance- Led by Chris Landwehr
C. Inspiration- Chief Raasch
D. Song- Susan Cole - My Brown Eyed Girl
E. Visiting Rotarians - None
F. Guests- Domingo, James Cameron, and Ross Clendenen
G. District South - Rotary Foundation Celebration
When: October 8, 2022. 3:00 - 6:30pm
Where: Wolff and Paula Reinholds, 1200 Oak Springs Lane, Santa Rosa (this is the legal address, but it is much closer to Rohnert Park)
Cost: $50. Each. There will also be a foundation raffle. The raffle tickets are $20. And all proceeds go to Rotary Foundation. The raffle tickets are on sale now and the drawing will be at the celebration. Any donation made to the Rotary Foundation since July 15 will qualify you for raffle tickets.
H. Upcoming Events/Announcements
SCARC September 29, at the Union Hotel in Santa Rosa (hybrid meetings)
Windsor Day Parade volunteers are still needed for intersections, contact Kathy Williams (661)878-5394
Festival of Brotherhood October 14-21 Guadalajara & Tlaquepaque Mexico: Dale Knight contact person. Tribute to Ken Moulton and Bruce Campbell at the beginning of the festival. Looking for people from Rotary Club of Windsor to represent us who can attend. Additional contact person Susan Cole.
SRJC Shone Farm Tasting Patio. Any Saturday up to October 22. 11:00- 3:00. SRJC Susan Cole teaches a class on tasting room management and operations.
Volunteers needed for tasting. Tasting fee is $10. And the fee is waived if you make a purchase. For more info Google Shone Farms tasting patio.
Veterans Day club service event Saturday November 5 at Nations Finest 12:00-2:00 lunch
I. Environmental Community Eco Shelf Breaker: small group discussion on Environmental Impact issues. Lead by Barbara and Heather.
J. Guest Presentation SCTA/RCPA James Cameron and Ross Clendenen.
Sonoma County Transportation Authority and Regional Climate Protection Authority. Two small but mighty organizations. They are the first in this state. Main emphasis collaboration and coordination with county, state, Bay Area , and USA government. Making sure there are projects ready to apply for grants and other sources of funding for environmental friendly transportation improvements. Highway 101 update and info on Highway 37.
K. Thank you to our guest and volunteers
Setup/ Daniel and Larry
Greeter/Wally
Song/Susan
Scribe/Kathy
Inspiration/Mike
Guests/ James and Ross
L. Closing Comments and Adjourn
Rotarians- environment- raising awareness
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - September 13, 2022
Poland and Ukraine
Substitute President: Past President Michael Ragsdale
Flag Salute: Tom Boylan
Song: Heather Cullien: God Bless America
Inspiration: From Joan Mora: Remembering the anniversary of 9/11, let’s recall President Obama’s words with regard to the immediate outpouring of charity and humanity following the terrible attacks: “"Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.”
Visiting Rotarians: none
Guests: Cole Yoxall, guest of Alissa Johnson, is the new outreach coordinator for Windsor Resource and recovery. Welcome Cole.
Announcements:
-Kathy Williams is looking for traffic controllers for the Windsor Day Parade, on October 1st.
-John Hackenberg gave a sad polio update: last year there were only 2 confirmed wild polio cases. This year there are 17 cases, including one in New York. Meanwhile, JB and Carol are in India giving “drops of life” (polio vaccines).
-9/19 6:00-7:30 Board of Directors Meeting at Barbara McChesney’s, home: 301 Jensen Lane, Windsor. You don’t need to be on the board to attend.
-9/28 Info night for Youth Exchange. We haven’t had a home grown rotary exchange student in a while (Beth joined after her daughter was selected and we are glad she did!). Contact Bill Bolster if you are interested in attending (billbolster@eoc-inc.com). The meeting will be at 6:30 or 7:00 pm.
-10/8 Octoberfest/District Foundation Celebration at the Reinhold Ranch, 1200 Oak Springs Lane, Santa Rosa, 3:00-6:30 pm. $50/person; please register by 10/2/22. To register please contact Jennifer Strong at 707-349-0815 or Jenniferstrong@jestrong.com.
Pam Moulton introduced today's speaker: John Namkung, a Sebastopol resident, who recently traveled to Poland and Ukraine where he helped transport families from the Polish/Ukraine border to cities in Poland. He also bought and delivered food to shelters in Ukraine.
John drove more than 5000 miles in two weeks, ferrying refugees from the border to safety. He was saddened to see families including young children standing in line for 6 hours in freezing rain waiting to get across the border. At least twice on his trip he was in need of help and out of nowhere help appeared. He called these helpers "Guardian Angels”. His wife questioned why he didn’t stay home and just send a check, and he said, “You can’t get a hug when you send a check.” He hopes at least one Ukrainian child will grow up remembering a 72 year old Asian man who lived 6,000 miles away who came to help his or her family in their time of need. John really showed the power of one person to help others.
Inspired by John’s efforts some neighbors in the Lone Pine Village area of Sebastopol sponsored a Ukrainian family to come and live in Rohnert Park for 2 years under a special program called United for Ukraine. If you would like to help the Lone Pine Ukrainian Family Aid you can contact:
-Type of Wood Charities (Umbrella Charity for this project) at 567 Polk St. , Twin Falls, ID 83301 or typeofwood.org (do NOT use the PayPal option rather scroll to the blue and white box that says “Choose amount” at the top. Write in Lone Pine Ukrainian Family Aid in the comment section.
-GoFundMe: http//gofund.me/13b185b0
Thanks to Kurt Mitchler for room set up, and Larry McCabe for AV set up and support.
Thank you to all who helped today!
Scribe: Monica McCabe
Update on COVID From your Rotary Nurse…..
COVID UPDATE…..
09/13/22
NEWS: NEW COVID BOOSTERS ARE BEGINNING TO BE AVAILABLE IN SONOMA COUNTY! Vaccines have been reformulated to address the subvariants causing the COVID outbreaks. Check in with your medical provider and get your appointment scheduled for the new booster before Flu season hits. And also consider scheduling your Flu vaccine too as we move into Fall and winter and
I would like to personally thank all of those that reached out to me to provide me with concern and well wishes on post COVID and to ask what they could do. It is nice knowing that so many people in Windsor and Sonoma County as large as we have grown can take the time to worry about others. I truly appreciate it and as I said to a fellow Windsor Rotarian this morning, as I nurse it is ingrained in me to give but I have a lot of problems asking for help. It is so nice to know that others care………………. Take care of yourselves and I hope that you dodge the bullet of COVID. As Dr. Fauci stated “it is not a matter of if you will get COVID, but when!”. But for your sakes, I hope not. I have talked to others that have only gotten a slight cold, or congestion and others like our family that got really sick. But if you can avoid it, really try. Post COVID, we are finding “Brain fog, lack of ability to focus and the incredible fatigue!” But at least we are on the mend, feel much better, have tested negative more than once and feel like each day it is bit better.
Total Cases: 106,5673 (last week 106,553) Recovered: 105,192 (last week 104,884) Active Cases: 969 (last week 1157)
Deaths: 512 (last week 512) (****Please be aware that deaths do not get reported always promptly for a variety of reasons and this does not mean that all of these newly reported deaths
Hospitalized: 38 confirmed cases and 3 in the ICU (last week 43 confirmed and 2 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of September 11th, 2022, 1,138,064 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,137,809). We now only have 78% of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. With the newly reformulated vaccines now available for boosters, it is hoped that more people who are not fully vaccinated may consider getting vaccinated.
MASKS: Consider wearing a good fitting mask when you are inside, in crowds or where you do not know many of the people. The ever replicating, mutating and changing virus that causes COVID is still with us, very infectious, easily spread and still causing illness. Even being outside with others does not make you immune from possible exposure from asymptomatic individuals. Masks are still being advised if in a group setting whether inside or outside. COVID infection it seems will continue to be with us just like the flu each year! Infections are still occurring, ER visits are up, and we continue to see hospitalizations. The goal of living with this virus is to try and minimize infection and need for hospitalizations so that our health care system is not affected. Care needs to be available for those suffering life altering illnesses or crises.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. My Agency, At Home Nursing, is still available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR) at no charge if you are having any issues finding an appointment. Just call my office at 707-546-8773 and make an appointment with us. We also provide FIT testing for a N95 mask at no charge so that it fits properly. We are able to sell you N95 masks. And we are always willing to answer any questions you may have. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Be really aware of the activities you chose to participate but live life fully; just practice caution. Be aware of your surroundings and carry a mask at all times. Infections are prevalent, happen quickly and will sideline you if you test positive. We found that out in real time! Practice good infection control and stay safe! My wish is for you and yours to stay well!
Fondly,
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - September 6, 2022
Motown
meeting agenda September 6, 2022
A. Good Morning Rotary Club of Windsor
B. Pledge of Allegiance led by Jeff
C. Inspiration read by Maureen: In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up that makes us rich. Henry Ward Beecher
D. Song - led by Bill Arnone : I’ve been working on the railroad- in honor of Labor Day.
E. Visiting Rotarians- none
F. Guests: Exchange Students Stefan from Germany and Gabi from Brazil, Domingo and his twin brother, Sebastián, from Chile, and Lauren Hall publisher of The Windsor Connection.
G. The 5th Tuesday on the putting Green was a fun event. Thank You to Londa, Pam, Brian W, Barbara and team for organizing. The next 5th Tuesday will in November. President Brian will be in contact with the team for that event.
H. Upcoming Events and Announcements
Final night Margarita Bar Thursday- Thank You Renee and volunteers. Last Thursdays income $1400.
Windsor Day Parade-no new info
District 5130 Foundation BBQ(south)-October 8, noon - 3pm
35th anniversary celebration (TBD) planning in progress
Polio presentation by Bob Rogers (TBD)
I. Governor’s Environmental Citation Challenge
The Governor’s Challenge is from the Rotary District Governor, Jennifer Strong. Barbara McChesney is the lead for our club, but also for our whole District 5130, which encompasses Petaluma and up the coast all the way to the Oregon border.
Barb is to lead the environmental team
Barb, Bill, and Heather on the committee. There will be monthly themes. Talked about how the Industrial Revolution impacted climate change and how that is impacting countries like the flooding in Pakistan that never participated in the Industrial Revolution. It is a global problem, we helped cause the problem, and we must be part of the solution.
J. Guest Presentation on Zoom
Gerald Posner lawyer and author of a book on the history of Motown and many other books started off by repeating the joke JB told him about free speech. Good one JB. Mr Posner presented fascinating and well documented history on the rise and fall of Motown including pictures.
K. Thank you to our guest and volunteers:
Setup/Bill Conklin, John Hackenburg
Greeter/Pegi
Song/Bill Arnone
Scribe/Kathy
Inspiration/Maureen
Guests/Stefan, Gabi, Domingo and his brother , Lauren Hall
Thank you JB for a great presentation
L. Closing comments and adjourn-next week Past Pres Rags! Stay inside where it is cool and over hydrate with your favorite beverage.
From your Rotary Nurse
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - August 30, 2022
5th Tuesday Golf Social - Putting Contest with WUSD Pro Danielle Buckman
COVID update from your Rotary Nurse….
COVID UPDATE…..
08/30/22
NEWS: FALL VACCINATION CAMPAIGN WHICH IS TO BEGIN AFTER LABOR DAY WILL BE CRITICAL AS COVID DEFENSES WANE. US Government has bought vaccines that have been reformulated to the virus’s evolution. Two thirds of Americans have completed the primary vaccine series but only one third have received boosters. Hopefully more people not fully vaccinated will be willing to consider the newly reformulated vaccines and obtain flu shots.
Flu vaccines and newly reworked COVID vaccines for boosters should be ready by October for use……
Vaccination information…. As of August 28th, 2022, 1,228,023 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,134,804). We now only have 78% of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. Government officials are very hopeful that the newly worked vaccines may sway unvaccinated individuals to get vaccinated.
MASKS: The ever replicating, mutating and changing virus that causes COVID is still with us, very infectious, easily spread and still causing illness. Even being outside with others does not make you immune from possible exposure from asymptomatic individuals. Masks are still being advised if in a group setting whether inside or outside. COVID infection it seems will continue to be with us just like the flu each year! Infections are still occurring, ER visits are up, and we continue to see hospitalizations. The goal of living with this virus is to try and minimize infection and need for hospitalizations so that our health care system is not affected. Care needs to be available for those suffering life altering illnesses or crises.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. My Agency, At Home Nursing, is still available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR) at no charge if you are having any issues finding an appointment. Just call my office at 707-546-8773 and make an appointment with us. We also provide FIT testing for a N95 mask at no charge so that it fits properly. We are able to sell you N95 masks. And we are always willing to answer any questions you may have. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Be really aware of the activities you chose to participate but live life fully; just practice caution. Be aware of your surroundings and carry a mask at all times. Infections are prevalent, happen quickly and will sideline you if you test positive. Practice good infection control and stay safe!
Fondly,
Di
Diane Brabetz
Administrator – Owner
At Home Nursing
(707) 546-8773
(707) 546-8788 FAX
(707) 490-2627 Cell
athome@sonic.net
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - August 23, 2022
Craft Talks
He welcomed us all around 7:35 and Renee led us both in the Pledge of Allegiance the Inspiration, where she reminded us of the power of small groups of dedicated people to make significant changes in the world!
Bill Bolster was fined $25 for asking us to sing a song that had been wonderfully sung by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong…..Can’t remember the name of the song – I just heard from many of our fellow singers that “we ruined that sucker!!”
There were no visiting Rotarians and “our” Domingo just returned from Chile, and was introduced as our only guest! It was noted that Domingo is back and ready to start working and is back in school!
Upcoming Events/Announcements included the reminder for the 5th Tuesday event, which will be held on MONDAY, AUGUST 29th , from 5-7pm, at the Putting Green at Charlies! A signup sheet circulated. Members were encouraged to join one of the many teams with a chance to win a prize. Members will be asked to pay their normal “breakfast Fee” of $20 which will cover the cost of the food and wine, to be served at the event. PARTNERS are WELCOME! Looks like we will have a SUPER SHORT meeting before we begin the event, which will also include a demonstration lesson by the GOLF Coach and Pro, from the High School.
A reminder that this month’s Governor’s Environmental Citation is Wildfire Prevention Month
Kathy Williams gave information about the upcoming Windsor Day Parade on October 1st. She will be looking for volunteers as we get closer to the date.
Brian reminded everyone that the District 5130 Foundation BBQ for the Southern part of the District will be held on October 8, Noon-3pm. – NOT TOTALLY SURE where it will be held..STAY TUNED!!
The Club is still planning on having the 35th Anniversary celebration, however we are waiting on a location and a date. STAY TUNED! It is likely that it will be held In the latter part of September or early October!
Brian reminded us of Rotary’s diligence in continuing the fight against Polio!! Bob Rogers, PDG from Sebastopol, sends a weekly noticed to the Presidents about the statistics related to Polio cases around the world.
Beth Smith gave us an update on Kate’s arrival in Japan – noting that she is well settled, happy and with a wonderful family. The family has two older students who had been exchange students years ago . Kate has had the opportunity to go out shopping and dining, eating unique dishes!!
We were encouraged to search out the calendars for our incoming exchange students, Gabi and Stefan. PLEASE SIGN UP to take them to the beach, have them over for dinner, go to a game…whatever – just something fun so that they can deepen their experience here in California!! Both students attended the District Orientation where Gabi was excited to state that there was no country with more than one student!! Amazing Diversity. WE are STILL LOOKING FOR ONE MORE FAMILY. Please!!!
August Birthdays were aplenty – and Leslie Lewis was in her prime as she was able to cite and fine TEN members and partners of members for having birthdays in August – The list included Bill Bolster, Heather Cullen, Daniel Myers, Brian Ling, Larry McCabe, Maureen Merrill, Joanie Bolster, John Nelson, Kathy Williams, and Catherine Hanron (although her birthday was in July, she must have felt like giving money because she also admitted to her GREEK CRUISE!!)
Leslie continued with her glee in fining the happily married couples! John and Sue Nelson for 45 years, John and Donna Le Cave for 36 years, Ed and Louise Turner for 44 years, Brian and Debbie Ling, Robin and Carlos Resendez and Mitch and Bunnie! Congratulations all you happy couples!! Brian paid up a little more because he admitted that he did not introduce Debbie last week! He won’t do that again!!
Two relatively new members gave their Craft Talks , which is something the Club loves to hear. It’s great to get to know our members a little better!!-
Terry Andreacchi mentioned that he was a former member and Past President in the San Carlos Rotary Club . He retired in 2018 and decided to “downsize” moving to Sonoma County from the South Bay. He initially joined the Guerneville Rotary Club, but decided to transfer to Windsor a couple of years ago! He gave a comprehensive overview of his life which include his having a career in both Insurance Business and Teaching at a Continuation High School. He indicated that the change of career to becoming a teacher was part of a MID LIFE CRISIS! Married and divorced two times, he has three adult children. Terry indicated that he has a history of having participated in service organization when he was in school, and that Rotary was a natural extension of this interest. Terry has several hobbies and interests which include gardening, working his land where he has over 30 different trees, including olives, peaches and pears, and collecting Elvis records. Terry is headed to Italy for a month to celebrate his 70th birthday, where he will also be visiting family! Welcome Terry to our Club!! Thanks for jumping in on so many activities!!
Dave Doht, admitted that he was raised in a “Leave it to Beaver” family in San Diego! He received his M.A. in Public Administration where he because a “FAMOUS INSPECTOR “(in his mind!!).His focus was SEWERS, where he claimed that “YOUR SEAGE is my BREAD and BUTTER!” He was in private business for 25 years where he proudly stated that he did all his business “on a handshake!” Dave told the story of being married in 1981, with whom he had two children. His first wife passed away from cancer in 1992. He subsequently met and married Barbara McChesney who had three kids blending into a family of 5 children. Dave shared that he tragically lost his son at age 14 to a heart related issue. Dave’s passions are many, but it looks like SEQUINED shirts is at the top of the list! He wears them dancing, skiing, (likely) boating, gardening, at the theater and anytime he can! He loves camping and travelling all over the world, having visited many countries in Africa, Tahiti, Cuba, South America , Antartica and Fiji not to mention their travels across the United States! He described himself as more of a support person than a leader. He joined Rotary in part because of the social aspect, but is excited about doing things in the community and is excited about the AMAGING age that we live in!!
President Brian extended thank you’s to our speakers as well as to the various members who assisted in volunteering time to take on aspects of the meeting! He closed the meeting with reminding the Rotarians to “Tell YOUR Story to a friend and share why you enjoy being a Rotarian!”
Respectfully submitted
Pam Moulton
COVID UPDATE…..
08/23/22
NEWS: PFIZER AND BIO N TECH ASK FDA TO AUTHORIZE NEW BOOSTER THAT CONTAINS MRNA FOR THE EVER-MUTATING VIRUS THAT CAUSES COVID! They claim their new booster will cover the original virus for COVID-19 as well as both the BA.4 and BA.5 for those 12 years and older. Moderna is also working on a new booster for protection against the mutating virus.
I am sharing the recommendations again this week for when you test positive whether or not you are symptomatic. They are as follows:
Quarantine for 5 days – this means stay away from other household members and use separate bathrooms if possible. If not possible, then disinfect the bathroom after every use.
MASKS: The ever mutating and changing face of the virus that causes COVID is still out, highly infectious, easily spread and causing illness. Masks, although not mandated, are being recommended especially if you are inside or even outside in large crowds or groups of people that you do not know. COVID infection is not over whether we are tired of it or not! Infections are still occurring, ER visits are up, as are hospitalizations. This will continue to affect our health care system and drain resources especially as we get into flu season. If you have not thought about obtaining your flu booster for this year; put it on your calendar, call your Physician and schedule it for when you can!
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. My Agency, At Home Nursing, is still available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR) at no charge if you are having any issues finding an appointment. Just call my office at 707-546-8773 and make an appointment with us. We also provide FIT testing for a N95 mask at no charge so that it fits properly. We are able to sell you N95 masks. And we are always willing to answer any questions you may have. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.
Be more aware of the activities you chose to participate but live life fully with caution. Be aware of your surroundings and carry a mask at all times. Infections are prevalent, happen quickly and will sideline you if you test positive. Practice good infection control and stay safe!
Fondly,
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - August 16, 2022
District Governor in the house
Pledge of Allegiance: Steve Klick
INSPIRATION: Leah Hansen:
“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere” Carl Sagan
Today is President Brian Ling, & Heather Cullen’s Birthday, in total we have 9 members with Birthday’s in August,
In recognition of all those B Days, JB led us in a Roaring version of HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
VISITING ROTARIANS Assistant Governor Sandie Krutz introduced District Governor Jennifer Strong and David Halling
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: Tom Boylan introduced Geoff Harrison, & Alissa Johnson, - Sonoma County Resource Recovery. JB Leep introduce Stefan YE student from Germany, and Kathryn Williams introduced Gabi YE student from Brazil, and Beth Smith introduced her daughter Kate Smith our outbound YE student leaving for Japan on Friday.
I hope you caught the fact in the introductions that we have a new Son & Daughter for the year, to insure that they have a fabulous year and the chance to meet all the Rotarians Sandie pasted around a calendar for each one, I am sure the calendars will be available each week,
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
JB shared that Carol did test positive last week and had a challenging day Saturday, but is feeling better and on the mend.
Rotary Bar Thursday on the Green had a busy night last Thursday, brought in $2800.00 They are in need of volunteers: servers and clean up, 5:30pm – 8pm. (4 nights on the green left)
5 th Tuesday Meeting will be held Monday August 29 th , 5:00 – 7:00 PM Location: Windsor Golf Club Putting Green (See Flyer)
Windsor Parade: October 1 st , Rotarian’s need to assist with Balloon & represent Rotary, Please contact Kathryn Williams.
DG Jennifer and President Brian inducted New Members: Geoff Harrison, General Manager & Alissa Johnson, Admin. Manager both of Recycle Recology Sonoma Marin, sponsored by Brian Ling. DG Jennifer finished their induction taking their 1 st Rotary selfie, with herself and the club,
Foundation Co-Chair Diane Brabetz presented Dev Sodager with his Paul Harris Award, Outbound Youth Exchange Kate Smith thanked the club for all the support she has received from the club. Kate was originally scheduled to go on exchange in 2020, she is finally leaving Friday and traveling to Japan, she is very excited and promises to post on her blog her adventures.
In recognition of President Brian Lings birthday, Brian contributed $100.00 to The Rotary Foundation in his wife’s, Debbie’s name, and matched it with 100 of his points towards her Paul Harris.
Guest SPEAKER: District 5130 Governor Jennifer Strong:
Jennifer is a 6 th Generation Californian; she presently lives on the family ranch. Jennifer was introduced to Rotary in 1987 and was the first female student Rotarian; this was before Interact was created. She has been a member of the Lake Port Rotary Club since 1998, 2X Past President, District Grant Chair, YE Host Family and was the lead on the Tree Planting project in Lake County after the 2015 Lake County fires. With the help of Rotarians and volunteers 3,000 trees were planted in ONE Day at Middletown Trailside Park. This project was so successful Rotary District 5130 created a Disaster Relief Fund.
Friendship Exchange is very important to Jennifer, while on her journey visiting all the Rotary Clubs in District 5130 Jennifer will stay at a Rotarians home from each club, she extends a Big Thank You to Sandie & Wally Krutz for opening their home to her and to Barbara & Dave for hosting the Board Meeting and Social.
Jennifer is a true believer that “time once spent is gone” you cannot get it back, because of this belief and knowing how important everyone’s time is she is interested to know “why Rotary and why stay”?
This probing question created a lively and interesting discussion, it was information, interesting and fun to hear from fellow Rotarians what attracted them to Rotary and why they continue to be a part. Responses spanned from projects that touched the heart, local and international, Business, Social, personal support from fellow Rotarians, experiencing the outcome of the reach of Rotary to the comradery and fun of the club.
It was a good meeting with the opportunity to get to know, understand & support Jennifer and fellow Rotarians.
It is tradition for the Rotary Club being visited by the District Governor to have a gift for the DG, Jennifer has ask each club to put together a basket that can be raffled at the following club she visits, the proceeds of the raffle will go to The Rotary Foundation, in addition Jennifer will apply matching points to The Rotary Foundation in that individuals name.
Mike Merrill was the highest bidder of the beautiful basket presented to our club, Congratulations Mike.
“Rotary takes ordinary men and women and gives them extraordinary opportunities to do more
with their lives than they ever dreamed possible” Clem Renouf
Meeting adjourned: 8:30am
Latest update on COVID from your Rotary nurse….
COVID UPDATE…..
08/16/22
NEWS: FULLY VACCINATED AND DOUBLE BOOSTED INDIVIDUALS ARE STILL GETTING COVID! 60-70% OR MORE OF THOSE WHO GET INFECTED ARE STILL TESTING POSITIVE ON A RAPID TEST AFTER 5 DAYS OF QUARANTINE! The recommendations if you test positive whether you are symptomatic or not are as follows:
1. Quarantine for 5 days – this means stay away from other household members and use separate bathrooms if possible. If not possible, then disinfect the bathroom after every use.
2. Stay home – quarantine means just that – do not go out and remain away from others to ensure we do not continue the spread of this virus.
3. Notify Sonoma County Public Health online that you have tested positive so that you can be counted and your infection tracked.
4. Notify your personal physician as he /she may want to start you on Paxlovid (antiviral drug).
5. On Day 5 or 6 test on a rapid test. If you are negative, quarantine is ended but it is suggested you wear a good fitting mask (N95, KN95 or KF94) for another 5 days.
6. If on that rapid test you still are positive, then quarantine for an additional 5 days (for a total of 10 days) or until you obtain a negative rapid test.
7. It is possible that people can get a rebound infection after Paxlovid, so if you become symptomatic again, test on a rapid and stay home until you are negative.
COVID UPDATE:
Total Cases: 104,668 (last week 103,714) Recovered: 101,025 (last week 101,025) Active Cases: 2189 (last week 2189)
Deaths: 506 (last week 500)
Hospitalized: 52 confirmed cases and 2 in the ICU (last week 44 confirmed and 3 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of August 7th, 2022, 1,132,953 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County (last week 1,130,001). We now only have 78% of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. Vaccines are encouraged, still available and still can be obtained .
MASKS: BA.5 and other new strains of COVID are causing infection. All seem to be highly infectious and easily spread. Masks, although not mandated are being suggested especially if you are inside or even outside in large crowds or groups of people that you do not know. Because of these subvariants, please realize that COVID – 19 is not over. Infections are still occurring, ER visits are up, as are hospitalizations. This is effecting our health care system and draining resources.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. MY Agency, At Home Nursing, is still available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR) if you are having any issues finding an appointment. Just call my office at 707-546-8773 and make an appointment with us. We also provide FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly, will be able to sell you N95 masks or are willing to answer any questions you may have. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Live life, enjoy your time, but be aware of your surroundings and carry a mask at all times. Infections are prevalent, happen quickly and will sideline you if you test positive. Practice good infection control and stay safe!
Fondly,
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - August 9, 2022
RYLA
Rotary Meeting 8/9/2022
B. Pledge of Allegiance- Bill Bolster
C. Inspiration - Londa Faber
D. In the Good old Summertime – Heather Cullen
F. Guests (possible)
The 35th Anniversary Celebration will be the end of September
Rotary Club of Healdsburg proudly presents “Embers of Awakening:From Firestorms to Climate Health”. See the flyer for details.
H. The Windsor Day Parade this year will be on October 1, 2022. Volunteers will be needed for walking with the float and also to man intersections for traffic control. Sign up sheets will be available at future meetings.
I. Renee announced that the Rotary Bar made $2300 at the last Town Green. Volunteers are needed for the next Town Green, a large crowd is expected because it is an Elton John tribute.
J. Youth Exchange. (Pegi/Sandie/Bill)
The Festival of Brotherhood will be held mid October, it is a project fair where potential Rotary projects will be presented both local and international.
Current COVID info from your Rotary Nurse…
COVID UPDATE…..
08/09/22
NEWS: INFECTED PERSONS CAN STILL TEST POSITIVE AFTER ENDING 5 DAY ISOLATION! Please be aware if you test positive, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and the California Department of Public Health, you are to quarantine or isolate for 5 days. On the 5th day, use a rapid test (if you have no symptoms) to determine if you are now negative. If you are not, then your isolation period is to be continued for a full 10 days or until you test negative. This is to help stop the spread of infection. But be aware that health officials are finding that some 60 to 70% of people are still testing positive on a rapid test 5 days or more after the onset of their symptoms or first day of a positive test.
Because it is difficult to track the true volume of infections, urge your family members and friends who test positive to report this to Sonoma County Public Health.
COVID UPDATE:
Total Cases: 103,714 (last week 103,183) Recovered: 101,025 (last week 100,039) Active Cases: 2189 (last week 2644)
Deaths: 500 (last week 500)
Hospitalized: 44 confirmed cases and 3 in the ICU (last week 45 confirmed and 4 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of August 7th, 2022, 1,130,001 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,124,664). We now only have 78% of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. Vaccines are encouraged, still available and still can be obtained .
MASKS: BA.5 continues to be the prevalent strain of COVID which is highly infectious and continuing to spread. Public Health and Infection control doctors are strongly encouraging use of masks. They do suggest we consider wearing masks when in crowded, indoor settings, but feel as infectious as this is, consider wearing a mask even when outside in large groups. If you are traveling contact the airlines or check the country you are visiting to identify their mask mandates.
Because of the subvariant BA.5 , we are finding that COVID – 19 is not over. It is still infecting people. There are surges in infections and many people even with treatment are seeing that they will test positive for more than the 5 days of suggested quarantine. If you test positive, please consider reporting your infection to Sonoma County Public Health online so that our infections are counted and tracked. If you are positive, stay home and isolate for 5 days and if you continue to test positive on or after day 5, then you will need to continue isolation for the full 10 days! Help to keep our neighbors and friends who are immunocompromised or has underlying health issues safe by wearing your mask and make sure it is a good mask that fits tight to your face and covers your nose and mouth. Get vaccinated and boosted!
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Enjoy life but be aware how prevalent the surge of COVID is right now. Practice good infection control and stay safe!
Fondly,
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - August 2, 2022
SMART Rail
Inspiration - Susan Cole - There is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it.” Amanda Gorman Poet and activist
Song- Bill Arnone - God Bless America
September 29 - Tentative 35th Anniversary Celebration
Renee announced that the Rotary Bar is having a spectacular year. $1300 was the lowest day and $2800 was the top day. VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED!
Patrick Dunn announced that August 21st the band Super Diamonds will be playing in Windsor. They play Niel Diamond songs and are very good.
Exchange Students
Incoming : Sandi Kurtz announced that Stefan arrives Tuesday night and Gabi arrives Wednesday night. Thursday August 4 will be a meet and greet at the bar on the town green.
HOST FAMILIES ARE STILL NEEDED!
Outgoing: Bekah has arrived safely in Sweden. Kate Smith has purchased her plane ticket and will be leaving shortly for Japan.
Bill Bolster gave a summary/update about the short term exchange program.
Governor’s Citation Award Challenge #4 (see handout) Drought and Fire Preparedness.
Name drawing for July’s challenge: Kurt, JB, Sue Nelson, Maureen, Brian Lang
JB introduced the speaker Eddy Cummins, General Manager of SMART, his presentation generated lots of questions and comments.
Mitch Grandi made a $50 donation to the Community Fund.
Di Brabetz, RN CPNP PHN - Administrator / Owner
From your Rotary Nurse….. COVID UPDATE….. 08/02/22
NEWS: DESPITE INCREASE IN COVID -19 INFECTIONS, OUR STATE HAS ISSUED A PUBLIC EMERGENCY FOR MONEKYPOX WHILE THEY CONTINUE TO ALSO TRY AND ABATE THE SURGE IN COVID-19 INFECTIONS!
SONOMA COUNTY CONTINUES TO RECORD NEW CASES OF COVID-19!
Subvariant BA.5 continues to cause widespread COVID-19 transmission in Sonoma County and across the Nation, even infecting our President in Chief who has tested positive twice and is back on isolation. Because it is difficult to track the true volume of infections, urge your family members and friends who test positive to report this to Sonoma County Public Health.
COVID UPDATE:
Total Cases: 103,183 (last week 101,524) Recovered: 100,039 (last week 97,701)
Active Cases: 2644 (last week 3323)
Deaths: 500 (last week 500)
Hospitalized: 45 confirmed cases and 4 in the ICU (last week 42 confirmed and 2 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of July 31st, 2022, 1,124,664 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,122,138). We now only have 78% of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. Vaccines are encouraged, still available and still can be obtained .
MASKS: Public Health and Infection control dos are strongly encouraging use of masks because of the surge in infections caused by the subvariant, BA.5. They do suggest we consider wearing masks when in crowded, indoor settings, but feel they should even be used when outside in large groups. If you are traveling contact the airlines or check the country you are visiting to identify their mask mandates.
COVID – 19 is not over and is still infecting people. There are surges in infections and many people even with treatment are seeing that they will test positive for more than the 5 days of suggested quarantine. The CDC has not recommended testing before coming off isolation unless you have a fever or symptoms, but with this more infectious BA.5 variant, it would not hurt to test yourself on or after Day 5 to see if you are still shedding the virus. If you are still positive, stay home and isolate for the full 10 days. Be sure to report your illness so it can be tracked. Please help to keep our neighbors and friends who are immunocompromised or has underlying health issues safe by wearing your mask and make sure it is a good mask that fits tight to your face and covers your nose and mouth. Get vaccinated and boosted!
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.
Stay safe; consider others and practice good infection control while enjoying life!
Fondly,
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin, July 26, 2022
Farewell to our Exchange Students, and the Interesting History of Rigid Airships
We were treated to an interesting talk by John Geoghegan, author of When Giants Ruled the Sky, the brief reign and tragic demise of the American rigid airship.
John LeCave led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Scott Bonin, gave the Inspirational Thought: The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. – Winston Churchill Scott added that our Club inspires contagious optimism.
Susan Cole led the song, "My Club" patterned after "My Girl" by the Temptations.
We had several guests today:
Kate Smith, on her way to Japan in August, and she brought her Grandma, Lauren Hull.
Bekah Mortensen and her Mom, Kelly and Dad, Greg were on hand to wish her bon voyage to Sweden this weekend.
Geoff Harrison and Allison Johnson from Sonoma County Resource Recovery joined our meeting today.
Lauren Hull, publisher of the Windsor Connections Magazine also joined us.
Welcome, all, and thank you for joining us!
Upcoming Events:
July 26, (TONIGHT) Windsor Chamber Get Connected After Hours, tonight at Super Sonoman 7726 Bell Road
August 16: DG Jennifer Strong visits, and our distinguished President, Brian Ling, celebrates his birthday.
August 30: 5th Tuesday #1. President Brian is starting a new tradition. He has divided the club into groups. Each group plans an alternative to the usual breakfast meeting on the 5th Tuesday.
October 1, Saturday, Tentative date for Windsor Rotary's 35th Anniversary
When
Beth Smith had a parting gift and notes for each of our Rotary Exchange students, Kate and Bekah. Kate thanked the Club once again for staying by her over the last three years as we all navigated through the pandemic and she finally gets to go abroad. She is very grateful. Bekah echoed Kate's thanks, and added that the Club has been so supportive.
Guest Presentation:
Our Guest Speaker was John Geoghegan, author of When Giants Ruled the Sky; the brief reign and tragic demise of the American rigid airships. John gave a fascinating talk with slides about the truly amazing development of rigid airships - we call their much smaller cousins "blimps." The USS Macon was the largest and most advanced airship - of the time, and was 140 times bigger than the Goodyear blimp. While planes had a range of 350 miles, the Macon had a range of 10,000 miles. They were intended to patrol the Pacific for Japanese ships and subs. They flew above the clouds and lowered a "spy car" below the clouds on a pendulum type cable to get closer observation. Moffett Field in Mountain View has the hangar that was originally built to house the Macon.
Why did it fail? John cagily answers, "You will have to buy the book to find out." John focuses on unusual inventions that fail despite their great promise.
Thanks to
Set up: Jason, Beth, JB, Larry
Greeter: Mike
Song: Susan
Scribe: Monica
Inspiration: Scott
Speaker: JB
Guests: Kate, Bekah, Geoff, Alissa, Lauren
Next week our substitute president will be Pegi Ball.
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - July 19, 2022
Rotary Past and Future
07/19/22
NEWS: SONOMA COUNTY EXCEEDS 100,000 CASES OF COVID-19! NEW VACCINE BY NOVAVAX CLOSE TO BEING AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN USA! FDA HAS AUTHORIZED THE COVID-19 VACCINE FOR DISTRIBUTION. The hope is that many of those who have shied away from vaccinations will consider getting vaccinated with Novavax because it is protein-based and is a type of vaccine widely used for decades.
Subvariant BA.5 is causing widespread COVID-19 transmission in Sonoma County. 33.8 new daily cases (per 100,000 people) Unfortunately this number is probably higher because of so many doing home tests, discovering they are positive, but not reporting their positivity to Sonoma County Public Health. So these infections are not being tracked nor counted! Countywide hospitalizations spiked to 57 a weeks ago with 7 individuals needing Intensive Care support. Health officials are continuing to urge our residents to wear masks indoors when around large groups of people but have stopped short of instituting a mask mandate again.
COVID UPDATE:
Total Cases: 100,499 (last week 99,428) Recovered: 96,510 (last week 95,093) Active Cases: 3489 (last week 3835)
Deaths: 500 (last week 500)
Hospitalized: 38 confirmed cases and 4 in the ICU (last week 40 confirmed and 1 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of July 17th, 2022, 1,118,487 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,114,537). We now only have 78% (this has dropped because vaccines are now available to babies from 6 months of age and older) of our population 6 months and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. Vaccines are still available, still be given and special consideration is being given to some of our minority communities within our county to try and educate, encourage and offer vaccinations.
MASKS: Public Health and other health officials are strongly recommending that we use masks because of the surge in infections caused by the subvariant, BA.5. They suggest masks should be used when in crowded, indoor settings, but even outside in large groups. However, judge your situations, how long it has been since you had a booster and how long you will be in the situation. Masks are now optional on airplanes; however, they are still required in airports and most other forms of public transportation. The CDC is still recommending masks on airplanes.
Unfortunately, the pandemic is not over and we are continuing to see huge surges in infection of COVID-19 in our community. We realize that all of us are so, very fed up with wearing masks and not getting out. We are seeing fully vaccinated and boosted individuals getting COVID. This virus will keep replicating and has shown it can become stronger and more infectious. Hopefully if we are able to convince more people to get their 2nd booster who before were not eligible, and convince those not even vaccinated to consider the new Novavax, it could give our community that boost needed to fight off infections. Until then, stay safe, wear your mask and help to keep everyone safe who is immunocompromised or has underlying health issues to ensure we are vaccinated and boosted!
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Stay tuned for release of Novavax and help others to know what is going on. We want our community safe…..
Fondly,
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - July 12, 2022
Bring on Brian!
minutes are from TUESDAY, July 12, 2022
Pledge of Allegiance lead by Brian’s guest Jeff Harrison.
INSPIRATION: Tom Boylan first attended a Santa Rosa Rotary club where Brian Ling’s father was a member. His first meeting was shortly following a substantial earthquake in Nicaragua. A hat was passed to collect money for the Rotary foundation which was all going to be donated to Nicaragua. Tom was impressed and inspired at how easily and quickly the club raised for money for people so far away that they did not even know. People just simply cared enough to help perfect strangers. He joined, dropped out, and rejoined the Windsor club during Maureen’s presidency. Brian was supposed to be next president but emergency circumstances prevented that, so Tom was asked, became president and is now District Governor elect.
SONG: JB Leep lead the club in a rousing rendition of ‘This land is your land, this land is my
land’.
No visiting rotarians today:
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: Lovely wife Debbi Ling, Sonoma county Resource Recovery Geoff Harrison-SCRR, Alyssa Johnson-SCRR, Kate Smith, Bekah Warm welcome to John LeCave, Bev Graham who were in attendance for the first time in a long time.
Brian Ling Inspiration – Before we introduce our guests, I want to share my Rotary Inspiration who is Jennifer Jones, this year’s President of Rotary International. During my in-depth Rotary indoctrination, the past 6+ months, I’ve had the pleasure of hearing her speak at PETS and the RI Convention, as well as a more personal meeting she had with our District 5130 members while at PETS. She is a fabulous Rotarian and Humanitarian, and she is going to take Rotary to places and plateaus our members worldwide have never seen before. Her theme of Imagine Rotary will unite all 1.4MM Rotarians not just as the Ukraine war continues, but through the many years of recovery once this tragic event ends. It wasn’t planned this way over a year ago when she announced Imagine Rotary as her theme, but John Lennon’s verses haven’t left my brain since Jennifer led us all singing Imagine to close out this year’s PETS conference, just days after the Russian invasion began. “When did you become a Rotarian?” is the question she is asking all Rotarians while encouraging us to share our story. Also known as that “Rotary Moment”, this year we’ll follow President Pam’s charge to let all of us hear YOUR story.
Today’s program will include a few member announcements and presentations, but instead of a guest speaker we will have what my Rotarian Father frequently called “A Preview of Coming Attractions”, as we embrace this new Rotary year.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Environmental focus: Barbara presented the District Governor Environmental Citation Award.
Also from the meeting was the Challenge. I am including the flyer here, attached and below. The flyer explains how to qualify for prizes!!
Please note that one of the qualifying things you can do is to volunteer for Waste Less Windsor this Thursday, 7/28. Please contact JB Leep ( jbleep1@gmail.com 707-403-8100 ) to volunteer.
Brian’ goals and coming attractions:
A. Leadership Team –
We’ll also have a few Substitute Presidents, new whistle blowers, and a few task forces to recommend changes to our Communication Strategies and structure of the Windsor Rotary Community Foundation. He would like to see some some new names in leadership as the team is very similar
Brian thanked all for coming and for giving him the honor to serve as our president.
Final words. . . Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us, only sky
Imagine all the people
Livin' for today
Ah
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace
You
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
COVID UPDATE…..
07/12/22
NEWS: VIRUS LEVELS HAVE RISEN ACROSS THE NATION AS THE EVER-MORE CONTAGIOUS SUBVARIANT (BA.5) ARE CAUSING INFECTIONS! 112,000 NEW CASES PER DAY ARE BEING REPORTED – how many more are not being reported as people home test. The White House and health experts are seeing to blunt this virus by offering every adult in the USA a 2nd booster while the vaccine producers work on “tweaking” the booster for October as a means of stopping the surge. US regulators are committed to updating the 2020 vaccine recipes for the Fall boosters with new formulations. They hope to defend against the ultra-contagious omicron subvariants and hope that these may appeal to those people who have been holdouts to consider getting vaccinated.
VACCINATIONS FOR CHILDREN 6 MONTHS TO 5 YEARS OF AGE ARE AVAILABLE! Both Pfizer and Moderna were cleared by the FDA for use in young children. The CDC is recommending one booster for children age 5 and older several months after their initial series of vaccinations.
COVID UPDATE:
Total Cases: 99,428 (last week 98,414) Recovered: 95,093 (last week 93,887) Active Cases: 3835 (last week 4030)
Deaths: 500 (last week 497)
Hospitalized: 40 confirmed cases and 1 in the ICU (last week 40 confirmed and 1 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of July 10th, 2022, 1,114,537 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,111,745). We remain at 83% of our population 5 years and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. Vaccines are still available, still be given and special consideration is being given to some of our minority communities within our county to try and educate, encourage and offer vaccinations.
MASKS: Masks are encouraged right now to be used because of the surge in infections caused by the subvariant, BA.5. They should be used when in crowded, indoor settings, but even outside in large groups where you do not know the people, around people who are elderly, have underlying health issues or are immunocompromised. Plastic shields in stores are coming down, have come down and there appears to be a more relaxed stance in stores and markets. However, judge your situations, how long it has been since you had a booster and how long you will be in the situation. Masks are now optional on airplanes; however, they are still required in airports and most other forms of public transportation. The CDC is still recommending masks on airplanes.
The pandemic is not over and although we are weary of living behind masks, we are facing increasing infection rates due to the highly contagious subvariants. We are seeing fully vaccinated and boosted individuals getting COVID. We are having to live with this virus that keeps replicating and seeming to get stronger and more infectious. Hopefully we will see more people getting their 2nd booster who before were not eligible and give our community that boost needed to fight off infections. Although infected people are not being admitted, they are getting sick and the hope is a newly reworked formula for the Fall will give us the option of another booster tailored more to the subvariants. Until then, stay safe, wear your mask and help to keep everyone safe who is immunocompromised or has underlying health issues to ensure we are vaccinated and boosted!
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Hopefully you are staying safe, healthy and well.
Fondly,
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - June 28, 2022
Passing the Baton
Scribe – Di Brabetz, RN CPNP PHN
President Pam called to order our Rotary Meeting signifying her last meeting as our intrepid leader and welcomed us to the final meeting of the 2021-2022 Year.
Pledge of Allegiance: Led by Aiedan Wilkeng our outbound short term exchange student to Italy
Song – led by Past President Michael Juric
President Pam shared a photo of Camp Windsor, the internment camp but our sign says “ALL VISITORS WELCOME!”
Introductions: Guests:
Rotarian of the Month: Beth Smith praised for the last time – thanks for all that you have done.
Rotary Moment: President Pam announced that everything today will be a Rotary moment so hold that thought……
Domingo shared with the Club a collage of moments from his year as our Exchange son…… a wonderful short video of his adventures. We will always remember your smile, enthusiasm, and willingness to participate……..what a year!
Announcements:
Paul Harris Awards and Polio Plus Society: John Hackenburg and Di Brabetz presented pins and certificates to our most recent awardees…..
Rotary Moments: President Pam dedicated the rest of our meeting to thanking members for their contributions, but started first with a huge thank you to all of us for her Party. She reminded us that the theme of this Rotary Year was “Embrace” which she was thankful we all had done for her. An emotional year of loss, she stated we kept her going and so she began to share with us all of the accomplishments of this year……
Speed Dating. Rotary Moment. Theme of the Month
Leslie Lewis “Busted” – our fining queen
Environment with our first “what is your carbon footprint?” Monthly Board Meetings
Passport to Success
Upcoming Events
Student of the Year
Wearing/Use of Masks
Our Community and International Service giving out $95,877 in service awards
Dacdb and the “Dragon”
Establishment of the Ken Moulton Foundation which has $30,000 in donations!
Celebrated Holidays (this club does seem to like costumes and dressing up!!!)
SPARK SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ukraine and how our club embraced them
Scholarships that we were able to award
Paul Harris Recipients
President Pam shared with us some of the highlights from the DeBunking – our own Sheriff, Mike Raasch showed up at Pam’s house in Lakewood Hills to handcuff her and
Put her in his squad car. (What will the neighbors think????) At least she did not have to ride alone in the back, but she was locked in and had to be let out!
We all were waiting in the driveway at Barbara and Dave’s house and here comes a squad car with lights flashing. Quite the entrance Pam! After she was let out of
handcuffs, Pam was treated to appetizers, drinks and a great dinner. (thanks for the dinner Catherine!) And the chair of honor for Pam and a show to entertain all.
Male dancers, singing, dancing, skits and huge thank you’s for Pam for the year she has led us through.
Thank You’s:
President Pam publically acknowledged with thanks and a gift the following “Amazing Rotarians”
And then onto what she named our “Quiet Rotarians” – working quietly to get things done……
And then onto what she calls her “Key Players”…..
And finally to her Board this year…..
President Pam shared she could not just select one Rotarian of the Year but wanted to thank some STAND OUT PLAYERS….
She shared through some unshed tears (she was determined to get through our meeting without crying…..) that we have been the MOST AMAZING CLUB! Pam joined our Club when Ken was a member but left us to move to the Healdsburg Club, but she stated she always knew she would be back and thought being President would be such a great thing. Little did she know agreeing to be President would be in a year of the pandemic, having no meetings but doing zoom and being grace under pressure during Ken’s illness and passing. She said we were the wind beneath her wings, kept her grounded and were there for her for so many things. She did not know what she would have done without all of us because this Club and Rotary are family……
Pam – from all of us we salute you for the great, successful year you have had, the grace and professionalism you have shown and the leadership you have demonstrated. We cannot thank you enough for everything you have done in a year of chaos and challenges! We love you….
President Pam then passed the President’s pin to Brian Ling and we are starting this year with a Perpetual Presidential Pin that will be used for all incoming Presidents. Congratulations Pam to a great year and to Brian for what we all know we be very successful!
Pam then rang the bell for once last time as our meeting concluded…..
REMEMBER WE ARE DARK ON TUESDAY, JULY 5TH! SEE YOU TUESDAY, JULY 12TH FOR BRIAN LING’S FIRST PRESIDENTIAL MEETING……
COVID Update from your Rotary Nurse…..
06/28/22
NEWS: DISCUSSION ON WHETHER TO OFFER NEW COVID-19 BOOSTERS THIS FALL! Debate is being held among US health authorities whether to offer modified COVID-19 booster shots that will better match recent changes of the shifting coronavirus. Our current vaccines target the original coronavirus strain and we are seeing waning immunity and a barrage of variants so protection against infections has dropped markedly. The decision now is whether “tweaking” the boosters would offer a good chance of protection against another surge. Adding to this concern is a possible winter COVID-19 wave – we have about ½ of all Americans who have not gotten even their first booster and winter could bring a surge of another variant in a population not fully vaccinated.
VACCINATIONS FOR CHILDREN 6 MONTHS TO 5 YEARS OF AGE HAVE BEGUN! Both Pfizer and Moderna were cleared by the FDA for use in young children. If you have an infant, toddler or young child or grandchildren in that age group consider protecting them with the vaccination. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association have encouraged doctors and families to get young children vaccinated.
COVID UPDATE: We are continuing to see new COVID infections, outbreaks in those already vaccinated and boosted. The issue is there are many still who have not had even their first booster and those not even vaccinated and the infections continue to cause major illness and death in those populations. We want to be out, about and socializing but caution is still recommended.
Total Cases: 97,116 (last week 95,630) Recovered: 92,376 (last week 90,993) Active Cases: 4244 (last week 4142)
Deaths: 496 (last week 495)
Hospitalized: 32 confirmed cases and 3 in the ICU (last week 37 confirmed and 2 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of June 26th, 2022, 1,108,458 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,105,814). We remain at 82% of our population 5 years and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. Vaccines are still available, still be given and special consideration is being given to some of our minority communities within o9ur county to try and educate, encourage and offer vaccinations.
MASKS: Masks are still being encouraged to be used in crowded, indoor settings because of the rise in hospitalizations, ICU admits and surges. Masks are now optional on airplanes; however, they are still required in airports and most other forms of public transportation. The CDC is still recommending masks on airplanes so it is a personal decision.
The pandemic is not over and we continue to see fully vaccinated and boosted individuals getting COVID. The one things to remember though, these individuals are not usually becoming really sick, not needing hospitalization nor are they requiring ventilator support. We have an obligation to our fellow man to keep everyone safe who is immunocompromised or has underlying health issues to ensure we are vaccinated and boosted!
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
I hope this finds you safe, healthy but if you need any questions answered, you know I am always available!
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - June 21, 2022
A Year in Review
COVID UPDATE…..
06/21/22
NEWS: VACCINATIONS FOR CHILDREN 6 MONTHS TO 5 YEARS OF AGE BEGIN THIS WEEK! Both Pfizer and Moderna have been cleared by the FDA for use in young children. If you have an infant, toddler or young child or grandchildren in that age group consider protecting them with the vaccination. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association have encouraged doctors and families to get young children vaccinated.
COVID UPDATE: We continue to see new COVID infections, outbreaks in those already vaccinated and boosted and our community who are on COVID overload, socializing, and getting out. But those social events are leading to infection. Enjoy life, get out, but just take precautions. Continue to encourage those who have not had their booster to do so. The 2ND booster dose is available for those over 65 or those 50 years old with chronic health conditions.
Total Cases: 95,630 (last week 94,300) Recovered: 90,993 (last week 89,488) Active Cases: 4142 (last week 4318)
Deaths: 495 (last week 495)
Hospitalized: 37 confirmed cases and 2 in the ICU (last week 40 confirmed and 5 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of June 19th, 2022, 1,105,814 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,0101,698). We remain at 82% of our population 5 years and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. Vaccines continue to be given and clinics are open but we are not reaching the vaccination shy individuals in our community that we still need to get vaccinated. The population still at risk are our minorities who are not getting vaccinated. Please let people you know who have not had their booster how important it is to make the appointment and complete their vaccination! And let them know Novavax may soon be authorized for vaccine which is different than either of the Pfizer or Moderna. Vaccinations for babies age 6 months up to 5 years of age now being available may help strengthen our numbers as parents take kids in and talk up vaccinations.
MASKS: Masks are being encouraged to be used again in crowded, indoor setting because of the rise in hospitalizations, ICU admits and surges. Masks are now optional on airplanes; however, they are still required in airports and most other forms of public transportation. The CDC is still recommending masks on airplanes so it has now become a personal decision.
The pandemic is not over and we continue to see fully vaccinated and boosted individuals getting COVID. The one things to remember though, these individuals are not usually becoming really sick, not needing hospitalization nor are they requiring ventilator support. We have an obligation to our fellow man to keep everyone safe who is immunocompromised or has underlying health issues to ensure we are vaccinated and boosted!
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Just stay safe and think of others…..
Fondly,
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - June 14, 2022
The Benefits of Rotary Youth Exchange
Scribe: Di Brabetz, RN CPNP PHN
The Meeting was called to order by our President Pam Moulton and we were led in The Pledge to Allegiance
Song: Bill Arnone let us know that today is actually Flag Day and so appropriately we sang “You’re a Grand Ole Flag”
Rotary Moment: Leah Hansen was asked to share with us her Rotary Moment and she spoke on the program that she participated in with Social Advocated for Youth. It was a walk that was for homeless teenagers and what a moment that meant to her.
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians: Santa Rosa Sunrise: Matthew Crooks, Kristine Burns and Penny Millar
Introduction of Guests: Lauren Hull, Publisher of Windsor Connection and guest of Maureen’s
Rotarian of the Month: Although she was not in attendance, President Pam congratulated Beth Smith for being our Rotarian of the Month
President Pam asked us to go around and if you could choose any person from history to be your imaginary friend, who would that be? Great answers from our Club………
Announcements:
President Pam suggested that all of our birthday babies consider a donation to their fines, Polio Plus, Windsor Foundation, Ken Moulton scholarship and we all joined in a quick round of Happy Birthday!
President Pam asked Chris Landwehr who was online what they were planning to do – “going to Italy”….Chris will pay his fines
Asked Larry McCabe what he would do ….. “waking up to the love of my life beside me”
And when Monica was asked the same question, her reply was “going to bed with the love of life beside me”, there were a lot of “Ahs……” Great answer!!!
Passport meeting to be held after our Rotary meeting – Sandie Krutz will discuss Youth Exchange.
Renee Hyde publically thanked Sandie and Wally Krutz for taking over the Rotary Bar for her - we made over $2100 and they said we should have Brian Williams work every Bar as he is a “hawker” extraordinaire – calling to people to buy a metal cup from Waste Less Windsor and come fill it at our Rotary Bar. A permanent assignment, perhaps? And Brian’s comment – priceless! “I drive people to drink!!!”
RYLA today – at Westminster Woods - see Pegi Ball if you can help with the lunch
Movie Update – Ed Turner shared with us that we are a go for a Rotary Movie Night on Wednesday, June 22nd
- 6 pm for a social time
- 6:45 pm – movie starts
Cost is $25 per person and includes a glass of wine or beer and a cup of popcorn. Wine and beer can be taken into the theater. All proceeds go to Ken Moulton Scholarship Fund.
RI Convention Update – Tom Boylan shared with us that Rotary is the only non-government organization with a seat on the UN!!! He shared with us that Our District 5130 had quite the contingency of people attending - how impressive it was that the Ukrainian Flag was carried in up front and people stood up and cheered. He also talked about people from so many countries - talking to people about their lives and their Rotary Projects. As is tradition with President Pam, Tom brought her a gift – a carved sunbird from Africa.
Youth Exchange – Sandie Krutz put out a desperate plea – she still needs 3 Host families for our incoming girl from Brazil and a boy from Germany. They are needed for the first time period of August to about Thanksgiving and then the end of the school year. Please think about hosting – it is such a great experience!
SPEAKER: Jamie Carroll
JB shared with us that he and Carol were fortunate to go to our District 5130 Conference in Fortuna and had the opportunity to hear Jamie speak. Jamie agreed to pay a visit to our club and be our speaker today. Jamie is a former Rotary Youth Exchange Student from the Rotary Club of Eureka and a graduate of Cal Poly Humboldt. She holds a degree in International Development with a concentration in Strategic Management. She currently works in Philanthropy with “Roots and Wings”, the private family Foundation of Billionaire Judith Faulkner, Founder of Epic Systems, a healthcare software company. Jamie’s real story is her journey from early difficult years of homelessness to a successful life .
Jamie then began her story……. She grew up in Eureka and was homeless, living on the streets with her mother. Until about age 7 or 8 she flew under the radar of Social Services until a teacher realized she would come to school hungry, dirty, sometimes without shoes, her mother missing meetings and brought in the Sheriff. She was placed into Foster Care and she shared with us that she had 3 wishes as that little 8 year old girl “that her mother would get better, that she would meet her father and that thirdly, she would get all of the Beanie Babies in the world!”
She was the most abused child in Humboldt County – thank God for that intervention and that compassionate teacher who cared! At age 8 she did get to meet her father! She lived with him in a Men’s Boarding Home and spent 6 years with him. He was disabled, but very intelligent and believed strongly in education. So he made her study, and do homework. At age 14, her father died of liver failure and she became a ward of the court. She began to try to become emancipated through the courts and went to a Transitional Living Center. She remembered that her father had constantly told her to join the military as they would pay for her education and her plan had been to join. However, “Remarkable things happen” she said, and as a Senior at Eureka High School she heard an announcement over the PA system telling kids that it was last day to find out about becoming a Rotary Exchange Student. She went to the office, heard about this and applied, never thinking she would get selected! But in 2008, Jamie was selected by the Eureka Rotary club to become an Exchange Student. (She was the first student to go on the exchange program without parents.)
Jamie was sent to North Eastern Brazil in a very impoverished area that was an African community. It was the first time she was part of a stable, loving family. Her host mother was a professor at a university and must have seen the potential because as Jamie shared, "she saw to it that I attended college at night and did high school during the day". One of things she remembers the most is hearing “the limits of my language are the limits of my world”. Did her world ever enlarge!!!!!
After Jamie’s exchange year, she returned to Northern California and went to work in health care – she started a clinic and became the Administrator there – a wellness clinic. In 2017, Jamie was awarded a scholarship so she could attend college. She had a Rotarian mentor that stressed to her “do what makes you happy!” After obtaining her Degree in International Development with a concentration in strategic management, Jamie has become a Grant maker. She manages grants for housing, food, justice, etc. She thanked our Club for hosting exchange students and being so supportive of the Exchange program.
Jamie faces everything with curiosity and lets everything go so she can live her life with optimism and thankfulness. Jamie is the epitome of the life’s challenges spurring her on to greatness. And Rotary was definitely a part of her success.
CLOSURE: President Pam thanked all who came and all who helped. She reminded us that next week’s meeting is our “Final Variety Show” of all that we have accomplished.
She closed with the Maya Angelou quote:
From your Rotary Nurse….
COVID UPDATE…..
06/14/22
NEWS: INFECTIONS UP, BUT NOT SEVERE ILLNESSES! As expected 2 weeks after gatherings for Memorial Day, health officials did post we have had a slight uptick in COVID-19 infections. But luckily it has not resulted in an impact on our local hospitals that one would expect. Dr. Sundari Mase, the county’s health officer was quoted as saying “ the real success of the COVID-19 vaccine, coupled with natural immunity built up over the past two and a half years is playing out. But vaccination, she added, is still the best tool for avoiding severe illness”.
COVID UPDATE: We continue to see new COVID infections and we need to continue to encourage those who have not had their booster to do so. The 2ND booster dose is available for those over 65 or those 50 years old with chronic health conditions. We continue to see people hospitalized and the current wave of cases is tied to the variant BA.2 and a newer variant, BA 2.12.1.
Total Cases: 94,300 (last week 92,907) Recovered: 89,488 (last week 87,878) Active Cases: 4318 (last week 4536) New Cases on Sunday: 3 (last week 873)
Deaths: 495 (last week 493)
Hospitalized: 40 confirmed cases and 5 in the ICU (last week 33 confirmed and 2 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of June 12th, 2022, 1,101,698 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,096,767). We remain at 82% of our population 5 years and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. We continue to stagnate in getting more people to vaccinate. Please let people you know who have not had their booster how important it is to make the appointment and complete their vaccination! And let them know Novavax may soon be authorized for vaccine which is different than either of the Pfizer or Moderna.
MASKS: Masks are being encouraged to be used again in crowded, indoor setting because of the rise in hospitalizations, ICU admits and surges. Masks are now optional on airplanes; however, they are still required in airports and most other forms of public transportation. The CDC is still recommending masks on airplanes so it has now become a personal decision.
The pandemic is not over and we continue to see numerous outbreaks occurring in our county. We are only protected if we are all protected.
Vaccine sites are still open and offering vaccinations and boosters. We continue to encourage everyone eligible for the booster, to get one. We have seen the proof that this prevents disease and hospitalizations and those who still breakthrough have minor symptoms.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Live your life, but continue to be careful in those things that you do that have you in large crowds and inside. Do not take risks if your “bubble of family and friends” is immunocompromised or at risk. If you have small children, stay tuned for whether the FDA will approve the vaccine for our under 5 year olds. Just be smart, well read and stay safe!
Respectivefully submitted by Di Brabetz, Scribe
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - June 7, 2022
Cleft Palate Project in Mexico
June Challenge: Reduce your carbon footprint
There are two primary doctors who do the cleft surgeries and both happen to be named Dr. Ricardo. The cleft surgery process begins with a meeting with a psychologist who spends time with parents to explain the process and talk about their fears and concerns. Children with disabilities are hidden from view in Mexico so this surgery makes a profound difference in their lives. The clinic is very careful to ensure long-term success, so there is a lot of follow-up, including speech therapist services. Children usually experience speech challenges.
The process for babies begins with a feeding tube to make sure they are nourished. This is followed up with the installation of screws in the upper gumline to hook rubber bands and make a prothesis to pull teeth back. Treatment and evaluations happen and the surgery is done elsewhere. The goal is to fix the nose as well. Cleft lips and palate are generally the result of both genetics and a lack of folic acid in the diet of pregnant women.
The club in Playa del Carmen is all men except for Diane but the Rotary Annies are very involved in the clinics helping in every way they can. The clinic faces many challenges and Diane thanks the Rotary Club of Windsor for our generous $10,000 contribution. This amount funded doctor costs including airfare and hotels for 9 clinics per year. There is tremendous attention to detail making sure kids can live productive lives. Diane invites any member of our club to help at a clinic. No Spanish necessary. . . just a hug, smile and embrace.
Pam thanked the following:
Greeter: Wally Krutz
Song: Susan Cole
Scribe: Barbara McChesney
Zoom team: Michael Juric
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - May 31, 2022
Foundation Awards and Fun
Pledge of Allegiance: Meeting led by Susan Cole
INSPIRATION: The inspiration of the day was the induction by Renee Hyde of new member David Doht, husband of Barbara McChesney. Dave wore a sequin shirt in honor of this wonderful occasion. Dave will be a wonderful addition to our club.
SONG: In honor of Memorial Day, JB led the club in singing America the Beautiful.
VISITING ROTARIANS: No visiting Rotarians today.
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: John Nelson, guest of the club. Kate Smith, guest of her mom Beth. Domingo, guest of Renee Hyde.
Rotarian of the month: Terry Andreacchi honored.
Most embarrassing fashion trend you use to rock: President Pam asked Rotarians to wear and/or share their most embarrassing fashion trend you ever rocked. Pam rocked her very colorfully mismatched outfit today beautifully. Not so sure if Tom rocked it but wore his bright green penguin polyester suit! Favorite fashion trends through the ages of club members were: polyester leisure suits, parachute pants, Canadian Tuxedo, micro-minis, sequin shirts, maroon leisure suit, mushroom haircut, big shoulder pads for the women, hot pants, hip hugger bell bottom pants, pajama baggy pants, long wild hair, double breasted suits, silk bow ties, paisley, neru jackets, cut off jeans, short-short shorts, hot pink ditto jeans, granny dresses, gunny sacks dresses, elephant bell bottoms, bandanas, bolo ties, mullet, and Bill Arnone’s home made leisure suit that looked like a Hershey bar. This club was clearly quite the fashionable bunch.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
John Hackenburg and Kurt Mitchler honored special guest John Nelson for applying his incredible photography skills to the Spark Success fundraiser. He created all the videos for the event as well as the live video the night of the event. Dev Sodagar was not in attendance but was also honored for working directly with John as producer. Together they created a highly successful event allowing the club to raise funds for all of our very worthwhile causes.
Walk, ride your bike, or carpool to club meetings, grocery store, or other errands.
Write your name on a piece of paper each time you avoid the car, bring to a meeting, put in basket at front table or email Barbara at barbsmcc@gmail.com
05/31/22
NEWS: FDA APPEARS POISED TO AUTHORIZE NOVAVAX CORONAVIRUS VACCINE! This could help us reach those people who are not vaccinated who do not want to take a mRNA vaccine.
Novavax is a protein derived vaccine grown in cell cultures and is much like our Flu vaccines. This could reach the tens of millions of Americans who have avoided our vaccines for health concerns or conspiracy theories. It is already licensed in 41 countries and at least 42 million doses have already been distributed.
COVID UPDATE: We are seeing an increase in new COVID infection and we need to continue to encourage those who have not had their booster to do so. The 2ND booster dose is available for those over 65 or those 50 years old with chronic health conditions. We have experienced 2 more deaths in our community and the current wave of cases is tied to the variant BA.2 and a newer variant, BA 2.12.1.
Total Cases: 91,440 (last week 90,056) Recovered: 86,481 (last week 85,406) Active Cases: 4466 (last week 4158) New Cases on Sunday: 665
Deaths: 493 (last week 491)
Hospitalized: 42 confirmed cases and 5 in the ICU (last weeks 37 confirmed and 3 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of May 29 th, 2022, 1,091,587 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,084,678). We remain at 82% of our population 5 years and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. We continue stagnate in getting more people to vaccinate. If you know someone who has not and is eligible, let them know how important vaccines have been in our community!
MASKS: Masks are being encouraged to be used again in crowded, indoor setting because of the rise in hospitalizations, ICU admits and surges. Masks are now optional on airplanes; however, they are still required in airports and most other forms of public transportation. The CDC is still recommending masks on airplanes so it has now become a personal decision.
Vaccine sites are still open and offering vaccinations and boosters. We continue to encourage everyone eligible for the booster, to get one. We have seen the proof that this prevents disease and hospitalizations and those who still breakthrough have minor symptoms.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Continue to stay safe, protect yourselves and others as this pandemic is not over. If you have small children, stay tuned for whether the FDA will approve the vaccine for our under 5 year olds. They are the ones most at risk right now. Just be smart, well read and stay safe!
Di
Pledge of Allegiance: Meeting led by Susan Cole
INSPIRATION: The inspiration of the day was the induction by Renee Hyde of new member David Doht, husband of Barbara McChesney. Dave wore a sequin shirt in honor of this wonderful occasion. Dave will be a wonderful addition to our club.
SONG: In honor of Memorial Day, JB led the club in singing America the Beautiful.
VISITING ROTARIANS: No visiting Rotarians today.
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: John Nelson, guest of the club. Kate Smith, guest of her mom Beth. Domingo, guest of Renee Hyde.
Rotarian of the month: Terry Andreacchi honored.
Most embarrassing fashion trend you use to rock: President Pam asked Rotarians to wear and/or share their most embarrassing fashion trend you ever rocked. Pam rocked her very colorfully mismatched outfit today beautifully. Not so sure if Tom rocked it but wore his bright green penguin polyester suit! Favorite fashion trends through the ages of club members were: polyester leisure suits, parachute pants, Canadian Tuxedo, micro-minis, sequin shirts, maroon leisure suit, mushroom haircut, big shoulder pads for the women, hot pants, hip hugger bell bottom pants, pajama baggy pants, long wild hair, double breasted suits, silk bow ties, paisley, neru jackets, cut off jeans, short-short shorts, hot pink ditto jeans, granny dresses, gunny sacks dresses, elephant bell bottoms, bandanas, bolo ties, mullet, and Bill Arnone’s home made leisure suit that looked like a Hershey bar. This club was clearly quite the fashionable bunch.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Acknowledgements:
John Hackenburg and Kurt Mitchler honored special guest John Nelson for applying his incredible photography skills to the Spark Success fundraiser. He created all the videos for the event as well as the live video the night of the event. Dev Sodagar was not in attendance but was also honored for working directly with John as producer. Together they created a highly successful event allowing the club to raise funds for all of our very worthwhile causes.
Walk, ride your bike, or carpool to club meetings, grocery store, or other errands.
Write your name on a piece of paper each time you avoid the car, bring to a meeting, put in basket at front table or email Barbara at barbsmcc@gmail.com
05/31/22
NEWS: FDA APPEARS POISED TO AUTHORIZE NOVAVAX CORONAVIRUS VACCINE! This could help us reach those people who are not vaccinated who do not want to take a mRNA vaccine.
Novavax is a protein derived vaccine grown in cell cultures and is much like our Flu vaccines. This could reach the tens of millions of Americans who have avoided our vaccines for health concerns or conspiracy theories. It is already licensed in 41 countries and at least 42 million doses have already been distributed.
COVID UPDATE: We are seeing an increase in new COVID infection and we need to continue to encourage those who have not had their booster to do so. The 2ND booster dose is available for those over 65 or those 50 years old with chronic health conditions. We have experienced 2 more deaths in our community and the current wave of cases is tied to the variant BA.2 and a newer variant, BA 2.12.1.
Total Cases: 91,440 (last week 90,056) Recovered: 86,481 (last week 85,406) Active Cases: 4466 (last week 4158) New Cases on Sunday: 665
Deaths: 493 (last week 491)
Hospitalized: 42 confirmed cases and 5 in the ICU (last weeks 37 confirmed and 3 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of May 29 th, 2022, 1,091,587 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,084,678). We remain at 82% of our population 5 years and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. We continue stagnate in getting more people to vaccinate. If you know someone who has not and is eligible, let them know how important vaccines have been in our community!
MASKS: Masks are being encouraged to be used again in crowded, indoor setting because of the rise in hospitalizations, ICU admits and surges. Masks are now optional on airplanes; however, they are still required in airports and most other forms of public transportation. The CDC is still recommending masks on airplanes so it has now become a personal decision.
Vaccine sites are still open and offering vaccinations and boosters. We continue to encourage everyone eligible for the booster, to get one. We have seen the proof that this prevents disease and hospitalizations and those who still breakthrough have minor symptoms.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Continue to stay safe, protect yourselves and others as this pandemic is not over. If you have small children, stay tuned for whether the FDA will approve the vaccine for our under 5 year olds. They are the ones most at risk right now. Just be smart, well read and stay safe!
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - May 24, 2022
Diana Borges - COPE Windsor
From Your Rotary Nurse – Update on COVID
05/24/22
NEWS: PFIZER HAS REQUESTED FDA TO APPROVE VACCINE FOR UNDER 5 YEARS OF AGE. FINDINGS FILED SHOW VACCINE IS 80% EFFECTIVE! Each vaccine is one-tenth of the adult dose. STATE OF CALIFORNIA EXCEEDS 90,000 DEAD FROM CORONAVIRUS (TOTAL DEATHS 90,724) New cases in California for the last 24 hours is 22,586.
COVID UPDATE: The pandemic is not over so encourage those who have not had their booster to do so. The 2ND booster dose is available for those over 65 or those 50 years old with chronic health conditions. We do still have some of our community members dying (we lost someone in Windsor) and the current wave of cases is tied to the variant BA.2 and a newer variant, BA 2.12.1.
Total Cases: 90,056 (2 weeks ago 87,177) Recovered: 85,406 (2 weeks ago 84,196) Active Cases: 4158 (2 weeks ago 2491) New Cases on Sunday: 720
Deaths: 491 (2 weeks ago 490)
Hospitalized: 37 confirmed cases and 3 in the ICU (2 weeks ago 23 confirmed and 23 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of May 22nd, 2022, 1,084,678 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (2 weeks ago 1,066,482). We remain at 82% of our population 5 years and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. We continue stagnate in getting more people to vaccinate. If you know someone who has not and is eligible, let them know how important vaccines have been in our community!
MASKS: Because of the rise in hospitalizations, ICU admits and surges in some areas, some Counties has mandated mask use again. Other counties are highly suggesting use of masks indoors but not going as far as regulating or mandating masks. Regardless of vaccination status, here in Sonoma County masks are not required in most public settings, although Public Health Officials are strongly recommending the use of masks if you are indoors, especially in crowded or poorly ventilated spaces. Masks are now optional on airplanes; however, they are still required in airports and most other forms of public transportation. The CDC is still recommending masks on airplanes so it has now become a personal decision.
Vaccine sites are still open and offering vaccinations and boosters. We continue to encourage everyone eligible for the booster, to get one. We have seen the proof that this prevents disease and hospitalizations and those who still breakthrough have minor symptoms.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Continue to stay vigilant as this pandemic is not over. If you have small children, stay tuned for whether the FDA will approve the vaccine for our under 5 year olds. They are the ones most at risk right now. Just be smart, well read and stay safe!
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - May 17, 2022
Craft Talks - Scott Bonin, Mitch Grandi & Mike Raasch
We got to meet a few of our new members today - it is always wonderful when we have the opportunity to weave new people into our lives…
Either you need to Change your life,
Or perhaps you are the one who will change theirs!
thanks, Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - May 10, 2022
Youth Exchange Month
Call to Order – we were greeted by Brian Ling who introduced our Club to Past President Glenda Sales.
Pledge of Allegiance – led by Sandie Krutz
Song Meister – Bill Bolster who led us in a rousing song of “Charlie Brown”
Announcements:
Barbara McChesney – spoke on the Environment, her passion and how the District will be issuing a monthly challenge leading up to the Governor’s Citation Award to the clubs in our District. May’s challendge is to find your carbon footprint. Go to https://www.
Maureen Merrill – she just returned from Chicago as a delegate to Rotary. The purpose of the meeting was for the Board and delgates to meet and vote on policy issues. They meet once every 3 years and she was appointed by our District Governor to represent the 47 Clubs in our District. Thanks Maureen for being there for all of us!
Past President Glenda – she realized she forgot to do Introductions and fined herself $5….. she also shared with us if we catch her using swear words, the Past Presidents could fine her….. She hit Mike Merrill with “why do you have Dave Culley’s badge on…. She then did introductions and her husband, Sergio, Past First Husband was introduced along with Domingo who is staying with Renee. Jack and Janet Hyde were also introduced on Zoom from New Jersey where they moved. Both were formally in our Club and Jack was a Past President and founder of our Rotary Bar!
Heather Cullen thanked our Club for the Grant given to Brooks Elementary and encouraged us to go see Moana that they are putting on.
It was Renee’s birthday Monday and the Club celebrated her by singing Happy Birthday to her.
Renee shared with us that our Rotary Bar will be starting up for “Music on the Green” nights. She will need help and will be sending out an email of what nights and what positions she needs. Regulations require that our Bar have at least one person trained in ABC on site at all times and she will help anyone interested in doing that training.
Pegi Ball – RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) at Westminster Woods , a leadership camp will be happening once again. It stopped because of COVID – we like to send 2 students but so far Pegi has no applicants. She will focus on getting the word out more and let us know. Our Club, Healdsburg and Cloverdale go together to do a BBQ on that Tuesday and she will need some help if anyone is interested. More information to come.
Thank you notes put around on the tables for us to read from students in 3rd grade who received our dictionaries.
Di Brabetz, RN CPNP PHN share she had been asked by her “other club” of Playa del Carmen, Mexico to thank our Windsor Club for the $10,000 donation for their Cleft Lip/Palate clinics. Di volunteered at the first clinic in April and will be sharing photos and more information later, but wanted all of us to know that Playa was forever thankful….
Pam Moulton – she shared with all of us her “Rotarian of the Month” is someone who joined us this past year and jumped in and got involved in the scholarship program. Our Rotarian of the Month for May is Terry Andreachhi. Terry asked to speak and shared that he had help from both Wally Krutz and Doug Williams and wanted to publicly thank them and made a donation to WRCF of $50 each in their names.
Beth Smith – Project Grad is coming up and she thanked our Club for our $2,000 donation we made for a safe and sober night. But she does need some help that night, June 4th, managing booths, etc. It's only 3-4 hour blocks or anything you can do. Contact her if you are interested.
Rotary Program:
Since May is Youth Exchange Month, it was perfect to have Past President Glenda Sales here to lead our program. Glenda was our District Youth Exchange Leader for some time and she and her husband hosted many kids that became their children and are still part of their family. Glenda and Pegi who also chairs Youth for us gave us an overview of the Youth Exchange program. Students come in August and usually return in June or July. 3 Host Families are needed and the kids usually stay with the first family August to November, 2nd family November to February and 3rd family, March to June. The first family is extremely important as the kids are homesick, do not know the language or our customs and it is a big adjustment. The 2nd family has them during the Holidays and then the 3rd family is dealing with a student who doesn’t want to go home and leave here.
We got to hear via Zoom from 2 of Glenda’s previous “daughters” both from Chile – Maria or “Kani” as we know her is now a nurse in Chile. (Di Brabetz was cheering as she spent time with Les and Di and went to Mexico with them in 2014) She talked about all she learned and how she returned and began nursing school. I don’t think we have seen the last of her and we hope not!!!!! Di got to share the mic and tell her how proud she was of her!
We also heard from Carolina from Chile, who was Glenda and Sergio’s first exchange daughter in 2005. She came to our club as a 16 year old and has since gotten married and has a baby now. Glenda and Sergio have visited and will always have her as a part of their family.
Jack and Janet Hyde spoke to us via Zoom from New Jersey – during the time they were in our club, they hosted 6 exchange students and took in 2 others from other clubs. They shared that these kids are bright, funny teenagers and the experience is life-changing for both the student and the Host family.
Di and Les Brabetz’ eldest daughter Melissa was our Club’s first exchange student we sent out and she went to Sweden. They, in turn, had the daughter of the family Melissa was staying with stay with them. “We continue to consider Anja part of our family – she is our daugher, her husband is our son-in-law and their son is one of our grandkids.”
Renee Hyde who also was involved in the Youth Exchange program for years and had many students shared that you are never too old to host, single is ok, if you have a vacation planned others will cover, and if you do not have kids in the school, so what? But please contact Sandie Krutz if you are interested in hosting. WE NEED HOST FAMILIES! Thanks to Brian and Jamie for agreeing to host and to Heather and Reg Cullen. We have a boy coming from Germany and a girl from Brazil. But we need more host families. We will also be hosting some short-term exchange students for 3 weeks and will have more information on that later.
Please consider hosting a child. It is life changing, so much fun and we learn as much as we teach.
Closure:
Past President Glenda ended with sharing this…. “whatever you are, be a good one!” Abe Lincoln…..
From your Rotary Nurse – Update on COVID
05/10/22
NEWS: STATE OF CALIFORNIA NEARS 90,000 DEAD FROM CORONAVIRUS! California has one of the nation’s better vaccination rates – 72% and here in Sonoma County we continue to remain at 82%. But, COVID-19 infections still continue to rise here in our county; our deaths, however, continue to be low. Hospitalizations and ICU admissions are on the rise.
Please be aware that people who are immunocompromised are still at risk and continue to practice good hand washing and wear a mask around those who need us to.
COVID UPDATE: The pandemic is not over so encourage those who have not had their booster to do so. The 2ND booster dose is available for those over 65 or those 50 years old with chronic health conditions. We do still have some of our community members dying (we lost someone in Windsor) and the current wave of cases is tied to the variant BA.2 and a newer variant, BA 2.12.1.
Total Cases: 87,177 (last week 86,174) Recovered: 84,196 (last week 83,787) Active Cases: 2491 (last week 1897)
Deaths: 490 (last week 490)
Hospitalized: 23 confirmed cases and 23 in the ICU (last week 17 confirmed and 3 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of May 8th, 2022, 1,066,482 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,059,926). We remain at 82% of our population 5 years and older who are fully vaccinated and 7% have had at least one (1) dose.
MASKS: Regardless of vaccination status, masks are no longer required in most public settings, although Public Health Officials strongly recommend masking in public indoor settings, especially in crowded or poorly ventilated spaces. Masks are now optional on airplanes; however, they are still required in airports and most other forms of public transportation. The CDC is still recommending masks on airplanes so it has now become a personal decision.
Vaccine sites are still open and offering vaccinations and boosters. We continue to encourage everyone eligible for the booster, to get one. We have seen the proof that this prevents disease and hospitalizations and those who still breakthrough have minor symptoms.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Continue to stay vigilant as this pandemic is not over. We need to live our lives but not at the risk of others. So take care, be smart and safe!
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - May 3, 2022
Teacher Appreciation Day
Photos from the meeting appear after the program shown below.
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Update on COVID information from your Rotary Nurse…..
05/03/22
NEWS: COVID-19 INFECTIONS RISE IN THE COUNTY BUT DEATHS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE STILL LOW! ICU ADMISSIONS HAVE NOT SPIKED. Please be aware of those who are immunocompromised and continue to apply good hand washing and wear a mask around those who need us to. FDA did approve the first drug treatment for COVID 19 for children younger than 12. Remdesivir or Veklury was approved for pediatric patients 28 days and older and weighing at least 7 lbs for treatment of COVID 19.
COVID UPDATE: The pandemic is not over so encourage those who have not had their booster to do so. The 2ND booster dose is available for those over 65 or those 50 years old with chronic health conditions. We do still have some of our community members dying (we lost someone in Windsor) and the current wave of cases is tied to the variant BA.2 and a newer variant, BA 2.12.1.
Total Cases: 856,174 (last week 85,413) Recovered: 83,787 (last week 83,320) Active Cases: 897 (last week 1604)
Deaths: 490 (last week 489)
Hospitalized:17 confirmed cases and 3 in the ICU (last week 18 confirmed and 4 in the ICU)
Vaccination information: As of May 1st, 2022, 1,059,926 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,059,017). We remain at 82% of our population 5 years and older who are fully vaccinated and 7% have had at least one (1) dose.
MASKS: Regardless of vaccination status, masks are no longer required in most public settings, although Public Health Officials strongly recommend masking in public indoor settings, especially in crowded or poorly ventilated spaces. Masks are now optional on airplanes; however, they are still required in airports and most other forms of public transportation. The CDC is still recommending masks on airplanes so it has now become a personal decision.
Vaccine sites are still open and offering vaccinations and boosters. We continue to encourage everyone eligible for the booster, to get one. We have seen the proof that this prevents disease and hospitalizations and those who still breakthrough have minor symptoms.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Thanks so much for all you have done to help in this pandemic and take it so seriously. You continue to be the key to keeping our community safe!
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - April 26, 2022
John Pomfret - Russia, NATO, Putin and Poland
Past President Bill thanked the Club for its support WHILE Joanie was under medical care and
confirmed the good news that Joanie is BACK HOME!
President Pam started the meeting by introducing President Richard Norgrove from the Healdsburg
Noon Club that has been active with several Roary Clubs in Ukraine and is supporting them through the
current crises AND by welcoming David Doht as our newest member. Rumor has it that he might be
tapped for some environmental projects!
Song Leader: Heather Cullen rebranded Elvis to start the Day: “You know you’re a Rotarian when your
serving all the time…” That’s us!
Beth Smith presented our check for $3000 to the Healdsburg 20-30 Club in support of the Kid’s Spree
Event – yea team!
Renee Hyde was acknowledged for participating in Earth Day events and winning first place in the
Crossfit competition – sounds like a Windsor Community Fund bell is in her near future!
President Pam Welcomed our speaker John Pomfret, a writer and columnist for the Washington Post
who held us spellbound with insights of the crises in Ukraine and its roots – plus views on the growth,
changes and dynamics of Russia and Europe that bring us to this place in history – in addition to several
good – and true --spy stories.
Mitch Grandi was revealed as our Secret Greeter – Did you miss him AND not “fess up!”
Final Thought from President Pam:
Peace comes from within! And it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or
hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.
Sounds like a Rotary Club...
NEWS: FDA yesterday approved the first drug treatment for COVID 19 for children younger than 12. Remdesivir or Veklury was approved for pediatric patients 28 days and older and weighing at least 7 lbs for treatment of COVID 19.
Please note that our active case rate for COVID has climbed; however with vaccination rates being over 70% we are seeing less people really sick and needing hospitalizations. This does not mean we could not see another surge or infections climb even more, but for those that are fully vaccinated and boosted, we are now able to travel, visit with others and have some normalcy back. Enjoy that but just be careful around those immunocompromised.
COVID UPDATE: 2ND BOOSTER DOSE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE OVER 65 OR THOSE 50 YEARS OLD WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS. New variant BA.2 is being seen in the USA and seems to be slightly more transmissible but no more severity of disease has been seen.
Total Cases: 85,413 (As of 4/5 83,997) Recovered: 83,320 (as of 4/5 82,338) Active Cases: 1604 (as of 4/5 week 927)
Deaths: 489 (as of 4/5 488)
New Cases: 312 new cases on Sunday
Hospitalized: 18 confirmed cases and 4 in the ICU
Vaccination information…. As of April 24th, 2022, 1,059,017 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (as of 4/5 1,021,098). 82% of our population 5 years and older are fully vaccinated and 7% have had at least one (1) dose.
MASKS: Regardless of vaccination status, masks are no longer required in most public settings, although Public Health Officials strongly recommend masking in public indoor settings, especially in crowded or poorly ventilated spaces. Masks are now optional on airplanes; however, they are still required in airports and most other forms of public transportation.
Vaccine sites are still open and offering vaccinations and boosters. We continue to encourage everyone eligible for the booster, to get one. We have seen the proof that this prevents disease and hospitalizations and those who still breakthrough have minor symptoms. Enjoy our relaxation of mandates, but keep others safe please.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/
Thanks so much for all you have done to help in this pandemic and take it so seriously. You have been instrumental in helping our community!
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - April 19, 2022
Sonoma County Water Agency
Announcements:
Student of the Month:
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - April 12, 2022
Sonoma County Tourism
Rotarian of the Month for April - Doug Williams.
Fines:
Bill & Kurt’s Excellent Adventures:
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - April 5, 2022
Miyagi, Japan 1951
President Pam rang the bell and Mia Kaufman, visiting student of the month, led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Susan Cole led the group in a rousing Happy Birthday to President Pam.
Rotarian of the month for April, Doug Williams shared a very moving Rotary moment. He is still somewhat of a newcomer given the Rotary ages of many members. He sees his moment a little like the spokes on a wheel, lots of moments coming together. He appreciates the opportunities he has had to meet students from other countries, grow new friendships, and build community. Doug treasures most the support and encouragement he has received since his unexpected diagnosis one year ago. This has been beyond belief and his most valued “Rotary Moment”.
Visiting Rotarians:
Dr. Curt Groninga- Rotary Club of Ukraine
Guests of Rotarians:
David Doht-new member candidate (husband of Barbara McChesney)
Alan and Margaret Butler- also guest speaker
Barney and Michele Kaufman and daughter Mia
Kate Smith- Youth Ambassador heading to Japan
Marie Gannister-Windsor High School Instructor and Vineyard Academy Coordinator
Rotarian of the Month for April Doug Williams.
Announcements:
Fines:
Student of the Month:
Daniel Myers introduced Marie Ganister who then introduced Mia Kaufman the current student of the month who Marie has known since she was born. Mia represents the Vineyard Academy. Teachers report that Mia demonstrates a level of excellence needed to positively go out in the world. Mia consistently shows up and did throughout the pandemic. She is intelligent, a pleasure to teach, and a highly focused student who demonstrates great support and encouragement to peers. Mia was very honored and spoke very highly of her Vineyard Academy family, her parents, and to Rotary for this honor. Mia is heading first to Santa Barbara Jr. College and then off to University of Santa Barbara where she plans to study to be a veterinarian.
Guest speaker for today, Alan Butler was introduced by Sue Nelson. Though now retired, Alan had a long career as an architect with the Santa Rosa firm: TLCD Architecture. He shared an intriguing story about photographs taken by his father George Butler in Japan in 1950-51 and the unique history of the coastal region encompassed by the photographs. Alan found about 2,000 photos following his father’s death and created a book and display for the people of Japan. The area where many of the photos were taken was ravaged by a tsunami in 2011. The images of both scenery and people are touching and beautiful. It was quite emotional for people and family members of those photographed to see for the first time and so many years later. Alan’s tale included descriptions of his own recent trips to Japan and the significance of these very special photographs. Alan and Margaret were treated like celebrities. He was honored to share his father’s photographs and described the culture as one that really looks out for each other, for society, and very respectful of the landscape. They were very effective during the pandemic because they help and protect one another. It was a very moving presentation. Please check this website to see the photos and learn more:
www.miyagi1951.com
ambutler@sonic.net
Reminder for next week: Bill Arnone will be guest president.
Final quote of the day: On a team, it’s not the strength of the individual players, but it is the strength of the unit and how they all function together.
Thank you to:
Set up: Steve Klick and team
Greeter: Kathryn Williams
Song: Susan Cole
Scribe: Barbara McChesney
AV set up: John Hackenburg
Zoom team: Brian Ling
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - March 29, 2022
Supervisor James Gore - Update on Sonoma County Issues
President Pam started the meeting by asking all members to proudly acknowledge the successful results of our Spark Success fund raiser – that generated just shy of $70,000.00. Take a big bow Rotarians!
JB found his Rotary Moment at a Rotary Convention – Hearing Bill Gates passionately extoll the great partnership of Rotary and the Gates Foundation in teaming up to eliminate polio from the face of the earth – and how he “had” be part of such an organization – to our respective good fortunes!
Song Leader: Heather Cullen put a smile on our “Baby Faces” -- to start the day as she can do so well!
President Pam enthusiastically Welcomed our sole visiting Rotarian, speaker for the day and star supervisor for the 4th Supervisorial District James Gore – who was accompanied his assistant Keith Roberts (who is currently seeking a Rotary Club home in Santa Rosa!)
Supervisor Gore discussed a broad range of local issues with specific emphasis on emergency services, energy delivery issues & insurance, the ongoing drought and water resource challenges and very local issues of proposed Tribal casinos – and appropriate tribal connections!
Renee Hyde reminded us that we were on track to create the New Member Passport where Club and Rotary information can be easily located and accessed.
Wally & Sandy Krutz are hard at work creating a resource of needs in Ukraine that can be easily accessed to provide support for those in need in that area of global conflict and tragic carnage.
President Pam reminded all that they should take advantage of the good fellowship and critical information that is available at the Ukiah District Training Assembly – this coming weekend – April 1 – 2 – And there is a Rotary Reward to the best club party venue on Friday night! (Do we have such a team?)
Closing thought (by President Pam): Remember our District Conference – is May 14th & 15th …at the River Lodge in Fortuna. Sign up now!
And lest you forget…We are looking forward to participating in the Windsor Day Parade on May 7th (10am to 12pm) with our super-sized Rotary Balloon!
COVID UPDATE FROM DIANE BRABETZ:
42% OF AMERICANS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 UP FROM 27% IN LATE JANUARY. VACCINATIONS AND BOOSTERS HAVE KEPT FOLKS OUT OF HOSPITALS HOWEVER AND OFF VENTS!
Total Cases: 83,717 (last week 83,396) Recovered: 82,338 (last week 81,871) Active Cases: 892 (last week 1041)
Deaths: 487 (last week 484)
New Cases: 83,396 total cases as of March 20, 2022 in Sonoma County!
Hospitalized: 21 confirmed and 1 ICU cases (last week 15 confirmed and 3 ICU cases)
Vaccination information: As of March 27th, 2022, 1,014,970 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,013,260). 81% of our population 5 years and older are fully vaccinated and 7% have had at least one (1) dose.
MASKS: Regardless of vaccination status, masks are no longer required in most public settings, although Public Health Officials strongly recommend masking in public indoor settings, especially in crowded or poorly ventilated spaces. It does remain the safest choice for an individual and does protect those who are medically vulnerable or those who cannot be vaccinated such as our youngest children. If you have symptoms, please mask up! If you are going to be visiting or staying with someone who is immune-compromised, use a mask please. Testing is still required for those not fully vaccinated or boosted to ensure we do not have an outbreak or new surge.
Vaccine sites are still open and offering vaccinations and boosters. We continue to encourage everyone eligible for the booster, to get one. We have seen the proof that this prevents disease and hospitalizations and those who still breakthrough have minor symptoms. Enjoy our relaxation of mask mandates, but keep others safe please.
TESTING: Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID-19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition, my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.
Thanks so much for all you have done to help in this pandemic and take it so seriously. You have been instrumental in helping our community!
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - March 22, 2022
Update on Ukraine by Dr. Curt Groninga
Pledge of Allegiance lead by visiting Past District Governor Doug Johnson.
INSPIRATION: Rotary’s 4 Way Test. The Four-Way Test of the things we think, say or do is a test used by Rotarians world-wide as a moral code for personal and business relationships. The test can be applied to almost any aspect of life, A Guiding Post.
SONG: Heather was unable to attend this morning and lead us in song, but it is JB’s Birthday so we blessed him with a roaring rendition of HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
VISITING ROTARIANS: Sandie Krutz introduced Past District Governor Doug Johnson from the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: Sue Nelson introduced Curt Groninga, Bill Turner, & her husband, John Nelson
Barbara McChesney introduced her husband, David Doht.
Rotarian of the Month: Dev Sodagar. Dev has been very busy behind the scenes preparing for our SPARK SUCCESS! fundraiser this Saturday. Thank you, Dev!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Role
Person/People
Q2 2022
Q3 2022
Q4 2022
President
Pam Moulton
4/5
7/05
10/4
Club Communications
Wally Krutz
4/12
7/12
10/11
WRCF
Brian Ling
4/19
7/19
10/18
The Rotary Foundation
Diane Brabetz
4/26
7/26
10/25
Treasurer
Ed Turner / Carol Martin
5/3
8/2
11/1
Club Operations
Chris Landwehr
5/10
8/9
11/8
Youth Services
Pegi Ball
5/17
8/16
11/15
International Service
Sue Nelson / Susan Cole
5/24
8/23
11/29
Community Service
Sue Nelson / Susan Cole
5/31
8/30
11/29
Service Grants
Sandi Krutz
6/7
9/6
12/6
Recognition
Doug Williams
6/14
9/13
12/13
Club Culture
Leslie Lewis
6/21
9/20
Dark
Membership
Renee Hyde
6/28
9/27
Dark
SPEAKER:
Sue Nelson introduced our speakers:
Doug Johnson a member of the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa and Past District Governor.
Dr. Curt Groninga, a resident of Santa Rosa, retired administrator of SRJC. Curt was involved in many landmark facility development projects such as SRJC Petaluma Campus, the Public Safety Training Center in Windsor as well major improvements on the SRJC’s Santa Rosa Campus. Curt and his wife Vicki have traveled extensively around the world, achieving a broad understanding of both political and human conditions. Perhaps no place or people have impacted him more than Ukraine. Curt has traveled to Cherkassy and has hosted visits from Ukrainian citizens who have traveled here over the last 15 years.
Dr. Curt started his presentation stating that he soon will be 77 and remembers the air-raid drills in school, hiding under the desk at the sound of the siren, and stated this is a reality for the students in Ukraine.
Santa Rosa and Cherkassy became sister cities 1990 and an exchange between colleges was established. Dr Curt and Bill Turner traveled to Cherkasy in 1998, finding it to be more like what we knew in the 1950’s, and substandard living. The architecture and living had developed since that first visit.
Bill Turner’s host family the Lashchenko Family, both Doctors with two daughters, the girls interpreted for them while in Ukraine.
Dr Lashchenko is a charter member of the Cherkasy Rotary Club and very active in supporting the Ukraine people. He went to Chernobyl at the time of the melt down with nothing more than the equivalent of a N-95 mask. Many of the rescue team that aided in the Chernobyl disaster have since died of cancer.
Children were still swimming in the waters contaminated by Chernobyl and being diagnosed with cancer.
The Lashchenko’s established a medical center for those suffering from Cancer and TB.
Dr Curt’s presentation was filled with the relationships and love that had been created with the people of Ukraine, how the Rotary Clubs there (35 in Ukraine) have worked to assist the Ukrainian people and how this war has created a moral and very difficult decision for Doctors in Ukraine.
A Rotary Club in Germany has taken over funding for the Rotary Club of Cherkasy and continues their efforts.
The Lashchenko’s remained at the hospital in Ukraine until the bombing included medical facilities and were no longer safe. Dr. Natasha Laschenko’s health also required her to go to Poland to receive medication. The children were moved to Poland, however, difficult to resume needed treatments. The Laschenko’s daughters are safe here in the US, however, when asked if they thought their parents would join them here, they replied no, they did not think they would leave the people.
Medication and medical supplies are urgently needed. The best way for us to help is to donate to the Rotary
International Foundation.
Closing remark: War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Latest COVID News from your Rotary Nurse, Diane Brabetz…. 03/22/22
COVID UPDATE: HIGH RISK COVID -19 PATIENTS MAY NOW HAVE NEW TREATMENTS AVAILABLE FOR HOME USE! These anti-viral medications can prevent people with health risks from getting sicker and filling up our hospitals if there is another surge. FDA has authorized the use of Pfizer’s Paxlovid tablets or Merck’s Molnupiravir capsules for use within 5 days of developing symptoms.
Total Cases: 83,396 (last week 83,110) Recovered: 81,871 (last week 81,224) Active Cases: 1041 (last week 1405)
Deaths: 484 (last week 481)
New Cases: 83,396 total cases as of March 20, 2022 in Sonoma County!
Hospitalized: 15 confirmed and 3 ICU cases (last week 15 confirmed and 3 ICU cases)
Vaccination information: As of March 20th, 2022, 1,013,260 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,010,788). 81% of our population 5 years and older are fully vaccinated and 7% have had at least one (1) dose.
MASKS: Since our mask mandate was rescinded for the general population (health care personnel and settings are still required), employers and establishments can still require the use of masks inside. Please check before entering a building to see what is posted and always have a mask handy. If you have symptoms, please mask up! If you are going to be visiting or staying with someone who is immune-compromised, use a mask please. Testing is still required for those not fully vaccinated or boosted to ensure we do not have an increase in spread here in our County.
If you are traveling, masks continue to be a deterrent to the spread of COVID-19. They are suggested where case rates are high or there are outbreaks occurring. They are also suggested still in crowded, poorly ventilated spaces and for protection around those who are vulnerable and for young children who are not yet eligible for vaccinations. When wearing a mask, ensure that it is tight fitting such as a N95, KN95, or use a cloth mask over a surgical mask. Please be respectful of other’s who still choose to wear a mask whether it is mandated or no.
Vaccine sites are still open and offering vaccinations and boosters. We continue to encourage everyone eligible for the booster, to get one. We have seen the proof that this prevents disease and hospitalizations and those who still breakthrough have minor symptoms. As a health care professional, I am optimistically positive that we have turned the corner, but we could encounter another variant, another outbreak and be asked to mask once again for everyone’s safety. Enjoy our relaxation of mandates, but keep others safe please.
At Home Nursing, my Agency is still available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - March 15, 2022
St. Patrick's Day Festivities Plus Craft Talks
Robin Resendez was our Greeter today!
Mackenzie Rose Gay, a student from Windsor High School, led us in the pledge of allegiance.
Bill Arnone led us in song, a lovely rendition of “When Irish Eyes are Smiling.”
Renee Hyde had a special announcement for Spark Success, our Rotary Fundraiser which is quickly approaching! Please be sure
Pam left a paper bag of goodies on each table – each one containing some of the gifts she has received from her traveling supporters! Each bag had a price tag, and members were encouraged to purchase the bags -sight unseen! Most were gone by the end of the meeting!
Rotary Moment: Sandie Kurtz gave a great summary of the development of the Rotary Wheel which developed from a simple wagon wheel, then one that was kicking up dust, to a wheel of spokes and cogs, and finally the modern wheel has a keyway – symbolizing the “real worker” that is each Rotary member.
Our guests today were the Gay family: Daniel Myers introduced us to Mackenzie Rose Gay, her dad, Michael and sister, Mikayla. Also joining them was Mackenzie’s teacher David Beale. Mackenzie is the Nueva Student of the Year, and our student of the month. She is a budding actress/director/producer/prop steward and stage manager. Nueva School for the Arts Core is a way for students to learn English and History through the production of plays from start to finish. Mackenzie is a bright and shiny star, and is clearly set to go far in the future. Congratulations!!
Rotarian of the Month: Dev Sodager has jumped into Rotary with two feet. Thank you, Dev.
Announcements:
Nation’s Finest is hosting a Game of Throws (corn hole) on March 26th – 11:00 am- 3:00 pm. It is the same day as our fundraiser – on the green. Check details and registration at Nationsfinest.org.
Carol Martin and Ed Turner announced the launch of Skippy 2 which can help take our money easier than ever.
Ed Turner had the incredible news that Carl Lewis bequeathed to the Club’s endowment fund an amazing gift of $865,848! This brings our total base to $1,500,000. Only the interest is used for projects – but that is a significant amount of interest. Carl’s gift is one we will never forget.
Pegi reminded everyone there are still some charcuterie boards for $75.00 each to nibble on the night of the Fund raiser! Check windsorrotary.org website and click on Spark Success.
Michael Juric shared the joyous news of his grandson’s birth; welcome future Rotarian Everett Michael Juric!
District Assembly is the evening of April 1 – April 2 in Ukiah. Registration is on line.
Thank you to Past President Leslie Lewis for being the President of the Day March 8th!
Barbara McChesney bestowed upon Pam a bounty of gifts from her recent travels which included visiting 10 national parks, Native American nations, a UFO campsite and a civil rights museum.
Craft Talks:
Dev Sodager shared his hobby of painting teeny tiny figurines. He and his wife brought their pup, Tillie, home from England on the Queen Mary II! He joined Rotary to immerse himself in the community, and he certainly is doing that!
Kathy Williams (aka Brian’s mom) retired from a busy career in social service, including a CPS Supervisor and Trainer. She cared for her Mom in Oregon, for 12 years and then moved to be closer to Brian and his family, helping to raise his girls. She enjoys travel, Silver Sneakers and Water Aerobics among other activities.
Larry McCabe has spent his career in medical instrumentation, and mostly in ultrasound. His particular talent is acting as the go between engineers and marketing. He has traveled to Europe and China for work, forging friendships and work relations with good people in each country he visited. He is very proud that his work in ultrasound has benefited each member of his family.
Monica McCabe taught preschool for a parent cooperative in Sunnyvale which emphasized play based learning, parent education and the value of getting to know people from other cultures and backgrounds.
Next week: Jose Guillian and Curt Groninga are going to present information on the Cherkassy Region of Ukraine.
May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow, and may trouble avoid you wherever you go!
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - March 8, 2022
Past President Leslie Lewis "Fines Away"!
Pledge of Allegiance – given the issues in Ukraine, this had real meaning this morning!
Song: JB led us in our song and my only comment is “we need to keep our Day jobs!”
Rotary Moment:
Past President Leslie shared with us two of her Rotary moments….. she attended her first Rotary meeting with her Dad, John (Founder of our Windsor Rotary Club) at age 9 and still remembers a huge cake rolled in and a scantily clad women jumping out… that is a visual!
Second Rotary Moment was joining our Club and becoming involved in the Exchange Program which she ended up becoming our Exchange Student Coordinator – did you know she and Nirmal hosted 12 students from various countries for us??? Leslie says she still loves the saying that she heard early on in the exchange program – “IF you know someone somewhere it is hard to go to war against them”. How very true….
Visiting Rotarians: None
Guest of Rotarians:
Rotarian of the Month:
Dev Sodagar – thanks for all that you have done already for our Club!
Rotary International:
John Hackenburg let us know that RI has earmarked monies to go to the relief fund for Disaster Response in Ukraine. Donate through Rotary and ensure your monies go to the relief and make a difference. You can go on DACdb – go to Donate – then choose Disaster Response Fund and make your contribution. Tom Boylan, District Governor Elect also let us know that we would be getting something from our District with this information to make our donations easy to make.
Fund Raising Event:
Co chair, Bill Conklin reminded us that our event is Saturday, March 26th. We are suggesting that we all gather wherever you will watch this at 5:30 pm and the Auction will begin at 6:30 pm. On March 12th, the Silent Auction items will open to the public to begin bidding. Bidding closes on Sunday, March 27th (you have another day after our event) at 5 pm.
Catherine Hanron, who is handling Silent Auction items reported that we have 77 items totaling $23,000 right now but she needs us to get up off our butts and get her more!!!! We have a goal of 100 items so she needs everyone to find more silent auction items. If you have an idea but are hesitant about contacting someone to ask, let Catherine know. She will help…
Scholarship Committee:
Terry Andreachhi, has taken over the Scholarship Committee. Thanks Terry…. We have $10,000 to give out in scholarships this year and already have about 15 applications from students. Terry asked for volunteers to be on the committee and help decide who should be awarded. The following members did volunteer:
Di Brabetz, Pam Moulton, John How, Carol Martin, Dev Sodagar, Bill Bolster, Mitch Grandi, Bill Arnone, and Mike Merrill. If this scribe missed anyone, please contact Terry to let him know you are interested.
PETS Training: (President Elect Training Seminar)
Seems a group of ours knew “their way to San Jose….” Brian Ling (President Elect), Tom Boylan (District Governor Elect), and Sandie Krutz (Assistant Governor elect) went to San Jose – I cannot stop singing that song…… and they returned bearing gifts for our President Pam. They shared there were about 400 people there and they got to meet and hear Jennifer Jones, who will be the First Woman President of RI. Her theme come July will be “Imagine” We have a heavy presence in our District with so many Past District Governors and our own Michael Juric is the District Trainer and very involved. Windsor has a huge impact and we should be very proud!
Exchange Program:
Beth Smith shared with us this will be our first exchange program in 2 years because of the pandemic. Glenda Sales, Pegi Ball, Renee Hyde, Bill Bolster and Sandie Krutz who have all been involved with the Youth Exchange program along with Leslie Lewis welcomed our 2 outbound students and introduced them and their families. They were each presented with a flag from the country they will be going to because our District was not able to hold the ceremony where current exchange students from their country they get would wrap them in the country’s flag and present it to them.
FINES:
And then we turned Past President Leslie loose to fine……….. there is no one like her!!!
WRAP UP:
Past President Leslie introduced herself to the new members she has not met and made sure to congratulate again our 2 outgoing Exchange Students, Rebecca and Kate. Have a great year!
ADJOURNMENT:
Past President Leslie thanked all for coming and allowing her to fill in. In an honor to Warren Buffet, she closed with one of his sayings…. “The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging”!
SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY…….
COVID UPDATE: BOOSTERS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE VERY PROTECTIVE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID!
MANDATES ON MASK WEARING HAVE EXPIRED AND THERE IS CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM THAT WE ARE ON THE DOWNWARD SIDE OF COVID HERE IN SONOMA COUNTY!
Total Cases: 82,921 (last week 82,449)
Recovered: 80,253 (last week 78,200)
Active Cases:2191 (last week 3775)
Deaths: 477 (last week449)
New Cases: 472 cases this past week (last week 661)
Hospitalized: 33 confirmed and 2 suspected (last week 32 confirmed and 2 suspected)
Vaccination information…. As of March 6th, 2022, 1,009,710 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 1,006,076). 81% of our population 5 years and older are fully vaccinated and 7% have had at least one (1) dose.
MASKS: Dr. Sundari Mase, Sonoma County’s Public Health Officer rescinded the mask mandate on February 16th for all fully vaccinated individuals. On March 7th, she issued an Amendment No. 3 to the Order which allows (health care still required) to exempt from testing and face covering requirements for those fully vaccinated but not yet boosted. However, it does continue to allow employers to continue to require testing on non-boosted personnel, personnel with confirmed COVID 19 infection, or anyone with symptoms. Because our County has had a reduction in the number of COVID 19 cases and hospitalizations public health is shifting away from testing as testing materials are low in supply and difficult to obtain.
Unvaccinated individuals over age 2 will continue to be required to wear masks in all indoor public settings. Indoor masking is still required by the State for everyone, regardless of vaccination status in public transportation, health care settings, congregate settings (like correctional facilities and homeless shelters), long-term care facilities and in all K-12 schools and childcare settings.
Masks continue to be a deterrent to the spread of COVID-19 and are suggested where case rates are high or there are outbreaks occurring. They are also suggested still in crowded, poorly ventilated spaces and for protection around those who are vulnerable and for young children who are not yet eligible for vaccinations. When wearing a mask, ensure that it is tight fitting such as a N95, KN95, or use a cloth mask over a surgical mask . People can continue to choose to wear a mask whether it is mandated or not and we should respect other’s feelings.
We continue to encourage everyone eligible for the booster, to get one. We have seen the proof that this prevents disease and hospitalizations and those who still breakthrough have minor symptoms. As a health care professional I am optimistically positive that we have turned the corner, but we could encounter another variant, another outbreak and be asked to mask once again for everyone’s safety. Enjoy our relaxation of mandates, but keep others safe please.
Please know that I am always available to answer questions, help with scheduling appointment, providing a test or even FIT testing you for a N95 mask so that it fits properly. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667. Do not hesitate to contact me OR my staff at my office (At Home Nursing) at 546-8773 if you need to be tested – we would be happy to test you. We are also available to FIT test you for an M95 mask and can sell those to you.
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - December 7, 2021
Dee Schweitzer tells us about the California Grand Jury system
Wally Krutz led us in the Pledge of Allegiance
Bill Arnone called on us to remember that it was 80 years ago on this day that Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. But we weren’t going to sing about that. He led us in a rousing rendition of “Deck the Halls” and the club performed admirably.
Terry Andreacchi offered the club two of his Rotary moments: first was when he attended a Rotary International Convention in Philadelphia. He felt as if the whole world was there – people from all parts of the world, all dressed in different ways and coming together for Rotary. He said it was “hair raising”. His second moment was at a District Conference where he was representing the San Carlos Rotary. And the whole event was about the people in the room: “friends and fellowship”. That’s what Rotary means to him.
Guests of Rotarians today were:
Dee Schweitzer, our speaker, about the Sonoma County Grand Jury
Charlie Johnson, representing the Windsor Girls Softball Team
President Pam then announced and recognized our December Rotarian of the Month. She said our December honoree was a longstanding member in the Club, Past President, big skier, a Paul Harris Fellow, a sustaining member and has served on several Club and District Committees, both in the areas of Youth and Membership. She has been a long-standing part of our Rotary Youth Exchange Program. She recently hosted the brother of one of our former Youth Exchange students and provided avenues for amazing activities and contacts with other Rotarians – so much so that he now wants to move back to the states full time. And she is Leader of the Pack at the Rotary Bar. She is the impetus behind our Cub keeping International Service at the forefront in our Club. And this year she created the “Passport for Success” which is creating opportunities for our new Rotarians to engage more easily and access information about Rotary and our Club at a very personal level. Hats off to RENEE HYDE – DECEMBER ROTARIAN OF THE MONTH !!!!!
Leslie Lewis acknowledged birthdays for the following members:
Karen Ricketts, who donated to Rotary International in honor of her Dad, Jack Ricketts. And, she also donated to the Ken Moulton Scholarship Fund, which generated the train horn whistle from Brian Ling.
Leah Hansen was recognized for her November birthday. Leah said she had two celebratory meals for her birthday and donated to the Windsor Rotary Community Foundation (WRCF) for her birthday.
Rags was on the recognition list, but insisted that his birthday was in September! He still donated based on his number of chickens, either 14 or 25???
President Pam announced:
Each month Rotary has a theme - a focus - we have tried to keep this in the forefront when planning our monthly meetings - to have at least ONE meeting that gives focus to the theme for that month
Last month was Foundation- we started the introduction with the purple pinky when Bob Rogers was talking about Polio.
In November - we had Greg and Lili Freitas who talked about some of the activities that the foundation is involved in - i.e. International exchanges, etc.
This month - the focus is DISEASE PREVENTION - again focus on not just POLIO but other areas in which ROTARY is involved in supporting training facilities and health camps in undeveloped countries who are also struggling with HIV/AIDS and malaria. Financing programs and working with communities to improve drinking water and sanitation infrastructure.
We are dedicated to working with partners on an international level to reach the one in six people in the world who can't afford to pay for health care.
The world relies on Rotary to tackle these global challenges, and to set an example for others to follow. Our Club has been active and involved in international projects such as these, supporting a clean water project in Peru this year.
President Pam announced that Sandi and Wally had a family announcement: their daughter is engaged! Sandi said the news came at the first of November, that they like their son-in-law-to-be, and that he has red hair!
Joan Mora announced our ROTARY CHRISTMAS PARTY– this Saturday, December 11, at John How’s home, 9951 Troon Court, Windsor, at 5:30 PM. Members are to bring: drinks to share, a food dish to share, and an unwrapped gift that reminds you of the Rotarian name you drew. If you didn’t draw a name, contact Joan Mora or Sandi to receive a name. All the gifts we bring to the Rotary Christmas party will be donated to the Windsor Toy and Food Drive, which is co-chaired by our own Robin Resendez.
Bill Bolster rang the BIG bell – that is the Salvation Army bell – looking for more volunteers for December 11 and December 18. Bill reminded us that there are 1.4 million Rotarians in the world who have given 19 million hours of service in the last year. This is an impressive organization we belong to!
Sue Nelson offered a summary just to clarify all of the activities of our Club during this holiday season:
Both of the above are part of our financial commitment to our community this Christmas. But there are also hands-on activities available for us to donate our time and our hearts:
President Pam called on Maureen Merrill to let us know about the Zone meeting she and Mike attended. Maureen offered a basket of gifts to Pam. Then she spoke eloquently about the RI President Shehkar Mehta discussing “Empowering Girls” program, and asking “what would you and your club do?”
Ed Turner offered this information to President Pam: We contributed $372.50 to the WRCF last Tuesday with our breakfast donations. Ed offered the additional $2.50 to make it an even $375 to the fund, echoed by Bill Arnone.
President Pam recognized Diane Brabetz for her generous contributions overall for our Club, and especially for her membership in the Polio Plus Society, which earned Diane a pin and bracelet. Special thanks to Diane for her time and offers of support to the Nations Finest home with contributions of time, expertise and medical boxes!
Also THANKS to Kurt Mitchler for donating 60 toothbrushes and tubes of toothpaste for the Nation’s Finest Home.
Sandi Krutz reviewed the Monday visit to the Nation’s Finest event and said it went “swimmingly”. There was an emotional presentation of colors. Local politician James Gore attended as well as a rep from Mike McGuire’s office. There was a good deal of “pomp and circumstance”, and Rotary was acknowledged for our support.
Sue Nelson then summarized our Community Service donations which have been completed: Your dollars through Rotary Club of Windsor have supported:
And now – Sue made the presentation of the check for $835 to Charlie Johnson of the Windsor Girls Softball Team for new equipment bags carrying the Rotary logo.
Bill Arnone introduced our in-person speaker, Dee Schweitzer, who is a trainer with the California Grand Jurors Association. Dee travels throughout the state training new civil grand jurors. She served on the Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury 2017-2018 term, and as Foreperson during the 2018-2019 term.
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Dee has given us links to the following - click any one to access it:
The video she was trying to show. Agents of Change
Grand Jury Application
Grand Jury Flyer
Grand Jury Complaint
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Dee gave us an interesting and informative presentation about the civil grand jury. She began with the tongue-in-cheek quote from Tom Wolfe’s “Bonfire of the Vanities” that “the District Attorney could get a Grand Jury to indict a ham sandwich.”
She explained the difference between a criminal and civil grand jury – civil grand jurors serve as their own investigators as well as jurors. She offered the criteria to apply for the grand jury, described the “super majority” and what it means, as well as the strict confidentiality of the grand jury. And, she discussed the significance of the final report published every year by the grand jury. For more info, and to read the reports of our Sonoma County Grand Jury, go to http://sonoma.courts.ca.gov/info/administration/grand-jury
President Pam ended the meeting with this thought from William James Mayo, namesake of the clinic:
“The aim of medicine is to prevent disease and to prolong life. The idea of medicine is to eliminate the need of a physician.”
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - March 1, 2022
Treason - The Law in the USA
Guests :
Rotary Moment:
Student of the Month in Humanities: – Aldenee Somali
Paul Harris Fellowship Awards:
LAW of Treason:
REMINDER March 8th
Quote:
COVID UPDATE FROM DIANE BRABETZ:
Current COVID update (3/1/22) from your Rotary nurse, Diane Brabetz. We have returned from our trip to Mexico and in this will share with you some of my observations there around COVID.
COVID UPDATE: MANDATES ON MASK WEARING HAVE EXPIRED AND THERE IS CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM THAT WE ARE ON THE DOWNWARD SIDE OF COVID HERE IN SONOMA COUNTY!
Total Cases: 82,449 (last reported 76,585)
Recovered: 78,200 (last reported 53,243)
Active Cases: 3775 (last reported week 22,897)
Deaths: 449 (last reported 445)
New Cases: 661 cases this past week (last reported 5187)
Hospitalized: 32 confirmed and 2 suspected (last reported 94 confirmed and 0 suspected)
Vaccination information…. As of February 27th, 2022 - 1,006,076 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County (last reported 981,683). 80% of our population 5 years and older are fully vaccinated and 7% have had at least one (1) dose.
MASKS: Dr. Sundari Mase, Sonoma County’s Public Health Officer rescinded the mask mandate on February 16th for all fully vaccinated individuals. Unvaccinated individuals over age 2 will continue to be required to wear masks in all indoor public settings. Businesses,venue operators and hosts may determine their own paths forward to protect staff and patrons and may choose to require all patrons to wear masks. Indoor masking is still required by the State for everyone, regardless of vaccination status in public transportation, health care settings, congregate settings (like correctional facilities and homeless shelters), long-term care facilities and in all K-12 schools and childcare settings.
Masks continue to be a deterrent to the spread of COVID-19 and are suggested where case rates are high or there are outbreaks occurring. They are also suggested still in crowded, poorly ventilated spaces and for protection around those who are vulnerable and for young children who are not yet eligible for vaccinations. When wearing a mask, ensure that it is tight fitting such as a N95, KN95, or use a cloth mask over a surgical mask. People can continue to choose to wear a mask whether it is mandated or not and we should respect other’s feelings.
We recently returned from a trip to Mexico and found that they are still fighting huge numbers of new cases, people dying and lack of supplies, PPE and treatment. Be aware of where you travel, what is going on there and keep others safe when you do. We were required to show proof a negative PCR test no more than 24 hours before our departure – we found it odd that there was no requirement for our flight there but coming back into the USA, we did have to have a negative COVID test. There we also found every establishment we went into was checking temps, only allowed one entrance and one exit and was giving out hand sanitizer and / or masks. Indoor dining was allowed but the restaurants spread us out as much as they could. All in all we were impressed with their attempts to keep people safe and education was rampant on billboards and throughout the areaGet your booster if you are eligible! It is highly recommended to give your immune system a boost. Also get your Flu vaccine as we do not want citizens coming down with the flu. This not only compromises their immune systems but can also weaken their lungs. As a health care professional, I am optimistically positive that we have turned the corner, but we could encounter another variant, another outbreak and be asked to mask once again for everyone’s safety. Enjoy our relaxation of mandates but keep others safe please.
Please know that I am always available to answer questions, help with scheduling appointment, providing a test or even FIT testing you for a N95 mask so that it fits properly. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667. Do not hesitate to contact me OR my staff at my office (At Home Nursing) at 546-8773 if you need to be tested – we would be happy to test you. We are also available to FIT test you for an M95 mask and can sell those to you.
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - November 30, 2021
Getting to Know You - Renee Hyde
With the help of Julie Andrews we attempted singing a few bars of “Getting to Know You”, thankfully President Pam took mercy and cut it short.
Bill Conklin & Kurt Mitchler gave a brief description of our 2022 major beneficiary, Welding Program at Windsor High School. Rotary funding will provide a 30x30 paved carport area creating a safe space for the class, repaving of the area and funding to allow the students to design & fabricate a gate to complete the existing fencing. The gate will display the Rotary Logo.
Bill & Kurt shared a video on the welding class with testimony from students of how important this class has been to them, the success students have had because of the class as well as the setbacks due to the pandemic barring them from gaining hands on experience. This program will provide jobs locally for today’s students and into the future.
Save the Date: March 26, 2022 Major Event
We had no visiting Rotarians
Tom Boylan introduced Londa Faber for the last time; she will be inducted as a member later in the meeting.
President Pam was delighted to receive a Bubble Machine from Bill Bolster, I am pretty sure it was in the shape of Mickey Mouse. Pam is already having fun with it.
Pam also displayed the framed picture of two polar bears Susan Cole gifted her after her trip to the Artic.
Tom Boylan, District Governor Elect. Attended a week long Zone Meeting in Tucson Arizonia. We have all seen the pictures of him decked out in his “special suit” to celebrate the graduation of the current District Governor Elect, complete with a Mardi Gras Band, in addition to having fun and lots of attention, he stated he and wife Melody participated in 3 days of intensive training.
In the past the Zone meeting was only open to certain leaders of Rotary, however, it is now open to all Rotarians, Tom encourage Rotarians to make a plan to attend, good place to meet other Rotarians from the district, make connections and discover opportunities that will benefit the district and clubs.
Tom brought President Pam a piece of jewelry from Arizona that was hand made by Sylvia, a fellow Rotarian.
Bill Bolster: Dick Bishop Salvation Army Bell Ringing: December 11 & 18th. Volunteers Needed signup sheet at meeting or contact Bill: billbolster@eoc-inc.com
Barbara McChesney is home from her 3 month trip, she returned with 3 flags from the Rotary Clubs she visited while away. One in Birmingham, the largest club in the world, and very formal, one in Georgia and Tulsa, Barbara also brought President Pam a book of Best Jokes of Minnie Pearl that she purchased while visiting the Grand Ole Opry.
Barbara’s story is a good reminder to ask for a couple of Windsor Rotary Flags to trade with clubs you have the opportunity to visit while traveling.
Renee Hyde our membership chair was pleased to induct our 10th new member to the club this year. Londa Faber is a Santa Rosa native and not new to Rotary she was a member of the Rotary Club in Oak Grove before returning to Sonoma County, and a Paul Harris Fellow, glad to have her.
Renee Hyde presented President Pam with Woolly Mammoth stuffed animal she brought back from visit to Mammoth Lake.
Open House @ Windsor Veterans Village: Monday December 6th 10am-12pm. Please RSVP 833-468-9676 ext. 1948
Windsor Community Holiday Food & Toy Drive: Distribution Event December 18, 10am-2pm @ Cali Calmécac Language Academy. Volunteers needed before event to wrap presents, sort food and transport both to Cali, as well as day of event to distribute food & toys. Go to https://windsorfoodandtoydrive.com/ click on “How Can I Help”.
Our thoughts are with Mike & Maureen Merrill this week as Mike recuperates from a battle with his bike.
Meeting Program:
Getting to know you: Renee Hyde
Our Christmas/Holiday party this year will be held December 11th at the home of John How. Staying with our practice of supporting Santa Tim & Toys for Community, as well as getting to know our members better, names of club members were placed in a hat, each member was instructed to draw a name out of the hat and purchase a toy they felt best represented that person. Please wrap and bring present you purchased to the party 12/1, no name tag on present necessary. It will be Fun for all.
While in team groups a good time to chat, get familiar with person whose name you drew ideas for toy to purchase.
Adopt a Family: Sandie Krutz
Sandie Krutz has been in communication with the Boys & Girls Club concerning the Christmas gift giving to families of Boys & Girls Club members in need of assistance. “Adopt a Family”, we participated in this program last year, had great success and requested to repeat this year.
The club was broken into teams, with each team receiving the needs of one family. Each team was to designate a leader and coordinate gift giving. Teams are requested to have gifts at next Tuesday’s meeting 12/7.
President Pam thanked all those that work to make our meeting a success and special thanks to Brian Ling for picking up those delicious pastries. We will back to having our regular breakfast next week.
Closing quote:
“The great thing about new friends is that they bring new energy to your soul”
Amazon Smile: A painless easy was to contribute to the: “Windsor Rotary Community Foundation” Once you have registered with Amazon Smile and chosen the charity of your choice, Amazon does the rest.
COVID UPDATE FROM DIANE BRABETZ:
New OMICRON variant becomes newest threat in the coronavirus pandemic! President states the new variant is “a cause for concern, not a cause for panic!”
The United States remains vulnerable to the coronavirus that is still spreading in other parts of the US and in unvaccinated areas of the world. With travel once again popular and borders open, it becomes a cause of concern for the CDC and Public Health that we must remain vigilant. Boosters are available and most clinics here in Sonoma County are also offering flu vaccine at the same time in order to keep people healthy and immune systems at their peak. There is plenty of vaccine for boosters so if you want one, schedule an appointment now!
Visit https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667 to get information on clinics.
Total Cases: 42,701 (2 weeks ago 42,103)
Recovered: 41,209 (2 weeks ago 40,314)
Active Cases: 1080 (2 weeks ago 1379)
Deaths: 412 (2 weeks ago 410)
Please continue to honor those we have lost by encouraging those you know who have not become vaccinated, to get their COVID shot and their flu shot.
New Cases: 295 new cases this past week (2 weeks ago 410 new cases – the number of new cases is difficult to use as the we were closed for Thanksgiving and the weekend for testing)
Hospitalized: 24 confirmed and 2 suspected (last week 28 confirmed and 1 suspected)
Vaccination information…. As of Nov. 28th, 814,148 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (2 weeks ago 781,056). 74% of our populations 5 years and older (5-11 year olds have now been approved and are counted in the population vaccinated or not) are fully vaccinated and approximately 8% have received at least 1 dose. Providers in Sonoma County are giving shots to our 5-11 year olds and are also providing Boosters for anyone over 18.
More breakthroughs are being seen in Sonoma County in the fully vaccinated because of the Delta variant which is highly contagious and opportunistic. Most people who have been diagnosed with a breakthrough are either asymptomatic (which means they are infectious and can spread it without knowing) or are mildly sick. This is an indication of how well the vaccines are working. But if you have not gotten a booster and are in a group that can, it is highly recommended to give your immune system a boost. Also get your Flu vaccine as we do not want citizens coming down with the flu. This not only compromises their immune systems, but can also weaken their lungs. Plus we need to keep our beds open and medical staff ready to help those with COVID and not have our residents admitted with the flu.
So, please continue to wear your masks, be aware of your surroundings and even outside, if you are in crowded situations, mask up! Please remember, if you are in a meeting indoors, remove your mask only to eat and drink and then replace it immediately! Be aware of others around you and mask up when you are not eating or drinking, unless you are with your immediate family or your extended “bubble”. Wash your hands frequently, use hand sanitizer and take precautions. The Delta variant is still out there, very virulent, ready to strike and we are now going into winter weather, flu season and more people are out and about, we need to be careful. Plus we do not know yet what will happen with the Omnicron variant with people traveling. We need to protect one another during this winter season of being indoors…….. Help protect the ones you love!
Thanks
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - February 22, 2022
Behind the Iron Curtain
Rotarian guests included George Dutton and Larry Mills.
Guests of Rotarians included our speaker Keith Davis. Rene Hyde introduced her house guest Domingo.
Barbara McChesney filled us in on her Rotary Moment. She said the journey started two plus years ago when she and her husband were on a trip to Africa. The work we did there was the inspiration for her being here today, and well into the future. She added her international connection gave her inspiration and most important, her connection with Club members keeps her involved.
Announcements:
Joan Mora came to us from the online world… What’s Up? She said.
Pegi Ball let us know the Dictionary Program is underway. She has a lot of dictionaries ready to be distributed. Chris Landwher will get the books to the school on March 2nd, but we need a volunteer to help distribute them to every third grader in Windsor. Let Pegi know if you can have some fun and join the giveaway.
Youth Exchange is on and rolling back to the past, which is a step forward for going forward and off to the world. We are sending two students in an effort to make up for lost time.
Sandie Krutz is delighted to actually see our faces… she is also happy to talk with Alison Huber via phone. She reached out to ask her how she is doing, and she is doing well.
Domingo is looking for part time chore style projects. If you have something to do around the home or business and would rather not be the one doing it, ask Domingo.
Kurt Michler let us know we still have a need for more silent auction items. Get in touch with Catherine Hanron and let her know if you have a new patio umbrella that you didn’t return in time, or anything else with some value for others.
Bill Conklin let us know that those of us who don’t have social plans for our fundraiser event, should start to invite others to gather as a group for auction event.
Wine donations go to Jo Timmsen, and don’t forget to register for the auction … and get others to register.
President Pam gave us all the update on the latest board meeting.
If you have an item for the website, send it along to JB Leep, our esteemed web master.
Bill Bolster let us know who will be the President Elect Nominee. Barbara McChesney left the room for us to vote that she will be the president for year 2024-2025. Round of applause goes here.
Painted pianos are all around town… well actually according to Heather Cullen, they have all been auctioned off, but we expect to see more as they continue to find more in need of a paint job. So far they have had 60 pianos donated. If you have a piano to donate, let Heather know. They will provide the paint job, and a little piano music as well. Look for the big auction to happen in September!
Program:
Pres. Pam introduced George Dutton with Healdsburg Sunrise who then introduced us to Keith Davis as our guest speaker. Keith is a San Francisco native who moved to Santa Rosa with his family at an early age. He has had a long career as a consultant for transportation and a world traveler whose experiences included spending time in Berlin, back when the “wall” was still intact.
Keith went to the University of Berlin on the GI Bill. He became fluent in German, eventually he came back to the States and went to work at Hunter’s Point at the Naval shipyard.
Keith was recruited to carry messages into East Berlin to aid people looking for passage out of the Eastern Block. He gave us a story of intrigue and spying, mixed with some blues.
Interesting travels and an introduction to a 1958 Volkswagen with a hand crank sunroof. Keith shared a variety of pieces that we could get a glimpse of his time in Europe. In his adventures he became more than familiar with what living under totalitarianism could be like. The trickery used to establish who was pro regime, versus those that were being exposed to the West, became a way to ostracize those that were not conformists.
Keith ended the discussion with a story of Russian tanks surrounding his room in Czechoslovakia and that concludes today’s meeting. Or so we thought, he went on to explain that his escape was…
President Pam let us know what moved her about our day's topic:
“To this day, I attempt to walk through walls, real and imagined, external and internal. Sometimes in the midst of stress, insanity, wannabe dictators, wars, cruelty, injustice, greed, quarantines, pandemic viruses, I think back to those days along these roads.
In my mind, I have never stopped walking.”
? Kevin James Shay, Walking through the Wall
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - November 16, 2021
Nation's Finest in Santa Rosa
Meeting Notes – Tuesday, November 16, 2021 Scribe: Brian Ling
Pledge of Allegiance: Ed Janke Song: This Land is Your Land (Thank you JB)
Rotary Moment: Tom Boylan – DG Nominee Tom told us about his Rotary journey from member to President to District Involvement to Zone Involvement to District Governor Nominee. Get ready for 2023-2024 as our home club District Governor and his theme for the year will be “We are the World – Mission Possible” in appreciation to our Past District Governor Ken Moulton.
Visiting Rotarians: Randy Seely (SR Sunrise), Ed Janke (Rotary Club of San Jose)
Guests: Mitch Grandi, Cathy Williams, Sandi Tucker – Nations Finest, Trevor Thompson – Nations Finest
Sheila Meehan, Londa Faber, Dev, Larry McCabe, Monica McCabe
Board Recap:
Rotarian of the Month for November: Bill Bolster
Club Social: Joan Mora Thursday evening Happy Hour at Barrell Brothers, look for an eblast to confirm.
Bell Ringing – Always need a couple more volunteers for bell ringing at WalMart on December 11 and December 18. See Mike Merrill or Bill Bolster to sign up.
Foundation – Welcome Diane Brabetz to Polio Plus Society
Fundraiser Update – Kurt and Bill, March 26, 2022
Birthdays and Recognitions – John Hackenburg
Tom Boylan for his recent trip to Tucson
Jon How for his travelling and family professional successes. Contribution to RI/Polio Plus.
Robin Resendez visited family in Idaho.
Steve Klick – Big winner in Las Vegas, went to see the Raiders (lost) and participated in a raffle (WON! $100K!!!!!!!!). Will contribute to both Rotary Foundation and WRCF.
Anniversaries:
New Members: Membership Director Renee Hyde introduced for new members!
Mitch Grandi – Moved to Windsor in 1990, was in Windsor Rotary in the 90’s and now that he is retired from being a Chiropractor here in Windsor, he is rejoining our club.
Monica McCabe – Pre School Teacher career. Here with Larry to be Professional Grandparents
Larry McCabe – Software Engineer for Medical Equipment
Dev – From Great Britain, he and his wife followed family to Windsor and is ready to start contributing to and meeting the Windsor community.
Cathy Williams – Followed her son Brian to Windsor and is joining him here at Windsor Rotary following a career in Child Protective Services.
Program Presentation – Sandy Tucker and Trevor Thompson, Nation's Finest in Santa Rosa.
Windsor Veterans’ Village an investment in a comprehensive housing solution to our local veterans. 60 units of permanent housing plus 1 fulltime property manager, all veterans. Multiple resources on site including case management services for their previously homeless veterans.
A special thank you to Dave and Kathy Culley at KC’s for providing free lunches to their resident veterans last week on Veterans Day.
With more than 31 locations in 15 mostly rural communities in California, Arizona, and Nevada, each year Nation's Finest provides critical services and support for over 7,000 veterans and their families. Find more information at nationsfinest.org.
A true hero isn’t measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - February 15, 2022
Back at Charlie's President Quiz
President Pam rang the bell @7:30 and welcomed everyone back. Great to be together again,
Pledge of Allegiance: Susan Cole
INSPIRATION: President Pam Moulton
This is my moment to say, in person, Thank you for all that you have given me in the last few months – but most significantly in the last couple of weeks. The strength of support, kindness, generosity, cards, flowers, visits, meals, and as many offers to do all of that, but I have asked to postpone. This, at times indescribable feeling of being part of something greater than myself, has been so comforting and healing! You have allowed me to live through and with so many Rotary Moments – and I know there are many more to come!
For this I am so thankful!
SONG: Heather Cullen led us in the Beatles' “All You Need is Love”
NO Visiting Rotarians
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: Tom Boylan introduced Jeff Cave, (finally in person) Daniel Myers introduced our Student of Year; Jaycie Levar and her parents; Carie & Jay Levar and Jeff Vincent, Windsor High School Teacher
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
SPARK SUCCESS: March 26, 2022 Virtual Fundraiser
Kurt Mitchler encouraged everyone to Register & Invite!
https://windsorrotary.ejoinme.org/spark-registration
Catherine can use more silent auction items, helldiver@comcast.net
Jo Timmsen thanks everyone that brought wine this morning; she would love to receive more! jotimmsen@sonic.net WineDonationFormFillout 2022.pdf
Maureen Merrill announced she is putting a viewing party together for our Spark Success fundraiser at Mutt Lynch Winery Downtown Windsor. Seating is limited. Contact Maureen for more information: 707-484-0320, Maureen@maureenmerrill.com OR create your own viewing Party, always more fun with friends.
No Rotarian of the month, Pam says she could not bring herself to allow for only one or two weeks of recognition.
Thanks to Brian Ling for taking the reins last week, with Jennifer Strong – a powerful program! We are looking forward to Brian taking the lead in July.
A special thank you to Sue Nelson for jumping in on February 1st!
Tom Boylan offered to pay a fine to present Brian Ling with a mounted article announcing Brian’s planned departure from Sonoma County Alliance to preside as President of the Rotary Club of Windsor 2022-2023, and embark on some new adventures.
Student of the Year: Jaycie Levar
Introduction by Jeff Vincent, teacher of social studies at WHS since 2004. Jeff was referred to WHS by Ken Moulton and was co-founder of the Pre-Med Core. The pre-med core is commitment, compassion and desire to care for people.
Jeff first met Jacyie when classes started; however, it was all distant learning. Jeff stated Jacyie was always present on camera, attentive, and helpful to other students. Jaycie currently works with a non-profit organization and plans to become an Anesthesiologist.
Jaycie is a senior in the Pre-Med Core at Windsor High School. She stated her Grandfather, the late Jack Levar was a Rotarian in Santa Rosa and she was familiar with Rotary. Her Father, Jay is a fire fighter and from his profession she has been exposed to folks with PTSD. It has long been her desire to help people.
Jaycie is involved with the school community, although the pandemic has curtailed some programs Jaycie is still involved with Bring Change to Mind, (a high school program that raises awareness around mental health), College Readiness Club and Black Lives Matter.
Jaycie was elected as Vice President of the Senior Class, and is active in athletics. She plays on the JV softball team, soccer team, and tennis, she won 1st team all round athlete of the year. Jaycie is also taking Bio Chemistry and is doing an internship in Bio Chemistry with a local company. Jaycie has not decided on a college as yet, but it is her goal to become an Anesthesiologist. Thank you to the Rotary Club of the recognition.
Past President Bill Arnone, representing the Past Presidents Advisory Committee, announced we were going to play (by tables) a game of: Presidents Gone – who did what?
Each table was given a paper with all past president’s names on one side and True Factoids on the other. The goal was to match the President with the factoid. It was great socializing, sharing memories and filling new members on some of our history, but boy are we a competitive group.
Thank you Bill and Past Presidents for pulling everybody together!
Next meeting on February 22nd we will be at Charlie's.
Board Meeting online Monday February 21st, 6pm
In Rotary we have themes for each month - This month’s theme is PEACE and CONFLICT month – Well – from Mahatma Ghandi
The day that the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace!
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - November 9, 2021
Mike Martini - Taft Street Winery & Support for WHS Vineyard Academy
Past President Ed Turner rang the bell @ 7:30am. President Pam coordinated various Past Presidents to conduct one meeting a month during her presidency year. It has been 27 years since Ed was the Windsor Rotary President 1994-95, but he appeared calm and comfortable in the position. Ed announced in honor of Veterans Day we would celebrate our veterans in today’s meeting.
Doug Williams lead us in Pledge of Allegiance
Celebration of Veterans:
Mike Merrill acknowledged we have had some great speakers to honor our veterans, however, it was decided our best recognition would be to hear from the veterans in our club:
I want to make my apologies in advance for any misinformation or something left out, I was so absorbed in their stories, I failed my duties of writing it down. My gratitude to you veterans.
Mike Merrill - Marine Corps: Mike attended Justice Academy, was stationed at Camp Pendleton where he assisted & guided Marines and worked with court marshals. Mike did a tour in Vietnam outside Da Nang as Judge Advocate and in Southern Ca. as a JAD from where he retired.
Brian Williams - Marine Corps: 1996 – 2000
John Hackenburg - Naval Air: 1969 – 1996 John’s training began in Florida ending at Moffett Field in CA. In between he did 2 tours one in Japan playing chicken with Russian warships, glad he was a winner.
Scott Bonin - Navy: Scott was trained to be a dentist while in the Navy. He interned at Balboa Hospital in SF with oral surgeons, and he discovered oral surgery was not the direction he wanted to pursue. Scott served in Japan and San Diego in a mobile unit taking care of military personnel on ships.
Bill Bolster - Navy: Bill joined the Navy ROTC when he attended college, he participated in “Summer Cruises” and attended Sub school, he completed 2 sets of duty, one out of Pearl Harbor and one from San Diego. He mentioned his subs were diesel powered not nuclear, there is a story about him banging the bang barge, but have to leave that for another day.
Mike Merrill concluded this portion of our Veterans recognition thanking all our Veterans for their service to the country.
We will be having a speaker in the near future to share updates on the “Windsor Veterans Village”. Stay tuned.
Back to our regular meeting agenda: JB Leep, Carol Martin & Sandie Krutz divided the room in thirds & lead us in a round of Row Row Rotary, (row your boat) - Fun, and pretty easy for us.
Inspiration: Sue Nelson
Sue stated she feels lucky to have 34 years with the Rotary Club of Windsor. Sue (a charter member) originally joined Rotary for the business opportunities, however, early on, December 1987, she participated in a Toy’s for Tots “wrapping party” when she entered the room at the Airport Business Center she discovered 100’s of presents to be wrapped. She sat next to Marie Coakley, an “elderly lady”, (mid 40’s) charter member and longtime resident of Windsor. Sue relayed they talked about everything, the town, Rotary, herself & family, by the end of the event Sue realized this was more than a business opportunity, a new door was opened for her and it changed her perspective of what Rotary was all about, community, service & family. It is a moment she will not forget.
No Visiting Rotarians:
Guests of Rotarians:
Mike Martini: Taft Street Winery, Barney Kaufman: Vineyard Academy-WHS, Londa Faber. Hopefully last visit as guest - Monica McCabe, Last visit as guest - Larry McCabe, Last visit as guest - Mitch Grandi, Last visit as guest - Dev Sodagar. Yay! returning Rotary member, Kathy Williams soon to be member. AND our guests for our recognition of Student of the Year: Student of the Year - Stephanie Melendez, Proud Mom Fanny, and English Teacher Krista Raszler, WHS.
Rotarian of the Month: Bill Bolster
Bill announced we have the opportunity to RING THE BELL, for Salvation Army at Walmart: Saturday, December 11th & Saturday, December 18th. Bill sent a signup sheet around the room; if you missed it, contact Bill for more information.
Daniel Myers presented the Student of Year: Stephanie Melendez, Digital Focus
Daniel explained it is student of year, as one student is chosen from each focus area at Windsor High School to receive recognition.
Stephanie was introduced by her AVID English teacher Krista Raszler, Ms. Raszler first met Stephanie in 10th grade, and she noted Stephanie’s interest ranged from Star Wars to the Oakland A’s. Ms. Raszler commented that Stephanie was a little shy in her first presentation but so pleased with her growth. She admitted she frequently calls on Stephanie to present first to display an example. Ms. Raszler described Stephanie as: Kind, intellectually open minded, helpful to students and a pleasure to teach.
Stephanie is 17 years old, a senior attending Digital Academy at WHS, she was prepared with a written presentation that I would need actual copy to do justice. Stephanie stated that along with her digital and academic education she had gathered Life Lessons, she sees her teachers as mentors, and role models, people she is comfortable to go to and share any situation.
Stephanie was asked what project she was most proud of. Stephanie responded that a full year of no in-person school was challenging, that she was proud of the development in herself but also proud of the development of other students in her classes. Stephanie’s presentation was filled with gratitude for family, teachers and community.
Fanny, Stephanie’s Mother expressed how proud she is of her daughter and her gratitude to Rotary for “Student of the Year” recognition and support.
Speaker: JB introduced Mike Martini founder of Taft Street Winery in Sebastopol. Mike was Mayor of Santa Rosa 2001-2002, active in numerous community programs. Taft Street Winery partners with Vineyard Academy at WHS by producing wine from the grapes tended and harvested by students & volunteers.
Mike first teased President Pam on her good idea of getting others to do her work by having past presidents preside a meeting a month. On a serious note Mike stated Rotary is an asset to all the cities Rotary Clubs are present.
Taft Street Winery was started in 1979 in a garage in Oakland; it was started like the renegade Bordeaux winemakers known as "Garagistes. Taft Street Winery continues in the garagistes traditions to this day, producing limited production, handcrafted wines from select Russian River Valley vineyards.
Mike affirmed wine tastes best with friends, food, and it is free, it seems there may have been a few of these parties, with suggestions he should start a winery. Starting a winery requires money so the conversation usually ended, until one day someone stood up and ask “how much” ?
This person stated he would not invest any money if all interested partners did not also invest. I am assuming funds were found as Taft Street Winery was founded.
Almost all businesses are started with Passion & Ignorance and faced with challenges. Happy to say 2021 will be the 40th harvest for Taft Street Winery; we strive to stay true to Fun, Family & Friends.
Taft Street faces same issues of all businesses; fires in August had a huge impact, & labor issues.
The backbone of the wine & hospitality business is the optimistic people in the vineyards and winery, looking forward to the next harvest.
Taft Street Winery has been a proud partner of the Windsor High School Vineyard Academy since 2011. Each year, we crush and ferment the grapes farmed by the students and help promote sales of Windsor Jaguar Zinfandel. The last release was 2018 and 2019 – 2021 is in barrels. All work is donated, 100% of proceeds minus taxes and fees goes to Vineyard Academy.
Mike invited Barney Kaufman from Vineyard Academy to add comments. Barney stated the academy has harvested 10 tons over the past ten years, 1 ton per year; 1 ton of grapes can produce 60 cases of wine. The Vineyard Academy has received $100,000. In proceeds, $38,000.00 has been awarded in student scholarships.
Students of Vineyard Academy farm Old Vine Zin vineyards at Reiman Lane & Starr Rd, Windsor. It is rumored that the first planting of this vineyard was in 1850, although there are many old vines in the vineyard, it is not known if any are original planting. Volunteers, including a few Rotarians, help students with the harvest, and grapes are delivered to Taft Street Winery. Students are not involved in the fermenting or bottling process.
The wonderful label was designed by WHS students.
Vineyard Academy displays opportunities in wine & hospitality business, in addition to vineyard management, & winemakers, marketing, financial, HR & sales.
Several previous students are now working in the hospitality business.
JB Leep added, “It is excellent wine”
Closing remarks:
Past President thanked Mike Martini for presenting to us, thanked guests, & Rotarians for attending,
Reminded us to remember and thank a veteran and do something Rotarian,
Respectfully submitted,
Pegi Ball
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - February 8, 2022
DGE Jennifer Strong Inspires Us
Welcome from President Elect and guest President Brian Ling.
Pledge of Allegiance by District Governor Nominee Tom Boylan
SONG – Bill Arnone sang ‘Let it be’ in keeping with all that is happening now.
Visiting Rotarian: Jennifer Strong, District Governor Elect, member of Rotary Club of Lakeport with a classifaction of financial planning.
Tom Boylan introduced his guest, Jeff Cave.
Announcements – Brian announced the very exciting news that meeting rules being rescinded as of Friday, Feb.11 so we return to Charlie’s Tuesday, Feb.15th. The hybrid option will still be available, and the club will follow all proper protocols regarding masks and vaccinations. Look forward to seeing you all in person.
SPARK SUCCESS TEAM updates:
Club Social next week on Thursday, Feb. 17 at Volo Chocolate in Windsor. Joan Mora will be sending out more information.
Maureen bedazzled the club wearing her beautiful sequin top in honor of introducing the shining star and next District Governor Jennifer Strong. Jennifer is a natural leader within Rotary, her business and community. She contributes personally and through her professional work. Jennifer is a pilot and looks forward to her ability to visit District 5130 clubs quickly. Check out her bio online to learn more.
Jennifer’s presentation was both inspiring and informative, sharing information about her history as a Rotarian and some of the exciting projects she has led. Planting 3,000 trees in one day in Lake county was a highlight and included our own club members Wally Krutz and Bill Bolster.
Ken Moulton was foremost in Jennifer’s thoughts with her beautiful acknowledgment of Ken’s recent passing. Rotary is a family, a very big family and Ken was a pillar of Windsor Rotary as well as clubs far and wide. She described Ken as a true gentleman and leader. She took to heart him telling her “leadership is a privilege and take that opportunity for leadership beyond your club”.
Jennifer is very humbled and excited to move into role as DG for the “best district in the world”. She shared with great enthusiasm her joy that she is becoming DG the same year as the first woman International President in 118 years. She introduced the club to Jennifer Jones from Windsor, Ontario,Canada via a video clip. Jennifer Jones shared her vision and theme of ‘Imagine’ the possibilities we can all do through Rotary. “You may say that I’m a dreamer but I’m not the only one”. Make dreams a reality. Taken from the Broadway show Rent, we have 525600 minutes in a year. How are we each going to use our minutes?
Jennifer shared her thoughts that we are all given a super hero cape when we join Rotary. We can each make a difference and help inspire one other person to imagine something different. She will be challenging us in her year to focus on the environment, focus on our brand in the community, and to tell our Rotary stories. We can effect change in the world. Jennifer’s goal is to be proud of the time she will have spent on this earth. Jennifer read the poem The Dash by Linda Ellis. President Pam mentioned that this was a favorite of Ken’s as well.
Jennifer closed her presentation by answering questions from club members.
President Elect Brian’s closing remarks:
Thank you Jennifer, our District Governor Elect. I learned the importance of being a Rotary District Governor when I was a kid and John Withers, a friend and neighbor, was elected Governor of our District from my Dad's Santa Rosa West Rotary Club. I am so appreciative to have Michael Juric, Maureen Merrill, and Mike Merrill as Past District Governors with us, plus Jennifer Strong and Tom Boylan as future Governors with us,and knowing that our 6th Governor Ken Moulton is happily watching everything that we are doing too. There probably isn't another Rotary meeting world wide that has such tremendous participation with such great leadership.
My closing quote comes from George Dutton who is the President-Elect of the Healdsburg Sunrise Rotary Club and going back to my days in Active 20-30 #50 prior to my joining the Rotary Club of Windsor. George's legendary quote is "You will get out of 20-30 (Rotary) as much as you put into it." I'm inspired by how much our District Governors have put into Rotary and how much they enjoy what they get from being a Rotarian.
Our WRCF Funds at Work - Report from Susan Cole
On Monday, February 7, members of the Rotary Club of Windsor gathered at the North Bay Met Academy to watch the installation of a “Blue Barrel Water Catchment System” by the students of North Bay Met. The project was funded by our Windsor Rotary Community Foundation, and guided by friends from Daily Acts.
The North Bay Met Academy school garden is watered by long hoses from potable water. In our current drought, and as a more sustainable practice, the students installed a demonstration rainwater collection system to water their garden. Using rainwater slows down storm water, saves potable water, and offers others in the community an opportunity to see what we can do to preserve our water resources.
The project consists of an 8 barrel rainwater collection and storage system. It will collect rainwater from the roof of one of the Windsor Oaks Academy portable classrooms and store it for use in the dry season for the school garden.
Here’s what the project can accomplish:
1. Provide irrigation water for the school garden (which had lovely lettuce plants growing and flourishing on Monday during our visit)
2. Present an example of sustainable water use for the Windsor community
3. Demonstrate sustainable design principles in a changing climate
4. Promote healthy lifestyles and environmental design principles at school
5. Offer a hands-on learning opportunity for students to connect to the real world
6. Create math and science lesson opportunities
Our Club members watched as the students handled the 8 barrels, drilled the holes for connecting them together, and planned how to connect the pvc piping that completes the system.
Here are photographs of your Rotary Community Service funds at work.
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - November 2, 2021
You Can Do It Too - International Service Opportunities
The bell rang and President Pam Moulton quickly handed off the mic to Daniel Myers for a salute to the flag.
Heather Cullen checked in from Zoom world for a “My Country tis of Thee” recital.
Photos provided by Sue Nelson, and scattered thought of words spoken by Tom Boylan.
Sandi Krutz gave us a Rotary moment of her adventures to Brazil and the connection that she made with Brazil back when she was in the Rotary Club of Belmont. Back then she helped to fund a fire truck, the same truck she had a chance to see when she went to Brazil to dedicate an operating room paid for with a Rotary Grant during her year as Windsor Club President.
Rotarian Guests:
Pres Pam introduced Greg And Lili Freitas from Petaluma Sunrise, our speakers for the day.
Guests of Rotarians:
The list included past member Mitch Grandi introduced by Bill Conklin.
Sandi Krutz says Monica and Larry McCabe are due to leave the guest role behind and join us forever.
Londa Favre with Providence Health Care is a past Rotary Club of Sacramento member looking for a new club… Windsor says "Come home to Windsor".
Announcements:
Rotarian of the Month for November goes to Bill Bolster for all he does and has done for our club, except singing.
Catherine Hanron was highlighted because she took a spill last week while playing in the senior hockey league… ok maybe that is not the truth, but she is on the mend.
Chris Landwehr is looking for scribes, and I hope he finds them. Let him know if you believe the pen is mightier than the song meister.
Bill Bolster was handed a microphone and reminded us that last week he failed to bring up the interim Rotary Bar tenders, JB Leep and Carol Martin, who spent two years behind the bar coordinating and mixing drinks. On another note, Bill is seeking youth exchange host families.
JB Leep let us know the new website is up and running. Go to windsorrotary,org and have a look around.
Sue Nelson reminded us that the Rotary Club of Greenville, California took a devastating loss to all the members of that club and we sent a donation, which Sue says she is excited to relay the thanks of that club to all of us for the help.
Susan Cole and Sue Nelson are reviewing the paperwork for potential beneficiaries of this year’s fundraiser. If you would like to work with the selection committee, let them know.
Kurt Mitchler and Bill Conklin stood to give us a review of Bill’s trip to a cave in Arizona where he realized our fundraiser is all about the “Paella Festival” at the Mary Agatha Furth center. Volunteers stepping up to chair various positions include Catherine Hanron for Silent Auction, Barbara McChesney for Live Auction, Patrick Dunn for Sponsorship, Tom Hassur for the event location chair, Steve Klick the head chef, John Hackenburg the wine, Tom Boylan marketing, Carol Martin and Ed Turner for the finances, and Michael Juric for the emcee role.
Susan Cole brought an embraceable baby polar bear gift for Pres Pam from her trip to the Northern most corner of the globe. But I wonder how there could be a corner on a round globe.
Ed Turner brought his gift to Pres Pam all the way from Hilton Head, South Carolina, where for the first time in over two decades he decided to use his time share that he bought way back when. Killer biscuit mix and homemade soap were the appropriate gifts.
Diane Brabetz just got back from Casa Morada in Mexico and brought worry dolls and more to Pres Pam.
Michael Juric returned from Disneyland with his three-year-old grandson. He had a variety of items from the happiest place on Earth and managed to hand off mouse ears and a pirate hat along with diamond earrings from Fantasyland.
John Hackenburg called out a few Rotarians for celebrating their birthdays, including Beth Smith, Doug Williams, Susan Cole, Leah Hansen, Pres Pam called the money maker off because there are too many people open to being recognized and fined.
Program
Greg and Lili Freitas dropped in to fill in our club on what is going on for the Rotary Friendship Exchange and the Rotary Peace Centers Fellowship. Lili took the mic and quizzed our club to see how many have been involved in international travels and service projects. Many of us have been involved and the introduction to the programs will no doubt add to the list.
Rotary International is now focused on the Rotary Peace Fellowship to help build sustainable peace around the globe. With eight universities and more than 800 peace fellow graduates the impact is now being felt around the globe. Approximately 130 people per year are selected to partake in the program. The participants are not new to the peace struggle. Most have had experience in dealing with conflict resolution.
We can get involved by working with the District Committee and participate in the interviews with those looking to find conflict resolution in areas of the world where people are caught in a web of violence, and aggression against women. If you are interested in participating, connect with Lili.
We then went on to discuss the opportunities to join a Rotary Fellowship. Some of our club members are already there. Lili shared that she and Greg are members of the Rotary Travel Fellowship, which has given them many opportunities to visit and stay with Rotarians around the globe.
Greg Freitas is the District Chair for Rotary Friendship Exchange. He let those in our club who have participated in past exchanges know how grateful he is for their efforts.
A slide show gave us a view of the surroundings the past exchanges have stayed at. According to Greg, the places you go to are not always the tourism variety, but rather a look at places off the beaten path.
Windsor has had a good number of our members on various exchange trips. Greg’s role is to help coordinate the journeys and promote participation among members in our district. He let us know that the next trip is going to India, and if you’d like to participate, let him know.
We closed the meeting with a review of the Four Way Test.
COVID UPDATE from Diane Brabetz
NEWS FLASH: FDA approves vaccine (Pfizer) for children 5-11 years of age; a series of 2 shots (1/3 the dose of an adult) and it appears will be available this week or next in Pediatric offices, clinics and MD offices. BOOSTER SHOTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE!!!! Boosters are now available at many pharmacies and at clinics and Drs’ offices. FLU SHOTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE! Please get your flu shot to keep your immune system up and fighting off infections.
Please realize these are citizens of our county, a husband, father, son, wife, mother, or daughter whose family no longer will see them. These are not necessarily a resident of senior living or skilled nursing facilities!
Vaccination information…. As of Oct. 31st, 740,522 residents in Sonoma County have received the vaccine (2 weeks ago 708,480). 79% of our populations 12 and older are fully vaccinated and approximately 86% have received at least 1 dose. Providers in Sonoma County have begun administering Boosters of both Pfizer and Moderna. Booster shots are available if you were given either Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. You are eligible for a booster if you received two (2) shots at least 6 months ago, are 65 years old, reside in a longterm care setting, or are 50-64 years of age and have an underlying medical condition such as cancer, diabetes, asthma, HIV infections and heart disease, or obesity. Also anyone 18-64 years old and at increased risk for COVID exposure and transmission because of occupational or institutional setting. (for example – health care workers, teachers, day care staff and grocery workers). If you are unsure if you can receive a Booster or if one is available, call your health care provider, or one of the pharmacies. Let me know if you need my help.
We were extremely surprised and pleased to see how careful Mexico is being during our trip to our home in Quintana Roo (the State that includes Cancun). There were temperature machines at every entrance to stores, restaurants and facilities. Hand sanitizer was squirted in your hand as you entered and every store had an entrance and an exit and they only allowed one entrance. We did not see one single person in our travels without a mask on.
So, please continue to wear your masks, be aware of your surroundings and even outside, if you are in crowded situations, mask up! Wash your hands frequently, use hand sanitizer and take precautions. The Delta variant is still out there, very virulent, ready to strike and given that we still have 14% of our citizens not vaccinated over the age of 12 and all of our young children, it still has “hosts” it can latch onto. We need to try and manage this disease as we are not going to control it! Again, please consider getting your flu shot so that your immunity is up and your body is not susceptible to infection or any lung damage is done.
Thanks, Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - February 1, 2022
Memories of Past Governor Ken & FutureVisions
Past President Sue Nelson advised that our Past Club President (2002-03) and Past District Governor (2007-08) Ken Moulton had passed away peacefully over the weekend, after a long battle with ALS. President Pam is doing OK at home.
Pledge of Allegiance: Susan Cole
Song Leader: Bill Bolster – “If I had a Hammer” – by Pete Ziegler… incidentally a friend of Ken Moulton!
Thoughts for the day were of Ken and his service to Rotary and the Windsor Rotary Club, his many friends and family – and of course “those Cal Bears” that he served so admirably on the gridiron. A “good” man always moving to “great” -- Ken was committed to Rotary Education and his passion for the local IFL leadership development program he initiated in District 5130. And he had a little frivolity along the way – like wearing a grass skirt and seashells at the Pink Elephant Tavern in Monte Rio at Past Pres. Mauren’s 2002 debunking; leading to an infamous run with the WRC men’s annual chorus line (no more information)!
Guests of Rotarians: Jeff Cave, guest of Tom Boylan; Welcome Jeff and we look forward to seeing you again!
JB announced that he was engaging more with young people in embracing recycling practice at home and generally. Help is always appreciated – and fun! Please Contact JB!
"Spark Success!" Fundraiser March 26. The blowout preparation for our fundraiser rockets ahead. Here are a few items that need to be addressed: [1] more live auction items are needed -- Catherine Hannon has plenty of space in her storage area [2] and more wine contributions are needed as well –Contact Jo Timson! [3] Also we need lodging locations in Grass Valley and Newport Beach to round out live event packages.
You all come now – which means “Register Now!”
Speaker / Program: Jaque Salyer – Local manager for Habitat For Humanity in Sonoma County: HFH builds houses for poverty level persons that can be for short periods or a lifetime – Houses in Sonoma County are well above poverty level resources ($100K) so the need is great and at this point never ending. HFH runs a Resource Store that helps with home living items sells some items to the public as means of generating income – it’s a good deal shopping opportunity! HFH also, funds and conducts neighborhood clean-ups /revitalizations/ and critical repairs. They have been in business since 1947. Their goal is to create clean, safe and decent places to live with the active participation of the donees.
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - October 26, 2021
PDG BOB ROGERS TALKS ABOUT POLIOPLUS
Photos provided by Sue Nelson, words by Catherine Hanron’s relief scribe, Tom Boylan.
Rotary Moment:
Bill Bolster shared a Jack Hyde moment with some history of the Rotary Bar. Jack wrote to tell us his side of the story, including that the first two years of the “bar” were actually spent selling lemonade. The paltry sum of $500 for several years work was about to cause Jack to send a donation to the club so he could stop doing all the work, for so little return. Then the tide turned.
The Town of Windsor asked if the Rotary Club would like to sell drinks… margaritas at the booth. A new purpose unfolded in Jack’s life and we went on to create the frozen concoctions for two more years, before the margarita machine broke and we had to resort to opening a full-blown bar.
Jack’s ten years as the chief bartender helped to amass more than $195,000 that went toward out International efforts. Better still is that the bar stayed in the hands of another Hyde, Renee Hyde has spent countless hours overseeing the continued operation and the dollars keep rolling in to help fund our efforts for a better world.
Such a great story was then followed by Bill becoming the song Meister and leading us in a modified version of Wasted Away in Margaritaville. Some people claim that there’s a Bolster to blame… but we know, it’s our own damn fault.
Rotarian Guests included PDG Bob Rogers, who would take the lectern to tell us about his efforts at polio eradication.
Guests of Rotarians included Dev Sodagar, Kathy Williams (mother of Brian Williams), Mitch Grandi, Larry McCabe.
Announcements:
Michael Juric took the bow for the last meeting of the month as the Rotarian of the Month.
There was a familiar ring to the pinky thing when John Hackenburg stepped up to promote the reason we should all consider a manicure for the small finger on the hand. Children in the Far East were the ones that wore a purple pinky to show they were vaccinated against polio. John went through the various tables performing his own purple finger regimen, and asking for a minimum donation of $25 to go toward eradicating polio for good. If you want to be a bigger supporter for ending polio, you are asked to go to EndPolioNow.org and make the commitment to send $100 annually to the End Polio Now fund. This will make you a member of the PolioPlus Society. A good and noble cause for Rotarians everywhere.
Here are the links to some special documents for signing up for Polio Plus Society.
Polio Plus Society Rotarian District 5130 Flyer (view or download)
Polio Plus District 5130 Commitment Letter (download - docx)
Joan Mora let us know that the train has left the station, but the memories are lingering. If you missed the chance to get on board, you missed a fun club social on the SMART TRAIN… Joan will keep us posted on the future opportunity to mingle, pre-Kringle.
Wally and Sandie Krutz stepped forward to be recognized for becoming “Major Donors” for Rotary. The dynamic duo made the donation to take them over the top, or to the top. Major Donors make a commitment to Rotary and the Krutz family has shown that commitment in more ways than most.
Renee Hyde was making up for failing to present a present to Pres Pam last week and wound up bringing her jewelry and a framed wrist band from Renee’s journey south to see the Stones… not Stonehenge, but just as old.
Program:
PDG Bob Rogers was introduced as the Zone 26 & 27 PolioPlus Chair, which is appropriate in so many ways, including that he is a survivor of polio. Bob got his start as a polio leader in Rotary when he created the event ride for polio, which raised more than $120,000, and was then matched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In a two-year period, Bob is credited for raising more than $220,000 to fight polio.
Our presentation included a brief history of polio and a snapshot of where we are today. Since I wasn’t prepared to take notes, I just enjoyed the fact that the wild polio virus was down to two, make that TWO, cases worldwide. There are variants of the polio virus, which are still somewhat prevalent in primarily two counties, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, but recent approvals by the Afghan Taliban have shown that they too are willing to eradicate polio when they allow vaccine providers to continue their work in Afghanistan.
Please consider being a member of “Every Rotarian Every Year” group and sign up to make a donation to PolioPlus at EndPolioNow.org. Your donation could be the tipping point for the elimination of polio for good.
Pre-bell at the end of the meeting we heard from Buddha;
Whatever you think, you become
Whatever you feel, you attract
Whatever you imagine, you create
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - January 25, 2022
Chocolate Extravaganza
Our meeting began in Chat Rooms set up by Michael Juric where we brainstormed ideas for live and silent auction items. Good ideas were captured from Chat and sent to Live and Silent Auction Chairs.
CHOCOLATE EXTRAVAGANZA! THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH CHOCOLATE
Pledge of Allegiance – Catherine Hanron
Song: JB Leep offered us “Day-o”, a song by Harry Belefonte, also known as the Banana Boat Song. The kindest review offers that we did “not terrific”.
No visiting Rotarians or guests today. 37 participants, club members only
Carol Martin offered us her Rotary moment. During the 2018 fundraising process, she was moved by all the people seeking funding for their projects. She loved the Kidspree event where children were offered school supplies, clothes and services to start the school year. Kidspree was selected for the Fund-a-Need portion of our fundraiser. They were seeking two or three thousand dollars. But as this part of the event began, the money mounted up. There was such excitement in the room. There was tremendous energy and excitement and in the end, $18,600 was raised! Carol’s moment was, “this is what Rotary can do!” She recognized how powerful Rotary can be. The force of energy of a Rotary Club was amazing.
President Pam recognized and thanked Chris Landwehr for being January Rotarian of the Month
Leslie Lewis returned with her cheerful and always humorous recognitions and fines. Birthdays, anniversaries, spouses birthdays, trips, and one of 43 District-wide Rotarians of the Year – it was an abundant field of fines. Pegi Ball turned the tables and had Leslie acknowledge that she had a new Mazda CX5, for which Pegi fined Leslie.
JB Leep took us on a tour of our new website, windsorrotary.org. The goal was to have a calendar which always showed what was scheduled, access to all members’ phones and e-mails, and our Bulletins posted and available. This website, hosted by DACdb, meets all those criteria and more. Go !! Visit and become familiar with our website.
Announcements:
President Pam announced that Domingo, a former special exchange student, has relocated to Windsor and is looking for handyman jobs. Hi, Domingo, from your Rotary family.
Jo Timmsen announced that she is putting together the Live Auction item of an “Instant Wine Cellar” for our March 26 event. She is looking for 50-60 bottles of wine, each a $35 value or above. Each club member is asked to donate at least one bottle of wine for our Instant Wine Cellar.
Michael Juric and Maureen Merrill offered their warm thoughts to each other about sharing time together with no agenda items for once. They were brought together in this way by President Pam’s idea of Rotarians sharing time together outside of meetings just to get to know each other better. Michael said he had known Maureen for 30 years and she was a dear friend and (sort of) family member. It was a treat and a gift to have lunch together. Maureen echoed those ideas and said lunch together was nice and she was grateful to Pam for creating this great experience. Next week we’ll hear from Mike Merrill and John How.
JB briefly introduced our guests, Jeff and Susan Mall, owners and creators of Volo Chocolates.
And, we were off and running in our quest to learn about chocolate making. Jeff took us on a virtual tour of their tiny (500 square feet) factory in Windsor (The Shiloh Center) where the chocolate beans are crushed and processed in refiners. Last year they made 6 tons of chocolate. We learned that chocolate is grown in different parts of the world and each region has its own terroir, just like grapes. Jeff and Susan source chocolate beans from both Guatemala and Haiti, and they have distinctly different characteristics. Jeff described the various flavors of the chocolates they make, and everyone on the zoom was oohing and aaaahing. They are doing custom zoom virtual chocolate tastings now, and our committee chairs for our March 26 Spark Success event were quick to ask them if they would consider donating a zoom chocolate tasting. Looks promising.
Susan Mall covered the health benefits of chocolate – turns out they are for real. Chocolate is a vasodilator – it can reduce blood pressure. It has anti-oxidant properties, and by expanding the blood vessels in the brain, it sends more blood to the brain.
Word on Chat is that this would have been a favorite program of our founding father, John Lewis, and that was seconded by many members who said Yes! It was their favorite program, too. Best Ever!
Next week we wil hear from Jacqui Salyer of Habitat for Humanity. We are still on zoom, likely through mid-February.
President Pam ended with her own chocolate story. Her Nana made the kids memorize the names of the chocolates in the SEE’s candy box. We all know that life is like a box of chocolates . . . you just never know what you are going to get. But the other way to think about it is this: chocolate is the solution to most problems, the answer to most questions, and by far, the cheapest and most effective therapist on the planet!
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - October 19, 2021
CORAZON HEALDSBURG WITH GLAYDON DE FREITAS, CEO
Prez Pam called on a patriotic Rotarian to lead the pledge, prior to handing off the microphone to Mike Merrill for an inspirational quote.
I missed the front end of the meeting, but I assume the bell rang at 7:30 sharp, and that President Pam Moulton
We strive to better communicate with our members and with the community to inspire and mobilize both our local and global community in health, education, and peace to create transformative change.
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - January 18, 2022
ESRAG and Plastic Soup - Gert-Jan and Salvador on a Big ZOOM!
Guests:
Introductions of visiting Rotarians, blended with non-Rotarians, because today's topic is all about ending the Plastic Soup problem of the world. Our featured speaker came all the way from the Netherlands to be with us. I believe there is a time zone difference that gives him the prize for the farthest away. We also got a visitor from Peru, Dominigo Lorenzini, Santa Rosa Junior College’s newest enrollee.
A special Zoom moment was provided by Michael Juric, our resident Zoom Master. He was kind enough to share the best practices for Zoom meetings, so that people can respond.
Announcements:
Pres. Pam let us know we are going to be on Zoom through mid-February. Then she reminded us of our Rotarian of the Month, Chris Landwehr. Chris is the person that assigns our duties to keep the meetings rolling smoothly.
The following was provided by Pres Pam as highlights from the Board meeting:
BOARD Highlights - January 17, 2022
BUDGET (Carol and Ed)
•All Good!! – Lots of money in our WRCF and Club
•Lots of opportunities to do wonderful projects locally and internationally
•Decided that we need to write out our procedures for future club leaders!
YOUTH (Pegi)
•Kids are gearing up for the short term exchange – we will meet them!
•CHOICES is still alive but due COVID, we need to wait…
•KOOL KIDS Camp is still on – but at a reduced scale
CLUB OPERATIONS (Chris)
•Tom Boylan going to turn in his pen as scribe due to DG job
•SCRIBE class is happening TODAY after our regular ZOOM mtg
•Will work with Wally and DACdb to start to input practices into a database
RECOGNITION (DOUG)
•Looking for new person to work on Scholarship Committee
•All good for Teacher Appreciation and Recognition for fire and police
BOARD Highlights, continued - January 17, 2022
FOUNDATION (John H and Brian L)
•Going to wait for LIVE meeting to present the new Paul Harris recipients and PolioPlus recipients
•NO new cases of the WILD Polio Virus!!
Club Culture (Joan)
•3rd Thursday is for Rotary including this Thursday at Mengler Winery @5:30
•Truckers against Traffikers is in the conversation – not sure when!!
COMMUNICATION
JB to introduce WEBSITE at next week’s meeting!!
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE (Barbara McChesney)
•We are an Ambassador Club joining 80 others around the world!
•Recommended Practices will be on Website
•Watch for HANDS ON activities for EARTH DAY and other events!
SERVICE (Sue Nelson and Susan Cole)
•We are way ahead of the curve with SERVING locally and internationally! We recommitted to over $62,000
•Planning on 2-3 International Projects SOON
BOARD Highlights - January 17, 2022
FUNDRAISING
Committed focus to:
Attendees
2. Sponsors and Donors
3. Auction Items
4. Greeters Giving
5. Broadcast Platform
Want all 63 members to register, invite friends, bid and have fun!!
Bill Conklin and Kurt Mitchler had an opportunity to talk about the committee meeting following the morning's meeting. If you are on any of the committees for the fundraiser, you need to connect with Kurt for the link to the Zoom for future weeks. If you have an item to contribute, look for the form for submissions on the WindsorRotary.org site.
Bill Bolster announced the incoming president selection committee is looking for your input. If you have a suggestion for president 2024-2025 please let him know.
Sue Nelson got the shout out from Pres. Pam for stepping into the presidential role last week. Susan Cole got recognition for her leadership at last week’s meeting and the introduction she made to the new Windsor High School Welding Project.
Program
Barbara McChesney reminded us of her mission to eliminate single-use plastic and her involvement with ESRAG. She did a great job of introducing Salvador Ricci, a member of District 5130 and current area governor. Salvador shared his energy in fixing the environment through his river cleanup projects, which included the Russian River. He shared a video on how easy it is for pollution to collect, and the importance of having Rotary and its resources to repair the damage pollution causes.
Salvador Rico: Rotarian for over 12 years and is a member of the Rotary club of South Ukiah. He has been a passionate champion of keeping our rivers clean since his first project in 2009. Since then, he has helped start river clean-up projects with the support of rotary clubs internationally. He has presented his River Ameca in Mexico clean-up project to the Mexican Consular General and representative to the UN. He is a past president and Paul Harris fellow. He is the father of five and owner of Alliance Auto in Ukiah.
Salvador shared a variety of projects that have been completed in Mexico, and let us know that a planned environmental clean-up project in Mexico is being put on hold until next October due to Covid concerns. You can contact him if you have an interest in getting involved.
Salvador Rico Assistant Governor 2021-2023 from the Rotary Club of South Ukiah D5130. 707-391-4010 salvador.rotary@gmail.com
Barbara then introduced us to Gert Jan van Dommelen, Rotary Coordinator for Huizen Gooimeer.
Gert-Jan Dommelen: Co-founder of the End Plastic Soup global environment initiative to solve and prevent plastic pollution. His experience includes program manager and consulting leader at IBM corporation and he is a Program Manager and Business Transformation consultant. He left his job with IBM to devote full time efforts to End Plastic Soup. He has a successful track record in the financial, public, healthcare and industrial sectors and a deep understanding of business alignment and technology adoption to meet corporate objectives and timelines. Leader with vision and execution drive, delivering transformation programs with a strong focus on quality control, the value for all stakeholders including long term business benefits. Gert-Jan is passionate about circular economy, next generation living, learning and building a future of inclusiveness. He is a Paul Harris fellow with Rotary International and honored Member of the Dutch Royal Order of Oranje Nassau.
The initiative to end plastic soup started 3.5 years ago. The action began locally and when the project was shared at an International Convention, the support became dramatic on Rotary's part. The goal of the campaign is to leave it up to Rotary Clubs to take action independently to change our use of plastics, and in particular the intrusion of plastics into our local environment.
It turns out that the real problem with plastics is that they never go away, plastic just gets smaller and then it intrudes into our plankton, which is the gatekeeper for providing oxygen to the planet. And you thought it was trees that made all the oxygen... Plastic breaks down to micrometers, which gives it every opportunity to penetrate our skin, and that is a problem, not because of the actual plastic nano-bits, but because the toxins associated with plastic production internal means these additives reach into our human bodies, which can affect our ability to produce children, and has negative effects on just about every aspect of our internals.
Plastic production is over the top. Take a look at endplasticsoup.org to see how great the problem is, and why the initiative is so important to humanity.
The meeting ended with a reminder from President Pam to attend Zoom meetings until mid-February, and the following quote:
We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
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01/18/22
COVID UPDATE:
OMICRON SURGE NOT YET PEAKED!!!! Surgeon General states that the next few weeks may be difficult with case surges. ******* 30 DAY BAN ORDERED ON LARGE GATHERINGS! January 12th , this ban took place and mandated that all gatherings indoors of more than 50 people and more than 100 outdoor were to be prohibited by Sonoma county Public Health officials in a move to curb the wide spread of Omicron. This surge threatens to overwhelm local hospitals and medical services. This order does not apply to normal classroom or recess activities and schools remain open. Workplace settings, courthouse activities, places of worship, cafeterias or any venue that is open to the public as part of regular operations, including shopping malls, stores, restaurants and museums are exempt for now. It also specifies that gatherings of individuals who are at higher risk of severe illness from COVID must be limited to no more than 12 people, except for family gatherings. Sonoma County Health Officer has also issued a countywide appeal for residents to voluntarily stay home and restrict large gatherings. Check the new order online for its’ entirety…..
FDA has authorized boosters for youths, ages 12-15. FDA also shortened to 5 months the time required between 2nd dose and ability to be given the Booster.
OMICRON cases are now averaging about 1255 new COVID cases per day (last week we were seeing about 600)! We have also seen a spike in the number of people hospitalized with COVID in our county hospitals; this does not mean that these patients entered the hospital because of COVID but it does mean they have tested positive for COVID upon admission. The numbers of health care personnel likewise are becoming positive and are sick, straining the ability to provide care in a county where we have limited nurses and CNA’s. (nurses aides)
Our State is now requiring masks to be worn indoors. California is also recommending travelers who visit or return to California to get tested within 5 days of their arrival and the Federal government is imposing stricter regulations for testing when flying. Testing can be difficult to find, but check for pop up clinics daily and I do offer testing at my office with an appointment. Call us at 707-546-8773 if you are having any issues finding a test site.
We do remain vulnerable to the coronavirus with more travel happening, large gatherings occurring and people letting down their guard.
If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.
Total Cases: 62,980** (last week 544,199) Recovered: 44,139 (last week 43,661) Active Cases: 18,415** (last week 10,117) ***Please note this spike in numbers!!! We continue to climb***
Deaths: 426 (last week 421) Please continue to honor those we have lost by encouraging those you know who have not become vaccinated, to get their COVID shot, get a booster and their flu shot.
Do your utmost best to shelter at home as much as you can and help our community stop this current surge! Do not go to an Emergency Room (ER) unless it is truly an emergency as you are impacting medical care for those who really need it and you do chance exposure. Test if you have symptoms
New Cases: 8781** cases this past week (last week 2832) – this is a huge increase and demonstrates how infectious Omicron is and how fast it is spreading through our County.
Hospitalized: 88 confirmed and 3 suspected (last week 76 confirmed and 2 suspected)
Vaccination information…. As of January 16th, 2022, 956,677 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 938,476). 78% of our population 5 years and older (5-11 year olds have now been approved and are counted in the population vaccinated or not) are fully vaccinated and approximately 8% have received at least 1 dose.
MASKS: Please do not use your cloth masks - Omicron is highly contagious and will get through. Switch to surgical mask, KN95 or the N95. If you must continue to use your cloth masks, then please use two and double up. This will help with the spread of this fast spreading variant. The CDC is also recommending if you use a surgical mask to wear a cloth mask over it, thereby making a tighter seal. Fortunately, Omicron does not seem to attack the lungs like the Delta variant but instead causes more of a respiratory illness.
There are now new requirements on testing before flying – our government has mandated within 24 hrs of a flight and more countries are requiring testing to travel in or out. If you are traveling, please ensure you check with your airlines to see what the requirements are before you leave. The State is also suggesting that anyone traveling when you return to test 3-5 days after your return. Isolation requirements for those positive but asymptomatic, fully vaccinated and boosted have been decreased to 5 days, unless you are still symptomatic on day 5. If you are then you should continue to isolate or stay home for the full 10 days.
Get your booster if you are eligible! It is highly recommended to give your immune system a boost. Also get your Flu vaccine as we do not want citizens coming down with the flu. This not only compromises their immune systems, but can also weaken their lungs. We need to keep our beds hospital beds free to those really sick and help our limited medical staff ready to help those with COVID and not have our county residents admitted with the flu.
Stay home if you are able and stay away from groups as much as possible as this Omicron goes through our community. Be cautious, Mask up, get your booster, your flu shot and just be careful as we learn to live with this virus……..
Please know that I am always available to answer questions, help with scheduling appointment, providing a test or even FIT testing you for a N95 mask so that it fits properly.
Thanks
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - October 12, 2021
THE HEART OF WINDSOR: TOWN GREEN MERCHANTS TELL ALL
WAKE UP TO ROTARY!
PROGRAM:
Stay Healthy!
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - January 11, 2022
Field Trip to the WHS Vasconi Welding Facility
Our meeting was called to order by Past President Sue who reminded us “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn” (Benjamin Franklin)
Pledge of Allegiance - John Hackenburg
Guests:
Rotary Moment: “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn” (Benjamin Franklin)
Rotarian of the Month - Chris Landwehr. Congratulations Chris for all that you do and have done
Announcements:
Brian Ling told us how the lack of shop classes in Sonoma County ended up sinking his business, Reliance Trailers, Cotati - a business with 90 employees as a way of underscoring the importance of programs like Windsor High School’s Welding Classes.
Brian Williams gave us a rundown of how tax payer funds for schools are capped to get programs to the ‘essential’ level. This really impacts the ability of a program like Auto-Manufacturing to be able to get equipment and supplies needed to meet an industry standard that really puts students in a good standing to secure a well-paying job after graduation.
Marie Ganister highlighted how these classes are so effective at building collaborative and team working skills in addition to the technical expertise and safety skills needed in a professional environment. This is a creative skill that gives many students something to really be passionate about in their schooling.
John Brito gave the club a little of his background as an Industrial mechanic who moved to teaching for a more rewarding career. He’s been teaching at WHS for 8 years now teaching ~150 students per year and already has a wealth of amazing stories of the successes his students have had on graduation and entering the professional world.
John underscored Brian’s comments about the costs of maintaining a shop in the public school system - raw materials alone amount to more than the entire budget for any other program in the school. Having funds for doing additional facilities and equipment makes all the difference. Rotary will be bringing funds to allow the students to replace the gate and fencing around the shop area as well as tarmacking the outdoor space so that it is more functional and no longer presents the health and safety risks that it currently does in moving heavy equipment over gravel / mud.
John also highlighted that Rotary’s attention on the program helps give the program more visibility more generally and that is really important for the program’s ongoing success.
Windsor High School will be providing a gift basket of items made by the students to include in the auction!!! Items include a metalwork piggie bank with business card holder that the scribe was eyeing with envy and a bunch of wrought metal roses!
John gave us a tour of the shop including a demonstration of the CNC cutter that the shop has on which he cut out some rotary cogs as trinkets for the club!
01/11/22
COVID UPDATE:
******* 30 DAY BAN ORDERED ON LARGE GATHERINGS! Effective at 12:01 am Wednesday, January 12th all gatherings indoors of more than 50 people and more than 100 outdoors are prohibited by Sonoma county Public Health officials in a move to curb the wide spread of Omicron. This surge threatens to overwhelm local hospitals and medical services. This order does not apply to normal classroom or recess activities and schools remain open. Workplace settings, courthouse activities, places of worship, cafeterias or any venue that is open to the public as part of regular operations, including shopping malls, stores, restaurants and museums are exempt for now. It also specifies that gatherings of individuals who are at higher risk of severe illness from COVID must be limited to no more than 12 people, except for family gatherings. Sonoma County Health Officer has also issued a countywide appeal for residents to voluntarily stay home and restrict large gatherings. Check the new order online for its’ entirety…..
FDA has authorized boosters for youths, ages 12-15. FDA also shortened to 5 months the time required between 2nd dose and ability to be given the Booster.
OMICRON cases in Sonoma County are averaging 121.4 new daily cases per 100,000 people! This equates to about 600 new COVID cases per day and we are seeing about 16.5 % of COVID tests coming back positive compared to last winter’s surge of only below 10%. We have also seen a spike in the number of people hospitalized with COVID in our county hospitals, going from 30 a week ago to 76 on Sunday. It does not mean that these patients entered the hospital because of COVID but it does mean they have tested positive for COVID.
Our State is now requiring masks to be worn indoors. California is also recommending travelers who visit or return to California to get tested within 5 days of their arrival and the Federal government is imposing stricter regulations for testing when flying. Testing can be difficult to find, but check for pop up clinics daily and I do offer testing at my office with an appointment. Call us at 707-546-8773 if you are having any issues finding a test site.
We do remain vulnerable to the coronavirus with more travel happening, large gatherings occurring and people letting down their guard.
If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.
Total Cases: 54,199** (last week 46,745) Recovered: 43,661 (last week 43,136) Active Cases: 10,117** (last week 3191) ***Please note this spike in numbers!!! We continue to climb***
Deaths: 421 (last week 418) Please continue to honor those we have lost by encouraging those you know who have not become vaccinated, to get their COVID shot, get a booster and their flu shot.
Do your utmost best to shelter at home as much as you can and help our community stop this current surge! Do not go to an Emergency Room (ER) unless it is truly an emergency as you are impacting medical care for those who really need it and you do chance exposure.
New Cases: 2832** cases this past week (last week 1994) – this is a huge increase and demonstrates how infectious Omicron can and is.
Hospitalized: 76 confirmed and 2 suspected (last week 29 confirmed and 3 suspected)
Vaccination information…. As of January 9th, 2022, 938,476 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 917,953). 78% of our population 5 years and older (5-11 year olds have now been approved and are counted in the population vaccinated or not) are fully vaccinated and approximately 8% have received at least 1 dose. Providers in Sonoma County are giving shots to our 5-11 year olds and are also providing Boosters for anyone over 18, but we are not seeing large numbers seeking vaccinations yet.
MASKS: Please do not use your cloth masks - Omicron is highly contagious and will get through. Switch to surgical mask, KN95 or the N95. If you must continue to use your cloth masks, then please use two and double up. This will help with the spread of this fast spreading variant. Fortunately it does not seem to attack the lungs like the Delta variant but instead causes more of a respiratory illness.
There are now new requirements on testing before flying – our government has mandated within 24 hrs of a flight and more countries are requiring testing to travel in or out. If you are traveling, please ensure you check with your airlines to see what the requirements are before you leave. The State is also suggesting that anyone traveling when you return to test 3-5 days after your return. Isolation requirements for those positive but asymptomatic, fully vaccinated and boosted have been decreased to 5 days, unless you are still symptomatic on day 5. If you are then you should continue to isolate or stay home for the full 10 days.
Get your booster if you are eligible! It is highly recommended to give your immune system a boost. Also get your Flu vaccine as we do not want citizens coming down with the flu. This not only compromises their immune systems, but can also weaken their lungs. We need to keep our beds hospital beds free to those really sick and help our limited medical staff ready to help those with COVID and not have our county residents admitted with the flu.
Stay home if you are able and stay away from groups as much as possible as this Omicron goes through our community. Be cautious, Mask up, get your booster, your flu shot and just be careful as we learn to live with this virus……..
Please know that I am always available to answer questions, help with scheduling appointment, providing a test or even FIT testing you for a N95 mask so that it fits properly.
Thanks
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - October 5, 2021
PROGRAM PRESENTATION – CREATING OUR FUNDRAISER
Rotary Club of Windsor
Meeting Notes – Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Scribe: Brian Ling
Pledge of Allegiance: John LeCave
Song: JB Leep, “I Can See Clearly Now”, by Johnny Nash
Rotary Moment: Kurt Michler – Kurt has visited different Rotary Clubs throughout the world. When you travel, check the Rotary app, and attend a Rotary meeting anywhere in the world. Meet new friends that are all sharing
Guests:
Announcements:
PROGRAM PRESENTATION – CREATING OUR FUNDRAISER
President Pam reminded us with a photo collage of all of our previous fundraising events highlighting all the great fellowship that we have had and the hundreds of thousands of dollars that we have been able to raise for the community.
Choosing a Beneficiary: Sue Nelson and Susan Cole are leading the Beneficiary search and we have already received 5 completed applications and numerous more are expected to be received. Beyond just choosing a beneficiary, we want to find one that will build passion within our club to put on the best fundraiser ever. Having a great “Why”, is so important to having a successful event. An easy volunteer opportunity is available for our members to participate in the application review and beneficiary recommendation process.
Date: April 9, 2022
Auctioneer: Senator Mike McGuire
Co-Chairs: Kurt Michler and Bill Conklin
Identify your area of interest: Venue, Auction, Sponsorships, Marketing, Promotion, Programs
The club separated into 4 thinktanks to start brainstorming for our fabulous event on April 4!
Closing Thoughts:
Not only must we be good – but we must be good for something! Henry David Thoreau
COVID UPDATE
NEWS FLASH: BOOSTER SHOTS ARE HERE!!!!!!!!!! Pfizer and Moderna boosters are now available at many pharmacies and at clinics and Drs’ offices. J and J has requested FDA approval for their booster.
Total Cases:
Recovered:
Active Cases:
Deaths:
New Cases:
Hospitalized:
Vaccination information…. As of Oct. 3rd, 698,952 residents in Sonoma County have received the vaccine (last week 689,159). 77% of our populations 12 and older are fully vaccinated and approximately 85% have received at least 1 dose. Providers in Sonoma County have begun administering Boosters of both Pfizer and Moderna. Booster shots are available if you were given either Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. You are eligible for a booster if you received two (2) shots at least 6 months ago, are 65 years old, reside in a long term care setting, or are 50-64 years of age and have an underlying medical condition such as cancer, diabetes, asthma, HIV infections and heart disease, or obesity. Also anyone 18-64 years old and at increased risk for COVID exposure and transmission because of occupational or institutional setting. (for example – health care workers, teachers, day care staff and grocery workers)
With the FDA fully approving Pfizer vaccine and Moderna seeking approval, we continue to see employers as well as government entities and even private employers mandating the need for vaccinations. The State of California has mandated that any provider who receives Federal funds requires that all of their employees be vaccinated by October. They have also mandated all health care providers to become vaccinated or be terminated from employment. All of this is being done to protect our health care workers and patients who are being treated.
Please continue to wear your masks, be aware of your surroundings and even outside, if you are in crowded situations, mask up! Wash your hands frequently, use hand sanitizer and take precautions. The Delta variant is out there, very virulent, ready to strike and given that we still have 15% of our citizens not vaccinated over the age of 12 and all of our young children, it still has “hosts” it can latch onto. We need to try and manage this disease as we are not going to control it! Consider getting your flu shot so that your immunity is up and your body is not susceptible to infection.
Thanks
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - January 4, 2022
Led into the New Year by the Healdsburg Ukelele
Our meeting was called to order by President Pam who let us know that in Rotary "they say the 3 most important meetings of the year are: The first meeting, the second meeting (because everyone expects the 1st meeting to be good) and the First Meeting of the Year..... so here goes!"
Pledge of Allegiance - Mitch Grandi
Guests: Ukelele Group of Healdsburg - Dave, Tina, Gail, Steve, Taddeus, Karen and Pam Moulton
John Nelson, husband of Past President Sue Nelson
Sally Spangler, sister of Carol Martin
Song: "Oh, What a beautiful Rotary Morning" - great job everyone
Rotary Moment: Several of our members shared with us what their Rotary Moment was, commitment and goals for 2022 - seems we may have an Interact Club if all goes well......
Rotarian of the Month - drum roll please..... Chris Landwehr. Congratulations Chris for all that you do and have done
Announcements:
Sue Nelson and Susan Cole - Next week's meeting will be held at the Windsor High School in the Welding Facility. If you want to see why our committee selected them to be our major beneficiary, just email Sue Nelson or Susan Cole to read their beautifully written application with letters of support. There will be no breakfast and no charge for the meeting. Coffee and rolls will be supplied. Park in the North Parking Lot at the end near the Gym. Hoping to have someone directing us.
Wally Krutz - he will provide us DACdb classes - they will start on the 18th after our meeting
Di Brabetz, RN CPNP PHN - shared with the Club that the CDC and Public Health are discouraging use of cloth masks and instead recommend surgical masks, KN95 or N95 masks as the droplets of the Omnicron variant will penetrate through a cloth mask. If you need to use a cloth mask, double them up. Di brought surgical masks for anyone who needs them (purple, of course!) and they will be on the table with Ed and Carol.
Joan Mora - next Social will be on the 20th at Mengler Tasting Room - details to follow.
President Pam shared with us that our Laura Buhrer lost her mother on New Year's Eve.
President Pam took us on a Sentimental Rotary Journey as she shared with us some of our accomplishments for our Club in this Rotary year to date:
Recognitions: Doug Williams
Fire Service – still pending
Law Enforcement
Scholarships – Tom Hassur has had to step out – will need a Chair
Friends of Rotary – need to plan a breakfast
Student of the Year – Pegi Ball
Student of the Month – Daniel Myers has done a great job!
Vet Recognition – thanks Mike Merrill
Teacher of the Year – Doug shared he had the privilege of meeting with Ken Moulton and we will probably do this in May
Treasurer: Carol Martin and Ed Turner
Quite the Vaudeville Act, they entertained us with their “Choose the Money Bucket”! Three Enhancements made……
#1 “Skippy” – we have named our terminal processor (for credit card transactions) and Skippy seems happier….
#2 WRCF now we have website giving – handouts made available with info
#3 Blue bucket – a new updated option that we can pay online for our breakfasts as well as donations.
FundRaiser: Kurt Mitchler and Bill Conklin
Our Major beneficiary is the Windsor High School Welding Facility
Club Operations: Chris Landwehr
Chris thrilled us with his magic act of a blank piece of paper in the hat and 'poof', we have our Weekly Assignments for the next months… This includes, Room Set up, Greeter, Inspiration, Song Leader, Scribe, A-V Set up and Zoom Team. Meeting assignments – we were reminded that IF you cannot keep your commitment, it is your responsibility to find someone to take it for you.
Environmental: Barbara McChesney
She needs other members to join her – passionate about elimination of single use plastics. Showed us a short video of “Plastic Soup info”. Will be having a speaker later this month from the Netherlands
Training: Michael Juric (MJ)
Discussed training for Presidents and Governors. Has 4 Strategic Priorities:
Rotary’s Vision Statement: “Together we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change across the globe in our communities and in ourselves”!
Youth Services: Pegi Ball
She discussed some of our activities such as WHS Student of the Month (now of the Year as we choose a student from each core ongoing).
Cool Kids Camp, Girls’ State and Youth Exchange
Youth Exchange – we have 2 students that will be outgoing and had 3 students apply for our short-term exchange program
International and Club Service: Susan Cole and Sue Nelson
Celebrate some of our victories……..
Wasteless Windsor - District Matching Grant
Truckers Against Human Trafficking
Greenville, CA Fire Relief
Windsor Girls Softball Equipment Bags
Windsor High School Girls Athletic Program
Santa Tim
North Bay Met Academy Water Catchment
Windsor Community Holiday Food and Toy Drive
Peruvian Water Project (Engineers without Borders)
Haiti Earthquake Relief
Give a huge round of applause for all that our small club has accomplished and will continue to accomplish. Thanks to everyone!!!!
Next Meeting: Tuesday, January 11th at 7:15 am at Windsor High School Welding Facility
President Pam ended with sharing the definition of Commitment: “A Noun - the little choices everyday that we make which lead to the final results that we are striving for!”
The meeting was adjourned………………….
COVID UPDATE from Diane Brabetz:
FDA AUTHORIZES BOOSTERS FOR YOUTHS, AGES 12-15! FDA also shortened to 5 months the time required between 2nd dose and ability to be given the Booster.
OMICRON cases are here in Sonoma County! Epidemiologists continue to warn us against an increase in COVID and continued spread if we do not get people vaccinated and boosted. If you have not gotten your booster, please find an appointment and get one now to protect yourself. Also consider getting your flu shot and encourage those you know who have not been vaccinated, to get theirs now. Let me know if you have issues with finding appointments. I can and will help!
Our State is now requiring masks to be worn indoors. This mask mandate was put back into place because the per capita rate of new coronavirus cases jumped. This means that anyone, regardless of vaccination status must be wearing a mask in all public indoor venues. California has also mandated testing requirements for 1000 or more people attending indoor events to have a negative test within 1-2 days before the event. The State is also recommending travelers who visit or return to California to get tested within 5 days of their arrival and the Federal government is imposing stricter regulations for testing when flying. Testing can be difficult to find, but check for pop-up clinics daily and I do offer testing at my office with an appointment.
We do remain vulnerable to the coronavirus with more travel happening, large gatherings occurring and people letting down their guard. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.
Total Cases: 46,745* (2 weeks ago 44,091), Recovered: 43,136 (2 weeks ago 42,253), Active Cases: 3,191* (2 weeks ago 1,422) ***Please note this huge increase!!!! We continue to climb***
Deaths: 418 (2 weeks ago 416) Please continue to honor those we have lost by encouraging those you know who have not become vaccinated, to get their COVID shot, get a booster and their flu shot. Help us stop the surge and keep our residents safe…. Fortunately, this Omicron does not seem to be as deadly as Delta but more contagious.
New Cases: 1,994 cases this past week (2 weeks ago 520) – this is a huge increase and demonstrates how infectious Omicron can and is.
Hospitalized: 29 confirmed and 3 suspected (2 weeks ago 30 confirmed and 5 suspected)
Vaccination information…. As of January 2nd, 2022, 917,953 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (2 weeks ago 885,527). 77% of our population 5 years and older (5-11 year olds have now been approved and are counted in the population vaccinated or not) are fully vaccinated and approximately 8% have received at least 1 dose. Providers in Sonoma County are giving shots to our 5-11 year olds and are also providing Boosters for anyone over 18, but we are not seeing large numbers seeking vaccinations yet.
MASKS: It is now recommended to not use cloth masks as the droplets of the virus can penetrate them. Omicron is highly contagious and will get through. It is recommended that you use a surgical mask, KN95 or the N95. If you continue to use your cloth masks, then please use two and double up. This will help with the spread of this fast spreading variant. Fortunately it does not seem to attack the lungs like the Delta variant but instead causes more of a respiratory illness.
There are now new requirements on testing before flying – our government has mandated within 24 hrs of a flight and more countries are requiring testing to travel in or out. If you are traveling, please ensure you check with your airlines to see what the requirements are before you leave. We continue to see breakthrough cases of COVID, but most people who have been diagnosed with a breakthrough are either asymptomatic (which means they are infectious and can spread it without knowing) or are mildly sick. This is an indication of how well the vaccines are working. The State is also suggesting that anyone traveling when you return to test 3-5 days after your return. Isolation requirements for those positive but asymptomatic, fully vaccinated and boosted have been decreased to 5 days (from the previous 10 days) People who are symptomatic should isolate until asymptomatic and check with Public Health or their Physician as to their safe return to work.
If you have not gotten a booster and are in a group that can, it is highly recommended to give your immune system a boost. Also get your Flu vaccine as we do not want citizens coming down with the flu. This not only compromises their immune systems, but can also weaken their lungs. We need to keep our hospital beds free for those really sick and help our limited medical staff ready to help those with COVID and not have our county residents admitted with the flu.
So, I hope your Holidays were all that you wanted, that you were cautious and that if you were around groups of others, you will test. Mask up, get your booster, your flu shot and just be careful as we learn to live with this virus. Please remember, if you are in a meeting indoors, remove your mask only to eat and drink and then replace it immediately! Help protect the ones you love!
Please know that I am always available to answer questions, help with scheduling appointments, providing a test or even FIT testing you for a N95 mask so that it fits properly.
Thanks, Di
Read More34th Anniversary Social - September 30, 2021
ANNIVERSARY SOCIAL AT THE ROTARY BAR
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - December 21, 2021
New Members: Getting to Know You!
If we can go along with the intro to these notes, then it wouldn’t be impossible to consider that someone other than Pres Pam or the scribe, gave us an opportunity to face the flag and recite the pledge.
There was a Board Meeting last night and President Pam gave us a rundown of all the important points which were discussed. She talked a bit about all the ways our club has been involved with the community recently: Bell Ringing in memory of Dick Bishop for the Salvation Army, the luncheon at Veterans' Village, and the Windsor Holiday Food & Toy Drive. Wow, we've been busy!
When it comes to singing, there are so many voices that should be recognized, whether off key, baritone, or soprano. Having a singing club starts the day with a burst of energy. Today, it was JB, telling us a few fun facts about Jingle Bells and then we sang it.
Can we really just consider one Rotary moment after a full year of company and friendship with one another? Probably not. Let’s just take a moment to think of your personal Rotary moment for the past year. It could be the moment you’ve been waiting for.
Considering I (Tom Boylan) am writing this bulletin the day before the meeting, it is difficult to describe the introductions of guests, but considering all the new members we have, let’s just call any visitors future Rotarians and we will have covered the lot. Actually, I just remembered that Bill Bolster introduced our new outgoing Youth Exchange student, Rebecca Mortensen, who will hopefully be coming to many meetings in the coming months. Congratulations, Rebecca!
Visiting Rotarians would be nice, but I sense most Rotarians are busy with last minute Holiday Shopping and so we had none today. Meeting at 7:30 AM allows us an early run to the last-minute stores that are amply available.
I know I heard we are breaking into small groups today, the same group that was assigned an Adopt A Family a couple of weeks ago. What fun it was to know that the gift cards we collected, and the toys that were brought to the Annual Windsor Rotary Christmas Party will find a home. I sense that no child will know that the squishy doll they are holding was actually bought for Leslie Lewis. It was kind of a senior medical thing.
We had lots of lively conversations at our tables and then one spokesperson from each table shared a tidbit that emerged from their spirited interactions. We were told to go around the table and cover 3 topics in 4 minutes each: (1) What brought us to join Rotary?, (2) What will keep us engaged with Rotary over the next year?, and (3) What are your dreams for the coming year? Lots of energy in the room! Thank you, new members, for sharing your ideas with President Pam and your willingness to become an integral part of our wonderful group!
Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night!
DIANE'S COVID UPDATE:
FIRST CASE OF OMNICRON DIAGNOSED IN SONOMA COUNTY! EPIDEMIOLOGISTS WARN AGAINST SURGE OF COVID AND A TOUGH WINTER AHEAD! If you have not gotten your booster, please find an appointment and get one now to protect yourself. Also consider getting your flu shot and encourage those you know who have not been vaccinated, to get theirs now.
STATE is now requiring masks to be worn indoors. This mask mandate was put back into place because the per capita rate of new coronavirus cases has jumped 47% in the past 2 weeks! This means that anyone, regardless of vaccination status must be wearing a mask in all public indoor venues. California has also mandated testing requirements for 1000 or more people attending indoor events to have a negative test within 1-2 days before the event. The State is also recommending travelers who visit or return to California to get tested within 5 days of their arrival and the Federal government is imposing stricter regulations for testing when flying.
We do remain vulnerable to the coronavirus with more travel happening, large gatherings occurring because of the holidays and people letting down their guard.
If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.
Total Cases: 44,091 (last week 43,571) Recovered: 42,253 (last week 41,924) Active Cases: 1422 (last week 1231) ***Please note this increase in one week!!!! We continue to climb***
Deaths: 416 (last week 414) Please continue to honor those we have lost by encouraging those you know who have not become vaccinated, to get their COVID shot, get a booster and their flu shot.
Help us stop the surge and keep our residents safe….
New Cases: 520 new cases this past week (last week 475)
Hospitalized: 30 confirmed and 5 suspected (last week 28 confirmed and 3 suspected)
Vaccination information…. As of Dec. 19th, 885,527 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 863,288). 76% of our population 5 years and older (5-11 year olds have now been approved and are counted in the population vaccinated or not) are fully vaccinated and approximately 8% have received at least 1 dose. Providers in Sonoma County are giving shots to our 5-11 year olds and are also providing Boosters for anyone over 18, but we are not seeing large numbers seeking vaccinations yet.
There are now new requirements on testing before flying – our government has mandated within 24 hrs of a flight and more countries are requiring testing to travel in or out. If you are traveling, please ensure you check with your airlines to see what the requirements are before you leave. We continue to see breakthrough cases of COVID, but most people who have been diagnosed with a breakthrough are either asymptomatic (which means they are infectious and can spread it without knowing) or are mildly sick. This is an indication of how well the vaccines are working. The State is also suggesting that anyone traveling when you return to test 5 days after your return.
If you have not gotten a booster and are in a group that can, it is highly recommended to give your immune system a boost. Also get your Flu vaccine as we do not want citizens coming down with the flu. This not only compromises their immune systems, but can also weaken their lungs. We need to keep our beds hospital beds free to those really sick and help our limited medical staff ready to help those with COVID and not have our county residents admitted with the flu.
So, as we begin to celebrate the Holidays, please continue to wear your masks, be aware of your surroundings and even outside, if you are in crowded situations, mask up! Please remember, if you are in a meeting indoors, remove your mask only to eat and drink and then replace it immediately! Try to avoid large groups during this holiday season but if you are inside with a group of people, mask up! Be aware of others around you and mask up when you are not eating or drinking, unless you are with your immediate family or your extended “bubble”. Wash your hands frequently, use hand sanitizer and take precautions. The Delta variant is still out there, we now have Omnicron and means we need to be careful while trying to live our lives. Help protect the ones you love! And from our family to yours, have a safe and wonderful Christmas.
Thanks
Di
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - September 28, 2021
DR. FRANK CHONG – UPDATE ON SRJC
COVID UPDATE
Read MoreMeeting Bulletin - December 14, 2021
All About Our Rotary Foundations
President John reminded us all to wear our masks when not eating or drinking and then we were led in the Pledge of Allegiance.
After all of us joining in song, we then had an introduction of visiting Rotarians with quite a few today in attendance ….
Kathy Flamson – Past District Governor
Jim Flamson – Past District Governor
Visitors – Jean Hackenburg – Rotary wife
Announcements:
A special thanks was given to John How for hosting the Rotary Christmas party and to the committee who helped to put it together.
Annual Fundraiser: Kurt Mitchler and Bill Conklin, our Chairs for the 2022 Fundraiser discussed the decision to change our fundraising event to a virtual one again given the uncertainty of where we will be with the coronavirus. It was felt that it would be safer and we could still reach our goal of fundraising for the year. Renee Hyde reminded everyone that we should throw small “watch parties” and develop a sense of excitement and giving that night.
They also mentioned our January 11th meeting will be held at the High School in the Welding Center, our primary goal for fund raising this year. Reminders will be sent out as we get closer.
Dick Bishop Salvation Army Bell Ringing: Bill Bolster put out a plea for help for this Saturday, Dec. 18th for bell ringing. Contact Bill if you can help.
Exchange Student Program: Bill Bolster reported that they interviewed 3 worthy applicants for the Rotary Exchange Program and did select someone. More to follow……………
Program:
As today is all about Rotary Foundation, we started with….
Polio Eradication –
2010 – only 4 countries
2021 - only 2 countries (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Any monies we donate do get Paul Harris credit.
Thanks for a great meeting explaining the ways to give and what our Foundations do. Thanks to David Mark-Raymond for coming, for Kathy and Jim Flamson for sharing, and to Kevin Eisenburg for being with us. Thanks Jean Hackenburg for your support and to Maureen and Mike Merrill for your contributions. Thanks to all of those who have given to the Windsor Rotary Community Foundation and become “John Lewis Fellows”, to those who have achieved Multiple John Lewis Fellows and all of our club for their generous contributions to Paul Harris, Polio Plus and to our Endowment Fund. Without this our community would not be this rich in support or concern…
Our meeting was adjourned at 8:30 am with a “go out and do something Rotarian!”
From Your Rotary Nurse
12/14/21
COVID UPDATE:
STATE MASK MANDATE RETURNS EFFECTIVE 12/15/21 and lasts until January 15th. It was put back into place because the per capita rate of new coronavirus cases has jumped 47% in the past 2 weeks! This means that anyone, regardless of vaccination status must be wearing a mask in all public indoor venues. California has also mandated testing requirements for 1000 or more people attending indoor events to have a negative test within 1-2 days before the event. The State is also recommending travelers who visit or return to California to get tested within 5 days of their arrival.
We do remain vulnerable to the coronavirus with more travel happening, large gatherings occurring because of the holidays and people letting down their guard. Boosters are available and most clinics here in Sonoma County are also offering flu vaccine at the same time in order to keep people healthy and immune systems at their peak. There is plenty of vaccine for boosters so if you want one, schedule an appointment now!
Visit https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667 to get information on clinics.
Total Cases: 43,571 (last week 43,096) Recovered: 41,924 (last week 41,623) Active Cases: 1231 (last week 1059) ***Please note this increase in one week!!!!***
Deaths: 414 (last week 414) Please continue to honor those we have lost by encouraging those you know who have not become vaccinated, to get their COVID shot, get a booster and their flu shot.
New Cases: 475 new cases this past week (last week 395)
Hospitalized: 28 confirmed and 3 suspected (last week 15 confirmed and 9 suspected)
Vaccination information…. As of Dec. 12th, 863,288 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (last week 837,879). 75% of our population 5 years and older (5-11 year olds have now been approved and are counted in the population vaccinated or not) are fully vaccinated and approximately 9% have received at least 1 dose. Providers in Sonoma County are giving shots to our 5-11 year olds and are also providing Boosters for anyone over 18, but we are not seeing large numbers seeking vaccinations yet.
There are now new requirements on testing before flying – our government has mandated within 24 hrs of a flight and more countries are requiring testing to travel in or out. If you are traveling, please ensure you check with your airlines to see what the requirements are before you leave. We continue to see breakthrough cases of COVID, but most people who have been diagnosed with a breakthrough are either asymptomatic (which means they are infectious and can spread it without knowing) or are mildly sick. This is an indication of how well the vaccines are working. The State is also suggesting that anyone traveling when you return to test 5 days after your return.
If you have not gotten a booster and are in a group that can, it is highly recommended to give your immune system a boost. Also get your Flu vaccine as we do not want citizens coming down with the flu. This not only compromises their immune systems, but can also weaken their lungs. We need to keep our beds hospital beds free to those really sick and help our limited medical staff ready to help those with COVID and not have our county residents admitted with the flu.
So, please continue to wear your masks, be aware of your surroundings and even outside, if you are in crowded situations, mask up! Please remember, if you are in a meeting indoors, remove your mask only to eat and drink and then replace it immediately! Avoid large groups during this holiday season but if you are inside with a group of people, mask up! Be aware of others around you and mask up when you are not eating or drinking, unless you are with your immediate family or your extended “bubble”. Wash your hands frequently, use hand sanitizer and take precautions. The Delta variant is still out there, very virulent, ready to strike and we are now going into winter weather, flu season and more people are out and about, we need to be careful. Plus we do not know yet what will happen with the Omnicron variant with people traveling. We need to protect one another during this winter season of being indoors…….. Help protect the ones you love!
Thanks
Di
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The Mission of Windsor Rotary
The mission of the Rotary Club of Windsor is to serve our community and the world. We strive to better communicate with our members and with the community to inspire and mobilize both our local and global community in health, education, and peace to create transformative change.
The Windsor Rotary Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit, Fed EIN #68-0185065.
WEEKLY MEETINGS
Tuesday at 7:15 a.m.
Charlie’s Restaurant
Windsor Golf Course
1320 19th Hole Dr.
Windsor, CA 95492
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Rotary Club of Windsor
P.O. Box 819
Windsor, CA 95492
Phone: 707-892-0492
Email: info1@windsorrotary.org