9/4/23 Minutes Rotary Club of Windsor

1.  7:30 Good Morning Rotary Club of Windsor
2. Pledge of Allegiance – Dave Doht
3. Inspiration – Leah Hansen:  Work hard on your dream and don’t let anyone discourage you from reaching it!
4. Song – Geoff Harrison:  Lean on Me
5. Visiting Rotarians: none
6. Guests: none
7. Covid Update:  Diane Brabetz shared that while there isa new strain of Covid it does not appear to be as devasting as previous strains.  Check with your health professional about vaccine recommendations and availability.
8. Volunteers are need to move items out of the previous storeroom to a container on the same sight.  This will be at 2pm on Thursday.  Meet at the flagpole at the business center right at Conde and Shiloh.
1. Vote on Bylaws: Larry McCabe has revised and updated the bylaws, sent them to all members for review and discussion, edited with those reviews and requests a vote on the revisions.  A move to approve the updates was made by Heather Cullen, and seconded by Diane Brabetz.  A show of hands passed the updates.   Thank you, Larry, for your careful work on this project.
10. Program Committee announcement:  Larry McCabe announced that there will be an informal workshop to discuss how JB has successfully identified, booked and supported guest speakers.  If you are interested in learning how this is done (in hopes of taking over this critical role) please contact JB or Larry.
11. Club Scholarship recipient Noel Leon introduced himself, and shared his plan to attend UC Davis this fall.  He would like to be a surgeon in an emergency room.  His success in high school was based largely on his relationships with teachers.  He feels today’s leaders need to focus on helping everyone feel a part of a community, and helping everyone become educated on the basics of health, safety, fire and earthquake readiness.  Good luck, Noel!
50. Michael Juric on fundraising.  Choosing to have a fundraiser is a lot of rewarding work that can benefit both the Club (through comradery, common goals and work) and the community.  To be successful we as a Club must get behind and support the process. After we say yes to having a fundraiser, we choose which area of the public sector we want to help, invite applications for funds, choose a target for the funds, and then plan a fun-raiser.  Michael asked if the Club was in support of this and the answer was YES!  More to come – it’s a group project!
1000. Recognitions:  Today is our exchange student, Anne Louise’s, 16^th birthday.
14. Program: Heather Cullen on the Windsor Academy of Performing Arts.  Heather gave a heartfelt presentation of the good that the Academy provides students, from talented thespians to kids who struggle with finding their place.  She has witnessed students transform from shy, unconfident wallflowers into woodworkers, set builders, and stars of the stage.  Her “no negative talk, even in jest” is a powerful message.
15. Comments: 
    1. Maureen, Membership Chair, reports that we have had a few new guests already.  Please be sure to work with your membership team to invite more guests.  We don’t invite them to join Rotary – that is a Board decision, but we can invite friends and neighbors to come and find out about Rotary. 
    2. Thanks to Carol for leading us through two nights of budget meetings.  That was a lot of work and very appreciated.
    3. The Festival of Brotherhood, a long tradition in our Club, is coming back in November. More information to follow!
    4. Please be sure to check in when you come into the meeting.
    5. Reminder to pay your dues, if you haven’t already.  If you have, thank you!
    6. Monica is looking for raffle prizes for the Halloween party on October 21, at the Oddfellow’s hall, to benefit the Food and Toy Drive.   Diane Brabetz volunteered a basket of champagne and chocolates!  Thank you, Diane!
    7. Still looking for helpers to wash the Rotary Float on September 29 and to hold the Rotary Float ropes at the parade at the Windsor Day Parade, September 30.  Leah Hansen is your contact!

 

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

Good Day fellow Rotarians, friends and family who are reading our weekly bulletin.  Today’s minutes are from TUESDAY August 22, 2023

DID I MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEBODY’S LIFE?
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 29^TH, 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 31^st.   Volunteers are always welcome! 
Leah Hansen announced the Windsor Day Parade will be held September 30^th, 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 5^th.    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 29^th, 6pm Ed Turners office at the Airport Center
Foundation Budget Wednesday August 30^th, 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 8^th. 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 16^th, contact Barbara McChesney, barbsmcc@gmail.com
October 28^th:      Windsor Food and Toy Halloween Fundraiser save the date, contact Larry McCabe: windsormccabe@gmail.com
NOVEMBER 11^TH:  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 1^st grade. Wally got his first job, a paper route, in the 6^th grade and got a job at a gas station in the 8^th 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       

 

August 15,  2023

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 5^th 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

The meeting was opened by President Doug Williams, with Michael Ragsdale leading the Pledge of Allegiance.
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.

Today’s meeting, the start of the 2023-2024 year, very special, because it is the Passing of the
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

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:

 

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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!

Presiding: Past President Bill Bolster!
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

Rotary Club of Windsor – Meeting Agenda June 13, 2023

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 –

• Rotary Bar signups (Renee)-totaled $2500 at the last event
• RYLA Lunch June 13 (Pegi)-discussed the RYLA barbeque
• Community Service and July 3 Kaboom (Monica)-discussed the need to work with

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.

• Setup/ Alissa, Dave
• Greeter/Maureen
• Song/JB
• Scribe/Geoff
• Inspiration/Chief
• Guests

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.

Rotary Meeting Bulletin for June 6, 2023

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.

• Setup/ John, Kurt
• Song/Heather
• Scribe/Susan Cole
• Inspiration/Maureen

Good Day fellow Rotarians, friends and family who are reading our weekly bulletin. Today’s
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

Rotary Club of Windsor-Meeting May 9, 2023
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.

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 –

Rotary Club Minutes, April 24
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

Rotary Club of Windsor – Meeting Notes April 18, 2023
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

Good Day fellow Rotarians, friends and family who are reading our weekly bulletin. Today’s
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

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

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

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 

I. Upcoming Events and announcements 

• The District Assembly is April 1.  Everyone should have received an email invite.
• Windsor High School needs Volunteers for Senior Project Night  PLEASE SIGN UP TO BE A PANELIST FOR OUR SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS, 4/19/23 @5:30pm
• Click here for:  Community Panelist Signup
• The Scholarship Committee has received 15 applications and is in the interview stage of the process.
• RYE Golf Tournament  at WGC Saturday April 22 .  This is a fund raiser for the Sonoma County Rotary Foreign Exchange Student Program 
• SCARC Meetings Healdsburg Sunrise, April 27, Petaluma Valley April 27.  (conflicting  info here - to be resolved).  See https://www.rotary5130.org/club-associations/scarc/ for more details.
• The District Conference is May 4-7 at Konocti Resort - see https://www.rotary5130.org/ for more details.
• Environmental-Barbara shared that the movie Microplastics is going to be shown in Healdsburg on April 10 or you can watch it in the comfort of your home via Zoom.  Barbara and her sisters have created a new website and blog about all the research they have done on microplastics.
• Stefan will be hosting a fundraising German dinner on April 29

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.

K. Thank you to our guest and volunteers :

Set/up : Beth and Bill
Greeter: Rags
Song: JB 
Scribe: Kathy
Inspiration: Scott

Guests: : Domingo, Stefan, David, Ava, Jackson, Camilla and her family, Boyd

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

• The Green Hair event in Healdsburg raised $39,000. For the fight against polio.  Great picture Bill.
• The club anniversary celebration is March 25.  The theme is The Great Gatsby.  Please RSVP asap to Joan.  
• The District Assembly is April 1.  Everyone should have received an email invite.
• Windsor High School needs Volunteers for Senior Project Night  PLEASE SIGN UP TO BE A PANELIST FOR OUR SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS, 4/19/23 @5:30pm

• Community Panelist Sign

• The Scholarship Committee has received 15 applications.
• RYE Golf Tournament  at WGC Saturday April 22 .  This is a fund raiser for the Sonoma County Rotary Foreign Exchange Student Program 
• SCARC Annual Crab Feed in Cloverdale April 23.  This is a Fundraiser for the Cloverdale High School Interact Club (Rotary youth
• The District Conference is May 5-7
• Sue gave an update complete with pictures on prior foreign exchange students: Simone from Italy is engaged; Claire from France just had her second baby; Nick from Australia was recently in Washington State for business. 
• H.  Recognitions:  Stefan gave a brief presentation about his trip to Texas and being named a SXSW EDU Champion.
•  

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

Good morning!
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 has been on the Tribal Council for over 10 years as Chairman. Darin strongly feels that he will bring much integrity, honor, and respect to the position in which he was voted into. He has been in the Commercial Construction Industry for over twenty-five years and believes that his leadership skills in that position would complement his sworn duties as a Chairman for the Koi Nation. Darin is extremely committed to encourage the youth of the tribe as well as the adults to embrace their culture with their language preservation, history, and spirituality.
    Judy has been a part of the Tribal Government since before the tribe’s restoration. She also has been involved with Economic Tribal Development. Starting out as a mother of teenagers to now being a grandmother; Judy has seen the growth of the tribe. She is now motivated more than ever to support the youth of the tribe in completing their education and to becoming upstanding citizens of both the tribe and surrounding communities. She feels that all starts with respect for oneself and others. Judy is firmly dedicated to the tribe and ensuring the care and well-being of coming generations of the Koi Nation.

Respectfully submitted,
Monica McCabe

Rotary Club of Windsor – Meeting Agenda and Scribe Notes March 07, 2023
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

• Our program speaker Deputy Chief Engineer of Sonoma Water Don Seymour introduced by Maureen
• Victor Milan-Student of the Year and his dad and instructor Josh introduced by Daniel

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 –

• Club Anniversary Celebration Wine, March 25 (Joan was missing so Susan and Pam did the promotional announcement)
• District Assembly April 1 (Rags-chair, Maureen-coach, Tom did majority of announcement)
• Stefan Austin Trip and calendar (Carol and Barbara did the announcement-Stefan doing the Sacramento-Austin trip with his app invention-a calendar was passed around to fill in Stefan’s time before he returns home)
• Natalie Hue outbound to Taiwan youth exchange update done by Bill
• Scholarship Committee (MJ)-missed this one.
• Windsor Veterans Village (Wally missing so Sandie read info from Windsor Veterans Village)
• Environmental – Barbara did this months challenge which is water and sanitation.
• RYE Golf Tournament at WGC, Saturday April 22 (Sandie, Brian and Renee did announcement.

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

• Setup/Steve, Mitch
• Greeter/Mike
• Song/Bill
• Scribe/Geoff
• Inspiration/Kirk
• Guests/-see above

L. Closing comments and Adjourn –
M. Energetic bell ringing by President Brian to conclude the morning meeting.

Good Day fellow Rotarians, friends and family who are reading our weekly bulletin. Today’s
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 11^th 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

Minutes from the February 21,2023 Rotary Meeting.


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

Meeting Feb. 14, 2023
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.

D. Song led by Geoff Harrison - Take Me Out to the Ballgame
E. Visiting Rotarians-
F. Guest: Anastasia Shapniup (Ukraine), Samuel Neylon, Kevin Waldrich, Stephanie Keebler, Noel Leone
G.  Student of the year Award 

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.

H. Upcoming Events and Announcements

• Dictionary Distribution starts tomorrow (Pegi)
• The club anniversary celebration is March 25.  The theme is The Great Gatsby.  Please RSVP asap to Joan.  
• Environmental Gov Citation Award temporarily delayed while Barbara catches her breathe.  They just returned from a fabulous trip to Patagonia and Antarctic 
• Windsor High School needs Volunteers for Senior Project Night  PLEASE SIGN UP TO BE A PANELIST FOR OUR SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS, 4/19/23 @5:30pm

• Community Panelist Sign

• WRCF Budget Meeting , Carol
• RYE Golf Tournament  at WGC Saturday April 22 .  This is a fund raiser for the Sonoma County Rotary Foreign Exchange Student Program 
• SCARC Annual Crab Feed in Cloverdale April 23.  This is a Fundraiser for the Cloverdale High School Interact Club (Rotary Youth).

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 :
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

      

When working with others this vague idea can become concrete through funding, ideas, and projects that give real people real hope.Visiting Rotarians: DGE from Ituiutaba, Brazil: Manuella and Rodrigo Yano. Manuella is the District
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
-
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/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.  
 
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

SONG: JB Leep: lead us in a slower version of “Daisy Daisy” Good pace for us,
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

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:

• Need to be YOURS (not told to you by someone else),
• Need to be short
• Need to be acheivable
• Need not be shared with anyone and
• Need to be so EXCITING that you can't wait to get there!

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/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.  
 
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

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 31^st is a 5^th 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 27^th.  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 3^rd 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

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

• Pass the hat for our server Janet
• Seniors Lunch at Bell Village 11:00 today Volunteers needed
• Bell Ringers needed ,sign up sheet going around
• Windsor Food and Toy Drive, joint project with Windsor Service Clubs Larry and Monica McCabe to chair the committee.December 16 & 17. Volunteers are needed
• Club Holiday Party Friday December 16
• Monte Carlo Night February 4, more volunteers are needed for the committee.
• Windsor High School needs Volunteers for Senior Project Night PLEASE SIGN UP TO BE A PANELIST FOR OUR SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS, 4/19/23 @5:30pm
• Community Panelist Sign
• Environmental Gov Citation Awards for December : Sue Nelson, Ed Turner, Mike Merrill. This month emphasis pollinators and biodiversity
•  

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

• Thank You to the speaker

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/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.  
 
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

Good morning Rotary Club of Windsor!
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/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.  
 
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! 

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

• Greeter/Mike Ragsdale
• Song/Sandie Krutz
• Scribe/Susan Cole
• Inspiration/Londa Faber

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/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.  
 
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

A. Good morning Rotary Club of Windsor by President Brian Ling
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:

• Carol shared that the Saturday November 5, 11-2 Veterans Day Club Service Event at Nations Finest 9500 Oak Park Street In honor of Veterans Day and those living in the community, The bagpipe band and luncheon was a great success and a whole lot of fun. It was attended by many Rotarians

 

• The first work day for the Sonoma County Fire District (SCFD) Demonstration Garden, which received substantial funding from the Rotary Club of Windsor, will be on Friday, October 28th from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm.  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, 8200 Old Redwood Highway (corner of Hembree Lane and Old Redwood Highway).  Kindly send an email to Sue Nelson (jsneslon1@comcast.net) and she will coordinate with Chief Foreman to provide lunch for all Rotarian workers.

 

• Ken Moulton Leadership Academy November 18-19 8:30-5 at SRJC, sign up 10/31. See district web page.
• Windsor Food and Toy Drive, joint project with Windsor Service Clubs Larry and Monica McCabe to chair the committee.December 16 & 17. Volunteers will be needed
• Club Holiday Party Friday December 16
• Monte Carlo Night February 4, more volunteers are needed for the committee.
• Windsor High School needs Volunteers for Senior Project Night PLEASE SIGN UP TO BE A PANELIST FOR OUR SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS, 4/19/23 @5:30pm
• Community Panelist Sign Up Form
• Dark on 5th Tuesday November 29

 

• Wally Kurtz announce an upcoming tour of the Family Justice Center. It will be on a Friday at 3:30 date TBD
• November 17&18 The History of Windsor Musical . Need to have a Rotary info booth in the lobby. Gabi and Stefan will sell baked goods to raise money for their West Coast
• WHS Zin Release and Shark Tank event Sunday November 13 , noon to 2:00pm Taft Street Winery, 2030 Barlow Lane, Sebastopol Guy Fiere will be there.
• Wednesday November 30 at Summerfield Theater movie about Micoplastics.

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

• Thank You to the speaker

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/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.  
 
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