Volume 63 No 38 Page 1 of 7 May 1st, 2012

Service Above Self

The Weekly

Bulletin of the

Rotary Club of

West Sacramento

May 1st, 2012

Volume 63

Number 38

Club 588 of District 5180

PO Box 288

West Sacramento, CA

95691

Meets Every Friday at

Club Pheasant

at 12:15

Upcoming

Program

Speakers

May 4th

Tammie McElroy

Gridley Cattle Rancher

May 11th

Vocational Speaker

May 18th

Interact Day

Dr. Charyl Silva

May 25th

DARK

April 27th

, 2012 Meeting Summary

at a Glance Presiding: President Jeff Post

Pledge: Pete Little

Blessing: Troy Bird

Song: Dick Marshall led the membership in our

National Anthem

Raffle: Valued at $250 – Dick Marshall had the

winning ticket but didn’t find the Joker in the new 52

card SUPER SIZED deck.

April 27th

Program Speaker

Division Chief

John Heilmann West Sacramento

Fire Department

Chief Heilmann started his career in the fire service as

a volunteer firefighter with the Kentfield Fire

Protection District in 1984 while attending Marin

Catholic High School in Kentfield. Upon graduation,

Chief Heilmann attended Chabot College and San Jose

State University where he participated in

intercollegiate athletics and earned a Bachelor’s

Degree in Sociology. After graduating from college,

he joined the Marinwood Community Service District

as a Cadet Firefighter. Chief Heilmann began his

career with the West Sacramento Fire Department in

January of 1998. He was promoted to the position of

Engineer in 2001 and Captain in 2003 where he served

for five years. In 2008, he was promoted to the rank of

Division Chief in charge of training. Chief Heilmann

serves as the platoon commander of the “B” shift.

Quick Take-away – Fire Engines have fires hoses and

pumps water whereas Fire Trucks have extended

ladders.

CLUB

DARK

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Object of Rotary: The

Object of Rotary is to

encourage and foster the ideal

of service as a basis of worthy

enterprise and, in particular, to

encourage and foster:

FIRST: The development of

acquaintance as an opportunity

for service;

SECOND: High ethical

standards in business and

professions, the recognition of

the worthiness of all useful

occupations and the dignifying

of each Rotarian’s occupation

as an opportunity to serve

society;

THIRD: The application of

ideal of service by every

Rotarian to hi/her/ personal,

business and community life;

FOURTH: The

advancement of international

understanding, goodwill and

peace through a world

fellowship of business and

professional persons united in

the ideals of service.

THE 4-WAY TEST

Of the Things we Think,

Say or Do:

1. Is it the TRUTH?

2. Is it FAIR to all

concerned?

3. Will it build

GOODWILL and better

FRIENDSHIPS?

4. Will it be

BENEFICIAL to all

concerned?

Club Calendar

May 2012

May 6th

– 9th

RI Convention Bangkok

May 18, 19 & 20

District 5180 District Conference

Reno

May 25th

Club Dark

June 2012 Rotary Fellowship Month

June 7th

Yolo County Rotary Clubs Golf

Tournament

June 21st

Demotion Dinner

Kids Against Hunger

Rotary Work Day

Centennial Project

In the lovely head gear is Prez Jeff Post,

Prez-elect Mark Engstrom, Dan Ramos

and Prez Keiko Wong of Pocket

Greenhaven preparing meals for Kids

Against Hunger.

Rotary Work Day Tree Planting at

Bridgeway Lakes Park

Prez-elect Mark Engstrom, Prez Jeff Pot,,

Mike Campbell, Doug Dickson, Dan Ramos,

Heine Roikjer, and Christian Montgomery

One of five trees being planted by the crew

Heine Roikjer and Dan Ramos readying a tree

stake.

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Mondays: Route 5 05/07 Jim and Dottie Leach

05/14 Dick Marshall and Troy Bird

05/21Tim Carnahan and Patty Palamidessi

0528 Joanie Kapell and JoAnn Moffett

Wednesdays: Route 5

05/09 Lyle Bassett and Bob Ceccato

05/16 Tony Schwall and Armando Omega

05/23 Don and Judy Ratley

05/30 Paul Kolarik and Randy Carlson

Thursdays: Route 1 05/03 John Raney

05/10 Dave Kamminga and Steve Heringer

05/17 Tom Wallace and Tissy Simmons

05/24 Ken Ruzich

Thursdays: Route 2

05/03 Mike Campbell and Dan Ramos

05/10 Debbie Oto-Kent and Jon Pearman

05/17 Leonor Dicdican and Jerome Daigre

05/24 Ron Morazzini and Len Thomas

May Birthdays

Charyl Silva 11th

Don Fipps 14th

Lyle Bassett 15th

Gary Simmons 25th

Luan Christ 27th

Dayton Gilleland 28th

Darrell Merwin 29th

Steve Lewis 30th

John Raney 31st

May Anniversaries

Bill and Michelle Panos 5th

Dick and Marlene Marshall 6th

Bill and Maria Hayward 7th

Peter and Linda Anderson 12th

Jeb and Julianna 12th

Randy and Toni Carlson 24th

Lyle and Verrill Bassett 25th

Ken and Liz Ruzich 31st

From Tom Wallace, Meal-on-Wheels

Program Chair

I was speaking with Debbie Martinez, the

new site manager for MOW in West

Sacramento (Anthony is still involved but

at a higher, supervisory level). She said

they are in real need of volunteers—

particularly for Route 6 on Wednesdays

and Thursdays. I told Debbie I would

contact all you great Rotarians to see if

anyone would be interested in taking on

another day—not weekly but perhaps

every two or 4 weeks.

If so, please call Debbie at 373-5805

Southport Elementary School

Students of the Month

Shabnam Hassan

Basir Yusufzai

Both are A students with 99% attendance.

Congratulations!

Delta High School

Student Updates

Stevie Winkler Senior Stevie Winkler will be attending Monterey State.

His favorite subject is art and likes playing soccer,

basketball and volleyball.

Joanna Parkhurst Senior Joanna has been selected to attend Georgia Tech.

She provided updates on athletics and the Every 15 Minutes

program at Delta High School, a vehicle accident

awareness program.

Paul Harris in

1891 after

graduating from

the University of

Iowa Law School

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2011-2012

Leadership Team President

Jeff Post

Past President

Len Strickland

President Elect

Mark Engstrom

Treasurer

Chris Bradford

Secretary

David Kamminga

Sergeant at Arms

Jim Cahill

Membership

Jon Pearman

The Rotary Foundation

Barry Kalar

Avenues of Service Community Service

Heine Roikjer

Randy Carlson

New Generations

Service

Youth Services

Joanie Kapell

JoAnn Moffett

Interact

Charyl Silva

International Service

Mark Engstrom

Vocational Service

Matt Morrow

Damien Galford

Club Service

Randy Carlson

Public Affairs

Debbie Reynolds

Program Speakers

Troy Bird

Bulletin Editor

Don Fipps

Aloha Demotion Dinner

Sign up now to attend the demotion

dinner of President Jeff Post

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Club Pheasant

6 pm Contact Jon Pearman

at

Jpearman@communitybizbank.com

Beef - $40, Chicken - $35, Vegetable - $25

First Game: Wednesday June 16th

Game Days: Changed from Mondays to

Wednesdays

Game Start Times: 6:30, 7:30 or 8:30

PM

Location: Sacramento Softball

Complex, 3450 Longview Drive,

Sacramento CA

Please contact Coach Damien

damien@enviromineinc.com to get on

the "Official" Roster.

Play Ball!

Delta Elementary

Charter School

Past President Len

Strickland presenting to

a group of students his

talk on Antarctica.

Principal Steve Lewis

said the program was

very well received by the

students.

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Rotary Trivia & Quiz of the Week

Trivia Question

In New Guinea how many indigenous

languages are spoken on the country’s 600

islands?

Last Week’s Trivia Question

Where is the Rotary International Annual

Convention in 2014?

Answer: Sydney, Australia

Note: All trivia and questions are from the current

Rotarian magazine.

Club Guests & Visitors April 27

th, 2012

Visiting Rotarians:

Tom Engle - Centennial

Tony Schwall – Centennial

Don Schatzel - Centennial

Walt James – Centennial

Howard Stagg – Arden Arcade

Guests:

Carmelita Goldsby – Assistant Principal,

Southport Elementary School

Marla Clayton – Vice Principal, Delta High

School

West Sacramento Rotary Foundation

Recognitions

President Jeff Post, on behalf of Jim Engstrom and

the West Sacramento Rotary Foundation, recognized

the following members for their support of the

Foundation Event on Friday, April 20, 2012.

Jeb Burton – Reception wine bar

Dan Ramos – Cigars

Chris Bradford – Donating to the club his raffle

winnings of $500

Jim Cahill – Master of Ceremonies

Dr. Charyl Silva – Interact Student Servers

Tim Kwong – Pictures

Jerome Daigre – Reception Music

Luan Christ – Event Chair

Don Fipps seen at the Tuxes and Tennies event

when announced he was Rotarian of the Year. Don

Rang the Bell 3 times for the WSRF for the honor.

Raffle Winner Tom Engle Makes Good!

Tom presented 4 ceremonial checks Friday as a result

of winning $5,601 on April 6th

, 2012:

$1,000 to Rotary International for a water project,

$1,000 to Rotary Club of West Sacramento for the

West Sacramento Rotary Foundation,

$1,000 to Rotary Club of West Sacramento Centennial

for the Uvaldo Perez, RYE student to Austria,

$500 to RSHC Interact.

Servant of Two Masters

Interact Advisor Mr. Duff is producing the

play Servant of Two Masters at RCHS

Friday, May 4th

at 7 pm and Saturday May 5th

2 pm and 7 pm – Laurence , Interact Club VP

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I am the team leader of the Rotary Team at the Breathe

California Emigrant Trails Bike Trek. The ETBT – or

Trek – is a three-day cycling event that raises funds to

support clean air, healthy lungs and a tobacco-free

tomorrow. Below is a picture of the 2011 Rotary

Team. Our team is made up of Rotarians and non-

Rotarians. We ride in the Breathe California Bike Trek

which is the weekend after Labor Day (September 7-

9). Here is the web address for the bike trek -

http://sacbreathe.org/trek.html. As stated in the web site,

this is not a race and accommodates cyclists of various

levels. After cycling in the morning/early afternoon, we

get together at our campsite and socialize, drink wine or

beer, and basically hang out. We will be camping this year

at the KOA in Petaluma and the rides on Friday, Saturday,

and Sunday will all start and end at the campground. The

rides vary in length from 20 to 55 miles and in the past

there have been three options on Friday and Saturday and

two options on Sunday. Meals are provided and they are

fabulous. There are also camp activities Friday and

Saturday evenings. The cost of the ride is $35 to register

($25 until May 31) and a minimum of $450 in pre-

collected tax-deductible donations. The registration fee

includes tent camping but for an additional fee, you can

bring your motorhome/trailer or rent a small cabin at the

KOA.

If you would like more information, check the Breathe

California web site or call me at (916)988-1080 or email

me at fcwoods@sbcglobal.net

Regards,

Frank C. Woods

Rotary Club of Folsom

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District 5180 Rotary Clubs Meeting Times and Locations So You Can Make Up Each Week

Day Who When Where Who When Where

Mon South Sacramento 11:30am Casa Garden Restaurant Sacramento 12:15pm Radisson Hotel

Oroville Noon Western Pacific Brewery Walnut Grove 12:15pm Tony’s Place

Foothill-Highlands 12:15pm Lions Gate Restaurant Fair Oaks 6:45pm Fair Oaks Community Clubhouse

Tues

West Sacramento Centennial 7:00am Ramada Plaza Inn & Suites Oroville Sunrise 7:00am Wester Pacific Brewery

Rancho Cordova Sunrise 7:00am Mills Station Community Hall Sacramento Breakfast 7:15am Good Eats

Sutter Buttes Sunrise 7:00am The Plaza Room at Hillcrest Arden Arcade Noon Jackson Catering & Events

Folsom Lake Noon Folsom Community Center Rancho Cordova 12:15pm Rancho Cordova City Hall

Marysville 12:15pm Peachtree Country Club Roseville 12:15pm Sierra View Country Club

Carmichael 6:30pm Palm Street Pub & Grill

Wed

Natomas 7:15am Xcaret Mexican Restaurant Rancho Murieta 7:00pm Rancho Murieta Country Club

Rocklin/Loomis Basin 7:00am Whitney Oaks Golf Club El Dorado Hills 7:30am El Dorado Hills Comm. Serv Pavilion

Laguna Sunrise 8:00am Valley Hi Country Club South Placer Noon Whitney Oaks Golf Club

Citrus Heights Noon La Placita Dos Lincoln Noon Women’s Clubhouse

Elk Grove 12:15pm Vince’s Restaurant North Sacramento 12:15pm Doubletree Hotel

Yuba City 12:15 Hillcrest Catering Plaza Room Gridley 12:15pm Gridley Community Center

East Sacramento 12:15 Evan’s Kitchen Midtown Sacramento 5:30pm Café Bernardo

Thu Roseville-Sunrise 7:00am Carrows’s Restaurant Historic Folsom 7:00am Lake Natoma Inn

Yuba Feather River Sunrise 7:00am Gary’s Place Pocket-Greenhaven 7:30am Aviators Restaurant

Folsom 7:00pm Rotary Clubhouse-Lew Howard Park

Fri Point West-Sacramento 7:00am DoubleTree Orangevale 7:00am La Placita Restaurant

Natomas 7:00am Hampton Inn, North Natomas Granite Bay 12:15pm Quarry Ponds

RI President 2011-2012

Kalyan Banerjee

Gujarat, India

Reach Within to

Embrace Humanity

2011-12 District 5180

Assistant

Governor

Drew Gidlof

District Governor 5180

2011-2012

Jack Taylor

Share Your Rotary

Passion

Learn this man’s name

by reading this article

Your

Newsletter Crew

Photos by:

Tim Kwong

dgtlimageshooter@gmail.com

Editor:

Don Fipps

donfipps@gmail.com

Assistant Editor: Donna Fipps

Article Deadline: Monday

Evenings

Chunks from the Buzzsaw Interact Support “Kids Against Hunger”

Double Duty: Karishma and Shabrina at

snack bar then to the RCHS play Servant

of Two Masters Tuyet and sister Kimberly

Emily and Audry, 8th

Graders

Westmore Oaks RCHS Interact hard at work!