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StoriesPhoto of the WeekPosted on Mar 23, 2016

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On a regular basis, our resident photo prosWarren Smith and Ross Andress submit picturesof what is going on at the weekly meetings. Youcan always find the most recent pictures at thewebsites photo journal called "Meeting Sighting"Please note that all the meeting photos for theentire Rotary year are at this location with themost recent on the last page.

Thanks for all the great pictures Warren andRoss! Link to Meeting Sightings. The most recentare on the last page!

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The April 7th. program is.....Posted by Max Bridges on Mar 31, 2016

Lorenzo DueñasSanta Rosa Junior CollegeDistrict Police Department

Lorenzo Dueñas is the Chief of Police for theSanta Rosa Junior College District PoliceDepartment. He is a Santa Rosa native and grewup in this community. He served in the MarineCorps for six years before graduating from SRJC. He started his 28 year distinguished career in lawenforcement with the Healdsburg PoliceDepartment and is a former Sonoma CountyAssistant Sheriff with 25 years with thedepartment.

The Santa Rosa Junior College District PoliceDepartment is a full-service, fully certified, policeagency within the State of California staffed bysworn peace officers 24 hours a day, 7 days aweek, every day of the year. The Department isnot a branch of any other law enforcementagency. District Police Officers are empoweredwith full peace officer status with law enforcementauthority throughout the state and make felonyand misdemeanor arrests, investigate crimes, andenforce traffic laws. Each officer graduated from aregional police academy, receives trainingthroughout the year, including firearms, defensivetactics, and first aid/CPR. All newly hired PoliceOfficers must pass a 16-week field training andevaluation program. The District includes 13 swornPolice Officers, 6 police dispatchers, 6 non-swornCommunity Service Officers, and 15 to 30 Cadets(varies by semester). SRJC has over 36,000students, faculty, and staff a semester combinedwith dozens of other sites across Sonoma County.

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Apr 07, 2016Lorenzo DuenasSanta Rosa Junior College DistrictPolice Department

Apr 14, 2016Mike RoaThe North Bay Science ChallengeCompetition

Apr 21, 2016Theo FightmastertHE Sonoma Stompers

Apr 28, 2016Randy Seelye and Rich RandolphRevenge Of The Electric Car

May 05, 2016Jeff BoalUganda

Jun 30, 2016Eloise TweetenClub Assembly

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Boost CampPosted by Rich Randolph on Apr 03, 2016

Boost Camp Boosts HopesKatie Lightfoot is the Director of BOOST ConductiveEducation, United Cerebral Palsy of the NorthBay's premier summer mobility clinic.

Ms. Lightfoot has nimbly guided hundreds ofchildren and teens to increased mobility,independence and self esteem. Since 2003 whenshe was an eager teenager exploring careeroptions, Katie has discovered her calling andtransformed her vision into a fully functionaleducation based rehabilitation program.

Boost Conductive Education Camp in SantaRosa, is an intensive, six-week therapeuticmovement program for children and teenswith cerebral palsy and motor disabilities.Participants use repetitive motions to improvetasks from grasping utensils to taking first steps.

BOOST began in 2001 after two Sonoma Countymoms vowed to find an easier way than travelingout-of-state to help their daughters with cerebralpalsy get the care and support they needed toprogress. Since that time, BOOST has helpedchildren by using the practice of ConductiveEducation (CE) to maximize participants’independence and quality of life, and to improvethe confidence and psychological well-being of bothBOOST participants and their families. Every day atBOOST, students are taught motor skills and theirfamilies learn how to integrate the practices of CEinto all aspects of daily life. BOOST serves up to20 participants in 3 classrooms, and each room isstaffed with conductor-teachers, participants, parents, and volunteers. Participants’ results and improvements range from

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sitting independently, to catching a ball, and totaking first steps. The results are life changing forBOOST participants and their families.

Ms. Lightfoot recently competed her undergraduatedegree at the University of Oregon and has beenaccepted to Medical School at St George'sUniversity in the Caribbean. Her dream continuesto grow, and envisions a year-round BOOSTprogram with recognition from insurance carriers,providing extensive life enhancing benefits.

BOOST would love to invite anyone interested tocome and see the program this summer at SpringCreek Elementary School. The dates for BOOSTare June 20 through July 29. Mark your calendarfor the BOOST graduation July 28 at noon.

As with Rotary Exchange programs hosting is anamazing experience. BOOST has two hostingopenings still for this summer's program. Pleasecontact Katie at 707.569.4412 [email protected]

Go Katie: Your BOOST energy has bundles ofBOUNCE, a prescription for SUCCESS!!

Paul O'Rear, Craft TalkPosted by Dicksie Tamanaha on Apr 04, 2016

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Upcoming EventsDistrict AssemblyMendocino CollegeApr 09, 2016 April Hike - Bouverie ReserveBouverie PreserveApr 16, 2016 May Hike - Hood MountainHood Mountain Regional ParkMay 21, 2016 Rotary Golf TournamentOakmont Golf ClubJun 03, 2016 SR Sunrise 30th Year AnniversaryCelebrationFountaingrove InnJun 30, 2016 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM Culinary Classic Fund RaiserSanta Rosa Golf & Country ClubNov 12, 2016 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

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Paul O'Rear - Craft TalkCovering Three Continents

Red Badger Paul O'Rear delivered an impressive,illustrated Craft Talk on his career in finance andreal estate. From a University of California, SantaBarbara graduate to a loan (foreclosure?) specialistwhose renowned clients included Ferdinand andImelda Marcos; O'Rear's career has taken him toEurope, Asia, Australia and the South Pacific. Hiswanderlust was cured when, in Santa Rosa, he wasintroduced to a beautiful blond CPA named PennyMillar, who became his wife. If you have seen"The Big Short," check with Paul for the real storyfrom someone who has been there and has lived totell about it.

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Larry MartinApril 2 Steve AmendApril 10 Jon StarkApril 11 Peter TreleavenApril 12 Tom EakinApril 12 Marty BehrApril 17 Jim MoirApril 20 Dicksie TamanahaApril 22 Doug ShureenApril 23 Stacy Drucker-AndressApril 24 Ross JonesApril 27 Max BridgesApril 28 Spouse Birthdays

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Sunshine ReportPosted by Rich Randolph on Apr 02, 2016

Sunshine Report

The mother of Rolf Wessman, Sonja, died Friday inSweden following an automobile accident. Rolfdeeply appreciates our support in the form ofvisits. Afternoon, between 1 and 5 are hispreferred times.

Sunriser Carolyn Anderson is patiently recuperatingat home following recent globe trotting. Spiritlifting cards are prescribed.

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April 28 Anniversaries

Eloise TweetenJack StrangeApril 12 Olin LeasherJudith LeasherApril 16 Join Date

Harry CoffeyApril 3, 20088 years Olin LeasherApril 7, 200511 years Cindy GillespieApril 8, 20106 years Jim MoirApril 13, 200016 years Sharon WrightApril 16, 20151 year Steve DavisApril 20, 198927 years Steve AmendApril 24, 199719 years

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Partners of Santa Rosa SunriseRotaryWhat Are My Make Up Options?How to Contact the SunshineCommitteeRotary Showcase - SRSR DentalClinicSR Sunrise Facebook PageYouth Exchange - District 5130

Tell it again, Steve!

QUESTION: How many announcements does ittake to get Sunrise Rotarians to actually hear whatyou say?

ANSWER: As many as the president will allow youdeliver, again and again, at every meeting.

ALERT: President Eloise Tweeten has limitedSteve Zwick to only three minutes at eachmeeting for announcements pertaining to ourupcoming fundraiser -- one of only two S R Sunrisefundraisers each year that raise funds for local andinternational support of worthy projects. That justmay be enough time for rotarians to get thisimportant message:

SANTA ROSA SUNRISE ROTARY CLUB

27 ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT

Friday, June 3, 2016

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Noel Glab is transformed from a third time guestof Warren Smith into a gracious and smilingnew member of the Rotary Club of Santa RosaSunrise. Welcome, Noel! And congratulations onbeing presented with the coveted Sunrise RedBadge!

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Rotarian Host families are needed for a May 2016visit by Rotarians from District 3060 (State ofGujarat India). As part of this years RFE program,our District will host an 8 or 10 person Team fromDistrict 3060 Between May 3 - May 20 or 21.

We are looking for host families willing to host anIndian couple n their home for two or three nightsduring this time, from the three major areas in ourDistrict: Northern District clubs, Central andCoastal clubs and Southern District Clubs, includingbut not limited to the following cities: Napa,Sonoma. Santa Rosa, FT. Bragg, Mendocino,Arcata, Eureka, Sebastopol, Petaluma.

Your participation as a host will be a rewarding andenriching multi-cultural experience. You will makegreat friendships and have and increasedopportunity to go on a future RFE exchange. Clubscan learn about this program and inform theirmembers by having a speaker from the RFEprogram talk at your club.

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RI President's MessagePosted by Max Bridges on Apr 01, 2016

RI President's MessageApril 2016

K.R. "Ravi" Ravindran

President 2015-16

Many years ago, in Kolkata, India, I had the chanceto meet Mother Teresa. She was an incrediblewoman with an incredible force of personality.When she walked down the street, the crowdparted in front of her like the Red Sea. Yet when


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you talked to her, if you mentioned thetremendous things she had done, she almost didnot engage in this topic at all. By many reports, ifyou asked her what her greatest achievement was,she would answer, "I am an expert in cleaningtoilets."

The answer was both humorous and absolutelyserious. Her business was caring for others. Toiletshad to be cleaned, so she cleaned them. There wasno question of a job being beneath her. Helpingpeople who needed help was her work, and therewas nothing higher, nothing in the world moreimportant than that.

So one day, when an elegantly dressed man cameto Kolkata looking for Mother Teresa, the nuns whoanswered the door informed him that she was atthe back of the house, cleaning the toilets. Theypointed the way, and indeed he found MotherTeresa scrubbing the toilets. She said hello,assumed he was there to volunteer, and beganexplaining to him how to hold the toilet brushcorrectly and how not to waste water. Then sheput the brush in his hand and left him standingthere, in his expensive suit, alone in the lavatory.

Later, the man came out, found Mother Teresaagain, and said, "I have finished; may I speak withyou now?" "Yes, certainly," she said. He took anenvelope out of his pocket and said, "MotherTeresa, I am the director of the airline, and hereare your tickets. I just wanted to bring them toyou personally."

That airline director told that story again and againfor the rest of his life. He said those 20 minutesspent cleaning toilets had filled him with thegreatest joy he had ever known – because byputting his hands to Mother Teresa's work, hebecame part of that work. For those 20 minutes,he cared for the sick just as she did: with his ownhands, his own sweat.

That is exactly the opportunity that Rotary givesus. We might not do what Mother Teresa did – giveup our lives, our homes, our families. But for 20minutes, 20 hours, 20 days of the year, we can belike her.

We can do the work that others will not with ourhands, and our hearts, and our sweat, and ourdevotion – knowing that what we do is the mostimportant work in the world.

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Message from theFoundation TrusteeChairApril 2016

Ray Klinginsmith

Trustee Chair 2015-16

The numbers are impressive: Rotary comprisesmore than 35,000 clubs with 1.2 million membersin 200 countries and geographic regions. It's bigenough to be a major partner in the eradication ofpolio, the largest health initiative ever undertaken!

Despite its size and reach, Rotary is accessible tomembers through their individual clubs, whichprovide outstanding opportunities for friendship,fellowship, and networking at the local level. As aresult, most Rotarians think of their involvement asprimarily local, with ideas for service projects



limited to their communities. They shouldrecognize that, with the assistance of The RotaryFoundation, the sky is the limit!

Every great idea in Rotary has started in the mindof an individual. Even the success of End Polio Nowcan be traced to a few notable Rotarians aroundthe world: Clem Renouf of Australia, for example,proposed a large corporate project to increaseRotary's visibility, while U.S. Rotarian John Severidentified polio as a worthwhile target. Each had anidea that was accepted and supported by otherRotarians, and polio will soon be eliminated fromthe world as a result.

When Rotarians begin to think of service projectsbeyond the size and scope of their clubs, they haveaccess to district and global grants from TheRotary Foundation. They also have access to ateam of Rotary volunteers at the district level,starting with their district governors and districtRotary Foundation chairs, to help them along theway. They also have the support of regionalleaders, including the regional Rotary Foundationcoordinators, and the entire Rotary staff inEvanston, Ill., and in the international offices.

Who knows where the next great ideas for Rotarywill come from? Since Rotary is a grassrootsorganization, they are likely to come fromindividual Rotarians. It behooves all of us toencourage good ideas within the six areas of focusand direct local Rotarians with good ideas to TheRotary Foundation's resources. After all, it is themission of the Foundation "to enable Rotarians" todo good in the world!

Rotary Club of Santa Rosa Sunrise - Founded June 30, 1986


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The April 14th. program is.....Posted by Max Bridges on Apr 07, 2016

Mike RoaNorth Bay ScienceChallenge

Competition

The North Bay Science Challenge is a fun andeducational team event for students in grades 4-8.It allows students to demonstrate their scienceknowledge, understanding, and skills whilecompeting in a variety of science-based events. They also develop valuable skills such asteamwork, creativity, persistence, problem solving,and cooperation. Most importantly, students havefun while learning and developing those skills andknowledge. Schools that participate in the ScienceChallenge report that participation leads toincreased interest in and enthusiasm for scienceamong students, staff, and parents. Competionsinclude build an egg catcher from 9 sheets ofpaper, then dropping raw eggs from increasingheights to see which catcher can catch the eggfrom the greatest height without the egg breaking.

Mike Roa is a retired teacher. He has taught fromgrade 4 through post-grad, but his area ofspecialty is science and environmental education.He has been a classroom teacher, staff developer,and principal. He has authored several books onenvironmental education and currently works parttime for the California Department of Fish andWildlife and as a naturalist for the Stewards of theCoast and Redwoods. He also is on the organizingcommittee for the North Bay Science DiscoveryDay, which drew over 13,000 people to theSonoma County Fairgrounds in October.

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Sometimes it is good to question authority figures. Lorenzo Dueñas did as an aspiring young man inhigh school when he ignored a counselor’ssuggestion that he need not apply to college. Hewas advised he would not be a successful student. Decades later, Lorenzo holds advanced degreesand is himself an unmistakably proven, trustedauthority figure: He is Chief of the Santa RosaJunior College Police Department.

Lorenzo studied and worked alongside colleagues inBrazil as part of a Rotary Group Study Exchange. He organized stateside efforts to aid disabledBrazilian officers who received no service benefitsfor on-the-job injuries.

Currently his department is larger than Healdsburg,Sebastopol and Rohnert Park Cotati’s. With astudent population as high as 36,000 andattendant problems of homelessness and drugs, hisstaff of 13 sworn Police Officers, 6 dispatchers, 6non-sworn Community Service Offices and 15-30cadets are responsible for the main Santa RosaCampus, Petaluma, Shone Farm.

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fill vacancies, Chief Dueñas informed the audienceof the extensive background checks performed onapplicants. Of a field of 30 applicants, only 20make the first cut and only 1 in 10 make thesecond. Only 63% of officer vacancies posted inthe county since 2011 have been filled.

Social Media is another new dimension of lawenforcement, along with body worn cameras. Transported drug trafficking also is an issue. ChiefDueñas also commented on the effect AB 109(Realignment) has had on jail populations andProposition 47 passed in 2014 reduced manycrimes from felonies to misdemeanors, and thesubsequent reduction of fear of incarceration formany still criminal acts.

Chief Lorenzo Dueńas exemplifies well the principleof serving and protecting. With distinguishedmilitary service in the Marine Corps, HealdsburgPolice and as Sonoma County Assistant Sheriff,Lorenzo sets a very high bar for local youth doeswell!

What's New in Rotary?Posted by Dicksie Tamanaha on Apr 10, 2016

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Upcoming EventsDistrict AssemblyMendocino CollegeApr 09, 2016 April Hike - Bouverie ReserveBouverie PreserveApr 16, 2016 May Hike - Hood MountainHood Mountain Regional ParkMay 21, 2016 Rotary Golf TournamentOakmont Golf ClubJun 03, 2016 SR Sunrise 30th Year AnniversaryCelebrationFountaingrove InnJun 30, 2016 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM Culinary Classic Fund RaiserSanta Rosa Golf & Country ClubNov 12, 2016 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

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If you do not know any of the following new Rotarydevelopments, ask one of the cowpokes above whobraved the wilds of Ukiah to bring back word of thelatest and best from District 5130. Front row, leftto right: Merle Hayes, Eloise Tweeten, CarmenGuitterrez, Steve Zwick; Back row, left to right: Doug Shureen, Rich Randolph, Peter Hoberg. Not pictured: Dicksie Tamanaha

What is the new fifth truth of THE FIVE WAYTEST?

- Is it good for the environment?

- Will it bring peace to the earth?

- Is it fun?

What is the main change in the NEW ROTARYBRAND?

- The word "Rotary" is added to the left of thewheel

- The background is white, the wheel - gold andthe word - Blue

- A chicken sits on top of the Rotary wheel

Who was included and honored at this year'sassembly?

- Rotaract and Interact club members

- Current and Incoming District and Club leaders

- All of the above

District AssemblyPosted by Rich Randolph on Apr 08, 2016

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Marie TreleavenApril 2 Joanne EakinApril 13 Laura MartinApril 13 Terry StarkApril 18 Stacy Drucker-AndressApril 24 Carol CerconeApril 28

rocked Friday evening with District-wide westerngarbed Rotarians, country music andSally Tomatoes' chicken and pork specialties. ErinDunn, District Governor hailing from Fortunaintroduced 2016-17 Governor-Elect WulffReinhold from Rohnert Park. Sunrise scion DelRaby received a hearty applause, as did each ofthe many past District Governors and current ClubPresidents in attendance.

DGE Wulff presented his upcoming term’s peacepursuit priority. With a straw vote, and there wasa lot of straw/hay on hand for his western hoe-down theme, Wulff garnered a hearty affirmativeresponse. Inspired by his experience at the recentZone Peace Conference in Ontario, California,Wulff wants to further the efforts currently afoot toteach constructive conflict resolution skills andstrategies.

The following day, Wulff introduced KeynoteSpeaker Elizabeth Gore and in this novel, informalinterview format helped her share her insights andvision as former United Nations Chair of GlobalEntrepreneurs for Rotarian action in local andglobal peace initiatives: Attend, Join, Advocate!! YOU can make a DIFFERENCE.

Sunrise Rotary was well represented: PresidentEloise, President Elect Merle Hayes, DistrictVocational Service Chair Peter Hoberg, CarmenGutierrez, Doug Shureen, Rich Randolph, PDG DelRaby, Dicksie Tamanaha and Steve Zwick nearlytook an entire table end!

Eloise' husband Jack lead a session on leadership,Steve, Merle and Rich learned new District and RIrules for volunteers with youth. The Social Mediamarketing session led by Rotarian and SonomaState University Professor Kerry Rego wasextremely insightful to this Baby Boomer.



Anniversaries


Harry CoffeyApril 3, 20088 years Olin LeasherApril 7, 200511 years Cindy GillespieApril 8, 20106 years Jim MoirApril 13, 200016 years Sharon WrightApril 16, 20151 year Steve DavisApril 20, 198927 years Steve AmendApril 24, 199719 years

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Partners of Santa Rosa SunriseRotaryWhat Are My Make Up Options?How to Contact the SunshineCommitteeRotary Showcase - SRSR DentalClinicSR Sunrise Facebook PageYouth Exchange - District 5130SCARC Meeting Schedule

This annual event is a great way to energize theremainder of one Rotary year, and ramp up to thenext.

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of President Eloise Tweeten?

ANSWER: She told them to!

LeRoy Carlenzoli – Reported on the Bunny Barnhe built.

Jim Moir – Invited Rotarians on a hike to BovariePreserve.

Rick Lewis – Announced the Bocce BallTournament

Jim Kirkbride - Declared the March Madnesswinners

Rob Sanville – Wants you all to get Wine andFood at LBC

Kent Seegmiller – Auctioned off two symphonytickets

Mike Kelly – Boasted about a short sale that took662 days

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This space was reserved for a story on presidentEloise Tweeten’s “Senior Moment” of the weekabout a lecturer addressing the subject of absent-mindedness in the aging brain. However… I forgetwhat it was all about ….???

Sunshine ReportPosted by Dicksie Tamanaha on Apr 10, 2016

Sunshine, Sorrow and Care

Sunrise Sunshine Coordinator Rich Randolphreported that Carolyn Anderson cut her vacationshort because of a severe upper respiratoryinfection.

Rolf Westman is grieving the death of his motherin an auto accident last week. Rolf also needsshort term, on call, caregiving to insure that his24-hour support does not gap, even whencaregivers are late or cannot remain after theirshift. Training may not be necessary. Rolf is veryarticulate and knowledgeable. On call caregiversneed to be able to respond quickly and maychoose to work in pairs.




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Teen Drunk DrivingPosted by Dicksie Tamanaha on Apr 10, 2016

Death on the Highway

When would you see an entire auditorium ofteenagers struck stone silent? According toShauna Lorenzen this happens during the two-day California Highway Patrol program for schoolchildren titled “Every 15 Minutes.”

At the annual cost of $7,000 the program, whichincludes police, ambulances, a helicopter and afully enacted funeral, complete with grievingparents, portrays what occurs every 15 minutes,somewhere in the US, because of a drunk driver.

“Every 15 Minutes” seeks funding in order tocontinue its dramatic life saving work in SonomaCounty schools. Max Childs reports that his twindaughters went through the program and weredeeply moved.

Vets LunchPosted by Dicksie Tamanaha on Apr 10, 2016

Investment in Vets

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Tom Croft of the Santa Rosa East Club presentsthe Sunrise club with a check for $200 – a returnon investment for underwriting the AnnualVeteran’s Day Celebration. This past year’s eventwas heralded as the best ever! Peter Treleven’smasterful event coordination and Dell Raby’sdelivery of the flag salute were some of thedefining factors.

GuestsPosted by Dicksie Tamanaha on Apr 10, 2016

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The recent “Greatest Guest Day Challenge”produced and directed by Membership Chair MartyBehr, continues to bring promising guests to ourbreakfast meetings. We all hope that (above: leftto right) Jeff Bricker, Deb Francis and KarenPartovi are following the example of newlyinitiated member Noel Giab in a continuingprocession toward the coveted Red Badge.

SPECIAL NOTE: Noel is collecting business cards!


RI President's MessageApril 2016





President 2015-16

Many years ago, in Kolkata, India, I had the chanceto meet Mother Teresa. She was an incrediblewoman with an incredible force of personality.When she walked down the street, the crowdparted in front of her like the Red Sea. Yet whenyou talked to her, if you mentioned thetremendous things she had done, she almost didnot engage in this topic at all. By many reports, ifyou asked her what her greatest achievement was,she would answer, "I am an expert in cleaningtoilets."

The answer was both humorous and absolutelyserious. Her business was caring for others. Toiletshad to be cleaned, so she cleaned them. There wasno question of a job being beneath her. Helpingpeople who needed help was her work, and therewas nothing higher, nothing in the world moreimportant than that.

So one day, when an elegantly dressed man cameto Kolkata looking for Mother Teresa, the nuns who



answered the door informed him that she was atthe back of the house, cleaning the toilets. Theypointed the way, and indeed he found MotherTeresa scrubbing the toilets. She said hello,assumed he was there to volunteer, and beganexplaining to him how to hold the toilet brushcorrectly and how not to waste water. Then sheput the brush in his hand and left him standingthere, in his expensive suit, alone in the lavatory.

Later, the man came out, found Mother Teresaagain, and said, "I have finished; may I speak withyou now?" "Yes, certainly," she said. He took anenvelope out of his pocket and said, "MotherTeresa, I am the director of the airline, and hereare your tickets. I just wanted to bring them toyou personally."

That airline director told that story again and againfor the rest of his life. He said those 20 minutesspent cleaning toilets had filled him with thegreatest joy he had ever known – because byputting his hands to Mother Teresa's work, hebecame part of that work. For those 20 minutes,he cared for the sick just as she did: with his ownhands, his own sweat.

That is exactly the opportunity that Rotary givesus. We might not do what Mother Teresa did – giveup our lives, our homes, our families. But for 20minutes, 20 hours, 20 days of the year, we can belike her.

We can do the work that others will not with ourhands, and our hearts, and our sweat, and ourdevotion – knowing that what we do is the mostimportant work in the world.


Message from theFoundation TrusteeChairApril 2016




Ray Klinginsmith


The numbers are impressive: Rotary comprisesmore than 35,000 clubs with 1.2 million membersin 200 countries and geographic regions. It's bigenough to be a major partner in the eradication ofpolio, the largest health initiative ever undertaken!

Despite its size and reach, Rotary is accessible tomembers through their individual clubs, whichprovide outstanding opportunities for friendship,fellowship, and networking at the local level. As aresult, most Rotarians think of their involvement asprimarily local, with ideas for service projectslimited to their communities. They shouldrecognize that, with the assistance of The RotaryFoundation, the sky is the limit!

Every great idea in Rotary has started in the mindof an individual. Even the success of End Polio Nowcan be traced to a few notable Rotarians aroundthe world: Clem Renouf of Australia, for example,proposed a large corporate project to increaseRotary's visibility, while U.S. Rotarian John Sever



identified polio as a worthwhile target. Each had anidea that was accepted and supported by otherRotarians, and polio will soon be eliminated fromthe world as a result.

When Rotarians begin to think of service projectsbeyond the size and scope of their clubs, they haveaccess to district and global grants from TheRotary Foundation. They also have access to ateam of Rotary volunteers at the district level,starting with their district governors and districtRotary Foundation chairs, to help them along theway. They also have the support of regionalleaders, including the regional Rotary Foundationcoordinators, and the entire Rotary staff inEvanston, Ill., and in the international offices.

Who knows where the next great ideas for Rotarywill come from? Since Rotary is a grassrootsorganization, they are likely to come fromindividual Rotarians. It behooves all of us toencourage good ideas within the six areas of focusand direct local Rotarians with good ideas to TheRotary Foundation's resources. After all, it is themission of the Foundation "to enable Rotarians" todo good in the world!



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Theo FightmasterThe Sonoma StompersThe Sonoma Stompers are an independentprofessional baseball team in Sonoma. TheStompers were purchased by Sonoma native andattorney Eric Gullotta, and President and CEO ofSonoma Sports and Entertainment, Inc. TheStompers began play as a member of the PacificAssociation of Professional Baseball Clubs in 2014,and are the first professional team to makeSonoma County home since the Sonoma CountyCrushers ceased play following the 2002 season.

The Stompers announced their first professionalsigning, Tommy Lyons in March 2014, and shortlythereafter traded for a local hero, Jayce Ray. Theteam's first manager was Ray Serrano, who led theStompers to a 42–36 record in their inauguralseason. In 2015, Serrano accepted a full-timeposition with the Atlanta Braves to serve as theorganization's catching instructor. Jayce Ray wassigned to a minor-league contract with the BostonRed Sox following the 2015 season.

Former major league pitcher, 67 year old Bill"Spaceman" Lee, started a game for the Stomperson Aug. 12, 2014, pitching the team to victory overthe Pittsburg Mettle. Lee set an all-time recordbecoming the oldest person to ever win aprofessional baseball game. In June 2015, theteam made history when pitcher Sean Conroybecame the first openly gay active professionalbaseball. That season, Sonoma tallied an 18-3record.

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one of his signature home runs.

Victims of their own success, the Stompers rosterbecame a poaching ground as seven players,including four members of the Opening Day lineupwere signed by clubs in higher leagues.Nonetheless, the Stompers fought to the finish,only falling short in a hotly contested championshipgame in San Rafael. Sonoma lost 4-3 as thePacifics walked off with a win in the bottom of theninth inning.

Theo Fightmaster serves as Vice President andGeneral Manager of the Stompers. Heoversees their business operations, includingcorporate partnerships, season and single-gametickets, merchandise, concessions, media andpublic relations, and manages the team’soperations and front office staffs. Theo alsopresides over the Stompers baseball operations,including player-personnel acquisition,development, and scouting. He is a longtimeSonoma County resident and the Vice President ofthe Board of Directors for Children Family Circle —a non-profit organization that provides childcare forat-risk families. He and his wife, Erin, are SantaRosa residents.

North Bay Science ChallengePosted by Rich Randolph on Apr 17, 2016

NAKED EGG SAFELY LANDS

Mike Roa has spearheaded the North Bay ScienceChallenge for several years. While the County ofEducations’ Science Olympiad is open to grades fourthrough eight, Mike’s Community sponsored NBSC










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collaborates widely to sustain science exploration forgrades four through six in the shadow of changing staterequirements and curriculum adjustments. Principally designed to develop student’s knowledge,understanding and skills for scientific investigation anddemonstration Challenge students are offered multiplecategories to explore, collaborate and compete in groups upto seventeen in size. Verbal communication is challengedin such activities as replicating a lego’s construct frombehind a concealing panel. Students must articulate thepattern of a fixed, glued design as the team member on theother side attempts to build he same with equal numbers ofloose legos. Another very popular enterprise is designing and building astructure to protect a falling, uncooked “naked” egg. Thewinner’s design safely caught the egg from a height ofnearly 10 feet! Catapults are built, mystery animalsidentified, tall towers built and this year helicopter flightadded. Judging by the number of enthusiastic participants, scientific inquiry is alive and well in Sonoma CountySchools! For additional information, contact Mike [email protected].

Walk for ALSPosted by Dicksie Tamanaha on Apr 17, 2016

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Upcoming EventsDistrict AssemblyMendocino CollegeApr 09, 2016 April Hike - Bouverie ReserveBouverie PreserveApr 16, 2016 May Hike - Hood MountainHood Mountain Regional ParkMay 21, 2016 Rotary Golf Tournament

Greetings Rotarians and friends of Rotarians, On Saturday, April 30th, the ALS Association ishaving their annual Walk to Defeat ALS atHowarth Park. Walk up check-in begins at9:30am, and the 1.5 mile walk starts at 11am. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is aprogressive neurodegenerative disease that affectsnerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motorneurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord andthen to the muscles throughout the body. Theprogressive degeneration of the motor neurons inALS eventually leads to the death of the neurons,and when they die, the ability of the brain toinitiate and control muscle movement is lost. Withvoluntary muscle action progressively affected,














Oakmont Golf ClubJun 03, 2016 SR Sunrise 30th Year AnniversaryCelebrationFountaingrove InnJun 30, 2016 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM Culinary Classic Fund RaiserSanta Rosa Golf & Country ClubNov 12, 2016 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM



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patients in the later sates of the disease maybecome totally paralyzed. It is estimated that as many as 30,000 Americanhave the disease at any given time. About 15 newcases are reported every day. The ALS Associationis committed to finding effective treatments and acure. Global research efforts have produced newdiscoveries and treatments, and has shed light onthe complex genetic and environmental factorsinvolved in ALS. Please join us in supporting Rolf Wessman andothers like him with this terrible disease. TheAssociation brings hope to people living with ALS,and raises money for research to find a cure. Be apart of the effort. The link to join us is http://web.alsa.org/site/TR?fr_id=11521&pg=entry#.VJNo214ACk Click on Get Started/Join a Team.The team name is Wessman. Rolf appreciates all the support you have alreadygiven, and he hopes to see many of you on the30th. See you at the Walk! Penny

Birthday hikePosted by Dicksie Tamanaha on Apr 17, 2016

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April 2 Joanne EakinApril 13 Laura MartinApril 13 Terry StarkApril 18 Stacy Drucker-AndressApril 24 Carol CerconeApril 28 Anniversaries


Harry CoffeyApril 3, 20088 years Olin LeasherApril 7, 200511 years Cindy GillespieApril 8, 20106 years Jim Moir

Steve Amen spent his birthday hiking with his sonin anticipation of the Club BBQ Fireside pot lucklunch and hike planned for April 23 at his home. So far, 33 people have submitted their RSVPs andwill be contributing desserts, drinks, and appetizersto supplement the burgers provided. Salads, sidesand more desserts are needed. Contact Steve toreserve your place and enjoy an after lunch hikeamong the wild flowers.

Birthday BBQPosted by Dicksie Tamanaha on Apr 17, 2016

TWO TIMES FOR BIRTHDAYBARBECUE

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April 13, 200016 years Sharon WrightApril 16, 20151 year Steve DavisApril 20, 198927 years Steve AmendApril 24, 199719 years

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Partners of Santa Rosa SunriseRotaryWhat Are My Make Up Options?How to Contact the SunshineCommitteeRotary Showcase - SRSR DentalClinicSR Sunrise Facebook PageYouth Exchange - District 5130SCARC Meeting ScheduleRotary International BusinessPortalLatest "Rotarian Magazine"

Executives & DirectorsPresidentEloise Tweeten President ElectMerle Hayes President NomineeDoug Shureen

Not satisfied with a birthday BBQ dinner inHealdsburg, John Stark, ordered enough to enjoyanother dinner of leftovers on His actual birthday.

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Warren Smith's exquisite photos, position andilluminate the beautiful bench, sponsored by theSanta Rosa Sunrise Rotary, that graces theBouverie Preserve.

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- Syrian refugees seeking a home. - The multi-generation family of the patriarch standing onthe left. - Group of Sunrise hikers who gathered onSaturday, April 16, to enjoy the Bouverielandscape.

Bouverie Preserve HikePosted by Rich Randolph on Apr 18, 2016

LIZARDS AND TURRETS &HARES

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stone step set by fellow Sunriser and Bouverie Docent JimMoir, aka Tall Dude, shown below.

Jim and Paul were among the 16 hikers trekking throughthe 550 acre preserve last Saturday, exploring OakWoodland, Mixed Evergreen, Riparian andChaparral habitats. Lizard critters basking in the warmth,newts cooling in Stuart Creek, turkey vultures circlingabove waiting for a straggler ~ which never appeared! Most hiked to the Preserve's noted waterfall overlook toview Stuart Creek's headwaters, and site held sacred by theNative Americans who occupied the area less than 300years ago. Peregrine Falcons now inhabit the nearbymountains nearby. Wildflowers including Lupine, California Poppies, StickyMonkey and Lavender punctuated the green meadows. Afew pollinating butterflies and bees gleaned the remainingnectar and pollens. No known snake sightings by the bipedhumans, though odds are we were noticed by the leglessslitherers!Oh, the hare, he was burrowed down for the day. Check the Homepage link for additional upcoming hikes!

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A DOUBLE BIRTHDAYWORTHY OF TWOCELEBRATIONS!

April is the month when both Rotarian TomEakins and his spouse, Joanne Eakins, bothcelebrate their birthdays. In order to appropriatelyacknowledge these occasions, the couple watchedan exciting Warrior's game on Saturday and arelooking forward to dinner at the Farmhouse Inn.

Anniversary celebrationPosted by Dicksie Tamanaha on Apr 17, 2016

A ROSE FOR 50 GOLDENYEARS!

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Olin and Judy Lesher are celebrating theirGolden Anniversary with a red rose from presidentEloise Tweeten. However, Olin needs somethingspecial to commemorate 50 years of wedlock. Heis consulting with our resident experton appropriate gifts for your wife, LeRoyCarlenzoli, and is considering ... a chainsaw???

District AssemblyPosted by Dicksie Tamanaha on Apr 17, 2016

WHICH OF THESE LOGOS ISPART OF THE NEW ROTARYBRAND?

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WHAT IS BEINGPROPOSED AS THE NEWFIFTH TRUTH OF THE "FIVEWAY TEST?"

- Is it good for the environment? - Will it bring peace on earth? - Is it fun? (Answers, that were presented at the District TrainingAssembly, will be published in the next Sunrise Bulletin)



From the District Training Assembly session,for Current Presidents, with DG Erin Dunn:Erin encouraged widespread participation at theDistrict Conference in Napa May 6-8, which willoffer both educational and networking opportunitieswith Rotarians from throughout the district. "We'rein the final push for membership and foundationcontributions through June: our work this year isnot over yet!" Dunn promised. --Eloise Tweeten, Sunrise Rotary CurrentPresdient

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What Kerstin Jeska-Thorwart remembers isthe silence. No birdschirping, no dogsbarking, no car enginesrevving. Nothing. “I’venever heard such asilence before, andnever since,” she says.“I knew somethingmust have happened.”

It was 9:35 themorning after Christmas 2004, and in Sri Lanka, itwas a Poya Day, a Buddhist public holiday heldevery full moon. Jeska-Thorwart, a lawyer fromGermany, was on vacation in Hikkaduwa, on theisland’s southwestern coast. Any other morning ofher holiday she and her husband would have beenon the beach, but today they stayed back at theirvacation home, up a small hill about a half-milefrom the water’s edge, to clean and prepare forguests.

After a few minutes, sound returned, as though ithad been switched on. Now she heard peoplerunning, crying. She went down the main road tosee what had happened. She saw people inswimming suits, shoeless, covered in blood.

They told her there was a big wave.

The tsunami, as she later learned, was causedwhen an earthquake with the estimated force of23,000 atomic bombs rattled the floor of the IndianOcean. The seabed rose 10 feet, displacing 7 cubicmiles of water. A wall of water, in some places upto 100 feet high, slammed into countriesthroughout Southeast Asia and as far away asAfrica. All told, more than 230,000 people died in14 countries, and 1.7 million were left homeless.More than half of the dead were in Indonesia,followed by Sri Lanka, where 35,000 people werekilled.

Sri Lanka was hit by several waves that day. Theyknocked out cellphone service, land lines,electricity, television, radio. Jeska-Thorwart, thengovernor of District 1950 (Germany), opened upthe house as a makeshift first aid clinic. Four dayslater, when the situation had stabilized, she andher husband, the late Carl-Otto Thorwart – himselfa member of the Rotary Club of Nürnberg-Sigena –together with some Sri Lankan friends, drove downthe coast looking for clues to the extent of thedamage. “We had no information about what had



happened,” she says. “Was it only Hikkaduwa thatwas hit, or other towns too?”

The first city they came to was Galle, about 12miles south. Conquered by the Portuguese in the16th century and fortified by the Dutch in the 17th,the city had long served as the main port betweenEurope and the East. The tsunami killed 4,000people in the city and damaged 12,000 houses.“Every minute that went by,” Jeska-Thorwart saysof her Sri Lankan companions, “they were moreand more silent. They were completely shocked.They realized their country was destroyed.”

On the edge of the city, directly across the roadfrom the beach, the group arrived at a hospital. Itwas Mahamodara Teaching Hospital, the primarymaternity hospital in the province of 2.5 millionpeople. “It was totally empty,” Jeska-Thorwartrecalls. One of the women in the car had deliveredfour children there, and when she saw thedevastation, she cried out: “Where are the babies?”

When the first wave of the tsunami slammed intothe hospital, deliveries had been underway.Although the 10-foot wall around the hospital couldnot stop the wave, it buffered its force, so thewater was only 4 feet high by the time it reachedthe prenatal ward that faced the sea. The powerfailed, the backup generator failed, the watersupply and sewer systems failed. Patients’mattresses were soaked with foul-smelling water.The 349 patients were evacuated, first to a nearbytemple, then to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, acouple of miles inland. By the time the subsequentwaves hit Mahamodara, no patients or staffremained on site. One baby had died.

Upon learning that the patients and staff had beenmoved, Jeska-Thorwart and her companions wentto check on them. Only the most urgent cases hadbeen transferred – others were sent home – andthe maternity hospital had been squeezed into 70beds in the male neurology wing and portions oftwo other wards at Karapitiya. Jeska-Thorwart sawpregnant women sitting outside in the rain. Theylay in beds to deliver and moved to the floor torecover. There were not enough toilets; there wasnowhere to eat or drink. “It was a horriblesituation,” she says. She asked to speak to adoctor.

Her first words to him were: “Don’t worry. We willhelp you.”

“Excuse me, may I know your name?” asked MalikGoonewardene, the head of the obstetrics andgynecology department at the University of Ruhuna



in Galle and a consultant at Mahamodara TeachingHospital. He eyed Jeska-Thorwart, who wasdressed in a T-shirt and shorts, like a tourist.

“I’m from Rotary. I want to help you.”

Goonewardene invited her into a meeting wherethe Mahamodara doctors were gathered. Jeska-Thorwart explained who she was and asked thedoctors to compile a list of everything theyneeded. (She still has it.)

A few days later, she drove to Colombo, which –because of its location on the island’s westerncoast – had not been damaged as severely. Sheasked local Rotarians to email the list to her officein Germany. By the time she returned home on 6January, her office was jammed with medicalequipment, and by 10 January, German Rotarianshad shipped the doctors 2 tons of supplies,including scalpels, drapes, arm slings, gloves, threeultrasound scanners, and 1,360 diapers. Less thana month later, they shipped another 7 tons.

And that was only the beginning.

A decade later, Mahamodara Teaching Hospital’sonly ward that has not been replaced orrefurbished after the tsunami stands empty. Inside,pieces of plaster are falling off the walls. A coupleof old bed frames are stacked in a corner, andwires hang from the ceilings. The building dates tothe 1800s, when the hospital was built toquarantine South Indian immigrants arriving towork on Sri Lanka’s plantations and vaccinate themagainst smallpox.

In contrast are the bright and airy new buildingsdesigned by Lakshman Alwis, an architect and amember of the Rotary Club of Colombo. Inside one,lofted ceilings with vents allow the tropical heat torise, so the building stays comfortable without airconditioning. Large windows illuminate a roomfilled with beds where women rest, waiting todeliver. Since patients come from all over theprovince, many arrive before their due date so theydon’t have to travel while in labor. The hospitalserves the entire socioeconomic spectrum; the wifeof its deputy director delivered her baby here.

Within a few weeks of the tsunami, more than6,000 German Rotarians had donated €1.3 million,and in 2008, The Rotary Foundation supported theproject. Other partners included German-headquartered global corporations such asSiemens, Trumpf, and Ejot, as well as a foundationset up by former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl,who had been vacationing at a coastal resortsoutheast of Galle when the tsunami hit.



In the past 11 years, this funding has helpedrenovate or build 10 departments and wards, andprovided equipment worth more than €1 million.The Rotary Club of Colombo, which partnered withDistrict 1950 on the Foundation grant, managedmuch of the construction. Since work started,160,000 babies have been born and more than 2.5million women have received gynecological care. In2014, a year the hospital saw more than 12,000births, not one mother died – a statistic manyWestern hospitals would covet. “That speaksvolumes about what we have been able to achievehere,” says RI President K.R. Ravindran, a memberof the Rotary Club of Colombo.

“When this hospital got damaged and we had toevacuate, it was an absolute calamity. We didn’tknow what to do,” says Goonewardene. “Withoutour donors, including Rotary, who came to our aidfrom the start, I don’t know how we would havemanaged.”

The project has included many steps over theyears: first, operating rooms and intensive careunits for mothers and babies; then the prenatalwards; and, finally, training. Jeska-Thorwart,whom Rotary honored as a Global Woman of Actionat the United Nations in November, says they planto celebrate the completion of the project inJanuary 2017.

Since 2010, a team of doctors, midwives, andnurses has traveled once a year from Sri Lanka toGermany, and another from Germany to Sri Lanka,for training. At the biggest hospital in Nuremberg,where Jeska-Thorwart lives, only a couple of babiesare born each day. In contrast, the MahamodaraTeaching Hospital delivers 70 babies daily. Becauseof the number of births in Sri Lanka, the Germandoctors get more experience in the neonatalintensive care unit dealing with birth complications.Meanwhile, Sri Lankan doctors get experience onstate-of-the-art equipment in Germany.

The neonatal intensive care unit, one of the fewair-conditioned buildings at the hospital, is a worldof beeps and scrubs and needles. A 19-day-oldinfant lies in an incubator, connected to a neonatalCPAP machine to support her breathing, donatedby Rotary, which equipped the entire unit. Thenewborn, who arrived two months premature, wastransferred here because the hospital has some ofthe most advanced equipment in the country.“When I started here, I was amazed,” says SelviRupasinghe, the chief neonatologist. “Rotary’scontributions have made a tremendous change toneonatal care.”

Outside the unit, a woman holds a sleepy toddler in



her arms. The child’s eyes are closed and her headdroops as her mother, a dance teacher, smiles andhugs her daughter tight. The child, now 21 monthsold, was born premature, weighing only 2 pounds.She spent a month in the neonatal intensive careunit and today loves to dance, like many girls herage. “Without all of this equipment, she would nothave been able to survive,” says SumithManathunga, the hospital’s deputy director.

English isn’t the mother’s first language, but shedoes know four words: “Thank you very much.”

Our video crew visited the Mahamodarahospital. Watch this video to learn howGerman and Sri Lankan Rotarians arecollaborating and learning from one another.By Diana Schoberg

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The April 28th program is.....Posted by Max Bridges on Apr 21, 2016

Randy Seelye and RichRandolphRevenge of the Electric CarREVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CARS

Sales and leases of electric cars are growingexponentially, with nearly 1 million cars projectedto be leased or sold during 2016. It is projectedthat 5 million electric vehicles will be soldworldwide by 2025. Rich Randolph and RandySeelye will talk about electric cars – and perhapsthe biggest change on the horizon in mobility, Self-Driving or Autonomous Vehicles. We’re reallytackling two topics in one and self-driving vehiclescould bring revolutionary change …. Perhaps moresignificant change than the technology boom of thelast two decades. Bring your questions.














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Stompers SummaryPosted by Rich Randolph on Apr 24, 2016

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at home) championship season.

The Sonoma Stompers succeeded the previousCrushers team in 2004. The team moved fromtheir own stadium to Arnold Field, a SonomaCounty 400 seat venue. Promoting baseball as afamily oriented entertainment venture, theStompers were their league champions in 2015. Players are either on their way up, or converselylooking for a soft landing after exiting AA, AAA oreven Major League play. One player was with theBoston Red Sox. “Major League Baseball is an elitesport, with far fewer spots on the roster than thereare players” Theo disclosed.

Life on the field reflects some social issues ofsociety at large. Case in point gender equality. Last season the Stompers pitcher Sean Conroycame out of the closet in the team’s LGBT PrideNight dubbed “Out at the Park”. The teamsupported Sean by wearing rainbow armbands andsocks. Conroy pitched a shut out.

Looking for a great read, and “Money Ball” is onyour shelf already? Try Ben Lindbergh and SamMiller’s “The Only Rule is it has to Work”. Thesetwo analysts wrote the book based on theirtheories of statistically based player selection. Their test case was the Stompers. Check out theprocess and results on Amazon, or Arnold Field.

For $10 an adult can gain a seat at fan friendlyArnold Field. Another $10 will get you a hot dogand beer. That isn’t even enough for parking atBay Area MLB stadiums. Some Stomper fans hadsuch a great time have even forgot who won thatday, they had so much fun watching the close upaction from all prime behind the plate seats, orrunning the bases for the seventh inning stretch.

See for yourself: www.stompersbaseball.com

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Upcoming EventsDistrict AssemblyMendocino CollegeApr 09, 2016 April Hike - Bouverie ReserveBouverie PreserveApr 16, 2016 May Hike - Hood MountainHood Mountain Regional ParkMay 21, 2016 Rotary Golf TournamentOakmont Golf Club

Peter Steiner introduced Guest Speaker TheoFightmaster, General manager of the SonomaStompers Prp Baseball team. In a true behind thescenes role, Peter organizes program speakers andassures their presentations are promotedaccurately and timely in the club bulletin. Peterarrives early each week to prepare our audio-visualequipment as well.

Penny Millar, Sunrise Super Recruiter andfrequent lottery drawing candidate createsexcitement when her ticket is called. When shewins, she wins big, reflecting how Sunrise benefitsher enthusiasm and new member sponsorship!!





















Jun 03, 2016 SR Sunrise 30th Year AnniversaryCelebrationFountaingrove InnJun 30, 2016 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM Culinary Classic Fund RaiserSanta Rosa Golf & Country ClubNov 12, 2016 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM


Steve AmendApril 10 Jon StarkApril 11 Peter TreleavenApril 12 Tom EakinApril 12 Marty BehrApril 17 Jim MoirApril 20 Dicksie TamanahaApril 22 Doug ShureenApril 23 Stacy Drucker-AndressApril 24 Ross JonesApril 27 Max Bridges

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Harry CoffeyApril 3, 20088 years Olin LeasherApril 7, 200511 years Cindy Gillespie

Marina Gacher, her most recent Profession anEsthetician, joined Sunrise Rotary last week. Sponsored by Penny Millar, Marina spoke of herlifelong interest in service, and being with like-minded people. Marina, a native Ecuadorian haslived in Peru and other South American countries. Experienced also in the travel industry, Marina iseager to leverage her enthusiasm and serviceorientation in her new Rotary career!

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Executives & DirectorsPresidentEloise Tweeten President ElectMerle Hayes

Past President of the La Reine Alta (The TallQueen) Club in Santiago Chile, NicoleHandal provided a succinct portrait of her Club'sproject to support a clinic serving childrenwith orthopaedic challenges.

Introduced by former District 5130 AssistantGovernor Ann Mc Ginley, Nicole assured membersher stature. 5'11", was not the source of her club'sname.

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From the Rotarian "Magazine Month":

Clubs: The Body Politic

From the April 2016issue of The Rotarian

Rotary clubs are catnipto people running forpublic office: Rotariansare involved in theircommunities, civic-minded, and engagedin public improvement.Especially in an electionyear, clubs are likely toreceive calls fromcandidates in search ofa receptive audience.

How a club responds to these requests iscompletely up to the club itself. For many, itdepends on experience with politicians and thepreferences of the club officers. RotaryInternational requires only that clubs not endorsecandidates or take sides on public issues.

But the role of politics in Rotary has been debatedsince the organization’s earliest years. At the 1916Rotary Convention, R.B. Campbell of Wichita, Kan.,opined on how involved clubs should be in political(“civic”) affairs: “I believe that politics should bebrought into the meetings,” he said. “We are abusiness organization, and it is to our interest to











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see that the government of our city and state isrun properly.”

Samuel Botsford of Buffalo, N.Y., took the opposingview: “Rotary clubs have no business in politics.”Politics, he said, was about personality rather thanfacts, and therefore should not be brought intoclubs.

Eventually, it was decided that clubs shouldeducate their members on local political issues andthat individual members should do with theinformation as they saw fit. One hundred yearslater, that continues to be Rotary’s position on theplace of politics in clubs.

Given that freedom, some clubs have embraced arole in local politics. In 2014, Alan Burns, presidentof the Rotary Club of Cape Charles, Va., saw achance to provide a service to the community andraise Rotary’s profile at the same time by hosting acandidates forum. Local organizations that had heldsuch gatherings were no longer stepping up, so heasked the members of his club to put on the forumas a community service project. They agreed. “Wewanted to be able to educate the community aboutthe candidates,” says Wayne Bell, who organizedand moderated the event.

The key to success, says Bell, was theestablishment of a set of ground rules. Thecandidates were expected to answer screenedquestions from the audience, to respect timelimits, and, most crucially, to be respectful of oneanother. Nearly 100 community members showedup to hear the candidates speak, he says. “It wasvery successful. We’ll do it again this electionyear.”

Taking a different approach, the Rotary Club ofBangor, Maine, decided to devote a series of clubmeetings in fall 2014 to question-and-answersessions with candidates for major political officesin the state. “We asked every candidate in ourarea, regardless of their prospect of winning,” saysSusan Chaar, speaker coordinator for the club.Club leaders prepared a single set of questions forall the candidates in each race on issues such asMedicaid expansion, national security, and openprimaries. Members of the audience also submittedquestions.

One of the region’s incumbent politicians who hadpreviously visited the club regularly, Chaar says,decided against it in 2014 when she learned shewould have to answer specific questions and notsimply give a speech. “With everyone who came, itwas a positive experience, very educational,because we tried very hard to be fair,” says Chaar.






“It was well-received by our members, and we gotto know the candidates’ views on specific issues.”

The Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset, Maui, is anhour’s drive from the seat of county governmentand a plane ride away from Hawaii’s capital,Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. The club is opento visits from any elected official or candidate,anytime. “We want to know what’s going on,” saysJenelle Van Eynde, a charter member of the club.“If they want to come, we want them. Some of ourlargest audiences have been for elected officials.”

The club also got a lot of recognition for bringingthe mayor and his opponent to a town hall-stylemeeting about a month before the election. “Wefelt we were lucky to get them both as speakers,”Van Eynde says. “We always try to get all sides.We think our club meetings are a healthy place fordialogue.”

Many clubs invite elected officials to becomemembers and believe they benefit from havingthese officials easily accessible. Other clubs, suchas the Rotary Club of Barrington Breakfast, Ill.,bestow honorary memberships on local politicians.

Still, your mother warned you against talkingpolitics in polite company for a reason. As Rotaryattracts a more diverse membership, people on allpoints of the political spectrum are likely to be atyour club. That can be a problem if politicians,making assumptions that Rotarians all share acertain political leaning, go on the attack againsttheir opponents. An incident of that sort, involvinga prominent elected official, occurred at my ownclub several years ago, embarrassing the memberswho supported that politician and outraging therest.

My club responded by barring political speakers,incumbent or not, during the year before theirelections, a solution that has removed politics fromthe club but perhaps also robbed it of a certainsense of civic involvement.

The Rotary Club of Greater Rochester, Minn.,devised a subtler approach. Its policy, posted onthe club’s website, allows officeholders to givepresentations at meetings on preapprovedinformational topics related to their office. Onecandidate or incumbent per meeting is also allowedto give a five-minute stump speech. The policyalso states that no political activity is permitted inthe 90 days leading up to an election.

“We have a lot of requests during election seasonfrom political speakers, and we wanted to be ‘fairto all concerned,’” notes member Bill Brueck. “Thispolicy gives us more control over the number of



requests and the content. We want to avoiddevoting a whole program to something that ispolitical and not informational.”

Instead of listening to politicians, your club couldjust make money off them – and have fun doing it.The Rotary Club of Salem, Ind., finds that they arean irresistible attraction at its dunk tank at thecounty fair. “People stand in line to dunk themayor, sheriff, councilmen, and other candidatesand elected officials,” says John Mead, who helpsorganize the annual event at the WashingtonCounty Fair. The club makes about $2,000 everytime – and now it’s rebuilding the dunk tank andputting it on wheels. Is any politician safe thisyear?

Nancy Shepherdson is a freelance writer and amember of the Rotary Club of Lake Zurich, Ill.By Nancy Shepherdson

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RI President's MessageMay 2016





President 2015-16

Some years ago, in the Kano plains of Kenya, awell-meaning development agency took on the taskof improving water availability to a ruralcommunity. Committees were formed, meetingswere held, and the local people were consulted.The main need the community identified wasimproved delivery of water for irrigation andlivestock. A plan to meet this need was created,and the work was soon begun, exactly as thecommunity representatives had requested.

Yet once construction began, it was met byimmediate protest from groups of communitywomen, who came to the site and physicallyblocked workers from building diversion channels.Upon further investigation, the agency realized thatthe water it was diverting for farming came fromthe only source, for dozens of families, of water forcooking, drinking, and washing. The entire projecthad to be scrapped.

Why? Because it had never occurred to a single



member of the all-male team in charge to consultthe local women. At every stage, it was assumedthat the men knew the needs, spoke for thecommunity, and were able to represent it. Clearly,this was far from the case. The women knew theneeds of the community, and its resources, farbetter – but their opinion was never sought.

We have had women in Rotary for only the lastquarter of our history, and it is no coincidence thatthose years have been by far our most productive.In 1995, only 1 in 20 Rotarians were women;today, that number has risen to 1 in 5. It isprogress, but it is not enough. It is only commonsense that if we want to represent ourcommunities, we must reflect our communities,and if we want to serve our communities fully, wemust be sure that our communities are fullyrepresented in Rotary.

Rotary’s policy on gender equality is absolutelyclear. Yet nearly one-fifth of our clubs still refuseto admit women, usually by claiming that theysimply cannot find women who are qualified formembership. I would say that any Rotarian whomakes this argument, or believes it, himself lacksthe two most basic qualifications for Rotarymembership: honesty and good sense.

A club that shuts out women shuts out much morethan half the talent, half the ability, and half theconnections it should have. It closes out theperspectives that are essential to serving familiesand communities effectively. It damages not onlyits own service but our entire organization, byreinforcing the stereotypes that limit us the most.It leads our partners to take us less seriously, andit makes all of Rotary less attractive to potentialmembers, especially the young people who are socrucial to our future.

To tolerate discrimination against women is todoom our organization to irrelevance. We cannotpretend that we still live in Paul Harris’ time, norwould he ever want us to. For, as he said, “Thestory of Rotary will have to be written again andagain.” Let us see to it that the story we write inRotary is one of which he would be proud.


Message from theFoundation TrusteeChair




May 2016

Ray Klinginsmith


The 100th anniversary of The Rotary Foundationwill occur in June of next year, and a full year ofactivities is planned leading up to it, starting withthe 2016 convention in Seoul and culminating withthe 2017 convention in Atlanta. I remember wellthe excitement of the Rotary centennial in 2004-05, and I hope that Rotarians worldwide will treatthe Foundation’s centennial with the sameenthusiasm!

The centennial celebration will launch at the Seoulconvention, and the entire general session on



Tuesday morning will feature the Foundation’sprograms. However, it is the activities of clubs anddistricts that will determine the success of thecentennial celebration. To assist in the planning ofcentenary events, the Rotary Resource Center inthe House of Friendship in Seoul will offer Rotarianshelpful materials and ideas.

For Rotarians who are unable to attend theconvention, the same materials will be available fordownload at www.rotary.org/foundation100. Thetool kit includes:

Rotary would not be as strong and vibrant as it istoday without the tremendous support of TheRotary Foundation, and it is now time to celebrateits 100th birthday. Rotary is a grassrootsorganization with more than 35,000 clubs, most ofwhich have directly benefited from support of TheRotary Foundation. Therefore, I truly hope that allof you – and your clubs – will show yourappreciation for the Foundation that Rotary createdfor the purpose of Doing Good in the World!

Ideas and activities for clubs and districtsPromotional flier and bookmark for thecentennial book, Doing Good in the WorldPromotional postcardSample press release for clubs to promoteactivities in their communitiesHistory of The Rotary Foundation PowerPointCentennial letterhead and PowerPointtemplateCentennial video (highly recommended)Centennial logo


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