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Rotary Club of Niles (Fremont) – Founded 1937 – P.O. Box 7104, Fremont, CA 94537-7104 – www.nilesrotary.org. 1

THE NILES ROTARY PINION March 2019

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

6 Mentor Magic

8 Paso Robles trip pg 8-9

9 Flash Campaign-Polio

12 Remembering Jewel McCrary

15 Rotary Peace Centers

Hello fellow Rotarians, My apologies for not getting a full Presidential message to you this month. I have been busy doing research on Let the Good Time Roll in New Orleans.

In Rotary, President Brian Brian Hughes President, 2018-2019 “Always welcome the new morning with a new spirit, a smile on your face, love in your heart and good thoughts in your mind.” – Unknown


CLUB MEETINGS –

OCTOBER

C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T S

• Sunday March 10 from 3-5 pm – annual wine tasting at the Wine Steward in Pleasanton. Contact: Rose Evernden-Andrade or Bruce Prescott**

• Saturday March 23 – Reverse Raffle** • Saturday April 6 from 8 am – 2 pm – District

Training Assembly – Santa Clara Biltmore* • May 16-18 – District Conference – USS Hornet

Museum* • May 30 – Feed the Hungry at Centerville Free

Dining Room – contact: Jeff Schinkel**

Area 3 events are listed later in Pinion *good Area or District activity for Red Badgers ** good Social or Community Service activity for Red Badgers For current calendar information, check the club website – calendar and Events sections CLUB PROGRAMS The weekly eBulletin lists each club program. Club programs/Speakers are listed on the club website: www.nilesrotary.org March 7 – Area Speech Contest March 14 – Gene Cowell Memorial Joke Contest – Aziz Akbari March 21 – Simply Green Company – Tina Blease (owner) March 28 -

MEMBERSHIP

President Brian reminds us to keep bringing guests to our club meetings. Membership Development, Engagement, and Retention are the keys to our future and to the continued success of Niles Rotary. The following members have joined Niles Rotary since July 2016. Please make sure you have met them, know who they are, and that they know you. Aziz Akbari - Accounting Martin Herter – Senior Living – Administration Sophia Ahmad – Attorney, Business/Immigration Gael Stewart – Coffee House/Catering Maggie Gilbeaux-Chambers – Nursing-Emergency Linda Anderson – Education, Public Padmaja Magadala – Physician, Global Health Chiral Desai – Bakery – Retail/Boutique Larry Day – Industrial Boilers Tina Fernandez Steckler – Healthcare Foundation Pranav Panchal – Restaurant Irshad Rasheed – Construction Technology Stella Levin – Optometry Jasmine Basrai – Pharmacy – Administration Russ Whiteford – Human Resources Paul Phipps – Information Technology John Jenkins – Industrial Technology Anu Suresh – Music Instruction Alanna Powell – Non Profit Organization – Youth Health & Self Esteem John Zowin – Transportation Logistics When someone asks us what is Rotary, here is what we can say – the short version:

• It’s a leadership organization … We’re made up of local business, professional, and civic leaders.

• We meet regularly, get to know each other, form friendships, and through that, we’re able to get things done in this community.


CLUB MEETINGS AND PROGRAMS – FEBRUARY

February 7 program – Club Speech Contest – judges (contestant photos will be in April Pinion, after the Area contest)

February 14 program – Adriana Panting – Human Feb. 14 – singing is such fun! Rick and Daren Sexual Trafficking

Feb. 14 – Chris Louie – Paul Harris Society Feb. 14 – Mentor Magic promo – Jasmine, Orly, Lisa


CLUB MEETINGS AND PROGRAMS – FEBRUARY (continued)

February 14 – Adam wins Hamilton tickets! February 21 program – President Brian – Mardi Gras

With lots of decorations!

February 21 – Rakesh Sharm – PHF+5 pin February 21 – Bill wins! Black marble!

February 28 program – Shawn Fong – City of Fremont Feb. 28 – Manohar Reddy – Paul Harris Fellow Paratransit Program


MENTOR MAGIC – MENTOR TRAINING – February 25

Mentor Training with trainer Judy Coleman

beverages and snacks thank you Mike & Audrey for hosting


AREA 3 AND COMMUNITY EVENTS

Fremont Morning Club – Evening of Sparkles – creative hats! Niles Rotarians, guests, Theda from Morning Club

Fremont Rotary & American HS Interact Pancake Breakfast – March 2

Niles Rotarians at Fremont Symphony Gala – March 2


PASO ROBLES TRIP - February 15 – 17

About 35 Niles Rotarians and guests attended the annual Paso Robles trip from February 15-17. Events included Friday dinner at Lussa Della Terra Winery, catered by Chef Jacob Lovejoy (formerly of Cass Winery) with special guest MC from the Paso Robles Morning Rotary Club. Saturday’s events included a tour and then lunch at Tooth and Nail Winery, with dinner at Opolo Winery with Stephen Lloyd’s Montenegro “family” and Montenegro inspired food. Sunday featured our annual elegant dinner at Cass Winery, complete with a tour of their soon to be completed special event center; our group for dinner included owners Steve Cass and his wife, and Crazy Ted. Each evening, after dinner, those up for even more Niles Rotary fellowship gathered in the La Quinta lobby. An excellent weekend, and a big Thank You to Chuck Canada for organizing it!!

Tooth & Nail lunch group A special vocational service aspect of the weekend – eye chart

Dinner in Opolo barrel room Stephen Lloyd and his Montenegran friend & Chuck


PASO ROBLES TRIP - February 15 – 17 (continued)

Cass dinner group and our dining table in their special event dining room

From PDG Dwight W. Perry – District Polio Plus Chair:

“Flash Campaign”

Inspired Rotarians of District 5170 are needed now! We will be conducting a “Flash Campaign” (60 days), which will start on March 1 and run until April 30. Each Rotarian in our district is being asked to contribute $50.00 to The Rotary Foundation in support of the End Polio Now campaign. Your $50.00 contribution will be matched 2 to 1 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation thus bringing your contribution to $150.00. During the “Flash Campaign” we will also be conducting an ongoing auction for a beautifully framed End Polio Now shirt signed by current RI President Barry Rassin and six past international presidents.

Your HELP is needed today...The Children of the World are counting on you!

For more information, check the District 5170 TRF News Today that arrived via email with our

District Newsletter on February 20 from Olivia Poe.


NILES ROTARY REVERSE RAFFLE – MARCH 23

Tickets are now on sale for the 24th annual Niles Rotary Elimination Raffle Fund Raiser on Saturday March 23 at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel. This year’s event theme is “Let the Good Times Roll!” Each ticket is $200 and includes dinner for two and a fun evening with friends, plus silent and live auctions, and a basket raffle. Plus a 1 in 10 chance to win a cash prize, and a 1 in 335 chance to win $5,000. This is the only fund raiser for Niles Rotary and it funds our community giving to non profit organizations for the year. Every club member is on a ticket sales team, and each club member needs to sell or buy at least one ticket. Your team captain will be checking in with team members to see how the sales are going. Ticket and event information are on the club website, along with a ticket order form. And ticket forms are available at every club meeting.


AuctionitemsincludeveryspecialCassWineryexperiencessuchasexperiencedbyAggieFreemanandotherthroughtheyears.Also,2nightsattheYoung’sLakeTahoehome,specialdinners,andmuch,muchmore!!


NILES ROTARY WEBSITE – www.nilesrotary.org

Check out the newly edited club website! Lots of good and useful information can be found by browsing through the sections of the website.

Have you ever awakened in the middle of the night wondering about a particular word in the Rotary vocabulary that eludes you? Rather than text your best Niles Rotary friend at 3 am to find out, you can just go to the club website and find a very long Rotary Vocabulary List where you will find the information you are looking for. It’s in the Members section.

There are also special sections on the website for Local and International service projects. In the News section is a wonderful article by PDG Russ Hobbs on the Richard D. King Tribute Dinner. Past issues of the Pinion and the club President’s articles are in the News/Pinion section, as well as a section of club program highlights (e.g. Jung Ho Pak). In Member Services is a list of committees. There is a Remembrance section with articles on several past presidents and club members who have recently passed away. The Membership Criteria section has the list of Blue Badge Requirements, and a Frequently Asked Questions page has background information of interest for interested and prospective members such as club projects, membership costs, what the “fines” are all about.

The “About” section has some interesting club history, such as the downloadable books of The First 25 Years: 1937-1962 and The Second 25 Years: 1962-1987 plus the contents of those books. For The Third 25 Years: 1987-2012, there is a paragraph for each president of their year. And finally, a list of all the club presidents from 1937 to date. When was Rich Brunelli club president? When was Dana’s Uncle Chet president? In what year was the first woman president of Niles Rotary?

Thank you to Paul Andrus who had set up some of the history information, and to Padma Magadala who has added and edited information to keep current.

All this and more! So, for a fun time, go explore the club website!!

And, if you would like to be a website sponsor, please contact Audrey Kearns.

REMEMBERING JEWEL McCRARY

1936 - 2019

Our dear friend and long time Niles Rotarian Jewel McCrary passed away on February 11, 2019. Jewel’s classification was Training Consultant; he was the local Dale Carnegie trainer, and many Niles Rotarians had taken advantage of his Dale Carnegie training. Jewel was our Program Chairman for many years, and spent a lot of time at the podium introducing speakers; his Dale Carnegie connections brought us excellent speakers over the years. Jewel is remembered for being one of the first chairs of the club’s live auction, before the Reverse Raffle was begun. His memorial and celebration of life service brought back many memories: he loved jokes, and had been a winner in the Gene Cowell Bad Joke Contest. Some of the words that described Jewel were: optimism, spiritual, funny – and any of you who knew Jewel would certainly add to those thoughts and words. And, evidently, he loved bananas because at his service was a basket of bananas for us to take, with each banana having a “Jewalism.”


The following image is from Jeff Schinkel on best way to see Niles Rotary’s Facebook page:


This month’s extraordinary award to a Niles Rotarian – Sherry Higgs –

congratulations!


ROTARY PEACE CENTERS The following message is from President Brian in a ClubRunner email he sent on February 8, which bears re-reading, in case you know of any interested/eligible applicants: Here is more information regarding the Fellowship/Scholarship, process and application, talked about at the meeting yesterday. Rotary Peace Centers The 2020 Rotary Peace Fellowship application is now available and we need your help to find the next cohort of experienced global peace and development leaders! As club president, you play a critical role in communicating information about Rotary Peace Centers programs to potential candidates in your network. Clubs also play an important role in coaching candidates and helping them connect to districts for endorsement. We encourage you to use and share these resources:

• Join the “All about the Rotary Peace Fellowship” course to learn everything you need to know about the fellowship.

• Send personalized emails with the fellowship announcement to contacts within your network.

• Do you know someone who could benefit from our program? Submit their name and email in our referral form and we’ll follow up with them.

Candidates have until 31 May to submit applications to their district. Districts must submit endorsed applications to The Rotary Foundation by 1 July. General inquiries regarding the fellowship program may be sent to [email protected]. We thank you for your dedication to the Rotary Peace Centers and your continuous support in educating the Rotary network about the fellowships!

Peace fellowship candidates must meet these requirements:

• Proficiency in English; a second language is strongly recommended

• Demonstrated commitment to international understanding and peace

• Excellent leadership skills

• Master’s degree applicants: minimum three years of related full-time work or volunteer experience, bachelor’s degree

• Certificate applicants: minimum five years of related full-time work or volunteer experience

Sincerely, Rotary Peace Centers Rotary Peace Centers – your investment in action

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1560 SHERMAN AVENUE

EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 60201-3698 USA

ROTARY.ORG


THANK YOU WEBSITE SPONSOR!

InterestedinbeingasponsorforourClub’swebsite?Great!Wewouldloveforyoutobeasponsorandhelpkeepourwebsitetheawardwinningsitethatitis.Whatdoyoureceiveasasponsor?Somuch!YouandyourfirmwillbeacknowledgedinourweeklyeBulletinaswellasinthePinion.Wow!Whatmorecanyouaskforyousay?HowaboutaslideatourweeklymeetingwithyourfirmlogoandabigThankYou!Toomuchyousay?Butwait,thereismore!YougetamonthlythankyouannouncedatourclubmeetingANDyougetyourlogoonourclubwebsite.Whatcanbebetterthanthat?Nothing!Tobeasponsor,hereareourlevels:Annualsponsorship–$500Quarterlysponsorship–$150Tobecomeasponsor,youcancompletetheSponsorshipFormwhichcanbefoundonourwebsite(www.nilesrotary.org)under“About”orcontactAudreyKearns([email protected])orDanaJonesorletusknowataclubmeeting.Wewillgetyoustarted.

THANKS TO OUR CURRENT SPONSOR

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NOW ON YouTube

A Mother’s Vision – an interview with Richard D. King, Past Rotary International President. Paul Andrus interviews Rick King – check it out. Thank you Paul and Aggie Freeman for your work on this interview and getting it published. You can find a link to the YouTube video on the Niles Fremont Rotary Facebook page.


Centerville Free Dining Room Food Handlers Card Information To volunteer at Feed the Hungry you must have a food handler certificate (unless you are the door greeter or person taking census) – this is just for our club service at Feed the Hungry – this information is not on Rotary International or District websites. FromRoseEvernden-Andrade: AsaresultofarecentAlamedaCountyEnvironmentalHealthDepartmentinspectionattheCentervilleFreeDiningRoom,allRotarianvolunteersthathandlefoodarerequiredtohaveaCaliforniaFoodHandlercardtoworkatFeedtheHungrydinners.Thisincludesall: Kitchenfoodhandlers; Servers; DishWashersTheonlyvolunteersexemptforthisrulearetheGreetersandthepersontakingtheCensus.Rotarianscanobtaintheircardbygoingonlinetowww.premierfoodsafety.com. Thereisacostforthecourse.Youmustcreateanaccount,sign-inandlistentothetrainingvideo,whichrunsabout45minutes.Thereisa40questionquizattheendthatyoumustpasswitha70%.Itisveryeasyandreallyjustgoesoverthebasicsoffoodhandling. Onceyouhavepassedyoucanprintyourcertificateandcardonyourhomeorworkprinter.Thereisaformthatneedstobesigned.Ifyouhavenotyethadtheformsigned,youcanbringacopyofyourcardtoFeedtheHungry,andtheywillhaveyousigntheform.ROTARIANSWITHOUTCARDSWILLNOTBEABLETOVOLUNTEERFORTHISPROJECT.IfyouwouldlikeassistancewiththisPLEASEcallme–Iamhappytosettimeupinmyofficeandwalkyouthroughtheprocess.Icanbereachedat510-304-7703.Ifyouhaveteens,spousesorsignificantothersthatattendthisprojecttheywillberequiredtohavetheircardandsigneddocumentalso.Thankyouforyoursupport–RoseEvernden-Andrade

There is a link to the California Food Handler Card Exam Study Guide at California-Foodhandlercard.com Our 2019 dates for Niles Rotary at Feed the Hungry (at Centerville Presbyterian Church) are: January 31; May 30; August 29; October 31. We do Feed the Hungry when there is a 5th Thursday of the month.


RI CONVENTION 2019 – HAMBURG June 1-5, 2019

Check out the RI convention website: www.riconvention.org and follow the various links for further information. You can sign up to receive convention update information. Check out the compelling article on Hamburg in the September Rotarian magazine.

January 15 –Hamburg meeting at BJ Travel

ROTARACT Mary Lynn encourages all area Rotarians to attend a Rotaract meeting – held on the 1st & 3rd Saturdays from 11 am -12:30 pm at Round Table Pizza -Newark. Check with Mary Lynn, Aggie Freeman, past President Martin Kludjian or current pres. Josemarie Galang ([email protected]) to confirm meeting & location before attending. Mary Lynn and Aggie are Niles Rotary advisors to Rotaract.

Rotaract general meeting – February 16

Fremont Morning Club’s Evening of Sparkles

Rotaract helpers


ROTARIANS OF THE MONTH

2018-2019

September – Padma Magadala – Website revision

October – Jeff Schinkel – Ghost House

November – Bruce Prescott – Bylaws revision

December – Paul Phipps – New member overachiever

August – Sophia Ahmad – Social Change July – Sandi Pantages – Pinion and general background work

END POLIO NOW – check this website for the most up to date information on the drive to eradicate polio: www.polioeradication.org Polio Eradication Update – Wild Polio Virus- Polio endemic countries - Polio Case Countdown – Year to date (February 27, 2019) Polio Endemic Countries

2019 ytd

2018 ytd

2018 total

Afghanistan 2 3 21 Pakistan 4 0 12 Total: 6 3 33 Rotary announces that we’re closer than ever to ending the disease for good. But our fight isn’t over. There’s still work to be done in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the two remaining polio-endemic countries.

Applying polio vaccine in a remote area of Pakistan


ROTARY WEB LINKS

Niles Rotary: www.nilesrotary.org District 5170: www.rotarydistrict5170.org

Rotary International: www.rotary.org RI Convention: www.riconvention.org

RI Theme – 2018-2019

NILES ROTARY BOARD MEETINGS: Fremont Bank, 3909 Decoto Rd., Fremont 94555 (at Fremont Blvd. & Decoto Rd.) meeting room on second Thursdays from 5:30 – 7 p.m. Feb. board meeting is on February 21. DISTRICT CABINET/LEADERSHIP MEETINGS: Second Wednesday of the month from 6-8 p.m. at Dryco– check with President Brian, or the District website calendar, or our Area 3 Assistant Governor Jim Bell (Fremont Rotary) to confirm location and date.

Sophia Ahmad

MEET OUR MEMBERS - WEBSITE Did you know that our nilesrotary.org website has a special section each quarter called “Meet Our Members”? It features 4 members along with brief bios of each. Usually the photos are of long time club members, a new club member, and an active community club member. Here are the 4 Niles Rotarians featured on the website right now –

Dick McKay

Dirk Lorenz

Jeff Falk

Sophia Ahmad - See next column


WHERE AREA 3 CLUBS MEET TUESDAY at 12 noon. Newark Rotary • Bistro 880 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 39900 Ballantine Dr., Newark WEDNESDAY at 7:15 a.m. Fremont Morning Rotary Club • Fremont Senior Center, 40086 Paseo Padre Parkway (2nd, 3rd, 4th Wednesdays, no meeting 1st Wed. of month; there is often a social on 1st Wed. evening) WEDNESDAY at 12 noon. Fremont Rotary • Spin a Yarn Restaurant, Fremont THURSDAY at 7:00 p.m. F.U.N. Sunset Rotary • Crowne Plaza Hotel, Union City FRIDAY at 12 noon. Mission San Jose Rotary • Papillon Restaurant, Fremont. *** - see information in next column about some evening meetings SATURDAYS (last Sat. of month at 10 a.m.) Rotary Club of Huaren in Silicon Valley – 4500 Great American Parkway, Santa Clara Rotaract Club meets 1st and 3rd Saturdays from 11 am – 12:30 pm at Round Table-Newark. Contact: Rotaract President at [email protected] Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley – meets online www.siliconvalleyrotary.com What kinds of meetings and events constitute a make-up for a missed Niles Rotary club meeting? You can make up a missed club meeting either 2 weeks before or 2 weeks after the meeting of Niles Rotary that you missed. Makeups include: attending a meeting of another Rotary club anywhere in the world (go to the R.I. or District 5170 websites to find out where clubs meet); an e-club meeting; club socials and community service projects (e.g. Feed the Hungry); committee meetings (e.g. Chili Cook Off Comm., Membership Comm., etc.); Niles Rotary Board of Directors meetings, District or R.I. events, or Rotary special events.

BIRTHDAYS Bruce Prescott March 1 Ray Pedersen March 5 Dan Smith March 6 Sandra Young March 7 Lisa Lorenz March 9 Wendy Mills March 9 Brian Hughes March 15 Savita Aggarwal March 21 Jack Rogers March 22 Pranav Panchal March 26 Steve Whetzel March 27 Sophia Ahmad March 29 ANNIVERSARIES Alanna & Jason Powell 3/20/1999 20 yrs Linda & Curtis Anderson 3/29/1986 33 yrs NILES ROTARY ANNIVERSARIES Chuck Canada 3/1/2002 17 yrs Sophia Ahmad 3/2/2017 2 yrs Paul Andrus 3/13/2008 11 yrs Bill Arvoy 3/13/2008 11 yrs Dolores Viano 3/13/2008 11 yrs Stella Levin 3/20/2018 1 yr Irshad Rasheed 3/20/2018 1 yr Gael Stewart 3/23/2017 2 yrs Nader Ayad 3/26/2015 4 yrs Paul Iannaccone 3/26/2015 4 yrs Gary Charland 3/29/2001 18 yrs Maria Mendoza 3/31/2016 3 yrs Jeff Schinkel 3/31/2016 3 yrs *** beginning in March, Mission San Jose Rotary will have some Wednesday evening meetings – from 6:30 to 8 pm at Papillon. Appetizers - $25. Check their website for information: https://missionsanjoserotary.org AREA 3 EVENTS: no information at this time


NILES ROTARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS & COMMITTEE CHAIRS 2018-2019 President: Brian Hughes Past President & Social Chair: Rose Evernden-Andrade President-Elect: Bruce Prescott Club Administration: Dana Jones Service Projects/Community Service: Jeff Schinkel International Service: Rich Godfrey Youth Service: Adam Moura Vocational Service: Secretary: Tammi Souza Treasurer: Don Cole Parliamentarian: Manohar Reddy Membership Development: Chuck Canada Club Foundation Treasurer: Judy Coleman Sergeant-at-Arms: Sam Forbes Program Chair: Scott Chambers Rotary Int’l Foundation: Paul Iannaccone Pinion Editor: Sandi Pantages Club Photographer: Mary Lynn Pelican Club Greeter: Jeff Falk Website/Social Media: Padma Magadala/Jeff Schinkel Public Relations: Jeff Schinkel Club Runner Updates: Tammi Souza Transition & Leadership Development: Jack Rogers Youth Protection Officer: Steve Landon Weekly eBulletin: Maria Mendoza Rotary International President: Barry Rassin District Governor: Tim Lundell Governor Area 3: Jim Bell

THE FOUR-WAY TEST Of the things we think, say, or do

I. Is it the TRUTH?

II. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

III. Will it build GOOD WILL

and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

IV. Will it be BENEFICIAL to

all concerned?

Niles Rotary Board Meetings are on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 5:30 pm to 7 pm at Fremont Bank (3909 Decoto Rd. 94555 – at corner of Decoto and Fremont Blvd.) Pinion Editor: Sandi Pantages – send information & articles to: ([email protected]) Photographer: Mary Lynn Pelican Niles Rotary meets Thursdays at 12 noon at Washington West, 2500 Mowry Ave., Fremont Pinion Editor: Sandi Pantages ([email protected]) Photos courtesy of Mary Lynn Pelican

CENTERVILLE FREE DINING ROOM – 2019

2019 Niles Rotary at the Centerville Free Dining Room Dates – mark your calendars now for this Community Service project that we perform at the Centerville Pres. Church’s Free Dining Room whenever there is a 5th Thursday of the month. 2019 dates: January 31, May 30, August 29, October 31. Shifts are from 2-4 or 3:45 to 6 p.m. Note: a Food Handler Certificate is required for most volunteers. Contact: Rose Evernden-Andrade.♦♦

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