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
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
[email protected] 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 [email protected]
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
Editor:
Don Fipps
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!
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