January 6th Program: Ted Smith, Author “History of Clarksburg”

Chips from the Buzzsaw Weekly Newsletter of the

Rotary Club of West Sacramento

Volume 68, No 21

January 9, 2017

Club 558 of District 5180

PO Box 288 West Sacramento, CA

95691

Meets Every Friday at Club Pheasant, 12:15 pm

SPEAKER PROGRAM

January 13th

New Member Induction: Jim Minewiser and Amy Busch

Danielle Wogulis Yolo Conflict Resolution Center

January 20th

New Member Induction: Philip Nance, Mark Roberts

Clarksburg Boy Scout Troop

January 27th OPEN

February 3rd Bill Wittich

Secrets of Professional Travelers

February 10th Ed Crane

February 17th

OPEN

February 24th DARK-Anniversary Dinner Feb 23

March 3rd

Speech Contest

January is Vocational Service Month

Ted Smith is the author of Clarksburg-The Water, The Land and It’s People. Ted is a long-time resident of Clarksburg, living there since the 1970’s when he purchased one of the older homes in the community and began renovating it. Ted Smith is a Korean War Veteran who later went on to earn his bachelor’s degree at Sacramento State College. He served as the editor of the college newspaper. After teaching high school English and journalism, Ted went on to have a career in publishing, working over 40 years as a professional editor in the Sacramento area. Clarksburg — the Water, the Land, and Its People is Ted’s latest project. This book described the history of Clarksburg, the Delta’s only Yolo County community, and covers the development of this area from 500 A.D. to 2016.The book discusses the families, historical buildings, community organizations and programs, historical events, and past and current issues facing Clarksburg. Ted pointed out that the original name of the village, or community was Clarksville, and not Clarksburg. The postal service made the change since there already was a Clarksville located in the foothills east of Sacramento. Proceeds from the sales of Ted’s book are going to the Friends of the Clarksburg Library to support the operations of the library.

January 6, 2017— Meeting Summary

Presiding: President Bill Pledge: Tom Wallace Opening Blessing: Tim Carnahan Song Leader: Dick Marshall, Moment of silence in honor of the

victims involved at the Ft. Lauderdale, FL shooting. Raffle: Ron Chambers, drew the 4 of Diamonds Foundation Raffle Drawing: Peter Anderson

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Visitors and Guests January 6th, 2017

Visitors Chris Donhost—Vacaville

Guests Nell Wallace—Tom Wallace’s wife Helena, RYE student—Steve Oren

Darrell Fong, host family—Steve Oren Jason Marshall—Dick Marshall

Matt—Judy Ratley Konrad Roikjer—Heine Roikjer

Philip Nance—Judy Ratley

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 his/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.

OPENING REMARKS FROM THE PRESIDENT

Bill Bevier, 68th President

Welcome! What a great start to the New Year. We had our Board of Directors meeting on Wednesday evening. I appreciate

everyone’s attendance and their support, lively discussions, and humor, ideas, etc. Even though I forgot the beer. It was a cold and rainy evening—better off at home safe and dry and still they were there to support Rotary. It is these acts that make me proud to be

the 68th President of the Mighty Rotary Club of West Sacramento.

It is my pleasure to announce that our club has the highest number of new members that any other club in

the District. Man, we really know how to Rotary up!

Program of the Week Last Gathering’s Program Upcoming Speaker Programs Meeting Summary

1

In Case you Missed it! Opening Remarks Visitors and Guests Object of Rotary

2

Celebrations Bell Ringers Kwong Gong West Sac Rotary in the News!

3

Save the Dates! Club Leadership Team Club Calendar Meals on Wheels Schedule

4

River Dice Tournament Info 5

Stay Connected Proposed New Members Your Links to Rotary 4 Way Test Bill’s Box

6

Trivia Times Bill Bevier’s Movie Horse Trivia Rotary International Tidbits Board Meeting Recap

7

Announcements Weekly Announcements District 5180 Leadership Other District Club Meeting Information

8

Inside this issue:

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Dick Marshall and his son Jason Marshall, his guest for the gathering

Member Carol Bogart

Prospective New Member Philip Nance

Speaker Ted Smith

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Bell Ringers

Heine Roikjer for his son Konrad’s 14th birthday. When asked by his dad what he wanted to do for his birthday, he said, “go to a Rotary meeting.”

Paul Kolarik rang the bang in honor of the USC win in the Rose Bowl.

The Mighty Rotary Club of West Sacramento in the

News!

The club’s story Yolo Food Bank Has Big Plans is published in:

The Rotary District 5180 Newsletter (January 201 7, pages 3 and 4) https://www.dropbox.com/s/bh2zrz3nhat2hyb/January%202017%20D5180%20Newsletter.pdf?dl=0

West Sacramento’s local online newspaper WestSacWeb.com (now posting): http://westsacweb.com/yolo-food-bank-has-big-plans-first-it-needs-more-space-and-a-big-donati-p4919-146.htm

And in the West Sacramento News Ledger (December 28, 2016 edition), West Sacramento’s long-time local weekly.

Does this club know how to Rotary Up or what!?!

Celebrations

Dice Tournament Kwong Gong

For the USC v. Penn St. Rose Bowl game, Dan Ramos had a wager with Paul

Kolarik and Tim Carnahan, Tim is do-nating $250 towards the Dice Tournament fundraiser to defer costs to settle his end of the deal. Danny matched Tim’s donation

with another $250 towards the Dice event. Heine Roikjer and his son, the

birthday boy, Konrad

Roikjer

Tim Carnahan mans the

Dice Tournament ticket table

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Leadership Team

President *Bill Bevier

Past President *Heine Roikjer

President-Elect *Jim Cahill

Treasurer *Chris Bradford

Secretary *Peter Anderson

Sergeant at Arms Wayne Enke

Membership *Tim Kwong

The Rotary Foundation *Barry Kalar

5 Avenues of Service

Community Service *Christian Montgomery Denise Seals

International Service *Paul Kolarik

Vocational Service *Drew Gidlof

Club Service *Shaun Morrow

Generational Services *Joanie Kapell *JoAnn Moffett

Program Speakers *Dan Ramos *Troy Bird

Interact Counselor *Charyl Silva

Bulletin Editor Amanda Bailey –Interim

Revenue Maker *Jaclyn Powell

Grant Administration Luan Christ

Sunshine Chair Kathleen O’Leary

Business Liaison *Dan Ramos

Publicity Chair *Carol Bogart

*Board Member

Birthdays & Anniversaries

January Birthdays Ron Chambers 11th Jim Cahill 18th Steve Heringer 28th Bob Ceccato 29th

January Anniversaries Mark and Anne Engstrom 30th — 35 yrs

Club Calendar

River Dice Tournament-1/25 at Club Pheasant February Board of Directors Meeting– 2/1, 5:30 pm, Clark Pacific Tijuana International Trip—2/17—2/21 Mighty Rotary Club of West Sacramento Anniversary Dinner—Thursday 2/23 (DARK on Friday 2/24) Speech Contest—3/3/17 Vocation Service Awards—4/21/17 Steak Dinner Fundraiser—4/27/17, Old Sugar Mill in Clarksburg

**Notes Non Rotarian Volunteer Mondays: Route 1

1/23 Tim Carnahan and Luan Christ 2//27 Tim Carnahan and Luan Christ

Mondays: Route 5 1/16 MLK Day—No Delivery 1/23 Dick Marshall and Troy Bird 1/30 Jeanne and Mike 2/6 Joanie Kapell and JoAnn Moffett

Wednesdays: Route 5 1/11 Lyle Bassett and Bob Ceccato 1/18 Carol Bogart and Marty Garozzo 1/25 Gina Borges and Jim Cahill 2/1 Jeff Post and Kent Ramos

Thursdays: Route 1

1/12 John Raney 1/19 Tom Wallace and Tissy Simmons 1/26 Steve Heringer and Robb White ** 2/2 Ken Ruzich

Thursdays: Route 2 1/12 Mike Campbell and Dan Ramos 1/19 Leonor Dicdican and Barry Kalar 1/26 Ron Morazzini and Len Thomas 2/2 Jon Pearman

Thursdays: Route 5 1/12 Shaun Morrow 2/2 Mark Engstrom

Your Newsletter Crew

Photos By: David Kamminga

davidkamminga@frontiernet.net

Interim Editor: Amanda Bailey

amanda.bevier.bailey@gmail.com

Above: Tom Wallace with his wife

Nell

Below: Ike Parsons with Prospective New

Member Jim Minewiser

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At the

Rotary Club of West Sacramento’s

Benefiting Local Rotary Projects

6:30 PM Wed., January 25, 2017

at the famous

Club Pheasant Restaurant 2525 Jefferson Blvd., West Sacramento

$60 Buy-in For tickets call Tim Carnahan at 916-371-3667

1st & 2nd Winners Bracket 1st & 2nd Consolation Bracket

50% of all ticket sales will go into the Prize Pool. 1st place in the Winner’s Bracket will receive 50% of the entire prize pool.

Final prize amounts determined by the total number of entries.

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YOUR LINKS TO ROTARY

www.rotaryclubofwestsacramento.org

Just Search for:

“Rotary Club of West

Sacramento”

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Rotary-Club-of

-West-Sacramento/12087025467716

www.rotary.org

Rotary District 5180

http://www.clubrunner.ca/portal/

home.aspx?did=5180

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 con-cerned?

Bill’s Box

The Ney Year is starting off with a bang!!! Ted Smith gave a great presentation on the history of Clarksburg. It appears he just touched on it; the names and places were familiar even to us that do not live in the village. Need to once again thank Troy Bird and Dan Ramos for arranging our speakers. Anyone with a recommendation for an interesting speaker should contact Troy or Dan. As noted at the meeting and in the newsletter, we discussed many items at the January Board of Director's meeting. The River Dice Tournament and the Spring Fundraiser Dinner will be very important to our budgeting for the remainder of the year and the start-up of next year. Tim Carnahan and Wayne Enke have the River Dice Tournament under control. Purchase tickets, attend, and have fun! Chris Bradford and Jim Cahill have volunteered initially to get the ball rolling of the Spring Fundraiser Dinner, but we are looking for one person to chair the event. Paul Kolarik has nine volunteers signed up for our International House Building trip to Tijuana. Great work Paul. The Rotary Club of West Sacramento’s 68th Anniversary Dinner is scheduled for Thursday evening, February 23rd. Please plan on attending. Remember, we will be dark for the regular club meeting the following Friday. See you this Friday, Roary up! Bill

https://youtu.be/9fmGHv99Sk4

PROPOSED NEW MEMBER

Sandy Yuyama

Sandy has been approved by the Board as a prospective member. If an active member has any concerns or objections to a proposed new member, he/she should contact Membership Chair Tim Kwong, or

any Rotary Club of West Sacramento Board Member.

The Mighty Rotary Club of West Sacramento

River Dice Tournament Below is a link where you can learn the rules of the game! See you on

January 25th!

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We had our January Board meeting on Wednesday evening January 4th. We had a lot to discuss so the following is a brief synopsis of the meeting:

1.The River Dice Tournament is coming up on Wednesday, Janu-ary 25th at Club Pheasant. 2. The Club’s Anniversary Dinner is scheduled for Thursday, Febru-ary 23rd. The club will go Dark the following day, Friday, Febru-ary 24th. 3. The Speech Contest will be Fri-day, March 3rd. The contest will serve as our program for that week’s gathering. 4. The club’s fundraiser Steak Dinner will be held on April 27th. 5. The Clarksburg Scout Program will provide a meeting program on January 20th and is asking for financial support for their “Big Trip” this summer. I hear bells ringing for Clarksburg residents as well as a pass-the-hat for our members. 6.The club is searching for a re-placement adviser for the Inter-act Club. Hopefully, a replace-ment can be found soon so they can work with Dr. Charyl Silva for the remainder of the year to shadow and assist with the In-teractors. 7. Shaun Morrow is setting up a benefit Super Bowl pool the 17th—21st. 8. Editor Amanda Bailey is look-ing for volunteers to sign up to take speaker notes at various gatherings. Any members willing to help either need to contact Bill Bevier or Amanda Bailey.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or any board/committee member.

Submitted by President Bill

BOARD MEETING RECAP

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4th , 2017

BILL BEVIER’S MOVIE HORSE TRIVIA 1/6/17

(weekly winners are awarded a Rotary Coin)

Question: In the 1985 movie Ladyhawk , Ladyhawk had a beautiful black horse. What is the breed?

Answer: Fr iesian. This breed is commonly used in motion pictures. It’s popularity comes from the powerful and commanding prescience of the breed.

The winner was Lee Harris. She recited the 4-Way test.

Rotary International Tidbits

Zulu State of Mind

What comes to mind when you think of the Zulu tribe of South Africa? Spears? Loincloths? It's a beautiful, but very poor area outside Durban, on the southeast coast of Africa. There's not much local work and unem-ployment in the country is 27%, so many people have to travel for jobs. But that means paying for taxis or buses, which can be expensive.

So, for the past three years, the Rotary Club of (nearby) Hillcrest, along with Clubs from Winnipeg, Canada, and Royston, England, partnered with local non-profit, Embocraft, to teach classes in sewing, computers, textiles, welding and woodwork. Em-bocraft teaches craft skills in the region and sells its students' work in its store.

The Rotarians have also invested in up-grading the local community center, while the Zulu community has found a new source of income and pride in its work

Submitted by Paul Kolarik

President Bill and Terrific Tom Wallace

Wayne Enke draw for the Joker but wins a free

lunch

Lee Harris recites the 4

Way test

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2016-2017 Rotary International President

John F. Germ

2016-2017 Rotary District 5180 Governor

Barbara J. Tracy

2016-2017 Rotary District 5180 Assistant Governor

Angela Spease

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

Day Who When Where Who When Where

Mon Foothill Highlands 12:15pm Lions Gate at McClellan Park Walnut Grove 12:30pm Tony’s Place

Sacramento 12:15pm Red Lion Hotel –Woodlake Fair Oaks 6:45pm Fair Oaks Community Clubhouse

Tues

Oroville Sunrise 7:00am The Monday Club Oroville Noon The Monday Club

Rancho Cordova Sunrise 7:00am Cordova Casino Marysville 12:10pm Peachtree Country Club

Sacramento Breakfast 7:15am Evan’s Kitchen Rancho Cordova 12:15pm Rancho Cordova City Hall

West Sacramento Centennial 7:00am Collins Teen Center Loomis Sunset 5:30pm Refer to Home Page

Arden Arcade Noon Piatti Carmichael 6:30pm Ancil Hoffman Golf Course Clubhouse

Wed

Folsom Lake—Folsom Noon Empire Ranch Golf Club South Placer—Rocklin Noon Whitney Oaks Golf Club

El Dorado Hills 7:15am Community Service District Citrus Heights 12:15pm Citrus Heights City Hall

Laguna Sunrise 7:45am Valley Hi Country Club North Sacramento 12:15pm Doubletree Hotel

East Sacramento Noon Evan’s Kitchen Banquet Room Yuba City 12:15pm Hillcrest Plaza Room

Elk Grove 12:15pm Chason’s Crab Stadium Midtown Sacramento 5:30pm Café Bernardo

Thu

Historic Folsom 7:00am Folsom Veterans Hall (VFW) Lincoln Noon Lincoln Women’s Club (2nd/4th)

Roseville Sunrise 7:00am Gingers Restaurant Lincoln 6:00pm Beermann’s Restaurant (1st/3rd)

South Yuba County 7:00am Peach Tree Restaurant South Sacramento 11:30am Casa Garden Restaurant

Pocket-Greenhaven 7:30am Aviators, Executive Airport Folsom 7:00pm Rotary Clubhouse-Lew Howard Park

North Sacramento Noon Lemmon Law Office (1st) Roseville Noon Sierra View Country Club

North Sacramento 5:30pm Mama Kims (3rd) Gridley Noon Parish Hall

Rocklin-Loomis Basin 7:00am The Window Box Cafe Rotart eClub 6:00pm Next mtg February 9th

Fri

Orangevale 7:00am La Placita Restaurant Natomas 7:15am Denny’s

Point West 7:00am Doubletree Hotel Granite Bay 12:15pm Cattlemens Steakhouse

Twin Rivers 6:15pm Aviator’s Restaurant (1st and 3rd)

ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS President Bill is searching for volunteers totake notes on a weekly basis to help the Club Bulletin Editor .

Contact President Bill or Editor Amanda Bailey to sign up for a week. The club is looking for an Interact Club adviser to assist and eventually replace Dr .Charyl Silva at River City

High School. See Shaun Morrow to sign up for the Super Bowl pool fundraiser. Paul Kolarik circulated a sign up sheet for the next Tijuana homebuilding tr ip February 17th—February

21st. The Club’s Annual Anniversary Dinner well be held Thursday, February 23rd. We will be dark Friday, February

24th. The club Steak Dinner fundraiser event will be held on April 27th. More information to follow. Direct any

questions, comments, or concerns to President Bill.