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President Bob Demoted!!

About 60 members and guests braved a very warm Monday evening, June 30, to take in the Club's 2025 Demotion in the beautiful and shaded backyard of our hosts Gail and Tom Schwarzgruber, and enjoy a BBQ dinner by Ludy's and Judy's Catering. Jim Nolan led a program to officially demote and thank outgoing Club President Bob Nakken who was joined by his wife Gaye. This was Bob's second term as President having previously served in 2009-10. Bob endured some roasting about his golf exploits, and his long hair, but he received his retired President's plaque and related badge with the geniune thanks from all attending. In turn Aniek Pflager, joined by husband Curtiss, received her President's badge as she will serve as Club President in 2025-26, our 100th year in service to our community. Also installed was Nick Roncoroni, joined by wife Ellen Martin, who will serve as President-elect in the coming year. Aniek will begin her reign at the Club's next meeting, Tuesday, July 8 at the Hotel Woodland.

June 24th Meeting

With a theme of 'Thank you for making this a very enjoyable year', President Bob Nakken led his last meeting as Club meeting today. In noting what the Club accomplished this year, President Bob gave thanks to all members for their support and presented tokens of his appreciation to Club Board members, committee chairs, and others involved in keeping the Club operating. The Demotion will take place next Monday, June 30 at the Schwarzgruber's backyard. No meeting next Tuesday, July 1. President Aniek Pflager will begin her reign on Tuesday, July 8.

Woodland Sunrise Rotarians Assistant District Governor Keith Rode, Don Sharp and Byron MacConnell visited today. Steve Venables introduced his guest, son Skylar. Dan Stroski introduced his neighbor Sarah Boyd, an aspiring firefighter, as his guest. With the pot at $411 and 13 cards remaining, Ernie Hodges found a free lunch.

It was Dr. Jim McGibbon's 85th birthday today and the Club seranded him with 'Happy Birthday'. Yvette Roy got an early warning on her 23rd wedding anniversary with husband Chip coming up June 28 (Sugar Hill NH). Angela and Mike Lynn celebrated their 2nd wedding anniversary on June 15 (Tahoe). Clyde Brooker fessed up to celebrating his 49th wedding anniversary with wife Krim on June 12 (Lake Tahoe). And Ernie Hodges got an early warning on his 44th wedding anniversary with wife Kay on June 27 (Springfield VA).

ENDOWMENT BOARD ELECTED

Following up on nominations made at last week's meeting, the Club today unanimously elected the following members to new terms on the Woodland Rotary Endowment Board of Directors:

Two Year Terms (2025-2027):

Clyde Brooker, Dan Stroski, Kris Kristensen, and Bob Nakken

One Year Terms (2025-26):

Rob Beggs, Lisa Martinez Dunham, and Nick Roncoroni

Tony Delevati will be serving the last year (2025-26) of his current two-year term, and pursuant to Endowment Bylaws, the Club Treasurer (Tom Schwarzgruber) serves at the Endowment Board Treasurer.

Christian Sherrill was the Master of Recognition today, asking whether those called upon if they were planners by nature, or live more in the moment. Jayne Williams 'rang the bell' today with joy from attending her nephew's wedding in Yosemite over the weekend, and ALMS students had a memorable field trip to the Bayer Woodland R&D facility with help from Nick Roncoroni. A new look Preston Schaub made an appearance today. Don Huff was at Lake Tahoe last Saturday but thankfully not on the water when the weather got dangerous near the south end of the lake. Dan Stroski announced the new inbound Rotary Youth Exchange students for District 5160 and 5180 will be holding a series of orientation sessions at the Hotel Woodland on August 23 & 24, and Dan encouraged interested members to come meet the students. Shawn Seyk took his U19 Woodland Cosmos (06/07G Orange) womens soccer team down to Southern California last weekend where they competed in the Velocity Cup in Chino CA. While they didn't win the tournament, they didn't lose a game either. Unfortunately, they finished tied in a game they needed to win in order to advance. He drove the team all the way home late Sunday afternoon, but his team sang karaoke songs along the way which kept him awake. His last experience as a youth soccer coach was a positive one.

June 17th Meeting

In his next to last week in office, President Bob Nakken got us going again today as he has all year long. Dick Hoppin introduced his guest, and grandson, Tommy Payne, a local farmer who may be a new member prospect. Shawn Seyk introduced Jack Cullison and his parents Drew and Kevin Cullison who were guests of the Club today. Since she will soon be leaving for the Rotary International Convention in Calgary, President Bob gave President-elect Aniek Pflager a token of his appreciation today for all Aniek's amazing efforts with the Club this past year.

Scholarship Chair Shawn Seyk introduced Jack Cullison, Pioneer High School's 2025 valedictorian and the winner of Woodland Rotary's college scholarship ($1500 per year for 4 years). Jack earned at 4.56GPA at Pioneer and plans to attend Notre Dame University in the Fall to pursue a major in biology.

Tabb Randoph announced the Woodland Rotary Endowment has awarded the 2025 George Berrettoni Scholarships to Noah Cox and Brodie Weichel. They were among five applicants this year and were vetted by Tabb and his committee which included Don Huff III, Dave Molinaro and Kathy Berrettoni, George Berretoni's widow. Each winner will be invited to attend an upcoming Club meeting to receive their $2,500 scholarship. Read more about the George Berrettoni Scholarship.

ENDOWMENT BOARD NOMINATIONS

Kris Kristensen announced Club members will be asked next Tuesday, June 24, to elect new Board of Director members to the Woodland Rotary Endowment Board. Kris, who is the Board's current Secretary, explained there are nine Board positions overall; four are two year terms (July 1, 2025-June 30, 2027) and four are one year terms (July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026;) and two of those positions are already set. Tony Delevati will be serving the last year (2025-26) of his current two-year term, and pursuant to Endowment Bylaws, the Club Treasurer (Tom Schwarzgruber) serves at the Endowment Board Treasurer.

Kris placed the following names in nomination for the remaining positions:

Two Year Terms (2025-2027):

Clyde Brooker, Dan Stroski, Kris Kristensen, and Bob Nakken

This opens the nominations period which will be closed at the the time of next week's election. No further nominations were heard.

Jayne Williams got an early warning on her 38th wedding anniversary with husband Jeff coming up June 27th (Lake Tahoe). Nick Roncoroni was happy to get an early warning on his 17th anniversary with wife Ellen coming up June 21 (Grand Island Mansion, Walnut Grove CA). Nick was also happy about a family vacation they enjoyed last week in Washington DC, and they got to leave before the big parade. Chuck Bruns got an early warning on his 21st wedding anniversary with wife Jennifer coming up June 26 (Sacramento).

With a glich in the schedule, Recognition Chair Kevin Haarberg had to step in to take an unexpected vacancy today. Kevin asked folks to describe their vacation plans for this summer. Barbara Sonin was happy for her grandson who was the valedictorian of his high school in Virginia. Don Huff III enjoyed a nice Father's Day weekend at Lake Tahoe. Chuck Maltese was happy about an Italian, from Sicili no less, Francesco Arezzo was recently named the new 2025-26 Rotary International President. Shawn Seyk 'rang the bell' with the news his youngest graduated from high school and is headed to Chico State in the Fall; and that he (Shawn) will be leading his girls soccer team to Los Angeles this weekend in what will be his last soccer coaching experience. While retiring from coaching, Shawn says he will remain as Woodland Soccer Club's President.

Pioneer High School Principal Sandra Reese was our guest speaker today. Sandra will retire next month after 31 years in education, the last ten of which in her current position. Sandra was kind enough to give us a program on her 'Reflections of a Retired Principal'. Thanks to Jayne Williams for arranging for and introducing our speaker today. Read more about Sandra Reese at https://www.msn.com/en-us/education-and-learning/secondary-education/pioneer-high-school-principal-sandi-reese-to-retire-after-decade-of-dedicated-service/ar-AA1FMZtH

FFA/4-H Auction Arena at Fairgrounds

Under Construction

Chuck Moore shares this photo of the new FFA/4-H Livestock Arena now under construction at the Yolo County Fairgrounds. The Club has pledged $25,000 from the 2024 Dinner Auction proceeds and helped obtain $13,400 in District 5160 grant funding for the project.

News From Club Polio Warrior Mark Ullrich:

Polio Update (June 12, 2025)

We are so close!

Let’s finish what we started. Let’s keep our promise to End Polio—for good.

After decades of tireless effort, steadfast commitment, and global collaboration, we stand on the threshold of history: the eradication of polio.
Thanks to your support, Rotary’s PolioPlus program has immunized over 2.5 billion children and reduced polio cases by 99.9%.

But we’re not done yet—and now is not the time to ease up.

As we approach the end of the Rotary year, we're asking every Rotarian to help make one final, determined push toward a polio-free world.

Eradicating the last 0.1% of polio is the hardest part—reaching children in the most remote areas, responding quickly to outbreaks, and fighting persistent misinformation.
But we are making progress, and every contribution brings us closer to our goal.

This is where every dollar counts, and where your donation can truly change the course of history.

Last year at this time everyone in our District gave over $163,000.
Right now we are falling short at $148,200.
Even still, all but 12 clubs have given something.
And over half have either hit the $1,500 goal or are very close.

We’re calling on every Rotarian and Rotaracter in our District - and Rotarians around the world—to rally now. Whether it’s $25 or $250, your contribution helps fund vaccinations, health infrastructure, and surveillance systems that protect the world’s most vulnerable.

Remember - Every dollar is matched 2-to-1 by the Gates Foundation, tripling your impact.

It’s easy to do!
Please go to endpolio.org. (link available below) Click the Donate button, sign in, and make your donation. You can also make a one-time donation in honor or in memory of someone.

Please make your final contribution this Rotary year to PolioPlus today, and encourage others to do the same.
Together, we’ve come this far.
Together, we can cross the finish line.

Your District Leadership, Club Presidents, Foundation Chairs and the PolioPlus Team

More information about Rotary's End Polio Now can be found at its website: https://www.endpolio.org/

Here you can sign up to receive the End Polio Now newsletter.

WHS Interactors Graduate

Jayne Williams shared a photo of the Woodland High School Interact Club's graduating seniors. To learn more about the Club, which is sponsored by our Club, checkout the WHS Interact Club website at: https://www.whsinteract.org/

Rotary Mystery Golf

The 2025 Rotary Mystery Golf trip, with 45 players along, traveled to Blue Rock Springs Golf Course in Vallejo on May 7. Thanks to co-chairmen Chuck Santoni (Sunrise) and Chuck Maltese (Noon) for making the arrangements.

2025 Dinner Auction -

Very Successful!!

PROGRAM

VIEW THE PROGRAM

BENEFICIARIES

The Woodland Rotary Club/Woodland Rotary Endowment are raising funds this year to assist the efforts of the following local, non-profit organizations:

Yolo Farm to Fork - (https://www.yolofarmtofork.org/) Up to $11,000 for construction of two large instructional gazebos for the outdoor edible gardens at Beamer Elementary and Gibson Elementary schools. Currently the gardens are not shaded and have no seating. Materials will be procured from local suppliers, individuals and firms for the construction. The structures will provide an outdoor classroom (shaded with seating) for teachers, staff, volunteers and students to learn about outdoor gardening. Construction is planned to be completed by August 2025. This is the first priority for Auction proceed funding.

Woodland Healthcare Foundation – (https://www.supportwoodlandhealthcare.org/) The balance of 2025 Dinner Auction proceeds, up to $38,387, would be used to complete the purchase of state-of-the-art surgical tool to assist in orthopedic surgeries. The equipment is radio-graphic camera technology (x-ray machine) called the C-Arm (due to its shape) and is used in spinal, hip, knee and other orthopedic surgeries. Woodland Healthcare already has 4 C-Arms, but with curent demand for use all are in operation creating 30-minute or longer delays in some surgeries. The new machine will have updated technology including the ability to capture precise measurements and a map for surgeons to use. The new machine captures 3-D imaging allowing surgeons to view a multi plane image. The machine allows for precise confirmation and analysis of structures not currently available with the existing machines. The total cost of this C-Arm is $399,467, and the Foundation has assembled all but the requested amount, $38,387.

Amounts awarded will be dependent on proceeds from this Dinner Auction.

A GREAT EVENING OF RAISING FUNDS FOR THE COMMUNITY!

The event brought in over $74,000 in revenues so far ($2400 in sponsorship pledges remain outstanding). After expenses, we have a net profit of $42,200. After a $5,000 contribution to the Endowment's Community Fund, $37,200 will be available for beneficiaries.

VIEW TREASURER'S REPORT JUNE 11, 2025

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