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Rotary Theme 2024-25

Stephanie Urchick, 2024-25 Rotary International President

https://www.rotary.org/en/stephanie-urchick-celebrates-magic-rotary

Daniel Geraldi, 2024-25 Governor,

Rotary District 5160

VIEW VIDEO HERE DG Welcome letter

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.

June 10th Meeting

President Bob Nakken welcomed a good size crowd to today's meeting. President Bob is now officially a short timer this month, counting the days until the end of his term. We got the full compliment of voices from Jordi Richter, Jim McGibbon, Dan Stroski and Steve Venables together today to get us through on Rotary Grace.

Brian Dwyer celebrated his 46^th birthday on June 6^th (La Mirada CA and grew up in Nevada City CA). Eric Sharp, who turned 70 years old on May 2nd, ‘rang the bell’ for his 48^th wedding anniversary with wife Tia on May 28 (Pacifica). ‘All is good’ Eric declared as he just returned from a family vacation to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, where he had an ‘epic’ day of ocean fishing, bringing in 21 yellowtail tuna in about 90 minutes.

President-elect Aniek Pflager distributed signup sheets for 2025-26 Club committees and asked each member to sign up for those Club activities they would like to work on. Talk with Aniek if you have questions. View the 2025-26 Tentative Committee List. President-elect Aniek also mentioned payment on Club dues for the 2025-26 year ($300 this year) will be due August 1, 2025. She distributed a dues invoice for members to see. Only Club dues will be payable then. The price of dinner tickets for the 2026 Dinner Auction has not yet been determined. Members will receive an additional invoice to purchase four 2026 Dinner Auction dinner tickets once the price is determined.

Lori Ross was in charge of today's Recognition and played a series of popular songs from a variety of eras and asked select members to guess either the song title or the singer of the tune. Ann Taylor was happy for her granddaughter Allyson who recently graduated from the University of Glasgow, Scotland’s Veterinary School after three years of study there. Ann explained they don’t have any grading system at the school, only one pass or fail test is administered at the end. She said Allyson was especially relieved to learn recently she had passed the test. President Bob, after playing golf at Davis Muni last week, went to his car in the parking lot and found that someone driving a BMW Midget had parked so close to Bob’s vehicle that Bob could only enter his car by going in the passenger door. Bob was so upset that he left a less-than-happy note on the BMW before leaving. A few days later Bob and Aniek drove to Assistant District Governor Keith Rode’s house for a meeting with Rotary Presidents and President-elects from around Yolo County to discuss the upcoming year. Upon arriving Bob saw the same BMW Midget parked in front of Keith’s house. Bob said he was too much of a coward to approach the owner of the BMW, who was apparently attending their meeting, to admit he had signed the note he left on the BMW. Dan Stroski, who is the District 5160 Youth Exchange Coordinator, was surprised and happy to be invited by Mati, one of his Youth Exchange students, who was graduating from Sutter High School, to attend the ceremony. Mati is from Italy and, while her host family was there, she did not have any biological family able to attend.

Since our scheduled speaker for today had to cancel, Jim Nolan invited several new members to the Club to spend a few minutes to tell the Club a little more about themselves. Ryan Burger, Linda Walsh, Gregg Kowes, Lori McGrath and Joe Cadelago volunteered to participate today. Read what they had to say in today's issue of the Splinter.

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.

June 3rd Meeting

President Bob Nakken asked for a moment of silence to start today's meeting in memory of Woodland Sunrise Rotarian Charter member Lynn Jepson who passed away this morning. She will be missed!

With the help of Byron MacConnell we got a new Club photo taken today!

Gregg Kowes and wife Kimberly are celebrating their 19th wedding anniversary today. Nick Roncoroni reported Yolo Farm to Fork is looking for volunteers to work at their Inaugural Lavender Run in Capay this Saturday, June 7. Volunteer Role Overview If you would like to help support this event go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScp

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Clyde Brooker took charge of today's Recognition with questions about what unique sayings you hear in Great Britain actually mean. Chuck Bruns returned to a meeting today after taking leave to work at a special teaching assignment. Kevin Haarberg was happy about a trip to Spain he and wife Lorie just returned from. Blair Voelz was happy about the condition of his farm and gave us an updated look crop prices he and other farmers are dealing with. Angela Lynn was happy for her son who just graduated from high school, but will miss him being at home. Scholarship Chair Shawn Seyk was happy to have the honor of recently presenting a Dorris Scholarship award (part of the Woodland Endowment) to Sophia Bruns, daughter of Chuck Bruns.

Marv Hale, Secretary/Red Kettle Coordinator of the Woodland Salvation Army was our guest speaker (accompanied by friend Roz Stone) today, and provided us with a look at the history of the Salvation Army and the local services/activities it provides.

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 MAY 8, 2025

CHECK OUT EVENT PHOTOS

IN THE PHOTO GALLERY

Rotary Gives Children's Books

to Gibson School Kids

Lori Ross reports our Club presented the kindergarten and first grade students at Gibson School with their own personal copies of children's books on January 23. The author of the books, Leticia Ordaz, along with Club President Bob Nakken, members Lori McGrath, Gary Wegener and Woodland Sunrise Rotarian Wayne Ginzburg were also on hand to make the presentation. Thank you to Kelly Timothy, Gibson School Vice Principal and Acting Principal for making the presentation possible.

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