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Rotary Theme 2025-26

President Aniek Pflager Leads Club

in Centennial Year

 With help from historian Steve Venables, Aniek Pflager took the podium as Club President for 2025-26, our 100th year of service to the community. Swept in by President-elect Nick Roncoroni singing 'out with the old; in with the new', Steve presented Aniek with an ear of corn representing what the Club does when united even though it is made up of individual kernels/members. Finally, all members paid a penny to shake Aniek's hand and wish her all the best. 

Steve Venables introduced his guests, Carla Ditman Sanborn, former Club member and first female President of our Club, along with Roger and Roberta Peoples, Yvonne Fischer, Loretta Frank, and Brenda Klein of the Woodland Stompers, as his guests. Lisa Martinez Dunham introduced her guest and sister Lolly Weichel, who is also the mother of our George Berrettoni Scholarship winner Brodie. Visiting Woodland Sunrise Rotarians Byron MacConnnell and Don Sharp also joined us today.  

 There was dancing in the Hotel Woodland as the Woodland Stompers showed their moves, and Jordi Richter and Nick Roncoroni won a brief dance contest.

Don Huff introduced and presented Brodie Weichel with a check for $2,500 as one of two winners of the 2025 George Berrettoni Scholarship. Brodie is a 2025 graduate of Woodland High School with a 3.36 GPA, and is a local Boy Scout who has recently applied for his Eagle Scout status. Brodie will be attending California State University San Marcos in the Fall. He has an interest in political science and may apply to law school later. Brodie is the nephew of our own Lisa Martinez Dunham. To learn more about the Berrettoni Scholarship read this. 

Immediate Past President Bob Nakken, looking relaxed, took charge of today's Recognition asking what folks did for July 4th, along with a couple of trivia questions. Reggie Powell was happy he recently received word he has passed his real estate brokers exam. Jayne Williams said her home was just a mile from last Tuesday's massive fireworks explosion in Esparto, but thankfully escaped any damage. David Pinto and wife Rebecca just finished visiting and hiking their 40th National Park (Badlands, Custer and Wind Cave NPs) in South Dakota recently. Don Huff enjoyed another great July 4th at Lake Tahoe. 

 With a limited amount of time available, President Aniek was still able to give us an extensive look at our year ahead. She thanked the Club for enabling she and her husband Curtiss to attend Rotary Interational's 2025 Convention in Calgary, Alberta, Canada late last month. (View all of Aniek's Convention slides in the Photo Gallery). Aniek went on to discuss the focus on our Club's 100th year, how 100 Acts of Service/Kindness will lead the way along with support for the Rotary District 5160's efforts for Shelter Box, and how we will be structured to work together this year. 

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. View all of the Demotion photos in the Photo Gallery. 

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. 

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/

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

CHECK OUT EVENT PHOTOS

IN THE PHOTO GALLERY