The Splinter - Archive  Oct 13, 2009

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 CLUB 470 * DISTRICT 5160  *  ORGANIZED APRIL 29, 1926                   MEETING DATE:  Please highlight this/type in date

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Today's Meeting 

President Bob Nakken clanked the bell and immediately asked Marilyn Faye to lead us in the Pledge. After a Rotary Grace false start, Marilyn straightened us out.  Bob Tamblyn followed with Rotary Grace. 

Visiting Rotarians 

Carla Sanborn introduced John Martin from the Woodland Sunrise Club and Howard Plank from the new Capay Valley Rotary Club. 

Guests of Rotarians

None.

Announcements

John Martin from the Sunrise Rotary Club spoke about their annual Salmon Feed (October 17, 2009).  Tickets are $45 per person.  They are also selling raffle tickets for a trip to Umbria.  George Berrettoni has lined up a bartending crew to help out at the feed.  During the BOD meeting last Thursday the BOD approved $1,200 for the Literacy Auto Skills program at Beamer Elementary and $2,400 to assist the SADVC with their renovations.  Richard King is going to speak on November 3^rd at the Woodland Senior/Community Center.  Cost is $15 for members.  Guests are free.  A sign up sheet is going to be passed around during the next few weeks.  Hosted beer and wine.  Reno Train Trip -  President Bob attended the organizational meeting.  We have eight spots available. Sign ups will be taken on the District website.  Carla Sanborn found a small pocket knife last week.  See her if you are missing one.  President Bob would like to have a Rotary Endowment meeting tomorrow night.  He would like to review the investments and the structure of the Endowment Board.  Bob Tamblyn is looking for some help in advising the Interacters.  They meet on the first and third Tuesday of each month at ReMAX.  Karl Diekman updated us on the India and Togo water projects that we participated in. Both projects are completed and Karl is going to try and get some pictures.  Karl also spoke about his trip to GETS (Governor Elect Training Seminar).  There were 24 other District Governors, primarily from western states, that attended the meetings. 

Birthdays

Roger Dorris turned the “Big 60” on October 8^th.  Bob Moeller was born on October 11, 1925.  Tom Schwarzgruber was born in Woodland in 1950 and Tim Pettit paid for his birthday on October 6^th.

Anniversaries 

Kevin Vaziri celebrated his 17^th anniversary in September.

Recognition

President Bob called on David Janes (UCD) and Jim Nolan (Sac State) for their big football victories this past weekend.  George Berrettoni then took over and started passing out fliers to club members.  Ken Nordgren received a flier for hard money loans, Tim Pettit received a health care dental flier, Christian Sherrill received a chiropractic flier and David Janes received a bottom feeders flier for lawyers.  Mark Ullrich started off thankful time by thanking Ken for the dinner that he hosted.  Randy Blake enjoyed the Mega Reunion that the classes in the 70’s hosted this past weekend.  Kevin Haarberg paid for his trip to Egypt with Lori. George donated a few dollars for his trip to the President’s Cup.  Rigo Torres missed a boxing trivia question, Roger Dorris paid for his trip to Las Vegas, and Scott Johnston found out that Niagara Falls is actually moving backwards.  DH3 and the rest of the club learned a little about lettuce.

Rags to Riches

Pat Imbach picked up a free lunch.

Today’s Program

Christian Sherrill introduced Ken Hill.  Ken Hill is a motorcycle coach/instructor.  Ken was born in Davis and currently lives in Woodland.  Ken showed a couple of videos of his students riding motorcycles at the Thunder Hill Raceway in Willows, CA.  Ken loves his job because he gets paid to ride motorcycles.  Ken showed one video of a student crashing and another where the rider gets up to 160 mph on the straight away.  Ken has fallen twice in the last three years, both times due to mechanical failures.  Ken said that crashes are primarily the result of abrupt controls (rushing entry into turns, not being aware of your surroundings and repeating mistakes).  Ken also critiques motorcycles for magazines.  Ken said that many times instructors teach their riders more about accelerating than braking.  He stated that respecting the brakes is very important when riding motorcycles.  Ken also does some motorcycle racing.

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