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2018 Programs

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Programs Committee Chair

January 2018

Vocational Service Month

2:    Dark for the New Year

9:    Rich Wolfe, Surefire World Multigun Champion

16:  Brent Cardall, Chief Probation Officer, Yolo County; http://www.yolocounty.org/law-justice/probation/

23: Bill Shea, Aerospace Lecturer; 'California and U.S. Aviation Update';  

30:   Christi Skibbins, Executive Director, Meals on Wheels; https://www.mowyolo.org/

February 2018

Peace & Conflict Resolution Month

6:    Dave Grundler, District Chairman, Golden Empire Council Boy Scouts of America; http://www.gec-bsa.org/

13:  Dr. Joseph Sky, Chief of Cardiology, US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine;"Enhancing Western Medicine's Care of the Heart with Wisdom from the Blue Zones"

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/Portals/60/documents/711/usafsam/711-usafsam-fact-sheet.pdf?ver=2016-07-15-132746-480

20:  Sylvina Frausto, "CAFE" Community Alliance for Education

http://www.dailydemocrat.com/article/NI/20170417/NEWS/170419897

27:   Seth Wurzel, Owner, Larsen Wurzel & Associates, Inc.; 

'Major Urban Flood Control Projects';

http://www.larsenwurzel.com/

March 2018

Water and Sanitation Month

6:   Club Social Evening at Father Paddy's

13: Dillon Dougherty, 'My Golf Story'

20: Jim Morris, Communications Manager, California Rice Commission,

http://calrice.org/ and 

Steve Beckley, Reclamation District 108

 http://sacramentovalley.org/contributors/steve-beckley/

'From Sushi to the Pacific Flyway, the surprising benefits of California Rice'

27:  Thomas Pritchard, Superintendent, Woodland Joint Unified School District; http://www.wjusd.org/

April 2018

Maternal and Child Health Month

3:   James Glica-Hernandez, Executive Director, Yolo County Historical Museum-Gibson House, 'Upcoming Changes for the Gibson House'. http://www.gibsonhouse.org/

10:  Xochitl Rodriguez, Woodland City Council, Mayor Pro Tempore;

'Update on the City of Woodland'; http://www.cityofwoodland.org/gov/cityhall/council/default.asp

17: Rachael Long, UC Extension Farm Advisor; 'Crops We're Growing in Yolo County'; http://cecapitolcorridor.ucanr.edu/ ; http://ucanr.edu/?facultyid=1355

24:  Colin Anderson, Assistant Director/Lead Attorney, Yolo County Child Support Services;

 http://www.yolocounty.org/law-justice/child-support-services

May 2018

Youth Service Month

1: Senior BBQ, Rotary Park - All Hands on Deck!

8:  Michael Rooke-Ley, Woodland United Way; 'Creating Tailwinds'

15: Tri-Club BBQ/Social at the Train Depot - A Social evening with all three Woodland Rotary Clubs

22: Bill Dodd, Senator, California State Senate, Third District

http://sd03.senate.ca.gov/

29: Janet Vaughan, Executive Director, Mosaic Children's Museum; http://www.mosaicchildrensmuseum.org/

June 2018 

Rotary Fellowship Month

 5: (Meeting at Boundary Bend Olives, 455 Harter Ave. Woodland)

Adam Englehardt, Chief Executive Officer; Boundary Bend Olives, Inc.; http://www.boundarybend.com/

12: Pam Marrone, PhD;  Founder & CEO, Marrone Bio Innovations; https://marronebioinnovations.com/

19: President Peter's Wrap Up

26: Demotion

 July 2018 

 Rotary International Making A Difference Year Begins

3: DARK for the Fourth of July!

10: Installation of 2018-19 President Mike Chandler

17: Dan Stroski and Ray Johansen, DDS,

Honor Flight for 92 year old veteran

https://www.honorflight.org/

24: Gill Williams, President, Norcal Trykers www.norcaltrykers.com

31: Sandra Sigrist, LCSW; Director, Adult and Aging Branch, Yolo County Health and Human Services,  "Crisis Response System"

http://www.yolocounty.org/health-human-services

August 2018 

 Membership and New Club Development Month

7: Dr. John Purcell, Vice President, Monsanto "Monsanto's Role in the Vegetable Industry" https://monsanto.com/

14: Michelle Kellogg, Yolo Community Care Continuum

www.y3c.org

21: Vanessa Erracarte, Erreco Strategies;

"Using Social Media to Market Your Business -

It's easier AND CHEAPER than you think!"

https://errecostrategies.com/

28: Jim Provenza, Yolo County Supervisor, District 4

"American Exceptionalism and Yolo County"

http://www.yolocounty.org/general-government/board-of-supervisors/district-4-jim-provenza

September 2018 

Basic Education and Literacy Month

4: Michael White, PhD, President, Woodland Community College

https://wcc.yccd.edu/

11: Sarah Smith, ARK Preschool

http://www.arkpreschool.org/p/welcome-to-ark-preschool.html

18: Club business assembly

25: Susan Strachan, Cannabis Director, Yolo County Department of Community Services, "Cannabis in Yolo County"; http://www.yolocounty.org/community-services/cannabis-3398

October 2018 

Economic and Community Development Month

2: Thomas Prichard, Superintendent, Woodland Joint Unified School District;

"Information on School Bond" https://www.wjusd.org/District/School-Bond-Measure-O/

9: Thomas Wendt, Amana Essential; "Ancient to Modern Alternatives in Healing" https://amanaessentials.com/

16: Woodland Panel on Homelessness 

23: Diane Ortiz, Deputy District Attorney, Yolo County District Attorney's Office "High Profile Case 2017/18"; https://yoloda.org/ 

30:  

Karen Ross, California Secretary of Food & Agriculture;
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/SecretaryBio.html

November 2018

Rotary Foundation Month

6: Lacey Hilliard, First In Relief for Evacuees "F.I.R.E"

http://www.firstinrelief.com/

13: Cecilia Aguilar-Curry, California Assembly Member, District 4

https://a04.asmdc.org/

20: Jon Dwyer, 2018-19 Rotary 5160 District Governor; https://www.rotary5160.org/

27:

December 2018

Disease Prevention and Treatment Month

4:

11: Amy Wolfe, President & CEO, Ag Safe

http://www.agsafe.org/

18:

24: Dark for Christmas

California Assemblymember Celicia Aguilar- Curry, District 4;