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Rotary Theme 2026-27

101 Acts of Service

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The Rotary Club of Woodland is continuing our mission of service by challenging ourselves to complete 101 Acts of Service throughout the 2026–2027 Rotary year.

Service has always been at the heart of Rotary. While the Centennial Celebration is behind us, our commitment to our Centennial Year and making a difference in Woodland is stronger than ever. Every act—big or small—helps create lasting impact in our community.

What qualifies as an Act of Service? Simply ask yourself: Does it pass the Rotary Four-Way Test? We're tracking projects of all sizes, celebrating each milestone along the way, and inviting our community to be part of the journey. Whether you're a Rotary member, a local organization, or a community member with an idea, we'd love to hear from you.

Have an idea for an Act of Service, or know of a community need? We'd love to hear from you. To submit your idea, email Angela Lynn at angela@lynn-capital.com

Completed an Act of Service? Please fill out an Act of Service slip and email it to Angela.

UPCOMING ACTS OF SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES...

Beer Booth 2026

Club Beer Booth Chair Gregg Kowes provides us a look at the schedule for

all our club's shifts at the Beer Booth during the 2026 Yolo County Fair.

Senior BBQ Coming

Joy Comes to Northern California!

Joy, our Club's first inbound Rotary Youth Exchange student in more than 10 years, arrived at SFO on August 2 following a long flight from her home in Taiwan. Rotarians Dan Stroski, Lori McGrath and Bob Nakken were on hand at the airport to greet her and bring her back to Woodland. Joy will be staying first with Lori, and later, Ann Taylor. Joy will be enrolling in Woodland High School later this week.

August 4th Meeting

On a hot summer's day, President Nick Roncoroni welcomes a large group attending today's meeting. The Hotel's air conditioner couldn't keep up!!

Lori McGrath introduced us to Joy, our Rotary Youth Exchange student from Taiwan who arrived last Sunday. Joy will attending Woodland High School this year and staying first with Lori and later, Ann Taylor. Shawn Seyk introduced guest Kathy Imwalle. Rob Beggs introduced guest Lucy Brazil, Congressman Thompson's District Representative in his Woodland Office. Also joining us today were Woodland Sunrise Rotarians John Beatty and Byron MacConnell. John gave us plans for the Sunrise Salmon BBQ on Oct 3 (see details on this page in 'Announcement').

President Nick and sponsor Bob Nakken inducted John Murphy as a new member to the Club today. John is retired from the State of California, a Woodland resident for over 30 years and active in the community as a member of the Tree Foundation and the City Planning Commission. Steve Venables showed off his Club Historian skills today by showing off a hardcopy of a Club Splinter edition from July 13, 1993; 33 years ago when our Club had more than 100 members. View the 1993 Splinter here: front page and back page

Tony Delevati shared that he and wife Margie celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary on July 18 (Woodland). Jim Nolan and wife Barbara are celebrating their anniversary today. Jim explained they were initially married on a visit to Turkey, but worried about whether the union would be officially recognized elsewhere they were married once again back home.

Immediate Past President Aniek Pflager gave us a close look at the Impact Center, our new and improved Welcome Center at the back of the room. She shared the key changes going on there and asked for volunteers to work at the Center on a rotational basis. If interested, contact Aniek.

President-elect Gena Bravo made her debut in leading Recognition today. Shawn Seyk was happy about traveling to Modoc County this past weekend to attend a reunion of the Florenoy clan, which included former Club member Roger Dorris. Mark Ullrich is getting psyched up for the SF 49ers new football season.

We were honored today to have United States Congressman Mike Thompson, from California' Fourth District, as our guest speaker. Congressman Thompson, talked extensively about a variety of issues affecting people throughout the district which covers Lake, Napa and Yolo Counties, plus portions of Sonoma and Solano Counties. Thanks to Rob Beggs for arranging for and introducing our speaker today. More about Congressman Thompson can be found on his website: https://mikethompson.house.gov/

July 28th Meeting -

District Governor Visit

Governor Woody Fridae, 2026-27 Rotary District 5160, and his wife Rebecca were welcomed by President Nick Roncoroni and the Club to our meeting today. Woody, a past President of the Winters Rotary Club, is a friend and frequent visitor to our meetings.

Assistant Govenor, District 5160 (and immediate Past President of Woodland Luna Vista Rotary) Brad Miller, and Woodland Sunrise Rotarian Byron MacConnell also joined us today.

Today was Eric Zane's 47th birthday (Woodland), so we sang 'Happy Birthday' to him. Kevin Haarberg 'rang the bell' 10 times after donating $1,000 to Rotary Youth Exchange today. 50/50 Winner last week Mike Chandler donated his $497 winnings today to an account to help offset expenses for the Rotary Youth Exchange student from Taiwan, Joy, who is coming to stay and study in Woodland next month.

President Nick offered an abbreviated Happy Time. David Pinto happily announced his daughter Leah is engaged to be married next Spring. Christian Sherrill said his family had an amazing trip to Pacific Grove over the weekend, running in the 'Wharf to Wharf' 6 mile race from Santa Cruz to Capitola. With 16,000 runners competing, Christian's son Cohen (15 years old) finished 318th, son Lucas (18 years old) finished 1100th, and wife Holli finished 1800th. Christian himself came in 1200th. Brian Dwyer was happy to sleep in his own bed after an extended road trip to watch his son play baseball. Gary Bunch is anxious to see some 'real football' soon, not this soccer stuff!

District 5160 Governor Woody Fridae, our friend from Winters Rotary, was our program speaker today, giving us a look at the District's organization and goals for the year. After holding a meeting with the Club's Officers and Board of Directors prior to today's meeting, he was introduced warmly by Immediate Past President Aniek Pflager and welcomed by President Nick Roncoroni and a full house in attendance. Some highlights are noted below.

District Governor Woody presented his 'Quiet Leadership Award' to Club Secretary Angela Lynn. He highlighted his support for the District's LN4 Hand 2.0 Project to supply a useful prosthetic hand to the many victims of amputations from land mine explosions around the world. (President Nick will soon share his thoughts on how our Club can participate in the LN4 Hand 2.0 Project.) And the Governor identified key leaders from around the District available to assist our Club on a wide range of Rotary business.

District Governor Woody then presented Don Huff with his 6th Paul Harris Fellowship pin, in honor of Don's significant financial support to the Rotary Foundation. Lastly, the Governor Woody gave us a short, animated video with the Governor's voice encouraging us to attend the District 5160 2027 Convention to be held in Redding from April 30 to May 2. More information about the convention is available from the QR code shown above.

Welcome Our New Member - Tom Hall

Tom Hall, sponsored by Jim Nolan, was installed as a new member of the Club on July 7, 2026 by President Nick Roncoroni. At our request, Tom provided the following bio. If you haven't already done so, please take a moment to introduce yourself to Tom when you meet and welcome him to the Club.

I grew up on the Monterey Peninsula where I met my wife, Melissa, in the 1980s. We both attended UCSB and married in 1987 in Monterey.

Professionally, I worked in outside sales for consumer brands, such as Bayer Aspirin and Kinetic Concepts Medical Device sales.

Personal interests include spending time with family and friends traveling and road cycling.

After 31 years living in Southern California we retired to Woodland to be closer to our two daughters and our grandson. We both love the family feeling of Woodland and look forward to being with 'The best darn Club in the World.'

Club Honored by Rotary District 5160!

Our Rotary Club of Woodland received the coveted Cliff Dochterman 'Spirit of Rotary' Award as Club of the Year for 2025-26 by District 5160 during the District's Awards and Installation Dinner held July 11 at the Hotel Winters. 2025-26 Club President Aniek Pflager was presented the honor by Joy Alaidarous, 2025-26 District Governor. Earlier in the evening, the Club was also recognized as one of the District's top contributors to the Shelter Box Campaign.

President Aniek Demoted!!

On June 30 President Aniek Pflager was officially 'demoted' from the office of President following our wonderful Centennial year. More than 60 members and guests enjoyed a warm summer evening in the beautiful backyard of Gail and Tom Schwarzgruber and a buffet dinner of tri-tip & BBQ chicken. Immediate Past President Bob Nakken led the event with help from Jim Nolan who wrote a Melodrama: 'Rotary and Sex' for the occasion, read by cast members Bob Nakken, Yvette Roy, Gena Bravo, Ann Taylor, Lori McGrath and Angela Lynn. Aniek (with husband Curtiss Pflager) was presented with a plaque honoring her year as President; Gena Bravo (with husband Scott Bravo) received her President-elect badge and pin, and Nick Roncoroni (with wife Ellen Martin) was presented with his President's badge and pin. President Nick Roncoroni will preside over his first regular meeting Tuesday, July 7 at the Hotel Woodland. Visit the Photo Gallery to view all the photos from the Demotion.

WOODLAND ROTARY

CENTENNIAL -

CELEBRATION & PROJECT

VIEW THE PROGRAM

CELEBRATION A BIG SUCCESS!!

Rotarians from all three Woodland Rotary Clubs - Noon, Sunrise & Luna Vista - combined efforts under the leadership of Noon Club President Aniek Pflager and President-elect Nick Roncoroni to organize a great celebration of 100 years of Woodland Rotary with approximately 400 members and guests attending at the Woodland Community & Senior Center on Saturday evening, April 25th. Some event photos are offered below:

VIEW DAILY DEMOCRAT APRIL 28 ARTICLE

VIEW CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION EVENT PHOTOS IN PHOTO GALLERY

THE PROJECT

Project partners breaking ground on the Woodland Rotary Stage Project (from left to right): Jia-Min Rosendale, President, Woodland Opera House Board of Trustees; Myra Vega, Mayor Pro Tempore, City of Woodland, and Treasurer, Woodland Luna Vista Rotary Club; Tania Garcia-Cadena, Woodland City Council Member; Don Easton, President-elect Woodland Sunrise Rotary Club; Doug Bevier, Executive Director of Development, Clark-Pacific; Aniek Pflager, President, Rotary Club of Woodland; Tom Stallard, Mayor, City of Woodland; Tom Burmester, Executive Director, Woodland Opera House; Xochitl Rodriguez, President-elect, Woodland Luna Vista Rotary Club; Mary Sandy, Yolo County Supervisor, District 3; and John Fraser, Capital District Superintendent, CA State Department of Parks & Recreation.

The Rotary Stage at the Woodland Opera House Intermission Garden has been selected by Woodland Rotary as its Centennial Project. Woodland Rotary held a Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Project on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, one hundred (100) years ago to the day the Rotary Club of Woodland was founded on April 29, 1926. In collaboration with Clark Pacific, Woodland Rotary expects to complete the Rotary Stage by the end of 2026 and gift the facility to the City of Woodland for use by the Woodland Opera House who originally provided the concept to Woodland Rotary.

Woodland Rotary Leadership (left to right): Nick Roncoroni, President-elect, Rotary Club of Woodland; Myra Vega, Treasurer, Woodland Luna Vista Rotary Club; Aniek Pflager, President, Rotary Club of Woodland; and Don Easton, President-elect Woodland Sunrise Rotary Club.

VIEW SELECTED PROJECT CONCEPT

VIEW PROJECT PRESS RELEASE

VIEW DAILY DEMOCRAT JAN 25 ARTICLE

VIEW DAILY DEMOCRAT APR 30 ARTICLE

News From Club Polio Warrior Mark Ullrich:

Polio Update (December 23)

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