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Chips from the Buzzsaw Weekly Newsletter of the
Rotary Club of West Sacramento
Volume 65, No 3
July 23, 2013
Club 558 of District 5180
PO Box 288 West Sacramento, CA
95691
Meets Every Friday at Club Pheasant
at 12:15
CELEBRATE—ROTARY IS A GIFT SPEAKER PROGRAM
July 26th
Vocational Visit, Firehouse 45
August 2nd Club Assembly
August 9th
Club Meeting
August 17th Club Meeting
August 23rd
Club Meeting
August 30th William Short,
District 5180 Governor
July 19th, 2013—Meeting Summary
Presiding: Mike Campbell
Pledge: Doug Dickson
Blessing: Tim Carnahan
Song Leader: Dick Marshall — “Star Spangle Banner”
Polio Plus Matching Drawing: No Envelopes
Raffle: Valued at $2,975 — Bob Walker drew the Five of Diamonds.
Program: Gregory Kondos, Artist
A touch of “blue” class was brought to the
Mighty Rotary Club of West Sacramento with
the presentation by Gregory Kondos. With his
wife, Moni Van Camp at his side, Gregory talked
about his life history and his passion for painting.
Gregory decided to become an artist following
his tour during World War II. When he told his
father his plans of becoming a painter, he
initially said nothing, but then replied, “go for it.” Now 90-year old,
Gregory continues to paint with gusto. Occasionally he gets up at 2:00 or
3:00 in the morning and paints. Paul Cezanne was one of Kondos’
mentors when he lived in France. It was while living Europe than he
took time to understand the people and become part of the community.
This enable him to capture the essence of what he was painting. Gregory
mentioned several requirements of being an painter; 1) You need to
learn to draw, 2) you need to realize that you have talent, and 3) you
need to have an ego. With a little banter between Moni and him,
Gregory presented an array of his paintings with a little history of each
one. His approach to a painting is, “the simpler, the better.” People are
able to take in his subject quicker and avoid all the distractions.
Gregory’s book “A Touch of Blue” is so titled because he likes to paint
with blue. Gregory has painted subjects from all around the world.
Some of his most famous works include our own backyard, the Delta.
Thank you Palamidessi Family and Club Pheasant for 20
years of hosting the Rotary Club of West Sacramento
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Guests and Visitors July 19th, 2013
Visiting Rotarians Sue Laird Folsom Tony Schwall Centennial Jeanne Binns Centennial Don Schatzel Centennial Babs Sandeen Centennial Leesa Fons Sacramento Dick Noonan Sacramento Dana Jones Eureka
Guests Kris Bird Delaney Bird Olivia Johnson Pam Post Mary Palamidessi Kevin Kamminga JoyAnn Merwin Frank Ramos
OBJECT OF ROTARY
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the: ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
SECOND: High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
THIRD: The application of ideal of service by every Rotarian to his/her/ personal, business and community life;
FOURTH: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideals of service.
Darrell Merwin with his wife, JoyAnn.
Sue Laird,
District 5180
Newsletter Editor.
Jeff Post and his
wife, Pam.
Dave Wilson is recognized by
President, Mike Campbell for his
56 years of service to Rotary.
Dave stated that the most
important part of Rotary is the
camaraderie and service projects.
Two of our lovelier members,
Luan Christ and Charyl Silva.
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4 Way Test
Of the Things we Think, Say or Do:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and better FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Leadership Team
President *Mike Campbell Past President *Mark Engstrom President Elect *Ken Wilson
Treasurer *Chris Bradford Secretary *Randy Carlson Sergeant at Arms Andy Wallace Membership *Troy Bird The Rotary Foundation *Barry Kalar
5 Avenues of Service
Community Service *Christian Montgomery New Generations *Joanie Kapell *JoAnn Moffett International Service *Paul Kolarik Vocational Service *Drew gidlof Club Service *Shaun Morrow
Public Affairs *Pat Hill Program Speakers *Bob Walker Literacy Program Chairs Dayton Gilleland Steve Lewis Bulletin Editor Peter Anderson *Board Member
Birthdays & Anniversaries
July Birthdays Dave Kamminga 17th Troy Bird 17th Chris Palamidessi 20th Gary Merwin 25st
Bill Ramos 29th
July Anniversaries None
Mondays: Route 1
8/19 Tim Carnahan and Patty Palamidessi
Mondays: Route 5
7/29 Joanie Kapell and JoAnn Moffett 8/5 Paul Kolarik and Ken Bryant 8/12 Dick Marshall and Troy Bird 8/19 Jeanne and Mike
Wednesdays: Route 5 7/24 Don and Judy Ratley 7/31 Jeff Post and Randy Carlson 8/7 Lyle Bassett and Bob Ceccato 8/14 Tony Schwall and Armando Omega
Thursdays: Route 1
7/25 John Raney 8/1 Ken Ruzich 8/8 Tom Wallace 8/15 Dave Kamminga and Steve Heringer
Thursdays: Route 2 7/25 Leonor Dicdican and Tom Wallace 8/1 Ron Morazzini and Len Thomas 8/8 Debbie Oto-Kent and Jon Pearman 8/15 Mike Campbell and Dan Ramos
Thursdays: Route 5 8/8 Dave Hosebein and Shaun Morrow 8/15 Mark Engstrom
Your Newsletter Crew Photos by: Editor:
Dave Peter Kamminga Anderson [email protected] [email protected]
Deadline for Article Submittals is Mondays, 12:00 noon
Visiting Rotarian, Babs Sandeen
with Jorgen Bateman.
Visiting Rotarians, Dana Jones
and Dick Noonan.
Mystery Eyes
Only one guessed correctly whose eyes
these are. It was Tony Schwall who
was able to recognize his own eyes?
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YOUR LINKS TO ROTARY
www.rotaryclubofwestsacramento.org
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Rotary-
Club-of-West-Sacramento/12087025467716
www.rotary.org
Rotary District 5180
http://www.clubrunner.ca/
portal/home.aspx?did=5180
Newsletter:
http://www.clubrunner.ca/
Data/5180//HTML/202200//
DistrictLINK--July2013.pdf
Club Calendar
July 25th Board Meeting, 5:45pm, Clarksburg Library Activity Room July 26th Fireworks Booth Social, 5:30-7:30 Mike Campbell’s August 14th —August 18th
Yolo County Fair August 30th
District Governor’s Visit
Bob Walker is offered a chance
to buy a lucky “4-Way Test”
coin before attempting to draw
the joker. He declined and
therefore, missed pulling the
lucky card. Only four cards
left. Who is going pull the
Joker?
Only time will tell.
Moni Van Camp and Frank Ramos listen with intent to
Gregory Kondos.
Past Club Presidents stand in recognition of the Club Pheasant for their 20 years of hosting the club.
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2013-2014 Rotary International President
Ron D. Burton
2013-2014 Rotary District 5180 Governor
William Short
2012-2014 Rotary District 5180 Assistant Governor
Judy Foote
District 5180 Rotary Clubs Meeting Times and Locations So You Can Make Up Each Week
Day Who When Where Who When Where
Mon Foothill Highlands 12:15pm Lions Gate Restaurant Walnut Grove 12:30pm Tony’s Place
Sacramento 12:15pm Red Lion Hotel –Woodlake Fair Oaks 6:45pm Fair Oaks Community Clubhouse
Tues
Oroville Sunrise 7:00am The Monday Club Oroville Noon The Monday Club
Rancho Cordova Sunrise 7:00am Cordova Casino Marysville 12:15pm Peachtree Country Club
Sutter Buttes Sunrise 7:00am The Plaza Room at Hillcrest Rancho Cordova 12:15pm Rancho Cordova City Hall
West Sacramento Centennial 7:00am Collins Teen Center Looms Sunset 5:30pm Indian Creek Country Club
Sacramento Breakfast 7:15am Evans Kitchen Carmichael 6:30pm Kilt Pub
Arden Arcade Noon Ruth Cris Steak House - Pavilions
Wed
Rocklin/Loomis Basin 7:00am Whitney Oaks Golf Club South Placer Noon Whitney Oaks Golf Club
El Dorado Hills 7:15am Community Service Building Citrus Heights 12:15pm La Placita Dos
Laguna Sunrise 8:00am Valley Hi Country Club North Sacramento 12:15pm Doubletree Hotel
East Sacramento Noon Evan’s Kitchen Yuba City 12:15 Hillcrest Plaza Room
Elk Grove 12:15pm Vince’s Restaurant Midtown Sacramento 5:30pm Café Bernardo
Folsom Lake (Folsom) Noon Empire Ranch Golf Club Rancho Murieta 7:00pm Rancho Murieta Country Club
Thu
Historic Folsom 7:00am Lake Natoma Inn Lincoln Noon Lincoln Women’s Club
Roseville Sunrise 7:00am Carrows’s Restaurant Roseville Noon Sierra View Country Club
Yuba Feather River Sunrise 7:00am Gary’s Place South Sacramento Noon Iron Steaks Restaurant
Pocket-Greenhaven 7:30am Aviators Restaurant Folsom 7:00pm Rotary Clubhouse-Lew Howard Park
Gridley Noon Parish Hall
Fri Orangevale 7:00am La Placita Restaurant Natomas 7:15am Hampton Inn, North Natomas
Point West-Sacramento 7:00am Doubletree Hotel Granite Bay 12:15pm VIII American Bistro
Doug Dickson
explaining to
Steve Heringer
how to paint like
Gregory Kondos.
Mary Palamidessi looks for
support to for covering
transportation cost for Westmore
Oaks 3rd grader field trips.
Song Leader, Dick Marshall
directs the club like he knows
what he is doing.
Treasurer,
Chris Bradford
is pleased that
the raffle does
not need to be
paid out.
Visiting Rotarian
Leesa Fons.
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West Sacramento Rotary Club
P.O. Box 288
West Sacramento, CA 95691
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