Cast of players: CLUB EXECUTIVES

Secretary Samantha HoshidaTreasurer Drew Houghton

Executive Secretary George DanielsPWRC Foundation Michael Cendro

Club Information Officer Samantha Hoshida

CLUB DIRECTORSClub Service 1 Tim Maliepaard

Club Service 2 Tom Engwer

Club Service 3 Paul Snyder

Vocational Service Jeniece Thomas

Community Service 1 Brad McDowell

Community Service 2 Drew Reisinger

International Service Paul Friedrich

Youth Services Mike Garcia

Membership Venita Sivamani

Sergeant-at-Arms Tom Knox

Assistance Sgt At Arms Kathleen McNabb Monte Watson Steve Morrow

President Elect Carl Naake

Past President Desirée Willson

Grant Review Committee Chairman

Russ Fujii

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It is through our combined passion, talents, skills, abil-ities and generosity that we make a difference in our world.

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Issue 33 – Volume 47 June 22, 2018

See you Friday.Your Prez,Ricky B

Submitted by: Rich Fathy

The CuRTain RisesThis morning was President Rick’s 47th, and second to last, meeting of Point West 33rd term.

To Rick’s delight, we had ten bell ringers:

1. Venita Sivamani not only gave the invocation (building on yesterday’s International Day of Yoga) but rang the bell in appreciation for Rotary’s work for world peace. To the displeasure of the Club, Venita also announced that she is shortly switching to the satellite club because of her hectic schedule.

2. Gary Pevey rang the bell to honor his daughter Ellen’s recent graduation from CSU San Jose while working two jobs during her four years of academia.

3. Maia Schneider rang the bell to express thanks to the Club, and like Venita, to announce her departure from the Club because of her hectic schedule, and her unwillingness to be a knife and forker.

4. Tom Engwar rang the bell to honor RYLA, and its good deeds.

5. Dorte Mikkelsen rang the bell in appreciation of her recent Berlin holiday.

6. Paul Cuhna rang the bell in appreciation of his holidays on opposite sides of the world, first in Switzerland for skiing, and then to Hawaii to avoid volcanoes.

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7. Cy Rickards rang the bell in appreciation of his daughter Stephanie’s recent graduation with a Master’s in Business Administration (she was one of five successful recipients of a grant amongst 1,500 applicants, and will now work in New York City), and in appreciation of emerging from a recent tough episode with his Parkinson’s disease (Cy is in his sixth year with this disease).

8. Tim Maliepaard rang the bell to honor Dick Oliver who passed away on June 18 after a four year struggle with dementia. Tim reminded newer members that Dick was a wonderfully active, committed Rotarian who, amongst his many accolades, was a Rotarian of the Year.

9. Rochelle Whiteford from CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) rang the bell after reading a touching narrative of a CASA volunteer’s extraordinary involvement with a fifteen year old girl otherwise discarded by the vagaries of life. Thank you Rochelle for Making Memories.

10. Mike Pereira was not to be outdone. Mike rang the bell to express his appreciation for the work of Point West Rotary. More about Mike later.

Congratulations to the selfless Russ Fujii—our 2018 Rotarian of the Year. With typical mod-esty, Russ thanked the Club for this morning’s honor with little time spent on his years with the grant review committee (six times its chairman), and his years with Eagle Golf. Russ was surprised by the presence of his wife Linda, daughter Janelle, and grandsons Bryce and Evan (so cute).

Mark Copeland reminded the Club that Rick’s demotion party is just a week away—on June 29 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Dress is casual and the evening will feature a hosted bar, dinner, and music by the Jay Rollers Band.

Jim Frtizsche had fun with multiple reasons why the Queen of Denmark should not only visit the knighted Dorte Mikkelsen, but Point West Rotary. Amongst other things, Jim explained the difference between a Swede and a mosquito. For the punchline, ask Jim.

Russ and Tom Harvey presented Larry Challis a $1,000 check for White Stag, a leadership organization that provides 150 teenagers a high sierra summer camp experience that is life-altering.

Craig Evans recounted our softball team’s most recent success—a 9-7 loss to the South Sacramento Club. Next up is the Downtown Club on June 25 at 7:30 p.m.

Mike Pereira was our delightful, powerful speaker. Mike spent fourteen years in college offici-ating; worked fourteen years as an NFL official on the field, and then the NFL New York office; and since 2010, has held multiple positions with FOX Sports. An obvious passion for Mike is the nonprofit Battlefields to Ballfields. For the last year and a half, this organization has steered multiple veterans with emotional issues to team building as a sport’s official. As to the health of the NFL, Mike noted that the anthem matter is unresolved, and may end up being treated as anthems were prior to the most recent upset—anthems not being broadcast, and occurring well before either team is on the field. Mike is hopeful the sport is safer because of a push to stop tackle football for children, and because of the safety-oriented rule changes for collegiate and professional players. Finally, Mike thinks the NFL (driven by entertainment and money) will thrive in the near term, if for no other reason, because of the recent legaliza-tion of gambling. As Mike put it, if you bet $10 on a game, you might want to watch it.

Larry Challis had a shot at the $1,000, but left with $10.

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ouR missionThe Rotary Club of Point West Sacramento is a vibrant community service organization promoting service to those in need, good-will, peace, and fellowship

ouR VisionBe a major contributor to children’s charities and support other local and global charitable opportunities and to be recognized for such

ouR CoRe ValuesService, Fellowship, Respect, Diversity, Integrity and Leadership

ouR bRandGreat people doing extraordinary things and having fun while doing it!

ouR Goals1. Develop and maintain a strong pub-

lic relations/outreach campaign that will effectively drive membership and support fundraising efforts.

2. Increase overall membership by a net of 9 new members by the end of the 2019/2020 Rotary year by fo-cusing in three areas: y o u n g e r members (20-40), diverse popula-tions, women.

3. Increase the Permanent Fund of the Point West Rotary Club Foundation to $1.5 million by the end of the 2019/2020 Rotary year.

4. Maintain a strong presence and participation in District and Rotary International events and programs.

In the early 1930s Herbert J. Taylor set out to save the Club Aluminum Products distribution company from bankruptcy. He believed himself to be the only person in the company with 250 employees who had hope. His recovery plan started with changing the ethical climate of the company. He explained:

The first job was to set policies for the company that would reflect the high ethics and morals God would want in any business. If the people who worked for Club Aluminum were to think right, I knew they would do right. What we needed was a simple, easily remembered guide to right conduct - a sort of ethical yardstick- which all of us in the company could memorize and apply to what we thought, said and did.

I searched through many books for the answer to our need, but the right phrases eluded me, so I did what I often do when I have a problem I can’t answer myself: I turn to the One who has all the answers. I leaned over my desk, rested my head in my hands and prayed. After a few moments, I looked up and reached for a white paper card. Then I wrote down the twenty-four words that had come to me.

I called it "The Four-Way Test" of the things we think, say or do.

Adoption Of The Test By Rotary

In the 1940s, when Taylor was an international director of Rotary, he offered the Four-Way Test to the organization, and it was adopted by Rotary for its internal and promotional use. Never changed, the twenty four word test remains today a central part of the permanent Rotary structure throughout the world, and is held as the standard by which all behavior should be measured.

The test has been promoted around the world and is used in myriad forms to encourage personal and business ethical practices. Taylor gave Rotary International the right to use the test in the 1940s and the copyright in 1954.

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